Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 147 The Decisive Battle in Qianxinan ([-])
Luo Keduo was also leading the army to attack another highland at this time, and Luo Keduo was much inferior to the "old and vigorous" Tun Qi.

Even though Luo Keduo was one of the eight great emperors (Keqin County king's lineage), theoretically he was still the owner of the banner inlaid with a red flag, and his status was incomparably noble, but in the matter of conscripting Nanming, he had at best achieved nothing.Bai Mingxiu has heard of such a person in the history of later generations, but there is no record of his successful victories.

Luo Keduo led an army of 11 to attack a highland with a steeper slope, which was numbered No. 11 by the Ming army. There are two adjacent highlands on the left and right of No. [-] highland, so that the three highlands can be linked and watch each other.

Luo Keduo commanded the army to attack, and those people under him who were obviously not in the same order as him did their best. After rushing, he found that the Ming army was difficult to deal with, and unexpectedly retreated gradually.

"Why are they all withdrawn?" Luo Keduo was quite dissatisfied, but he did not bring up the military law.

One of his generals from the green battalion hurriedly said: "Reporting to the county king, the firecrackers of the Ming army are really powerful. Our attack like this will only waste the lives of our brothers, and we will not be able to defeat them."

Luo Keduo complained: "General Zhengxi gave me a military order. If this king can't win the Ming army, won't he be ridiculed by others?"

But soon, Luo Keduo got information from other Qing troops.

"My lord, something is wrong. The Duke of Zhen, Master Tunqi, was shot by a stray bullet from the Ming army and died!"

Luo Keduo thought that he was still asking Tunqi about the military aircraft in the morning, but he didn't expect that there would be no more people in this moment.He is still doing foreign work here, and he has not made any progress. Hearing that Tun Qi was beaten to death by the Ming army, he started to sweat on his forehead.

"This Ming army is really too difficult to deal with. They rely on their geographical advantages and have more sophisticated firearms. If they attack by force, they will not get any benefits. Instead, they will end up like Duke Zhen. He will die when he dies. My identity But it’s different, if the hereditary and unreplaced grandson of the Qing Dynasty dies on the battlefield, the imperial court will be shaken!” Luo Keduo was full of support for the “imperial court” to think about it, and he was determined that he must never rush to fight.

Zhao Butai, who was in charge of the Chinese army at the back, had sent reserve troops up several times in succession to replenish the troops of Shi Buchen and others, but no matter what point it was, the Qing army could not conquer it, on the contrary, it suffered a lot of losses.

His subordinates kept bringing news about the leading generals in front of him, which made Zhao Butai even more shocked and nervous.

Tun Qi was beaten to death, Shang Shan also suffered a little injury and retreated temporarily, Fu Lata was startled and injured, and the offensive stopped at this time.On the contrary, the King of Pingjun was not as smart as these Eight Banners generals who had been in the army for a long time.

At this time, Zhao Butai's military records made a report: "General, the casualties of the six troops have already exceeded [-]!"

When Zhao Butai heard this, his head thumped, and he almost lost his balance and shook.

He was full of disbelief and defeat, and said: "It's only been a while? You told me that 1 people of mine have been killed by the Ming army? What is the Ming army made of? Heavenly soldiers and generals?"

The recorder could only bite the bullet and replied: "Ming army's guns and artillery are too powerful, especially the Lianzhu firecrackers, which do not stop fighting at all. In one night, dozens or hundreds of guns spew out, and the range is more than three Although Baibu, the Eight Banners and the Lvying athletes are brave and brave, everyone is brave enough to repay the king's kindness, but unfortunately, the bandit army is too rich in weapons, and everyone has nothing to do."

Zhao Butai hurriedly said: "Ming Jin withdraws troops."

The morale of the Qing army has been broken, and now the armies dare not attack any more. The Ming army's position was like a death penalty zone. As long as the enemy entered, they would be killed or injured. The current Qing army, even the army units that were already very proficient in queuing up for shooting in Europe at this time, would also be defeated by such firepower.

Zhao Butai was thinking of a solution at this time, and the Han staff around him suggested: "The bandit army relies on the mountains, and connects ditches to form a line of defense. The slaves observe the bandit army's tactics, and the ditch can obviously communicate with the mountains. , to transport troops and supplies. But after all, the line of defense is still too long, and the mountain has its own direction, and the Ming army really can't take care of it. For example, if it can occupy a mountain in the southwest, it can open There is a gap. The master can first send an army to attack one place, and then gather troops to attack the southwest mountain from the left and right, and the battle will be successful."

Hearing what the staff said, Zhao Butai was really enlightened.Although the defense line and firepower of the Ming army are powerful, it is true that there are opportunities to take advantage of.After all, the Ming army is still too small, as long as they fully pull out their forces, it will definitely be effective.

Zhao Butai said again: "The Ming army was very powerful with blunderbusses. All armies cut down wood to build shield chariots, covered them with iron sheets, and pushed carts to attack."

This can be said to be an old method of the Qing army, but after entering the customs, there will be less tough battles. Either it is the cartilage Ming army that is waiting to surrender, or it is a city defense battle, or a mobile battle such as an ambush. There is no head-to-head battle. After that, things like shield cars will gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

The shield car is still somewhat effective against the lead bullets of ordinary shotguns, but the ammunition power of the Daming Fuguo Army M1 is much greater.Not to mention the large-caliber bullets fired by the M2 heavy machine gun.

Zhao Butai decided to encircle the mountain first, and then build a shield chariot to attack.

But he didn't expect that Bai Mingxiu was not prepared to give him so much time.

When the Qing army began to besiege his highland-trench line of defense, Bai Mingxiu had personally led three regiments of cavalry to the Qing army's rear along a river valley.Because the terrain was too difficult to walk, if it weren't for the old Bouyei guides in Bai Mingxiu's army, Bai Mingxiu might not be able to find a road suitable for a large group of cavalry.

Before the Qing army on the front line had completely withdrawn, Bai Mingxiu's cavalry had quietly approached the rear of the Qing army's central army led by Zhao Butai.The camp of the Qing army was on a relatively flat land, which also facilitated Bai Mingxiu's use of cavalry.It's just that the terrain here in Guizhou is really difficult to handle. Bai Mingxiu's Second Cavalry Division can't deploy to form a huge cavalry group to attack like it did in Guangxi.

But enough.

"Charge the camp!" Bai Mingxiu held the reins in one hand and an M1 short-barreled carbine in the other, leading the team in a very elegant manner.

When the dense sound of horseshoes resounded through the ground, it was too late for the Qing army to take any action.

However, Zhao Butai did not give up on the rescue. He drew out his knife and shouted: "Warriors of Manchuria, even this group of southerners who were terrified by you have dared to ride their horses to intercept our retreat. Yours!" Can’t you lift the knife? If you can lift it, I’ll kill Lao Tzu so that these southern soldiers will know the power of my Qing Dynasty!”

(End of this chapter)