Chapter 136 The Defeat of North Korea III

He really didn't take this situation seriously.

He knew that he was not very good at such things, so he simply delegated the power of firing to the commander at the front. He was just waiting to do one thing, which was to fight back.

Regardless of whether the firepower can push back the Qing army, it is time for him to counterattack.

A sharp whistle sounded, and then the artillery fire sounded in unison.

This battalion did not bring many artillery, just some squatting tiger artillery. Even so, the intensive firepower also caused the Qing army to suffer great losses. The Han soldiers who rushed at the front suddenly cleared a large area.

However, the Qing army came in too many and too dense formations. The Qing army suffered huge casualties. They fought one after another and remained unmoved. They withstood three rounds of fire cannon attacks. Horse and human corpses were spread out on the ground.

However, the following troops still charged into the infantry formation with strong impact.

"Change the formation." I don't know who shouted at the top of his lungs, as if his vocal cords had been cut in the middle, extremely high-pitched.

Sergeant Xia was like a machine. According to the formation changes they had trained countless times, the spears moved forward, the firecrackers retreated, and then continued shooting from the space reserved by the spearmen.

It's just that this time the Qing army spent so much money that they didn't expect it. They were forced to overwhelm several formations. For a time, people and people, horses and spears, and even bayonets and waist knives that they had never used before, were thrown into the air.

It worked instantly.

Both the Qing soldiers who were rushing forward and the Xia soldiers who were blocking the front were all dead in an instant.

At least a thousand people died in this collision.

However, the Xia army reacted very quickly. The soldiers behind them set up firecrackers. Although many firecrackers were lost, they were not dead after all. Therefore, they lined up in a strict queue and continued shooting according to the rhythm. Where the two sides met,

Human corpses and horse corpses were intertwined, and for a time they were more than half a meter above the ground, becoming an obstacle and blocking the speed of the cavalry's attack.

And with so many people dead in front of them, how could the cavalry behind them not be touched? After all, they are human beings, people with flesh and blood who can be afraid, not steel machines, nor symbols in a computer.

Just having feelings is not necessarily a good thing. If they gritted their teeth and rushed over, they might be able to break through. But no matter what the reason, if this side slows down, all the sacrifices and efforts ahead will be in vain.

"It's time." Yang Shengzu had been waiting for a long time. At this time, he shouted loudly and led three hundred cavalry to charge out diagonally.

I don’t know if Yang Shengzu is indeed braver than others, but the Qing army has already been overwhelmed by this situation of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The morale of the army was shaken. After being charged by Yang Shengzu, more than a thousand soldiers immediately fled on horseback. The first offensive of the Qing army disappeared in smoke.

Yang Shengzu took advantage of the situation to fight and chased Li Xu before withdrawing his troops. The soldiers around him did not suffer much loss.

Yang Shengzu suddenly thought that Zhang Xuan had always wanted to attack with fire guns, and the cavalry pursuit pattern was roughly like this. It was just that the Great Xia Dynasty did not have the ability to equip each battalion with five hundred cavalry.

Azig looked at this situation coldly, and the sense of loss in his heart became even more intense and could not be dissipated.

He clearly knew that Xia Jun's infantry formation should not be charged forcefully, but now he insisted on doing so, not because he was frustrated and crazy, but because he wanted to see Xia Jun's limit, but he never thought about Xia Jun's limit.

The locals haven't seen it yet, but they have already seen the limits of the soldiers under his command.

Those who rushed forward were naturally not the Eight Banners elites.

Azig would not let the blood of the Eight Banners be shed in vain, but it was also Liaodong that defended the Han army, including Mongolian cavalry.

However, such a desperate attack still could not break through the Xia Military Region's 3,000-strong infantry formation, which was one battalion. If it did, wouldn't any battalion of the Xia Army be able to show off its power in front of the Qing cavalry in the future?

"In the future, the Qing Dynasty must give priority to firearms." Azig thought to himself. Then he let the infantry come forward. These infantry pushed artillery one after another. The caliber was not large, but it was enough to bombard the infantry formation beyond the range of the musket.

When Yang Shengzu saw them launching the cannon, his heart suddenly sank, and he knew that the situation was irreversible.

"Rumble." The sound of gunfire came from behind.

Liang Huafeng turned his head sharply. The sound of the artillery came from far away, and only vague echoes could be heard here. Beside him, the road had turned from flat land to mountainous road, and the army was winding around him.

As they entered the mountain, some troops stationed on the mountain came down to greet them.

They are all Koreans.

Of course, the Xiaobai Mountains are not high mountains or rivers, and the slope is not too high. But the slope is enough for firearms to be effective. Even if the Qing army comes with a hundred thousand troops, Liang Huafeng can resist it with one part, retreat one by one, and then retreat.

Among the mountains.

After all, it was very clear that the Qing army was unpopular with the people in Korea.

But the rumbling sound of artillery heard at this moment made his heart pound. He understood very well that the Xia army's infantry formations were relatively densely arranged to fight against the cavalry. The most feared thing was to be bombarded by artillery. If the armies clashed, we would naturally have

The artillery suppresses the formation and is not afraid of the artillery on the opposite side. However, the battalion in the rear does not have such artillery.

"Can General Yang come back?" Liang Huafeng thought to herself.

At this moment, he was both worried and excited.

I am worried that Yang Shengzu will die here. After all, he is the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief will die in battle. He made

As a subordinate, I'm afraid he will inevitably be dealt with by military law.

Just when he was worried, he saw a group of cavalry chasing after him from behind. He saw clearly that the cavalry was covered in blood, as if they had taken a bath in blood. However, he could still recognize that they were the cavalry in Xia.

Army cavalry.

The Xia army's cavalry had all stayed behind. It was obvious where he came from.

Liang Huafeng quickly stepped forward and said, "How is General Yang?"

The cavalryman fell off his horse and could no longer stand up. Two soldiers stepped forward quickly and supported him with one hand. The cavalryman reached out and took out a piece of cloth from his arms and said tremblingly: "General, this is General Yang's."

A suicide note, presented to His Majesty."

Liang Huafeng quickly caught it and opened it, only to see that the suicide note was just a piece of cloth torn from his clothes. The edges were not smooth, and it was written in blood: "I am about to die and cannot avenge you brothers. May I avenge you all."

Your Majesty must not forget Brother Cao Ying, who went to the Northern Expedition to avenge his brothers. Liang Huafeng is a man worthy of being reused as his deputy. I entrust him with the affairs of Korea, and I hope your Majesty will trust him."

There is also a hurried signature below.

When Liang Huafeng saw it, a wave of heat rushed up in his heart, his eyes became hot, and two lines of tears fell down.

Liang Huafeng was a man of fame, but he was not a hard-hearted person. He had long inquired about the relationship between Yang Shengzu and Zhang Xuan, and naturally he also knew how much weight this recommendation carried when Yang Shengzu was dying. It can be said that this suicide note was sent to Nanjing.

, he is a member of the Emperor's Heart.

How could he repay such kindness?

At this time, a large group of cavalry rushed over from below. There were probably three to five thousand cavalry. However, when they reached the mountain, they were blocked by the mountain and had to make a detour. This was just the beginning, but within a moment, countless cavalry arrived, starting from

Liang Huafeng looked down the mountain from here. There were so many people that he could not see the edge at a glance, as if large patches of black paint covered their entire field of vision.

Not long after, a group of people came from the middle. The troops on both sides all gave way to reason, remained calm, and did not dare to speak loudly.

Just by looking at the colors of the military flags and uniforms, Liang Huafeng knew it was King Azige who was coming.

After all, he had been in the Qing army, and he was very clear about many branches of the Qing army. Seeing such a situation, he was inevitably a little shaken. The Qing army came here, not only 100,000, but also 50,000

, he only had more than 10,000 Xia troops and 20,000 to 30,000 Korean volunteers under his command, which was extremely weak.

When such a large army pressed on the border, he was inevitably shaken in his heart, but he immediately calmed down and confirmed his position. He would rather fight to the end than surrender to the Qing court. Liang Huafeng was by no means a foolish and loyal person. He had such a firm position.
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