Lord of Ming Dynasty

The hoarse shouts of the Han officers continued to resound on the battlefield.

This is the shout of the generals of Duolong's new army, because behind Duolong led the cavalry and infantry of the Qing army to bend their bows and set arrows, and set up the cannons to face their buttocks, and the Manchu musketeers of the Qing army were aiming at them with their muskets If they dare to retreat, they will be greeted with brutal massacres. In order to survive, they can only attack.

After losing more than 1 cold weapon combat troops, [-] matchlock gunners, [-] artillery, and [-] cavalry attacked desperately.

This is the current [-] new army, the entire strength of the two Qing army new army units, and the opponent is [-] tired rebels.

"Papa, papa," rows of matchlock guns emitted thousands of sparks, and the smoke obscured their sight. The opponents were firing desperately, firing, thousands of sparks came, and the soldiers on both sides fell down in rows. But the Qing army still did not flinch, and walked quickly forward, forward, forward.

"Boom——"

The artillery of the Qing army fired, and nearly a hundred solid shells hit the past, and thousands of soldiers fell, and the enemy was already on the verge of collapse.

Chapter 6 Eleven Jedi Counterattack

The Qing army's violent charge made Tian Bin unable to react in time. The two Xinjun towns in front were almost penetrated through the defense line, and the soldiers retreated in an unorganized manner.

Of course, through the situation on the battlefield, he could see that the enemy was not feeling well. His artillery did not attack the enemy's artillery this time, but fired at the enemy's infantry. Not much better, at least 1000 arquebus soldiers and more than 1 cavalry were routed or killed, while more than 4000 people were defeated on their own side, and more than [-] troops were injured or died. Only their own general guard and the last The [-] arquebus soldiers guarded around and stabilized their positions, followed by [-] artillerymen.

This is really a tough battle. Both sides are blocked by the enemy's reinforcements. They cannot escape or advance. They can only defeat the enemy, otherwise they cannot join up with their own reinforcements in the rear.

The enemy's reinforcements in the rear were blocked by Tian Xian for two days, but the Huaxia Army's own reinforcements, a cavalry brigade and a field brigade, were delayed in arriving. Because of the terrain, the liaison personnel I sent out have not yet contacted the other party. Up above, I don't know if it was intercepted by the enemy, or it was dead, or it ran too far and escaped.

"General's guards, charge up and block the enemy, musketeers, counterattack, artillerymen continue to attack the enemy infantry," Tian Bin pulled out his command saber, waved it vigorously at the enemy, and then said to the messengers around him: "Order the cavalry to divide Some people blocked the enemy's cavalry, and then spread out to gather the troops. Order the Wang Dongbu to step forward quickly, and counterattack the enemy for me, and seize the enemy's artillery position."

Following his shout, hundreds of soldiers from the entire general guard rushed forward, intercepting their own retreating troops while shooting at the enemy, while the musketeers followed behind and fired freely, killing an enemy infantry who rushed up. When encountering the enemy's musketeers, they shoot in a row to defeat the enemy.

Another function of them is to gather those arquebus soldiers. Under the call of the officer, many arquebus soldiers followed them consciously to form small groups, and then lined up into the second group of arquebus soldiers with thousands of people. In the queue, the first row squats down after shooting, and the second row stands and shoots about ten meters away.

The addition of their reinforcements quickly curbed the enemy's attacking spearhead, defeated the enemy's infantry, and rushed up to meet the enemy's arquebus soldiers. As time went on, more and more defeated soldiers formed at least every With a formation of 200 men, they rearranged their defense lines and contained the enemy's charge on the wide battlefield of more than three miles.

Many infantry also followed their footsteps to help them deal with some of the enemy's stragglers who couldn't escape, and soon the battlefield was cleared. There were only them here, and there were only the enemy's routs and the routs of the enemy who were constantly advancing and gathering routs. Qing army.

At this time, Wang Dong's [-] new troops, who were the reserve team, rushed up and quickly overtook them from both sides, attacking the enemy, and the enemy was also scattered. Bin and his Xinjun Town's firepower strikes, although they have the advantage of several artillery forces, they also have to suffer huge casualties. After a few waves, they rushed to the enemy's position, leaving behind nearly [-] corpses, and rushed in with them. When the enemy's infantry joined the battle, they left a thousand corpses. When the enemy was defeated, they had already lost four thousand soldiers and horses. At this time, Wang Dong and the others launched an attack. Many people turned their backs to the counterattacking enemy, and Wang Dong's Xinjun Town soldiers lost another [-] soldiers and horses immediately.

There were 7000 soldiers and horses, but only a little over [-] people ran back.

As the enemy's infantry and routs were gathered and put into battle, and the cavalry pursued them, they retreated even faster.

But Duolong was furious when he saw the two new army troops being defeated. Before he could speak, more than 1000 cavalrymen of the Qing army charged into the rout and killed them. After finally stopping the rout, the two new armies had already scattered more than 1000 soldiers and horses, and only [-] soldiers and horses remained when they were gathered together.

Including the 9000 Qing troops in my own hands, there are only [-] people.

"Hold on, hold on," Doron panicked, just yelling blindly, while his subordinates and guards grabbed his arms one after another, "General, run away, if you don't run away, there will be no chance. Abandon the horses, we Get off the mountain path."

The Qing army was like this, so what about the newly subdued Han troops? At this time, Wang Dong's troops had already rushed two miles, and ran up to the enemy's position. The collapse of the war came, and many people ran and climbed over the mountains to the mountains, or jumped into the lake in an attempt to stay away from the battlefield, but many people still drowned in the lake.

Although the lake is not big, it is cold and relatively deep, at least three meters deep. Not everyone knows how to swim, and not all soldiers who can swim can swim through the lake for several miles in such a panic and escape into the forest.

At this time, seeing the hope of a great victory, Tian Bin rushed over with the remaining soldiers and horses in one breath, broke into the queue of the Qing army, and fought close to him.

At this moment, the earth shook. Six thousand cavalry descended like fierce tigers. They climbed over a mountain and rushed down. There was crackling gunshots, and thousands of Qing troops fell on their backs. Many of them were still in chaos. But the demoralized Qing army dropped their weapons one after another, turned around and fled.

The defeat was unstoppable, Duolong could only let out a long sigh, fled with the soldiers on horseback, came to the bottom of the mountain, abandoned the horses, discarded the armor, and then the soldiers changed him into the clothes of ordinary soldiers that had been prepared, and led him to turn around. After crossing the mountains and all the way into the deep forests, Tian Bin's cavalry followed closely along the mountain path.

The arrival of the cavalry brigade of the Huaxia Army quickly disintegrated the enemy's troops. After fighting for an hour, the Qing army's 3 troops were defeated, and almost [-] of the enemy's horses were wiped out. The rest either fled or were captured.

After a brief negotiation, Gao Yigong took the cavalry brigade and flew for more than ten miles to the front to support Tian Xian's troops.

At this time, Tian Xian only had more than 200 troops left. He was trapped on a mountain slope and fought back frequently, while the Mongolian cavalry of the brigade flew away, preparing to attack Tian Bin's rear. The two sides met at two miles away. Red-eyed, he slammed into the [-] freshmen. After several rows of guns fired, the Mongolian cavalry was in chaos and turned to flee one after another. The Huaxia cavalry brigade drew their sabers and chased after them.

Taking the battalion as a unit, five hundred cavalrymen rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry was defeated and retreated one after another. Courage, have fled.

The cavalry of the Huaxia Army chased and killed them all the way. When they encountered a large group of cavalry, the artillerymen dismounted and set up cannons to bombard them. Then a row of cavalry went up to shoot and shoot. The Mongolian cavalry retreated hundreds of miles without even entering the camp.

The cavalry brigade chased all night and seized a county seat before stopping, waiting for the field brigade to come from behind.

Chapter 6 Twelve Go to the front line in person

The sound of horseshoes sounded like a storm on the valley road leading to Liaocheng Mansion. After a puff of smoke, a group of about a thousand cavalry wearing blue guard uniforms swept past like a gust of wind, and then divided into several groups in an instant. A team of 50 people penetrated into the surrounding forests, valley roads, and ran up the mountains. A group of 200 cavalry in front continued to move forward for 600 miles, leaving dozens of people to return until a wide area, and then gathered troops along the road. Horses, and finally a battalion of [-] cavalry gathered and continued to return along the way they had come.

After running for thirty miles, a group of about 3000 cavalrymen stopped and scattered on both sides of the road. Three thousand cavalrymen who were marching slowly passed through them, and a larger team followed a few miles behind. Statistics estimate that there are thousands of people.

This is the first brigade of Zhang Qiang's Guards Brigade, already his personal guards. Ever since Tian Bin learned that Tian Bin and his men defeated Duolong's [-] army and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade defeated [-] Mongolian cavalry, Zhang Qiang handed over government affairs to the cabinet. , I came to meet Tian Bin with the first brigade of guards and the guards who never left.

Followed by soldiers of the No.20 Seventh Field Brigade, most of them have passed this road, entered Shandong Prefecture, and have been stationed in the captured Tai'an Mansion.

In this way, Shandong Prefecture, the third strategic point that I have always wanted to carry out, was infiltrated by the Huaxia Army, and an attacking bridgehead position was established, and this position is still very strong, and the defensive force has been strengthened. Two field brigades , a first-level field brigade, a second-level field brigade, and three new troops of the Qing army led by Tian Bin, who has been disabled and is resting on the spot in Liaocheng after ten years and finally returned from undercover. Fifteen thousand elite soldiers survived fierce battles.

In addition, there are [-] wounded soldiers. These soldiers are experienced elite soldiers who have gone through bloody battles. brigade troops.

But there is no need to think about a few months. These wounded soldiers need at least three months to recover, and another month to rest, train, and equip with weapons and equipment. These people are also resting and recuperating in Liaocheng.

This time Zhang Qiang went to Liaocheng to visit these soldiers and personally preside over the battle here.

It has been many years since I went to the battlefield in person, and Zhang Qiang's hands are itchy, and he wants to lead troops to fight in person. This battle is not so intense, because the Qing army is in chaos, and the battle with Dajin is at its most intense. , Although Hong Chengchou had also sent troops to seize the county governments and sites that he had abandoned again, the Qing army sent 12 troops to seize these sites and assist the Qing army officials and generals who were reattached here.

But in the end it was a miscalculation, which made Tian Bin and the others drag their feet. They were completely defeated by the last blow from the cavalry brigade. 12 troops, 2 troops were wiped out, more than 4 died in battle, and more than [-] fled. Most of the Mongolian cavalry ran back to the Qing army's territory, Hebei Prefecture, and now the territory abandoned by Hong Chengchou was almost a vacuum, without soldiers guarding it, which happened to be the time for Zhang Qiang to practice his skills.

It took less than half a day for three thousand cavalry to enter Liaocheng. As for the troops behind, let’s go slowly. Even the Huaxia Army, which is half mule and horse-like, marches at a speed that is not as fast as it is in this era. It won’t be much faster. The Huaxia Army’s site is good to say, extending in all directions, and the wide roads allow the Huaxia Army troops that have already realized the semi-mule and horse transformation to carry half a month’s supplies and materials, and quickly march a hundred miles before a day and night. You can reach Shandong In a place that has not been developed and built, the speed of this new army is a little faster than that of the Ming army of this era, which is mainly composed of infantry, traveling sixty miles a day.

The infantry of the Ming army usually set up camp after walking [-] miles, marched quickly for [-] miles, and set up camp and deployed defenses at an hour when it was getting dark.

But on this kind of mountain road and places with uneven roads, the whole army can travel 25 miles a day, and camping at [-] or [-] miles is considered very fast.

The Qing army was faster. The entire cavalry or infantry troops could march for fifty miles, because they were not afraid of hardship. They had long developed the habit and character of not being afraid of hardship in the bitter cold land. On this kind of mountainous land, they could march thirty miles. Lidi, forced to march more than 40 miles, which is convenient for them to chase and intercept the enemy. The Ming army can't escape from them, and it is easy to lose control of the troops if they run fast.

But if the Qing army were all cavalry, they could travel hundreds of miles a day even in this kind of terrain, while the Huaxia army was more hardworking, hardworking, and powerful than them. , because they often do this kind of training.

So in less than half a day, the guards got rid of the infantry and entered Liaocheng first.

The headquarter of the Liaocheng Fifth Field Brigade is still here, and the other troops have moved to defend the newly occupied small county town. Another thousand infantrymen are here to defend the city, and a thousand civilian men are here to take care of the soldiers from all over the place.

Geng Quanli, commander of the Fifth Field Brigade, was already waiting for Zhang Qiang at the gate of the city.

The Fifth Field Brigade was originally led by Xuanyuan Longfei, but later he was promoted to the head of the army, so he had to sit in Henan Province and command the troops to fight, instead of going to the front line to fight.

The commander of the Fifth Field Brigade was replaced by Geng Quanli, the former head of the Guards Brigade Cavalry Regiment.

"Geng Quanli, commander of the fifth field brigade of the last general, has seen the governor." Geng Quanli ran towards Zhang Qiang, knelt down on one knee, and said to Zhang Qiang.

"Get up, you did a good job this time, but your actions were a bit procrastinated, which almost caused Tian Bin's troops to suffer a disastrous defeat. You, who are in charge of commanding this battle, should bear certain responsibilities. Although they did not fail, they fought well." It is very difficult, almost everyone is wounded, there are less than 3% of the [-] troops left, and less than half of them can fight. It can be called a miserable victory. If you can capture Liaocheng as soon as possible, or send some troops to the battlefield as soon as possible , then Duolong will not escape, and Tian Bin's loss will not be so serious."

Zhang Qiang said to Geng Quanli in a reproachful tone.

"The final general was convicted, but the Fourth Cavalry Brigade discovered that most of the enemy's troops had fled that night. The cavalry brigade, which was already hidden in the surrounding area, sent troops to chase and intercept the fleeing enemy soldiers, which caused delays. When the troops were regrouped, Tian Bin They have already finished the battle, and they can only catch up with the enemy at the end and defeat the battle of the Mongolian cavalry, but fortunately, Gao Yigong made a contribution and captured a small county town near the enemy's Jinan Prefecture, which made our army advance forward With a combat bridgehead that is closer to the enemy, Liaocheng has become the rear." Geng Quanli explained.

"Okay, don't excuse yourself, just pay attention next time, you need to be steady, but you can't miss the opportunity to fight for stability. Forget it this time, let's go and see Tian Bin and the others."