Chapter Eighty-Three: The Battle of the Jiahe River III

Where does Jin Shenghuan see the opportunity?

It is the large number of boats and firewood accumulated on the shore.

The 100,000 army wanted to cross the river, but it was impossible to cross it by boat, and I didn't know when it would be crossed, so I could only build a pontoon bridge on this river.

Boats are placed side by side on the river, then chained together with iron chains or hemp ropes, and planks are thrown on top of them, and wooden stakes are laid on both sides of the river.

Such a pontoon, technically, matured a long, long time ago, and can no longer be mature.

Jin Shenghuan secretly said in his heart: "I don't necessarily have to break the flood Chengchou, as long as these ships and timber are burned, if he prepares again, it will take a few days." ”

"The army is more than a hundred miles away, and it's too late for him to leave if he wants to."

After Jin Shenghuan made up his mind, he retreated to the whole army. Immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

The Qing army is not stupid.

If you are close to the Qing army, it is okay to hide for a while, but if you want to hide for a longer time, don't even think about it, even if you don't know the report of the Qing cavalry, just talk about the scouts in the camp.

There is a danger of leakage at any time.

So, under the setting sun, Jin Shenghuan's department suddenly attacked, and Hong Chengchou was caught off guard.

Hong Chengchou was in the tent, when he heard the shouting of killing, he immediately ordered everyone to close the camp and not to fight, and he himself stood on the watchtower and looked.

saw Jin Shenghuan brazen, dragging billowing smoke and dust, so that it was like tens of thousands of riders.

Hong Chengchou has gathered too many miscellaneous soldiers, and it is inevitable that there will be some good and bad. When he couldn't figure out the situation, he didn't dare to go out of the camp to meet the battle, so he first stuck to the camp, and transferred the cavalry of each unit out to prepare for battle.

There were many cavalry in the Qing army, and even though Nikan had taken most of them, there were still many cavalry in the barracks. There are also nearly 10,000 horsemen gathered.

It's just that Hong Chengchou saw Jin Shenghuan make a false move, swept past in front of the camp, and actually rushed towards the bank of the Jiahe River.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou suddenly said secretly: "It's not good." ”

On the banks of the Jiahe River, there are piles of timber and boats in the river.

Hong Chengchou saw through Jin Shenghuan's intentions. Naturally, he immediately ordered the cavalry to fight, and Jin Shenghuan must not be allowed to succeed.

It's just that one step is slow on the battlefield, one step at a time.

Jin Shenghuan ordered the left and right to set fires, and he ordered 3,000 cavalry to fight with the Qing cavalry outside the Qing army camp for a while.

These 3,000 cavalry were all cavalry of the Xia army's headquarters, and there was not even a single surrender. There are even many Cao Ying veterans who followed Luo Ru into Jiangnan at the beginning.

There are not many such troops in the Xia army.

Back then, the name of breaking into the camp and attacking well, and Cao Ying's good fighting, was by no means false. Even if it was the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, the cavalry of Cao Ying dared to touch it, not to mention, Zhang Xuan was simply armed to the teeth for these cavalry.

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The two generations also regard these veterans as the basic plate.

Its treatment can be compared to Liu Bang's old brothers in Shandong, and the treatment of the modern old Red Army. Whether it is material, economic, or political, it is all first-class.

In this way, the combat effectiveness is also first-class.

Therefore, with 3,000 against 10,000, it is inextricable and difficult to distinguish for a while.

Of course, there is also a reason, that is, these cavalry are not the main force in the Qing army at all, if it is not for Nikan to lead the attack, these cavalry will only be scattered and used, and it is impossible to gather together.

There is a fight going on here, but on the banks of the Jiahe River, a raging fire is burning.

Whether it's a boat or wood, it's inherently flammable. The Xia army used gunpowder as a fire starter, but after a while, dozens of fire points were ignited.

As soon as the river breeze blows, these dozens of fire points are connected into one gas, and it becomes a rolling heat wave, which can no longer be replicated. Even the soldiers of Xia who had just caught fire couldn't withstand the heat wave and retreated one after another.

Seeing this, Jin Shenghuan knew that the big thing had been completed. No longer entangled with the Qing army, lead the team to kill.

Naturally, the cavalry of the Qing army could not intercept it.

But Jin Shenghuan knew that this was not the time to be happy.

The cavalry of the Qing army was operating nearby. Whether you can return to the summer army camp tonight and be with the main force of the whole army is still two different things. I can't say it, more than 10,000 cavalry under his command will be buried in the territory of Zhending Mansion.

Almost front and rear feet.

Jin Shenghuan just left.

And Nikam returned.

As soon as he returned, he saw a raging fire. The fire was like a greedy dragon, swallowing everything he could see.

The fire even rushed into the camp of the Qing army.

After all, in order to get water conveniently, the Qing army camp was not far from the river, and most of the things in this camp were also flammable.

When Nikan learned of the situation, he was so ashamed and annoyed that he didn't enter the camp at all, and sent someone to ask Hong Chengchou for his guilt. immediately led people to chase and kill Jin Shenghuan's department.

After all, the traces left by the cavalry of the brigade could not be covered at all.

However, the mutual pursuit of the cavalry of the brigade was not so easy to catch up. Especially at night. It's easier to get disoriented.

And it was already twilight, and in a little while, it would be night.

It wasn't a quiet night.

Jin Shenghuan's subordinates fought Nikan once at night.

Both sides are blind in the dark, and they are in a mess, and they don't know who is who.

Jin Shenghuan gave a fireworks signal and told the whole army to retreat on its own. Meet at the big camp.

Jin Shenghuan led the 3,000 cavalry of his headquarters and broke through. I waited until the early morning of the next day to return to the camp. Throughout the morning, the cavalry of various units also came back one after another, but there were only more than 8,000 horsemen, and the more than 1,000 horsemen who did not come back this time were folded in the night.

Jin Shenghuan reported to Cao Zongyu what he had done

Feeling.

Cao Zongyu was overjoyed and said: "If the Qing army really stops at Jiahe for a few days, General Jin will be the first hero of this battle." ”

Since fighting Hong Chengchou, Cao Zongyu has been thinking about what he has been thinking about day and night, that is, if he grabs Hong Chengchou's tail and forces him to fight with him.

Hong Chengchou is cunning and cunning, even if there are cavalry. Cao Zongyu's department and Hong Chengchou's department are separated by more than 100 miles, and this distance is as short as one day and as long as three days before the army can arrive.

If they arrive in one day, the whole army will not have the strength to fight.

So let Hong Chengchou stop for at least three days. Only the great army can catch up.

Otherwise, you can only send Hong Chengchou all the way to Beijing.

Fighting with Hong Chengchou here, and fighting again in Beijing, the difference can be understood with toes.

Under the protection of the strong walls of Beijing City, Hong Chengchou's treacherous and cunning nature, no matter how elite the Xia army is and how good the medical conditions are, he can't beat a one-to-one casualty ratio.

I don't know how much blood will be shed when the time comes.

But if Hong Chengchou is forced to fight in the field.

It's something else.

Now that Jin Shenghuan has actually done this thing, how can Cao Zongyu be unhappy. He immediately gave the order, and the army accelerated its advance.

Just when Cao Zongyu was overjoyed to march.

Nikan was also in front of Hong Chengchou at this moment, knelt on the ground, and said: "A thousand mistakes, all of them are my fault. Please also forgive Master Hong. ”

At the time of crisis, Hong Chengchou held almost half of the field army of the Qing army, and this official rank was naturally promoted step by step, and now he is already a Taishi.

It can be said that it is the head of the civil servants.

Hong Chengchou helped Nikan up with one hand and said, "Why did the king of the county say this? It's just a small setback. A battle with Cao Zongyu is also inevitable. We can't keep Cao Zongyu and Zheng Chenggong in one place under the city of Beijing. ”

"If you want to defeat the Southern Dynasties under the city of Beijing, the best way is to break them individually."

"This battle, sooner or later, will be fought?"

"When the time comes, please go all out to break Cao Zongyu."

Nikan said: "Please rest assured, when I am about to fight, I will not be able to win or die." ”

Most of what Hong Chengchou said is true, but not all of it is true.

Although Hong Chengchou thought about it day and night, he wanted to take Cao Zongyu down in one fell swoop, but where this horse pistol was killed, Hong Chengchou racked his brains.

He also had the idea of retreating to the next best thing in his heart.

If you really can't find a way. There is no way to leave Cao Zongyu under the city of Beijing to fight again. After all, the Qing court can no longer tolerate a major defeat.

A big battle with Cao Zongyu is a gamble, there is no ninety percent chance of winning, Hong Chengchou will never dare to bet. What he wanted was definitely not like this, and he was forced to fight by Cao Zongyu.

But now, what can be done? With the plan, you can only be relieved.