Afraid that there was an ambush in the city, Zhang Shiri, the general of the Wu army who led the army to launch a night attack, carefully sent a few soldiers into the city to check the situation, and carefully confirmed that the soldiers guarding the city gate had been numbed by sweat medicine as introduced by Changqing, Zhang Shiri took the Wu army commando team to carefully enter the city of the Daimyo's mansion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Until this moment, the Qing soldiers in the city have not found out that the Wu army commando has entered the city, and as a result, this also gives the Wu army soldiers enough time to prepare. At the same time, the door latch was destroyed so that the city gate could not be closed, so that the rear army could enter the city in an endless stream, and then the soldiers divided into two ways and touched the steps of the upper city next to it.

It was only when the soldiers of the Wu army touched the top of the city wall that the Qing soldiers guarding the end of the steps to the city realized that the situation was wrong, and quickly pulled out their waist knives and asked, "Stop!" Who? ”

The reason why Qing soldiers used knives instead of arquebuses was because the arquebuses were not lit beforehand and could not be fired. The Wu soldiers who were holding the revolver in their hands were unceremonious, and the first general raised his hand to shoot two shots, and the bullet accurately hit the face of the Qing soldiers, and the other Wu soldiers also immediately opened fire, immediately killing other Qing soldiers who were close at hand, and without hesitation, they rushed directly onto the city wall and attacked the Qing soldiers guarding the city wall position.

As mentioned earlier, the Qing troops responsible for guarding the city wall position were all green battalion soldiers under the command of Fu Zhenbang, the chief soldier of Daimyo Town, and they were equipped with odd hot weapons that were either guns or arquebuses, and they were not prepared for battle in advance, so they couldn't shoot at all. However, the Wu army commando team is equipped with a full range of firing pin guns, the rate of fire is extremely fast and there is no need to ignite at all, between the random shooting, many Qing soldiers did not even figure out what happened, they were directly hit by bullets and lay down in a pool of blood, occasionally a few Qing soldiers raised their knives to fight back, but before they had time to get close, they had already fallen under the guns of the Wu army soldiers and soldiers, and died unjustly.

Even more unjust were the Qing soldiers sleeping in the city tower, who hurriedly opened the doors and windows to check the situation when they heard the gunshots, but several bitter acid grenades flew in front of them, which smashed directly into the city tower from the doors and windows and exploded, and shrapnel flew horizontally, and many Qing soldiers who had just woken up from their sleep had already lost their precious lives. At the same time, the peculiar flame spray of picric acid also quickly ignited the combustibles of the city tower, and the Qing soldiers who were lucky not to be killed were surrounded by the smoke of the fire, screaming and running, trampling on each other, but even if they escaped from the door, these panicked soldiers were greeted by the dense bullets of the Wu soldiers.

The continuous sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenade shells finally woke up most of the Qing troops in the city, and found that the situation was not right, and the well-trained officers and men of the Shandong New Army did not need the general's order at all, and immediately got up to prepare for battle, and when Zhang Guoliang's battle order came, the 2,000 Shandong New Army also took less than five minutes to go out and assemble, and immediately divided the army to the east gate to rush to reinforcements.

It's just that the equipment is a little worse, in fact, Fu Zhenbang's headquarters army can be regarded as an elite and strong army, and it is also without the requirements of the generals, the Qing soldiers guarding the other three gates of the Daimyo's Mansion have already prepared for battle on their own, and then Tian Zaitian, who is guarding the north gate, and Fu Zhenbang, who is sitting on the main battlefield of the south gate, divided an army at the same time, and rushed to the east gate directly from the top of the city wall to reinforce, and truly achieved that the soldiers were not alarmed at night, and they were not chaotic when they heard about the changes.

It's a pity that no matter how strong the adaptability of Zhang Guoliang and Fu Zhenbang is, no matter how fast the reaction speed is, they still can't stop the Wu army soldiers from entering the city. Enter the Daimyo's Mansion! Grab money, grab food, grab women! ”

Fully prepared and preemptive, the rear team of the Wu army of course easily and directly entered the city, quickly seized the streets and houses near the east gate to build a defensive position, and used the Hunan army, the predecessor of the Wu army in Henan, to take the initiative to attack the enemy with the tactics of defending instead of attacking. As a result, Zhang Guoliang's army, which rushed from the city to reinforce it, also hit the plan, and directly crashed headlong into the defensive position of the Wu army, which had begun to take shape, and was immediately killed and wounded by the soldiers of the Wu army, who were waiting for work, and had to stop and adjust the formation, and was forced to attack the Wu army in a favorable position.

The Shandong New Army is equipped with the Russian Lizhi rifle, and the conical bullet is actually more advanced than the Wu Army's main rifle and firing pin gun from a technical point of view, but the Lizhi rifle has another pitfall -- it is a front-loading gun, although the accuracy is high, but the rate of fire is extremely slow, which is doomed to the tactical style of the Shandong New Army is to defend the strong and attack the weak. Li Chendian was born in the Hunan army, but he was best at fighting defensive battles, so the Shandong New Army attacked the defensive position of Li Chendian's army, and it was very helpless to attack the enemy's strength with his own shortcomings.

In the fierce battle, the officers and men of the Shandong New Army, who had to maintain a standing posture and reload, could be hit by the bullets of the Wu Army at any time unless they were hiding behind obstacles and loading ammunition. Bravely launched a board charge against the Wu army's defensive position, striving for the opportunity to fight in close combat, but first had to be covered by the Wu army's rifle fire, and then was called by the pistol and grenade hospitality, with heavy casualties but almost no chance of bayonet fighting.

The situation on the city wall is also similar, before the Qing army from the two ways rushed to the east gate position, the Wu army Zhang Shiri Department has also used all kinds of sundries to build a sheep and horse wall defense line on the city wall, mainly to defend the counterattack against the Qing army, and also in the case of a small number of firing pin guns, directly used the three-stage shooting tactics. As a result, the Qing army was forced to attack the fortification, and the soldiers of the Wu army calmly responded to the battle, and the Qing soldiers who were forced to charge were constantly beaten with dense firepower, and they suffered heavy casualties and could not advance an inch.

Careful friends may have discovered a problem, that is, the Wu army that entered the city in two waves successively took a defensive position after building a blocking position, and only blocked the Qing army that hurriedly came to the east gate for reinforcements, but why did they not send a soldier to attack the inside of the city?

In this regard, judging by the sound of gunfire, Zhang Zhidong, who was only concentrated near the East Gate, was a little confused, and couldn't help but ask Zeng Guoquan, who was supervising the battle outside the city: "Zeng Futai, why did you fight for so long, and our people are still near the East Gate?" Didn't have an army deep into the city? It stands to reason that the rebel army is in a hurry to fight, and it is impossible for us not to have this opportunity? ”

"Don't understand, do you?" Zeng Guoquan said triumphantly: "You kid is just engaged in conspiracy and trickery, but on the battlefield, you have to learn more." To tell you the truth, this is my arrangement in advance. ”

"Why?" Zhang Zhidong hurriedly asked.

"Because if we rush deeper into the city immediately, we will only suffer more losses." Zeng Guoquan explained: "We are a guest army, we are not familiar with the terrain of the streets in the city, and now we are rushing in late at night to fight street battles, and we will definitely suffer a big loss, even if we can win this battle, we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties." ”

"But if we only form a battle near the east gate, we can not only suffer without worrying about the unfamiliar terrain, but also destroy a large number of enemies with leisure and hard work, and we can also hold the east gate to ensure our way into the city. When the sky is completely clear, our main force will enter the city to fight, won't we be able to easily take the Daimyo's Mansion City, and at the same time take the opportunity to severely damage the main force of the rebellious party defenders in the city? ”

Zhang Zhidong suddenly realized, and rarely admired Zeng Guoquan from the bottom of his heart, and said: "Jiushuai really deserves to be a famous general in the world, and the tactical application of anti-guest is simply perfect." ”

"You're not bad, if it weren't for you this time, I really wouldn't have been able to enter the Daimyo's Mansion City so quickly."

Zeng Guoquan also praised Zhang Zhidong, and then said: "What I'm most worried about now is that my intentions will be seen through by the chaotic party, if the chaotic party sees my plan and chooses to abandon the city before dawn to break through, then our next battle will not be so easy to fight." What can you do about this? ”

After quickly thinking for a moment, Zhang Zhidong replied: "I don't know much about the personalities and tempers of Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang, and I can't judge whether they can see through your tactical plan of Jiu Shuai, but we'd better not think too stupid about the enemy, and we have to prevent them from seeing through this." The best thing to do would be to divide an army and set up an ambush to intercept them on the way out of the city. ”

Zeng Guoquan nodded, and immediately decided to let Zhang Lianjie lead an army to the north and set up an ambush outside the north gate where it was most convenient for the Qing army to retreat. However, Zhang Zhidong categorically objected and said: "Nine marshals, it is impossible for the rebellious army to break through through the north gate. Changqing introduced before that the deployment of the rebel army was that Fu Zhenbang guarded the city wall, Zhang Guoliang lived in the city, and broke through from the north gate, Fu Zhenbang's army was prone to chaos, and only the best choice was to break through the west gate. In this way, not only Fu Zhenbang's army can organize the transfer out of the city, but Zhang Guoliang's army can also play the role of the queen and ensure an orderly retreat. ”

Zeng Guoquan nodded, thinking that Zhang Zhidong's analysis was reasonable, and immediately ordered Liu Lianjie to ambush outside the West Gate. As a result, Zhang Zhidong suggested again: "Jiu Shuai, the students think that it is best not to intercept the front army of the rebellious army, and should deliberately put it in their front army and make every effort to intercept their rear army." ”

"Why?" Zeng Guoquan hurriedly asked.

"Two reasons." Zhang Zhidong replied: "The first is that Zhang Guoliang's army is the elite of the chaotic party, and it is better to kill one of his soldiers than to kill a few rebel soldiers. The second is that Fu Zhenbang's temper is affectionate and righteous, and he focuses on the overall situation everywhere, and when he sees Zhang Guoliang in danger, he will inevitably return to the army to save him. In this way, wouldn't we be able to buy time to reinforce the battlefield of Ximen and take the opportunity to destroy more rebel armies? ”

When Zeng Guoquan heard the applause, he immediately ordered Liu Lianjie to follow the plan, patted Zhang Zhidong's head again, and said approvingly: "Yes, I have a bad stomach at a young age, and I have the demeanor of my niece and son-in-law, and if I go through the experience, I will definitely become a great weapon!" ”

"Are you praising me, or are you scolding me?" Zhang Zhidong muttered depressedly in his heart.

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The fierce battle in the city has been continuing, in order to recapture the position of the east gate and cut off the road of the Wu army into the city, in the case of weapons and equipment does not have any advantage, the Qing army Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang have repeatedly charged the defense of the Wu army, but each time they were killed and retreated by the Wu army, one of which Zhang Guoliang's army has rushed to the temporary sheep and horse wall of the Wu army with a large number of bayonets, but it was still blown back by the grenades thrown by the Wu army, with heavy casualties but no gain.

The overly anxious mentality once made Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang red-eyed, and almost completely lost their minds, but as the war continued, and time passed slowly, Fu Zhenbang, who gradually calmed down, finally discovered that Wu Jun had never been in a hurry to go deep into the strange situation in the city, and after careful analysis and scrutiny, Fu Zhenbang, who was very capable of using his brain to fight, really saw through Zeng Guoquan's intentions, "What a treacherous Wu thief, it turned out that he wanted to delay until dawn and then exert his strength, not only wanted the Daimyofu City, but also wanted to take the opportunity to annihilate us!" ”

After seeing through Zeng Guoquan's despicable intentions, Fu Zhenbang hurriedly entered the city and found Zhang Guoliang, who was commanding the army to storm the East Gate position, and told Zhang Guoliang his analysis, Zhang Guoliang also immediately woke up, first scolded Wu Jun for being cunning, and then asked Fu Zhenbang about countermeasures.

"Minister, how sure are you that you will recapture the East Gate? Expelled all the Wu rebel thieves in the city from the city? Fu Zhenbang asked rhetorically.

"It's ......." Zhang Guoliang was extremely embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before replying: "To be honest, I'm not sure, Wu Thief's palm thunder is too powerful, as long as their palm thunder is sufficient, I don't have any confidence to take back the East Gate." ”

"Then we have only one choice but to abandon the city and retreat immediately." Fu Zhenbang said calmly: "If we don't retreat quickly, when dawn comes, we lose the advantage of being familiar with the terrain in the city, and the main force of the Wu thieves will enter the city in a big way. ”

Although Zhang Guoliang is a fierce general, he is not a stupid general, after listening to Fu Zhenbang's suggestion, he only thought about it for less than three minutes, and immediately nodded vigorously, and said viciously: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!" Remove! ”

"Okay, you go out of the city first, and I'll give you the queen of your palace." Fu Zhenbang said immediately.

"Less nonsense!" Zhang Guoliang scolded: "Can that make you suffer every time? You go out of the city first, and I will be the queen of the palace! ”

"Dianchen, are you the army the greatest reliance of the Qing Dynasty, or do you ...... first."

"Wordy! Your army is on the city wall, and you have to assemble in the city after the palace, which is a waste of time! You go first, I'll be the queen! ”

Zhang Guoliang, who was unable to resist his upright personality, and knew that the position of his army was difficult to immediately provoke the burden of the palace, so Fu Zhenbang did not refuse, and immediately agreed with Zhang Guoliang to break through from the West Gate, and then immediately sent someone to order the generals under his command, ordering the generals to abandon the city wall position and lead the army to the West Gate to assemble and break through. -- As for why Fu Zhenbang chose to break through at the West Gate, the reason is, of course, that his army is distributed in all gates, and the Wu army is located at the East Gate, and whether it is from the North Gate or the South Gate, the troop movement is far less convenient than from the West Gate.

The military situation is like fire, and the well-trained Fu Zhenbang army is even more swift, and it has basically assembled in the west gate in less than a quarter of an hour, and then Fu Zhenbang gave an order, and the west gate was immediately opened, and the Qing army soldiers lined up in batches and went out of the city.

As a result, at this time, Fu Zhenbang was of course extremely worried that the Wu army had deployed troops outside the West Gate and intercepted his army out of the city head-on, but to the delight of Fu Zhenbang and the Qing army soldiers, there was only wind and snow outside the dark West Gate, and there was no half of a figure.

The hot-tempered Zhang Guoliang first set a fire in the granary in the city before leading the army out of the city, but unfortunately, because he did not prepare firewood, grass, sulfur and other fire-starting things in advance, and the Wu army had begun to pursue after discovering that the Qing army had retreated, so Zhang Guoliang did not have time to wait for the fire to expand to the point where it was difficult to control, so he could only quickly lead the army to retreat to the west gate.

"Quick! Hurry! Get out of town! ”

Perhaps it was the retribution for burning precious grain, when the Shandong New Army went out of the city under the leadership of Zhang Guoliang, more than 20 grenadier shells suddenly flew from the dark place where there had been no movement before, and smashed in front of the west gate of the Daimyo's mansion.

Then, when the grenadiers were fired one after another, the flames suddenly broke out again, and countless soldiers of the Wu army suddenly appeared in the depths of the wind and snow, shouting and killing at the west gate. Zhang Guoliang was shocked when he saw it, and screamed: "Won't it? There was an ambush? Wu thief's ambush, why didn't you beat Fu Zhenbang and beat me at first? ”

was caught by Zhang Zhidong again, and found that Zhang Guoliang's army was ambushed, and Fu Zhenbang, who values love and righteousness, didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "The whole army turns around and kills back to meet our rear army!" ”

After learning the news that Fu Zhenbang, a righteous gentleman, really did not abandon his allies and flee for his life alone, Zeng Guoquan and Zhang Zhidong, the despicable villains, of course, laughed happier than the other.