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Chapter 67 Sending Troops to Stone Bridge
Nearly 500 people have gathered on the other side of the Liangshui River at this moment, but there are as many as eight or nine hundred horses. The vests and infantry of the Qing army are almost always one man and two horses. Even the auxiliary soldiers of Yu Ding in the banner mostly have two horses. , and some of the wealthy master's coated aha are also double horses.

Chen Dakuan scanned the left and right. Although the sergeants showed surprise on their faces, and many of them were panting heavily, their expressions were still calm.

Moreover, although the river is not rushing, it is still impossible to wade because of ignorance of the depth of the water and whether the river bed is soft or muddy. Only this stone bridge is the only way to cross the river.

The stone bridge was strewn with barbed wire, and there were some horse-repelling posts at the head of the bridge. The Qing army had to pay a heavy price if they wanted to force their way across. The stone bridge was about ten steps wide, but nearly forty steps long.

Chen Dakuan believed that he had the sergeant's blunderbuss and arrows. He set up a Frang cannon and a tiger squat cannon here. There were 170 sergeants under his command at the bridgehead, including more than [-] blunderbusses.

These sergeants armed with guns were gathered together. They formed a team of more than [-] people, all commanded by a team officer. They stood in three rows on the official road. If the Qing army on the opposite side wanted to rush across the bridge, they would line up with guns. Shoot, three hits.

He turned his head and said to Tong Shoushan: "Mr. Tong, you Mr. Jia can stay here. In case the opposing Tartars charge forward, we will fight him together."

"That's right, Tartar is too fucking rampant, let's just fuck him."

Tong Shoushan looked at the situation on the other side of the stone bridge, and responded to Chen Dakuan's words.

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On the other side of the Liangshui River, the cavalry of the Qing army with the white flag roared over. They seemed to have seen the situation on the bridgehead and stopped a hundred steps away from the stone bridge.

As they got closer, the Qing cavalry could see more clearly. All of them had bright and dark armor, which should be cotton armor embedded with iron leaves. Everyone had thick copper nails on their cotton armor, especially All the generals and officers had shiny breastplates on their chests. Except for the tall iron helmets and white tassels on their heads, everyone's armor was pure white.

The captive riders on the opposite side of the stone bridge were all stout and stout. They rode steadily on their horses, and their hostile faces were faintly visible, full of arrogance.

They seemed to be tired from running for too long, and it was very cold in the early winter, and they kept snorting when they dismounted from their mules and horses, with thick white air coming out of their mouths and noses.

Chen Dakuan made a rough calculation in his heart, and based on the information from Tong Shoushan, those Qing troops who were flying the white flag should be sergeants from the Hachaoha Battalion.

In the past two years, Huangtai, the slave chieftain, began to reform the military system in order to better control the army and reduce the military power of each banner owner. The elites of each banner and Niulu were organized into three major battalions, namely, Bayala Camp, Alihachaoha Camp, and Kabushixian Camp.

Although the banner masters and the Niulu soldiers are still temporarily appointed, the soldiers and horses they command are no longer the banner soldiers they originally led, and they will return their military power after the war.

At the beginning, each battalion was still disbanded after the war, and each returned to its own banner. However, due to the numerous battles, the newly formed three major battalions were gradually classified as custom-made, and they were no longer disbanded after the war. Mainly.

At this time, Chen Dakuan's eyes were looking carefully, there were about five or six hundred Tartar soldiers on the opposite side, it seemed that they were not many soldiers, but they carried the official banner of Jialazhangjing, it seemed that they were Niu Luzhangjing with the title of Jialazhangjing Command the troops.

He estimated that there were only about two or three hundred armored soldiers on the opposite side, of which there were at most a hundred vest soldiers.

After the Tartars unified the military system, 17 Baya soldiers were sent to the Baga La Camp, a few Kabush soldiers were sent to the Kabush Camp, and dozens of infantry and vests were sent to the Alihachaoha Camp. The original Niuluzhangjing and Jialazhangjing of each banner led the troops, with a team of up to 50 people.

There are at most [-] armored soldiers on the opposite side, and the rest are Yu Ding from various banners serving as auxiliary soldiers. It is estimated that there is one auxiliary soldier in the step armor and two auxiliary soldiers in the waistcoat. Some of the auxiliary soldiers are obviously wearing armor. Yu Ding in the banner who was not inlaid with iron leaf cotton armor, although these people also held knives and guns, they could only die under the fierce blows from their own firearms.

There are also some domestic slaves of various armored soldiers, such as coated aha, who are only used as handy cannon fodder, and have no combat effectiveness at all. They are usually just serving the master and helping the master keep personal loot, which can be ignored.

With this in mind, Chen Dakuan calmed down, and sent out more than two hundred sergeants, with more than seventy firecrackers and more than thirty archers, and only one important point of the stone bridge needed to be defended, which was blocked by barbed wire There are horse stakes, firecrackers and two cannons at the back.

Even if a few Tazi soldiers rushed across the stone bridge, they still have nearly a hundred swordsmen and spearmen, not to mention Tong Shoushan's cavalry is still here.

As long as the Tartar soldiers on the opposite side dare to charge, we must give these Tartars some color today.

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Beijing City, outside Yongding Gate, southeast suburbs.

In the abandoned fort camp, on the top of a two-story earthen building, Zhang Chengzheng and Liang Song, the commander of the infantry, stood behind the general Zhang Yan.

In the camp, teams of sergeants were gathering and lining up. In the camp, there were three posts for infantry and four and a half posts for cavalry. There were more than 800 auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers.

Zhang Cheng first said: "Uncle, according to the news from Tong Shoushan who sent out the sentry, more than 500 Tazi cavalry have come all the way, and the veterans of the division are exhausted. In my opinion, is the cavalry attacking from the north stone bridge? Go around to the Tartar's flank and see if you can steal his back?"

Zhang Yan thought while answering: "There are hundreds of slave riders. If it is really Niu Luzhang's army in Beijing, it is estimated that the number of armored Tartars should be three hundred. You can go around from the south bridge. If the slave riders attack my stone bridge, you The troops can look for gaps to attack, if the captive cavalry do not attack, they must not fight lightly."

Zhang Cheng accepted the order with fists in his hands, and said, "Zhang Cheng accepts the order and will definitely not disgrace his order."

Zhang Yan glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Cheng, you must keep in mind that you must not easily engage in battle with the captive cavalry. You must avoid wave battles, and you must also be careful if the captive cavalry are ambushing around."

Then Zhang Yan said to Liang Song, the infantry commander beside him: "The middle sentry of the infantry will stay in the camp. You lead the left sentry to North Bridge to sit in town. I will personally lead the right sentry to the South Bridge to meet the enemy. The camera moves."

Although Liang Song really wanted to go to the South Bridge to fight against the Tartars, but the North Bridge also needed someone to take command, so he had no choice but to hold his fists and accept orders.

Zhang Yan told Lin Zhiyi, the chief of the Chinese military post beside him, "Assemble the Chinese army, follow me to the South Bridge, and see if we can do something."

After the teams of sergeants lined up, there were still a few carts on the official road, with Francophones and tiger squat guns on them. Amid waves of shouting orders, the army formation began to move.

They separated on the official road, and most of the cavalry rode their horses to the north. Only Zhang Yanzhong, with more than [-] cavalry, followed him to the South Bridge. The infantry drove the cart and trotted all the way to the north and south. go.

Bright helmets and armor, mandarin ducks and fat jackets, and red cloaks all merge into a beautiful picture scroll!

(End of this chapter)