Lord of Ming Dynasty

The remaining artillery pieces fired a volley, and then the artillery directly under the brigade headquarters of the third brigade also fired a volley. Soldiers, more than 1 servant soldiers, no matter who they are, each throws them a knife and a captured matchlock gun, allowing them to countercharge the enemy.

The soldiers of the third brigade began to transport the wounded and transfer the artillery, and the soldiers retreated while fighting.

The counterattack of the Qing army also came quickly. Duolong invested more than 5 civilians, more than 1 green battalion soldiers, more than 1 Japanese soldiers, more than 3000 Mongolian cavalry, and more than 1000 Manchu Eight Banners. He ran away from under his nose. Although the county seat was occupied, it was an empty city with few people. There were wounded in one place, and the wounded and dead bodies of the Qing army captured by the Huaxia army in one place.

Chapter 898 Crowd Tactics - Rush In

After three days of intermittent fighting, the No. 16 Field Division finally got rid of the enemy's pursuit and fled into the mountains. After a while of counting, the No. 16 Field Division lost 400 troops, and there were less than [-] soldiers left. Ma, the three brigades fought with only [-] men left. The artillery regiment discarded some heavy artillery and moved forward with only nine-pounders. There were less than [-] men left.

There were more than 3000 people who followed the people. Others either died in battle or fled, or were captured by the Qing army. There are still more than 1 captured soldiers. The rest either died in battle or fled. There are still more than 4000 servants left in the servant army. Needless to say, their total strength is still more than 2, but their combat effectiveness has dropped to the point where there are only five or six thousand Huaxia troops.

Several brigade commanders and regimental leaders sat downcastly with Dongfeng Po in the main hall of a rural landlord and stared at each other. This was the most disastrous battle of the Huaxia Army, and it was fought by their [-]th Field Division.

One regiment failed to break out of the encirclement, and the established ones were wiped out. Even if there were any survivors, they must have been captured.

Dongfeng Po knocked on the Eight Immortals table and stepped on the Huanghuali official hat chair, "Don't be discouraged, there is no general who is always victorious and invincible. Let me first talk about how we rescue the Corps headquarters. They have also been fighting the enemy for a week. The enemy has an estimated strength of [-] troops, including [-] Manchu soldiers, [-] Mongolian cavalry, [-] Han flags, [-] Goguryeo servants, and [-] Japanese servants.

These soldiers and horses, after so many days of fighting, they are definitely not enough for these soldiers and horses. You must know that there are a total of 3 soldiers and horses in the headquarters of the Corps, plus the supply regiment, engineer battalion, cavalry regiment, and servant army, there are at least [-]. Three or four thousand troops, and then call some young and strong people in the city to defend the city, and the number of troops will not be less than [-]. "

He looked around, and the brigade commanders were all looking at him. He continued: "Including the reinforcements we sent earlier, nearly four thousand cavalry, the enemy will definitely not be able to concentrate on dealing with the regiment headquarters. Now we will rush in and strengthen their forces." Force, this is another tough battle."

"Send someone to retrieve the soldiers and horses of the cavalry regiment,"

"The third brigade suffered heavy losses when it was terminated. Now there are only four hundred people. You stay to protect the division headquarters, take care of the people, transport ammunition and supplies, and assist the artillery regiment at the same time,"

"The second brigade has more than 800 troops, and you are responsible for leading the servant army with more than 4000 troops as a diversionary force. Containment of the enemy's attack on our soldiers and horses,"

"The rest of the first brigade has a lot of troops, more than 900 troops. You are in charge of taking care of the captured soldiers. The division headquarters is directly under the engineer soldiers. The heavy soldiers will send 200 people to assist you. You will be the main attacker, open the enemy's encirclement, and enter the city for the main force Put up a protective net."

"The cavalry company directly under the division headquarters is responsible for finding the cavalry regiment and letting them return to the establishment as soon as possible. Then take them to cover the Second Brigade and retreat to the county seat."

Now Dongfeng Po has not many available soldiers.

And now the Huaxia Kingdom is adjusting its deployment. The second field division of the Fengwuyu Corps has just arrived to take over the defense of the eighth field division. After returning to the county seat of Zhangjiakou, I found that the county seat had been occupied, so I quickly broke through the encirclement and came towards this side.

Dongfeng Po found out all the troops he could find. Among the captured civilians, the young and strong troops who had been incorporated into the servant army were drawn out again. They were led by the cavalry platoon of the division headquarters, and brought the wounded and some sincerely surrendered troops. The people and luggage were first transferred to Cangzhou Mansion.

The No. 17 Field Division of the Bagyalu Corps in Cangzhou Prefecture had just defeated a counterattack by the Qing army, and sent a brigade of reinforcements to Zhao Hu's First Field Division, and the entire army marched towards Zhuozhou County where Zhao Hu was located.

Now that the battle lines are shifting frequently, the communication of carrier pigeons has long been interrupted, so cavalry can only rely on cavalry to deliver letters, and cavalry are easily intercepted by enemy cavalry, so this is not good in ancient battlefields. Guess, this tests the general's overall concept and strategic vision.

Zhang Qiang and the entire staff of the Huaxia Army did not know the specifics of what happened on the battlefield, and all the information was at least a week behind, because it was necessary to find the safe point closest to the battlefield to transmit the information even if it was urgent for eight hundred miles. The information transmitted by the pigeon is affected by the climate and natural enemies, as well as the pigeon itself, so a lot of information will be lost in the middle, and several confirmation messages are needed to ensure that the information is true and effective.

After deciding how to fight and dispatching troops, Dongfeng Po could only wait.

Soon, the scouting cavalry brought back news of the cavalry battalion. The cavalry battalion had returned, and the Eighth Field Division was about to enter Hebei Province to fight.

This made Dongfeng Po very happy. After getting ready early the next morning, he rushed to the front line with all the troops capable of fighting in the division headquarters.

At this time, the Second Brigade had already launched an attack on the enemy in the middle of the night yesterday, attacking an enemy-occupied town in the east of Huailai County. Where is the camp of the enemy's cannon fodder soldiers? The Second Brigade chose this camp after investigation. The low cannon fodder is the best place for them to disrupt the enemy's deployment and attract the enemy's forces as much as possible.

Using the battle-tested servant army to fight the enemy's cannon fodder soldiers, those undisciplined countrymen, young and strong, and some green battalion soldiers with low morale, the servant army's [-] troops have almost maximized the combat kinetic energy.

As soon as the six-pound guns controlled by the Second Brigade of the Huaxia Army fired at the rear, they began to charge. The crackling gunshots caused the Qing army camp that had been fighting for a day to explode. After entering the camp, he ran away with his confidant servant.

So the battle went very smoothly.

The two-hour battle was over in only half an hour, but it took an hour and a half to arrest those country braves, green battalion soldiers and young adults, and 3000 people were arrested.

The Japanese servant army and the Goguryeo servant army were very happy, and they changed into guards, they became the main force, and those Han Chinese or Manchu people who were captured became cannon fodder, and they could also drive these people to attack the Qing army camp out.

So without waiting for the main force of the second brigade of the Huaxia Army to arrive, they drove these soldiers and horses to attack a camp of the Qing Army and the Han Army Banner a dozen miles away. Tens of thousands of people were driven away, and the Han Army Banner Belt was also covered. Seeing the huge crowd of people rushing towards him, the enemies with such a long fire dragon feared that there would be no more than one hundred thousand people, so they hurriedly ran away with their confidantes.

Suo'etu was dumbfounded. He heard the shouts outside, and the generals rushed into his big tent with disheveled clothes and hats, crying that they were besieged by the enemy's army and could not resist.

Before he could react, a few Manchu generals of the Qing army rushed in. They were also ashamed, their shoes were not on properly, and some were barefoot, shouting: "My lord, my lord, my lord governor, the enemy!" The fight is coming, the fight is coming, there are enemies all over the mountains and plains."

Suo'etu boarded the building car in the camp, raised his binoculars and looked around. Indeed, there were deserters all over the mountains and plains. They were all enemies, and they were all fire dragons. He didn't know how many troops the enemy had. Let your main force attack.

Chapter 899 Rescue From Chaos

Dongfeng Po didn't know that the enemy had become a mess, and Hu Kui, who was also surrounded for a week, didn't know that the Qing army had almost collapsed.

The shouts of killing were loud outside, but he didn't dare to send anyone to kill them, he only dared to sit on the top of the city gate and watch the battle.

Outside Dongfeng Po encountered the cavalry battalion cavalry who were looking for cavalry troops, and got the cavalry who had already chased the Qing army in the other direction. There were basically no enemies here, so they took the soldiers and horses of the division head towards Huailai County On the way, they met a fleeing Qing army. The two sides fought in the middle of the night and defeated the enemy. Dongfeng Po continued to bring the troops of the division headquarters to Huailai County.

When Hu Kui knew that the No.16 Field Division was outside the city, he immediately opened the city gate and let the soldiers and horses from the division head in. In the final battle of the resistance forces, both troops were besieged by the enemy. Dongfeng Po fought hard to break through. Hu Kui and his troops did not have many soldiers and horses, and their combat power was too small. Except for the artillery brigade directly under the Corps, which had a good fighting power, the other troops were all invincible. It is a kind of soldiers and horses for logistics and reconnaissance.

"How many soldiers and horses are left?" Hu Kui asked Dong Feng Po.

"About more than 3000 soldiers and horses. If you add the cavalry regiment, it may be 4000 soldiers and horses, or it may be more than [-] soldiers and horses. It is unreasonable. The cavalry regiment came to rescue you, but they did not come in. I am ashamed that they did not rescue you."

Dongfeng Po blamed himself very much.

Hu Kui patted his arm, "What are you talking about, you are all old brothers, and you are also besieged, you can send troops to rescue us, brother, I am still very grateful to you, your cavalry regiment did a good job this time, If they hadn't been restrained from the outside, we might have been captured by the enemy," Hu Kui said as he walked, "You don't know, the Qing army imitated us by using ordinary people as cannon fodder and charging with green battalion soldiers day and night. The siege, from last night to the first midnight of this night, they have been attacking for 36 hours in a row, and less than half an hour after withdrawing, you came and caught them by surprise."

Dong Feng Po asked, "Did you lose anything?"

Hu Kui shook his head helplessly, "There are more than 6000 Han regular field army soldiers and horses, including cooks, trumpeters, and my orderlies. There are more than 4000 casualties in total, and the artillery is slightly less. Those young and strong in the city have more than [-] casualties. People, more than [-] captive soldiers died, and others were incorporated into the servant army, and more than [-] people were killed or injured in the servant army. If you don’t come, I will have no troops here. Counting the newly recruited people, there are only about [-] people Soldiers and horses."

"It's so severe. I thought you could hold on for a while longer. I originally wanted to go back and find soldiers to rescue you. Fortunately, I personally led the soldiers here tonight. Otherwise, this would be the first time that the Qing army has significant significance." Victory, successfully annihilated our corps headquarters." Dongfeng laughed.

Hu Kui punched him, "You boy, curse me to death, do you want to be the commander of this corps?"

The two joked a few words, and then returned to the topic, "Why do you think our people are so unresponsive this time? We have been holding on for almost half a month, and the soldiers who rescued us haven't come yet?" Dongfeng asked doubtfully.

Hu Kui said: "We are surrounded, the carrier pigeons can't fly out, the Qing army is better than us at this game, there are eagles in the sky, hounds on the ground, and Mongolian cavalry around, no matter whether we walk from the sky or the enemy sends people to break through The messengers were all intercepted by the enemy, so the messengers couldn't get out, and I don't think they could get in. The Qing army played this game very well."

"Report, there is a group of cavalry surrounded in the south of the city. It depends on the situation that the surrounded cavalry are our soldiers and horses," a major staff officer ran over and reported loudly.

Dongfeng Po hurriedly rode to the gate tower, Hu Kui led his personal guards to follow, and the two hurried up the gate tower. The gate tower had been destroyed by the enemy's artillery, but it was still higher than the city wall. On the ruins of the city gate tower, the binoculars were raised to look at the area. In the gradually whitening dawn light, the two saw a small group of cavalry over there, surrounded by hundreds of Mongolian cavalry, and surrounded by swarms of Qing Dynasty soldiers. Where did the soldiers and infantry flock.

Hu Kui hurriedly said to the guards beside him: "Order the artillery to fire to support where. Hit the Qing soldiers around."

Dongfeng Po's attention was not there. He saw that in the faint light of torches around him, the Qing army was in chaos everywhere. There were cavalry of the Huaxia Army or small groups of soldiers and horses of the Huaxia Army fighting against the Qing army. The Qing army was fighting against the Huaxia Army. The army was fighting in a scuffle, and there was no organization at all. He hesitated for a while, and then said to Hu Kui: "Commander, how many troops can be mobilized here?"

Hu Kui thought for a while, "There are about two thousand soldiers to fight, what's the matter?"

Dongfeng Po said: "I want to take people out to fight and rescue the troops outside the city. My three brigades are still fighting. They haven't received the order to retreat yet." Therefore, after entering the city, I forgot to send troops to notify other combat troops to come back.

Dongfeng broke the inventory and checked the division headquarters and the wounded soldiers and civilians who had withdrawn with the division headquarters, and they could also come up with [-] troops.

"Go and order all the soldiers capable of fighting in the field division to gather here, it must be quick." Dongfeng Po said to his own guard.

After fighting with the enemy, the small group of cavalry finally broke through the siege and fled in another direction. There were only seventy or eighty people, and the Mongolian cavalry pursued them closely.

Hu Kui said to Dongfeng: "Brother, think twice, we only have this little power left now. If we put it all in, even if it can kill the enemy a lot, it will damage the last soldiers and horses defending the city. The gain outweighs the loss. Our soldiers and horses can last at least a day or two. I think the general staff is slow to respond, and now the rescue soldiers and horses should be on the way. Before the siege, I sent five waves of cavalry back to find rescuers. "