Chapter Eighty-Seven: The First Victory

Luanling is the first barrier in the southwest of Yong'an, and it also guards the only way to Yong'an. The two brothers, Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian, were arranged to be deployed in this important position. After the battle of Caocun, at this moment they had been promoted from the commander to the brigade commander, and each led 500 troops to set up two camps in Lingdong and Lingxi.

The two of them adapted to local conditions, relying on mountain walking, mud and stone washing, or borrowing roots and living trees, and occasionally weaving a wall with fir and bamboo hedges, this camp is very solid and reliable. Set up watchtowers, forts on the wall, dig three deep ditches outside the wall, dig a tunnel in the middle of the two villages, connect the two camps as a whole, in order to facilitate defense. Not only that, but the two of them also set up ambush mines in the direction where the Qing Demon might attack, set up a dark ditch in a dangerous position, and covered it with thorns and bamboo sticks underneath, making Luanling like an iron bucket.

At the Dongwang's place, Yang Xiaoshan learned that the Qing soldiers appeared here for the first time outside Yong'an City. He then immediately rushed to Luanling with three hundred elite soldiers. After praising the Li family brothers for their sturdy cooperation, Xiaoshan climbed the watchtower of the camp and used the monoculars captured in Yong'an City to observe the situation of the Qing soldiers under Luanling.

At the foot of the ridge is Fozi Village, where the east, west, north and south roads converge, and it is a rare transportation center. The general soldier of Weining Town, Chonglun, as the vanguard of Ulantai, had just arrived, and after observing the terrain, he was ready to set up the big camp here. The villagers of Fozi Village were unlucky, they were dragged from their homes by the Qing soldiers and forcibly dismissed. Later, Chonglun ordered the soldiers to demolish all their houses, and the wood and stone obtained were used to build a large camp for the Qing soldiers, and the villagers' food was also used as military food, and all of them were confiscated.

"Lord Commander, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to do this. There seems to be a child among the villagers of Fozi Village who was dismissed just now, saying that he would go to Pingnan County to sue us. A garrison in the Qing army felt that this was a bit too much, and reported it uneasily.

"Sue? Nothing! Now Guangxi, our Ulantai adults have the final say. The Yong'an realm is already a place of bandits, and it's good that we didn't use the crime of bandits to punish them, and they dare to sue us? If you dare to sue, you will arrest him for the crime of obstructing military affairs. The heavy soldier put on a completely uncaring expression.

"But there are still some old people in these houses who can't walk, so if they are demolished, they will kill people." The garrison was a little unbearable, and wanted to persuade him.

"This is their fate, since they refuse to leave the house, they will die." In these years, the lives of ordinary people are not worth anything at all, not to mention some old people who have lost their ability to move, and they are like ants in the eyes of the heavy general soldiers.

Yang Xiaoshan on Luanling noticed all this, and as soon as the Qing army demolished the houses of the villagers, some old people were stoned to death on the spot. The Qing soldiers wrapped the bodies of these old men in mats and threw them aside.

"These brutes!" Yang Xiaoshan slammed his fist, the evil deeds of the Qing Demon are really indignant to people and gods, and they don't treat people as human beings, "Let's go down and get them?" Yang Xiaoshan put down his glasses and turned back to the Li family brothers.

Li Xiucheng took the binoculars and looked in the direction of Fozi Village, shook his head and said, "Xiaoshan, there are more than 3,000 demons in Fozi Village down here, and there are only 1,300 of us in total." If the attack still has to leave 300 people to defend the village, the full battle can count the 1,000 people who can go down the mountain. This power disparity is quite huge, you have to think about it, this battle is not easy to fight. Li Xiucheng said worriedly, a little lacking in confidence.

"It's okay, they don't have a firm foothold, let's catch him off guard, and there may not be no chance." Yang Xiaoshan insisted.

"I'm in favor, I've wanted to them for a long time." Li Shixian is eager to fight, and he has been busy setting up camp these days, and his hands have long been itchy.

"What did the Winged King say? Do you want to make a announcement. "Li Xiucheng is more thoughtful, after all, they are the team of the Wing King, if they act without authorization, once they fail, I am afraid that military law will be unforgivable.

"It's okay, I have the Dongwang token, and I am ordered to act cheaply, if it doesn't succeed this time, I will take all the responsibility." Yang Xiaoshan was not a reckless person, he observed that this group of Qing soldiers behaved loosely and was not well organized. After working for a long time, there were not many nails in the wood of this big camp. He has fought with the Qing army many times, whether it is elite or not, he can feel it. All this in front of him obviously reminded him that the Qing army in this Buddha Village was definitely not elite.

"Xiaoshan, you just say what to do, our brothers will listen to you." Li Shixian rubbed his hands, and he looked very excited before the fight started.

"Let's bring more oil and explosives, burn all their wood, blow up all the stones, it's not so easy to build a big camp here." Yang Xiaoshan knew that it would be too difficult for his own people to annihilate all the 3,000 people under the mountain, but the goal of delaying their encampment could still be achieved.

"Yes, it's not that easy to set up camp right under our noses!" Li Shixian slapped his face and said in response.

"Well, this is an opportunity. When they set up camp, it will be difficult for us to fight again, and we will all listen to you. Li Xiucheng thought about it and felt that it was also a rare opportunity, as long as the camp was not in order, the Qing soldiers would not attack. This time the initiative to attack can be regarded as attacking and defending, and it does not contradict their task of defending Luanling.

After reaching a consensus, Yang Xiaoshan took the Li brothers and other thousand heavenly soldiers down the ridge, this time with less attack and more of course, of course, it could not be directly attacked. Xiaoshan carefully chose the meal of the Qing soldiers to attack, he and Li Shixian led 700 people to kill from the front, and Li Xiucheng led 300 people to attack from the flank.

On this side, the Qing soldiers were demolishing houses and setting up villages, and they were busy for most of the day, and they were so tired that they couldn't bear it, and their stomachs couldn't stop screaming. As soon as the meal arrives, they rush to eat, for fear that if they are slow, they will not be able to eat. At this moment, they didn't expect that a Taiping army would dare to attack them.

"Boom!" As soon as the cannon rang out, Yang Xiaoshan led the brothers with a big banner and rushed forward, this time he specially brought a lot of more flags, just to make the Qing soldiers mistakenly think that it was the main force, causing panic in their hearts, and making them afraid of war.

The heavy general soldier was blinded by the sound of artillery, he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked out of the camp tent, looked in the direction of the Taiping army, and said in disbelief: "How is it possible? I had clearly observed the long-haired camp on Luanling before, and it would definitely not exceed 2,000 people, but where did this come from so many flags, I feel that there are more than 3,000 people. The heavy general soldier couldn't believe his eyes, and rubbed his hands again.

"Lord Commander, we also have long hair coming over from the side and rear. Let's go, it's too late if we don't leave. A guard pointed to the side and rear, and Li Xiucheng shouted.

Chonglun finally panicked, and the only shred of reason was washed away by the fear in his heart, he pulled the horse led by the guards, turned over and whipped it, pulled the horse and fled.

As soon as the general soldiers fled, the Qing soldiers under his command had no intention of fighting at all, and threw away their weapons and fled.

Yang Xiaoshan was depressed in his heart, he had only heard that he would collapse at the first touch, but before he could exchange fire with the Qing soldiers, they were scared away by their own team.

"Shixian, don't chase after it, destroy the camp of the Qing army first." Yang Xiaoshan knew that this matter could not be loved, so he hurriedly greeted Li Shixian, who was running at the front.

", these grandsons ran too fast, and they didn't kill a few people!" Li Shixian stopped, looking like he was really unhappy with this battle.

And Li Xiucheng chased after him for a while, and cautiously closed the team back. He attacked better in the rear, killing more than 100 Qing soldiers in total. Their fatal wounds were all in the back, and they were all chased to death by the Taiping army.

"Put the bodies of those old people on wood and cremate them, we don't have time to dig up their graves. Read them more prayers, and may they rest in heaven. Yang Xiaoshan couldn't bear the corpses of those old men in the wilderness, and ordered his subordinates.

"Boom, boom!" With a burst of explosions, the foundation that the Qing army had just laid was destroyed, the stone piles gathered next to it were blown into powder, and all the wood used to build the camp was burned. Yang Xiaoshan was full of captured Qing army baggage and triumphant, this was the first battle of Yong'an, and they easily won the first merit. This was not a defensive victory as originally thought, but ended with the Taiping army taking the initiative to attack the victory. This victory also warned the Qing army that the Taiping army would not blindly defend passively, and that they would attack and defend each other.