Chapter 1658: The Decisive Battle of Mount Kesford (5)
Tan Guilin's main force set off from Batavia less than a day away from Zhao Xin, and less than a day after leaving Batavia, he got the news of the battle at Mount Kesford.
Tan Guilin was also surprised, Zhao Xin only led three infantry battalions, 15,000 people, but the opponent was more than 40,000 people, the difference in strength was too great, after a long time, Zhao Xin would definitely not be able to hold on!
Tan Guilin didn't dare to slack off, and in one breath, he sent all the elite horsemen of the second and third towns out, and they didn't stop for a moment to rush to the aid of Kesford Mountain!
The combined strength of the elite cavalry of the two towns exceeds 6,000 troops, which can definitely be called a super combat force.
Six thousand spirits rode non-stop, galloping all the way, and by the time they reached the southern foot of Mount Kesford, it was already late at night!
The second town counselor Bai Qi was anxious, just thinking about investigating the reality on Kesford Mountain, and rushed straight to the mountain, but was pulled by Lou Xiao, the general of the third town!
"Tianqi, what to do!"
Bai Baiqi shouted: "What else can you do, go up the mountain immediately, and see how Lord Zhao is now!" ”
Lou Xiao said in a deep voice: "Brother, it's only one day, do you think that the elite of the second town can't hold on to even a day?" How can it be? Now the Western coalition forces have not been able to discover our whereabouts, but once we climb the mountain, all the hidden places will be exposed, and then there will be only a bloody battle! The Western coalition is strong, and it will be unpredictable when the time comes......"
"And what do you say?"
Bai Qi said in a muffled voice.
"Bypass Mount Kesford and raid the flank of the Western coalition army, our six thousand elite cavalry, even if we can't defeat the Western coalition army, it is still no problem to beat them to the ground, if Lord Zhao takes advantage of the situation to send troops to help the battle, at least he can force the Western coalition army to retreat, so that they can't gain a foothold under Mount Kesford and relieve the siege of Mount Kesford!"
Lou Xiao replied.
Bai Baiqi nodded and said, "It makes sense, then according to your idea, the two of us will raid the Western Alliance!" The order was given, and the whole army made a detour to the northeast, bypassing Mount Kesford, and preparing to surprise the Western coalition army! ”
Mount Kesford is just a small hill, with a radius of only five or six miles, even if it is a roundabout, that is, a distance of more than ten miles, for the cavalry, even if it is a slow advance, it is more than an hour!
By the time the Tianxiong Army's elite cavalry came to the flank of the Western Alliance, it was only about three o'clock in the second half of the night!
"Order, the whole army assaults!"
Bai Bai Qi shouted loudly.
"Wait!"
Lou Xiao suddenly shouted, "Tianqi, look, there is movement in the Western Alliance!" ”
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, looking into the distance, now they are standing on a small hill, only two or three miles away from the flank of the Western Alliance, through the dim moonlight and starlight, I saw a cavalry sneaking out of the position of the Western Alliance, the speed is not fast, it is obvious, this is to attack the flank of the Ming army......
"Brother Lou, we are divided into two, I will step forward all the way and directly attack the cavalry of the Western Alliance Army from the flank, and you will lead your elite cavalry to attack their flank positions, grandma, this time, we must make them pay the price of blood!"
The white flag instantly understood, and made an emergency response, and the six thousand elite horsemen were divided into two and started to act separately!
"Kill!"
At this time, the Western coalition army dispatched the cavalry regiments of England and France, and the strength of the two cavalry regiments was basically equivalent to the elite cavalry of the second town, however, the Western coalition army only thought about raiding Mount Kesford, and did not expect that the elite cavalry of the Ming army would be killed at this time, and when they reacted, the elite cavalry of the second town was already close at hand!
Zidan, the commander of the French cavalry regiment, was taken aback, cavalry? The cavalry of the Tianxiong Army!
"Order, the cavalry regiment turns around and responds to the battle!"
Qi Dan didn't dare to be careless, but he knew that the Tianxiong army was so powerful and strong that it was better than the French cavalry, two or three thousand elite cavalry, enough to suppress the two cavalry regiments in front of him, what else to talk about raiding the flank of the Ming army?
However, with the Western coalition army, the Tianxiong army elite cavalry this time was not holding a rifle, but a grenade, and was originally going to sneak attack the position of the Western coalition army, this time because of the sudden encounter with the Western cavalry, I can only give the Western cavalry a taste!
The second town cavalry in the front threw the grenade in his hand at the Western cavalry, the number was not much, and the second town cavalry in the front row was only one or two hundred people, in the back because of the distance, but they did not dare to use it, and if they were not careful, they would blow up their own people, but even if it was only one or two hundred people throwing grenades at the same time, it also posed a huge threat to the Western cavalry!
One by one, the grenades fell in the ranks of the Western cavalry, and exploded instantly, blowing up the Western cavalry into a mess and causing casualties!
Qi Dan gritted his teeth angrily, it was this iron lump again, during the Battle of Medan, the French army was unlucky on this iron lump, and it was bombed indiscriminately by the elite cavalry of the Ming army, and there were at least one or two thousand casualties, this time, it was here again!
"Assault!"
It doesn't matter so much, only close hand-to-hand combat, the Tianxiong Army has no chance to use grenades!
More than 2,000 Western cavalry rushed up, and the Tianxiong army elite cavalry fought fiercely in one place, the two cavalry, the strength is equal, and it is in the middle of the night, want to divide the victory and defeat in a short time, where is it so easy?
However, the two cavalry fought together, and they couldn't tell the winner, but the Western coalition army behind them was unlucky!
Lou Xiao was very clever and did not directly charge the flank of the Western Coalition Army, because since the Western Coalition Army planned to raid, the flank must be prepared, and a direct surprise attack would not have much effect, so it would be better to assault to the rear and raid the artillery position at the rear of the Western Coalition Army!
The three thousand elite cavalry rushed straight down to the artillery position behind them, and came to the artillery position, all the Western artillery had already woken up, and they got up to check the situation, and the grenades in the third town elite cavalry had already been thrown out desperately, and countless grenades were thrown to both sides, constantly exploding!
It's this trick again, the grenades of the Ming army don't seem to have been bought with money, as many as there are greetings!
The unsuspecting Western artillerymen fell one by one under the devastation of grenades, and the sound of ghosts crying wolves everywhere was heard!
Molde and Verhenton had already run out of the command post, and when they looked behind them, they saw that their artillery positions were already in flames......
"Fack!"
Wei Heng roared angrily: "Come on, immediately mobilize the infantry regiment, gallop to the artillery position, and encircle and annihilate the cavalry in front of Lao Tzu!" ”
(End of chapter)