Chapter 42: Sweeping the Remnant Clouds
For Xing Shengping, who has lost more than he won in the past few days, he almost cried when he heard the news.
Although the main force of the princess's army under the princess of Jianguo is the Fang Guoan Army and a number of battalions that have been put together temporarily, and they have not withstood the test of strong winds and waves, but in any case, it is a regular army in the true sense, and its quality is stronger than the reinforcements that Xing Shengping received during this time, not to mention that tens of thousands of princesses' new army crossed the river to help.
Therefore, Xing Shengping immediately made up his mind to continue to add fuel and reinforcements to the Qing army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was determined to wait for good news, and the princess of the princess of the prison country crossed the Qiantang River almost non-stop to the battlefield.
At this time, Bo Luo still didn't know anything about this sudden reinforcement, and he told Tian Xiong beside him: "It is said that Xing Shengping is the second person among the Jinhua thieves, but he is not in the same realm at all compared with Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, as for Wang Zhiren and Zhang Guowei, who are even more vulnerable!"
Almost all of Tian Xiong's soldiers and horses were lost on the south bank of the Qianjiang River, although Bo Luo had the intention to support him, but in the context of the siege of Hangzhou, Tian Xiong could only scavenge out a few hundred remnants of the defeated generals.
It's just that although Tian Xiong doesn't have many soldiers and horses, he is quite arrogant: "What Baylor said is extremely true, the first member of the Jinhua thieves is Liu Yongxi, a thief, but there is no character worth mentioning except for Liu Yongxi, a thief, and Xing Shengping is just a second-rate character, if he continues to attack us like this, King Yu will not need to send troops to help!"
Bo Luo also knew that since Tian Xiong had already betrayed Emperor Hongguang and Huang Wugong, it was impossible for him to turn back: "What opportunity did General Tian find to turn victory into defeat? ”
Tian Xiong said confidently: "Lord Baylor, the reason why Xing Shengping was able to maintain a constant attack with us in the south and east of the city is entirely because of the transfer of troops and horses from other directions.
When it comes to the Eight Banners Han Army led by Zu Dabi, Bolo feels a little headache, and now the Eight Banners Army in Hangzhou City is actually the largest and strongest strength of the Eight Banners Han Army under Zu Dabi, but Zu Dabi has no more spirit after the Huzhou setback, and always tries his best to preserve his strength.
If it were a different occasion, Bolo would definitely go on a killing spree, but now outside the city is thirty or forty thousand Ming troops densely surrounding Hangzhou City, Zu Dabi was the famous "Zu Er Maniac" in the Ming army back then, and even once single-handedly overturned the Qing generals, Bolo therefore did not dare to force Zu Dabi to be in a hurry, so Zu Dabi has been in a state of thousands of Han troops have been in a state of induction, but the Eight Banners Horse Team took the lead in driving.
But since Tian Xiong mentioned this matter, Boluo naturally wanted to unify his voice: "Mr. Tian has a good eye, recently I have been planning a Jedi counterattack, since Xing Shengping is nothing more than that, then Wang Zhiren and others are even more vulnerable......"
This is also Bo Luo's true thoughts, although he has suffered a big loss under Liu Yongxi, but he is easy to deal with Xing Shengping and Wang Zhiren, so the more he talks, the more confident he becomes: "Although there are no less than 30,000 or 40,000 Jinhua thieves outside the city, as long as I give an order, these 30,000 or 40,000 Jinhua thieves can only flow in a hurry, and the north bank of the Qianjiang River will be restored to me!"
Bolo talked very happily and talked endlessly, and his mind was not on the fierce battle on the battlefield at all, and Tian Xiong also knew how to make Bolo's interest reach the extreme: "Lord Belle, can you give the villain a chance to make meritorious contributions, the villain and the Jinhua thief have a common enmity, give me 3,000 elite soldiers to ensure that the Jinhua thief will have no way to escape, and never disappoint Baylor's love!"
The more Bo Luo listened, the happier he became, and he was about to promise Tian Xiong when he heard several generals suddenly shouting: "Lord Belle, look!"
"Lord Belle, look south!"
"Lord Belle, the Jinhua thief has added troops again!"
Just now, these generals had already reminded Bolo, but Bolo and Tian Xiong didn't pay attention to their reminder at all, they had to remind Bolo loudly that he even caught him, and Bolo couldn't help but be surprised, and followed their shouts to look south.
The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and there was black smoke from the guns fired everywhere, so Bolo didn't find the target he wanted at first sight, but he really found the target in front of him and couldn't help but gasp: "Liu Yongxi, this thief is too vicious!"
Although it is impossible to see at a glance how many soldiers and horses the Ming army has invested, according to Bolo's years of experience in fighting, the Ming army that has been put into the battlefield has at least five or six thousand people, and they are all real cutting-edge divisions, and there are also a large number of horse teams.
Now, whether it is the Eight Banners Force, the Outer Domain Mongolia or the New Green Battalion, they are already exhausted after a few days of fighting, even if they have ten percent of their combat strength, they can only exert six or seven percent at most, and the reason why they can succeed again and again today is entirely because Xing Shengping's army is still tired.
But this Ming army has been recuperating and has not been triggered, and now it is suddenly put into the battlefield at the most critical moment, and there are endless Ming army armor soldiers and countless sun and moon flags everywhere at a glance, and even Xing Shengping's subordinates have become vigorous because of the sudden investment of this new force.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, although several Eight Banners Niu Lu saw that the situation was not good and rushed forward to turn the tide as soon as possible, but the morale of the Ming army was even stronger, forming a huge wave towards Bolo's side, and many of the battalion heads of the newly attached green battalion soldiers collapsed directly on the impact of the huge waves, and their collapse caused the Eight Banners and the Outer Domain Mongolia to encounter greater trouble.
And the morale of the Ming army is like a rainbow, the horse team, the infantry team, the musket team more and more, the two Manchurian Niulu in the south were surrounded by the Ming army with more than ten times the strength, although the two Manchurian Niulu tried every means to break through, but the Ming army's offensive was like a tide, often after the horse team impact the infantry had been killed, and finally repelled the Ming infantry and encountered the Ming army's musket volley, and directly fell in.
The once invincible Eight Banners is now in a situation of being passively beaten, and the generals of the Ming army, whether Xing Shengping, Zhang Guowei or Wang Zhiren, are all overjoyed, Zhang Guowei even said in front of many generals: "It seems that this dynasty is destined to produce the queen of the prison country and the princess of the prison country, and only the princess of the prison country and the queen of the prison country can prosper when the country is enthroned!"
The last time the queen of the prison country Zhang Yan crossed the river, the Ming army won a complete victory and annihilated countless enemies, and today the princess of the prison country crossed the river is a great victory, whether it is the Eight Banners Army, the Mongolian soldiers or the green battalion soldiers are now losing their armor and abandoning their armor and not forming an army, so that everyone feels that on the one hand, it is the destiny of heaven in the Ming, on the other hand, the destiny of the goddess lies in the heroine, and there is no problem with the choice of Liu Yongxi, the prince of Yueguo, and the Ming Dynasty is to want the empress and the princess to supervise the country in order to prosper.
And the officers and soldiers below were even more fanatical, cheering loudly one by one: "Long live!" Banzai! Long live Your Majesty the Princess!"
What's more, they shouted "Long live the empress", but civil and military officials, including Zhang Guowei, ignored this, and even a few people joined in the cheers, everyone knew very well that military victory was more important than anything else!
Xing Shengping felt even more angry, he has been losing more and winning less these days, and today he finally completely turned the tide of the battle: "Let the soldiers be careful, don't let these Qing troops escape back to the city, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Although there are still more than 30 red-coated cannons and tens of thousands of defenders in Hangzhou, the Ming army has seen the hope of victory!
And for Bolo, now is the most painful time in his life, and now he has exhausted all means, not only to let the temporary armor of each Niu Lu go into battle and even transfer his own escort army, but in the face of the tide of the Ming army's offensive is completely useless, he can only watch one Niu Lu after another suffer devastating blows or even be completely annihilated.
Even in a strategic decisive battle like the Battle of Songjin, the Eight Banners Armor had never suffered such a heavy blow, Bo Luo felt that his voice was almost out of voice, and Tian Xiong beside him was now more anxious than the Manchurian nobles: "Lord Belle, hurry up and transfer Zu Dabi up, now it's the turn of Zu Er's madman to turn the tide!"
Tian Xiong reminded Bo Luo to wake up like a dream, he finally remembered that there was such an elite under his command that had never been used, although the Qing army suffered heavy losses today, but as long as Zu Dabi's Eight Banners Han Army was put into the battlefield, it would naturally have a strong chance to turn the tide, so he roared: "Hurry up, let Zu Dabi come up with the Eight Banners Han Army to help in the battle!"
It's just that Zu Dabi at the head of the city became hesitant after receiving the order, he looked at the Eight Banners and the Outer Domain Mongolia that were chased by the Ming army outside the city and had almost no way to escape, and he felt that if he really wanted to rush out of the city to save people, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat: "Brothers, Baylor pinned his hopes on us, let us go out of the city and fight the Ming army!"
He was one of the best generals in the Ming army, and often singled out Qing generals on the battlefield, so that everyone called him "Zu Er Madman", but since he surrendered to the Qing Army with Zu Dashou, it could not be the brave and invincible "Zu Er Maniac" at the beginning, but just a mortal.
And these officers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army also felt that the situation in front of them was not going to end well, and some people accidentally told the truth: "The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia have all been defeated, let alone the Outer Domains of Mongolia, what use can we have if the Eight Banners of the Han Army rush up!"
Although the Eight Banners of the Han Army are also the Eight Banners and the trend of Manchuria is becoming more and more serious, within the Eight Banners, the status and combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Army are far lower than those of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, but today's situation is that the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia have completely collapsed outside the city, and there is almost no way to escape, so they can only pin their hopes on the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
But for the Eight Banners of the Han Army, since the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia have completely collapsed, how can they expect them, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and how much ability the Eight Banners of the Han Army have, they know best!
Therefore, everyone knew that this was indeed Bolobele's order, but no one dared to stand up and say a hard word, on the contrary, everyone echoed when they heard someone say the truth: "There are at least 20,000 Ming troops outside the city to attack, and we Han Baqi rushing out is probably a dead end!"
"Yes, even if you rush out, you have to pick the right time, you can't rush out at this time to die!"
"I think it's better to wait a little longer, maybe there will be a chance then!"