Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 712

Zhongwu participated in the least battles among the five loyal armies. He only experienced the defense of eastern Guangdong and the attack on western Fujian.

Wang Yan has always entrusted Zhongwu Town with the important task of guarding the lair, which shows his trust in Zhongwu.

Because there were few battles involved, the loss of Zhongwu Town was also small, and there were not many new soldiers joining, which made a tacit understanding between soldiers and soldiers, and between soldiers and generals.

At this time, every soldier let out an angry roar, more than 2000 swords and shields, as fast as the wind, as fierce as a tiger, braved arrows, and rushed to clear the formation.

On the other side, on the Qing army's position where the cannons were everywhere, gunpowder smoke rose everywhere, and the flames were flickering, the Qing soldiers were also waiting in full force, and the Qing army archers fired again with arrows.

At this time, the soldiers of the Five Loyalist Army were already approaching, but this time they aimed at the target and fired directly. The arrows were shot densely and nailed to the shield. Fall, and fall forward to the ground.

The blunderbussmen in the Qing army also lit the match at this time, raised the blunderbuss and fired a volley, the lead bullet hit the iron sheet in the center of the rattan plate, and sparks flew everywhere.

A rattan player in the Guangwu camp was unlucky. The lead bullet broke the rattan and hit his chest again. His whole body felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, and he fell backwards. When he raised his head in pain, With fresh blood overflowing from his mouth, he propped his hands on the ground, trying to stand up again, but after trying a couple of times, his body softened, and he slowly fell to the ground. The bright red blood left from under his body, staining the surrounding area. One piece of red.

Compared with bows and arrows and musketeers, the biggest threat to the Guangwu Battalion was Xiao Fulangji in the Qing army.

Fortunately, in the previous bombardment, the Qing soldiers ran out of guns, so the bombardment speed of the artillery team was greatly slowed down.

However, the quality of this green battalion artillery team is obviously good, the division of labor is orderly, and the action is fast, it is not inferior to the five loyal troops.

"Let go!" The Qing army commander waved the flag and shouted.

The roaring sound of the cannon shook the ears of the soldiers of the Green Battalion who were firing the cannons, and the rising smoke narrowed the eyes of the Qing soldiers. The rattan player was immediately punched out by the shells, and the loss was shocking.

"Kill!" The commander of the Guangwu Battalion held his shield and ran with all his strength. His eyes were spitting out flames, and there were still more than 100 steps away, but there were screams coming from beside him from time to time.

The soldier who was closely following him suddenly disappeared, but he didn't have time to look at it. He could only rush desperately and paste it in the shortest time, otherwise more brothers would fall .

On the west bank of the Qingge River, Wang Yan suddenly put down Qian Jing. Such a big loss made him a little heartbroken.

Gao Yigong on the side also put down the binoculars, and said: "Look at the banner, the Green Battalion soldiers in front should be Li Benshen's troops!"

Hearing the sound, Wang Yan couldn't help picking up the binoculars to look at it again. He moved the circular field of vision to the back of the clearing formation, and saw a general with the character Li character standing there. , It's really Li Benshen.

Wang Yan's heart sank. Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and his army is naturally the legacy of Gao Jie Town, which used to be the most capable of fighting among the four towns in Jiangbei.

"Order the Iron Man Army, quickly board the ship, and land on the flank as soon as possible!" Wang Yan put down the binoculars and immediately ordered in a deep voice.

The chess player immediately waved the flag, and the Iron Man Army, who had been waiting for a long time on the right wing of the battlefield, began to board the boat. However, all of them boarded flat-bottomed boats, which could rush directly to the river beach, preventing the Iron Man Army from getting stuck in the mud after jumping into the water. Impossible situations happen.

At this time, on the front, when the first fleet turned back, the second fleet had already set off, and the two fleets were transported alternately in order to achieve continuous troop transfer.

"Hurry up~ Hurry up and load the ammunition!" In the Qing army formation, the artillery officers sternly urged the gunners to speed up the loading speed.

Next to each French machine, there are four gunners. One of them cools down the gunpowder and cleans the drug chamber, one loads gunpowder, shells and primers, one pulls the bolt and inserts the bolt, and fixes the gunner. Aim, fire and shoot.

An officer of the Guangwu Battalion with a small flag flying on his plate helmet was shot in the middle of the shoulder. His running body was hit to the side, and then slammed to the ground.

The cannonball didn't let go, and hit the head of a soldier behind him, and the soldier immediately fell on his back and landed heavily, his head was bleeding.

This cannonball knocked over four or five people before rolling into the river.

In a short distance, 600 of the [-] rattan players in the Guangwu Camp have fallen. The soldiers rushed wildly, falling down one after another. .

Under the banner of Li Zi, Li Ben saw that the five loyal troops were about to stick up the low wall, so he immediately drew his saber and shouted: "Infantry, go up!"

Behind the low wall are the long-range units of the Qing army, who are not good at melee combat, so the Qing soldiers naturally cannot let the five loyal troops approach.

Hearing the order and seeing the flag waving, the Qing army's spears and swords and shields immediately roared and rushed away from the main formation, and rushed out from both sides.

The soldiers of Guangwu were not afraid, swiped their knives to cut off the arrows nailed to the shield, and rushed towards the enemy without hesitation.

The two armies collided quickly, fighting intensively, with swords and knives slashing, blood mist rising, and stumps splashing everywhere.

The Qing army formed a tight front and prevented the Guangwu Battalion from approaching the low wall. This allowed the Qing army archers behind the low wall to shoot at the five loyal troops blocked by the Qing army, and the Qing army musketeers on the earth barrier could shoot The condescending aiming and shooting was extremely ineffective against the Wuzhong Army, but fortunately at this time the second batch of soldiers from the Guangwu Battalion landed on the east bank, with continuous input of troops, avoiding the situation of being driven back to the middle of the river.

Tong Tulai rode a horse under the banner of the big banner, watching the frontal fight, he was very satisfied.

At this moment, a Qing general suddenly pointed to the right flank of the Five Loyalty Army and said, "Gushan, the Five Loyalty Army wants to land from the right side."

Tong Tulai heard the words and looked in this direction, but he was not panicked, but very calm.

He is a general of the Eight Banners, so cavalry is more handy than infantry. If Wang Yan dares to send troops ashore from the flanks, his cavalry will make a surprise attack and attack halfway. He will guarantee that he will kill as many as he comes, so he has no worries at all.

Compared with the two wings, he was actually more worried about the defense of the frontal green camp soldiers, but Li Benshen's performance in the end surprised him.

Now it seems that keeping seven days is a conservative estimate and underestimates oneself.

Tong Tulai felt that he was a little cautious. If he could perform well, he expected to be able to block Wang Yan for a month without any problem.

At this time, he straightened his body on the horse and ordered: "Let the cavalry get ready. As long as Wang Yan dares to send troops to land from the flank, the cavalry will attack immediately and drive them back into the river to feed the fish."

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