Chapter 65: The Trap

After four years of recuperation, this ancient town, which was easy to regain some popularity, was slaughtered again by the Qing army as the location of the camp. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At nightfall, in the big tent of the Chinese army in the big camp, the generals who participated in the encirclement and suppression gathered here. However, the most proficient person was not Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang, but the Pingnan general Baya Laxu Zhang Jingzhang Jia Dasu. And below Dasu, it is not limited to the officers of the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou and the Zhejiang Admiral Standard Battalion, but there are also the generals of the Zhejiang Governor Standard Battalion, which can be said to be the elite of the land battle on the front line of Hangzhou.

In such a situation, it was only a battalion with less than 1,000 people to encircle and suppress Dalan Mountain, no matter how you look at it, the smell of conspiracy can be described as unconscious.

"Vice General Xu, let's talk about it, the thieves who went up to Dalan Mountain this time are three-headed and six-armed, and they actually let you lose two garrison troops back in one battle?"

Not long after, Xu Xin rushed back to the camp in Liangnong Town with the troops in his hands, and almost at the same time, the news of the fiasco of the two garrisons who climbed the mountain and attacked the village was sent to the camp. The news came so quickly that before he could figure out how he was defeated, he was reprimanded by Dasu. However, for many years, he still has some experience in dealing with Shangguan.

"Returning to the commander, as far as the general knows, this group of thieves came on mules, and the speed of the march is really not as usual. Probably when retreating, the garrisons of the two palaces were raided by surprise and were routed by the thieves. ”

Xu Xin's remarks immediately attracted the attention of Da Su and the generals present, after all, this Zhejiang Ming army once again took out a new type of combat force, and using mules as a means of transportation can indeed improve the reaction speed of the Ming army.

"This is probably the traitor Chen Wen who followed my Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty."

The Eight Banners of Manchuria, due to its large number of war horses and sparse population, even the infantry also have many riding war horses, and in terms of tactics, they often break the formation on foot and pursue on horseback. For example, Dasu's old friend Ao Bai, the first warrior of Manchuria, most of his military exploits came from this.

Dasu, this person is the imperial guard of Huang Taiji, who was still at the same level as Aobai back then, and even the Eight Banners are famous for their martial arts. However, it is not as good as the second-generation official background of Fei Yingdong's nephews such as Ao Bai, and the merits of resisting Dolgon after the death of Huang Taiji, until last year, he was promoted to Baya Laxu Zhangjing by virtue of his merits in defeating the Ming army's partial division on the southwest battlefield.

And in fact, this is still the impact caused by Chen Wen, because the kind of credit in history only exonerated him, if it weren't for the death of the two Pingnan generals, some people in the Eight Banners have begun to feel that this position is unlucky, coupled with Aobai's strong advice, he will only be able to rise to this position this year.

was promoted a year ahead of schedule, but fell into this dangerous place, but Dasu did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with this, and even decided that this was a golden opportunity given to him by Huang Taiji's spirit in the sky.

The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Banner Army, as a new generation of senior generals who have personally experienced more than 20 years of war, but have not experienced the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, Dasu has never had the slightest doubt. After all, after so many years, only the Eight Banners of Manchuria beat others, and probably only a strongman like Li Dingguo could reluctantly set up a situation before Nikan died. For Chen Wen, who had defeated the Eight Banners of the Han Army, he was not very afraid of the two thousand Manchurian Eight Banners, the two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners and the two thousand Eight Banners of the Han Army, but he was a little eager to try.

has no illustrious background, and no luck to catch up with such a big event, so naturally he can only rely on his military exploits to rise to the top. Chen Wen was now regarded by the Manchus as the commander of the Ming army second only to Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo in terms of threat, and if he could defeat him, his status in the Eight Banners Army could naturally be greatly improved. And this time, as the news of Huang Zongxi and others rebuilding Dalan Mountain reached the ears of the Qing court, Hong Chengchou gave him such an opportunity, an opportunity to lure Chen Wen's one or two battalions to help with this so-called Dalan Mountain Ming Army, and then encircle and annihilate it in this Siming Mountain area!

After listening to Xu Xin's explanation, Da Su nodded, the appearance of this mounted infantry did disrupt the rhythm of the Qing army, originally he planned to let Xu Xin be a small fish, swallow Huang Zongxi's righteous army, and occupy the old camp of Dalanshan. Then, when the Ming army attacked the mountain for revenge, it was surrounded by a large army.

Under normal circumstances, the Ming army should have come on a hurried march, and it would take tomorrow to arrive, and time was absolutely sufficient for them. But now, because the marching speed of this cavalry infantry is different from the norm, the battalion before the promotion was not completely blocked at the foot of Dalan Mountain, in fact, it also depends on Xu Xin's reaction and experience. As for the two garrisons that were lost, it can be completely understood as a strong man's broken wrist.

"The thieves are cunning, but they will not be the opponents of my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Early tomorrow morning, the two divisions of Fubiao and Tibiao set off to surround Dalan Mountain, and there will also be a Dinghai General Soldier Standard Battalion in the south of Dalan Mountain to intercept possible thieves and reinforcements at any time, and the commander will personally lead the Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners as your backing. ”

"The last general will obey!"

In order to prevent accidents, Dasu still sent a large group of cavalry to block the area around Dalan Mountain, in case Lou Jiye broke through before the Qing army arrived.

At the end of the military discussion, the generals hurriedly arranged tasks, and Xu Xin was even more busy reining in the rout, but the deputy general of the army in the standard battalion rose up and found his son-in-law Xu Lei after the meeting, and almost did not do any foreshadowing in the tent and went straight to the topic.

"Virtuous son-in-law, the war is coming, and there are some things that shouldn't have been asked to you now. But the stakes are high, and I hope you can answer truthfully. ”

How to besiege tomorrow and what position the department is in, Xu Lei already knows this, but he only needs to confirm it early tomorrow morning. It stands to reason that at this time he should indeed inspect the headquarters and then rest to ensure a good spirit for the coming war. However, Yu Fenqi is not such a boring person, there must be something important here, and because of his identity, he can't help it.

"Father-in-law, please speak up, the son-in-law should know everything, and he will say everything."

"That's good." Speaking of this, Yu Fenqi's voice couldn't help but lower a little, and asked Xu Lei softly: "I heard that the mother and sister of the traitor Li Ruixin are now in your home, but is this the case?" ”

This is not a secret, but it has gradually been ignored as the Li family has fallen into the middle of the road. Now Li Ruixin has followed Chen Wen to get the title of Earl of Guangning in the Ming Court, although the earl has long been rotten on the street, but as the henchman of Chen Wen, who is now gaining momentum, his future is unlimited.

Originally, Xu Lei reported this idea and planned to ride on the wall here, so he also deceived his wife and made sure that he kept it secret. However, he was suddenly mentioned by Yu Fenqi, and he was startled when he landed, and even subconsciously thought that his plan had been discovered.

After a blink of an eye, Xu Lei returned to normal, but the changes in his expression at this moment were all reflected in Yu Qiqi's eyes. With the experience of the old way, Yu Fenqi immediately figured out what this meant, and even this question was originally to test Xu Lei.

"For example, it is still unknown who belongs today, but a traitor like us who betrayed the Duke of Yasukuni and betrayed the Son of Heaven with Dashuai back then, I am afraid that the Ming side may not dare to take it in again. Virtuous son-in-law, you can take precautions, I am naturally happy for you, but you also need to remember that the concubine room is the concubine room after all, and when it is critical, you can give up to get it. ”

Yu Fenqi's words just reminded Xu Lei that even if Li Ruixin was there on the Ming side, their identities as Tian Xiong's subordinates might not be able to get a good result. Keeping the Li family is a way out, but it is also a time bomb. Even if this concubine has your child, once it is discovered by the Manchus, it will be a scourge sooner or later.

Originally, Yu Fenqi only had such a little meaning, but he didn't know it, because his daughter set up a situation in Xu Lei's house to deceive his people and frame the Li family's affairs, but these words were completely different in Xu Lei's ears - Xu Lei, if you kid dare to treat my daughter badly, I will poke out the matter of the little lady surnamed Li in Yu Fenqi, and break the net!

The things in his house were threatened by his life because of this, Xu Lei forced his anger and agreed a few words, and then returned to the tent. After tossing and turning all night, he never could sleep, and even his anger surged with the lack of sleep.

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Lou Jiye did not give a positive answer to the possibility that Wang Jiang suddenly thought of, but began to order the engineering team that followed him to take the strong men and surviving soldiers on Dalan Mountain to cut down the trees around the old camp with the strong men and surviving soldiers on Dalan Mountain, so as to build more fortifications that the staff team thought they needed.

The task may seem difficult, but the Qing army had already burned down the old camp four years earlier, and many of the trees around it had been damaged, so that few of them were oversized. But at night, it was found that the cavalry of the Qing army was cruising under the mountain.

In this regard, the rebels in the old camp seemed to be a little flustered, after all, they had just been defeated once a few hours ago, if it weren't for the Zhejiang Ming army to help, I was afraid that they would have been completely wiped out. However, the officers and men of the Flying Bear Battalion, who had already arrived at the old camp, still did what they should do according to the plan of the battalion staff team and under the supervision of the battalion supervising officers and the battalion judges, and did not care about the Qing army at all.

"This is the place where the marshal established the Nantang Battalion, the first battalion of my Zhejiang Wang Division, - Dalan Mountain."

The west camp area of the old camp, the area where the Nantang battalion was first formed and stationed, was not repaired after that burning. The reason for this is nothing more than the lack of manpower, and the number of soldiers and family members does not need such a large camp for the time being, and perhaps there are some ideas such as cleanliness.

In this area where weeds are overgrown and ruins abound, the battalion supervisors of the Flying Bear Battalion are like tour guides, taking the officers and soldiers of a bureau to visit this holy place when the Ming Army in Zhejiang first rose. And those soldiers were also amazed at the desolation of this desolate place, and even some tried to find some traces of Chen Wen's military exercises here from those ruins.

"Back then, it was here that the marshal accepted the appointment of the Zuo Shilang and the left deputy governor of the Zhizhejiang Economic Strategy Military Department, and served as the chief general of the sixth battalion of the Ming Army in Dalanshan."

At that time, Dashuai was only a few hundred strong men he recruited at the foot of the mountain, and he didn't even have an official number. However, after a month's school competition, Sentry A was able to defeat twice its own camp in Dalan Mountain with 50 men, which was an old battalion that had been in the army for two years, and the casualties of Sentry A were only five, and only one of them was sentenced to death. Because of this, the loyal martyr will give the word Nantang as the camp number, in order to wish my Zhejiang Wang Shi can be as invincible as the Qi family army that followed Qi Shaobao back then! ”

Wang Yi has been dead for three years, and only Wang Jiang knows more or less about what he thought at that time, and the others are Shen Tiaolun and Zou Xiaonan, and they will not know his true intentions. At least in the eyes of others, Wang Yi has the grace of Chen Wen, a righteous man and a genius who went south to join the army, and Chen Wen repaid him with a strong army, which is also more in line with the normal state of morality.

What happened at that time is now a thing of the past, just like the Dalanshan Ming Army back then. And the current new Dalanshan Ming Army was directly squeezed to the edge after receiving the assistance of the Zhejiang Ming Army.

The Flying Bear Battalion was responsible for the defense of the old battalion, and except for Wang Jiang and Shen Tiaolun and Zou Xiaonan, who were guaranteed by Wang Jiang, who were still assisting in the transfer of people's husbands, the others were directly invited to the area where their families and wounded were housed. The name is beautiful: appeasement, to put it bluntly, Lou Jiye is too lazy to listen to their "tricks".

In this way, the old camp of Dalanshan spent the night in an orderly manner. In the afternoon of the next day, the Qing army began to appear at the foot of the mountain with the banner of raising and raising the standard, and soon besieged the entire Dalan Mountain.

Using the encirclement and suppression of Dalan Mountain to lure the Ming army in Zhejiang, because it was a mountainous area, Chen Wen could not send too many troops at one time, and in this way, the Qing army could take advantage of Ningbo and Shaoxing to besiege the reinforcements from the periphery and spend some time to completely annihilate them.

This plan has come to the final step here, and the difference is only to completely annihilate this newly built mounted infantry battalion in Chen Wen's hands!

The Qing army that participated in the war included 5,000 raised bids, 3,000 raised bids, and 6,000 Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners as a stamina, and 3,000 fixed bids responsible for intercepting reinforcements on the southern front.

It was determined that the Ming army on the mountain did not evacuate at night, and as the commander of this battle, Tian Xiong did not rush to attack the mountain, but to ensure that this Ming army could not escape.

With Tian Xiong's order, a large number of people dug trenches and cleared an area without trees under the reprimand of the Qing army, and their purpose was obvious. In this way, for the next whole day, the Qing army under the mountain made final preparations. It wasn't until the next day, with the arrival of the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou garrison, that Tian Xiong ordered the oil and firewood to be poured on the trees at the edge of the forest, and then lit the first fire that set fire to the mountain.

A strong attack will inevitably face the problem of dense mountains and forests. If it was surrounded by other armies, it would be fine, the Ming army in Zhejiang was famous for its mandarin duck formation, and the rugged and narrow terrain was more favorable to the Ming army. In addition, the problem that the army attacking the mountains is not easy to deploy due to the obstruction of the mountains and forests, and if you want to reflect the superiority of the troops, the best way is to try to burn the mountains and forests, so as to surround the old camp in all directions.

There was no wind in the mountains, and with the help of fire oil, a monstrous flame soon formed and spread rapidly. The beasts in the mountains began to flee in a panic, and the birds even raised a dense black dot in the air, flying in all directions, so that the Qing army had to retreat a certain distance.

The mountains and forests were completely burned, and even if the Ming army in that old camp could survive the fire, they would inevitably face a siege by a Qing army eight to nine times their size.

Looking at this mountain fire, Dasu and Tian Xiong couldn't help but reveal their complacency that the great achievement was about to be completed, and they were even surprised that the Ming army on the mountain had not launched a breakthrough before this.

"This traitor surnamed Lou seems to be a horseman."

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a must-listen "military textbook" for middle and high-ranking officers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. More importantly, he is even more confident in this victory.

"What the marshal said is that Chen Wen used a strategist to lead the troops, and this is God bless me Daqing!"

One is the same as the other, and the joy of the two commanders soon permeated the joint camp of the Qing army under the mountain. It's just that they don't know now that the standard camp army of Dinghai Town, which they left on the southern front to intercept the reinforcements that might appear from the Ming army, has already encountered the head of the Ming army camp embroidered with the word Huangyan in the area of Simingshan Town at this moment. (To be continued.) )