"Beep beep..." Three short and loud whistles came.

The neat infantry array moved forward slowly.

The Qing troops on Wang Ziyu's side had already launched a charge one step ahead. They would not stupidly wait on the spot for the escort to bomb them.

"Kill..." The Qing army's shouts of killing were loud.

They rushed forward under gunfire.

Soon, they felt that there were fewer and fewer explosions around them.

The smoke that obscured their sight became thinner and thinner.

The officers and soldiers standing in front held shields in their hands.

The shield cannot stop bullets, it can only bring them a psychological sense of security.

The weapons trained by the groups in the back were all kinds of. Most of them brought their own weapons, and they looked no better than the rebels on the tower.

The escort's artillery was actually still bombarding, but the Qing army had stretched the front and rear of the formation when they charged. So they would feel that the pirate bombardment had become thinner.

At first, the Qing's charge seemed unstoppable.

Until the distance between the two sides narrowed to two hundred meters.

The training team and the chasseurs in each brigade began to shoot accurately with rifled guns.

At this time, people in the front of the Qing army began to fall one after another.

But such casualties were not enough to stop them from charging.

Wang Ziyu saw the advancing escort suddenly stop, and the escort in the front row squatted down.

He knew what was coming next.

Others only thought these people were pirates, and only Wang Ziyu knew their name was the Chinese Guards.

Dong Liang did not conceal his identity in front of him at first.

At that time in Yongquan Temple, Dong Liang was not prepared to be an unknown hero, so he took up the banner of the Chinese Guards.

To this day, many of the rescued people still support the Chinese escorts at home. They know that it was the Chinese escorts who drove away the foreigners and saved their lives.

However, this name was never mentioned in the materials reported by the Fujian government.

"preparation……"

The squadron commanders of each phalanx issued preparation orders.

They have to judge the distance of the enemy ahead and pay attention to the command's orders.

"Let go!" Orders rang out from various military formations.

"Bang bang bang..." The intensive firing of muskets rang out, drowning out the officer's command.

The Qing soldiers at the front seemed to be covered by a hail of arrows, and seemed to have hit a wall.

An invisible sickle passed in front of the charging Qing army, and the Qing troops in front fell one after another.

Screams came one after another, and some Qing army archers threw bows and arrows forward.

There was even a gunman who fired his matchlock gun.

However, these attack methods cause limited casualties to the escorts in the array, and will not affect the shooting of the escorts at all.

Finally reaching a certain critical point, the Qing army behind became timid.

They first slowed down the impact speed and increased the distance between the front and rear.

Then someone started to stop and look around.

More and more people stopped. Suddenly a certain Qing army's psychological defense collapsed and they retreated.

Things like running away are like this, spreading from one person to everyone in just a short moment.

"Move forward... cross fire!" The escort marched forward in large strides.

Every time they walked, a line of infantry would stop and shoot.

Then they reloaded on the spot. The formation behind them rushed to the front and fired again.

After the previous queue is reloaded, it will run forward and pass to the front again.

This is the pursuit tactic of line infantry.

Wang Ziyu retreated to the rear at the beginning of the battle.

When the Qing army's charge stopped, he quietly escaped with his men without hesitation. Taiwan's capital city was still there, and there was no way he could abandon himself here.

The guards were chasing closely. The Qing army was not large in number at first, so they still retreated. However, under the pressure of the guards, the retreat quickly turned into a rout.

At this time, the escort no longer needed to maintain their formation, and they began to disperse and capture prisoners in squadron units.

At the same time, the gate of the county town was also opened.

The rebels held up their spears and rushed out of the city gate one by one, roaring, and joined in the pursuit of the Qing army.

This downwind battle is also an important training opportunity for the rebels.

Dong Liang followed the army to the city gate.

He no longer needs to participate in such a battle personally.

He just assumed the role of commander-in-chief.

In the Guards, no one except him can play such a role.

Only Kang Laoba can occasionally play a coordinating role among the various brigades.

"Uncle Ping, you have worked hard this time." Sun Yanping came to the city gate to greet Dong Liang.

"Yes, it's a bit suspense this time. That Wang Ziyu found out the clues in advance. Fortunately, the head of state, you came in time. If it were one day later, we probably wouldn't be able to defend this county."

Sun Yanping was still a little scared.

They only stayed on guard for one night, but there were dangers everywhere, and that was during a night battle.

You must know that night fighting is very detrimental to the party attacking the city.

If Dong Liang arrived later and Wang Ziyu received support during the day, they would most likely be able to break through Lukang County.

"It turns out to be Wang Ziyu. No wonder, we met an old acquaintance. He should know our tricks. We can't let this old boy escape this time."

Dong Liang smiled.

Dong Liang looked back and saw some soldiers wearing white vests on the dock rescuing the wounded.

Naturally, we should save our own people first.

Under the attack of the Qing army, the escort also suffered some casualties.

Shang Yun's hospital ship docked at the dock, and she performed operations on the wounded on board.

In the south of the county, the movement of the army can no longer be seen from Dong Liang.

I don’t know where the escorts chased them?

Lugang is to the north of Fucheng, and the Qing troops all fled south.

There are still dozens of people left around Lin Wencha. There were originally 500 people who followed him out of Maoluo Fort. Now they are dead and scattered, and only this few people are left.

He followed the large army and fled south, planning to find a forest in the south to sneak into, escape first, and then escape back to Maoluo Fort.

Today's battle gave Lin Wencha a great shock.

He has read many military books and also likes to study military formations.

But today, facing the opponent's line infantry phalanx, he had nothing to do.

Unless you also have enough artillery and muskets, use the same method as the other party, and then compete to see whose soldiers have stronger willpower and whose soldiers have more soldiers.

He couldn't understand why a band of pirates could produce so many well-trained soldiers.

This bandit must have been around for a long time.

However, as the largest clan in Dongfan Island, why haven’t the Lin family heard of the existence of such a force?

It's not like he's never seen pirates before.

At this moment, a rebel team suddenly appeared in front of them. The leader was a man with dark skin and angular cheeks as sharp as a knife.

Lin Wencha's secret route is not good. There are interceptors in front and pursuers in the back. I'm afraid he will have to explain it here today.

Lin Gong followed the order and launched an uprising in Fengshan County yesterday. He led his men directly into the county government office.

The county magistrate Wang Tingqian colluded with the local gentry and harmed the people. The people were extremely angry, and Lin Gong directly killed him in the county government office.

Immediately afterwards, he posted a notice in the county government office, saying that Mr. Dong of the East China Sea founded the Chinese ethnic group and saved the Chinese people from water and fire. The army was about to arrive, calling on the people to join the rebel army, guard Fengshan County, and welcome the arrival of the Chinese army.

However, the officers and soldiers sent by Wang Ziyu arrived quickly.

Lin Gong only had time to recruit five hundred rebels.

Following Sun Yanping's order, he temporarily abandoned the county seat and retreated north.

Under the cover of darkness, he hid in a forest and at the same time sent someone to Lukang to contact Sun Yanping.

In the middle of the night, they received orders to approach Lugang and wait in hiding on the north bank of Zhangshui.

This is in the north of Changhua, not far from Lukang.

In the early morning, Sun Yanping contacted them again, saying that the Chinese army had arrived and the Qing army was about to be defeated, and asked them to go north along the road to intercept the defeated Qing army.

Lin Gong had led Zhuangyong in the county government and had certain combat experience.
Chapter completed!