Dragon Sea Empire

Zhang Pan only took the [-]st Regiment from the [-]th Division and Li Jicheng's Cavalry Regiment out of the fort to attack at night. The number of people was only half of that of Mao Wenlong's troops of the Ming Army. At a disadvantage, but still able to fight the opponent in a stalemate in hand-to-hand combat.

The large group of people from the south, holding torches from a distance, rushed towards the place where the two sides were fighting in a chaotic manner.Neither the Ming army nor the Chinese army knew who was coming, and neither the enemy nor us.Mao Wenlong's troops were pieced together. At this time, they had lost their unified command in the dark, and the discipline training of the Chinese Army far surpassed that of the Ming Army, and they had uniform military rank marks, passwords, military orders, flags, and light signals. Therefore, the current battle situation The situation is changing, and the Chinese army is beginning to control the battlefield.

Seeing piles of fire in the south, Zhang Pan immediately ordered the troops to retreat fifty paces and get away from the Ming army in front of them.This is a difficult tactical action, and it is performed in night battles.The cavalry of the Chinese army first began to leave the battle line quickly, and then the infantry took the sentinel as a unit, each with a team to resist the enemy in front of them, and the rest retreated quickly, and began to load ammunition into the flintlock while retreating.

The front line of the Ming army is the death squad, most of them are veterans from the former Liaodong town.Mao Wenlong was able to recruit these people to help fight the night attack, probably because of his own face as a veteran of Liaodong Town.These people were experienced in combat, and when they noticed that the Chinese army on the other side suddenly began to retreat in an orderly manner, they immediately followed them spontaneously: the veterans knew that the pirates had sharp firearms, and if they let the opponent out of hand-to-hand combat, they would have a chance to use their firearms.Therefore, you must stick to each other tightly.

However, only [-]% of the veterans of the Ming army participated in the night attack, so they quickened their pace and chased after them.Seeing the pirates retreating suddenly, the rest of the Ming army soldiers didn't understand what was going on for a while. Coupled with the darkness and inconvenient communication, they hesitated for a while, which caused the Ming army troops to start to appear out of touch.

There was a rush of drums, and those Chinese infantrymen who stayed behind turned around and ran, spreading their feet and running desperately.Some ran and were chased and cut down by the Ming army behind them, and more soldiers of the Ming army shouted: "The pirates are defeated!"

The infantrymen of the Chinese army who retreated fifty steps heard the sound of the conch horn, turned around immediately, and fired forward without hesitation. "Bah bah bah bah!"

The soldiers of the Chinese Army who broke the cover heard the sound of the Conch, and immediately got down on the ground, desperately burrowing into the ground.

"Bah bah bah!" The second round was fired.

Some of the veterans of the Ming army had already chased after the soldiers of the Chinese army. After the soldiers of the Chinese army turned around, they almost opened fire against the chests of these veterans of the Ming army, regardless of the opponent's swords and guns being handed to them.

"Bah bah!" Immediately after the second round of shooting, the soldiers of the Chinese army in the third row fired. After two rounds of shooting, the most decisive and brave soldiers of the Ming army were basically knocked down by the muskets.

At this time, on the Hetao Plain of the Liaohe River, a round of bright crescent moon is illuminating the earth.After the heavy rain, the dark clouds receded, and the night encounter between the Ming army and the Chinese army had already been decided.

Mao Wenlong was also wounded in his left arm in the Chinese Army's shooting just now.There was no longer an officer beside him, and those clever soldiers of the Ming army turned around and ran back quietly.

At this moment, Zhang Pan immediately sent out a rocket signal, asking the cavalry to start killing.When Li Jicheng's cavalry charged, shot and threw grenades, the Ming army finally began to crumble.

At this time, Zhang Pan used the Conch to convey the order to let the infantry turn to the left on the spot, preparing to meet the unidentified enemy in the south.

At this time, this group of people was less than two hundred steps away from the infantry position where Zhang Pan was.

"Could it be someone from the Second Division? We have already missed the time to join forces for a night attack." Jiang Ping, the supervisor of the First Regiment of the Fourth Division, said behind Zhang Pan.

Both of them were riding on horses now, and the surrounding ground was full of random arrows fired by soldiers of the Ming army. Both of them were wearing plate armor and helmets with visors on their heads, observing the battlefield without avoiding it.At this moment, the night attack troops of the Ming army on their right wing had been defeated by Li Jicheng's cavalry and were retreating. The Chinese cavalry was chasing after them.

Zhang Pan smiled bitterly and said: "It is said that the third regiment of the second division is not full of members, only more than 1800 people. The large figure in front of us, but the part we can see clearly is at least [-]. It should be the collapse of the Ming army on the South Road , The brothers from the second division succeeded in the sneak attack. It’s just that I don’t know if they are chasing after us. If we fire here, they may be injured.”

He frowned, and immediately made up his mind: "Blow the horn, line up in three rows, blow the whistle, and prepare to shoot rapidly."

The chaotic crowd on the opposite side has approached within fifty paces, and their faces are still unclear, but their chaotic formation and the cold weapons in their hands can already be seen clearly: this is the defeat of the Ming army!

Zhang Pan blew the whistle, and the officers at all levels who heard the whistle blew the whistle together, and then shouted: "Fire!"

The infantry of the Chinese Army began to implement the best three-row serial shooting tactic.

In the darkness, the Ming army running from the south suddenly bumped into the wall formed by the bullet fire, and a large area was knocked down at once.

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That night, the Ming army's night attack troops were severely damaged, and the Ming army camp on the South Road was defeated by raiders. The deputy general of Zhenwubao, Liu Zheng, charged and killed in the encirclement, was shot and fell off his horse, and was trampled to death by the rebels.General Hei Yunhe of Xiping Fort fought out of the chaotic barracks, but bumped into Zhang Pan's formation of long snakes, and was shot to death by a row of random guns.

The chief general and deputy general of the Ming Army on the South Road, Gao Gao, fled under the protection of his own soldiers. He disappeared for a while, so that Wang Huazhen and others thought he had died in battle.

That night, the Ming army lost the camp on the South Road, and the routs poured into the camp of the Chinese army, or turned into bandits.More than 6000 people were killed or injured in the Ming army's night attack troops and the South Road Camp.The Chinese Army also killed more than 800 people and injured more than a thousand people.

The next day, Wang Huazhen went to urge the troops to attack again, but no one paid any attention to him.Wang Huazhen had no choice. Mao Wenlong was injured by his confidant, and most of Sun Degong's subordinates were killed or injured.At this time, Wang Huazhen discovered that only Sun Degong and Mao Wenlong were more obedient under his command, and the rest of the officers were all self-interested and disregarded the overall situation.

A few days later, the Chinese Army received reinforcements again and began a small-scale attack.This kind of attack usually starts at night, with a small force of several hundred people assaulting.During the day, the cavalry troops of the Chinese Army continued to fight fiercely with the Ming army of Zu Dashou, who was trying to block the reed marshes, and finally drove Zu Dashou's troops from the west bank of the Liaohe River.At this point, Fort Xining, which had been blocked and surrounded for more than [-] days, could once again communicate with the east of the Liaohe River.

As for the Ming army, the officers and Wang Huazhen began to disagree on whether to defend or attack.Wang Huazhen wants everyone to continue to attack, but almost no one is willing to continue to attack the fort.However, everyone was unwilling to retreat at this point.Therefore, the Ming army wasted several days doing nothing.

At this time, Fang Zhenru, governor of Liaodong; Wang Xiangqian, governor of Jiliao;