Chapter Seventy-Nine: Dividing the Water (Part II)
The water-dividing pass is located between the mountains, east and west, facing Fujian and Guangdong respectively, and has always been a frequent commercial and trade route between the two provinces.
The Ming army came from Guangdong and was attacked in the west, but in the east, as early as the Ming army's attempt was discovered, the defenders sent several fast horses to Zhao'an County to ask for help. At this moment, the battle on the west city wall is in full swing, but outside the east city wall is still quiet, if you put aside the shouting and killing behind you, it is as if you are in another world.
The wolf smoke was lit, the messenger for help had already been on the road, and the defenders of the water pass were anxiously waiting for reinforcements, and the reinforcements were also hurrying from the county town of Zhao'an.
The defenders of Zhao'an are not very many, and there are even fewer people who can help the water dividing pass. It is precisely because of this that after the defenders of Zhao'an County received the news, they immediately sent messengers to Zhangpu and Zhangzhou to ask for help, and at the same time divided a part of the army as much as possible to strengthen the defense of the water pass, as a barrier for the entire Zhangzhou.
The water-dividing pass is located in the mountains, and the cavalry can quickly arrive, but in that place, the infantry of the Ming army is still inconvenient to deploy, and most of the cavalry will dismount to defend the city. The cavalry of the Zhao'an garrison is already pitiful, and since it can only be used as infantry, it is better to simply send infantry over.
Reinforcements came in a hurry, and when they arrived at Dashigu, they were already too tired to look good. There were only about 200 Qing army reinforcements in total, which were only used as reinforcements and supplements, and when the water pass was attacked by a large number of Ming troops, they did not plan to send them to death.
This can be anxious to lead the officer, not to mention what military orders are like a mountain, once the Ming army occupies the water pass, Zhao'an County will be exposed to their soldiers, God knows if the Ming army commander will have a hot brain, the number of defenders in Zhao'an County and many other aspects, but it is far from this pass.
The officer urged a few words, but this group of tired soldiers was also more energetic, probably they still fled back with the defenders of the water division pass after a while, and they could justifiably not take this unjust road.
However, they thought so, and the officers would never dare to do so. Seeing these lazy people like this, my heart was really angry. It's a pity that before he could come up with a way to coerce and lure, Ming Jun, who had been hiding in the distance and watching the play for a long time, took the lead in solving this problem for him.
"Kill the Tartars!"
The banner of Zhongchong Town was unfurled, and a large number of Ming troops came out of the mountains and forests near the left. There is no intention, five hundred attacks two hundred, not to mention that the army has been recuperating for a long time, and at the moment it is just a group of tired soldiers, and there is basically no possibility of being invincible.
The Ming army, which knew that it was going to win, roared out, and probably knew that it would be defeated, or that the Qing army who had found a reason for their own defeat was stunned for a while, and then they ran away, weapons, helmets, and everything that weighed on them were thrown while running, lest they would be caught up by the Ming army. On the contrary, the officer, who watched in amazement as his subordinates, who had just taken root on the ground, walked away, but slowed down in this stunned moment.
Ke Chenshu and Ke Chenmei led their troops to launch a pursuit mode, and Zheng Chenggong soon received a report of the initial results of ambushing the Qing army's reinforcements.
With the delivery of this report, a new wave of offensives of the Ming army began again. This time, it was no longer the left and right towns to continue the attack, but the right chong town, which had been recuperating for a long time, came out of the crowd, among which Gan Hui, the deputy general of the middle army in the right chong town, took off his armor, revealing the knotted muscles of his upper body, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and rushed to the front of the army with a shout.
Lin Yi, the head of the town, was in charge of commanding, and Gan Hui, the deputy general of the Chinese army, personally led the team, the latter was the most brave on weekdays, and the soldiers under his command saw Gan Hui taking the lead, and their blood was boiling, only in a blink of an eye, it was a team of Ming troops carrying simple ladders to rush to the city of the water pass.
This is not the first attack, the Qing army at the head of the city has become familiar with the offensive rhythm of the Ming army, and the defense of the city is no longer as flustered as at the beginning, and has become orderly.
Under the gate, one after another ladders were erected on the edge of the city wall, and those warriors began to climb along the ladders. At the same time, near the city gate, a ladder was erected, and Gan Hui did not hesitate to put the knife in his mouth, holding a shield on his head with his left hand, and his right hand with his legs, and climbing up the ladder with both hands and feet, the speed was faster than the selection of the front on several ladders around him.
"Quick, aim at that bare-chested thief leader, quick!"
At the head of the city, the limited number of rolling wood and stones had been consumed under the two waves of attacks just now. An officer had already noticed Gan Hui earlier, and now seeing Gan Hui leading the team to climb, he immediately organized archers to snipe.
For the courage of the army, Gan Hui's actions have led to the morale of the whole army, which can be seen clearly by anyone with a discerning eye. But since Gan Hui dared to be so blatant, he also had extraordinary means. At this moment, I saw those sharp arrows coming from the wind, Gan Hui did not dodge or dodge, but his body did not move, and he climbed the ladder with his two feet, so that the rattan could cover the larger proportion of his body as much as possible.
The arrows crackled on the rattan plaque, and one of the arrows grazed Gan Hui's left leg, leaving a red cut in his trouser leg.
The leg was injured, Gan Hui didn't say a word, and there was no sign of slowing down on his legs and feet, and after this round of shooting, he still climbed towards the city at a very fast speed.
"Quick! Shoot again, shoot again! ”
The officer hysterically ordered the archers, and while roaring angrily, he simply snatched a foot bow, drew the bow and set up an arrow, and aimed it at Gan Hui to shoot an arrow.
The arrow grazed the edge of the rattan plaque and stuck straight into Gan Hui's right arm. However, the pain in his arm did not make Gan Hui let go of the big hand holding the ladder, and after this round of shooting, he accelerated his pace and climbed up like crazy.
The wall is five meters high, Gan Hui's speed, after this round, the waist and abdomen have already appeared in the sight of the Qing army spearmen in front of the battlement. A shot was stabbed, Gan Hui twisted the wolf's waist lightly, staggered the assassination of the head of the gun, and then shouted loudly, jumped up, and stood on the battlement.
"I am Haicheng Ganhui!"
Before the words fell, Gan Hui used his legs hard, jumped in front of the officer who was still holding the bow, slashed down, and the bow was broken in response, and even the officer from the neck to the right arm was also cut off by Gan Hui!
"Kill the Tartars!"
With a loud shout, Gan Hui rushed into the crowd of defenders, pushing and blocking the rattan cards, opening and closing the waist knife, only to see that the crowd of the Qing army was bloody and flesh flying for a while, and even if it was a mess.
Between the defenders crying and shouting for their mothers, more Ming troops climbed to the top of the city, melee broke out on the city wall, and the area controlled by the Ming army was also rapidly expanding. At this time, with the shouts of killing from the direction of the eastern city wall, the defenders' will to resist collapsed.
A moment later, the city gate was opened by the Ming army who rushed into the city, and the Ming army of the brigade took advantage of the situation to rush in, Zheng Chenggong smiled, and then said to Huang Hairu and others around him: "You can enter the city." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone reacted from the shock. Zhu Yao was always self-assured, and when he looked at the figure that had long disappeared, he couldn't help but sigh: "That general is really brave in martial arts, and I can't do it." ”
Zhu Yao sighed, but Huang Hairu immediately sneered at Zheng Chenggong: "Don't say it's Brother Zhu, even if it's a big slap here, I'm afraid that I may not be able to compete with this general." ”
Chen Bin was originally Huang Hairu's general, but the two had already parted ways due to the incident in Chenghai County. Gan Hui ascended the city first, and Huang Hairu wanted to praise a few words to please Zheng Chenggong, but he simply said that Chen Bin was used to highlight Gan Hui's martial bravery.
However, hearing this, Zheng Chenggong looked a little strange, and immediately said to Huang Hairu: "General Gan is a fierce general in our army, known for his martial bravery. There are still a few such fierce generals in our army, that is, Chen Bin, the big slap in the mouth of the governor of Huang Du, who is now under my command, but he is still training soldiers and horses in Chaozhou City, and he has not accompanied him. ”
Gan Hui will grow into one of the most important generals under Zheng Chenggong in the future, as brave as his people, it is only Zheng Chenggong today, and there are not only Gan Hui and Chen Bin under his command, Zhongyong Hou Chen Bao, Zhongjing Bo Chen Hui, Zhong Kuangbo Zhang Jin, these people were originally known for their martial arts, and the new Lang Deng, whose martial arts and martial arts are also a temporary choice.
Zheng Chenggong's fierce generals are like clouds, not to mention that they are not counted, at least they are far inferior to the Qing court, but compared to the bandits in Chaozhou, they are already a powerful existence that is difficult to resist. Coupled with the military advisor Chen Kai, who has always haunted the hearts of the Chaozhou bandits, and never dared to forget for a moment, lest he would be plotted by his negligence only at that moment, Zheng Chenggong's strength can only make them look up, and they will never dare to be half disobedient.
The accompanying bandits showed a look of awe, and Zhu Yao's heart of retribution was clearly written on it. It's just that he knows his own business, the first two waves of offensives fought so hard, it was not a trick to lure the enemy at all, Ke Chenshu and other generals were ambushed just in case, Zheng Chenggong originally planned to rush down in one go, but these two towns were never able to take it, and in the end, they still relied on Gan Hui's martial arts to achieve the first place, and then they could open the situation.
As for the troops under his command, if they didn't really come with such fierce generals, I am afraid that they would be indispensable to the city and lose the face that Chen Kai had helped him support by outwitting Chaozhou.
"There are still too many recruits."
Zheng Chenggong had already encountered this problem last year, the first battle of Quanzhou was fine, at least Zheng Hongkui was really trying his best to help him, especially the first battle of Haicheng, which exposed the problems of the army under his command too obviously.
Fortunately, from the beginning of Chen Kai's capture of Chaozhou City, after more than a month of fighting, Zheng Chenggong quickly controlled the southern coastal area of Chaozhou from Waisha Village in the west to the watershed in the east, and formed a pattern with Fucheng as the center of gravity for defense to the north. At this point, the seven great masters of Chaohai, who were once worried about Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong, have now removed the fourth, and the rest is nothing more than Wu Liuqi, Su Li and Zhang Li, at most, counting Xu Long who is far away, it is just a lost dog.
Zheng Chenggong swept the south of Chaozhou, Zheng Hongkui also controlled Jieyang County and some surrounding areas, Chen Kai rushed directly to Chenghai after completing the first batch of military uniforms, but unfortunately Zheng Chenggong had not rushed back at this time, he had to rush back in a hurry, and continued to deal with civil affairs in Nanao and other places.
The military uniform tailoring workshop is on the right track, which is all supported by the advanced experience of the Ordnance Bureau, otherwise if you start again, I am afraid that I don't know when I will be able to conjure this trick.
Chen Kai returned to Nanao Island, and the little girl like a little tail came to his side, and mysteriously said that the little girl Zheng had left Nanao Island by boat under the escort of Zheng Hongkui's subordinates.
In this regard, Chen Kai reprimanded the little guy for being nosy, but after saying that, a feeling of sudden loss hit him, but it still made him feel a little uncomfortable. It's just that this discomfort doesn't only come from the little girl's goodbye, but more importantly, some people are gone, but some people probably shouldn't be here for long.