Northeast of Xuzhou is the Grand Canal dug during the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. After thousands of years, freight is still flowing smoothly. After the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Beijing, this waterway became increasingly important in order to transport the wealth from the south of the Yangtze River to the north.

Since Li Zicheng marched into Beijing, the chaos in the north spread to the south, and the Grand Canal began to gradually decline.

The depression lasted until the seventh day of the lunar month. On this day, the canal was no longer as usual, with large colorful flags covering the sky, soldiers on horseback, soldiers on foot, soldiers dragging carts and cannons, and countless people densely packed together.

Come west along the canal.

Then on the eighth day of the lunar month, the Chinese army arrived at the canal area, and ships of all sizes hauled people and animals along the canal and headed east along the canal.

According to the expected plan, the Chinese army marched for a day and bumped into the barbarians in the Longzhuang area. The scouts from both sides tested and penetrated each other within a range of thirty miles, and probed each other's strength.

In order to expose his strength as late as possible, Zhao Boyuan sent a large number of scouts to keep the Manchu and Qing soldiers' sentinels at bay.

The army rested for a night, and on the ninth day of the lunar month, the army was dispatched. The two armies set up formations in the Longzhuang area, and the battle was about to break out.

Zhao Boyuan divided the army into four groups. The left wing was led by Shang Zhaoxin and led by 60,000 troops and was deployed at the foot of Buffalo Mountain. The right wing was led by Li Chengdong and led by 150,000 troops and was deployed along the Grand Canal. Zhao Boyuan personally led the Chinese army with 130,000 troops.

To resist the enemy from Longzhuang to Maocao Village, Yang Qingshan led a reserve army of 70,000 people.

As the hot air balloon took off from the Chinese army's formation, Zhao Boyuan had clearly grasped the layout of the Manchu troops and horses by virtue of his commanding position. Luck Dehun divided the Hu people into three groups. There were only 20,000 people on the north road heading toward Buffalo Mountain.

There were only 20,000 people on the southern front at the canal. The Chinese army deployed 40,000 troops and 5,000 Eight-Banner soldiers were behind to suppress the formation.

Zhao Boyuan knew that the advantage lies in a quick battle. The Chinese army should quickly eliminate the Qing army in the north, and then take advantage of the victory to move south, and work with the Xuzhou defenders to outflank the Manchu Qing's middle army.

The Chinese army formed a line, and then the Chinese army's artillery began to roar. Thirty refined Han army cannons spit out flames towards the Manchu and Qing lines. Cannons weighing several kilograms struck the Qing army's formation in an arc.

Although the power of artillery bombardment is amazing, the lethality of solid bullets is limited, and it is more of a psychological deterrent. The Qing army has been making good use of artillery since Liaodong. During the Battle of Songjin, they used red cannons to defeat the Ming Dynasty's nine-sided elite, including the Eight Banners.

The troops and horses pressed the formation, and the Manchu and Qing troops in formation remained motionless under the bombardment of the cannons. They even launched six red cannons and fired at the Chinese army.

Luck Dehun, the king of Shuncheng County in the Qing Dynasty, had been in battle for a long time. After comparing the artillery fire between the two sides, he knew that the Chinese army on the opposite side was too strong, so he quickly sent someone to the Chinese army to report to Jierhalang for help.

After several rounds of cannon fire, Zhao Boyuan found that the artillery had limited effect on the Qing troops and was unable to destroy the enemy's morale, so he simply ordered the front troops to attack.

With the flag of the Chinese army waving, the tens of thousands of troops in formation rushed towards the Manchu and Qing front lines like a tide.

In order to maintain the front line, the Chinese army did not advance very fast. The army that stretched for several miles marched in unison, following the sound of huge drums.

The formation training of the past was revealed at this time. Tens of thousands of people raised their feet and stepped down at the same time. The sound of footsteps and drums mixed together, making a chilling sound that even the roar of artillery could not cover up.

At one step of a thousand people, the murderous aura of the world's most powerful army made Luckard tremble in his heart. The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were also extremely fierce, but it was completely different from the murderous aura of the Chinese army.

Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Soldiers

Murderous aura is what the fishing and hunting peoples are used to seeing fighting. The ferocious spirit of blood and courage carried by each soldier can often win over others when fighting with cold weapons.

The murderous spirit of the Chinese army is not the spirit of blood and courage. Thousands of people act as one and follow orders. Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire in front of them, under the strict military discipline, a single person has disappeared. This is a war that only knows military orders.

machine.

Luck Dehun could not describe it, he was only shocked. If the war could not scare his opponent, then he would be the one to be scared.

The Eight Banners army beside him was still in silent formation, which gave Luck Dehun some comfort. The Eight Banners fought from Liaodong to Jiangnan, and they were also a first-class strong army. They had never seen any formations before.

Soon the Chinese army entered two hundred steps. In order to prevent accidental damage, the Chinese army's artillery had stopped. The six red-coated cannons of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties flattened the muzzles and were still bombarding the Chinese army. Wherever the artillery hit,

It almost made a bloody gully.

Fortunately, the red cannons reloaded very slowly. The Chinese army withstood the bombardment and quickly advanced to a hundred steps.

Luck Dehun gave an order, and 20,000 green soldiers rushed forward. The archers behind the formation stepped forward, raised their bows and drew arrows, and fired a shower of arrows into the air with their pointed fingers.

Looking from a distance, one cannot see the lethality of this burst of arrows. The bows and arrows followed the front army, marched ten steps forward in formation, and once again shot arrows forward.

Luckard squinted his eyes, looking through the rain of arrows at the hot-air balloon that stopped in mid-air. The shock of seeing it at first was no longer there, and there was only envy in his heart. With this thing looking at the battlefield, it looked like a god in command.

It's a pity that the one who is commanding him like a god is his own opponent. I don't know what tricks the Han people used to fly into the sky.

At this moment, a row of gunshots rang out!

The huge sound of firearms brought Luck Dehun back to reality. The Chinese army's front line was several miles wide, and they were arrayed in the rain of arrows thrown by the Qing army. With a burst of gunfire, large amounts of gunpowder smoke flew up.

The green battalion soldiers who were advancing in formation were hit by a hail of bullets, and hundreds of them died or fell to the ground wailing.

The second column of Chinese Army musketeers turned sideways and raised their guns to shoot at the Green Camp soldiers again.

As the distance got closer, more Green Soldiers fell this time, nearly a thousand in number. However, this was a loss that the Green Soldiers had to bear. Only by rushing closer could the Green Soldiers' swords and spears engage the enemy.

Luck Dehun didn't care about these casualties. All his elite Eight Banners were suppressing the battle in the center. As long as the bannermen did not suffer any losses, no matter how hard they fought, it was a good thing.

Soon the Chinese army finished three rounds of gunfire, and the green camp soldiers endured casualties and finally got closer to thirty steps. In order to maintain the physical strength for fighting, the green camp soldiers were not fast in the process of approaching. At this time, they finally took steps and charged at full speed.

The green battalion soldiers relied on their bravery, shouting like ghosts and wolf howls, brandishing long swords and short spears, and rushed towards the Chinese army.

The Chinese troops who fired in the first column had also finished loading their ammunition. They stepped forward again and raised their guns at the Qing soldiers.

The distance between the two sides quickly closed to ten steps, and the black muzzle of the gun was almost touching the face of the Qing soldier. The Chinese army could clearly see the money rat tail swinging behind the green soldier's head.

"Bang!"

Less than ten steps away, all the green battalion soldiers fell to the ground. The loss this time was close to 2,000, but at this distance it was too late to fire the second row of guns.

The green soldiers had ferocious faces, roaring and rushing over, waving their long swords and charging into Hua.

The Xia army is in formation.

The commander shouted, "Hold on!"

As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, the green camp soldiers immediately realized that something was wrong. The Chinese army's muskets were somewhat different. There was a one-foot-long white blade connected to the muzzle. Although it could only be used for thrusting, the expected scene of killing the musketeers at close range was not there.

Appear.

Although the musketeers were defeated by the green soldiers, and some people were constantly being cut down to the ground, the musketeers formed a formation to resist, and from time to time they could pierce the chests and abdomen of the green soldiers with their white blades.

"Grenadier!"

After the musketeers, groups of Chinese troops lit the fuses and threw grenades far away into the enemy formation, exploding in the formation of the green camp soldiers.

At this time, for the green battalion soldiers in the front row, although the two sides had the upper hand in the fight, they could not quickly tear apart the Chinese army's line. The large number of soldiers and horses blocked in the rear would continue to be hit by grenades, and soon their own people would be

All dead and injured.

In order to prevent accidental damage, the archers were already close enough to suppress the rear of the Chinese army by throwing rain of arrows. They were unable to provide support at all to the green soldiers fighting in the front row.

After finally fighting for a while, they were bombarded by continuous grenades. The green battalion soldiers in the rear were unable to move forward, and there was a thirty-step gap between them and the soldiers and horses in the front row.

The Chinese troops in the front row quickly retreated and broke away from the green battalion soldiers. The musketeers behind them had already finished loading their ammunition. At this time, the front row retreated, and the black muzzles of the guns behind them were exposed.

At this distance, it was no different from being shot. The Green Camp soldiers were unable to dodge at all. Some screamed and wanted to run back, while others wanted to move forward.

But it was too late, as the commander gave the order, "Let go!"

After a roar of "bang" and a row of gunshots, the Green Camp soldiers in front of them were almost completely wiped out.

A few clever people lay down on the ground to escape the hail of bullets, but it was of no avail. After the gunshots were fired, the Chinese army held bayonets and stabbed to death all those who fell on the ground to avoid them.

"The former army was defeated!"

The Green Camp soldiers lost more than 10,000 people in this group. At this time, they no longer had any fighting spirit, and they fled back one after another. The archers behind the formation were affected, and the formation was in chaos and they had to disperse backward.

The Chinese army would not miss such a good opportunity. They calmly loaded their weapons and fired at the defeated soldiers. They fired six rounds, killing most of the Green Camp soldiers, and finally escaped from the shooting range.

In less than half an hour, 20,000 soldiers defeated only a few thousand people. Luck Dehun was furious. He waved five thousand and eight flags and rode his horse forward. However, instead of charging into the formation, he hacked and killed indiscriminately among the broken troops.

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Many of the few thousand soldiers and horses left were hacked to death by the Eight Banners. They all knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Luckard's anger subsided a little. Knowing that it was the time to employ people, he spared the death penalty of those who begged for mercy and had all these people.

Incorporated into the first line of death squads.

In addition to the 5,000 and 8 banners, the Northern Route Army originally had only 80,000 soldiers, and the southern and northern fronts each had 20,000 soldiers. Half of the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese Army were lost in one battle. How will the next battle be fought?

Luck Dehun calmed down and analyzed the battle situation, and defeated 20,000 green soldiers in an instant. He was probably facing the main force of the Chinese army. Could it be that all the Chinese troops in Xuzhou had arrived at the canal.

If it is the main force of the Chinese army, not to mention my own troops, the reinforcements coming from the middle will not be enough. If the rescue is carried out in batches and the Chinese army defeats them one by one, wouldn't it mean that one batch is sent and one batch is sent.
Chapter completed!