Chapter 545: The Tiger Falls to Tongling
In fact, the Tongguan Mountain camp of the Tongling Taiping Army is not as vulnerable as Huang Wenjin said, at least because the location of the camp is well chosen, the Wu army must first cover this camp with artillery for a long time before launching a storm, otherwise if it is directly attacked, the casualties of the Wu army will definitely not be small there.
In order to take the Tongguan Mountain, which is very important to the Wu Army's industrial base, more than 40 breezed guns of the Southwest Wu Army all went into battle, all using picric acid shells, sparing no effort to bombard the Taiping Army's Tongguanshan camp, and there were 50 heavy artillery guns using solid shells to help, the sound of artillery fire was earth-shattering, the flowering shells exploded one after another, and they bloomed everywhere in the camp of the Taiping Army, shrapnel raged and swept life, and there were large-caliber solid shells flying around, The cracked walls and rocks were unstoppable, directly turning the Taiping army's camp into an iron and fire hell.
In the face of such fierce artillery fire, the Tongling Taiping Army had built more than a dozen small forts before it was completely muted in less than an hour, and there was no way to fight back, and in the past few years, the Tongguanshan Taiping Army, which was mainly responsible for supervising the mining and transportation of ore by the people, almost all of them hid behind the pile of earth and rocks, trembling and praying for the blessing of the Heavenly Father, not to let the solid shells of the Wu army jump on themselves, not to let those sharp shrapnel cut and shoot themselves, and some Taiping soldiers did not wait for the Wu army to launch a formal attack, has quietly escaped from the camp, and the guard Zhao Jingui has no way to stop it, nor does he have the heart to stop it, all he thinks about is how to escape for his life, and whether he should put down his arms and surrender when he is cornered? ββis Zhao Jinfu's younger brother, Zhao Jingui doesn't have to worry that choosing to surrender will implicate the five wives, concubines and children in Tongling City.
Feng Sanbao, the commander of the conscientious Southwest Wu Army, once again came to the front line to command the small camp offensive and defensive battle, but because the opponent was relatively weak in the artillery battle, Feng Sanbao never issued any tactical orders, and patiently just waited for the artillery fire to destroy most of the enemy's camp fortifications, during which he once considered saving ammunition to launch a strong attack in advance, but considering the advice of his son-in-law when he set off, as well as the problems of military morale and morale, Feng Sanbao dispelled this idea again, It was decided to completely suppress the enemy with artillery fire first, and ensure that the frontal assault was successful.
Finally, after two hours of artillery preparation, it was confirmed that most of the Yangma Wall defense line used by the Taiping army to block the road up the mountain had been destroyed, Feng Sanbao ordered the artillery bombardment to stop, and at the same time ordered the assault team to enter the position and prepare to launch a frontal assault. However, at this time, the soldiers presented a letter to Feng Sanbao, saying that it was sent by the Taiping Army, and that it was to be handed over to Feng Sanbao himself. Feng Sanbao was very surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Long Hair sent it?" How is it delivered? β
"When I returned to the military gate, I shouted to our scouts from afar, shot us scouts with arrows, and then ran away." The soldier replied truthfully: "That long-haired man also said that he was He Yunlong's subordinate, and he sent us a letter on He Yunlong's order. β
Puzzled, he glanced at his right-hand man Li Hezhang, and saw that Li Hezhang's appearance was also a little confused, so Feng Sanbao opened the letter without any words on the envelope, and took out the letterhead to watch, but what made Feng Sanbao even more confused was that there was only one line written on the letterhead - Huang Wenjin was going to leave Tongling tonight to do nothing.
After coming up and only looking at it, the witty Li Hezhang immediately understood the meaning of this line, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, the long hair who wrote this letter is telling the truth, and wants to borrow our hands to clean up Huang Wenjin, let us seize the opportunity of Huang Wenjin's overnight retreat, give Huang Wenjin a heavy blow, and even wipe out Huang Wenjin's long hair." β
"You mean, He Yunlong wants to take revenge on Huang Wenjin by killing Huang Wenjin with our hands?" Feng Sanbao asked suspiciously, and after seeing Li Hezhang nodding, Feng Sanbao, who was not unwitted, was still very strange, and said, "Is it possible?" As far as the contact was made a few days ago, He Yunlong's long-haired person shouldn't look like this? β
"It's kind of weird." Li Hezhang also felt that He Yunlong should not be that kind of person, and said suspiciously: "From the perspective of motives, He Yunlong has enough reasons to do this, but after all, it is still too yin to do this, with He Yunlong's character of preferring to die rather than surrender, it is unlikely that he will do such a thing." β
After that, Li Hezhang hurriedly added another sentence and said: "Uncle, there is another possibility, maybe this is the trap of the long hair, trying to trick us into sending troops outside Tongling City at night to intercept Huang Wenjin's long hair, and take the opportunity to attack us with ambush soldiers." β
Of course, Feng Sanbao also had this suspicion, so he asked again: "Virtuous nephew, in your opinion, what is this a trap?" Or does He Yunlong really want to borrow our hands to avenge him and give us a chance to kill Huang Wenjin's long hair? β
After all, it is not a genius like the second brother, and there is not enough intelligence support, of course Li Hezhang can't see the truth of the matter. But fortunately, Feng Sanbao also has a smart accomplice by his side, Ding Baozhen, who has not spoken next to him, suddenly opened his mouth and said: "It doesn't matter if it's a trap, it's a big deal to arrange an elite reserve team to prepare for it, now we are not afraid of fighting field battles with Changmao, but we have a headache in tackling tough battles and siege battles." β
As soon as he woke up the person in his dream, Li Hezhang immediately nodded his head and said: "Uncle, Zhihuang is right, even if it is a trap, it doesn't matter, the last thing we are afraid of is to fight in the field, as long as enough combat force is dispatched, even if this is really a trap with long hair, it is also a chance for us to break the enemy in the field." β
Feng Sanbao was silent, and after pondering for a while with his hands behind his back, Feng Sanbao said again: "Virtuous nephew, Zhihuang, you think about it again, if we send troops to intercept Huang Wenjin's long hair this night, in addition to the possible ambush of the long hair, what dangers may we encounter?" β
After a few words of whispered conversation, Li Hezhang replied: "Uncle, the other most likely danger is that Changmao takes the opportunity to send troops to attack our camp, but as long as we take proper precautions, even if Changmao does this, he will only seek his own death." β
"We also have a possible loss of wasting ammunition." Ding Baozhen pointed to the Tongguanshan camp of the Taiping Army, which was already shrouded in gunsmoke, and said: "It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, if we want to send troops to intercept Huang Wenjin's long hair at night, now we can only give up attacking the fortification to leave physical strength for the soldiers, and we will also give the Tongguan Mountain long hair the opportunity to take the opportunity to repair the camp defense. β
"But if this letter is really a trap, or if Huang Wenjin's long hair really wants to retreat to Wuwei tonight, then we will make a lot of money by sending troops to intercept at night." Li Hezhang also pointed out: "Those who dare to fight in the field at night must be the long-haired elite soldiers, and if we kill the long-haired elite in the field, we will be able to attack the city much easier." β
"If Huang Wenjin's long hair really plans to withdraw tonight, then we will make even more money." Li Hezhang continued: "Huang Wenjin's long-haired force not only has many veterans, can fight and tenaciously, but also has rich experience and is familiar with our various tactics. As long as we seize the opportunity of him withdrawing his troops overnight and having no fortifications to defend, weaken him as much as possible in the field battle or even annihilate him directly, then we don't have to worry about him entering Tongling City, or running to Wuwei to help the long-haired defenders there, which will increase the difficulty of our siege. β
Li Hezhang and Ding Baozhen analyzed the pros and cons to this point, and Feng Sanbao, who did not completely rely on nepotism, finally made up his mind, nodded, and said: "Okay, try your luck, I won't fight Tongguan Mountain today, and immediately retreat to let the soldiers rest, and prepare to attack overnight." β
"Uncle, you might as well retreat the army and send someone up the mountain to recruit you at the same time." Li Hezhang suggested again: "Let's just say that we don't attack the mountain today, it is to give Tongguan Mountain Changmao a chance to rein in the precipice, and tell them to put down their arms and surrender quickly if they are smart, otherwise when we really launch a strong attack, they will regret it too late." In this way, it not only demonstrates our sincerity in surrendering and confidence in breaking the enemy, but also prevents Huang Wenjin's long hair from being suspicious, suspecting that we are preparing to leave our strength to deal with him if we don't fight Tongguanshan. β
Feng Sanbao heard the applause, and immediately adopted it, and asked Li Hezhang to write a letter of surrender on the spot, and sent an envoy to Tongguan Mountain with a white flag, and then ordered the troops to retreat, and took the army to withdraw to Datong with a swagger to prepare for the night battle. Not to mention the result, after the letter of surrender was sent to Tongguan Mountain, Zhao Jingui, who was worth a lot of money, not only did not have the slightest suspicion, but on the contrary, he was greatly shaken, and the idea of simply surrendering directly when he was desperate became stronger.
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It's time to take a look at the situation on Huang Wenjin's side, because his subordinates all agree to leave Tongling and don't want to die in vain outside the city, in fact, when the Wu army withdrew from the Tongguanshan battlefield, Huang Wenjin was also ready to retreat overnight, but first, he was worried that the Wu army would take the opportunity to pursue, and second, he had a word for Zhao Jinfu first, so Huang Wenjin did not immediately retreat. At the same time, deep down in his heart, Huang Wenjin still had some hope that a miracle would appear, so that Zhao Jinfu agreed to let the self-army enter the city at the last moment - after all, compared with Wuwei City, which could only collect some tolls, Tongling's money and food were much more abundant, and the hope of holding on for a long time was also greater.
It's a pity that the miracle never appeared, on the contrary, the remnants of the Chizhou Taiping Army, which had been at odds with Huang Wenjin, entered Tongling City in the afternoon, and Huang Wenjin was of course disappointed. At the same time, although Huang Wenjin was also suspicious about the unexpected change of Wu Jun's abandonment of attacking Tongguan Mountain, after hearing the news that Wu Jun sent an envoy to the mountain to surrender, Huang Wenjin's suspicions were completely dispelled, and he no longer suspected that Wu Jun's move was aimed at himself, and he also strengthened his determination to withdraw overnight. - If you don't hurry up, if the Zhao family brothers really waver, the last 2,000 or so descendants under Huang Wenjin will all have to die without a place to be buried!
Under such a background, it was completely dark after six o'clock in the evening, and Zhao Jinfu never sent someone to invite him into the city, and Huang Wenjin, who was extremely disheartened, did not say anything more, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, and left the camp overnight with a little food, grass and ammunition, and went straight to the direction of Wuwei on the official road. During this period, Huang Wenjin did not send anyone into the city to say goodbye, and Zhao Jinfu did not send anyone to see him off, and they were extremely dissatisfied with each other.
In just three days, he broke up with two friendly armies one after another, and Huang Wenjin's subordinates, who were in a hurry, were of course not in a high mood up and down, and there was a dull air everywhere in the army, and Huang Wenjin himself had been in a sullen state, thinking only where the road was, and he was not in the mood to care about anything else, and because there were cities and camps controlled by friendly troops in the rear, he did not attach great importance to the rearguard, and he was not fully prepared to prevent the pursuit of the Wu army.
In this way, when the rear suddenly found a Wu army chasing with torches, Huang Wenjin was of course taken aback, and was suddenly a little at a loss, not knowing whether to speed up and flee as soon as possible, or whether to meet the battle on the spot and resolutely repel the pursuit of the Wu army. In the panic, Huang Wenjin also made a wrong judgment, feeling that the Wu army could not have sufficient preparations for pursuit, so he chose to let the army stop and fight on the spot, planning to first repulse the Wu army with all his strength and then retreat to the east, and by the way to see if a miracle could appear, whether Zhao Jinfu, who was not far away, would send troops to reinforce him.
Only as soon as Huang Wenjin fought Huang Wenjin found that he was very wrong, the Wu army that came to pursue not only was well prepared for night battles, but also carried a large number of grenadiers that could not only kill the enemy but also could be used as flares, and there was also a battalion equipped with a pin gun that the Taiping army could not parry in the field at all, and the Huang Wenjin army was overturned by the Wu army's pin gun The corpse was overturned, and it was really unbearable, so it had to abandon the baggage and retreat at full speed.
What's worse is that there was also a team of Wu troops in front of Huang Wenjin's army, and Huang Wenjin's defeated soldiers were caught in front of the front and back. However, after coming back to his senses, Huang Wenjin exclaimed in disbelief: "Could it be that the demon soldiers took a boat and took the waterway to get ahead of me?" How can it be? Could it be that the demon soldiers already knew that I was leaving tonight, and they also knew the direction of my withdrawal, and they were ready to trap me in advance? Otherwise, even if a scout of the demon soldiers finds out that I am withdrawing, it will be too late anyway? β
No one could answer Huang Wenjin's question, and Huang Wenjin did not have the time and energy to care too much about the problem, because the disparity in weapons and equipment was too far, and Huang Wenjin's headquarters, which could not break through the Wu army's blocking position, could no longer escape for their lives on a flat official road, so they could only flee into the fields to the east, fleeing into the distance in a chaotic formation, and could no longer fight and retreat, maintaining a complete and orderly collective action. The Wu army pursued closely, and at every opportunity, they fired grenadiers to bombard the defeated crowd of the Taiping army, desperately killing the Taiping soldiers and soldiers while forcing the Taiping army to disperse and flee, and had no power to fight back.
The road conditions were too bad, running deep and shallow in the waterlogged rice fields, coupled with the bombardment of the Wu army's grenadiers, Huang Wenjin's defeated troops finally broke up completely, and the soldiers and generals rushed to scatter, and no longer dared to follow the banner of the brigade and Huang Wenjin, while the Wu army brigade chased Huang Wenjin's banner closely, and the slogan of capturing Huang Wenjin alive came and went. In the end, because the situation was too critical, Huang Wenying had to say to Huang Wenjin: "Brother, your main banner can no longer be fought, we can only put it down, otherwise we won't be able to escape." β
Glancing at the green-edged and yellow-lettered flag above his head, Huang Wenjin's heart was like a knife, but he still nodded, and instructed the standard-bearer who had followed him for many years: "Put it down." β
"Cheng Xuan......."
The standard-bearer cried out and reluctantly refused to let go, but just when Huang Wenjin ordered to put down his main banner again, a grenadier shell suddenly fell from the sky, and it just fell in front of Huang Wenjin and exploded......
Although his fame is far less than that of the Taiping generals such as Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng and Li Kaifang, in history, Huang Wenjin, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who persevered to the end on the battlefield in Zhejiang, is still definitely a famous general of the last generation, and is called the Yellow Tiger by the Qing army and the Hunan army. On this night at this historical level, Huang Laohu died from the joint efforts of Wu Jun and his own people.
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