Chapter 80: The Battle of the Docks Leaving a baggage

There were two parts of the forces that attacked the Dashun army besieging Lingshui Wharf, one was the 5,000 cavalry that rushed out at the same time and Liu Yun and their actions to the west, and the 1,500 cavalry that Liu Chenghuang withdrew. This part of the men and horses were all cavalry, and after they broke out of the blockade line, they went all the way west along the Xiaoling River, arrived at the designated place, and met Liu Chenghuang, who had crossed the Xiaoling River. Before dawn, they rushed to the periphery of the Lingshui wharf, dismounted to rest, ate a little dry food, and fed the horses.

The Dashun army, which was surrounded by the perimeter of Lingshui Wharf, formed a semi-circular encirclement around the wharf. Although the area of Lingshui Wharf is much smaller than that of the smelter, it does not have the same convenient conditions as the smelter, and the blockade of a mountain pass will seal off the place. The camp of the Dashun army was divided into three places, one in the south near the Fen River, one in the north of the Xiaoling River, also near the Fen River, and the other on the east side of the Lingshui Wharf. This one on the east side is also the largest camp. According to the plan, Liu Chenghuang and Fan Chengkun cooperated to attack the largest camp in the east first.

Finally about to counterattack, Fan Chengkun and the others got the notice from the kiln, and they were all gearing up and excited. They are even more well prepared. Since the camp of the Dashun army was prepared to prevent the people in the Lingshui dock from rushing outward, their defense focus was also in the direction of the dock. Like the Dashun army on the other side of the smelter, they didn't expect anyone to attack from behind them. Therefore, if Fan Chengkun and them attack the camp, it will be more difficult than Liu Chenghuang's side. In this direction, the Dashun army not only dug trenches and built fences, but also arranged a large number of obstacles such as thorns, bamboo sticks, nail boards, etc. So Fan Chengkun and the others also prepared a large number of obstacle breaking tools and bridges.

Liu Chenghuang's style of play is completely different from Liu Yun's, Liu Chenghuang specializes in cavalry, and he wants to give full play to the advantages of cavalry's speed and speed.

After dawn, Liu Chenghuang first sent people armed with rifles and slowly moved to a place not far from the camp, and their target was the sentry on the tower in the camp. Liu Chenghuang first had to give full play to the advantages of artillery, and dozens of mortars opened fire on the camp together. At the same time as the mortar fired, the riflemen who were in ambush opened fire, firing first to solve the sentry on the tower. Then, taking advantage of the chaos in the camp, he sent people to rush to the front of the camp, put ** under the fence of the camp and the camp gate, and then quickly withdrew back with the wire.

At this time, Fan Chengkun, who heard the artillery firing outside, knew that the attack had begun, and their artillery fire also joined the attack. Fan Chengkun: Their artillery fire is denser, and there are 120 mortars with amazing power. For a time, there was a big chaos in the camp of the Dashun army, although the camp was full of veterans who were not afraid of death, but in the face of artillery fire, they were as fragile as catkins in the wind. In particular, the 120 heavy mortar shells toppled a tent and blew up parts of arms and legs with each shot.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Liu Chenghuang's side detonated **, and the fence of the camp was blown open several large openings at the same time. Liu Chenghuang's cavalry left 1,000 men to cover the artillery positions and block the support of the other Dashun army camps, and the other forces immediately divided into several ways and rushed into the Dashun army camp from these gaps.

These soldiers of the Dashun Army, who had just been stunned by the artillery fire, could not organize a decent resistance at all, and the musketeers and cavalry of the Dashun Army were all shotgun, and the close-range shooting of the shotguns fully showed their lethality, and the riflemen were even more like fish in water, and their rifles were almost all pointed at the heads of the soldiers of the Dashun Army.

Fan Chengkun heard the shouting and knew that the attack was starting outside. On their side, they also blew up the fence, cleared the obstacles, built bridges over the trenches, and the brigade of men and horses also killed them. On both the east and west, several ways attacked at the same time. In the chaos, the Dashun army was just waiting for the slaughter, and there was no power to fight back at all. One of their more unfortunate things was that their commander-in-chief was killed in the first round of shelling. Wait until the battle here is almost over. Liu Chenghuang and the 1,000 cavalry they left outside met the cavalry of the Dashun army coming out of the camp from the south to support, and the heavy machine guns that had been useless here began to fire. The fire of five heavy machine guns turned the cavalry on their backs. Except for the cavalry who did not rush near in the distance and turned around and ran, the more than 1,000 cavalry who rushed over were all defeated here.

When Liu Chenghuang and Fan Chengkun met in the camp of the Dashun Army, the battle was almost over. Watching the soldiers everywhere cleaning up the Dashun Army soldiers hiding in the tents, and a pair of Dashun Army prisoners walking in front of them. Fan Chengkun and Liu Chenghuang were full of emotion.

Liu Chenghuang said: "Brother Fan, do you still remember the scene when we left the dock with Uncle Chen? ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Where can I forget! We never thought we'd come back like this! ”

Liu Chenghuang laughed and said: "I just wanted to be able to take my son and follow Uncle Chen without being bullied, as long as I could have food." How could I have imagined that there would be today. Ha ha! I had so much fun today! ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Today's business is not over yet, I see that the thieves in the small camp in the north did not dare to move, let's fight the camp in the south as planned." ”

Liu Chenghuang said: "Okay! I'm still fighting from the outside, and you're still fighting from the inside. Leave a little of your men to clean up the battlefield, and my men will go out first. ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Okay! We'll see you in the camp to the north in a moment. ”

Of the three Dashun army camps that surrounded the docks, this camp that had just been destroyed by the Yaogang people was the largest, with a total of more than 30,000 people. There were more than 15,000 men in this camp from the north, which had just sent out cavalry to support. They heard the sound of cannons, and then the gunfire rang out, and they knew that the main camp had been attacked. They sent out 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to support. I didn't expect the cavalry who led the charge to encounter such a violent rain of bullets, and these bullets were really stained with death. More than 1,000 cavalrymen were killed before they could get close to them. If it weren't for the fast running of the back, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back.

After the support team retreated, when they told the commander of the camp about the situation, the commander was also frightened into a cold sweat. However, he quickly calmed down, and he knew that the people of the kiln gang dared to attack, that is, they were fully prepared. It seems that this time it is not a small matter. However, when I heard the gunfire in the main camp, I couldn't go if I didn't go to the rescue, even if there were many people who died, I had to go. If you don't go, the kiln gang people will set up the main camp, and then they will come to fight this small camp. If the kiln gang people can't beat the main camp and don't go to support themselves, they won't be able to save their heads.

Therefore, this time, the commander of this camp has to personally bring people to support.

Just as they were putting their ranks in order, the fierce gunfire on the main camp gradually stopped. The commander of the camp knew that the main camp had been defeated. It is said that at this time, he should take the men and horses to flee as soon as possible, but the military discipline of the Dashun army is very strict, and he did not receive the order to retreat without authorization, and there is a dead end. Then immediately organize a defense. At this time, the commander of this camp realized that his camp, except for some defensive measures in the direction of the dock, was surrounded by a fence, and there were almost no other defensive measures. But at this time, I found that everything was over. Soon rumbling cavalry came and surrounded their camp. Soon, dense artillery fire came from the outside and from the direction of the dock. After the intensive artillery fire plowed through the camp, the artillery fire stopped. A squeak came in with a sound, and the arrow shot in with a letter of persuasion. The people around the commander looked at him, and at this time, he understood that everyone knew that they could not fight, and if they continued to fight, it would only be more deaths. There were so many people in the main camp, and it didn't take long for them to all be defeated. In this camp of their own, they just don't attack, and they hit it with shells a few more times, and it's almost the same. But if you surrender, I'm too sorry for the emperor. How many times have I followed the life and death of the current emperor in the southern and northern wars, and he must not betray him. In order for the brothers to survive, he ordered a reply to the kiln people, and we surrendered. The letter of surrender was shot with a ringing of arrows, and they lined up to lay out their weapons. Prepare the kiln gang people to come and surrender.

The commander straightened his clothes, drew his sword, and killed himself. His own soldiers laid down his body. Waiting for the kiln people to come and surrender.

It was the cavalry led by Liu Chenghuang and Fan Chengkun who came in and surrendered, and when they saw the Dashun army lining up the team and putting it aside, they all felt that the Dashun army was really well-trained, and at this time, it would not be chaotic at all.

When Yoo Chenghuang saw the body of the camp commander and asked about the situation, Yoo Chenghuang said: "This man must be buried thickly, he died for his brothers." ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Leave it to me here, there is still a group of people north of Xiaoling River, you can take someone to solve it." Li Zicheng's reinforcements will also arrive in a while. ”

Liu Chenghuang agreed and led his troops straight to the north bank of the Xiaoling River, but when they arrived, it was already too late. The soldiers of the Dashun Army here abandoned the camp and ran away when they saw that the general trend had gone.

As soon as Liu Chenghuang went back to meet Fan Chengkun, he reported the battle situation to the Yaogang Command Center. The telegram said that one of the three Dashun army camps besieging Lingshui Wharf had been captured and one was forced to surrender, and the Dashun army in the other small camp abandoned the camp and fled. The results are being counted. Now the two soldiers and horses are combined into one, and they are preparing to deal with Li Zicheng's reinforcements.

When the command center heard the news, there was another burst of jubilation.

Ouyang He said: "Okay, while Li Zicheng and they didn't react, we will send troops to clear the enemy north of Yaogang." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "That's right! If they get the news, they will have to wait a while. ”

In fact, Li Zicheng and the number of people besieging the north of Yaogang were not large. Because there are hills in this direction, there is a passage in the middle of the hills. It was difficult to attack from here, because the forces were not easy to deploy. It's also not easy to get out of here. Since the kiln men could already get around from the outside, they sent an all-rifle regiment with mortars to rush through again from the opening that had been opened to the west. But this time, it was a large group of people rushing over in broad daylight. Now the Yaogang soldiers simply regard the besiegers of the Dashun Army as nothing. The Dashun army did not react, and the soldiers of the kiln gang rushed over. The soldiers of the Dashun Army did not expect that the Yaogang people would go out in one place twice, and the blockade here had not yet had time to be restored.

The soldiers of the Dashun Army ignored the stunned soldiers of the Dashun Army, and they rushed over not long ago and waded north across the Xiaoling River. The Xiaoling River here is far away from the Lingshui Wharf, and although the Lingshui Wharf has been impounded, the water level here is not high. They crossed the Xiaoling River, and when they went east, they crossed the Xiaoling River again. Because the Xiaoling River turns north from Yaogang. After crossing the Xiaoling River, they went around to the back of the Dashun army to the north to block the kiln gang. These Dashun troops also didn't expect someone to attack them from behind, and the camp was also very laxly defended. There's been no fighting here, so they're even less vigilant.

This regiment of the Dashun Army is an all-rifle regiment, and their commander saw that this camp is not big, that is, there can be thousands of people, and he said in his heart, don't do anything about the artillery bombardment and attack it, just come to a simple one. He sent someone to quietly put two bags of ** on the gate of their camp, and pressed *** to ignite and blow up the gate of this Dashun army camp. Before the Dashun army in the camp came to his senses from shock, he commanded the soldiers to rush into the camp and start a massacre. More than a thousand rifles, dealing with thousands of soldiers of the Great Shun Army who were panicked and armed with broadswords and spears, the result was already doomed. It just took a little time.

These soldiers who were arrogant and blocking the kiln gang people never thought that their seemingly powerful team would be so vulnerable. As a result of the battle, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Dashun army were killed, more than 2,000 were captured, more than 2,000 war horses, more than 3,000 horses, and countless other carts.

After winning the battle, the regiment sent people directly from the north to return to the kiln. Inform the family that the Dashun army to the north has been wiped out. The Yaogang Command Center also sent people directly from the north to take over the occupied camps, help clean up the battlefield, take over the prisoners, and treat the wounded.

The good news today in the command center is constant. Chen Yufeng ordered to kill pigs and sheep tonight to reward the troops.

At this time, news came from Lingshui Wharf again, and they did not wait for reinforcements from Yaogang. According to the Tanmalay report, the reinforcements of the Dashun army who supported them withdrew directly after they got that the Dashun army in the camp besieging Lingshui Wharf had been annihilated.

According to the statistics of Lingshui Wharf, more than 20,000 soldiers of the Dashun Army were killed, more than 20,000 people were captured, more than 10,000 war horses were captured, more than 5,000 horses were driven, and countless other car tents were captured.

After the regiment attacking from the north had finished explaining the camp and other matters, they did not stop, they returned to the edge of the Xiaoling River, walked west along the Xiaoling River, and came to the retreating bridge built by the Dashun army not far away. ”

Due to their haste, the Dashun army only had time to build a bridge over the Xiaoling River for retreat.

The regimental commander asked: "How many people are there on the north side of the bridge?" ”

The spearhead said, "There are about two or three hundred people, not many. There is also a small camp next to it, with about a few hundred people. ”

The regimental commander summoned several of his battalion commanders and said: "We must control the bridgehead and the camp at the same time. In this way, a battalion dealt with the bridgehead, killed the defenders of the bridgehead, and then blocked the bridge, and did not allow a single person to come again; The second battalion must control the camp against the camp, and we will stay there tonight, don't burn all the tents. The others followed me. Be careful to approach them as quietly as possible. ”

After receiving the order, the two battalions quietly approached the target. Fortunately, there are quite a few wicker shrubs on the banks of the river, which are now green. This was just to cover the actions of these two battalions. The main thing is that the Dashun army here no one came to bother again, except for the bombing of the bridge once. Besides, a sneak attack to blow up the bridge can only be done once, how can there be a second sneak attack, so these soldiers guarding the bridge are careless.

There was no vigilance in that camp, they knew that the soldiers of the Dashun Army were basically about to withdraw, and they were also preparing to retreat. Therefore, no one took care of the gates of their camp, and the soldiers went in and out casually.

The two battalions of Yaogang acted almost simultaneously, and the soldiers of the first battalion, under the leadership of the battalion commander, suddenly jumped up and opened fire at the same time as the rifles in their hands opened fire. Many of the more than 200 soldiers at the bridgehead were killed before they could understand what was going on. The soldiers of Yaogang rushed to the front, and the rifles in their hands continued to shoot, and after a while, there were no living soldiers of the Dashun Army here at the bridgehead. The soldiers who followed behind were depressed, and the battle was over before they could shoot.

The soldiers on the south side of the bridge heard the gunshots, and more than a dozen men rushed onto the bridge with guns in their hands, trying to support the north of the bridge. But before they could rush a few steps, they were killed by bullets fired from the north side of the bridge, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army behind them did not dare to rush anymore.

When the second battalion rushed into the camp, the soldiers of the Dashun Army in the camp were busy and seemed to be about to retreat. They saw the soldiers of the kiln gang rushing in with helmets and something in their hands, and their minds were a little dazed for a while. But when they were stunned, the kiln soldiers did not hesitate, and the automatic rifles in their hands kept beating and spraying flames, devouring the lives of the soldiers of the Dashun Army. There were not many soldiers in the camp, with an average of less than two soldiers per soldier.

Hearing that the gunfire had stopped, the regimental commander led the men to the bridgehead and said, "Leave a platoon to guard the bridgehead and not allow them to come." Then he led the team to the camp and ordered: "Hurry up and carry all the dead out, the smell of blood here is too great." How we sleep at night. ”

After arranging for everyone to clean up the camp, he sent out several groups of exploration horses to the north. He knew that the reason why these people guarding the bridge did not withdraw was because there was a baggage convoy behind that was inconvenient to retreat. He came here to leave the Dashun Army's baggage convoy behind.

Just as it was about to get dark, the probe came back panting and reported: "There is a long convoy from the north, with cavalry in front and behind. Afraid that they would find out that there was something wrong with this place, I went around in a circle before I ran back. They saw me and didn't chase me. ”

The regiment commander said: "Our purpose is to leave this convoy behind, and from now on, there will be no soldiers of the Dashun Army north of Yaogang." ”

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Paragliding, rubber model airplanes, piano making, and building an air force. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".