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Crossing the Huaihe River, along the bank, a cavalry team was advancing. Everyone's face was ashen, and there was no joy in their eyes, but on the contrary, there was a murderous look.

The leader was riding on a horse wearing a Lantian military uniform, holding a big knife in his hand, followed by two people, both of whom were guarding the left and right with spears in their hands.

"Dingguo, according to Cao Xiaojun's information, the first [-] miles is the Kanzigou in the lower reaches of the Duhuai River. After passing through Kanzigou, we will almost reach the earth bag they said."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo looked at Wang Jiadong who was speaking and said, "Is there any intelligence on other fronts?"

After hearing this, Wang Jiadong said, "Not yet."

Li Dingguo frowned slightly. This kind of major military operation requires the cooperation of many aspects. Without any aspect, this matter cannot be done.

Li Dingguo looked at the earth bag under the telescope in front of him. After passing the earth bag, he will meet the enemy. Whether he will fight or not is a question. They may be in danger of being dumped. If they don't fight, if the best time to attack passes, their trip will be in vain.

This is the truest thought in Li Dingguo's heart. This time, the brothers of the third class fought back with their lives. If he just wastes it here, Li Dingguo feels that he is sorry for the nine brothers of the third class who died.

Li Dingguo was worried, and at this moment, the communications soldier of Li Dingguo's department in charge of managing the telegrams ran over excitedly and said, "Regiment leader, regiment leader, good news, good news."

Li Dingguo was shocked when he heard the call of the signal soldier under him, turned his head to look at the signal soldier and asked, "What good news."

At this time, the communications soldier took the telegram that had just been sent and reported: "Look, regiment commander, the message was sent by Commander Li Chaohu. They said that they ambushed the rescuers at the Tartar Rescue and Logistics Supply Area a hundred miles away from Xifengkou. More than [-] enemies were wiped out, the head of the bandit was beheaded, the number one warrior in the Qing Dynasty, Oboi, and the rescuers at Xifengkou were gone."

"Okay, great, hahaha!"

Li Dingguo was very excited when he heard this, and said to the messenger: "Okay, please call me back and thank you, Commander Li Chaohu, for your support."

After Li Dingguo said this, he looked at Wang Jiadong and Ma Shouying and said, "Okay, that's great, the support troops at Xifengkou have been repulsed, and our pressure has been reduced by more than half."

Hearing this, Wang Jiadong and Ma Shouying were also very happy. Ma Shouying said, "The only variable now is that the Tartars are riding on the grassland. I don't know what happened to Brigadier Wang Guixiang and the others."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Yes, but Brigadier Wang is good at leading troops, and the fighting power of the cavalry brigade is not weaker than that of the Tartars, so I don't think Brigadier Wang will have too many problems. "

Li Dingguo said to Wang Jiadong beside him: "Let the big guys get ready for battle, we won't wait."

Li Dingguo said, let the cavalry speed up, and the cavalry made their horses speed up when they heard the words.

At this time, Wang Guixiang chopped off the head of a Tartar on a clearing in the grassland. His eyes looked at a tragic battlefield. The battle just now was really tragic. It was a naked encounter.

This battle met on the grassland, and Wang Guixiang's troops were not given any chance to ambush in advance, nor did they even give Wang Guixiang's troops any chance to prepare.

The two armies so naked met on the grassland, followed by the most primitive and tragic cavalry fight.

At the beginning, the Lantian cavalry fired two shots at the opponent and killed a wave of cavalry, but the biggest difference between the cavalry and the infantry was that it was very difficult for the cavalry to change ammunition, so after two shots, all the cavalry changed to compound bows, Start shooting at each other with the Tartar cavalry.

This wave of the two sides fought extremely fiercely, almost exchanging blood, and finally the bows and arrows were all shot, and the two sides carried out the final bayonet red, the most primitive cavalry hedge.

The cruelty of the battle scene will definitely frighten a group of timid people. If nothing else, just look at the dead bodies in this grassland. Who can not be afraid?

Cavalry hedging is the most primitive way of fighting. Lan Tian has been trying his best to avoid it, but it is unavoidable. The reason is very simple. The current carbine can only shoot one or two bullets when the cavalry is facing each other. It would be too much effort to change the bullets.

Therefore, it is quite normal for the cavalry to encounter a battle, and finally fight to the point of hand-to-hand combat.

Wang Guixiang was soaked in blood at this moment, looked at the tragic battlefield and said: "Clean the battlefield and count the casualties."

With an order, the cavalry who had just experienced a big battle began to get busy. This kind of killing was normal for them. Although the casualties were a bit heavy, they were all within everyone's expectations.

Soon the casualty results were collected, and the cavalry looked at Wang Guixiang and said, "Brigade Commander."

Wang Guixiang was eating a piece of beef jerky at this time, and a military doctor beside him was bandaging Wang Guixiang. Wang Guixiang took the lead in the charge in the battle just now, so he was also injured, but it was not a serious injury.

Although he is now covered in blood, most of it is the blood of Tartars, and Wang Guixiang is eating beef jerky, which is delicious, even though there is a headless corpse of Tartars lying in a pool of blood one meter away. In the process, blood was still gurgling from the headless neck, but this did not affect his appetite.

It is not uncommon for him to eat among the dead bodies. He has been used to it outside the Great Wall these years, and the strenuous exercise just now, horseback riding, hacking, are all very energy-consuming things, so he replenishes his energy at any time , is very important to these prairie cavalry.

Wang Guixiang was eating beef jerky, looked at the cavalry who came to report the situation, reached out and took out a piece of beef jerky and handed it to the other party, and said indifferently: "Let's talk after we finish eating."

The cavalry gnawed the beef jerky, took a few bites and said, "Brigade Commander, the casualty data has been sorted out. This time we annihilated 200 Tartars, and our own casualties were 120, but nearly 900 of them were killed. Humans are the Mongols we came from the grasslands."

Wang Guixiang's expression darkened when he heard this, and he said, "100 casualties, more than 200 local brothers from Lantian, alas..."

Wang Guixiang was distressed. The death of the Mongols did not touch him too much. The Mongolian soldiers of these cavalry brigades were added later by Wang Guixiang. A group of Mongolians were found to train and became the auxiliary arms of the Lantian Cavalry Brigade.

Don't look at the cavalry brigade, which has more than 5000 people. In fact, only 500 of them are local cavalry from Lantian, and the remaining 500 are all Mongols.

In this battle, Mongolia suffered the most casualties. There are two reasons. The first Mongols were the auxiliary arms of Lantian, and they were the first wave of cavalry to enter hand-to-hand combat. , so the Mongols consumed a lot.

Secondly, the equipment of the Mongols is not as good as that of the Lantian cavalry. The Lantian cavalry has a full set of muskets and compound bows, but the Mongols use compound bows imitated by the Lantian Arsenal.

In addition to the compound bow, the biggest difference between the Lantian Army and it is a core piece of equipment, the anti-stab vest.

The anti-stab vest is a high-end product. In this world, it is almost equivalent to a close-fitting soft armor. You must know that a piece of close-fitting soft armor in the late Ming Dynasty was worth more than a thousand taels of silver.

And such high-end goods, the Lantian cavalry, each has one piece, so in the battle just now, unless the opponent cuts the head of the Lantian cavalry, or stabs the Lantian cavalry, the Lantian cavalry will hurt at most, and there will be no harm at all. any fatal injury.

This is also an important reason for the low casualties of the Lantian cavalry.

However, the casualties of more than 200 people also made Wang Guixiang heartbroken. These are more than 200 direct descendants of Lantian. Behind these more than 200 people are more than 200 families. It is war, how can war not kill?
The death of these people is to protect more people. Although it is painful, they must sacrifice when it is time to sacrifice.

Wang Guixiang is a general, he will feel the tragic sacrifice of his subordinates, but he will never regret it, this is his duty as a general, and every soldier in Lantian who goes to the battlefield is actually the best prepared in his heart.

The general wears the golden armor in a hundred battles, and he will never return it until he breaks Loulan.

"Go, let the brothers rest on the spot after cleaning the battlefield, replenish food, and immediately send a telegram to Li Dingguo's department, telling them that once the battle on this battlefield is over, he can attack the frontal battlefield."

As Wang Guixiang said, the soldiers saluted immediately, and then went to inform the communications soldiers, who immediately sent the information telegram to Li Dingguo, so that Li Dingguo could arrange the attack quickly, so as not to delay the fighter.

When Li Dingguo's troops marched to the other side of the river, they saw the rangers of the Tartars appearing on the hill. At this time, the rangers also saw the Lantian Army and ran down the mountain to inform the commander.

At this time, the big man of the Guerjia family was sleeping in the tent, snoring loudly, had just drank too much alcohol, and had not seen the Han attack after waiting for a long time. caught.

The big man of the Guerjia family fell asleep, and the ranger reported the situation, but was directly stopped by the guards at the door.

"Stop, Your Excellency is sleeping."

The ranger was in a panic at this moment, looked at the guards and said, "The Han cavalry, the Han cavalry has already arrived at the foot of the mountain."

Hearing this, the guard frowned slightly and said: "That's not okay. The commander said that no one should disturb him when he is sleeping, otherwise he will be whipped. In this way, you should hurry to find old Aji, and wait for anything. Commander, let’s talk when he wakes up.”

After hearing the guard's words, You Qi's face turned pale. Looking at the guard, he didn't know what to say. When the military situation is urgent, sleeping is like dying. Why can such a bastard become the commander? No wonder he has half-parents His elder brother, Lord Oboi, can become a celebrity in front of His Majesty, but he can only rely on the shadow of his ancestors to be a supernumerary commander.

You Qi had no choice but to go to the old Aji. The old Aji was born in Baoyi. Because of his outstanding ability, he was valued by Prince He Shuorui. He was promoted all the way to become the deputy commander of logistics.

And it is precisely because of the existence of old Aji that the logistics department is not messed up, but this noble Guarjia family drinks heavily and plays with women every day, feeling like mud can't support the wall, and relying on his background Gao Gui looked down on those who came from the bottom, especially the hard-working old Aji, who was the target of his revenge.

Thinking of this, the people around are complaining for the old Aji, but unfortunately there is no way, in Manchu, noble blood is often more important than hard work.

You Qi hurriedly informed Old Aji, who was running around in the tent in a hurry. How many days had he been calling for help, but there was no news of rescue coming from all the way, which made Old Aji very anxious. What happened?

And as time passed, the old Aji became more uneasy, and the old Aji always felt that something big was going to happen.

But old Aji felt that it was impossible. Among other things, he knew Fan Wencheng was a man. When he got his distress letter, he would definitely come to rescue him without saying a word. Old Aji was still confident in this point.

Mr. Wen Cheng is a loyal man, and when he learns about this, he will definitely come to the rescue without a second thought. Old Aji can be sure of this, after all, he has also worked as a clerical under Fan Wencheng for five or six years.

But it's too abnormal now. So far, no one has come to report the news. After all, even if the army needs time to march, the scouts don't need it. Wouldn't they send a scout to notify in advance?

No, there is no news so far. This kind of calm makes old Aji feel uneasy.

Sure enough, when old Aji was panicking, Ranger came.

"Deputy Commander, Deputy Commander."

You Qi ran in anxiously and knelt down on one knee. Seeing that You Qi was in such a hurry, old Aji frowned and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"

The ranger knelt on the ground and said: "Vice Commander, when we were patrolling just now, we saw Han Chinese cavalry on the other side of the river. They are about to cross the river."

"what!"

After hearing this, the old Aji jumped up from his seat, followed by looking at You Qi and said, "Where is the commander, did you tell the commander?"

After hearing this, You Qi almost burst into tears and said: "Master Commander is asleep, and anyone who dares to disturb him will be beaten with a whip."

Old Aji was about to explode when he heard this, and roared angrily at this moment: "Hurry up and let Gu Litai gather the cavalry on the hillside, let's seize the high ground first, and charge immediately after the Han people cross the river. We can't let the Han people spread out, otherwise it will be difficult for us to fight."

Old Aji spoke anxiously with roars, and after hearing this, You Qi immediately said yes, and ran out. At this time, old Aji took his armor and saber from the shelf beside him, and opened the curtain to look for it. Mr. Guerjia, in this barracks, he is the deputy commander. Soldiers in battle cannot see the commander, so how can they have fighting morale?

At this time, on the other side of the river, Li Dingguo also received a telegram from Wang Guixiang. Seeing the words in the telegram saying that the enemy will be wiped out and you can attack with confidence, Li Dingguo couldn't help laughing and said, "Cross the river and attack!"