Chapter Fifty-Nine: Night Attack on the Fort, Death by Waving the Flag

After Hao Shaoqi returned from a defeat in attacking the fort, he immediately sent someone to report the battle situation to Li Zicheng's old battalion, and at the same time told Li Zicheng that he would take advantage of the night to carry out a night attack tonight.

When he commanded the attack today, Hao Shaoqi knew in his heart that no matter how many people rushed like this, it would not be enough to fill in, because his own people had already been killed without even seeing the face of the opponent, and the battle could not be fought at all.

Li Zicheng, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, and Military Advisor Song Xiance in the old camp have always been at a loss, and they seem to be mentally prepared when they hear the news of Hao Shaoqi's defeat.

However, Song Xiance was still very interested in Hao Shaoqi's idea of using the night to carry out a night attack, he said: "The method of shaking the flag may work, we have almost no power to fight back in the face of the artillery fire of the Yaogang people. If we attack at night and we suddenly rush in front of them, their artillery will not work. Let's hear how the flag waving will be tonight, shall we? ”

"Who said that the flag is a fierce general, I think the flag will also use his brain." Niu Jinxing said.

Li Zicheng also nodded and said: "Waving the flag can be like this today, it has grown." Let's see how he played tonight, right? ”

After Hao Shaoqi led the team back to the camp, he summoned all the generals to discuss the sneak attack at night, and he said: "Today's attack, the big guys have seen it. Our people were killed before they could even get close to the edge of others. I don't think it's useful for us to kill so many people. We have to get the Fa up and make their cannons useless. So I want to take advantage of the night tonight to sneak attack, and by the time they find us, we'll already be on the sidelines, so that we can be less injured by their artillery fire. ”

One general said: "We can also use the cavalry to rush forward quickly, reduce the time of the charge, and also reduce the injury from artillery fire." ”

Hao Shaoqi said: "It's a good idea, I think we are like this today, first use the infantry to sneak upward, if it doesn't work, the cavalry behind will charge directly." Horses are better at night than men. Tonight, I'll take people up myself. I looked, they have a lot of ** buried in the barbed wire, and we can't all use people to fill their**. Rushing in front of their barbed wire, we will attack their ** formation from one direction in the east, and we will pile up people on one side, and contain them on the other sides, and then attack if we have the opportunity. ”

This time, Hao Shaoqi was still preparing to attack from the east and west, but the east was the main and the west was supplemented. The first group of attackers consisted entirely of infantry, and those with leather coats were dressed backwards, leaving their wool side exposed. When crawling in this way, it was easy to hide in the snow, and it was stipulated that the attacking soldier had something in his mouth so as not to make a sound. The cavalry that followed behind, the horses were all chewed, and they were not allowed to make a sound. Hao Shao's death order is, whoever makes a voice will not be spared.

In order to achieve concealment in this attack, the brigade quietly left the camp after dark. Li Zicheng's Dashun army was really well-disciplined, with 20,000 horses, almost no other sound except for the sound of horses' hooves, and they camped completely quietly. After leaving the camp, they were divided into two teams, and they all quietly advanced to the starting position of the attack. After the receivers who had been ambushed in advance took them to the starting position, the infantry lined up in formation and quietly advanced, and after advancing to a certain distance, they all crawled forward on the ground. Hao Shaoqi took his own soldiers and followed behind the infantry, and also crawled on the ground. At this time, although the fine snow blown by the north wind hit the people's faces, it also covered the attackers who were crawling forward, and the sound of the north wind howling also muffled the sound of the attackers pressing the snow on the ground. Although the weather was very cold, due to the high degree of tension, Hao Shaoqi and his soldiers felt that it was too hot to be hot. The batteries in the distance were getting closer, and the soldiers standing guard on the batteries probably didn't show their heads in the biting cold wind.

Hao Shaoqi calculated, if he can capture this fort in one fell swoop tonight, he can give an explanation to King Chuang, and he will have a good drink after he is done, in order to fight, he has not drunk a drop of alcohol in the past few days, and his life is too sad.

But just as Hao Shaoqi was distracted, there was a sudden explosion in front of him, which made Hao Shaoqi break out in a cold sweat, and he said in his heart, "What do I want to do with wine at this time?" Isn't this an immediate response! ”

Hao Shaoqi's military discipline was really strict, and there were still people injured next to the people who were killed, but the wounded soldiers didn't scream, and the whole team immediately fell to the ground and didn't move.

The company commander who guarded this fort was very happy when he won a battle during the day, because he had never commanded a battle alone. Although today's battle should not be commanded by himself, the supreme commander who guards here is himself, so he also knows that his credit should be not small. In particular, their brothers have been trained in this battle, and they are obviously different, and they are not recruits when they look at them. This battlefield is really training people, I haven't seen blood on the battlefield, no matter how much I practice, it's useless. The military advisor sent a telegram reminding him that he wanted to prevent the Dashun army, which had suffered losses during the day, from attacking at night at night, which reminded him. Even if the Dashun army is stupid, they can also see that they have no chance of winning during the day, and the possibility of a night attack at night is really great. Therefore, he didn't dare to be careless, and when he saw that the Dashun army had withdrawn, he sent people to arrange a lot of ** on the offensive roads of the Dashun army in several places. Since the passage was full of frozen corpses, it was easy to place tripping mines. This company commander personally arranged the minelaying position, which basically did not leave too many holes. Because he was not at ease, in addition to arranging for the officers on duty at night, he himself did not dare to undress and sleep, but lay down with his clothes.

When the first ** sounded, he turned over, ran to the fort, took the binoculars, and looked carefully in the direction where the ** sounded, but in that direction, the ground was covered by white snow, and there was no sign of anyone. He thought maybe a wolf or a dog had come to eat the carcass at night. He looked around carefully, but there was no sign of anyone in sight, so he instructed the soldiers standing guard to keep an eye on it, not to be careless, and to go back to sleep. But lying on the bed, he still felt unsteady in his heart, and said in his heart not to be careless. He called out to a platoon commander again and told his platoon to get up and be on duty. He also asked the artillery platoon to get up half of it and be on combat readiness duty. Although these soldiers who were shouted in the middle of the night were scolding, no one dared not carry out the order.

In fact, the figure that the company commander observed with a telescope on the fort, Hao Shaoqi and them could see it clearly when they were lying on their stomachs, but the soldiers of the Dashun Army were lying on the ground, and their bodies were covered with fine snow by the small north wind. Not detected by the people on the battery. After the figure on the fort disappeared, after waiting for a while, Hao Shaoqi gave the order to move forward again, but they had just climbed for a while, and there was a flash of fire in front of them, and there was a "boom" and another ** exploded. Hao Shaoqi knew that this time it was exposed anyway. Without hesitation, he got up and gave the order to charge, and at the same time gave way to the attack, which was intended for the cavalry behind.

The Dashun army began to attack almost at the same time as the explosion of the second **. The defenders on the battery, the soldiers who were ready, also rushed to their positions at the same time. The earth-shattering shouts and the explosion of shells suddenly erupted in the winter night.

The company commander of the defenders said, "Thanks to me, I didn't dare to be careless. "Those soldiers who were still scolding in their hearts now admire their company commander from the bottom of their hearts. Although the battery had sent a telegram to the command center to inform the situation as soon as possible, the artillery of the kiln gang would not provide artillery support so quickly. The mortars on the batteries had to deal with attacks from both sides, and the fire was dispersed.

At this time, one of the platoon commanders of the defenders said to the company commander: "Our artillery should hit close, so that the shells will be dense, and no matter how many people the thieves have, they must also get closer." ”

"That's right! You're okay, kid, why didn't you say it earlier. The company commander immediately ordered the artillerymen to hit the shells in front of the barbed wire, which was much more effective, because the soldiers of the Dashun Army rushed here, and the density of personnel was very large, and each shell could blow up several or even a dozen soldiers of the Dashun Army. But when the cavalry behind the Dashun army rushed up, although many horses were blown down due to the large target of the horses, the impact of the cavalry was still revealed, and the first batch of cavalry quickly rushed into the second barbed wire. However, the cavalry behind continued to rush forward despite them. Since it was night, the soldiers on the battery were less effective in shooting. At this time, the gun emplacement had to start throwing hands**.

The platoon commander who gave advice to the company commander just now was really a brain-wielding person, and he came to give the company commander another suggestion: "Company commander, our soldiers are not good at shooting in the dark and wasting bullets. I think we're going to hit the fire oil between the first barbed wire fence and the second barbed wire, where the corpses are stacked in layers and set them all on fire, so that we can keep the thieves out and give us light. ”

"Good idea, I didn't expect you kid to be a Zhuge Liang. Fast! Order the artillery to fire oil bombs! The company commander happily ran towards the artillery position.

After a while, a batch of fire oil bombs hit the first and second barbed wire, and both the living soldiers and the dead soldiers were set on fire, and the living soldiers rolled and screamed, and the dead soldiers were quickly burned. Only a few brave cavalrymen could not restrain their horses and rushed through the fire barrier, but they were quickly dismounted by the soldiers on the battery with muskets by the light of the fire. The people who barely rushed under the fort were also blown down by the hands ** thrown from above.

At this time, the brave Hao Shaoqi had already rushed to the front of the fire barrier with his own soldiers, and he saw that the fort was in front of him, but he just couldn't rush in, so angry that he shouted "wow". At this time, the Tiger Squat Cannon in the back was lifted up, and he immediately ordered to fire at the battery. These tiger squat cannons are very laborious to fire again after one shot, and they need to clean the chamber and recharge before they can be fired. And they are all solid running bullets, and they don't know where to hit yet. However, when the people on the battery found them, they generally did not let them fire a second shot, and soon the shells would fall on their heads.

At this time, the platoon commander who gave the company commander an idea gave the company commander an idea again. He said: "We should fire a few rounds of fire and oil shells on the road of the thief army, and indicate the target to the artillery of the kiln gang, and the artillery of the kiln gang will soon be able to support us with artillery fire." ”

The company commander patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, you have made a great contribution today." I will mention you as the deputy company commander, and I will send a telegram to the command center after the battle. "Their company is the only special company that has direct access to the command center.

The platoon commander immediately saluted and said, "Thank you, company commander." ”

The artillerymen on the battery quickly fired a few rounds of fire oil shells in front of the battery, marking the position of the artillerymen in the distance. The artillery of the kiln gang was preparing to open fire according to the coordinates because they could not see the target clearly. The observer reported that the battery had given us the target.

The artillery of the kiln gang immediately opened fire on the indicated target.

With the support of the kiln artillery, the heavy mortars on the battery, which had not spoken all this time, also opened fire. The heavy artillery bombardment quickly broke the will of the soldiers of the Dashun army, and Hao Shaoqi also knew that the general trend had gone, so he immediately ordered a retreat, but retreat was not an easy task. The Yaogang side did not know that the Dashun army had retreated, and the shelling did not stop.

The casualties in the retreat of the Dashun army were also very heavy. What's even more tragic is that Hao Shaoqi was shot again. This time Hao Shaoqi was seriously injured, and his own soldiers desperately snatched him back, but Hao Shaoqi's injury was too serious, and when he returned to the camp, the military doctor bandaged it and did not dare to treat it, so he sent Hao Shaoqi to the old camp overnight to ask the old fairy Shang Jiong to treat him.

Li Zicheng was anxious when he heard that Hao Shaoqi was seriously injured again. He turned straight outside the big tent where Hao Shaoqi was treated. Hao Shaoqi is loyal to himself, if he doesn't often drink and make mistakes, he will definitely be better reused.

Finally, the old immortal Shang Jiong came out, Li Zicheng greeted him and asked, "Old immortal, how is the flag waving?" Can you take a breath? ”

The old immortal Shang Jiong shook his head and said, "King Chuang, this time the flag is enough to choke." Let's see if he can survive today! ”

King Chuang clapped his hands and stomped his feet, "Alas! This flag-waving! Why don't you be careful! ”

Hearing the dense sound of cannons, Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to take the children to eat something, and he came directly to the command center. Ouyang He, who was on duty in the command center, said: "Mr. Zhang, sure enough, Hao Shaoqi attacked at night. However, the commander of our battery did well. There was no carelessness after the big victory during the day, they were prepared. I'm fighting it now. After a while, our artillery will be even more fine. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "As long as they don't succeed in sneak attack, it shouldn't be a big problem." Until now, our muskets have not really worked. It's just artillery. ”

At this time, Chen Yufeng also rushed over, and Ouyang He explained the situation. Chen Yufeng said: "Then it's fine. ”

Ouyang He said: "I'm a little worried, if Li Zicheng discovers our strength, will he withdraw from the army." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "He has cleared us out of Jinzhong and Jinnan, and he will be fine even if he returns to Shaanxi." ”

"Let's let them help us clean up a few counties in northern Shanxi. Otherwise, we won't be able to fight, and if we don't, we'll get in the way. Zhang Zhimu said.

Ouyang He analyzed: "I estimate that the fort and Xiurong will not be able to fight, and if they hit the fort, they will also fight together with our kiln." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The next time it should be Li Zicheng's personal expedition, otherwise they will have no new moves." Li Zicheng and we know each other's catties. ”

Ouyang He said: "Then come early!" Don't wait for the sky to be civilized before fighting, our horses are frozen with permafrost. ”

Due to Hao Shaoqi's injury, Li Zicheng was flustered, and until noon, Hao Shaoqi finally ran out of breath. The old fairy came into the big tent and said, "King Chuang, mourn! Waved the flag and left. ”

Li Zicheng sat there motionless, leaning his head back on the back of the chair, tears streaming out of his eyes. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance also couldn't help wiping their tears. They all knew the relationship between Hao Shaoqi and Li Zicheng, so no one dared to comfort Li Zicheng. After waiting for a long time, Li Zicheng wiped his tears and said, "I feel strange." According to the battles we fought with the kiln people, we were far behind, but why didn't they take the initiative to attack. If they take advantage of our defeat to attack, it will greatly expand the results of the war, wouldn't this Zhang Zhimu know how to fight? ”

Song Xiance said: "The people of Yaogang are very good at fighting, and after these battles, I think there are masters in Yaogang." In these battles, we lost not only firearms, but also arranged their troops in an orderly manner. As for why they didn't attack, it's something I didn't figure out. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "I think there are two reasons for them, one is that they have few people, and they can only use the advantages of location and firearms to deal with us; The second is that they are afraid of our cavalry, and in the field our cavalry will weaken their superiority in firearms. Because the cavalry that is rapidly impacting, they can't be low-grade with their firearms. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Didn't our intelligence say that they also relied on the superiority of firearms to defeat the Mongol cavalry? ”

"They need to take advantage of other geographical advantages to take advantage of the musket." Niu Jinxing said.

Although Li Zicheng still can't fully believe what Niu Jinxing said, there is no other way to explain it now. In short, from the overall point of view, the kiln gang people are still on the defensive. He said: "Tomorrow's general Yuan Zongdi has arrived, let him go directly to the former enemy, the former enemy cannot be left alone." ”

After squinting in the command center for a while, he was not sleepy as soon as it was dawn, and when he came to the cafeteria for breakfast, Zhang Zhimu saw Sun Liang. While eating, Zhang Zhimu asked, "What happened to the rifle scope I asked you to make?" ”

Sun Liang said: "Actually, there is nothing difficult about the scope, the difficult thing is to cooperate with the rifle." When our rifles were produced, we didn't think much about the scope of the scope, so the card slot of the scope was very rough, and the accuracy of the scope could not be guaranteed. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You have to talk to Li Yunhe about this matter." ”

Sun Liang said: "Li Yunhe said that they are now desperately trying to ensure the production of rifles to meet the needs of the front. It is difficult to ensure the quality of unimportant places. However, he promised to get a batch of finished rifles for us to fit scopes. With such a rifle, we will be able to debug the sight. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I also urge Li Yunhe, this matter is very important, you must prepare to produce more scopes." ”

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