1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 700 Red Snow ([-])

"Quick, quick, quick... Jiannu is attacking again." On the ice of the Yalu River, several officers of the Qi Marine Corps looked back and saw countless Qing soldiers pouring in from the south bank, and started a new round of attack. The soldiers who added the dynamite fuse retreated.

After a fierce battle just now, most of the explosive fuses near the north bank were trampled and destroyed by the Qing army. The commander of the position immediately ordered dozens of engineers to restore the explosive fuses in case of emergency.You must know that with the current unstable flower bombs, it may not be able to explode the ice layer in time.If the Qing army attacked aggressively and made the forward positions tight, it would be necessary to blast several gaps and cracks in the ice to prevent the Qing army from passing through quickly.

Liao Wending, the leader of the Eight Banners of the Han Army with red flags, holds a knife in his right hand and a shield in his left.

Although he also knew that holding a round shield in his left hand would be of no use at all, the firecrackers from the Qi army on the opposite side could easily penetrate the shield and then continue to shoot into his body.But holding a shield can give him some psychological comfort. Perhaps the flying projectiles will not penetrate too deep into the body after penetrating the shield.

For the soldiers who were advancing, some people kept falling on the ice, and then there were loud yells from nearby officers.Liao Wending couldn't help but smile bitterly about this.At most, only [-]% of the soldiers who fell on the ice did fall because of the slippery ice.What's more, they deliberately fell to the ground in fear of the sharp firearms of the Qi army on the other side, and then dragged them to the back of the team.

But it’s no wonder that since I entered the Qing Dynasty, although the number of the Eight Banners of the Han Army has continued to increase, the Liao soldiers (formerly the Liaodong Han Army), which was once known for being good at fighting and daring to fight, consumed a lot and turned to supplement The combat effectiveness and willpower of a large number of Han troops surrendered in the pass are far inferior to those of the Eight Banners soldiers of the old Han army more than ten years ago.

The Qi army on the opposite side has always been the nemesis of our Eight Banners troops in the Qing Dynasty. In Shandong, Liaodong, and Nanjing, thousands of officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners were planted in their hands. Hun) were all lost in their hands, and there were no less than dozens of civil and military officials such as Gu Shan Ezhen, the Governor, and the Chief Soldier, and they were extremely cruel.

Just now, the commander-in-chief ordered that the more than [-] people under the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Red Banner must cross the river and rush to the earth barrier on the opposite bank, opening a gap for the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to follow up, and then annihilating the blocking troops of the Qi army on the opposite bank .

In this regard, Liao Wending is not optimistic.Our soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty fought with the army of the Qi State for more than ten years, and it seems that they have never wiped out a whole army of them. Even if they were killed or captured, there were very few people.In addition to the opponent's habit of launching military operations by the sea, there is also the Qi army who is good at fighting, and is very good at seizing opportunities.

Thinking about it carefully, I, the Qing Dynasty, have been at war with this small country of Qi Fan for more than ten years, and it seems that I have never won a victory.When Liao Wending thought of this, his scalp tightened, and his pace subconsciously slowed down.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a cannon from the opposite bank, and a cast iron projectile whizzed over, smashing hard into the middle of the advancing Qing army, causing a panic.

Under the horrified eyes of the Qing army, the bullet smashed into a deep pit on the ice surface with blood stains, and then bounced high, dancing on the ice surface, wading out a path of blood, and then slowly lost its kinetic energy , rolling onto the ice.

The soldiers of the Qing army nearby breathed a sigh of relief. The ice on the river was thick enough that the shells fired from the opposite bank could not break the ice.

"Spread out!... Quicken your pace!" Liao Wending waved the long knife forward in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Rush over! Kill an enemy, reward a career, five taels of silver!"

The marching queue of the Qing army suddenly sped up a bit, and the formation was stretched further apart. If they hesitated to move forward on this unobstructed ice surface, they were simply a living target for the opponent's artillery bombardment.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Several cannons began to roar one after another, and projectiles kept smashing into the ranks of the Qing army, stumped limbs and arms, shards of ice splashed, frantic shouts, miserable screams, The sound of rumbling cannons interweaves and resounds over the empty ice field.The blood sprayed everywhere quickly soaked the ice surface, and within a short while, the once blue ice surface turned crimson red.

On the south bank of the Yalu River, Hubai (the eighth son of Li Yongfang), the deputy governor of the Eight Banners and the Red Banner, saw the first group of more than [-] people approaching the north bank, turned his head to stare at a leader, and waved his right hand forward.

The ginseng leader immediately shouted, leading more than a thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners Han army and rushed to the north bank.

Hubai took a deep breath, tightened the armor on his body, and tightened the pocket on the top of his head. Then he drew out his long knife and looked at the remaining [-] officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

"Men, it's time to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty!... In this battle, there will be no retreat!" Hubai roared loudly: "Break the Qi army's soil barriers, and we will all be promoted and rich. But some men died in battle. Before the battle, you don’t need to worry about what’s behind you. My Qing court will honor your descendants. If you fear the enemy and avoid the battle before the battle, don’t blame the military law for being ruthless and behead you before the battle. This move will also affect your family. All demoted to slavery!"

After finishing speaking, Hubai glanced at the more than two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners armored cavalry who were supervising the battle behind him, opened his mouth and bit the rattail on the back of his head, raised his knife and swung forward, stepped on the ice of the Yalu River, and headed towards the north bank to kill .

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The first batch of more than [-] soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army fell down on the bank of the river north in front of the earth barrier under continuous musket fire. The archers of the Qing Army had just raised their bowstrings when they were instantly sniped by several Marines. Killing, with a muffled grunt, he fell down in the snow.

Seeing the companions around him being shot to death one by one on the shore, the earth barrier tens of meters ahead seemed out of reach. The remaining 400 soldiers of the Qing army immediately collapsed and turned their heads and fled backwards.

However, when the defeated soldiers fled to the middle of the river, they encountered the second batch of attacking Qing troops. The officers and soldiers who escaped the fastest were immediately pushed down on the ice, and the military law was directly executed. place.Then, under the intimidation and scolding of the leading general, the defeated soldiers had to turn around and continue to charge.

"After ordering the third battalion of the Marine Corps to enter the first earth barrier, increase the output of firepower. . . . The heavy artillery began to bombard the gathering place of the Qing army on the other side." Commander-in-chief of the Ming-Qi coalition forces, General Mingwei (Brigadier General) Li Fade ordered: "Save yourself The Wuzi Battalion and Gengzi Battalion of the Army are on standby, ready to replace the middle part of Pei Shu of the Ming Army at any time."

"Yes!" After hearing the order, a messenger quickly ran to the second earth barrier to convey the latest combat deployment.

"Order the [-]nd Battalion of the Marine Corps, the [-]rd Squadron of the Changshan Island Township Army, the Zheng Army Firearms Battalion, and the Ming Army Tamna (now Jeju Island, South Korea) Township Firearms Battalion to closely watch the flanks and rear of the camp."

"Order the [-]st Battalion of the Marine Corps, the [-]nd Squadron of Changshan Island, and the Bingzi Battalion of the Self-Rescue Army to strictly guard the Acropolis of Xuancheng and guard against surprise attacks by the Qing captives."

"Order Zheng Jun's Lingao Town and Anping Battalion to stand by on the north side of the camp, and send powerful troops out of the camp to guard near the mountains and forests. If any Qing captives rush out of the forest, they will immediately release rockets and set fire to temporarily stop them The enemy is in the mountains and forests."

"Order the township soldiers of Tamna Island to strictly guard the Korean civilians and not move around on the battlefield. Anyone who violates the law will be shot!"

"..."

Li Fade saw that the Qing army's assault queues were constantly gathering on the south bank of the Yalu River, obviously intending to launch a large-scale attack, and then adjusted the battle deployment. The army attacked.

Faced with the situation of the Qing army, Li Fade and He Yunfeng immediately realized that the rocket attack on the Qing camp the night before yesterday must have caused huge losses to the Qing prisoners, which might have seriously affected their daily supplies and logistics supplies, forcing The Qing army had to launch a large-scale offensive, trying to clear the way as soon as possible and return to Liaodong.

Then, as long as the Ming and Qi coalition forces firmly guard the front line of Dandong, block the passage of the Qing army, persist for a few days, and when the Qing army's supplies are cut off, they will surely collapse without a fight.At that time, the Qing army will either abandon their weapons and surrender and become captives of the coalition forces, or they will be frozen into ice sculptures by the snowy weather, and finally become the prey of wild beasts.
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Eight Banners of Manchuria Xianglan Banner Gushan Ezhen and Ningguta Angbangzhangjing Sarhuda were in the forest on the north bank. When they saw Lai Da, the commander of the guard who had smuggled across the river ahead of time, they almost didn't recognize him.Laida's face was covered with redness and swelling from frostbite, and there were several blisters on his left cheek, which had also frozen into shallow ice marks in such a cold weather.

"How many people do you have?" Sarhuda asked with a frown.

"There are still 670 people." Lai Da said hoarsely: "In three days, more than 100 people died of freezing, and more than [-] people died one after another when they raided the Qi army camp. My lord, we must fight quickly." A quick decision, if it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that many people will freeze to death. Near here, it is almost impossible to get any supplements. Camping at night, we can only dig snow holes to cover the wind and snow. Even so, some people will not wake up the next day."

Sharhuda nodded, silently calculating in his heart, Mao Wenzhong led the Eight Banners of the Han Army with more than 17 white banners, and the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner and Zhenglan Banner with more than 19 infantry armors, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army. There are more than [-] white flags, plus more than [-] Laida tribes, for a total of more than [-].Now, all of them are gathered in this mountain forest.This place is about four miles away from the Qi army camp, and it may take an hour to travel there. When we approached, it was the evening You hour ([-]:[-] to [-]:[-]), and we just took advantage of the cover of twilight to launch a surprise attack.

"Tell me about the deployment of the enemy army." Sarhuda took out a flagon from his arms and handed it to Laida.

"Master Xie Dutong!" Lai Da showed a gleam of joy on his face, but the frostbite on his face was affected, and his face was distorted and hideous due to the pain.

After drinking strong alcohol, he suddenly felt his chest on fire, and all the blood vessels and pores on his body opened instantly, and Lai Da snorted a few times comfortably.

"Hehe, not only are the guns sharp in this country of Qi, but the wine they brew is also so strong!"

"Where are so many nonsense, hurry up and talk about the arrangement of the Qi army!" Sarhuda glared at Laida angrily, snatched the jug from him, and stuffed it into his arms.In the breach of North Korea, in addition to looting a large amount of gold, silver, jade, cloth and grain, a lot of spirits were also seized from Seoul. According to those North Korean officials, these high-level spirits all came from the small country of Naqi Fan.After the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners drank it up and down, they immediately relied on it as a treasure.In the severe cold weather in the north, taking a sip is such a comfort and indulgence.

"The Qi army set up two earth barriers in a row on the north bank of the river. There were wooden fences on both sides and behind the camp, and a trench three feet deep and two feet wide was dug [-] steps away from the outside. There were no less than [-] artillery pieces in the camp. Door……"

"So many artillery?" Sarhuda asked in surprise.He knew that the artillery of the Qi army that Lai Da was talking about was definitely not small artillery such as the tiger crouching artillery of the Ming army in the past, but the powerful land battle artillery and heavy siege artillery.This Qi army is indeed famous for its sharp guns, and there are so many artillery deployed on this remote Yalu River.

"There are indeed so many cannons." Lai Da said with a bitter face: "We have captured more than ten North Korean civilians, and they all claimed that the Qi army unloaded at least forty cannons from the ship, and then drove them to drag them all the way. So far."

"What's the situation in Xuancheng Acropolis behind them?"

"There are more than [-] Qi troops stationed in the guard city behind, including more than [-] elite soldiers in black, and more than a dozen cannons. Although the height of the city wall is only a few feet high, we don't have siege equipment. Break through. Moreover, the Acropolis is not far from the camp by the river, and support can be obtained at any time."

Sharhuda nodded, thinking in his heart that after the army finished resting, it would only immediately launch an attack on the camp of the Qi army on the riverside, and cooperate with the Qing army attacking from the front to pull out this stronghold and open a passage.In this way, even if Xuanchengwei cannot be conquered for a while, as long as three or five hundred cavalry guard it, the army can return to the north without hindrance.

"Lord Du Tong..." Lai Da suddenly remembered something, "Yesterday afternoon, the enemy army came to reinforce them, about four thousand."

"What? Enemy reinforcements coming?" Sarhuda's eyes widened in astonishment, "Where did the reinforcements come from?"

"...I don't know." Lai Da shook his head. "They should have come here by boat. I suspect that it was the Ming army who stopped us in Anzhou a few days ago. They took a boat and quickly moved here."

"In this way, the size of the enemy army is not about [-] as originally estimated....Adding these more than [-] reinforcements, the enemy army is likely to be [-] to [-]." Sharhuda looked bitter. .

It was originally thought that with the help of more than 5000 people who smuggled across the river, and then cooperated with the main force of the frontal Qing army, tens of thousands of people stormed the Jiangbei camp with thunderous force. My army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty was crushed into powder.But will the sudden increase of more than [-] Ming troops cause unpredictable variables in the upcoming battle?
"Ready to go!" Sharhuda stood up, no matter whether the Ming Qi coalition army had 5000 or 1 thousand people, now that the army is all out, it is like an arrow that leaves the string.According to Lai Da's investigation report, the Jiangbei Qi army camp simply dug two trenches that were not deep, and the surrounding area was only fenced with wood.Although the Qi army's firearms are sharp, but as long as the attacking troops can withstand a certain amount of casualties, rush to the front of the camp, tear down the fence, and enter the camp, I believe that with the combat power of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, we will be able to wipe out the Qi army.

In August of last year, the Tushetu Khan and the Chechen Khan of tens of thousands of Khalkha tribes ran wild under the banner of our Eight Banners soldiers, and had to kneel down to beg for surrender. Pay the tribute of "Nine Whites" to the Qing Dynasty to show your surrender.

Then, in October last year, this victorious army was ordered by the imperial court to enter North Korea. In just one month, it broke through dozens of North Korean cities and passes, defeated nearly [-] North Korean soldiers, and finally broke into North Korea in one fell swoop. In Seoul, the kings and ministers of North Korea shrank to the mountain city of Hannan, and they were in panic all day long.

Today, my [-] troops from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty will be on the bank of the Yalu River, and then destroy the more than [-] soldiers and horses gathered by the small states of Qi Fan, which will demonstrate the might of our Qing Dynasty.

"Kill!" Seeing that the team was about to reach the edge of the mountain forest, Sarhuda waved the long knife in his hand and shouted.

(End of this chapter)