Master Yuan, start!

He was surprised that the bayonet, which looked short and weak just now, became so sharp after being mounted on the spear.

However, the reality did not allow him to think carefully. When the middle-aged Hunan Army saw the bayonet coming, he instinctively swung his ring-handled broadsword and chopped it down suddenly, as if he wanted to take this opportunity to directly cut off the rifles in the hands of the National Defense Army.

"Return!"

The young National Defense Army soldier gripped the gun handle tightly and swung it upward with all his strength, deflecting the middle-aged Hunan Army's slashing blow.

In an instant, the gate of the Hunan Army was wide open, and although the young National Defense Army soldier's palms were numb, he still held the rifle tightly in his hand.

Immediately, under the incredulous gaze of the Hunan Army, the young National Defense Army took advantage of the opportunity and launched another simple and unpretentious "straight attack", directly stabbing into the ribs of the Hunan Army in front of them.

At this time, the middle-aged Hunan Army soldier swung the big knife in his hand for the second time.

However, the owner of the knife had already been stabbed, and although the second knife was swung out, it was soft and without any power.

"jingle"

The ring-handled broadsword fell to the ground, hitting the stone brick floor with a crisp sound.

In just a few breaths, a Hunan soldier who claimed to be experienced was killed.

And this scene is constantly being played out in Yangzhou Wengcheng.

When the enemy with a big knife attacked them in the face, the Wehrmacht soldiers squatted down and stabbed the enemy in the abdomen and crotch with a "downward thrust".

The enemy holding a long spear suddenly stabbed at his chest, but the Wehrmacht soldiers were not afraid at all. They also raised their bayonets and intersected the long spears, letting the bayonets get stuck in the spears.

Then, with a "breakaway" move, the Wehrmacht soldiers suddenly pushed down, suppressed their spears, and stabbed them into the opponent's upper body.

Except for some soldiers who were nervous in battle and forgot their bayonet skills and were chopped to the ground.

Most of the remaining Wehrmacht troops ended their lives with repeated bayonet strikes.

"The National Defense Forces, are they actually this powerful?"

Facing the rising sun in the sky, Duan Qirui put down the telescope, somewhat incredulous.

It is said that the National Defense Army is the strongest army in the world, and Duan Qirui also believed it, but he always thought that the National Defense Army was strong in artillery and logistics.

I didn't expect that he could fight just as well in hand-to-hand combat.

These were only the 7th, 8th, and 9th Regiments of the National Defense Army, not the elite troops of the first 6 regiments. If the first 6 regiments were to fight hand-to-hand, wouldn't they be even more courageous? Duan Qirui couldn't help but think in his mind.

Because Yuan Xiangcheng always advocated the idea of ​​attacking the enemy's plans at best, then attacking their alliances at worst, and finally attacking their cities.

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Unless absolutely necessary, he would not initiate hand-to-hand combat. He always advocated the combat method of artillery fire first and infantry following.

Use cannons to bombard the enemy first, until they can no longer bear it, then surround them and attack their reinforcements, using the majority to defeat the minority.

This led Yuan Xiangcheng to misjudge the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Army. In fact, with complete organization and good training, the National Defense Army was not afraid of anyone even in close combat.

After all, 10 years ago, the Jiashen Right Army was able to fight against the French army. 10 years later, how could the National Defense Army be compared with the Hunan Army, which was full of militia colors?

"Weiting, my head instructor, you are wrong, you are absolutely wrong!"

Duan Qirui put down the telescope, but he couldn't suppress the surging emotions in his heart. This is how the National Defense Army should be, and it should have been like this long ago!

"What stormtroopers? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let these good men die in vain a few days ago!"

At this moment, Duan Qirui felt extremely ashamed. Due to his lack of confidence in his own combat effectiveness, he still used the old tactics in the past few days, causing a group of national defense troops to die in vain in the trenches in front of Yangzhou City.

"Fortunately, the assault troopers at the Yangzhou Water Gate were successful. Otherwise, I would be to blame." Duan Qirui clenched his fists, brooding over his own mistakes.

"After the battle of Yangzhou is over, we must convene a decision-making committee of the Red Confucian Society and explain this issue in detail at the meeting!"

...

Inside the city wall, more and more Hunan Army soldiers looked at the bayonets flashing with cold light, and their calves could not help but tremble and began to feel frightened.

They couldn't understand why the Wehrmacht soldiers in front of them, who were clearly rookies at first glance, could easily knock down their comrades who had practiced martial arts for many years.

There is no unnecessary movement, life and death depend on a single stab.

After the stab, either you die or I die.

"Crazy, crazy!"

The Hunan Army turned around and ran, not daring to fight with the group of lunatics in front of them. They opened the small door on the side of the city wall and began to flee into the city.

The Yangzhou city wall was lost.

At this time, the riots in the city had just been quelled.

The Hunan Army defending the city, who had just come to their senses, was stunned when they saw the National Defense Army soldiers entering through the blasted open city gate.

A battle in the city that no one expected began.

However, in the face of the National Defense Army's outstanding organizational advantages and combat skills, the Hunan Army had almost no ability to fight back.

You can’t win when you’re outnumbered, and you can’t win when you’re outnumbered.

Only when the Hunan Army encountered isolated National Defense Army could they rely on their personal bravery to gain the upper hand.

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The Jiangnan New Army, once praised by foreigners as the Yangtze River Army and on par with the National Defense Army, now seems so vulnerable.

Finally, when Duan Qirui rushed into the city, the battle of Yangzhou was finally declared over after a long early morning.

In this battle, there were more than 1 Hunan Army soldiers, 2 of whom died in the battle for the city wall. 3000 of them refused to lay down their weapons and surrender after seeing the National Defense Army enter the city, and were killed on the spot. Only more than 2000 people were captured.

What awaits them is the land in Northeast China that urgently needs to be reclaimed, and the coal and iron mines that are being mined on an ever-expanding scale.

Hunan Army general Li Guangjiu failed to escape and committed suicide on the spot. The National Defense Army collected his body and buried it in Yangzhou City.

The Wehrmacht suffered more than 1500 deaths and more than 3000 injuries, most of whom were caused by the charge on the battlefield in the previous few days.

In the hand-to-hand combat in Wengcheng, no more than 200 people were killed or wounded.

To outsiders, this battle continued to spread the message to the world that the National Defense Army was unstoppable.

But what was more important was that internally, the senior generals of the Wehrmacht finally realized that they had underestimated the Wehrmacht's perseverance in the past and began to encourage hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat.

Bayonet tactics became a combat skill that all branches of the Wehrmacht had to learn.

In addition to the infantry, from now on, cavalry, artillery, logistics troops and even cooks will have to participate in bayonet training.

Chapter 263 Fire!

On the banks of the Lugou Bridge and inside the Gongji City, blood and fire were intertwined, metal and iron rang, and the air was filled with a sense of madness.

"Report! The cannons have already opened fire on the fortress in the city!"

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"Report! We've captured the rebel general Shou Chang. There are still over 5000 Eight Banners rebel soldiers left. Should we kill them or keep them alive?"

On the city wall, listening to the news, Tie Liang didn't even have time to wipe the blood off his face, his expression was terribly gloomy.

He originally planned to capture Gongji City and then head straight for the capital, but who would have thought that the Eight Banners rebel army in this city would be so troublesome.

At first, after the city was broken, these anti-rebel soldiers fled in all directions and had no intention of fighting back. But after a few hours, when they realized that they would die no matter how they ran, they seemed to have changed into different people. They gathered in groups of three or five and kept converging towards the east of the city.

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After finding out the situation, Tieliang realized that it was Duolong'a's grandson, a captain named Shouchang who was recruiting people.

"Let's go and see this loyal minister of the Eight Banners!"

Tie Liang led his subordinates to the temporary cage. After taking Gongji City, he ordered people to bring Prince Zhuang and his entourage into the city and lock them up there.

Passing by a half-open house, Tie Liang was furious when he saw Prince Zhuang Zaixun leaning against the wall not far away with a lost look.

To him, Zaixun is now a burden, a burden of no benefit.

Originally, if Zaixun could rely on his connections in the Eight Banners to cooperate with him inside and outside the capital, Tieliang would respect him as a man.

After all, many bannermen in Beijing had complaints about the "lifting of the ban on bannermen" among the emperor's eight reform policies.

In order to win the hearts of the people, Zaixun was well-known for his righteousness in the capital. In recent years, whenever the commanders and lieutenants of the eight banners in the capital had any difficulties and were unable to make ends meet, he would usually lend a hand.

But who would have thought that Zaixun was good at small things but neglected big things?

Even something as big as an assassination could go wrong. The most important thing is that he ran away directly after the mistake.

After escaping from the capital, Zaixun's title of prince, which was his greatest amulet, was no longer valid.

As for Tie Liang's idea of ​​taking over the capital by cooperating internally and externally, it was completely shattered.

Thinking of this, Tieliang's hatred for Zaixun, who was a hopeless case, surged out again.

When he arrived at the place where Shou Chang was imprisoned, he kicked the door frame.

"Hmph, a mere lieutenant, overestimating your own abilities."

Tie Liang sneered and said, "Shou Chang, do you know that even if you, Mafa Duolong'a, were to be reborn today, you would die here."

Lu Shouchang and his generals had been hacking and killing for several hours. After being captured, he had long since lost all his strength. However, when he saw Tie Liang's face, he still forced himself to curse:

3 "Tieliang, you traitor!

The Eight Banners Anti-Rebellion Army is composed of Bannermen. How could you have the heart to kill them?

You are unworthy of being a Bannerman, you traitor!"

"Traitor, who is the real traitor?" Tie Liang angrily exclaimed, "Who cut off the Banner pay? Who entrusted the safety of the country to a Han Chinese?"

"The Qing Dynasty is a world shared by the emperor and the Eight Banners, not by the Han people!"

When Shu heard this, Shou Chang stared at Tie Liang's eyes and asked, "So, you decided to send someone to assassinate the emperor who is close to the Han people?"

"Wrong, I originally just wanted to kill Yuan Xiangcheng." Tie Liang shook his head when he heard this: "Who knew that he would accidentally injure the emperor."

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"real!"

"Hehe...hehe...hahahahahaha." Shou Chang didn't get angry but laughed when he heard this.

"Tieliang, do you think I'm a three-year-old kid?" Every time Shouchang laughed, the wounds on his body would pierce his heart with pain, but at this moment, he only wanted to scold the traitor in front of him who dared to do the things he did but not take the responsibility:

"The emperor is unconscious, and you have rebelled. Even at this point, Tieliang, are you still unwilling to admit to assassinating the emperor?"

Tieliang didn't know that he was actually still feeling resentful about being implicated after the assassination failed.

Prince Zhuang clearly promised him