Chapter 272: Bloody Battle Huating II

"On the bayonet ..."

After the officers at all levels shouted, the originally panicked musketeers drew their three-edged bayonets from their waists and buckled them under the muzzle of the flintlock pistol, and the first soldier who leaned on a cavalry relatively close to took advantage of the moment when the cavalry on the war horse was still wielding the sword, picked up the gun according to the training rules, pressed the cheek plate of the flintlock pistol with his right hand, and slammed the entire bayonet blade into the body of the war horse at a 45-degree angle.

The horse suddenly suffered from pain, and screamed and threw the sword-wielding knight off the horse, and blood gushed out from the bloody hole created by the bayonet, and the horse fell to the ground, snorting blood bubbles in his mouth.

When the soldier saw the knight fall from his horse, he stepped forward and stabbed again, and the knight was wearing chain mail, which was easily pierced by the bayonet, until the blood burst out from the bayonet, and the knight convulsed.

This happened on the side of the train, and before the soldiers could get off the train, they climbed onto the roof of the train and shot the live targets on their horses to the ground.

The station was suddenly locked in a stalemate.

"Throne, the vanguard of the 15th Division engaged the enemy cavalry at the station..."

Hong Chengchou frowned, he couldn't imagine that the opponent had already scattered the men and horses to the station to block the reinforcements, from this point of view, there should be the eyes of the imperial court inside, if Hong Chengchou knew that You Shiwei was also crooked, he would not be so anxious.

And the rescue force was blocked at the station, at this moment the battle in the city is becoming more and more tense, the fire has spread to the streets of his subordinates, if the fire will be broken through by the enemy, obviously, although the new army under his command has been training assassination skills for a long time, but when really receiving the enemy, he often has to exchange one for one, or even two for one, and the ready-made troops he can have at the moment are already stretched, and one less one is dead.

In addition, if they ignored the fire, the smoke and fire were enough to threaten those of them who were guarding the streets, so it seemed that the two sides were dead in comparison.

"Order all the departments to use the remaining artillery to destroy all the surrounding houses, try to build a fire isolation zone, and be sure to withstand the enemy's attack until reinforcements arrive."

If the Shence army is full of troops in Huating, attacking with the forces of Zuo Liangyu and You Shiwei is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, in addition to Chen Cao's own carelessness about the nest behind him, the biggest reason is also because their opponent is You Shiwei who came all the way from Yulin.

This person is neither a coward, nor a garbage, he is brave and unusual in battle, and has made many contributions in Yulin.

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"The order went down, Ma Jizhong's department turned around and attacked Dongcheng."

Zuo Liangyu saw the fire that had spread to the past, and the soaring heat also made him and his subordinates dare not attack rashly, and there was no news about Jin Shenghuan's attack on the Dongcheng side, in order to be able to complete the battle, Zuo Liangyu still decided to let Ma Jizhong also lead his troops to support and complete the task as soon as possible.

Huang Shijing followed Hong Chengchou closely, because he was still the prefect of Songjiang, and he had to listen to Hong Chengchou's coordination during the war, and Hong Chengchou gave him a strict order at the beginning, but at this moment he was also with the people of the prefect's yamen and had been waiting for Hong Chengchou's dispatch.

And when the southern city was broken, Liu Wenzheng, the magistrate of Huating County, who came with him, was scattered with him at this moment, not that Liu Wenzheng slipped away, but was coerced by the left army, and he was accompanied by more than 200 Huating officials and three classes of catchers and others, it is still feasible to fight a dozen ruffians and hooligans, so that they can fight with the soldiers, unless the opponent is a guard who has been negligent in training for a long time.

"County Zun..."Liu Changqing, the head of the third class of fast catchers, is Liu Wenzheng's nephew: "The official army... The enemy army bypassed us and rushed to the front. ”

Although Liu Wenzheng is a civil official, at this moment he has some bold thoughts of art masters: "They bypassed Nancheng, and now they have robbed the area here, and after the fire spreads, there are not a few people left here." ”

Liu Changqing's three classes of arrest and fast suppressed those green-skinned hooligans in the past There are two brushes, but Liu Wenzheng did not put all his hopes on these people, and after Huang Shijing and other large troops dispersed, he took more than 200 people to hide in a broken temple in Nancheng.

A clever catcher quickly ran into the broken temple with a knife: "County Zun, a baggage convoy that is not the enemy army was found outside the city. ”

Liu Wenzheng's eyes were on fire, the whole person was a little energetic, Huating was broken, the casualties were not counted, he was the first to bear the brunt of the county order, and now is the time to make up for it: "This county has decided to burn the enemy's baggage convoy outside the city, and it is good to give us Huating an explanation after the return of the Guogong." ”

There are not many regular soldiers left in the baggage convoy, most of them are servants or auxiliaries, and the composition is chaotic, which is just similar to the source of Liu Wenzheng's three classes of fast catching, everyone has a knife in front of him, and no one is afraid of anyone.

Liu Wenzheng then offered a reward: "Listen, this county will personally burn the enemy's convoy, this operation, once successful, each person will be rewarded with ten new silver dollars, if the head of an enemy is cut off, the county will personally ask the state for a reward, and the reward will be issued according to the army's reward system;

In addition, if anyone unfortunately dies, in addition to the county's pension, the county will pay another 10 new silver dollars to the family out of its own pocket. ”

Under such a heavy reward, the three classes of catchers were gearing up one by one, and the convoy not far from the city was like a prey that remained in place.

Liu Wenzheng here has his own plans, and Hong Chengchou over there finally got the support of Yuan Shizhong's new force, Yuan Shizhong led a brigade to leave a regiment behind the Xicheng city wall, and took the remaining two regiments to urgently support Hong Chengchou.

With the addition of Yuan Shizhong, Li Guo Ying's attacking troops were beaten down strongly, coupled with the cause of the fire, Li Guo Ying's troops did not dare to act rashly, Zuo Liangyu saw it in his eyes, but there was a bad premonition in his heart, but at this time, the person who went to contact You Shiwei came back.

"Got a fight outside the East Castle?"

Zuo Liangyu was also very surprised after receiving the report, it turned out that You Shiwei did not abandon them and ran away, but ran to Dongcheng to block the reinforcements of the rebels: "If you continue to fight like this, Huating will not be able to break after all." ”

"Report, General, Lord Jin and Master Ma have encountered strong resistance from the rebels, and they have retreated after looting the streets of Dongchengkouzi."

The sky has already dawned, and the more than 10,000 people that You Shiwei originally brought only cavalry are facing the enemy in the east city at the moment, and now although he has entered Huating, he has not taken the whole city after all, and the two sides have been stuck in the center of the city because of the fire.

"Newspaper... General, our convoy outside the city is on fire. ”

In the end, Zuo Liangyu thought for a long time, and felt that although the offensive operation lost a lot of men and horses, but the harvest was also a lot, and now the baggage convoy outside the city caught fire, and was copied from the back road, and if he didn't retreat, once the rebel reinforcements arrived, his side would suffer more problems.

"Ordered all the troops to retreat in an orderly manner, sprinkle the remaining fire oil on the surrounding streets, and use fire to stop the pursuit of the rebels."

Zuo Liangyu finally gave the order to retreat, and it was impossible for him to press all his belongings here, and it was Zuo Liangyu's usual trick at this stage to accept it when he saw it.

The fire suddenly increased, and thick smoke billowed out, but the retreat of the left army still did not escape Hong Chengchou's eyes: "Are they going to run away?" ”

"Newspaper the military seat... The enemy set fire again, and they seemed to run. ”

Hong Chengchou's spirits were greatly lifted, Zuo Liangyu wanted to run, that was to prove that the reinforcements had come, and at this moment he looked at his soldiers and said: "Gather the strength of the two regiments to Yuan Shizhong, let him lead the troops to pursue, and you must not let these people go, even if they are jackals, they will also break their two teeth." ”

"Yes..."

The casualties under Youswei's command increased sharply, the bayonet came into play unexpectedly, and the cavalry suddenly slowed down and stopped in place after being used as a live target by the flintlock pistol that was close to two meters.

However, what made You Shiwei even more unexpected was that there were actually a lot of tiger squat cannons in the middle of the strange black monster box, and the casualties of the cavalry under his command had reached more than 1,000 after a burst of indiscriminate bombardment.

Even a cold-blooded general like You Shiwei had to consider the casualties of the troops, thinking of this, he hurriedly rode a messenger behind him, and when he got Zuo Liangyu to burn Huating, he withdrew, and it was no longer a wise move to continue to entangle with the rebels here, and he also suffered such a large number of casualties under his command.

The dull horn sounded, but it was different from the horn when charging, the cavalry who heard the horn turned their horses' heads and retreated frantically, Hong Qing was not a fool, seeing that the cavalry began to turn around and retreat, he didn't know that the gang in front of him was going to escape, so he quickly ordered the troops to pursue in a company and platoon as a unit.

You Shiwei's heart was dripping blood, more than 1,000 casualties before, at least three or four hundred people were killed in this retreat, and 1,500 casualties were killed or injured by 5,000 cavalry, which was the confrontation with the Qiang Tibetans in Qinghai in Yulin and there were no such big casualties.

However, the retreat that belongs to the 'defeat' in front of him can only choose to pinch his nose and swallow it, compared to the fire in Huating City, You Shiwei still feels that this time they have fought with Chen Cao's remaining troops.

It is even possible that if he looted Su Song and Su Song this time, he would not be able to capture Shanghai, and at least Chen Cao would lose most of his people, goods and financial resources in this battle, and it would take time to recover and precipitate.

And the imperial court can use this free time to mobilize military horses from all over the country in order to once again carry out the final encirclement and suppression of Chen Cao's department.

Thinking of this, You Shiwei, who was bumpy on the war horse, did not have the disappointment of the previous 'defeat', but felt that it made him feel very comfortable to use the war horse to mobilize Chen Cao's troops to run around and be exhausted.

"Chief soldier, where are we going?"

The cavalry behind them were running wildly, the distance of the flintlock pistol was limited, and after withdrawing more than two hundred steps, few were shot, and it was obvious that they were safe.

"Go south, meet Chen Degong and make plans."