Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhao Hu, the first field division passing by them, came quickly in the dawn light, saw their actions, and said to Dongfeng: "You are slow, didn't you tell me yesterday that you will open the way for us this morning? Why? Why is the city still in the hands of the enemy, and the enemy has also captured the outer line of defense, it seems that you can’t do it, brother.”

"Hehe, let's talk about it, anyway, I haven't lost a Chinese soldier in a day and a night, I advise you not to be too aggressive, so as not to lose your troops and lose your generals, let those cannon fodder open the way for you, and save our own soldiers and horses." Dongfeng broke laughed.

"I'm different from you. As the number one field division in the country, everyone in the back is watching, representing the face of the Huaxia Army's field army. We can't be as leisurely as you, and we are going to attack the enemy's lair, Yanjing , this is a fortress of the enemy with great significance. We must speed up." Zhao Hu said helplessly.

8 Chapter Ninety Flesh Mill 3

After Zhao Hu left, Dongfeng dispatched more servants in one breath, and then supported the front with artillery fire.

Now the Qing army felt the pressure, and they ran around one after another, rushing desperately to the breakthrough in front.

The Qing army is desperately fighting back. The captives here are changing a quota of servants. The servants have made meritorious service. After the service period is up, they can be converted to ordinary people. This is very attractive to them. This is the case in the Kingdom of China. Under the circumstances of hating them, the quota of an ordinary person is so precious.

The two sides strangled together, and nearly 10 people were killed until dusk.

Then the battlefield cleared up.

Only a few hundred people survived, only a few thousand captive soldiers survived, and more servants. After all, they had combat experience. About 2 people survived, while the Qing army in the encirclement was almost wiped out. Those who were alive were also scarred and captured. About 5000 people were captured.

Dong Fengpo left a squadron of the punishment battalion to clean the battlefield, and left the servant army to take care of the prisoners. He led the army and continued to march in overnight. Zhao Hu's first field division was already [-] kilometers away, and it was almost approaching Tianjin County.

He must catch up by night.

Still the cavalry led the way, the Musketeers sent advance troops to explore the way, the baggage troops went first, the large troops followed behind, and then the punishment battalion for escorting the captured soldiers, and the servant army.

Along the way, fellow villagers fought continuously. It took half a month to reach Zhangjiakou along the road, and Zhangjiakou had already been conquered by the Eighth Field Division of the Merlin Fish Corps.

At this time, Wang Dong, the third field division of the Hukui Corps in Tianjin County, was attacking in full swing. There were countless casualties. Every hilltop and every river mouth had to be contested. At the intersection, many troops of the Qing army gathered, including more than 40 villagers, about [-] green battalion soldiers, about [-] Manchu soldiers, nearly [-], and the strength of the Qingshui Division.

Wang Dong's [-]rd Field Division and Hu Ze's troops from the [-]st Cavalry Brigade, which had been rested, began to clear up the countryside. A stockade, a landlord's manor, and a mansion began to be wiped out. Japanese captives, Goguryeo captives, or newly captured Manchu captives, anyway, for them, this is fighting in an enemy country, not in the Kingdom of China, and they are using their hearts well.

It also took half a month to fight from the Cangzhou Prefecture they occupied. It arrived at the outskirts of Tianjin County a day or two earlier than the No.16 Field Division of Dongfeng Po. Now the First Field Division has just arrived at Zhuozhou County, away from Yanjing It's still far away.

Knowing the movements of the two of them, Dongfeng Po asked the soldiers to rest in Zhangjiakou for a day, waiting for the materials and supplies brought up later, as well as the captured soldiers and servants to come and meet.

However, before they left, it rained on the second day, it still rained on the third day, and it was sleet on the fourth day, so they had to rest in Zhangjiakou. The first brigade also arrived.

Of the soldiers and horses of the Eighth Field Division, a field brigade stayed here to defend the city, a cavalry regiment assisted, and the rest went back to Datong Mansion.

As the soldiers and horses of Shanxi Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture can't take care of them. When the weather is fine, the field brigade and cavalry regiment will also withdraw to Shanxi Prefecture, and the No.16 field division will leave a cavalry battalion and a field army. The brigade guarding here is also guarding their rear.

It was fine. At this time, the No.16 field division should have set off and walked for four or five days. The captive soldiers and servant soldiers who came up from the rear had already gathered [-] soldiers and horses. They should also start operations, but this time it became cold , It's raining and snowing again, the weather in the north is really moody.

So the No.16 Field Division had to stay in Zhangjiakou County, and helped the field brigade who was preparing to stay behind to build fortifications. It took four days to brave the rain and snow, and the fortifications were expanded on the basis of the Eighth Field Division of the Merlin Fish Corps. After a circle, several surrounding hills were surrounded, and many local people were captured as captives, and their houses were demolished to build fortifications.

After the day cleared, the soldiers and horses of the 16th Field Division began to withdraw. After walking for a day, the No. 40 Field Division was also ready to set off. Unexpectedly, the cavalry battalion released in front of them sent a message that the enemy Soetu He Duolong led an army of [-] soldiers and horses to attack them.

On the grassland side, there are also Horqin Mongolian cavalry, about [-] soldiers and horses.

The No.16 Field Division hastily retreated back to Zhangjiakou County. Dongfeng Po had just sent cavalry to convey the news to the [-]st Field Division, the [-]rd Field Division, and the headquarters of the Corps. The enemy's army had already rushed.

This time the enemy's army came very quickly, and tens of thousands of cavalry slammed into the outer defensive positions eloquently.

At noon, gunshots resounded from the outer defensive positions, and the enemy cavalry penetrated everywhere. They were directly divided into several attacking arrows, pierced through the sparse outer defensive positions and rushed to the second outer defensive positions. Villages, villages and villages The soldiers of the servant army fired rapidly, while other captive soldiers and ordinary people became restless, and some people began to resist the soldiers of the Huaxia Army.

Dongfeng Po had no choice but to send all the cavalry in his hands except the directly subordinate division guard cavalry company to kill the enemy's cavalry who had entered the second outer line of defense.

Then set up a headquarters on the inner circle of defense, let each field brigade enter the first-line position, and stand ready.

On the high watchtower, he held up the binoculars to see the surrounding hill positions guarded by cavalry and musketeers. Waves of enemy cavalry rushed to attract the firepower of the soldiers on the position, and then other cavalry bypassed the periphery. The position broke into the second line of defense, and the villages were screaming for killing. The captives and servants placed in the villages either stubbornly resisted, or dropped their guns and ammunition to escape.

The captives ran towards the periphery, some soldiers of the servant army ran towards the periphery, and some ran towards the Huaxia Army's position, all in disorder.

The earth shook, and a large group of Mongolian cavalry came from the direction of the grassland. A single charge wiped out a company's troops in a peripheral hill position, and at least 300 local people who helped build the fortifications were all wiped out.

"Abandon the outlying positions, let them withdraw to the second position, help the soldiers in the villages and towns suppress the captives and servant soldiers, send troops to let them take all the captives and servant soldiers to the rear of our position for custody, hurry up Go." Dongfeng Po knew that the enemy's cavalry was too brave, there were too many troops, and his own side didn't have that many cavalry, so the first brigade of cavalry who cooperated with them had already shifted to cooperate with the third field division.

He can only stick to it now.

Cannons can't be fired yet, because the enemy's cavalry is too mobile, and they also use matchlock guns to shoot on horseback, not the previous bow and arrow against matchlock guns.

Now the cavalry he sent could only disperse them, drive them away but could not destroy them. It was very tiring to fight against highly mobile cavalry, and he could only wait for them to crash and die in front of his own position.

Chapter 891 The Qing Army's Counterattack 1

The counterattack of the Qing army came quickly and suddenly. The attack of tens of thousands of cavalry was simply irresistible. After losing three companies of cavalry, four companies of Musketeers, and one battalion of punishment battalions, Huaxia The whole army withdrew into the inner circle trench garrison area.

And the army of the Qing army arrived mightily.

Flags were flying all over the sky, and it seemed that soldiers and horses from all walks of life were coming.

There are all kinds of brave and strong troops from all walks of life rushing into battle, as well as soldiers and horses organized by landlords and tyrants, merchants' horses, as well as soldiers and horses from the green camp of the Qing army, the flag soldiers of the Han army, and the soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The horses, the Mongol cavalry, and the flags of the Dutch and the Spaniards, mighty and mighty, overflowing the outer defense line like a flood.

All the nearby villages and towns were occupied. Those who had helped the Huaxia Army in the countryside were destroyed, and those who had not been helped were thrown into chaos by the foreign soldiers and horses. There were still many resistances. The Qing army was busy To encircle and suppress those caravans and merchants from other places who refused to submit, while suppressing those landlords and servants who did not allow them to enter their houses.

While observing the enemy's movements, Dongfeng Po urgently called a meeting of his subordinates. The head of the cavalry regiment, the heads of the three field brigades, the head of the artillery regiment, and the head of the garrison of the punishment battalion. Under the jurisdiction of the headquarters, the captain is equivalent to a regiment leader, with the rank of major.

But the punishment battalion group is here to govern more troops than the troops under his own jurisdiction, including captive soldiers, civilians, servants, punishment battalion supervisor group and combat group.

The captain of the punishment battalion, Major, Dongfeng Po asked him as soon as he opened his mouth, "How many of your troops who were working outside and assisting in the defense have been withdrawn, how many have been lost, and how many troops do we have now?"

The captain of the punishment battalion said: "About 1 newly captured civilians were missing or died, and were captured by the enemy. More than 1000 people were confirmed dead, and 500 soldiers and horses of the servant army died, were captured, or disappeared. The punishment battalion is overseeing the work. 600 troops were missing, more than 800 died in battle, more than 5000 fled back, and a battalion lost more than [-] people in the battle, and [-] people fled back, and the people of those villages also fled back. , about [-] people.

In short, we lost a total of [-] civilians this time, captured soldiers, newly captured civilians, and those civilians we did not bother. It seems that our punishment battalion has not lost its combat effectiveness and there is no chaos. It just needs a period of time. Time to restore morale. "

"That is to say, we still have about [-] to [-] cannon fodder soldiers?" Dongfeng broke.

The major of the punishment battalion didn't say a word, which was tantamount to acquiescing.

Dong Feng Po said to the head of the cavalry: "How much did our cavalry lose?"

The head of the cavalry regiment said: "One and a half battalions have been lost, and this loss is still increasing. That is to say, if we withdraw all of them now or wait a while, our cavalry regiment will lose about two battalions of soldiers and horses. Cavalry battalion, we lost a regiment."

Dongfeng Po did not comment on the loss, but said to the head of the cavalry: "Immediately send a company of cavalry to pursue in the direction of Datong, chase the cavalry regiment and field brigade back to me, and at the same time notify the Merlin Fish Corps and the Eighth Field Division. We need their help, at least the two troops who have just left for a day come back."

"We don't have many cavalry anymore. If we transfer another company, our cavalry force will be less than one battalion. In addition to the cavalry platoon directly under the regiment headquarters, we will not be able to gather a full cavalry battalion. "The head of the cavalry said.

"Don't worry about that, anyway, our cavalry can't compete with the enemy's tens of thousands of cavalry, so we can only fight defensive battles."

After saying this, he arranged the deployment of the infantry and artillery of several field brigades, and then said to them: "Now we can only block the enemy first, and wait for the servants, prisoners, and people to recover their morale before sending out troops." They went into battle and resisted until tonight, defending each position with a regiment of soldiers, adding some servants to assist, and after night, another regiment went up to persist until tomorrow day."

At night, in the headquarters of the corps, Hu Kui brought 16 soldiers directly under the corps to the county seat. There is a company of soldiers and horses from the No.16 Field Division stationed here, as well as a company of troops from the garrison brigade and a punishment battalion. The soldiers and horses of a battalion of the brigade, and the soldiers of the supply regiment coming and going are loading the supplies into the carriages and putting them on the backs of the mules and horses. The supply brigade directly under the regiment is now continuously transporting the resources to various places. The headquarters of the supply brigade has a battalion The soldiers and horses of the No. [-] Field Division, as well as the transport regiment assigned to the No. [-] Field Division, are responsible for delivering supplies to the [-] Field Division. The Second Cavalry Brigade of the Bagyaru Corps newly transferred from the Corps is fighting with the [-]st Field Division. Now they There are no cavalry forces to command.

Only the cavalry battalion directly under the Corps itself can be used to convey and receive messages.

In the morning, I received a report from the No.16 Field Division that the enemy's 40 soldiers and horses were coming, and the headquarters of the Corps became nervous. They were not far from Zhangjiakou County, but it was only a hundred miles away. If the enemy attacked, it would be only five or six. Thousands of soldiers and horses are simply unable to resist so many Qing soldiers, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry in the report, which makes the staff of the regiment headquarters panic and unable to escape. The mobility of the cavalry can only run for a few hours. , You can catch up with them in a blink of an eye, it is impossible to retreat, you can only defend on the spot, and gather all the captured soldiers and servants sent forward from all directions to prepare to defend the headquarters.

The Corps headquarters are all non-combat troops directly under it, and the combat troops are limited. They are either on the way to deliver orders, or on the way to escort supplies, or are on the way to guard and escort prisoners.