Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 79 Great Battle (10)

Qu Bo did not expect that the Taiping Army on the opposite side would come so swiftly and ferociously. Although he also received information from the Intelligence Agency and the Military Intelligence Agency that the main forces of the Taiping Army in Hejian Prefecture and Heishan Prefecture were secretly mobilizing, But at the same time, the intelligence department also reported that the Kamans were making major adjustments in Qinghe Mansion. This seemed to give a message to the Northwest that the Kamans seemed to be going to attack Taiping Jiaoren again. A pre-arranged deployment of the Mann military offensive, coupled with the fact that the Taiping Sect has uprooted the landlord and gentry forces in Heshuo, especially in the Heishan and Longquan prefectures, which made the information obtained by the Northwest intelligence department accurate and detailed. There have been some flaws. In the Northwest, almost no one believed that the Taiping Sect would shake hands with the Kaman people in such a short period of time, and even Situ Jun joined the battle line half-disguisedly. Man, this anti-Li battle line seems to have taken shape.

Looking at the banners of the Taiping Army covering the sky and the dense forest of spears under the city of Qinghe Mansion, Qu Bo felt deeply worried. He was not worried about himself and Tianshui Mansion. Qu Bo was full of confidence in the unparalleled Northwest First Army in his hands. Although the enemy troops under the city could tell from the designation and posture that the Taiping Army had concentrated at least 120,000 troops, Qu Bo believed that His own first division plus a garrison regiment in the city can last at least a few days, and a few days are enough to get a reply from the superior.

Whether to defend or retreat, there is always a conclusion. It is not a big problem to defend for four to five days. Sometimes the power that erupts under the instigation of fanaticism cannot be calculated by common sense, and the losses it brings are immeasurable. Withdrawal, Tianshui, the bridgehead extending into the Heshuo area in the northwest, will be lost, and it will even endanger the Jin River in the south. The city government, but if you want to face an enemy that is several times your own with a division, even with the support of Tianshui Prefecture, it may be difficult to resist for a long time. It depends on how powerful the rangers from Xikang reinforcements can exert.

Qu Bo was more worried about the Pinlu Mansion in the north. The Taiping Army dared to mobilize more than 100,000 troops to invade Tianshui. This showed that the Taiping Army was not worried that the Kaman people in the northwest would invade Montenegro. There are still more than 100,000 troops guarding the dangerous pass in the east, and the target of Kaman's army gathered in Qinghe Mansion is very likely to be Pinglu Mansion that has just been pacified. The coach of the Kaman people is not mediocre. Judging from the previous actions, almost every step is planned and then moved. His moves are directed at the vital points. Except for the unsuccessful attack in the north of Pinglu, he was planted in the hands of the Northwest Army. Several big moves have achieved complete success. This time, what Jianfeng pointed at was probably coming with the will to win, and Pinglu also had three main divisions stationed in the northwest with 20,000 rangers, I'm afraid this **** battle of life and death is inevitable.

The Taiping Army's offensive has been ready for a long time and is as fierce as a tide. The 180,000 (cavalry) team has already exceeded half of the entire Heshuo Taiping Army, and it is obvious that they want to swallow the entire Tianshui. The vanguard mobilized 60,000 teams to take turns to attack. Although the ladders and elevated vehicles were a bit backward and crude compared to the various advanced siege weapons of the Machi Khans on the southern line, the 60,000 people assembled to play a decisive role. The resulting effect is not something that can be manifested solely by equipment. The people of Taiping also clearly knew their weaknesses in attacking cities and villages, so they selected 15,000 archers with superior arm strength and equipped them with Knox from Kaman (the place name of Kaman, in order to produce excellent Famous for long-distance longbows) longbows use the long-distance range of longbows to make up for the disadvantage in height. Although the accuracy is not as good as ordinary shortbows, the amazing lethality of 15,000 archers forming a bow and arrow phalanx is also great. The first division, which was caught off guard, suffered a big loss.

Qu Bo stood behind the battlements in annoyance and watched the wave after wave of attacks launched by the Taiping Sect under the city. Although the soldiers are protecting themselves tightly with the help of battlements and shields, when the offensive under the city is launched at the same time, the soldiers have to brave the rain of arrows and raise their swords and guns to prepare for the arrival of a new round of charge, which is often difficult to be comprehensive. To protect themselves, arrows came in through the gap from time to time, and the soldiers howled in pain, and like a flood flooding over a dam, the Taiping soldiers who attacked with lime bottles and lime bags immediately fought with the Northwest Army who was on the way. The soldiers fought fiercely at the top of the city.

Although the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Taiping Army cannot be compared with that of the First Division, their ferocity and fearlessness in face-to-face hand-to-hand combat still brought a lot of trouble to the First Division, and they often stabbed or killed the opponent. Cutting down, the opponent will give a desperate blow before the temporary, and many Taiping soldiers even hold the idea of ​​dying together, ignoring the blade stabbing their own body, so that they can kill the opponent while suffering death. Many soldiers of the Northwest Army who had not expected this situation paid a heavy price. Of course, the soldiers of the First Division in the battle formation quickly adapted to the opponent's tactics and quickly adjusted their tactics. Often a few people formed a small battle group with a three-talented formation or a mandarin duck formation to strangle the surrounded Taiping soldiers.

The Sancai Formation and the Mandarin Duck Formation use the cooperation of several soldiers with swords, shields, spears and spears to form small combat entities. The formation is flexible and the movement is fast. The kill advantage of various offensive weapons is most suitable for dealing with this kind of Taiping Army soldiers who charge with blood and courage without much combat experience. Soaked through the cracks in the brick cracks of the entire city wall. Sweat and blood are intertwined at this moment, everyone's sweat seems to have turned into a dazzling red, sprinting, slashing, blocking, slaughtering, killing, beheading, all kinds of actions and behaviors have become the most realistic hand-to-hand combat on the city wall. Whether it is a soldier of the Taiping Army or a soldier of the First Division, he has no other ideas at this time, only the simplest and most instinctive idea is left, to kill the opponent and save himself.

Several consecutive waves of crazy offensives were successfully contained by the First Division, and the commander of the Taiping Army became extremely cunning and cruel. Covering it with arrow rain, which killed a large number of its own soldiers, but also caused great damage to the soldiers of the Northwest Army. Fortunately, the commander of the Taiping Army was also worried that this would hurt morale. The **** battle has been in a stalemate. However, Qu Bo was already a little worried. The Taiping Army was too desperate. They rushed desperately regardless of all casualties, and purely relied on crowd tactics to consume their own troops. If it continues like this, the First Division may not be able to hold on to the expected goal. Five days, being able to persist for three days is already a rare performance.

Just when the Taiping army went all out to charge without unifying Heshuo, the Kaman army also began to move westward quietly. When the Royal Guards, which had been wandering around the edge of Cangzhou Mansion, sneaked into Qinghe Mansion to take over the defense of several corps under Nick's command in Cangzhou, the nearly 300,000 troops of the four corps threw two joint hooks, one left and one left. From the right, they attacked Pinlu Mansion.

Shanzhu, Long Zizi, and Mao Jin who were stationed in Pinglu Mansion were a little surprised by the fierce Kaman offensive. They had doubts when they received the secret assembly of the Qinghe Kaman army, but they couldn't be sure. Whether the Kaman people want to raid Montenegro or go west, especially when the Taiping Sect is also making large-scale military adjustments. However, the sudden movement of the four Kamanian corps to divide their troops to the west shattered their illusions. If the four corps can successfully form an encirclement, with the existing fortifications of Pinglu Mansion, it may be difficult to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements, so the three In the shortest possible time came up with a solution.

The third heavy cavalry division led by Mao Jin fully demonstrated the strong style of being the first heavy cavalry division in Northwest China~IndoMTL.com~ Facing the overwhelmingly superior Kaman army, he led more than 20,000 cavalry against Going forward, they started a heroic encounter with Kaman's third and fifth corps, which swooped in from the south wing of Pinglu.

When the two light cavalry units of the third and fifth Kaman regiments marched westward along the cave water river with whips and horses, the Kaman people obviously underestimated the determination of the Northwest Army to fight against the trend And the fighting spirit, when the torrent of cavalry, one light and one heavy, is only less than ten miles away from each other, the scouts on both sides have time to send the news that the enemy is coming. Leaving the two parties with no choice, charging face to face became the only option.

The light cavalry of the Kamanans obviously suffered a small loss in this wave of collision. Although they knew the power of the enemy's heavy armored cavalry, they did not want to fight in terms of momentum and honor or to buy time for the follow-up troops. It is impossible to get out of the way, and the narrow valley of the cave water bank also makes it difficult for more than 40,000 cavalry to complete the dislocation in a short time.

Machete against spear, light leather armor against heavy armor, this short fight actually didn't last long, when the two torrents with huge acceleration collided together, countless blood While the waves vortex, each moves along its own orbit. The third heavy cavalry division led by Mao Jin split 20,000 Kamen light cavalry in half like a giant axe. While breaking through the cavalry, countless sparks inevitably collided with each other, and the overwhelming sound of horseshoes The crisp or dull impact of the river and the earth-shattering shouts made everyone immediately deaf at this moment, and blood mist for several miles immediately filled the hole water river beach.