Chapter 230: Crossing the River and Attacking

The Gui Ming army moved due north, and after two more skirmishes with the Qing army, they finally entered Dalao Mountain. Gui Ming is looking for it all over the mountains, but how can there be the shadow of Kunming Wei? The ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger, because the mountains were full of the corpses of the Kunming Wei soldiers who were killed by the Qing army, and he didn't know that they were the Kunming Wei brothers who were seriously injured and were forced to stay in hiding, some of them died of lack of treatment, some of them starved to death without food, some could not bear the tragic suicide, and some were found and brutally killed by the Qing army.

On the south bank of the Shiliu River, the Wu army had gathered a large number of boats and rafts, enough to send 10,000 soldiers across the river at a time, and those boats and rafts were all hidden in the woods on the shore and carried down the river only when the forced crossing was launched.

The Wu army also prepared sufficient arrows, grain and grass, and they made all preparations for forced crossing, and even the ten artillery pieces left by Qi Liang on the city of Xuzhou were moved to the river.

The barracks were full of soldiers coming in and out, and when the artillery units shouted to carry the artillery onto the five big ships, Hu Guozhu knew that a large-scale attack across the river was like an arrow on the line, and he had to send it! But he was still suspicious and worried, and asked Ma Bao on the side: "General Ma!" Can't wait any longer? ”

Ma Bao stroked his snow-like beard, glanced at it and asked, "Is there any news from the other side in the past two days?" "Time can't just wait.

Hu Guozhu had a bitter face: "No! He also wondered why none of the troops had sent back the news after several troops had smuggled ashore.

Ma Bao was also very helpless: "It's not that I can't wait another day or two, but General Hu knows that the spring news is coming in a few days, and the water of the Shiliu River is soaring, and we will miss the best time to cross the river." ”

Hu Guozhu was silent, "General Hu try to find a way to contact the troops on the other side of the river, and force the crossing on time tomorrow!" Marble strode away.

After lunch on the second day, Wu's army entered a state of imminent battle, and the south bank of the Shiliu River became a forbidden area for 20 miles, and all personnel were forbidden to enter and exit, not even a dog or a chicken.

The soldiers were ordered to rest in the barracks, and the soldiers who had nothing to do wiped their knives and guns over and over again. At night, all the soldiers forced themselves to close their eyes for a while, whether they were sleepy or not.

At that time, the stars twinkled in the sky, the bright moon was in the sky, and more than a dozen soldiers carried boats and rafts into the water in groups, and then boarded the sit-in in turn.

Hundreds of boats compete for the current, thousands of boats race! When the ten thousand ships set out, the bright moon disappeared into the clouds, and ten large ships sailed in the front, five of which were ships equipped with artillery, and they were the pioneers. These so-called big boats are actually larger than ordinary fishing boats, and can only seat 100 people.

When the Qing army found out in the middle of the river, the north bank suddenly became busy and panicked, followed by an overwhelming rain of arrows.

Wu Jun tried to set off a cannon, the fire flashed, and the sound was loud, but unfortunately the Qing army did not fight and shook the hull from side to side and almost capsized the ship.

"Don't fire the cannon indiscriminately, shoot when you get close!" Someone shouted.

In the dark night, arrows only shuttled back and forth, and the Qing army had rockets from time to time, and the rockets dragging beautiful strings did not cause any lethality, but added a bright color to the night sky.

I wonder if the Qing army deliberately let the Wu army go ashore, or if the Wu army's deceptive strategy worked? Wu Jun landed on the shore without any problems.

"Combined! Combine! Array! Array! ”

"Occupy the high ground!"

"Block ahead! Block ahead! ”

The generals of the Wu army shouted behind their backs, the soldiers looked for their own small flag orders, the gathered small flags looked for the general flag, and the generals and leaders were not in a panic, only the thousands of households were the busiest, and they were the backbone combat units.

After a scuffle between the assault troops and the Qing army, the Qing army was defeated and retreated, and the Wu army developed in depth, but they did not dare to go too far, and only set up a defensive position within ten miles of the beachhead. The surrounding heights were occupied, and soldiers began to dig traps and set up barriers to secure the beachhead.

During this period, the Qing army has not come to attack again, and after most of the hour, there is a strong sound of shaking from the earth, and the Qing army is coming! Now it seems that it should be the Wu army that deceived the Qing army, so the main force of the Qing army is belated.

A tragic offensive and defensive battle was staged on the north bank of the Shiliu River, and the ships of the Qing army on the river also appeared, they blocked the follow-up troops of the Wu army from landing, until dawn, the Wu army lost hundreds of ships before finally sending 4,000 soldiers to the north bank again, fortunately, it was still in time The beachhead is still there, but the nearly 10,000 Wu troops who went ashore in advance have lost more than half, which shows the tragic degree of the bloody battle.

A large number of ships were destroyed, and there was the obstruction of the Qing army's navy, the Wu army's follow-up troops' transportation capacity was greatly weakened, and only two or three thousand people could be sent at a time, and by noon, the spring sun showed off the earth, and the Wu army sent less than 20,000 troops ashore.

Ma Bao and Hu Guozhu stood on the sand with full armor, one yellow and one silver looked particularly dazzling in the sun, surrounded by busy figures and anxious eyes. The two of them stood still like a sea god's needle, without a trace of expression on their faces, but this apparent composure could not hide the anxiety in their hearts, and both of them clenched their fists with their hands.

"General Ma! 20,000 people have already been sent! Hu Guozhu chrysalis moved his lips.

Ma Bao didn't even move his eyelids: "I know! ”

Hu Guozhu moved his lips again, but he stopped talking, and the military newspaper reported every quarter of an hour, but the number of people fighting on the other side of the strait never exceeded 10,000, and it was gradually decreasing, and now it is only 7,000, and the losses have reached 13,000. Here are not only the reasons for their own poor delivery, but also the reason why the Qing army has more and more reinforcements and is getting stronger and stronger.

"General Ma! If we want to turn the tide of the war, our army must send another 10,000 people at once! Hu Guozhu bit his lip and said. If it is consumed little by little, even if the army of a million is depleted.

The battle had lasted for six or seven hours, and there were not many troops on our own landing, so why had the Qing army, which had the advantage in numbers and time, not been able to drive its own landing force down the river? He has been worrying about one thing, and he has been paying close attention to one thing - where are the cavalry of the Qing army? Did they go into battle or not? The fact is that the Qing cavalry has not appeared, and he is relieved and suspicious, why is the Qing cavalry still not invested? He slowly felt that this was deliberately done by the Qing army, and the purpose was to lose the strength of the Wu army little by little like the current one.

Ma Bao finally moved, twisted his body, looked at a flat in the northwest corner with old eyes, and asked, "How are the bamboo rafts and rafts done?" ”

Hu Guozhu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm afraid those newly made bamboo rafts can't be counted on." "The loss of the tools for crossing the river was huge, and Wu Jun had to hurry up and make them.

Ma Bao was depressed, and suddenly perked up: "This time I want to go to the other side!" ”

Hu Guozhu was shocked: "How can this be made?" Let's go for it! "How can a manager be on the line?

Hu Guozhu is also a loss for the son-in-law of King Zhou, but at present, he is the only one in this battle situation, Ma Bao looked at Hu Guozhu fixedly, and said sincerely: "General Hu should take care!" ”

Hu Guozhu sighed: "Hu must guard the landing point!" Ma Bao didn't even persuade him, he wondered if Ma Bao said that on purpose?

This book was first published.

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(Duration: January 27, 2017 to February 11, 2017)