The Qing army was attacked from both sides and could not advance or retreat. One careless move would result in the entire army being annihilated.
Tulehun wanted to retreat, but his reason told him that now was not a good time to retreat!
On the front battlefield, the Ming army was storming the Qing army's formation. If he ordered to withdraw his troops at this time, if he made a mistake, the battle situation would collapse and the army would be defeated like a mountain.
He, Tulehun, cannot bear this responsibility!
However, it would not work if they did not retreat. Once the Ming army completed outflanking them and attacked them from both front and rear, the situation would only be more dangerous than it is now.
Lang Tingzuo sat on the horse, thought for a while, and then spoke.
"General, I have a plan, maybe I can defeat the enemy!!"
Tulhun's eyes lit up and he spoke.
"Governor please speak!"
Langtinzo squinted his eyes and then spoke.
"Perhaps our army can concentrate its forces and launch a counterattack on the frontal battlefield!"
"After forcing the Ming army back, let the Green Camp soldiers stay in place and try to delay the pursuit of the Ming army. The Eight Banners should move away quickly and turn around to attack the enemy."
"According to the reports from sentry scouts, the number of troops sent by the Ming Army to encircle and outflank our army's rear was not large, only about three thousand."
"As long as our army concentrates the main force of the Eight Banners in Jiangning, we will have more than 5,000 elite troops."
"Five thousand versus three thousand, with a strength advantage, our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty can definitely defeat the enemy quickly."
"As long as we can defeat the Ming army that circled around and attacked our army's rear, the initiative in that battle will return to the hands of the Qing Dynasty again."
"Whether to fight or to leave, whether to stay in place to defend, or whether to retreat and lay out defenses in layers, can all be decided according to the situation."
When Tulehun heard this, a trace of emotion flashed across his face, and then he opened his mouth and gave instructions.
"Send the order and prepare the entire army for war!"
"The Eight Banners supervise the battle, and the green battalion soldiers from all departments will gather their servants as the vanguard to fight back!"
…
Woo! Woo!
The low and powerful sound of the horn resounded across the battlefield.
The Qing army concentrated its superior forces and launched a counterattack.
Amid the earth-shattering shouts of killing, a large black mass of Qing troops surged forward.
"kill!"
"Kill the rebels and protect the Qing Dynasty!"
"..."
The armored servants were in front, and only the uniformed green soldiers were behind.
Further back, there are Eight Banners soldiers with prancing horses and whips, armed with sabers, bows and arrows supervising the battle.
One wave after another, constantly rushing forward!
The Qing army also knew that Persimmon was trying to pick a weak enemy, so it quickly concentrated its superior forces and launched a counterattack against the Guiyi Army on the front battlefield.
Instead of fighting with the obviously more elite Infantry Brigade of the Liberation Army!
In Tulhun's view, as long as they could defeat the Guiyi Army on the front, the Liberation Army infantry brigade on the flanks would have to retreat if they did not want to fight alone.
It can be regarded as a different kind of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao!
Under the overwhelming offensive of the Qing army, the Guiyi army was obviously unable to withstand the attack.
Facing the counterattack of the armored Qing army servants, the Guiyi Army, whose armor rate was not high, was clearly no match and was forced to retreat.
When Zhu Hongyu saw the Qing army launching a counterattack on the battlefield, he just ordered.
"The front troops should do their best to supervise the battle. Anyone who retreats without orders will be killed!"
"Reinforce an infantry brigade on the flank, let the naval gun group concentrate its firepower, bombard the flank of the Qing army, and open an attack channel for the flank army!"
Facing the counterattack of the Qing army, Zhu Hongyu's arrangements were also confrontational.
The frontal battlefield supervisory team suppressed the troops and prevented the rebel troops from withdrawing to maintain the battlefield situation.
Then concentrate troops and firepower on the flanks and storm the Qing army's formation to share the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
Facts have proved that the changes in the situation on the battlefield will not completely follow the thinking of the Qing generals.
They were unable to break through the frontal battlefield for a while, and the Ming army counterattacked violently on the flanks. This was something they never expected!
Seeing the stalemate on the battlefield, Lang Tingzuo barely concealed the anxious look on his face.
Tulehun on the side couldn't help but frown, and he was a little worried about the future.
The difference between the Ming army in front of him and those he had faced before was huge.
He had only seen this kind of surging fighting spirit and indomitable fighting will in the Eight Banners soldiers back then when facing a strong enemy's offensive.
As the battle situation continued to develop, before the Qing army could break through the Guiyi Army's formation on the frontal battlefield, their flanks were torn open by a large hole under the firepower of naval guns and the fierce attack of the Liberation Army's infantry brigade.
For a moment, the green battalion soldiers once again could not withstand the pressure brought by volleys of guns and bayonet charges, and began to retreat like a tide.
Tulehun and Lang Tingzuo had no choice but to mobilize Eight Banners soldiers to fight fiercely with the Liberation Army to ensure that the flank battlefield would not collapse.
Liang Huafeng, the commander-in-chief of Suzhou Town, was ordered to lead his own soldiers and a group of Eight Banners soldiers to attack. Only then did he block the Ming army's offensive in hand-to-hand combat.
However, they can only barely maintain it!
The ferocity of the Ming army's offensive was something they had almost never seen before!
The piercing charge horn, the sharp bayonet, the deafening shouts of killing, the high morale...
The Ming army charged with bayonet again and again, forcing the Qing army to retreat continuously.
Many soldiers of the Ming Army like to launch bayonet charges with loaded muskets!
How do you say that, a gun is fast from seven steps away, and a gun is accurate and fast within seven steps!
No one can withstand such an attack if he shoots in the face before fighting with the bayonet.
Faced with the unstoppable defeat on their flanks, Tulehun and Langtinzo could only continue to issue orders and mobilize troops to fill the gap.
The pressure on the Guiyi Army on the frontal battlefield dropped significantly.
After Zheng Chenggong's Iron Man Army was dispatched to join the battle on the frontal battlefield, they also began to launch a counterattack.
A squat cannon, a mortar and other small-caliber artillery roared continuously, providing firepower for the infantry attack.
Boom! Boom!
After each grenade was ignited, it was thrown away by the Ming army soldiers. In the explosion, the heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army in front suffered heavy losses.
In front of the fragments produced by the grenade explosion, the Qing army's heavy armor was torn to pieces and torn apart like thin pieces of paper with ease.
Of course, the Qing army also imitated the Ming army and made some grenades.
However, due to problems with the quality of the gunpowder and the casting process of the projectile, the Qing army's grenades were much larger and heavier than the Ming army's grenades.
But the power is not as good!
The two sides fought fiercely, and the number of casualties rose rapidly.
There are corpses everywhere on the battlefield, and the smell of blood is overwhelming!
…
"Report!"
"Report to the general and governor, the thieves in the rear are less than five miles away from our camp!"
A Qing army messenger, sweating profusely, knelt in front of Tulehun and Langtingzuo and opened his mouth to report.
After Zhu Hongyu's Imperial Guard Brigade completed the landing, they did not passively wait for the Qing army's attack. Instead, they took the initiative to advance towards Qixia Mountain.
We must take the initiative to fight against the Qing army!
They are the Guards Brigade, the most elite troops in the Liberation Army, and the sharpest swords in the hands of His Royal Highness.
How can we passively wait for the Qing army to attack?!
When Tulehun heard this, his face darkened. What he feared most happened.
They were blocked on the battlefield by the Ming army, and they were attacked from both sides. This was the end of the world!
Moreover, because Qixia Mountain blocked the road, the Qing army could not leave even if they wanted to!
If the Qing army's cavalry wanted to run, they had to do so on the plains. If they entered the mountains, the cavalry's speed advantage would be gone.
Obviously, the Qing army Tulehun mentioned here refers to the Eight Banners soldiers!
Because there is a general shortage of horses in Green Camp!
And he, Tulehun, didn’t take Green Camp seriously.