Chapter 66 Seize the high ground and shell the West Camp
The Ming and Qing dynasties fought to duel between the male and female, the demon wind protruded to help the northern captives, the defeat of the aid was sighing, the boat on the river was swept away, the fire chased the wind and shone on the sea of clouds, the tears of the righteous soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River flowed eastward, Yangzhou has no aid since then, Shangshu has the heart to have no soldiers, and when the clothes and crowns are still alive, this day to help the captives do not help the Han!
Outside Zhenjiang City, the Qing army on the river was chasing and killing, Zheng Hongkui and others fled back to the water village by boat, personally ordered the people and horses, and went to seven or eight out of ten, and suddenly felt sad from the heart.
Outside Zhenjiang City, the 400,000 Ming troops assembled, the real battle is the 100,000 people who crossed the river to help, and the rest of the men and horses are untrained and uneven.
Zheng Hongkui, Wang Wei, Fang Guoan, Zuo Maodi, and Chen Zilong fled back to Shuizhai with the remnants of the soldiers.
This time, the soldiers who came were all Jiangnan gentry organizations, and each of them was a fellow villager, and some of them were all children of the same family. Now that a battle has been lost, the dead are all relatives from the same country, how can it not be sad.
Shaoxing Wei Zhusheng Wang Yuyong, recruited hundreds of children of the same clan to help, defeated back to the camp, called everywhere, and found that he was the only one left to survive, and the soldiers of the same sect were burned to death, and immediately cried.
Wang Yubei jumped into the water to beg for death, was rescued, reincarnated, rescued again, Wang Yubei sat on the ground and cried bitterly: "There are hundreds of clansmen, only I live alone, and I have no shame to see my hometown father!" ”
The defeat of the Aid Yang Naval Division made the Ming army mourn.
Not long after, Liu Liangzuo led the Qing army warship, taking advantage of the victory, the artillery on the ship bombarded the water village, and more fireships came downwind, wanting to annihilate the Ming army and sailors in one fell swoop, and set up immortal achievements for the new master.
Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department, saw the defeat of the Ming army on the river, so he personally rushed to the water village to take precautions early, and when the Qing army ships approached the water village, the shore artillery suddenly fired a salvo and fought with the Qing army.
At this time, the soldiers and horses that Ruan Dacheng could mobilize were no longer elite, they were all old and weak without much training, and they were okay to fight a good battle, but now that the sailors have failed, their morale has naturally fallen to the bottom, and they can't fight with the Qing army at all.
In a moment, the Qing army attacked the water village with a great victory, and set fire to the warships, but although the Qing army entered the water village, it failed to completely defeat the Ming army.
Liu Liangzuo wanted to kill them all, but it aroused the resistance of the defeated army of the Ming army, and Wang Yubei was even more crazy to counterattack, he was bent on death, and naturally disregarded his life when he fought, but let the Qing army's offensive frustrate.
The Qing army had been fighting on the river for a day, and the soldiers were very tired, and they carried a great victory, all the way like a bamboo, but once they encountered fierce resistance, the fatigue that they had forgotten immediately swept through the whole body, making the battle stalemate.
Duoduo on the north bank of the high platform, view the south bank of the Ming army water village, although the fire in all directions, but did not spread, with the judgment of Liu Liangzuo Department by the Ming army blocked, unable to expand the merits, immediately want to send reinforcements to support, take advantage of the situation to sweep the Ming army water village on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in one fell swoop to level the Ming Yangtze River defense line.
Duoduo hurriedly summoned people and horses to give orders, and let more than 10,000 people of Li Chengdong's department board the ship and sail to the south bank to attack the Ming army, but Li Chengdong's department only boarded half of the men, but there was a sudden explosion in the west of Yangzhou City, which made the faces of all the Qing generals change.
"Could it be that the defenders of Yangzhou saw the defeat of the Ming army's naval division, knew that Yangzhou could not be defended for a long time, and wanted to take advantage of the time when the king's army gathered on the riverbank to break through and abandon Yangzhou and go to Anhui?" Dodor exclaimed in surprise.
"Lord Wang, Yangzhou Duolingfu, hence the name Guangling, if the Ming army breaks into the mountains and forests, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up!" Bai Yongfu, the chief soldier of the new Qing court, hurriedly took the opportunity to speak.
Jiangbei surrendered to the Qing court of the Ming Dynasty with a total of 23 soldiers, and if you want to be an excellent traitor, you have to solve your master's worries at any time, so as to stand out and gain favor.
"Since this king went south, he has been waiting for the wind all the way, and only Yangzhou has resisted stubbornly." When Duoduo heard this, he glanced at Bai Yongfu approvingly, and then said angrily: "Wang Yan, this thief, does not know the mandate of heaven, obstructs the soldiers of the Holy Dynasty in vain, kills thousands of real Manchurian warriors under the command of this king, and causes this king to be reprimanded by the regent, how can this king let him escape!" ”
"Order, Li Shutai immediately led the elite cavalry to the West Gate!" Duoduo gave the order: "The Ming army on the south bank is no longer worried, the sailors have been fighting for a day, they are already tired, and they are weak in the future, so they will come here first today." The order was given, Mingjin collected his troops, recruited back Liu Liangzuo's troops, and broke the Ming army again in the coming day. The herald ordered that Li Chengdong did not have to board the boat and immediately went to Xicheng! ”
When the Qing soldiers under the high platform heard Duoduo's words, they immediately rode out on horseback and passed the military order.
In the west of the city, Wang Yan led the men and horses to approach Hu Yousheng's camp, and saw that there were less than 100 soldiers training sentry, and they were very slack, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed.
The Ming army touched the edge of the gate of the village, and used two earth-shattering thunderbolts to directly blow up several Qing soldiers who were napping, and then 3,000 men and horses swarmed in.
The Qing army in the camp was awakened by the explosion in their sleep, and they immediately made a mess, and before they had time to put on their clothes and armor, the Ming army had already killed the generals.
Before the Qing army could pick up its weapons, half of them were killed by the Ming army, and the rest of the Qing soldiers saw this, where did they dare to resist, and they immediately dispersed.
The Qing general Hu Yousheng did not sleep, and was escorted out of the camp by the guards early, so that Wang Yan pounced and got lucky.
Hu Yousheng never expected that Wang Yan would raid the artillery battalion he guarded.
He fled all the way to the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain, and happened to bump into Li Shutai, who rushed to support, and hurriedly informed him that the high slope was lost.
Li led the cavalry to help, which was not conducive to attacking the mountain, so he had to let the army stop and hurriedly report to Duoduo about the situation in the western city.
At this time, it was completely dark, and Duoduo saw that the defenders of Yangzhou were not breaking through, and the soldiers were not conducive to night fighting, so he ordered all the Qing troops to return to their own villages, strictly defend, and recapture Gaopo tomorrow, and level Yangzhou in one fell swoop.
The generals dispersed, and Duoduo went to the Qing army camp outside the west city in person, and invited the defeated general Hu Yousheng to come for questioning, and learned that the artillery had fallen into the hands of Wang Yan, and he was immediately furious.
The Qing army's offensive strategy has always been a feint attack on three sides, and an attack from the west, with artillery mostly concentrated on high slopes.
Now that Gaopo is occupied, the Qing army's artillery has lost almost seventy percent, especially the ten thousand-pound Hongyi cannons used to bombard the city wall, all of which have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.
"Boom!"
Just when Duoduo was angry, a cannon shot suddenly rang out, hitting the door of the tent, and the two Qing guards were immediately knocked to the ground, and they could not die anymore.
Duoduo was shocked into a cold sweat by this sudden shot, and hurriedly summoned the guards to inquire about the situation, but at this moment, another cannonball hit the camp.
The Qing soldiers guarding the tent were dazed by the sudden shelling, and when they saw that the tent was collapsed by a cannon, they were immediately shocked, and hurriedly pulled Duoduo and Hu Yousheng out of the tent.
This cannon not only seriously injured Hu Yousheng, but Duoduo also injured his scalp, and when the guards turned him out, he was already covered in blood and looked very terrifying.
An officer was worried about Duoduo's injuries and hurriedly took a torch to shine it, but Duoduo kicked him away angrily and scolded in his mouth: "Dog minion, do you want this king to eat another shot?" ”
At this time, there was no need to be reminded by the guards, Duoduo already knew that it must be Wang Yan, who occupied the high slope outside the West City, turned the muzzle of the cannon and bombarded the Qing army camp, as for why it was so accurate, it was because of the many torches around the tent pointed out the direction for the Ming army in the dark.
Duoduo was careless for a while, and almost died at the hands of the Ming army, his heart was shocked and angry, and he really wanted to eat Wang Yan's flesh raw in order to wipe out the anger in his heart.
At this time, Duoduo hurriedly ordered the Qing soldiers in the camp to extinguish the flames, so that the Qing army camp was immersed in darkness, and the Ming army artillery lost its target, but the Ming army had already adjusted the general direction, and there was a fierce bombardment in the direction of the Qing army's camp.
The Qing army camp outside the west gate was in the dark and was blown up by artillery, and Duoduo had to run to the north camp to take refuge.
On the high slope, hundreds of torches illuminated the camp, and thousands of Ming troops bombarded the western camp of the Qing army while strengthening the defense to prevent the Qing army from counterattacking.
Wang Yan seized the high ground, and hurriedly summoned Chen Yujie, the commander of the artillery team, and Li Taizhen, the general of the artillery team, out of the city, and ordered Wang Zhiduan, the county commander, to send a batch of supplies, grain and grass.
Yangzhou City was passively beaten for more than two months, and today it actually took the initiative to capture the Qing army's artillery camp and bombarded the Qing army's western camp.
Yangzhou city is strong and wide, the four fields spread, the Xiongwen Jin and Tang Dynasties, is the first strong city in the north of the Yangtze River, it is very conducive to defense, but because of the mistake of Shi Gong, the loss of the high ground outside the west city, makes the west city devastated, and the defense is difficult.
Since the siege of the Qing army, the battle in Xicheng has become worse than the other three sides, and many young and strong people in Yangzhou have died here.
Now that Wang Yan has recaptured the high slope, he can use the horns of the city wall as a corner, which greatly strengthens the city defense.
On the high slope, the Qing army has ten Hongyi cannons, and a hundred large and small Fulong machine artillery, which are now owned by Wang Yan, such a powerful firepower, and then cooperate with the Ming army artillery on the city wall, attacking Xicheng will be a disaster for the Qing army.
The high ground cannot be lost, but Wang Yan cannot defend it personally, so he can only hand over this place to his henchman Li Taizhen and Chen Yujie, who is proficient in artillery warfare.
At this time, the three of them stood in front of the camp gate and sent Wang Yan back to the city, Wang Yan looked at the two and explained: "This place is very important, Duoduo will definitely attack after dawn, for the sake of the people of Yangzhou, please also ask the two to hold on." ”
"General rest assured! The end will be! The camp is here! Lee Tae-jeong hugged his fists.
"Don't worry, sir!" Chen Yujie saluted, and then pointed to the rows of artillery and said: "With such sharp weapons, the northern captives will not die tens of thousands, and the lower officials will not let them climb the high slope!" ”
"In this way, Ben will entrust the three thousand elites to the two of you!" Wang Yan said in a solemn voice, then raised his hand and saluted the two, then turned to leave.
Several guards escorted Wang Yan and went down the high slope, and Li Taizhen's voice came from behind him: "The general guards Yangzhou, and the last general will defend the high ground to the death, if the Qing army breaks the camp of the general, the last general will destroy the cannon first, and then die to thank the general!" ”