Chapter 25 Tricking into Asbestos
Tie Zaizai, the name of the local Yi people, is actually a small checkpoint north of Sichuan Daqiao Town, south of Asbestos City, at the cost of sacrificing four people and wounding five people, bombarded with superior artillery, hundreds of Taiping soldiers rushed to the pass in high spirits, killed more than 30 people who obstructed the regimental training, and captured 27 people, Luo Yang assigned soldiers to occupy the surrounding favorable terrain, continued to explore and search to the front, and began to interrogate prisoners of war and sort out intelligence.
"Asbestos City to the north? More than ten miles is the Dadu River? ”
Outside Tiejae Jae Pass, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and undulating, under the scorching sun, the blue sky of the pre-industrial revolution era is as green as a wash, and the hills and mountains are swarming and coming, under the blowing of the mountain wind, like dancing waves, lush woods and meadows, the barren and difficult space is dressed up as a picture screen. And Luo Yang's forehead oozed dripping cold sweat.
Is Shi Dakaijun really going north to Chengdu and crossing the Dadu River?
By the Dadu River, wasn't Shi Dakai's army all wiped out?
At night when Tie Zai Zai, the natives robbed the camp, and in the surrounding mountains, the roar of the enemy sounded, and a Taiping soldier who closed the guard was even directly smashed in the head by the spear of the sneaking attack!
Luo Yang has been deeply integrated into this era, and when he hears the gunshot, his blood boils.
"Fight guerrilla warfare with guerrilla warfare!"
Under his leadership, several groups of Taiping troops sneaked into the night and ambushed, not moving, and soon, the mosquito bites around them were unscrupulous, and many nocturnal small animals were also shuttling with confidence.
There was a hint of movement, a figure, and then another, the natives who were lurking and attacking were cautious, but they still screamed and were hit, so the other followers panicked, turned around and ran.
Luo Yang gently tightened the rope and shouted, and the hidden soldier brothers around him also worked together, so the soft rope sets all over the ground jumped up, tripping all the attackers who might pass, and then, retracting the rope fiercely, the sneak attacker was captured.
The fishing operations of several groups in Luoyang were carried out in the middle of the night, intercepting three groups of enemies before and after, and by the time the results of the battle were counted at dawn, more than 40 new prisoners of war had been added to the barracks, and not a single sword or shot of the Taiping army was wasted.
The soldiers of the Taiping Army, who were disturbed at night and couldn't sleep peacefully, sneered around the sneak attack mouses, and at the same time, they all admired Luo Yang's anti-sneak attack tactics very much.
The reinforcements soon arrived, there were more than 500 people, responsible for controlling the area occupied by the forward, but also supervising the forward to continue to advance, at about eight o'clock in the morning, Luoyang's troops set out, in order to deal with the sniper of the enemy lurking on the road, but also in order to easily break through the asbestos city, he came up with a good idea.
Seven or eight "natives" fled in disarray, then a dozen, and finally, more than thirty, several bandits carrying guns, knives and spears, lurking on the road, followed by a group of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers, all cavalry, shouting and cursing, and even shooting and attacking.
Then, more Taiping troops had already set off in the Tiezaizai checkpoint, carrying more than a dozen mule carts, gunpowder, foreign cannons, etc., and marched slowly.
Using the method of mixing fish and pearls, under the guise of the troops on the avenue, to attract the attention of the natives, the dozens of attack teams sent by Luo Yang succeeded again and again, killing and expelling the natives who were in ambush along the way.
The 200 men in the vanguard, all changed into the clothes of the natives, and after a little organization, they rushed towards the asbestos city, along the way, there were many Han people, natives, all the way to the wild, or scattered in all directions, while the forty cavalry of the Taiping army, followed from a distance, firing guns.
On the asbestos city, the Qing Dynasty officials who were disturbed by the sound of guns and cannons of Tie Zai Zai early have been fully prepared, in fact, just before Shi Da's army made a detour and crossed the Jinsha River from Miliangba to the north, when thousands of Lai Yuxin's troops of the Zhongqi team were rampant, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, had issued a notice to all prefectures and counties to strictly guard against death, and the land of Sichuan was not peaceful. The officers, soldiers, and regimental training in various localities are well-trained.
Luo Yang cautiously looked up and observed, only to see that the Qing army on the head of the city was densely packed, and the barrels of the black shotguns were aimed at the bottom, dozens of iron-cast cannons, also towering majestically, stretching out the huge thick cannon body from the gap in the battlements, countless banners, countless figures, just from this side, you can't see the strength of the Qing army. Only know many.
What if the Taiping army attacked from above? Even if the six guns of the foreign artillery battalion are pulled to bombard, even if the Taiping army can win, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, because this is still a solid stone city, and the stone blockhouses built by layers of huge evergreen stones, not to mention shooting, even shelling, it is just tickling!
Luo Yang and others did not blend into the city, but were closed by the Qing army and blocked under the city, at this time, hundreds of people were shouting, scolding, stomping, crying, and demanding that the city gate be opened.
"Don't come closer, violators will be killed!" A big man with a black face roared angrily, and immediately several shotguns were aimed at the bottom.
Luo Yang had an idea, showed his weapon, and pointed to the "Turen" beside him, and then begged in Chinese, saying that he was sent by the nearby Tusi to reinforce Asbestos City.
Luoyang is also ready for defeat, in fact, the army can only be asbestos, but if you pass to the west, the mountains are steep, undulating, completely the Yi natives are residential areas, the language is not clear, the roads are not passable, the direction is not clear, without the help of the Yi people, the 40,000 army can not go out of the mountains at all!
Fortunately, in anxiety, the city gate was opened, so a group of "Turen" soldiers threw their weapons at the head of the city, and entered the city empty-handed, according to the requirements of the Qing army. Naturally, the Han and Yi refugees in those villages also flocked here.
The Qing army was greatly relieved that the weapons of the "natives" were confiscated at the head of the city, and although dozens of people were gathered to guard the city gate, when the "native" soldiers and refugees came in, they were still disorganized.
The soldiers of the Taiping Army did not give the Qing army a chance at all, and as soon as they arrived, they pulled out daggers and stabbed indiscriminately, snatched long knives and iron spears, and what was even more ruthless was that Luo Yang and others took the opportunity to ignite and throw out the gunpowder bag hidden in their waists - filled with gunpowder, buried fire ropes, and filled with iron sand and other primitive grenades.
The vigilant Qing army killed four Taiping soldiers with swords and guns, and wounded more than a dozen refugees, but when seven or eight powerful gunpowder packets exploded, the Qing army's human wall was shattered.
Luo Yang and the others quickly swung their weapons and began to throw more gunpowder packets at the defenders of the city wall overhead.
The Qing army was in turmoil.
More than 200 "native" soldiers rushed into the city gate like a tide and appeared behind the Qing army......