It's early in the day after summer, and the sky turns green and bright at dawn. The white half-moon floats in the sky, silently watching the boundless killings in the dim sky and earth.
The chilling atmosphere of war fills the surrounding areas
The camps dug into trenches and woven wood into fences were burning with fires, reflecting the endless pool of blood. Everywhere you looked, there were bows and knives fighting each other. What you could hear, people neighing and horses hooting, it seemed. There is killing everywhere, and there seems to be no place without corpses.
Chen Zhi stood on the slope with his sword in hand, his fine scales shone like lake water in the dim light, and his armor exuded the smell of sweat and blood - Chen Zhi moved the battle flag to this side, this is the battlefield. Before they were all cleaned up, there were still a dozen enemy riders who had lost their horses and were still stubborn. Chen Zhi drew his sword and went up, splattered with boiling blood and couldn't wipe it clean.
Behind him, there was an old mulberry tree with a large piece cut out by an iron bullet in the middle. The green leaves fell together. The dozens of dead bodies under the tree had been cleared away at this time, leaving behind pools of solidified blood.
Chen Zhihu's eyes were full of murderous intent, staring at the battlefield in front of the hillside
The Huaidong Army intended to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy on the west bank of the Feng River. However, the enemy commander Nahe Wugu insisted on not retreating. Instead, he deliberately tried to take advantage of his cavalry to separate the several groups of Huaidong Army that were advancing in a combined attack and kill only one group.
The remnant of the infantry and cavalry led by He Wugu in Zhangjiawan numbered more than 15,000 people. He was just right, and the one he attacked head-on was the No. 1 Denghai Zhenshi led by the city-climbing tiger Chen Zhi. The fourth and fifth brigades, one regular brigade and one reserve brigade
Fifteen thousand elite infantry brigades, compressed together, may not necessarily be able to withstand the impact of a considerable number of enemy cavalry. In the horse infantry tactics, the Huaidong Army emphasizes the concepts of depth and echelon. This means that the fifth brigade and the organized brigade , the reserve brigade lagged behind and contracted its formation, he personally led the first and fourth brigade with 6,000 elite troops, facing the direction of the enemy's cavalry attack, and charged forward in two conical arrays.
At the beginning of the battle, although the artillery organized into the array could not function in time, the generals of the Denghai Division did not all use traditional weapons and weapons to fight with blood and flesh to hold off the enemy cavalry. The charge...
The Ordnance Inspector's explosive bombs were not used in actual combat this time due to their immature technology and high probability of exploding the barrel. However, the explosive mines, which are similar to the explosive bombs, gave the enemy a lot of "surprises."
The shell is made of thin iron, filled with lead shot and gunpowder, closed with a cock, and led out with a twister. It is the ambushes made by the Ordnance Supervisor of Huaidong. It can be said that it is the prototype of the hand grenade. "Thunder", Lin Fu also let them go
Although scorpion crossbows can be used, when engaging in battle, ambush mines ignited by a drug twister are thrown into the enemy's formation by hand in front of the formation, causing them to explode and spray lead pellets and shell fragments to kill enemy soldiers.
Although the power of ambush mines is much worse than that of shotguns fired at close range, it is easy to throw, especially when engaging the enemy in a hurry and fighting on complex terrain. It is far more convenient than artillery.
It's just that this kind of ambush mine was also made by the Ordnance Supervisor, and the number was extremely limited. Even the military department had no plan to use ambush mines in the Northern Expedition. Even the Denghai Zhendi, which prioritized the use of firearms, only had one sentry before the war. After training, it was not until after the capture of Jinhai City that two thousand fire mines were shipped to Jinhai on a supply ship, and the first batch of equipment arrived at Denghai Town Division.
Facing the enemy's elite cavalry, the biggest problem for the infantry brigade when advancing is how to hold down their own position.
To be fair, the damage caused by the ambush fire mine to the charging cavalry array cannot be said to be very strong. First, the array of cavalry charging is relatively scattered, and second, the bullet-receiving surface of the huge war horse is much larger than that of the cavalry on horseback.
The third is that the ambush fire mine explodes when it lands on the ground. The lead shot will hit the horse's belly nine times out of ten, and less often it will hit the enemy soldier directly.
However, the thunderbolt exploded in the enemy formation, with an earth-shattering sound, projectiles shooting out, and smoke filling the air. It only frightened the normally well-trained war horses and fled in panic. Suddenly, the front line of the charging enemy cavalry went into chaos.
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If the enemy's position is in chaos, your own position will be safe
The 1st and 4th brigades, which were mainly infantry, seized the opportunity, rushed into the enemy's position, rampaged and killed the Yanhu people, causing them to overturn their horses and cry for their fathers and mothers. They beat them straight to the garrison and retreated, but for a while
Dare to take advantage of the superiority of men and horses to invade the Huaidong Infantry Brigade that rushes through the night...
At dawn, Chen Zhi led the first and fourth brigade to seize the nameless short mountain on the west flank of Zhangjiawan. After eliminating the enemy camp here, he used the infantry brigade to bully the cavalry brigade, coming from the rear flank.
With the cooperation of the fifth brigade, they stormed the Japanese camp in Zhangjiawan.
The Lubing camp can be said to be a model of the cavalry camp in the era of cold weapons. It is dominated by a large village on the side of the main road in Zhangjiawan. The camps are connected in rings, with earth dug as trenches and wood weaving as fences. However, because it is a cavalry
As the main camp, no deep trenches were dug around the entire camp; probably the prisoners were transferred from the west of the Wei River in a hurry and did not have time to dig long trenches.
Such a camp can only be said to be crude in front of the Huaidong Army's elite infantry brigade.
Countless Huaidong armor soldiers pressed into the front of the camp to restrain the enemy's cavalry charge. Dozens of light artillery were concentrated and dragged to the front of the formation from the north and northeast sides. They faced the enemy camp and carried out crazy bombardment.
The barrier wall ruthlessly tore the enemy soldiers' defensive formation into pieces as they dismounted to fight...
Tong Huacheng, who was standing on the hilltop in front of Zhangjiawan and looking at the battlefield, could only watch helplessly as two of his cronies were shot through the chest with a solid bullet and died.
With hot blood splashing all over his face, Tong Huacheng stood on the highest hill in Zhangjiawan. He could see the Sandun Bridge, Luohe Store and other fortresses burning with fire. He knew that the situation was lost and that no manpower could save it, and as night fell
The Huaidong cavalry who had previously scouted and entered the north bank of the Chaobai River had not yet entered the battlefield. If they wanted to flee westward at this time, they would be ruthlessly intercepted...
After the Huaidong Army occupied Jinhai, the front lines deployed from both wings seemed weak, but in fact they were intended to attract the main force of Dayan to the center for a decisive battle; and on the night of the 16th, the Huaidong Army also fought across the river.
It can't be said that they are particularly strong, and Na He Wugu even saw a slight possibility of defeating the Huaidong Army. After all, the Huaidong Army wanted to attract them like gamblers to the battlefield on the west bank of the Fenghe River, called Two Wings.
There is a chance for soldiers and horses to surround and annihilate them.
Otherwise, during the battle across the river, the Huaidong Army would have used the explosive fire mines that exploded when thrown. Perhaps after the night of the 16th, they would have decisively retreated westward, instead of dragging on for a day until the situation was complete.
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"General Tong, General Tong..."
Tong Huacheng wiped the hot blood from his face and turned around to see Ye Ji Zuolin, the son of Chengji County King Ye Ji Luorong. He Wu Gu's left counselor Ye Ji Zuolin came on horseback covered in blood.
"Little Prince"
Although Ye Ji Zuolin has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and is proficient in bow and horse, this is his first time to participate in such a cruel war. However, when he saw his newly-bearded lips trembling slightly with fear or some other reason, he came to Tong Huacheng.
He scolded with tears in his eyes: "General Tong, I was hit by an iron bullet. I call you over to lead the troops..."
Even if he survived the shelling from Huaidong, he would not live long. Hearing that his coach Nahe Wugu was unfortunately shot, Tong Huacheng was so shocked that his hands and feet were trembling, and he asked in surprise: "Where is Wutu Eqing?"
Tong Huacheng is a guest general. Although he is in charge of the Western Temple Supervisor and has a high position of power, if something unexpected happens to Hewugu, his deputy general should take over the command of the war——
"General Wutu has been killed in the battle..." Ye Ji Zuolin wailed.
Tong Huacheng got on his horse and followed Ye Ji Zuolin to the foot of the east mountain of Tushan Mountain. In the courtyard with a collapsed wall, he saw Nahe Wugu, whose left shoulder was smashed.
He Wugu only had time to look at Tong Huacheng, and he died without leaving a word. The generals just looked at Tong Huacheng in despair. Fan Wenlan from the courtyard broke in with disheveled hair. Seeing this kind of
situation, but in my ears I could already hear the charging of the Huaidong Army soldiers and the roar of artillery two or three hundred paces away. I sat down on the ground and wailed: "It's too late to retreat to the west. I have to surrender..."
"Nonsense" Tong Huacheng pulled out his saber and slashed at Fan Wenlan fiercely. When he saw him crawling towards the corner in fear, he felt mixed feelings in his heart and lowered his saber: Twenty thousand Donghu youths died here, how could he surrender?
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Tong Huacheng was in danger, and the war situation had deteriorated to the point where no manpower could save it. He could only order the remaining troops to break out to the west, hoping that the Huaidong Army would not seal the gap so quickly in the west, hoping that more people could escape.
Some people, in order to save more energy for Dayan, hope that the princes, princes and ministers of Yanjing will wake up and be ready to abandon the capital and flee to Datong or Taiyuan...
When the sun jumped above the horizon, Tong Huacheng led the remaining troops to escape the Huaidong Army's pursuit from the east. He asked the remaining troops to continue advancing. He reined in the horse and stopped under the big tree, hoping to gather more remaining riders.
Before nightfall, in Zhangjiawan, Luohedian, and Sandunqiao, Dayan still had more than 40,000 elite infantrymen, most of whom were descendants of the Donghu tribe. They were loyal to Dayan and Donghu. However, here
For a moment, Tong Huacheng really doubted whether one-third of the troops had escaped.
Bloody courage is sometimes undesirable. If Hewugu had given up his thoughts of fighting to the death earlier, there would have been no problem in withdrawing not only 40,000 cavalry, but also 78 to 80 people.
It would take two days for the Huaidong Army to advance to the gates of Yanjing City. Two days would be enough time for them to escort the royal family to urgently withdraw from Yanjing and flee to Datong or Dalian - it is a pity that Nahe Wugu hesitated for half the night.
The lives of twenty to thirty thousand Donghu men were wasted in vain on the bloody battlefield.
It's just that Tong Huacheng couldn't think too much. At this time, the police whistle sounded loudly in the north wing, and then the faint sound of horse hooves came like a sudden rain... Tong Huacheng closed his eyes in despair. At this moment, he had also expected it, and took a circuitous route to the west at night.
, the Huaidong cavalry, which has never appeared on the battlefield, always has to play some role. Maybe it has been waiting here for some time, just waiting for them to pass by and save a sharp killing blow...
Tong Huacheng looked at the desperate generals around him. They had changed from being ignorant and brave at first to frightened birds fleeing westward. They had lost the courage to fight the Huaidong Army head-on.
Tong Huacheng pulled out his saber and swung it to the north without saying anything. He just slowly raised his horse. However, only a dozen cavalry followed him and launched a desperate charge towards the Huaidong cavalry array. The others headed southwest in fear.