Chapter 61: The General of the Broken Army (8)

May 13 is the eighth day of the lunar calendar, and before the sun sets, the first quarter moon of the half round will hang in the sky. The guerrilla clones of the fleeing Qing army only wanted the sky to get dark quickly, as long as it was dark, the possibility of him completely getting rid of the pursuing soldiers would be greater. But the sky was getting darker and darker, and the sun was getting wester, but it didn't go down. But the half of the moon in the sky became brighter and brighter.

"Admiral Hechun, can this strategy really work?" A few hours ago, Colondo asked Kazuharu with some trepidation. Kaharu asks Colondo to act as a decoy to lure the vanguard of the Cantonese bandits. Regardless of the fact that the number of troops was twice that of the Shu Yue bandits, He Chun did not mean to underestimate his opponent. Not only that, but He Chun wanted to make full use of the disadvantage of the small number of Shu Yue bandits to lure out the vanguard of Shu Yue bandits and annihilate them. Kaharu fears that someone will leak secrets, and this strategy is only discussed with Colondo, whom he trusts.

If it was before the Yongzheng Dynasty, Colondo could not call Hechun "Admiral", but should call Hechun "master". According to the flag book, Hechun's ancestor is the master of the ancestor of Cologon. However, since the Yongzheng Dynasty, there is no need to talk about this "etiquette" among officials. Cologon is from the capital, so naturally I know this very well. In the Manchu officialdom, this question of superiority and inferiority was more important than anything else.

"If you want to lose, you have to be defeated." He Chun put forward his own idea, "After you and Shu Yue bandits set up an array, withdraw immediately." Those Cantonese bandits will definitely send cavalry to chase after them, and I will send troops to follow you, and when the cavalry of the Cantonese bandits will chase after them, we will ambush them. ”

"If you want to lose, you have to be defeated, what does this mean?" Cologon is very concerned about this key point.

"You can only tell a few cronies that there is an ambush behind you, and don't say anything to those soldiers. If those Shu Yue bandits acted cunningly and lured them into pursuit, our soldiers would definitely be captured. At that time, as long as the Cantonese bandits interrogated them, they would definitely recruit everything. Kazuharu replied.

"I see!" Cologdo is very impressed with Kaharu's opinion. At least in Cologdo's opinion, if the enemy on the opposite side is defeated without a fight, as long as the troops are released, they can easily chase and kill. If there is cavalry in the pursuing force, victory is even easier. Of course, if you don't tell the Qing officers and soldiers, there will be an ambush in the back, and these fleeing Qing troops will always have some losses. However, it is also unrealistic to fight with the famous Shu Yue bandits, and want to annihilate the cavalry of the Shu Yue bandits without a little loss.

After receiving Hechun's instructions, Cologdo adjusted the queue of his troops when the distance between the two sides was still one mile, and when the distance between the two sides was more than 300 meters, Colondo gave an order, and the Qing army officers who knew the arrangement began to run away with their troops.

Although the officers knew the ins and outs, the non-commissioned officers did not. This one began to run, and at first it was better, but after running out for a mile or two, the Qing army dispersed.

"That's too unseemly, isn't it?" Chapter 61: The General of the Broken Army (8)

The commander of the four brigades of the 14th Army was Deputy Army Marshal Cai Yubin, and as soon as the Qing army collapsed, the angry Cai Yubin began to accuse the Qing army of not having a proper attitude towards the war.

Even if the Qing army was not neatly ranked, there were not many of them, and the body was not supported, Cai Yubin did not underestimate the commander of the Qing army too much. Originally, Cai Yubin thought that the Qing army on the opposite side would really fight after coming. He commanded four brigades of the Taiping Army, which was able to move forward in formation, from 8o to 3o steps, making full use of the superiority of his troops, artillery, and muskets, first crushing the enemy army, and then annihilating the fleeing Qing army with cavalry.

Seeing this extremely abnormal "collapse" of the Qing army, Cai Yubin first accused, and immediately issued an order, "Don't chase after the troops!" ”

If it were another army, I was afraid that this statement would be resisted. But the tradition of the 14th Army is relatively conservative, since the battle under the city of Changsha was attacked by the Qing cavalry, after suffering a big loss, the 14th Army agreed with Sun Wu's words, "Those who are good at fighting in the past are invincible first, and then wait for the enemy to be victorious." You can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy. Therefore he who fights well can be invincible, and he who cannot make the enemy invincible. ”

Seeing that the enemy army was defeated and retreated so suddenly, Ju Junfeng, the deputy chief of staff for operations who came to watch the battle, said: "If you catch up, you should be able to meet the reinforcements of the Qing army, right?" ”

"The key is whether you can beat the enemy's reinforcements." Cai Yubin is distressed by this matter.

"If you just wait here, there is no possibility of starting with the Qing army reinforcements?" Of course, Ju Junfeng still hopes to be able to fight the Qing army.

The two commanders who were more powerful in speaking stared at each other for a moment, and then turned their eyes to the Qing army fleeing north. To chase or not to chase must be decided immediately. When the Qing army chose to flee, it was two or three hundred meters away from the advance of the Taiping infantry, and even with the training level of the Taiping infantry, they had to chase five or six miles to catch up. If you pause again at this time, the distance between the two sides will be more than a mile, and you will have to chase seven or eight miles to catch up. The distance between the battlefield and the camp of Hechun was no more than fifteen miles, and the danger of pursuit increased as the distance from the Qing army increased.

"See?" Ju Junfeng instigated.

"You are in charge of the cavalry and artillery in the rear, and I will lead the infantry to chase out four miles at most." Cai Yubin said as he turned over on the horse next to him.

"Then be careful!" The instigator Ju Junfeng immediately changed to a serious word.

Cai Yubin led the guard troops to catch up with the infantry's attack, and when he turned his head, the artillery behind him also chased forward under the escort of the infantry and cavalry.

Cai Yubin, the deputy commander of the pursuit, reined in his horse and took out his pocket watch. At this time, the watch hand pointed to 5:45 p.m., and if the pocket watch was more accurate, it would probably be dark in another 45 minutes. Putting away the pocket watch, Cai Yubin continued to catch up. The troops had already chased out more than two miles, and some of the Qing troops in front of them had already been captured by the Taiping army because they had broken their feet.

It didn't take too long to spend more than two miles, but chasing Chapter 61 to break the army (8)

The striking troops were also tired and panting. The handsome commander of the First Brigade who followed Cai Yubin said breathlessly. "Deputy Marshal! We...... We can't catch up with this chase. Why don't we go up to the top of the hill and start ...... Fight from the top down, how many clear demons can be killed? ”

"Good!" Cai Yubin replied. The road ahead is also becoming less and less suitable for pursuit, and there are more and more hills and hills on both sides, and there are more and more places where ambushes can be buried.

The order was conveyed quickly, and the troops immediately abandoned the direction of following the Qing army, and instead went straight to a small high ground directly ahead. The road on which the Qing army fled turned right after the south side of this small plateau, and then extended north again after bypassing the small plateau. At this time, the troops of the Taiping army chased to a distance of about 3oo meters from the Qing army, and depending on the height of the high ground, they might be able to shorten the straight-line distance between the two sides to less than 1oo meters after rushing up.

Cai Yubin gave up his plan to catch up with the Qing army and annihilate the Qing army. As long as you can shorten the distance in a straight line, use the bullet that can cross the distance in a straight line as quickly as possible to deal with the enemy.

As soon as you climb the mountain, your view immediately widens. On the north side of the highlands is a small cliff with a steep slope. Condescendingly, I saw the Qing army's team stumbling in the direction of the Qing army's camp in the afterglow of the sunset.

"Hit!" Cai Yubin ordered. After this run, the troops of the Taiping army also had a lot of chaos, and the low-level commanders couldn't care whether they were their own soldiers or not, and the commanders began to line up as long as they dragged up four soldiers, and the two Sima lined up five five-person teams and began to line up to shoot at the Qing army. The commanders organized three twos and began to engage in three-stage strikes to increase the density of the shots.

Although there was chaos on the heights, the shooting soon began. The range of the cap gun can reach two hundred paces, or 3oo meters. The Qing army's troops were completely within range of the Taiping army. The first few rounds of firing could be seen to be fruitful, and the Qing troops fell to the ground one after another.

After a few rounds of shooting, the mountain was filled with gunsmoke, and the vision gradually blurred. Moreover, the Taiping army ran all the way, and everyone breathed heavily, choked on the gunsmoke, and the officers and soldiers couldn't help coughing loudly. The more people participated in the shooting, the smoke became thicker and thicker, and in the snot and tears that were smoked out, there were few people who observed the Qing army in detail.

The troops on the hill were fighting happily, coughing loudly, and in the distance they heard a sound like low thunder before a rainstorm. The sound was not loud, but the vibration was very familiar. A sizable cavalry force was approaching from the north to the high ground.

"Retreat!" Cai Yubin immediately said, he felt very fortunate in his heart. If the Qing army's reinforcements were set on the small high ground now occupied by the Taiping army, and rushed down from above when the Taiping army rushed to the high ground, I was afraid that Cai Yubin would have to suffer a big loss.

But if he is afraid, Cai Yubin can't really catch up with the "rout" of the Qing army. Cai Yubin made a decision in his heart, he will never play this in the future, knowing that Chapter 61 is the general of the broken army (8)

The enemy has a trap, and he jumps into it to try to reap the benefits as much as possible.

The Kolondo guerrillas, who were responsible for luring the Taiping army, were huddled behind a rock at this time. There were more than a dozen people hiding behind this stone, which was less than three feet wide and high. With more than two years of experience in the war, Cologne has seen many platoon guns shooting. Xiang Rong's serial shooting was famous in the Qing army, and he was deeply impressed by the Cologon he had seen. And the platoon guns that were fired down from the hill behind were far beyond Colondo's imagination. Colondo firmly believes that the top of that hill can stand more than 3oo people, and the density of gunfire is afraid that the 3ooo Qing army cannot compare.

Lord Colondo couldn't figure out how many people were killed and wounded by the Qing army, and the Qing troops in front and behind kept people being shot and fell to the ground, and the Qing army lost 100 people, to say the least. The guerrilla colondo also secretly made up his mind, "If I want to lure the enemy next time, I won't participate in anything!" ”

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