Chapter Seventy-Three: A Chance to Destroy the Enemy
As the battle of Ganzhou continued to advance, the generals of the Ming army in each battalion saw that Emperor Longwu was only a nominal commander, and the 40,000 troops were actually commanded by Wang Kefan in secret.
This is nothing, Emperor Longwu will not lead troops to fight, Wang Kefan has a meritorious service, and it is normal to get his trust and reuse, but what makes everyone dissatisfied is that the Gongyi Battalion has not fought a battle so far, and Wang Kefan is obviously preserving his strength.
This is also too eccentric!
The Gongyi battalion has the largest number of troops, and its combat effectiveness is obviously the strongest, and if it acts with everyone, the other Ming armies will definitely be much easier...... If it weren't for Emperor Longwu, these generals would have made trouble a long time ago, but since Emperor Longwu was personally on the expedition, it was a matter of course to put an elite army by his side to protect him, so they were just complaining in private.
However, at this time and at that time, as the battlefield became more and more tense, the Ming army was already in danger, but the Gongyi battalion was still shrinking behind, and if it continued like this, everyone would be finished together...... Out of consideration for their own safety, these Ming generals finally couldn't help it.
Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren received an order to postpone the attack on Golden Town, and the two of them discussed the current battle situation, and they were very worried, so they went to Emperor Longwu together, ready to give him advice.
After coming to Emperor Longwu's handsome boat, Wang Kefan happened to be absent, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren were both happy - Wang Kefan's holy family was in Zhenglong, and his troops were also the strongest, and when they were in the same boat, if they really quarreled face to face, would they turn their faces or not?
Wang Kefan is not there, many things can be directly singled out, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren are both military generals, and they will not go back and forth, and after bowing to Emperor Longwu, they will go straight to the topic in a few words.
"Wechen thinks that the attack on Golden Town should not be postponed......"
Liang Zhiren spoke first. Emperor Xiang Longwu carefully analyzed the current battle situation, the Qing army had more and more reinforcements, and it was very dangerous to delay time in Golden Town, if Wang Deren's reinforcements arrived, the Ming army was in danger of defeat.
"What? With the help of the Franc machine cannon, can't General Tong defeat Golden Town? Emperor Longwu's expression became very stern.
"Ah, of course that's fine! But it's a hassle to dismantle the cannon......"
It took at least two days to remove the heavy cannons from the warship and transport them to the battle positions in Goldtown.
"Oh, now that you can take down the Golden Town. General Tong doesn't have to worry about it, go back and concentrate on preparing. Emperor Longwu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you use the Gongyi Battalion?" Tong Yizhen finally pointed the finger at the Gongyi battalion, such a strong force, it is obviously a waste of resources to always put it behind.
"The Gongyi battalion has other important tasks...... Emperor Longwu explained to them, the Gongyi battalion has just been dispatched. It's time to intercept Wang Deren's reinforcements.
Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren were both stunned, this was simply taking off their pants and farting. Bring sand to the beach!
Directly send the Gongyi battalion to attack Golden Town. The Guangdong soldiers can also help, and they will soon be able to pull out the nail of Golden Town, and then concentrate their forces to meet Wang Deren and go straight to Ganzhou in one go, which is the normal way of thinking.
It's obvious that Wang Kefan is blindly directing!
The two of them hurriedly persuaded Emperor Longwu, but what they didn't expect was. Emperor Longwu only had a fluttering word, which made them speechless.
"I want to relieve the siege of Ganzhou, not to trap myself in Ganzhou."
Going straight to Ganzhou does not mean that Ganzhou is being lifted!
These 40,000 Ming troops rushed to Ganzhou. In addition, the defenders in Ganzhou City are only about 50,000 people, but Jin Shenghuan has nearly 100,000 horses, and if some Qing troops are transferred from northern Jiangxi, even Emperor Longwu himself will be trapped in Ganzhou City.
Golden Town was attacked by the Ming army, Wang Deren's reinforcements desperately came to save, the battlefield shape is constantly changing, and the battle plan must be constantly adjusted, after Wang Kefan found the fighter, he ordered Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren to postpone the attack on Golden Town, and prepare a pocket for Wang Deren first.
This is different from besieging the city and sending reinforcements, Golden Town is a decoy, once Wang Deren's troops take the bait, they must conquer Golden Town in time and concentrate their forces to fight Wang Deren again.
After Emperor Longwu's explanation, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren understood, but they were more worried.
Wang Deren's reinforcements are 12,000 people, can the Gongyi battalion withstand it before capturing Golden Town? Even if he can withstand it, Wang Deren's follow-up troops will become more and more, can they eat him in the end?
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In the next two days, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren took a break to prepare for the final general attack on Golden Town.
A cannon was dismantled from the warship and transported to the front of Golden Town, with sufficient preparations, there was no suspense in eliminating the Qing army in Golden Town, but Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren were always worried about the battle situation of the Gongyi Battalion.
At this time, no one said that the Gongyi battalion would preserve its strength, but this battle plan was too complicated, and if any link in the middle was wrong, the Ming army would fall into passivity, especially the Gongyi battalion had the heaviest task, if they couldn't withstand Wang Deren, the Ming army would collapse completely.
The news from the front line was not good, Wang Deren continued to launch fierce attacks in order to rescue Golden Town, and the Gongyi battalion was forced to retreat step by step, and after three defeats in two days, it had retreated to twenty miles north of Golden Town.
Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren couldn't help it and asked to launch a general attack on Golden Town in advance, but Emperor Longwu was very resolute and had to wait until the morning of the third day.
"Your Majesty, you can't wait any longer! There is no such lure of the enemy in the world, it must be that the Gongyi camp can't withstand it......" Tong Yizhen was anxious, Liang Zhiren was also anxious, and Guo Weijing was helping them speak.
Of course, they knew the plan to lure the enemy, but Wang Deren's reinforcements were too close to Golden Town, and if they delayed until the morning of the third day to launch a general attack, even if they could win, they would not have time to adjust their deployment, and if they rushed into battle, they were likely to lose a big battle.
As long as you know a little military knowledge, you can see the danger in front of you, all the units of the Ming army are on the periphery of Golden Town, resisting other Qing army reinforcements, only Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren in the middle, plus the Gongyi battalion may not be Wang Deren's opponent.
However, Emperor Longwu did not understand these military common senses.
"Leave these things alone! Since I believe in Wang Kefan, I must believe it to the end, and I must wait until tomorrow morning! ”
Emperor Longwu's expression was very calm, but his tone was very heavy, almost a bit of a gambling curse and an oath, which was the same as Sun Quan cutting the table during the Battle of Chibi, in addition to stabilizing the morale of the army, it was also to cheer himself up, and his heart was actually very nervous.
The holy will was difficult to violate, and Tong Yizhen and others had to give up.
After a sleepless night, as soon as it dawned the next morning, the Ming army could not wait to launch a general attack.
The four-pounder and six-pounder guns were small-caliber guns, which were not powerful enough in siege warfare, but they were majestic in street battles, and with the help of more than sixty Francophone cannons, the well-prepared Ming army attacked only once, like a sharp knife to penetrate the golden town.
Divided and surrounded, broken one by one, the Qing army was wiped out one after another, the banners of the Ming army were planted all over the golden town, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren did not have time to clean up the battlefield, they began to gather troops and prepare to support the Gongyi battalion.
At this time, the Gongyi battalion also sent people to deliver a letter, asking Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren to attack as much as possible to deal with Wang Deren's reinforcements.
"Look at it, I said it......" Tong Yizhen did not have the joy of victory, but was very worried, the army had just fought a tough battle, and then turned around to face the tough Wang Deren, he hadn't even seen the battlefield, the enemy situation was all black, how to fight this battle?
"General Tong don't worry, General Wang has already made arrangements......" The military academy that gave the order had already prepared and took out a written order, Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren took it and took a look, this order was very detailed and very specific, as long as it entered the designated position and stopped the fleeing Qing army, nothing else had to be cared about.
"What's going on? Why is there only 4,000 people in Wang Zamao? ”
Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren led the army to set off, and they were still asking the military academy on the way, and this order made it clear that the Ming army would surround Wang Deren's 4,000 men and horses, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Four thousand? Wang Deren obviously has 12,000 people!
"General Huitong, there are 12,000 Tartar soldiers, but these 4,000 Tartars rushed too fast, we counterattacked this morning and cut them off......"
The military academy had just said halfway through, and Tong Yizhen and Liang Zhiren stood up violently.
"Shame on your mother! There's a set! Tong Yizhen screamed excitedly and slammed his fist on the shoulder.
He couldn't believe that the Gongyi battalion had such a strong combat effectiveness, even if the Qing army had some tactical mistakes, if it was necessary to separate the four thousand people and the main force, the difficulty was not ordinarily high!
"The artist is bold!" Liang Zhiren muttered to himself, now it is certain that the initial defeat of the Gongyi battalion is really a trick to lure the enemy, if they just want to block Wang Deren, they can easily do it.
These 4,000 Qing troops were only more than ten miles away from Golden Town, and if they dared to put the enemy in such a close position, it was no wonder that the Qing army would lose vigilance and lose touch with the main force behind.
In the field battle, being divided and surrounded was the most terrible, these 4,000 Qing troops lost their superior command, lost the support of the main force, and could only face the Ming army with superior strength alone.
Now is the perfect opportunity to destroy the enemy!
Liang Zhiren beckoned a herald and ordered him to hurry to the position of the Gongyi battalion, telling Wang Kefan to resist Wang Deren's main force, and the 4,000 Qing troops would be handed over to him and Tong Yizhen. Different from the arduous street battles in Golden Town, the field battle can give full play to the advantage of troops, and 8,000 Guangdong soldiers against 4,000 Qing troops will definitely win!
The journey of more than ten miles was reached in a blink of an eye, and when the Guangdong soldiers arrived at the battlefield, they met the 4,000 Qing troops head-on.
After this Qing army was divided by the Gongyi battalion, it launched several counterattacks, but the Gongyi battalion seized the main road of the mountain pass, and the Qing army was repulsed several times, so it had to make a detour to join the main force in an attempt to escape the fate of being surrounded.
Seeing the reinforcements of the Ming army coming, turning around and fleeing must have been a big defeat, and the four thousand Qing troops stopped and lined up to prepare for battle.
The Cantonese soldiers were also arrayed, and this was an open field under the mountain, and the two sides had to fight in formation if they wanted to engage in an upright field battle. (To be continued......)