The areas from Yanglou to Zhaoliqiao are mostly highland terrain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Hunan Army is most likely to attack along the railway between Hunan and Hubei. Whether it is attacking and defending, the Hunan Army needs to capture the highlands in the Yanglousi area.

Therefore, Liu Jingxiao's arrangement is to use Murong Xuehai Camp to station in Xindi, with the main force arranged in front of Zhaoli Bridge, and the General Headquarters are set up at Zhaoliqiao Station.

This arrangement was finally made, and gunfire began to rise. At 2:00 p.m. on the 29th, the Hunan Army had crossed the Hunan-Hubei border, and there was a fire exchange on the outposts between the two sides.

Liu Jingxiao then personally led Li He's first battalion to delay time before he set off. Shortly after he set off, he encountered more than a thousand people in a group of Hunan Army with two cannons, all of which were covered with one-colored straw shoes and hats, which looked very light. Liu Jingxiao shouted: "Prepare for battle!"

Li He's battalion immediately launched a battle formation, and the Hunan army opposite also discovered the enemy situation and launched a horizontal line to attack here.

After a while, both sides had entered the range. Liu Jingxiao ordered the guns to roam like rain. The Hunan Army walking in the front suffered many casualties and fell to the ground. However, the Hunan Army did not lose its reputation as brave, and did not show any turbulence. It also fought back with its guns.

The effect of Liu Jingxiao's hard-working shooting was soon revealed. The veterans of the Dingbian Army fired very quickly, and the projectiles flew in four on the battlefield, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. From time to time, someone cried out with a painful cry and fell to the ground. The two cannons of the Hunan Army were unable to shoot before they were deployed. Facing twice as many enemies, the Dingbian Army was not at a disadvantage.

After about six or seven minutes of the battle, the Hunan Army launched a company-level charge, but under the shooting of the Dingbian Army, the body fell to the ground, and the morale of the Dingbian Army suddenly increased. Liu Jingxiao waved the military flag himself, and the officers and soldiers shouted: "Long live!"

At this time, a Hunan Army carrying a hat appeared again on the front right, with about a group of more than a thousand people coming from the flanks, and it was very likely that the generals would surround him.

After the cannons in front of him roared, the two cannons landed on the ground and shrapnel shot out. More than a dozen officers and soldiers fell to the ground and shouted loudly. The morale of the Hunan Army was greatly boosted, shouting wildly, and the military flag was flying, as if the bullets were launched much faster.

Liu Jingxiao dared not fight, so he asked the company commander Zhu's camp to retreat first, and he was in the middle and led his troops to retreat. Sima Kan Company was responsible for cutting off the rear. Seeing that the Dingbian Army began to shake, the Hunan Army blew a harsh military trumpet and rushed over like a tide.

Sima Kan was calm and led his troops to shoot two rounds of volleys, blocking the attack of the Hunan Army, and then turned around and ran wildly.

The Hunan Army had the idea of ​​a short-range sprint, but it ended up running out of breath. The border army had strong marching power. Soon after, the Hunan Army had already run out of the range of its rifle.

The Hunan Army was not willing to let this piece of fat fly? The two Hunan Army teams merged into one team and followed the Dingbian Army's back team. Some guys stopped and took a break, shouting, "Don't run away by Hubei guy!"

Before he finished speaking, the commander had already kicked the butt on his butt.

Liu Jingxiao ignored them at all and ran all the way. The Dingbian army had retreated to the Yangloudong Pass. The Hunan Army was about to attack Yangloudong in one go, but they didn't know that there were so many landmines that they had taken a few steps. Suddenly, the bodies flew over and fragments of the remaining limbs scattered all over the ground. The morale of the Hunan Army was greatly reduced and he did not dare to continue to attack.

It turned out that Wang Zichun had a battalion of engineers for Liu Jingxiao, and Liu Jingxiao was going to come to many landmines, so he buried many on the Yanglou Division. While running away, Sima Kan cleverly introduced them into the mine formation during the retreat.

However, when the Hunan Army was in a dilemma, the artillery soldiers of Mengding were in power. Twelve artillery fired at the same time, and the screaming shrapnel flew towards the Hunan Army. The shrapnel shot all over the place where the Hunan Army stood, causing repeated screams, shrapnel, broken limbs, broken flags, and lost rifles everywhere.

Coupled with the soldiers who were stumbled and whispering, the whispers of the seriously injured, the last whine of the war horses was like a living hell.

The remaining Hunan Army vanguards also ran around and completely lost control.

Mengdingguo carried four twelve-pound howitzers and eight six-pound howitzers. The twelve-pound howitzers were quite powerful. A lucky shell exploded just above the Hunan army. As a result, the scattered steel balls knocked down thirty-seven people and two horses.

The six-pound howitzer is an anomaly. Only this battalion of Mengdingguo is equipped with this kind of artillery in the world.

Ordinary six-pound guns are all long guns rather than howitzers, but Hanyang Factory once wanted to lighten the twelve-pound howitzers, but they tried to produce eight six-pound howitzers.

However, the trial production result was very unsuccessful. The six-pound howitzer is not much lighter than the twelve-pound howitzer. Although the range is comparable, its power is much worse than the twelve-pound dune. The price is higher than the twelve-pound dune, and the cost-effectiveness is very poor. All provinces are unwilling to ask for such a cannon, so they had to give it to Wang Zichun for a free trial.

However, the six-pound howitzer is quite powerful. If you are very lucky, killing thirty people is not a problem.

What's even more terrible is that in order to perform well in front of Liu Jingxiao, Meng Dingguo invested a lot of money and fired twelve high-priced shrapnel.

Although the second launch was missing, and the other four explosions were incorrect in timing and orientation, thus only single-digit casualties were caused, this round of artillery shot down at least 200 Hunan troops, becoming the key to reversing victory or defeat.

This is not over. Taking advantage of the depressed morale of the Hunan Army, Liu Jingxiao brought back the troops, but this time he brought all three battalions of the Dingbian Army, with Zhou Zaizhi's three battalions next to him.

The counterattack force was twice as strong as the Hunan Army. The Hunan Army was in a state of disorganization and its morale was not high. After two volleys of guns and another round of artillery, rows of Hunan Army fell in turn, and the remaining Hunan Army also turned around and ran back. Liu Jingxiao carefully chased after a few hundred meters before retreating.

Then Zhou Zaizhi and Liu Jingxiao counted the results of the battle. Liu Jingxiao estimated that the Hunan Army had suffered at least 500 casualties, but only 160 or 70 casualties were killed. It can be said that it was a complete victory.

Zhou Zaizhi was overjoyed and said, "This battle is good! Hurry up and generate electricity for Jueshuo!"

Liu Jingxiao also laughed and said, "Tomorrow, the Hunan Army will point its main force towards Zhao Liqiao, and it may depend on its ability again!"

Zhou Zaizhi patted his chest and said repeatedly: "No problem! No problem! I will give you a bag...I will give you a bag..."

The Hunan Army suffered this setback and became cautious immediately. It only dared to harass small troops, waiting for the main force to arrive tomorrow before launching an attack. The war this day would end like this.

Liu Jingxiao and Zhou Zaizhi jointly sent a telegram to Wang Zichun to report good news, saying that they defeated the Hunan Army's vanguard in front of the battle and killed and injured many people. After receiving the phone, Wang Zichun quickly announced that he would go out to calm people's hearts.

Liu Jingxiao sent another telegram to Wanyan Yuzhuo, asking her to take advantage of the opportunity to win the battle to ask Wang Zichun for money, guns, food, and bullets. Anyway, this old man shaved enough people from Hubei, and scraping some back from him was also a way for heaven. Of course, tenderness and sweetness are indispensable in the telegram.

Seeing that Hubei had the upper hand, the Hunan Army also issued a telegram saying: "...The enemy was defeated, and our army pursued the enemy to Yangloujing, but retreated due to failure to attack... Our side suffered only sixty or seventy casualties, and the Hubei army suffered more than a thousand casualties..."
Chapter completed!