With Oshima Yoshimasa's order, the fourteen guns carried by the Japanese army opened fire at the same time, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of shells poured onto the Qing army's position. The Qing army, which was still asleep, was defenseless at all, and was suddenly attacked, with many casualties and screams, and the Qing army camp became a pot of porridge.

Oshima Yoshimasa sneered and shouted: "For the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, for the glory of His Majesty the Emperor, soldiers, charge!" ”

The Japanese army shouted "onboard" and rushed towards the Qing army camp like a pack of wolves......

The Qing army on duty had just gathered a part of the Qing army and was about to face the battle, when the Japanese cavalry squadron had already rushed to the front, and there was no time to defend. How could the Qing army that responded to the battle in a hurry be able to stop the cavalry marching at high speed, in the blink of an eye, the sentry was slaughtered, the dead were everywhere, and the Qing army that was not dead was still struggling in the firelight.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ye Zhichao was asleep, and was suddenly awakened by the sound of cannons, and sat up. At this time, the pot outside the barracks was already boiling chaotically, and there were shouts of killing everywhere. Ye Zhichao was frightened, so he hurriedly got out of bed and put on his clothes haphazardly to see what was going on.

At this time, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Ye Zhichao's deputy general Shan Lianke had already rushed into the big tent, and said eagerly: "Big, big handsome, it's not good, the Japanese army has come over, and now the Japanese army has entered the camp, and the former army commander Mo Tai is organizing the brothers to resist, but the Japanese attack is too fierce, we were suddenly attacked, and the brothers can't resist it!" ”

Ye Zhichao roared: "******, go and organize people to resist!" Bastards, a bunch of rubbish, let the family rush into the camp without even noticing! Hurry up and send a letter to the camp at the southern foot and ask Nie Shicheng to come to the aid quickly! ”

Shan Lianke's voice was full of crying, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, now the cannon sound on the southern foot side has also sounded one after another, and the southern foot battalion is also fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, and General Nie is entangled by the Japanese army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to separate!" ”

After hearing this, Ye Zhichao's face turned pale with fright, and he shouted: "Order the front camp to be able to resist Lao Tzu, hurry up and prepare horses for Lao Tzu, assemble the rear army, and evacuate quickly!" ”

Shan Lianke hurriedly ran out of the big tent, organized men and horses to resist the Japanese army, and asked someone to prepare horses for Ye Zhichao. Now, the Qing army in the Qing army camp is scattered and scattered and running around, how can we organize an effective offensive. In a hurry, Shan Lianke only gathered twenty or thirty people to protect the Chinese army's big tent, at this time Ye Zhichao had already run out, and his subordinates had already led the horses over, Ye Zhichao was so frightened that his legs and stomachs turned tendons at this time, and he didn't even have the strength to get on the horse. Shan Lianke was helpless and scolded: "Bastard, don't you hurry up and help Ye Dashuai on the horse!" ”

Several pro-soldiers hurriedly stepped forward, lifted Ye Zhichao's body, and put him on the horse.

Ye Zhichao asked: "Lianke, what should I do now?" ”

Shan Lianke hurriedly replied: "My lord, the southern battalion is also fighting with the Japanese army and the victory is undecided, and the north is the main force of the Japanese army, and it is difficult to break through. ”

Ye Zhichao said in a trembling voice: "The Japanese army is in great difficulty, Lian Ke escorted me out of the camp, and the rest of the people waited for the queen of the palace." With that, he took the reins of his horse and fled to the northwest with dozens of guards.

As soon as Ye Zhichao took the lead in escaping, the remaining nearly 3,000 Qing troops had no backbone, and they scattered and fled, even if there were Qing troops who continued to resist, they were also defeated and retreated by the defeated Qing army. Thousands of men and horses only held out for more than ten minutes, and then they couldn't hold on, and all of them retreated.

The Qing army camp at the southern foot is now also in the midst of fierce battles.

Under the leadership of the brigade chief of staff, Yama Yizuo, the Japanese army advanced lightly all the way, without even encountering a scout on duty, and successfully arrived at the front of the camp on the south road. Shan Yi stopped his horse and shouted: "Artillery squadron, target Qing army camp, full coverage shooting!" ”

More than a dozen mountain guns of the Japanese artillery squadron suddenly resounded into the sky, but after a burst of artillery bombardment, the Qing army camp did not appear in the imagined chaos. Shan Dazuo's heart sank, looked up at the terrain, and saw that there were mountains on both sides, although it was not very steep, but once the Qing army set up an ambush, it would be bad! Thinking of this, Shan Yi Zuogao shouted: "Order, the left and right wings advance to both sides, quickly occupy the high ground on both sides, and the Chinese army charges!" ”

As soon as Yama Yizuo's voice fell, the surprise attack of the Qing army on the left and right sides began. Ten artillery pieces launched an artillery attack from the peaks on both sides, and the Japanese troops who were in close formation suffered casualties. Shan Yizuo was shocked and shouted: "The whole army is evacuated, relying on the terrain to counterattack!" Artillery squadron, give me a quick destruction of the opponent's heavy artillery! Yamaki, Suzuzo, you lead two detachments, take the high ground of the peaks on both sides for me, quick! ”

"Hay!" "Hay!"

The two Japanese lieutenants waved their hands, each commanding more than 100 people, and then under the cover of the dense forest, they began to attack towards the commanding heights of the peaks on both sides.

The Japanese artillery also began to act, adjusted the battle elements, and launched an artillery bombardment on the peaks of the Qing army on both flanks. It has to be said that the military quality of the Japanese artillery was far above that of the Qing army, and under the shelling, the artillery on the peaks on both sides was destroyed by the Japanese artillery, temporarily suppressing the offensive of the Qing army.

At this time, Nie Shicheng in front of him led the guard battalion and two other battalions to rush out at the same time, Nie Shicheng sneered and shouted: "Order the artillery, give me a hard beat, you must make dumplings for the Japanese army!" ”

The Qing army attacked from three sides, and twenty Krupp heavy guns on the left and right flanks launched artillery bombardment at the same time, and the Japanese army was hit with heavy casualties as soon as they came up. By the time the Japanese fully reflected, at least hundreds of casualties had already been lost.

Shan Yi Zuo gritted his teeth, and wanted to evacuate the battlefield at this time, and the Qing army followed the attack, but he was afraid that the casualties would be even heavier, so he could only continue to attack hard, waiting for the Japanese army in the north to rush up and flank the attack. Shan Yizuo drew his command knife, waved it as before, and roared angrily: "Artillery cover, cavalry charge, give me to disperse the main force of the Qing army in front!" ”

A cavalry brigade of about four or five hundred men rushed forward like crazy!

The heavy artillery fire of the Qing army did not stop, and the mountains and forests on both sides of the bombing road flew wildly, and the advancing Japanese cavalry was killed and wounded dozens of people when they boarded, but the Japanese cavalry team rode Arab war horses, with excellent speed, endurance and jumping, and in an instant, it had rushed through the coverage of the artillery fire, leaving only about a hundred corpses of war horses and soldiers.

When Yama Yizuo saw it, his heart was shocked, and he shouted: "The infantry disperse the formation and charge immediately!" Yamaki, Suzuki, intensify the offensive! Be sure to take the high ground on both sides as fast as possible! ”

On the mountain, the right battalion of the training army, Zhao Shixiao clearly saw a group of Japanese troops following the cover of the mountains and forests, and touched his position, Zhao Shixiao shouted: "The first outpost, give me a hard blow to the devils who come up, you must not let them rush up and beat hard!" The same was true of the 4th Infantry Battalion on the other side, taking advantage of the position, setting up heavy machine guns and Grimm guns to fire fiercely.

In an instant, the battle between the Qing army and the Japanese army on both sides became fierce.

Nie Shicheng in front of the camp really didn't expect that the Japanese cavalry was so brave that they had broken through the blockade of the Krupp steel cannon in just a few minutes, Nie Shicheng shouted in a deep voice: "All the machine guns fire at me to suppress the enemy's cavalry, the cavalry is ready to fight, as soon as the machine guns stop firing, immediately counter-charge, and suppress the enemy at the foot of the mountain!" ”

The two sides fought halfway up the mountain, and the Qing army was fully prepared and occupied a favorable position; The morale of the Japanese army was high, and the military quality of the troops surpassed that of the Qing army, and the two sides fought inseparably.

At this time, the camp at the northern foot had already ended the battle, the Qing army was suddenly attacked, heavy losses, nearly 3,000 people in the battalion, only more than 1,000 people escaped, the rest were either captured or killed, 3,000 people, even did not survive for half an hour, they were scattered and scattered, weapons and baggage everywhere, miserable.

Oshima Yoshimasashi was complacent, and laughed: "The Qing army is so vulnerable, it is really disappointing, I think that in the near future, the entire China will fall into the hands of our Great Japanese Empire!" Haha......"

"The third squad quickly cleaned up the battlefield and collected baggage! The rest of the men and horses immediately assembled, and immediately attacked Nie Shicheng's troops at the southern foothills, attacking back and forth, and making sure to annihilate Nie Shicheng's troops here! Yoshimasa Oshima then ordered.

Before the subordinate officers could reply, suddenly a lieutenant shouted, "Your Excellency, look! Fire! Blaze! ”

Oshima Yoshimasa was shocked, and looked in the direction pointed by the lieutenant, only to see a fire burning in the distance, and the flames soared into the sky. Oshima Yoshimasa's face has changed greatly, it is the direction of Cheng Huanyi, and it must be his own base camp Cheng Huanyi! Only the baggage in the army that he has accumulated for many days can ignite such a fire!

It must have been a part of the Qing army that attacked its own station in Chenghuanyi!

Oshima Yoshimasa roared angrily: "First squadron, stay and clean up the battlefield, cavalry squadron, hurry back to help!" ”

Yoshimasa Oshima scolded angrily: "Yaga! Yaga! The remaining armies are all rubbish, and a few hundred people can't even hold a base! Rubbish! ”