Dominate the Country

Early in the morning, an uncontrollable cry of surprise suddenly sounded from the Qing army position east of Bali Bridge. It turned out that on the other side of Qingni River, Chen's army had erected two flagpoles. No one knew how they had avoided the eyes and ears of the Qing soldiers on the other side of the river. Each of these flagpoles was two or three feet long, and a series of human heads were hung on them, which were bloody and shocking. If you count them carefully, there are probably nearly thirty of them. Those with good eyesight can't say anything. The faces of the heads look very familiar. No one knew how they could tell the original faces from those hideous and grinning heads. In fact, the Qing soldiers had already guessed whose heads those were. None of the hundreds of heroes who went out to search the camp last night came back.

"Boom boom boom..."

As soon as the sky was bright, the artillery fire of Chen's army began to bombard in an organized manner. The fences, breast walls and other defensive measures built by the Qing soldiers on the other side of Bali Bridge collapsed step by step under the organized bombardment of artillery shells.

In just one morning, the Qing soldiers on the other side of Baliqiao were a little exhausted. Although nothing could be seen on the surface, Chen Ming's inner feeling told him that the morale and military spirit of the other side was very low and scattered.

"Issue an order, let the front-line troops organize an attack!" Chen Ming was not sure in his heart. After all, there was a river channel several dozen meters long, and the current Baliqiao should be a place where the Qing soldiers would defend to the death.

Of course, the Qing soldiers on the other side of Baliqiao also deployed cannons, but the artillery power of the Qing soldiers was far inferior to their opponents. After all, the artillery here was only a part of all the artillery of the Qing soldiers. Qin Guangyuan, the general of Hebei Town, mediocrely divided the artillery in his hands into two, and deployed them in the Baliqiao position and the Xuzhou city wall respectively. As a result, the artillery battle this morning did not last long, and the Qing soldiers were completely suppressed by the Chen family army.

Several hundred meters of musketeers appeared on the other side of the Qingni River. Behind them, ten flying thunder cannons were ready to go, and there were two teams of armored soldiers. These people carried rafts and rushed to the river at the fastest speed when the charge horn sounded in the rear. There were five people on each raft. They had to cross the river in the shortest time and rush to the opposite bank.

During this period, the flying thunder cannons and hundreds of muskets were their cover firepower.

"Ding da ding da ding da ding..."

The familiar charge horn sounded in the bullets. The Qing soldiers' officers were not fools. They watched the Chen family army prepare for the war. The musketeers in the Qing soldiers were driven to the riverside by their officers, and they had a chivalrous duel with the Chen family army's musketeers across the Qingni River.

The two sides were like two giants, punching each other, a fair contest, and the loser could not find any reason to shirk.

There were thousands of Qing army musketeers, but they were beaten like dogs by the Chen army musketeers, who were only half their number on the other side of Qingni River. The high-spirited Chen army musketeers were not comparable to the Qing army musketeers. Otherwise, how can people say that the real elites are honed in war? The Chen army won one victory after another, repeatedly defeating the enemy with fewer troops, and a sense of confidence that "I am very strong" naturally rose from the bottom of the hearts of the Chen army. Especially the musketeers, who fought with fewer troops in several duels, and beat the Qing army musketeers like dogs. How can they look up to the Qing army musketeers?

This kind of inner contempt for the enemy and strong self-confidence are the two most important auras for the musketeers in the era of volley shooting. With their buffs, the Chen army musketeers can easily defeat two Qing army musketeers on the battlefield.

"Charge..." Gao Pingshan shouted with the sword and shield in his hand. As a member of the Gao family, Gao Pingshan did not get the strong support of Gao Pengqi at the beginning like Gao Jinghui did, and then he became the leader of the first battalion without any merit. Gao Pingshan's starting point in the Chen family army was just a platoon leader.

But Gao Pingshan was not convinced. Why couldn't he become a battalion commander? Just because Gao Jinghui was closer to the head of the family?

The current Chen family army is not the same as the previous Chen family army. At the beginning, Gao Pingshan was happy to see himself hidden in a group of big soldiers. At that time, the Chen family army was like a small boat, which would sink to the bottom of the water when the breeze blew. So he didn't envy Gao Jinghui at the time, and even laughed in his heart.

Gao Pingshan's thoughts were very popular among the children of the Gao family and the Huang family who joined halfway. Therefore, the sudden "promotion" of Gao Jinghui and Huang An only caused a layer of inconspicuous ripples in the Gao family and the Huang family at the beginning. Until the Chen family army grew and expanded step by step, until the Chen family army developed to today, many people like Gao Pingshan saw a glimmer of hope, and their hearts began to become unbalanced.

This unbalanced mentality has two manifestations. One is naturally very bad jealousy and envy; the other is like Gao Pingshan at the moment, ready to use one battle after another to level the gap between himself and Gao Jinghui. Now Gao Pingshan is already a team officer. As long as he continues to make military achievements and as long as the Chen family army continues to grow, it is very simple and easy for him to become a battalion officer. But it is quite difficult for Gao Jinghui to become a brigade commander. Because a brigade has 3,000 people, there are five or six battalion heads at the bottom. There are as many as seven battalion officers in the Chen family army, even if those in the teaching brigade are not counted. Even if Gao Jinghui is the brigade commander by seniority, the Chen family army may have 50,000 or 60,000 people. If he keeps fighting hard and makes meritorious deeds again and again, who dares to say that the first Gao family member to become a brigade commander will definitely be Gao Jinghui instead of him, Gao Pingshan?

"A real man's fame is only taken on horseback."

Gao Pingshan roared in his heart, holding his sword and shield, and rushed to the river bank. Having experienced many wars, he had already learned how to lead his soldiers to attack while protecting himself. When jumping off the raft, he must be brave and fearless, showing the courage to lead the charge. In a few shouts, some brave soldiers can surpass him, and then he must follow closely behind them, always in the first sequence but not the front.

Gao Pingshan didn't know whether the method he summed up would be effective all the time. Anyway, he was now happily hacking and killing the Qing army's musketeers. The muskets in these people's hands were not even as good as a fire stick in close combat. And let them draw the sabers at their waists and fight hard. These Green Camp soldiers who couldn't even withstand the crossfire of dozens of meters did not have much courage to fight hand-to-hand.

"Grand Commander, the Qing soldiers have escaped." The two charging armored troops belonged to Chen Erbao. Seeing that the Qing soldiers were scattered by just two teams of armored soldiers, the Chen family army was already sure to win this battle. Chen Erbao hoped that Chen Ming would immediately order the troops to attack so that he could take the remaining troops in the camp to capture prisoners.

"Uncle Erbao can pursue, but don't get too close to Xuzhou City."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not lose my mind." Chen Erbao patted his chest and promised.