Chapter 125: Uprightness
After a few days of confrontation, Ning Yu sighed helplessly, Yang Lin on the other side was obviously an old fox, and he was having a lot of fun playing this breath-holding competition, but Yang Lin was waiting for the Qing army on several other sides to be encircled, so he was qualified to wait.
But he Ning Yu can't afford to wait, the 200,000 green battalions are encircled, which is a matter of life and death for the Fu Han army, if he is trapped in Changsha, I am afraid that Kangxi will be the most proud.
If it really doesn't work, then let's fight!
On the fifth day of the sixth month of the 60th year of Kangxi, Ning Yu ordered Ning Zhongyi to come down from Yuelu Mountain and begin to prepare to meet the enemy, and he also led the main force of the first division of 8,000 people to come out of Changsha City and prepare for a dignified battle.
When the Fu Han army began to move, Yang Lin also got the news, for him, this scene was not what he wanted to see the most, although now he was on the defensive side and occupied a favorable position, but his heart was still full of worries.
But there are no other green battalions in this vicinity, and 40,000 green battalion soldiers and horses are already the limit that Liangguang can make up.
In desperation, Yang Lin had no choice but to tell the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion to be on full alert and respond to the offensive with a defensive position, presumably the Fu Han army did not dare to attack rashly, and only hoped that the Qing army in other directions could speed up, as long as it formed a threatening situation against Wuchang, and did not worry that the Fu Han army on the opposite side would not come back.
40,000 Qing troops are distributed in the long camp, this kind of hard village is not surprising, in fact, due to the backwardness of the Qing army's firearms technology, lack of ability to attack fortifications, so the long-term siege is mainly siege, including the previous war against Tsarist Russia, which is also won by siege.
By noon, the men and men of the 1st and 2nd Divisions had finally converged, totaling more than 18,000 men, seven infantry regiments and two independent artillery regiments, plus two separate guard battalions. In terms of establishment, the establishment of the main divisions is almost the same, but there are slight differences in specific combat strength.
Xu Chengliang, the new deputy commander of the Second Division, came to Ning Yu, gave a solemn military salute, and said, "Privy Envoy, Xu Chengliang, the deputy commander of the Second Division, reports to you!" He just glanced at Dong Ce with slanted eyes, but he showed a somewhat unconvinced look.
Ning Yu patted his stocky shoulder, with a smile on his face, this young man who was fighting with Dong Ce in the Eagle Camp at the beginning, now his progress in the war is also rapid, not much worse than Dong Ce, a while ago he personally captured Changde, was appreciated by Ning Zhongyi and promoted to the new deputy commander of the second division.
"You do it well, the Fu Han Army will not disappoint you, I hope you can make more achievements in the future!" Ning Yu would not be polite to Xu Chengliang, but simply said this with a serious expression, in his heart, the soldiers who came out of the Eagle Battalion were all his absolute descendants, and he would naturally take care of them if he could take care of them.
Xu Chengliang also nodded seriously, and went down after the military salute, now he has also experienced many wars, and the whole person is a little less impetuous and a little more stable.
As the Fu Han army approached the Qing army, the air became more and more solemn, and a major battle was inevitable.
In this battle, Ning Yu only dispatched two infantry regiments, namely the first regiment of the first division and the third regiment of the second division, and the infantry of the two regiments lined up in two horizontal formations and began to march towards the camp of the Qing army.
In addition, the two independent artillery regiments also began to set out in the direction of the Qing army, preparing to set up an artillery array three miles away from the Qing army's defense line.
The commander of the first regiment of the first division, Ujijing, can be regarded as having fought many battles, but after all, it is mostly defensive, and this time it is a small number of troops to take the initiative to attack the Qing army that has the advantage, and he is somewhat bottomless in his heart, although the artillery is completely superior to the other party, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is really hard to say what it can do in the end.
Mainly the Qing army's camp is also more ruled, digging two long trenches in front of the camp, and behind is a high wall, at a glance it is the handwriting of the Han army.
Ning Yu didn't say anything, looked at the Qing army's camp and was silent, and surrounded by generals behind him, Ning Zhongyi, Dong Ce, Xu Chengliang and others also looked at the Qing army's camp, this battle was afraid that it would be a sea of corpses and blood.
In fact, Ning Yu's face was silent, but his heart was overturned, he was a little nervous, a little afraid, the result of this battle was no better than others, and he had no other way to retreat. In particular, the scale of the war is constantly escalating, and the previous experience has not allowed Ning Yu to improve to the point where he can control everything.
It's difficult, it's difficult, it's really difficult, Ning Yu sometimes feels that it's really not easy to get to where he is today. But there were tigers and leopards in front and jackals in the back, so they had to fight their way out.
Just as Ning Yu was pondering, the war had already begun, and with the roar of artillery fire, bullets fell into the camp of the Qing army, causing a large number of casualties.
At the same time, the sound of artillery of the Qing army sounded, and a large number of sub-mother cannons and Weiyuan cannons had been placed at the forefront of the position, and the distance between them and the Fu Han army was shortened to about one mile, although these bullets were difficult to hit the Fu Han army, but they boosted the morale of the Qing army.
Yang Lin held the clairvoyant mirror, looked at the formation of the Fu Han army opposite, and sighed deeply from his chest, the military array on the opposite side really made Yang Lin a little ashamed, compared with his own green battalion soldiers, the rebels on the opposite side were more like regular troops.
The Fu Han army wore a bright red military uniform, carried a long flintlock pistol, and began to advance in the artillery fire of the Qing army, and now it is obvious that the artillery of the Fu Han army is suppressing the artillery of the Qing army, and if it does not attack again, I am afraid that this great opportunity will be wasted.
After all, the ammunition carried by the Fu Han army with the army was very limited, and if the channel for the attack was not opened in time, when the Qing army eased up, it would be themselves who would suffer. From time to time, bullets flew into the crowd, causing a number of casualties, but they did not affect the footsteps of those who came after them.
Although the Fu Han army had a lot of advantages due to the better artillery fire, the Qing army was no longer as passive as before, and both sides seemed to think that they had taken advantage.
At this time, there were many big people watching the battle behind the Qing army camp, Yang Lin took the generals and a group of officials, looking at the dense gunpowder smoke in the distance, one by one, with a solemn expression, and from time to time there were some people talking to each other.
"It is said that the opposite side is the young general of Chu Rebellion, who has won a hundred battles before!"
"Cough, don't listen to those traitors blowing nonsense, Lord Dutai is holding the wisdom bead, how can that yellow-mouthed child be the enemy!"
"That's it, what's more, my army is now attacking Wuchang from all sides, if that little child is interested, it should have been back to Wuchang at this time!"
In the eyes of these bureaucrats, big and small, I, the Qing Dynasty, are still the invincible Qing Dynasty, and the successive defeats have not yet woken them up from their dreams.