Qu Bo did not expect that the Taiping Army on the opposite side would come so quickly and fiercely. Although he also received information from the Intelligence Agency and the Military Intelligence Bureau about the main forces of the Taiping Army in Hejian Prefecture and the Black Mountain Prefecture were making secret mobilizations, the intelligence department also reported that the Kamans made major adjustments in Qinghe Prefecture, which seemed to give information to the northwest. The Kamans seemed to be going to attack Taiping Cult again. The military mobilization of the Taiping Cult is just a pre-arrangement for the Kamans' military attack.

The agency, plus the Taiping Cult has uprooted the landlords and gentry forces in Heshuo, especially in the Heishan Longquan Prefecture, which has caused some defects in the accuracy and detailed information obtained by the Northwest intelligence department. And almost no one in the Northwest believes that the Taiping Cult will shake hands with the Kaman people in such a short time, and even Situ Jun has joined this front half and half. If it were together with the Maqi Khans in the upper south, this anti-Li front seems to have been taken vaguely.

Looking at the Taiping Army's flags covering the sky and dense spears under Qinghe Prefecture, Qu Bo felt deeply worried. He was not worried about himself and Tianshui Prefecture. Although the city defense facilities of Tianshui Prefecture were average, Qu Bo was full of confidence in the powerful Northwest First Army in his hands. Although the enemy troops under the city could see from the number and posture that the Taiping Army had concentrated at least 12 large army of more than 10,000 people, Qu Bo believed that his First Division and a security corps in the city could support at least a few days, and a few days would be enough to receive the boss's reply.

Whether to defend or withdraw, there is always a conclusion. It is estimated that there is no big problem in defending and persisting for four to five days. However, when facing an enemy army that is more than five times that of oneself, even if the opponent's combat effectiveness is far inferior to oneself, the power that burst out under the incitement of religious fanaticism can sometimes be calculated based on common sense, and the losses caused are immeasurable. If you withdraw, Tianshui, a bridgehead that extends into the Heshuo area in the northwest, will even be lost, and even in the south of Jinchengfu. However, if you want to face an enemy that is several times more than oneself, even with Tianshui Prefecture as a supporter, it is probably difficult to compete for a long time. It depends on how much power the Rangers reinforced from Xikang can exert.

Qu Bo was even more worried about the Pinglu Mansion in the north, and the Taiping Army dared to mobilize more than 100,000 troops to invade Tianshui on a large scale, which shows that the Taiping Army was not worried that the Kaman people in the northwest would invade Montenegro. The central government of the Empire still had more than 100,000 troops guarding the dangerous passes in the east. The target of the Kaman army that had gathered in large numbers in Qinghe Prefecture is likely to be the Pinglu Mansion that had just been pacified. Judging from the early actions, almost every step was planned and then moved, and the moves were directly aimed at the key points. The sneak attack in the northern part of Pinglu failed to be the Northwest Army. Several major actions in Beiyuan were successfully successful. This time, the sword's edge pointed to it, probably came with the will of victory, and Pinglu also had three main divisions in the northwest, carrying 20,000 rangers away, for fear that this battle would be inevitable.

The Taiping Army's offensive has been accumulating for a long time and is as fierce as a tide. The 18 10,000 (cavalry) teams have exceeded half of the entire Heshuo Taiping Army, obviously wanting to swallow the entire Tianshui. The vanguard used six 10,000 teams to attack in turn. Although the cloud ladder and elevated vehicles seem a bit backward and simple compared to the various advanced siege weapons of the Maqikhans on the southern line, the role played by the 60,000 people gathered together is not reflected by equipment alone. And the Taiping Cult

People also clearly know their weaknesses in siege and villages. They selected 15,000 archers with superb arm strength, equipped with Knox (Karman's place name, famous for producing excellent long-distance long-distance long-distance) long-distance, and used the long-distance range of the long-distance bow to make up for the height disadvantage. Although the accuracy is not as accurate as that of ordinary short bows, the amazing lethality exerted by the 15,000 archers forming a arch quadron also caused a considerable loss to the first division, which was caught off guard.

Qu Bo stood behind the stool with some worries and watched the attacks launched by Taiping Cult under the city. The enemy had a considerable advantage in the archers. The dense rain of arrows fell on the city like raindrops. Although the soldiers were closely protecting themselves with the help of the stool and shields, when the offensive under the city was launched at the same time, the soldiers had to raise their swords and guns in the rain of arrows to prepare for the arrival of a new round of charge. This often made it difficult to protect themselves comprehensively. From time to time, arrows came in through the gaps, and the soldiers let out a deep howl. The Taiping Cult soldiers who were attacking with lime bottles and lime bags were fighting fiercely with the Northwest Army soldiers who were approaching.

Although the combat effectiveness of Taiping soldiers cannot be compared with the First Division, the fierceness and fearlessness of death they showed in the face-to-face hand-to-face hand-to-hand combat still caused a lot of trouble to the First Division. They often stabbed or cut the opponent down, but the opponent would fight to the death before the temporary attack. Many Taiping soldiers even thought of dying together, ignoring the weapons that stabbed their bodies, allowing them to suffer death while also giving the opponent a fatal blow. This made many Northwest Army soldiers who did not expect this situation pay a heavy price. Of course, the soldiers of the First Division of the Battle Formation quickly adapted to the opponent's tactics and quickly adjusted their tactics. Often, several people formed a small battle combination with the Three Talent Formation or the Yuanyang Formation to strangle the surrounding Taiping Soldiers.

The Sancai Formation and the Yuanyang Formation used the cooperation of several soldiers, swords, shields, guns and spears to form small combat entities. The formation was flexible and moved quickly, which not only avoided the casualties caused by the enemy's death, but also fully utilized the advantage of various attack weapons to kill. It is most suitable for dealing with such Taiping soldiers who have no combat experience and charge with their blood and courage. After a few rounds, the city wall was filled with the bodies of Taiping soldiers, and the bright red plasma had soaked the cracks of the entire city wall bricks. Sweat and blood were intertwined at this moment, and everyone's sweat seemed to turn into a dazzling red. Sprint, kill, block, slaughter, kill, behead, and various actions and behaviors became the most realistic interpretation of hand-to-hand combat on the city wall. Whether it was Taiping soldiers or the soldiers of the First Division, there was no other idea at this time, and only the simplest and most instinctive idea was left, killing the other party and saving yourself.

Several consecutive waves of crazy offensives were successfully curbed by the First Division, and the commander of the Taiping Army became extremely cunning and cruel. He often used the soldiers climbing the wall to fight with the Northwest Army soldiers shortly after they climbed up the city wall and fought with the Northwest Army soldiers. This was to cover the archers under the city with arrow rain. This caused huge damage to the Northwest Army soldiers while killing a large number of soldiers. Fortunately, the commander of the Taiping Army was also worried that this would hurt morale, and he did not dare to use this trick, which made the bloody battle on the first day in a stalemate. However, Qu Bo was already a little worried that the Taiping Army was too desperate and rushed to death regardless of all casualties, relying solely on the human sea tactics to consume his troops. If this continues, the First Division would be difficult for the expected five days, and being able to persist for three days is already a rare manifestation.

Just as the Taiping Army went all out and did not unify Heshuo to launch a charge, the Kaman army began to move westward quietly. When the Royal Guards, which had been wandering around the edge of Cangzhou Prefecture, sneaked into Qinghe Prefecture to replace the defense of several corps under Nick in Cangzhou, nearly 300,000 troops of four corpses attacked two hook fists, one left and one right, and one shot towards Pinglu Prefecture.

The fierce offensive of the Kamans surprised the mountain pillars, Long Zixing and Mao Jin who were stationed in Pinglu Mansion. They had already doubted when they received the secret assembly of the Kamans in Qinghe, but they could not determine whether the Kamans wanted to raid Montenegro or advance westward, especially while the Taiping Cult was also making large-scale military adjustments. However, the sudden division of the four Kamans' corpses broke their fantasy. If the four corpses were allowed to form a siege, with the existing fortifications of Pinglu Mansion, it would be difficult to persevere until the arrival of reinforcements, so the three of them came up with a response plan in the shortest time.

The Third Cavalry Division led by Mao Jin fully demonstrated the style of the strongest man as the first cavalry division in the northwest. Faced with the absolute advantage of Kaman's army, he led more than 20,000 cavalry to go against the trend and launched a heroic encounter with the Third Fifth Corps of Kaman who rushed from the southern wing of Pinglu. This is the Battle of the Hidden Shuitan, which later generations called the "Battle of the Blood River".

When the two light cavalry teams of the Third Fifth Corps of the Kaman 3rd Fifth Corps were whipping and leaping all the way toward the water river, the Kamans obviously underestimated the determination and fighting spirit of the Northwest Army to fight against the trend. When the two cavalry torrents advanced relatively sharply, the scouts of both sides had time to transmit the thread of discovering the enemy's attack to the hands of the chief generals of both sides. However, at this time, only a distance of ten miles had no choice between the two sides, and face-to-face charge became the only choice.

The Kamans' light cavalry obviously suffered a small loss in this wave of impact. Although they knew the power of the enemy's heavy armored cavalry, they could not get out of the way, whether in terms of momentum, honor, or to win time for the subsequent troops. The narrow valley of the cave water beach also made it difficult for more than 40,000 cavalry to complete misalignment in a short period of time.
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