Five thousand brave knights protected Li Guo and began to charge. The area near the north city gate in front was already crowded with people. The large number of rogue knights who had come to support had been defeated. There were a large number of new army gunners shooting all around. The scene was very confusion.
"Fire the bayonet!"
At this time, Chen Xun personally led a group of soldiers from the central part of the New Army's front battalion to enter the North City Gate. Seeing a group of rogue knights rushing over from the front, he directly ordered bayonets to be fixed. After a salvo of nearly a thousand gunners, Chen Xun The troops began to charge.
At this time, in the dark streets, thousands of Li Guo's knights were hit by volleys from the new army's gunners. Hundreds of men and horses in the vanguard fell to the ground screaming. The neighing horses and dead soldiers all became a constraint. He blocked and stumbled the thief knights who were rushing up from behind. Upon seeing this, the knight knight soldiers behind him tightened their reins and slowed down the speed they had just increased.
Not long after, the already crowded streets were filled with chaotic Cavalry soldiers. Then Chen Xun led thousands of new army bird gunners, and more than a hundred sword and shield players who rushed to the front and threw thunderous thunder. He fought his way into the ranks of the rogue knights.
boom!
Zhentian Lei opened the way in front, blowing up batches of rogue knights. The new army bird gunmen behind roared into the crowd, and the bird gunmen with bayonets as high as one person began to stab, like countless rods forming a formation to kill. The short spears came, and the rogue knights who were blown up by the thunderous thunder and the morale of the army was shaken were killed in embarrassment.
"Kill him!"
Li Guo was furious at this time. Even though Liu Yan's troops were powerful, it was a shame and humiliation for the cavalry to be suppressed and beaten by the infantry of the new army!
At this time, Li Guo led hundreds of heavily armored knights to the front and stabbed him to death with the spear in his hand.
He met a General Manager of the Central New Army, who roared before he died. He held Li Guo's spear tightly with both hands and would not let go until he died.
Li Guo was horrified when he saw this. He tried his best but couldn't pull it out at all, so he hurriedly discarded the spear and pulled out the sword from his waist.
"Boss!"
"Mr. Bai!"
Seeing this, the surrounding New Army officers were all filled with grief and anger, and they roared and charged towards Li Guo. The knights beside Li Guo also roared and charged forward. Many people jumped off their horses to fight more easily and started fighting hand-to-hand with the New Army officers. Till death.
"kill!"
A New Army soldier stabbed and killed the Cavalry soldier in front of him, but was then slashed in the neck by another Cavalry soldier and fell on his back.
A new saber shielder next to him was attacked by two knights and suffered multiple wounds on his body. Before he died, he ignited three thunderbolts on his body, then roared and rushed into the crowd of thieves, dragging more than a dozen people around him with him. A wandering bandit, a knight, was killed together with a bandit holding a flag.
The violent explosion shocked Li Guo's ears. After a burst of tinnitus, the crowd in front of him seemed to be ghosted.
"Kill out!"
Li Guo rode forward. The North City Gate in front was already close at hand, but there were more and more New Army soldiers around. Many of the injured soldiers began to imitate the "self-destruct" sword and shield hand, igniting the shock wave. Tianlei and the bandits died together, or a few gunmen were in front of them stabbing and killing each other, while a few others were firing cold guns at the back. The two sides were fighting inextricably.
Chen Xun was already furious at this time. He ignored the dissuasion of the central military commander Guo Mingxu and rushed to Li Guo with more than 20 guards. Everyone did not care about the thieves around them.
Xiaoqi attacked Li Guo's mount with all his strength, even stabbing Li Guo's legs in several places.
"asshole!"
Li Guo roared in pain, and the horse that sat down screamed and fell to the ground, knocking Li Guo over.
"Kill Li Guo!"
The leader of the bandit's rear camp, Da Zhen, was beside Li Guo. All the new army officers knew who it was. At this time, they followed Chen Xun and rushed over regardless of life and death. Li Guorao had experienced hundreds of battles and had never seen the new army before. The enemy, who was not afraid of life and death, was horrified. As soon as he got up on his hands and feet, he felt a pain in his abdomen. When he lowered his head, he saw that three muskets had been stabbed into his abdomen.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Xun came and chopped off Li Guo's head with a knife, then picked it up from the ground, jumped on a dead horse next to him, held Li Guo's head high, and roared angrily. The knights were all horrified when they saw this, and began to retreat in all directions.
The soldiers of the New Army near the North City Gate suddenly roared, and the shouts of Wansheng resounded through the night. Countless soldiers began to attack the city. The battle on the top of the city also showed a one-sided situation. A large number of soldiers of the New Army captured the North City Tower. Start attacking along the east and west sides of the city wall.
At the same time, Gao Yigong led the remaining troops all the way to the north city gate. Along the way, he saw countless defeated troops from various ministries. Gao Yigong roared at his subordinates and gathered the defeated troops along the way to his side.
By the time Gao Yigong passed the county government office, more than 7,000 people had gathered around him, including knights from various tribes and gunmen who had escaped from the city.
"All the troops go north!"
Gao Yigong roared loudly and suddenly saw a large number of knights escaping on the streets to the north.
The scattered knights galvanized their horses and fled southward, as if there were some monsters chasing them in the night behind them.
When Gao Yigong saw a captain he knew, he immediately ordered someone to stop him, and then asked angrily: "Didn't you follow General Zhi to break out to the north gate? Why did you come back? Where is General Zhi!"
The captain was almost crying and said loudly: "General Zhi has been killed. Thousands of troops in the north have all been defeated. The officers and soldiers are coming here. What should the general do?"
Hearing this, Gao Yigong felt as if he had been hit hard and said angrily: "General Zhi died in the battle? Then why are you still alive!"
After saying that, Gao Yigong cut the captain off his horse with one blow, and then said angrily: "Follow me to attack north to avenge the general!"
However, the more than 7,000 troops around them were demoralized at this time. How could they still have the courage to follow Gao Yigong to the North City Gate? Thief soldiers.
A high-ranking thief's gunman was also slashed by Gao Yigong, but he missed his vital point. He was stabbed in the back, and blood immediately flowed out.
The fire gun hand endured the severe pain, directly raised the fire gun in his hand, and cursed angrily: "I'm sorry for your mother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fire gun hand fired the fire gun. The fire accompanied by gunpowder smoke directly penetrated Gao Yigong's chest. There were only a few steps away. The armor on Gao Yigong's body couldn't resist it at all, and his eyes widened. , falling down from the horse on his back.
At this time, no one of the bandit soldiers around looked at Gao Yigong. Seeing that the general was dead, they all fled around.
Not long after, Chen Xun led a group of New Army front battalion soldiers to rush here and looked at the fallen
In the pool of blood, Gao Yigong, who was wearing fine armor, and General You Guoyi, who was ignored next to the body, said in surprise: "This is Li Guo's general, General You Guoyi? Is this Gao Yigong?" The first achievement is still Ma Zhongxi!"
Guo Mingxu said with a smile: "Headquarters, no matter who it is, collect the banner first, chop off the head, and confirm later."
"Um."
Chen Xun asked his men to cut off the heads and put away the large banners, and then led his troops to continue attacking various parts of the city.
At this time, the sound of killings in Xingtang County was loud, and the fierce fighting continued until dawn the next day before gradually ending.
When the first ray of sunshine shone on the city the next day, Liu Yan led the new army's guard battalion into the city. He immediately sent people to post a notice in the city to calm the people, and sent troops to patrol the city to prevent young people and bandits from breaking up and causing chaos. .
In the county government office in the city, Liu Yan was sitting in the main hall. Li Guo's map was also seized by Liu Yan. He couldn't help but sigh to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of each battalion: "This map has roughly drawn the route of our army's rapid march. Route, Li Guo is indeed a talent, we fought well in this battle and also took advantage of the surprise attack."
"If we fight Li Guo head-on, although our army will definitely win in the end, it is difficult to guarantee the time and the number of casualties. Facing such a difficult opponent, it is impossible to solve it in a short time. of!"
Finally Liu Yan sighed and said: "Li Guo, what a pity! How can a beautiful lady like you be a thief!"
Then each battalion began to tally the results and casualties, and it only took more than half an hour to report the figures to Liu Yan.
In this battle, the new army battalions succeeded in a surprise attack and killed
After killing the thief general Li Guo in the rear camp, and his subordinates General Zhang Neng of Zuo Guoyi, General Ma Chongxi and Gao Yigong of You Guoyi. After beheading the bandits, more than 17,800 brave knights, more than 21,900 armored soldiers, 4,352 fire-gun soldiers, and more than 45,000 dead soldiers were beheaded, totaling 90,000 beheaded. Remaining level. In addition, the battalions of the New Army and the garrison also captured more than 73,000 prisoners. According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Department, the bandit rear camp was strong in strength, with at least 200,000 troops. In this battle, they killed and captured prisoners and were wiped out. More than 160,000 people were killed, and the bandits' rear camp was destroyed in one battle!
However, although the results of this battle were huge, the battalions of the New Army and the garrison also paid a certain price. Especially when the army entered the city and engaged in street fighting with the bandit army, all the ministries paid a certain price.
In this battle, 1,359 soldiers of the New Army and garrison battalions were killed and more than 2,300 were injured, most of which were casualties caused in street fighting.
However, when Liu Yan and the battalion commanders asked about the specific combat experience, they also had a big surprise. He specially ordered people to record new tactics such as high-altitude shooting and cross-fire for promotion throughout the army.
"Mr. Ge, what should we do next?"
Miao Shao asked: "Now that all the bandit battalions have dispersed, should we continue to attack and continue to consume the bandits' troops?"
Liu Yan looked at Miao Shao in surprise and said with a smile: "Very good. General Miao's strategic vision is already very good."
Then Liu Yan said: "I really think so. According to the information provided by each battalion at night, there is a high probability that the rogue right camp, middle camp, and left camp have discovered that our army has not
At Jingxing Pass, the three battalions may have already begun to move north, looking for traces of our army. "
"In addition, the bandit Laoying and other troops led by Li Zicheng should have marched eastward from the Heishan area, and their target should be the Xingtang County area."
"In addition, the bandit front camp and firearms camp that have already attacked eastward will definitely divide their troops to return for reinforcements after realizing that they have severed contact with Li Guo's troops."
Liu Yan then pointed to the location of Xingtang County on the map and said to everyone: "So, in the next war, Xingtang County will definitely be the focus of all the rebels, and our army can take advantage of this!"
Everyone suddenly became energetic, and Chen Xun asked: "Mr. Ge, where should we go next?"
"Xinle County!"
Liu Yan pointed to Xinle County on the map, east of Xingtang County, and said to everyone: "Xinle County is more than a hundred miles away from Xingtang County. Our army will set off today and quickly go to Xinle County to station in a hidden place. , and then send out a large number of Ye Fushou to investigate the movements of the various tribes of bandits, and then make plans!"
Xu Ming smiled and said: "Ge Lao is always ready to see which of the bandits will fall in line?"
Liu Yan said categorically: "Yes, the essence of mobile warfare is: I will kill whoever is alone!"
