Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked the adjutant to lead a squad of soldiers to Wuhua County to join the large army, so that the large army could quickly come to reinforce it.

The adjutant led a squad of soldiers on fast horses and ran from the back village, where Jackson led a hundred grenadiers to lurk on both sides of the road on the only official road in the back village.

They were beaten to the ground by the Ming army in Haifeng County, inferior in the Ming army, this time finally had a chance to fight, although it was to fight for the Ming people, but they were holding their breath, to let the Ming people take a look, the British grenadiers are the strongest soldiers in the world.

Several fast horses rushed from the official road, Jackson quietly placed a large number of horse rejection stakes on the road, the Dutch rushed over, and one of the soldiers in front hit the horse rejection stakes, and was immediately pierced into a bloody hole, let out a miserable scream, and died unwillingly.

The adjutant and the cavalry behind him reined in their horses' heads and were thinking about how to rush through here, when the grenadiers in ambush on either side raised their rifles and fired at the Dutch cavalry on the road.

More than 100 grenadiers took their bayonet rifles and went down the hill, the Dutch cavalry on the road had been wiped out, and only a few of them had not yet lost their breath, after being stabbed to death with bayonets by the grenadiers who rushed up.

Jackson asked his subordinates to hurriedly seize the weapons of the Dutch, because Ling Jingyang only gave each person ten bullets, and almost finished the bullets in the ambush just now, this time the bullets were finally captured, and Jackson was like a treasure.

After a while, his subordinates brought him a bag of bullets, and Jackson saw that there were hundreds of bullets, he put the bullets on his waist, and said to his subordinates: "Throw the corpse down, let's continue to guard here, maybe there will be Dutch people coming here later, and when the time comes, remember Lao Tzu, kill if you can, and leave the weapon if you can't kill, and the grenadier can't do without bullets, have you heard it?" ”

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Jackson led his subordinates to continue to garrison, at this time Xu Sheng led the infantry to escort the artillery battalion into the best position, hundreds of British infantry and 400 Ming gunners, as fast as possible to put the breech gun in position, load ammunition, adjust the muzzle.

Edmund and his subordinates roared: "Those who can fire cannons, stand up for me." ”

He thought that hundreds of people, at least more than a hundred people, would be able to fire, but in the end, he was shocked, only more than forty people could fire, and half of these people were trainee gunners, love

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Demont was angry, and said to the gunner: "I don't care whether you can fire or not, bombard me hard tonight, don't lose the face of the empire here." ”

The gunners didn't care about the 3721, and after loading the shells, they opened fire on Qingxi Town, and the first round of artillery fire smashed over, and almost all 20 shells flew outside Qingxi Town.

Not only did they miss the target, but several shells smashed into the positions of the Ming army, killing and wounding dozens of officers and men of the left battalion.

Edmund drew his horsewhip and flung it at one of the gunners.

"It's not enough to quickly adjust the muzzle and continue firing."

At this time, the Dutch, who were hiding in Qingxi Town, suddenly heard the sound of cannonballs, and saw that the cannonballs almost flew out of Qingxi Town, and Wen Na immediately realized that the "Fuso" artillery was stronger and could not defend in Qingxi Town.

He reacted very quickly, and ordered the troops to advance towards the Fusang artillery position, but the speed of the people could not match the speed of the shells, and the British gunners and Ming gunners lost face in the first round of artillery, and the distance and angle had been adjusted in the second shot.

This time, most of the shells fell into Qingxi Town, killing and wounding the Dutch soldiers for tens of seconds, and the enemy artillery bombardment became more and more accurate. ”

Under Wenner's reprimand, hundreds of Dutch soldiers rushed forward with rifles.

On their way forward, Xu Shengshuai C 2,000. Left battalion soldiers, these 2,000 soldiers. More than half of the soldiers used spears and spears, and the remaining half were archers, shieldmen, and musketeers. Although the weapons of the Ming army were inferior to those of the Dutch, they could fight against the Foshan people, and this kind of Ming Jun also accumulated more advanced experience, that is, the use of spears. More. The more the length gauge is able to suppress the rifle with the bayonet

Hundreds of Dutch people ran forward in the dark, they only knew that there was an enemy artillery position northeast of Qingxi Town, as long as they rushed into the artillery position and destroyed the artillery, they could hold on until the arrival of the main force.

The Dutch buried their heads in the charge. But on the way to charge, Wen Na felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong?

At a distance of six hundred meters from the Fuso artillery position, Wenna suddenly slapped his head, the opposite side was not Fuso, if it was Fuso, it was impossible to let the infantry attack, and would not stop the attack of the Dutch army without rifles.

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But he couldn't remember, which unit was on the other side?

Because he denied the Ming army in the first place, in his impression, the most powerful firearms of the Ming army was Zheng Zhilong's department, if it weren't for the red-clothed cannon and old musket given to Zheng Zhilong last year, Zheng Zhilong's army would still be at the third-rate level.

Although the troops were still charging, Wen Na had in mind the enemy on the opposite side, most likely the French, or the Spaniards, or more likely the British, although the British were greatly injured by the Ming army, but after all, the hundred-legged insects died but did not stiffen, and the British still had the strength to harass and fight in Huizhou Mansion.

Just when Wen Na's mind was confused, a killing cry suddenly sounded, it was Xu Sheng who led two thousand Ming troops, soldiers carrying all kinds of weapons, and rushed towards the Dutch army that was charging.

The Dutch army had only more than 400 people, far from being the opponent of the Ming army, and in the initial engagement, the Ming army lost a small number of soldiers and horses by a charge.

The Dutch then fought while firing, often firing a single shot, only to be stabbed to death with spears by hordes of Ming troops.

Although the Ming army achieved some successes, the losses were also very large, killing dozens of Dutch soldiers, and also losing more than 100 people, and finally the Dutch formed several infantry positions in the front.

Every fifty or sixty men formed a circle and kept firing at the oncoming Ming army with rifles, and several charges of the Ming army were repulsed, and Xu Sheng was forced to lead his troops to retreat.

As soon as they retreated, the Dutch soldiers and horses burst out with excited roars, but in the next second, more than a dozen shells flew from the sky, which were breech-loading cannons used by Edmund and Wu Daling. , Tiger squat artillery bombarded Dutch infantry positions.

Although the bombardment was still on target, most of the Dutch soldiers were so frightened by the artillery fire that Wenner knew that if he did not stop here, and if he did not attack, the enemy artillery would come again.

He shouted in the darkness of the night and ordered his troops to continue the attack, and the Dutch soldiers knew that if they did not attack at this time, the next round of artillery fire would kill and wound more men and horses.

So, the Dutch soldiers continued to charge forward, rushing forward for hundreds of meters, and another gong sounded, Xu Sheng led the remnants of the Ming army to kill from the darkness again, this time the Ming army's offensive momentum was more violent, and they also knew how to maximize the damage to the Dutch, before the Dutch formed a phalanx, try to fight with the Dutch closely, and not give the Netherlands a chance to breathe.

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