Chapter 63: Escape
After careful consideration, Tan Tai accepted Huang Shu's opinion.
After the defeat of Zhumala, the Green Battalion servant army and the baggage troops suffered heavy losses, and all kinds of equipment in the besieging camp were burned, and it was no longer possible to restore the encirclement of Nanchang City and annihilate Jin Shenghuan.
The Battle of Nanchang, which lasted for half a year, had in fact been declared a failure, and now we have to consider how to clean up the mess.
Lying about military exploits, Bolo did the first year of junior high school, General Tan Tai can naturally do fifteen, he is still very contemptuous of Bolo in his heart, he is also lying about military exploits, Bolo is for fame and fortune, but he is for defeating the Chu army and taking revenge.
Before withdrawing, there are still two things to do, one is to transport all the capture of Ma Guozhu away as evidence to report to Beijing, and the other is to urge Tun Buer to go all out to storm and strive to eliminate the Yuezhou battalion, so as to draw a successful end to this "great victory......
Tun Bu'er fought fiercely for several days, and suddenly received an urgent order from Tan Tai, asking him to concentrate all his forces and launch a fierce attack on the Yuezhou battalion, and if the battle could not be ended within two days, he must retreat in time.
Tun Bu'er felt inexplicable, and asked the officer who gave the order, only to know that something had happened in Nanchang City, and Zhu Mala had a big defeat and was successfully broken by Jin Shenghuan. After hearing the news, Tun Bu'er didn't dare to detail his ears, Zhu Mala was also a famous brave general in the Qing army, how could he be defeated lightly.
At the same time, he also found that the shape of the battlefield was deteriorating sharply, Wang Kefan was in the south, Jin Shenghuan was in the north, and the Qing army was tens of thousands of people and horses in the depths, and if they didn't do well, they were dumpled by the Ming army, and at this time they had to attack the Yuezhou battalion. It doesn't seem like a wise move.
Of course, as a big general in his own right, he will not lightly question the manager's decision. Any doubts were hidden in the bottom of his heart, and he was also strictly ordered not to spread the news of the defeat of Nanchang, so as not to shake the morale of the army. Then he urged the men and horses of the department to exert twelve points of strength to launch a fierce attack on the Yuezhou battalion day and night!
After fierce fighting in the past few days, both armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties were already close to their limits. Tun Bu'er went crazy, and the Yuezhou camp was a little unable to hold on, and the outer camps were lost one after another. Even Tan Xiao's Chinese military camp was in danger, and the Qing army used artillery to collapse the camp wall several times and entered the camp, Tan Xiao led the reserve team to fight back desperately. before they dared to go out. Re-plug the gap.
"Damn, what are you doing here, don't want to smash the pot and sell iron?"
In between the battles, Tan Xiao stood on the newly repaired wall, looking at the layers of Qing army corpses under the wall, and shook his head helplessly.
The defending side occupied a favorable position and had more advantages over the attacking side, and the Qing army launched a fierce attack at any cost. Although they caused casualties to the Yuezhou battalion, their own losses were even greater. So much so that Tan Xiao, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, was shocked. Of course, if the camp was breached by the Qing army, the battle would turn into a one-sided massacre, and this battle loss ratio would be meaningless.
"In my opinion, it must have been General Wang San's side that did it." Dong Qiaoxuan is Tan Xiao's deputy, with rich battlefield experience, and his guesses are very close to the truth.
Tan Xiao pursed his lips, feeling a little awkward...... Wang Sheng's detour behind enemy lines is a military secret, and it is very inappropriate for Dong Qiaoxuan to talk about this kind of secret. However, this secret was still told by Dong Qiaoxuan himself, and it was not good to blame him at such a critical juncture.
"You're right, if you hold on a little longer, the Tartars shouldn't be able to hold on, and since we're acting as bait, we have to have a desperate plan." Tan Xiao smiled and said: "Besides, Wang Junmen won't watch us being eaten by Tun Bu'er, as long as we can defeat Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong, Tun Bu'er will only have to retreat." ”
The two discussed it, gathered all the lightly wounded and auxiliary soldiers, and dug ditches and fortifications in the camp to prepare for the worst, even if the camp wall was broken by the Qing army, they could continue to hold out for a while.
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Unlike the besieged Yuezhou battalion, Wang Kefan has already received the good news of breaking the siege in Nanchang.
The news immediately spread throughout Zhangshu Town, and the morale of the three armies was greatly boosted.
Wang Kefan immediately ordered a general attack on Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong. After the preparation time in the previous period, the Chu army has completely surrounded this enemy, like a ripe fruit, and it is time to pick it.
The first target is Li Chengdong, after eliminating him, Lin Guangyuan in the back is isolated and helpless, and he can't hold out for long.
At dawn, the Chu army launched an attack, and the soldiers rushed to Li Chengdong's camp with shouts, but they did not meet any resistance, and it was not until they killed the wall that they found that it was an empty camp.
Li Chengdong ran away!
Except for Wang Kefan, no one paid much attention to this. It's just an ordinary green battalion commander, and he has been defeated by the Chu army several times, and he runs away, and he will clean him up when he meets him in the future, and then eliminate Lin Guangyuan first.
Lin Guangyuan didn't know that Li Chengdong had run away, and thought that he was blocking in front of him, but the Chu army suddenly rushed up, and almost failed to make effective resistance, and the camp was breached. Pressed against his chest by a bright bayonet, Lin Guangyuan, who was still shouting to fight to the death just now, suddenly fell to his knees and surrendered and begged for mercy.
He was soon brought to Wang Kefan.
"Where did Li Chengdong go? How did you run? Wang Kefan asked.
"What? Li Chengdong, this kid ran away? No wonder his camp fell so quickly! Lin Guangyuan suddenly realized, gritted his teeth: "This guy is really not a thing, but he has made me miserable, Wang Junmen must arrest him back and avenge me!" ”
There was nothing to say to this schizophrenic patient, Wang Kefan waved his hand, ordered someone to take him down, and ordered the troops to march forward forcibly to rescue the Yuezhou battalion as quickly as possible.
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At this moment, Li Chengdong was already on the river dozens of miles away, standing on the bow of the boat and watching the scenery. The carp took off the golden hook, shook his head and waged his tail and never returned, and he was able to escape successfully at the last moment, and he was in a very good mood.
Thank God for thanking people, thanks to giving Xia Jianren a generous gift, thanks to Xia Jianren still has a conscience!
Because Tun Bu'er was going to fight with the Yuezhou battalion, Xia Jianren's warship had two days to spare, and he deliberately turned around last night to inform Li Chengdong that the Qing army had been defeated.
Li Chengdong made a quick decision and escaped by boat overnight. After a few days of fierce fighting, there were only more than 2,000 of his subordinates left, and it took only a few dozen boats to transport them in one trip, and there were no big casualties among the hundreds of personal soldiers.
"Do you want to inform Lin Guangyuan?" Xia Jianren's task is to respond to the retreat of the Qing army, and by the way, Lin Guangyuan can also sell personal favors.
"That stupid bird, it's better to leave him here to fend for himself, so as not to alarm the southern thief, and even you and I can't get out." Li Chengdong pretended to be a grandson every day during this time, and Lin Guangyuan was angry, of course he didn't want to help with this.
"Well, you're up to the question." Xia Jianren actually doesn't matter, whether it is Lin Guangyuan or Li Chengdong, they are all chess pieces given up by Tan Tai, there is no credit for saving them, and it doesn't matter if you don't save them.
"Where are we going now?" Li Chengdong asked.
"I'll send you to Fengcheng County first, and then I'll pick up Tunbu'er." Xia Jianren replied.
"No, I can't go to Fengcheng County." Li Chengdong shook his head again and again, and said, "I'll go with you to help General Tunbuer." ”
Running back to Fengcheng County like this will definitely be punished by Tan Tai, Li Chengdong decided to go to Tun Bu'er to have a look, and strive to get some military merits, and by the way, pat Tun Bu'er's buttocks and hug his thighs. (To be continued......)