Shangshan first adopted the tactic of the central breakthrough to launch an attack on the official road position set up by the Chinese army. As long as it could break through the defense line set up by the Chinese army on the official road, the Qing army would have great hope of retreating to Dangshan County safely.
As long as the Qing army retreated to Dangshan County, it would be much easier whether it retreated to Guide or stayed in waiting for assistance.
However, the Chinese army was only more than 100 steps wide on the official road, and the Qing army was not able to obtain many offensive surfaces, so it was unable to invest a large amount of troops at once. Shangshan sent three thousand-man teams as a group, uninterrupted
Launch an attack on the Chinese army's positions, regardless of casualties. After more than half of the casualties of this group of troops, they will immediately replace another group and continue to attack. In short, the attack must not be stopped. Even if it is to take a cushion,
We must also break through the defense line of the Chinese army. Together with a sword, he personally held a knife and supervised the battle behind him. Some people retreated and feared guns and avoided bullets would be beheaded on the spot. Of course, there were punishments and rewards. They entered the position of the Chinese army for the first time.
The soldiers were awarded a thousand taels of silver and were promoted to three levels, and then they entered the Chinese army's 100 people, all of which were awarded a hundred taels of silver. They also set up a large table in front of the formation and placed the white silver.
On the table, cashed on the spot.
In fact, at this time, the soldiers of the Qing army knew the current situation. If you want to retreat to Guide Mansion safely, you must first break through the defense line in front of you, otherwise there will be a danger of being annihilated here by the Chinese army. Therefore, they all know that it must be now.
We had to fight hard, and with silver stimulation and of course the intimidation of military law, so after Shang Shan issued an order, they all fought desperately and charged towards the positions of the Chinese army.
The Chinese army had already prepared in the position, and two companies stood in three rows behind the bunker made of sand bags, firing at the Qing army in turn, and the soldiers from the artillery battalion were also set up.
The artillery and various guns fired at the Qing army.
For a moment, the cannons roared, gunshots were heard, and all kinds of projectiles were as dense as rainstorms. The battle was very fierce at the beginning. Under such dense firepower, the Qing army was like harvesting wheat.
Likewise, one by one, the casualties were very heavy. But no matter how fierce and strict the firepower network of the Chinese army was, no matter how many casualties the Qing army was, the attacking Qing army did not retreat at all and still fought desperately to attack the Chinese army.
Many Qing troops were still crawling towards the Chinese army's positions after being shot and fell to the ground.
In addition, the Qing army also set up artillery in front of the position, regardless of the danger that it might accidentally hurt its own people, and also bombarded the positions of the Chinese army. Although the Chinese army did not have heavy artillery, it still used thunder rockets to attack the Qing army.
The artillery position was counterattacked. The Qing army also had thunder rockets, and they all fired all the Chinese army's positions. The two sides had no reservations at all, so they used all their ace weapons. After a while,
In time, on the official road between the positions of both sides, the bodies of Qing soldiers were lying in the fields. In the positions of the Chinese army, there were also many casualties, and most of the soldiers were thunderbolt rockets by the Qing army.
Many soldiers were injured and splashed with burning tincture oil on their bodies, rolling all over the ground, screaming endlessly. The battle suddenly entered a very tragic situation.
However, relatively speaking, the Qing army was the attacking side, and used the method of using people to cushion upwards, so the losses suffered were far greater than those of the Chinese army. The first offensive team did not hold on for even an hour. Because of the loss of nearly half, the second offensive team was replaced.
At this moment, behind the Chinese army's positions, dense gunfire sounded. The Qing army from Dangshan County came to support.
It turned out that Luke Dehun was worried that Shang Shan would be pursued by the Chinese army when he was retreating, so he sent Han general Zhang Guozhu to garrison in Dangshan County, and with the Qing army retreated from Pei County and Feng County to Dangshan County, The total number of troops is more than 10,000, but although the number is quite large, the number of muskets is less than 500, and there is not even a single artillery, so the combat effectiveness is not strong. Zhang Guozhu received Shang Shan's request to send troops to attack the Chinese army. After the defense line, he was also very embarrassed, but Shang Shan was a clan of Aisin Gioro and had been fenced by Feng Beile. He did not dare to sit idly by Shang Shan's success or failure, so he had to bite the bullet and lead five thousand people to write from Dangshan The county attacked.
However, Zhang Guozhu also made a fool of himself. Although he had led his troops to attack, he planned to wait for Shang Shan to attack from the east first and then attack from the west. Zhang Guozhu's wishful thinking was that after Shang Shan launched the attack, the Chinese army would be Naturally, his attention was attracted by Shang Shan, and he attacked from behind the Chinese army, which was just enough to catch the Chinese army off guard.
Sure enough, Shang Shan launched the first attack, with gunfire like a bean, very dense, so Zhang Guozhu also ordered the soldiers to attack the Chinese army. However, the Chinese army was prepared for the Qing army in Dangshan County and also arranged them on the western front. After a tight line of defense, the Qing army suffered a violent blow from the beginning of the attack. Zhang Guozhu brought the soldiers without the determination to break through the Chinese military's defense line. They came just to help support Shang Shan's troops. Naturally He was unwilling to fight his best, so he immediately retreated as soon as he was hit. And Zhang Guozhu did not dare to retreat just now, so he had to just do it perfunctorily.
Although the Qing army of Shangshan's army did not know what the battle situation was like on the Western Front, they also knew that the Qing army of Dangshan County attacked to support themselves, so they could not help but increase their morale. The second offensive team that had just been replaced was replaced He also cheered up and launched an attack on the Chinese army's defense line again.
However, the Chinese army was not affected by the attack of the Qing army behind them, and still calmly faced the attack of the Qing army. As a result, the second offensive team still did not make much breakthrough. The battle lasted for more than two hours, and the second offensive team was the same. The team also suffered a heavy blow and was almost at the point where it was to be replaced. Of course, the losses of the Chinese army were close to 500 people at this time, and the division commander He Biao also sent two battalions to replace them.
At this time, the Qing army on the east and west sides were only two or three miles apart, but they just couldn't connect.
When the second offensive team was about to be replaced, Shang Shan finally realized that it was not a solution to attack like this. If he continued to attack like this, he might not be able to attack the Chinese army if he had already put all 25,000 people on it. Line of defense.
At this time, the Qing army's chariot brigade also arrived near Wenzhuang. Shang Shan sent a horse to station on the spot and immediately built fortifications to be prepared to defend and wait for assistance. Only then did the people following the Qing army realize that It turned out that the Chinese army had already chased here and blocked the Qing army in front of Dangshan County, so they all planned to turn back. But it was too late at this time, and the Qing army sent troops to capture them all. , dig trenches, pile up walls of soil, and build fortifications at the camp. The property they carried with them was of course confiscated by the Qing army. And many people also brought wives, concubines and maids, and of course the young ones were all the Qing soldiers. They snatched them away, and the older ones were thrown into the kitchen to cook.
Most of the servants and servants were used to doing rough and heavy work. It was nothing to be caught and dug soil and piled up the walls. Unfortunately, some businessmen, gentry, and local tyrants are not just pampered, but also rich food.
Such a job, and if you move a little slower, you will be beaten and scolded. As a result, you will complain and regret not should have escaped from Xuzhou.
After arranging the construction of the position, Shang Shan also put his attention back to the battle to attack the Chinese army. A head-on attack was obviously not a solution, so Shang Shan also planned to detour on the flank. Wenzhuang to the north of the official road, where the Chinese army was
Having set up a tight line of defense, of course it is impossible to detour from here, so you can only choose to detour on the south side of the official road.
However, the Chinese army also set up defense lines on the south side of the official road, occupying three highlands together, each with a battalion of defenders to protect the flanks of the official road defense lines. Therefore, if you want to encircle the Chinese army,
These three high grounds must be conquered. So the Qing army continued to attack the defense line of the official road, and sent out a group of troops, and also launched an attack on the three high grounds south of the official road.
The scope of the battle was gradually expanding and it became more intense. Although the Qing army launched rounds of fierce attacks on the positions of the Chinese army, the fierce battles were fought until the evening, and the Chinese army still firmly guarded all the places.
The Qing army's offensive made no progress, and it also lost a large amount of troops. At this time, on the west side of the battlefield, Zhang Guozhu had already withdrawn his troops back to Dangshan County and sent someone to send a letter to Luke Dehun, asking him to
Send troops to support. Shang Shan saw the situation and could only order the troops to withdraw and stop the battle and continue the attack tomorrow. However, he still ordered others to repair the fortifications overnight, so he could not stop.
In the battle on this day, the Qing army killed more than 3,500 people, and more than 1,700 people were injured, with more than 5,000 people being killed in the Chinese army, while the number of people killed in the Chinese army was 627, and the wounded
Four hundred and twelve people.
Although Shang Shan planned to continue the attack the next day, one night was enough to change many things. At the fourth update that night, Su Jianlin led another division of the First Army and a brigade to Wenzhuang, allowing the Chinese army to completely defend the defense line.
At around 8:00 the next morning, Shang Shan was still hesitating whether to continue attacking today, the 10th Division of the Fifth Army of the Shandong Military Region and the Seventh Brigade crossed the Yellow River and rushed to the battlefield.
The army was stationed in the north. This fashionable and kindness completely cut off the idea of continuing to fight, and focused on building positions and defending with all their might.
At about 2:00 pm, the 15th Army of the Huainan Military Region also rushed up from behind the Qing army and stationed in the eastern and southern parts of Shangshan's army. In this way, the Chinese army completed the match with three armies and nearly 70,000 troops.