Dominate the Country

The Qing army's camp was very simple, without trenches, and the fences were just for tying up spears. The whole camp was more like a gathering place with ventilation on all sides, that is, the military tents were built very neatly. The eight thousand Shaanxi Green Camp was just like their arrogant admiral Wang Tenglong, who did not take the Chen family army in Linru Town opposite seriously. If it were not for the important geographical location of Linru Town, Wang Tenglong would have used this place as his headquarters for attacking Yiyang and Ruzhou. He would have ordered his troops to go south separately.

As for Linru Town? Humph, a mere two or three hundred bandits, aren't the officers and soldiers of a battalion enough to wipe them out? ? ?

With this idea in mind, when the Qing army hastily set up their own camp, scouts on horseback began to move rampantly. They approached Linru Town recklessly, pointing at the top of the city wall; they spread out in all directions recklessly to explore the route of tomorrow's march and some places to pay attention to, such as water sources and villages along the way.

The independent brigade certainly did not dare to send troops to fight with the Shaanxi scouts. They just killed and injured three Shaanxi scouts who were too presumptuous and too close to the fortress outside the town with neat volleys.

The Qing army did not retaliate because time did not allow it, and Wang Tenglong did not send people to harass at night, because Wang Tenglong was confident that he could take down Linru Town with just one attack from the camp tomorrow, so there was no trouble overnight.

In the early morning of July 14, just after the sun came out, the Shaanxi scouts rode fast horses and appeared around Linru Town again. Not long after the Chenshi, the Qing army scouts on horseback on the periphery returned one after another, and a large number of Qing soldiers began to appear in the sight of the Linru Town garrison. A large black mass looked very deterrent.

Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua were both wearing fine iron armor, and their bright red uniforms were as dazzling as blood. In the center of the north gate of Linru Town stood a tall flagpole, with a red battle flag flying in the wind. The wind blew on the flag, making a whistling sound.

Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua were also very nervous. This was completely different from when they extorted Wenquan Town, and it was also different from when they went down the mountain to "rob" in Qingtiaoling. They had too many worries and uneasiness in their hearts when they were on their own in the battlefield for the first time.

They both hoped that this battle would have a beautiful result. The independent brigade they had carefully brought out could beat the elite Shaanxi Green Camp on the opposite side and make them flee in panic. But the gap in the "momentum" between the two sides was too big, so big that they both regarded their wishes as unrealized ambitions.

Just at the exact time of Chenshi [10 am], the first Qing soldier officer rode his horse straight to a distance of 100 steps outside the north gate of Linru Town, which was only 50 or 60 steps away from the two fortresses outside the north gate. He stood there straight, quietly looking at Linru Town. A scornful smile flashed across his mouth for a while.

This officer was the commander of the right camp of the Xi'an City Guard Camp. He admitted that the fortifications of Linru Town were well done, but he did not believe that the two or three hundred bandits in Linru Town could really exert the power of these fortifications when facing the attack of officers and soldiers who were times their number. I'm afraid that they are already eager to leave first.

As long as the officers and soldiers' cannons sounded later, the officer had a hundred confidences to take down this town that looked very good in one fell swoop.

The concrete wall became whiter and whiter in the sun, "Is that the secret recipe for building a city in the hands of the bandits?" The officer heard from the officials of Henan Prefecture in Luoyang that it took only one month for the Chen family bandits to turn the ordinary Linru Town into what it is now.

The officer, who was quite economically minded, immediately found that this was a "business opportunity", just like many Qing soldiers who paid attention to this issue with surprise + greed. I hope this officer will end up like his predecessors. I just don't know whether he will be a prisoner of war or be stabbed, or be stabbed?

The Linru Town garrison was ready to wait for the Qing army's attack. Wang Tenglong didn't let them wait any longer. After two quarters of an hour, three cannons sounded.

"Boom boom boom..." The Qing army's artillery, big and small, roared regardless of whether they could reach or not. Not to mention the effect, the momentum alone was quite amazing. If the Chen family army was really a mob of ordinary people, this series of cannon roars would have knocked out most of the courage of the defenders.

In this era, bird guns were not uncommon among the people, especially in the northwest where the people were tough. Wang Tenglong used the standards of the northwest men to judge the people in Ruzhou, a semi-mountainous and semi-plain area, and it was not a blessing in disguise. But cannons are different. If there is a "mass incident" in the northwest, no one will not be scared and scatter like birds and beasts once the cannons are fired.

Wang Tenglong set his old sights on the Chen family army, which doomed him to bad luck.

Behind the first breastwork outside the town, a row of Chen family soldiers squatted in the trench behind the breastwork with their heads in their hands. They didn't need to care whether the Qing soldiers launched an attack. The two bunkers behind them were two big eyes that could observe the entire battlefield for them.

The right camp of the Xi'an City Defense Camp dispatched four or five hundred people, carrying long ladders, and the first group of people held shields of different sizes, rushing towards Linru Town like a tide.

The cannons continued to fire, and some shells really hit the breastwork, smashing the breastwork into gaps. But such accurate shells are a minority after all. Most of the shells either passed the breastwork far away or fell weakly before reaching the breastwork.

"Beep..."

A sharp whistle came from behind, and the Chen family army behind the breastwork knew that the Qing soldiers were approaching. At this time, the Qing army's artillery gradually stopped. At least the muffled sound of those small cannons could no longer be heard, and only a few general cannons were still bombarding Linru Town one by one.

A platoon counted the chief and deputy platoon leaders and clerks, a total of 33 people. Twenty-seven muskets, as well as broadswords, long guns and grenades, everyone wore breastplates, and the last three tiger squat cannons.

This kind of light small cannon is indeed not very powerful, but its killing power for unarmored soldiers should never be underestimated. The Qing soldiers on the opposite side of the green camp were all unarmored soldiers wearing uniforms.

The muzzle of the tiger squat cannon was facing the gun hole specially left on the breastwork. There were two gunners squatting behind each tiger squat cannon. The main gunners had already prepared fire sticks. As long as the Qing soldiers entered the thirty-step range, these three small cannons would roar.

Behind the breastwork were two rows of musketeers, their bayonets already inserted into the slots, and in front of them were two heavy grenades, these cast iron grenades filled with more than half a pound of gunpowder and less than half a pound of iron sand, and their power might be similar to that of the Eighth Route Army's border area grenades.

Behind this team was the second breastwork, and behind them was also a row of soldiers, but most of them were armored hand-to-hand combat soldiers. If the front row fought well, they would also take the opportunity to kill out. The Chen family army guards on the two bunkers needed to use their muskets to support the front-line troops with repeated volleys...

"Fire--"

The Qing soldiers entered the left and right bunkers forty steps away.