Chapter 276 Battle of Jiashan Pass III
Luo Jiming was even glad that he had arranged for a brigade of troops under his command to guard the north gate in advance, just to prevent the officers and soldiers behind him from taking advantage of the situation to launch a night attack.
At this moment, after receiving the news that the North Gate was under attack, he loudly ordered the messenger: "Go, send two regiments of people from the reserve team to go over, and be sure to guard the North Gate."
Mu Qishan couldn't stop him. Among the 30,000 people under his command, 10,000 were firearms soldiers. Because of the heavy rain, these 10,000 people had been gathering around his Chinese army tent as non-combatants, while the remaining The 20,000 soldiers below were the first to bear the brunt due to their location. When all the soldiers and horses of a military commander were wiped out, the former military camp general personally went to Mu Qishan and asked for the withdrawal of troops.
Mu Qishan naturally would not waste these precious 30,000 border troops here, but the north of the camp in front of him was breached, and news of the Kaosaka rebel attack came from the east, although there were Cen Rui's troops blocking it. , but the Guangxi soldiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat are no match for those firearms troops.
The rebels did not give them any chance to engage in close combat, so they could only increase casualties in vain and not move forward.
"General, we can only break through the camp from the south, otherwise the army will be in danger."
"General Mu..." A soldier dressed as the general's flag ran over. He came to deliver a message: "General Soldier You in the north of Jiashan launched a general offensive. Governor Zhang also ordered the entire army to attack. Huang Zongbing led the Thirty thousand troops came to support.”
Mu Qishan was overjoyed. He had already prepared to run away, but he didn't expect that You Shiwei behind him would also take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and Huang Sihai would also come with 30,000 people to support him, making it even more difficult for him to run away.
"There should be a lot of undamaged fire and powder in the big tent. Send people to screen it quickly, then gather up the reserve army tent, and light the cannon in the military tent. I will also let these rebels have a taste of cannon. .”
"yes..."
Mu Qishan's 10,000-armed firearms force has a variety of firearms, but the most equipped is the turtle-dove musket bought by the Mu family from Nanyang. This kind of firearm is more powerful than a flintlock gun, but its range is comparable to that of a flintlock gun. If it can be fired on rainy days , that is an invincible existence.
However, Mu Qishan also brought with him fifty small cannons used by the Dutch on warships. This kind of artillery was a reduced version of the general's cannon. However, these cannons were imitated by the Mu Mansion themselves, so naturally they were not too lethal in terms of lethality. high.
"Dong dong dong..."
Several cannons were fired, and black iron bullets flew into the Tianxiong army that had rushed into the camp, causing them a lot of casualties.
Lu Xiangsheng was also shocked. He never expected that his opponent could actually light the cannon on a rainy day.
"Disperse your troops and be careful of enemy artillery."
After four rounds of artillery salvos, there was no movement inside the enemy camp. Lu Xiangsheng immediately realized that the gunpowder used by the opponent's cannon must have been part of the gunpowder that was not affected by moisture. Now that the bombardment has stopped, it proves that their gunpowder has been used. Used up.
"The whole army obeys the order, rush in, kill..."
"Kill, kill, kill..."
"Raise the gun..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
The fighting situation is extremely fierce, not only in Jiashan Pass Fort, but also in Mu Qishan's camp, or in Sun Chuanting's Kaoban camp. It can be said that Jiashan Pass has been turned into a pot of porridge, and now the only competition is the morale of the sergeants and the fighting troops. combat effectiveness.
After nearly four hours of fighting, Lu Xiangsheng felt that his voice was hoarse. His men had successfully reunited with Sun Chuanting's troops in the middle of Mu Qishan's camp, and combined Huang Sihai's support troops with Mu Qishan's and Cen Rui's troops. The troops were divided between the west and east sides of the camp.
There were no less than 20,000 corpses in the camp. The troops on both sides were already exhausted. Moreover, they had been fighting in the rain all night. All the ammunition of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting had been exhausted, and all of them had bayonets inserted at this moment.
"Military seat, something bad happened. The fortress was attacked by the enemy..."
Lu Xiangsheng panicked for a moment, then calmed down forcefully: "Where is Mr. Luo?"
"The enemy troops invaded from the north gate. The Yulin Army's combat effectiveness was so strong that our troops were caught off guard. Now Commander Luo is still defending the city from the south gate."
There are about 50,000 people on his side, but the enemy army has gathered 150,000 people, three times as many as his own. The only thing Lu Xiangsheng can do now is to hold on to the camp and try to delay as much time as possible, because Qian Kai went to move reinforcements and it was early. It's time to arrive.
"The enemy did not attack again."
Lu Xiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news, and ordered the sergeant to rest quickly and fight again after an hour.
Huang Sihai's side was already on the verge of collapse. If Lu Xiangsheng knew that his side only needed to take the initiative to launch another attack, Huang Sihai would definitely be defeated and leave, and he would probably be angry to death.
Including Huang Sihai's 30,000 troops, the entire Dongda camp had more than 80,000 officers and soldiers. However, Lu Xiangsheng's division killed more than 30,000 people in a night of fighting, and the reason why they were still hanging on for breath. It was the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers under Cen Rui who were really good at fighting and had been fighting at their forefront. Otherwise, not to mention Huang Sihai, even Mu Qishan would have to turn around and run away.
The two sides were in such an awkward stalemate, but the deadlock was broken because You Shiwei personally led his troops to cover up the attack.
"Brother Boya, we can't waste our time here. Once our morale is exhausted, we will only be at the mercy of others."
Most of Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is composed of soldiers from Liaodong. These soldiers who have been in Liaodong for a long time are different from the refugees and untouchables of the New Army. They pay attention to morale. The New Army pays attention to military discipline from the beginning, but this group of adapted troops has long been formed. The situation of fighting a war based on morale.
Sun Chuanting also carefully considered Lu Xiangsheng's words and agreed quite a bit: "Although the casualties are heavy, there are still at least 20,000 people. You and I will each lead a force to attack from two directions. Even if we can't all rush out, at least we must Disrupt the enemy's camp so that they will have no good fruits to eat."
"That's it..."
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'Boom...'
With a loud noise, the wall of the south gate of Jiashan Pass was pushed down, and a flood of shouting guardsmen marched towards the pass on the corpses of Tianxiong soldiers.
Huang Chongtao's forehead was covered with cold sweat. Although he was soaked to the skin, at the moment the wall collapsed, he clearly felt a wave of heat starting to spread throughout his body.
The rebels were too strong. In the middle of the night, the 50,000 guardsmen under his command were retreating steadily. Even he personally killed two of the guards commanders before he could hold back the position. But even so, there was still nothing he could do. Break through the wall in front of you.
If it hadn't been for the sudden change in the rebel stronghold just before dawn and the weakening of the frontal defense, how could the defeated soldiers under his command have easily broken through the stronghold wall.
It was Zhang Yangming, a civil servant, who personally led the supervising team to the front battlefield and killed several thousand-level generals who wanted to escape again. Only then did they frighten these greedy guardsmen who were afraid of death, otherwise they wanted to rely on them. Rushing in with morale and rewards is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky.
"boom..."
A violent explosion rose into the sky, and a wave of air flew across at a speed visible to the naked eye, knocking everyone on the south gate to the ground. Luo Jiming's ears were bleeding, and he stood up in a daze. He vaguely heard someone in his ears. Report that the enemy has blown up their ammunition depot.
Even Lu Xiangsheng and others who were three miles away could feel the trembling of the earth.
Luo Jiming shook his head vigorously and shouted: "How many people are there in our army?"
The guard leader who followed him replied: "Master, we are the only ones left in the division. All the other brothers are dead..."
Luo Jiming looked around and saw that there were less than a thousand people at most on the mudbag and sandbag positions piled up on the spot. The entire division under his command had more than 16,000 people. After two battles, there were only more than a thousand people left. The commander is no longer different.
"Concentrate all ammunition, everyone has bayonets fixed, and even if we hit the last person, we must not surrender."
"The master has ordered us all to fix our bayonets..."
"Fix the bayonet..."
You Shilu deeply lamented the fighting will of Zuo Liangyu's men. Driven by money, Zuo Liangyu's men finally took the lead in rushing into the fortress in front of them and killed so many rebels with cold weapons. , the severed heads could not be placed in the rear, and special personnel had to be sent to guard these heads that symbolized military exploits.
"Sir, the rebels are surrounded in the stronghold. Their number is no more than a thousand..."
Zhang Yangming was overjoyed to receive the reward. Although there was no good news from Huang Sihai after all, the success of Jiashan Pass at this moment symbolized that the victory in this battle belonged to the imperial court.
"Go, send people to shout in front of the formation and persuade these remnants to surrender..."
"Listen to the rebels inside. You are rebels and are traitors. The imperial court has the virtue of a good life. You and others are allowed to put down their weapons and walk out of the position to surrender. The governor promises that only the culprits will be pursued, and the followers will not be punished..."
"Only pursue the culprits, not the followers..."
However, even though the people trying to persuade them to surrender shouted more than a dozen times, there was still no movement from the Tianxiong Army in the opposite position.
Huang Chongtao in front of the formation could not wait for a long time. Now that they had an obvious advantage and were fighting smoothly, trying to kill the rebels who were less than a thousand people in front of them was like an elephant trampling an ant to death.
On the other hand, Zuo Liangyu's troops on the opposite side were surrounded in the rear, but most of them went to search and loot. Instead, You Shilu led his men to help guard the rear of Luo Jiming's troops.
He had the same thought. Now that the rebels were at the end of their tether, it only took one sentence to completely eliminate them.
Seeing that the rebels still made no move, Zhang Yangming said coldly: "Kill..."
Huang Chongtao was overjoyed after receiving the order. He waved his sword and shouted: "The whole army is listening to the order, the archers are ready, the tiger crouching cannon is ready, the matchlock guns are ready..."
Luo Jiming held a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, and shouted: "Brothers, there is life or death..."
"Death but no life..."
"put..."
