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The battle lasted for more than half an hour. Of the 700 cavalry, less than 200 were left. Although there were more than 20 cavalry, they finally broke through the Chinese army's defense line and entered the Chinese army's position. Some of the cavalry even killed several Chinese. However, in the end, the soldiers of the Chinese Army were outnumbered because they were too few, and Shi Tingzhu was quickly bayoneted to death by the soldiers guarding the position. There was no time to send out follow-up troops, so it did not have any impact on the Chinese Army's position.
At this time, the battlefield was full of corpses of Qing soldiers and war horses. Many Qing soldiers who were injured but not dead were rescued and returned to their own team. However, the horses that had not yet expired fell to the ground, struggling and letting out painful whines. In addition, there were also There are more than a dozen ownerless horses wandering around the battlefield.
Shi Tingzhu and Bayan also looked at each other, never expecting that this time they would attack Xinye, it would be such a situation.
However, at this time, Shi Tingzhu and Bayan were still unwilling to fail. After a brief discussion, they ordered the mobilization of three groups of troops. Each group had 300 cavalry, 500 soldiers from the Shenba camp, and 1,000 other Qing soldiers took turns to attack. The Chinese army launches an attack on its position regardless of losses, but the attack must not stop. I hope to drag the Chinese army across with this uninterrupted aggressive approach.
Sure enough, under the rolling offensive tactics of the Qing army, the Seventeenth Regiment guarding the position also had a weak point of insufficient strength.ヒHUITOU??Happiness and strange thanks??HUANG YIHUANG p?MU ZHIGUO?Puuu rabbit wielding writing?5 scenes?Xiu?Xionghan?neck Huang Ran??Mechanical strategy?θ?Kenji repair narrow Sujiang?
The fierce offensive and defensive battle lasted for more than three hours. I can't count how many times the Qing army launched attacks on the position. The Qing army also invaded the Chinese army's position several times. The two sides were at the front of the trench, in the trench, and behind the trench. They all engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese army, and the corpses of the Qing army were scattered in every corner of the battlefield.
However, under the stubborn resistance of the Chinese army, the two sides fought fiercely until dark. The Chinese army still firmly held the position. The Qing army was still unable to break through the Chinese army's defense line and could only choose to temporarily withdraw.
In this day's battle, the Qing army lost as many as 3,760 soldiers, and more than 1,000 soldiers were injured. The Chinese army also lost 322 people killed and 137 injured.
After paying such a heavy price of casualties, they still could not break through the Chinese army's position. This result also made Shi Tingzhu and Bayan depressed. They also didn't know how the battle in Nanyang was going at this time. Whether Geng Zhongming could hold it or not. Therefore, the two of Nanyang discussed it all night and decided to attack for another day tomorrow. If they still could not capture Xinye, they would immediately withdraw their troops and return to Tang County to garrison them.
Although the losses of the Chinese army were far less than those of the Qing army, the number of casualties in the battle exceeded 400 because the strength of the Chinese army was too small. The attrition of more than 400 people had a great impact on the Chinese army. Therefore, Zhou Hanfu also ordered that the wounded They were sent to Xinye City overnight for treatment. At the same time, two companies were transferred from a battalion stationed in Xinye to reinforce the defense of the positions outside the city. However, this left Xinye City's defense quite empty. Zhou Hanfu and Liu Shuisan discussed sending people to arrive overnight. Dengzhou asked another regiment stationed in Dengzhou to reinforce some troops.
When the defenders of Dengzhou learned of the difficulties in Xinye, they immediately woke up a battalion of soldiers without hesitation, even though it was around three o'clock in the evening, and ordered them to immediately depart from Dengzhou and rush to Xinye overnight to assist the guards of the 17th Regiment. new field
After more than two hours of rapid march, the soldiers of this battalion finally arrived at Xinye at dawn the next day. At this time, the Qing army had not launched the next day's attack.
When Zhou Hanfu was still lying in bed, he learned that the reinforcements had arrived in Xinye overnight. He immediately jumped up from the camp bed excitedly and shouted loudly that it would not be a problem to defend Xinye now. Liu Shuisan also warmly received the arrival in Xinye City.
The incoming reinforcements will prepare food and shelter for them so that they can rest and recover as quickly as possible.
Although the Qing army launched another attack on the Chinese army's position after daybreak, due to the setback in yesterday's attack, the morale of the Qing army plummeted. Even the confidence of the main generals Shi Tingzhu and Bayan was not very high. Therefore, the Qing army's attack was larger than yesterday.
Why not even though the offensive is still going strong?
But the spirit is far different from yesterday. Knowing that reinforcements have arrived at the Xinye guarding position, the morale of the Chinese soldiers has once again soared, and their fighting will has not diminished at all. As a result, the Qing army's attack has a negative impact on the Chinese army.
The position poses almost no threat
At the beginning, Shi Tingzhu and Bayan urged the Qing army to attack hard and not to retreat easily. However, after launching several consecutive attacks and failing, the two gradually became lazy. The general was slack and the soldiers had no intention of fighting anymore. In the afternoon
At that time, the Qing army often retreated immediately after a slight setback.
At this moment, the Chinese army took advantage of the Qing army's another defeat and launched a counterattack against the Qing army. The Qing army was thrown into chaos by the Chinese army without rushing to defend. Shi Tingzhu and Bayan saw this and took advantage of it.
Fortunately, the Chinese army did not pursue them. Therefore, the Qing army finally returned to the camp relatively smoothly.
Since the Qing army's attack was not effective today, the number of troops lost was not very large, less than a thousand in total. Shi Tingzhu and Bayan also gave up completely at this time and returned to camp. They immediately ordered the entire army to pack up and prepare to retreat early tomorrow morning.
So the soldiers of the Qing army began to work overnight. In these two days of fighting, the Qing army lost a total of about 4,500 people and more than 2,000 people were injured. Among them, there were 1,000 injured soldiers who had difficulty walking and needed help.
There are more than two hundred artillery pieces, supporting ammunition and other baggage in the Shangshen Barracks, and there are many things that need to be sorted out. Therefore, until the third watch, there are still many barracks with lights on and soldiers are still loading.
I am busy packing the car
However, most of the soldiers are still very happy. After all, they will withdraw tomorrow and no longer have to fight the Chinese army. Who is unhappy?
Bayan also stayed awake to supervise the soldiers loading all the artillery and ammunition one by one. Because after returning to Tang County, he had to defend Tang County. These weapons were of great use. The two days of fighting also allowed Bayan to develop some skills.
Using firearms in combat is actually as defensive as cold weapons.
It is easier than attacking. This is the main reason why the Shenwei Battalion performed well in the battle of Zhangqiu County, while the Shenwei Battalion was even worse than the ordinary Qing army in this battle. Bayan also hoped that when the Chinese army attacked Tang County, it would be easier.
Show up well and save some face for the Shenbing camp.
But Bayan didn't know that he and Shenbingying no longer had this opportunity.
At this moment, he heard a sound of "whoosh - whoosh - whoosh -" piercing the air, coming from far to near, sparse and dense. Bayan was startled for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses and was about to shout.
shouted: "There is an enemy attack"
There were continuous explosions outside, like "Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-". Bayan felt a chill in his heart, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
The three troops that came to attack the Qing army at night were the 9th and 18th Divisions of the Sixth Army and the 10th Division of the Eighth Army.
Although Li Dingguo's order to the Seventeenth Regiment was to station in Xinye for three days, the Chinese army captured Nanyang on the first day. It turned out that the Qing army had abandoned the city and fled without a fight.
Although the Qing army defended Nanyang City in the first battle, Geng Zhongming lost confidence in defending Nanyang. In the evening, he learned that Shi Tingzhu and Bayan went to attack Xinye but did not come to rescue Nanyang. Geng Zhongming could not help but feel anxious and angry. According to the art of war, it is not unreasonable to say that Shi Tingzhu and Bayan can be regarded as besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. But it is a pity that Geng Zhongming can't wait any longer, because the Chinese army can completely break through Nanyang first and then go back to recapture Xinye. Geng Zhongming has seen the many siege tactics of the Chinese army. I don’t think Shi Tingzhu and Bayan can hold on to Xinye after they capture it.
Under this situation, Geng Zhongming also began to consider for himself that if he stayed in Nanyang, he would definitely sit back and wait for death to wait for the Chinese army to break through Nanyang. Even if he could escape, his troops would be greatly damaged. His men and horses were not many in the first place, so he could not suffer any more losses in Nanyang anyway. It’s better to escape from Nanyang if we can’t defend it anymore. It’s more important to preserve our own strength first.
Although doing so may result in punishment from the Qing government, Geng Zhongming feels that the Qing government will not punish him easily now that it is the time to employ people. Besides, as long as he has troops in his hands, the Qing government will also be cautious. If it doesn't work, he will So he took the team to Sichuan to join Wu Sangui.
After figuring out these reasons, Geng Zhongshuang immediately ordered to abandon all the baggage in the city and evacuate Nanyang overnight. He first retreated to Xizhou to the west of Nanyang because this is the junction of Nanyang Prefecture and Hanzhong Prefecture in Shaanxi Province. Once the situation went bad, Geng Zhongming planned to retreat to Hanzhong immediately. He went to join Wu Sangui. As a result, after dawn, the Chinese army occupied Nanyang City without a fight.
However, although Geng Zhongming voluntarily gave up Nanyang, Li Dingguo did not intend to let him go. This was because the requirement for the Seventeenth Regiment was to hold Xinye for three days. This was the first day and there was still plenty of time. In addition, Geng Zhongming voluntarily gave up Nanyang without losing any troops. If the Chinese army turns around to rescue Xinye Geng Zhongming and then comes back to recapture Nanyang, then all the efforts will be in vain. It is better to evacuate Geng Zhongming first.