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Zhu Yulu was on a special mission, and many of the envoys and officials who accompanied him were experts in military affairs, so that they could act as a think tank at critical moments and give advice to him and Ma Jixiang. When we heard that there had been a serious change in the battle situation on the front line, everyone immediately spread out the map and talked about the troops on paper, and the discussion was very lively.

Annihilate Zilharang! That's too much of an appetite, isn't it? Even the most optimistic people didn't dare to think about it in advance, but this result was so tempting, and it seemed that it was really possible to achieve it, these accompanying officials could no longer remain calm, pulling the envoy sent by Wang Kefan to ask questions and questions, and repeatedly deduce the follow-up battle process, and the optimists and pessimists were still arguing constantly, and the quarrels were so thick that their faces were red and their necks were thick.

Zhu Yulu and a few civil officials were left aside, but they listened happily with a smile. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as you can win the battle, the more Qing troops you destroy, the better, it is best to capture Jierharang and his generals, or sacrifice prisoners in front of Guilin, or behead Emperor Taizu of Xiaoling, as long as you think about it, Zhu Yulu is full of expectations.

He suddenly opened his mouth to interject and asked Wang Kefan's envoy: "Tun Qi is a Qing general, I don't know which general under Wang Junmen can behead him in front of the battle?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the room, and a few civilian officials who didn't understand military affairs were inexplicable, but Ma Jixiang and the other envoy officials were a little embarrassed. His Royal Highness King Tang has been staying at home for a long time, watching too many plays, thinking that fighting is like fighting on the stage, and it all depends on the two generals to decide the outcome alone. will ask this kind of layman's words. Ma Jixiang's thinking was disconnected in an instant, and his brain was opened. A most appropriate and appropriate answer subconsciously flashed in my heart: "I have Admiral Pan Feng, who can kill Huaxiong ......"

OK. The envoy sent by Wang Kefan was very steady, there was no abnormality in his expression, and he replied in a proper manner: "The ones who are fighting with Tunqi are our army Wang Sheng, Wang Jincai and Jiao Lian, and the main will be Wang Sheng, Your Highness must know his name, right?" ”

"The third child of the Wang family, of course this king knows! He has made great achievements in the past few years, and he is also a fierce general who can fight, just on par with Tunqi......" Zhu Yulu nodded, and asked casually: "Jiao Lian?" Jiao Lian didn't just lose the battle. Why are you fighting again? ”

Although this sentence was an unintentional question, it happened to be asked to the point, and Ma Jixiang and the others couldn't help but be stunned.

In the military report a few days ago, Jiao Lian's subordinate Tang Miaozi guarded the 177 Heights, and after a day of hard fighting, the whole line collapsed in the evening, with a total of more than 500 soldiers killed and wounded, and dozens of people were taken prisoner...... Tang Miaozi had a total of 1,300 men, and he lost nearly forty percent of his troops in just one day, such a high casualty ratio. It will frighten the other Guangxi soldiers who did not participate in the war. According to common sense, Jiao Lian's military morale was severely frustrated, and he had to go through a period of rest before he could rejoin the war, but now he was in a hurry. Could it be that the Chu army is insufficient, and Wang Kefan is actually very struggling?

The crowd became more and more worried and asked. The messenger smiled and explained: "After Zilharang divided his troops, the pressure on our army was greater. But Wang Junmen has already made arrangements, so you don't have to worry. As for General Jiao Lian. It was the soldiers under his command who took the initiative to ask for battle, and no one forced them. ”

"Really?! When did the Guangxi soldiers become so brave...... This, this is really unheard of! Ma Jixiang was too surprised, and rushed out without thinking about a word, only to realize that something was wrong after speaking, and reached out to pick up a cup and drink tea, avoiding the eyes of several Guangxi officials.

Although he was the deputy envoy of the envoys, he was a military general, and the civil officials with a higher status were not afraid of him, although several Guangxi officials did not ridicule each other, but there was dissatisfaction in their eyes, and a Hubu Langzhong named Zhang Hanru at the head was even more angry.

Zhu Yulu saw it in his eyes, felt interesting, and deliberately provoked: "What? After losing a battle, is it rare to go into battle again immediately? ”

Zhang Hanru replied loudly: "Although I am defeated and not discouraged, Weichen thinks it is very rare." ”

Ma Jixiang continued to drink tea steadily, but he didn't hear it, but he secretly hated Zhang Hanru in his heart.

Zhu Yulu raised the bar and said: "I'm afraid of losing another battle, and I will be defeated again and again, but there is no glory." ”

"......" Zhang Hanru was angry for a while, and wanted to say a few hard words for the Guangxi soldiers, but he didn't have that confidence, and he himself was not optimistic that Jiao Lian could win this battle.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the King of Tang was so unreliable, the envoy sent by Wang Kefan said roundly: "General Jiao Lian, this is the first time to fight with the Eight Banners, and in fact, the fight is still good. Moreover, my military family once said that in the past, Chu and Han competed for power, Liu Bang was defeated and fought repeatedly, and the next battle finally settled the world, which is somewhat similar to the current general trend of the world. Now that the Qing army is strong and the Ming army is weak, our army has been defeated again and again, as long as we are defeated and persevered, we will one day be able to expel the Manchus from the border and restore the homeland. ”

Zhang Hanru's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Gao Cai! Wang Junmen is really talented! 'Repeated defeats' is 'repeated defeats', and the artistic conception is very different! ”

A group of Guangxi officials raised their eyebrows and praised them one after another, but Zhu Yulu glanced at them and asked, "What?" Are you all looking forward to Jiao Lian losing another battle? ”

“……”

Zhang Hanru was speechless again, of course he hoped that the Guangxi soldiers would win the battle, but could Jiao Lian really win this battle? On the premise that he had just lost the battle, why did he rush into battle and take the initiative to ask for battle?

……

Maoshan is a small mountain range, known as the beautiful scenery of nine peaks stacked on top of each other, the large, medium and small three Maoshan peaks go north in turn, like a winding dragon in front of Yanling Town.

At the northern foot of Maoshan Mountain, near the Wawu Mountain Pass, the night is dark.

After a day of fierce fighting, the night was unusually quiet, and the front-line positions of the two armies facing each other were silent, as if no one was stationed, and only the second-line troops behind were stationed in the sound of lights and human voices. Outside the garrisons of the Ming and Qing armies, there was a huge fire that was not extinguished for a long time, the raging flames rushed into the sky with thick smoke, and the strong stench of burning corpses drifted away with the wind, which was disgusting, and in this hot summer, the bodies of the dead soldiers must be cremated. Otherwise, decay will occur very quickly, causing a large-scale plague.

After the division of the army. Tun Qi led 10,000 Qing troops to the northern foot of Maoshan Mountain, intending to launch a multi-point attack on the Chu army's defense line. Let the Chu army take care of one thing and lose the other, but under the stubborn resistance of the Chu army, Tunqi is not in place now, and the two sides form a confrontation near Wawu Mountain. After dawn tomorrow, the Ming army will launch a general attack on Wawu Mountain, as long as Wawu Mountain is occupied, Tunqi's flank will be exposed in front of the Chu army, and they will either be forced to retreat closer to Zilharang, or they will be killed out of the Wawu Mountain Pass by the Chu army. Surrounded at the northern foot of Maoshan Mountain.

In the garrison of the Yangshuo soldiers, 800 heavily armed soldiers were assembled, and after Jiao Lian personally lectured, he quietly left the camp under the leadership of Tang Miaozi and disappeared in the deep night. Early tomorrow morning, the main attack on Wawu Mountain will be undertaken by the Chongyang battalion and the Yangshuo troops, with the Chongyang battalion attacking the southern slope and the Yangshuo troops attacking the western slope, in order to ensure that the attack distance is shortened. The attacking troops must lurk at the foot of Wawu Mountain this evening and get as close as possible to the Qing position.

This main attack task was snatched by Jiao Lian from Wang Jincai, if it weren't for Wang Kefan's words. He really can't rob Wang Jincai.

Because of the problem of weapons and equipment, the Yangshuo soldiers did not perform well in positional defensive battles, and hand-to-hand combat in the offensive was more suitable for them. Jiao Lian's entire army held his breath, hoping to correct the name of the Guangxi soldiers in the battle against Wawu Mountain. Fight a good victory.

Yes, the Yangshuo soldiers just lost the battle a few days ago.

But. The morale of the Yangshuo soldiers was very high.

When the two armies are fighting, the change in morale is the result of the combined action of various factors, not as simple as one plus one equals two, under the same casualty figures, if you get into trouble, the remaining tens of thousands of troops may also collapse immediately, if victory is in sight, even if the battle is almost exhausted, the morale is still high...... Although the Yangshuo soldiers did not hold the 177 Heights, but the battle of Tongguò has seen the hope of defeating the Qing army, the Eight Banners soldiers, who are known as invincible in the world, are not much stronger than the table of the Jiangnan Green Battalion in the special mountain warfare, at most they are more fierce and more tenacious, but after being hit by mortar shells, they will also fly flesh and blood, and they will also cry and wail miserably.

More importantly, in the battle of holding the 177 position, although the Yangshuo soldiers suffered heavy losses, the Qing army also suffered many casualties. According to Tang Miaozi's observation and statistics, in the process of attacking the 177 Heights, the total casualties of the Qing army that day exceeded 400, of which at least half were Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers, which greatly exceeded Jiao Lian's expectations, so that he never dared to believe it, and repeatedly asked other Yangshuo soldiers who participated in the battle for verification.

Ordinary officers and soldiers who participated in the war felt that this number was too small.

They were busy fighting, and they didn't have time to count them one by one, but intuitively felt that the casualties of the Qing soldiers should be more, and the Qing troops launched a charge to the 177 heights, and were beaten by mortars and flying stones and woods, and the corpses were all over the field, this kind of scene appeared several times that day, leaving a deep impression on the Yangshuo soldiers, as for the casualties on the Yangshuo soldiers' side, it was dark under the lights, and their own people often couldn't see it, so most of the Yangshuo soldiers overestimated the casualties of the Qing army.

Jiao Lian made a special inquiry with the Chu artillery, and finally confirmed that in the battle on the 177th Heights, the casualties of the Qing army did exceed 400, and Tang Miaozi's statistics were accurate.

He immediately announced the news to the whole army, and the other Yangshuo soldiers who did not participate in the battle were suppressed.

Killed more than 400 Tartars!

Among them are two hundred real tartars!

It's worth it! It's worth it! The Yangshuo soldiers themselves suffered more than 500 casualties, and dozens of soldiers were taken prisoner, but such a battle loss ratio was less than three to two, and three for two was still an addition!

When Tang Miaozi led 1,300 Yangshuo soldiers to the 177 Heights, everyone thought that it would be good if they could kill a hundred Tartars, even if they wiped out all the 1,300 Yangshuo soldiers, but they never expected that now they would only exchange 600 for more than 400!

The morale of the Yangshuo soldiers is greatly boosted!

The fear of the Qing army was swept away!

Because the pessimism and depression of losing the battle were swept away!

In the battle to block Tunqi, Jiao Lian, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, had already taken the initiative to ask for battle twice, but Wang Kefan did not agree, and it was not until the offensive battle that was more suitable for the Yangshuo soldiers began that they were sent up.

Tang Miaozi is an expert in mountain warfare in the Yangshuo soldiers, and it is his duty to fight again, half of the 800 soldiers under his command have participated in the 177 highland battle, which is considered an experienced veteran, and the other half of the 400 Yangshuo soldiers are fighting against the Eight Banners for the first time. Jiao Lian originally wanted to send more "new recruits", but in order to ensure a victory, he finally put out a lineup that used the old to lead the new.

Eight hundred Yangshuo soldiers took advantage of the moonlight to quietly hide in Wawu Mountain.

On the other side of the valley, there were suddenly several loud bird calls, which were from the Chongyang camp that was setting off at the same time.

"Stop!"

Tang Miaozi suddenly raised his hand and ordered the troops to stop advancing and squat on the spot to hide.

He took out a pocket watch, wiped it on the surface with his fingers very lovingly, and then sent it to his eyes, identifying the time a little awkwardly: "The Chu army is really wide, every general has a pocket watch like this, which is enough for Lao Tzu's military salary for a year, but with this thing, it is really convenient to fight a war......"

Seeing that the time was approaching, he realized that he was distracted, and hurriedly gathered his mind and stared at the watch hand and secretly counted silently. Suddenly, the artillery position of the Chu army in the oblique stab was lit up with fire, and with the deafening sound of artillery, more than a dozen mortar guns opened fire at the same time, shooting towards the Qing army camp in front of Wawu Mountain.

The discharged shells carried high temperatures, and more than a dozen shells crossed the night sky at the same time, wiping out a blazing light, and the Yangshuo soldiers looked up at this gorgeous and spectacular scene together, and watched the shells fall one by one around the Qing army camp, making a huge impact sound.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third rounds of shelling followed, and the Chu artillery fired dozens of mortar guns in groups, creating an effect similar to a three-stage salvo of flintlock guns. The Yangshuo soldiers looked at each other and nodded to each other by the light of the fire. This may be the last communication between comrades, and once the battle begins, no one can predict whether they will die under the bows and arrows, swords, guns and cannons of the Qing army.

"Bang! Bang! ”

On the artillery position of the Chu army, two Fu Lang machine guns suddenly opened fire, which was a signal agreed in advance, and the Qing army camp had fallen into chaos, and now was the best time to lurk and approach.

"Let's go!"

Tang Miaozi took eight hundred Yangshuo soldiers and ran towards a small forest on the west side of Wawu Mountain.

Just arrived at the edge of the woods, a rocket suddenly shot into the air, and a nearby Qing army outpost discovered the traces of Yangshuo soldiers. Immediately afterwards, the artillery shells of the Qing army roared, and this small forest was in shambles.

As soon as the arrow was fired, more than a dozen Yangshuo soldiers sprang out from Tang Miaozi's side, and they fiercely pounced towards the direction of the Qing army sentry, chasing and killing while extinguishing the fire. The other soldiers lay down on the spot and hidden, unlike the 177 Heights, the Yangshuo soldiers were now changed to the foot of the mountain, and for the first time felt the raging power of the Qing army's red-coated cannons. (The novel "Remnant Ming" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)