Beiyang new warlord

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In the past ten days, his Guan Ning Army once again suffered a devastating blow, with 6000 dead and more than [-] fleeing. Today, the mighty Guan Ning Army has less than [-].

But this battlefield is beyond his control. Both the Shun Army and the Liao Army are like huge chopping boards, sandwiching his little Guan Ning Army meat in the middle, chopping stuffing or dicing pieces for others to fiddle with, his voice is hoarse, he is hissing He roared and directed in front of the army with all his strength.

Just when his heart was dripping blood and he watched his subordinates fall under the bayonets of the Hegang army, suddenly a burst of golden sound came from behind him like nectar from the sky. Zizi completely lost the slightest will to fight, and he didn't even care about Wu Sangui's order, and retreated back like a tide.

After fighting for a whole day, the Hegang army, who was also out of breath, didn't go after them. Even in some places where swords, guns and sticks were being rolled into a ball, they just let go and backed each other in tacit understanding.

Although he retreated, Wu Sangui couldn't calm down. He couldn't help subconsciously raising his head to look at the sun, which was not far to the west in the sky, and muttered in astonishment.

"Today, it's too early!"

Chapter 592. Cruel and ruthless

It was another ordinary morning, with plump stewed stew hanging on the lush green grass, puffs of pale white cooking smoke rising straight into the sky, and the solidified canned food in the dark marching pot slowly melted away, and then served with The rice grains were boiled into a thick paste, and every sergeant tried to fill the plate as full as possible.

Experienced veterans know that once the battle really heats up, it is unknown whether they will have a chance to eat lunch or even dinner, so this meal is extremely important. Once there is a lack of physical strength on the battlefield, there is only one consequence.

die!

Sun Chuanting seemed to be a lot thinner than before he set off for the expedition. Amidst the clinking sound of his subordinates knocking on the dinner plates, he was looking at the battlefield with a serious expression and a binoculars.

After all, people can't run like birds. The news that the Datong Shun Army was handcuffed and robbed of silver was received by the Liao Army Command a day earlier than Li Zicheng. Foresight is one of the necessary talents for a commander. To withdraw the troops an hour earlier, it conveyed the danger signal vividly and vividly.

I'm tired of the trials and wars of attrition these days, Li Zicheng is about to make a big move!

"General Yuan!"

Putting down the binoculars, Sun Chuanting suddenly greeted Yuan Dabao who was pulling dishes in the headquarters.

"Oh? What's the general's order?"

Putting down the plate quickly, Yuan Dabao stood up hastily, clasped his fists and cupped his hands, but Sun Chuanting shook his head, turned around and took out a letter from his command desk.

"It's not an order. This is a family letter written by the old man to my family. It will be sent to the headquarters and sent to Shenyang City. If General Yuan has anything to write, the old man can write it for him and send it along!"

write a letter?

Yuan Dabao was really stunned, but after only a moment, he understood, thought about it, and once again gave Sun Chuanting a salute.

"That's it, I'll trouble the Commander-in-Chief!"

General Yuan, the deputy commander of the former army, seems to have come a little later than before, but his expression seems to be a little more serious, which makes the atmosphere of the soldiers of the first regiment and the second regiment fighting at the front line even more tense. stand up.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, the sun gradually rose high, and in sight, those annoying cannons with flower heads were pushed out again. Now the sergeants of the Hegang Corps have become accustomed to taking responsibility for the lack of artillery support. The shelling did not panic, one by one skillfully leaned behind the piled sacks, and huddled in the excavated infantry pits. Some veterans even lit a cigarette, took two puffs themselves, and handed it to the recruits with them. eggs.

Immediately afterwards, the roaring cannon sounded again.

To be honest, the damage caused by the bombardment of the Dashun Army was really not great, because the Shun Army at this time compared with the Liaozhen Army was somewhat similar to the difference between Zeng Guofan Li Hongzhang's Hunan Army Huai Army and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army.

It is undeniable that both Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan are outstanding figures of a generation. They were also pioneers who opened their eyes to see the world and were willing to bow their heads to learn from the West. However, most of what they introduced were only Western weapons and equipment, but Yuan Shikai was the real one. In terms of army building, it has pushed China into the No.1 of modernization.

This difference goes back to the current battlefield, that is, the gunners who invaded the army just randomly stuffed shells into the barrel of the gun, and fired at the opposite side. The gunners of the Liao Zhenbing seem to have eyes, and even a solid iron ball can knock down a large number of people.

But it cannot be denied that the morale boost brought by these roaring iron guys is still great. After the shelling, those surrendered troops who were hit by cannon fodder seemed to have recovered the momentum they had when they were just cannon fodder on the first day. Throwing it away, he strode wildly, facing the rain of steel bullets from the Liao soldiers with his body.

He was also running forward with Guan Ningjun, but Wu Sangui's distorted face was like a ghost. Last night he was still thinking hard about whether Guan Ning Jun should rely on Liaodong or die on him in this great change. Let Dashun go to the end, but now, he doesn't even have the chance to repeat himself. His army was directly planted with a thousand or so Dashun Zhongwei troops, and they were directly driven to charge forward. Wu Sangui could no longer influence him. Legion.

Even behind him, he was followed by five strong men from the Shunjun army. Even though he was trembling with anger, Wu Sangui had no choice but to play his role as cannon fodder, gnashing his teeth and rushing forward.

After so many days of fighting, I know the opponent's way too well. After three consecutive rounds of shooting, the Liaozhen army leaning on the front trench did not reload at all. They leaned against the sandbags and listened to the footsteps. Suddenly, the front row of Liao soldiers leaped out of the ditch, and a row of bayonets suddenly appeared, directly overturning the Shun army in front of them.

Immediately after the second row of Liao soldiers with the ammunition loaded in the guns followed, the muzzle of the guns was lowered during the close combat, and a shot was fired at the thigh of the fiercely rushing soldiers. Amidst screams, they easily added a bayonet want his life.

In two hits, hundreds of lives were saved, and this time, the Gray Army launched a charge too early. When they ran to the front of the army, they were already out of breath, and their physical strength was at a disadvantage. In a short period of time, the Hegang Corps took control of the battlefield.

However, today, the Dashun Army perfectly and thoroughly demonstrated to the Liao soldiers what is called cannon fodder. Seeing tens of thousands of people fighting in full swing, the ground suddenly shook. shouted.

"Is Li Zicheng crazy?"

It’s no wonder Sun Chuanting, an iron-blooded commander like Sun Chuanting, is so shocked. The unprecedented scene of war, the infantry in the front is still fighting, and immediately behind, tens of thousands of cavalry have already launched a charge, 10,000+ bowls The horse's hooves with a big mouth pounded heavily on the ground, and the horse's head wearing an iron bridle exhaled fiery breath. The knight on the horseback raised his spear and saber fiercely forward, and let out a barely human-like sound from his mouth. Roaring, murderous.

But it wasn't the Liaozhen army that got hit at the very beginning, but the one who launched the attack first, and being hit by a group of galloping cavalry was no less than being bumped into by a car in later generations. , first turned around in disbelief, and then the former Ming soldiers in the back row screamed in fear and fled forward desperately, but they were knocked down by the galloping horses before they could escape a few steps, and then the heavy horseshoes Stamping on the bones and muscles made a crisp rattling sound. Seventy-eight out of ten of the former Ming soldiers who stopped in front of the cavalry fell under the hooves of their own horses. They were close to the enemy with all their strength. The Shunjun cavalry just didn't wave their horses. It's just a knife.

Hearing a strange sound behind him, Wu Sangui, who was also fighting bravely, turned his head suddenly, just a spurt of blood was sprayed all over his face, subconsciously he turned around and fell down like a dog eating shit, and several rotten donkeys rolled and rolled into it. In the trench dug by Liao Zhen soldiers, a horse's hoof flew over his forehead, and big drops of blood dripped down the horse's hoof.

Cautiously poking his head out, the four Shun soldiers who were watching him just now were all trampled to death on the spot by the horse's hoof. When they died, they all stared round, unable to believe that they died at the hands of their own people.

They were so cruel to the Shun Army who supervised the battle, not to mention the Guan Ning Army. Looking at the bloody horseshoe marks all over the ground, the anger in Wu Sangui's chest could no longer be suppressed, and his eyes also changed due to anger. Get scarlet.

"I'll go to your grandma's!"

The cup jumped out of the ditch, and the next second Wu Sangui pounced on the back of a passing Shun army cavalry like a praying mantis. Amidst his horrified curses, the vampire opened his mouth and gnawed hard on his neck, smelling fishy. Blood gushed down the corner of his mouth.

This wave of charge hit and trampled to death at least three or four thousand ex-Ming surrendered Jiashun army supervisors, but the price of blood was not in vain. Even the elite soldiers of Liao Town couldn't resist the cavalry. The Liao soldiers who were fighting only heard a click, and the powerful saber had already struck them. Human heads were flying one by one, and the hideous wounds were spraying like monsters. blood.

"General beware!"

With a bang, Yuan Dabao, who was fighting with a knife, was suddenly pushed to the side, staggered out, turned his head suddenly, his eyes were about to burst for a moment, and in the sound of thumping, he pushed his body away. The sergeant was hit by the Pegasus and flew backwards. In the airspace, the sergeant spat out a mouthful of blood with pieces of internal organs.

More than a thousand people from the two regiments at the front were almost all submerged in the cavalry sea of ​​the Shun army. Seeing the tragedy, Yuan Dabao was about to go up the wheel with a knife in his hand. The other Liao soldiers hugged his arms and waist in shock, shouting Then drag it back.

No need for binoculars anymore, Sun Chuanting looked at what was happening in front of him with a gloomy expression. After a few seconds, he shook his head with difficulty.

"Abandon the former army, form a new front with the fifth to eighth regiments, support the left and right sides of the camp, and retreat the big camp!"

Amid the mournful roars of the sergeants, the Hegang Legion with bayonets gathered forward again to form a new city wall of flesh and blood, staggering, Yuan Dabao and his remnant soldiers who had just retreated to the front were suddenly sucked by the city wall. After entering, the gap had just closed, and the howling Shunjun cavalry had already rushed forward.

Facing the swarming enemy troops, several regiments commanded by the front line also swung their knives forward fiercely.

"Kill these sons of bitches!!!"

Chapter 593. Depression

Puff~ The bayonet stabbed into the horse's belly violently, the manic horse stood up under the pain, but the horse's hoof that was thrown out was trampled down, and the bloody horse's hoof instantly sank into the one that was knocked down. Liao Zhenjun's chest.

The toughest thing in life is the comrades in arms fighting against the gun. Amidst the roar of anger, several bayonets stabbed out one after another, stabbing the mad horse to the ground. There was no time to jump away and escape, and there was nowhere to escape With a bang, the cavalier's thigh was pressed against the reins of the horse, and while he howled in pain, a Liao soldier with blood-red eyes stabbed him with a bayonet, violently ending his life.

In the end, it was still the strong soldiers of Liao Town. After this unexpected wave of blows, the Liao soldiers gathered together again relied on bayonets and flesh and blood to block tens of thousands of fine cavalry from the intruders. Like the huge waves on the reefs on the shore, although they smashed some moss shells on the reefs, they also smashed themselves to pieces.

But seeing his cavalry begin to decline and retreat, instead of getting angry, Li Zicheng showed a cruel complacency. Before his horse, he followed the cavalry and retreated, followed by countless soldiers holding their spears high. Filling in the gaps in the battlefield, before the Hegang Corps took a breath, the spear that covered the sky crackled and stabbed in front of him again.

This is the tactical three walls that Li Zicheng is famous for!First, the cavalry galloped, and then the spearmen stabbed like flying. Relying on their large number of soldiers, the windmills took turns to fight you. Yuan Chonghuan's [-] Qin army fell apart in this airtight attack without leaving a single gap. Now it's the Liao army's turn.

The Shun army was attacking because the Liao army was weak. The central army was too weak. In order not to show any flaws, the Shenyang left and right guards on both sides could only shoot and kill some Shun troops from the flanks. But this is of little help.

But in the end, they are elite soldiers who can withstand the violent bombardment of Huang Taiji's 10,000+ elite Eight Banners Army. The battle started at around [-] o'clock in the morning.

The command knife that had already been cut up suddenly raised the dense spears on the head. Under the fearful eyes of a Shunjun, Yuan Dabao stuck in front of him, wrapped his left hand around his neck, and bumped a knee under him. Coming to the chest, the iron-clad leg armor made a crisp sound of bone breaking after touching it, and then his left hand controlled Shun Jun, who was spurting blood from his mouth and had already softened, as a shield, Yuan Dabao's right hand slashed forward again frantically. .