At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

The moonlight is getting lighter and lighter, and dawn is approaching quietly.

Thousands of former army cavalry extinguished their torches and walked quietly.

As the distance widened, Zhang Sheng's headquarters was only thirty miles away from the Qing army.

However, at this moment, the Qing army's cordon appeared in front of Zhang Sheng and others.

Next to the road about thirty miles away from Bahana's headquarters, a Qing army of more than a hundred people blocked the road and was stationed.

When the army is resting, Bahana will naturally send out sentries to patrol.

And set up a cordon to prevent the enemy from approaching unnoticed.

The main road is the key to advancing troops, so naturally there are Qing troops stationed here.

In other words, Zhang Chengen's troops were marching yesterday, so they did not send sentries far away and set up a cordon on the main road after encountering refugees.

Otherwise, the scouts of the Qing army would collide with the scouts of the Qing army.

Zhang Sheng raised his telescope, looked at the Qing army at the bonfire and waved his hand.

Some of the Qianqian soldiers took advantage of the fact that it was not fully light and touched it.

"What!" A Qing soldier who was dozing off suddenly woke up and asked.

"Fire arrows!" a front-line army general yelled.

The cavalrymen who were already very close to the Qing army's checkpoint fired arrows while advancing rapidly.

In an instant, many Qing troops died under the rain of arrows from the Qianqian army.

Then a gunshot sounded, which was particularly harsh, breaking the calm in the dark night.

"No, come with me and kill these Tatars." The general of the Qianqian army said in secret and immediately dropped the bow and arrow in his hand.

He drew his saber and attacked the Qing army at the checkpoint.

bang bang bang-

Gunshots rang out, and some Qing soldiers quickly fired their muskets.

Then a Franco machine gun at the checkpoint was ignited.

With a loud noise, a cannonball came out of the barrel. Although it did not hit the cavalry of the Qianqian Army, it completely announced the arrival of the Qianqian Army to Bahana in the rear.

"Quick! Get ready for war!" In Wujia Village, Bahana woke up from his sleep and quickly ordered the Qing army to prepare for war.

"Master, could it be that Zhang Sheng has already come to kill us, or else we should withdraw." Several close followers said in panic.

"Withdraw? Where to retreat?" Bahana frowned and said: "The enemy's situation is not clear now. If there is only a small group of Western bandits, and my 6,000-strong army withdraws, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

"Besides, we are fine, but what should we do with those infantrymen?"

"The Western Bandits under Zhang Sheng have all been through a hundred battles. If we evacuate, once we are overtaken by the Western Bandits' cavalry, the infantry will be completely destroyed!"

"Master, if Zhang Sheng's main force comes, what will our army do?" the cronies asked.

"We have six thousand people, and they are all elites in the army. Prince Yue's main force is only a hundred miles away from here."

"As long as we can delay it for a few hours, we can give Zhang Shenglai a chance to bloom!" Bahana said firmly.

The 6,000 men in the vanguard of the Qing army were all relatively capable troops under Yue Le.

In Bahana's opinion, even if they encounter the main force of the Western bandits, there is no problem in persisting for a few hours.

After all, the Qing army was in the village, not on the bare plains.

On the contrary, if he rashly withdraws from the village, his infantrymen will die in vain.

Although the Eight Banners soldiers can ride horses, the 4,000 newly formed Green Battalion recruits are infantry.

If they were lost, it would not only make the Western thieves more arrogant, but also demoralize the Qing army, especially the morale of the Green Camp.

In this case, it would be better to rely on the houses in a few villages and fight Zhang Sheng house by house.

Let the infantry and cavalry fight in the village. As long as they don't collapse at the first touch, Bahana will lose nothing!

"Master is indeed a veteran on the battlefield, and the servants admire him." A group of cronies said flatteringly.

"Alright, go assemble the army quickly and inform Prince Yue immediately. I don't believe the Western thieves can take advantage of my 6,000 soldiers and horses!" Bahana said confidently.

As a veteran of the Huang Taiji period, he naturally knew that blind retreat was the most taboo when facing cavalry.

This is a plain. If we evacuate these villages, I am afraid that they will be defeated thousands of miles away by Zhang Sheng's Xithief Jingqi.

In several villages, countless Qing troops were armed and ready to welcome the arrival of the Qingqian army.

The Jiaqian army also killed all the Qing army's checkpoint defenders and galloped to the front of Bahana's troops.

"Brothers, charge with me!" Zhang Chengen took the lead and led hundreds of Western Army cavalry into the village.

However, spear after spear was thrust out, and as soon as many Western cavalry entered the village, they were stabbed off their horses by the Qing troops hiding in the dark.

Zhang Chengen was furious and quickly led his troops to engage in street fighting with the Qing army in Wujia Village.

Even though the experienced cavalrymen of the Qianqian Army have dismounted, they are still extremely brave.

A large number of Qing troops died in hand-to-hand combat under the sword of Jia Qianjun.

As casualties increased, many new soldiers and Eight Banners soldiers retreated.

"Minions, follow me!" Bahana shouted and put on armor himself and went into battle.

The few remaining veterans of the Eight Banners Army also fought bravely, inspiring the soldiers of the Qing Army.

For a time, in various Wujia villages, the victory between the Jiaqian Army and the Qing Army was indistinguishable.

One by one, the elite cavalry fell in hand-to-hand combat.

Zhang Sheng climbed to a high place, looked at the battle situation with a telescope, and suddenly felt heartbroken.

The troops under his command are all elite cavalry of the Western Army. How can they be wasted in these small villages?

"Ming Jin withdraws his troops, asks all the ministries to withdraw, pull up the Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Fo Lang Machine Cannon, and fire them at me." He hurriedly came down and said.

Soon, the flag of the front army was waved and the sound of gold was sounded.

The Jiaqian army, which was unsuccessful in the first battle, left the village with more than a hundred corpses.

"Haha, Zhang Sheng doesn't dare to fight with us with the Western Thief Jingqi. There is hope of holding on until Prince Yue's reinforcements arrive." In the village, Bahana laughed.

Seeing the Qianqian army repulsed, the morale of thousands of Qing troops was also boosted.

"Master, we can capture these villages, why should we retreat!" Zhang Chengen was covered in blood and panting.

"Hmph, we can capture them, but the brothers under my command are very valuable."

"How can it be used like this?" Zhang Sheng said angrily: "Let the cavalry artillery hit me hard. Move the whole army north and send out sentries to check the situation first."

"Yes!" Zhang Chengen and others handed over.

Then Xiaoqi Town's accompanying mounted artillery began to fire.

More than a hundred squatting tiger cannons and light Folang machine guns were unloaded from horses and mules and fired wildly at various strongholds of the Qing army.

The Qing army also used its light artillery to fight back.

The two sides used small cannons to engage in an artillery battle on this plain land.

It's just that the artillery that the cavalry can carry is not powerful enough after all. The light artillery in Zhang Sheng's hand is not even comparable to the camel cannon equipped by Galdan.

Therefore, it is impossible to bring a major turning point in the battle like the red-coated cannon.

As the artillery battle continued, Bahana gradually realized that something was wrong. Zhang Sheng's cavalry has moved north and is only using cavalry artillery to bombard them. It seems that they do not intend to spend a lot of effort to solve themselves.

What is he going to do?

"No! The Western Bandits are preparing to encircle the area for reinforcements. Prince Yue's reinforcements are in danger!" Bahana woke up from a dream and had an ominous premonition when he looked at Zhang Sheng's layout.

These thieves moved north and seemed to be hiding in the woods on the side of the mountains.

What is this for? This is the reinforcement to attack Yue Le!

"Quick, organize a breakout quickly. If Prince Yue is only afraid of cavalry reinforcements first, our cavalry will be in danger!"

Veteran general Bahana reacted quickly and quickly organized the Qing cavalry to break out.

The news has probably reached Yue Le's ears now.

Seeing that he was in danger, Yue Le was afraid that he would send his cavalry first, but Zhang Sheng probably failed to attack the enemy and planned to eat Yue Le's cavalry!

"Our army can certainly succeed in conquering these villages, but the losses will certainly be considerable."

"In this case, it is better to surround the point and call for reinforcements. Yue Le must be afraid that these thousands of Qing troops are plotting against me, so he will definitely send reinforcements."

"And the Qing army's cavalry is not as good as mine. Our army is recharging its strength here and waiting for Yue Le's cavalry to come."

"As soon as the reinforcements are wiped out, the Qing troops in the village will definitely become frightened, so they can just attack them with a bang." Zhang Sheng said proudly as soon as he came out of the mountain.

"Congratulations, sir!" A famous general of the Western Army laughed loudly and agreed with Zhang Sheng's style of play.

This Duke of Han, in this kind of battle involving thousands of people, can be said to have reached the pinnacle.

I'm afraid no one can defeat the Duke of Han in tactics with less than 10,000 people now.

However, at this moment, a general shouted.

"My lord, no, the Tatars in the village are about to break out!"

"Oh?" Zhang Sheng looked around and saw more than a hundred Qing cavalry rushing out of Wujia Village, one on the left and one on the right, trying to break out.

"Hmph, all the villages guarded by the Qing army have been divided by our army. There are only more than a hundred people in them, so why bother!"

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand and the flag on the mountain waving.

A large number of Western cavalry roared towards the Qing cavalry.

After a hundred battles, a famous Western soldier drove his own horse and continued to hunt and kill the Qing cavalry.

Within a few days, most of the more than 100 cavalrymen were killed or wounded, and the remaining dozens were either lost or found opportunities to escape into other villages.

Bahana looked at the scene in front of him, anxious.

Yue Le's reinforcements would arrive in a few hours. If he couldn't send the letter, he would be at a disadvantage to Zhang Sheng.

But now his 6,000 soldiers and horses are isolated in several villages by the Western cavalry.

It is really difficult for countless organizations to act in unison!

When he thought of this, he actually had the idea of ​​​​going to fight in person.

However, they were restrained by his cronies.

"Master, you are worth a thousand dollars. You cannot take risks. If you die, all six thousand of us will be dead." The confidant said with a mournful face.

"Alas!" Bahana sighed heavily.

At present, the cavalry in Wujia Village that he can control has been exhausted.

We can only place our hopes on other villages or Prince Yue.

Although he was able to defend the village with all his strength, Zhang Sheng retreated despite the difficulties.

But the infantry had no initiative in fighting the cavalry, and Bahana could do nothing.

Noon has arrived and the sun has risen.

Qing troops in other villages successively organized cavalry to break out and report the news.

However, due to their weak strength and fighting independently, they were all defeated by Zhang Sheng's troops.

Instead of successfully breaking through, the Qing army exhausted its cavalry.

Bahana's army can only wait for its fate in these villages.

Zhang Sheng stood on the hill and waited quietly.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out dozens of miles away.

Immediately afterwards, smoke rose from several warning locations, and cavalry cannons fired.

"Here we come, it seems that Yue Le is not far from here, we must fight quickly!"

"Send the order, all the cavalry and artillery fire at once, and all the standard battalions are ready!" Zhang Sheng swept his eyes and waved his big hand again, and the flag of the Western Army waved.

Soon, the formation of the front army changed.

Various troops, in units of bids and battalions, were scattered throughout the road, hidden in villages, dense forests, and mountains, quietly waiting for the arrival of Qing reinforcements.

This elite team that has fought hundreds of battles has demonstrated its extraordinary tactical qualities on this land.

From ordinary cavalry to Zhang Sheng, they are all breathtaking, as if he is the king of this era.

Prince Jian Jidu and Gushan'e Zhenshi Tingzhu drove quickly along the road with five thousand soldiers and horses.

Among the five thousand soldiers and horses, there were only three thousand cavalry, and the rest were infantry who were barely capable of cavalry.

Although Yue Le had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at this time, all the elite Qing troops were lost in the southwest.

The rest is in the hands of Obai, and the only Eight Banners outside the Pass that can be used is still thousands of miles away.

So all he could piece together was of this scale.

Boom boom boom——

In the distance, the Western Army's cavalry artillery fired continuously with terrifying force, shaking the area for dozens of miles.

After Jidu heard the sound of the cannon, he looked at the smoke rising in front of him.

"Quick! Move forward quickly, don't let the Western thieves escape!" He shouted and once again urged his troops to speed up.

The sound of cannons in the distance seemed to announce that the Western bandits were attacking Bahana's headquarters.

And the nearby smoke is warning the west thieves.

Jidu was very excited when he thought of this.

The Western thieves are fighting. Naturally, if they can lead their magic troops to descend from the sky, wouldn't they be able to defeat Zhang Sheng's troops in one fell swoop?

How can we go one step further and kill Zhang Sheng's formation, with Zhang Sheng's head?

His Jidu will be able to soar to the sky, ranking above the kings of the Qing Dynasty!

Zhang Sheng, the general who killed Wang Fuchen in formation, is famous in our Qing Dynasty.

If I can defeat or even kill him, then his Jidu's prestige will be unrivaled in our Qing Dynasty.

Didn't Li Dingguo gain the authority to challenge Sun Kewang by killing Nikan?

If he kills Zhang Sheng with his own formation, Yue Le's limelight will no longer be able to cover him up.

In the past, watching Li Dingguo's victory in Guilin, Liu Wenxiu wanted to defeat Wu Sangui in the Battle of Baoning for comparison.

But in the end, not only did Wu Sangui lose his head, but he was stabbed by Wu Sangui.

Now Jidu also wants to win Zhang Sheng's head and prove himself over Yue Le, the auxiliary uncle who has won unanimous praise from the Manchu and Qing court.

So he went all out for Zhang Sheng's head.

Between Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, Jidu, the short-tempered and simple-minded Manchu prince, felt that he was definitely Li Dingguo rather than Liu Wenxiu, and Yue Le was Sun Kewang rather than Wu Sangui.

In this case, let's give it a try, help our Qing Dynasty, save others, and achieve a great victory in Hengyang! (End of chapter)