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The corner of the Hunan Admiral Changchun's mouth moved and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. The Mongolian cavalry had strong combat power, which was famous all over the world. However, northern Guangdong was mountainous, and most of the roads were mountainous paths, which were not suitable for the marching of large troops, let alone cavalry charges. Even the official roads were winding and circling among the mountains and ridges. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of cavalry in the mountainous areas in northern Guangdong will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. Unless they broke into the plains of the lower Pearl River in central Guangdong, the cavalry would not have much effect.

However, Senggelinqin's status was much higher than that of him, and even Prince Hui Aisin Gioro Mianyu didn't say anything, and he couldn't point it out in front of so many people. In that case, it would undoubtedly offend people. Chinese society was originally a society of human relationships, and it was still the case in the officialdom. For the sake of his future, Hunan Admiral Changchun still didn't say much.

"I believe that the tens of thousands of soldiers in Xinhua cannot withstand our attack at all. The final victory must belong to the Qing Dynasty. After we eliminate these abandoned people in the Heavenly Kingdom, everyone will wait to reward them according to their merits and increase their titles!" Prince Hui Aisin Jueluo Mianyu said. At this time, it is particularly important to stimulate the morale of the generals. And there is nothing that can satisfy these warriors more than promotion and wealth.

"Thank you, Prince!" The generals said gratefully. Isn't they just for this? Of course, the Xinhua Army is definitely not so easy to deal with, otherwise it wouldn't have taken over the entire Guangdong territory so quickly. But because of this, if they can win, the credit will be even greater.

"Very good, everyone should have a good rest first. Two days later, they will start the attack, strive to win Shaoguan in one battle and enter Guangzhou. Order Jiangxi to cooperate with our attack. Jiangnan Admiral Youbo is the head coach, and Jiangxi Admiral Balikun is the deputy commander." Prince Hui Aisinjueluo and Mianyu ordered. In Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 50,000 Qing troops were also gathered, led by Jiangnan Admiral Youbo and Jiangxi Admiral Balikun. When Prince Hui Aisinjueluo and Mianyu attacked Shaoguan from Chenzhou, the Qing army in Jiangxi also attacked Nanxiong from the east, and adopted the tactic of two-way attack against the Xinhua army, striving to completely defeat the Xinhua army in northern Guangdong.

"Yes, Prince!" The generals replied one after another. They had no objection to Prince Hui's arrangements Aisin Gioro and Mianyu. Among the Qing royal family, Prince Hui was not old, but his talent was very high. In addition to his noble status and status, it was still convincing everyone.

Prince Hui Aisin Gioro Mianyu looked at the generals full of fighting spirit and was very excited. He was full of confidence in this battle. Although Emperor Daoguang had advised him not to underestimate the Xinhua Army before leaving Beijing. The news received by the Qing court from foreigners all showed that the Xinhua Army was strong and not so easy to deal with. However, Prince Hui believed that holding 300,000 soldiers and attacking Guangdong in four directions would definitely defeat the Xinhua Army.

In January, the climate in southern Hunan and northern Guangdong was cold. Although it was not as good as in northern China, there was also snow on the hills. Most of the soldiers of the Xinhua Army came from the hot areas of the South China Sea. This cold weather was completely a torment for them. Fortunately, the logistics department of the Xinhua Army prepared well and prepared a large amount of cotton coats and fuel before the beginning of winter to provide warm measures for the soldiers. This reduced the non-combat reduction in the Xinhua Army due to frostbite to a minimum. But even so, there were still many soldiers who were frostbite.

Compared with the Xinhua Army, the equipment of the Qing army was much simpler. Many soldiers did not have cold-proof cotton coats, but only wore two more single clothes. However, the cold wind could easily penetrate the fabric and tremble the Qing soldiers so cold that they were trembling. Many people could only squeeze together and rely on each other's body temperature to keep warm. However, the senior generals of the Qing army did not notice this, or turned a blind eye to it. Even Prince Hui Aisin Gioro and Mianyu might think that the Qing soldiers could overcome such a little cold!

The 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army deployed Lechang in the northern part of Shaoguan and defended against the Qing army in the south. The brigade commander of the 1st Brigade Brigadier General Zhang Wei, after the arrival of the main force of the Qing army, once again increased troops to the front line and deployed all the artillery battalions of the brigade to the front line. Four of the six infantry battalions had been sent to the front line, leaving only two infantry battalions in the rear as reserves. Fortunately, the mountain road was steep, and the Xinhua Army only needed to release a small amount of troops at various intersections to block the Qing army's attack with its geographical advantage. Otherwise, with such a little force, it would be almost impossible for the Xinhua Army to stabilize the entire northern Guangdong defense line with such a little force.

The official road from Guangdong to Hunan is shuttled between mountains and ridges along the Yichang River. The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the New China Army was deployed in a place called Sangong Bridge. There are two high mountains on it and the Yichang River flows through it in the middle, which is very suitable for defense. Battalion Commander Zhang Chusheng deployed four 80mm medium-sized mortars from the brigade artillery platoon on a high ground behind Sangong Bridge. Here the range of the mortars can cover all the official roads in front of Sangong Bridge. The four infantry companies below, each of which has two 60mm mortars, are used as the infantry support firepower in front.

At 9 a.m. on January 9, the Qing army commander, Prince Hui, Aisin Jueluo and Mianyu, ordered an attack. As the troops most familiar with this area, the Hunan Green Camp first launched an attack. The direction of the attack was Sangong Bridge, which was defended by the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army. For the first attack, the Hunan Admiral Changchun sent a town, led by General Hu Chunnian. More than 4,000 people attacked the Xinhua Army's positions along the Yichang River.

"Kill! The general has an order. Take the Sangong Bridge, and get promoted to the third level, and reward the silver of a thousand taels!" Hu Chunnian roared. For the Green Camp soldiers, on the battlefield, the only thing that can arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers is often the only reward silver. For ordinary soldiers, they can become a small official after being promoted to the third level, and rewarding thousands of taels of silver can make them spend a long time. Such rewards have made the eyes of these Green Camp soldiers red. The soldiers with red eyes screamed and attacked the Xinhua Army's positions.

"Each company is ready to let the Qing army know our power." Zhang Chusheng, the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, ordered. Although these green camp soldiers were all Han people, at this time, there was no time to take care of these. The Xinhua Army had to defeat them all in order to talk about other things.

"Mortars, open fire!" When the Qing army rushed to the position of the Xinhua Army less than a thousand meters away from the Xinhua Army, the four 80mm medium-sized mortars of the battalion's artillery platoon opened fire first. The three kilograms of shells roared towards the Qing army under the kinetic energy generated by the combustion of gunpowder.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The shells exploded in the crowd, and the shock waves generated by the shells threw away the human body. The fragments produced by the shell explosion even reaped life recklessly. Qing soldiers dressed in single clothes and without any protection had almost no resistance during the bombardment of mortars. Often, a shell exploded, which could cause more than ten casualties.

Subsequently, the mortars in each company below also began to fire. Although the power of the 8 60mm light mortars is not as powerful as that of the medium-sized mortars, it is still fatal to the fragile human body.

The official road by the river was narrow, only five or six meters wide. The Qing army attacked along the official road, and they were all crowded together, and this happened to become the target of the Xinhua Army's artillery attack.

Under the fierce shelling of 12 mortars from the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army, the Qing army suffered heavy losses. Their attack was even more restrained. Although at the beginning, their rewards of silver aroused confidence, when the Xinhua Army shells exploded and tore up the bodies of their comrades' bodies, blood and even meat were stained on them, they were immediately as if they poured a basin of cold water on their heads, and their courage was wiped out.

"Oh my God, how fierce the artillery fire of the Xinhua Army was, the thin monkey was blown into two pieces." A short Qing soldier shouted loudly, and his comrade-in-arms died beside him, which shocked him.

"God, we can't beat it, run away quickly!" The other Qing soldiers also shouted in horror.

Before these Qing troops could reach a location five hundred meters away from the Xinhua Army's position, they were fired back by the fierce artillery fire of the Xinhua Army.

"Haha! A bunch of waste, just these people, wanting to defeat us is a joke. The person came and reported to the brigade commander that the Qing army had already begun to attack, but the defense line was still solid!" Zhang Chusheng, the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, laughed. In front of the elite Xinhua Army, the Qing army was vulnerable at all.

The atmosphere on the Qing army was a little awkward, especially the Hunan Admiral Changchun, whose face was even red as if it was a monkey's butt. His troops attacked for the first time, and they were beaten back before they even touched the side of the Xinhua Army, where was his old face? General Hu Chunnian was even more frightened and trembled all over. Prince Hui Aisin Gioro Mianyu was not a good person to talk to. This was the case with the Qing army just on the battlefield. If Prince Hui wanted to kill someone to establish his authority, wouldn't he hit the knife?

Prince Hui Aisin Gioro Mianyu, his face was very bad. Thousands of Qing troops were driven back like a duck. Not to mention the heavy losses, they threw away their armor and armor one by one, and they were no longer like that. He originally expected these troops to defeat the Xinhua Army, but if the Green Camp had such combat power, how could it be possible to defeat the Xinhua Army? (To be continued...)
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