Chapter 65: The main force of the Qing army counterattacks
It was only mentioned occasionally, and there was no controversy, because Shi Dakai's coffin was still there, and the funeral was a top priority. Zeng Shihe's instinctive trust in Luo Yang is just a doubt.
Using extremely solemn etiquette, Shi Dakai was buried. The solemnity refers to the number of people who saw them off, the depth of the sadness, not only tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers Dai Xiao saw off, but also more than 50,000 Chengdu citizens, lined up in a neat queue, spontaneously joined the funeral trend of the funeral.
It must be said that there are many citizens who are afraid of the majesty of the Taiping Army, with forced elements, but more citizens, out of a kind of gratitude, the legend of the long hair fierce and brutal situation is not at all, but is a gentle and elegant teacher of benevolence, the overall market of Chengdu City has not been affected much, every Taiping Army soldier, have shown an extremely rigorous style, the only scandal that broke out is that there is a small soldier in the forward flag team Lai Yuxin's troops, masturbating is not enjoyable, Secretly escorted a captured Qing demon girl to a room for harmony, and as a result, he was denounced by other soldiers and sent to Lai Yuxin, and as a result, the little soldier who was comfortable with his little head lost his big head.
On the streets of Chengdu, there are still tens of thousands of residents, lined up on both sides of the street, quietly greeting and silently bidding farewell to Shi Dakai's coffin.
Headed by Luo Yang, leading the generals, Shi Dakai's five princesses, Shi Dingzhong, Shi Dingji and other children who were still in their arms, were at the forefront of the funeral.
However, considering that the war was extremely cruel, Chengdu City could fall back into the hands of the Qing demon at any time, and several Zaifu confirmed that it would be buried secretly.
Outside the west of the city, they entered a hill and jungle, and all the soldiers stopped, knelt down, and were carried away and buried by a few of the Winged King's former cronies.
The five princesses cried very painfully, and the generals cried very painfully, even the most ordinary soldiers, and they were all sincere, such as mourning, witnessing the more cruel and chaotic the era, the more simple and lovely people are.
Luo Yang can't talk about much grief, just over a month, he really can't talk about deep friendship, but with tears in his eyes, no less than people, there are more contrived ingredients.
After the funeral, only the generals at the level of Zaifu were qualified to rush to the secret burial place with the army of King Yi, only to see a piece of green grass, covered in bluestone sand, stretching green mountains and lying in the distance, jungle trees and grasses are as lush as yesterday, and it is impossible to see that there is already a very outstanding hero in Chinese history here.
"Winged King. Go with confidence! I, Luoyang, must bring my brothers well, and let the banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fly high on the land of China! ”
"King Rui, the Qing Demon Ranger has been found in the east of the city!" Several cavalrymen hurried to report it.
This news instantly diluted the grief and indignation of all the Taiping Army soldiers, and everyone immediately prepared and returned to Chengdu City.
There are indeed hundreds of cavalry of the Qing army, swimming in the distance, and the banners are faintly displayed, giving people the feeling of being huge and innumerable.
Luo Yang immediately ordered the generals to lead the troops to defend the city separately, and at the same time, with more than 500 cavalry, plus 300 newly formed cavalry, divided into four routes, as a rapid reaction force, can support the tight defense line in the battle anytime and anywhere. Luo Yang himself also urgently concentrated cannons and other materials on the four city gates, ready to stand by at any time.
The telescope mirror imported from the West enveloped the Qing army troops in the east, and then, the shadow of the Qing army was seen more and more clearly.
Half an hour later, thousands of Qing troops had gathered in the east of the city, first cavalry, then infantry, artillery, more and more.
"Where did this Qing army come from?" Luo Yang asked.
"It shouldn't be the soldiers who escaped from the defeat of Chengdu, but it seems to have come after a long journey." Zeng Shihe was skeptical.
"Is it the main force of the Qing army that was lured to Guizhou by my Li Fuyou's army?"
"Yes, yes, it must be, it must be that the main force of the Qing army has returned to Sichuan after discovering that they have been deceived!"
On July 18, 1863, the main force of the Qing army of more than 20,000 people returned to Sichuan.
The roar of Western flowering cannons shook the east of Chengdu, and then, several other city gates also found Qing troops.
In the east of the city, there were about seven or eight thousand Qing troops, and the formation was extremely grand and majestic, the queue was extremely neat, well-equipped, and the morale was strong. If it is said that the return from a long journey is extremely difficult, there can still be this performance, which is indeed worthy of the title of the elite main force.
The Qing army took very professional siege measures, first bombarding and destroying the city gate and the city walls, and then the infantry artillery coordinated and launched a charge towards the city gate.
The Taiping army was not afraid, because it had just won a few days, its morale was high, and it was in a favorable position for defense. According to the requirements of the generals, stick to the city walls.
Luo Yang instructed the troops to move all the earthen grenades and other objects to the city wall, and in the face of the artillery fire of the Qing army, he asked the soldiers to dodge, leaving only a very small number of scouts to watch the enemy's attack, so although the artillery fire of the Qing army was fierce and caused considerable damage to the city wall, it rarely hurt the Taiping army.
On the battlefield, there was a one-sided asymmetrical scene, the Qing army was huge, the offensive was fierce, the roar of artillery fire, the bursting warheads, and the billowing smoke of gunpowder all created a brilliant momentum.
"Hmph, we must recover Chengdu!" Several Qing army generals said through gritted teeth.
Just met the hidden defeated soldiers in the towns and villages, and knew some information, they rashly attacked the city, as the main force of the Qing army, they never took the Taiping army in their eyes. The anger of being misled into remote Guizhou, and the shock of Chengdu's lair being suddenly attacked, all turned into the will to win the decisive battle.
"Rush! Rush! ”
The main force of the Hunan army shouted, bravely took the lead, many people because of the hot weather, once again showed a strong fighting style, took off their clothes and everything, brandished a short knife to charge, that is, foreign guns, all thrown to the position, not enjoyable.
The Hunan army was indeed the strongest enemy encountered in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the huge wealth and women that had been robbed had stimulated every officer and soldier into a vicious wolf.
Even if the Hunan army, which has a strong regional character, dies in battle, it will be helped and compensated by the officers and soldiers of the same battalion, and there will be rich compensation, so everyone is not afraid of death, and even takes death as glory.
This time, though, they had a tough enemy.
Seeing that the sound of the cannon was extremely fierce, the Qing infantry became more confident and guarded at first, but later, it was the Qing army in groups, rushing forward frantically.
Luo Yang secretly regretted that such a good quality soldier had been a substitute for the Manchu corrupt regime, and it seemed that he had to find ways to overthrow the Manchu regime as soon as possible, and he should also try his best to recruit Qing officers and soldiers and transform them into his own blood.
A wave of Qing officers and soldiers rushed to the city gates, broke through them, and then poured in.
As soon as the city gate was opened, the Qing officers and soldiers were all enthusiastic, thinking that the overall situation had been decided.
The Qing generals triumphantly observed with binoculars, urging more troops forward.
Luo Yang let the Qing army enter the city, and then, with flying thunder cannons or even directly ignited explosives bags to the city, bombarding the enemy, those infantry grenades, is even more powerful, when the Qing army rushed into the city, but found that they fell into a death trap. There were roars and explosions everywhere, and groups of Hunan soldiers were blown to pieces, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.