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The corners of Hunan Admiral Changchun's mouth moved, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. The Mongol cavalry is famous for its strong combat power. However, the northern part of Guangdong is mountainous, and the roads are mostly mountain paths, which are not suitable for the march of large troops, let alone cavalry charges. Even the official roads are winding and circling in the mountains. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. Unless it broke into the lower plains of the Pearl River in central Guangdong, the cavalry would not be of much use.

It's just that Monk Grinqin's status is much higher than him, and Prince Lian Hui loves Xinjueluo. Mianyu didn't say anything, and he couldn't point it out in front of so many people. In that case, it will undoubtedly offend people. Chinese society is originally a humane society, and this is especially true in officialdom. For the sake of his own future, Hunan Governor Changchun still didn't say much.

"This king believes that the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Xinhua Kingdom will not be able to resist our attack at all, and the final victory will definitely belong to the Qing Dynasty. After we have eliminated these outcasts of the Celestial Empire, everyone will wait for the reward for meritorious deeds and the addition of officials to the knighthood! "Prince Hui loves Xin Jueluo. Mianyu said. At this time, it is especially important to boost the morale of the generals. Moreover, there is nothing more satisfying to these warriors than being promoted and making a fortune.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" The generals were grateful. Isn't this what they are officials for? Of course. The Xinhua Army is definitely not so easy to deal with, otherwise it would not have taken the entire territory of Guangdong so quickly. But because of this, if they can win. The credit is even greater.

"Very good, everyone have a good rest first, and two days later, start the attack, and strive to win Shaoguan in a battle and enter Guangzhou. Order the Jiangxi side to cooperate with our attack. Jiangnan Admiral Yu Bo is the commander-in-chief. Jiangxi Admiral Balikun is the deputy marshal. "Prince Hui loves Xin Jueluo. Mianyu commanded. In Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 50,000 Qing troops were also assembled, led by You Bo, the governor of Jiangnan, and Balikun, the governor of Jiangxi. In the Hui Prince Aisin Jueluo. When Mianyu led 130,000 people to attack Shaoguan from Chenzhou. The Qing army on the Jiangxi side also attacked Nanxiong in the north of Shaoguan from the east, and adopted the tactics of a two-way attack on the Xinhua army, striving to completely defeat the Xinhua army in northern Guangdong.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The generals replied one after another. They love Prince Hui for Xinjueluo. There is no objection to Mianyu's arrangement. In the Manchu royal family. Prince Hui is not very old. But the talent is very high. Coupled with the noble status and status, it can still convince everyone.

Prince Hui Ai Xin Jueluo. Mianyu looked at the generals who were full of fighting spirit, he was very excited, and he was full of confidence in this battle. Although before coming to leave Beijing, Emperor Daoguang had told him not to underestimate the Xinhua Army. The information that the Qing court received from the foreigners all showed that the Xinhua army was strong. Not so easy to deal with. However, Prince Hui thinks to himself. With 300,000 soldiers in hand, attacking Guangdong in four directions, he will definitely be able to defeat the Xinhua army.

In January, the climate in southern Hunan and northern Guangdong is cold, and although it is not as paved as in northern China, there is also snow on the hills. Most of the soldiers of the Xinhua Army came from the hot areas of Nanyang, and this cold weather was a kind of torment for them, but fortunately, the logistics department of the Xinhua Army was fully prepared, and prepared a large number of cotton clothes and fuel before the winter to provide warm measures for the soldiers, which made the non-combat attrition of the Xinhua Army due to frostbite to a minimum. But even so, there were quite a few frostbitten soldiers.

Compared with the Xinhua Army, the equipment of the Qing Army was much simpler. Many soldiers did not have cotton clothes to protect them from the cold, but only wore two more single clothes. However, the cold wind could easily penetrate the fabric, freezing the Qing soldiers to the point of shivering, and many people could only huddle together, relying on each other's body temperature for warmth. However, the senior generals of the Qing army did not seem to notice this, or turned a blind eye. Prince Lian Hui Ai Xin Jueluo. Mianyu may think that such a little bit of cold can be overcome by the soldiers of the Qing army!

The 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army deployed Lechang in the north of Shaoguan to defend the Qing army in the direction of Hunan. Brigadier General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Brigade, once again increased troops for the front line after the arrival of the main force of the Qing army, and deployed all the artillery battalions under the brigade to the front line. Four of the six infantry battalions have been sent to the front, leaving only two infantry battalions in the rear as reserves. Fortunately, the mountain road is steep, and the Xinhua army only needs to put a small number of troops at various intersections to block the Qing army's attack by virtue of its geographical advantage. Otherwise, with such a small number of troops, it is almost impossible for the Xinhua Army to stabilize the entire defense line in northern Guangdong.

The official road from Guangdong to Hunan shuttles between mountains and mountains along the Yichang River. The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army was deployed in a place called Sangong Bridge, which was surrounded by high mountains on both sides and the Yichang River in the middle, which was very suitable for defense. Battalion commander Zhang Chusheng deployed four 80-mm medium mortars from the brigade's artillery platoon on a high ground behind the Sangong Bridge, where the range of the mortars could cover all the official roads in front of the Sangong Bridge. The four infantry companies below, each with two 60mm mortars, were used as infantry support fire at the front.

At 9 a.m. on January 9, the commander of the Qing army, Prince Hui, Aixin Jueluo. Mianyu gave the order to attack. The Hunan Green Battalion, as the unit most familiar with this area, launched the attack first. The direction of the attack was the Sangong Bridge defended by the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army. For the first attack, Changchun, the governor of Hunan, sent a town led by the general soldier Hu Chunnian. More than 4,000 people marched along the Yichang River and stormed the positions of the Xinhua army.

"Kill! The handsome man has an order, take the Sangong Bridge, the official is promoted to three levels, and the reward is a thousand taels of silver! Hu Chunnian yelled. For the Green Battalion soldiers, on the battlefield, the only thing that can arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers is often the silver reward. For ordinary soldiers, they can already become petty officials if they are promoted to three levels in a row, and the reward of thousands of taels of silver can make them spend a long time drinking. Such a reward made the eyes of these green battalion soldiers red. The red-eyed soldiers screamed and launched an attack on the position of the Xinhua army.

"Each company prepares, so that those Qing troops know how powerful we are." Zhang Chusheng, commander of the 2nd Battalion, ordered. Although these green battalion soldiers are all Han Chinese, at this time, they have no time to take care of these. The Xinhua Army must first defeat them all before it can talk about anything else.

"Mortar, fire!" When the Qing army rushed to less than a thousand meters from the position of the Xinhua army, the four 80-mm medium mortars of the battalion's artillery platoon opened fire first. The shells, weighing three kilograms, under the action of the kinetic energy generated by the combustion of gunpowder, flew towards the Qing army with a whistling.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shell exploded in the crowd, and the shock wave was thrown away. The fragments produced by the explosion of the cannonballs are even more wanton harvesting lives. The Qing soldiers, dressed in single clothes and without any protection, had almost no resistance during the mortar bombardment, and often a single shell explosion could cause more than 10 casualties.

Subsequently, the mortars of the companies below also began to fire. Eight 60mm light mortars are not as powerful as medium mortars, but they are still fatal to a fragile human body.

The official road by the river is narrow, only five or six meters wide. Those Qing troops attacked along the official road, and they were all crowded together, and this happened to be the target of the Xinhua army's artillery bombardment.

Under the heavy shelling of the 12 mortars of the 12nd battalion of the 2nd brigade of the Xinhua army, the Qing army suffered heavy losses. Their attacks were even more vigorously contained. Although at the beginning, they would reward their confidence with silver, but when the shells of the Xinhua Army exploded, tearing apart the corpses of their comrades, and blood and even minced flesh were stained on their bodies, it was like pouring a basin of cold water on their heads, and their courage was extinguished at once.

"Damn, how fierce is the artillery fire of the Xinhua Army, the thin monkey was directly blown into two." A short Qing soldier shouted loudly, and his comrades died beside him, which made him feel greatly shocked.

"God, we can't beat us, run away!" The other Qing soldiers also shouted in horror.

These Qing troops were beaten back by the heavy artillery fire of the Xinhua army before they rushed to a distance of 500 meters from the position of the Xinhua army.

"Ha Lu Ha! It's a joke that a bunch of rubbish, just these people, want to beat us. Someone came and reported to the brigade commander that the Qing army had begun to attack, but the defense line was still impregnable! Zhang Chusheng, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, laughed. In front of the elite Xinhua Army, the Qing Army was simply vulnerable.

On the side of the Qing army, the atmosphere was a little awkward, especially Changchun, the governor of Hunan, whose face was even redder as if it was a monkey's ass. The first time his troops attacked, they were beaten back before they even touched the side of the Xinhua army, so where did his old face go. The chief soldier Hu Chunnian was even more frightened and trembled, Prince Hui loved Xinjueluo. Mianyu, is not a good talker, the Qing army has just entered the battlefield is such a performance, in case Prince Hui wants to kill people, then won't he hit the knife?

Prince Hui Ai Xin Jueluo. Mianyu, her face is very unsightly. The attack of thousands of Qing troops was actually driven back like ducks, not to mention the heavy losses, one by one lost their armor, and it was no longer the same. He originally expected these troops to defeat the Xinhua Army, but if the Green Battalion was such a combat force, how could it be possible to defeat the Xinhua Army? (To be continued......)