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Chapter 187 Listen to the words of the snow lying

It will take at least half a day to get news from Xuzhou to sending reinforcements to Longzhuang.

Zhao Boyuan fought this time difference. He ate Luke Dehun's Northern Route Army within half a day. At this time, 20,000 Green Camp soldiers were defeated in one battle. How could the enemy have a chance to breathe? The large group of soldiers continued to advance and pressed towards the Qing soldiers.

As the war broke out to the central army, Luke Dehun had no time to think about anything else. The remaining 20,000 campers were fighting and retreating, and could no longer resist the advancing Chinese army.

Without caring about the 20,000 soldiers on the northern line, Luke Dehun took the 5,000 Eight Banners and turned to the southern line of the canal area. The Eight Banners soldiers had fast horses and could cross the canal and retreat to the central army at any time.

As long as the Eight Banners under his command are fine and lose tens of thousands of Green Camp soldiers, Luke Dehun will never have any problems.

Lukedehun led his troops to the southern line and found that 20,000 Green Camp soldiers were fighting with Li Chengdong, and both sides fought back and forth.

Lukedehun was very excited and decided to stop retreating south, wait for reinforcements from the middle route here, then he used the Eight Banners troops to control the battle himself on the southern line.

The central army lost the Eight Banners to suppress the formation. Under the advance of the Chinese army, they quickly knelt down and surrendered. Due to the failure of the central army, the 20,000 Green Camp soldiers on the northern line were quickly defeated.

After dismantling the Qing army on the central and northern lines, Zhao Boyuan ordered the army to turn south, Shang Zhaoxin's troops in Shui Niushan, turned into a back formation, arrested the dead and wounded soldiers, and detained prisoners of war.

The 70,000 troops from Yang Qingshan's troops were changed to the left wing and went to Dahuang Mountain to deploy defenses.

Zhao Boyuan arranged the army properly and slowly pressed southward to the canal line, assisting Li Chengdong in attacking the Qing flank from the north. Lukedehun's central army had been defeated for a while, but could not withstand the attacks between the two lines. He was soon defeated, and the 20,000 Green Camp soldiers were almost completely lost.

Just as Lukedehn was planning to cross the canal and flee south, the horse's hooves suddenly filled the sky like thunder and dust, and the Qing Dynasty rescue soldiers arrived.

Soon a team of knights arrived, and the man in charge stopped his horse and bowed to Lukedehun, "Prince Shuncheng County."

Luke Dehun looked at the man, "Liu Liangzuo, why are you, a dog slave, here now? How many people have you brought?"

Liu Liangzuo was scolded and said with no displeasure at all. He smiled, "The slave is just a pioneer, and the regent will arrive soon!"

Lukedehn said happily, "The Regent is here too. So, our main force is here?"

Liu Liangzuo said, "That's right. When the Regent got the news, he had already brought the main force to come. He received the second news from Prince Shuncheng County on the way."

Lukedhun laughed and said, "Hahaha, okay, the Regent is wise, hahaha!"

Liu Liangzuo smiled apologized, "That's true, the Regent is wise!"

A large group of green camp soldiers crossed the canal, and the Qing Dynasty front in the north gradually stabilized. In the eyes of Luke Dehun, a large number of colorful flags suddenly appeared in the distance. Under the flag, many blue armored Eight Banners soldiers surrounded by one. The man was wearing gilded armor, with small eyes and thick lips under the bowl hat. On his lips, there were several sparse beards, according to Manchu tradition. Who would he be if he were not Jirgalang?

Lukedehun hurriedly brought people to greet him, slammed the horse from afar, walked up and knelt on the ground, "Slave Lukedehun met the Regent."

Jirhalang was over fifty years old and made great achievements from Liaodong to the pass. During the Nurhazhi era, he was one of the eight major Heshuo Beile. After Huang Taiji's death, he even supported Shunzhi to ascend the throne to prevent Dorgon from becoming emperor, becoming one of the two major regents of the Qing Dynasty.

Jirgalang jumped off his horse and said to Lukede, "Get up."

Fortunately, you didn't make any mistakes."

Lukedehun kowtowed and stood up, "I am ashamed of my servant, and it is all up to the Regent to see the secrets of heaven."

Jirgalang stepped forward a few steps and looked at the distance where the Chinese army was. "How many of them are there?"

Luke Dehun said respectfully, "It is the main force of the bandit army, with about 200,000. The northeastern side has newly occupied Dahuang Mountain, and the canal on the west side is the rebel general Li Chengdong."

Jirhalangmo stood up for a while and turned around and said, "Send the vanguard to attack, and the whole army crossed the canal and lined up!"

Liu Liangzuo followed Lukede, and when he heard the order, he turned around and hurriedly left, and rushed towards Zhao Boyuan's central army with the 30,000 Green Camp soldiers from the vanguard.

Soon, Liu Liangzuo's vanguard fought with the Chinese army, and fierce gunfire broke out. Jirgalang didn't care and led many Eight Banners soldiers across the canal and advanced far towards Dahuang Mountain.

The area around Xuzhou is flat and is very suitable for large-scale cavalry combat. Dahuang Mountain is just a small hill within a radius of two miles.

However, for the Chinese Army, a small hill is also an important support for the fight against the cavalry.

Jirgalang made up his mind and told Lukede, "The enemy in Dahuang Mountain is clearly about defending it. Just send a soldier to watch over it. You can take the 38,000 banners to defeat the central army!"

Lukede hurriedly left, and the knights who were sending the order quickly ran through the army. Soon, a large group of Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners soldiers began to gather towards the central army.

After Liu Liangzuo's vanguard, Luke Dehun sent another 50,000 troops to support him, gathering the Eight Banners Army to gain time and ensuring the concealment of the cavalry assault.

After the battle formation, 30,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners soldiers quickly assembled. The bloody brave men in the front row who had been through the battle formation for a long time were all wearing double iron armor and with long swords and bones on their waists. The Eight Banners soldiers rushed into Shanhaiguan from Liaodong, and their opponents were killed wherever they went. They were considered to be a trump card in the hands of the Qing people.

It was afternoon at this time. In the atmosphere of war, the war horses stepped on their front hooves and spitted their breath from time to time. The Eight Banners soldiers on the war horses were trembling with flesh. In the stuffy air, they were just waiting to kill quickly to end the battle.

With a command, Luke Dehun waved the flag suddenly, and the brigade of Eight Banners soldiers slapped forward almost at the same time.

The heavy cavalry with double armor, which can be called the armored vehicles of the cold weapon era, are slowly pressing against the chaotic battlefield at this time.

The vanguard Liu Liangzuo fought extremely tragic. Most of the 30,000 Green Battalion soldiers had already been killed or injured. Liu Liangzuo was just tragic and didn't know what to do when he suddenly heard the dull sound of horse hooves behind him, and quickly ordered all the troops to withdraw from both sides and give way to the cavalry.

The Eight Banners Cavalry quickly accelerated and charged violently towards the Chinese Army front.

The distance of two hundred steps was almost instantly under the impact of the cavalry. The Chinese army laid a row of guns, and only a few dozen knights fell down.

The Chinese army in the front row did not delay at all, and quickly surrounded the bayonets and formed a formation. The grenadiers lit the leads after the musketeers and began to drop bombs.

The rumbling knight rushed up like a sea of ​​rushing seas. Even though Zhao Boyuan had already known the arrangement of the Hu people through the hot air balloon, the first line of defense was still quickly broken in the face of the heavy armored knights.

The Chinese army shrank into circular formations, using bayonets and grenades to fight the surging Eight Banners soldiers.

The heavy cavalry wearing double-layered iron armor has great physical strength requirements for both people and horses. The biggest function is to tear the front line. Once they fall into a stalemate, they will not be able to hold on.

The Eight Banners Heavy Armored Cavalry whistled from the torn Chinese Army Front like a torrent

By the way, we continued to advance in depth and handed over the Chinese military formation to the Green Camp soldiers behind us.

However, with the restraint of the first Chinese military front, the charge speed of the Eight Banners heavy cavalry was much lowered, which was a fleeting fighter for the second Chinese military defense line.

The second row of Chinese troops quickly raised their guns and aimed at them, and fired their guns at the Eight Banners heavy armored cavalry. Nearly fifty mother-in-law fired guns from the crowd, and kept spraying fire at the cavalry running towards the Mercedes.

At a distance of 100 steps, even wearing double iron armor, under the strafing of bullets, the Eight Banners heavy cavalry were still constantly shot and fell down.

The Eight Banners soldiers braved their casualties and rushed forward, wielding their swords to cut down the Chinese army lined up.

The Chinese soldiers were not afraid of the sabers and raised their bayonets to stab the Eight Banners. Unfortunately, the Eight Banners soldiers were wearing iron armor. Although they could not block the bullets, they were enough to block the sword and slash the sword.

The second line of defense was in danger, and the commander shouted, "Stamp the horse, spoil the horse!"

Many Chinese soldiers turned their swords and turned to stab the heavy cavalry's war horses, stabbed the horse's belly and chopped the horse's legs. These war horses carried heavy armored knights weighing hundreds of kilograms, and fell to the ground almost immediately after one stab.

Once the heavy armored knight fell to the ground, he lost his flexibility and impact. These cavalry, which consumed most of the physical strength, were quickly stabbed into the throat with a bayonet to kill under the siege of several people.

The second line of defense gradually stabilized, and finally blocked the Eight Banners soldiers in front of the bayonets and the continuous gun formation.

Lukedehn was very anxious. This situation was extremely unfavorable to the cavalry. Although the Eight Banners were used to dismounting and fighting in the field most of the time, these elite warriors died in the attack of continuous guns and grenades.

Lukedehun led his personal guards and rushed left and right in the crowd, shouting loudly, allowing the Eight Banners to break through the defense and cut off the enemy formation, but instead attracted more Chinese troops to siege.

Although the deaths and injuries were severe, the Chinese army finally completely blocked the heavy armored cavalry with bayonets and bodies. In the iron-blooded battle, the heavy armored cavalry gradually overdrawed their physical strength, and the Chinese army began to gain the upper hand.

Jirgalang, who was far away in the back formation, saw all this and was unmoved. He waved his hand behind him and a general wearing black armor walked up to him.

Jirgalang looked at the man and said, "Babecha, it's time for you to come on the court. Take the flag of the Central Army and take the Xuzhou City and take the measures at your headquarters."

Babe responded, turned around and turned over and left. Soon a flag with a black background and a white geometric fish pattern sewn in the middle floated over, followed by thousands of arrogant knights.

Babecha said a few words in front of the formation, and soon the many knights became excited and shouted in their mouths.

Seeing the black-bottomed and blue-edged fish-patterned flag slowly moving forward, Jirhalang said to someone beside him, "Tell Luke Dehun to remove all the Eight Banners Warriors."

The messenger left in a hurry, and Jirgalang said again, "I ordered Geng and Liu to lead the army to attack, and wait for the Sorens army to knock down the enemy's central army's flag, and the two units took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing."

Luke Dehun, who was in a tough battle ahead, finally received the military order and quickly shouted, "Retreat quickly, retreat from both wings!"

The Chinese army would not let the Eight Banners retreat easily, and they loaded bullets and shot, leaving the Eight Banners soldiers with more corpses.

After the Eight Banners Army rode their horses back, the first line of defense of the Chinese army was broken, and the remaining Chinese army formation could no longer be withdrawn. Under the siege of the Green Camp soldiers, they were being broken and killed one by one.

At this moment, a conch sounded, and a cavalry quickly passed through the battlefield like an arrow, killing straight towards the flag of the Chinese Central Army.
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