Chapter 137: No one left!

The artillery fire roared and the earth trembled. There were fierce battles everywhere in Hai'an, Huangqiao, Taixing, Rugao and other places. The battle sequences mobilized by Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin and Miao Peilin were more than 70,000 people. They launched fierce attacks on Rugao, Hai'an and other places to consolidate the positions on the coast north of the Yangtze River and cut off the supply line of Pingyuan Army.

The commander of Pingyuan Army, Su Hongniang, was in a tit-for-tat way. The military and horse factions of the northern countries were different, and they attacked in different ways, and the gaps between the various units were too large. Pingyuan Army had already set up a good communication and intelligence network in the Tongzhou area, and had the support of small canal cannon gunboats, and was determined to annihilate Peng Yulin's troops on the battlefield in Suzhong.

The Second Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Town Draws the Infantry Battalion to attack Zhaojiabao, and the main force of the Second Infantry Regiment is hidden in the area west of Zhaojiabao, preparing to eliminate the left wing of the invading Peng Yulin's tribe. The First Infantry Regiment attacks Baoying and restrains Zuo Zongtang's tribe. In any case, the Zuo Zongtang's tribe and Peng Yulin's tribe cannot be connected to the head and tail. The Third Infantry Regiment and the Fourth Town First and Second Infantry Regiment seek an opportunity to defeat Peng Yulin's main force.

The most tragic battle occurred in the Baoying area. The sudden collision between the First Infantry Regiment, which was responsible for blocking Zuo Zongtang's troops and Zuo Zongtang's troops was like a rock and a shocking moment.

This was an encounter. The First Infantry Regiment never thought that Zuo Zongtang's troops marched so quickly, and Zuo Zongtang never thought that Pingyuan's army was so fierce in combat. The sudden blasting fire between the two sides on the east bank of the Grand Canal was the first battle between Pingyuan's army and the elite troops of the North's new army.

The Baoying area is located between the Jianghuai River and Huai River. The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal runs across the north and south. It is a land of fish and rice since ancient times, with waterways crisscrossing. The collision between the Pingyuan Army and the new army of the Northern Kingdom is located in the Jiangjiawan and Wangjiaba areas.

Ding Youxi, the general of the First Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Town of Pingyuan Army, was the first strong general under Matchmaker. In the past, a red tassel gun claimed to be a terrible courage of ten thousand men. When the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom was in Guangxi, he led 300 light cavalry to thirteen counties. He was the murderous demon king who scared the Guangxi Green Camp. He was just in his early thirties and followed Matchmaker to participate in all major and large battles since the revival, with more than a hundred scars on his body.

During his study at the Guangzhou Martial Arts Hall, he even fought with foreign instructors. Ye Zhao loved his courage and was detained for several days. The matter was finally left unresolved. He was also the only general among the generals of the infantry regiments who had not received the graduation certificate of the martial arts hall.

At this moment, in a residential courtyard of a household in Wangjiaba, Ding Youxi frowned and walked back and forth. In the distance, the sound of bombardment was clearly heard.

The two small gunboats supporting the canal were severely attacked by the artillery fire in the north and had to withdraw from the battlefield to escape south, which made the infantry regiment's situation immediately difficult. They attacked Baoying with light equipment and were all transferred to support the encirclement and annihilation of Peng Yulin's Friends' troops. Ding Youxi's infantry regiment now only carries half a battalion of artillery, mostly horse-drawn light howitzers.

The sharp artillery fire in the northern country was unexpected. After just inquiring, it was two artillery battalions that Tsarist Russia supported and protected the capital. One of the artillery battalions had been secretly dispatched to the battlefield in Central Suzhou. I am afraid that few people except Zuo Zongtang knew about this.

"General Ding, let's retreat to Qijiawan and send a pigeon to the third regiment of the four towns in Yancheng." The middle-aged man who spoke to the combat map was Wang Qixiang, the chief of staff of the infantry regiment, and one of the few generals from Guangxi in the fifth town. He was transferred from the martial arts lecture hall, originally a subordinate of Harichi, the second town. Some people talked behind the scenes that Wang Qixiang was sent to replace Ding Youxi, who was a big fuss in the martial arts lecture hall. He was an officer from the infantry regiment and resisted Wang Qixiang.

Seeing that Ding Youxi didn't say anything, Wang Qixiang lit a cigarette, took a few breaths and said, "If you don't retreat, it will be too late. Zuo Zongtang's military strength is three times that of ours, and with the help of the Rakshasa ghost artillery, the green camp militia will definitely come to encircle and suppress it when he heard the news. Ding Junmen, we are not careless. If you lose this battle, you and I will die. The whole Suzhong will be ruined by us!"

Ding Youxi walked two steps and suddenly cursed, "Removing him, I'm a ghost! I'll send me the order, and each unit holds it. Zuo Zongtang is nothing, what's wrong with the Rakshasa ghost? I'll touch him today!"

Without waiting for Wang Qixiang to speak again, several officers immediately ran out to pass the order.

Wang Qixiang smiled bitterly. He clearly had a very embarrassing position in the regiment. He was no different from his chief of staff and decorations. In fact, he had always been incompatible with Harric, especially he didn't like Harric in the past to blackmail the big crowd and secretly make money. Harric then made an excuse to punish him. The Regent protected him and sent him to the subordinates of Empress Su in the fifth town. Although he was repeatedly treated coldly here, he felt much more comfortable than being in the second town. At least, no one would shoot hidden arrows behind him.

"Military school, you can't show off your strength." Wang Qixiang persuaded him earnestly. No matter how others think of him, he would tell him what he thought, especially his responsibilities, and he could not be vague.

Ding Youxi said with a calm face: "Chief of Staff, it doesn't matter if we retreat. Zuo Zongtang is not a good person. You can guarantee that he stays in Baoying and fight guerrillas with us. If he divides his troops south, we will delay the Queen's plan! Chief of Staff, our fifth town, there are no cowardly soldiers. The Queen said, "I told me to stop Zuo Zongtang in Baoying for five days. Even if he has more Zuo Zongtang's cannon today, I will have to stop him for five days!"

Seeing that the officers had already sent orders, Wang Qixiang pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, just follow the military gate's meaning. The military gate is aggressive, Wang is conservative, maybe the military gate is right."

Ding Youxi was slightly stunned, looked at him deeply, nodded, then turned around, took out a revolver, and wiped it gently. This was his habit before the war. The brass, barrel and body of the revolver were all sharply wiped, as if it was brand new. In fact, he had carried this gun with him for seven years, and it was sent to him by the Empress in Guangxi seven years ago.

Ding Youxi had a hot temper. In the martial arts lecture hall, almost all his colleagues quarreled with him because he was not afraid of heaven or earth. Even the admiral was very troubled when he saw him, but he was as shy as a child in front of the matchmaker, and he was so blushed that he didn't dare to speak at all.

He knew that he admired Empress and did not dare to say that he liked the word, which was a blasphemy of the Empress. Every time he was in front of the Empress, his heart was not as good as he was, so what he was most afraid of was the military service meeting where he met Empress.

The Empress married the prince. Ding Youxi was drunk that night after hearing the news. How could anyone in this world deserve the Empress? Even the Regent is not worthy of it.

But what? The Empress is always right. She married the Regent. From then on, the Regent naturally became the second person he should have been deadly.

At this time, Ding Youxi was wiping his baby revolver and sighed deeply in his heart. He really missed the days when he held the horse for the empress in Guangxi.

...

Xuzhuang is a few miles north of Baoying County, where Zuo Zongtang's camp is located.

The flags were flying, and rows of new soldiers were shining with steel guns. In the central army's tent, Zuo Zongtang looked frosty. It was already the third day. Wu Yi's army was blocked by the canal and could not move forward.

Sheping's army went south? I was afraid that it would disturb Huaian. If Huaian was trapped in the hands of the southern rebels, the entire battlefield in central Su would be in danger.

According to the observations in the past two days, it is estimated that the one who blocked the Wuyi Army in the Wangjiaba area should be an infantry regiment of the Pingyuan Army. According to the Pingyuan Army, there are about 5,000 combat personnel in an infantry regiment. He led the Wuyi Army to the south, with more than 20,000 people, all equipped with the latest style of continuous guns, with more than 100 artillery guns, and even a Luosha infantry battalion and an artillery battalion to assist, but was firmly nailed to the bank of Jiangjiawan, as if it was difficult to move forward.

In the past two days, the Pingyuan Army infantry dug out simple trenches, scattered near Wangjiaba in battalions, supporting each other. For some reason, they often gathered troops that were not inferior in local fierce battles, and destroyed the charges of Wu Yi's army again and again.

In the past, I only heard that the Southern Dynasties army was brave. When I really faced this powerful opponent, Zuo Zongtang felt like he had a huge rock, four times his troops and had artillery support with absolute advantage, but he suffered heavy losses every time he charged. Not to mention the success or failure today, the state is difficult!

A slightly dark military officer stood up and said, "Don't worry, 600 militias in the head bridge, Sanba, Madian militias, and 3,000 militias in various routes in Chuzhou come to help. Tomorrow, there will always be more than 10,000 militias in various routes in various routes in the militias."

Zuo Zongtang nodded slightly, looked at the map, and remained silent.

At this time, an officer hurried in, fell down and presented a letter.

Zuo Zongtang opened it and looked at it. His face gradually became clear. Then he turned around and looked at the map, pointed to a place on the canal, and said, "Huailou, this area is full of Nanni activities."

The generals were confused on their faces.

Zuo Zongtang said: "I ask you, what is the strongest point in the Nanni Army?

The military officers looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. Jing Xiang's subordinates had a fierce army and a fierce soldier who had fought all over the country, and in the south and south of the country, they beat the Red-haired Japanese to pieces. How could they be? It's hard to say for a moment.

Zuo Zongtang looked around and said, "In fact, one of the strongest troops in the South is the supply of supplies. Do you think about it? After Jingxiang entered the pass and went south and went through wars of all sizes, did his soldiers have shortage of food and bullets? When did they send up like copper balls and flowing water?"

The military officers thought about it carefully, but that's the case.

Zuo Zongtang said: "The Southern Dynasties' weapons are sharp, but if there is no bronze ball, it is just a toothless tiger. How can it be?" As he said that, he pointed to the direction of Huai Tower on the map and said: "The Nanni rations have canned food and dry cakes. It is okay to carry them for a few days. However, the gunpowder projectiles, due to their fierce firepower, are consumed very little. This Huaihu should be the supply line of the Nanni Canal. If a surprise force can be used to intercept the ship transporting gunpowder, you can win without a fight."

Staring at the map, his eyebrows were deeply locked, and he said, "It's just a long-term plan." Huai hugged behind the Pingyuan Army infantry regiment. Although his small gunboat did not dare to come to harass Wu Yi's army, he would definitely escort the transport ships. How to bypass its position and rob the transport ships under the Nanni gunboat is really not an easy task.

Zuo Zongtang pondered for a while, looked at a hook-nosed Russian official sitting on the right head, and said, "General Ilyic, if the mines in your country were prepared for a long time, it would be a big loss today." He sighed in his heart. The Northern Dynasties prepared for war, and always felt like he was temporarily cramming. After the battle at Wusongkou, the Russian consultant suddenly remembered that if the South Country intends to control the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, it can break the mines, but the journey is long. It would be a surprise if a large number of mines could be transported to Beijing by the end of this year.

The Russian *** was called Ilyich, who was the highest commander of Tsarist Russia who supported Zuo Zongtang's troops. The Russian *** troops who directly supported Zuo Zongtang's battle this time included an artillery battalion and a rifle battalion composed of nearly 600 infantrymen. They were all drawn from the Kazan Infantry Regiment of Tsarist Russia and traveled to Heilongjiang and took half a year to arrive in China.

The Kazan Infantry Regiment performed well in the Krim War. Although it was defeated by the French Guard Brigade, which was known as the strongest infantry in Europe at the time, its performance was remarkable. Ilyic was a senior commander of the Kazan Infantry Regiment who participated in the Krim War. He was naturally arrogant in the face of the Chinese.

Although Russia suffered from the Chinese outside the pass seven years ago, those who participated in the battle were nothing more than armed immigration, the regular army and the few Cossack cavalrymen were pitiful. Ilyic believed that if his Kazan infantry regiment encountered the Central Army, to be precise, it would be to be precise that it would be an army in southern China, and there would be no problem in defeating 5,000 of its 5000 people with 500 people.

If his infantry had not needed to defend the artillery positions, he would have wanted to teach the Chinese in the south a lesson and use death to teach them what war is.

The translator said to him one by one. At this time, he raised his head proudly and said, "General, I am willing to lead my soldiers to complete this glorious mission. I promise you that you will kill all the Chinese and snatch all their gunpowder."

When Zuo Zongtang heard Ilyich say "kill all the Chinese", his face was a little gloomy and he felt even more uncomfortable. He was just a big enemy, so he really couldn't act irritating.

"General, you only need to send a guide." Irichi stood up after he said this, and his arrogant attitude was undoubtedly revealed.

Zuo Zongtang really felt that cooperating with the Russians was about making a fuss with tigers, but the situation was better than that of the people. The emperor had difficulties with the emperor and the court had difficulties with the court. At this time, he could only take care of the situation first.

If the Russians attack today, they will definitely gain a lot of confidence. The Russians are arrogant, but their combat effectiveness is more than one-than-thousandth of the Wuyi Army. But because of their arrogant and underestimating the enemy, this sneak attack may be in vain, so it is really a dilemma.

While Zuo Zongtang was hesitating, he suddenly rushed into a soldier outside and knelt down and shouted: "Report to the general! The Lijiaba artillery position was attacked by Nanni!"

Zuo Zongtang was shocked and asked, "How many bandits are there?" Because he wanted to guard the canal gunboats, the Russian artillery battalion was deployed separately in Lijiaba several miles away.

On the other side, Illic laughed loudly when she heard the translation say it, and waited for the messenger to say, "Look at the Black Smoke Warning, there are about a few hundred people." Illic laughed even more happily, as if she had heard something extremely funny.

Zuo Zongtang frowned and said, "Ding Youxi stood first again. I heard that each infantry regiment of the Southern Dynasty had a reconnaissance battalion, specializing in reconnaissance and sneak attacks. It seems that it is true." As he said that, he waved to the slightly black general and said, "Gao Dengkun, your unit is closest to Lijiaba, so send people to help quickly."

The black general just bowed and said yes, and Ilyic was already laughing and waved his hand: "No, no, no, just ask my warriors to teach the Chinese a lesson, hundreds of people? They will be killed in less than a quarter of an hour. A Kazan warrior can easily kill ten Chinese people."

The faces of Zuo Zongtang and all the generals in the tent changed.

Ilyich was already laughing and walked out.

Zuo Zongtang stared at his back for a few glances, turned around and said to the black general: "Go and help."

The dark general bent over and gritted his teeth secretly, thinking that the Rakshasa devils wanted his mother to follow me and today they would send a soldier and a soldier. His mother's surname was your best view. It would be best to bite the dog with Nanni Dog, but the general's military order cannot be violated. Today, I will give you my permission.

...

The battle in Lijiaba was not within the original combat plan of Pingyuan Army.

When Zhou Xiuying led a reconnaissance team accidentally crossed the Northern Army front between the left and middle wings of the Wuyi Army and came to a dirt mountain, the entire battlefield was immediately visible.

On the left is the Tsarist Kazan artillery position facing the causeway, and even the cannon tube with metallic light shining in the sun can be seen clearly.

Zhou Xiuying suddenly felt the blood surge. In the past two days, the infantry battalions suffered a lot from the Russian artillery. At the beginning of the war, the Third Battalion lost more than one-third of its personnel due to insufficient defense due to the sudden attack of its artillery fire. Now, these bastards with blood from Pingyuan soldiers on their hands are in front of them.

Zhou Xiuying immediately sent someone to inform the reconnaissance battalion to gather. Time was tight and there was no time to ask Ding Youxi. Moreover, Zhou Xiuying has always been a person who does his own way.

The female barracks were reorganized and laid off employees, and finally merged into the Peacock Infantry Regiment, and the main force was demarcated, which means that unless necessary, they would no longer undertake combat tasks. Zhou Xiuying was originally appointed as the general officer of the Peacock Infantry Regiment, but she repeatedly asked the Empress to ask her, and finally got her wish. She was transferred to the deputy general officer of the First Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Town and the management of the reconnaissance battalion. She was also the only female soldier in the battle sequence. In addition to the matchmaker, she was also the only female soldier in the battle sequence.

However, the girl Dadaoxiu is famous. The so-called "The female hero Zhou Xiuying, with big red pants, a small tight fit, a 120-pound big knife, and four doors on Tangwan Bridge." Even if it was a man, who would not give a thumbs up when he mentioned Zhou Xiuying?

The reconnaissance battalion commander has a pair of short guns and a single-soldier combat capability. He gathered quietly at the foot of the Tushan Mountain and changed his number clothes. Green camp number clothes, and each of the soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion has a set.

The Russian positions in this area are surrounded by wooden fences along the terrain. Behind the wooden fence, the Russians stand at three steps and 5 steps at a time, with extremely tight warnings. The village behind the wooden fences, the people have already escaped completely, and now they have become their military camps, and their artillery positions are on a high slope east of the village.

The Russians were extremely vigilant. Although more than a hundred scouts approached with each other naturally, they were still drunk by the Russian sentry from afar. Looking at the gesture, they were not allowed to approach.

Pingyuan Army obviously did not know the true relationship between the Russians and "friendly forces". A scout laughed and just took another step, he heard a "bang" and was shot in the leg. In fact, the Russians fired guns at the grassland to warn, but they didn't want to hit the scout.

The Pingyuan Army sentry officer thought that his journey was exposed and immediately ordered the fire to open. This fierce battle that shocked the north and the south began in such a confusing way. In fact, if both sides knew themselves and the enemy, they would do better.

The Russians were hit by a sudden blow. More than a dozen Russian soldiers at the wooden fence defense line were shot dead on the spot because the wooden fence was far away from the village. When the reconnaissance post rushed to the entrance of the village, the Russians had already occupied the roofs, trees and other bunkers, and shot them bang.

Zhou Xiuying lay on a slope and saw that the sneak attack turned into a Ming war. I was afraid that in a moment, the Qing army brigade arrived. He gritted his teeth and was about to order to retreat, but suddenly saw a white body running out of a family in the village. He didn't know what he was shouting, as if it was a naked woman. Then, he saw a Russian man who cut her down with one knife. The woman's legs were still moving in a pool of blood. The Russian man cut off several times in succession, and the woman gradually stopped twitching.

Zhou Xiuying stood up suddenly. Needless to say, this must be a Chinese woman forced by the Rakshasa devils to rob him and raised her to provide for her lust. I heard that outside the pass, these beasts regarded Chinese women as Aries, and had enough waste. Some perverts even cooked them to eat.

"Do you die! Fight for a good job, right?" Zhou Xiuying's voice was so low that she was terrifying. The scouts around her didn't say anything and silently took a bayonet.

Zhou Xiuying turned around, gritted her teeth, kowtowed to the south, kowtowed to the regent, kowtowed to the empress, silently muttered in her heart: Prince, Empress, Zhou Xiuying is a wild girl, I don’t know anything, in the next life, continue to follow the prince and the empress, and listen to your two teachings.

He stood up, pulled out the red tassel spear on his back, and said word by word: "Kill all these beasts!"

The Russians never expected that the soldiers of the southern country would suddenly launch a charge, with soldiers from the northern country in front, back, left and right. The nearest ones were only three or five miles away, and the enemy had only a few hundred. If they did not attack, they would inevitably run away.

The Russian *** official who just killed the village girl who wanted to escape in the chaos was called Vladimilovich, and was also the commander of this Kazan infantry battalion. He was proudly sending orders to pursue the Chinese. Who knew that the Chinese suddenly launched a counterattack.

"The Chinese are crazy! Get bayonet!" Vladimilovich laughed. He didn't think that the physical strength of the yellow people could make any achievements in fighting bayonets.

But soon, Vladimilovich knew that he was wrong. The Chinese might not be as powerful as the Russian soldiers, but they were more flexible, well-trained, and extremely fierce. Even if your bayonet pierced his chest, he would hold your rifle so that his companions could give you a fatal blow from the side.

There were fierce fighting everywhere in the village, and even the horns of the Qing army sounded from afar, but the Chinese seemed to have not realized it, and each of them stabbed their opponents with bayonets as if they were crazy.

Suddenly, Vladimilovic realized that these Chinese people did not want to go back alive. They were here to fight for their lives.
To be continued...