Dominate the Country

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A Gui himself probably doesn’t know the specific number of soldiers that the Qing army subsequently invested in the battlefield of Shibaihu Village. Anyway, the Qing army relied on its absolutely superior strength and gradually released the energy of the Jiangsu Army’s First Division in hand-to-hand combat. . This is like a VS between a warrior with high attack, high defense and low blood and a warrior with low attack and low defense but a lot of blood.

The actual investment of troops between the two sides was quite different. The side with fewer numbers was more imposing. The soldiers of the two armies were like two giants stuck in a quagmire, entangled and hugging each other, unable to separate.

The casualties of the Qing army and the Fuhan army were also increasing, and wounded soldiers were transported from the front at every moment. In particular, the Second Regiment of the Guards Brigade moved from the east side of Shibaihu Village to the back of Shibaihu Village. A whole regiment of Fuhan Army troops blocked the Qing army's reinforcement channel to Shibaihu Village. Immediately, it was like a small water tower that lost power, and could only rely on the previous inventory to support it.

"Brothers! This battle is a battle of life and death for our Qing Dynasty. The hope of victory rests on our cavalry. We must win, and we must win.

Otherwise, the millions of nationalities who have left the capital will still be ridden by rebel bandits. Your wives, children, and sisters will still be treated as the lowest slaves by Chen Ni and abused at will, suffering in the dark labor camps. Suffered a lot.

Our army must win this battle! "Before the three thousand Manchu and Qing cavalry from Babaihu Village attacked, Qingchun delivered a short and powerful speech to his soldiers! Such a speech can greatly improve the morale of the Qing soldiers, but this 'morale' can really No one knows how much effect it has on the battlefield.

Three thousand cavalrymen were about to rush out of the eight hundred miles village like a torrent and rush directly towards the Second Regiment of the Guards Brigade three miles away. At this moment, a sharp roar sounded in the sky, and the air was torn apart. A huge disaster had inevitably befallen the three thousand cavalry of the Qing army.

“…Boom…Boom…Boom…”

"Hey..., what is this sound?"

"How come I've never heard of it..."

Most of Qingchun's 3,008-banner cavalry were from the Beijing flag. It should be said that they were all 'country bumpkins'. Having never been on the battlefield, their bloodline was swelling one moment, and the next moment they were talking about the sudden sound of "Yi" in their ears.

Only Qingchun and a few others knew what this sound represented. Qingchun didn't even have time to think about how he was exposed, so he hurriedly moved the horse's head and shouted: "Run away, run away..."

"Go! Go! It's Chen Ni's fire dragon bullet! Run!"

"Ah, from the sky, meteors are falling from the sky!!!"

Amid the roars of the flag soldiers, row after row of rockets pierced the sky at lightning speed, swooping down with long tail flames.

The panic-stricken 3,008 Qingchun Banner cavalry soldiers withstood a violent saturation bombing in an instant. Violent explosions and rapid shock waves swept through the entire 800-household village in an instant...

The Qing army thought too much of the Fuhan Army's reconnaissance force. Moreover, a small village of 800 households was a bit too small to accommodate 3,000 Eighth Banners horse-armed soldiers.

As a result, the Eight Flags Horse Team, which was already full of expectations and was about to serve Da Qingguo, completely collapsed amidst the roaring explosions. The houses of eight hundred households in the village collapsed, as if the world had been destroyed. Orange-red flames rose up one after another, black gunpowder smoke spurted out, and deafening huge explosions were heard, shooting straight into the sky!

The unsuspecting Qingchun troops' cavalry soldiers suffered heavy losses in an instant. I don't know how many people were blown away, torn apart by the bombing, and scared to pieces. When they finally got up crying and stumbling back and forth, the screams of the second round of rockets were heard in the sky...

Moreover, the Qing army's horses were also frightened.

"Charge——!" Qingchun raised his arms and shouted loudly, ignoring the scenes behind him. With the horse's hooves flying, he was already at the front of Goshiha. In the smoke-filled village of 800 households, the sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder.

All the soldiers of the Second Regiment of the Guards Brigade who were still moving towards the back of Shibaihu Village had stopped. The muzzles of two thousand black guns were pointed in the direction of the village of 800 households. Then all the soldiers of the Second Regiment of the Guards Brigade saw the Qing army cavalry soldiers escaping from the village of 800 households in a panic, but then they went crazy. They fled towards the north.

The flanks of Li Xinjiazhuang were completely without cover, and the flanks of Shibaihu Village were completely without support. Qingchun and the others escaped!

Some of the flag soldiers whose mounts were frightened dropped their guns and knives and ran out of the village on hands and knees, howling and stumbling out. They thought they could escape this way. Unexpectedly, the Fuhan Army still had a backup plan. Soldiers from the First Division, the First Brigade and the Third Regiment of the Jiangsu Army who had withdrawn from the battle in Shibaihu Village had already rushed over like hungry tigers.

After five rounds of rocket bombing, the village of 800 households was completely a purgatory of smoke and fire - raging flames and charred corpses were everywhere. The fireworks exploded from the rockets ignited the firewood in the village, and then the entire village They were all plunged into the sea of ​​scorching fire. The remaining flag soldiers were scurrying around in fear like ants. Many people saw the menacing approach of the soldiers of the third regiment and ran back reflexively, but there was still a way behind them.

"Master, Master..." An Eight Banners soldier pulled an officer's leg and shouted anxiously, because his master seemed to rush into the sea of ​​fire. Then he was kicked to the ground by the laughing officer, "There is no master. The Qing Dynasty is going to perish, what master is there? There is no master..." Then he walked madly into the sea of ​​fire in the Eight Hundred Households Village.

It must be said that the power of "self-destruction" generated by mental breakdown is very powerful.

This master who would hate a whip for a lifetime on weekdays was buried in the sea of ​​fire without pain. His loyal servant wiped his tears, knelt on the ground obediently in front of the soldiers of the Third Regiment with shining bayonets, and raised his hands high.

No one knows what will happen to Qingchun, who escaped by chance, when facing Agui. It is only said that at this moment, when Agui saw rockets falling into the Eight Hundred Households Village, he closed his eyes powerlessly.

The Second Regiment of the Imperial Guard Brigade, which "circled" from the east side of Shibaihu Village, kept a distance of one mile from Shibaihu Village, so that the threats in the village could be completely eliminated, such as the artillery controlled by the Qing army at this moment - assuming that it could only shoot solid bullets to reach a distance of one mile, and the huge lethal shotgun shells could not reach a distance of one mile at all.

There was a road of about four miles between Shibaihu Village and Babaihu Village located on its east side. One mile was left here, and the distance was shortened to three miles there, which was within the range of rockets. So Qingchun was then in tragedy! What was even more tragic was that he was still gathering cavalry and preparing to attack at that time.

Not only was the density of the troops the highest, but they were all assembled at the position closest to the Second Regiment of the Imperial Guard Brigade. So he did it himself, and he couldn't live.

"I'll accompany you to watch the meteor shower fall on this earth, and let your tears fall on my shoulders..."

The rocket troops had moved to the back of Shibaihu Village, hiding under the protection of a regiment of Imperial Guard Brigade soldiers, and they were very safe up and down.

And this song that Chen Ming hummed unconsciously, I don't know when it has become a song that every officer and soldier of the Rocket Force can hum. Unfortunately, when the boss of the Rocket Force asked Chen Ming for the full song, the latter refused to say a word.

All the rocket soldiers love these two sentences, "Accompany you to watch the meteor shower fall on this earth, let your tears fall on my shoulders...", how intimate and how suitable to describe their rocket soldiers?

Those rockets falling from the sky, aren't they a gorgeous and powerful meteor shower?

Just when the battle in Shibaihu Village was loud, the large army of the Fu Han Army, Chen Ming, had led the main force of more than 60,000 people to Zhangjiazhuang, which is separated from Wubaihu Town by one village. This place is three or four miles west of Wubaihu Town, and is closer to the North Canal than Wubaihu Town.

Chen Ming did not regard the North Grand Canal as a daunting task. If the Qing Dynasty really had the confidence to threaten the Fu Han Army with the cavalry, they would not have put the troops in Hexiwu, and the Fu Han Army would have been restrained. Putting a large group of cavalry in Hexiwu was precisely a manifestation of the Qing Dynasty's lack of confidence.

Of course, when they did this, Chen Ming added the Shandong Army's First Division to the logistics support troops left behind from the Guangdong Army's First Division at the beginning.

The main force followed the North Grand Canal and headed directly towards Qiantun.

This place is close to the North Grand Canal and has the only high-quality stone arch bridge across the river in this area. And this is the main passage between Duji and Anping Town on the opposite bank of the North Grand Canal. After seizing this position, the combat direction of the Fu Han Army and the Qing Army of Agui's troops changed from the southeast-northwest at the beginning to from west to east.

The Qing Army did not fail to deploy infantry and cavalry guards in Sanbaihu Village, Erbaihu Village, Sibaihu Village, and Tuozi Village, but each egg was useless. The main force of more than 60,000 people was in a completely crushing mode, rushing all the way to Qiantun, and then the garrison division in front of them ate up the defenders of Qiantun without hesitation.

In less than two quarters of an hour of fighting, the smoke of the bombardment had not yet dissipated from the sky above Qiantun, and sporadic gunshots and shouts of killing were still heard sporadically in Qiantun. A broken yellow dragon flag turned to ashes in the flames. At the south entrance of Qiantun, a large number of training troops and Green Camp prisoners of war raised their hands and consciously lined up in a long queue, while at the west entrance, there were flag soldiers with ashen faces. Before taking them in as prisoners, the Fu Han Army had to sort them out carefully.

For the overwhelming rocket attack of the Fu Han Army just now, and then the bombing of the mortar group, it was a complete disaster in less than two quarters of an hour.

Qiantun, as an important place, was deployed by Agui with 2,000 people. Although the sources were mixed, there were Green Camp, training troops, a small number of training braves, and some Eight Banners soldiers.

"Kacha——" An officer with a silver star cut off the neck of an Eight Banners soldier with a knife. Then he turned around quickly and blocked the sword stabbed by an Eight Banners officer with his left hand. He turned his wrist and pressed down the sharp sword, took a step forward, and slashed the big knife in his hand forward, directly cutting one-third of the neck of the Eight Banners officer.

The man couldn't even scream, and fell to the ground, covering his neck with both hands. The blood gushing out couldn't be covered. "Damn it, this good sword was wasted!"

The officer didn't feel any emotion about the fight just now. He happily mentioned the accessories of the Eight Banners officer who died in his hands. The cold light was pressing, and looking at the bright sword blade, one could faintly feel a chill. "Good sword, good sword!"

The shoulder guards and cuffs of this officer's cotton armor are embroidered with gold thread, so his identity should be extraordinary. "Boss, how about I bring a prisoner here to identify this guy?" The guards around him had already wiped the blood off the officer's sword.

"What are you asking? What's there to ask?"

The battalion officer strode out, "So what if he is a prince of the Tartars?" It doesn't make any sense. The Qing Dynasty is about to fall...