Chapter Seventy-Nine: Siege and Annihilation of the Camp Repulsion of Reinforcements

Li Jing, who came with Liu Yun, asked, "Senior brother, I don't understand, why don't you attack when they are asleep?" That would lead to a lot of confusion for them. ”

Liu Yun said: "You, too, will steal chickens and dogs." There are at least more than 50,000 people in their Dashun army, and if they are disrupted, they will be unable to get it all at once, and it will be difficult to annihilate them all. The main thing is that the night is not conducive to our firepower. Unable to see them, the superiority of our musket rifles is not obvious. ”

Li Jing said: "Now, you see that the Dashun army has begun to make food and eat. Let's get started! ”

"That's right! Let's go! After speaking, Liu Yun ordered the herald who followed behind: "Open the cannon!" ”

The herald said yes and turned to run. After a while, the sound of "knock-dong" shells was heard from the artillery position, and twenty mortars opened fire, and then there were bursts of "booming" explosions from the camp of the Dashun army.

The regimental commander who came out of the smelting yard heard the sound of artillery and knew that it was time to open fire, and also ordered the artillery to join the artillery operation. Their two 120-heavy mortars, which had not been used, also took part in the shelling. Soon the camp of the Dashun army was full of fires.

Li Jing and Liu Yun looked at each other and smiled, Liu Yun said: "These rabbit cubs, do you still need mortars?" It's a waste, I didn't even want to use it when I was here, and they were not welcome. ”

Li Jing said: "The 120 heavy mortar is in a hurry, how high do you see the people and tents of the Dashun army flying?" ”

Blockade of this land passage

The camp of the Dashun army is more than 1,000 meters wide and is just across the road. The camp of more than 50,000 people occupies a large area.

According to the plan, after several rounds of shelling of the camp by the mortars behind Liu Yun, they opened fire near the camp gate to the south. The corridor above the southern camp gate collapsed after the first round of shelling. After several rounds of shelling, with the camp gate as the center, the shells blew the fence more than ten zhang wide on both sides.

Zhao Jinli, the commander of the first division, said to Liu Yun: "Okay, I'll lead people to rush in!" ”

Liu Yun smiled and said, "You Zhao Fat Man, what are you anxious about?" Wait for them to rush for a while. "Zhao Jinli is an old man who came from Lingshui Wharf with Chen Yufeng, because he is fat, the veterans call him Zhao Fatzi.

Zhao Jinli said: "What if they rush to the smelting field? ”

"No, after they find out that they are surrounded, they must want to break through, so that they will want to take the road out and will definitely rush to our side." Liu Yun replied.

After a period of chaos in the camp of the Dashun army, these veterans of a hundred battles quickly calmed down. After Gao Yigong left here, he handed over a general Guo Yi to take charge of this place.

He was also having breakfast when he was suddenly shelled. When they found that there was a dense artillery fire coming from both the north and the south, he knew that the kiln men had done something to them. Because he already knew that Li Zicheng and their army had retreated from the north of Yaogang, needless to say that they had suffered a great defeat. But he didn't expect them to be surrounded so quickly. After composing himself for a moment, he felt that the only way to survive was to rush south out of the position that surrounded him from behind. This position must have been repaired last night, it will not be very complete, and besides, it is the only way to survive. However, he still kept an eye on it, he didn't know how many people the opponent came, if it was a small number of people, he rushed out like this, and it would be a crime to kill his head if he lost the camp and went back. So he formed the team into two teams, first sent a small team to attack once, and if it was very tolerant, he rushed out, which means that the opponent has few people and is not to be worried. If you can't rush, it means that the opponent is overwhelmed by a large army, and it is better to rush out.

Since this is a siege battle, there are not many cavalry in the Dashun army, a total of more than 10,000 people. This time, the tentative attack on the Dashun army dispatched 2,000 cavalry. With the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the cavalry of the Dashun army rushed from the camp to the gap in the camp that Liu Yun and their artillery had blown up.

Liu Yun ordered: "Artillery intercepts and fires, and machine guns are prepared." ”

The mortars in the back were the first to intercept and fire at the rushing cavalry, and the shells continued to explode in the cavalry ranks, and the horses that were blown down in front of them constantly tripped over the horses that rushed behind. By the time they reached the gap in the camp, five heavy machine guns had opened fire, as had all the kiln soldiers. The cavalry that rushed to this gap was quickly swallowed up by the rain of bullets. Just piled up in front of the gap into a mountain of meat. The two thousand cavalry rushed very quickly, and they were quickly wiped out. This General Guo Yi originally wanted to use 2,000 cavalry to test how many people from Yaogang came, but he never imagined that just a charge, their 2,000 iron cavalry fell on that gap. I thought that after the cavalry in front of them lost, they rushed up behind and rushed out with all their might. But seeing Fang Cai's scene, this Guoyi general didn't have the courage to rush like this again.

However, Liu Yun and the others didn't want to wait, and saw that the Dashun army was no longer rushing out. They quickly sent a regiment of infantry with heavy machine guns to rush to the gap in the camp, and under the continuous cover of artillery, after the infantry behind them also followed, they began to slowly attack the camp.

Such an attack was basically a massacre of muskets and rifles against broadswords and spears, and at most a massacre of soldiers with some muskets. The soldiers of the kiln gang lined up in a horizontal line, shooting as they marched forward. Occasionally, a musket or a bow and arrow knocked down some soldiers in front, and the soldiers behind did not hesitate to make up for it. Such an attack was extremely oppressive, almost driving the soldiers of the Dashun Army to retreat. And the soldiers attacking the kiln gang on the other side of the smelting field found that Liu Yun and they had begun to attack, and they began to rush into the camp. Although their weapons and equipment were not as good as Liu Yun's, they were numerous, and the reserve soldiers were all armed with muskets.

The soldiers of the Dashun Army, who fought a hundred battles, occasionally launched a desperate counterattack, but how could they withstand the shot of bullets. It's just that when the kiln soldiers attacked, there were more corpses under their feet. By the time the soldiers of the Dashun army were divided into two parts, and the teams attacking north and south of Yaogang converged, nearly half of the Dashun army had been killed and wounded. In the camp, the horses of the cavalry of the Dashun army could not run, and sitting on the horses was a better target for bullets.

The so-called defeat is like a mountain, he is really powerless to return to the sky, and he can no longer organize a counterattack, General Guoyi of the Dashun Army, looked up to the sky and sighed, pulled out his sword and killed himself. The rest of the soldiers slowly laid down their weapons.

After receiving the notice from the metallurgical side, they followed the orders of the command center and established a prisoner of war camp on the metallurgical side. Therefore, a large number of prisoners were taken directly into the city gates and into the prisoner of war camps. These captives have been trying to storm this gate, but they have not been able to do so, and they did not expect to be captured before they can enter. Since he did not expect to be able to capture more than 20,000 prisoners at once, the prisoner camp was suddenly packed.

Li Dong and his team immediately organized workers to expand the prisoner of war camp. Once again, the strength of the workers is on display. It took only a short time for rows of prisoner of war camps welded with steel bars to be built. The prisoners of war were all locked in these large iron cages.

Liu Yun sent away the prisoners of war, but they didn't dare to relax, they knew that Li Zicheng's reinforcements would arrive soon. The counting of the spoils of war was entrusted to a part of the reservists, and the regimental commander who guarded the smelter was in charge. Liu Yun and the others were ready to deal with Li Zicheng's reinforcements.

Liu Yun knew that Li Zicheng's reinforcements would not come, and if they came, many people would definitely come. Li Zicheng is still not short of people so far, and his consumption of hundreds of thousands of horses is not too much. Therefore, Liu Yun did not prepare for the total annihilation of reinforcements. He came to the position of the regiment that was responsible for holding back the reinforcements, and reinforced them with three heavy machine guns and five thousand reservists on the side of the metallurgy. Then lay the rest of the infantry and reservists in ambush behind the hills on either side of the formation. The 2,000 cavalry lay in ambush behind the blocking position, because the slopes on both sides were too steep to ambush the cavalry.

When it was almost noon, the Tanma in front reported that a large contingent of the Dashun army had arrived.

Liu Yun said to Li Jing and Zhao Jinli: "It seems that Li Zicheng's reinforcements did not delay too long, fortunately we did not entangle with the Dashun army here for too long. Tell the brethren that the ambush is ready. Their small group of sharp soldiers, the ambush soldiers on the mountain, must not be exposed, just have our blocking position to deal with. ”

Li Jing said: "It's a pity that our anti-infantry jump minebelt is too few. Otherwise, it's a great place to make a difference. ”

Liu Yun said: "Our artillery is enough. How many people do you estimate Li Zicheng can send here? ”

Li Jing said: "I am not Li Zicheng's military advisor, how can I know how many people Li Zicheng sent?" However, if Li Zicheng is more generous, he should send tens of thousands of people, they are not short of people, especially if they are afraid of us, they should send more people. ”

Liu Yun said: "Order the one behind, hurry up and make a little movement." Otherwise, the reinforcements of the Dashun army are not at ease. ”

On the other side of the camp, there began to be bursts of shouting and "banging" gunfire, and occasionally the explosion of "boom" shells.

At this time, a signal came from the front that the enemy had arrived.

Liu Yun, Li Jing, Zhao Jinli, and the kiln officers who were expected to have a telescope all picked up their binoculars and looked ahead.

In front, there were about a hundred cavalrymen running over. Liu Yun ordered: "Put the sharp soldiers in front and listen to my orders before fighting." Don't kill them all, put some back. ”

These more than 100 cavalrymen were indeed the top soldiers sent by the reinforcements, and they had been advancing cautiously when they came, but the sound of guns and cannons could be heard in the distance, and they thought that a fierce battle was going on in front of them. So he let the horses run over. They also found that there was a blocking position ahead, but in order to send more accurate information back to them, they rode to a place very close to the front. In their old mind, such a distance was a safe distance from the position. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden burst of gunfire from the opposite position, and the cavalry of more than 100 people was knocked down more than a dozen people at once, and ten people fell off their horses on the spot. The rest of the people turned their horses and ran back.

The reinforcements who came to support this time were also led by a general Guo Yi. Li Zicheng's General Guoyi was all fought through bloody battles and accumulated military merits. They are all battle-hardened characters. Ever since they had to lead the team to support, he knew that if it was really the kiln gang people who sent troops to do it. Maybe by the time their reinforcements arrived, the kiln people would have eaten up all the teams in the smelter. However, the scout horse in front came back to report that he was blocked by the kiln man, and he could still hear the sound of gunfire coming from the smelter. This general Guo Yi was overjoyed in his heart, and he could hear the sound of gunfire, indicating that the Dashun army on the other side of the smelting field was still fighting with the Yaogang people. In this case, more than 40,000 people surrounded by him from the outside may create a miracle. He immediately ordered the red-coated cannon to fire a few shots, which was to inform the brothers who were fighting against the kiln gang that reinforcements had arrived, so that they could hold on.

Liu Yun and Li Jing laughed when they heard the sound of artillery in the distance, they knew that the reinforcements of the Dashun army had been deceived.

After a while, a group of cavalry rushed over in smoke and dust, and the cavalry waved their sabers and shouted as they charged. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves echoed through the valley and was earth-shattering.

Liu Yun ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

Dozens of mortars immediately hit the cavalry team, and one by one the horses and people were lifted to the ground by the shells, and some of their arms and legs also flew into the sky, but when they rushed over, the cavalry did not hesitate to move forward. When they got close to the blocking position, they shot their bows and arrows. But the bullets were denser, more violent, and more wounding than their bows and arrows, and they were thrown off their horses one after another. In particular, the crossfire of the three heavy machine guns was like a hot broom, sweeping the flesh and blood of the cavalry and horses directly. But there are still cavalry quickly rushed into the blocking position, when they brandished their sabers and prepared to rush to kill, they encountered the old way of dealing with the cavalry of the Yaogang people, first of all, there were many horses' hooves stepped into the trap pit dug by the Yaogang people, so that the horses would immediately break the horse's legs, and the cavalry would fall off the horse, and the cavalry who did not fall into it immediately found that there were many horses in front of them, and their horses were not sure to cross the horses, and when they reined in the horses and hesitated, it was likely that a few bullets would hit him. Because it's too close to the blocking position. The cavalrymen on horseback were in front of the muzzle of the gun, and there was no need to aim at them.

In this attack, the Dashun army dispatched 2,000 cavalry, and they were knocked down by artillery interception and fire, and were hit by machine guns, and the rest was practiced by the infantry. Not a single of the 2,000 cavalry ran back. Although General Guo Yi, who was watching the battle behind, was also experienced in a hundred battles, he still couldn't fight such a battle, so it was no wonder that he was not able to fight. Fighting with cold weapons, if he knew this generation difference, then he would still dare to stand here, and he would already be a bold person.

There is no way, since he has to fight if he comes, this time he ordered 10,000 cavalry to use a group charge to flood the position of Yaogang at once. He wants 10,000 horses, which is the time for you to kill and kill. This time he ordered the artillery to bombard first. However, as soon as their artillery was launched, the artillery observers of the Yaogang people on the mountain found out, and immediately indicated the target to their artillery, and before the artillery of the Dashun army opened fire, the 120 heavy mortars spoke first, and after a comparative shot, the artillery position that the Dashun army had just established was blown over. The shocking explosion of the 120 heavy mortars made the reinforcements really tremble. At this time, the general Guo Yi knew that he had to attack, otherwise the army would be disheartened and the battle would not be fought.

When the tide of the Dashun army's attack began, Liu Yun and the others did not dare to be careless, and at the beginning they organized artillery artillery to conduct rapid fire, creating a blockade line to intercept the cavalry's attack, and 120 heavy mortars also joined the bombardment. To say that Li Zicheng's cavalry is really brave and tenacious, the process of their charge is to go forward and one after another, the front falls, the back follows, and there is no hesitation to retreat. When they rushed into the range of the machine guns, Liu Yun signaled and ordered the soldiers who were ambushed on the hills on both sides to shoot together, tens of thousands of muskets and rifles, dozens of mortars, and seven heavy machine guns, and began a frenzied slaughter. For a time, the entire valley was full of flesh and blood, and it was miserable.

When the gunfire stopped, the valley was covered with blood, the dead horses were still neighing, and the wounded soldiers were wailing. Both sides of the confrontation were fluted for a while, and they were both shocked by the tragic situation in front of them. This bloody and tragic situation in broad daylight made the soldiers who had been fighting for a long time also feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.

The general Guo Yi, who was still the attacking Dashun army, first woke up. He knew that the battle in front of him was no longer a battle, it was a completely one-sided slaughter. If the opponent rushes over, he has no ability to resist at all. He ordered the front team to change into the rear team, and the rear team to change into the front team, and retreat. The general made up his mind that even if he went back and be killed, he would not allow his soldiers to fight this kind of hopeless battle again. Fortunately for them, the kiln people did not pursue.

This battle was fought by the Yaogang soldiers, and they themselves felt too bloody, and what made Liu Yun dissatisfied was that although many cavalry were killed here, there were basically no intact war horses. Leaving Zhao Jinli to organize everyone to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded. Liu Yun and Li Jing came to the smelting field to report the victory of the resistance battle to Yaogang, and the news of the victory of the siege camp in front was reported to the command center. Now, the results of the battle in the camp have been basically counted, and more than 25,000 soldiers of the Dashun army have been killed and more than 21,000 prisoners have been captured. 12,000 horses, more than 8,000 horses, 1,500 camels, 3,000 carts, and five cannons were captured. There were countless other weapons, cart tents, grain and grass.

After the Yaogang command center got the report, it was jubilant. Ouyang He said: "Mr. Zhang, this battle really shows the combat effectiveness of our team. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Haha! I think Li Zicheng should consider withdrawing troops back to Shaanxi! ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Li Zicheng is not a person who easily admits defeat, we must have a few bloody battles with Li Zicheng before he will leave convincingly." ”

Everyone else in the command center agreed with Chen.

The command center's order to Liu Yun was to reorganize the team and leave the team that had originally guarded the smelting field to continue to guard the smelting field. After resting for the night, he immediately sought an opportunity to withdraw to the kiln.

At this time, the battle report from the Lingshui Wharf also came.

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