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The deployment of the Mawei Army was to form a triangular formation in this area, each formation was in a semi-arc, with the west being the focus, and the first and second brigades were deployed, and the east was handed over to the third brigade. At this time, the Qing troops on the east and west sides launched an attack at the same time, and the battle started from three sides at the same time. The Qing army led the pearl, and the auxiliary was Zhou Peigong.

The first brigade can be said to be the most stressful, the Qing army Shenji battalion pulled a lot of Shenwu general cannons, this cannon was originally cast for field battles, and the weight is not heavy, two thousand catties can be pulled and run with a few horses. Compared with Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, the Qing court was the most lacking in war horses. And the second brigade was not much better, the cavalry of the Qing army came up first, and the total number of 6,000 cavalry on this side reached 4,000, which was quite a large cavalry. Zhou Peigong knew that the most powerful thing in the Mawei Army was the musket, but no matter how powerful the musket was, it also had its own shortcomings, that is, the firing speed was not too fast, of course a small number of cavalry could not do it, and it was easy to be quickly killed by the Mawei Army, but a large number of cavalry was different, if it was willing to pay the price of two thousand cavalry in exchange for the rest of the army to rush to him, then the Mawei Army would have no choice.

Zhou Peigong considered all kinds of factors and believed that only this was the only chance to win against the Mawei Army. But he said to Mingzhu before, Mingzhu didn't agree, and felt that with the Shenji Battalion under his command, it would not be weaker than the Mawei Army. Therefore, it was planned to use the Shenji battalion as the main force, first tear a gap in the northwest position, and then cover the army and completely defeat the Mawei army. And gave Zhou Peigong 4,000 cavalry and 4,000 foot soldiers. Supposedly, that's a lot. But Zhou Peigong still doesn't feel very safe. When he was in Huaibei before. There were also more than 20,000 soldiers under his command. But it couldn't withstand the surprise attack of the horsetail cavalry at all, and even if it blocked it, it couldn't stop the horsetail army infantry that caught up.

Therefore, the strategy developed by his side was to charge the cavalry first, and then the foot soldiers followed. No matter how strong the Mawei Army is, as long as it is close, they will definitely lose if they do not have a numerical advantage. Therefore, he decided to follow his original plan and fill the cavalry troops first. "Herald Danzen Dab. Tell him to immediately charge with all the cavalry with three drums, no matter how many dead or wounded, he is resolutely not allowed to retreat until the Mawei army's army formation is completely crushed. "War, in his eyes, is cruel, the army is just a tool, a group of people die, recruit and train again, but victory cannot wait. As the old saying goes, mercy is not in charge of soldiers. That's the picture.

"Wow!" Goshha, who was beside him, immediately went to give the order. This cavalry of the Qing army has Han people in it. There are Manchurians, and there are many Mongols, divided into several branches, but the leading general Danzen Dabu is a Mongol, a member of the Borzigit family, the leader of the Horqin tribe, but there are many people who inherit the title.

Fu Biao of the First Brigade is indeed in trouble, the Shenji Battalion of the Qing Army has really brought a lot of cannons this time, and the Shenwu General Cannon weighs 2,000 catties, which is the red-coated cannon imitated by the Qing court, with a maximum firing range of more than 1,500 meters and an effective firing range of 800 meters. If it is within 500 meters, the gunners of these Shenji battalions are also quite powerful. There are a lot of cannons in this Shenwu general, and after counting them carefully, the Qing army brought a total of thirty guns, in addition to thirty bronze cannons. On the other side of the cannon, there were two thousand foot soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, all holding muskets in their hands, but they were arquebuses, lined up neatly, arranged in a five-stage array, and it seemed that these soldiers of the Qing Army's Shenji Battalion were preparing to use a five-stage attack to shoot at the Mawei Army's position.

Looking further back, there is a phalanx of more than 8,000 Qing army foot soldiers, and there is a cavalry unit of 2,000 cavalry on the other side, but at this time, the cavalry force does not look like attacking at all, but it is a bit of a sense of supervising the war.

The ancient gunners were like lightning and thunder when they were firing and the cannon rumbled, looking majestic, but when they were marching, they would suffer the big sin, and in the era when they relied on mules and horses, it was not an easy task to carry dozens of artillery pieces weighing more than 2,000 catties. If it is on a rugged hill, each cannon needs dozens of people to push and drag it before it can move, plus the attached artillery and projectiles, on average, each cannon needs dozens of people to serve. However, there are many mountains, forests and hills near the capital, the terrain is flat, and now it is cold autumn, the weather is dry, the ground is solid, and the Qing army is really not very difficult to pull these cannons. However, if this is compared with the Mawei Army, the steel artillery of the Mawei Army is much lighter, the three-pounder cannon is only 300 catties, and the twelve-pounder cannon is only worth 1,000 catties.

"Battalion commander, can you open fire? Brothers, you're ready! The commander of the artillery battalion asked Fu Biao, who was observing the enemy situation with a telescope.

Fu Biao glared: "What's the hurry?" Look and talk about it, so that the brethren should cheer up and be ready to fight. You see, the Qing army's Shenji battalion is erecting cannons, and some of them haven't been pulled up, and when he is almost ready, he will shoot him with cannons. With their little ability, they dare to engage in an artillery battle with us, have each of them had a hundred shells? Dare to go out of the city to show off!. ”

"Yes!" The commander of the artillery battalion ran back to his own camp and prepared to go. Although Fu Biao reprimanded the battalion commander who came to fight, he was also very anxious, and muttered: "Hurry up, hurry up, grandpa will let you taste the power of our Mawei artillery!" Damn, I didn't take care of you bunnies when I bombarded the city the day before yesterday, but I can't let you go anymore! "The last time I shelled the Yongding Gate of the capital, the artillery fire was concentrated on the city gate building, and the cannons on the side didn't care about it at all. The Qing army also fired artillery at them, but the Mawei army was far away, and the Qing army's artillery shells were not accurate, and the Mawei army wounded more than a dozen soldiers on their side, and not a single cannon was damaged.

As time passed, the Qing army's army gradually approached. The distance between the two sides was less than two miles, and the vanguard led by the leader had already begun to push the shield cart and raise the heavy shield and began to slowly approach the Mawei army. The 2,000 musketeers of the Shenji Battalion also moved forward steadily. Hide behind a shield cart. If you want to get closer, shoot at the Ponytails.

The autumn breeze is blowing. I only heard the sound of hunting flags, and a depressed and passionate emotion floated in everyone's hearts.

"It's time!" Fu Biao bricked and ordered.

"The target Qing artillery array, the distance is eight hundred and thirty, the angle is forty-five, and the three artillery guns are test-fired...... Fire"

With Fu Biao's order issued, the three gunners began to ignite the artillery fuse of the twelve-pounder gun in front of them, as a new fourth division that had not been on the battlefield for a long time, it was still a little nervous, and if it was fought for another year or two, it might not feel any more on the battlefield. At this moment, even the soldiers outside the artillery battalion were all staring at the hissing and sparkling fire gate leads.

"Tom Tom"

Three shells were discharged almost simultaneously. In a huge roar, three iron pellets flew to the side of the artillery array of the Qing army's Shenji Battalion, which had just arrived on a high slope and was preparing to set up an artillery position.

"It's not good, the Ponytail Army is **!"

Anyway, as a person who was born to play artillery, the commander of the artillery battalion of the Shenji Battalion is still sensitive to artillery, and after he screamed, he immediately ran to a mound and played with his waist. Soon. The Qing army around him was like the wind blowing ears of wheat, and he didn't care about any majesty at all. The agile ones hid in the early quarters and clung their bodies to the ground. It wasn't until three projectiles hit the ground that I was relieved.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the projectile did not hit any target, and many even stood up and pointed at the horsetail army in the distance and laughed. "What are you laughing at, don't you set up all the artillery of General Shenwu soon! The rebels have opened fire, so let's hurry! ”

"The artillery deviated about thirty paces from the southwest side of the target." The observation hand of the artillery battalion passed through the telescope, and after careful calculation, a message quickly reported.

Seeing that all three shells were empty, Fu Biao didn't feel much, this thing is normal, it is really far away, if you want to die, the cannon can hit the target, then you will become a god!

"The target Qing army artillery array, the distance is eight hundred and three, the declination angle is forty, open the cannon!"

The other three cannons on the side of the "tom tom" roared again, and the three shells flew over again, this time it was much more accurate, and the shells fell in the artillery array of the Qing army, although they did not directly hit the people and artillery, but after jumping up, they still injured more than a dozen Qing soldiers.

"Okay, that's it, all the cannons are in place, and the flowering shells are ready to fire!" Hearing the order, the other cannons began to fire as well, and each shell began to cross the sky one after another. More than a dozen artillery pieces let out a deafening roar at the same time, and thick white smoke, large strands of spurting out, covered the sky ahead.

With such a loud noise, the cavalry and horses on the side of the Qing army also began to commotion, not to mention the Qing army, even the hundreds of cavalry mounts under the command of Bingguangyan also began to commotion. After all, they had never experienced this kind of formation, and these war horses didn't hear such a fierce cannon sound, but after the tall cavalry was pacified, they still made the war horses settle down.

The Qing army in the direction of Tongzhou in the east had already attacked the position of the Third Brigade on a large scale, and the Qing army on this side was not to be outdone and began to charge. Many of the two armies waited for the artillery battalion to divide the victory before they began to officially engage each other, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of the Qing army had already advanced to a position of 200 meters on the side of the Mawei Army under the cover of shield vehicles.

"Rush up...... Rush them all up and kill them all! One of the hundred households in the Qing army brandished the long knife in his hand and drove his soldiers to charge forward desperately.

"Don't worry, wait for the Qing army to reach the position of one hundred and fifty meters before shooting,!"

"Don't panic and stabilize me, I've fought two battles, you should know. Remember, aim before firing! If anyone shoots at the sky again, Lao Tzu will let him go to the baggage camp to carry the black cauldron! ”

The roar of the officers continued to sound in the phalanx, after all, they were well trained on weekdays, and they could not be called qualified soldiers without being tempered by actual combat, and only after the test of blood and fire could the recruits grow into the elite of a hundred battles. And what the Fourth Division lacked was these, they went on too few battlefields, and although they were well trained, it was useless not to go to the real battlefield.

"Bang Bang Bang"

White smoke continued to rise. Bursts of slightly messy gunshots continued to echo in the air, and a Qing soldier kept falling on the charging road. At this time, the three-pounder cannon arranged neatly on one side also began to come in handy, the range of this three-pounder cannon is about the same as that of a rifle, that is, it can only kill at close range, even if it is 500 meters away, the gunners who control the three-pounder cannon can only be blinded like other soldiers.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

There were a lot of three-pounder guns, sixty of them, but they needed less than three hundred men to wield, including the constant delivery of ammunition. These three-pounder guns fired scattered bullets at this time, and small bullets could cause great damage to the Qing army at this close range.

It's just that this wave of Qing troops is indeed strong and abnormal, although the companions in front keep falling to the ground, but the people behind still gritting their teeth and can't help moving forward, and they have also learned to be obedient, and began to concentrate the shield carts, forming a row of pushing the shield carts forward at the same time. The Mini rifle, while sharp, is not very good for shield carts made of thick logs. Minnie's bullet knocked the shield cart into a crackling sound. But the Qing army, hiding behind the shield cart, still pushed the shield cart slowly but firmly forward. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion also hid behind, quickly approaching.

"These damn shield cars!" Fu Biao also saw the scene on the battlefield, and patted his thigh with some annoyance, if these shield cars had their own artillery battalions to solve them in the past, but now the people in the artillery battalion are preparing to deal with the artillery of the Qing army on the opposite side, so naturally they have no time to take care of this side, so that the Qing army advances step by step. The power of the three-pounder cannon is still not good, and it does no damage to these shield vehicles.

"No, you can't let the Qing army push the shield cart in front of the position." Fu Biao hurriedly sent someone to tell the Bingguang Rock Department not far away, asking him to send cavalry with grenades to attack the Qing army's array.

"I heard it, Brigade Commander Fu of the First Brigade asked us for help, you are also skilled in using this grenade these days, give me a strike from both flanks, blow up the shield car, and if you can, rush to kill for a while, and break up the enemy's formation!" It really didn't work, but the grenade was over, and he came back immediately. ”

"Yes!"

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves rang out, and five hundred horsemen began to charge forward on horseback.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Mawei Army was dispatched, the cavalry of the Qing army also began to move, and soon more than 2,000 cavalry rushed towards the cavalry of the Bingguang Rock Division. The distance of hundreds of paces was too short for a war horse, and it only took a minute for the cavalry on both sides to collide together. However, many of the cavalry troops sent out by Bingguangyan went to fight a decisive battle with the large cavalry of the Qing army, but only needed to ignite a grenade tied on horseback and throw it into the Qing army array, and as many shield cars could be blown up, and by the way, they rushed to the enemy formation, making the Qing army formation scattered, and there was no need to compete with the Qing cavalry. Besides, there are only 500 of them, and there is not much difference in riding and archery skills, but the number is much worse. (To be continued......)