Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

After He Shuzhi crossed the canal, he naturally first sent out scouts and sent people to contact Kuching and Tang Baoyi.

At this time, as all the units of the Qing army began to retreat, and the control of the rear was completely disintegrated, the Xia army's scouts and messengers could pass through the enemy's rear area unimpeded. Soon He Shuzhi brought the latest information and contacted Gu, Soup two.

However, what surprised He Shuzhi was that the main force of the Tang Department did not catch up with the Yinti Department after crossing the canal. Is this a strange situation?

Let us go back in time. In the early morning of the 5000th, the Fourth Division of the Xia Army’s Cavalry Army successfully harassed the Qing Army. The last [-] men’s thunderous blow to the Qing Army’s [-] guards was even more classic. The army killed all the soldiers.But after dawn, problems arose. Because the Qing army burned down the canal pontoon bridge, Xia Jun had to rebuild it by himself, and the Qing army had collected all the fishing boats, ferries, door panels, etc. from the surrounding villages early in the morning, and even a few small forests did not escape. After passing the Qing army's poisonous hands, Xia Jun could only go further to collect materials for the construction of the pontoon bridge.

After busying for a long time, but still hadn't collected enough materials, an ordinary soldier of the Xia Army from the Cao Gang suddenly reported that he remembered that the canals in Linqing were very shallow, and in the dry season in autumn, the boats needed to be pulled by the trackers.

Is this true or not?If the water is really shallow, why did the Qing army build pontoon bridges and burn them?Someone said on the spot, don't care if it's true or not, just send someone to try it and you'll know.So, two Xia soldiers with good water skills touched the river.Isn't that right, the deepest part of the canal is up to the chest.Look at the men waving on the water, and look at the hard-earned building materials, 1 grass-mud horses are swaying in Xia Jun's chest.But after looking at the floating corpses of the Qing army on the shore, everyone understood that there is indeed a saying about the South Ship and the North Horse.

Since the water is not deep, cross the river.The cannons are set up here to prevent the Qing army from killing the carbine, but all the ministries waded through the canal in order, but the artillery team still has to wait for the pontoon bridge to be erected before crossing the river, but well, as long as the Xia army brigade crosses the river, even Without guns, you can fight for several rounds with the Qing army, which also lacks heavy firearms.

After crossing the canal, Tang Baoyi, who had been through battle for a long time, knew that he would send scouts to track down the movement of the Qing army, but he also had an extra mind. In addition to setting up sentries in the north, he also launched a reconnaissance line in the southwest.If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked.It turned out that Yinti's troops had already crossed Qinghe and arrived at Zaoyang.However, at this speed, if the Xia army chases after it, it is still possible to catch up. However, the Qing army's Yinzhen department in the south has fled to the north of Guantao and is about to reach Linxi. Less than ten Huaxia Li.

what to do?Should we pursue Yinti or stop Yinzhen and Yinti brothers?The answer is of course no need to think about it, ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in the hand.With the Kuching Ministry in check, it is impossible for Yinti to escape to Beijing in one go, there is always a chance to catch up; and if Yinzhen and the Yinti Ministry do not stop them, they may form a front and back attack with the Yinti Ministry If there is no situation, then the ship will capsize in the gutter.

Therefore, Tang Baoyi immediately made a decision to rush to Linxi to stop Yinzhen and Yinti. At the same time, he sent people to find a way to contact Kuching and He Shuzhi, so that they could contain the Yinti tribe. Baoquan, Tang Baoyi also sent someone to contact them, telling them not to worry about sesame seeds, but hurry up to pick up watermelons.

Therefore, on the morning when He Shuzhi crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Dezhou and tried to contact Yang Bokang, except for the Second Division of the Guangwei Army and the Fourth Division of the Shesheng Army, which were guarding the Yinti Division between Qinghe and Nangong, Xia The 15 main force of the army is fighting a decisive battle with the Yinzhen and Yinti tribes of the Qing army who fled north in a hurry between Linxi, Weixian, and Qiuxian.

There were only more than 9 Qing troops fleeing north. Facing the blockade of the 15 Xia army, there was no chance of winning by chance, but no one could rule out the possibility that the trapped beast would still fight. A face-to-face defeat of the famous Qing army without heavy artillery support.

Looking at the orderly formation of the Xia army in front of him, Yin Zhen, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, covered his face and sighed: "The Qing Dynasty is over."

Yinti, who also had red eyes, drew his sword in his hand and said to all the Ghoshha: "The general's order passed down by Ben Beizi, the only way to survive is to break through, think about the family members in the capital city, they are still waiting for you to go Rescue it!"

Geshha conveyed Yinti's words, and the morale of the Qing army, which was on the verge of collapse, recovered a little bit. Yes, that's right. If you want to survive, you only need to pass this level first.The Qing army, who wanted to understand, quickly organized the team, but before they could sort out the chaotic formation, the Xia army had slowly pressed on.

Seeing that the Xia army was about to kill the general, the Qing army spontaneously lined up regardless of the establishment. Among them, the bird gunners of the Eight Banners New Army lined up side by side in a horizontal formation, and the two wings were a square formation composed of mixed green battalions and new battalions. , Even the flag soldiers of the Inner and Outer Firearms Battalion, who had lost their artillery, lined up behind the blunderbuss team with their sabers on their waists, ready to participate in hand-to-hand combat at any time.

"It's interesting." Looking at the Qing army's reaction, Tang Baoyi sneered. "The Tartars have grown up in recent years. The team lined up well, so I don't know how to fight." Having said that, Tang Baoyi didn't intend to let the Xia army go straight to the Qing army's formation. "Come here, order the artillery teams of each division to beat me hard!"

Xia Jun chased all the way down, and the heavy artillery regiment directly under the Privy Council could not follow behind, but if only one division of Xia Jun had more than [-] artillery pieces, fifteen divisions would be [-] pieces.Although they are all small rapid-fire guns with limited range and average power, they can't hold up to a large number.Opening fire at a distance of fifty to eighty Huaxia steps away from the Qing army immediately poured cold water on the Qing army like a storm.

The Eight Banners New Army is a professional firearms unit trained by the Qing court in accordance with strict regulations. They are particular about being immovable under enemy artillery fire. , had to take the initiative to meet up, lest the whole army be wiped out without firing a single bomb.

The Eight Banners' new army couldn't stand it, let alone the green camp's new army on both sides. After being forced to suffer for a while, they couldn't take it anymore and rushed out tyrannically, heading straight for Xia's artillery team.Seeing that the two wings of the Qing army were loose, the artillery team of the Xia army immediately retreated --- the eight-point artillery generally equipped by the Xia army is very light, with a total weight of only more than [-] catties. Running fast; the total weight of the [-]-point cannon equipped by the Xia Army Artillery Corps is about [-] jin, which is much heavier than the team's eight-point cannon, and cannot be easily pushed by manpower. After the last shot, just pull and leave.

Seeing that the Xia Army's artillery team retreated under the pressure of their own side, cheers erupted from the Green Camp's new camp, but the leaders of the Eight Banners New Army who had been trained by the Dutch burst into tears. Can bite the bullet and go on.

It's just that Xia Jun was also thinking that the Qing army was slowly approaching in front of him, and after his own artillery team withdrew to the rear through the reserved passage, Xia Jun's horizontal formation suddenly lengthened, and the original three-row formation naturally changed into two rows. Array, although it seems to reduce the persistence of firepower, but the number of projectiles fired at a time has increased significantly.

The green battalions on both sides who rushed out first came into contact with the Xia army. All the Xia soldiers raised their guns, shot a volley at the approaching green battalion soldiers, and then quickly dispersed, revealing the unarmored white soldiers behind them.The half of the white soldiers carrying two sets of battle armor on their backs quickly put on the armor for their companions, and after taking off the other set, they sat down to rest.

Although only half of them can go into battle, there are more than 2000 white soldiers on each wing of the Xia Army. Although they can't be used against a hundred, they still blocked the front of the Green Banner soldiers with the support of the squadron's guns and spears. head.The Xia army's artillery team withdrew to the rear also began to shoot at a large angle to block the follow-up of the Qing army's follow-up troops.

What is really decisive is the strength of the Xia army. Since the Xia army outnumbered the Qing army by nearly half, the Xia army's flanks stretched wider. When the two wings of the Qing army fought against the Xia army, the outermost Xia army calmly Spread out on the side, and then a row of guns knocked down the Qing army that was rushing to the ground in rows.

If the flanks of the Qing army were under pressure from the main force of the Xia army, then the [-] new troops led by the Qing army in front of the Eight Banners received the power of the Xia army's salvo.On the surface, the firepower of the Qing army continued, knocking down the officers and soldiers of the Xia army who were shooting against it from time to time, but in fact, the salvos of the Xia army were more powerful--due to the extremely poor accuracy of firecrackers in this era, only the successful Large-scale shooting can cause considerable damage, and the Xia army's double-row salvo can release more projectiles in one shot than the Qing army's single-row salvo, so the damage is greater---several times against After the shooting, the strength of the Eight Banners New Army began to decrease rapidly.

Seeing that they couldn't defeat Xia Jun who was in front of him, the Eight Banners New Army simply dispersed, letting the internal and external firearms with knives behind them rush forward to fight hand-to-hand.You disperse and I disperse, and Xia Jun also makes way for the passage, so a scene that frightened the Eight Banners soldiers appeared. Six thousand cavalry from the Fourth Division of the Iron Cavalry Army who were still able to fight rushed out, and immediately beat the banner soldiers to their wits.

The battle was unfavorable, and the old habit of Manchurian soldiers who liked to turn in was repeated. I saw hordes of bannermen throwing down their weapons and turning to flee to the rear.The escape of the flag soldiers immediately affected the whole army. The Green Banner soldiers who had been forced to serve the Manchus had long since given up fighting. Seeing that their masters had run away, they naturally followed suit.

"It's over! It's over!" Looking at the situation where the army fell like a mountain, Yinzhen lamented while touching the sword at his waist. "Huang Ama, my son is loyal"

"Fourth brother!" A cry woke up Yinzhen who was looking for death. He raised his head and looked around, but saw a fist magnified in front of his eyes, and then passed out. "You slaves, take your fourth brother and run westward. It's best to run all the way to the foot of Taihang Mountain, and then go north. Don't go back to Beijing, go directly out of Xuanhua to Monan to go outside the pass."

After taking the coat from Yinzhen's Baylor Mansion, he asked, "Master Fourteen, what about you?"

"Me?" Yinti raised the sword in his hand. "Of course I also have to run for my life, so I won't be afraid that there will be no firewood if I stay with the green hills!"

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