Kong Youde was really surprised when he learned that Kong Xunting was attacked by the merchant army while crossing the river and was surrounded in Ma Town. He never dreamed that Shang Yi would ignore Fengyang on the south bank of the Huai River.
He pointed his finger at himself directly... But Kong Youde was not a stupid person after all, and immediately discovered that after Duoduo and Geng Zhongming both crossed to the south bank of the Huai River, the only one left behind him was his own army.
After discovering this, Kong Youde also became nervous, but Kong Youde had only one son and one daughter, his son was Kong Xunting, and his daughter was Kong Sizhen, but there was only this seedling, so he had to save him. So Kong Youde first asked Dong Ying to hurry back and get off the horse
The town told Kong Xunting that he would hold his position and wait for him to rescue him. Then he ordered to personally lead 20,000 troops to rescue Ma Town, 7,000 of which were soldiers brought by Kong Youde from outside the pass, including two
Thousands of musketeers, but the red-clothed cannons were too heavy, and Kong Youde left them all in the camp of Wuhe.
When Kong Youde's men arrived by the river, they found that the merchant warships patrolling the river were patrolling the river. In Kong Youde's opinion, this was obviously a way to stop him from crossing the river to rescue Ma Town. However, with Kong Xunting's lesson, he arrived.
I didn't dare to choose a random place to cross the river, so I had to go west along the river and first rushed to Guzhen, crossed the river there, and then rushed to Mazhen. As soon as I went there, I walked dozens of miles more.
Kong Youde was eager to save his son, and regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers, Cui Pui and his friends quickly left. When the army arrived at Xiangjian Lake, it was almost dusk. But at this moment, he also entered the blocking position of the merchant army.
Although he encountered the blockade of the merchant army, Kong Youde was a little relieved when he rebelled. The merchant army blocked the attack here, which means that Ma Town has not been broken yet. He only broke through the blockade of the merchant army and was able to arrive at Ma Town. Therefore, Kong Youming
He also ordered the soldiers to attack the positions of the merchant army.
The defense line that Li Dingguo chose was just by a small lake, and it expanded to more than 400 steps. At this time, the trenches had been dug to make it easier to put them on the earth wall. However, Li Ding knew in his heart that although Shang Yi only asked himself to defend his position half.
Time, but in this half hour, he will be fully powerfully attacked by the Qing army, so according to the conventional law, it is obviously difficult to defend the position, so he divided the strength of his own regiment into two
The troops of the two battalions were arranged to defend in the trenches, and a battalion was arranged to defend on the ground behind the trenches, forming two layers of superimposed firepower, which also made the firepower more dense.
In addition, Li Dingguo also stipulated that if the Qing cavalry broke through the front and leaped over the trenches, the soldiers stationed outside the war wall would fight, while the soldiers stationed in the trenches would continue to block the approaching soldiers of the enemy.
At the same time, a second trench was dug out fifty steps behind the position, leaving the last battalion to garrison. Not only as a reserve force, but also as a dangerous force on the first line of defense, you can also rely on the second trench
Continue to defend the battlefield.
Because time was tight, Kong Youde had no time to conduct any tentative attacks. He went all out from the beginning, using the two thousand cavalry he brought as the vanguard, rushing to the defense line of the merchant army. Behind the cavalry, Kong Youde followed him
The five thousand infantry brought outside the pass, and at the same time, Kong Youde also ordered the entire army to take a step back, and would not let it go. He also sent a thousand soldiers to supervise the battle with big swords. It can be said that Kong Youde sent it as soon as the battle started.
He took all his main force and made every effort.
Although Kong Youde's cavalry unit was not as good as the army, its momentum was quite amazing. Moreover, the cavalry sprinted at high speed, leaving no more than one minute for the merchant army to shoot. When Li Dingguo saw it, he simply ordered that all the artillery beads were Use shotgun instead, and wait until the cavalry rushed to within 100 steps before firing fire. We strive to give the Qing army a head-on attack.
Seeing the Qing army's cavalry rushing closer and closer, Li Dingguo slowly raised his arms, and waited for the Qing army to rush over a hundred steps, and waved it down with force and shouted: "Let's fire."
Thirty cannons and all the rifles immediately opened fire together, and the roar of guns and cannons immediately shook the sky near dusk, and the dense bullets shot towards the Qing army like hail raindrops. And in the attack of the Qing army The queue immediately caused a response, and people suddenly shouted that the horse was neighing, and even the roar of guns and cannons could not be suppressed.
The Qing soldiers rushing in the front row fell from the back of the war horses, and many war horses fell to the ground while running at high speed, throwing the knights on their backs, and then tripping many companions rushing from behind, or The trampled by the companion's war horses, groaning, screaming, the neighing of the war horses, and the roar of the war horses immediately sounded. Under the initial attack, the Qing army's cavalry lost at least four hundred people.
Muskets fired round after round, almost uninterruptedly, shooting bullets almost frantically at the Qing army. The artillery that had been fired was also rushing to clear the chamber, filling the bullets, and preparing for the next round of launch. Li Dingguo stared at the battlefield with all his attention and the place where the Qing army advanced, so as to issue new instructions according to the situation on the battlefield.
However, cavalry is not infantry after all, and it has a great advantage in speed. Therefore, despite being hit hard at the beginning, it quickly approached the position of the merchant army, getting closer and closer.
When the Qing army advanced fifty steps away from the front, Li Dingguo ordered the second batch of artillery to fire, so another thirty artillery also fired, and this time the distance was closer and the lethality was stronger. The thirty artillery fired at the next time had been refilled with shells and fired immediately.
After two consecutive rounds of artillery fired, it was another heavy blow to the Qing army's cavalry. Almost without exception, the cavalry rushed in the front row, all of whom were knocked to the ground. Even a few luckily escaped. The attack of artillery was still not spared in front of dense rifle bullets. Moreover, the infantry following the cavalry also entered the range of the merchant army, and the fierce attack on the cavalry also affected the infantry, causing considerable casualties.
Since the cavalry charge started, the actual combat actually lasted for only two or three minutes. Nearly half of the cavalry of the Qing army had suffered casualties, hundreds of infantry were killed and injured, and the atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly became extremely intense.
Although the Qing army's cavalry paid a heavy price, they had already approached the front of the merchant army. The distance of fifty steps was only a matter of more than ten seconds for the cavalry. Moreover, the merchant army now does not have an organ gun. Therefore, it is difficult to withstand the attack of the cavalry, and only half of the cavalry remain is enough to break through the defense line of the merchant army.
However, at this time, Li Dingguo was still very calm and his command was still orderly. First, he ordered that the thirty artillery that had just been fired immediately moved to the second line of defense, and then refilled the bullets and prepared to open fire. Then he ordered the soldiers behind the trench to prepare for grenade attack .
The grenades were also carried out in three rows in turn, and about 300 grenades could be dropped at a time, which was both neat and dense. After Li Dingguo became the regiment commander, his strict training for soldiers finally showed results at this time.
When the Qing army's cavalry rushed to a distance of only thirty steps from the front of the Shangjia Army, they were hit hard again. Grenades were thrown round by round and exploded, and countless Qing soldiers and war horses were lined up.
The film fell to a place that was only a short distance from the target.
But the firepower network of the Merchant Army was not airtight, and the distance of thirty steps was too short. Finally, a cavalry rushed to the trenches of the Merchant Army. The horse made a long neigh and soared into the air.
After leaping over the trenches, Xu Gong broke through the defense line of the merchant army.
With the first one, then there is the second one, the third one….
However, the merchant army had already had a solution to this situation. The soldiers stationed outside the trenches raised their bayonets and fought fiercely with the Qing cavalry who broke through the defense line. Li Dingguo also ordered the remaining thirty to be given.
The artillery was immediately transferred to the second line of defense and prepared the reserve army, because the first line of defense could be lost at any time.
The soldiers guarding the trench didn't care about the battle behind them, and still firmly guarded their positions and kept firing at the attacking Qing infantry. The infantry was not as fast as the cavalry, so they were also managed by the merchant army.
Suppressed firmly.
But at this time, more and more cavalry rushed through the trenches and joined the battle group. Even the guard platoon around Li Dingguo joined the battle, but the merchant army gradually couldn't stand it. And there were a few more people.
The famous cavalry did not engage in many entanglements with the merchant army and began to attack the soldiers in the trenches. Therefore, the firepower of the merchant army was also weakened a lot, and the infantry of the Qing army gradually approached.
Fortunately, all the artillery had been transferred behind the second line of defense at this time, so Li Dingguo also cut off the force and ordered the first line of defense to be abandoned and retreated to the second line of defense to fortify.
Although some of the Qing army was evacuating during the evacuation of the merchant army, the reserve army left behind by the merchant army also played a role, successfully covering the retreating troops and blocking the Qing army's attack.
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It took less than twenty minutes from the start of the Qing army's attack until the first line of defense was lost. The speed was indeed unexpected by Li Dingguo. It seemed that the Qing army had indeed fought hard this time.
But now Li Dingguo has no time to think about anything else. After he retreated to the second line of defense, the horse began to deploy troops to defend.
Although he quickly captured the first line of defense of the merchant army, the Qing army also paid a very heavy price. The remaining 2,000 cavalrymen who attacked the first batch of 2,000 cavalrymen were less than 400, and the 5,000 were followed up in the later period.
More than half of the infantry were also injured and killed. A total of about 4,000 people were lost.
However, for Kong Youde, such losses are definitely worth it. Because generally speaking, the first line of defense is the one with the most prepared and the most tight defense. Once you retreat to the second line of defense, it will be the psychology of both sides and
Morale will also show a significant change in one direction. Because of this, after quickly conquering the first line of defense.
Therefore, Kong Youde also ordered the entire army to make a simple adjustment, and then the horse launched an attack on the second line of defense of the merchant army, striving to conquer this line of defense in one fell swoop and quickly open up the road to rescue Ma Town.
At this time, in the second line of defense of the merchant army, Li Dingguo also grabbed a rifle and shouted: "Brothers, now we are the last line of defense, we must not lose any more. I, Li Dingguo, are here with
You guard the position together. If the Tartar soldiers attacked, I will die here in battle and never take a step back."
After hearing this, the other soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "Don't retreat when guarding the position. Do not retreat when guarding the position."