Chapter 45: Murderous Faith
Although the battle at the Dustpan Bay Pass was launched for a long time, reconnaissance and harassment for a long time, it was just to provide an exact bombardment target for the bombardment of the two cannons of the Luoyang Army, and the real battle process was incredibly short, and Zeng Shihe, the commander of the rear banner team who personally participated in the battle, sighed again and again with excitement. "I really didn't know that the war could be fought like this."
The infantry of the Taiping army captured the mountain road, drove the Qing army to the southeast, the Qing army was defeated, in the dark, quickly collapsed and absconded, I don't know how many people trampled on the casualties, the Taiping army chased with torches, and chased more than ten miles out of the mountain road before returning victoriously.
The Luoyang army maintained a tight guard, adjusted its troops, and held on to key points, while collecting booty and searching for and capturing the remnants of the Qing army.
At dawn, Shi Dakai's troops of the Taiping Army set out from the Ma'anshan barracks, reinforced 3,000 people, and came to the dustpan pass of the southeast battle to help the Luoyang army clean up the battlefield.
This was a beautiful night raid battle, but also a terrifying firepower covering battle, the Luoyang army used superior firepower and accurate artillery strike skills to defeat the Qing army.
Of all the losses of the Taiping army, there were only 97 people, including more than 30 people who were killed by foreign guns and bullets in the mountain road by the Qing army, including three people who fell to their deaths in the dark night without knowing the road conditions, and 11 people who were mistakenly hit by mistake because the firing distance was too close due to the improper operation of a flying thunder cannon, and the soldiers who were scouting and testing the key equipment of the Qing army after the campaign was launched, and the rest were wounded, which was equivalent to the loss of a company.
Of course, the cost of the Luoyang Army's victory in the battle also included dozens of Western flowering shells, hundreds of explosive packs, hundreds of home-made grenades used by the infantry, and so on.
The losses of the Qing army were terrifying, and there were about 2,100 people found on the battlefield alone, mainly killed by flying thunder cannons. There were more than 1,300 people who were captured because they were wounded or stunned by shells, and there were more than 200 corpses in the mountain road, and more than 200 corpses trampled on or were killed by the Qing army in a few miles southeast of the mountain road, and in total, the Qing army lost almost 4,000 people in a night battle. It is equivalent to the combined strength of Yang Yinggang's department and the Tusiling Chengen department of the Tibetan tribe lost 80%.
Not only that, the Luoyang army also seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, such as more than 1,300 guns of various types, foreign guns, matching ammunition, more than 50,000 catties of grain, tens of thousands of silver dollars, thousands of sabers, iron spears, shields, and more valuable, eight Western flowering cannons equipped by the Qing army, equipped with more than 930 rounds of ammunition. quickly filled the lack of Luo Yangjun's side.
The Qing army was defeated and fled out of the mountain road, completely removing the flank threat to the Taiping army, and also causing a complete encirclement chain to quickly collapse. In this way, the troops of the Wing King Shi Dakai, even if they could not cross the river, they could retreat with ease, and they were safe and reliable.
There are also some gains that the Qing army was attacked by heavy artillery fire, and the cavalry as a reserve was also shocked and impacted, and the war horses were disturbed, causing the cavalry troops to be in chaos, and finally, in the purple land, more than 250 war horses were searched by the Taiping army, all of which were excellent war horses, which greatly strengthened the cavalry troops of the Luoyang army.
Shi Dakai personally inspected the battlefield, and couldn't help but be shocked, intoxicated, and inspired by the brilliant victory of the Luoyang army, but in the end, it was difficult to hide his loneliness and sadness. "Amazing, amazing, compared to the king's year, your record is far surpassing, in the face of your juniors, this king is ashamed."
Of course, he was ashamed, with 50,000 horses, he was besieged by a small number of troops of the Qing army in the purple land, lost his troops, almost wiped out the whole army, and almost lost his fame, while Luoyang only brought only 3,000 people, and with a negligible loss, he completely defeated the main force of the Qing army in the southeast and achieved a major victory.
Compared with the complicated feelings of Shi Dakai and other senior generals, all the Taiping soldiers were the most excited, because this was an incomparably beautiful battle, fiercely retaliating against the Qing Demon Army, and venting all the depression, depression, sadness, and anger they had suffered for more than 20 days.
Luo Yang didn't care so much, he was most concerned about artillery, first controlling the Western artillery and shells of the Qing army, and then transporting them to the Ma'anshan barracks.
"I didn't catch Liu Rong, the chief general of the Qing army, and even Yang Yinggang, the commander of the front, didn't catch it, so I was really busy in vain." Luo Yang said regretfully.
Shi Dakai instructed the troops to celebrate the achievement with wine, to wash the dust for Luoyang, and to reward all the soldiers who participated in the battle.
Maybe Shi Dakai was too excited and enthusiastic, and he actually asked his five wives and concubines to come out to toast the meritorious generals, so there was an embarrassing scene. Shi Dakai's five wives and concubines, all of them were like flowers and jade, bullying frost and snow, pouring wine in turns, and when it came to Princess Pan, the two of them were embarrassed.
Princess Pan's face turned purple, her handsome face couldn't be lowered, and Luo Yang hurriedly twisted her face away.
"Don't look at incivility, Luo Yang is a humble gentleman." Uncle Bole's words Zeng Shihe made Luo Yang's inner world really guilty. It's really ...... to think of the scene where he once bullied this beautiful princess, and the fact that he had blasphemed her against the host Stimulate!
However, at this time, Luo Yang is no longer the pitiful little soldier whose wife is coveted, so after pouring the wine, Shi Dakai's five princesses will stare at Luo Yang's face with their charming eyes, spying on his magic.
"Yes, yes, yes, just eat and drink, and watch singing and dancing!" Shi Dakai suddenly remembered and slapped his palms: "This king promised before the war!" ”
As soon as the words fell, several handsome female soldiers of the Taiping Army walked in from outside the tent and danced. The skillful dancing, graceful figure, and snow-white skin inspired countless viewers to be obsessed.
Shi Dakai waved his hand to let his five princesses go out, and then, intently watching the dance, there were many female soldiers of the Taiping Army who danced, taking turns to fight, and their exquisite skills won bursts of applause.
"Brother Luoyang, this king is sorry for you, your wife Ma Ergu died because of an abusive disease." Shi Dakai patted Luo Yang's shoulder cordially and friendly, and whispered to his heart: "You say, whichever girl you like, this king will make the decision for you and marry her to you as a daughter-in-law!" ”
The girl is dressed up, these female soldiers of the Taiping Army, one by one, are dressed up in flowers, very cute, everyone's appearance is different, but everyone has their cuteness, and Luo Yang is dazzled.
Maybe it was for the convenience of Luo Yang's selection, or maybe it was for the ease of the generals, Shi Dakai left in a hurry, and in the tent, singing and dancing were leveling, and the beauty was fragrant, tempting all the male eyes.
Luo Yang thought back to the past with Ma Ergu, and felt strange and kind, that ordinary Taiping female warrior, who became his wife by mistake, and dedicated herself, but hurriedly counted her faces, and disappeared in this terrifying chaotic world.
"Alas!" Luo Yang sighed.