1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 703 Red Snow (final)

On February 2, Yinshi (11:3 am to 5:[-] am), Uiju City.

Seeing the flames constantly rising in the camp, General Xuanwei of the Qing Dynasty and Wang Yuele of Doroan County spit fire in his eyes, and his face turned livid.Rockets were constantly flying from the west and north directions outside the city, or exploded in mid-air, scattering sporadic flames, or exploded in the camp, setting off balls of flames one after another, making the camp The fire intensifies.

During the battle during the day, the Eight Banners troops mobilized nearly 5000 troops. In addition, more than [-] troops sneaked across the river to attack the coalition camp. However, the coalition defense line on the other side of the river was not shaken. Instead, they lost more than [-] troops and had to retreat to the south bank.Calculated, the battle damage in the past few days, coupled with freezing and death, the entire army has lost more than [-] people.

However, the casualties of the Eight Banners who smuggled across the river have not yet been reported, and the specific losses are still unknown, but Yue Le believes that the casualties must be serious, and there may be thousands of them.

In this way, the casualties of the entire army were at least [-]% to [-]%, and they were blocked by the Ming and Qi coalition forces on the south bank of the Yalu River, unable to return north. For my Qing Dynasty, it was an out-and-out defeat.If they failed to defeat the Ming Qi Allied Forces, but instead fled back to Beijing, they would definitely be severely punished. The loss of titles and fines may be light. If one is not good, they may be deprived of their birth, imprisoned, imprisoned, or even Death (or beheading) is not out of the question.

Therefore, Yue Le prepared to launch another large-scale offensive after dawn after resting all night.The coalition army has few soldiers, and after being attacked by our Eight Banners army on both sides during the day, it must have suffered a lot of losses.They couldn't even rotate their troops to rest. They must be extremely exhausted and weak. Maybe, after another onslaught by our Eight Banners troops, they would collapse.

However, what Yue Le did not expect was that the coalition forces took advantage of the darkness to sneak across the river and launched another night attack on our army camp. They set fire to our army camp by firing rockets from a long distance. military camp.The fire has gradually begun to spread in all directions, igniting the few tents, fodder, food, cloth, and many vehicles, and burning violently.

"Commander..." Angbang Zhangjing Marce walked in front of Yue Le with a sad face, "There may not be one out of ten in the camp, and this is obviously an act of the Ming Qi coalition forces on the other side trying to take my salary from the bottom. So, we..., we..."

"How?" Yue Le asked coldly.

"Food, cloth, and many tents have been lost. I am afraid that this will not last long. In this case, our army should turn around and attack the hinterland of North Korea to get supplies. Moreover, we still need..., and we need to send messengers back to Liaodong for help. Soldiers."

"Hmph, there are only a few thousand coalition troops on the other side, but you want to let my [-]-odd troops escape into North Korea? ... and ask for reinforcements?" Yue Le sneered, "Marce, you are afraid that the Qi army on the other side will fail." !?"

"Commander, attacking the camp on the other side will only increase the casualties!" Marcel said cautiously, "The Han army is already frightened in the daytime battle. If they attack in a hurry and lose too much, there is no guarantee that they will not produce something different mind."

"What kind of different thoughts will a group of slaves have?" Yue Le reprimanded: "Move the army and retreat into the hinterland of North Korea. Do you think we can get enough supplies? Not to mention that within dozens of miles nearby, they were all cleared by the Qi army. , Even if we retreat to Tieshan and Anju, how much supplement can we get. Is it possible that we can retreat to Pyongyang, which is more than 300 miles away?"

When Marcel heard this, he suddenly lost his words.When the army invaded North Korea, in order to deter and punish North Korea, the Qing army slaughtered all the towns and passes that they conquered along the way, and set fire to them before leaving.Now it seems that, on the contrary, they indirectly cut off their retreat.

"...Or, we sneak across the river from the upper mountains and forests, and then disperse...and withdraw to Liaodong."

"Marce, crossing the mountains and forests means that we will abandon all our belongings and brave the wind and snow. How much supplies can you carry with you on the journey?" Yue Le showed a mocking look, "And at night, how should you spend it?" Pass?"

"Master..." Marcee was stunned.

"No need to say more! After dawn, the whole army will go forward with all their strength, break through the strongholds of the coalition forces, and seize their supplies. In this way, the large army has a chance." Yue Le looked solemn, "This battle will not be taken lightly unless the enemy is defeated. Say goodbye!"
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

In the barracks on the north bank of the Yalu River, the sound of artillery and muskets rang out, endlessly venting their firepower towards the dark wilderness outside the camp.More than a thousand soldiers with swords and shields held heavy and large shields and pressed against the wooden wall. The spearmen continued to stab outwards frantically, knocking over a hundred soldiers of the Qing army who were trying to climb over the wall one by one. land.More than a dozen hunting dogs were jumping and barking towards the outside of the wall. Occasionally, a feathered arrow would shoot out and pin the hunting dogs to the ground, whimpering, struggling, and dying slowly.

"Stop firing! Stop firing!" Several officers shouted loudly.

The artillery and muskets gradually stopped, and a general of the Zheng army stuck his head out of the shield and looked outside carefully.

"Throw a few torches out!"

There was silence outside the camp, as if all the Qing captives who had stolen the camp had evacuated.Dozens of torches were thrown more than 20 meters away. Except for the corpses on the ground, no prisoners were seen.

On this cold winter night, the coalition forces in the big camp had repelled three attempts by the Qing to steal the camp, and with the sudden fire in Yizhou City on the south bank, the Qing had launched another large-scale surprise attack. The west, south, and north directions of the battalion were all attacked by Qing captives.The thousands of coalition troops in the battalion were all mobilized immediately, ready for battle.

The night was dark and the situation of the enemy outside the camp was unknown, Li Fade, the commander of the coalition army, immediately ordered all the troops to defend themselves and not to come out of the camp to meet the enemy.

Shar Huda stared at the brightly lit coalition army camp in the distance like a falcon, fisted with his left hand, and held the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand, shaking slightly.The defense of the camp of the coalition forces was extremely tight. They tried to sneak attack several times, but all failed, and lost more than a thousand soldiers and horses.Now, the sky is about to brighten, and they will no longer have the opportunity to steal the camp, let alone launch an attack.

Yesterday, after a quick attack, more than [-] Han Army Eight Banners attacked the wall, but under the strong counterattack of the opponent, they finally fell short. The Han Army Eight Banners were killed, captured, and missing more than [-] people. .

And the team that carried out the night stealing camp was the most elite Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty. I never thought that these once brave and good fighters of the Eight Banners could fight fiercely with bare hands in the icy sea and snow field, but in the face of the opponent's dense artillery and Under the attack of muskets, they had little power to fight back. They were all shot and killed outside the camp, and only a few hundred people approached the wall of the village.

Maybe the times have changed, and the tactics have changed.The bravery and riding and shooting that I am proud of in the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are so unbearable and fragile under the firearms of the Qi army.

Almost all the soldiers who were injured in the attack on the base yesterday evening froze to death in the night. After calculating the remaining troops, there may be less than 3000 soldiers, and their morale is low and weak.After dawn, they must all be brought back to the south bank for a rest.Given the situation in the camp of the Ming and Qi Allied Forces, it is estimated that Duoluoan County King (Yue Le) did not please him, and maybe he also suffered a big loss.

Safely returning to Liaodong from the north seems to have become a difficult task for my army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty! ——
In the morning, seven o'clock.

At some point in the sky, tiny snowflakes floated in the sky. Under the blowing of the north wind, they fluttered and danced all over the sky, making the whole land vague and hazy, as if being in a dark ink painting.

Wearing heavy armor and wearing a black cloak, Yue Le was sitting on the horse, holding the rein with one hand and the handle of the knife under his waist with the other, looking up at the sky, countless snowflakes rushed towards his face, piercing into his nostrils, Hit him in the face.

The more than [-] troops stood silently beside them, but their expressions were somewhat dignified and solemn. The food and grass in the army were attacked by the coalition forces last night, and they were almost lost. Most of the tents and cloth were destroyed.It can be said that the whole army is already in a desperate situation. If they cannot break through the barracks on the other side and seize the enemy's supplies, they may be lost in the wind and snow.

The snowflakes gradually became bigger, and the speed of falling seemed to be more urgent, from a little bit to a group, whirling, and falling on the ground one after another.In less than a moment, the whole earth was covered with a thin layer of silver.

"God help me too!" Yue Le said softly.Such heavy snow weather almost obscured all the scenery on both sides of the Yalu River, which would greatly affect the sight of the artillery bombardment of the coalition forces on the opposite bank. It created excellent conditions for the Qing army to cross the river and quickly rush to the earth barrier on the opposite bank.

"Tong Zuyi!"

"The slave is here!" Tong Zuyi, the deputy commander of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, promised loudly.

"As a vanguard, you opened a passage for the army, is it possible?"

"Slave,... I will die!"

"Xiong Guangyi, command the troops to follow the Zhenghuang Banner troops. After breaking through the enemy's fortifications, they should quickly expand the gap to create a favorable situation for the army to follow up!"

"Hey!" Xiong Guangyi, the leader of the Xianglan Banner of the Han Army, promised loudly.

"Kakamu, lead the Mongolian Eight Banners Jiaqi, and then charge forward."

"Whoo!"

"Gachuha, together with this commander, lead the Eight Banners of Manchuria to charge the battle!"

"...Hey!" Ga Chuha still wanted to persuade Yue Le not to take the risk himself and stay in the south bank to supervise the formation, but seeing his determined expression, he closed his mouth.If the army failed to attack the stronghold on the north bank this time, he didn't think they would have the opportunity and courage to launch another large-scale attack.
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On the Yalu River, hundreds of self-rescue soldiers scattered in twos and threes on the ice surface on the north side of the river. They used a chisel to carve holes in the ice layer, and then inserted a row of wooden stakes that were as thick as a bowl. The ice layer froze the inserted wooden stakes on top, forming a hard wall more than one meter high.

Some self-rescue soldiers standing in the center of the river and responsible for vigilance sometimes bent down to check the frozen clothes on the corpses of the Qing soldiers, searching for possible property, and sometimes stood up straight and listened to the movement from the south bank.At the end of the line of sight filled with heavy snow, there is a vast expanse of whiteness, and it is difficult to see the situation on the other side.

"What's wrong?" A self-rescue soldier felt his heart tighten when he saw his companion suddenly stand upright and look towards the south bank.

"It seems that there is movement!" The soldier said with some uncertainty.

Hearing this, the companion clenched the dagger in his hand, and also held his breath and looked at Nan'an.

The wind whipped up countless snowflakes, and indistinctly, a thick line of soldiers emerged from the snow and mist. Countless Qing soldiers, holding short knives and holding spears, surged forward.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack..."

The two self-rescue soldiers immediately turned and ran towards the north bank, shouting loudly.

"Hoo!" A feathered arrow pierced through the wind and snow and pierced fiercely into the back of a self-rescue soldier, but was bounced off by the armor behind him. The self-rescue soldier staggered, and then ran wildly.

The self-rescue soldiers who were setting up the refusal horses on the bank of Jiangbei heard the call and did not hesitate at all. They dropped their tools and wood, turned their heads and fled towards the earth barrier on the bank.

Xu Hongxiang, Commander of the First Battalion of the Marine Corps and Lieutenant Xuanjie (Major) held binoculars in both hands, and carefully observed the ice surface of the Yalu River. In the snow and fog, a row of Qing soldiers had appeared. When they approached the river bank, It began to accelerate gradually, and rushed over at a trot.

"Order the heavy artillery to bombard the center of the river and the opposite bank according to the established scale!"

"Order the township soldiers of the [-]nd Squadron of Changshan Island, the [-]nd Company of the Marine Corps, and the [-]rd Company of the Marine Corps to use the platoon as a unit to conduct three-stage shooting!"

"Order the Bingzi Battalion of the Self-Rescue Army to stand by with weapons!"

The first battalion and other troops came from the Acropolis of Xuancheng to change defenses with the third battalion early this morning. At the same time, two marine companies and three combat companies temporarily formed by fleet officers and soldiers were transferred from the rear battalion. Xu Hongxiang has more than 200 musketeers in his hands, which can ensure sufficient firepower output at the front.

After attacking the Qinglu camp in Yizhou on the opposite bank last night, the coalition forces expected to be attacked by the Qinglu crazily, or even a surprise attack by the whole army, so they specially strengthened the deployment of troops in the forward position.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Several heavy cannons opened fire one after another, bombarding violently towards the snow-covered Jiangxin.

After hearing the roar of the artillery, the Qing army tightened their hearts, shouted loudly, and ran quickly, and rushed to the shore in a few breaths.Unexpectedly, they bumped into rows of ice-jumping horses more than one meter high, and they all stopped, cursing and leaping over the horses.

"Get ready! Let go!" the captain of the township soldier ordered loudly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

More than 20 soldiers of the Qing army who had just climbed over the wooden Juma were hit by projectiles and fell headlong into the snow before they could take a few steps.But the soldiers of the Qing army behind them, driven by generals at all levels, continued to rush forward, row after row.

The snow fell even more urgently, the artillery roared continuously, and the muskets fired continuously. Layers upon layers of corpses of the Qing army had piled up a one-meter-high corpse wall on the bank. Unable to stop, he immediately fell to the ground behind the corpse wall, avoiding round after round of musket fire.Several Eight Banners generals waved the backs of their swords angrily, and ordered the soldiers to stand up immediately and attack again, but the sniper rifles (Mini guns) that sounded from time to time soon turned them into cold corpses.

Teams of Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, with their horseshoes wrapped in a layer of cloth, kept criss-crossing the ice in the middle of the river. Feathered arrows, sabers, and raised horseshoes killed the Eight Banners Han soldiers who kept fleeing back on the river.

Dozens of Ba Yala in heavy armor surrounded Yue Le, marched slowly to the center of the river, and then stopped, looking at the Eight Banners Han army huddled in front of them.

"Marshal, the Han army still hasn't opened the gap." Kakamu led his horse to Yue Le, and said in a low voice, "The Qi army's firepower is fierce, and the Han army has suffered countless casualties. Now almost all of them are huddled by the river, look That way, it probably won’t work.”

"E'erbu, lead the five hundred armors to charge forward." Yue Le turned his head to a commander of the guards and said in a cold voice: "Even if everyone is dead, a gap must be opened for the army!"

"Whoo!"

"Muyana, lead [-] armored riders to sneak to the shore, wait for Erbu to break through the gap, and then charge forward on horseback. Even if you fill in all your people, you must disintegrate and disarm the opponent's... counterattack."

"Whoo!"

"Kakamu!" Yue Le stared at the Deputy Commander of the Mongolian Eight Banners Zhenghuang Banner, "No matter what method you use, immediately drive the Han army to continue attacking, and anyone who violates the order will be executed!"

"...Hey!" Kakamu paused, then gritted his teeth and promised, then turned around and left on his horse.

"Gachuha, come forward with me... fight to the death!" After Yue Le finished speaking, he looked up at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, then tapped the horse's belly, and walked slowly towards the north bank.

(End of this chapter)