Chapter 419: Battle of Xuzhou V

"Protect Your Majesty..."

A violent explosion sounded, and it was not iron bullets that flew in, but all open flower bombs.

Chen Cao didn't know how he escaped from death, when he was escaped to a safe distance by a group of brocade guards, there were only a dozen brocade guards next to him, and they were all embarrassed.

"Help, save people..."

He was not the only one who was parked where he was before, but also the accompanying staff officers and many civil and military officers, and after this wave of fatal explosions, the smoke and dust dissipated endlessly, and it was not known who was alive and who was dead.

'Ahem, ahem...'

Chen Cao coughed violently twice, obviously, the explosion just now hurt him, and his chest ached, but fortunately there was no blood in the filth he spit out, otherwise he would definitely leave himself with the root of internal injuries in the future.

"Hit, hit Lao Tzu hard..."

The angry Chen Cao did not wait for the arrival to report the news of the casualties, so he immediately ordered the artillery unit to start moving, and the first round of salvo artillery had already erupted from the muzzle.

In less than half an hour, all the artillery positions were in place, and in the next half an hour, the 1,000 shells that were transported to the position were shot out, and the return fire in Xuzhou City was also extremely fierce.

This made Chen Cao never expect that the artillery in Xuzhou City would be so fierce, but now he can't bother to trace the source of their powerful firepower.

"The Emperor..."

Zhao Xin was unusually embarrassed, and the shock wave from the explosion tore his trolling suit in many places, if it weren't for the fact that his upper body was still wearing plate armor, but it looked like a begging for food: "Three staff officers died, fortunately Xu Fuyuan and Huang Chunyao were spared, but both of them were injured, and now they have been transported down for treatment, and the emperor is asked to retreat." ”

Chen Cao also relieved his breath after a long time, and the start was already unfavorable, but now that the artillery battle has begun, the battle between the two sides has officially started from this moment, how can there be a reason to retreat: "Bastard thing, the battle has just begun, Lao Tzu has not been killed yet, what is the panic, pass the order, let the logistics troops immediately transport the shells to the artillery position, Lao Tzu no matter what Xuzhou City is made, even if it is smashed with silver, it will be smashed out of a hole for me." ”

Lou Xingye's headquarters was located on Yan Chun's left rear flank, but because Yan Chun's headquarters had suffered heavy casualties before the initial battle, it had basically become a reserve force, and after they found out that the artillery shells in Xuzhou City actually hit the emperor's command post two and a half miles away, the various departments were undoubtedly shocked, and sent messengers to Chen Cao's command post to check the situation.

Fortunately, the emperor was unharmed, and only a part of the staff officers and the Jinyi guards who were subordinate died did the divisions quiet.

From being shirtless in the past to now commanding in the center, Lou Xingye has grown a lot, but just now, the forward observation post came to report that Yang Lian, the foot soldier in charge of the charge, had been defeated and was approaching his position.

"How was this battle fought? What magic weapon does Tartar still have in Xuzhou City? ”

Lou Xingye inevitably complained, compared to his personality is better, the irascible Huang Degong jumped like thunder after learning that the command post was bombed, and wanted to avenge Chen Cao, but the first wave of troops did not rush up, but was blocked back by the foot soldiers responsible for the charge in front of the rout of the whole line.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Lian's brothers were reused after surrendering, Huang Degong would have thought about cutting Yang Lian Maha.

The battle here is in full swing, and the Dangshan battlefield in the west of Xuzhou is not ambiguous at the moment.

Hauge commanded his army to launch an attack on Liu Butang's headquarters stationed in Dangshan County, and the two sides fought from dawn until after noon, and the corpses on the battlefield were strewn all over the ground, and rivers of blood flowed.

The battle in Xujiawa, northwest of Dangshan City, was particularly fierce, so much so that Feng Zhongping had personally sat in Xujiawa, and the command post was placed on a high hill in the northeast of Xujiawa near the Yellow River.

"Division, the 6th Regiment has suffered heavy casualties, and I have let the men of the 5th Regiment take their place, and it seems that the Tartars are just resting properly, and they have reason to believe that they will attack again in an hour."

Feng Zhongping's face was blue, before leaving, his order was to hold Dangshan for seven days, but now on the first day of the battle, the casualties on his side were flattened by a regiment, the key is that it is just past noon, and the fundamental reason for the opponent's truce is to eat to replenish his strength.

"How's the defense in front of the village?"

In the face of Feng Zhongping's inquiry, the staff officer replied: "The 2nd Brigade dug several trenches in the front, but this group of Tartars is not ordinary, they attacked with artillery before attacking, and then used Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles as cover, and the infantry behind them arrived and threw fierce fire oil canisters at our soldiers in the trenches, and the 6th Regiment suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Are they smart?" Feng Zhongping felt that things were different: "Send a letter to the military gate immediately, asking for reinforcements to Xujiawa." ”

"Newspaper..."

After Feng Zhongping read the official document, his fists clenched, and he suddenly fainted with a scream.

When everyone woke up, everyone knew that the Yellow River defense line was lost, and the Qing army's countless fleets entered Xuzhou from the east of the Yellow River.

The Yellow River defense line was only a part of Liu Butang's expectations, but what he never expected was that the Qing army was really bold enough to enter Xuzhou from the east of the Yellow River, and the strength of the Yellow River defense line was only a regiment of the 1st Division, and these 1,500 people could not intercept the Qing army marching on the Yellow River.

The battle did not stop, and sure enough, half an hour later, the Qing army launched a large-scale attack on Xujiawa and Liu Village again, but at this moment Feng Zhongping had already met with Liu Butang, and both of them were bitter and bitter.

It wasn't until a cannon exploded violently that Liu Butang said, "Old Feng, let's be sorry for Your Majesty's entrustment." ”

"Junmen," Feng Zhongping swallowed his throat: "Retreat." ”

Liu Butang shook his head: "I can't withdraw, the Dangshan defense line is lost, and hundreds of thousands of people in Haoge drive straight in, you and I can't afford this crime, what we have to do now is to block the Yellow River defense line at the same time, and stick to Dangshan." ”

"We're such people."

Liu Butang's face was pale: "More people may not be able to achieve things, fewer people may not be able to do big things, Li Xuanjun's example is in front of us, we must also know how to learn." ”

"Take the initiative?" Feng Zhongping spoke.

Liu Butang looked at the map for a long time before he said: "It is impossible for the Longwu army to pursue the remnants of the Qing army in Shanghai and the remnants of Yuetuo, it is impossible not to do big things, and there are people like Li Yan in their army, they will not know the severity, the Shenwu army is on the way to Xuzhou, our troops are enough, but I don't know how many people the Qing army has passed through the Yellow River now, and what kind of people they are, otherwise we can deal with it calmly;

It's not a good thing to be proactive. ”

The Dingwu Army's rifles are all the same, although they are single-shot, but they are better at a large distance and have strong firepower, and well-trained soldiers can easily shoot ten rounds of ammunition in one minute, even if they are not stronger than ten rounds, five rounds of ammunition is also a basic skill.

"Please show me the way."

"Send a letter to Your Majesty first, and for the rest, we only have one task," Liu Butang looked at the battlefield in the distance: "Hold Dangshan at all costs." ”

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The day after the battle began, in the camp located five miles outside Xuzhou, Chen Cao received an urgent military information from Dangshan, and immediately summoned staff officers to discuss countermeasures with the civil and military.

"The Yellow River defense line was lost, and according to Liu Butang's reaction, an unknown number of Qing army ships entered Xuzhou from the Yellow River."

"Your Majesty, please return to Shuanggou first."

Chen Cao looked at Xu Fuyuan and asked, "Fuyuan, how is your injury?" ”

"The minister's injury is not in the way, but now Xuzhou is a fire keg, I don't know when it will explode, and the strength of Haoge's department in Guide is not less than 300,000 people, Your Majesty has instructed us to despise the opponent strategically, pay attention to the opponent tactically, and the enemy can also send troops to advance east from the Yellow River while storming Dangshan, and the intention is already obvious."

Huang Chunyao also nodded: "The minister agrees with Fuyuan's words, please Your Majesty immediately retreat to the Shuanggou camp and wait for the main force of the Shenwu Army to come together." ”

"There are only 70,000 people in Abatai."

Chen Cao read a sigh, and then looked at the crowd: "The logistics of Songjiang are too long, so that the supply line has to slow down, the battle of Xuzhou is too important, and the enemy cannot be underestimated, I know what you mean, but once you retreat to Shuanggou, not only will it be greatly reduced in terms of morale, but the brothers of the 8th Division and those guards will be in vain in exchange for their lives." ”

"Your Majesty," Huang Chunyao knelt down, "The ambitions of the Tartar wolves are obvious, and they want to use Xuzhou to set a trap for us." ”

"Get up," Chen Cao stood up and paced back and forth: "Liu Butang can miss, I already know Abatai's ambitions, he, like Dai Shan, wants to wrap us up in Xuzhou." ”

At first, Chen Cao didn't know, only Huang Chunyao has always maintained a skeptical attitude, because the war was too strange, so he just used Sun Degong's resistance, from the beginning of Shuanggou to the later arrival in Xuzhou, there were Zhang and Youchi, and finally Haoge's department marched east from the Yellow River, which completely confirmed his own conjecture.

However, Chen Cao himself was also carried away by the victory and his own development over the years, thinking that fighting the Qing army was a duel between hot weapons and cold weapons, who would have thought that the opponent was also chasing nervously step by step, and the Hongyi cannon was the best evidence.

"They want to eat our army, and why didn't I want to destroy Huang Taiji's hands in one go?"

Chen Cao looked at the artillery fire in the distance viciously: "Although Songjiang is rich, but I have been in the war for a long time, if the battle of Xuzhou is a tug-of-war with Jiannu, for the people in the north, it is the most painful thing." ”

"Your Majesty cares about the people of the north at the moment, and the ministers are ashamed of themselves..."

Chen Cao took a deep breath: "The Shenwu Army is coming, since Abatai wants me to die here, then I will also give Abatai a big gift, depending on whether his teeth are hard or my bones are hard;

Orders to Cao Wenzhao, Li Xiukuan, Zhao Wenhui and Han Xianchu...

I want to use myself as bait in Xuzhou. ”