golden scales

"The square formation of the Ming army is indeed more powerful than our horizontal formation." Wu Bai said to Duoduo beside him, "But, without the tenacity of our warriors, I am afraid that this formation would not be possible."

Duoduo knew that Wubai wanted to form a phalanx with fully armored soldiers, even a phalanx of Ba Yala, but after entering the customs, the pressure of the underpopulation has been clearly seen.At this time, every Manchurian is extremely precious, how can he be placed in front of the battle as a pawn?Not only could he not do it himself, but the regent would be attacked by the crowd if he said this.

"These servants are afraid of death, so it will be fine if you practice more." Duoduo said: "From today on, try not to fight, and practice the phalanx first in the camp. When the time comes, you won't advance when you hear the drums, and you won't retreat when you hear the gold." Yes, flogging first, beheading the next offender for public display! I don’t believe those slaves can’t learn!”

Wu Bai had no choice but to step back, and said insincerely, "What the prince said is very true."

……

Caozhuang Station deserves its name. It was originally just a post station, so it got its name because it is close to Caozhuang.

So it is conceivable that the terrain here is not dangerous, but it is located on the side of the thoroughfare.The Qing army camped here, with the intention of crossing the river to capture Ningyuan, but they were stunned by a sudden side hook from Xiao Donglou. There was no way to cross the river, but they could only form a twenty-long road along the official road. The things in the fort group.

Xiao Donglou did not compete with the Manchurians, but insisted on breaking through Caozhuang post with leading soldiers, forcing the Eastern captives to disperse.

Duoduo, as a fierce offensive general, immediately surrounded the first battalion of the second division with a large army, and was quite complacent, feeling that the Ming army came to him alive to eat.Unexpectedly, the situation of the battle was not as Duduo imagined—the Qing army was like a cloth bag wrapped around the stone of the Ming army, and eventually turned into a catch in a jar... Success and fame... Fame goes down in history...

But the cruel fact is: the Second Guards Division is like an awl in a bag, irresistible!

If it weren't for Wu Bai, he couldn't stand Duoduo's chaos in the end.Dorgon's military order was requested, and the troops surrounding the Ming army were abruptly withdrawn to consolidate the defense of the camp. At this moment, the vanguard battalion of the Second Guards Division had probably pierced through the encirclement circle of Duoduo.Occupied Caozhuang Station.

Duoduo also found that Wubai still has a little ability to lead the army, so he simply let go and let Wubai deal with this mess.

Wu Bai never underestimated the Ming army.In the eighth year of Tiancong, he and Duoerji and Tulushi came from the border of Datong, and encountered the troops of the Ming general Cao Wenzhao.Each of the three leads an army.Although Cao Wenzhao was defeated in the end, the loss was not small.At that time, Cao Wenzhao was a rare warrior in the Ming army, and the shock he brought to Wu Bai was not small.

Therefore, when the Ming army became more and more vulnerable to a battle, Wu Bai still kept a bit of vigilance.

It was this vigilance that allowed him to stabilize the situation today.

"Grind your guns in front of the battle, and you will be happy if you are not happy." Wu Bai said to Duoduo: "It's just that our army suffers from a lack of food and cannot fight for a long time. If we decide to attack and defend with the Ming army for a long time, it depends on who's I have become more determined.”

"I, the warriors of Shen, will naturally not lose to the Ming army." Duoduo said confidently.

……

"The captive soldiers can't defend themselves. This is trying to annoy us!" Cao Ning saw that the Qing army's offensive was more and more like a formality.I already understood it in my heart.

Xiao Donglou was not worried.Said: "The recruits who have been trained recently are about to board the ship. Two full battalions, it is best for him to stop for two days. When I have enough soldiers in hand, I will directly crush them!"

Cao Ning just shook his head, not wanting to see Xiao Donglou always looking innocent and optimistic.He said: "I think the humidity has been a little high in the past two days, maybe it's going to rain. I'll check the rain protection in the camp."

"It hasn't rained outside the pass for two years, how can we meet?" Xiao Donglou blurted out, suddenly felt his injured eye itchy, couldn't help rubbing the eye mask with his fingers.

Cao Ning curled his lips and stopped talking to him, and went to work on his own.

Seeing that Cao Ning was not arguing with him, Xiao Donglou felt a little bored. He wanted to sit down and read two pages of the book, but just as he opened it, he heard someone rushing towards him, and he arrived at the door of the big tent in a blink of an eye.

"Report to the general! Five hundred Tartars attacked Hedu Village, and our defenders asked for reinforcements."

Xiao Donglou raised his head and said, "Get on the boat and withdraw, what's the point of resisting?"

"Instructor Lu said that the general's order is required to abandon the village and retreat."

"Instructor Lu?" Xiao Donglou raised his head, and finally remembered: after Ning Yuan discovered Donglu, he instructed Chang Zhifan to let Lu Qiaochu guard the Hedu village to avoid danger.

It's just why Lu Qiaochu is so stubborn!This kind of small village can be rebuilt and taken back at any time, and the Qing army will not stick to it, and it is not a strategically important place. Why guard it?

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"Even if it's useless to defend, but my generation of warriors, even if they are a single soldier in a battle, they must not retreat without orders!" Lu Qiaochu stood on a pile of grain and shouted.

Outside the stockade were 160 unidentified Tartar cavalry, who seemed to be a mixed bag.In the stockade, there is only one bureau with 120 people, including [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.Another bureau that was originally stationed here has not returned from crossing the river to transport food.

There were only three or two small boats at the ferry, which was not enough for everyone to cross the river safely.

This is the real reason why Lu Qiaochu is determined to defend to the death: no matter what, she refuses to abandon her robes and escape alone.

The soldiers were so encouraged by the trainer, their morale was immediately high, and they shouted to kill the enemy.

The boss of this round is exactly the person arranged by Chang Zhifan.He saw that the army was thinking about fighting, and Lu Qiaochu came to the front line in person. If he insisted that Lu Qiaochu cross the river, let alone Lu Qiaochu disagreed, even these soldiers might not be able to understand.Moreover, he is a head lower than Lu Qiaochu in terms of military rank and military position, how can he be inferior to the superior?

——Just wait a moment, maybe the Tartars will retreat as soon as Ning Yuan sends troops.

President Bai thought to himself.

But he didn't know that Ning Yuan really couldn't tell the soldiers at the moment.

These [-] cavalry were precisely a small group of Karaqin and Yellow Banner vest soldiers.Their task is to cross the river to find Dorgon's army, in order to work together to conquer Ningyuan.In order to cover them crossing the river, Suohai and Tulai had to launch a siege battle to hold back the Ming army in the city.

Under such circumstances, Chang Zhifan naturally found it difficult to separate enough troops to rescue Hedu Village.To deal with these five hundred cavalry, at least the same amount of manpower is needed, and the total number of soldiers in his hands is no more than a thousand.So he can only hope that Lu Qiaochu will cross the river safely, and then retake Hedu Village when necessary in the future.

The cavalry was not very effective in attacking the fort, but the Manchus were originally standard mounted infantry, and they were more willing to fight on foot even when charging.A few brave Manchu armored soldiers got off their horses immediately, and led dozens of hundreds of armored soldiers to attack the simple gate of Hedu Village.The other cavalry were still shooting arrows on horseback, supporting them.

Bang bang bang!

With the sound of the Ming army's firecrackers, the armored soldiers rushing to the front fell down a row.

The Donglu armored soldiers in the back all knew that firearms were powerful enough to pierce armor, and at the same time, they also knew that every time a gun was fired, the time interval between the next gun was not short, and it was a good time to rush up and break the door.

The killer team replaced the musketeers, rushed to the door, put the gate on the door and stabbed out the spear.Donglu likes to use knives, so he can only brace himself to be killed, desperately using his big knife to chop the wooden sticks of the gate of the village.

Lu Qiaochu felt trembling in his heart when he heard the beast-like roars outside the gate of the village.She bit the tip of her tongue, trying to calm her breath, a thought popped up in her mind uncontrollably: Uncle died at the hands of these beasts?

This is national hatred and family hatred!

"The door is broken!"

The simple gate of the village was smashed open in a burst of crackling noises, and the tall Donglu armored soldiers rushed into the gate of the village, roaring and waving their swords, trying to sweep out an open space.

The two rattan players of the Ming army had no fear, and rushed forward when the captive soldier was not stable. One hugged the waist, the other pulled the leg, and put the captive soldier on the ground very skillfully, obviously playing with date stones often. A master of the ball.The spear behind him followed like a shadow, piercing the captive soldier's body armor, bringing out puffs of blood.

Mr. Bai yelled: "Let's line up! Guard the door!"

The two rattan players retreated, put on their shields, and formed a human wall with the rattan players of the other flag teams, blocking the opening of the gate.

After the musketeers finished loading, they lined up to shoot, but the targets were the Tartars who were riding on horseback and shooting arrows.

"Kill his mother!" Mr. Bai yelled violently, and the turtledove gun in his hand yelled violently, and the wooden butt of the gun hit back hard, and was firmly resisted by the hollow of his shoulder.

With the burst of this special gunshot, a cloud of blood exploded from the head of a tartar in iron armor, and he fell off his horse.

Mr. Bai said inwardly that it was dangerous. He aimed at the chest of the tartar next to him just now, but he missed the passenger car. It was such a rare scene of a headshot, which can just boost morale.

Sure enough, the soldiers thought that their superiors were shooting sharply, and applauded one after another, and their morale was really boosted.

On the other hand, the Tartars unconsciously took another three or five steps back before stopping. When they fired their bows again, they were much more cautious.

The foot-fighting Tartars fought for a while longer before retreating, which was considered to be the end of the first wave of offensive.

"The wounded soldiers, come down quickly and bandage them!" Lu Qiaochu's eyes drifted over several wounded soldiers who were dying, and he had been paying attention for a long time.

There are only accompanying medical soldiers in the bureau. At this moment, with the help of the training officer and the soldiers, they are nervously cleaning and disinfecting the wounds of the wounded soldiers, and applying medicine to bandage them.

Lu Qiaochu belongs to the category of "seeing the meeting" for medical first aid, and can only help give pointers, but he can't do it himself.Despite this, the soldiers are still grateful and full of fighting spirit.

Donglu outside saw that someone in the village had brought wooden planks to repair the door, and was about to launch a second wave of attack immediately.They walked all the way along the river, but they didn't find a ferry. They finally saw a ferry, and the Ming army built a stockade. How could they not attack it.Then look at the Ningyuan City behind it, which is only less than two miles away. Maybe the heavy artillery shells will fall on the head at any time, and we have to use all our strength.

"Report, watchman news."

Chang Zhifan stood at the top of the wall, took the bamboo tube, opened it, and felt a chill in his heart: Hedu Village is desperately resisting!

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