On the battlefield on the right flank of Zhu Xianzhen, as the third and fourth regiments finally came up in formation, the battle here suddenly became more and more intense.

Nie Yun, this one is also a very famous company commander in the entire Third Infantry Division.

After quickly observing the situation in front of the battlefield, he immediately shouted in his mouth with a standard Kaifeng accent:

"Stop moving forward and fire~"

Saying! The reason why Nie Yun is so famous in the Third Infantry Division of the Great Song New Army is not because of his amazing skills.

Or has a noble background and has some big people in the family.

If this is the case, in the current new army that is thirsty for talents, Nie Yun will not be here now, he is just a company commander in the third regiment.

The real reason is because of this thing's blonde hair and blue eyes, and his appearance is completely different from everyone else.

To be more precise, Nie Yun is actually a person who gives happiness (Yu * Tai), a descendant of those great cannibals who were arranged by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to live in Kaifeng City.

More than half a year ago, the process of Nie Yun signing up for the new army was very smooth.

It was only when the Third Division was formed, faced with a very shortage of qualified officers, when Xu Feng was about to promote Nie Yun to be the company commander.

In the entire Third Division, however, there was considerable controversy.

The reason is very simple, in the famous book "Zuo Chuan: The Four Years of Chenggong" from the Spring and Autumn Period, there is such a classic sentence: 'If there is no race, there must be different hearts'.

In the dignified Song New Army, let this blonde and blue-eyed person be the head level company commander, what is it called? What is the majesty of the dignified Song Dynasty.

Later, in response to such a situation, it was the Privy Envoy Hu who spoke:

"The new army, naturally, there must be some new atmosphere, even the old master Confucius said, 'Yi Di into the flowers, then plant flowers', we might as well be broad-minded.

As long as we identify with the Great Song Dynasty, we are a family; No matter who they are, even if they are Jinren, we can accept them with an open mind.

As long as they have their own ability, their promotion and wealth will not be affected. ”

So in such a situation, Nie Yun, who was originally called Albert Dardanelle, became a junior officer in the new army.

Of course, none of the above matters.

The important thing is that after they have advanced all the way in formation, in the difficult battle that is about to begin; Can you block and fight back these deadly golden cavalry......

At Nie Yun's command, a military musician beside him hurriedly stopped the drumstick in his hand.

Suddenly, in the previous second, still in the rhythmic beat of the drums, the 119 soldiers of the whole company, who were advancing neatly like a wall, stopped at the same time.

The next second later, it was the first column of sword and shield men crouching with their shields raised.

The pikemen in the second column bowed their shoulders and took a lunge, raising their spears diagonally upward, ready to charge.

On top of that, the third column of musketeers behind the pikemen put the brown Bess muskets in their hands on the shoulders of their comrades in front of them.

It was just a hasty aim, and the trigger was pulled.

Immediately, the thunderous sound of gunfire in the ears and the choking white smoke almost didn't drive the bitter pikemen crazy.

But even they were coughing like dogs in the choking white smoke.

Don't let the spear raised high in his hand drop on the spot.

Are you kidding? At a distance of only fifty or sixty paces in front of them, there was a force of golden cavalry, after passing through large and small circular formations, and was killing them violently.

Fortunately, the original Jin cavalry, which was amazing in number and momentum, immediately became scarce after the general effect of the circular formation.

This group of cavalry is still a little scary when it rushes, but in terms of number, it is only thirty or forty horsemen.

And the entire formation has been pulled into a long snake.

Therefore, after three consecutive rows of guns, these golden cavalrymen, who had recently rushed to their twenty paces, finally did not dare to continue to charge after more than half of the casualties.

After hurriedly turning the horse's head, he went to bully the circle formation with weaker firepower.

And at this moment, in the huge tension in his heart, in fact, even his pants were wet with sweat, Nie Yunlian, the elder of the company, waited in place for a little more than seven or eight seconds.

When it was almost confirmed, the muskets that his men had just emptied were now all reloaded.

With his throat in his mouth, he shouted again: "Keep going~"

Under such an order, because the skull was grazed by a spinning axe, even with the protection of a helmet, he was still a military musician with a bloody skull skull.

Ignoring his still bleeding wound, he continued to beat a relaxing drumbeat.

Let the soldiers of the whole company step on the drums of his men, and begin to continue to advance like a wall, neatly forward.

In the midst of such an advance, they straddled one corpse after another, or a seriously wounded person who was convulsing.

These unlucky bastards were all in the battle that was only twenty seconds at most just now.

After being hit by the gold, the spearmen and shield bearers fell one after another.

On the way to the golden cavalry, often before being killed by muskets, those golden cavalry also beckoned sharp arrows and various throwing weapons one after another.

Among them, the sharp arrows, throwing axes, and iron bones are better, and the armor on their bodies can still be a little better.

But throwing guns and meteor hammers are not cold weapons, but they are still terrifying in power.

Even if it is a sword and shield hand holding a shield, as long as it is hit, it will either be directly nailed through, or it will be smashed to death.

But in the sound of drums, the above miserable situations still can't let Nie Yun and the soldiers in their company; The neat footsteps under his feet slowed down a little because of this.

In this way, Nie Yun led the soldiers of his company.

Constantly advancing in constant firing, reloading, and the whole team; Every now and then, someone would fall silently or screaming.

The problem is that everyone understands that only by driving out all the Jin people will such a tragic battle of mutual attrition end.

Even in the process, the company's formation was crushed, which could not stop them from moving forward.

This is not! After advancing about seventy or eighty paces, a terrible scream was heard from the left-hand position.

Nie Yun turned his head to take a look, and suddenly found that the second company not far from the left, under the impact of a group of cavalry, the entire formation was completely disrupted.

In the slashing and slaughtering of the Jin people, the second company suffered huge casualties at once.

Immediately, he shouted such an order in his mouth: "Stop advancing, the golden man on the left side of the target, fire continuously with three shots~"

Suddenly, in the continuous sound of muskets, those golden cavalry who were originally slashing and killing frantically were put down one by one.

Taking advantage of this fire support, the remaining soldiers of the second company did not take the opportunity to escape; Rather, it follows the provisions of Chapter 6, Article 3, and Article 5 of the "Great Song Infantry Drill Code".

spontaneously rushed towards Nie Yun's company, and rushed closer.

Then in some positions behind the company, two new lines of battle were re-formed.

Later, in the gap between the musketeers who had emptied the muskets and the muskets that had been filled before continuing to reload, Nie Yun once again observed the battlefield.

A kind of realization suddenly rose in his heart: the key to this battle depends on whether Hu Shu's envoy can stop the reinforcements of the Jin people.

If the cavalry of the Jin people had been rushing over like this, then their right flank would have collapsed sooner or later.

If they were to do the opposite, they were confident that they would drive the cavalry out......

*******

In fact, in the town of Zhuxian Town, Hu Biao and others on a wooden high platform.

As early as half a minute before Fan Zhu discovered the charge of the Jin cavalry, he discovered such a crisis in advance.

And soon, it took the initiative to make some countermeasures; Otherwise, wait until the herald sent by Fan Zhu arrives for help, and then make some measures.

Then at that time, I'm afraid that the daylilies are really cold.

At that time, after putting down the telescope, AT's mouth immediately shouted:

"Not good! The middle army defended by the 1st Division, and the left flank defended by the 5th Division, it seems that the defensive line in these two positions should still be able to withstand it.

But on the right flank of the 3rd Division's defense, the defensive line was already in disarray, and it seemed to be very dangerous.

If the left flank line is broken, the whole line of defense will be troublesome; Even if the artillery was to fire with all their strength and barely defend it, the casualties of the 3rd Division would be terrifying. ”

Lao Hu, why don't I take Yang Zaixing and Beiwei Army, as well as the independent cavalry battalion, to take the initiative to attack, stop the waist and give the Jin cavalry troops a bit, and relieve the pressure on Xu Feng and Fan Zhu. ”

In the face of AT's suggestion, he didn't wait for Hu Biao, the commander, to say something.

In the mouth of Huang Yizhi on the other side, an objection has already been raised:

"No! After removing the attrition in between, we now have more than seven hundred cavalry left; No matter how good your equipment is and how strong your combat effectiveness is, how many times can you barely rush under so many golden cavalry?

I think the whole army will be wiped out after three times at most, and such a method of consumption will not be worth it, and it will definitely not work.

Lao Hu, why don't we make a big move directly, and call out the killer features that Wolf Qing has recently transported. ”

After hearing the statement 'open a big move~'.

With anxious expressions on the side, the warehouse manager, the concubine and others, who were originally going to say something, were all in good spirits and were a little eager to try.

That is at present, although the Jin side relies on a large number of cavalry, controlling the entire field area of the battlefield.

But it doesn't mean that Kaifeng City and Zhuxian Town have completely broken off contact.

Relying on the northern location of Zhuxian Town, the canal that runs around the town called the 'Grain River', Wolf Qing can still use some small boats to continuously transport some materials and resources at night.

So the night before yesterday, a batch of rockets arrived.

Note that these rockets are not the 'swarm' rockets that have the shape of a wooden box in the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of arrows fly out after ignition.

Rather, it is similar to the 'Congreve rocket', propelled by gunpowder and has a special launch stand.

It flew out after ignition, and it is said that the maximum range exceeded three kilometers; And because it has a five-kilogram black powder charge, it can explode after landing, and it is not a serious rocket with a lot of power.

The only pity is that the production of this thing is limited, and there are only 100 rounds in total.

The key is that Wolf Qing has only had time to study such a weapon in the recent past, and it is said that the deviation has reached one or two hundred meters, so it still needs to be improved in terms of accuracy.

But then again, if you hail a hundred rockets one by one, it will definitely give Jin Ren a big surprise.

It's just that after hearing such a suggestion, Hu Biao muttered for more than ten seconds.

In the end, in his mouth, he gave such an order: "No, this thing is too scary to call out, believe it or not, these golden people will run away tomorrow."

So, you go up right away.

Immediately use all the artillery fire of the 1st Independent Artillery Brigade hidden at the junction of the Chinese army and the right flank to fire from the side, and block the continuous attack of the Jin cavalry as much as possible.

By the way, tell Lao Hei and the windmill, no matter how difficult they are.

While withstanding the enemy's attack, I dispatched no less than one regiment of troops to protect the small Franc machine gun crew in a company unit and advance towards the right flank; Give me support in the past, and try to block the follow-up reinforcements of the Jin soldiers. ”

Under such an order, the warehouse manager hesitated to ask:

"Such a tactic should be able to beat the Jin people back, but the third division of Xu Feng and Lao Hei, the casualties this time are probably terrifying~"

After hearing this, Hu Biao's face became extremely bitter, but the words in his mouth were so firm and ruthless:

"There have been so many deaths on the Jin side in the past few days, and it is time to give them a little hope, otherwise why hang them and continue to die.

Therefore, today's casualties of the Third Division are a hope for them.

Let them think that as long as they continue to consume, as long as they work harder, they will be able to break through the hope of the defense line in the end.

So, it's a normal battle.

Congreve rockets, these big killer weapons, need to hoard more quantities, and then summon them all at one time at a critical moment, and defeat the opponent with one blow. ”

For Hu Biao's above, including the truth of the sayings "mercy is not in charge of the army" and "one general will succeed and ten thousand bones are withered", everyone is actually not ignorant.

But to put it bluntly, these people are just ordinary people.

When they thought of the thousands of soldiers of the New Army, who died in battle because of Hu Biao's decision, the emotions in their hearts were indescribably depressed.

But they also knew that in the current situation, there was a real need to do so.

So before the warehouse manager rode a big green mule and hurried towards the artillery, he didn't know what kind of psychology he had come from.

His mouth was very solemn, and he said a sentence to Hu Biao:

"Lao Hu, buddy advises you to be mentally prepared, after the end of the second phase of the task, you will definitely be beaten out by Xu Feng and Fan Zhu, Jiang Xiang.

Don't blame me at that time, don't pull them at all, don't do it together, it's already my greatest restraint. ”

The voice fell, and the mouth of the man with facial paralysis in the war dog also echoed on the spot: "Lao Hu, I also plan to do so~"

Then, several similar statements sounded in Hu Biao:

"Well, I can only promise that I won't do it~"

"Lao Hu, when the time comes, I will kick my feet more or less, otherwise I will not feel sorry for me; But don't worry, you won't be in the past to say hello to you~"

Hu Biao: "I thank you for ......"

Not to mention the tactical needs of a qualified battlefield commander, Hu Biao made some reasonable commands, but after facing the threat of being beaten out after the end of this battle.

The kind of depressed emotion in my heart is extremely strong.

The ensuing development of the battle situation was similar to what they expected.

First of all, relying on the circular formation, there were still a large number of casualties, and the soldiers of the New Army of the Third Division withstood the fierce impact of the Jin cavalry, and there was no scene of the rout of the whole army.

In the midst of their difficult battle, they finally heard the thunderous sound of cannons.

The 1st Brigade of Separate Artillery, twelve 12-pounder Napoleonic field guns, twenty-four 6-pounder Napoleonic field guns, hidden at the junction of the Central Army and the right flank.

They all lifted their camouflages and fired at the follow-up troops of the Jin people, which was full of fire.

Not to mention the largest caliber 12-pound shells, the so-called 6-pound shells, both weigh 2.5 kilograms, which is the size of an adult man's fist.

With the improvement of Wolf Qing, the firing range of these field guns has now been increased to 1.5 kilometers.

So these thirty-six guns, after firing from the side under the maximum rate of fire, the dense shells just beckoned.

There was often a cannonball, and after piercing several war horses or the bodies of the golden soldiers, it slowly stopped rolling on the ground.

However, if you want to say that the follow-up of the cavalry will not, the biggest threat is those small Franco cannons that are slowly approaching the right flank under the escort of the infantry.

Replaced with shotguns, they can take down a lot of people with each shot.

Coupled with the continuous sound of the row of guns, for a while, under the orders of Wanyan Zongwang and others, the Jinren side planned to support the cavalry team of 10,000 people.

In the process of storming into the camp of the 3rd Division on the right flank, he suffered a staggering casualty.

Often, a neat team of 100 people, under the continuous blows of artillery fire and dense rows of guns, in the end only a maximum of half of the personnel can successfully pass.

This is still a relatively chicken thief of the Jin people, as early as before this Northern Expedition, because of the threat of explosives packs, the war horses were trained in advance, so that they were accustomed to the sound of explosions on the battlefield.

Otherwise, under the fright of the war horses, their war horses would have gone crazy and caused chaos in the whole army.

Eventually, the 3rd and 4th regiments of the 3rd Division gradually advanced to the positions of those circles.

The golden cavalry in the camp faced a scene where they couldn't rush at all, not to mention, and the number of combatants was getting fewer and fewer.

Finally, someone could not bear such a crazy battle, turned around and retreated on a war horse; Instead of returning directly to the camp, they fled frantically into the wilderness.

At this point, such an ordinary battle has also come to a complete end.

Nie Yun, a blonde and blue-eyed company commander, looked at the rout of the second company around him, and now there were only about a hundred people left in the battle formation.

Under this astonishing casualty, I almost cried at that time.

Fortunately, the responsibility of being a junior officer made him endure the sadness in his heart when he couldn't see the higher-ranking officers around, and spontaneously shouted out a sentence in his mouth:

"Build a line of defense, hygienists save people......"

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