Lord of Ming Dynasty

At present, we have only one division of soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Yellow River, and we cannot send more troops to support the battle on the north bank. We are in contact with the garrison command, hoping that they will send more garrison troops to reinforce the south bank to prevent the enemy from attacking the south bank.

Where is Ling Bagyalu Corps, it is said that the enemy has invaded from the grassland. The cavalry of the ordinary militia there was defeated by the enemy's Mongolian cavalry and is retreating. Here, the enemy is bombarding our army's position at the ferry crossing in Yulin Township. The enemy has already started a full-scale war .

The headquarters of the Merlin Fish Corps, the staff salutes His Majesty. "

Looking at the battle report, Zhang Qiang didn't look too bad, at least he withstood the enemy's attack.

Annihilated at least 2 enemy troops.

At this time, where is Tianying, he is commanding the battle on the front line, and the combat effectiveness of the militia squad is stronger than these Qing troops, but not much stronger, mainly because of good weapons, and there is one who has been promoted from the militia to ordinary soldiers. The troops were promoted from ordinary troops to the garrison brigade, and from the garrison brigade to the guard division. They also participated in the military academy training, and then transferred to the field brigade. Tianying, who had participated in the battle, was in command.

At the same time, there is an elite militia brigade to cooperate. These have been trained for a long time, and they are all ordinary militia troops drawn up, and there is also a company strengthened by military school cadets.

These gratifying Qing soldiers are old troops who have played guerrilla warfare with the Huaxia Army in Sishan Prefecture. The newly formed Dajin Army in Shanxi Prefecture has also fought against the Qing Dynasty for a long time. Veterans of the firearms war for several years, although Among these soldiers, there are still many newly recruited civilians from Shanxi Prefecture, but most of them are veterans, and they can still control this army. Under the leadership of veterans, these civilians are still doing well, and they have learned to attack in skirmish lines. The troops were stretched apart, not as unbearable as the miscellaneous troops led by the Qing army general in front.

When the enemy broke through and wiped out all the surrounding resistance forces at the Ferry of Fenghuang Town, and was in close combat with the Ferry of Fenghuang Town, Tianying knew that he could not just sit back and watch the Ferry of Fenghuang Town be taken away by the enemy.

So the cavalry company was sent to attack, the enemy was caught off guard, and a hole was cut in the enemy's flank army, and the cavalry company was sent into Fenghuang Town, helping Fenghuang Town to drive out the enemy's attack for the fifth time. The defense line inside Fenghuang Town was restored.

Although the cavalry company does not have more than 170 troops, their strength can be at least doubled when they enter the ferry of Fenghuang Town, so the soldiers there are all soldiers from the ordinary brigade of the militia, and there are more veterans, especially the cavalry from the regular field division. , They can execute the orders of the officers very well. For these, Tianying saw the shortcomings of Fenghuang Town, which was attacked by the enemy several times and was breached by the enemy. Their grassroots commanders are insufficient. Letting these veterans in is to replace the militia company The commanders who command the soldiers for them.

170 people, with these soldiers as the backbone, at least 3000 troops can be armed.

And there is at least one veteran of the infantry company on Tianying's side. He assigned these veterans to the elite militia brigade and the ordinary militia unit, and served as commanders above the general banner. The combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous troops formed by the companies of the brigade has been greatly improved.

The enemy found another Huaxia army appeared on their flanks, and immediately dispatched more than 2000 troops to attack here, but when Tianying took the initiative to retreat and sent people to build a position, the 2000 Qing troops were defeated in one charge Instead, they were chased for a few miles by the [-] cavalrymen of the remaining cavalry company, and they gave up the pursuit until the enemy cavalry came out.

Now the enemy quit and sent an army of 5000 people to attack them.

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Chapter 849 The Reinforcement Arrives

"My lord, the Huaxia Army has reinforcements coming, let's withdraw." Shang Kexi's master said anxiously to Shang Kexi.

Shang Ke, who was wearing a black cloak and a big black dog-skin felt hat, was inlaid with a white bead from a sternum of an indigenous chieftain in the Yunnan-Guizhou mountain area, and looked at him displeasedly, "Why panic? It's just ordinary militiamen, how can they beat my [-] troops here, now I have sent people out to seize the ferry on the other side, what should I do now that I have withdrawn the [-] troops?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several cavalrymen ran towards him. When they approached, they were stopped by the personal guards. Lord Tusuo has broken through the enemy's interception on the grassland and entered the Great Wall, Lord Yao has already crossed the Yellow River from an unknown small ferry, and nearly [-] troops are heading towards the enemy's rear."

"Master Yao has already entered Shaanxi?" Shang Kexi said.

"No, it was Ocarina, the former commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Prefecture, who entered Shaanxi. They have already defeated the enemy's vanguard, and the army is encircling the enemy's troops at several crossings from the rear. Master Yao is still in the Bingzhou government. Chief envoy Yu Chenglong Your Excellency was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, and fully presided over the military and civil affairs of Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, but under the control of Lord Yao, who is the governor of the two provinces."

Shang Kexi nodded slightly. It seems that Yao Qisheng has not yet entered Shaanxi Prefecture, so does he have completed the task here?

Wu Sangui's son-in-law is very cunning. He hasn't cooperated with the Qing army yet, so he knows that he is vacillating. He has lost nearly [-] troops on his side, and Wu Sangui hasn't responded yet. Does he really think that the Huaxia army will let him go? Have you ever passed him?

Having been shackled in Shaanxi and Ganzhou for so many years, it is possible to fight the Yellow River according to his strength, and it is also possible to go to Sishan Prefecture to rescue him, but he will not go, watching himself being chased by the Huaxia Army and hiding in Tibet like a rabbit.

But in the end, he was driven away by the Huaxia Army, fled into Shanxi Prefecture with his troops intact, and even occupied the luscious place in Datong Mansion. It seems that this old boy will not suffer wherever he goes. Running to Yuncheng Mansion, a place where no shit is a thing, listening to a lot of Shanxi nonsense that even the people of Shanxi Prefecture can't understand, it's like being in a barbarian country all day long.

Shang Kexi turned his head and looked down the mountain, nearly [-] Qing soldiers were still attacking Fenghuang Town, the enemy's firepower had a profound impact on him, it was too powerful.

Before the war, he thought that there were only more than 1000 guards inside, or the militia troops that the Huaxia Army had just recruited in Henan and Shaanxi-Gansu Prefectures, but when they opened it, he realized that there were at least 3000 people inside. In several strongholds, more than 1000 people were killed or injured.

After fighting in the middle of the night, there were more than 6000 casualties here, and although there were heavy casualties there, he felt that there were at least 2000 more people, otherwise they would not be able to stop the siege of nearly 1 people on his side.

But he still broke into the town, and the rest was to wipe out the remaining enemies, but the surviving enemy came to reinforce him, and he lost nearly 1000 soldiers and horses on his side, so he had to send the soldiers who besieged the town Ma transferred to attack the enemy. After several attacks, he finally understood that the enemy's soldiers and horses were not many, but more than 1000.

Faced with the attack of more than 5000 troops, the enemy's position is now in danger. The Qing army rushed into the enemy's position and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy.

The enemy's troops were greatly consumed, so he allocated another 2000 soldiers and horses to support the other side, and transferred [-] people from Shanxi Prefecture recruited from here to besiege the town.

Master suddenly pointed to the distance, "Enemy cavalry."

Shang Kexi immediately turned the camera to that place, a group of enemy cavalry rushed close to the enemy's position, and attacked the Qing army who rushed into the enemy's position with their carbine, and the Qing army retreated with a clatter.

Seeing that the enemy cavalry is only a hundred or so.

This team of more than a hundred people chased the escaped infantry, then turned halfway, and plunged into the town ahead. This was the second time the enemy used the mobility of the cavalry to support the town. Shang Ke felt that it was not good. , Just about to get angry, his soldiers and horses in the town once again retreated like a tide, running all over the mountains and plains.

He quickly dispatched the Manchu cavalry around him to gather the troops and gather them at the foot of the mountain.

Inside the binoculars, the enemy's troops in the field immediately began to clean the battlefield and repair the fortifications. A group of hundreds of infantrymen ran into the rear of the enemy's position in the distance. A general on a horse pointed and said something. After a while, the group of soldiers and horses It moved up a mile, where to build fortifications, it seems that the enemy is thinking about relying on the road, and build a defensive position on the road from the bank of the Yellow River to the mountainside.

Unfortunately, he saw another group of 400 soldiers and horses running from the top of the mountain, and then under the command of a few cavalrymen from the enemy, on the other side of the mountain, about [-] people away from his side. Set up a position on a hillside in the village.

At this time, he already understood the enemy's intentions and wanted to prevent himself from marching towards the mountain city.

But the enemy didn't know that he had actually dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses, bypassed the town, went to the ferry, and then used the enemy's boats to cross the river.

But Shang Kexi felt a bit of a headache. The enemy's troops here were getting stronger and stronger. Even if he crossed the river, he would still be in the mouth of a tiger. The enemy's troops on the south bank were quite large. He originally thought that [-] troops could quickly cross the river and break through. The enemy's Tongguan County was held back by the enemy from behind. Now it seems that if this army is to be wiped out, it is still unknown how many soldiers and horses I will have left in the end. I only have a mere [-] soldiers and horses.

This time, [-] soldiers and horses were brought out, and nearly [-] were in the mountain city. Now I don’t know what happened to the mountain city?

Has the mountain city been taken? Depending on the situation, the enemy seems to be getting more and more reinforcements, and the mountain city is in danger.

He still didn't know that after Tianying weighed the situation here, he saw the reinforcements coming, and after understanding, the battle over there was over, so a bold idea suddenly appeared, and he hurriedly worried about the remaining [-] soldiers around him. Let them go back and bring a letter to Wan Douni, go over the mountain, and follow the enemy's back route. Now there are nearly [-] soldiers from the field army, [-] elite militia brigades, and [-] ordinary militia brigades. The troops are being led by Wan Douni to copy the gratifying retreat.

Wan Douni also sent him 900 reinforcements. This is a small group of ordinary militia brigades, with 100 people, plus more than [-] militias from the militia self-defense force, the militia self-defense force composed of local people, and reinforcements from the garrison. Soldiers from brigade, regiment and battalion, with artillery and cavalry, rushed to his side quickly.

Previously, there were three companies organized by the soldiers of the militia brigade and the skirmishers of the elite militia brigade sent by Wan Douni to return to the team around the mountain city.

This time he persisted for most of the night, but was attacked by the enemy in turn, leaving only a team of more than 500 troops, and then expanded to a team of 200 people. The dissatisfied cavalry of the elite militia brigade was sent by him People in the town support the town.

The strength of the garrison brigade and the elite militia brigade in the back are continuously disembarking from the ferry on the other side of the mountain city to support this side.

Chapter 8: Run away, what are you fighting for?

In Fenghuang Town, the fighting here was very hard. The artillery of the Qing army destroyed everything. The trees, houses, and even the trenches were incomplete. The whole town was turned into ruins, and the 3000 people in the town became A population of 1000 people, widows, elderly, women and children, were all huddled among the ruined walls of a compound, and many people were injured.

The Qing army broke into the town several times. The field battalion commander here led nearly [-] soldiers and horses to resist several times, and stubbornly drove the Qing army out of the town. However, the trenches, strongholds, and even some houses and water on the edge of the town All the ponds were lost to the Qing army.

When reinforcements arrived for the first time, they recovered the trench fortifications, expelled the Qing army, and then quickly reorganized the remaining troops, which were only in the early 3000s, and less than [-] young and strong men were recruited in the town, so they quickly distributed the troops.

A sudden attack by the enemy's artillery killed another 200 people. The cavalry company was quickly disintegrated and assigned to each long team that lacked the leadership of an officer, and then the cavalry formed his new escort.

With these soldiers and horses, they forced the enemy to charge three times, and the second time they were beaten back to the town by the enemy, divided and surrounded, wiped out, and lost more than 1000 troops. When the second cavalry company entered, their company had 2000 troops. They can't even organize themselves. Even the old people who can carry guns here are organized, and there are less than 700 people.

They regained the trenches and other outlying strongholds, but encountered another charge of the enemy with a scale of [-] people, and had to retreat into the town. When Tianying received reinforcements and was about to arrive, they had [-] soldiers left who could fight. Some thick and tall women served as the ambulance team to rescue the wounded, and they gave the women some bayonets, axes, kitchen knives, machetes, and spears that they could find, and asked them to defend the large courtyard. Lead the remaining soldiers and horses to rescue the courtyard surrounded by the enemy one by one, and fight tough battles with the enemy in the town.

Seeing that the number of soldiers is getting smaller and smaller, there are more than 3000 people in the whole town, but only 800 people are left dead. Of the 4000 soldiers here, there are only more than 500 soldiers left, and there are 800 wounded.

It was his idea that the town could no longer hold on.

In fact, he knew that there was no point in defending the town at this time, the enemy had already bypassed the town and crossed the river, so now you are fighting for your own survival.

The second wave of cavalry let him know that reinforcements were on their way, and they only had to hold out until dawn before the reinforcements would arrive.