Chapter 363: The Battle for the Upper Bridge

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"Garrison the bridge above?"

Zhu Yujian turned his head to look at Li Xin beside him: "Changxin, what does Yang Qi mean by this?" ”

Li Yan lowered his head and thought for a while: "Liang counterattack into the Qilin Gate, if you want to rescue Jubao Mountain, you can only pass through the bridge above, if you want to neutralize the bridge, you must go in front of the Zhengyang Gate, what is the difference between it and attacking the city gate?" ”

Saying that, he frowned and thought carefully: "Maybe the leader of the Liang Rebellion on Jubao Mountain is an important person under Chen Cao's command, otherwise they wouldn't have taken a detour." ”

"Then according to Yang Qi's meaning, destroy the bridge above?"

Li Yan shook his head: "The prince must not, if the bridge above is destroyed, Liang Wei will definitely go from Zhonghe Bridge, and the tributaries of the Qinhuai River are not wide, if we go, after they cross the river, won't the officers and troops besieging Jubao Mountain suffer from the enemy?" ”

"Makes sense..."

Zhu Yujian nodded: "So we will stubbornly defend the bridge above?" ”

Li Yan nodded: "The prince has this idea, Changqing is very pleased, our army's 50,000 troops are not paper tigers, it is reported that there are many firearms under the command of Liang Wei, and now we have also captured a lot of artillery of the southern army, so we will fight with them across the bridge above." ”

"Shizi...", a herald ran to him: "The scouts in front have come to report, and the Liang rebel cavalry has arrived at the bridge above." ”

Less than a moment after he finished speaking, dust rose in front of him, and five thousand soldiers on war horses dismounted less than a mile from the bridge above, and Zhang Kaishan, the deputy division commander headed by him, immediately ordered to assemble.

"Prepare for battle..."

"Deputy division commander, there are still pursuers behind us."

Zhang Kaishan looked down on the pursuers behind him, and then left a regiment to guard the rear, so he pointed ahead: "Prepare for battle." ”

'Knock knock...'

Three cannon shots, Zhang Kaishan hurriedly let his subordinates disperse, only to see white smoke rising from the enemy position on the opposite side of the bridge, followed by black iron bullets, the war horses that had not had time to evacuate were shot, and they tore a bloody road.

The neighing of the centaurs sounded on the opposite side, and Zhu Yujian smiled: "Changqing has a little knowledge, are they going to attack next?" ”

Li Yan held a folding fan in his hand and thought for a while: "As long as our army guards them and wants to rescue Jubaoshan's psychology to hit them, don't think about rushing across the bridge above." ”

Zhang Kaishan scolded, he was in a hurry, and he only carried ten tiger squat cannons, and he didn't bring any of the field artillery and Shenwu artillery for the long-range attack.

"Deputy division commander, it's not a way to go on like this, they seem to have decided that we don't have artillery."

Zhang Kaishan said: "Let a platoon of brothers go to explore the road first, rush over on horseback, and withdraw if it's not right." ”

Li Yan saw more than thirty horsemen coming, so he smiled and said: "This is to explore the reality of our army, and don't care, they don't dare to cross the bridge, the prince ordered the archers to prepare." ”

A rain of arrows flew, and only a dozen of the more than 30 people remained, and the platoon commander who took the lead decisively ordered to retreat.

Zhang Kaishan put down the clairvoyant mirror: "These people are not simple, they are elite... Send someone to inform the master, let's stay here first, they don't move, we don't move. ”

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

"Hurry up, block up, block up..."

"Handsome... The Lianganti offensive was fierce, and our firearms were invincible. ”

Yang Qitie's face was blue, and the army of the Liang Fan shot forward in a horizontal march, on the basis of everyone being flintlock muskets, the opponent also had other terrible firearms, and the blood holes of the wounded carried down were extremely terrifying.

Not only that, but they were not afraid of casualties, and went straight to their line of defense under the fire of their own muskets and artillery.

"With a throwing gun..."

"Throwing guns..."

The lethality of the throwing spear is greater than that of the bow and arrow, but the attack is at most two waves, and the spear-throwing soldiers have no throwing weapons, and only use long knives.

But even if he used a throwing gun to inflict great damage on the opponent who came by, the opponent did not stagnate at all, and the dead were quickly replaced by the soldiers behind and continued to advance.

It's a terrible army ...

The collapse of the forward battalion ...

Yang Qi clearly saw that the musketeers of the forward battalion were blocked by the opponent, and only corpses were left behind the smoke, and there was not even a single person alive.

"How is this battle fought?"

Yang Qi muttered, he only now understands that he is not facing Li Wanchang and these people, the opponent's ordinary soldiers are not afraid of death, and after the front row of soldiers fell, they did not let them feel frightened and fled, but on the contrary, they quickly filled up with the tactics of a sea of people, and kept moving forward with a blank face.

"The devil... They are the devil..."

There were fleeing soldiers shouting, Yang Qi pointed at the man, and the cavalry behind him immediately rushed up and cut off his head with a single sword.

The morale of the army must not be chaotic, and tens of thousands of people will only collapse.

"Withdraw..."

Yang Qi ordered to retreat, and after more than an hour of fighting, the casualties had already reached tens of thousands, and if the fight continued, the whole army would collapse.

"Order, the whole army evacuates in the direction of Zhengyangmen."

'Yang Qi ran away? ’

Xiao Yongguang was about to order the artillery preparation of the whole army when he received a message from the herald: "Went to the direction of Zhengyangmen? ”

Then he shook his head: "Impossible, it's too far, he has tens of thousands of people under his command, he should go to the Great Altar or Chaoyangmen." ”

Chen Jiming rode his horse: "Old Xiao, Yang Qi ran away." ”

Xiao Yongguang glanced at him: "Lao Tzu knows, you should leave someone here, quickly chase after me, don't let Yang Qi run away, he is a big fish." ”

Chen Jiming scolded, and then rode away.

"The prince is here..."

Chen Cao took the Qilin Gate first, Xiao Yongguang stepped forward and saluted and said: "Lord Wang, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I was lucky to take the Qilin Gate." ”

"I heard that Yang Qi is here?"

"Just been beaten away..."

Chen Cao nodded: "Ignore him for now, you and the 22nd Division continue to pursue him, this king is going to Chaoyangmen." ”

Xiao Yongguang raised his eyebrows: "Where is Commander Song?" ”

Chen Cao pointed behind him: "This king has asked Man Gui to take two divisions to attack Fengtai Gate from outside the city, and let him attack and rescue Song Che from Fengtai Gate..."

Chen Cao looked coldly at the direction of Jubao Mountain: "This king believes that Song Che will not be completely annihilated, if so, this king will slaughter Nanjing and let them be buried together." ”

"Yes..."

"They're going to attack..."

Li Yan stood up and looked at the team that was assembling on the opposite side: "Shizi, get ready to fight..."

Zhang Kaishan shouted: "Military orders, drill the gun, and march forward." ”

A sharp whistle sounded, and the army began to form in platoons.

"What is this?"

Even Li Yan was stunned, he didn't know Liang Fan's tactics, so when he saw them lining up thirty people horizontally and starting to form a team, he was a little confused: "If you are willing to die, you will be fulfilled." ”

"Archers prepare..."

"Prepare to throw a gun..."

"Tiger Squat Cannon Preparation..."

Zhu Yujianrao didn't understand the battle formation, but when he looked at the Liang Domain's soldiers who lined up in front of him, he couldn't help but be ridiculed, wouldn't he give people their heads in vain if they came up so blatantly?

"Put..."

With a sharp roar, the archers fired the first wave of deadly arrows.

The uniform of the new army of the Liang Domain was defenseless, and under the blow of the cold weapon, the thirty people in the front row all fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and their bodies were full of arrows.

However, the rear did not flinch, and still strode forward to fill the vacancy left by the soldiers in front, but they had to face the spears that followed.

The aimless throwing of the arrow does not kill the soldier immediately after being hit, but the weight of the throwing gun is solid, and although it is protected by a steel helmet, the heavy blow still causes casualties to the soldiers.

After nearly 300 people fell to the ground in a row, the team finally stepped onto the bridge above and walked towards the other side of the bridge.

'Knock knock...'

Taking advantage of this gap, a battalion commander in the middle of the command roared with bayonets, and the soldiers of the front team who made up for it moved quickly and rushed over when the opponent's tiger squat cannon was still loading.

"Raise your gun..."

The musketeers on both sides raised their muzzles almost at the same time.

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The distance between the two sides is only fifty steps, and even the flintlock pistol eliminated by the Liang Domain can also be fatal with one blow, but it is a pity that Zhu Yujian's Tang Domain's soldiers are not well equipped, unlike Yang Qi's command.

The first phase of the fire that broke out between the two sides, after both paid for the casualties, the Tiger Squat cannon was loaded.

"The second team makes up for it, shoots..."

Before the gunner could light the medicine line behind the cannon, the soldiers of the Liang Domain, who came up from the supplementary team, quickly raised their guns, and after a burst of fierce shooting, all the gunners of the tiger squat cannon fell to the ground.

Li Yan was shocked, and immediately ordered the shield bearers to fill in the position, and then lined up with pikemen, and then ordered the archers to retreat to the third line and cover the defense by throwing arrows.

Zhang Kaishan stood on the bridge above, there was no joy on his face, just rushing to the opponent's position, bringing more than 1,000 casualties to the 5,000 soldiers, such a few rounds of fighting, even if he occupied the bridge above, I am afraid he would not be able to hold it.

"Tell the first three battalions that it's enough to repel them, and occupying this bridge is the key."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Shooting at close range, no matter who it is, in this situation must not hold out, unless it is the new army of the Liang Domain.

Li Yan continued to command, but some of the commanders in front of him fled, and some were hit by muskets and fell to the ground before they even had time to run away and turn around.

"Run..."

The soldiers of the Liang Domain, who marched forward under huge casualties, finally played the ultimate mystery of the platoon of guns, which was also the undefeated tactic of Great Britain in the European theater.

"The prince is going to retreat..."

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