The New Army first continued to attack the positions of the Fierce Shooting Battalion, the Chizhuo Battalion had been pursuing the ridge to attack on the northern slope, and He Baodao was also hopefully awaiting the good news of breaking through the Shun Army's defensive line, but their offensive was halted.

The artillery of the Fierce Battalion deployed on the southern slope assisted the 12th Infantry Wing in repelling two attacks by the Red Burning Battalion. The Flame Battalion, which had taken over the attacking position, charged as soon as it crossed the ridge, and the ensuing white-knuckle battle inflicted hundreds of losses on both sides, but in the end the Ming army was once again pushed back to the top of the mountain.

Xu Ping ordered the 1st Shooting Battalion to immediately launch a counter-charge and drive the Ming army out from the top of the mountain. The flame battalion that had just been repulsed was recaptured by the Shun army before it could gain a firm foothold, but as soon as the Shun army emerged, it quickly retreated under the artillery attack of the Ming army.

When the observation post of the Ming army appeared on the top of the hill again, the troops of the Shun Army's rear guard battalion that appeared in front of them, when Xu Ping ordered the Jinqi Battalion to counterattack just now, took advantage of this time difference to withdraw a group of troops of the rear guard battalion from the original defense line and maneuvered to the rear of the Jinqi Battalion.

"Dashuai, we are only separated by a valley from Xu Thief's general banner, if we deploy the cannon on this mountain, we can directly bombard his general banner." The observation post sent by He Baodao reported that they still did not find any trace of the Guards Battalion and the cavalry of the Shun Army, and it seemed that they were hiding behind Xu Ping's general banner.

However, He Baodao thought that the front of the Ming army was not wide enough, so he ordered the artillery to turn around and attack the armored battalion, and the Ming army besieging this Shun army camp quickly formed an arc and attacked the armored battalion from three sides. It didn't take long for the armored battalion to retreat to the other side of the mountain, giving up the top of the mountain to the Ming army, so that the Ming army finally occupied the first line of positions of the Shun army, but it was far from a breakthrough, but only pressed the Shun army to the rear.

Now there are two ways in front of He Baodao, one is to turn to attack the Jinqi battalion that connects Xu Ping and Niuweizhuang, cut off the connection between Niuweizhuang and the main force of the Shun army, and then concentrate on besieging the Shun army defending Niuweizhuang, and strive to eliminate the Shun army first. It is estimated that there are only ten cannons in the fortress of Niuweizhuang, and He Baodao felt that if he took advantage of the firepower advantage of the Ming army, he would have a great deal of confidence to take it.

But He Baodao couldn't say when he would be able to occupy this fortress, and the sun above his head crossed the highest point of the zenith and began to move westward. If you delay too long in Niuweizhuang, you may wait for Xu Ping's reinforcements.

"Attack the thieves here first," He Baodao decided to expel the Jinqi battalion first and isolate the Shun army of Niuweizhuang, but then did not turn the spearhead to attack Niuweizhuang, but continued to attack Xu Ping's general. Xu Ping made a very good battlefield maneuver, but He Baodao noticed that he was still on the defensive, without any intention of counterattacking, the Ming army on this battlefield had the absolute initiative and could concentrate forces to attack as he wanted: "I can't let him continue to demolish the east wall and make up the west wall." ”

In addition, He Baodao's reluctance to shift the spearhead of the attack was also due to the limited speed of artillery, and it would take a lot of time to transfer the artillery in the central position to Oxweizhuang, let alone transfer it back.

……

After learning that the Jinqi battalion was attacked again, Xu Ping hesitated for a moment: "If I ignore it, the new army may storm Niuweizhuang, and the avant-garde battalion is in danger of being wiped out." ”

However, the current situation does not allow him to think too much, the risk of sending the guards battalion to counterattack is too great, and the fire battalion has not appeared in the battle so far: "Let the strong shooting battalion fight and retreat, and move closer to me." Playing Niuweizhuang is at most a small victory, which should not satisfy He Shuai. ”

After giving this order, Xu Ping looked up at the sky, and it was almost time: "Why hasn't General Li arrived yet?" ”

……

"Why hasn't Jiang Shuai moved yet?" On the other side of the battlefield, He Baodao also became very impatient, and after repelling the strong shooting battalion, he sent the Xiliu battalion, which was unwilling to die, to the direction of Niuweizhuang to monitor the Shun army there with the Taishan battalion. There were also two battalions on the other flank that were pinned down by the Shun army, so that there were only seven battalions of the new army on the central front, and he desperately hoped that the Jin army would be able to open up so that he could devote all his forces to the attack on General Xu Ping's banner.

……

Liu Lao Liu was once again sent to the front with the Evergreen Battalion, and now the ground under their feet was the position of the armored battalion they had been ordered to attack this morning. As he walked all the way, there were corpses of the Ming army everywhere, and Liu Laoliu knew that many of them must still be his former comrades in the camp.

Before climbing to the top of the mountain, I saw that the Ming army in front was shooting down the slope, and the Ming army on the top of the mountain was rising from time to time in a cloud of smoke and dust, which was the artillery of the Shun army bombarding the Ming army's array.

"Brothers, go up."

The squad officer shouted loudly, and the Ming army in front began to retreat from the top of the mountain, these soldiers with black and gray faces and many people with blood stains on their bodies rushed past the soldiers of the Evergreen Battalion, and Liu Lao Liu saw a relieved expression on their faces.

Walking to the top of the mountain with trepidation, Liu Laoliu's eyes suddenly opened up, and the dense black-clothed army appeared in the field of vision again. Without waiting for the Changqing battalion to line up in formation, a cannonball whistled and landed not far from him, and there were no casualties, but one of the stirred up clods seemed to be splashed on his military uniform, which made Liu Lao Liu feel a burst of pain.

The soldiers of the armored battalion not far away launched a salvo and knocked down several of Liu Laoliu's companions.

"Fire! Fire! ”

The officer no longer asked for a salvo, but only ordered the Ming soldiers to keep shooting at the Shun army, and from time to time there were lead bullets and shells flying by, and the Ming soldiers squatted next to the corpses of friendly soldiers, using these as cover, and fired back at the Shun army.

After a while, Liu Lao Liu felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, and every moment there were companions on the side screaming and falling to the ground, and the black-clothed army on the opposite side seemed to show no signs of loosening, and another cannonball flew by, this time it accurately broke into the phalanx of the Ming army, causing a sound of bones shattering.

"Retreat, retreat!"

The officer in the distance shouted: "Stand back, brothers, we did our best." ”

The sixth man hurriedly followed the officer's orders and ran to the rear with the other soldiers.

"This battle can't be fought! Fuck. An officer who led the team to leave the top of the mountain scolded, and Liu Laoliu heard the officer complain loudly and unabashedly: "Where are our artillery? ”

After leaving the top of the mountain, Liu Laoliu let out a long breath, and in front of him, a new Ming army drove in whole formation, passing his side and driving towards the top of the mountain behind Liu Laoliu.

……

"General Li reported that he estimated that the armored battalion had killed and wounded another thousand Ming troops." In front of Xu Ping, a staff officer reported: "It is estimated that the guard battalion has killed 700 Ming soldiers since the last report. ”

"But the new army still seized the position, and our army still retreated." Xu Ping looked at the battle on the hillside in front of him, and the Ming army, which was determined to rely on brute force to win, wave after wave, each batch came up and fought two rounds before retreating and replacing it with a new batch, as if it had endless manpower.

Because the Shun army could not fight back, even if the Ming army was scattered, Xu Ping knew that they could be reorganized safely, and the officers of the new army had ample time to restore the morale of the soldiers, and led them into battle again with both soft and hard. Several times Xu Ping couldn't help but want to send out reserves to attack the repulsed new army, seriously killing and wounding them, crushing the defeated army with low morale, and not giving them a chance to regroup and recover, but the weak front did not allow him to make up his mind.

Li Laiheng reported that after several hours of fierce fighting, many soldiers' arms began to spasm, and some felt severe pain even when they bent their arms. The armored battalion has never had time to rest, and Li Laiheng can only continue to replace in the battalion, allowing the particularly tired soldiers to take a little rest in the back, but as the losses of the troops are getting bigger and bigger, the frequency of replacement is becoming more and more frequent. Some soldiers were replaced on the front line with their fingers that had not fully recovered due to the constant reloading.

"Where the hell is General Lee?" Xu Ping looked at the front line that was still fighting fiercely, at this time, if the Sanxi Battalion arrived, he would be able to retreat the tired front army to rest, Xu Ping estimated that the front army of the new army was also close to the limit because of repeated battles, and the counterattack of the new army could defeat them.

……

"Marshal, our soldiers have been fighting today, and they can't fight anymore."

Several new military battalions were complaining, and the seven battalion officers in the center came to see He Baodao together, and the attacks were round after round, which made the soldiers extremely tired mentally and physically, and each battalion was shooting the soldiers who refused to obey their orders, forcing them to continue to fight with the Shun army.

"Let's go to the fire battalion." Some battalions suggested to He Baodao: "The thieves on the opposite side are also dying." ”

"They're dying, as long as you push harder." He Baodao was unmoved, although the Shun army obviously has more combat experience and morale, but as long as it is a person, there is a moment of collapse, and now the shooting of the Shun army is becoming more and more slow and weak, He Baodao has no doubt that the other party's soldiers will soon run out of strength: "In the center, our seven battalions beat three of them, and if they can't be defeated, is it still like words?" ”

"Then at least the marshal will let our artillery go up to help in the battle."

"Dangerous." He Baodao told several battalion officers at the central level that the position on the top of the hill was too narrow for the covering troops to be deployed if the artillery was deployed, and that the infantry had to continue the attack and drive the Shun army farther before the artillery could be transferred.

"We will definitely be able to protect the artillery, and besides, as long as we can defeat the intruders, the artillery will lose some of it."

In fact, this is exactly what He Baodao thought, but if he took the initiative to propose the artillery front, if the losses were too heavy, it would inevitably be full of complaints, for He Baodao, the new army still has many tasks, and it is still shouldering the heavy task of recovering Shanxi, Shaanxi and even Henan.

"Okay." He Baodao agreed, and he ordered the artillery to march to the hilltop position, preparing to attack the infantry of the Shun army at close range.

……

"What's that?" Xu Ping saw the Ming artillerymen who suddenly appeared, and hurriedly shouted: "Give an order to all the artillerymen to attack the artillery of the new army." ”

As soon as the Ming artillery appeared on the top of the mountain, it immediately attracted the attention of all the artillery of the Shun army, but they continued to deploy, adjusting the muzzle of the gun to prepare for a counterattack. More and more Ming artillery appeared on the top of the mountain, and although the artillery of the Shun army kept bombarding them, the deployed Ming artillery soon surpassed their Shun counterparts in number.

"General Liu," seeing that the Ming artillery that appeared in the field of vision had exceeded fifty, and the number continued to increase, Xu Ping knew that it was only a matter of time before his artillery was suppressed, and if these artillery were allowed to shoot at the infantry of the Shun army at close range, it would bring devastating consequences. And once the Ming artillery gained a firm foothold on the opposite hilltop, they would be able to bombard Xu Ping's banner all the way and disrupt the command system of the Shun army: "General Li can't arrive in time, our cavalry has to move now." ”

"Yes, General." Liu Zongmin didn't seem to realize that Xu Ping had given him a near-suicidal mission, sending thousands of cavalry to attack a position that might have tens of thousands of infantry.

However, Xu Ping planned to reduce the degree of suicide a little, and he quickly explained to Liu Zongmin: "There are not many infantry deployed on the opposite side. "The space on the top of the hill is limited, and the infantry of the Shun army has been guarding the northern slope, not giving the infantry of the new army a chance to deploy their forces, otherwise the artillery of the new army will not wait until this time to come up: "Don't attack too much on the southern slope, just destroy the artillery that has gone up the mountain as much as possible." ”

"Got it."

Liu Zongmin immediately went down to lead the team to set off, while Xu Ping hurriedly ordered the armored battalion, the rear guard and the third battalion of Jinqi to prepare a desperate counterattack to assist the cavalry of the Shun army to seize the opponent's artillery position.

"Isn't the Guards battalion moving?" Seeing the scene of the crisis in front of him, Yu Shenhe was also eager to try.

"No, I don't know when General Li will arrive, we need more time." Xu Ping shook his head, nervously watching the battle on the front line.

……

Liu Lao Liu was resting on the north slope with his companions, and he was happy to see that many artillerymen had already climbed to the top of the mountain: "Boom! Smash these thieves. ”

At this moment, suddenly a sharp alarm sounded on the top of the mountain: "The thieves are rushing to the mountain, and the cavalry of the thieves is also coming!" ”

Then there was a shouting order, and the officers of the Evergreen Battalion also shouted: "Form a hollow phalanx." ”

The Ming infantry battle line on the top of the mountain had shrunk into phalanxes, surrounding the artillery in the center of the phalanx, and Liu Laoliu also quickly got up and formed a hollow phalanx with his companions in accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

At this time, Liu Laoliu saw that the friendly troops on the top of the mountain were shooting fiercely at an unprecedented speed, and their firing direction was soon no longer just pointing due south, but began to shoot gunpowder smoke in all directions.

Then, Liu Lao Liu saw the first black-clothed cavalry appear in view, followed by a black cavalry, covering the entire mountaintop like a tide overflowing the embankment. Immediately, the tide poured down from the top of the mountain and rushed towards the Ming army on the southern slope.

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