"Quick, quick, quick..., Jiannu is attacking again." On the ice of the Yalu River, several Qi Marine officers turned around and saw countless Qing soldiers pouring in from the south bank. They started a new round of attack and hurriedly called out to those who were replenishing their troops.

Added explosive fuse to soldiers retreating.

In the fierce battle just now, some of the explosive fuses near the north bank were trampled and destroyed by the Qing army. The position commander immediately ordered dozens of engineers to restore the explosive fuses in case of emergency. You must know that with the current unstable explosive bombs,

It may not be possible to explode the ice in time. If the Qing army launches a large-scale and crazy attack, which makes the forward position tight, it will be necessary to blast several gaps and cracks in the ice to prevent the Qing army from passing quickly.

Liao Wending, the commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army with a red flag, held a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. While constantly looking up and forward, he used the corner of his eye to scan the changing movements of his subordinates on the left and right.

Although he also knew that holding a round shield in his left hand would not do anything at all. The Qi army's fire blunderbuss on the opposite side could easily penetrate the shield and then continue to shoot into his body. But holding the shield could give him some mental health benefits.

For some consolation, perhaps the flying projectiles will not penetrate too deeply into the body after penetrating the shield.

Some of the soldiers who were advancing continued to fall on the ice, and then heard loud scoldings from nearby officers. In response, Liao Wending couldn't help but smile bitterly. At most, only 20% of the soldiers who fell on the ice were actually caused by the ice.

It was slippery and unfortunately fell down. More often than not, they were afraid of the sharp firearm strikes from the Qi army on the other side, so they deliberately fell to the ground and then dragged them behind the team.

But it’s no wonder that since the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass, although the number of the Eight Banners of the Han Army has continued to grow, the Liao soldiers (formerly the Han Army in Eastern Liaoning), who were once known for their good fighting skills and daring to fight, have been depleted a lot and have to be replenished.

A large number of Han troops surrendered within the pass, but their combat effectiveness and willpower were 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 Qing Dynasty Eight Banners troops. In Shandong, Liaodong, and Nanjing, thousands of Eight Banners officers and soldiers fell into their hands. Even our Qing Dynasty Shuncheng County Prince (Lucked)

Hun) all fell into their hands, and there were no less than dozens of civil and military officials such as Gushan Ezhen, the governor, and the general soldier, all of whom were extremely cruel.

Just now, the commander-in-chief gave a strict order that the more than 3,000 soldiers under the Eight Banners of the Han Army with the Red Flag must cross the river and rush up to the earthen barrier on the other side, opening a gap for the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia to follow, and then annihilate the blocking troops of the Qi Army on the other side.

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In this regard, Liao Wending was not optimistic. Our Qing soldiers and horses had been fighting against the Qi army for more than ten years, and it seemed that they had never annihilated an entire unit of theirs. Even if they were killed, very few of them were captured.

In addition to the opponent's habit of launching military operations at the seaside, the Qi army is good at fighting and is very good at seizing opportunities. They can always attack the weak points of our Qing Dynasty and often hit them with one blow, inflicting a large number of casualties on our Qing Dynasty troops.

Thinking about it carefully, the Qing Dynasty has been fighting with the small country of Qi Fan for more than ten years, and it seems that it has never won a victory. When Liao Wending thought of this, his scalp couldn't help but tighten, and his steps subconsciously slowed down.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a gunshot from the other side, and a cast-iron projectile roared over and hit the middle of the advancing Qing army, causing a panic.

Under the horrified eyes of the Qing army, the projectile smashed a deep hole in the ice with blood stains, and then bounced high again, beating on the ice, making a bloody path, and then slowly lost its kinetic energy.

, rolled onto the ice.

The nearby Qing soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. The ice on the river was thick enough, and the artillery shells fired from the other side could not break the ice.

"Spread out!...Speed ​​up the pace!" Liao Wending waved the long knife forward in his hand and shouted loudly: "Charge over! Kill one enemy, and you will be rewarded with a future and five taels of silver!"

The Qing army's marching queue suddenly sped up a bit, and their formation was spread wider. They were standing still on this unobstructed ice surface, which was simply a living target for the opponent's artillery bombardment.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Several artillery pieces began to roar one after another, and projectiles continued to hit the ranks of the Qing troops. Limbs were broken, broken ice flew, crazy shouts, and shrill screams,

and the rumbling sound of cannons intertwined and resounded across the empty ice field. The blood sprayed everywhere quickly soaked the ice surface, and within a moment, the once blue ice surface turned red.

On the south bank of the Yalu River, Tong Hubai (the eighth son of Li Yongfang), deputy capital of the Eight Banners with a red flag, saw the first group of more than 700 people approaching the north bank. He turned to stare at a military leader and waved his right hand forward.

The officer then shouted loudly and led more than a thousand Eight Banners Han soldiers to rush towards the north bank.

Hu Bai took a deep breath, tightened the armor on his body, straightened the hood on his head and tied it tightly. Then he drew out his long sword and looked at the remaining 1,500 Eight Banners officers and soldiers of the Han Army.

"Gentlemen, the time has come to be loyal to our Qing Dynasty! ... In this battle, there is no advance but no retreat!" Hubai roared loudly: "By defeating the Qi army's fortress, we will all be promoted and rich. But some men died in the battle.

In front of the battle, also

There is no need to worry about what will happen after your death. Our Qing Dynasty will honor your descendants. If there is someone who is afraid of the enemy and avoids fighting in front of the battle, then don’t blame the ruthless military law and behead him in front of the battle. This will also affect your family, and they will all be demoted as slaves.

!”

After saying that, Hu Bai glanced at the more than two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners armored cavalry behind him who were supervising the battle. He opened his mouth and bit the rat tail on the back of his head. He raised his sword and swung it forward. He stepped onto the ice of the Yalu River and headed for the north bank.

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"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The first batch of more than 700 Eight Banners soldiers of the Han Army fell to the north bank of the river in front of the earthen fortress under continuous musket fire. As soon as the Qing Army archers raised their bowstrings, they were instantly sniped by several Marine Jaegers.

Kill, grunted, and fell down in the snow.

Seeing their companions being shot dead one by one on the shore, the earthen fortress dozens of meters ahead seemed to be out of reach, and the remaining more than 400 Qing soldiers immediately collapsed and turned around and fled back.

However, the defeated soldiers fled to the middle of the river and encountered the second batch of attacking Qing troops. Several officers and soldiers who had escaped the fastest were immediately pushed down on the ice, and military law was directly applied. They swung their swords and suddenly their heads were mutilated.

. Then, under the intimidation and scolding of the leading general, the defeated soldiers had to turn around and continue to charge.

"Order the Third Battalion of the Marine Corps to enter the first earth barrier and increase the output of firepower... Heavy artillery began to bombard the Qing army assembly area on the other side." General Mingwei (Brigadier General) Li Fade, the commander-in-chief of the Ming-Qi coalition forces, ordered: "Self-rescue

The Wu-zi camp and the Geng-zi battalion of the army are on standby, ready to replace the middle part of Pei Shu of the Ming army for rest."

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

"Order the 2nd Battalion of the Marine Corps, the 3rd Squadron of the Changshan Island Rural Soldiers, the Zheng Army Firearms Battalion, and the Ming Army Tamra (today's Jeju Island, South Korea) Town Firearms Battalion to pay close attention to the flanks and rear of the camp."

"Order the 1st Battalion of the Marine Corps, the 2nd Squadron of Changshan Island, and the Bingzi Battalion of the Self-Rescue Army to strictly guard the Xuancheng Acropolis and guard against sneak attacks by Qing captives."

"Order the two units of Zheng Jun's Lingao Town and Anping Camp to be ready 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 woods, they will immediately launch rockets and set fire to temporarily block them.

The enemy is the mountains and forests."

"Order the Tamnado soldiers to strictly guard the Korean civilians and not to move around on the battlefield. Anyone who violates the rules will not be punished!"

"..."

Seeing that Qing troops were gathering on the south bank of the Yalu River, Li Fade was obviously planning to launch a large-scale attack. He immediately adjusted his combat deployment and also put the Xuancheng Acropolis on both wings and rear on alert to prevent Qing troops from sneaking across the river.

The army launched an attack.

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 had caused huge losses to the Qing captives. It might have seriously affected their daily supplies and logistics, forcing them to

The Qing army had to launch a large-scale offensive in an attempt to open a road back to Liaodong as soon as possible.

So, as long as the Ming-Qi coalition forces firmly guard the Dandong line and block the Qing army's passage for several days, when the Qing army's supplies are cut off, they will inevitably collapse without a fight. At that time, the Qing army will either abandon their weapons and surrender and become prisoners of the coalition forces, or they will be captured by the coalition forces.

The windy and snowy weather froze it into ice sculptures, which eventually became the meal in the bellies of wild beasts.

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The Eight Banners of Manchuria inlaid with the blue flag Gushan Ezhen, Ningguta Angbang Zhangjingsharhuda In the mountains and forests on the north bank, when I saw Lai Da, the commander of the escort who had sneaked across the river in advance, I almost didn't recognize him. Lai Da's face was covered with tears

In addition to the redness and swelling caused by frostbite, there are still several blisters on the left cheek, and in such cold weather, they have also frozen into shallow ice marks.

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

"There are still 670 people." Laida said in a hoarse voice: "In three days, more than 200 people froze to death, and more than 100 people died one after another during the raid on the Qi army camp. Sir,

We must make a quick decision. If we delay for a long time, many people may freeze to death. It is almost impossible to get any supplies in this area. When camping at night, we can only dig snow caves to cover the wind and snow. Even so, there will always be people who cannot survive the next day.

wake up."

Sarhuda nodded and silently calculated in his mind that Mao Wenzhong led the Eight Banners of the Han Army with more than 2,300 white flags and the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner and Zhenglan Banner with more than 2,000 infantrymen.

There are more than 3,000 white flags, plus more than 600 Laida troops, a total of

There are more than 8,000 people in total. Now, they are all gathered in this mountain forest. This place is about four miles away from the Qi army camp. It may take an hour to march there. When we get there, it is the time of the evening (17:00 to 19:00), so we can take advantage of it.

Under the cover of twilight, launch a surprise attack.

"Tell me about the enemy's deployment." Sarhuda took out a wine bottle from his arms and handed it to Laida.

"Thank you Mr. Dutong!" Laida showed a hint of joy on his face, but the frostbite on his face was affected, and the pain made his face look a little distorted and ferocious. He took the wine bottle, raised his head and drank a few big gulps.

After drinking strong alcohol, he suddenly felt a fire burning in his chest, and all the blood vessels and pores on his body opened instantly. Laida hummed a few times in comfort.

"Haha, this Qi country not only has sharp guns, but the wine it brews is also so strong!"

"Where does all this nonsense come from? Hurry up and tell me about Qi's army's arrangements!" Shalhuda glared at Laida angrily, snatched the wine bottle with his hands and stuffed it into his arms. In addition to looting a large amount of gold, he conquered North Korea.

In addition to silver, jade, cloth and grain, there are also

A lot of strong liquor was seized from Seoul. I heard from North Korean officials that these high-strength liquor came from the small country of Qi Fan. After the Eight Banners officers and soldiers drank it up and down, they immediately regarded it as a treasure. In the severe cold weather in the north, what a sip it was.

Relax and indulge.

"The Qi army set up two consecutive earthen forts on the bank of the north river. There were wooden fences on both sides and rear of the camp. They dug a trench three feet deep and two feet wide thirty steps away. There were no less than forty large and small artillery pieces in the camp.

Door……"

"So many artillery pieces?" Shalhuda asked in surprise. He knew that the artillery of the Qi army that Laida mentioned was definitely not the small artillery like the squatting tiger cannon of the Ming army in the past, but a powerful land battle cannon.

and heavy siege artillery. The Qi army was indeed known for its sharp guns and cannons. So many artillery pieces were deployed on this remote Yalu River.

"There are indeed so many artillery pieces." Laida said with a grimace: "We have captured more than ten Korean civilians. They all claimed that the Qi army unloaded at least forty artillery pieces from the ship and then drove them to drag them along.

That’s it.”

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

"There are more than a thousand Qi troops stationed in the acropolis behind, including more than 400 elite soldiers dressed in black, and there are more than a dozen artillery pieces. Although the height of the city wall is only more than ten feet, we have no siege equipment, so I am afraid it will be difficult to attack it.

Break through. Moreover, the Acropolis is not far from the camp on the riverside, so we can receive support at any time."

Sarhuda nodded, thinking in his mind that after the army had finished resting, they could only immediately launch an attack on the Qi army's camp by the river, and cooperate with the Qing army attacking from the front to pull out the stronghold and open a passage. In this way, even if

It was impossible to capture Xuancheng Guard for a while, but as long as three to five hundred cavalry were able to guard it, the army could smoothly return north without hindrance.

"Lord Dutong..." Laida suddenly remembered something, "Yesterday afternoon, the enemy troops came with reinforcements, about four thousand."
To be continued...