Of the seven thousand and eight flag soldiers, less than half had already fallen when they charged to a hundred meters.
However, they were experienced in many battles. Even if they saw people falling down around them, they still did not stop. Instead, they accelerated hard, trying to rush to the base of the diamond fort against the flying bullets.
But when they rushed to the foot of the diamond fort, only the small centaur was left.
This was because Fang Puyu asked the soldiers to slow down their firing rate. Otherwise, their entire army would have been wiped out long ago.
But at this time, facing the tall Lingbao, the Qing soldiers were dumbfounded.
How to get up there?
These diamond forts were only five or six meters higher than the ground, but just these five or six meters left the Qing army with nothing to do.
Withdraw in despair?
impossible!
The Qing army leader gritted his teeth and poked at the wall of the Lingbao with his knife, trying to poke a few holes in it for him to climb up.
But at this time, the infantrymen on the Lingbao pointed their guns downward one after another. At such a distance, it was not a legend to shoot one at a time.
Due to the angle, even if the Qing troops wanted to shoot with bows and arrows, it would be difficult for them to hit the enemies on the Lingbao.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Hauge's expression changed.
Four to five thousand eight-banner soldiers were lost in one breath. It can be said that such battle losses have been almost non-existent since entering the pass.
He made history.
Despite his heartache, Hauge was not slow to respond, and immediately asked the following Qing troops to follow up with various equipment.
Although most of them are carriages and carts transporting food, considering that the height of the fort is only a little, you should be able to climb up while standing on the carriage.
But when more than 10,000 Qing troops followed, Xinghai Kingdom's artillery roared.
The first wave of artillery shells directly blew the red artillery position in front into ruins, and the second wave of artillery shells blew up the more than 10,000 Qing troops who followed.
At this time, not only the Qing troops who were following immediately turned around and fled for their lives, but even the Qing troops piled under the Lingbao could not continue and could only escape.
But this time, those Xinghai infantrymen had no intention of letting them go. One by one, after aiming their guns at them, the trigger was pulled, and with a bang, one Qing army staggered down, and with a snap, another one fell down. Staggered and fell.
It's as easy as shooting training.
When the gunfire stopped, Qing army corpses could be seen everywhere from the starting point of the Qing army to Lingbao, a distance of several hundred meters.
After losing the first battle, Hauge was so angry that he threw his wine glass.
As mentioned before, Hauge had a violent personality. After failing in the first battle, he immediately decided to carry out a night attack.
After all, in his opinion, although the weapons of the Xinghai Kun thieves are sharp, at night, they can't even see anyone, so how can you fight them?
That night, Hauge formed a night attack team. Taking advantage of the dark night, when everyone was asleep at 11 or 2 o'clock in the evening, he quietly headed towards Lingbao with siege equipment.
The process during this period does not need to be described in detail.
They were still defeated. Before they could get close to the Lingbao, several flash bombs were fired into the sky, and then they staggered down with a parachute hanging on them. The ground around them was illuminated brightly.
Those night raiders didn't even have a chance to escape, so they were all beaten to death in front of the Lingbao.
After two consecutive defeats, Hauge suddenly became much calmer.
Although the Qing court sent an angel over and ordered them to march quickly to destroy the bandits.
But Hauge didn't pay attention to the so-called imperial edict at all, but waited patiently.
Anyway, there is no shortage of military rations here, and Hauge doesn't have to worry about the food channel being cut off, so he can take his time.
It was not until five days later that dark clouds gathered, and sporadic raindrops began to fall since the morning, and Haug immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for battle.
By noon, the rain suddenly became heavier. At this time, Haug immediately ordered the 30,000 generals who were prepared to attack!
After waiting for so many days, it’s finally here!
Feeling the cold rain hitting his face randomly, Haug not only did not feel cold, but was extremely excited. He mounted his horse and stood in front of the formation, watching his soldiers rush forward.
Of course, Hauge didn't know at all that the Xinghai Rifle was not a matchlock gun that couldn't be used when it rained. It was a flintlock gun that used later all-metal bullets.
Although the power is slightly lower due to the propellant, it is definitely not comparable to a matchlock gun and a flintlock gun, and it is not afraid of rainy days at all.
If the gun barrel is not filled with sand, even if it is soaked in the river, it will not affect the shooting.
Because of this misunderstanding, he was anxious to remove the nails stuck in the Xinghai Kingdom here. When Brother Hao ordered the assault, he was thinking about what would happen after his victory.
What should I do?
Returning to Beijing to fight back, wearing a yellow robe?
Or lead the army away from the capital and separatist forces?
There is no doubt that both options have their own pros and cons.
In a counter-attack, the danger of Huangpao Jiajia is too high, and it is likely to cause an uproar in his troops. After all, his current troops are not completely loyal to him, but to each banner owner.
And if he leads his army far away from the capital and separates one side, he can only take away his Zhenglan Banner army.
After Hauge was imprisoned, the Zhenglan Flag was weakened a lot by other flag owners.
In other words, not many troops will be taken away, and it is likely that the Qing government will declare it a rebellion and be surrounded and suppressed by the army.
It is conceivable how difficult it is to resist the power of a country with the power of an army.
There is only one person in history who has succeeded in doing this.
Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty!
However, before he became emperor, he was almost defeated and died.
Thinking of this, the hesitation in Hauge's character became apparent.
Of course, even if he is decisive, it is of no use.
Because when the 30,000 Qing troops charged through the rain, the 150mm cannon on the rear side of the Lingbao fired first, setting off waves of mud, rain, broken limbs, and broken legs in the dense crowd.
Gunshots also rang out from the forts everywhere, and the machine guns mounted high up also rang out, and grenades deployed everywhere were fired one after another.
The dense hail of bullets and falling artillery shells instantly shattered the Qing army's formation.
Seeing this scene, Hauge was so angry that he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fell off his horse. The guards around him were so shocked that they hurried forward and sent Hauge back to the camp after he fell off his horse.
The commander was so angry that he vomited blood and fell from his horse. There is no doubt that this had a huge impact on the morale of the Qing army. Coupled with the remnants of the soldiers who were beaten by the bombing and fled, the Qing army did not collapse directly at this time. He is determined.
Fortunately, Hauge just spit out that mouthful of blood, but he didn't get sick from anger.
However, once he was counted after the war, his originally pale face turned extremely dark.
