Chapter 57: The General of the Broken Army (4)

The official fortunes of the Jiangnan Admiral and Lord Chun are still good. As a Hesheri clan, Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, and Lord Hechun were born with a more favorable chance of promotion than the Han people. Following Xiang Rong's crusade against the Cantonese bandits, He Chun was proudly promoted to the general army. After Xiang Rong's repeated defeats, He Chun temporarily took over Xiang Rong's command and added the rank of commander as a real lack of commanders.

In the days that followed, the wind and water of spring mixed up. Even if his old boss Xiang Rong re-emerged from the mountain, He Chun was already able to compete with Xiang Rong. Xiang Rong became the minister of the Qincha and was responsible for the formation of the Jiangnan battalion. He Chun was awarded the governor of Jiangnan, and he refused to listen to Xiang Rong's orders, so he led his troops to northern Hubei to lead troops to attack the Taiping army in western Anhui.

At this time, Admiral Hechun felt uncomfortable in the military tent under Lu'an City, he stood up and sat down again, and stood up again after sitting down. After finally sitting down, Admiral Jiangnan and Chun only glanced at the documents on the public case, and he couldn't sit down again.

The document says one thing, Zhang Liangji, the governor of Shandong, was defeated and captured in Shandong, and the Taiping army did not kill Zhang Liangji at that time, but brought him back to Tianjing. Zhang Liangji was Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, when the Taiping army attacked Changsha, and fought with the Taiping army for three months, and Xiao Chaogui, the western king of the Taiping army, was killed at that time.

The Taiping army hated Zhang Liangji deeply, and when Zhang Liangji was sent to Tianjing, they first put him in a cage and paraded him in the streets for ten days, and then cut Zhang Liangji with a thousand knives. Digging the heart, the head is hanging on the wall of Tianjing City until now.

During the offensive and defensive battle of Changsha, He Chun was also on the side of the Qing army. Hearing that Zhang Liangji finally ended up in such a fate, it really felt like a rabbit and a fox. Zhang Liangji was not captured in the main battlefield with the Taiping army in the Jiangnan area, but was captured by the Taiping army in Shandong. Then it was sent all the way to Tianjing. plus Wu Wenrong, the governor of Huguang, who was defeated by the Taiping army at the beginning of the year and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water. The Manchu Qing Dynasty already had three governors, the governor of Huguang, the governor of Hubei, and the governor of Shandong, who died at the hands of the Taiping army. In the news that the minister of the Qin Mission, Shengbao, was also captured and executed by the Taiping army. Could the Qing Dynasty not even be able to protect the governor and the minister?

He Chun knew who he was fighting for, and the collar, collar and epaulettes on the uniforms of the Taiping Army guarding Lu'an City knew at a glance that they were the clothes of the Yue bandits. In the face of the attack of the Qing army, the defenders of Lu'an defended very calmly. The Qing army was not within the effective firing range, and the defenders of Lu'an never fired, which left a deep impression on Hechun.

When attacking Luzhou and Tongcheng, Qin Rigang was extremely good at fighting in the village, and the wooden fences he built were often several miles long. He Chun was powerless against this dumb battle, Qin Rigang, a good hand at positional warfare, and could only lead 12,000 Qing troops north to attack Lu'an, according to the current appearance, Lu'an could not be defeated in a short time. As time went on, the possibility of Shu Yue bandits coming to reinforce Lu'an became more and more likely. After seeing Zhang Liangji's fate, He Chun knew that as an "old friend" of the Taiping Army, if he fell into the hands of the Taiping Army, he was afraid that the fate would not be much better than Zhang Liangji.

Do you want to retreat Chapter 57 The General of the Broken Army (4)? Kazuharu's heart was uneasy.

"Chief of the General Staff, the Qing Demon and the Chunbu have 10,000 brave soldiers, if they can catch them ......all," said the Chief of Operations Staff, Nguyen Hee Ho, who would raise any staff officer who saw the information on both sides. Weese's troops loved nothing more than to attack, and what they hoped for most was to fight a field battle with the enemy. At this time, the Hechun Department met the above two conditions. What's more, the Hechun Department was under Lu'an City at this time, and if Wei Ze's troops were moving like the wind, maybe they could surround Hechun's troops under Lu'an City. At that time, Ruan Xihao was even confident that Hechun would not be able to escape even a single soldier.

The Yangtze River divides Hubei and Anhui into two parts, north and south, and if one guy annihilates more than 10,000 Qing troops, the battle situation in western Anhui and northern Hubei will be completely different. The Qing army was simply unable to make up for the losses of troops north of the Yangtze River in the short term. At that time, regardless of the war situation in Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan south of the Yangtze River, the Taiping army under the command of Qin Rigang was able to move freely north of the Yangtze River, and easily control Hankou and Hanyang, which were located north of the Yangtze River.

"How to contain Hechun." Weeser didn't bother to evaluate the battle situation, but asked specific questions.

Ruan Xihao pointed to the map and replied: "The method of encircling three without one is naturally the best, there are troops from Shouzhou in the north of these three sides, we might as well go from the south, this is what the north and south look like." It's just that the gap left for Hechun should be Luzhou and Shucheng in the east or Yaoli Town in the west? ”

This question is really boring enough, if He Chun was not stupid enough to lose his mind, he would not have been able to go straight to Luzhou from Lu'an. Wei Ze didn't believe that Hechun would be able to capture Lu'an, and Luzhou was the central city where Wei Ze hoarded heavy troops. If He Chun dared to attack Luzhou, Wei Ze would get out of the way and beat gongs and drums to send Jiangnan Admiral He Chun to Luzhou. And if Hechun fled to Shucheng, judging from the map, there is only one description of this, that is, he threw himself into the net. Hechun, who fled to Shucheng, was surrounded by Anqing, Luzhou, and Lu'an. Wei Ze blocked Huo Shan again, and he could trap Hechun to death without fighting.

Therefore, Xiangdong is not the object of choice, and the only one that can be used as a choice is Yao Li Town, which is on the main road west of Lu'an. Yao Li Town is eighty miles west of Lu'an City, and after sending troops to occupy this necessary place, the road to escape from Hechun West will be completely cut off.

Ju Junfeng, deputy chief of staff of the War Department, immediately raised a different opinion, "Is it too far to go to Yao Li Town, which is eighty miles away?" We are now here in Shucheng, and we have to walk hundreds of miles to get to Yaoli Town. In case something happens on the way, the troops can't get it back. ”

In this day and age, battlefield communications are a big problem. More than ten miles away, you can rely on cavalry to transmit messages back and forth, and eighty miles away is almost a different world. Weese's troops had flags during the day and light signals at night. However, this prerequisites are to ensure the security of this communication line. The unreliability of this mode of communication was greatly increased in the course of the encirclement of the Qing army. The question raised by Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Ju Junfeng was not to shirk responsibility, but to really have such a strict question. Chapter 57: The General of the Broken Army (4)

Wei Ze was not stumped by this question, he took out a fearless look, and said loudly: "The Great Legion will inevitably encounter this problem in battle. If we want to attack from three sides, we cannot feel that the troops of the three routes will be able to converge at a certain place at a certain time, as we ourselves think. ”

Ju Junfeng looked at Wei Ze's heroic explanation in a daze, and he only felt that he felt some kind of uneasy future.

Wei Ze asked: "Do you think that when we appear in the north and south of Hechun, Hechun will run immediately, or will he confront us." ”

"This ......, if he runs away immediately, he will have to leave the person behind him. With the virtue of the Qing army, no one will break off, and Na Hechun can only retreat slowly. Ju Junfeng replied.

"If that's the case, we'll hold Kazuharu back." Weese replied.

Ruan Xihao immediately put forward his opinion, "Don't say anything to delay it, I might as well go around to the southwest of Hechun, wait for the troops from Shouzhou to go to the northwest of Hechun, and then the two sides appear together, at that time Hechun was frightened, I am afraid that it will be chaotic." ”

Ju Junfeng retorted: "We are going to fight a war of annihilation rather than a war of defeat, although the strength of our troops is far above that of Hechun, but this time we can send out to attack Hechun at most 15,000 people, plus the troops of Lu'an City are only 20,000 people. There are only seven or eight thousand more than Kaharu's troops. Far less than the level of ten circles. Let Hechun run away immediately, which is not a good thing for us. And among the 20,000 people, the real elite troops are only a little more than 10,000. The two armies were field armies, and the other two armies were defensive armies, and many of their weapons were arquebuses, so they could not be expected to have too good a good appearance. ”

After talking about such a circle, the military plan was initially set to slightly reduce the troops going north and south, and the 14th Army, as an assault force, advanced lightly and directly into Yaoli Town. As soon as the troops arrived at Yaoli Town, the troops on the north and south sides attacked the Hechun troops. Either fight a decisive battle with Hechun under Lu'an City, or drive Hechun's troops in the direction of Yaoli Town and fight an ambush battle on the road.

There is only one highest strategic goal, and that is to annihilate the living forces of the Qing army.

After deciding on the plan, Ju Junfeng made a rare complaint, "It would be nice if I couldn't fight this kind of sports war." ”

The effect of fighting a war of movement is naturally very good, after the enemy's army is struck and killed, the enemy's troops in a certain area are swept away, and the strategic posture of a large area will change dramatically. However, in order to achieve this goal, it takes more than ten times as much effort as simple siege and defense battles. Starting from the dispatch of personnel to make a map, one link after another, there are not only military preparations, but also local political work.

Compared to these inputs, the annual output of a pip of food is somewhat insignificant. Even with all these efforts, there is no correlation between them and the final outcome of the battle. As the old saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. Chapter 57: The General of the Broken Army (4)

Wei Ze and the others knew the characteristics of their troops, and they had to be able to correctly judge the reaction of Hechun's troops in order to ensure victory in the battle. This is too much trouble, and even Ju Junfeng, who has always been considered to be quite patient, can't bear the pressure.

After the military plan was formulated, Wei Ze's troops headed west from Shucheng and headed straight for Huoshan. Two days later, 10,000 troops arrived at Huoshan and then marched north from Huoshan. Thirty miles after leaving Huoshan, Wei Ze's 10,000 troops were divided into two, the 13th Army went straight to the northwest along the small road, and went to seize Yaoli Town, and Wei Ze led the 5,000 troops of the 14th Army to swagger along the road from Huoshan to Lu'an.

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