Chapter Forty-Eight: The Flying Soldiers Cross the River

After the development and training of paragliding achieved initial results, Shi Dakai convened the generals, emphasizing the reason why he must venture northward, he said gently: "Actually, if our army goes south, it is relatively safe, but it is not a safe strategy, once it encounters the main force of the Qing demon, it is still a bloody battle, and furthermore, in the poor countryside, there will be no more days to show up, and the main intention of the Taiping Army on our West Road to contain the elite of the Qing demon no longer exists, but it is still a remnant." Only by going north and rushing to Chengdu can there be any possibility of prosperity! Under the command of Luo Zaifu, General Xi will be able to sacrifice his life and forget his death and take the lead! As long as we get to Chengdu, our army will win a great victory! ”

"Do as the Winged King commands!" The generals roared in unison.

"Luo Zaifu, let's talk about it, how to arrange the personnel, how to arrange the soldiers and horses?" Shi Dakai's face was sickly pale.

Luo Yang didn't observe him so carefully, but he knew that in the battle of the Dadu River, he was a generation of heroes, and in more than 20 days, he lost 40,000 soldiers and almost wiped out his entire army, and the pain and frustration in his heart could not be concealed. So, in order to lift his spirits, he told his plan impassionedly.

After the meeting, the generals were responsible for the action according to the plan, Shi Dakai called Luo Yang, pondered and meditated for a long time, and then sighed: "There are descendants from the Jiangshan Dynasty, Luo Yang, this king is optimistic about you, you do a good job, in the future, this army is all yours, perhaps, only you can carry forward the great cause of the kingdom of heaven!" ”

Luo Yang didn't want to talk deeply, for fear of accidentally hurting his self-esteem: "Wing King, the kingdom of heaven belongs to our brothers, it belongs to everyone, Luo Yang is willing to contribute his own modest efforts!" ”

"Good job!" Shi Dakai patted him lightly on the shoulder twice: "This king is tired, and he is tired of it, he has conquered 90,000 miles with iron and blood, and he has been cold and hot for 14 years!" Alas! This king has wanted to retreat to the mountains and forests for a long time, and he is always at a bad time, not at the right time, Luo Yang, this king is optimistic about you! ”

"Winged King?"

"Go ahead! When our army crosses the Dadu River, this king will tell you again! There was a lot of loneliness in Shi Dakai's smile.

The troops entered the state, and the time chosen was evening, and the location was not the Dadu River, but the Songlin River, where the enemy's strength was relatively weak, and the narrow valley area formed by the mountains and rivers in the area of the purple land happened to be the position where the Dadu River suddenly turned from the north-south to the east-west, so to speak, the north and the east are both the Dadu River, and the Songlin River, a tributary in the northwest, has more than 30 miles and has a great opportunity to cross the river.

The main force of the Qing army is 8,000 elites, under the leadership of the fierce general Tang Yougeng, guarding the Dadu River section, Hu Zhonghe Department of Hunan army 3,000 people urged the Yi Tusi Wang Yingyuan more than 2,000 native soldiers, defending the Songlin River, although there are more than 5,000 people, but, tens of miles of the area, the troops are naturally scattered seriously, and more importantly, the Hunan army and the Yi native soldiers have loopholes in the combination of each other, and they can find big opportunities, which is the focus of Luoyang's repeated emphasis.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army are very worried, they have been watching the weather, testing the wind direction and wind force, especially Luoyang, in the south and southwest of the purple land, above the lofty mountains, the terrain is complex, and the wind direction and air flow are also quite strange.

The western sky was rendered into brilliant colors by the setting sun, and the scorching red clouds were terrifying like monsters with fangs and claws, and when the cyan night gradually began to open, Luo Yang gave an order, and four hundred Taiping soldiers gathered on several mountain cliffs and began to glide around.

It was destined to be an adventure, but every Taiping soldier did not flinch, the defeat of the purple earth, the tragic death of 40,000 Taiping soldiers and their families, has made everyone's heart into steel, and death is already the most common thing in their eyes.

Two hundred of the best soldiers were in front, each carrying a dagger, four primitive grenades, nothing else, when the mountain wind rose, Luo Yang took off first, he looked back at everyone, clenched his fists heavily, and shouted: "Go!" ”

The whole battle plan, every soldier is clear, at this time, anything is superfluous, when Luo Yang galloped towards the cliff break, every soldier's face was filled with surprise and madness.

Successfully rising, skillfully maneuvering the paraglider, modifying the angle and direction, so that this strange and simple big kite strapped to the body can ride the wind in the air and move forward steadily.

When Luo Yang looked back cautiously, the soldiers of the Taiping Army had already jumped wildly, and on the cliff, in several places, vague figures rushed forward, because the time was urgent, and even many soldiers charged together.

One by one, the paragliders descended and rose again, like a flock of faint dandelions, passing away with the wind.

In the large barracks of the Taiping army, there was silence, but thousands of troops moved towards the area of the Shaluo Pass, and began to light torches, making loud noises, and put on a posture of withdrawing the main army to the south to confuse the Qing army.

When the vision was already blurred, all the paragliding units of the Taiping Army took off, but dozens of people failed to succeed, some fell directly under the cliff and became mud, and some were not well controlled and quickly fell to the ground. The few Taiping soldiers who helped at the take-off saw the tragic thing happen and had no choice.

The paragliding troops of the Taiping Army knew their own direction, so they quickly rowed through the air and rushed to the western section of the Songlin River, concentrated in one place, because they were too concentrated, some paragliders even collided, resulting in parachute defeat and death.

The Qing army did not notice what was happening on the south bank of the river. The battle on the south bank for several days in a row, the disastrous defeat of the Qing army, they have heard and seen, the Western telescope mirror equipped with the troops has been able to reconnoiter well, but the heavy losses of the Taiping army and the preparation to retreat are also things they are sure of, when the evening comes, whether it is the Qing army in the Dadu River section or the Qing army in the Songlin River section, they have not been able to notice, in fact, they imagine what kind of trap is being opened in front of them.

Shi Dakai led several generals in the barracks to observe the sky in the west with telescopes, and also observed the movements of the Qing army on the north shore, and they prayed silently.

When part of the Taiping army suddenly rushed out of their hiding place and charged towards the bank of the Dadu River, when the gongs and drums were noisy, the Qing army was completely shocked and hurriedly rushed to the shore with weapons to defend.

Of course, this is the section of the Dadu River, and Shi Dakai used 2,000 troops as bait to feint on the bank of the Dadu River and cross the river, in fact, to attract the attention of the Qing army.

At this time, Luo Yang led more than 300 Taiping soldiers, like a flock of vigorous goshawks, to row sharply over the western section of the Songlin River.

These soldiers were all dressed in the clothes of the Qing army, so that in the future night battles, they could confuse right and wrong and have a better attack effect.