Chapter Sixty-Four: Night Attack on the Kiln Gang The Hungry People Dispatched

Ouyang He didn't dare to leave the command center for the past few days, he fought a battle during the day, and he was a little nervous, and when he was about to fall asleep in a daze, the staff officer on duty woke him up. Because he repeatedly told the staff officer on duty that he had to tell him anything about it. It turned out that the front line reported that they had been harassed by the artillery bombardment of the Dashun army many times at night, and they felt that they should report to the command center, and the staff officer on duty did not dare to slack off, and immediately called Ouyang He. After listening to it, Ouyang He thought about it for a while and said, "It seems that I can't sleep tonight." Hurry up and wake up Mr. Chen, Li Zicheng is going to attack at night tonight. Call the front line and Li Wei to inform them that they are ready to engage in battle. ”

After Chen Yufeng woke up, Ouyang He said: "A letter came from the front saying that Li Zicheng's artillery was constantly harassing and shooting. They just did this after the big defeat, did they want to not let us sleep, I think they learned the lesson of the sneak attack on the fort, afraid of being alarmed by the ** explosion, affecting their sneak attack, and now they are constantly firing artillery, they want to paralyze us. ”

Chen Yufeng nodded and said, "I guess they will paralyze us for a while, and when the time comes, we are all sleepy, and they will come." Maybe they're sleeping right now. ”

"Yes! This is the initiative of the attacker. We have to accompany them whenever they come. Ouyang He said: "I think you should squint for a while!" I think according to Li Zicheng's character, he will come to work hard tomorrow. Ouyang He said.

Chen Yufeng said: "I'll just lie on this sofa for a while, and I won't be able to sleep when I go back." I thought I would fall asleep as soon as the cannon went off. You don't have to worry too much, just sleep for a while. ”

Ouyang He said: "I'm not too worried, I just think we must finish this move with the least loss. I estimate that after Li Zicheng succeeds or fails tonight, he will definitely send more cavalry to fight hard tomorrow. If we lose again, our smelter and Lingshui wharf will go to war. ”

"So, there's another day tomorrow, so I'm going to have to sleep for a while tonight." Chen Yufeng said.

"Okay, I'll sleep for a while after calling the front line." Ouyang He said.

Li Wei did not dare to slack off after receiving the call, and immediately came to his headquarters and ordered everyone to stand by in their own artillery positions tonight. Qin Peng even led people directly to the various command posts at the front and urged them not to be careless.

After Li Zicheng arranged the night attack, the details were handed over to Song Xiance to be specifically responsible. He went back to the couch and wanted to sleep for a while, but he couldn't sleep anyway, which was something Li Zicheng had never done. After years of fighting, Li Zicheng can fall asleep as soon as he closes his eyes, but not today. As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw his soldiers being blown up into the sky by shells. After tossing for a while, he simply didn't sleep, got up and came out to see that Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and military advisor Song Xiance hadn't slept, and they were still in the big tent. Li Zicheng said: "Two, you can't sleep for a while, and you will have to go to war for a while." ”

Niu Jinxing smiled and said, "Hehe! Isn't the emperor also unable to sleep?"

Li Zicheng also smiled and said, "Yes, I can't sleep." I was stiff in front of the soldiers, but we were too inferior to the kiln men in terms of firearms, and our only advantage was that we were more numerous and the cavalry was stronger. However, I couldn't sleep and was thinking about the daytime, and I felt that the artillery of their kiln men was not always able to fire non-stop, and they also stopped for a while. I think that their shells are not necessarily inexhaustible, that is the need for ** and steel. Their steel production capacity cannot be used to make artillery shells. I think based on our situation today, the tactics we used were also the right one. We're going to rush forward with crowd tactics, and then charge with cavalry. I'm also thinking that if our cavalry today had a little more force in the follow-up, we might be able to break through that wall of fire. We can put pressure on them by rushing over, and if we continue to push on the ground, we may have a chance of winning. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "If we rush like this again, we can't use our elite soldiers to rush like this." We can use the team of the hungry people to attack first, and we will see how many shells there are in the kiln people. ”

Song Xiance said: "If we can attack successfully tonight, then there is no need to talk about it." If I still lose, I'm going to plan for tomorrow. I thought that tomorrow we would send out 50,000 cavalry and attack at the same time, so that we would rush over like a tidal wave. No matter how much it is, it can't be opened. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "In my opinion, 50,000 cavalry can't be unfolded. We are only 30,000 cavalry today, and the front ones have received fire, but the ones behind have not moved. It is better to divide into two attack formations, the front one is responsible for rushing through the opening, and the back one is following up. ”

Li Zicheng's army has been in battle for a long time, and it can be said that it has fought all kinds of battles. Night attacks were also very common for Li Zicheng's Dashun army. The well-trained Dashun army had already quietly come to the position to be ready to set off.

The artillery of the Dashun army, still according to the order, quietly found a position to shoot a cannon, and immediately dragged the cannon and ran.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance originally advised Li Zicheng not to go to the front of the battle tonight, but Li Zicheng insisted on refusing, and the two of them couldn't do anything.

As soon as the time arrived, the 10,000 soldiers commanded by Liu Zongmin in the south and the 10,000 soldiers commanded by Yuan Zongdi in the west quietly set off in the direction of the position of the kiln gang. The searchlight on the high part of the kiln occasionally swept over, and they all immediately fell to the ground motionless, and when the searchlight swept over, they crawled forward again. Along the way, they mingled with the bodies of their dead brethren, searchlights shining on them, and it was impossible to tell which ones were dead and alive in the distance. When approaching the kiln gang position, someone of Liu Zongmin's soldiers in the south touched a thunder, and the fire flashed with a "boom", and one person was blown away, because he was lying on a **, and at this time, all the attacking soldiers were lying on their stomachs and did not dare to move. After the searchlight swept over, it swept over again without noticing the situation. At this time, a soldier who was injured by the explosion next to him was in pain beyond the limit of his patience, and his nose kept humming. A small boss closest to him, crawled over, covered his mouth, and after slitting his throat with a knife, he whispered, "I'm sorry brother." ”

After they climbed forward for a while, two more people struck a mine.

At this time, suddenly the sound of mortar fire sounded on the position of the kiln gang, and then a row of fire and oil bombs fell into the formation of the attackers, lighting a large fire everywhere. But the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were on fire were also motionless. They know that if they move, they will expose their target.

However, at this time, many large and small searchlights were lit up on the kiln gang position at the same time, and they shone into the attacker's team together. The dazzling searchlight rays illuminated the attacker's eyes.

The officer of the attacking brigade, knowing that it had been exposed, gave the order "Charge!" ”。 Just as they got up, rows of shells fell on their ranks. More than 10,000 people are a lot, but on a wide front, there are not many. Especially being bombed by a searchlight, it was not pleasant. When I barely got up and rushed forward, I didn't dare to look up, because the searchlight in front of me was too dazzling.

Originally, the plan of the Dashun army was to sneak attack and not achieve a strong attack, but Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, and Song Xiance all saw that for tonight's sneak attack, the Yaogang people were fully prepared, even more than the Dashun army's preparations. Li Zicheng did not order the follow-up team to forcibly follow up, but gave the order to retreat.

In this attack, Liu Zongmin's attacking team in the south suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and Yuan Zongdi in the west suffered more than 800 casualties. This is thanks to Li Zicheng's order to retreat a little earlier, but fortunately, the people of Yaogang seem to be unwilling to kill all the retreating soldiers. So there aren't many casualties in tonight's sneak attack.

In fact, from the moment Li Zicheng's sneak attack team entered the starting position, they were under the surveillance of the Yaogang people's large-aperture high-power telescopes, but they themselves still felt that they were very hidden. Such a battle is simply not symmetrical.

Looking at the quietly retreating team, Li Zicheng did not go first this time, he stood on the hill, looked at the brightly lit kiln gang and asked Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance: "Alas! You say, in such a short period of time, how many high-rise buildings have been built by the Yaogang people. ”

Without waiting for Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance to answer, the melodious bell of the bell tower on the Yaogang Passenger Transport Center in the distance sounded. Li Zicheng couldn't help but say: "How good it would be if it wasn't for the war!" Let's go and see what their big clock looks like. ”

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance didn't dare to squeak. Li Zicheng didn't wait for them to answer, and turned his horse back.

After withdrawing, Song Xiance informed according to Li Zicheng's order, "Before noon tomorrow, the attacking team will enter the starting position of the attack. ”

Hearing that Li Zicheng had withdrawn his troops, Chen Yufeng said: "King Chuang is too stingy. Tossed in the middle of the night, that's all there is to it. ”

"It seems that Li Zicheng is a person who does not suffer immediate losses, if it weren't for the big gap in the weapons he attacked, it would take a little effort to deal with him." Ouyang He said.

Hearing the sound of cannons, Zhang Zhimu got up and made a call to the command center, and Ouyang He said, "It's okay, Mr. Zhang." The thieves attacked at night and have been repulsed, so go to sleep. ”

Yang Yulin said: "The thief army is really good, and they don't let people sleep in the middle of the night." ”

Ouyang He ordered, "The troops of the first line of defense can't rest tonight, they are on duty in the battle position, and the others can rest, but they must be able to react quickly if there is something." ”

When he got up in the morning to eat, Huang Yukun said: "Yesterday, I went to see those people who were killed and injured in the bombing. What a tragedy it is for the dead. was walking on the road well, but was killed by Li Zicheng's cannon. Just a few days later, the people are gone, and the family can't stand it. I don't know how to persuade if I try to persuade him. They were right, if they didn't come to the kiln, they would die, and people outside were worse than animals. But when I arrived at Yaogang, I had already lived a good life, and it was a pity to die. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is impossible to fight a war without dying at all, we can only try to kill as few people as possible." The families of the deceased, you have to visit them more. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu came to the office, Yang Yulin said, "Gonggong Li is waiting for you inside." ”

"Ou, what is he doing at this time?" Saying that, Zhang Zhimu entered his inner room.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu come in, Gonggong Li laughed and said, "Haha! Zhang Dongjia! Doesn't bother you at this time, right? ”

"Excuse me, aren't you here too, why are you gone?" Zhang Zhimu and Li Gong were openly joking.

"There's still good wine." Gonggong Li said.

When the situation in Shanxi was critical, Gonggong Li took his people to Yaogang, and Zhang Zhimu asked people to arrange a small building for him. One is that it is convenient for them to live, and the other is that it is convenient to watch them.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Anyway, you can't send the holy decree now." It's not a big deal. ”

Gonggong Li said: "The battle has been going on here for so many days. I want to send a letter to the emperor and tell me about what happened here. What do you think you need to say? ”

"I said Gonggong Li, are we hiding anything from you here?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"No, no, don't get me wrong, Zhang Dongjia, when I want to send a letter to the emperor, do you need to say something to the emperor?" Gonggong Li explained.

"Then you tell the emperor that with our Yaogang people here, Li Zicheng will not dare to attack Beijing." Zhang Zhimu said.

Gonggong Li asked: "If Li Zicheng can't get off the kiln, what will happen to you?" ”

Zhang Zhimu understood that Gonggong Li was trying to test himself, and said: "Gonggong Li, you said that if Li Zicheng doesn't fight and occupies such a place around us, can we sleep peacefully?" Will we kiln gang people be trapped to death by them? You say, do we want to fight out appropriately, at least let Li Zicheng have no threat to us, this is also to share the emperor's worries, isn't it? ”

Gonggong Li said: "The people of Yaogang desperately resisted the thief army and killed tens of thousands of thief soldiers, I want the emperor to know as soon as possible." I think the emperor will reward you. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "What reward us? Borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver? ”

"Haha! Zhang Dongjia laughed. "Gonggong Li knows that the emperor can't reward the people of Yaogang anymore. And from now on, the military strength of the imperial court will not be able to help the Yaogang people. Those wolf-like Li Zicheng thief army, the army of the Ming Dynasty had no power to fight back, but within a few days of arriving at Yaogang, more than 100,000 people had been killed and wounded. Those armies of the imperial court, needless to mention.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Gonggong Li, we people in Yaogang don't treat you as an outsider, and your people don't have a place in Yaogang that they haven't been to, right?" ”

Gonggong Li said: "Zhang Dongjia, you treat me as a friend, and I also treat you as a friend." Let's talk about the Tongguan garrison Ningde, we all know that General Ningde can already get up and speak, but when we arrive, he just can't say a word. I didn't break it either. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't know where you got the news, but you have to talk about your conscience as a person." In Tongguan, when Governor Sun Chuanting left, he took away a large number of elite soldiers, and all the supervising troops and political envoys were withdrawn. If it weren't for the support of our gunboats in the Yellow River, Tongguan would have fallen long ago. When the Yellow River was about to freeze, our warships had to retreat, but Ningde, who was trapped in the lonely city, still fought bloodily, and most of his men and horses had been killed and wounded. Later, he was shot and seriously wounded. was snatched out of Tongguan by us. There are a few officials in the Ming Dynasty who can be like this. ”

Gonggong Li said: "Don't get me wrong, Zhang Dongjia, it's just that I know it's like this, so I just turned a blind eye, I told the emperor that Ning De's injury was too serious, and if he insisted on being sent to the capital, he would probably die on the way=." That's when the matter was put down. In addition, these days in Yaogang, I have nothing to do to look around, and I feel that our Yaogang may be the most comfortable place for us to live in the Ming Dynasty, and all people feel comfortable, is it heaven is like this. If anyone is unfavorable to the Yaogang people and Zhang Dongjia, I will not agree to it in the first place. I will report the situation here to the emperor. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Gonggong Li had brought a lot of carrier pigeons to the kiln, and he used carrier pigeons to report the situation here to the emperor. Zhang Zhimu knew that now the kiln was the center of attention of the entire Ming Dynasty.

After Gonggong Li left, Zhang Zhimu immediately came to the command center.

Seeing Ouyang He, Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Zicheng was thundering loudly yesterday and the rain was small!" ”

Ouyang He said: "This is a cunning big fish, he found that we were waiting for them with our nets open, so he retracted. I think today or tomorrow, if we can beat them up again as we did during the day yesterday, I guess they will be transferred to our smelter and Lingshui wharf. When all these things are done, they will forget about us and go to work for us. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yesterday, I heard movement in the mountains in the north and east. ”

"Li Zicheng is a person who can fight, they sent a small force of soldiers, on these two sides to attack, if we are not strict in defense, they will find a breakthrough there, if someone is prepared, it is to attack, to contain and do the purpose. However, the thousands of people they sent out were killed by the directional **, and they didn't take advantage of it. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Our King Chuang, he hasn't shown up until now, is he going to take a day off today?" ”

Ouyang He said: "No, they are not in the mood to rest, I think they will come later." After all, I tossed in the middle of the night yesterday, and I didn't let the family sleep a little longer? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Ouyang, you and Uncle Chen don't get too up. ”

Ouyang He said: "When I arrived at the kiln, I couldn't do anything else, and I finally looked forward to a battle." To be honest, I can't sleep even if you let me go to sleep. ”

"Today's good show depends on Li Yunhe's machine gun." Zhang Zhimu said.

Ouyang He said: "I saw Li Yunhe's machine guns firing at the shooting range, so I arranged their machine guns like that yesterday. That's the nemesis of cavalry. With three machine guns in the middle, Li Wei's heavy artillery could take care of the south and west sides. It is enough to have an anti-infantry jumping rega machine gun in the middle. ”

It wasn't until just before noon that Yaogang discovered that Li Zicheng's Dashun army had been dispatched. The Dashun army arrived at the starting point of their respective attacks before noon as ordered.

However, this time, the personnel in their team were very mixed, and many of them had not changed into uniform clothes, they just reluctantly divided the team and conducted simple parade training. This is called the Hungry Force. , they are not the same as the main forces, they can eat a maximum of two meals a day, and they can eat a dry meal before going into battle. Usually it is two meals, only one dry.

Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting, and this starving army played a great role. This time, Li Zicheng sacrificed his magic weapon again. However, at the front of the attacking queue, the shield soldiers used were still elite. They still continue to use the tactics that have an effect, such as using firewood and grass to cover with firewood and fireworks, and they have also prepared a large amount of firewood and grass this time.

As soon as noon arrived, the soldiers of the Dashun army lined up to attack to the sound of war drums. This time, they also attacked at the same time in Xiurong, the fort, and the kiln, so that the three places could not support each other, and also gave full play to the advantage of the large number of soldiers in Dashun.

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