Chapter 248: Falling from the Sky

Jinhua.

Shi Jingfen breathed a sigh of relief, since he heard that Zhang Yuliang and the red thief were fighting at the ** gate, he regarded Wu Hongchuan as his Guan Yunchang: "Wu Shenrong, it's really calculating, Zhang Yuliang is willing to work hard, that's a good thing!" ”

"It's a good thing!" Wu Hongchuan didn't know the bottom in his heart, he didn't encounter a large number of red thieves when he went out of the city this time, and the Qing army even burned a few villages that they saw as possible thieves, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart: "Zhang Yuliang is a famous general in the camp, and he has followed Xiang Shuai for many years, even if he loses this battle, he can fight for the red thieves!" ”

Shi Jingfen nodded: "Even if it is defeated, with Zhang Yuliang's ability to command the army, he will definitely be able to retreat to Pujiang. The county seat will not affect the overall situation! ”

"It's good that Zhang Yuliang is defeated!" Wu Hongchuan's thoughts were different: "Futai, now the center takes Jinhua Mansion too lightly, and the reinforcements sent are really no generals except for Zhang Yuliang, if Zhang Yuliang is defeated, presumably Xiang Shuai will be moved, why worry about Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang not coming at that time!" ”

"Well said, well said!" Shi Jingfen didn't expect this section: "If Zhang Guoliang comes, this red thief can be arrested!" ”

It's just that Wu Hongchuan felt that the battle situation in front of him didn't seem good, and he immediately said: "Futai, I heard that Zhang Yuliang also sent someone to Lanxi to ask for reinforcements, but the Lanxi militia, you know, is very fierce, in case there is any conflict, why don't you let me go to Lanxi to mediate!" ”

Speaking of the Lanxi militia, Shi Jingfen also had a secret headache, speaking of which, the militia in Lanxi County has been formed since the Taiping Army entered Jinling in the third year of Xiannian, and it is very tightly organized, it is the most effective militia in the entire Jinhua Mansion, and even in the entire Zhejiang Province, this is the leading militia.

The previous time Tai Yong advocated rebellion in Changshan and Quzhou, but he was killed by the Lanxi militia, but the problem is that the Lanxi militia is too fierce.

Now the Lanxi militia doesn't take Shi Jingfen, the prefect, in their eyes at all, and now they are very enthusiastic about investigating red thieves and long-haired people in Longlanhe, and they often take the private houses of high-ranking officials and nobles as their own, and even commit murder and extortion in broad daylight, and then install a thief in the name of a thief.

Even Shi Jingfen personally sent people to Lanxi County to urge grain and silver, but he was also driven away by the Lanxi people, and the second line of errand soldiers who pulled out the past was completely gone, and Lanxi County didn't even hear a word, Shi Jingfen knew what kind of problem happened, but he was going to fight with the red thief in front of him, and he could only press this down and talk about it, otherwise he would force the Lanxi militia to rebel, and I was afraid that his back road would be broken.

As soon as he heard that Wu Hongchuan was willing to negotiate with the Lanxi militia group, he was overjoyed: "This can be entrusted to Wu Shenrong, don't let the Lanxi militia have any conflict with Zhang Yuliang!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! Wu Hongchuan agreed: "I will go to Lanxi with Yu Dao to pacify, it must not be a problem, as long as the Lanxi militia is willing to send troops, the end of the red thief is just around the corner!" ”

It's just that Shi Jingfen didn't know what was going on at this moment.

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**Door.

The battle had already raged to the point that it was not long before sunset, so Sun Huzi wanted to drag out the battle until tomorrow, and Zhang Yuliang was afraid that the night would be long, so he decided that the battle must be resolved today.

He had already seen that the left flank of the Red Thief was a weak point, and the fighting power of the independent third battalion there was much weaker than that of the Rock Battalion, and if it weren't for a group of veterans holding down the position, I am afraid that under his key offensive, it would have been close to collapse.

However, although the offensive has suffered several setbacks, Zhang Yuliang still achieved some results, capturing twenty or thirty shotguns and capturing more than a dozen prisoners, but most of them are new thieves, not old thieves.

But in any case, under his tidal offensive, the red thief was forced to drop the color trumpet and corpse for the first time, and this also made Zhang Yuliang see the opportunity: "Work harder and tell the new brothers that as long as this red thief is broken, they will be able to choose from the external commission, the general manager, the general manager, and the general manager!" ”…,

Now the defense line of the third independent battalion is becoming more and more dangerous, and the new recruits who have not been in the army for a long time are already a little unsupportable, Zhang Yuliang has also pressed the capital up, and Sun Huzi over there is already jumping to his feet: "Let the independent third battalion hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer!" It's almost night! ”

It was only at night that he reorganized his troops and restored the combat effectiveness damaged by the fierce fighting, and now he has regretted that he left a reinforced company of the 3rd Independent Battalion in Yiwu County, if that reinforced company can be transferred, it is definitely not the current situation.

As long as he persists until nightfall, the scene can be changed, and he can transfer the reinforced company to strengthen the independent third battalion, and Guan Jian will hold on until dark, as long as it is dark, everything will be easy to do.

It's just that he feels that this time is too slow now, so he discussed it with a few cadres: "Is it to organize and support the third independent battalion!" ”

The cadres also felt that it was necessary to support the independent third battalion, but Zhang Yuliang also entangled the Panshi battalion: "I'm afraid we can only draw one reinforcement and platoon, we have too many remnants in the rear!" ”

"Just wait until it's dark!" Sun Huzi said: "I have already sent someone to transfer the remnants of the troops in the back!" ”

However, some cadres think that the problem cannot be solved in broad daylight: "The Dragon Lance Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion are still in Wuyi, and if they want to rush to the ** gate, even if it is a rapid march overnight, I am afraid it will have to be tomorrow afternoon, and it is really hard to say whether we can support it tomorrow morning!" ”

And the third independent battalion was already burning eyebrows, and Zhang Yuliang's troops almost split the entire independent third battalion, but just when Sun Hu was burnt out, the Qing army over there suddenly retreated like a tide, as if they attacked like a tide.

When Zhang Yuliang was beaming with joy, when he saw the scene in front of him, he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet: "What's going on, what's going on?" Who beat the golden drum? ”

"Whoever beats the golden drum, let them go back, go back quickly!"

It was only a delay for a while, which had a fatal impact on the offensive of the Qing army, and the original continuous offensive was interrupted all of a sudden, and the independent third battalion got a precious opportunity to kick and breathe.

Several officers glanced at Zheng Zhangyu and shouted: "Company Commander Zheng, there is a hand, there is really a hand!" ”

In the chaotic scene of the battle line just now, Zheng Zhangyu decisively beat the golden drum of the green battalion soldiers, but as a result, the Qing army barracks that had already attacked the front heard the sound of the golden drum, thinking that it was about to get dark and was about to withdraw the troops, and they retreated one after another.

As a result, the retreat all the way turned into a comprehensive retreat, and there was even a small group of Qing troops who were annihilated by the center of the independent three battalions because they had no time to retreat, Zheng Zhangyu laughed and said: "Let me tell you, I am an old green battalion soldier who followed Sun Huzi, and I followed him before he became the commander!" That's when I'll beat this golden drum. ”

He used to be a green battalion soldier, working part-time as a butcher to earn a little money, and when he had free time, he would go to the countryside to beat gongs and drums to help people on red and white ceremonies.

But today is just a return to the old business, although he was not responsible for beating the military drum and the golden drum when he was in the green camp, but how did he learn to beat the gong and drum, and occasionally made a cameo in the green camp, and today when he heard that the war situation was critical, he beat the golden drum again.

Therefore, he beat the golden drum, but it ruined Zhang Yuliang's plan, Zhang Yuliang later reorganized an attack, but before the attack came, the sky was already dark, and naturally it could only end in vain.

But for the Hongjun, the crisis was only temporarily postponed, and at night, Sun Huzi counted the casualties, and the losses were so great that his heart ached.

The Panshi Battalion suffered one hundred and twenty or thirty casualties in today's battle, and it was the first time that the Panshi Battalion had suffered such heavy casualties except for the battle of defending the city, but compared to the casualties of the three independent battalions, this was nothing. ..., the third independent battalion has suffered 100 casualties today, and more than 30 people are missing, you must know that the troops participating in the battle today of the independent third company are just the battalion headquarters, the direct team, two infantry companies and an artillery platoon, such a large casualty also means that the entire independent third battalion can hardly find a combat soldier who has not hung the color, and at the most urgent time, the non-combatants of the company battalion headquarters have formed a mixed platoon to participate in the battle.

At present, the personnel of the 3rd Independent Battalion who still have combat effectiveness, including the lightly wounded, only 160 people remain, that is, the level of a reinforced company, so some cadres suggested retreating: "The inspection point will be able to catch up as soon as tomorrow afternoon, we have already inflicted heavy casualties on Zhang Yuliang, and at the end of the day today, Zhang Yuliang has suffered at least six or seven hundred casualties!" ”

"Tomorrow morning we can only fight alone, there is no problem on our side, I am afraid that the company of the third independent battalion will not be able to support it!"

"The troops left behind can come up tonight!"

"That's only one reinforcement company, if you don't do it, you'll suffer heavy losses tomorrow morning!"

"But the spoils of this ** door were given to Zhang Yuliang? What an unwillingness! ”

"Pick the valuable ones and take them away, let's take away the silver and tobacco, and the fire that can't be taken away is burned, and it can't be left to Zhang Yuliang!"

"But we came to the ** door this time, just to save a little money for the camp!"

The cadres soon had a dispute, some suggested sticking to the spot and waiting for Liu Chang's dragon lance battalion and Nanxi battalion to come to help, while others thought that they could retreat while the night was dark, and the sporadic gunfire from the front line even confused Sun Huzi's mood.

He admitted that he underestimated Zhang Yuliang's combat effectiveness, although this Zhang Yuliang was not famous, but after all, he was a member of the Jiangnan battalion, and he underestimated him.

It's just that he finally said: "Stay here, our rock camp is the rock camp!" It can only be the Rock Battalion! ”

He told his subordinates: "Our Rock Battalion has few wounded, and it is no problem to withdraw, but what about the Third Independent Battalion, how can they withdraw with so many colorful numbers and corpses?" ”

"We can only keep it and wait for the inspection to come!"

It's just that the next moment someone replied: "Withdraw, you can only withdraw!" ”

He was furious at first, then overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Check, you came here so soon!" ”

ps: I want to ask you one thing, is it better to update the two chapters separately, or to update them at one time like Guanxian

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