399 Shangdian Town Resistance Battle

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On April 18, Li Zicheng led an army of 20,000 people out of Song County and headed for Yiyang.

At this time, the 6,000 chaotic army led by Liu Tichun had already rushed to Shangdian Town, and confronted Luo who was stationed in Shangdian Town at this time.

At this time, Luo led 800 White Dragon soldiers, and the Shangdian Town garrisoned actually included 400 musketeers, 300 'Iron Blood Battalion' infantry troops, and 100 cavalry.

Li Zixiao's only cavalry battalion at this time, and the only mobile force in his hands, faced Li Zicheng this time; A menacing attack, the cavalry battalion will be useless for a while and a half.

After all, according to Li Zixiao's battle plan, they could only defend at first, and at least they had to resist the army of thieves for five or six days, exhausting the morale of the chaotic army, and then choosing the opportunity to counterattack.

As a result, Li Zixiao had to temporarily hide the cavalry camp.

Shangdian Town is located in the southwest of Yiyang County, a small town more than ten miles away, leaning on Rushui, but it happens to be on a mountainside.

They are here from Song County to Yiyang, there are only a few passages, the terrain is more complicated, because it is surrounded by water on both sides, and the terrain is higher.

Although it can't be said that it is impossible to open a husband, it can also be said that it is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Ten days ago, Li Zixiao sent Luo to settle in Shangdian Town with a thousand White Dragon soldiers, and moved all the remaining hundreds of families in the town to Yiyang County.

In the next ten days, Li Zixiao also sent the engineer battalion of the White Dragon Army over to comprehensively transform Shangdian Town and turn it into a fortress.

Li Zixiao knew that if Li Zicheng led his troops to attack Yiyang, Shangdian Town would be the first to face Li Zicheng's troops, but Shangdian Town was an important place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you give up in vain, it will seem a bit wasteful, so Li Zixiao simply used it and wanted to fight with Li Zicheng's rebellious army in Shangdian Town to frustrate Li Zicheng's spirit.

After ten days of renovation of the engineer battalion with Luo, they built several earthen walls at the entrance of the town, dug trenches in the formation, and the open land with a relatively gentle slope in front of the formation was also cleared.

To the west of Shangdian Town, if the rebel army wants to capture Shangdian Town, it must attack from the west and north, because the east and south sides of Shangdian Town are the endless Rushui.

The higher terrain of Shangdian Town also decided that if Liu Tichun wanted to capture Shangdian Town, he could only attack from the bottom to the top.

Moreover, because of the previous transformation of the Luopai Engineer Battalion, the terrain under the slope is narrow on the west and north sides of Shangdian Town, and even if the attacking side has more soldiers and horses, it cannot be carried out here.

They could only use refueling tactics, constantly rotating soldiers, attacking Shangdian Town, or bombarding it with artillery.

Luo received Li Zixiao's order to be firmly nailed here for three days, and then retreated.

Liu Tichun, the general under Li Zicheng, led 6,000 chaotic troops to the west of Shangdian Town, and after collecting the soldiers and horses, he looked up at the location of Shangdian Town, and was also slightly surprised.

Liu Tichun realized that the terrain here was very unfavorable to him, and the White Dragon Army had cut off this passage and built fortifications in the town.

"It seems that the Xuzhou Army is here to stop our vanguard here." Liu Tichun stared at Shangdian Town with his eyes and said in a deep voice.

"Send someone to find out." Liu Tichun ordered people to camp temporarily, and said to his subordinates.

Facing the White Dragon Army's position in Shangdian Town, it was obvious that it wanted to block them from continuing to advance, and Liu Tichun also saw this.

Although, in addition to this road, there are several paths that can lead to Yiyang, but Liu Tichun is in his heart at this time and wants to capture Shangdian Town.

The reason is simple: if they come in a huge army and force them to take a detour only when they encounter a blocking position set up by the enemy, it will be a heavy blow to their morale.

Therefore, in the face of Li Zixiao's move, Liu Tichun had already decided to take the move at this time.

Even so, Li Zicheng had sent someone to convey an order to him before, telling him not to act recklessly, thinking that the army was mainly exploring the way.

But Liu Tichun believes that the capture of Shangdian Town is to clear the way for Li Zicheng's army, and this is not the duty of their vanguard troops!

Besides, Liu Tichun didn't think that such a mere Shangdian town could stop his vanguard troops.

After all, Liu Tichun also knew that Li Zixiao's men and horses were only six or seven thousand in total.

So in this way, Liu Tichun thinks that Li Zixiao will put 1,800 people in this Shangdian town at most, and it is impossible to have more.

Otherwise, he would have no troops to defend Yiyang and Ruzhou, only 1,800 people, and he has 6,000 men and horses, if he can't take it, he will never believe it.

Soon, the subordinates sent by Liu Tichun to explore the way also returned.

"General, this group of rebels has spread a lot of thistles and iron thistles on the ramp leading to Shangdian Town, and has built several deer barrets one after another.

If we don't take this Shangdian town, then we will be blocked here and unable to pass, or we will have to take a detour to the north to reach Yiyang.

It's just that those paths are too difficult to follow......"

"Okay, needless to say, let's pass from here, and order the people in the rear battalion to push out the dozen or so artillery pieces they brought, and bombard him and his mother first."

Without waiting for this subordinate to finish speaking, Liu Tichun directly interrupted and said.

Li Zicheng swept more than a dozen county towns in Henan Prefecture, and also let him get a lot of artillery, at this time, the strength in Li Zicheng's hands was not comparable to last year.

So, Liu Tichun immediately mobilized the artillery in the army, erected it at the foot of the mountain, aimed at the position of the White Dragon Army on the mountain, and made a rumbling call.

Then, he sent one of his leaders to lead 500 rebels and began a tentative attack on Shangdian Town.

Luo stood in the middle of Shangdian Town, behind the first earthen wall, slapped the dust all over his body, and muttered and scolded: "Damn, when did the rebel army have so many artillery!" ”

Just now, when the rebels were bombarding, Luo happened to be behind the first earthen wall, standing and watching the arrangement of the rebels.

A cannonball just hit his location not far away, if it weren't for the two guards who pulled this guy off the earthen wall in time, this guy couldn't be guaranteed, and he would have been blown into slag.

But even so, Luo was also disgraced by the dust stirred up by the cannonballs, and he felt a little embarrassed.

"General Luo, the rebel army is coming up, do you want the artillery behind to open fire and clean up the artillery of these rebel army first?" A team will face Rowe, proposed.

"Well, let the artillery team in the back take care of itself, and he decides when to shoot, but after all, kill the artillery of the chaotic army as soon as possible.

Grandma's, only when our White Dragon Army bombarded others, we caught eagles all day long, and today we were almost pecked by the eagle. Luo said dissatisfiedly.

This time, Li Zixiao actually didn't equip Luo with a few artillery, but in order to support Luo, Sun Dazhuang still sent a team of generals, plus eight three-pounder guns to settle in Shangdian Town.

But it was the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Furlong Machine, which they brought quite a bit.

Luo shook his head and stood up straight, looking at the movement below.

Seeing that there were only a few hundred people sent by the rebel army to attack, he waved his hand and said, "The enemy has sent people to test us."

Don't worry, first send a flag musketeer to play with them, and then push the Tiger Squat Cannon and Furlong Machine in our hands as well. ”

The herald immediately answered the order loudly, ran forward to start the order, and soon a white dragon musketeer banner general, with more than 100 musketeers, ran behind the first earthen wall.

At the same time, there was also a group of gunners who placed seven or eight tiger squat guns in the gaps in the earthen wall, charged ammunition, and aimed them below.

Luo patted a general of the White Dragon Army beside him, and said with a smile: "I said that the deputy battalion general Zhan, this first battle will be fought by you."

After all, you are the most familiar with the situation of your musket battalion, but it is just a mere 500 chaotic army, so beat them down for Lao Tzu! ”

Luo is still clear about his ability, if you want to say that he is a good hand at leading cavalry battles, but if you want to say that he wants to command musketeers in battle, this is the first time.

This time, although Li Zixiao nominally made him the chief officer of the blocking position in Shangdian Town, he sent a deputy battalion general of the musket battalion under Sun Dazhuang to serve as his adjutant.

In fact, the meaning is obvious, Li Zixiao just asked this deputy battalion general to come over to assist him, and at the same time, he also had the meaning of letting him test this deputy battalion general.

If this person passes the test, Luo Xian does have some ability, go back and tell Li Zixiao, and this person will then be reused by Li Zixiao.

It has always been Li Zixiao's taboo for a layman to command an insider, and Li Zixiao arranged it this way, Luo, as Li Zixiao's henchman, of course understood what Li Zixiao meant.

Therefore, at this time, Luo Cai did not hesitate to hand over the command of this battle to this deputy battalion general named Zhan Wang.

That is, this prospect is not qualified enough, otherwise Li Zixiao may send him to lead this battle alone this time.

After Zhan Wang heard Luo's words, his face showed joy, of course he understood Luo's purpose in doing this.

He immediately nodded and said with a smile: "General Luo, rest assured, his subordinates have made a military order, and they will never let a chaotic army approach the earthen wall!" ”

After saying that, he shouted to the musketeers who had brought with him: "Brothers, listen to it, General Luo has an order, let us be the first to go into battle and beat this gang of rebels back."

Cheer up the general, don't, don't lose the people of our musket battalion, listen to Lao Tzu for a while...... Ahem...... Did you hear the general's password and actions clearly? ”

When the more than 100 musketeers heard this, they immediately shouted: "Hear me clearly! ”

At this time, the five hundred rebels with swords and players in front of them had already begun to rumble and attack Shangdian Town.

Seeing that the rebels were getting closer and closer, Zhan Zhan never gave the order to shoot, and when he saw that the rebels had approached fifty steps to the earthen wall, Zhan Zhan suddenly shouted: "Artillery, ignition!" ”

With a roar from Zhan Wang, the tiger squatting cannons placed in the gap of the earthen wall immediately opened fire, making a loud rumbling sound.

Ahh......hhh

The scattered bullets fired by the tiger squat cannon showed a fan, covering the group of chaotic troops rushing up below, sweeping through, followed by a burst of screams.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Zicheng's chaotic army was also equipped with sword and shield soldiers, and those shields were taken from the government on the one hand.

On the one hand, there are also their own manufacturing, and even when Liu Tichun passed through an uninhabited village before, he also ordered people to tear down the door panels of many houses in the village.

Li Tichun has long known that in Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army, firearms are sharp, but in the face of firearms, they don't have many means to check and balance, so they can only get more shields.

But the real shield, they didn't capture much, and in the end, Liu Tichun had to come up with this kind of soil method, blocking the front with a door panel, which barely had some effect.

At this time, there will be these 500 chaotic troops, and nearly 100 people in front of them will all resist a large gate.

After the White Dragon Army's tiger squat cannon fired, many door panels were directly shattered, and the rebel troops hiding behind were killed on the spot, but these door panels still blocked many weaker projectiles.

So that their casualties were not very large, this round of tiger squat cannon firing only shattered seven or eight door panels, and no more than twenty or thirty people fell.

After seeing this scene, Luo in Shangdian Town frowned slightly and said, "It seems that the rebel army has been prepared for a long time, and this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Moreover, the commander of this chaotic army, obviously very experienced, immediately ordered to speed up the charge after seeing the White Dragon Army's tiger squat cannon fire.

Because the leader of this rebellious army knows that it will take a long time for the Tiger Squat Cannon to reload ammunition.

"All the musketeers obey the order and fire at Lao Tzu!"

Seeing these chaotic troops and charging, Zhan Zhan also knew that he couldn't wait, and immediately ordered.

So, the more than 100 musketeers, in groups of three, opened fire on the group of rebels below.

At the same time, the rebels raised their shields, door panels, and charged.

In the face of the musket fire of the White Dragon Army, there are only two things that the rebel army can do, try to increase their defenses for themselves, or speed up the charge.

As long as they can hold out until they rush into the White Dragon Army's camp, then they will win this battle.

In Shangdian Town, after the first earthen wall, loud gunshots rang out one after another, spewing out clusters of fire.

Because they rushed closer, in the face of the fire of the White Dragon Musketeers, the shields in their hands, including the door panels, were useless.

Basically, as soon as a projectile fired by a musketeer hits, those shields will shatter, and the door panels will be pierced.

The rebel army rushed ten paces closer, but thirty or forty men fell, and the leader of the bandits who led the group saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

They took only the wounded companions, and the corpses simply gave up, and they withdrew with a rumbling voice.

Liu Tichun ordered that it was just for them to carry out a tentative attack, silently raising the reality of the White Dragon Army in the town, and planning to attack it in one go.

And the leader of the rebellious army who led the team was also very aware of this, and he also knew that it was impossible for him to attack with only five hundred people.

Now that the mission of temptation has been completed, as long as he does not die, he will order a retreat.

(End of chapter)

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