131.Battle of Dongning (8)
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"Hurry up. (Like this book, please collect biquge.info)" As a team leader, when his subordinates were resting, Li Ming was still busy. "Drink saliva, eat some belly pads, and the North Captives may come back at some point." He admonished in turn, while probing the Boy Scouts who had been lightly wounded and could not get out of the line of fire. "How? Can it still hold up? The wounded soldier grinned, so Li Ming patted him on the shoulder. Good job, when you win the battle against these traitors, I will repay you! As he was talking, the alarm sounded, and the Qing army slowly killed again, looking at the Qing army team that was even larger than before, Li Minggao shouted. The grandson is behind us, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the grandson, everyone hold on! ”
The cheers of the other battalions were on the same front, and were soon drowned out by the sound of artillery again.
The Qing army had no artillery support, so they could only endure the fire of the boy scouts, but the casualties were bowed and rushed. At this time, the advantage of the Qing army in numbers was revealed, even if a cannon passed, the dense team was punched out of a number of holes, but it was quickly restored to normal under the filling of the surrounding Qing army.
"Change the shotgun!" With the sound of the command, the shotgun barrel wrapped in tin skin was put into the chamber of the two-inch gun, which is very similar to the fixed shell, and the front part of the projectile body is sealed with wax like the chain bullet, so the seal is heated and melted at the moment of discharge, and the eighteen thumb-sized lead in the shotgun barrel will be quickly spread, creating a salvo of guns in the enemy
Sure enough, this kind of terrifying weapon that can empty a fan at once made the hordes of Qing troops suffer a lot, but compared to the chain bullets fired by the three-inch cannon, the effect of the shotgun does not seem to be shocking, only to see six iron chains flying in the air and unfolding, and then destroying all the way, emptying an entire area.
The vast majority of the Qing army had never seen such a terrible weapon, and many people dropped their weapons and turned to flee, but they were swept back by the second team brought by Zhan Liuqi and Li Quanxin, who led the reinforcements to come up, and in this way, the two Qing armies converged, and a team of more than 4,000 people appeared in front of the fire of the Boy Scouts and the melee infantry.
At the same time, the Qing army pounced on the pikemen in front of them with unprecedented impact, although it paid a lot of price, but it successfully tore through the gun formation with only two columns, and then the bloody hand-to-hand combat began. The Boy Scouts, spearmen, tried to get out of the way so that the sword and shield men could attack, and many of them managed to escape the Qing army, but a considerable number were overwhelmed by the outnumbered Qing army.
Seeing this, the red-eyed sword and shield hands roared and stepped forward
"Shisun, you can't do it if you don't put it into the reserves." Mao Hongyan said so. "Let the minister lead the Kunlun standard to fill it in!"
The situation has reached the moment when Zheng Kezhang can no longer hesitate, so Zheng Kezang nodded and agreed to Mao Hongyan's proposal, so the last new force rushed forward, so far Zheng Kezang had no other force around him except for dozens of guards.
"Report, the Qing army broke into the betel nut forest, and Zhang Guards are leading troops to resist"
"Report to the world, the Qing army of 500 people has outflanked it again, and the cavalry battalion officer has already led people to the top."
"Report, the Central Governor Zhongzhen Hongsan urgently reported that Youwuwei Town encountered a roundabout flank attack by the Qing Army on the way forward, and Lord Hong is leading his troops to fight, but I am afraid that he will not be able to reinforce the team for a while."
Unfavorable news came one by one, the only thing that made Zheng Kezhang feel at ease was that Youwuwei Town collided face-to-face with the Qing army who outflanked him, although the reinforcements could not come for a while, but at least he would not be manipulated by others, but if the reinforcements did not come, the Qing army would increase again, and sooner or later he would only have one way to be defeated, so he looked eagerly to the east: "He Qian, Zhang Xueyao, and Wang Jingong are counting on you now."
Zheng Kezhang was anxious, He Qian's side was also smoking, he first defeated the enemy of the big row, and then according to Zheng Kezang's instructions to go east to rescue Zhang Xueyao's department, but the terrain of Yanshui Creek was complicated, although it helped the low morale of Zuo Wuwei Town to block the onslaught of the Qing army, which also affected the Zheng army's counterattack, but fortunately, with the addition of more than 3,000 elites, the battle situation has tilted in the direction of the Zheng army, but this can not satisfy He Qian and Zhang Xueyao, if Zheng Kezang has a mistake, their hard battle will be in vain.
"Lord Zhang, without further ado, these remnants will still be handed over to Lord Zhang to chase and kill, and the official will rush back to rescue the grandson now."
"Okay, Master He, just go." Zhang Xueyao readily agreed. "This official's side will also immediately gather troops, and will go to the rescue of Lord Wang later, as for the remnants of the Qing army that are still entrenched on the sandbank?" Zhang Xueyao's face showed a heavy murderous intent. "It doesn't have to be too much trouble, just burn it"
The raging fire ignited the reeds on the sandbank, and before the Qing army forced out by the fire had time to wade into the water to reach a safe place, a wave of guns and rain of bows and arrows shot over, and after knocking down dozens of people, forced them back into the fire, so the smell of burnt protein came out
"Fire!" The scout gunners on the fort didn't care about the already red-colored barrels, and still fired desperately. Taking advantage of the superiority of being one end above the ground, the artillery troops sprinkled lead bullets into the thick rear formation of the Qing army, knocking down the enemies who were huddled into a pile as much as possible, and in this way, the strength advantage of the Qing army was offset by the firepower advantage of the Zheng army step by step.
"Kill!" At this time, the slave army, who spoke stiff Chinese, began a decisive counter-charge under the leadership of officials at all levels.
Although the Qing army had touched the skirt of the goddess of victory, they had only eaten a supper and breakfast before entering the Luer Gate, and they were already at the end of their crossbow after a whole day of tossing, so with the input of Kunlun Biao's new force and the rear formation was blocked by artillery fire, the Qing army, which was still fierce just now, was suddenly beaten back, and the battle line of the boy scouts turned from danger to safety.
Luan Yiwei cavalry battalion officer Hu Kejian restrained his panting war horse, looked back, at this time the Qing army Wang Zuochang's roundabout troops had been defeated by him again, and they were chasing under the pursuit of Zheng Jun's cavalry.
"Blow the trumpet and let them come back." The whining sound of the brass horn gathered the scattered cavalry, and when there were almost one hundred and fifty horsemen around him, Hu Kejian pointed to the flank of the Qing army. "Keep up with this official and kill this way!"
The sudden flank attack finally made it impossible for the Qing army to support it, and the far left flank began, and the Qing troops collapsed slowly but firmly like a gravel castle washed by the waves. Taking advantage of the chaotic backwards of the Qing army, some of the boy scouts pursued them, at least leaving hundreds of Qing soldiers forever.
"Mingjin retreats." Mao Hongyan, who was about to personally handle the battle, quickly discovered the bloody blind movement of the young commander on the front line, and he immediately gave the order. "Maybe there's a third formation, everyone should rest quickly"
"What? General Yang was wounded, Zhan Liuqi and Li Quanxin died in battle? "Because of his poor vision, Shi Lang didn't know the reason for the corruption, but he guessed that the Zheng army was also at the end of the mountain, so he ordered loudly when the rout had not been retracted." Someone is coming, put on armor, and the official will go into battle in person! ”
"Shi Junmen," Lin Xian, who hurried to the rear team with the rear team, happened to hear this sentence and immediately stopped him. "Junmen, no," Lin Xian didn't have time to greet Shi Lang before he only said directly. "The enemy in front of him is so good at fighting, he must be the elite of the enemy's army, and the officers and soldiers have been repeatedly hindered by it, and their morale has been greatly reduced, and the army can no longer fight hard."
"Don't fight?" Shi Lang asked rhetorically. "If reinforcements from all walks of life flock to the sea, won't it be a desperate situation for our army?"
"When Xia Guan just came, he already saw a fire rising in the area of Yanshui Creek," Shi Lang's eyes froze, and he heard Lin Xian say. "The fire of sea rebellion obviously doesn't want to be entangled with the official army anymore, so the trend of the sea rebellion in the area of Yanshui Creek and the sea rebellion in Dapai is self-evident." Lin Xian paused. "In case the army has not broken through the enemy in front of it, the two sea rebellions have come out from behind." Lin Xian pointed to the slightly mutilated full moon on his head and reminded. "Shi Junmen, it's not early." Yes, the first battle between the two sides was at the beginning of Shen Shi (i.e. five o'clock in the afternoon), and now after two rounds of fighting, it is not much closer to the unitary time, although the moon on August 14 is equally bright, but it is a bit desperate to have a life-and-death battle under the moonlight. "Even if we defeat the enemy in front of us, Junmen, our army will not be able to capture Tianxing Prefecture tonight."
"What does Lord Lin mean is that one part will monitor the enemy in the betel nut forest, and the rest of the troops will turn their heads and defeat the enemy who comes to help first?" Shi Lang calmed down and thought about it quietly, he and Zheng Kezhang are now in a situation where they are afraid of beating wolves. "Now the movements of He Yi and Chen Python are unknown, even if you add the rear team, there are only more than 15,000 people in the whole army, and there are thousands of wounded among them."
"The humble post thinks that the sea is bluffing, and its strength is not better than that of the court officials, so the humble post asks 3,000 people to stay behind to monitor the sea rebellion in the face, and the adults can gather the three thousand soldiers and horses on the right side, and still have a numerical advantage, plus wait for work." Lin Xian paused. "In this way, there is still hope for the officers and troops to win a complete victory."
Shi Lang understood that Lin Xian meant to give up the goal of Tianxingzhou, and instead pick up the various tactics formulated at the beginning, maybe he could really break the deadlock in front of him, but Shi Lang was no longer sure whether Zheng Kezhang still had hole cards that had not been shown after several setbacks, so he hesitated. "Soldiers run back and forth, and the body is not enough for field combat"
"Then you can't fight in vain." Lin Xian interrupted Shi Lang's words, perhaps feeling that his tone was a bit arrogant, so Lin Xian paused before continuing. "The sea is also not iron-clad, they also have to rest, and it happens to be a decisive battle tomorrow morning." As the two were talking, suddenly Zheng Jun broke out with an earth-shattering cheer, and vaguely heard the words reinforcements and Jianwei Town coming from the wind, Lin Xian found that Shi Lang's face suddenly darkened: "Military Gate, the reinforcements of the sea rebellion have come up"
"I heard you." Shi Lang wrinkled his brows, obviously a little unwilling to fly the duck in his mouth, but with Chen Chang killed, Yang Jiarui injured, and Chen Long staying at sea to command the sailors, Lin Xian had rightfully become his deputy, and it was impossible for him not to give this de facto deputy a little face. "Then it's going to trouble Brother Lin."
"The Qing army is camped on the spot?" Zheng Kezang, who got the report, set his eyes on Mao Hongyan beside him. "Does Mao Qing think that the Qing army's move means that today's battle is over?"
"The minister thought that the Qing army was not good at night fighting." Mao Hongyan judged so. "Second, reinforcements from this domain are coming, if it is a night battle, Shi Lang is afraid of being attacked by the enemy on his back, so he camps on the spot in order to fight again in the coming day." Mao Hongyan paused. "Based on the observation of the ministers, the Qing army still has a thousand and a half thousand, even if reinforcements from all walks of life in this domain arrive, it is only five or five, and the Qing army still has a chance to win."
Although they won two battles in a row and wiped out nearly four or five thousand Qing troops, the casualties of Qianwu on the side of the first town of the Boy Scouts were also to the point of running out of oil and drying up, in addition, the situation of Hong Gongzhu's encirclement and annihilation of the Qing army's roundabout troops in the north is still unknown, and the situation on the side of He Gan, Zhang Xueyao, and Wang Jinzhong may not have been transmitted for a long time, so Mao Hongyan advocated being cautious.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zheng Kezhang actually didn't know much about military affairs, but he intuitively felt that Shi Lang shouldn't give up like this. "Although reinforcements from Jianwei Town and Jianwei Right Town have come up, if Shi Lang ignores the casualties, it is still very likely to break our army, a bad night battle is not a reason, presumably Shi Lang is fighting some kind of ghost idea." The memories brought by Zheng Kezhang from his previous life made him look up at Shi Lang, but he didn't expect that the yin and yang were wrong, and he was just right. "Shi Lang must want to use one to block the sight of our army, and the rest of the Qing army will be transferred east to deal with He Qian and a few of them." As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Kezhang ordered loudly. "Come on, immediately send a fast horse to find He Zhentong, so that he doesn't have to march overnight, and first meet the two generals Wang and Zhang." Zheng Kezhang thought about it, and now he should concentrate the troops that can be concentrated, so he continued to order. "In addition, send someone to transfer the second town of the Boy Scouts back, now the main force of the Qing army is on land, and there are expedition battalions and whale hunting battalions on the sea to watch, and their main battlefield is still on land."
The envoy hurriedly set off, and Zheng Kezhang then turned his head and ordered Mao Hongyan: "Mao Qing still has to work hard, and immediately start to organize the remnants of the second town of the Yongwei Army and Wuchong Town into the boy scouts in case of emergency." ”
This is a big deal, so Mao Hongyan wanted to leave after answering the call, but Zheng Kezhang stopped him: "After the rectification is completed, hurry up and let the team rest, and the artillery army will find a way to attack at night, so as to save Shi Lang from being an anti-guest."
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