In the vast wasteland, an army of more than 20,000 people walked in a compact manner, and the commander of the front team looked at the map from time to time, looking around, hoping to find a reference, and when he saw the reference, he often whispered a few words to the adjutant next to him.

"Drive!"

Tan Shaoguang and Huang Zaixing rode side by side.

Tan Shaoguang grew up in Guangxi, and in his childhood, the most impressive thing was the famine.

"This Northeast is so desolate! After more than 50 miles, there is not a single family, these lands are a pity, I don't know how many people can be saved in the famine year! ”

Huang Zaixing pointed to the surrounding land and laughed loudly: "Lord Tan said well, when the Han army captures the northeast, we will suggest that the emperor immigrate from the Guannai, which can not only reduce the pressure on the Guannai, but also strengthen the control of the Northeast to prevent the barbarians from rising again." ”

Tan Shaoguang nodded, feeling that Huang Zaixing was not only thoughtful, able to fight, but also able to manage the people, he was really a figure with both civil and military skills, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to behead even such a talent, which showed that Hong Yang was perverse and unpopular.

At this time, the spy Pegasus came to report, skillfully grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse, and the action was done in one go, without any mud and water......

"Report ...... Commander Qiyu, twenty miles ahead is Gaizhou City, according to a small investigation, all the surrounding residents have moved into Gaizhou City, and there are no Qing reinforcements within fifty miles around. ”

Tan Shaoguang ordered loudly: "Immediately infiltrate in the direction of Fengtian, and if there is any military situation, report it immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The spy got up and flew away again.

Tan Shaoguang said to the surrounding heralds: "The whole army is speeding up and striving to capture Gaizhou today!" ”

The heralds scattered, each shouting:

"The commander has a life! The whole army accelerated its advance. Strive to capture Gaizhou today! ”

The whole army rushed in less than an hour. Gaizhou City is in sight.

"Report! Commander, there is a large group of Qing cavalry ten miles to the north. There were about four or five thousand horsemen scattered around! ”

Waving his hand to the spies, Tan Shaoguang glanced north, his sarcasm flashed, and said to Huang Zaixing: "This group of cavalry must have been sent by the defenders in the city, hum!" Since they are not stationed in the city, and they are fighting the idea of harassing our army's rear route, let's do this, and then you can send a regiment of men and horses to guard five miles to the north, and I will allocate all ten machine guns to you. The Qing army will definitely kill more than 2,000 people when they see it, you can withstand it for half an hour, and my strange soldiers will attack from the left and right, and then use artillery to cut off their back roads, so that the barbarians on the city wall can see clearly that the way of fighting has changed! It's no longer time for them to run amok! ”

Huang Zaixing thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "It's no problem for a regiment to hold on for half an hour, but just in case, I will personally command a regiment." The first regiment had fought with the Qing soldiers two days ago, and with experience, I did not believe that the Qing army could still rush to the position. ”

Tan Shaoguang patted Huang Zaixing's chest and added, "Add another reinforcement camp." In this way, 3,000 men, all armed with rifles and grenades, must quickly establish a position. Bring more big bags, not to mention four or five thousand cavalry. Twice as much, and let him have no return. ”

Huang Zaixing is not verbose. With the company of guards roaring away.

Luo Ming, the commander of the first regiment, said with a smile: "Division commander, it's just a few full dogs, why do you want to go into battle in person, don't worry, I promise not to let a full dog come in, this time I have to avenge the second battalion!" ”

Huang Zaixing scolded with a smile: "You don't talk to me less, our army lacks experience in fighting cavalry, otherwise we will be able to suffer in the first battle?" I heard that the Second Army suffered from the Manchu cavalry in Shandong, we can't be careless, you immediately lead people to the position to build fortifications, remember! Throw more obstacles outside the position, what obstacles? You're a pig brain! For example, horse-drawn carriages, wires, etc., by the way, dig more traps, it doesn't need to be very deep, a few shovels are enough, we have at most a quarter of an hour, tell the brothers to be diligent. ”

Luo Ming wrote them all down and replied: "I know the teacher!" ”

At the position, Huang Zaixing kept looking at his watch, but he didn't expect that half an hour had passed, the Qing army had not moved, the position was perfect enough, the ring fortifications, the layers were clear, and the steel cannons in the back stayed quietly in place, more than 3,000 people were lying on their stomachs, some were half-squatting, and some were standing, all staring at the enemy that might appear in front of them.

Luo Ming took two guards, holding binoculars in his hands, came to Huang Zaixing's side with a cat waist, and asked with a bitter face: "Division commander, is this Qing army frightened, you see, they are just two thousand meters away, and there is no movement." ”

Huang Zaixing stopped his movements and said: "As the commander of a regiment, he is still so frizzy, calm down, the enemy does not move, I will not move, if the Qing army wants to relieve the siege of Gaizhou, it must defeat us." ”

Luo Ming shrank his head, raised the telescope in his hand and observed the situation on the other side, hey! The Qing army on the other side seemed to be using binoculars to observe us.

Luo Ming saw it right, Mu Erfu, who was riding on a horse, was holding up his glasses and looking at the strange position in front of him.

Lamendo looked at his father impatiently and reminded, "Amma! These mud-legged men trapped themselves in the pit, thinking that they could stop the cavalry with a small wall half a man high, so stupid, why didn't Amma give the order to attack! ”

Mu Erfu put down the binoculars and sighed: "The Han army is not so stupid, there must be something strange in it, such a small semi-circular position, we can shoot them with a few rounds of bows and arrows, weird!" Eccentric! I'd better wait for the spies to come back, I suspect there's an ambush nearby. ”

Lamendo hung his head and stared at the front unconvinced, more than five thousand cavalry were still afraid of the two or three thousand foot soldiers! Three rounds of arrows can be shot around the Han army, nearly 20,000 feather arrows, and the Han army can have a few panting.

"Report! Lord Qiyu Dutong, the servants have investigated all around, except for the Han army under the city wall, there are no ambushes in other directions. ”

Long and Duo paused, and said boldly: "The difference between the two Han armies is five or six miles, and it takes two quarters of an hour for the foot soldiers to march, we can take advantage of this time to wipe out the Han army in front, and the slaves are willing to make meritorious contributions and act as the vanguard." ”

Only then did Mu Erfu put his mind at ease, feeling that the Han army on the other side was nothing more than relying on the sharpness of foreign guns, and he also regarded his elite cavalry as those incompetent wastes in the pass.

Lamendo took two steps forward and said loudly, "Amma! Let's fight, in case Gaizhou is breached, the emperor blames it, we don't want to protect our heads, and it will affect the whole family. ”

Mu Erfu made up his mind and said loudly: "Fight!" The order went down to break through the Han army formation in front, and no one was left! Long and Duo, you lead the people of your headquarters as the vanguard, and Lamendo you lead a thousand people to line up in order to prevent the Han army from sneaking attack, and I will personally lead the army to charge! ”

"Amma!"

"I have made up my mind, and those who dare to shake the heart of the army will be killed!"

With a shout, the dragon and the duo led five hundred men as the 'arrows' of the whole army, and hurried forward to beat their horses.

"Kill!"

Mu Erfu shouted loudly and led the Chinese army to slowly follow, and the two armies were separated by more than 50 steps before they accelerated.

Ahead, Huang Zaixing only felt the earth tremble, and quickly raised his head, and sure enough, he saw the dust in front of him, several horses looming, and faintly saw the hideous faces of the cavalry.

Luo Ming swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but praise: "What a big formation!" ”

Huang Zaixing saw the soldiers on the left and right bowing their heads, their eyes dodging, and immediately shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, they can't stop the bullets, and when they can aim at the horse, they will throw grenades fifty meters away." ”

The dust of the cavalry was getting closer and closer, like a storm, daring to crush everything in front of it.

Luo Ming couldn't take his eyes off it, and his mouth was fragmented: "One thousand meters...... 800 meters...... 600 meters...... Five hundred meters! ”

When he said 500 meters, he shouted: "Fight!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

As the Manchu cavalry fell off their horses one by one, Luo Ming sweated on his forehead, and at a distance of more than 300 meters, there were sporadic arrows falling into the position.

"Hit! Beat! Hit me hard! ”

The cavalry cavalry was blocked at a distance of three hundred meters, one in and one down, and the cavalry behind quickly dispersed, each running for a while, and the two wings were in a goose marching formation to attack the Han army's position a little bit.

Huang Zaixing was surprised that the Qing army had such a high will to fight, and they rushed forward, but they did not turn around and run away.

Luo Ming was hoarse, kept raising the gun in his hand, and shouted, "Beat me hard!" No need to aim! Hit hard! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

After a row of gunshots, Huang Zaixing relieved himself, the training of the Han army was not in vain, and such a compact and dense gunfire had already exceeded the previous training.

There have been sporadic Qing troops rushing to 200 meters, arrows into the Han army position, the Han army in the middle of the arrow endured the pain and continued to shoot, and the soldiers who were injured to the point also gritted their teeth and held back, not wanting to affect the surrounding comrades.

Luo Ming couldn't help it, and asked Huang Zaixing for instructions: "Division, commander! Open fire! It's time for the machine gun to shine out! ”

Huang Zaixing replied calmly: "Wait! Wait! There is no signal behind it, and the brothers are still supportive. ”

Luo Ming stomped his feet and continued to go back to command.

Compared with Huang Zaixing's calm and leisurely, although Mu Erfu is calm, he already has the idea of breaking the net, the corpses on the ground are in pieces, horse blood and human blood are mixed and flowing, just want to retreat, and his brothers are unwilling, and now they are like killing red eyes, just stepping on the corpse and continuing to move forward,

"Bang!"

Mu Erfu felt a shaking, and rolled off his horse, it turned out that his war horse was hit, and the bullet entered his left eye and penetrated his brain.

"Lord Toto! Get on board! The standard guard hurriedly jumped off the horse and helped Mu Erfu up.

Mu Erfu was moved by blood and water, lying on top of a corpse, the hideous face of the corpse looked so familiar, it turned out to be Long and Duo, I don't know when he died in battle.

Mu Erfu jumped on the war horse of the standard guard, and looked back, the standard guard was lying on the ground, his body had been trampled by the war horse, Mu Erfu was afraid for a while, if he was a little late, would he also be trampled to death by the horse.

"Drive!"

"Kill! Kill! ”

"None of them will be left!"

Mu Erfu kept boosting morale, the Qing soldiers shouted forward one by one, and fell down one by one, and the corpses soon piled up a 'small wall' in front of them, and the war horses had to jump to rush over. (To be continued......)

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