Chapter 249: Land and Water
Haoge retreated all the way from Shunqing to Guangyuanzhou, not only did the green battalion soldiers and horses flee from the battlefield, but even the most elite Manmeng Eight Banners were also injured more than half.
In the face of such a crisis, Haoge looked forward to it, and four days after returning to Guangyuanzhou, he finally looked forward to the stars and the moon, and looked forward to Luo Luohun's army.
Compared with the battle of Shunqing, after the round of the two armies, the number of Qing troops has increased, and where to go in the future, everyone has their own small calculations.
Standing on the city tower, looking at the surrounding peaks, in addition to the relatively flat for more than ten miles near the city tower, the other places are stacked and green, stretching endlessly.
Thinking of the dilemma of escaping for their lives along the way, although Nikan and other Manchurian and Mongolian generals were quite unwilling in their hearts, but now that the army has been newly defeated, the morale of the whole army is low, and everyone has no heart to fight to the death.
More importantly, from Guangyuanzhou to Hanzhong, all the way to the mountains and mountains, the road is very difficult to walk, if it is cut off by the volunteers, it will be difficult to return home at that time.
Seeing the high-spirited Manchurian Yellow Flag Baya Camp and Manchurian Blue Flag one by one depressed, Luo Luohun, the king of Yanxi County of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Beile Mandahai did not think so.
Now the Manchu court is in power is the imperial uncle regent Dolgon, and the eldest son of the emperor Taiji Haoge is quite disagreeable, a few years ago he found an opportunity to cut off the prince, if now such a gray defeat back to Hanzhong, Guanzhong, if it is really like that, Dolgon does not need to find any excuses, can justifiably punish this prince who made the Manchus lose their teachers and land.
For the sake of his own life, Hauge was unwilling to retreat.
At this time, Wang Fuchen led the naval army to the city of Guangyuanzhou, and now he is cruising back and forth on the Jialing River, shelling the Qing army camp outside the city.
Luo Luohun and Man Dahai were extremely angry, but everyone lived in the northeast all the year round and was not accustomed to water, and they were helpless in the face of the Qing army on the river.
But this is only the beginning, when the naval army bombarded the camp of the Qing army by the river, Yang Lin led the volunteers to arrive ten miles south of the city one after another, and then relied on the mountains to establish a camp, and did not lead the army to attack, and formed a confrontation with the Qing army outside the city.
Standing on the city tower, Haoge seemed quite puzzled, according to everyone's past thoughts, the volunteers fought successively, and now their morale is booming, and now they should fight bravely to kill the enemy in the face of the Qing army.
According to everyone's original idea, if the volunteers dared to attack the Qing army outside the city, first rely on the green battalion soldiers and horses to consume the opponent's strength, and then lead the Manmeng Eight Banners to fight when both sides are exhausted, they will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.
Who expected that the thunder and rain of the volunteers were small, and they first sent the navy to patrol back and forth, causing the army to press the border, and now although the main force arrived, it just stuck to the camp and did not come out.
Faced with such a situation, Hauge seemed to be in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.
It is expected that now that the Qing army has been defeated, the main force of the Qing army in Sichuan has been defeated in the field of the Volunteer Army, and the news of the retreat has already spread to all corners.
Did the Green Camp generals who had just returned to the Qing Dynasty regain their rebellious hearts?
After holding each other for five days, Haoge could no longer bear it, so he ordered Luo Luohun, Mandahai, and Bayan to lead Manchuria with red flags and Mongolian Zhenglan flags to suppress the formation, and commanded Li Guoying, Gao Mingzhan and other green battalions to attack the volunteer camp.
Gao Mingzhan and others had just been defeated by the volunteers, and the commanders of the green battalion, Wang Zuntan, Bai Yongfu, and Liu Jinzhong, had been killed by the volunteers one after another.
Driven by the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, although everyone went to war, they often collapsed at the touch of a button on the battlefield.
Hauge complained bitterly, but he didn't know what to do.
On the side of the volunteers, the morale of the whole army was high, if it weren't for Yang Lin's intention to suppress it, maybe all the generals would directly lead their troops to attack the Tartar camp.
The reason for this is really because Yang Lin is waiting for various opportunities.
Since the shaving order, many Han people in the world have risen up against the tyranny of the Tartars, and their rule was originally unstable.
In the past year, Haoge has made rash advances, ignoring the fact that the revolt of the Ming army in Shaanxi has just subsided, and despite the fact that the Hanzhong He Zhen and Sun Shoufa departments have been defeated but may resurrect at any time, they have entered Sichuan in a big way.
Since the Wanli period, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been invincible in the field, and now the news of the collapse of Shunqing City has brought not only military problems, but more importantly, the hope of reviving the Han family.
Yang Lin led his troops to attack, hoping that there would be major changes in the Qing army in Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and that he hoped to take this opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Qing army.
The Manchu dynasty is no more than the Manchurian Eight Banners (equivalent to eight divisions), if you add the closest Mongolian Horqin Department and other Mongolian soldiers and horses, the Han Army's Eight Banners, its men and horses are only 150,000 or 60,000.
In recent years, Manchuria has been invincible in attacking cities and villages, mainly because of the internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, mainly because of the military prestige of the Manchurian Eight Banners in the previous decades, plus hundreds of thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses who took refuge.
Early in the morning of the first day, the sky was full of fog, and no one could be seen four or five meters away.
At the risk of exploding, the gunner stuffed the shells into the bore and fired them into the distance.
By noon, the fog gradually dissipated, and it was clearly visible in the distance, in order to break through the cottage in the distance, the regiments involved in tackling the fortified positions also launched their own Franc machine guns, so that the guns and cannons in front of them were loud, and the whole gate fell into a scourge.
In the firelight, under the cover of birds, bows and arrows, Liao Qifang led his soldiers to carry the ladder to the pass one by one to prepare to attack the dangerous pass.
In order to prevent the counterattack of the people and horses on the border, the soldiers Ding Duo wore two layers of armor, held a huge shield in front of him, and continued to rush up along the ladder.
Hauge stood in front of the pass in full armor, strictly ordering the 5,000 green battalion soldiers and horses around him to guard the dangerous pass, and behind him, Bellenikan and Dingyuan general Heluohui led 1,000 Manchurian iron cavalry and 1,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, as well as the 5,000 remnants of Li Guoying, who had just retreated to Baizhang Pass.
After the defeat of the Great Western Army, Li Guoying and Dingyuan General Heluo Hui led their troops to pursue the remnants of the Great Western Army, and after chasing into the territory of Tongchuan Prefecture, they were intercepted by the local militia group, and fought for more than 20 days.
Seeing that Pengxi County was in sight, after suddenly hearing the news of the defeat of the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty under Haoge, they were shocked, Li Guoying and Heluohui led their troops to retreat all the way north, and there were many deserters along the way, so the soldiers and horses of the green battalion were only half of the original, but now the soldiers are so tired that it is difficult to fight for a long time.
In order to cheer everyone up, Haoge told everyone that the general soldier Zhao Ronggui has led the troops to capture Long'an Mansion, and is now leading 5,000 soldiers and horses to gallop to the aid of the starry night.
However, after successive defeats, the morale of the Green Battalion soldiers was extremely low, and now they saw that the volunteers not only had Fran machine guns, but also red-coated cannons, and the whole army was quite frightened.
During the conversation, a flowering bomb flew over the top of the head and fell behind it, and an explosion occurred in the Eight Banners Array, and the projectile flew sideways within four or five meters, killing and injuring four or five people in a moment.
One person was panicked, but everyone was even more afraid of Haoge's brutality, and just now he killed three small flags, looking at the bloody heads, and everyone was so shocked that they didn't dare to come out.
The mechanical stones were thrown down, although there were many casualties, but the volunteers had no intention of stopping, one fell, and the other rushed up to fill the gap.
Seeing that the pass was so difficult to attack, Qian Bangqi, the supervisor next to him, couldn't bear to say: "My lord, this Baizhang Pass is a famous and dangerous pass in northern Sichuan, if it is such a hard attack regardless of casualties, there will be a lot of casualties at that time."
Since the adults have set up a series of plans, why not postpone the attack on the mountain, so that such an effect can be achieved. ”
Yang Lin said with a smile: "In the face of absolute strength, any strategy is pale and powerless.
I've made a series of plans, but it's just to add protection to win. ”
Qian Bangxin thought for a while, looked at Liao Qifang, who was trying to lead the crowd to attack the mountain, and said, "My lord, why don't you tell General Chen about the plan first, so that he can be mentally prepared."
It's good that the adults are so desperate to conquer such a dangerous pass within two days in public. ”
Yang Lin shook his head, picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, on the mountain road three miles away, about 500 people were climbing along the mountain road, preparing to attack the Qing army guarding the pass from behind.
Whether it can be achieved by closing the door and beating the dog, the key is in this battle, as the saying goes, to win with righteousness and odds, in order to ensure the victory of this battle, Yang Lin can be said to have made a heavy bet.
The experience of his previous life told him that there was a sheep intestine trail to sneak into the back mountain at any dangerous pass, and before and after arriving at Baizhang Pass, Yang Lin sent people to look for the surrounding woodcutters, so as to find such a sheep intestine trail.
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Yang Lin sent his guard chief Wu Dazhu to lead more than 500 people to take advantage of the fog as a cover to secretly sneak into the back mountain last night, and now he is relying on iron hooks and ropes to climb the back mountain, preparing to launch a counterattack against the green camp.
Wu Dazhu suddenly led his troops to kill, and Hauge, who was directing the battle in front, was shocked, and just sent Belenikan to lead more than 500 cavalry to bomb the pressure, when suddenly there was a burst of cheers in front of the pass.
It was rumored that the general soldier Zhao Ronggui had already returned to the Shun Volunteer Army, and now he was leading his troops and horses to attack Yangping Pass, so as to cut off the return route of the Manchu Dynasty.
Haoge didn't believe it at first, since entering Sichuan, Liu Jinzhong and Zhao Ronggui took the lead in leading the soldiers and horses to return to the Qing Dynasty, and five days ago there was good news, Zhao Ronggui captured Long'an Mansion in one fell swoop, and killed Zhu Hualong, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty who had a grudge against him, so how could he surrender to the Manchu Dynasty?
Hauge doesn't believe it, it doesn't mean that his soldiers don't believe it, especially when they see that the back mountain is occupied and the volunteers suddenly increase their troops to the front line, everyone dare not have the slightest doubt.
The army's heart was unstable, and the volunteers seized the opportunity, only to see a few soldiers attacking the city with a few wooden tables, and throwing the burning earth-shattering thunder on the wall buttress at a distance of five or six meters from the wall battlement, taking advantage of the aftermath of the explosion, several soldiers jumped up one after another, and then waved the treasure knife in their hands and slashed wildly.
Under the supervision of the small flag commander, a few soldiers surrounded and prepared to fight, and suddenly there were still a few earth-shattering thunders below again, and everyone's momentum was frustrated, and some even retreated back.
The Manchurian soldier who supervised the battle behind was furious, brandishing a big knife and preparing to slash at a soldier, but the soldier was frightened and roared angrily as he ran: "Brothers, we are all Han Chinese, how can we be willing to help the Tartars die?"
Brothers, Yang Lin treats the soldiers and brothers well, everyone returns to the volunteers, and it is better to go to the land and farm than to work for the Tartars. ”
Seeing that the volunteers were about to attack the gate, some people were forced to be forced by the generals to shave into a rat's tail and become a green battalion, and some people felt that the general trend had gone and hoped that the battlefield uprising would survive, although everyone had different purposes, but now seeing the volunteers jumping into the gate one by one, they didn't want to fight hard, and in the sound of surrendering their guns, everyone raised their hands and surrendered.
The army was defeated like a mountain, Haoge had no choice, so he had to lead his troops to retreat to Hanzhong, and after a day of fierce fighting, the volunteers occupied the dangerous Baizhang Pass.
Yesterday the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, today's first day of the new year, the beginning of the new year did not expect to win such a dangerous pass, everyone seemed quite happy, and also ordered a big reward for the three armies, in addition to sending guards to the surroundings, everyone crowded in the big tent to drink wine and eat meat.
Liao Qifang, the guerrilla general of the Second Regiment covered in blood, was different, and the whole person looked quite annoyed, sat down, drank a few glasses and stood up and said: "My lord, the last general has followed the adult for four years, and he thinks that he is still loyal.
But this time, on the one hand, the lord strictly ordered the last general to attack Baizhang Pass, and on the other hand, he let the escort brigade attack it as a surprise soldier. ”