The Sun Never Sets Great China

Chapter 86 Confrontation with Yue Le

Yue Le led a total of 15 Qing troops this time, of which 5 were the elite Manchurian Eight Banners, 10 were the Mongolian Eight Banners, these [-] were elite, most of them were cavalry, and the remaining [-] of the Han army There are [-] cavalrymen from the Han and Eight Banners and [-] infantry from the Green Battalion Army. Although their combat effectiveness is poor, they have more firearms and are now the "main force" of the Qing army. (a large number of troops)

During the several hours of fighting, the Qing army lost thousands of people at the foot of Niujia Village, leaving more than 14 soldiers to fight. Zhang Huahan first restrained 7 cavalry, and then [-] infantry went out and returned. I couldn't come back for a while, so there were only about [-] people left in the Yuele camp, and the cavalry in the army was less than [-]. The militia troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who were constantly firing guns and artillery on the flanking hillside, Yue Le couldn't hold on any longer. He had to order the soldiers to retreat westward while fighting, trying to merge with the Qing army in the southwest.And the cavalry who were fighting with Zhang Huahan also realized that Yue Le was in a critical situation, so they abandoned Zhang Huahan's army one after another and charged to the northeast to cover the safety of the general Yue Le's central army.

Seeing that all the Qing troops surrounding him had left, Zhang Huahan believed that this was the right time to miss, so he immediately ordered the whole army to pursue, leaving behind the slow-moving artillery and the cavalry covering the artillery.

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the entire battlefield. Two Qing troops flocked desperately to one place, and behind them were two Chinese Revolutionary Army troops chasing after them, like two cats seeing two There was only one mouse, and the two mice wanted to find a place to get away as soon as possible.

The Manchu and Qing armies joined forces very quickly, and the two Chinese revolutionary armies also moved closer to their own army while fighting, and joined forces after a while.

After the Manchu and Qing troops joined forces, the offensive immediately intensified. Yue Le commanded the infantry to attack the Chinese Revolutionary Army in the middle of the formation, while the cavalry circled and outflanked the Chinese Revolutionary Army from the two wings.The Manchu Qing army and the Chinese Revolutionary Army did not fight in close combat. They just fought fiercely at each other for a while. The artillery and cavalry of the Chinese Revolutionary Army militia led by Zhang Huahan had also caught up. Zhang Huahan ordered the cavalry to cover the artillery. Together, the cavalry and the [-] Chinese Revolutionary Army militia defenders in Niujia Village jointly protected the artillery, and then continued to bombard the Qing army with artillery.

At this time, the two sides fought at first, and then started hand-to-hand combat for an hour. The blood flowed into rivers and the corpses were scattered all over the field. The Qing army retreated to the north, and after a circle, they returned to the Manchu and Qing army camp ten miles outside Niujia Village.

Since the Yellow River broke its embankment at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it diverted its course not far from the north of Kaifeng, and went south from here, taking the Huaihe River into the sea.Because the Yellow River has a lot of silt, it often silts up, causing the Yellow River to burst its embankment almost every year, endangering the people on both sides of the river, making this area a yellow flood zone. With a little heavy rain, this place will become a country of thousands of miles.Later, Pan Jixun was ordered to control the Yellow River. It took him ten years to mobilize millions of people to build a thousand-mile embankment on both sides of a section of the river downstream of the Yellow River, temporarily suppressing the "crazy dragon".

When Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, the Ming generals who defended the city saw that the Chuang army was powerful. In order to defend Kaifeng, they sent people to kill the Yellow River, which not only caused heavy losses to the Chuang army, but also caused great harm to the nearby people.Later, after Li Zicheng retreated, the Yellow River embankment was repaired again.

Under the proposal of the traitor Jia Gui, the two banks of the Yellow River will now face another disaster of the Yellow River breaking its embankment, but this time it is not the Ming army that broke the embankment, but the Qing army.

Yue Le's camp was set up in front of the embankment of the Yellow River. He ordered all the troops to station in front of the embankment, and sent thousands of people to start digging the embankment.

When the Qing army first started digging the embankment, the sentry on the only airship of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in Henan found it with binoculars. It is worth explaining that this airship was sent by the headquarters of the Chinese Revolutionary Army to pick Zhang Huahan back to the Jiangnan headquarters.Hearing this news, Zhang Huahan immediately discussed with everyone urgently, thinking that if the Qing army is not defeated as soon as possible, once the Yellow River embankment is dug, the flood will submerge the land of China again, and it will make the already serious war loss of the people here even more serious and terrible. ground floods.After the emergency meeting was concluded, the Chinese Revolutionary Army immediately launched its entire army and launched a fierce attack on the Qing army stationed on the embankment.

Due to the high embankment of the Yellow River, the Qing army was condescending. This time, the Manchu Qing army, which had a geographical advantage, gained a lot of advantages. The first charge of the Chinese Revolutionary Army was frustrated, and thousands of Chinese Revolutionary Army soldiers were dropped. They were forced to withdraw, but the Chinese Revolutionary Army soldiers with fast guns also shot and killed thousands of Manchu troops.

The Chinese Revolutionary Army retreated half a mile and re-arranged. Zhang Huahan then adjusted the artillery and placed it behind the Chinese Army's formation.After resting for a while, the Chinese Revolutionary Army launched an attack again. The artillery of the Chinese Revolutionary Army fired first, using all explosive bombs, and separated the Qing army on the embankment into two teams on the left and right. The Chinese Revolutionary Army then moved to the left. The Qing army launched an attack.The Qing army, which was separated from the right wing by the artillery fire, tried to go to support, but suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Yue Le led the right-wing army to attack the artillery position of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and fought with the [-] Chinese Revolutionary Army soldiers led by Zhang Huahan to protect the artillery.Since the Qing army had entered the range of the cannons at this time, Liu Yujie, the leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Army commanding the artillery, ordered all the cannons to fire at Dole Yuele's rear army, causing them to suffer heavy casualties.

Soldiers from both sides fought each other, some fired cold guns, and some directly used cold weapons. Zhang Huahan was wearing a camouflage military uniform and rode a horse and marched side by side with Xiaoyue, hacking and killing a large number of Manchu soldiers. After a while, Zhang Huahan killed two full Eight Banners Zuo Ling, three Han generals, and more than 40 Eight Banners fighters or Green Battalion soldiers of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han tribes. The battle lasted for half an hour. The ground was covered with blood, rivers of blood flowed slowly, and the air was filled with the smell of flesh and blood. After the fierce battle, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted. In addition, deserters appeared in the green camp army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Five or six thousand soldiers of the Han army in the rear of the Qing army, under the leadership of the officers, crossed the embankment directly to the north, and fled to the north bank of the Yellow River through the pontoon bridge erected by the Qing army on the Yellow River. The Han soldiers of the Qing army took the opportunity to escape, and hundreds of Han soldiers of the Manchu Qing army continued to flee northward for their lives.In the Chinese Revolutionary Army led by Zhang Huahan, there were also a small number of escapes. Three squad leaders and a company commander took the lead in fleeing south. Troop soldiers fled with

Liu Yujie, who was standing on the artillery position, saw deserters appearing in the militia of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and he cursed bitterly: "Bastard! There are deserters in our Chinese Revolutionary Army in Henan? Shame on us Henan people, see How can I deal with you!" After speaking, he personally led three hundred cavalry troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army militia left by Zhang Huahan to intercept them.

Not long after, Liu Yujie led the intercepting cavalry troops to stop the dozens of deserters. After a short confrontation between the two sides, a short battle took place. Most of the deserters had already lost their fighting spirit and fired a shot or two. Kneeling and surrendering, the remaining few officers and soldiers were afraid of being punished by shooting at the Military Disciplinary Office, so they had to fight to the death instead, but they were all shot to death soon.Liu Yujie ordered his subordinates to escort more than 80 captives back to the village for disposal later. He himself asked Cai Yuanfang, another militia leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, to lead [-] cavalry to support Zhang Huahan.

Zhang Huahan was fighting fiercely with a large number of enemies. He didn't even notice that any of his militia troops had escaped, which made the militia soldiers' morale a little confused when they saw some people fleeing. Fortunately, there were more deserters in the Qing army, which made them I have seen some hope, and they are all veterans who have gone through many battles, so they are relatively strong in their hearts. In addition, many family members, comrades-in-arms, and friends were killed by the Manchu Qing army. The deep-seated hatred made them firm Fighting to the death with a larger number of Manchu Qing army elites, and Zhang Huahan personally leading hundreds of bravery to the front like a banner, the invincible scene of bravery inspired all soldiers to continue to move forward bravely.Therefore, the Chinese Revolutionary Army militia unit led by Zhang Huahan finally stabilized. After Cai Yuanfang's reinforcements arrived, although there were not many in number, they were all cavalry, and many soldiers of the Manchu Qing army were dispersed at once. The soldiers of the militia of the Chinese Revolutionary Army immediately regained their morale and launched a desperate attack on Yue Le's Qing army.

Compared to the endless battles and calm attacks of the militia of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, Yue Le seemed a bit battered.When he learned that nearly 3000 of his subordinates had escaped, he felt that something was wrong. He wanted to go after them himself, but he was afraid that his subordinates would lose their minds if he left, so he only sent a deputy general to lead [-] people to chase them. Deserters, he himself continued to stay to supervise the battle.

Zhang Huahan was on the battlefield where the fighting was fiercest. He turned his head and looked at the Qing army stationed in front of the embankment. He saw thousands of people digging the embankment behind him starting to run to both sides of the embankment, and a ditch appeared on the embankment. The remaining Qing soldiers moved some wooden barrels into the ditch.

"It seems that the Qing army is going to blow up the embankment!" Zhang Huahan thought.Taking advantage of the gap in the fight, he immediately observed the offensive of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and found that the large troops led by Zhao Qijin and Hou Yongxi were still blocked in front of the Qing army, unable to move forward even though there were more than [-] Chinese troops there. The regular army of the Revolutionary Army, but the most elite firearms units of the Manchurian Eight Banners Army and the Han Army in the Qing Army were concentrated near the embankment, so the regular army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army could not completely gain the upper hand in firearms, and the battle became a stalemate.

Zhang Huahan turned his head and looked at the soldiers of the artillery unit carrying shells on the artillery positions of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and thought to himself: "This is the only way to do it! The soldiers of the artillery units carrying shells on the artillery positions turned out to be from the Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty. The soldiers of the elite troops of the Chinese Army, I heard that they were brave and fearless in battle, and they were very desperate. Later, when the Manchu Qing troops they were in fought against the Chinese Revolutionary Army, they, who had always fought desperately, surrendered. Most of their family members are people under the rule of the Chinese Revolutionary Army militia base areas in the areas occupied by the Chinese Revolutionary Army or in the areas occupied by the Manchu Qing court. Their poor families were all given land, and their family members wrote letters asking them to take refuge in the Chinese Revolutionary Army of the poor people. Army troops, that's why they surrendered to the Chinese Revolutionary Army. For this group of brave men who surrendered, Zhang Huahan was a little worried and let them do chores. Now it seems that it is time to use them.

Zhang Huahan cut down two nearby enemies, and immediately whispered a few words to Xiaoyue next to him under the protection of several personal soldiers. The army soldiers were also killed by her lightning.

Xiaoyue quickly rode a horse and ran to the artillery position, gathered all the soldiers in the artillery unit who carried the shells, ordered them to form a death squad, went to the ditch on the embankment dug by the Qing army, occupied it, and filled the Qing army with water. The injected gunpowder is wet.Xiaoyue assured them that as long as they successfully completed the task, each of them would be rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land and 300 taels of silver each. Enjoy one year's regular army salary.

This was a mission of a narrow escape. The more than 600 soldiers carrying the shells in the artillery unit were silent, and they were about to be silent. Suddenly, a man stood out from the artillery unit carrying the shells. He shouted: "Brothers! What are you afraid of? Death is the worst case! Now that the Tartars have occupied my great land and killed my brothers and sisters in Henan, now is a good opportunity for us dignified men to serve the country and make meritorious deeds! If unfortunately we die in battle, then future generations will remember us, and this is better than dying on the bed Ten thousand times better! We are all poor people. Deputy Commander Zhang allocated land to our family, so that our family has food and equal rights for everyone. Why don’t we repay his kindness? If it weren’t for him If we come to Henan, I am afraid that we will all become the murderers who killed our brothers and sisters, and the folks in Henan will also become prisoners or dead bodies. Now the battlefield situation is critical. Once the Yellow River breaks its embankment, millions of people will be displaced. People will die here tragically, and now is a good opportunity for us to make contributions and gain honor and wealth for our family members. We will become heroes who save millions of people. Why are you still staring blankly? Come with me! Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars!" Following his shout, more than 600 people shouted together: "Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars!" The rough voice merged into a heroic movement, and the guns and guns coming from around The sound is like playing music for them.

Xiaoyue, who thought she would not be able to complete the task Zhang Huahan gave him, looked happily. The person who shouted was Wang He, who was born in Nan Shaolin and known as the "South Boxing King". Zen Master Fakong and Wu Liuqi, the deputy brigade commander of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who was born in the south of the Yangtze River, once fought to a draw. Wu Liuqi is known as Li Erdan's second-in-command to the brigade commander Gaotu. One person once killed three hundred enemy bandits on the battlefield. From Wu Liuqi's reputation as the deputy brigade commander, it can be predicted that this "King of Southern Boxing" who is said to be no less powerful than his master is better than blue.

Liu Yujie, the leader of the militia of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who commanded the firing, said loudly after hearing this: "Okay! You are worthy of being my Chinese man! You are worthy of being the famous 'South Boxing King'!" After speaking, he turned his head and ordered his deputy militia captain Wang Ziqi Said: "Captain Wang, you lead the three thousand cavalry who protect the artillery to cover them behind them. If you have a chance, you also lead the army to rush to the embankment and stand firm until the army comes. Only a few hundred soldiers are left to guard the artillery position. sufficient."

When Yue Le was urging his subordinates to resist the onslaught of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers rushing out of the artillery positions of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, but they were not coming towards his army, but towards the embankment, because there were only a few thousand people , so Yue Le didn't take it to heart.When Zhao Qijin and Hou Yongxi got the news, they immediately ordered the troops to make way in the formation so that the death squads could pass through.

"South Boxing King" Wang Wu led the death squad to the front. All the death squad members were wearing thick armor and iron helmets, each holding a big knife and four short guns on their waists. A rucksack was tied to their bodies, and there were ten grenades and two explosive packs in the rucksack, and each of them had a few matchlocks in their mouths to ignite the explosives and the explosive packs. Behind them, each carried a barrel.

The general of the Qing army suddenly saw a team of hundreds of people rushing out of the formation of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, everyone was full of murderous looks, so he hurriedly ordered all firearms to be aimed at this army.After a puff of smoke, nearly a hundred members of the death squad of the Chinese Revolutionary Army had fallen, and the army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army that rushed up behind them shot to cover them. Wang Wu's left palm and right shoulder were pierced by bullets, but he still opened his eyes wide and roared to lead the army. The troops rushed up.Before the Manchu and Qing troops in the front row reloaded their ammunition, the Death Squadron of the Chinese Revolutionary Army engaged the front ranks of the Qing army.

Under the cover and auxiliary attack of a large number of the main force of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, when they rushed to the front of the Qing army for more than ten feet, the death squads of the Chinese Revolutionary Army threw out some grenades. The soldiers fell down, creating a gap in front of them. The Death Squad of the Chinese Revolutionary Army immediately rushed into the gap and massacred the shocked Qing army with short guns. The officers threw the powerful explosive packs in front of the soldiers of the Qing army who were blocking the way. Numerous rumbling and violent explosions blasted the soldiers of the Qing army who were blocking the way into corpses and broken limbs. The soldiers of the Qing army were all dumbfounded by the series of huge explosions. They felt the ground tremble and their legs were trembling.

The main force of the Chinese Revolutionary Army then went up, and the dense row of guns attracted the attack of the main force of the Qing army. A large number of soldiers of the Manchu and Qing army were shot to death. They were all in chaos, and they all desperately covered the death squads of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who were leaving with hope.

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