Chapter 363 Battle for Shangfang Bridge
"Standing on the upper bridge?"
Zhu Yujian turned to look at Li Xin beside him: "Chang Xin, what does Yang Qi mean?"
Li Yan lowered his head and thought for a while: "Liang Ni attacked Qilin Gate. If he wanted to rescue Jubaoshan, he could only pass through Shangfang Bridge. If he wanted to reach Zhonghe Bridge, he had to go in front of Zhengyang Gate. What's the difference between that and attacking the city gate? "
As he spoke, he frowned and thought carefully: "Perhaps the Liangni leader on Jubao Mountain is an important figure under Chen Cao, otherwise they wouldn't have made a detour."
"Then according to Yang Qi's wishes, destroy the Shangfang Bridge?"
Li Yan shook his head: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. If the Shangfang Bridge is destroyed, Liang Ni will definitely go to the Zhonghe Bridge, and the tributaries of the Qinhuai River are not wide. If we leave, after they cross the river, won't they besiege the officers and soldiers of Jubaoshan Mountain?" Are you under attack from both sides?"
"That makes sense..."
Zhu Yujian nodded: "So we will stick to Fangfang Bridge?"
Li Yan nodded: "The prince has this idea. Changqing is very pleased. Our 50,000-strong army is not a paper tiger. It is said that Liang Ni has many firearms. Now we have also captured many artillery pieces of the Southern Army. We are just across the border." Fight with them on the upper bridge."
"Your Majesty..." A messenger came over: "The scouts from the front are here to report that Liang Ni's cavalry has arrived at Shangfang Bridge."
Less than a moment after finishing speaking, dust started to fly in front of them. Five thousand soldiers on war horses dismounted less than a mile away from the bridge above. The leader, Deputy Division Commander Kaishan Kaishan, immediately ordered the assembly.
"Ready to fight..."
"Deputy division commander, there are still pursuers behind us."
Kaishan Shan looked down at the pursuers behind him, left a regiment to guard the rear, and pointed to the front: "Get ready to fight."
'Dong dong dong...'
After three gunshots were fired, Kaishan Shan quickly asked his men to disperse. White smoke was seen rising from the enemy position on the other side of the bridge, followed by black iron bullets. The horses that had no time to evacuate were hit by the bullets, tearing a bloody path.
The shouts of men and horses sounded from the opposite side, and Zhu Yujian smiled: "Changqing has some knowledge. Are they going to attack next?"
Li Yan held the folding fan in his hand and thought for a while: "As long as our army keeps their mentality of rescuing Jubaoshan and attacks them, Liang Ni will not be able to cross the Shangfang Bridge."
Zhang Kaishan cursed loudly. He came in a hurry and only brought ten tiger squatting cannons. He didn't bring any field cannons or Shenwu cannons for long-range attack.
"Deputy Commander, this is not the way to go. They seem to be convinced that we have no artillery."
Zhang Kaishan said: "Let a brother from the platoon go explore the road first and rush over on horseback. If something goes wrong, pull back."
When Li Yan saw more than thirty horses approaching, he smiled and said: "This is to test the strength of our army. Don't worry about it. They don't dare to cross the bridge. The prince just ordered the archers to prepare."
A wave of arrows flew in, and only a dozen of the thirty people were left. The leading platoon leader decisively ordered a retreat.
Kaishan Shan put down the telescope: "These people are not simple, they are elites... Send someone to inform the master, let's stay here first. If they don't move, we won't move either."
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'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...'
"Quick, quick, get in the way, get in the way..."
"Commander... Liang Ni's offensive is fierce, and our weapons and weapons are no match."
Yang Qi's face was livid, and Liang Fan's army marched in horizontal rows and opened fire. On the basis that everyone had flintlock rifles, the opponent also had other terrifying firearms, and the bloody holes of the wounded who were carried down were extremely terrifying.
Not only that, they were not afraid of casualties and walked straight towards their defense line despite being attacked by their own muskets and artillery.
"Use a throwing spear..."
"Throw a gun..."
The lethality of throwing spears is greater than that of bows and arrows, but the attack is limited to two waves. The soldiers who throw spears have no throwing weapons and only use long knives.
But even though he used the throwing gun to cause huge damage to the approaching opponent, the opponent did not stop at all. The dead people were quickly replaced by the soldiers behind and continued to move forward.
This is a terrible army...
The forward battalion collapsed...
Yang Qi clearly saw that the musketeers of the forward battalion were blocked by their opponents. After the smoke, only corpses were left, not even a living person.
"How to fight this battle?"
Yang Qi murmured, only now did he realize that he was not facing people like Li Wanchang. The opponent's ordinary soldiers were not afraid of death. After the front row of soldiers fell, they did not feel scared and fled. The naval tactics were quickly filled in, and he kept moving forward with an expressionless face.
"Devils...they are devils..."
Some of the fleeing soldiers were shouting. Yang Qi pointed at the man, and the cavalry behind him immediately rushed forward and beheaded him with just one blow.
The morale of the military must not be disrupted. If tens of thousands of people are disrupted, they will collapse.
"withdraw..."
Yang Qi ordered the retreat. After more than an hour of fighting, there were already tens of thousands of casualties. If the fight continued, the entire army would collapse.
"Send the order, all troops should evacuate towards Zhengyangmen."
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'Yang Qi ran away? '
Just when Xiao Yongguang was about to order the entire army to prepare artillery, he received a message from the messenger: "Going to Zhengyangmen?"
Then he shook his head: "Impossible, it's too far. He has tens of thousands of people under his command. He should go to the Great Sacrifice Altar or Chaoyang Gate."
Chen Jiming rode over: "Old Xiao, Yang Qi has run away."
Xiao Yongguang rolled his eyes at him: "I know, please leave someone here and chase him with me quickly. Don't let Yang Qi escape. He is a big fish."
Chen Jiming cursed, then rode away.
"The prince is here..."
Chen Cao entered the Qilin Gate immediately. Xiao Yongguang stepped forward and saluted and said: "My lord, you are lucky to have lived up to your command and won the Qilin Gate."
"I heard Yang Qi is here?"
"I was just beaten away..."
Chen Cao nodded: "Ignore him for now. You and the 22nd Division will continue to pursue him. I am going to Chaoyang Gate."
Xiao Yongguang raised his eyebrows: "Where is Commander Song?"
Chen Cao pointed behind him: "I have asked Mangui to lead two divisions from outside the city to attack Fengtai Gate, and asked him to attack and rescue Song Che from Fengtai Gate..."
Chen Cao looked coldly in the direction of Jubao Mountain: "I believe that Song Che will not be completely wiped out. If so, I will massacre Nanjing and let them be buried with them."
"yes..."
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"They are going to attack..."
Li Yan stood up and looked at the team gathering opposite: "Your Majesty, prepare to fight..."
Kaishan Shan shouted sternly: "Military order, follow the instructions, line up guns and advance."
A sharp whistle sounded, and the military formation began to form in platoon units.
"This is?"
Even Li Yan was confused. He didn't know Liang Fan's tactics, so when he saw them lining up thirty people and starting to form a team, he was a little confused: "If you are willing to die, then I will help you."
"Archers prepare..."
"Get ready to throw your gun..."
"The Tiger Crouching Cannon is ready..."
Zhu Yujian didn't understand battle formations, but when he saw the soldiers of Liang Fan lining up in front of him, he couldn't help but feel ridiculed. If he walked up so blatantly and risked his life, wouldn't his life be in vain?
"put..."
"put..."
"put..."
With a stern roar, the archer fired the first wave of life-threatening arrows.
The uniforms of Liang Fan's new army were unprepared. Under the blow of cold weapons, thirty people in the front row all fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, their bodies covered with arrows.
However, the people behind did not flinch, and still strode forward to fill the vacancy left by the soldiers in front. What they had to face was the gunfire that followed closely.
The arrows were thrown aimlessly, and they would not be killed immediately after being hit. However, the weight of the thrown guns was real. Although they were protected by steel helmets, the heavy blows still caused casualties to the soldiers.
After nearly three hundred people fell to the ground in a row, the team finally stepped onto the upper bridge and walked towards the other side of the bridge. With the sound of footsteps, the Tiger Crouching Cannon let out a fierce roar.
'Dong dong dong...'
The continuous sound of more than ten rounds of artillery actually wiped out all the soldiers who had just stepped off the bridge above. Taking advantage of this gap, a battalion commander commanding in the center roared and fixed his bayonet, and the soldiers from the front team who replaced him moved quickly. , and rushed over while the opponent's Tiger Crouching Cannon was still being reloaded.
"Raise the gun..."
The musketeers on both sides raised their muzzles almost at the same time.
"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 distance between the two sides was only fifty steps, and even Liang Fan's obsolete flintlock rifle could kill with one hit. Unfortunately, Zhu Yujian's Tang Fan soldiers did not have much equipment, unlike Yang Qi's men.
The first phase of the exchange of fire broke out between the two sides. After both suffered casualties, the Tiger Crouching Cannon was loaded.
"Second team to make up, shoot..."
Before the gunner could light the gunner's gun line, the Liangfan soldiers who came up from the reinforcements quickly raised their guns. After a burst of fierce shooting, all the gunners of the Tiger Crouching Cannon fell to the ground.
Li Yan was shocked and immediately ordered the shield bearers to take up their positions, then lined up the spearmen behind them, and then ordered the archers to retreat to the third line and use arrows to cover the defense.
Zhang Kaishan stood on the Shangfang Bridge. There was no expression of joy on his face. Just by rushing to the opponent's formation, the five thousand soldiers he brought with him suffered more than a thousand casualties. After so many rounds of fighting, he would have captured the Shangfang Bridge. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on to it.
"Tell the first three battalions to repel them. The key is to capture this bridge."
'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...'
No matter who is shooting at close range, it is absolutely impossible to hold on in this situation, unless it is the new army of Liang Fan.
Li Yan continued to command, but some of the commanders in front fled. Some even had no time to escape and turned around and were hit by muskets and fell to the ground.
"Run quickly..."
The soldiers of Liang Fan, who marched forward despite huge casualties, finally displayed the ultimate secret of volleying. This was also the undefeated tactic of Great Britain across the European battlefields.
"Your Majesty, please retreat quickly..."
