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"General, our artillery is too close at range, and it can't reach the artillery positions of the Xinhua Army at all." The artillery pipe of the Qing army said to Chen Jinshou, the commander of Zhili. It's not that they don't want to fight back, it's that it's useless at all.

"Damn, how can this be?" Chen Jinshou said depressedly. He was very aggrieved and angry, but more helpless.

The generals of the Qing army are almost in this mood at the moment. For more than a month, although the two sides had reached a stalemate, the Xinhua army had been on the defensive, which made them mistakenly believe that the Xinhua army was not capable of launching an offensive. But now it seems that they were wrong. Once the Xinhua army launched an attack, the attack was like the top of Mount Tai, and the stone broke through the earth, making them unable to defend at all.

"General Chen, let's retreat immediately, if we continue like this, we will suffer heavy losses. Soon, the Xinhua army will attack. With the current situation, we will not be able to resist the attack of the Xinhua army at all. Hubei Admiral Gui Ming urged anxiously.

"Retreat? Where can we retreat? Chen Jinshou asked helplessly. More than 100,000 Qing troops gathered in northern Guangdong, originally wanted to fight a battle, directly attack the hinterland of Guangdong, and drive the Xinhua army into the sea. But I didn't expect that it would become like this in the end. There is no doubt that in this battle, the Qing army is in danger. One is not good, and they will be defeated by the Xinhua army and pay a heavy price.

"General Chen, let's go to Chenzhou. Chenzhou is an important town in southern Hunan. We can defend the city and wait for reinforcements and instructions from the imperial court. Hunan Governor Changchun said. Now it seems that it is impossible to defeat the Xinhua Army. Even defending the southern part of Hunan has become a luxury. Retreating to Chenzhou has become their only choice.

"Okay, retreat to Chenzhou. In addition, an urgent report was immediately sent to the imperial court requesting reinforcements. Chen Jinshou said. He blamed himself very much, Prince Hui loved Xin Jueluo. After Mianyu was dismissed. He became the commander of the Qing army, and Emperor Daoguang trusted him so much, but he did not defeat the Xinhua army in the end. For the success of the Qing Dynasty, but was defeated by the Xinhua army, what face did he have to meet Emperor Daoguang?

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! At this time, the artillery fire of the Xinhua Army began to extend. In particular, 1 howitzer of the 105 brigade of heavy artillery. It is even more dependent on the advantage of range. Heavy artillery bombardment was launched on the artillery positions of the Qing army. Although the Qing army's artillery fire was small and had a short range, it could still inflict fatal damage on the infantry. If the infantry of the Xinhua Army were shelled by the Qing Army during the attack, the losses would not be small. Therefore, it is very necessary to destroy the artillery of the Qing army before launching an attack. The location of the artillery positions of the Qing army. It has long been figured out by the scouts of the Xinhua Army. Compared with the defense of the artillery positions of the Xinhua Army, the defense of the artillery positions of the Qing Army is too rubbish.

Shells exploded on the artillery positions of the Qing army. Those heavy cannons were directly overturned. A lot of cannons, even the barrels are twisted. The artillery of the Qing army suffered heavy losses in the fierce shelling. They fled from the artillery position in embarrassment, wishing that their father and mother did not give them two more legs, so that they could escape faster.

"Retreat, retreat now!" Chen Jinshou's eyes were red, and he was about to drip blood. Seeing the destruction of the artillery positions of the Qing army, his heart felt as if he was dripping blood. These cannons were built by the Manchu government at a huge cost, but now, before a single cannon was fired, it was destroyed by the Xinhua army.

"My lord, we need to leave a broken army behind. Otherwise, the Xinhua army will soon catch up with us. Hubei Admiral Gui Ming reminded. Now that the attack of the new Chinese army is so fierce, if the Qing army orders a retreat, it is very likely to cause a rout. At that time, the Xinhua army pursued all the way, which would make the Qing army's losses even heavier. Even if they can escape back to Chenzhou, it is estimated that they will not have much strength to hold Chenzhou.

"Lord Wang, after the break, you have to rely on the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongol cavalry came and went like the wind, and the speed was fast, and they could intercept the Xinhua army and then withdraw immediately. When I withdraw to Chenzhou, I will definitely write to His Majesty and ask for credit for the prince. Chen Jinshou said to Monk Greenqin. If you want to leave the broken troops, you have to have the Mongol cavalry. If the green battalion soldiers are left to break off, not to mention whether they have the courage or not, even if they stay, those green battalion soldiers will be nine deaths. But the Mongol cavalry was different, after holding back the Xinhua army for a while, they could retreat with the advantage of speed. If the timing is right, maybe you won't lose too much.

Monk Greenqin's face is constantly changing, and after staying, there is no doubt that he will pay a certain loss. Of course, he wanted to lead his troops to retreat immediately. However, Chen Jinshou is now the commander of the army, and if he reports the matter of Monk Greenqin's disobedience to Emperor Daoguang, Monk Greenqin will not be able to eat and walk around. When the time comes, Chen Jinshou can even put all the responsibility for the defeat of the Qing army this time on the head of Seng Lingqin. In that case, he may even be in danger of his own life.

"Okay, this king led 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to stay behind and break the queen. But the king will give you only two hours. Two hours later, the king will depart with his army. Whether you can escape or not depends on your luck. Monk Grinqin said. Blocking the Xinhua Army for four hours, he was confident that there was no problem with this. The Qing army's barracks were deployed in an open field on the edge of the Yichang River, which was suitable for cavalry charges. If the infantry of the Xinhua Army dared to attack, he might be able to take the opportunity to defeat the Xinhua Army and achieve victory.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Chen Jinshou and the others were overjoyed, and after bidding farewell to Monk Greenqin, they immediately led the green battalion soldiers to retreat. Everyone retreated along the official road in the direction of Chenzhou. Although the morale of the current Green Battalion soldiers is low, because the Xinhua Army has not caught up, everyone has not collapsed.

Half an hour after the shelling of the Xinhua Army, Major General Sun Hao gave the order to attack.

Suddenly, more than 10,000 soldiers of the 1st Brigade and the 8th Brigade, who had already been prepared, rushed out of their positions and launched an attack on the positions of the Qing army. However, they encountered almost no obstacles along the way. The Qing army on the position had already broken and fled, and there were only dead bodies in one place and Qing soldiers who were injured and had no choice.

"These Qing troops are too incompetent, right? I was scared away by a bombardment, where is this still a war, it's simply cleaning up the battlefield! A captain and company commander of the Xinhua Army, after leading the army to attack the position of the Qing army, said with some dissatisfaction.

At this time, a few kilometers away from them, Monk Lingqin was leading 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to wait for them. As soon as the Xinhua army is out of the range of the shelling, they will attack.

"Mongolian warriors, use the scimitars in your hands to let those Han dogs know that Mongolian warriors are the most powerful warriors." Monk Lingqin shouted loudly.

"Kill all the Han dogs! Kill all the Han dogs! Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry shouted.

Soon, the Mongol cavalry of Seng Lingqin was discovered by the Xinhua army. The Xinhua Army, which was preparing to pursue, immediately listened.

"Prepare to defend! Line up in a dense formation and build mortar positions. The officers of the Xinhua Army on the front line immediately reacted correctly. In the field and fighting with the cavalry, the Xinhua army could only rely on defensive formations to resist the attack of the cavalry. If you continue to attack, you will definitely be defeated by the cavalry.

Brigadier General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, also rushed to the front line, and after learning of this situation, he hurriedly ordered the whole brigade to enter a defensive state. All six infantry brigades were pulled up, forming a long line of defense in a row of two. At the same time, the logistics troops transported the barbed wire fence and quickly pulled up a barbed wire fence fifty meters in front of the defensive line. It's just that because of the urgency of time, the barbed wire fence is intermittent, leaving a lot of gaps in the middle. Mortars throughout the brigade were also erected to prepare artillery fire for the infantry. The 8th Brigade in the back is also stepping up to the battlefield. And their field guns and 105-mm howitzers, because they are too far from the battlefield, cannot be counted on for a while.

Monk Lingqin had not fought the Xinhua army before, and when the Xinhua army stopped pursuing, he did not immediately order the Mongol cavalry to charge. When he realized that the Xinhua army was building a defensive offensive, he hurriedly ordered the Mongolian cavalry to attack. It's just that this time seems to be over.

"Rush! Kill all those dogs! Tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry howled and stormed the positions of the Xinhua army. The sound of horses' hooves converged like a muffled thunder in the sky.

"Fire!" When the Mongol cavalry approached the position of the Xinhua Army only a kilometer, all the mortars of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army opened fire. The brigade has 6 infantry battalions with a total of 72 mortars. To block the attack of the Mongol cavalry, all mortars were firing at the maximum rate of fire. Although this will seriously affect the service life of the mortar, now, who cares about that? Defeating the Mongol cavalry attack is the most important thing at the moment.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells fell into the ranks of the Mongol cavalry and exploded, shrapnel was everywhere, and the horses were killed and wounded, fell to the ground, and even the knights with the horses fell to the ground. If you fall to the ground while your horse is charging at high speed, you will be seriously injured even if you don't get killed. Not to mention that there are high-speed charging war horses behind, and the only ending of those Mongolian cavalry who were thrown down was to be trampled into meat sauce by the high-speed running war horses.

Although the distance of one kilometer only takes less than two minutes when the war horse charges at high speed. However, in these short two minutes, the Mongolian cavalry was subjected to heavy shelling and paid a heavy price! (To be continued......)