Cai Yurong's poisonous plan was indeed vicious, the ironclad soldiers of the Ming army were hiding in the trenches, and the artillery of the Qing army could not hit them, and the shelling was a waste of shells. When the green battalion soldiers rushed forward and the ironclad soldiers of the Qiongzhou army came up to meet them, they launched an indiscriminate artillery bombardment, killing and wounding soldiers on both sides at the same time.

Although the Green Battalion was killed and wounded by the artillery, trebuchet, bows and arrows of the Ming army on the way to the charge, when they rushed to the front, they were killed and injured by their own indiscriminate artillery fire. For every Ming army that falls, four or five Qing soldiers will fall, but Luo Keduo and Cai Yurong are not distressed about this at all, no matter how many soldiers die in the green battalion, they can recruit again, and if the Ming army dies, there will be one less.

It's just that Liang Huafeng is a little painful, and the dead are all his soldiers. Although this person is loyal to the Qing court, he is neither a banner man nor a hardcore traitor like Cai Yurong, and he still has a certain affection for his own soldiers.

"My lord, in this way, our army has suffered too many casualties. The brethren of the Green Battalion were shelled by their own side, and they would be war-weary and would not charge at the thieves again. Liang Huafeng stepped forward and said.

Luo Keduo didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Cai Yurong, as if asking him to make an idea.

Cai Yurong sneered: "What's so difficult about this? The Green Battalion refused to charge? We use the Eight Banners as the Overseer team, and we can charge them with knives in the back! If you refuse to charge hard, and retreat without hearing the sound of gold, you will be killed! ”

"Good! Let the flag man press the formation behind! Rocodo nodded.

The Qing army launched another charge, and the auxiliary soldiers pushed the shield cart, approached the Ming army's position, and fired at the Ming army with bows and arrows.

"Rush! Rush up and kill all the barbarians in front! A Eight Banners soldier leader shouted.

Under the coercion of the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion had no choice but to bite the bullet and launch a charge against the dilapidated Ming army positions in front.

In the war of that era, there were no rapid-fire weapons such as machine guns and mortars, and the Qiongzhou army did not occupy the city, and there was no terrain on the top of the mountain, so it was difficult to prevent the Qing army from rushing to the front for hand-to-hand combat. Having learned the previous lesson, Li Rui once again let go of the fourth line of defense. Let your men retreat to the fifth line of defense to avoid the fire of the Qing army. When the Qing army went to the fourth line of defense, the Ming army suddenly opened fire, and the concentrated shells and the bottles fired by the trebuchets beat the Qing army to the point of crying wolf. Then the Ming army entered the trenches with short knife hands and slashed the Qing troops of the Green Battalion who were hiding in the trenches to avoid the shelling.

The Qing soldiers hid in the trenches dug by the Qiongzhou army, and the Ming army's shells could not reach them, but they were counterattacked by the Ming saber soldiers. The artillery shells of the Qing army could not hit the soldiers on both sides, and at this time, the complete competition was the combat effectiveness of the sword soldiers on both sides.

Although the short sword soldiers of the Qiongzhou army are not ironclad soldiers, they are also well-armored, with sharp swords, and each person carries a national surname bottle, when counterattacking, first throw the national surname bottle to the Qing army, and then rush into the trench from the communication ditch, and engage in fierce melee combat with those Qing soldiers who are hiding from artillery bombardment in the trench.

The knife flashed. The Green Battalion was no match at all, and was cut to pieces.

It was first subjected to heavy shelling, and then cut down by the Ming army, and the Green Battalion was defeated. Once again, they retreated from the positions they had just occupied.

"Those who retreat without permission will be killed!" Song Kui, the general of the Eight Banners, came up with a group of Eight Banners.

More than 1,500 Qing troops who had just launched a charge were killed by the Ming army's long-range weapons during the attack, and after stepping on the Ming army's position. More than 200 people were killed by the artillery fire of the Ming army, and more than 500 people were hacked and killed by the Ming army in the trenches, and only more than 300 people escaped back.

These more than 300 Green Battalion Qing soldiers have just returned. was held up by the Eight Banners with swords and guns, and all knelt in front of the battle.

"All of them are killed!" Song Kui ordered with an expressionless face.

Seeing that there were their own personal soldiers in these green battalion soldiers, and three of them were the great heroes who captured the Zheng family's army generals Gan Hui and Yu Xin back then, Liang Huafeng really couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to beg: "My lord, here are the last general's personal soldiers, and two are the warriors who captured and killed Zheng Gan Hui back then. ”

Song Kui turned his head, and a pair of eagle-eyed falcons stared at Liang Huafeng with a cold light, scaring Liang Huafeng into a cold sweat.

"What? General Liang wants to bring people on personally? Songkui shouted.

"Lord Song, the last general will definitely make people desperately conquer the thief camp!" Liang Huafeng hurriedly knelt on the ground and beat thousands.

Song Kui sneered: "Enforce military law!" Chop! ”

The Eight Banners soldiers raised their swords and fell, and the defeated green battalion soldiers were cut off their heads by Qi Shu.

It was already dark, and Rocoduo no longer ordered an attack, and Liang Huafeng finally breathed a sigh of relief. If he continues to fight, I am afraid that his soldiers will die. There is still one night to consider, and perhaps a way to make your own people die a few less.

Back in the camp, Liang Huafeng only heard sighs in the camp, the morale of the soldiers was low, and a few more bold Qing soldiers cursed in a low voice.

In Liang Huafeng's pro-soldier camp, several pro-soldiers were drinking, and one of the bearded men said angrily: "The fifth and sixth have all been killed!" Back then, the fifth and sixth generations captured Gan Hui and Yuxin, the two major thieves, and made great contributions to the imperial court, but because they were defeated once, they were cut down by the imperial court! Those flag men are too bullying! ”

"Don't say it, our army was defeated by Zheng Wei back then, but the imperial court held the court responsible for the loss of Zhenjiang, how many people were killed? We brothers are lucky to be alive until now! Another soldier said.

"Bold!" Liang Huafeng's roar came from outside.

Several pro-soldiers hurriedly dropped the wine bowl and knelt on the ground to salute: "Lord Liang! ”

Liang Huafeng sighed and said: "No matter how much the imperial court is, it is still our imperial court, how can you wait for the erector to talk nonsense?" This is a great sin of disrespect! ”

"Guilty of contemplation!" The soldiers bowed one after another.

"Get up!" Liang Huafeng said, "Ben Jiang knows that he has lost so many brothers in today's fiasco, and Ben Jiang is also very sad in his heart. But it's all for the court, as long as the world is calm, everyone won't have to fight anymore in the future. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Several pro-soldiers stood up.

Liang Huafeng said again: "It seems that tomorrow will still be a bloody battle, you guys should be smart, don't be greedy, take the lead in rushing forward yourself, and let the auxiliaries and the people be stronger!" You're in the back! When they are defeated, slay them to death. So that the Manchurian lords will not be angry with you. ”

Anyway, the auxiliary soldiers and Minzhuang are not Liang Huafeng's own soldiers, they are all strong men who were temporarily arrested. Although they are also Han Chinese, it is much better for those people to die than for their own soldiers to die.

After dark. The Qing army did not get peace, and a small group of Ming troops who came out of nowhere tried to sneak attack the two small cities of Changhua and Yuqian. Although these two cities were small and small, their location was very important, and if these two cities were occupied by the Ming army, it would cut off the grain routes of the Qing army, forcing Ao Bai to divide his troops and turn back to attack the city. Fortunately, the Qing soldiers at the head of the city had already taken precautions, and the Ming army that attempted a sneak attack had just arrived at the city, and was discovered by the Qing soldiers, forcing the Ming army to give up the plan of night attack.

The Qing army was farther to the rear, on the official road from Guichi to Changhua. A Qing army grain transport team camped at night to rest. In the darkness, a Ming army appeared, trying to sneak attack the grain convoy of the Qing army.

However, this Ming army did not collect it at night and did not succeed, and the guard of the Qing army's grain transportation team was very strict and the vigilance was extremely high. You must know that back then, Ao Bai often attacked the Ming army's grain road and attacked the Ming army's granary. In the Battle of Songjin, Ao Bai followed Azig to attack Bijia Mountain, seized the grain of the Ming army, and was cut off by the Ming army. The army was demoralized and finally suffered a crushing defeat.

Want to attack the grain route of Aobai? If it is in the Jiangnan water network area, the Ming army may be able to do it with the power of the water division. But on land, how could the treacherous and cunning Ao Bai let the Ming army succeed!

Although the army has never succeeded, Ao Bai received the news that the messenger came overnight. Still startled, he knew that the opponent on the other side was not simple, whether it was tactics or intelligence, he wanted to be excellent, if it weren't for Aobai's experience. Experienced, I am afraid that if I am attacked at night, I will suffer a big loss.

Zhang Chaozhen asked, "My lord." Will Zheng Wei go upriver with a sailor and attack the place where our army is hoarding grain in Guichi? ”

Ao Bai said: "Walking up from Jiangning, the river is covered with barrages, the river is full of hidden piles, and the forts on both sides of the river are gathered, so you don't have to worry about this at all!" The old man has fought for so many years, grain and grass are the foundation of the army's heart, this time we compete with thieves, that is, compete with grain and grass! If Hangzhou is conquered, the thieves will eventually run out of food and be defeated! ”

Bamble said kindly: "Master Zhang is too careful! Enxiang has led his troops to fight for many years, how can the barbarians on the opposite side be En Xiang? ”

Similarly, the Ming army did not rest this night, and Li Rui, who suffered losses during the day, asked the auxiliary soldiers to dig a large number of trenches, trenches and communication ditches overnight, destroying the entire official road to the point of devastation. This can counteract the power of the Qing army's artillery fire, and their own soldiers can hide in the trenches and shoot outside, when the enemy rushes into the trenches, the elite sword soldiers and ironclad soldiers can go up to repel the Qing army's attack, and can avoid the Qing army's indiscriminate artillery fire.

The Ming army, especially the Qiongzhou army, actually had a lot of heavy artillery, but those Hongyi cannons were all naval guns installed on battleships, and those cannons were extremely heavy and not conducive to transportation, so the land division was not equipped with a large number of them.

On the other hand, the Qing army had a large number of people, and there was never a shortage of manpower, the number of artillery was not under the Ming army, and there were enough auxiliaries and civilian strong transport artillery, so in terms of the number of cannons and firepower, the Qing army still had the advantage.

To counteract the opponent's superiority in heavy firepower, Wang Xinyu invented trench tactics in advance. Originally, this tactic only appeared two hundred years later during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but now it is used in advance.

As soon as dawn, the Qing army once again launched a fierce offensive.

The trenches, deer barricades, and wooden stakes made the Qing army run into blood again and again in front of the Ming army. After breaking into the position of the Ming army at a huge price, the green battalion soldiers were not opponents at all in hand-to-hand combat.

Whether it was long-distance shooting or hand-to-hand combat, the Qing army suffered a big loss.

"Your people hold back for a while! Next, we have to watch our Eight Banners Warriors perform! Songkui shouted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Ming army in front was entangled by the Qing army of the Green Camp, Songkui led two thousand Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers, followed by one thousand Han and Eight Banner Birds, and launched an attack on the Ming army's position.

The official road was dug with potholes, and there were all kinds of obstacles, and there were also items such as thistles in the mud, and the Manchurian Eight Banners could definitely not attack on horseback, but could only be used as infantry.

"Brothers of the Eight Banners! Let those barbarians see now, we are no worse than them in foot combat! Songkui shouted.

Zhang Chaoxuan walked up to Liang Huafeng and whispered in his ear: "Lord Liang, the Eight Banners Warriors are about to attack, why don't you send some people up to help the Eight Banners?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Zhang, for the reminder! The end will let people go up! Liang Huafeng said.

The auxiliaries and Minzhuang in the middle were almost dead, and Liang Huafeng ordered the soldiers of the Green Battalion to personally push the shield cart to protect the Eight Banners and charge towards the Ming army's position.

In the trenches ahead, the Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion were cut to pieces by the Ming army, and they were about to be unable to support it. In the trenches, there were all the limbs of the Qing soldiers, the heads of fallen people, and the dirty and bloody internal organs were all over the ground. The more the Ming army fought, the more courageous they became, and the Miao knife in their hands slashed hard, killing the Qing soldiers and retreating.

"Run!" When a Green Battalion soldier saw the head of the brother in front of him being cut off, he forgot that he was going to be beheaded after being defeated, and turned around and ran.

One person took the lead in running, and the formation of the Qing soldiers completely collapsed, and all the green battalion soldiers turned around and fled for their lives.

"Don't let the defeated soldiers storm us!" Songkui drew his sword and pointed at the defeated green battalion soldiers.

The Eight Banners soldiers took off their hard bows one after another, stretched their bows and arrows, and rows of armor-piercing arrows roared out, and the green battalion soldiers who were fleeing for their lives fell down one after another. Although their combat effectiveness has decreased after entering the customs, they are still much more fierce than the second generation of the Eight Banners and the third generation of the Eight Banners.

The arrows either pierced the armor of the Green Battalion or hit their unprotected faces.

In the blink of an eye, most of the green battalion soldiers died in front of the battle, and the remaining green battalion soldiers rushed to the shield cart, first being shot by the Han Eight Banners, and then hacked to death by the Eight Banners of Manmeng.

Braving the heavy artillery fire, the Green Battalion Qing soldiers pushed the shield cart forward to protect the safety of those Eight Banners behind them. Shells continued to whizz down, and the shield cart that was hit was torn apart on the spot, and the broken wooden planks shot the green battalion soldiers who pushed the cart like shrapnel. However, with the good protection of the Green Battalion, the Eight Banners did not suffer any losses.

The Eight Banners opened their bows and arrows one after another, and shot rows of light arrows from the Ming army in front.

Seeing the rain of arrows, the archers and bird gunners of the Ming army behind the wooden fences and trenches lowered their heads one after another, and used the wide brim of their hats to block the falling arrows. These rattan armor soldiers are also almost fully protected, only the calves, forearms and face doors are not protected, and there are not many Ming troops who are hit by arrows.

Looking at the giant axes, hammers, and maces carried by those Eight Banner soldiers, Li Rui knew very well that he couldn't let the Eight Banners get close, if the Eight Banners soldiers were close, even the ironclad soldiers couldn't withstand the blunt weapon blow. It's not a last resort, the Qiongzhou Army will not fight the Eight Banners in close combat. The trenches everywhere could not allow the pikemen to form a formation, so they could only fight with swordsmen. The only way to retreat to the open ground is to use pikemen and halberd soldiers to form a formation to consume the Eight Banners.

"The real Tartar is here! Stand back and fire! Li Rui gave the order.

The Ming army's bird gunners released rows of projectiles, and the bird gunners who finished the bullets retreated, and another row of bird gunners shot and retreated. The Ming army retreated step by step, steadily retreating into the sixth line of defense. (To be continued.) )