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As night fell, the battle between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties continued. It's just that the Ming army has already won victory on the field battlefield, and at this time it is preparing to attack the Qing army camp.

Mulima, with a pale face, walked up and down the tent, and below stood the silent generals. Outside, the sound of cannon roared and the sound of killing shook the sky, and their hearts were churning up and down.

The field battle was defeated, the Han army suffered the most casualties, and the brave Manmeng Eight Banners failed to show the majesty of unparalleled cavalry and archery and turned the tide, and hit their heads in front of the Ming army. Now there are only more than 6,000 Han troops left, less than 1,000 Manchurian and Mongolian eight cavalry, and the gap in strength is even greater, can they still hold the camp?

Although these Geng generals lacked confidence, they did not dare to retreat lightly. They all knew that if the camp was not secured, the 5,000 cavalry troops that had made a roundabout attack would be cut off from retreat. In this regard, Mulima will definitely not agree, and even he will count on holding on to the camp while urgently recalling Tuhai, attacking inside and outside, and turning defeat into victory!

If there were a few thousand more cavalry, even if it was only two or three thousand, the result would be different today, right? Mulima paced back and forth, regretting his decision to divide his troops. The battle formation of the Ming army was indeed tight, and the firepower was indeed fierce, but on the battlefield today, the cavalry still rushed to the front of the formation, and caused certain casualties to the bayonet soldiers of the Ming army in the impact. It's just because of the weakness of the follow-up. only to be defeated by the rounds of musket fire.

And now relying on the village to hold on may be the only chance to turn the tide of the war and turn defeat into victory. The withdrawal of troops can preserve some strength, but it also means abandoning the thousands of cavalry. Of course, it is also possible to pin the hope of victory on Tuhai, but that is a bit too idealistic after all.

The messenger has been dispatched. If you calculate the time, the reinforcements will be able to come back in two or three days at the earliest. The camp is quite strong, with wooden fences, trenches, buckets, sentry towers and other fortifications. The Eight Banners Army started from the old slaves, marched and hunted, erected fences in winter, dug trenches in summer, and encamped extremely tightly, which is a tradition. Although Mulima is young and lacks practical experience, he still knows a lot about these fixed things.

Two or three days. I think I can hold it, right? Although the Ming army was outnumbered, it was still far from the theory of the art of war surrounded by the Ten Rules. It's just that this defense still depends on these Han generals. When Mulima thought of this, even if he wanted to scold and even whip these generals who were the first to be defeated in the war, he had no choice but to hold back his anger and comfort him with gentle words.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it coincides with small setbacks. You don't have to be afraid. Mu Lima squeezed out a smile and said, "Deputy Commander Tuhai is leading the iron cavalry outside, and it will be here soon. Our army is defending by relying on the fortress, if there is a heart to fight to the death, can't it be supported? In the meantime, how can the enemy army be invincible? ”

Jiang Yuanxun and the others quietly looked at each other. I know it. Mulima did not have the wrath of thunder, so he naturally asked them to continue to work hard to resist the attack of the Ming army. It's just that Mulima doesn't seem to know much about the combat strength of the Ming army, and the battle of the camp is not against the Ming army. Is it enough to defend alone? Not to mention, how did Xinhui, Guangzhou, and Meizhou fall so quickly? Is the fortification as strong as a city built of blue bricks and stones?

Hey, in this way, the Ming army's ability to attack fortifications seems to be stronger than that of field battles! Jiang Yuanxun grinned secretly, I am afraid that this reinforcement will not be able to wait. And the only remaining soldiers and generals will probably be lost in the defense of the camp. If the Ming army completes the encirclement, maybe the whole army will be annihilated!

Bai Xianzhong, Xu Wanyao and others also had some ideas more or less, the tenacious fighting and ferocious firepower of the Ming army, as well as the defeat of the Manmeng Eight Banners, had a great psychological blow to them. They also knew that the shape of Fujian Province was very dangerous, the Zheng army and the Ming army were joining forces to attack on the coast, and the Geng Fan soldiers and horses cooperated with the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners this time, and sent most of the main forces, once the losses were heavy, how to resist the Ming army's offensive in the future? Even if they can escape death, but the soldiers and horses are gone, can Geng Jingzhong spare them?

According to their ideas, it is not to abandon the village and flee immediately, but to leave a way back. If you can't resist it, then retreat and save some strength, instead of holding on to it, as Mulima advocates. But ideas are ideas, but they dare not put forward them at this time, because they are slaves, how can they not listen to the words of their masters?

Mu Lima was very annoyed by the silence of Jiang Yuanxun and the others, his face sank, and he said sharply: "For the emperor, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, I have made up my mind, and I will not retreat from the battle." Pass the order down, there is a cowering former, chop! There are those who are good at talking back, slash! Those who panic and disturb the hearts of our army will be beheaded......"

A series of vicious "beheadings" burst out of Mulima's mouth, showing his determination, but also pushing these Qing troops to death. Seeing that the matter had come to this, Jiang Yuanxun and the others were unwilling in their hearts, so they had no choice but to respond with the generals of the Eight Banners.

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The large and small artillery was pushed up, and the black muzzle of the cannon pointed directly at the camp of the Qing army, and the sound of artillery shouting and commanding was everywhere.

Attacking the city and pulling out the fortress was no longer a difficult task for the Ming army, and it was only because of the tight time that the most untechnical method of attack -- artillery bombardment was adopted.

The Ming army of all divisions was mobilized, and a division that did not lose anything in the daytime fighting served as the main attack, and the first division led by Wei Junzhong was only responsible for vigilance and defense, and it could take advantage of this time to rest and replenish.

Although he won the field battle and resisted and defeated the onslaught of the Manmeng Eight Cavalry, the expression on Wei Junzhong's face was not joyful, but frowned and pondered, and on the small table next to him was the number of casualties that had just been counted.

This field battle is not the end, but the beginning. There will be a lot of battles against cavalry in the future, and there will be no more than a thousand cavalry, for the evaluation of today's battles and the improvement of future battles, Wei Junzhong, the main general, will inevitably have to consider a lot.

"The bayonet is a bit short, the armor is not strong enough, and the power of the artillery is not fully exerted today......" As Wei Junzhong's old partner, a classmate of the military academy, and the chief of staff of the first division, Xu Mingchen said what he had to say, and he didn't hide it at all.

Wei Junzhong has become accustomed to this, and it is precisely because of such outspoken construction that the First Division can continue to improve and adjust, and become the number one elite of the Ming army.

"It seems that the spearmen set up by His Highness at the beginning are still correct?" Wei Junzhong did not immediately confirm it, but asked rhetorically in a questioning tone: "But if you meet the enemy in the existing position, the number of artillery is larger, and the power can be fully utilized, the bayonet soldiers can not only resist the cavalry impact, but also strengthen the intensity of musket shooting, right?" ”

Xu Mingchen groaned and didn't answer, he knew what Wei Junzhong was thinking, they wouldn't be needed to attack the city, but against the Qing cavalry that divided the troops, it should still be their task, right? This honor, of course, must be earned.

................ (To be continued......