Chapter Forty-Seven: Breaking the Town
According to Tun Bu'er's wishful thinking, several Eight Banner cavalry interspersed back and forth, blitzked back and forth, turning the hinterland of the Chu army upside down, and Tan Xiao could be forced out of the Ganjiang camp and wiped them out in the field.
At the beginning, Tan Xiao also tried to rescue Huangshagang, but he shrank back halfway, and since then he has been hiding in the Ganjiang camp, watching the Qing army occupy several strongholds such as Huangshagang, cutting off the connection between the Yuezhou camp and Zhangshu Town, but he has never stood still.
Tun Bu'er has been operating on the periphery for the past two days, not approaching the Ganjiang camp too closely, leaving a way for Tan Xiao to retreat - you have become a lone soldier with the enemy on your back, and you still don't run?
Tan Xiao's idea is very right, no matter what moths the Qing army uses, it just can't hold it - if you have the ability, you can fight me, don't bluff there!
There is no immutable plan on the battlefield, and adjustments must be made at any time according to the enemy's reaction, seeing that Tan Xiao has been cowering in the Ganjiang camp, Tun Bu'er suddenly found that this is an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Yuezhou camp.
To the west of the Yuezhou camp, most of the strongholds have been occupied by the Qing army, and although the Chu army still controls some small strongholds, they are all shrinking in the camp and dare not move, and it is not difficult to eliminate them, but they can't take care of it for a while.
To the east of the Yuezhou camp, there is the natural danger of the Ganjiang River, and under the interception of the Qing army's naval division, the Chu army on the east bank of the Ganjiang River can only look at the river and sigh, and they can't help in a hurry.
To the south of the Yuezhou battalion, Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong, who had just landed, blocked the Chu army reinforcements in Zhangshu Town, and judging from the battle reports of the past two days, they fought quite well. Under the fierce attack of the Chu army, there was no half a step back.
Catch a turtle in an urn!
The Yuezhou battalion has already been surrounded, so just eat him directly!
The idea is good. However, the Tumbour's troops were insufficient. The Qing army dispatched a total of 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers, light cavalry to advance suddenly, without carrying artillery and equipment, and the troops and equipment were not suitable for fighting a tough battle.
Tunbur sent a letter to Fengcheng County, asking Tan Tai to send reinforcements to join the war. He took the main force of the Eight Banners and took the lead in attacking the Ganjiang battalion.
The Chu army fought-for-tat and sent the Dongguan battalion to attack Huangshagang. Tun Bu'er ignored them for a while, in his opinion, the Dongguan battalion was just an insignificant partial division, and he didn't dare to come to the rescue of the Yuezhou battalion openly. I had to go to Huangshagang to try my luck.
They may not be able to take Huangshagang!
Tunbur has already sent someone to inform Tan Tai. Ask him to send troops to support Huangshagang, as long as he can withstand the initial attack of the Dongguan battalion, after the reinforcements arrive, Huangshagang will naturally turn the corner.
There is no real threat to take Huangshagang!
The cavalry of the Eight Banners often relied on plundering the people to obtain supplies, and did not rely much on logistics, and as long as the Ganjiang camp was conquered, Tunbur could open up contact with friendly troops and obtain supplies. It's nothing if Huangshagang is lost. If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you attack the Ganjiang camp and suffer a setback. It's a big deal to retreat from other roads, which are only more than a hundred miles away from Fengcheng County, and if you count the detours and weather reasons, it will be a day's journey for the cavalry.
Of course, this kind of situation of retreating 10,000 steps is difficult to happen, in Tun Buer's view, as long as Tan Tai sends reinforcements in time, conquering the Ganjiang camp is the inevitable result, the reason why the victory is not expected to be defeated is just the basic essence of the general who commands the army.
The only thing that was a little uneasy was Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong, Tun Buer was worried that they would not be able to hold out for many times, so he sent several waves of messengers to urge Tan Tai to send troops as much as possible......
The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties dispatched troops and sent generals, each choosing their own target, and fierce battles unfolded in several places at the same time.
At this point in the war, the Qing army basically realized its pre-war intentions, dividing and encircling Tan Xiao's Yuezhou battalion, and the Chu army also recovered from the initial blow and launched a counter-assault on the Qing army.
The breakthrough point chosen by the Chu army was Huangshagang.
The Yuezhou battalion is a decoy and cannot be moved.
In order to make the bait look like there was no danger, Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong couldn't move for the time being, and when the time was ripe, they would eat them in one bite.
The only choice left is Huangshagang, and unlike Tunbul's view, Wang Kefan thinks that Huangshagang is very important.
After recapturing Huangshagang, the Chu army re-stabilized its flanks and could let go of the enemy. The space for the Eight Banners will also be greatly reduced, and they will retreat to Fengcheng County, and if they move closer to Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong, they will fall into the encirclement of the Chu army. What's more, after Wang Sheng's side fought, the Chu army attacked from the Ganjiang camp and Huangshagang at the same time, which was like closing two gates, so that Tun Bu'er could not get out lightly and rushed back to reinforce Nanchang City.
"Victory! Win fast! ”
Before launching a general attack on Huangshagang, Zhang Jiayu received Wang Kefan's last order, the full text was only eight words, but it was full of weight.
Zhang Jiayu gathered the whole army, including Lin Yonggang's headquarters under his temporary command, and carried out an impassioned pre-war mobilization.
Years of experience in organizing volunteers to resist the Qing Dynasty have allowed Zhang Jiayu to practice a good eloquence, his official dialect has an obvious Cantonese accent, but it is all simple vernacular, ordinary soldiers can also understand, and they were quickly infected, chanting together to take the initiative to fight.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in today's battle, we must win, we must win quickly, correct the name of the Dongguan battalion, and shame the Yuezhou battalion!"
"Correct the name of the Dongguan battalion!"
"Shame on the Yuezhou camp!"
The drums of war sounded, the sound shook the four fields, the Dongguan battalion attacked the east gate, the Yuezhou battalion attacked the west gate, and the Chu army attacked from two directions and launched an attack on Huangshagang.
There are thousands of households in Huangshagang Town, surrounded by a wall more than two feet high, built with cooked soil embryos and nearby mountain stones, although it is quite strong, but there are no moats and other auxiliary facilities, there is no problem against small groups of grass bandits, but in the face of the attack of thousands of regular troops, it seems a little thin.
During this period of time, the Ming and Qing armies repeatedly tug-of-war in the vicinity, most of the people in the town fled, and the rest were slaughtered by the Qing army. In the face of the Chu army's two-way attack, the Qing army defenders were overstretched, so they had to divide the 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers into two halves, all of which were placed on the east and west sides to defend, and there was no reserve.
"It's up to you whether you're dead or alive!" The Qing army guards are quite desperate and fierce, as long as they hold until dark, the reinforcements from Fengcheng County can arrive, and this battle is the last moment, and there is no need to leave reserves.
The Dongguan battalion had just approached the wall, and suddenly a cannon rang out in the town, and the Qing army guard personally took two hundred elites of the Eight Banners, opened the gate and rushed out, wanting to win for a while, kill the sharp spirit of the Chu army, and strive for a more calm defensive posture.
Zhang Jiayu had already taken precautions, and with a wave of the flag, Ye Ruri took five hundred shield bearers to meet him, and began a fierce battle with a lying knife on the ground, which caught the Qing army off guard and retreated to the town in disgrace.
"Set up a ladder and attack!"
Following his order, Ye Ruri's shield bearer took advantage of the victory to pursue, put the simple cloud ladder up the wall, and then rushed up together.
Arrows rain down on the walls!
The Eight Banners claimed to be unparalleled in cavalry and archery, relying on the mobility of the cavalry, and the sharp bow and arrow, just now out of the town to counterattack, touched a hard nail, had to use the last housekeeping skills, with fast and accurate bows and arrows to defend tenaciously.
Although he knew that the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners were powerful, and he had made certain preparations, he was shot indiscriminately by the head and face, and Ye Ruri's first wave of attack was still repulsed, and after the soldiers were hit by arrows, they screamed and fell down the camp wall, and several ladders were also burned by the Qing army with hot oil.
This kind of simple cloud ladder system is very easy to use, and the follow-up cloud ladder was quickly sent up again, meeting the needs of the battle in time, and the angry Ye Ruri took the lead, put on two layers of thick cotton armor, and led more than a dozen personal disciples to take the lead, and five hundred shield players followed closely behind, attacking again.
"Drum cheers!"
Zhang Jiayu successively issued orders, sent 500 archers to cover Ye Ruri, and ordered pikemen to line up outside the gate to prevent the Qing army from going out to counterattack again.
In the rumbling war drums, Ye Ruri strode forward, and was about to rush to the camp wall, the Qing army on the wall saw that he was fierce, and shot arrows at him together, but he only used a small round shield to protect the throat of the face door, and still rushed forward in the rain of arrows, with two layers of cotton armor to protect himself, as long as there was no fierce general to use a super strong bow, at most he would suffer some flesh wounds.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Ruri's cotton armor was full of arrows, and the branches and forks were like a hedgehog, he shouted, swung his knife and slashed a few times in front of him, cutting off the arrow shaft that was in the way, and then threw away the shield, pressed the ladder with one hand, jumped up a few times, and climbed the two-zhang high wall, where the knife flashed, the two Qing soldiers in front of him had been cut to the ground.
Lingnan hero Ye Ruri, who has been practicing martial arts for 40 years, finally exalted his prestige in front of the three armies today, making the Tartar soul fly terrified!
Behind him, more than a dozen disciples also climbed the wall, raised their single-sword shields one by one, and killed with the Qing army. With this group of tigers guarding the wall, the follow-up Chu soldiers climbed up in a steady stream, killing the Qing army that was blocking the way, and approaching in the direction of the gate.
"Broken village!"
Zhang Jiayu shouted loudly, urged his mount, and led the soldiers straight to the gate.
There was still half an arrow away, the closed gate suddenly shook a few times, squeaked and opened from the inside, Zhang Jiazhen's cavalry team charged forward at full speed, breaking into the gate to support the Chu army inside.
"Broken village!"
Up and down the wall, inside and outside the gate, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Dongguan battalion was greatly boosted, and the corpses of the Eight Banners were killed.
Zhang Jiayu entered the town and immediately stopped Ye Ruri, who was still about to fight, he was hit by dozens of arrows, although they were all slightly injured, and together they also lost blood and needed urgent treatment.
"Huangshagang has been broken, let's go down and rest first."
"No way!" Ye Ruri shouted: "The town that Lin Yonggang attacked first, we can be compared to the Yuezhou battalion, if we don't catch the Tartar general, how can we have the face to see people in the future?!" ”
"What? The Yuezhou battalion actually broke the Huangshagang first? Zhang Jiayu was very surprised. (To be continued......)