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"With the new troops as the vanguard to fight forward, the main elite is behind to monitor and supervise the battle, the new troops can fight down of course, and if they can't be defeated, they can at least consume a lot of the enemy's strength, and when the main elite launches an attack again, not only will they be able to grasp much greater, but the losses will be much smaller."

"In addition, there is another advantage of the main elite guarding the back, that is, you can kill the disobedient new soldiers at any time, so that the new soldiers will die in advance and retreat, and they can only rush forward in order to survive."

"This tactic has very high requirements for the main elite, and it must be able to suppress the enemy on the opposite side and the new troops at the same time, even if there is a situation where the new troops suddenly defect and the enemy, the main force and the elite must be able to bear the victory and win."

"However, Liu Kunyi's Zhuangzi battalion does have this strength, no matter whether the Xinwei regimental training is on the verge of defection or suddenly collapses during the battle, his Zhuangzi battalion is also fully sure that he will retreat with his whole body, and he doesn't have to worry about losing the battle."

After listening to Zhang Zhidong's disdainful analysis of Liu Kunyi's tactics, Nie Shicheng was silent for a long time, and was silent for a long time before he suddenly said: "Although the method is effective, it is too cruel, forcing the Xinwei regiment, which has basically never fought any big battles, to play the forward, and the Xinwei regiment will definitely not have as many casualties as there is." ”

"Ci is not in charge of the army." Zhang Zhidong said lightly: "Liu Kunyi's method is cruel and ruthless to Xinmi's group training, but for his headquarters Zhuangzi Battalion, it can reduce countless casualties. ”

"But Xinwei Tuanlian will definitely hate Liu Kun to death in his heart." Nie Shicheng said again: "If there is a chance, I'm afraid they won't be polite to Liu Kunyi." ”

"This depends on Liu Kunyi's ability to command troops." Zhang Zhidong replied: "If he uses his means of grace and power well, Xinwei Tuanlian may not only not hate him to the bone, but on the contrary, he will compete for his life." The state city of Shaanzhou is an opportunity to buy the hearts of the military, and see how Liu Kun fiddles with it to know if he can play this tactic well. ”

Zhang Zhidong was referring to what the intention of bribing the army must be clear to everyone, but to Zhang Zhidong's surprise, after the Wu army crossed the Kip Shi Pass and came to the city of Shaanzhou, Liu Kunyi did not allow the newly incorporated Xinwei Tuan Lian to rob the city town outside the city of Shaanzhou to boost morale, but on the contrary, he sent people into the town of the city to post a post, asking the residents to leave with their belongings within a time limit, so as not to be affected by the war.

However, Liu Kunyi quickly revealed his true form, and directly told the newly recruited five battalions to continue to attack Shaanzhou City to continue to be their vanguard, and clearly told these five battalions that no matter which battalion entered Shaanzhou City first, 30% of the booty captured in Shaanzhou City would belong to this battalion except for grain, and the remaining four battalions would be divided equally with the other 20%. The result not only boosted the morale of the newly formed regimental training, but also successfully stimulated the competitive psychology of the newly formed regimental training, and each of them was gearing up to be able to enter the city of Shaanzhou first to make a fortune, and even Li Zhanbu, who had previously been incorporated in the Ruzhou regimental training, had a call to participate in the siege of the city.

However, it is also a pity that it is not so easy to break into the city of Shaanzhou, in view of the current popular tunnel blasting siege tactics, the Qing army in Shaanzhou has already dug deep trenches under the city, and the introduction of the Zanglong River is full of water, and the tunnel tactics have been difficult to work. And if you attack head-on, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to expect the newly incorporated regiment to attack the city and take Shaanzhou City.

In addition, the Qing army reinforcements from Shaanxi had also arrived in Lingbao, although they did not have the courage to come over and fight with the Wu army, but they were also somewhat a threat to the flank of the Wu army.

Under these circumstances, Liu Kunyi made a choice to make the defenders of Shaanzhou a little at ease, while dividing the main force of a battalion and Li Zhanjun to go west to establish a blocking position to intercept the Shaanxi reinforcements, and at the same time building forts outside the city, building various siege weapons, and clearly preparing to kill the Qing army reinforcements before launching a siege. However, just when the civil and military forces of the Qing army in Shaanzhou led by Lu Yipu dared to sleep with confidence, in the middle of the night, the Wu army demolition team quietly put a 20-pound picric acid explosive box under the most dilapidated west city gate in Shaanzhou and detonated it, blowing up the west city gate of Shaanzhou in one fell swoop.

In order to win 30% of the trophies in the city, they not only charged resolutely, but also successfully rushed into the city to set fire to the city in all directions, constantly shouting the slogan that the city had been broken in the local dialect, shaking and hitting the morale of the defenders.

In this battle, Liu Kun handed over all the street fighting tasks to the new regiment for training, and only sent cannon fodder into the city to charge the main force and always stood still, although the result was slow progress and excessive casualties, but successfully avoided the possibility that the main force of the Wu army suffered heavy losses in the street battle because of the unfamiliar terrain, and at the same time, with the encouragement of robbery and fortune, the three battalions of the new regiment training that had entered the city successively also firmly held a position in the city, and persisted until the sky was full and it was not driven out by the Qing army.

However, it is not surprising that the weapons and equipment are almost the same, they are mainly based on bird guns and guns, and the Qing army defending the city is not a trump card elite, and the rookie has a first-mover advantage in advance for the rookie Wu Army's new formation and training, and it also has the upper hand psychologically, and it can no longer achieve Liu Kun's established goal of letting them hold on until dawn, it is really a group of wine bags and rice bags.

A battalion of Wu soldiers was ordered to enter the city for reinforcements, and they were very stingy with a small number of grenades and grenadiers to help the newly formed regiment practice street fighting, and as a result, although the new weapons used by the Wu army were not many, they still played the ideal effect of four or two thousand catties, and quickly pulled out a number of strongholds of stubborn resistance of the Qing army, while the Wu army practice, which had greatly increased morale, strode forward, took the initiative to charge forward for the soldiers of the Wu army, and constantly shouted the slogan of surrender and not killing.

During this period, although Liu Kun repeatedly did not invest the main force of the Wu army into the city, the soldiers of the Wu army outside the city still played a huge psychological deterrent effect, so that the Qing army in the city was shocked when they thought of the consequences of the main force of the Wu army entering the city, plus the Wu army practice has successfully entered the city and occupied a large area, the main force of the Wu army can enter the city at any time to cut melons and vegetables, and under the great fear in the heart, not only did not have many people in the Qing army defending the city had the determination to fight to the death, but also continued to begin to lay down their arms and surrender.

In the end, when the Wu army practiced and fought in front of the gate of the Zhizhou Yamen, Lu Yipu, the governor of Shaanzhou who had been fighting between heaven and man, finally made up his mind and ordered his subordinates to immediately lay down their arms and surrender, the Wu army seized the headquarters of the Qing army defending the city, and the remaining Qing army defenders either surrendered or fled out of the city, and the Wu army also captured the city of Shaanzhou with little loss of the main elite, and established an advance base for advancing into Jiezhou.

After the war, Liu Kunyi, who had excellent political ability, not only fulfilled his promise, but also did something even more beautiful - that is, he selected some outstanding soldiers from the newly formed regimental training camp that first charged into the city, supplemented them with his main force Zhuangzi battalion, which still suffered some casualties, and equipped them with screeching pistols and grenade shells. As a result, while everyone in the new regiment was red, they also began to look forward to being able to be added to the main force of the Wu army, and they didn't have to rush to the front all the time to work hard when they were well equipped, and the overall mentality changed a lot.

Then, Liu Kunyi reorganized the surrendered Qing army's green battalion soldiers and Shaanzhou regiment training into an army, drove the forward westward, and spent some hands and feet to beat away the Qing army reinforcements from Shaanxi, and at the same time let Lu Yipu write a book to successfully persuade Lingbao Zhixian to surrender Kaicheng, and at the same time defend the flanks while seizing money and grain - if the Qing army in Shaanxi suddenly killed from Lingbao when the Wu army rushed to cross the Yellow River, it would be a big threat to the Wu army's rush to cross the river anyway.

"It's just lucky, if the officials and soldiers in Shaanzhou react quickly, block the city gate and corridor with soil and stones in time, or prepare enough to prepare a jack gate in the city, the battle of Shaanzhou will definitely not be so smooth! And the next thing is the real vicious battle, Xu Jiqi has personally gone to the state to command and supervise the battle, I see how he Liu Kunyi can break through the Yellow River natural danger! ”

After muttering with great jealousy, Zhang Zhidong couldn't hold back the itch, so he took the initiative to propose to Nie Shicheng to go to Shaanzhou to help Liu Kunyi, and go to the front line to watch Liu Kunyi's rush to the crossing. And Nie Shicheng was also very concerned about this matter, so he agreed, and also told the resourceful Zhang Zhidong to give Liu Kunyi more ideas, and try to help Liu Kunyi break through the Yellow River at the lowest cost.

When Zhang Zhidong rushed to Shaanzhou under the protection of the Wu army's soldiers, the Wu army was still making every effort to collect and build river crossing rafts, and was also recruiting boatmen at a high price. At which ferry crossing? ”

"Not yet." Liu Kun shook his head and said: "Several ferries near Shaanzhou have long been deployed by Xu Jiji to guard against heavy troops day and night, and a large number of dark forts and forts have been built to block the ferry. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhidong, who was very jealous of Liu Kunyi, inevitably gloated, but when Liu Kunyi took the initiative to ask Zhang Zhidong about countermeasures, Zhang Zhidong didn't mess up with bad ideas, but just said: "I don't know much about the situation here, if you don't mind, General Liu, I want to take a closer look at the enemy situation and hydrological data you have collected, and then see if I can give you any advice." ”

Knowing that Zhang Zhidong had goods in his stomach, Liu Kun was not suspicious and polite, and immediately handed over the enemy situation on the north bank and the nearby hydrological data collected by the Wu army to Zhang Zhidong for study.

On the surface, there seem to be a lot of ferries near Shaanzhou that could become a breakthrough point for the Wu army, and places such as Modi, Maojin, Pinglu and Bailang all have slow currents, which are suitable for crossing rivers and erecting pontoon bridges. However, it is a pity that the Qing army not only deployed heavy guards at these ferries, but also built strong fortifications to block the waterway, and Xu Jiji had personally rushed to Pinglu, which was across the river from Shaanzhou, with 5,000 Qing troops, and personally commanded the battle on the front line, and the Wu army basically had no hope of succeeding in smuggling.

After studying the sand table of the map for a long time, he couldn't think of a way, the pretentious Zhang Zhidong refused to give up, and personally went to the bank of the Yellow River to observe for a long time, and found that the opposite bank is a typical Danxia landform, with many mountains and ravines and a large number of natural broken walls, the terrain is complex and abnormal, and everywhere is suitable for ambushing troops and temporary construction of position fortifications. In this case, as long as the location of the Wu army's rush is found out by the Qing army, Xu Jiji's side can naturally mobilize troops to ambush and hide at any time, and surprise Liu Kunyi when the Wu army soldiers cross the river.

"This river is not good, and it has to be filled with countless lives."

Shaking his head and shaking his head, the name of the genius prodigy is not called in vain, and the clever Zhang Zhidong was worried at the same time, but also quickly discovered that the terrain on the opposite bank was the only advantage for the Wu army to rush to the ferry - there were many shoals, and he could make a hammer deal, avoid the ferries that the Qing army focused on defending, and snatch a Wu army across the river and board the shallows. However, after landing, the rafts crossing the river could only run aground on the shallows, which was difficult to reuse, and if the backup could not keep up, the Wu army crossing the river would also become a lone army.

(PS: The number of existing shoals in Pinglu is 71, and the number of Pinglu shoals before is no longer available to the author due to the inundation of the Sanmenxia Reservoir.) ）

He stayed on the bank of the Yellow River until it was dark, and Zhang Zhidong returned to the Wu army camp in the first fine snow that fell in early winter....... ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhidong stopped by himself, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly shook his head and said: "No, it's too dangerous, the requirements for the soldiers are too high, General Liu, the soldiers under your command are all infantry, and they can't do this." ”

"What must my brother do?" Liu Kunyi asked curiously.

"Like a sailor, he can steer a ship and turn the rudder, swing and paddle, and be able to fight a landing battle on the beach." Zhang Zhidong frowned and said: "Civilian sailors have never been on the battlefield, and recruiting them for such a difficult task is just that they will not be reliable. ”

"You want to fight the idea of those shoals on the north shore?" Liu Kunyi understood what Zhang Zhidong meant.

"Not bad." Zhang Zhidong nodded and said: "Although Xu Jiji's north bank is tightly defended, he relies too much on geographical advantages, and basically arranges the artillery that is most dangerous to our river crossing fleet in the ferry position with slow currents, although he also attaches great importance to the shoals along the coast, most of them are arranged with light and dark sentry posts, and mobile troops are also arranged to be stationed in critical places, but after all, there are too many shoals on the north bank, and he cannot be all-encompassing, and there are still many weak points in the shallows on the opposite bank, and there is no artillery threat, which is suitable for us to launch a rush to cross." ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhidong continued: "This gives us the opportunity to make a hammer deal, the main fleet chooses a ferry port to assemble and prepare, and sends an army with absolutely reliable combat effectiveness to board ships in other river sections, suddenly attack the weak shoal positions of the rebel army, seize the shore and land to assemble into an army, and then kill to the ferry where our main force is located, destroy the enemy's defensive position, and meet our main force to cross the river." ”

"This is a very high requirement for the soldiers, who have to deal with the frantic counterattack of the rebel army, and at the same time have to take on the task of charging and assaulting and destroying the enemy's ferry defense positions."

Liu Kun nodded, and then said: "But as long as I dispatch my main elite, I am completely sure to do this, Xu Jiji's soldiers have only suppressed bandits and defended twists, and have not fought any big battles, and my descendants are sure to deal with them." In addition, the defensive positions of the rebel army are only set up against the crossing of the Yellow River, and if we attack from behind, he will not be able to do anything by repairing those fortress walls, and it will not be difficult to break them. ”

"The difficulty is to land on the beach, and the requirements for sailors are too high." Zhang Zhidong's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said: "Collectively impacting the shallows in the complex changes of the current, this is the training that only sailors have received, we can't find so many skilled sailors and boatmen?" ”

Liu Kun smiled, smiled very gratifyingly, and smiled very mysteriously, and then when Zhang Zhidong was laughed at inexplicably, Liu Kun smiled and said: "Don't worry, this problem does not exist at all, because my descendant Zhuangzi battalion is not only an infantry, but also a sailor, all of them can steer boats and fight on the water." ”

"Is that what your main force can do?" Zhang Zhidong asked in surprise.

"You just joined Wu Dashuai's command not long ago, and I don't know the situation on my side." Liu Kunyi smiled and said: "Since I joined Wu Dashuai in the fourth year of Xianfeng, it didn't take long for Wu Dashuai to arrange for the Qizhou Defense Changmao to be stationed on the Yangtze River. ”

"Think about it, after more than five years on the Yangtze River, my brother can't do water?"

Liu Kun smiled and said: "In order to prevent accidents, my descendant army not only receives water combat training all year round, but also has its own sampan fleet, ready to board the ship at any time to participate in water battles, in fact, it has always been the reserve of the water division of the defense line of Jiujiang Tianjia Town." Therefore, I don't need to recruit any civilian sailors to cross the Yellow River, and every brother in my main army can be used as sailors and boatmen! ”

Zhang Zhidong almost didn't vomit blood when he heard it, and couldn't help but protest: "Then if you don't say it earlier, I'm worried about it for so long, just because I'm afraid that you won't find enough reliable boatmen." ”

"But you didn't ask?" Liu Kunyi smiled and said: "Also, if I show this hole card too early, Xu Jiji would dare to be so negligent in the shallows on the north shore?" ”

"No wonder you pay so much to recruit shipwrights and sailors." Zhang Zhidong suddenly came to his senses and said hatefully: "It turns out that you want to surprise Xu Jiji." ”

"There is no better wisdom than filial piety." Liu Kun smiled and said: "In addition to this, I have long asked the brothers I brought from Hubei to shout that they don't know how to water and don't understand boats, if nothing else, Xu Jiji's side should have heard this a long time ago." ”

Zhang Zhidong rolled his eyes and said very angrily: "Worry about nothing!" I don't care about the rest, you make your own decision, I'll just watch the excitement! ”

"Don't care." Liu Kun smiled and said, "You have to help me think of more ways to reduce the pressure on my landing operation, which is related to how big the casualties of our soldiers will be." ”

"Isn't it easy?" Zhang Zhidong regained his lazy expression and said: "Let the strange soldiers board the boat upstream of the main position of crossing the river, extend the distance between the main force and the strange soldiers as much as possible, and force Xu Jiji to draw his mobile forces to guard against our strange soldiers, and then our strange soldiers will go down the river and suddenly launch a beach landing battle." Xu Jiji's mobile forces are running on the shore, and no matter how fast they are, they can't be faster than our strange fleet. ”

Liu Kunyi's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "Clever plan." ”