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Chapter 715 Battle of Songhu (2)

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    "Go say hello to Lao Wu and send two battalions out to see what's going on over there!" On top of the city, Ji Changming put away his smile and put down the lens tube in his hand.  The Lao Wu he called was the commander of the 98th Regiment of his 23rd Guard Brigade, responsible for the defense of this area in the west of the city.  While giving the order, he walked quickly from the city wall to the city gate.  In the city gate cave, countless sacks used to block the city gate have been prepared, filled with sand, gravel and soil. In order to prevent cannons, a lot of water was poured on them, making every sack wet.  In addition to these, there are several gate-closing knife carts placed at the gate of the city.  "The ramp from the top of the city to the bottom of the city must be repaired as soon as possible. I'm afraid that the front city gate will become the target of artillery fire by the Tatar soldiers. We have to prepare more! Otherwise, when the time comes, the city above and below the city, and inside and outside the city, will not be able to communicate with each other.  Rescue is also a troublesome matter!" The two battalions formed a neat square formation and quickly faced the huge cloud of smoke to the west.  Their mission is simple. If they are an outpost of the Qing army, they will attack in the wild and buy time for Hongqiao.  If they are refugees or friendly forces retreating from Jiading, Qingpu and other counties in Songjiang Prefecture, we will cover them to reorganize near the meeting point and conduct personnel screening.  Then, go around the side of Hongqiao Town and drive towards Shanghai County.  However, the officers and soldiers of these two battalions were very disappointed. Although there were many people and horses, they were mainly women and children, and they were slowly escorted by a few soldiers and horses.  Captain Wu who led the team was very disappointed and spat out a mouthful of betel nut residue on the ground, a blood-red mass.  "Go to a few people and order them to stop advancing. Stay where you are! Soldiers and horses from which department, officials from which department, come over with their seals for verification!" This is part of the military discipline system of the Southern Guangdong Army.  Otherwise, if you say you are a retreating soldier, God knows if you were captured by the enemy, abducted, and came to carry out a surprise attack inside our army's lines?  This tactic was extremely good at whether it was the Qing army in Liaodong or the former peasant army who fought on the move between the Yangtze River, Huaihe River and Han Dynasty.  "Didi-dip-dah-dah! Dah-dah-dip!" Amidst the sound of the contact bugle, several scouts arranged their weapons and used contact signal flags and other objects, and trotted towards the team in the distance.  The same answering signal came from the opposite team.  Following the sound of the trumpet, the team on the opposite side slowly stopped.  "Wu Changqing! You old hapless one! I've arrived at your defense area, and you still feel like you're facing a formidable enemy?!" From a distance, a few joking curses came down the wind.  "There's nothing you can do about it! The rules set by the Lord, if you feel that your neck is heavy and want to reduce it, just don't follow the rules!" Wu Changqing also knew that the person facing him must be someone he knew well, otherwise he would not put it  Nicknames were shouted out.  However, when the war is approaching, it is always right to be careful and cautious.  "I, Lao Hai, haven't felt that my head is heavy yet! Don't worry! I will start to organize the team and conduct personnel screening!" Hai Kuanhe, who leads the team opposite, is also a sensible person.  Jumping off his horse, he summoned the officers of each battalion and team under his command and ordered them to gather the soldiers in their own organization together.  For those stragglers from various ministries who came in with unknown origins and unclear details, they were all disarmed and put under separate guard.  "Don't cause trouble for us!" Hai Kuanhe was arranging his troops here, and Wu Changqing's two battalions over there slowly moved over, forming a pincer to trap them within his range.  In this way, it can provide peripheral warning and cover for friendly forces to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, and also prevent Qing troops from raiding in wilderness areas.  The personnel screening at Haikuanhe is very simple.  The various departments of the South Guangdong Army basically form an organic unit with people from a certain area relatively concentrated.  Officers at all levels are relatively familiar with their subordinates.  You can tell at a glance if your people are gathered together.  The stragglers who joined in halfway were even simpler.  "Hand over your weapons first! Take off your hat!" The Qing troops in Jiangnan, whether they were the Eight Banners or the Green Camp, all had their hair shaved and braided.  Even if there is no time to change the military uniform and armor, the hairstyle must be changed.  And this has become the simplest criterion for identifying ourselves and the enemy.  See if you shaved your head and got a money rat tail.  Even those professional scouts of the Qing army who shaved off their braids and changed to the bald Southern Guangdong Army hairstyle in order to sneak into the Nanyue Army camp, veterans like Wu Changqinghai Kuanhe can still identify them.  "Look at the hair on the back of the head! Is it newly shaved? Our brothers all had their heads shaved at the same time! Qing Bing's hair is braided on the back of the head! The hair on the front and back of the forehead are different! The sun has left traces!"  As for the refugees, the families and their families stood together. There were no old, weak, women, or young adults without wives or children gathered alone.  In less than half an hour, among the tens of thousands of people?, dozens of people with unknown origins and suspicious behavior were identified.  There are those dressed as refugees, and there are also stragglers.  "Old Wu, should I keep these dozens of people here as coolies for you, or should I take them to the business district and hand them over to a supervisor for review?" "Stay with me! We are in short supply of coolies!" Half an hour  In such a situation, Hongqiao Town prepared hot soup and dry food for Hai Kuanhe¡¯s team and refugees.  "Old Wu, I won't go see Brigadier Ji. I have been ordered by the superiors to rush to the business district to meet the Second Young Master tonight."  It's clean!" "Well, the Qing army's outpost is about thirty miles away. On the way to retreat, I demolished all the bridges and ferries. Even the cavalry would have to walk for half a day." "Bang!  Bang bang! Bang! " Watching Hai Kuanhe's team disappear from sight, Wu Changqing was about to order the troops to retreat back to their positions.  Gun shot warning!  Looking far into the distance, I saw at the other end of the wilderness, a large patch of colorful colors rolling towards this side of my field of vision.  This large color group almost filled their entire field of vision!  Such a scene can only be seen when large groups of people are marching and coming from all over the mountains and plains.  "Finally here!" Wu Changqing and Ji Changming, who was standing outside the city reining in their horses, had this thought in their minds.  "Blow the trumpet! Arrange to meet the enemy! Communications team! Call the police to the brigade commander of Hongqiao Town!" Wu Changqing's heart boiled with excitement, and he felt that the blood all over his body was boiling hot, and he was trembling with excitement.  The two infantry battalions in his hands quickly formed a phalanx, and the six-pounder guns attached to the battalions were placed in the corners of the phalanx, and the baggage trucks and ammunition trucks were in the phalanx.  The division chiefs unloaded boxes of pills from the ammunition truck and prepared to distribute them to the posts.  At the same time, the trumpeters pumped up their cheeks and blew the brass horns with all their strength, conveying the warning of the arrival of the Qing army brigade to the robes in Hongqiao Town.  Several cavalrymen from the Cavalry Signal Corps waved their whips fiercely and whipped their horses in order to report the situation here to their superiors as quickly as possible.  "Go! Get rid of those spies for me! Don't let them cause trouble to me when I go to war!" Seeing the arrival of a large group of soldiers, a big battle was inevitable. Those who were identified as suspicious people suddenly became restless and tried to break free from their bonds.  Their long ropes.  When Wu Changqing saw this, he didn't care whether there was any injustice here, and immediately ordered, "Kill them all!" A group of soldiers rushed over with muskets drawn, and dozens of muskets rose and fell.  Dozens of spies knew the accounts.  The excitement of the dripping blood on dozens of musket spikes immediately changed the mood of the soldiers in the two battalions.  Some people's eyes began to turn red, which was the look of excitement before the battle.  Some people's faces start to turn pale, maybe they are nervous.  Some people have tears flashing in their eyes, which is also a sign of excitement.  However, more people are trembling a little.  Those are all expressions of excitement and excitement.  The huge color block in the distance is getting closer and closer, and people's ears can hear the reverberation caused by the waves of huge sounds caused by countless pairs of big feet stepping on the ground.  Finally, a huge flag with a green dog-tooth triangle appeared in people's sight.  Immediately afterwards, a large same green military flag swept over, wet in the autumn rain.  Under the densely packed flags, there are all bloodthirsty and greedy faces.  "Damn it! It's these bitches again! The Green Camp of the Qing soldiers!" A fire gun soldier with sharp eyes yelled out angrily.  Since the 23rd Guard Brigade arrived in Shanghai, every enemy situation report has been that the Qing army, with the Green Battalion as the vanguard, the Eight Banners Manchurian soldiers as the core, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of the Mongolia and other units, were attacking cities and territories everywhere.  "Brothers, calm down!" Wu Changqing shouted loudly.  "Who dares to act without permission, fire guns randomly, and punish them on the spot! The family members seize the land and evict them!" Looking at the Qing army's green camp soldiers and horses getting closer and closer, the footsteps became louder and louder, as if the muddy land under their feet was  The trampling of countless pairs of big feet splashed countless mud, causing the ground under his feet to tremble slightly. His heart beat violently a few times, and he cursed secretly: "Damn, these dogs! They are all!  You bastard who has forgotten his ancestors!" He didn't say that he had forgotten his ancestors, he just cursed in his heart.  Then he immediately restrained his soldiers and horses from moving around.  Suddenly, the outposts of the two battalions of the South Cantonese Army fell silent.  "Check the weapons!" "Count the ammunition!" In the command, check the weapons.The sound of brass trumpets quickly sounded over the two battalion phalanxes.  The soldiers quickly took off their muskets from their backs, untied the tung oil cloth jackets on them, and began to check the flints and springs.  But what came was the subordinates of Xu Youxin, the commander-in-chief of Luck Dehun, with about 5,000 infantry and horsemen. There were also more than 500 Eight Banners soldiers from Melezhangjing Sasuka leading Niuluzhangjingmanahai and Alamu.  .  Xu Youxin had already seen the South Cantonese army forming a formation in the wilderness from a distance, preparing to fight with him in the field.  He couldn't help but burst into laughter.  "Samele! Look at this Southern barbarian force, isn't it just a mantis mantis acting as a chariot? I will rush forward with my troops and defeat this Southern barbarian force. I will seize Hongqiao Town for my Qing troops and open the highway to Shanghai County to sacrifice the flag first!"  Xu Youxin was a soldier from the four towns in Jiangbei. As a bandit, he had fought countless battles in several camps.  The grasp of the battlefield heat has reached the point of perfection.  In his opinion, defeating the small force of the South Guangdong Army was equivalent to destroying the outpost of the Hongqiao garrison. He was considered to have given the Qing army a victory and made his first contribution.  Then, he would not have to participate in the arduous and brutal battles that followed.  You can hide quietly in the camp, hugging the Jiangnan girl, drinking hot wine and fresh soup, counting the silver coins, and watching your colleagues risk their lives to pave the way into Hongqiao Town, risking Nanban artillery bullets and bullets.  Melezhangjing Sasuka, who he called Samele, also wiped his burnt yellow mustache with his fingers proudly, "General Xu, it depends on the elite soldiers and horses under your command. Don't worry.  , my elite Eight Banners soldiers are behind you, guarding your wings with iron cavalry. You just have to worry about killing them!" Amidst the roar, two groups of Eight Banners cavalry swept out from the wings of the Qing army's march.  Like two raging wildfires, passing through the wilderness.  In the distance, the two wings of the Qing army's attack path spread out, vaguely forming a semi-encirclement situation on Wu Changqing's two wings. At the same time, it also blocked Wu Changqing's way to break out in other directions.  If he could not stop Xu Youxin's attack, he would have no choice but to retreat to Hongqiao Town and become the pioneer of the Qing army.  Drive the enemy's defeated troops and attack your own defense line.  These methods have become common tactics of the Qing army.  Less than 200 steps away, the Qing cavalry stopped.  This distance is already the shortest distance before the cavalry launches an attack.  Further forward, it is easy to enter the shooting range of the South Guangdong Army's firecrackers.  It was at this distance that Wu Changqing could clearly see the appearance of these Qing cavalry.  ???????????????????????????????????They each have a cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, and there is a Nanzhong breastplate on the outside of the cotton armor. Each of them can see thick copper nails nailed on the cotton armor.  Several officers were wearing triple armor, making their whole bodies bulging.  Except for the tall iron helmets and red tassels, everyone's clothes and armor are distinctive and unusual. It seems that they were put on shortly after they went to Jiangnan.  ???????????????????????????????????They are all stout, riding steadily on their horses, their faces full of anger are faintly visible, and their faces are full of arrogance.  It seemed that they were tired from running, and it was such a damp and cold weather again. The horses under them kept snoring and scratched the wet soil under their feet with their hooves.  Various weapons of these cavalrymen were hung on the horseback, such as tiger spears, Eight Banners spears, fine iron sickles with wooden handles, long-handled knives, tiger tooth knives, horse bows, foot bows, bones, axes, and so on.  .  Dozens of people even had cowhide medicine boxes hanging sideways on their chests from their ponchos.  Obviously, these people are also equipped with short blazing guns used by cavalry.  Wu Changqing knew the purpose of these hundreds of cavalry at a glance.  Maintain the threat to the Southern Guangdong Army from the flanks and peek at the posture of the Southern Guangdong Army.  If they were even slightly unstable when facing the charge of Xu Youxin's soldiers and horses, these hundreds of cavalrymen would immediately pounce on them like vicious dogs, tearing their flesh and blood with their sharp claws and sharp teeth.  "Hmph! You think I have never dealt with cavalry?!" Wu Changqing snorted and said nothing more. He just ordered the artillery officer, "Pay attention to the Tatar cavalry opposite you and give me double cannonballs."  Shotgun! If there is any movement from the Tatar cavalry, just use the cannon to greet them!" Perhaps they were worried about the lethality of the six-pound cannons in the South Guangdong Army's formation that were facing the Qing cavalry, so the Eight Banners cavalry changed their formation.  More sparse.  "Leave a team of people on each wing to monitor the Tatar cavalry and protect the artillery! The rest of the people, leave two teams to be dispatched by the camp officer, and the rest will be strengthened to the front!" The artillery facing the Eight Banners cavalry has been loaded.  After taking out the powder bag and shotshells, the fusilier's firing cord was in the gunner's hand, and the black muzzle pointed straight in the direction of the Eight Banners cavalry's attack on the road.  As long as they dare to attack, hundreds of warm baubles the size of chestnuts will immediately welcome them.  Frontally, Xu Youxin has waved the command flag in his hand, supervising his troops.The officers and elite soldiers drove away the soldiers who had been admitted to the camp during their march south, "Go up! Go up!" "We are in front of Hongqiao Town! Hongqiao Town is the gateway to Shanghai's business district. It is such a small town, and it is already rich.  It¡¯s to the point where we use bags of grain and rice to build forts and bundles of fine cotton to build bunkers!¡± ¡°Invade Hongqiao Town, everyone¡¯s pockets are high!¡± ¡°Invade Shanghai County and have a three-day holiday!¡±  The general has already sent word, whichever town has made the first contribution, after entering Shanghai, you can go to the city for a three-day holiday!" Various slogans with a quite demagogic effect were shouted out by the officers, half truthfully and half falsely.  One after another appeared in the sky above Xu Youxin's formation of soldiers and horses.  It has to be said that in many cases, lies are easier for people to believe.  These slogans immediately resonated among the Green Camp soldiers. Many people were so excited by the wealth in front of them and the looting, burning, killing and adultery that were almost at their fingertips that their eyes turned red and their faces glowed red with excitement.  The Qing army began to attack.  Amid bursts of shouts, their front line moved forward slowly.  Without strict formation training and lack of discipline, the Qing army would naturally be unable to form a neat offensive line.  However, the heavy pressure from thousands of people slowly made Wu Changqing feel the tension among his subordinates.  "Boys! There are a lot of braided soldiers here! One, two, three, four I'm afraid there must be five or six thousand people! We have less than two thousand people here! On average, one person has to fire three times.  ! How about us, can we handle it? ¡± He deliberately used this relatively relaxed tone to calm the hearts of his new soldiers who had just upgraded from fighting against various bandits and rebel chieftains.  of tension.  "Boom!" The eight-pound cannon placed in the front corner of the phalanx fired almost against the chests of several Qing soldiers.  Seize the tripod 1617 Seize the tripod 1617
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