Chapter 480 Yangzhou

Not to mention Fu Wendao, even Ye Ningbing couldn't believe the fact that Han Zhong said: "Yangzhou? How can it be? ”

In addition to Xuzhou, Yangzhou can be said to be the most important city in Jiangsu controlled by the Qing army, you must know that Ye Ningbing, a daughter of the sea, also knows the famous poem "Fireworks March", you can imagine what kind of prosperous place Yangzhou is.

You must know that there are at least 30,000 Qing troops deployed in Yangzhou, in addition to countless regimental training and Tuyong, which can be said to be an extremely strong defense line.

However, it was impossible for an infantry regiment to conquer a large city like Yangzhou, so it had been agreed with the 3rd Division on the south bank that as long as the 11th Marine Regiment succeeded in capturing the bridgehead in Jiangbei, the 3rd Division would lend an infantry regiment when it was critical to capture Tianjing.

This hoplite regiment is Fu Wendao's greatest support for seizing the bridgehead in Jiangbei, and even preparing to further capture Yangzhou, but now that he is busy for a morning, Fu Wendao sent half of the Marine Regiment ashore, and a small half of the Marine Regiment and a large number of baggage equipment are still floating in the water, and he thought that he would encounter an extremely powerful counterattack of the Qing army, but he didn't expect that Han Zhong actually told himself that Yangzhou had been recovered.

He couldn't believe this: "Has it been hit under the city of Yangzhou?" ”

This statement is more feasible, you must know that Han Zhong only sent a team of officer scouts, how many troops can there be? It's just that the Qing army is very likely to retreat to Yangzhou City!

It's just that Han Zhong shouted loudly: "It's already in the city!" ”

"Outtown? The inner city? Ye Ningbing asked loudly, "Attack the city pass, right?" ”

"The inner city, it's the inner city!" Han Zhong said loudly: "It's the inner city!" ”

Fu Wendao still has a sense of impossibility. But he believed Han Zhong's statement: "Good! Captain Ye, order the fleet to turn, but be careful that it is a poisonous plan of the Qing Demon! ”

It's just that he thinks it's unlikely. No matter how big the Qing army was, it was impossible to gamble on a big city like Yangzhou, even if it was the most prosperous commercial city in the whole of China. Even though the city experienced more than a year of occupation by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and siege by the Qing army.

He quickly obtained a part of the truth from Han Zhong's mouth, and the miracle was created from one of the three groups of officer scouts sent by Han Zhong.

The group consisted of seven officers, including a deputy company commander, a platoon commander, and five veterans who were old enough to be deputy platoon commanders or squad leaders, each armed with two revolvers and a Mini rifle, and a full 150 rounds of ammunition.

Although no mules and horses were brought on board, they immediately collected a few mules from a nearby village. I made myself a mule and a horse.

But then they found that the nearby Qing army was retreating in a hurry, and they couldn't understand the fact that the Rainbow Army was just throwing in the 11th Marine Regiment, but why did the Qing army in front of them retreat?

But in any case, the elite soldiers decided to immediately decide to seize the fighters, and they caught up with a small Qing army in hasty retreat, and then launched a surprise attack. In an instant, the Qing army was overwhelmed and four captives were captured, and then they received unexpected news from the captives that the Qing army of the monk king and Zhang Guoliang had retreated to Xuzhou.

According to the captive's confession, this was not the opinion of the monk king, Shengbao, Zhang Guoliang, and He Chun themselves. It was an edict, which not only made the minister of the Jiangbei camp extremely dissatisfied, but also made the entire Jiangbei camp unstable. …,

The monks have many soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, and the Jiangbei battalion has only 17,000 troops, and the combat effectiveness is also weak, almost all of them are green battalion soldiers, but they need to block the front line.

They did not know the strength of the Hong Army, but according to the previous estimate of the Taiping Army, they thought that if the Taiping Army wanted to cross the river like this, it would need 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and it must have come directly from Yangzhou, so now the Qing Army has transported baggage, heavy artillery, dependents, and gold and silver.

Zheng Qiwang, the deputy company commander who led the team, immediately decided: "Let's go to Yangzhou City to have a look!" ”

He didn't think he had any chance of capturing Yangzhou City, you must know that he only had seven people in his hands, although the equipment was relatively good, but there were at least thousands of Qing troops in Yangzhou City, but a prisoner raised his hand and said: "Master Hongjun, Master Hongjun, don't kill me, the small one is willing to act as an internal response!" ”

The four captives were willing to revolt in the line of fire as an internal response, so the four steps and seven cavalry quickly broke through a Qing army encountered, and expanded the force to twelve steps and seven cavalry, but when they reached the city of Yangzhou, the twelve infantry who had temporarily surrendered had already run one-third.

It's just that King Zheng Qiwang feels incredible that the gate of Yangzhou City is open, except for a few flags of the Qing army, there is no one to defend at all, only some squires hold colorful flags, where they welcome the Hongjun into the city.

Fortunately, he grabbed a few mules and horses in advance, temporarily sent a cavalry to rush back to inform Han Zhong, and at the same time quickly occupied the gate of Yangzhou, and sent a veteran with two or three new recruits to maintain order in the city.

When Han Zhong received the news, he also felt incredible, in a big city like Yangzhou, Tuo Ming'a and De Axing ran away no matter how they said, and they didn't even let go of a shot, but a veteran from the green battalion sighed and said: "This is the true color of the green battalion!" A team like the Jiangnan camp is not an ordinary green camp at all! ”

Although the veteran who came back to report the news was not Han Zhong's old subordinate, he said that he was Feng Sixian's personal soldier recruited from Huangyan and was the most reliable, so he immediately sent a reinforced company to run and march to support Zheng Qiwang's forward team, and at the same time personally rushed back to ask Ye Ningbing and Fu Wendao for help.

"Is that soldier a white scene? That's right, it's the soldiers I recruited from Huangyan, no problem, turn, turn! He was worried about another question: "Deputy Commander Han, why don't you send a reinforced platoon behind the striker to respond?" If there is a reinforced platoon to support, then it is safe now! ”

According to Bai Jingyun's dictation, now Zheng Qiwang only has six veterans of the Hong Army and twenty or twenty Qing troops who have temporarily defected to Chengcheng, and they may not be politically reliable, and this point of strength is not vulnerable at all: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Ye Ningbing had already ordered the fleet to set sail: "To Yangzhou!" Go to Yangzhou! ”

Accompanied by the whistling sound of the steam engine, Fu Wendao also heard the bursts of gunfire in Yangzhou City, he had never been so anxious.

If Zheng Qiwang's six people failed, what would it have on the entire strategic layout of the Hong Army, and if he could take Yangzhou at the cost of zero casualties, what kind of opportunity would await him, but he didn't dare to think about it at all, but shouted loudly: "This assault on Yangzhou, I am the commando leader!" ”

"No! You're on the second line! Han Zhong shouted loudly: "I am the commander of the assault company, ready to land!" ”

The steamboats were running fast on the river, and they were rowing fast in kayaks, but when they landed and rushed into the city gate, they found that the defenders of the city gate had all been replaced by the rainbow army, that is, the infantry company of Han Zhong who ran and marched forcibly had merged with the vanguard of King Zheng Cai. …,

At the same time as they arrived, there was also an infantry reinforced platoon that rushed over by land, and more follow-up echelons were also rushing over, Fu Wendao was the first to rush into Yangzhou City with a rifle with a bayonet: "I am the commander of the assault company!" ”

King Zheng Qi's heart, which was originally hanging in his throat, also let go, and Fu Wendao shouted loudly: "Deputy Company Commander Zheng, I want to ask for credit for you......"

It's just that King Zheng Qi's face was still a little pale, and he shouted loudly: "Commander, the Qing demon in the city didn't run away......

"What?" Fu Wendao's face turned pale: "The Qing demon in the city didn't run, how did you rush into the city?" ”

In Fu Wendao's original estimate, Zheng Qiwang's vanguard can go straight to Yangzhou City, directly capture the city gate, and even have Yangzhou gentry to welcome it, it must be that the Qing army in Yangzhou abandoned the city and ran away, and the Hong army could take Yangzhou City at the cost of no casualties.

This is a pie that fell from the world, but when he personally entered Yangzhou City, King Zheng Qi, a hero, told him such an unexpected news.

King Zheng Qi was very embarrassed and said: "That's because of rumors, the Qing demon at this city gate ran away......

"Where is the Qing Demon?"

"Just a few hundred meters away!" King Zheng Qiwang told Fu Wendao: "Just now I led the team to suddenly rush out and disperse nearly a hundred Qing demons who rushed over!" ”

"How many of us are there?"

Fu Wendao looked around, the current strength is really not much, although there is an assault company, a reinforced company, a reinforced platoon, and the vanguard of King Zheng Cai, but the total number of troops entering the city is less than three hundred, and the brigade is still behind.

Of course, as long as he waits for another half an hour or an hour, it is estimated that most of the main force of the 11th Marine Regiment will be able to arrive, and he will have seven or eight hundred soldiers to use at that time, but this is also the limit of the strength in his hands.

But who knows how many troops there are inside and outside Yangzhou City, you must know that the Jiangbei battalion itself has 17,000 foot cavalry, plus the civilian regimental training and Tuyong, that is an extremely exaggerated number.

Just as Fu Wendao was thinking, Han Zhong, the deputy head of the regiment, also rushed over with half a company, and he told King Zheng Qiwang and Fu Wendao a good news: "Captain Ye Ningbing has also brought the sailor company ashore!" ”

"What is she doing on the shore, we don't dare to hurt her hair!"

How did Guan Jian solve the crisis in front of him, just when Fu Wendao was still hesitating, Ye Ningbing over there had already quickly crossed Fu Wendao, Zheng Qiwang, and Han Zhong, she was holding a short sword in one hand and a revolver in the other, and shouted loudly: "Assault!" ”

And the other party's street just happened to kill the Qing army all the way, Ye Ningbing had already set the tone of the assault for the whole battle, and Fu Wendao also roared: "Marine Corps!" Assault! ”。 ）

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