South of Fushun County, Rongxi Bridge Battlefield.

The battle here was fierce from the start, with gunfire and bullets raining down like beans. The black smoke from the flowering shells fired by General Weiyuan's artillery made clouds of smoke on both sides of Rongxi. There were also a few taels of projectiles from the sub-mother cannon that burrowed into the dirt, stirring up wisps of smoke and dust.

All of the above, combined with the repeated fighting of infantry and cavalry on both sides, constitutes a bloody and cruel picture of war.

The firepower of the Eight Banners on the battlefield of Rongxi Bridge is so fierce that it is really difficult to associate them with the invincibility of archers and horses.

In fact, in the original history, the Qing army of the Kangxi Dynasty had the strongest firepower of the Qing army before the Westernization Movement!

As for the cattle that "bow and horse take the world", Kangxi never blows it.

Kangxi knows the importance of firepower very well, what he likes is the sub-cannon that can quickly replace the sub-gun, the Weiyuan general cannon that can fire heavy flowering shells, and the kind of siege heavy artillery that can easily cost thousands of catties!

There also seems to be a bit of a phobia of underfirepower

In addition to artillery, Kangxi was also very keen to equip his Eight Banners with shotguns, and the proportion of shotgun equipment in the infantry armor of the Eight Banners soldiers was usually as high as 50%, and even many Eight Banners vests were equipped with shotguns!

Moreover, the artillery and shotguns built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry in the Kangxi Dynasty were of high quality, which were not worse than European artillery and muskets of the same period, but they were not equipped with a large number of flintlock guns.

However, at that time, the armies of European countries did not complete the replacement of flintlock pistols with arquebuses, and the Ottoman Empire did not even begin to equip themselves with flintlock pistols. Therefore, until the Kangxi Dynasty, there was no generation difference between the firearms of the Qing Dynasty and the firearms of Western countries.

Although the artillery and shotguns of these Eight Banners soldiers were quite good, they did not cause many casualties to the Wu soldiers on the other side. This is because Wu Yingqi chose too clever a position to avoid the fire coverage of General Weiyuan's artillery, and of course the shotgun can't hit it, only the range of a single projectile fired by the sub-mother cannon can be obtained. However, the sub-guns equipped by the Eight Banners are very light, and they are used as direct-aim artillery in field battles, because they can replace the sub-guns, so the rate of fire is quite fast, but the lethality is very limited. If the distance is far, it will only kill and injure one person at a time.

And after the masters of the Eight Banners fought for a while, of course, the shouts and killings of the Green Battalion soldiers sounded!

Another "death charge" of the cannon fodder of the green battalion has begun!

Their "death charge" had been fought several times, and now the corpses of the green battalion soldiers wearing uniforms fell on the top of the Rongxi Bridge and the south bank of the Rongxi Bridge to the open land in front of the Wu soldiers' position. Especially in the vicinity of the Wu soldiers' phalanx, it is even more layered and shocking. However, the green battalion soldiers on the north bank of Rongxi Bridge were still driven by the masters of the Eight Banners, launching wave after wave of attacks.

Moluo's Ganshan Green Battalion was the main force of this almost suicidal attack, and they repeatedly attacked the Wu army phalanx south of the Rongxi Bridge with the battalion as a unit, like a stormy wave, retreating in one wave and arriving in another.

The reason why I have to fight so hard is because the originally good situation suddenly became very critical!

The 2,000 and hundreds of Wu soldiers blocking the south side of the Rongxi Bridge are the culprits who caused the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield! With such a block, they skillfully cut Yue Le's 40,000 Qing troops into two parts!

The Yuele Division, which was separated from the south bank of Rongxi and Tuojiang, was also attacked by two Wu armies with more than 10,000 people, and the situation was very critical.

If Leerjin and Mo Luo can't open the Rongxi Bridge as soon as possible, and wait until Yue Le is defeated by Wu Yingqi (maybe Wu Sangui)'s two-way army, then the entire Sichuan war situation will only have one complete word - the Qing Dynasty is neither popular with the people nor the soldiers in Sichuan, and the logistics are also very difficult, so they rely on the phantom shadow of "Eight Banners and Invincible Heavenly Soldiers". Once this phantom is completely shattered by Wu Yingqi (Wu Sangui), all provinces in Sichuan will have to surrender to the wind, and the rest of the Qing army should be shouted and beaten by everyone, and it is difficult to say how much they can run back!

Since the gains and losses on the side of Rongxi Bridge are so critical, the Ganshan Green Battalion can only be driven up to rush to the phalanx of Wu soldiers in waves.

However, the terrain of Rongxi Bridge is too narrow, and every time you cross a battalion, you have to line up a crowded column, and when you cross the bridge, you will be fiercely shot by the Wu army's firepower, which is almost like a live target!

Of course, Wu Bing's firepower is a little bit behind that of the Eight Banners, mainly because there are not so many flowering bullets - how expensive gunpowder is! Packed in a hollow iron ball and bombarded with a short barrel, it may not be blown up or not, this is simply throwing money!

Wu Sangui's territory is so poor, he doesn't have the conditions to spend as much money as Kangxi, but Wu Bing's shotguns and bronze cannons are a lot!

Their shotguns and the shotguns used by the Eight Banners are all the same version, and they are quite good, but they are not the kind of goods that explode if they are not careful. Wu Yingqi brought to Rongxi Bridge to block the road are the elite of the Wu army, so the proportion of muskets in the infantry army is not low, almost half, and they are all experienced "old guns", with accurate marksmanship, and they will not shoot indiscriminately, and they will put the enemy closer before fighting.

And their bronze cannon is a miniature version of the red-coated cannon, let's call it a red-coated cannon, Wu Yingqi's troops brought a total of six this time, it doesn't seem to be much, but all of them bombarded the Qing army on the Rongxi Bridge, and the lethality is still very large!

Under the blow of cannonballs and bullets like raindrops, the Rongxi Bridge, which was only a few dozen steps long, soon became a bridge of death for the soldiers of the Ganshan Green Battalion!

Even if these Ganshan Green Battalion soldiers could rush up against the Wu army's shells and bullets, the formation would be shattered. Often one or two hundred panicked green battalion soldiers are huddled together, which is the most ideal "prey" of the bamboo lancers of the Wu army.

The impact of these bamboo lancers was extremely strong, and the infantry could not resist it at all if they did not form an array. Moreover, they retreated after rushing, coming and going like the wind, leaving only the corpses of the enemy and broken bamboo spears in one place, and not giving the opponent a chance to fight hand-to-hand at all. Not to mention that the chaotic green battalion soldiers had no problem with them, and even the dozens of sub-mother cannons mobilized by Leerjin were difficult to hit them, and they only occasionally killed a handful.

Leerjin and Mo Luo, who were standing at the head of the city in Fushun County to supervise the battle, were already so anxious that their faces were covered with sweat at this time, and their official robes were soaked, looking like they had been fished out of Rongxi!

The Eight Banners and the Green Battalion under their command have done their best - the Eight Banners have tried their best to release their guns and artillery, and the Green Battalion has tried their best to send them to death and rush into battle, but no matter how hard they try, there is no way to shake the Wu army formation south of Rongxi Bridge!

With their own eyes, the onslaught launched by the Ganshan Green Battalion was once again repelled by the damned bamboo lancers. Moreover, the defeat of the Ganshan Green Battalion is coming faster and faster, and it is becoming more and more crisp!

In the beginning, the Green Battalion soldiers would try to resist in the face of the onslaught of the Bamboo Lancers, but soon they found that the resistance was completely futile! It is impossible for them to stop these dozens or hundreds of cavalry in a row, armed with long bamboo spears, whistling in!

So this time, as soon as the light cavalry of the Wu family launched an attack, the green battalion soldiers fell into a collapse, and the shouts of "defeated, defeated" rang out from the ground to the ground.

But how can two legs outrun four legs?

Le Erjin saw with his own eyes through the clairvoyant mirror that a small officer of the green battalion wearing a plain gold top seemed to be frightened by the whistling bamboo lancers, and rushed into Rongxi in a panic, but his water nature did not seem to be very good, and he sank after a few flutters in the turbulent stream, and never floated again.

He then found that some veterans of the Ganshan Green Battalion had very active brains, and when they saw that there was no way to escape, they simply knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. There are so many people who are two, four, five, or six ministers these years, not to mention that they are just small soldiers?

The cavalry of the Wu army who charged into battle was quite willing to capture the prisoners, and when they withdrew, they were still holding dozens or hundreds of surrendered green battalion soldiers.

Seeing such a scene, the spirit of Le Erjin, the king of Shuncheng County, also collapsed a little, and his lips trembled and he said to himself: "How can this Wu Sangui's cavalry be more powerful than my cavalry of the Eight Banners?" ”

Mo Luo was also a little messy, just yelling vigorously: "Rush to Lao Tzu, hurry up to Lao Tzu. Those who retreat are killed, and those who surrender to the enemy are killed! ”

However, the Yunnan alternate Dao Lu Yifeng still kept his calm rarely, and at this time he could still come up and make a loud suggestion: "Lord Wang, control the army, you can't fight hard like this!" Nor can the brothers below die in vain! ”

Le Erjin actually knew that it couldn't be done, so he glanced at him: "What do you say?" ”

Lu Yifeng said: "Lord Wang, don't let the lowly lead people to find a few boats, and build another bridge elsewhere." ”

As soon as Mo Luo heard this suggestion, he also felt that it was a solution, so he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, that's it!" ”

Le Erjin looked around. The banks of Rongxi and Tuojiang are desolate! Where are the boats?

In order to build the Rongxi Bridge before, all the boats that could be collected around have been searched, and now even if you can find a few boats, it is not enough to build a pontoon bridge.

However, he didn't have any tricks now, so he had to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he asked Mo Luo to send Lu Yifeng a Ganshan Green Battalion Infantry Barracks that had fallen from the front line, suffered heavy losses, and was no longer able to fight, and asked him to lead him to find the ship.

When the Qing army on the battlefield of Rongxi Bridge was completely immobile, in an open area northwest of Daguan Town, more than 20 miles away from Rongxi Bridge, two groups of cavalry that met on a narrow road had just begun their formation.

On one side of the battle was the 1,500 bamboo spears and iron cavalry led by Ma Bao, the cavalry general under the command of Wu Sangui, while the other side was the 2,400 horse armor soldiers led by Gaerhan, the commander of the right wing of the Eighth Banner New Army!

Among them, Ma Bao on the side of Wu Jun is Wu Guogui's deputy general.

In today's battle, the Wu army attacking from Yibin was divided into two routes, the front army was 2,500, and the main general was Wu Yingqi, and the task was to block the Rongxi Bridge and divide the Qing army into two parts.

There are 12,500 main troops on the rear road, the main general is Wu Guogui, and Ma Bao is the deputy general, their task is to engage the main force of the Qing army on the southern front of the Qing army in ambush in Tazi Mountain and Mojia Tomb Mountain, attract them as much as possible, and prevent Wu Yingqi from falling into the enemy.

In addition, the number of Wu troops attacking from Nanxi County was as high as 15,000, and the main general was Wu Sangui himself! Since Nanxi County is far away from Tazi Mountain and Mojiafen Mountain, Wu Sangui may not be able to reach the battle area until late at night or early tomorrow morning.

And when exactly it will arrive, it mainly depends on how many troops Yue Le will send to fight and block?

Of course, it also depends on the outcome of the battle between Wu Guogui and Yue Le!

Zhuangzi, where Wu Guogui's troops rested this morning and at noon, is also a certain distance from Tazi Mountain, Mojiafen Mountain, and Daguan Town. In order to ensure that the Qing cavalry would not be harassed and blocked during the march, they could rush to the battlefield in time to engage Yue Le's troops. So Wu Guogui sent his deputy general Ma Bao to lead the cavalry first!

And Yue Le had already judged Wu Yingqi (Wu Sangui)'s intentions at the first time, and immediately made the most reasonable choice at that time - he did not choose to evacuate immediately, because he believed that Leerjin and Mo Luo could quickly defeat the front two or three thousand people of the Wu army with an army of 20,000, so he decided to divide 5,000 people to delay the Wu army coming from the direction of Nanxi, and at the same time concentrate 15,000 people to engage the rear of the Wu army. As long as the rear team of the Wu army can be defeated, this battle can be a complete victory.

In order to prevent the rear team of the Wu army from seizing the relatively open terrain northwest of Daguan Town, Yue Le also sent 2,408 banner soldiers led by Garhan as the vanguard to obstruct the march of the Wu army. When the twilight of this day came, the two cavalry finally encountered near a shallow stream four or five miles northwest of Daguan Town.

The two cavalry, on the north bank of the creek, spread out in their formations in the weeds that grew taller than a man, in the sweltering twilight.

Among them, the formation of the Eight Banners was a team of 400 cavalry of the same flag color, and a large horizontal formation was launched, stretching the formation very long, in an attempt to surround the cavalry of the Wu army with the superiority of troops.

Ma Bao, on the other hand, took a hundred horsemen as a team and set up fifteen dense two-column charging formations. Ma Bao himself was in the center, and there were seven two-column charging formations on the left and right. Including Ma Bao himself, each bamboo lancer carried two bamboo spears about one foot and five feet, as well as sabers and bows and arrows!

Each of the cavalrymen had already put on cloth iron armor and a helmet wrapped in a red scarf.

On the side of the Qing army, the Eight Banners cavalry temporarily gave up their most powerful "weapon" - domestic slaves!

Although many minions may be more capable of fighting than their masters, Yue Le still does not allow them to take the place of their masters. When marching, you can let the house slaves serve, and they still have to come by themselves to fight, otherwise the house slaves will have the heart of bullying the master. So all the house slaves were left in Fushun County.

The Eight Banners soldiers who did not have servants to serve at this time were all dressed in deadly heavy and very stuffy cloth armor, put on helmets that were not breathable at all, and rode horses against the sun for a long distance It was hot, stuffy and tired, and some people didn't even have water to drink because they didn't have a house slave to serve them (they set off without filling the water bag, and they drank it halfway), and now they are a little dry.

The pro with the blue flag is the "Bear Killing Warrior" who killed a panda outside the city of Shunqing Mansion, and now he is dying of thirst, and his throat is so dry that he is about to smoke!

He is a child of the Eight Banners who was born after the Central Plains of the Great Qing Dynasty, a native of "Old Beijing", he has not suffered anything since he was a child, even if he organized training in the flag, it was also two domestic slaves holding wine, snacks, and handkerchiefs waiting on the side. Even if the new army was picked later, there were domestic slaves who followed, and it was not until this time that there was no one to serve them for the first time.

He couldn't figure it out, why couldn't he bring two minions to serve on the side during the war? Who sets the rules for this? I can't get down to catch my breath for a while, and how inconvenient is it that no one will serve me at that time?

"Knock knock."

Just when the kiss was crying out in his heart, a drum suddenly sounded.

Then the leaders and assistants who led the team began to shout.

"It's time to charge, check your bow and arrows, raise your spear"

"The second drum beats and rushes forward!"

The pro quickly took his mind back and shouted with the others: "Huh! ”

"Qingtian is dead, Zhou Tian should stand, divide the land equally, and the world will be safe!"

At this time, the opposite side began to shout slogans!

The sixteen-word slogan was shouted very neatly, as if it was shouted by a person, and the voice was very loud and full of murderous intent, and I was terrified when I heard it!

The dear's attention was sucked by this neat slogan, and he stretched his neck to look forward, only to realize that something was wrong!

The cavalry formation of the Wu army on the opposite side is too neat, right? How is it like a knife and an axe? Are these rebels of the Pingxi Domain all full of food and nothing to do, and they are practicing formation every day?

Just when the pro was extremely surprised, a rapid drum sound sounded on the opposite side.

Subsequently, most of the cavalry of the Wu army raised their spears and shouted the slogan "Qingtian is dead, Zhou Tian should stand, the land is divided, and the world is safe", and began to ride forward.

Not all the cavalry of the Wu army moved forward, but the fourteen cavalry of the Wu army in two columns began to move forward, and the horizontal formation led by Ma Bao in the middle remained still.

Although only fourteen hundred horsemen were advancing forward, and the cavalry on the front line was only seven hundred, the ranks were tight and neat, like moving walls, crushing their opponents.

"Knock Knock"

The second drum sounded on the side of the Qing army, and the leaders and assistants of the team opened their throats and shouted.

"Rush! Hurry up! ”

"Don't embarrass your ancestors! Come on! ”

The pro was also very brave and yelled: "Don't embarrass your ancestors!" Come on! Long live the Emperor! Ten thousand years of the Qing Dynasty! ”

He roared and raised his whip, raised it high, and patted it lightly—but not too hard, or the horse would hurt, and if the horse hurt, he would run and not count! The spear on the opposite side looks very long, and it will kill if you stab it in the body.

And there are a lot of people who have similar thoughts to that parent!

They are all men who grew up in Sijiu City, and their hearts and eyes are lively, how can they be compared with the ancestors who grew up in the white mountains and black waters?

And there are a lot of people with lively eyes, and the formation of this cavalry charge is a bit sparse.

(End of chapter)