The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 675 The Decisive Battle in Jiangnan ([-])

The infantry line of the Dragon Guards reacted immediately, and the soldiers in the front row followed the officer's order and fired a volley of guns. The Qing army who had just rushed forward a few steps suddenly turned over a large area like cutting leeks.

However, with Sinabuku personally leading the guards to supervise the battle behind the formation, the captive soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and step over the killed comrades, and continued to attack the slender dark green "human wall" a hundred steps away.

The Dragon Guard soldier who had finished shooting just now turned around, passed through the gap between his teammates behind him, ran back ten steps, and began to load.

The soldiers who were standing in the second row before became the first row. Following the officer's order, they raised their guns to aim and shoot, regardless of how many enemies they hit, and quickly retreated.

Then the original third platoon fires, retreats...

This tactic of retreating and platooning is extremely effective against the slow frontal charge of the enemy.The volley of each row of soldiers can kill nearly [-] Jianlu, and at the same time keep retreating to increase the distance from the enemy.

The captive soldiers without the assistance of cavalry only felt that the distance of a hundred steps from the opponent was so far away. It seemed that they had already ran for a Jiazi desperately, but when they looked up, they could only see more and more corpses around them, while the Ming army was still in their [-]s and [-]s. step away.

In less than a stick of incense, most of the more than 2000 Zhenghuangqi infantrymen who had been rushing to the front, the most elite of Sinenbuku's men, were killed or injured.

The green battalion, which was already terrified, could barely keep up with the Zhenghuang flag carrying them. When the cover was lost in front of them and the bullets fell on them, these people stopped immediately.

At this moment, the artillery company that retreated about two hundred steps turned around again and lowered the legs of the gun mounts, skillfully loaded shotguns, and bombarded the Qing army densely packed like an ant colony one after another.

The earth-shattering noise of the artillery and the scattered pieces of meat finally crushed the last trace of courage of the Qing army.Pei Guozhen's sword and shield fighters were the first to turn around, howling. The shields in their hands could not stop Mini's bullets, but they were very effective against the single-handed swords of the Superintendent's team.

The supervising team of Sinenbuku was quickly opened by these deserters wearing shields, and the other captive soldiers immediately ran away when they saw this.

At this time, the fastest charging captive soldiers were only 20 steps away from the infantry line of the Dragon Guards. Li Ying had already ordered to prepare bayonets, but saw that the entire Qing army's battle formation was turning around at a faster speed than when it came. flee.

Naturally, the Long Weijun would not be polite, and immediately switched back to salvo and beat the dog in the water.

The earthen walls that the Qing army had previously used for defense blocked their way of life.The fastest running captive soldiers were struggling to climb over the wall, and the people behind dragged them down under the threat of firecrackers and cannons. They jumped up by themselves, but were dragged down by the people behind them...

There was a crowd under the earthen wall, and the lethality of the cannon was maximized. A shotgun iron ball could even penetrate three or four people, and a single shot of a twelve-pound cannon was enough to harvest nearly a hundred soldiers. s life!

Finally, seeing that there was no hope of escape, the soldiers of the Qing army who were farthest from the earth wall began to turn their heads and knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy.

Zhang Jie led two thousand Han troops with inlaid blue flags to circle around, and was about to attack the left flank of the Ming army, but a group of well-formed cavalry stared at them.

He raised his eyes to look at the frontal battlefield again, only to see more than half of the green battalion begging to surrender on their knees, and some small centaurs jumped over the earth wall and ran around like bereaved dogs.

He only hesitated for a second, then turned the horse's head and exclaimed, "Withdraw!"

Another hour later, the battle near Daren Mountain was coming to an end. More than 3000 Jianlu soldiers were packing up the corpses on the battlefield under the threat of firecrackers. The blood was stained black and red.

Li Ying saluted Zhang Jiayu and said: "General, there are more than six thousand thieves captured and killed. There are thousands more scattered and fled, do you think you want hussars to chase them?"

"No need." Zhang Jiayu shook his head and said, "The battalions are ordered to rest in place for an hour, and then immediately go north to encircle the main force of Duoduo. As for fleeing the enemy," he glanced behind him, "the Zhejiang army and the Jiangxi army have already deployed defenses on the periphery. They None of them can escape."

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Just when Zhang Jiayu defeated Sinenbuku, almost the same scene was happening in Huanglongyan, Tangshuihe, and Mashan.

Jin Wu's unit, the fastest team in the Polu camp, defeated Shang Kexi's 1 Qing troops in Mashan in just over half an hour, killing 300 people and taking more than [-] prisoners!

The two directions of Huanglongyan and Tangshuihe also passed victories within two hours.

However, at the foot of Ximing Mountain, Yu Xinbu encountered an unprecedented danger!
"Commander," Huang Qishou saluted Yu Xin, "the defense line has been built. Two deep trenches have been dug, one iron rope net, and some horses are kept away. The captives are still far away now. You can see if you can dig again... "

Yu Xin raised his hand to interrupt him: "That's it. Let the soldiers have a good rest. Today's battle may not be easy."

"Yes!"

After Mr. Huang Ying left, Yu Xin raised his binoculars and looked to the south again. The sky was still dark and he couldn't see anything in the distance, but he still stared there with a frown.

At Yinshi last night, he received an urgent report from the hunting soldiers, saying that more than [-] Jian captives were attacking Ximing Mountain overnight.

He quickly judged that Duoduo should have noticed something strange and wanted to concentrate his main force to break out from his side!

If this is the case, then there must be more than 6000 captives, and it is normal for the safari soldiers to find out in the middle of the night.Although his troops are elite Dragon Guards, they only have more than [-] people, and the situation is extremely serious.

However, regarding this situation, Yu Xin had made a plan as early as the Jiangning General Staff Meeting, and Yu Xin, who was commanding a large army alone for the first time, was not at a loss.

Under his order, the soldiers of the Dragon Guards lit torches in the middle of the night and began to build a defense line in the narrowest section of Ximing Mountain.

Steel shovels are the standard equipment of the Dragon Guards, and each man has one, so it took them less than two hours to dig two trenches nearly four miles long and more than eight feet deep under the command of the engineer company.Then he used hemp rope covered with iron nails to pull up an iron rope net.

Yu Xin had previously received an order that at dawn the next day the Ming Army would launch a general attack from five directions, that is to say, the Dragon Guards and other troops from the Polu Camp would not be able to arrive until noon at the earliest Xi Mingshan.

Then he must block Duoduo firmly under Ximing Mountain before that, otherwise the strategy of encircling [-] Jianlu is very likely to fall short.

But what he has to face may be ten times as many enemy troops!

Yu Xin looked up at the sky, and the first ray of morning light had already appeared in the universe.He took a deep breath, and said to the adjutant beside him, "Has the warning signal been sent?"

"Return to Commander, it has already been sent at Maoshi."

Yu Xin was a little worried and said, "Send it again."

"Yes!"

Soon, three red flares rose into the sky at the same time.A few miles away, several hussars who were investigating saw the signal, hurriedly took out the signal flare, and sent out the same warning message.

This kind of relay spread all the way to the Tangshui River twenty miles away. Chen Xiongfei's herald saw the red flash in the sky, and hurriedly reported to him: "Report! General, another warning in the direction of Xi Mingshan must be encountered by a large group of people." Thieves!"

(End of this chapter)