Chapter Eighty-Eight: Stick to the Plans and Wait for Help

There was a fierce battle in the front mountain, and the back mountain was attacked, and the Chu army was attacked on the back of the enemy.

Gu Yigu made a desperate bet, and after a fierce battle, he finally attacked the steep slope of the back mountain, and the position of the Chu army was precarious.

"Kill!"

Several Chu soldiers immediately jumped out of the trench and rushed forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eight Banners. There is no oath of generosity, no calmness in the face of death, no nervousness and fear, only the extreme excitement of killing red-eyed, the short shouting of strength, and the ferocious assassination of life for life......

Under their cover, Da Guniu and two Chu soldiers retreated to a stone platform and held the last line of defense.

The Eight Banners rushed up like a swarm, and behind them, Gu Yigu gave orders loudly while observing the surrounding terrain, his eyes swept over the several corpses in front of the trench, and a trace of complicated feelings flashed in his eyes.

These corpses are from the Eight Banners and Chu Army, and the wounds are all on the front of the body, and most of them are still in a fighting and scuffling posture, and two of them are still holding each other. The Eight Banners pinched each other's shoulders with one hand, and carried the tiger tooth knife with the other, the handle of the knife was red and white, stained with blood and brains, half of the head of the Chu soldiers had been smashed, but they were biting the neck of the Eight Banners in their mouths......

Turning his head to look at the top of the mountain, he regained his fierce expression, and there was a trace of excitement in his eyes. As long as the stone platform in front of you is broken, there is no danger to defend further up, and not far from the top of the mountain is the artillery position of the Chu army that has no self-defense ability.

A group of Eight Banners soldiers rushed towards the stone platform, and several large stones were pushed down from the stone platform, smashing them upside down and flying out one by one.

Attack again. Once again, they were repulsed.

Gu Yigu stretched out his bow and arrows, aimed at the stone platform, and shot down a Chu soldier. Then he raised his sword and screamed, and rushed up with all the Eight Banners.

"Up! Follow me! Kill all these southern dogs! ”

There was only one person left on the stone platform, his nose kept moving, panting rapidly, his eyes were staring at the dense Qing army below, one hand holding the blocked wooden machine, and the other hand took out a very careful bag of rice cakes from his arms. Sent it to the mouth and bit off the oily paper outside, and ate it.

"But! But! He snorted and muttered to himself. Suddenly he shouted, "Ah——! Go to hell! ”

Seeing that the Qing army was getting closer and closer, he pulled the machine hard, and the huge sassager rumbled down, and then picked up the flint. Pulling the trigger on one of the Eight Banners soldiers at the front, he didn't bother to check if he had a hit, so he grabbed another flint gun with a bayonet loaded, jumped off the stone platform with a fit, and rushed forward with a shout.

"Kill!" He screamed.

"Kill ——!" The valley echoes.

No, it's not an echo, this killing sound is powerful and powerful, angry bullfighting, hundreds of people roaring together!

The big bull is naturally tall and fat. Although he charged with all his might, he was not too fast. Before he could react, a group of Chu soldiers passed by. Kill the Qing army like a tiger descending from the mountain......

Reinforcements arrived.

Gu Yigu's headquarters were completely annihilated, and the position in the back mountain turned into safety.

After the fighting on the back mountain stopped, Jumala knew that the battle had been lost, and there was no possibility of capturing the nameless hill, so he could only break through immediately while it was dark. in order to get rid of the danger of total annihilation...... After a breakout battle that was not fierce, but suffered heavy losses. Zhu Mala finally led the remnants of the Qing army to break through the encirclement, followed the road from which he came, and fled in a hurry to the town of Yanling in the southeast.

After dawn, the sun never came out, hiding behind thick clouds, as if not daring to face this tragic battlefield.

In the valley, there was a mess everywhere, and the soldiers of the Chu army were cleaning up the battlefield.

In the woods on the hillside, the fire had been extinguished, and only a black and bare tree trunk stake remained, some of which were still emitting green smoke, which had been blown away by the mountain wind and spread everywhere.

The main force of the Chu army has been out, intercepting and pursuing Zhu Mala, Wang Kefan arranged various military affairs, and took Li Yuncong and several subordinates to climb the nameless hill where the battle was fiercest last night.

Defending this hill is the second battalion of the Gongyi battalion, Shi Wushu and Wang Kebin are very excited, this battle, although it is a tough battle, but the Chu army is prepared, and occupies the favorable terrain, fully wielding the power of mortar and flint, so compared with the casualties of the Qing army, it is almost negligible, and it can be regarded as a complete victory.

In Wang Kefan's eyes, although the result of this battle was ideal, the process was not perfect, and there were still many things that could be improved in the tactical skills of the Chu army. For example, the coordination between artillery and infantry, such as the timing of the counterattack, such as the flank cover is not tight enough, and so on.

Walked all the way, watched all the way, carefully observed on the spot, and exchanged views with Shi Wuxian and Wang Kebin. The war is not over yet, and now is not the time to summarize in detail, so we can only write down the problems first and wait until the end of the battle to hold a summary meeting.

When visiting the soldiers, Wang Kefan ran into a big bull, his eyes were red and swollen, and the expression on his face was also very dull, obviously he had just cried.

"What's your name?" Wang Kefan asked kindly, but his brows furrowed slightly.

"My name is Niu Dazhuang." Da Gu Niu replied immediately, but his voice was not loud, and his spirit was still wilting.

"When the military gate asks, you have to answer loudly! You know what? Shi Wuxian reprimanded him, and then turned his face to Wang Kefan and explained: "He is the deputy of the fourth team of the second battalion, and he guarded the back mountain last night, and all the brothers under him were gone. ”

Wang Kefan nodded and patted Da Guniu's shoulder: "Go, take me to see those brothers who died in battle, I want to salute them......"

Standing in front of the steep slope of the back mountain, Wang Kefan was silent for a long time.

Time is in a hurry, the corpses of the dead soldiers of the Chu army have been collected, but the corpses of the Eight Banners are still scattered on the hillside, although there is no armor, but it is not difficult to see from the uniforms and costumes that they are all elite soldiers in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and half of them are the famous Bayala soldiers. The Chu army in the back mountains was able to block their attack with dozens of people, in addition to the favorable terrain, the tenacious will to fight was also a crucial factor.

"All of them will be credited, and the pension of the fallen soldiers will be doubled!"

Wang Fan looked at the terrain around him. said to Shi Wushu and Wang Kebin: "The Tartar directly touched the halfway up the mountain, which shows that the sentry position is still unreasonable, and if there are two more secret sentry posts on the periphery." Firing a warning shot in advance can buy valuable preparation time. Also, there is a problem with the communication between the front and back mountains, and the front is tight, so I can't take care of the back of the ass. Both of you must remember that as a battalion officer, the slightest mistake can result in bloodshed and sacrifice, and you must not be negligent ......."

Speaking of which. Wang Kefan realized that his tone was too harsh, and encouraged them a few more words. After all, it was the first time for the Chu army to fight this kind of battle, and problems were inevitable, and they could only be improved gradually.

"You two do the work of making a big cow, do your best to cheer up. It can't affect the morale of others. In the war, it is normal for brothers who are like brothers and sisters to die in battle, and it is normal to be sad and sad, but don't cry like this. When a soldier sheds blood without tears, he should be tough. He thought about it for a while, and then asked Li Yuncong: "I want to take Niu Da Zhuang and take it as an example for the whole army, what do you think?" ”

Li Yuncong smiled and said: "The military gate is high, this battle has played the prestige of our Chu army. It's time to spread the word. However, Niu Da Zhuang's temperament is a little soft, is it appropriate to raise him? ”

"One yard to one yard. He has a soft temperament. If he is tough when he fights, he is a good soldier. Besides, that's the way it is. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Kefan announced in public that he would award Da Guniu the honorary title of "Lone Hero".

Soon, the story of the lonely hero Niu Dazhuang. It spread throughout all the departments of the Chu army.

Two days later, the Chu army left the nameless hill. There is a martyr's tomb on the hillside, and the warm sun quietly fills the hillside, and the wildflowers bloom all over the hillside.

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Jumala broke through in a hurry, and the Chu army then pursued, killing and killing countless people.

Zhu Mala's heart was extremely remorseful, if he retreated in time after encountering an ambush, with his strength, the Chu army might not dare to pursue with all his strength, and the losses would definitely be much less. But he is also a good general in the end, and he quickly stabilized his feelings, since the matter has come to this point, now is not the time to feel sorry for himself, and the most important thing is to lead the remnants out of danger.

Because of the heavy casualties and the loss of most of the heavy grain and grass, he is now like meat on the chopping block, and he has little power to fight back, so it is difficult to turn around and bite Chu Jun, so he can only seek self-protection first. What made Zhu Mala feel a little relieved was that when he came, the troops were divided into two routes, and there were thousands of Qing troops in the east of Jurong County, and if he could join them, he would be able to relieve this breath.

He sent a dozen messengers to take small roads over the mountains and mountains, and he must get in touch with the thousands of Qing troops and ask them to come to support as much as possible. In addition to this reinforcement, he also sent people to the west to contact Mulima, Mulima is not far away, if the Chu army blocks Jurong County in the east, joining forces with him is also a way out.

If you want to be saved, you must first save yourself. After sending people to ask for help, Zhu Mala led the remnants to flee all the way to Yanling Town, and first obtained a place to stay.

More than 2,000 years ago, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Nanjing area was still called Yanling, and later in the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan built a stone city, which later took shape of Nanjing, and Yanling also became a remote town.

Although it was only a small town, it provided much-needed food for Jumala, and after the Qing army looted it on a large scale, they forced the people in the town to dig trenches and build camps, and finally had a sense of security for the time being.

Jumala decided to hold on and wait for help. He was really frightened by the ambush battle of the Chu army, and now only half of the remnants of the Qing army were defeated, and if he was ambushed in a hurry, he was afraid that it would not be so easy to escape.

Sure enough, the scouts who went out to investigate reported that the Chu army had already caught up, forming a loose encirclement around Yanling, especially in the southeast direction, which had the most troops, and if Zhu Mala still retreated along the way they came, he would definitely bump into their arms.

Jumala was very anxious, but he was helpless, so he could only stay in the town of Yanling, waiting for friendly troops to come to help.

The friendly forces did not disappoint him, and two days later, the Qing army from Jurong County rushed to Yanling Town to join forces with Zhumala.

Hearing that the reinforcements arrived, the Qing army was jubilant, Zhu Mala rushed out of the town, with this Qing army came to the front, Zhu Mala froze, he never expected that this Qing army was also a group of remnants of the defeated generals.

The Qing army from Jurong County was also ambushed on the way and suffered heavy losses, and the only thing that made Zhu Mala feel relieved was that the Qing army resolutely broke through after being ambushed, did not leave all the baggage grain and grass, and brought some grain.

But he knew that since this support soldier had been severely damaged, he still could not break through now, so he could only continue to stay in Yanling Town and wait patiently for news from Mulima.

Mulima was too late.

He suffered a big loss in Fangshan, and tried to attack the mountain several times in a row, but was repelled by the Chu army, and when he was in a dilemma, he suddenly received a request for help from Zhu Mala, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy.

The ladder was delivered in a timely manner.

He ordered the front army to retreat to the Qinhuai River, take a boat to avoid the cannons on Fang Mountain, and retreat to Zhuohua Town with his rear army.

There were originally 1,000 defenders in Zhuohua Town, and he left some remnants of the defeated generals and took more than 5,000 elite main forces out to advance to Yanling Town in the southeast. Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, he made a detour after arriving at Jurong County, not entangled with the Chu army in the city, but just after Jurong County, he received the news that Zhuohua Town was lost.

The back road was copied!

Shocked and furious, Mulima ordered the whole army to halt its advance.

After he came to Jurong County, he was already far away from the Qinhuai River and could not get the support of the water division, and now he was copied by the Chu army, which was equivalent to putting him in his pocket.

Mu Lima hesitated again and again, and decided to return to the town of Zhuohua, first to ensure the safety of the grain route, as for the division of troops to rescue Zhu Mala, this must not be considered, in case of being ambushed by the Chu army like Zhu Mala, the 1,200 Qing army is likely to be eaten in one bite.

The momentum was fierce and returned to Zhuohua Town, but the Chu army had already withdrawn to Fangshan early, and Mulima did not dare to chase after Shangshan, so he was in a dilemma in Zhuohua Town.

Fang Shan's nail was stuck nearby, so he didn't dare to drive straight in lightly to rescue Zhumala in Yanling Town. Now it seems that the only way is to storm Jurong County and seize another strong fortress on the way to the march, so that we can ignore Zhuohua Town and march boldly into Yanling Town with confidence...... However, attacking a county town that had been prepared for a long time was no less difficult than attacking Fangshan, and if Mu Lima attacked Jurong County for a long time, the rescue of Jumala became far away.

After receiving the news, Jumala did not thunder, but wrote a letter to Mulima, asking him to fight steadily, conquer Jurong County first, and then come to the rescue of Yanling Town.

"This matter is not urgent, if Mu Lima is in a hurry to come to Yanling Town, in case he is ambushed by Wang thieves, not only will the whole army be wiped out, but the last hope of our breakthrough will also be cut off, and there will be no food and grass in the area, and there will be no rescue soldiers outside, I am afraid that it will not last for a few days." Zhu Mala gritted his teeth and said viciously: "The current plan, our army can only endure hard in Yanling, firmly lead the main force of the Wang thief, and when Prince Zheng leads the army to arrive, or General Tan Tai returns to the north, the Wang thief will definitely collapse!" ”

Although surrounded in Yanling, Zhu Mala was not discouraged, but decided to do what he planned, and held on here to wait for reinforcements, waiting for the main force of the Qing army to arrive, and fought to the death with the Chu army. (To be continued)

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