Chapter 12 The Beginning of the Fierce Battle
At noon the next day, Liu Jingxiao was tasting the lunch made for her by Wanyan Yuzhuo in the room. Suddenly, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps. Then Li He ran in unhurriedly and shouted to Liu Jingxiao: "It's over!"
After spending time together, Liu Jingxiao and Li Heyi got closer. Liu Jingxiao quickly put down her bowl, turned around and poured water for Li Heyi, and asked, "Don't worry, drink a glass of water first! What's wrong?"
Li Heyi said: "The two Rui army battalions were defeated in Balin Right Banner and have retreated to the city. The rebels of Babudhab followed them and have now arrived outside the city!"
After the Rui army left the city, Liu Jingxiao's Dingbian Army took over the city defense, and Li He's battalion was responsible for guarding the northern city. The defeated soldiers retreated back to the city from his north gate, so he learned about this situation as soon as possible.
At this time, Li Heyi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, not knowing what to do, but the deputy battalion commander Wang Lie helped Guo Junqing take over the military shoes in the camp. Fortunately, his company commander Sima Kan made a quick decision and asked him to go back and ask Liu Jingxiao for instructions.
Liu Jingxiao was shocked and blurted out: "What? How many troops are there?"
Li Heyi replied: "I don't know. There are many defeated soldiers. It is estimated that there are two or three divisions of troops, as well as heavy artillery to help!"
Liu Jingxiao gave Wanyan Yuzhuo a wink and said, "Yuzhuo, I want to go out for a while, I will leave my home to you! Go and invite Junqing and Deputy Battalion Commander Wang to come over!"
Wanyan Yuzhuo nodded and ran out quickly to call Wang Lie and Guo Junqing. After finding these two people, Liu Jingxiao reported the situation and decided that Wang Lie would temporarily take his position in the headquarters. He took Guo Junqing and Li He to the North City on a strong horse.
Linxi has developed rapidly in recent years, and the newly built houses have gradually expanded outside the city. Therefore, there are more than 100 houses outside the north city. Li Heyi's first battalion confronted Rouran's forward at the north gate of Chengbei Pass.
As soon as Sima Kan saw Liu Jingxiao, he rushed over and shouted loudly: "Jingxiao, you are here!"
Guo Junqing asked softly: "How is the situation?"
Sima Kan quickly pointed at the Rouran vanguard and said, "There has not been a fight yet, some officers and soldiers are going to take the initiative to attack, but I have suppressed them!"
Liu Jingxiao did not need Sima Cian's guidance, and understood the situation on the battlefield. About 230 to 40 meters away from Beiguan, more than ten Rouran's roars were patrolling in front of a raindrop. Looking here, the raindrop was very deep, but I couldn't see clearly after looking carefully. I wonder if there were any ambushers from the Rouran rebels. Rouran's roars were all wearing big felt hats, no military uniforms, and thick cotton coats, but they did not lose their fierce look at them at all. They carried a rifle on their shoulders, long swords on their waists, and were very arrogant when riding on horses. From time to time, they made insulting gestures to the Dingbian Army and cursed constantly. Some of the roars simply jumped off their horses, fell down and lay directly on the ground. Some of them were even more excessive. They untied their belts and untied their hands on the face of the Dingbian Army, without taking the Dingbian Army seriously at all.
Liu Jingxiao knew Rouran language and knew that these Rouran roars were very vicious, which meant similar to the Chinese "coward", "turtle bastard", and "fuck your ancestors for eighteen generations", but nodded at Sima Kan and said, "Okay! If you don't go out, you won half of this battle!"
However, several soldiers could not bear the arrogance of the rebels and fired, but they were useless, without any injury, which increased the rebels' momentum and even arrogant people flew kisses from time to time to Dingbian Army.
Seeing the enemy ranger so rampant, Liu Jingxiao couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "Rise up your gun! Fire! Open fire!"
With Liu Jingxiao's orders, hundreds of rifles were raised at the same time. With the sound of "bangbang", the front row squatted down and gave way to the soldiers in the back row, and dense bullets swept towards the Rouran Ranger like raindrops.
However, most of the rifles in the first battalion are smoothbore guns. Although the maximum range of this old rifle can barely reach more than 200 meters, its actual effective range is only about 100 meters. If it is hit by the bullet of the smoothbore gun at 150 meters away, it can only blame itself for its bad luck. Therefore, Liu Jingxiao himself does not know whether this formation of guns has any effect.
The white smoke produced by the fire of muskets was quickly blown away by the autumn wind. Liu Jingxiao saw a Rouran rebel lying on the ground and groaning in pain. The remaining enemy troops stopped the noise. The two rangers quickly helped the injured on their horses, while the other rebels quickly jumped on their horses, ran backwards, and raised countless dust.
Seeing this, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but shout, shaking their military caps hard, and shouting loudly. Some of them waved their rifles upwards continuously, but at this time the dust of the enemy cavalry running gradually dissipated, and a sharp-eyed soldier shouted: "The enemy is here again!"
It turned out that rows of Rouran infantry jumped up at the Yulid Groove, with a large number of about three or four hundred people. Through the dust, the Rouran infantry's outfits were barely seen, still in gray cotton coats, arranged in neat formations, and rushed towards this side - bayonets. Liu Jingxiao took advantage of the high morale and shouted: "Catch them back!"
The officers and soldiers shouted yes in unison and were busy loading bullets!
The Rouran infantry was very fast. They shouted loudly and trotted towards them. The officers and soldiers could clearly see their high-speed movement and the heavy pressure they brought.
One hundred and fifty meters!
With Liu Jingxiao's loud command "Rifle! Rifle! Get ready!", the soldiers shouted and raised their guns. The soldiers in the front row half-kneeled down, while the enemy's advance speed did not decrease at all.
One hundred meters!
Liu Jingxiao shouted: "Aim! Open fire!"
The soldiers pulled the board machine one after another, and repeated Liu Jingxiao's order to "Fire!". Starting from Liu Jingxiao's wings, the rifle fired a roar, and the entire formation was covered by a burst of white smoke.
Accompanied by the dense sound of gunfire, several figures in the front of the Rouran Army suddenly fell to the ground, and the splashing blood floated on the falling leaves, with a special beauty. Liu Jingxiao could clearly hear the sound of the rebels in the front row falling to the ground.
The wounded in the Rouran army who were not hit by the vital points were still struggling to move forward, but the speed of advancement slowed down greatly, but the soldiers in the back row were not surprised and shouted and stepped on the bodies of the dead and injured, and continued to move forward.
Eighty meters!
"Release quickly! Load it! Get ready to fire!"
Accompanied by Liu Jingxiao's orders, the soldiers repeated his orders while holding a strip of paper bullets, biting through paper bullets, and loading rifles in a hurry, but they could not form dense volleyballs.
The Rouran rebels' front army screamed "yo" from time to time, but the entire formation showed no sign of slowness.
Looking at the enemy getting closer and closer, Liu Jingxiao was getting nervous. Guo Junqing whispered to remind him: "Two wings!"
He didn't speak heavily, but Liu Jingxiao Liu heard it clearly and agreed with the dense gunshots. It turned out that the Rouran rebels were used to breaking through the middle with infantry and cavalry surrounded on both wings. When he first arrived in Lingbei and fought with the Rouran people, he almost suffered a great loss.
Liu Jingxiao ordered loudly: "To the left of Junqing and to the right of Battalion Commander Li, each brings a blocking and attacking the enemy cavalry!"
Chapter completed!