Chapter 200: Capture Liu Mingchuan
beheaded Ye Zhichao, Luo Yang ordered, hung his head on a flagpole, tore off the military flag of the Huai Army, and then, with cavalry, showed the officers and soldiers everywhere, expressing the goal of repaying the blood debt to the Huai Army, absolutely uncompromising,
"Eliminate the Huai Army, eliminate Li Hongzhang, and eliminate the evil Qing Demon Head."
"Of all the demon heads, none of them can run away."
Originally, the matter ended here, Luo Yang just wanted to punish the sinners in history, but someone reported to Luo Yang that the Huai army killed innocents indiscriminately in the two Huai areas, and some people told him about the massacre of prisoners after the Huai army captured Suzhou City.
"King Rui, this is what those Huai soldiers boasted about, and I think it is also true, our original Twist Army fought against the Huaiqing Demon, they said." The officers and soldiers of the twist proposed that they should be severely investigated,
Luo Yang immediately launched an investigation, in fact, many twisted troops knew that after Li Hongzhang surrendered in Suzhou, he was not ashamed, but proud, and spread his great achievements everywhere.
Many captured Huai officers and soldiers admitted it,
"Hmph, we want to retaliate, we can't do reciprocal retaliation, because I'm not a bandit, but we have to retaliate and let Li Hongzhang and these national scum know that their crimes are retributed." Luo Yang clenched his fists,
The Huaxia Army identified all the captured Huai Army, and all the officers above the thousand generals immediately cut off their heads, and solemnly announced that in the future, all the officers who met the Huai Army, as long as they were more than 1,000 generals, would never live.
For ordinary Huai officers and soldiers, they were temporarily detained and transported to relatively safe places such as Luoyang, and some stayed in the barracks to take up many labor tasks such as digging fortifications, which can be regarded as labor reform.
The Chinese army is still very disciplined in dealing with ordinary prisoners of war of the enemy, and some of them have been absorbed into the army after investigation, and even, because of their bravery, they have become officers like battalion commanders, and have made certain contributions to the prosperity and strength of the Chinese nation.
returned to Kaifeng City, quickly reorganized the troops, counted the losses, and dealt with the problems of the Qing army, and then, repaired the city defenses, and prepared for a new battle,
"King Rui, reinforcements from the Huai army have arrived." There are cavalry speeding forward,
"Whose soldiers?"
"It should be Liu Mingchuan, this guy, hehe, is a commander, he fights very hard, and the dog enters."
Luo Yang immediately drank him: "Don't scold people like this, enemies are also people, especially those who are brave in battle, worthy of our learning and respect." ”
"Yes."
The Twist Army is familiar with Liu Mingchuan, and knows that he has a very good set of wars, and is a member of Li Hongzhang's confidant and favorite general, but Luo Yang knows that he is a national hero, during the French invasion, he was able to heroically defend Taiwan, run Taiwan, and was the first governor of Taiwan Province, opened up the frontier, consolidated coastal defense, is a character, gave the Chinese nation a long face, is a good example,
The Huaxia army immediately sent cavalry to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and was ready to meet the battle.
"The Huai army is so fierce, and we don't have a moment of respite." Ren Huabang, the general of the Twist Army, said,
"Yes, Li Hongzhang is very fierce, he has been fighting so much, didn't it exhaust us, we just carried so many corpses, weapons, cannons, food, gold and silver, hehe, are you going to send it again." Lan Chengchun smiled humorously,
"If you come, you'll get in." Qiu Yuancai, the former fierce general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, known as King Huai, became excited,
Zeng Shihe was worried, "I'm afraid that Liu Ming's army has a lot of troops, and our army will fight continuously, will it fall into Li Hongzhang's tired plan." ”
Now Kaifeng City, has been the Chinese army heavy soldiers, the place where famous generals gathered, Zeng Shihe, Lan Chengchun, Qiu Yuancai, Lan Dashun, Dong Fuxiang, Liang Chengcai, etc., all rushed here, plus one of the commanders of the cavalry of the Twist Army, King Lu Ren Huabang, it can be said that the Huaxia Army in the Kaifeng area, full of talents, fierce generals like clouds,
"Fight, fight, fight." Dong Fuxiang has never been in a big battle, he is very anxious, and he is not feeling good when he sees others receiving awards for meritorious service.
"It's time to fight." Luo Yang naturally determined the battle plan,
Dong Fuxiang's army was the left wing, Lan Dashun's army was the right wing, Qiu Yuancai was the middle road, 6,000 cavalry members of the Twist Army were in reserve, and Luo Yang also reinforced the artillery troops in large numbers, and at the same time Zeng Shihe was the commander of the former enemy, and he also guided the principles of strategy and tactics.
In the face of the small troops of the Huai Army, the purpose of the Huaxia Army was to take turns to go into battle, train officers and soldiers, and more importantly, train the command ability of the generals.
With 7,000 officers and soldiers, a large number of foreign artillery and guns, and 300 Western devil soldiers, Liu Mingchuan's strength should not be underestimated, so he was full of ambition and determined to fight the Huaxia Army on the battlefield.
In the face of Li Hongzhang's method of transferring troops and dispatching generals, he did not have any complaints, with Liang Hongsheng as the vanguard and main force, Zhang Shushan and Ye Zhichao as the rear team, and him as the reserve force, what he thought was that such a continuous march would not become a terrible tactic of adding fuel to the lamp, before leaving, he once suggested to Li Hongzhang that he should assemble into a heavy army group and go north together, as a result, Li Hongzhang did not even open his eyes to look at him,
Although Li Hongzhang is very alert and has good ability, however, his natural nature determines that he is not a good commander, and it is not clear about military strategy, the establishment of the Huai Army is not clear because of the strength of weapons and equipment, the Taiping Army is not an opponent, he got cheap, as for later, in history, he was able to encircle and suppress the cavalry of the Twist Army, using the tactics of long walls and ravines, it is not new, he can think of something with a head,
Li Hongzhang is not completely unreasonable, because the equipment of the Huai Army is too good, although some people in modern society say that when the Huai Army was established, it was known as the "Flower Army", its clothes were tattered, and its weapons were very poor, it was naturally a beautiful word, and you can understand it casually, the so-called pioneer regiment of the Japanese devils can build graves, and the division commander of Zhang's reorganized division, who has killed countless people in the base area, can build luxurious cemeteries, all of which can show that a crooked wind that reverses right and wrong is flooding the land of China.
Luo Yang instructed that Liu Mingchuan's troops must be treated well, "There is no problem in winning, but you must promise this king that you must not harm Liu Mingchuan himself, and you must not kill his subordinates indiscriminately." ”
Luo Yang's military order made many people not understand, but seeing that he was particularly solemn, everyone stopped saying anything.
The battle lasted for an hour, first with a fierce bombardment, then with a wave of cavalry, and the landslides and ground cracks, which was heinous.
Half an hour later, Luo Yang received the news that the battle was over, and he immediately drove his horse to the position, only to see that the entire position was boiling, and there were Chinese officers and soldiers wielding swords and guns everywhere, as well as the Huai Army prisoners of war in the brigade,
"Liu Mingchuan." Luo Yang asked anxiously,
"Got it." Qiu Yuancai laughed, escorting many people over, among them, many of them were carried on stretchers, an officer covered in blood, firmly protected by several Huaxia Army soldiers, he was Liu Mingchuan,