The breakthrough operation of Gaobao made progress that even Li Laiheng thought was very precise, but the grenadiers themselves also suffered heavy casualties. In less than half an hour of fierce fighting, various Gaobao troops were already in front of the Qing army's Haogou.
Thousands of corpses were left behind.
In order to cover the breakthrough of the infantry, the Shunjun cavalry on both wings had to keep an eye on and bite the enemy's rangers, while at the same time they had to be violently hit by Qing gunfire. The attrition was also very serious. Especially a large number of war horses were beaten.
The casualties and injuries greatly affected the combat capability of the cavalry unit.
A staff team including Li Laiheng and Gu Junen all believed that a complete breakthrough could be expected. The infantry reserves left behind the front lines were gradually put into the battlefield. The strength of the Shun army was not much less than that of the Qing army, which was enough to fill the entire width of the battlefield. In order to make
This infantry assault was able to completely destroy the Donglu trenches. Li Laiheng even smashed into the newly arrived local guards and standing militia troops on the battlefield.
Li Jiyu was anxious. He received the order that all the local guards should go to the front line to fight. Of course, Li Jiyu did not dare to disobey Dashun's military orders, but the weapons and equipment of the local guards were far inferior to those of the central army and the left army of the palace.
, the combat capabilities are also very different.
Rushing into the battlefield, Li Jiyu was of course extremely nervous. He originally only led the guards to escort food and supplies to the front line, but he never thought that these miscellaneous armed forces under his command would also go to the front line to fight with the Eight Banners soldiers, and at the most critical moment.
It’s time to hit the battlefield!
"Strategist...Strategist! Don't panic!"
Li Jiyu patted Shen Jingbang's back hard. After all, he was one of the three major bandits in Henan. He thought he had seen many strong winds and waves. Even in today's situation, where hundreds of thousands of troops were fighting together, Li Jiyu still had to fight.
Try your best to maintain a decent appearance.
He patted Shen Jingbang hard, but he couldn't help chattering. Shen Jingbang saw this and smiled bitterly:
"We don't have to pretend to be unafraid. Hundreds of thousands of troops are now fighting on the north and south banks of the Yellow River. Didn't the general already have plans to follow His Highness King Jin's plan to follow the dragon? Today is the battle of Conglong.
What are you afraid of?"
Li Jiyu slapped Shen Jingbang hard in the face again, almost knocking the military advisor to the ground. The jumping infantry in the front row holding sabers had all broken into the center of the melee. Now it was the guard's turn to dispatch. Li Jiyu held the sword in both hands.
He tightened his sword and cursed, "Today I am the founding father of the Dashun Dynasty." Then he kicked the horse's belly and rushed out.
Shen Jingbang quickly instructed his guards to follow him. He grabbed Kang Dayan and said:
"Kang Dayan, keep an eye on General Li! Protect General Li! Don't lose the face of us Henan people!"
Although Kang Dayan was a refugee who settled in Nanyang Prefecture, his origin was in Liaodong and he fled to Henan for various reasons, so he was not considered a Henanese.
However, people like Li Jiyu and Shen Jingbang were all native bandits in Henan, and they also served as guards of the Dashun Army to protect Henan. They had strong local sentiments. Kang Dayan was mixed in such an army every day, and it was inevitable that he would be infected with Henan.
People's habits, even their speaking accent are Liaodong accent mixed with Henan accent.
The strong man replied calmly and forcefully: "Don't worry! I will never lose face to Henan, Nanyang and Dengfeng!"
The Henan Guards followed suit and entered the battlefield. The number of infantrymen immediately increased greatly, and the thickness and density of the frontline troops were greatly enhanced. Li Jiyu led three square formations of Guards infantry through the gap opened by the grenadiers.
Rush through the ditch.
The Guards soldiers formed a formation of six to seven hundred people. The width of each formation was twice its depth. The formation was very broad. They were purely motivated by the spirit of protecting the country and the people, and their fighting will was very tenacious.
To the west of Xuzhou is the hinterland of Henan, the land of the Central Plains that has been completely reborn under the hard work of the Dashun regime. Every soldier in the Guards was assigned land after the reform of the camp system.
Pressure has also been greatly reduced under the Dashun system.
Not to mention the countless massacres committed by the Qing army during their southern expedition, which all left a profound impact on these local guards who were not very skilled in military skills.
They were afraid of the Qing army, and they were afraid of the Donglu, and therefore they were absolutely unwilling to let the Manchus bring fear and massacre to their hometown in Henan.
"Guard Xuzhou——"
Li Jiyu took the lead in shouting, but this slogan was not enough to stimulate the morale of the local guards. Upon seeing this, Shen Jingbang quickly shouted:
"To defend Xuzhou, to defend the Yellow River, is to defend Henan! To defend Henan -!"
Kang Dayan raised a Fanyang hat high with a spear as a sign to guide the local guards to advance. He rushed to the trench and set up a long ladder with three other soldiers of Li Jiyu. The Qing army
The shooting was still very violent. After they learned the lesson of the failure to block the high-definition target, they always put the soldiers of the army at a very close distance before giving the order to fire. In this way, the bullets were fired without any miss, and the guardsmen who had little combat experience suffered many casualties as a result.
big.
The Fanyang hat on Ke Kang's big-eyed spear did not fall down, and more soldiers rushed forward despite the hail of bullets and dense bows and arrows. They also called on all their comrades to follow with their Henan accent.
A group of six to seven hundred infantrymen galloped behind Kang Dayan. An artillery piece appeared in the eyes of the Shun army soldiers. The Qing gunners were about to fire. Kang Dayan had seen these gunners in Dongjiang Town, and even now the Qing Dynasty.
These gunners of the army, these Dongjiang veterans, and probably many of them are old acquaintances of Kang Dayan.
He shouted loudly: "Get down there!"
More than 700 local guards of the Dashun Army followed Kang Dahai and fell to the ground. The gunners of the Qing Army were experienced, but in the face of the pressure of the Shun Army rushing in front of them, their accuracy dropped greatly, and the shells flew to nowhere.
, only a few soldiers were injured by the splashing gravel.
The Qing gunners immediately abandoned their guns and fled. Kang Dayan was the first to jump over the long ladder and dispersed the enemy's artillery position. None of the local guards of the Dashun Army used firecrackers in combat. Their reloading speed and experience
It was all too bad. Everyone obeyed the orders of Li Jiyu and Shen Jingbang and only fought hand to hand.
King Chishun's vassal soldiers immediately surrounded and counterattacked, trying to recapture the forward artillery position. There were layers of dead on the ground. Many people rolled into the trench and could never climb out. More people were killed.
The cannons that made no distinction between enemy and friend were blown up, leaving not even a whole body behind.
Shang Kexi always insisted on taking the lead in the battle. His cloth armor was completely stained with blood, turning from white to dark red. The palace guards followed and the Qing army's local strength increased greatly, and the counterattack became more intense.
Get violent.
Shang Kexi personally ordered: "Light the cannon!"
The gunners waved torches, ignited the gunpowder, and more than a dozen light artillery pieces such as the anti-Japanese artillery fired at the same time. The bullets exploded and flew everywhere. Even the heavily armored soldiers and grenadiers were unable to attack them.
Preserve your own limbs and internal organs under such firepower.
The battlefield has not changed from the bloody situation. When Li Jiyu was a bandit in Henan, he fought many battles, fighting against the Ming army and the peasant uprising army. But compared with today's battles, those in Henan in the past can only be called
The level of brutality in fighting with weapons is simply worlds apart.
Kang Dayan's eyes were covered with the blood, flesh and organ juices of friendly soldiers. He wiped his face and his hands were covered with unknown red and white liquid.
When his vision became clearer and he came back, he saw clearly that a large group of Qing army soldiers had surrounded and killed them. The leader of the cloth-faced armor general was riding on a horse and charging fiercely with a sword. He was obviously an important member of the Qing army.