Chapter 806: Battle of Niutou Beach

"Come on, and risk your life for me."

"If we lose, we will all have a bad ending. If we lose Jiangnan, we will have nothing."

"Do you still want to return to Jiangbei? Do you want to take back your land? If you do, fight to the death."

"..."

These inspired the generals, and the generals inspired their own soldiers.

Although he has not recovered from the fear of yesterday's bombardment.

But the generals' words touched their hearts.

Once, they were high above, and the people were their tenants. They were surrounded by people when they went in and out, and everyone envied them.

Even the most ordinary clansmen were looked up to because they were of the same clan and surname as the powerful families.

Now because of King Yan, they have nothing.

"Fight, fight with them. "The soldiers of the Shi clan looked at the Yanzhou soldiers who were constantly attacking the first trench and shouted.

Wang Xie showed a satisfied look as the slogans rang out on the battlefield.

Luther also nodded slightly.

So many of his mercenaries died, why should these Shi clan hide behind them?

At Niutou Beach, they will make the Yan Wang army suffer heavy casualties!

While the Shi clan soldiers shouted, the soldiers continued to support the soldiers in the first row of trenches through the middle corridor.

Every time a soldier fell, the next batch of Shi clan soldiers and mercenaries would fill in, and the two sides immediately fell into a fierce battle.

The changes on the battlefield were immediately observed by Lu Chang and the other two in the hot air balloon.

Obviously, compared with the battle in Jiangbei, the resistance of the Shi clan this time was more determined than before.

However, before the war, he had this mental preparation.

This trip south was their final decisive battle with the Shi clan.

In addition to the status of the Shi clan soldiers, they also focused on observing the mercenaries in the West.

These mercenaries were obviously more experienced than the Shi clan soldiers.

Shutting in the trenches They have been crouching, close to the trenches, avoiding the bombardment of artillery shells.

After entering the first row of trenches, they squatted down and tilted their flintlocks with bayonets.

This turned the trenches into traps. If the soldiers of the palace jumped down, they would be injured.

During the battle, they cooperated in pairs, one was responsible for shooting, and the other was responsible for loading.

They did not aim, fired a shot outside and squatted again.

Smoothbore guns have no standard, they just want stray bullets to hit some unlucky soldiers to kill the enemy.

In addition, what made them frown was that these Western mercenaries seemed to have taught the soldiers of the powerful tribes how to resist lime bombs before.

The soldiers in the trenches took out a piece of cloth to wipe their eyes from time to time.

They guessed that the cloth should be soaked with vegetable oil.

Observing these situations, they used their vision of the battlefield to constantly adjust their tactics.

At the same time, they wrote the situation on the battlefield on a piece of paper, tied it to a stone and threw it down.

"Your Highness, it's similar to what we observed. "Chang Wei took the note and handed it to Zhao Xu.

Although they were not as careful as Lu Chang and the other two, they could get a general idea.

After the soldiers of the royal palace landed on Niutou Beach, they were always blocked outside the first trench.

The enemy had 150,000 people, and yesterday's bombardment caused them to lose at most 20,000 to 30,000 people.

Even if the remaining people were pigs, they would have to catch them for a while.

So, it was not that their attack was frustrated, but that they had to continue to consume the enemy's troops.

After all, morale on the battlefield is important, but the most important thing is the casualties on both sides.

When they realize that they cannot defeat the enemy and their own casualties are increasing, the high-spirited soldiers will continue to decline and eventually collapse.

"Should we let the second batch of soldiers cross the river as well?" Chang Wei asked again.

The first batch of soldiers crossing the river is about 50,000.

There will be a second and third batch next, so that all 150,000 troops can cross the river.

"It's not time yet. "Zhao Xu put down the telescope.

The beach seemed crowded with only 50,000 soldiers. If another 50,000 were sent over, they would be crowded together, and any stray bullet from the enemy might hurt the soldiers of the palace.

When the powerful army tasted defeat under the attack of the first batch of soldiers from the palace, the second batch of soldiers would be allowed to cross the river, so as to severely damage their morale.

For example, when the first trench was captured.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei replied yes. He was just a little anxious and wanted to take Niutou Beach as soon as possible.

Zhao Xu nodded, thinking of something, he asked, "How is the deployment of the Qin army?"

The palace's personal army hit near Jinling, and the defense of other places in Dasong was weak.

So when he went south, he ordered Chang Wei to dispatch the Qin army to defend the weak points to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

For example, Nanliang, if they took the opportunity to attack, they could still cause considerable losses to Jiangbei.

"The Qin army sent an additional 20,000 soldiers to Jingzhou to guard against Nanliang, and the current strength in Jingzhou reached 60,000. "Chang Wei said.

The Qin Army, Ningjin Army and the Royal Guards each have their own garrison areas.

Among them, the Qin Army is responsible for the defense of Qinzhou, Yongzhou and Jingzhou, and the Royal Guards are responsible for the defense of Jinzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qizhou, Bozhou and Ningzhou.

But because they are mainly fighting the enemy in Jinzhou, Bozhou and Ningzhou, they actually focus on guarding these three states.

And the Ningjin Army is naturally responsible for the Ningjin Dusi.

Zhao Xu felt more at ease after hearing this.

Then, he continued to pay attention to the battlefield.

Next, Niutou Beach was basically a repeated battle between the two sides.

The Royal Guards on the beach continued to use rifles to shoot at the exposed enemies, and threw grenades into the trenches in the rain of bullets.

The artillery on the beach also continued to bombard the trenches.

The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and the battlefield took a turn for the better.

At this time, the beach organized another charge, and two thousand royal soldiers rushed to the trenches under the cover of howitzers and soldiers.

The shells exploded in the trenches, and the other side was suppressed and could not raise their heads.

The royal soldiers on the beach also used the range advantage of rifled guns to shoot and kill the soldiers they could find.

The mercenaries and powerful soldiers who leaned out to shoot the charging royal soldiers were constantly killed and wounded under the precise and fierce firepower.

Approaching the position of 30 meters from the trench, the royal soldiers threw a wave of grenades into the trenches, and rushed to the first trench with bayonets.

Learning from the experience of the other side setting bayonets at an angle to create traps, they did not jump into the trenches immediately.

Instead, they raised their guns and fired a bullet at them, and then jumped into the trenches.

"This time, hold the trench for me." Wang Qiao, the general flag, shouted loudly after knocking over a soldier from a powerful family.

He was from Yanzhou. When the King of Yan first recruited soldiers in Yan County, he joined the royal army.

After that, he followed the army to fight north and south, and was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a captain, and then to a flag chief. After the reform, he was promoted to the general flag.

Most of the people who joined the royal army with him were promoted like him.

Of course, they did not rely on their veteran qualifications, but on their courage to fight and kill on the battlefield.

Every time they charged, he led the way.

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall Western mercenary general rushed towards him.