On the north bank of the Shahe River, General Gu Kecheng and Xie Junyou, generals of Zuo Guoyi, and Tian Hu, generals of right Guoyi, had already crossed the river and were anxiously directing their troops to quickly return to the south bank. The scene was very chaotic.
Suddenly, a cavalry army appeared from the north. It was the New Army cavalry battalion led by Xu Ming. Nearly ten thousand cavalry soldiers were driving dozens of scouts from the bandits' front camp.
General Zuo Guoyi Gu Kecheng was shocked when he saw this, and then roared loudly: "Come up with me and block the enemy's cavalry!"
At this time, the 40,000 knights in the front camp of the bandits were in chaos. Only more than 20,000 people still retained their organization. At this time, they followed Gu Kecheng and began to charge.
It's just that Xu Ming led his troops to attack suddenly, leaving no time for Gu Kecheng's troops to increase their speed. When the two cavalry armies approached, the speed of the rogue cavalry army was still very slow, and even the arrows they fired were Weak and powerless.
The soldiers of the New Army Cavalry Battalion lowered their heads one after another. The iron helmets on their heads and the iron masks on their faces could protect their heads. Coupled with the armor on the soldiers, the arrows fired hastily by the Rogue Cavalry did not cause much damage.
"put!"
At this time, the soldiers of the New Army's cavalry battalion also raised their cannons. Xu Ming roared. Dong Yun and Du Zhongming each led their soldiers to support them on both wings. The entire army suddenly burst out with fierce firepower, instantly allowing the thieves to ride bravely. There were many casualties, and the knights and horses rushing forward fell to the ground one after another. A large number of horses that had lost their "owners" neighed in fear and ran wildly around the battlefield, blocking and impacting the cavalry formation of the rogue knights even more. .
boom!
Xu Ming immediately led his troops into the bandit cavalry formation and collided with them with a very strict cavalry formation.
, directly knocked the knights and horses led by Gu Kecheng into pieces. Seeing that they were defeated, a large number of knights and horses started to flee.
To the south of Xiaoqi, General You Guoyi Tian Hu had assembled more than 7,000 gunmen and more than 10,000 armored soldiers. Seeing that the army of Xiaoqi in front began to collapse, he immediately ordered his troops to deploy on the spot, preparing to block the new attack on the north side of the bridge. Charge of the military cavalry battalion.
Soon, Xu Ming led his troops to continue charging south. He was surprised when he saw an army of rogue infantry appearing to the south of the crowd. They were already in formation and ready to block the attack.
"Shaking thunder!"
Xu Ming roared, and hundreds of soldiers at the forefront of the cavalry battalion took out thunderbolts one after another. After lighting them, they used the high speed of the charge of their horses to throw the thunderbolts in their hands directly. Hundreds of thunderbolts streaked through the air. The distance it flew far exceeded the normal throwing distance, and it scattered directly into the rogue infantry formation.
boom!
Huge explosions resounded one after another. The 7,000 gunmen and more than 10,000 armored soldiers led by Tian Hu were immediately severely damaged. There were rogue soldiers killed and injured by the thunderbolts everywhere. The original army The formation also shook instantly.
Especially the thousands of gunmen who were waiting in front of the military formation, but now they were in a mess of casualties and began to flee backwards.
Tian Hu hurriedly ordered his guards to crush the troops with bombs, but many of them were killed by the gunmen who were running frantically for their lives. Tian Hu was so angry that he cursed and led his men to rush forward, roaring loudly: "Go back and fight! No!" If you block the official cavalry, everyone will die!"
But no one paid attention to Tian Hu’s cry. Man is a strange animal. On the battlefield, even if he is killed or injured,
No matter how numerous and brutal the war is, as long as the military formations remain dense and orderly, it can make people feel at ease.
But once fear spreads in the military formation, no matter how strict the military formation is or how abundant the troops are, it will collapse in an instant!
At this time, the tens of thousands of bandit soldiers and horses on the north side of the bridge were like this. Although the number of troops was far greater than that of the New Army cavalry battalion, and they were still capable of fighting, the morale of the army had collapsed, so the bandit soldiers and horses all over the north bank of the Shah River only focused on Fleeing for their lives, not many soldiers dared to continue fighting.
In this way, tens of thousands of bandit soldiers and horses were rushed down the sandy river by the New Army cavalry battalion. Countless bandit soldiers threw themselves into the river and drowned in the blink of an eye. The scene was very tragic.
At this time, Tian Hu was also carried by the defeated troops to the river. He roared angrily and looked back, only to see a war horse rushing forward. The New Army soldiers on the war horse tightened the reins suddenly, and the war horse immediately stopped on the spot. Soaring into the air, after a burst of neighing, he trampled Tian Hu directly to the ground.
Poor Tian Hu was always thinking about how to stabilize the military formation, but he was trampled to death by the horse of this New Army cavalry battalion soldier by the river.
"Charge up and drive them all down the sand river!"
Xu Ming roared loudly. At this time, the cavalry battalion soldiers had been divided into several teams and began to charge back and forth on the north bank of Shahe River. It was like a sharp steel knife, constantly slashing at the defeated bandits, "every knife" Take away a lot of life.
"withdraw!"
At this time, General Zuo Guoyi, Gu Kecheng, led more than 8,000 knights and was driven to the edge of the battlefield. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, he ordered a retreat north.
"General! We leave the battlefield without authorization. This is a capital crime!"
Gu Kecheng
He said loudly: "If you don't evacuate and stay here, you will die! Let's immediately cross the river from somewhere else to the south and return to Xingtang County. Your Majesty will lead his troops to Xingtang County. We are not retreating, but reporting the military information to Your Majesty first." , I’m here to ask for help!”
With this said, the surrounding generals had no objections, so thousands of knights followed Gu Kecheng and retreated northward, quickly leaving the battlefield along the general direction of the Shah River.
Almost at the same time, General Zuo Guoyi, Xie Junyou, had led more than 10,000 armored soldiers to withdraw to the south bank of the Shah River. He saw that Li Laiheng was able to hold his position with only tens of thousands of dead soldiers around him, and the formation of Liu Yan's new army in front was already approaching. Xie Junyou could even see the artillery lined up in the distance.
"Immediately cover and prevent the general from evacuating!"
Xie Junyou hurriedly led his troops to rendezvous with Li Laiheng. After meeting, he loudly said: "General Zhi, I have deployed troops to clear the way in front. Let's retreat to Xingtang County quickly. We will retreat first!"
Seeing that Xie Junyou had brought a lot of armored soldiers, Li Laiheng felt relieved and nodded and said: "Okay! Order all ministries to withdraw their troops immediately and meet at Xingtang County!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rumbling sound from the south, and the New Army artillery battalion fired!
boom!
Hundreds of artillery shells of various types were densely smashed into the army of thieves, and countless rockets were also fired at them. The more than ten thousand armored soldiers who had just formed up in front and were preparing to cover Li Laiheng's withdrawal were instantly killed and injured.
A shell fired from a Hongyi cannon was so powerful and heavy that it directly hit an armored soldier, turning the strong armored soldier into pieces of meat in an instant. Then the cannonball continued unabated,
He ran rampant in the square of armored soldiers, passed through the bodies of three armored soldiers, broke the arms of two armored soldiers, and finally hit the head of one armored soldier before falling heavily to the ground.
On the other side, a cannonball fired by a Franco machine flew over the heads of the crowd. All the armored soldiers it passed turned pale, shrank their heads, bent down, and even fell to the ground in fear.
The flying height of the cannonball began to decrease immediately, and it just happened to sweep over the heads of a group of armored soldiers. A dozen armored soldiers were instantly taken away by the cannonball, leaving only headless corpses on the ground.
boom!
After this volley of artillery fire, more than 10,000 armored soldiers were directly beaten to collapse and joined the rout. Xie Junyou and Li Laiheng were stunned when they saw this. They did not expect that Liu Yan's artillery fire was so fierce, far beyond their previous impressions.
In fact, what Li Laiheng and Xie Junyou didn't know was that on this trip south, Qian Qian also brought more than 200 artillery pieces captured from the firearms battalion. These artillery pieces were included in the salvo, so the firepower was naturally much stronger.
Fortunately, in Quyang County, Qian Qian also brought the carriages and horses used by the bandit firearms camp to transport artillery, so that more than two hundred artillery pieces could go south with the army.
"Let's go!"
Li Laiheng looked at the defeated troops all over the mountains and plains on the south bank of Shahe River. He didn't expect that he had just crossed the river, so Liu Yan seized the opportunity and defeated them in a battle. He immediately said in pain: "Withdraw troops immediately, as much as you can withdraw!"
Xie Junyou was also frightened. At this time, shells continued to fall around him. Xie Junyou even saw four dead soldiers who were running for their lives, being strung together by an incoming rocket. That kind of death,
Xie Junyou felt shuddered just by looking at it.
Then Xie Junyou led people to protect Li Laiheng and fled westward. Everyone had horses. They fled quickly, but they couldn't run at all. There were broken troops along the way, and the road to escape westward was completely blocked.
At this time, Liu Yan was watching the battle with a telescope, and said to Miao Shao with a smile: "Okay! This victory is guaranteed, order the artillery battalions to stop shelling, and each battalion will immediately form formations to cover up and expand the results!"
"yes!"
Soon Qian Qian received the order and ordered to stop the bombardment without hesitation.
As soon as the artillery fire from the New Army artillery battalion stopped, the battalions of the New Army began to advance rapidly. With high morale, tens of thousands of New Army officers and soldiers strode across the artillery camp position, rushed directly into the chaos of the broken troops, and began to massacre.
"The officers and soldiers are rushing forward. General Zhi, hurry up and leave. I'll cut off the rear!"
Xie Junyou immediately roared and led more than 3,000 armored soldiers who could still obey the command to launch a counterattack.
Li Laiheng's eyes turned red when he saw this, and he shouted: "Come back alive!"
However, the battlefield was so noisy at this time that Xie Junyou, who was leading the charge, could not hear it at all. After Li Laiheng shouted a few times, he had no choice but to lead his troops to escape to the west, and soon disappeared among the broken troops.
At this time, on the south bank of the Shah River, the battalions of the New Army were fully deployed. Tens of thousands of New Army soldiers came from the south, surrounded nearly 100,000 bandits by the river, and then started to kill them.
boom!
The musketeers of each battalion lined up forward, constantly shooting at the enemy. The sword and shield men of each battalion kept throwing thunderbolts, which exploded among the crowd, accelerating the defeat of the rogue army.
This fierce battle was a complete massacre. When Liu Yan ordered to accept the prisoners, the people on the battlefield
There were only more than 10,000 bandits left after the bandits were defeated, and more than 100,000 corpses were densely scattered on both sides of the Shah River. Blood gurgled into the river, dyeing the water of the Shah River dark red.
"It's too awful!"
Chen Xun walked on the "carpet" composed of corpses, his expression ugly. Although the soldiers and horses in the front camp of the bandits were defeated very quickly, no one surrendered. Those defeated soldiers jumped into the river far away, or ran until they were killed. Even though they were beaten to death, no one surrendered. In the end, Liu Yan ordered the attack to stop and shouted for the bandit soldiers on the battlefield to surrender. Only then did some people begin to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Liu Yan did not expect that the battle would turn out like this, and the battle lasted longer than Liu Yan expected.
"Mr. Ge, where should we turn next?"
"Dingzhou!"
"Dingzhou?"
Liu Yan nodded and said: "After this battle, Li Zicheng was defeated by us in the front camp, rear camp, firearms camp, and right camp. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were wiped out by us. The remaining bandits will definitely not be able to survive." They will divide their forces to attack again, and they will definitely gather together."
"Let's go to Dingzhou. Whether Li Zicheng goes north to Beijing or south to Shandong, Dingzhou can respond in time."
Chen Xun asked: "What if Li Zicheng leads his army to kill Dingzhou?"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Now that the bandits have lost more than half of their troops, as long as Li Zicheng dares to lead his army, we will have another battle in Dingzhou!"
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