Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Qing Army Attacks (II)

Daozhou City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the west of Lianxi River is the Yunshan area, the Taiping army has already sent people to garrison the mountain, erect artillery on the mountainside, set up low walls and wooden fences and other fortifications. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The south and east sides are surrounded by the Lianxi River and Xiaoshui, which are surging, and are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, the focus of the Qing army's offensive was on the north of the city, especially the official road leading to Yongzhou Prefecture.

Feng Shaoguang knew that he was not good at commanding operations on the spot, so he handed over the operational command of the sniper Qing army to Luo Xuan, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, who were experienced in warfare, and assisted by himself.

Since Luo Jian joined the Taiping Army, he has rushed to the forefront of every battle and has experienced a hundred battles. All along, nominally, he followed the former army of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, as the vanguard force, and fought under the command of Xiao Chaogui.

In fact, Xiao Chaogui is brave and fierce, and often leads a cadre of personal guards to charge at the forefront, and the coordinator who really coordinates the battlefield often falls on Luo Xuan's head. For example, the capture of Yong'an City was that Luo Xuan seized the fighter plane, adopted the tactics of attacking the east and the west, and went down the battle on his own initiative, laying the first foundation for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

did not pretend to refuse, Luo Xuan gladly accepted the order. He knew what the Holy King was like, and he also understood what the Holy King knew about himself, and all the vain and polite words were useless!

And Lin Fengxiang, the general of Tuguanzheng, no one knows better than Feng Shaoguang the battlefield command and combat ability of this fierce general. In another time and space, he was the first to break through the city of Wuchang, and the first to break through the city gate of Nanjing, led his troops to conquer Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, and led 20,000 elite soldiers to the north to Tianjin next to the Beijing Division, crisscrossing the hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for 3 years, and defeating the Qing army of 100,000.

And Li Kaifang, although he does not have many schemes, his personal strength and ability to lead troops to fight are even better than Lin Fengxiang.

Such a peerless fierce general was in front of him, and Feng Shaoguang did not hesitate to hand over the task of fighting with the main force of the Qing army to the two of them.

Therefore, Lin Fengxiang led 5,000 soldiers of the Second Holy Army, and Li Kaifang, deputy general of Yanguan, led 4,000 soldiers of the "Daozhou Daqi Battalion" of the Third Holy Army to take the initiative to attack, and immediately sneaked to a valley on the official road leading from Yongzhou to Daozhou, more than 30 miles north of the city, scattered and ambushed on both sides of the river valley, ready to flank the Qing army coming along the official road along the river valley.

Luo Xuan, on the other hand, led 4,000 soldiers of the First Saint Army to garrison in the Xiapidu area, 20 miles northeast of the city, to deal with the Qing army coming from the direction of Ningyuan in the east. The Holy King Feng Shaoguang led the remaining 5,000 soldiers, as well as a cadre of the Imperial Forest Army and the Logistics Army, to defend Daozhou City and support the outside of the city at any time.

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A group of densely intertwined Qing troops marched on the official road from Yongzhou to Daozhou by the Xiaoshui River. Walking in the middle of the team, a few tall horses, surrounded by the commander of this team--- Liu Changqing, the governor of Guangxi, who had just removed the word "acting" and turned regular, was in a good mood recently.

From Yong'an to Guilin, he pursued the Taiping army all the way to the thieves, and never lost the battle.

Of course, some villains who are jealous of Ben Du say that Liu Junmen has never really fought head-on with the Taiping army and thieves. What a bastard! When the governor was still the chief soldier, he led his brothers to expel the anti-thief Yong'an, chased and killed all the way, and captured the thief's first Tiande Wang Hong Daquan, this is not a head-on battle? Do you have to fight to the death with an anti-thief who has been drugged with ecstasy and is not afraid of death, so that it can be regarded as a head-on battle?

Ben Du is not a stupid person like Ulantai, he fights hard head-on. To lead troops to war, you still have to rely on your brains. In a few months, the Governor was promoted from the commander of a town, first to the acting admiral, and more recently to the official governor of a province. And Ulantai, who has no brains, only knows that he is stupid and stupid, and now he has turned into a pile of loess.

Oh, this person not only has to have a good background, but also has to have a brain. Not only to have brains, but also to have chances. Liu Changqing, who was riding on horseback, couldn't help but sigh from his heart.

No, the governor of Guangxi, who has just been promoted, the main force of the Guangxi bandits has besieged Changsha, and the disaster is going north. The remaining part of the old, weak, sick, disabled, and chaotic bandits actually dared to entrench themselves in Daozhou, and even showed signs of returning to Guangxi. This is simply --- fat that fell from the sky, and sent military merit to Bendu.

Luckily, Ben Governor has soldiers in his hands! It's a pity that more than 3,000 elite Guizhou Miao soldiers were distributed to Hechun, otherwise, the governor would lead his own headquarters with 5,000 elite soldiers and directly sweep Daozhou, and there would be no need to wait for Sun Yingzhao. The small chief soldier of Yongzhou Town actually came to share the credit of the town, and it hurts to think about it.

However, seeing the Yongzhou soldiers in front of him who were in a messy formation, disheveled, and walking crookedly, Liu Changqing was unhappy again. He remembered the words of his staff who had painstakingly advised him before he sent out the army.

"Junmen, although the Cantonese thieves in Daozhou are just an old and weak group led by Feng Yunshan, and they have no combat power, Daozhou also went down without a fight. But after all, Daozhou City is also comparable to the city of Fu, and the height and thickness of the city wall are not comparable to ordinary county seats. And the Cantonese thieves have always been good at inciting the people, and during the period of occupation of Daozhou, they must have gathered thousands of local people, plus the original Cantonese thieves, the number of thieves is probably more than ours. The military gate is still slowly drawing, find out the thief's situation, wait for Yongzhou Sun to join forces, and defeat the Guangdong thief with one drum! ”

Laugh at! These sour talents, who have become the governor's staff, and want to take advantage of others, speak so much for the Yongzhou general soldiers, do they really think that the governor doesn't know his good calculations? It's just that I'm worried that Ben Du will fight and take the credit alone! Liu Changqing thought about the words of the elite staff, and secretly laughed in his heart.

This governor is the dignified governor of Guangxi, and he is not thinking about how to defeat the Cantonese thief with one drum! Instead, --- annihilate this group of Cantonese thieves, and no longer allow them to escape to Guangxi. These Cantonese thieves are all sick and weak, and the greater the number of people, the greater the credit to the Governor.

The governor is not worried about the Cantonese thieves defending the city, in that case, it will be just a net to wipe them all out. The governor was only worried that the Cantonese thieves would flee when they heard the news, although Daozhou City went down without a fight, but this was expected. But if the Cantonese thieves escape back to Guangxi, as the governor of Guangxi, they will have a headache again. As for whether the Cantonese thieves will take the initiative? The joke is just a group of old, weak, sick, disabled women and children, if they really come to ambush, they will find him everywhere, and they will be annihilated.

Thinking about the Yongzhou general soldier Sun Yingzhao, who came from Ningyuan by a detour, even if he folded his identity for the sake of state affairs, he was willing to wait for this group of Chenzhou soldiers, but if he wanted to join forces, it would take at least two days later. In two days, maybe these Cantonese thieves have already entered Guangxi.

No, we must rush to Daozhou as soon as possible!

"Report! The military gate, not far from the official road ahead, enters the valley of Xiaoshui, and the ancient trees on both sides shade the sky. The forward battalion, fearing that the thieves would be ambushed in it, stopped its march and sent outposts to investigate. ”

"River Valley? Check it out! Order the forward battalion not to delay the fighters, quickly investigate, and hurry as soon as possible! The battalions are not allowed to take off their armor after a short rest, and they are ready to go at any time! ”

Liu Changqing was a little annoyed by the timidity and caution of the forward battalion, but he let the Yongzhou soldiers, who did not belong to his headquarters, act as the forward, so he did not show it, but only ordered to set off early.

The status of the messenger of the forward battalion is not low, and he has a lot of ability to observe words and looks, and he knows that this Liu Junmen has some contempt for the local soldiers in Yongzhou, so he immediately sent an order to the forward battalion.

The forward battalion scouts made a rough survey of the official road, but found nothing, and were about to enter the woods to investigate carefully, and the general took a few people and hurried on horseback.

When the general learned that the outpost did not find any suspicious signs, he waved his hand and said: "There is no need to waste time checking, forgive that long-haired thief is not so bold, it is estimated that he has escaped from Daozhou at this time." Brothers, hurry back with me to resume your life. The military gate is in a hurry. ”

Several sentries got on their horses and left the valley with the general heading north.

Lin Fengxiang, who was hiding behind the bushes, breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and shouted softly to the Holy Army Sword spearman who was ambushing behind him: "Brothers, continue to hide for me." After a while, even if the guns rang out, without my order, they still hid it from me. If you don't obey the order, you will be dealt with according to military regulations! ”

Liu Changqing, who didn't know that he had inadvertently broken a big deal, showed even more impatience on his face after hearing the report from the outpost. Ben Du already knew that the Cantonese thieves in Daozhou were all old, weak, sick and disabled, so how could they have the courage to come out and fight. Waste of time!

It should be a quick march to Daozhou City. It's a big deal that the governor should be cautious, not attack the city first, but besiege Daozhou City first, and then attack the city when the leader surnamed Sun arrives. Yes, the governor led a large army to surround it, united with the local squires, and then pardoned the local people who were thieves, perhaps, without much effort, he could take Daozhou and exterminate the Cantonese thieves.

Liu Changqing, who was immersed in the great achievements of greed, suddenly felt that the mount under his butt was walking slowly, and when he looked up, it turned out that the team had entered the narrow river valley that the forward battalion said. The river valley is about three or four miles long, and the official road is on the west bank of Xiaoshui, and on both sides of the road is the river on one side, and the dense green trees at the foot of the mountain on the other, which suddenly becomes a little crowded.

Liu Changqing got off the horse, rubbed his sore buttocks, beckoned him in exchange for a personal guard, and helped him to sit in the empty sedan chair carried by eight people behind.

Rumble! Boom! Several deafening explosions joined in one piece, and a powerful shock wave swept in. At the same time, in the mountainside trees on both sides of the river valley, gunfire rang out.