Chapter 140: The Sand Army
Of course, Ji Ying's self-murder will not succeed, although Guo Xing'a just looked at it coldly, but the room is not full of dead people, and behind Ji Ying is the guard squad who escorted him back, where will he sit idly by, everyone rushed up and stopped Ji Ying.
"Let go of me!" Ji Ying was snatched away by his own soldiers, and he still struggled.
Bo Ritu watched his old brother looking for death and life, and felt very uncomfortable, but he was afraid that his words and pleas would arouse Guoxing's rebellious psychology. The two of them have mutiny together and rebelled against Guoxing'a, and it is difficult to guarantee that Guoxing'a will not declare his personal vendetta. Fortunately, several people stood up in Xiande, and Bo Ritu quickly followed and strengthened the team of pleas.
"Those who abandon the army and absconder will be killed immediately! I am the Son of Heaven and the Eight Banners are pro-army, the military law is strict, there is no emotion to talk about, you go to the army and fight quickly, don't say more! Looking at the pleading team, Guo Xing'a scolded them back without waiting for them to speak.
"Huh!" Xiande and the others were blocked in their hearts by Guo Xing'a for thousands of words.
"Fuquan, help the second battalion commander on the road!" Guo Xing'a exhaled deeply, Ji Ying is also a person who is often by his side, and he is actually very unbearable. However, military law is military law, and Guo Xing'a can't break the rules he has set.
Ji Ying is a member of the fourth rank of the imperial court, even if he violates the military law, in fact, Guo Xing'a has no right to kill him, but Ji Ying can commit suicide. Fuquan also wanted to intercede, but looking at Guoxing A Tieqing's face, he still didn't dare to speak. Several soldiers from the guard platoon came over to separate the guards of the second battalion and handed a dagger to Ji Ying.
It's not that the civil and military officials in the hall haven't thought of persuasion, but they are now scared stupid. A general who has escaped from a bloody battle, Guo Xing'a has only one dead word, how can they have seen such a cruel picture after a long time. The dozens of officials in the hall were silent, cold sweat dripping and dripping, and they even forgot to wipe their sweat.
"My lord, our battalion commander has been wronged!" One of Jiying's own soldiers fell to his knees and crawled in front of Goxinga.
"I know, I know, but abandoning the army and absconding is only death, not only him, but also me!" Goxinga sighed, rubbing against the top of the soldier's head.
"My lord, our battalion commander didn't abandon the army and abscond, it was the company commander Hatan who knocked him unconscious, and then a few of us carried him back, if you want to kill us, kill us! The battalion commander has been fighting bloody battles on the front line, and he has not absconded! The soldier cried bitterly.
"My lord, if you want to kill us, kill us! Our battalion commander did not escape! Several of the soldiers in the back also knelt down together.
Ji Ying's dagger had already been wiped on his neck, and Guo Xing'a walked over and grabbed his blade, and the blade easily cut through Guo Xing'a's well-maintained hand, and blood was dripping down.
"My lord......" Ji Ying cried again.
"Can you still ride a horse?" Guo Xing'a took the dagger, and Fuquan hurriedly took a bandage and came over to bandage Guo Xing'a's wound.
"Yes!" Ji Young scrambled to his feet.
"Follow me out of town and get your people out!" Goxinga gently patted Jiying's shoulder.
"Huh!" Ji Ying and a few pro-soldiers replied firmly.
Outside, Mu Shun and Feng Sheng'a have already completed the army, and Fushun even sent Guoxing's armor over, and after Guoxing'a was neatly dressed, he was about to walk out of the lobby.
"Your Excellency!" The old men of Saishan'a and Xiande suddenly stopped in front of Goxinga.
"What for?" Goxinga was furious, he knew that these people had come to rebel again.
"There are tens of thousands of enemies outside the city, and the commander of the army must not move lightly, please sit in command in the palace and send a reconnaissance company to rescue Hatan, Jin Xi and others!" Xiande had not been able to stop Goxinga once, so this time Saishana personally stepped out. When Cezanne had just gone out to reorganize his troops and horses, he went up to the city wall to see that there were too many enemies outside the city.
"How many people can be saved by a company, we have a battalion of brothers outside!" In the face of Cezan'a, a father-like figure, Guo Xing'a can only be patient.
"How much is saved!" Saishana only asked for the two company commanders Hatan and Kim Hee to be rescued, and it was not a big deal if a group of recruits died.
"I, Goxinga, will not leave any of my brothers behind!" Guo Xing'a was panting like a cow, if he didn't know that all the starting points of these people were for his own good, Guo Xing'a really wanted to lock them all up.
"Don't be rash!" Sezanne is no less tempered than Gohinga.
"The thieves are powerful, Yun Shuai should stay away from the edge for the time being!" Zhao Xin and Tuo Ming'a also came over to join in the fun, they didn't need Guoxing's protection, but Guoxing'a had to open the city gate when he went out of the city, and they didn't want this.
"Do a group of nameless grass robbers want me to leave behind my brothers who live and die together? Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng's 100,000 long hairs can't touch me at all, and I'm afraid that they won't be able to! Today is Li Xiucheng outside the city, and Lao Tzu is also going to save his brother! Uncle Sai, it's not a stranger outside, it's our own brother Paoze! Guo Xing'a shook off Zhao Xin and Tuo Ming'a, who were pretending to be close. Anyway, no one will delve into the details of the battle of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, Guo Xing'a naturally blew it wildly, anyway, he really fought with Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng's 80,000 people.
"If you want to go, step on me!" After listening to Guoxing's blowing, Bi Yuntao, Mu Shun and others all supported the dispatch of troops, and everyone wanted someone to save them when they were surrounded. Saishana had no support group, so he simply took out Huiyang's spirit card and knelt directly in front of Goxinga.
All of a sudden, everyone quieted down, all Chinese dynasties ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety, and this filial piety word is bigger than the sky. Lao Tzu's spiritual position has come out, Guo Xing'a must not be able to break out, otherwise he will be charged with unfilial piety, and he will not be able to turn over in his life.
"I, Amma, was killed in battle, not in a nest!" Goxinga threw down a word, and walked out with the generals bypassing Saishana.
Climbing the city wall and taking a look at the battle situation under the city, Guo Xing'a also had a little numbness in his scalp. In the darkness, only the torches held high by the Twist Army could be seen, and the second battalion was surrounded by this torch thicket. By the light of the flares, Goxinga could see that the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were exhausted, that they were no longer armed with rifle bayonets, some with swords in their hands, others with spears, apparently taken from the hands of the enemy. The rigorous training kept them in a tight formation, and the scarred soldiers struggled to hold the line, but they were still too weak in the face of the clashing cavalry. Every impact of the Twist Army was like a heavy hammer hitting the second battalion's military formation, and a group of out-of-control war horses could knock down four or five soldiers, if it weren't for the Twist Army also cherishing feathers, the second battalion would have been wiped out.
Guoxing'a at the head of the city gathered all the officers to meditate and ponder, in such a dark environment, not only could not save people if they attacked rashly, but it was likely that even the rescue force would be besieged. The basic strategy set by Guo Xing'a was to directly attack the center of the Twist Army with cavalry, and the infantry raid was combined with the second battalion, and then the cavalry was broken and the various units withdrew into the city. The key to this strategy is to attack the enemy to save or disrupt the army, but in the darkness, where to find the enemy's center, and how to disrupt the enemy!
"They seem to care about flares!" Tan Shaoguang stayed in the barracks to sleep, refusing to see any Qing Dynasty officials, and this time it was only the all-arms battle that woke him up. Listening to Guo Xing'a's words of not giving up a brother, Tan Shaoguang was quite emotional in his heart, and when he saw that Guo Xing'a was in a hurry in the city, he casually reminded him.
"Flares?" Guo Xing'a also discovered that when the Qing army had just fired flares to observe the situation, many soldiers of the Twist Army were panicked, and those who were not chaotic stopped their movements and looked at the sky stupidly. But how to use it? The flares were too short a distraction for the Twisters.
"The cavalry rushed into the enemy's formation, and continuously fired flares everywhere, and the enemy army was bound to be in turmoil!" Tan Shaoguang didn't understand how he lost to Guo Xing'a, this guy often short-circuited his brain.
"Thank you!" Guo Xing'a turned around and arched his hand to Tan Shaoguang. There was an agreement between the two of them, Tan Shaoguang only participated in the battle against the foreigners, and this dedication was regarded as Tan Shaoguang's voluntary labor.
Goshinga began to deploy troops, and the artillery drew ten Napoleonic cannons to fire huge cannon flares at large elevation angles, and the other artillery shells to support the cavalry and infantry when the flares provided good visibility. All the infantry companies were to concentrate the knife platoon, which was the original assault company, and their shotguns and revolvers guaranteed their high rate of fire and firepower, and they would be the sharp knives for this rescue. Guo Xing'a originally wanted to lead the assault company in person, but was persuaded by everyone, so he could only command from the head of the city. After the cavalry received a large number of flares, the gates of Texas slowly opened, and Mu Shun took the lead in killing the enemy.
Compared with the Twist Army outside the city and the Twist Army in Yixian, there is not much difference. They were equally poorly equipped, equally armed with donkeys and mules to equip the cavalry, and similarly lacking some organization and command. Ten cannonballed flares rose into the sky, as if ten meteors had streaked across the sky, and at the same time bloomed with dazzling light. The soldiers of the Twist Army raised their heads stupidly, looked at the gorgeous spectacle in the sky, and then fell into a state of stupor, and even the whistling cavalry did not react when they killed in front of them.
Mu Shun's cavalry swept over the Twist army like a gust of wind, and everything that dared to stop in front of them was cut into two pieces by the saber, but there were not many Twist troops they killed. The formation of the Twist Army was extremely chaotic, and their formation, which was obviously attacking, was like a rout of the chaotic army, and the east and west were in a mess, and the cavalry rushed out directly from their huge gap.
The infantry of the Qing army also began to leave the city, and the fierce artillery at the head of the city provided cover for them, and a few brave twist troops rushed to block them, and even tried to seize the city gate. However, there was no fierce battle at the gates of the city, and after a volley of infantry from a company, thousands of troops scattered.
Under Tan Shaoguang's prompting, Guo Xing'a's hard-thinking plans all failed, and the twisting army seemed to be an army piled up of sand, as long as it was touched lightly, it would be scattered in an uproar. Whether it is cavalry or infantry, there is only one chance to shoot when facing the enemy, and the enemy will not rush up to fight you, but will disappear without a trace as quickly as sand in the wind, and you will never have a second chance to shoot at them.
Guo Xing'a finally figured out one thing, how the second battalion, which was full of recruits, ran all the way for ten miles while fighting and retreating after breaking through. It seems that if the second battalion had not run out of bullets, it would probably have returned to Texas safely under the escort of 30,000 troops. It's no wonder that a team full of recruits can resist the siege of 30,000 troops for a few hours in hand-to-hand combat.
"A bunch of bandits!" Guo Xing'a couldn't cry or laugh.
"The bandits are stronger than them!" Tan Shaoguang hated iron and steel.
The battle to rescue the second battalion was over, and Ji Ying, who was sitting on a horse and shaking, personally rescued his second battalion, the second battalion of 800 people, and only more than 500 people withdrew to the city, and all of them were wounded. Although the Twist Army is a little vulnerable, after all, there is a huge disparity in strength, how can the Twist Army have 30,000 people, even if it is besieged by 30,000 pigs, it is very terrible. The second battalion lost two-thirds of its equipment, but fortunately it did not lose its spirit, and a group of recruits who couldn't walk well in unison also had the perseverance of veterans on their faces.