Chapter Sixty-Eight: Defeat is like a mountain
In the camp of the Qing army at the foot of the mountain, there was already chaos at this time, and many soldiers of the city defense battalion shouted to return to the city, and they couldn't suppress the bullets of the general and thousands of generals, so they had to ask Zhao Jiande for help.
Zhao Jiande's pacification was unfavorable, and he saw that he was about to cause a rebellion, so he had to seek help from the governor Xiande, and when he walked into the tent, he found that Xiande was sitting firmly in the camp, and Gao Laibao, who was at the head of the city, had a gloomy face.
This is all because of the order brought by Xiandeββββ who ordered the governor Xiande to take over all the troops and launch an attack tomorrow.
Gao Laibao had no choice but to honestly hand over the military power, and was about to go back to the camp to rest, but unexpectedly bumped into the fire in Wuchang City, so he returned to the tent and consulted with the governor.
In this matter, Governor Xiande did not intend to return to help, because in his opinion, the fire in the city was nothing more than a helpless move by the Ning family, in order to relieve the siege of Snake Mountain.
Gao Laibao ignored the order just now, and clearly expressed his opposition, believing that part of the city defense battalion should be transferred back, the reason is very simple, the combat strength of the city defense battalion is low, and it is useless to be under the mountain, and there is no need to transfer all of them back, only the 500 people brought by Xiande need to be sent back again.
This time it completely annoyed Xiande, thinking that Gao Laibao deliberately used this incident to satirize him, so he insisted on not sending troops, and the two had a quarrel.
Zhao Jiande felt the embarrassment of the handsome tent atmosphere, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Tell Lord Futai, the soldiers of this city defense battalion have begun to make trouble, and their families are all in this city...... Do you want to send some people back first? β
Strictly speaking, this opinion is just Zhao Jiande's personal opinion, but in Xiande's ears, it is not the case at all, he subconsciously thought that Zhao Jiande and Gao Laibao had colluded, and the two of them were Han, so he felt more and more suspicious.
"Hmph, now that the Snake Mountain bandits are besieged, until tomorrow, this official will completely wipe out this group of bandits, how can he transfer people? I'm afraid you didn't fall for the bandits' plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao! Xiande looked dissatisfied.
Gao Laibao couldn't listen to it anymore, and saluted with a straight face: "Lord Futai, the last general is worried that the bandits on the mountain will take this opportunity to launch a night attack tonight, so I will go to inspect the defense first, and say goodbye!" Then he went out of the tent.
Xiande was very dissatisfied in his heart, but it was inconvenient to attack at this time, and the anger in his heart went towards Zhao Jiande.
"Pass my orders, all those who dare to deliberately cause chaos will be killed!" These words were extremely cold, which gave Zhao Jiande goosebumps.
After seven or eight heads were lined up and hung on the flagpole, the entire Qing army camp became silent, and everyone remained silent, but the anger in their hearts intensified.
Time passed in a strange atmosphere, whether it was the fire accident in Wuchang City or the fierce bullet pressure of the Qing army camp, it could not make time stand still here.
It wasn't until the morning star appeared in the sky that Ning Yu gathered the soldiers, and although he didn't rest that night, these soldiers were extremely energetic.
"Brothers, the battle has been won, do you want to drink celebration wine!"
"Yes! Think! Think! β
"The conditions on the mountain are limited, let's go to the city to drink!"
The morale was completely aroused, and after yesterday's battle, they no longer had any fear of the Qing army, these people were just a group of local chickens and dogs that could be destroyed with a light blow!
Shall they prevent themselves from drinking? No way!
In war, morale is often the key factor that can determine success or failure, even if there is a disparity in strength, as long as you are good at using morale, you can also fight a shocking battle!
Ning Yu didn't say anything more, he waved his knife lightly, and the Lei cannon, which had already secretly moved to the mountainside, began to roar, and one by one explosive bombs were fired, causing pieces of casualties in the Qing army camp.
Xu Chengliang pulled out a bayonet and fixed it on the head of the gun, and then led the soldiers of the Eagle Battalion to charge downward, Deng Fang Gaoyuan and others were not to be outdone, and more than 1,000 people attacked the bottom of the mountain in waves.
The Qing army at the foot of the mountain seemed to be completely unprepared, and all the soldiers had already become groggy and listless after a night of strict garrison, and there were even sentries who were dozing off while on guard.
The roar of artillery fire and the sound of shouting and killing that was constantly approaching directly crushed the fighting spirit of the Qing army, and most of the Qing soldiers had already been taken prisoner without even a decent resistance, and even some Qing soldiers had a grudge in their hearts, and turned against the spot and launched an attack on the camp tent of the Chinese army.
The entire camp of the Qing army became a big mess, the corpses piled up everywhere and the prisoners kneeling down became the main color of the battlefield, and in the camp tent filled with fireworks, blood-stained battle flags fluttered, blood everywhere, corpses everywhere, wounded soldiers everywhere, only the bright blade could not be covered.
Governor Xiande was directly woken up by someone, after making the disposal decision last night, Xiande fell asleep directly, although he slept in the tent, without the concubine to sleep, but the daytime carriage and horses were tired, so that Xiande had already been sleepy, so he slept very sweetly.
At the moment of being pushed awake, Xiande was a little dazed and annoyed, and it was a big sin for someone to disturb his sleep without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and he must be killed first.
Xiande opened his eyes, and when he was about to attack, he found that the face in front of him was Gao Laibao, with a scorched black and dusty face, and a look of anxiety.
"Wake up, my lord! The bandits are here! β
What the! It's over!
Xiande was a little stunned and shook his hand, "How could they kill them!" Isn't there still more than 3,000 people in our army at the foot of Snake Mountain? Aren't they already surrounded? β
Gao Laibao was really tired, and he didn't want to say anything, so he forcibly dragged Xiande out, pointing to the gray sky while dragging, and said angrily: "My lord, look for yourself, where are there three thousand people?" Our army is defeated, defeated! β
Xiande was a little confused, he walked outside the tent, saw the fighting in the distance, heard the constant roar of cannons and the bombardment of platoon guns, and suddenly felt that all this became unreal. Why is all this not heard at all in my dreams?
It's just that before Xiande could say anything, Gao Laibao directly took his own soldiers and family members, sent Xiande on the horse, and began to rush to the direction of Wuchang City.
As for the 3,000 Qing army soldiers behind him, Gao Laibao can only choose to give up, he must ensure the safety of Xiande at this moment, if the governor of a province, if he dies on the front line of suppressing bandits, then he will not die a hundred times again, as for the 3,000 green battalion soldiers, it is not a big deal.
When he was about to leave Snake Mountain, Gao Laibao finally reluctantly looked back at the tall Snake Mountain, Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Zhongyuan, what kind of person are you?