On Tan Shaoguang's side, seeing that the Qing army was uncertain, he was in a mess, and took the opportunity to order a fierce fire. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoFor a while, guns and bullets rained down, and cannons descended like meteorites, shooting and smashing towards the Qing cavalry, and the screams of wolves and ghosts were drowned in the sound of cannons and gunfires.

At this time, the Qing army, which finally reacted, hurriedly ordered a retreat.

Tan Shaoguang hurriedly ordered the shelling to be stopped, led by Zhang Ying's cavalry, and the Ninth Division of the First Division, except for the division headquarters and two artillery regiments, charged on all fronts and drove the Qing army to Bali Bridge.

On the battlefield of the middle line, the officers and men of the Eighth Division who rushed to the entrance of Baliqiao Village also exchanged fire with the Qing troops behind the earthen fortresses and trenches. To rush to the Bali Bridge, you must first repel the Qing troops stationed in Bali Village. As a result, Chen Tianshi ordered the erection of artillery and began to bombard the earthen ramparts and trenches. It's not that he didn't dare to charge, but he was worried that if he rushed forward, he would fight hand-to-hand with the Qing army, which would cause too many casualties. On the other hand, he was waiting for the 1st Division on the west road to also hand in fire, and the three directions were flanked.

But unexpectedly, the Qing army had no intention of rushing out of the trench at all, but just lit arquebuses in the back, put bows and arrows, and had no firepower, and most of them were placed at random in the sky, which could not hurt the captive army at all. couldn't help but make Chen Tianshi stunned for a while, and even wondered if these Qing soldiers were successfully countered by the secret service division: this is not a battle, this is simply perfunctory, help yourself!

Hearing the sound of gunfire from the central line, as if receiving a signal, Lin Fengxiang led the 1st Division to the west side of Baliqiao Village and began to attack the village.

In Baliqiao Village, Chonglun, the squire of Kuraba, led nearly 3,000 green battalion soldiers and 4,000 full-flag infantry in Tongzhou City, all of whom were hidden in the bushes and trenches, waiting to kill the enemy; After the Bali Bridge, Seng Lingqin personally led nearly 10,000 cavalry, ready to launch a frontal countercharge against the captive army at any time.

The fierce artillery of the four artillery regiments of the 1st and 8th Divisions almost turned Bali Village upside down. Under the fierce artillery fire, the Qing army could not even raise its head, and changed color in shock. From time to time, a few grenades and explosive fragments made the Qing soldiers behind the fortifications scream again and again.

Chonglun sent troops to ask for help from the chief general behind the Bali Bridge, Monk Greenqin, but in a forest behind the bridge, Monk Greenqin, who was holding a clairvoyant mirror, was unmoved, and said coldly: "It's not time yet!" ”

Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili on the side, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a trembling voice: "King Monk, if you don't rescue again, I'm afraid that the thousands of Qing troops in the village will suffer a lot of losses, and they will abandon the camp and flee." ”

"To be loyal to the Qing Dynasty is the duty of being a slave! Moreover, this king arranged for them to guard Baliqiao Village, and he never thought that he would be able to withstand the attack of the thieves. They are just stalling for time and depleting the use of gunpowder from the guns and guns of the thieves! Monk Lingqin pursed his lips coldly, his mouth was dry, he took a bag of mare's milk wine from the hands of the guards beside him, tilted his head and poured it into his mouth, then wiped his lips, and said: "As long as they delay until noon, let the thieves not eat or drink and be exhausted, they will complete the task." Then he ordered Chonglun to lead the troops to retreat, attract the thieves to the narrow place of Bali Bridge, and my Mongolian iron cavalry recuperated, and then suddenly kill on three sides! Either the thieves will be completely defeated, or they will die on the Bali Bridge and be loyal to the Qing Dynasty! ”

Gui Liang couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, this monk Greenqin actually used thousands of Qing soldiers as bait, and he desperately wanted to fight to the death with the thief soldiers. However, thinking about the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, there is really no choice but to do this.

After Kuraba Shiro Chonglun asked for help again to no avail, he began to despair. Because at this time, the 1st and 8th Divisions had already attacked Baliqiao Village, and soon, the fortifications would be surrounded on all fronts. At this time, the 7,000 Qing soldiers had already suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the Qing soldiers had no intention of being trapped and began to flee on their own.

After Chonglun organized a personal guard to kill several people, he reluctantly intercepted the deserters, and when the captive army launched a full-scale charge to kill him, behind the Bali Bridge, several cannons roared, which was a signal to order him to retreat.

Chonglun was overjoyed and hurriedly led the Qing army to retreat and retreat in the direction of the canal. The speed of this retreat was much faster than the charge of the captive army.

As soon as they saw the Qing army fleeing, the captives did not care about cleaning up the spoils of Bali Village, so they launched a full-line charge and pursued them closely.

The 1st Division and the 8th Division shot all the way, and at this time, the artillery regiment of the 9th Division also happened to kill on the east side of the Bali Bridge. The capture army of three forces launched a fierce attack on the defenders at the Bali Bridge.

Behind the woods on the other side of the riverbank, Monk Grinqin was overjoyed when he saw that the time had come, and ordered the horn of the Mongol charge to be sounded. Suddenly, Seng Lingqin personally supervised more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry of the Jelimu League and the Wumuda League to rush across the bridge deck of the Bali Bridge and kill the captives who were preparing to attack the bridgehead.

On the other two sides, 3,000 Chahar Mongol cavalry led by Xiling'a, the commander of Chahar, launched an attack from the side of the canal, and more than 2,000 full-flag cavalry led by Namashan also rushed out of the woods and attacked the attacking captive army.

More than 10,000 cavalry of the Qing army shouted loudly, brandishing sabers and bows and arrows, and the momentum shook the sky. However, it is a pity that at this time, although the heavy artillery of the three divisions of the captive army has not yet been arranged, the field mortar and small artillery are ready and begin to bombard.

The two artillery regiments of the 1st Division of the First Division, with eight field mortar guns, were aimed at the Qing army on the Bali Bridge, which was a continuous oblique fire; The more than 1,000 artillery of the 8th Division of the First Division aimed eight field mortars and six vehicle-mounted smoothbore guns at the oncoming Qing cavalry and fired longitudinally at the bridge. At the same time, other Krupp heavy guns were constantly placed by artillery and constantly thrown into bombardment.

For a time, 10,000 cannons fired in unison, and the sound was bursting, blowing up the railing of the bridge, beating the Qing army that rushed to the ground, and the severed limbs of men and horses flew all over the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.

And the musketeers lined up on both sides of the artillery were not idle, killing the Chahar Mongol cavalry rushing on both sides and the full-flag cavalry rushing out of the woods, making it difficult to get close at all, and countless people fell off their horses.

Most of the Mongol cavalry shot arrows from a distance, and some even shot arrows from a distance of fifty paces, but they could not reach the capture army at all. There were not many people who really wielded their sabers and wanted to rush in close combat, and these could not rush within twenty paces at all, and they were hit by fierce artillery and bullets, and the remaining part hurriedly choked the horse's head and turned and retreated.

At this time, Feng Yunshan had already ordered the three infantry regiments of the Ninth Division and the four marine regiments of the Fifth and Tenth Divisions of the First and Tenth Divisions to quietly build a simple pontoon bridge from the eastern canal using warships, troop carriers, and rowboats, and crossed the canal directly from the northeast side, and made a detour to the Guanzhuang behind the Bali Bridge. And the only one and a half cavalry, the 800 horsemen of Zhang Ying's regiment, were also used to transport firearms, not only four field mortars, but also sixteen medium-sized shelves. The poor Qing army war horses were used to carry heavy firearms.

Seven and a half regiments of soldiers and nearly 10,000 people appeared in Guanzhuang and were immediately discovered by the Qing army's outposts.

And when Seng Lingqin heard the sentry letter, he was shocked: "What? Tens of thousands of thieves appeared in Guanzhuang? He didn't have time to figure out why the thieves were here, he only knew that this was the retreat to Beijing City and could not be cut off!

Monk Greenqin was full of panic, he never expected that his careful arrangement would be easily destroyed by the thieves.

No, you can't let the thieves attack from both sides! He summoned his deputy, the deputy commander Ildong'a, and asked him to lead 5,000 Mongolian cavalry and 4,000 foot soldiers of the Jelimu League and the Umuda League to desperately defend the Bali Bridge and prevent the thieves from rushing through.

And he led the main force of 4,000 cavalry and 16,700 Qing infantry to gather and attack Guanzhuang.

In just two quarters of an hour, the cavalry had been divided into two wings and dispersed, while the infantry in the middle was set up in three dense phalanxes, rushing towards Tan Shaoguang's mixed corps of the 9th Division and the Marine Division. Under his encouragement, if he can't break through the blockade of Guan Zhuang, all the Qing troops will have to be explained here.

Moreover, the personal guards of Seng Lingqin killed several foot soldiers who wanted to retreat one after another, and the Qing army was helpless and swarmed to kill the captive army.

And Tan Shaoguang, who commanded the operation, smiled coldly, although there was no artillery to bombard the Qing army, he brought a secret weapon. Now is the time to do it! Tan Shaoguang gave the order to open fire, and also specially asked the Eighth Division to bring a killer weapon -- the first and second main infantry regiments of Congreve rocket artillery were concentrated in the front position of the center to facilitate their display.

As early as after the Holy King Feng Yunshan learned that the Holy Krupp Iron and Steel Company could produce Congreve rocket artillery, he urgently ordered it to urgently manufacture a batch and deliver it to Guangzhou before the sea expedition, and hand it over to the Ninth Division, the only one that could use it, and bring it to the battlefield.

Tan Shaoguang tried a few shots, so he was reluctant to try again, the number was not very large, he wanted to put it all on the Qing Demon.

Set up the gun carriage made of simple wood, aim the gun butt at the rushing Qing army, adjust the medium-range strike distance, and quickly ignite the lead, Tan Shaoguang waited expectantly for the results brought by this highly-anticipated killer feature.

Suddenly, more than 30 rockets shot up into the sky, whistling through a beautiful parabola, and smashed into the Qing soldiers.

Because it was set to a medium-sized range, the rocket artillery just fell halfway from the high point, and then they exploded in the air one after another, and the fire in the sky and the fragments that were rapidly shot by the violent explosion hit the Qing soldiers on the ground one after another, although there were not too many casualties, but they were so frightened that they crawled on the ground, hugged their heads and shouted.