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When the artillery division Yang Jian led the four battalions under his command to take Guangxin Mansion, the progress of the first and second divisions was also relatively smooth. The defensive forces of Ningdu Prefecture, Zhenzhou Prefecture and Jianchang Prefecture were not very strong and did not withstand several rounds of artillery bombardment by the Mawei Army. Except for the large territory of Zhenzhou, the other areas of these three prefectures are relatively small. Moreover, they all have a border with Fujian, so it is easy for large armies to enter these provinces.

For example, Zhenzhou Mansion, the whole long strip of a large area borders Fujian and Guangdong, and the capital city of Zhenzhou Mansion is a little far away from Fujian, but the army of the First Division arrived, and with the cooperation of the Second Battalion of the Artillery Division, it also quickly took the southern eight counties of the eleven counties in Zhenzhou. The location of Zhenzhou itself also determined that Rabu would not deploy any heavy troops here, and sure enough, under the attack of the soldiers of the first division of the Mawei Army, the eight southern counties basically fell in one drum and did not encounter any decent resistance.

This side is qiē shun lì, but the death of Jianchang Mansion encountered a little trouble. Although this Jianchang Mansion is at the junction with Fujian, and Fujian trade is very frequent, but this is also extremely close to Fuzhou, the most important gateway during this period, the southern city of the battleground is stationed with 2,000 Qing troops to help defend the city, plus the total number of garrison troops in the original city is more than 3,000. The Second Division of the Mawei Army also took a lot of effort to take six county towns except Nancheng.

There are a total of seven counties in Jianchang Prefecture, but only the northeast corner of the Nancheng is the most important, which links the inland of Fujian and the central part of Jiangxi, and is a place where Fuzhou, Nanchang and other places must pass through the Nancheng to enter Fujian. After the other six counties were taken, they were also garrisoned by hundreds of soldiers. Continue to clear out the mountain bandits or something. At this time, the army used to attack Nancheng was only two battalions, the first battalion and the fifth battalion of the second division headquarters. Plus a battalion of the fifth battalion of the artillery division, a total of 3,000 people, the task is to take Nancheng within two days, otherwise military law will deal with it.

There is basically not much suspense about taking Nancheng, the last Jianchang Mansion City, within two days, and 3,000 horsetail soldiers to attack the defending city of more than 3,000 people. The whole step has been that the artillery fighters will strike first, and then the Marine infantry soldiers will attack forward and take the city as quickly as possible. But this time it's in the southern city. In the course of the attack, the artillery was not immediately used. When they first arrived at the city, the defenders in the city knew the news that the Mawei army was about to attack the city, so they were quite well prepared.

At the beginning, Gongbin, the general of Jianchang Prefecture, was only disdainful of the 3,000 horsetail army that came to invade, and only a few thousand people wanted to take the fortified city that they were heavily guarded, so he sent 2,000 people in the vanguard to line up at the gate, led by Zhou Shijian, the commander of the thousand generals under his command, and prepared to pick up a handful of horsetail army at the city gate.

As the Mawei Army slowly approached, the vanguard of the Mawei Army was the 5th Battalion of the 2nd Division. It was a battalion directly under Fang Dahong, and the battalion commander Zhong Da was also a veteran. The fifth battalion of the infantry camp sent all the soldiers sent out to patrol the city by the way to meet the king of Hades. However, this time it was not as good as in the Chaozhou Mansion, and this time they cut off the heads of all the scouts sent out of the city, hung them on a wooden pole, and let a row of soldiers carry them forward.

Gongbin stood on the tower above the city gate, looking at the human head hanging on the wooden pole outside the city gate of the south city, his beard trembled with anger, this horsetail army is too bullying! While staring at the towers on their side, they began to plunder the surrounding area, and they didn't take these officers and soldiers seriously at all, and less than 2,000 people stayed here, and they regarded them as nothing. In fact, the Mawei Army was not plundering the people around, but the artillery division was still behind, and the infantry soldiers scattered to find the best position and seize it.

Several generals under the command of Gongbin also had very unsightly faces, on the one hand, they were surprised that the Mawei Army was indeed majestic and clean, and on the other hand, they were angry that the Mawei Army was too arrogant, and they were a little hesitant, and they felt that they couldn't get over their faces. So it was still President Qian, Zhou Shijian, the most county couldn't hold back. He now led the army at the city gate, so he shouted: "Put down the drawbridge, let's go out to meet this group of rebels, and while they are still unstable, we will break up this group of rebels first, and then go to find the trouble of the remaining rebels!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill, kill !!" The morale of the more than 2,000 defenders in this formation was not bad, and they heard the order shouted loudly.

And Gongbin, who was on the city tower, heard the movement below, and began to pay attention to the battle situation intently. "Zhou Shijian is waiting to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, drum up, and cheer for Zhou Shijian!"

As the order was given, the tom tom drums sounded, and the defenders below began to march across the drawbridge and across the moat in orderly steps, preparing to attack the Mawei army.

When most of the defenders walked across the drawbridge, Gongbin felt a little uneasy in his heart for no reason, so he once again instructed the soldiers around him: "Pass on the general's order, tell General Sù Zhou, this general will allow him to test the strength of the rebels, remember to fight if he can, if it is not their opponent, quickly retreat to the city!" Don't be out in love! Suo Qianzong, Zhang Qianzong, both of you also ordered troops and horses, went out of the city to watch the enemy formation for Ma Qianzong, if the rebels were too powerful, so as to accept Zhou Shijian to withdraw to the city. ”

"Order!" After hearing this, the two thousand commanders immediately nodded and received the order, and ran down the arrow tower on their feet, and soon pointed out their soldiers in the camp, and after the sound of the horn and cannon, the remaining 1,000 or so officers and soldiers in the city came out of the city gate and came to the outside of the city gate to open a formation.

Zhong Da, the commander of the fifth battalion, is an authentic veteran, and he is standing outside the suspension bridge outside the city gate at this time, and he sees thousands of defenders on the opposite side marching forward, and the posture is to engage them in a short encounter with the horsetail army, so he shouted happily, "These turtle grandsons are really good, and the defenders in other places can hold back, and take the initiative to stick their heads out to us!" Ha ha! Bring my horse! Let's line up for the battle! Zhong Dahaha laughed, straightened his military hat, and ordered loudly.

Although the infantry battalions are all infantry troops, it does not mean that there is no horse, and the pack horses or Yunnan war horses equipped in the army are all assigned to serve in various military camps. "If you want to go head-on, our Ponytail Army has really never been afraid of anyone, damn it. The barracks didn't go up once or twice to beat Lao Tzu. There were also dozens of horse battles. Dealing with such a small role, isn't that hand-to-hand? ”

"Battalion commander, where do you need to go up and fight him, just shoot him down, the time given to us above is only two days, if we don't capture the city before tonight, then we have to postpone it until tomorrow, in that case." Our progress is bound to slow down, and the gains outweigh the losses! And you, as a battalion commander, don't need you to go out in person!! The staff officer of the battalion headquarters of the fifth battalion reminded.

"Hehe, I know this, but defeating the enemy general in a dignified manner can not only defeat the morale of the enemy army, but also improve our morale. They're in front of the battle, can I still back down? With that, he rode out on horseback. Battalion Commander Zhong is not a horse general, but his equestrian skills are not bad, and he is only thirty or three this year. He is in the prime of life, with a burly figure and strong arms. Riding a black horse, holding a saber in one hand, after leaving the camp and lined up, he jogged out of the big formation with the reins of the horse and scolded with one finger: "Bah! Hugh on the other side should be arrogant! Your grandfather Zhong is here! If there is a kind, it will come out and meet Lao Tzu, let's see a real chapter under our hands! ”

Although Zhong Da had already prepared the battle and was about to fight, he was a little happy when he saw that Zhou surnamed Qian always wanted to fight alone. If Geng Jingzhong was here today, he would definitely start a group fight without saying a word, what a heads-up, it's just! Geng Jingzhong believes in the modern way of fighting, and he doesn't bother to fight with others at all, so for a long time, the Mawei Army created by Geng Jingzhong has basically never been single-handed.

And in this era, it is common for the warring factions of the two armies to go into battle first and fight alone, so this time Zhou Shijian saw that the Mawei Army was at its peak and the battle formation was tight, and he wanted to jump out while the Mawei Army was not too stable to prepare for the general of the Mawei Army, Zhong Da had to follow to face it, otherwise he would not be able to raise his head in front of his subordinates. However, Zhong Da also wanted to have a chance to show his methods in front of his generals, so he took the initiative to carry two sabers and rushed out.

Zhong Da laughed from this formation, and put the saber ≡in his hand in his hand.

It's a pity that today he miscalculated, Zhong Da urged the horse to rush to his approach, and chopped without saying a word, and didn't talk to him at all, Zhou Shijian was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his gun to meet Zhong Da and fight in one place. Among the battalion-level generals of the Second Division of the Mawei Army, Zhong Da's kung fu can basically be counted in the top three, and he doesn't know how many times he has been in the ring in the barracks. Now after facing this Zhou Shijian, the two sabers flew up and down, and after the two handed over and fought for more than ten rounds, Zhou Shijian knew that he was not his opponent, and he was shocked into a cold sweat, he knew that he had made a mistake today, so he quickly turned his horse and wanted to escape.

At this time, Zhong Da could still give him a chance to run, but he lost the opportunity to urge the horse to catch up, so he took out the handcuff on his waist, "Bang!" With a bang, I saw Zhou Shijian's body swaying for a while, and the horse continued to run forward, but the corpse fell under the horse with a plop.

"Sample, if you don't fight to the end, you want to run, don't come out to be conspicuous if you don't have enough ability, but this horse is not bad, Lao Tzu will laugh today! Ha ha! With that, he turned his horse and galloped back to the main camp of the Mawei Army. I only heard the soldiers and generals of the Mawei Army suddenly let out a tsunami-like cheer, and the stars and moons welcomed Zhong Da back into the formation, and Zhong Da was not hypocritical, and immediately ordered after returning to the formation: "Press it up, and defeat them for Lao Tzu!" ”

The Mawei soldiers were already in high spirits at this moment, and when they heard the order, they immediately roared, and pushed towards the officers and soldiers like a mountain. At this time, they didn't care about waiting for the arrival of the artillery battalion, anyway, they wouldn't be able to advance directly to the city gate immediately, and they would definitely retreat to their current position after a while.

As soon as Zhou Shijian died, the defenders were a little chaotic, and even if the morale plummeted, the two thousand generals who followed Zhou Shijian looked at each other, and they didn't know for a while whether they should retreat to the city or fight a battle. Only heard the sound of a cannon in front of the Mawei army, the soldiers heard the order, countless bullets flew and fell into the defenders' formation, when even in the defenders caused a lot of casualties, suddenly made the defenders' large array more chaotic, at this time, Zhong Da shouted: "Kill! Keep moving! (To be continued......)

PS: It's a chapter today, and I'll make up for it with 10,000 words tomorrow!