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Chapter 483 The Battle of Eight Mile Bridge ([-])
Not only King Linbu of Duoluo County saw the scene of the collapse of the new army, but even Emperor Yongzheng also saw such a scene, and almost everyone fell into silence.

The comparison between the two sides is almost as simple as an adult who uses various means to educate a child, but for Yongzheng, he points at his nose and scolds him. After all, the hard work of the past few years is nothing but a Illusions are often smashed in the face of reality.

"Don't be afraid, don't run! You can't run!"

All kinds of shouts merged together. They hoped that the new army could calm down in time. It would be useless for other troops that had already fallen into chaos.But for the Eight Banners, there is no shortage of elites in the traditional sense among them, so they are also trying their best to save the overall situation.

"Daqing depends on us, we can't run anymore!"

The leader of the Xiangbai Banner, Ge Ce, had a murderous look on his face. He drew out his waist knife and beheaded several rout soldiers before stopping the rout of the others. The remaining soldiers of the Qing army were also trembling. They rejoined the queue. Although they were still very scared, they also knew that they had no way out.

Compared with the chaos of the Qing army, the Fuhan army is like a sophisticated machine. Rows of soldiers of the Fuhan army stand in front, their faces are calm, even if someone is hit by the artillery of the Qing army from time to time, the rest Will also come off the bench to re-form a complete formation.

"Fire!"

A neat stream of white smoke spewed out from the muzzles of the Fuhan army, and fine lead bullets swept across the formation of the Qing army like a rain curtain. Large numbers of Qing soldiers fell to the ground, their eyes looking at the distant sky, Gradually completely shrouded in darkness.

Getze, the ginseng leader of the Xiangbai Banner, was one of them. His chest was completely stained red with blood, and his strength was rapidly draining. At the moment before his death, he thought of a lot, his Ama and his mother, There are also those relatives and friends who have already set foot on the road of no return. In the end, he tried his best to look at his brothers, only to see corpses all over the ground, full of desolation.

"Whether the new army can win or not depends on our cavalry."

The cavalry led by Seng Bao finally moved to the flanks of the Fuhan army, but because the formations of both sides had changed a lot compared to before the war, the Fuhan army he faced changed from one division to one and a half divisions. There are also thousands of cavalry from the Fuhan Army, staring at the flanks.

Looking at the artillery position of the Fuhan Army that was still firing, Seng Bao finally made up his mind. He raised the spear in his hand high, the big flag behind him was fluttering in the wind, and behind the flag, he stood on his feet. Wan's Eight Banners Horse Team.

It has to be said that the Eight Banners cavalry has always been the elite army of the Eight Banners. The [-] cavalry in the black mass were silent, calm and firm in the process of marching. It looks very pleasing to the eye.

For the cavalry of the Qing army, their priority was naturally the artillery positions, but the artillery positions were relatively far away, and the horse troops could not directly charge. Therefore, Seng Bao began to lead the army and entered the final stage of adjustment. Waiting for the order to charge.

In the middle camp of the Fuhan Army, a group of generals from the Fuhan Army surrounded a large sand table, which was exactly the terrain of Zhili, and there were some small black and red flags, which represented the distribution of troops on both sides. Among them, the black ones belong to the Qing army, while the red ones belong to the Fu Han army.

Ning Zhongyi, Qian Ying, Yu Zhijing and others were standing beside Ning Yu. Everyone seemed to be looking at the sand table into a state of contemplation, and seemed to be waiting for something.

After a while, a major of the Fuhan Army quickly walked into the tent, holding a blank sheet of paper in both hands, and passed it to Yu Zhijing, the deputy director of the General Staff Department.

"Their new army can't hold it anymore. Zhangjiawan's cavalry has already moved. The target is our artillery position. The 23rd Division is blocking the front. According to intelligence estimates, it will launch an attack on the artillery position in about half an hour. charge." Uji King reported the information with a serious expression on his face.

Ning Zhongyi nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "The charge of tens of thousands of cavalry was once encountered in Anqing before, but this time it is different, and other cavalry in the Qing court will also make a move."

Everyone nodded, Zhili is a plain, suitable for horses to charge, and it is completely different from the battle in Anqing Mansion at that time. More importantly, the Qing army would never let Sengbao's horses charge alone, and there would be corresponding means.

In the current battle, the Eight Banners New Army has not shown extraordinary capabilities in terms of actual combat power. According to the assessment of the General Staff of the Fuhan Army, the current Eight Banners Army is at most the same as the Fuhan Army several years ago. The standard of the army, perhaps after many wars, they can grow up quickly in the war, but at least in this battle at the moment, it does not pose a real threat, the key lies in the horse army.

As far as the current Fuhan army is concerned, the biggest weakness is the horse army. Not only is it short of horses, but it also lacks enough skilled cavalry. There were 3000 cavalry, of which there were only [-] real cuirassiers, and the remaining [-] cavalry belonged to mounted infantry.

Therefore, only the emperor himself can decide when to use the three thousand cuirassiers, and even the other generals of the Privy Council dare not speak casually on this issue.

For a while, everyone fell into silence, until Ning Zhongyi felt that he should say something, but Ning Yu raised his hand with a somewhat confident smile on his face.

"Since the guests are here, we have to do something, otherwise, won't Yongzheng look down upon him?"

Ning Yu pointed his finger at Seng Bao's little black chess piece, and said with a sneer, "Let them in, let the 23rd Division go up, tell Xie Qingchun, hold the cavalry for two hours, and I will reward them all!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but brighten their eyes. The 23rd Division must have suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, but this is also an opportunity to prove themselves. Compared with other divisions with lower numbers, this is already very precious opportunity.
As for the veteran Xie Qingchun, he has also entered everyone's attention. As long as he can stand up to the Qing army's cavalry, there will be a viscount in the future.
Any movement on the battlefield is already concerned about everyone's heart at this time, especially for Yongzheng. Holding a binoculars in his hand, he watched Sengbao's cavalry charge, his face lost in thought.

In addition to the charge of the Sengbao cavalry, Yongzheng also saw the follow-up troops of the Fuhan Army, which was launching an anti-siege in the direction of Sengbao's cavalry. Simply put, once the Sengbao assault failed, the whole army would be wiped out. .

The ministers of the Military Aircraft Department and Wang Xibao of Shuncheng County surrounded the sand table, while the other Eight Banners generals in Shun were also nervous and did not dare to show up, waiting quietly for Yongzheng's decision.
"If you ignore it, it will be difficult for Duoluo County Wang Linbu's troops to continue to stick to Zhangjiawan. Once Zhangjiawan falls, the Fuhan army can completely surround my Bali Bridge from the side and back. When the time comes to guard Bali Bridge, it will only let me go. The army is more passive."

Wang Xibao of Shuncheng County was young and energetic, and when considering the problem, he started from the problem itself, so he quickly put forward his own opinion, that is, to arrange Dingfuzhuang and the Qing army cavalry stationed at Baliqiao to directly confront Fu The Han army launched an attack.

In Xi Bao's view, Baliqiao has lost its defensive value at the moment. It was originally intended to use Baliqiao to attract the main force of the Fuhan army to attack, thereby attacking the opponent's strategic goal. Don't foolishly pass through such a narrow bridge.

Of course, Xibao didn't dare to say these words, because it was Yongzheng's idea to guard Baliqiao itself, but it has to be said that laymen always take things for granted when thinking about war, after all, the enemy is not that stupid.

Others naturally didn't dare to talk, and Yongzheng's face was a little blue, and he said coldly: "The purpose of guarding the Bali Bridge is to guard the main road leading to Tongzhou, so naturally we can't give up easily." He first saved a few words, and then said softly: " The Qing army in Dingfuzhuang is going to move, and the new army in Tongzhou is also going to move, and the other side has to be dragged in."

In today's era, war command is not able to make detailed adjustments according to the enemy's situation, as many people think. The genius strategist who moved the gunner ten meters forward was completely defeated in the war.
For the commanders-in-chief of both sides, what they can do is to slowly put down the chess pieces in their hands through judging the situation, and then get a piece of specious news during the long wait, and then make judgments based on the news, and put down a piece of pawn. A new chess piece, but the problem is that no one knows whether this choice is correct.

Therefore, as the commander-in-chief, it is absolutely impossible to release all the chess pieces first-hand, otherwise, after the opponent resolves according to the situation, then he has no way to intervene and can only watch the situation gradually deteriorate.

Although Yongzheng didn't understand military strategy, he understood this truth. Therefore, when he had to deal with it, the best way was to pull the opponent to deal with it together, and to resolve the opponent's possible existence by fighting hard. the hole card.

Hearing Yongzheng's words, Xu Yuanmeng was taken aback immediately, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is too risky."

On the contrary, King Xibao of Shuncheng County quite agreed with him. He glanced at Xu Yuanmeng, and replied nonchalantly, "Grand scholars don't understand warfare. If they don't support Seng Bao's cavalry, it will not only make Seng Bao their attack If they are neutralized, they will be completely surrounded, which is too bad for morale, and the subsequent battles will be difficult to fight."

Xu Yuanmeng frowned. After all, he didn't know much about military affairs, so he could only sigh slightly.

Seeing that no one had any objection, Yongzheng nodded immediately, and arranged a large number of guards to pass on the news. After the news was gradually passed on, nearly 10 people on the entire defense line of the Qing army began to move. up.
The changes in the defense line of the Qing army and the formation of the Fuhan army did not hide from Seng Bao's eyes. He probably understood in his heart that the emperor might have noticed his movements, and he was a little excited at the moment. The position in my heart is also different, and I feel a little hot for a while.

"For the Qing Dynasty, go!"

The winter sun seemed a little warm, and it also made a little bit of remark, while Seng Bao leveled his spear, and his legs slammed on the horse's belly, and the horse under his crotch was shot out like a sharp arrow after receiving the force. .

Behind Seng Bao, there are rows of Eight Banners Horse Army. They also launched a charge at this time. The target is the artillery position of the Fuhan Army three miles away, and among them, there is a Fuhan Army soldier. Infantry Division, the No.20 Third Division of the Fuhan Army.

When thousands of horses and horses are galloping, the impact caused by them is by no means comparable to that of infantry. The momentum of tens of thousands of horses charging alone is enough to scare normal people to pee their pants. For the No.20 Third Division of the Han Army, this time was an extremely difficult test.

In fact, as early as when the General Staff formulated the plan, no one questioned this point.After all, using a new division to guard the flanks of the artillery position is a bit risky no matter what. If they can't withstand being broken through, although there are other divisions that can make up for it, the artillery position will definitely suffer a lot of losses. .

But in the end Ning Zhongyi made a decision and put the No.20 Third Division in this position. The reason is that Xie Qingchun, the commander of the No.20 Third Division, used to be the head of Ning Zhongyi's former Second Division, and Ning Zhongyi knew him well. In the end, the No.20 Third Division took on such an important task.

When faced with the charge of the Qing army's cavalry, Xie Qingchun was not at all afraid. He held his command saber in both hands and quietly looked at the charge of the cavalry in front of him. Get ready, just wait for the Qing army to throw themselves into the net.

Behind Xie Qingchun, as many as hundreds of brand new rockets were pointing obliquely at the sky, and next to each rocket stood a soldier of the Fuhan Army, their faces were somewhat dignified .

In the Battle of Anqing that year, the newly developed rockets defeated the cavalry of Naersu, killing thousands of cavalry, and even caused Kangxi's last resort to fail. It has been highly valued by the Fuhan Army.

Later, after the Westerners came to China, some corresponding gunpowder formulas were perfected, and granular gunpowder was applied to rockets, and the airtightness of the rockets itself was improved. Therefore, the newly developed innovative two-year Manufactured rockets have been greatly enhanced in range and power.

For the Northern Expedition, the staff department attached great importance to the important strategic role of rockets, so almost every division has carried out related equipment. For troops like the 23rd Division, which need to defend artillery positions, a full [-] rockets have been distributed. Heavy rockets are extremely luxurious.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes became more and more urgent. The Eight Banners cavalry wore cotton armor and iron helmets on their heads. At the center of the arrow is Sengbao himself. The cavalry beside him are waving yellow flags, and their momentum is gradually getting stronger.

Almost everyone thought that the thin line of Fu-Han army in front of them could only choose to retreat in front of the iron hooves of the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)