According to Wang Kefan's order, the tactical task of the Ji'an battalion and the Puqi battalion was very clear, that is, to hold the extremely attached positions on the 177 Heights and cut off the back road of Jierharang, so that the Chu army could support a huge encirclement and pocket tens of thousands of Qing troops from Jierharang, Jumala and Mulima.

Show one’s true colors in the end!

Grandiose!

Unabashed ambition!

The Chu army has won many battles in the past few years, and the three armies have a sense of trust in Wang Kefan that is almost blindly worshipped, although this huge encirclement looks very thin and very reluctant, the vast majority of officers and soldiers still have no doubt that Wang Kefan can lead them to victory and eliminate Jierharang...... "A battle will set Jiangnan!" Encouraged by this slogan, the soldiers of the Ji'an Battalion and the Puqi Battalion were not afraid of the strong enemy, resisting Tan Tai in the north and He Luohui in the south, and nailed to the area of the 177 Heights.

Some generals who are good at independent thinking, such as Lu Renqing, the commander of the Puqi camp, have more or less doubts while trusting Wang Kefan...... The Chu army is now fighting on three fronts, not only to maintain the encirclement of Zhumala and Mulima, but also to hold the Maoshan defense line, but also to hold the 177 heights, the strength is obviously stretched, the second line reserve force is not much left, but the hidden dangers and hidden dangers are getting bigger and bigger, the battle situation continues to develop like this, it is very likely that the encirclement will be broken by Zilharang, and the Chu army will fall into passivity.

Although he had doubts in his heart, Lu Renqing did not mention it to anyone.

After several years of training, he has become a qualified officer, much more stable than when he first joined the Chu army, and the belief that "a soldier takes obedience to orders as his duty" has melted into his blood, even in the face of the most trusted henchman. He was also able to keep his mouth firmly in check, so as not to affect the morale of the army...... Besides, he just had a question. It's not doubts and worries, as a diligent and motivated young general. He had a more thorough understanding of Wang Kefan's military theory, a deeper understanding of his superb military command ability, and believed, like most Chu officers and soldiers, that the final victory in the Battle of Ningzhen would definitely belong to the Chu army.

"I just need to hold the 177 Heights, don't worry about other things, Wang Junmen must have a strategy to break the enemy...... But how exactly do you break the enemy? Lu Renqing's entanglement is more out of dissatisfaction with himself, and he has been imitating and learning Wang Kefan's command methods in the past few years. But in actual combat, I still can't guess and can't understand it.

Whenever he was idle between battles, Lu Renqing was always very entangled......

Jierharang dispatched troops and sent reinforcements continuously, intending to fight a decisive battle with the Chu army on the 177 Heights, and the Chu army fought-for-tat, and also put Yangshuo soldiers and other follow-up troops into the battlefield, and a more fierce battle was about to break out.

Zakana was a Manchu royal clan and the old department of Azig. After he arrived, the military morale of the remnants of Fu Lehe was quickly stabilized, and the elite of the five thousand and eight banners was basically intact and could be re-entered into battle. It was a trump card in the hands of Holo and Zakana.

Unlike the young and vigorous Fourch, Zakhana had a steady personality and was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he and He Luo will carefully study the military situation and go to the former enemy to check it again. Be aware of it first.

"Very clever deployment! I heard that Wang Kefan's command is the strongest in the Gongyi Battalion and the Chongyang Battalion, in the opinion of the general. The Ji'an camp and the Puqi camp are not weak, and Lu Renqing and Wang Ding can be regarded as good generals. Zakana's tone was calm and objective, and without waiting for He Luohui and Gurmahun to answer, he pointed to the 513 Heights and said: "Although the southern thieves have few soldiers and horses, the formation is extremely solid, this mountain is the only weak point, and it is a pity that Fu Lehe has failed." ”

"Yes, the southern thief is indeed prepared, and the general was careless at the beginning......" He Luohui had to admit that the deployment of the Chu army was indeed very reasonable.

If a nail was pierced in the buttocks, although it was only a minor injury, the whole person did not dare to sit down again, when the Southern Song Dynasty defended Xiangyang City, the Mongolian army could have passed around the city, but before pulling out the nail of Xiangyang, in order to ensure the safety of the supply line, they did not dare to go deep alone...... The mountain road below the 177 Heights is the best road in this area, if the baggage troops of the Qing army bypass the main road and drill the ravine, it will be like a wild beast exposing its soft belly in the face of the enemy, on the one hand, it will greatly delay the speed of marching, increase the consumption of transportation, and on the other hand, it may be attacked by the Chu army at any time. The Chu army only occupied the area around the 177 Heights, and did not completely block the mountain roads in this area (for example, the Meilezhang Jingba Mountain went around to the east of the 177 Heights), but still succeeded in cutting off the supply lines of the Qing army.

The strength of the Ji'an Battalion and the Puqi Battalion was only 7,000, and if they relied on the 177 Heights to spread out on both sides and form a thin defensive line, they would soon collapse under the attack of the Qing army from both sides. However, they were very clever and concentrated their forces to defend only a few peaks and some nameless heights around the 177 Heights, and took advantage of strong fortifications and equipment to manage these nameless heights like fortresses that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, so as to resist the fierce attack of the Qing army.

The only weak link is the 513 Highlands in front of you.

The 513 Heights are only about 200 meters, the height is relatively low, only one fortification can be built on the mountainside, and the terrain on the southern slope is relatively gentle, which is more conducive to the Qing army's attack than several other nameless heights, but the strategic value is very important...... If you can capture the May 13 Heights and break through in depth, you can cut off the supply line of the Chu army and divide and surround the Ji'an camp and the Puqi camp.

Zakhana's final target for attack was also the May 13 Heights.

In terms of specific tactics, it is completely different from that of Fleuch.

Zhang Guozhu re-put himself in battle, led his troops to act as the vanguard of the Eight Banners, and launched a fierce attack on the May 13 Heights, Zhang Dayou's Han Army Banner did not dodge this time, Zakana ordered them to take the risk of pushing the cannon to the foot of the mountain, raising the muzzle of the cannon to shoot on the hillside, and providing fire support for the Green Battalion...... Under the stubborn resistance of the Chu army, the combined forces of the two traitor forces were repulsed several times, Zhang Guozhu and Zhang Dayou suffered heavy losses, but Zakana was not in a hurry or impatient, urging them to maintain the continuity of the offensive while building equipment to prepare for the final general attack.

After the last defeat of the Qing army, the battlefield has been cleaned up by the Chu army. All the corpses were transported and incinerated, and some terrain that was convenient for the Qing army to hide was destroyed. Barricades such as antlers, thorns and thistles were re-laid at the bottom of the mountain, and the original trenches were deepened and widened. The breastwork was also reinforced with rice soup and fire, and more ammunition and defensive equipment were brought in...... Under so many unfavorable conditions, of course, Zakana would not send the precious Eight Banners soldiers to death, nor did he force the green battalion soldiers to launch a strong attack, but used red-coated cannons to destroy the fortifications of the Chu army, used bows and arrows and fire guns to kill and wound the Chu soldiers as much as possible, and used refueling tactics to compare consumption with the Chu army.

A lot of soldiers is capricious!

The Chu army had been prepared for a long time, the Chu army had strong fortifications, and the Chu army occupied a favorable position. The Chu army has advanced weapons...... But the Chu army had a fatal weakness, there were not many troops, and Zakana fought to wipe out Zhang Guozhu's two thousand green battalions, and exchanged three green battalion soldiers or even four green battalion soldiers for one Ji'an battalion soldier to see who could not resist admitting defeat first.

A lot of guns is capricious!

The red-coated cannon is almost furnished in the mountains of Ningzhen, and no matter how valuable this thing is, Zakana will let them participate in the battle even if it is destroyed by the mortar artillery of the Chu army.

In desperation, Zhang Guozhu and Zhang Dayou had no choice but to attack with all their strength. Fortunately, Zakana did not force them to attack, and the tactical arrangement was more delicate, Zhang Guozhu sent green battalion soldiers up one squad after another, and Zhang Dayou only pushed up two three-pounder guns or four-pounder guns each time. On the premise of reducing losses as much as possible, the offensive continued from morning to night.

The casualties of the Ji'an battalion continued to increase, although one Chu soldier could replace several green battalion soldiers. The battle damage ratio was obviously cheaper, but as the number of wounded soldiers increased. As the soldiers became more and more fatigued, the combat effectiveness of the Ji'an battalion continued to decline. The most intuitive expression is that the firepower of the musketeers' platoon guns has weakened, and Gu Zongfu has to divide the troops into several shifts to take turns to take the defense in order to deal with the non-stop battle from morning to night.

Zhang Guozhu's losses were even greater, seeing that his soldiers and horses were almost exhausted, and his own soldiers had also suffered more than half of the casualties, he wanted to die, but he didn't dare to show it.

Zhang Dayou secretly scolded his mother in his heart, frowned in front of his subordinates, and could only see at the critical moment that the Han Army Banner was a superior minion, and he had to act as cannon fodder for the Manchurian Eight Banners.

But Zakana was victorious, calm and calm. His strength has an absolute advantage, Zhang Guozhu's subordinates are exhausted, and he can transfer other green battalions to come up, and send the Eight Banners to fight at a critical moment, and he can win in one fell swoop, of course, the Chu army may also send follow-up reinforcements, but this is exactly what he wants, it is best for Wang Kefan to personally lead his troops to come and start a decisive battle on the 177 Heights.

The hillside was gradually covered with corpses again.

About fifty steps away from the trench, the Green Battalion soldiers set up a series of corpse bunkers.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zakana sent auxiliaries, chiefs, and green battalions to charge and fill the trenches under the cover of archers and musketeers. Unlike Fu Lehe's rough and simple crowd tactics, Zakana is completely calculated, sending enough Eight Banner Soldiers archers to cover from behind each time, and equipping these auxiliaries with the rattan and bamboo shields that have just been built, which greatly reduces casualties, and the chance of survival is fought, and those auxiliaries have become more courageous.

Zakhana's tactics were clumsy but effective, and although the pace was much slower, little by little, he steadily advanced, and finally the trench was gradually filled.

In desperation, Gu Zongfu began to organize a retreat, and the tiger squat cannon was still in front, so he withdrew the bulky mortar cannon first.

Finding that the mortar of the Chu army was silent, Zakana knew that this was a sign that the enemy was preparing to flee, and immediately ordered the Eight Banners to go into battle and launch a general attack on the May 13 Heights.

Hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers hid behind, but in front of them were a group of captured Han civilians, forced to climb up the mountain under the threat of butcher knives.

Seeing the tragic battlefield strewn with corpses, the people knew that a catastrophe was coming, some tried to escape, but were cut and shot by the Qing army, some knelt on the ground and begged, but the answer was the steel knife cut off on the head.

"Fuck, Tartar playing yin!"

Gu Zongfu pulled off his helmet and tore open his shirt again, his chest heaved and heaved, and he gasped for breath anxiously.

Seeing that the people were getting closer and closer to the mountainside, he was nervously considering countermeasures, and an artillery officer hurriedly rushed down from the top of the mountain and shouted: "General Gu, the Tartar is not a thing, leave the mortar and beat them!" ”

"! Hurry up and get out of here, Lao Tzu has his own way! "Although the mortar cannon can fight cattle across the mountain, but the accuracy is too poor, those Eight Banner soldiers are behind the people, almost all of them are mixed together, and it is impossible to use the mortar cannon to cover the people to escape.

"What can you do! Not in hand-to-hand combat? If you do that, everyone will be disobeying the military order. Don't stop me! "The artillery is not under the direct control of Gu Zongfu, and the artillery officer spoke very impulsively.

If Gu Zongfu wants to save these people. The only way was to take the initiative and let the soldiers of the Ji'an battalion jump out of the breastwork and engage the Qing army in hand-to-hand combat. Doing so is undoubtedly illegal to the order of the peak, which will bring serious casualties to the Ji'an battalion, and there is a danger of losing the position and annihilating the entire army. You must know that the strength of the Eight Banners is stronger in hand-to-hand combat, and the bayonets of the Chu army will definitely suffer against the Huya knife.

There was another scream on the mountainside, and then a few immature children's voices cried, Gu Zongfu's eyebrows jumped, and his eyes almost erupted with fire. said viciously to the artillery officer: "Our Chu army has the largest military order, don't worry, Lao Tzu will not disobey the military order, if you don't leave, I will cut you first!" ”

He turned around abruptly and shouted at the soldiers of the Ji'an battalion who were at a loss behind the breastwork: "What are you doing in a daze, all reload and prepare to shoot!" ”

"General! Are you really going to shoot! Don't you get on the bayonet! Xu Nannan and a few other soldiers from Nanzhi called out, their eyes red. Holding a bayonet in his hand and refusing to load, the other soldiers of the Ji'an battalion also had complicated expressions, and they were a little hesitant to reload.

"I said it, reload. Get ready to shoot and carry out the order! Gu Zongfu pulled out the short-handled firearm on his waist and turned his head to stare at the Qing army and people who were getting closer and closer on the hillside. The gaze was fierce and abnormal, and the two eyebrows were almost raised.

Xu Nannan's body was obviously shocked. After a moment's pause, he also turned his head to look down the hillside. The left hand holding the bayonet trembled slightly, a short bayonet, but at this moment, it seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties, Xu Nannan used all her strength, but she couldn't insert it back into her waist...... The young and strong among the people were forced to carry the baggage by the Qing army, and the hillside was full of white-haired old men, weak women, childish children, in front of the team, a baby who was still in swaddling clothes was tightly hugged by his mother, but he kept crying, his voice was as weak as a kitten, and there was a seven or eight-year-old child beside his mother, timidly pulling the corners of her clothes.

Xu Nannan was in a trance for a while, as if he saw his mother, his little brother, and the self who was pulling the corner of his mother's clothes, he suddenly inserted the bayonet into the muzzle, and then climbed the chest wall and jumped out.

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Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that "there will be five dangers", among which "honesty is humiliating" and "loving the people is annoying" are the most difficult hurdles to overcome, and many famous generals have planted on them...... Benevolence and love for the people is a virtue, but war is anti-human, the more noble the character, the easier it is to suffer, and the return to them is often fierce and vicious, and grace will take revenge, such as Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen banquet, things were done in a bright and open manner, and there was a frank gentleman's bearing, but in the end he was defeated by Liu Bang, who belonged to the cockroach, and also left a "woman's benevolence" evaluation in history.

Li Dingguo is the first general in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and his moral character and talent are the best choice, but in his attitude towards the people, he is also suspected of being a woman's kindness. When he attacked Guangdong for the second time, he attacked Xinhui and was about to break the city, and the Qing army in the city suddenly drove the people to launch a counter-charge...... Li Dingguo is benevolent and loves the people, how do the people of Xinhui repay him? These ordinary people were afraid that Li Dingguo would not be able to hold the Xinhui after he conquered it, and the Qing army would slaughter the city bloodily after the Qing army came back, so they resolutely helped the Qing army to defend the city and swore to resist Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo besieged Xinhui for a long time, after the city ran out of food, the people of each family volunteered to sacrifice a two-legged sheep for the Qing army in the city to eat, at that time in the records of the Qing court, there were many loyal women who volunteered to be used as food by the Qing army to save their father, brother and husband, and as a positive example of the fierce propaganda and commendation, of course, these women may not be voluntary, but their father, brother and husband must be willing.

In the later period of the Yongli Dynasty, the Qing army invaded Yunnan, and Li Dingguo and Emperor Yongli evacuated from Kunming, but Li Dingguo was afraid that the Qing army would slaughter the people, and strictly forbade each battalion to burn down the granary, so that the Qing army drove straight into and completely defeated the Southern Ming.

As far as personal morality is concerned, Li Dingguo's actions are blameless, and if you stand on the position of the common people concerned, you must also be grateful to Li Dingguo in your heart, but human nature is selfish, and many ordinary people in turn helped the Qing army deal with Li Dingguo.

In this book, Wang Kefan is a black-bellied guy, and the book friends who have chased it to the present should have a feeling, this person is great and righteous on the surface, but in fact he is an extreme pragmatist, in order to achieve the goal, he sells his morality, character and feelings, everyone is like a chip to him, according to the different cards choose to give up or raise, he is more like a cold machine, hiding his joy, anger, love and hate in his heart...... To be honest, I don't like him at times either, the key book is a story about a Jedi comeback, and the protagonist's mission is too difficult and must pay a price.

really makes a rational deduction, Wang Kefan should be more hypocritical in order to control the situation, but I don't want to write too much in this regard, truth may not be precious, just like super beauties and big stars will also, but there will never be any celebrity beauty who takes a selfie and in detail, and then puts it on the Internet to be complacent...... What's more, after the celebrity beauty wipes her buttocks, most of the time is full of amorous feelings, blindly double-faced, three-knifed, blindly intrigue and tricks will not succeed in the end, I hope that by the end of this book, I can create a open-minded political family, and I can bravely face the dark side of politics, keep my bottom line, come on!

Some words are not unpleasant, and they are long, and I am embarrassed, so try to avoid them in the future. (To be continued......)