Chapter 108: Then I'll burn them all inside
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Li Xiucheng's Red Fifth Army was still "lai" outside Chuzhou.
Just when Xu Shuanglai and the others were feeling a headache for the nail in front of them, thinking hard about how to eliminate this nail in their eyes once and for all, Langye Mountain, which was in the southwest barrier of Chuzhou, was suddenly lost under the surprise attack of a Taiping army that did not know where it came from. Could it be that the longhairs are going to attack Chuzhou with all their might? Xu Shuanglai hadn't completely figured out what was going on, and Ruilin's order arrived. Pukou was lost, Dexinga had already begun to prepare for a counterattack on Pukou, no wonder Changmao wanted to take Langye Mountain, they wanted to cut off Chuzhou's response to the counterattack on Pukou.
Although Xu Shuanglai received a military order to hold on to Chuzhou, for the sake of the overall situation, he still resolutely decided to recapture Langxi Mountain. This is not only for the safety of Chuzhou, he must do this, he also considers that once Langxie Mountain is back in his hands, Longhair will inevitably feel threatened, which is enough to attract the attention of a group of Longhair, and it is more conducive to the action of Dexinga in the direction of Pukou.
Xu Shuanglai completely understood the reason why the Red Twentieth Army outside the city was not moving there at this time, it was the other party's trick to attract his attention in order to sneak attack Pukou. Okay, you hit yours, I'll hit mine, see which of us has the last laugh.
He thought well, and what he did couldn't be said to be unreasonable, but what happened in the future was something that he couldn't reverse at all.
What appeared in Langye Mountain was a part of Tan Shaoguang's teaching brigade of the **Red Army, and his purpose was indeed to cut off the road from Chuzhou to reinforce Pukou. However, although Xu Shuanglai couldn't imagine it, Tan Shaoguang knew in his heart that the progress of the Qing army counterattacking Pukou must be quite smooth. Because, this qiฤ is a trap set in advance by King An. Pukou is like an urn that is about to burn on all sides, waiting for the Qing army to enter the urn by itself.
Dexinga felt that he was lucky, probably because the mourning soldiers would win, and after nearly an afternoon of fierce fighting, Pukou finally returned to his hands.
However, it has only been a few days, and Pukou's current qiฤ has become called Dexing, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad.
The grain depot and armory were all empty, and the people were empty, especially the Taiping army, which was beaten to a frustrated point, when the wolf bรจi fled in a panic, in order to facilitate the escape, they even carried out extensive destruction of many sections of the city wall. The current Pukou is not only an empty city, but also a rotten city without barriers and support.
Dexing'a was helpless, he even began to regret it a little, he knew that this was the case, why bother to use the method of blasting in the east city, and destroy the city walls on both sides of the east gate. This Pukou has really become a chicken rib. At the same time that Pegasus reported to Ruilin outside Chaohu City and asked for instructions on the next step, he could only gather Xue Zhiyuan, Zhang Yuanlong, Li Yun, Han Xiufeng and a team of shrimp soldiers and crabs to be used as laborers to renovate the damaged city wall. And his three-standard men and horses are also afraid to undress, horses cannot unsadd, and they still have to guard the city.
What bothers Dexing even more is the nearly 20,000 mouths. When they set out from the camp outside Chaohu, they only carried two days' worth of dry food, which had turned into a stomach of dung for the officers and men. Now you have to repair the city, deal with the possible long-haired counterattack, and search everywhere for something that can be turned into food. Alas! This night is probably the hardest night to endure. He looked at the dim sky, and then at the soldiers who were scrambling around looking for food, and couldn't help but sigh deeply. There was no food and grass, no strong walls to protect him, and he was really a little apprehensive in his heart. That's it for today, early tomorrow morning, we have to quickly arrange special people to go out of the city to collect grain and grass.
Perhaps the Taiping army was beaten as if they were about to retreat, it was too wolf, it was difficult to recover for a while, and the night was about to pass, and Pukou was still safe and sound. Except for the soldiers who were under surveillance and did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and were already exhausted to repair the city walls, most of the departments that barely dragged their tired bodies and insisted on vigilance, with the white belly of the fish exposed in the sky, they also began to enter a state of psychedelia.
Dexinga also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at this time. He lay down on the bed with his clothes folded, and his mind began to think about the defense of the whole city, and in a little while, Pukou would be able to roughly restore its former appearance, although it would not be stronger than before, at least it could still resist it......
The 3rd Regiment of the 18th Red Division, which had "escaped" 20 miles east from Pukou in one breath, quietly approached Pukou again after resting comfortably for most of the night. At the same time, the other two regiments of the 18th Red Division approached the north of Pukou City.
Just when the Qing army in the city thought that the threat had passed and could breathe a sigh of relief, the Red Army's counteroffensive on Pukou began again.
A large section of the city wall, which had been destroyed and temporarily blocked by less than half of it, was soon reduced to rubble again under the heavy artillery fire of the Red Army, and in the blink of an eye, the fragile defense of the hastily organized city was broken through, and the Red Army soldiers poured back to Pukou, where they had left the night.
"Fight loyalty and save **, and the other soldiers will dodge away to avoid death!" The two red storms blasted away the Chuzhou and Pukou rebels who almost had no weapons in their hands, and killed the sleepy-eyed and rust-colored loyal rescuers who came up.
Maybe it was finally a chance to return to the Celestial Empire, maybe it was the discovery of conscience, or maybe it was dissatisfaction with the lowly treatment they had suffered, after a short period of hesitation, a group of defenders of the original Pukou who were coerced and rebelled by Xue Zhiyuan began to fight back, and some of them immediately dispersed.
Dexinga was so tired that when the cannon rumbled, and when the guards shook him in panic and shouted desperately, he thought that this qiฤ was nothing more than a dream.
When he finally understood that this was not a dream, but a real situation, all kinds of miscellaneous reports of defeat followed in front of him at the same time. Two sides were broken through, one side was the surging river, and only the way was safe. Dexing'a didn't dare to continue to entangle with the Heavenly Army in the city, his men were defenseless, and they rushed to the battle, coupled with the unfamiliarity with the terrain of the streets and alleys, the melee in the city naturally suffered a loss.
"Order the front to resist on the spot, and the rest of the army and horses quickly withdraw from the city through the west gate!" Dexinga only said this sentence, and rushed out of the room without looking back.
Pan Qiliang returned to Pukou again, and looked at Wu Dingcai, who was fighting from the north, and he smiled as soon as he rode his mount, "Brother's progress is very fast." โ
"Haha, you're not slow." Wu Dingcai shook the whip in his hand, looked at the soldiers around him who pounced on the front like tigers, and laughed happily, "Your Highness's empty city plan is well set up, how did the Qing demon who was dragged down not expect us to turn around and kill it again." โ
"Don't say it's a clear demon, even our own soldiers can't figure it out about the arrangement at first." Pan Qiliang glanced at a courtyard not far away that seemed to be fighting for a fierce place, with a horse's head, and smiled at Wu Dingcai, "It's still good for Your Highness to say, we want territory, but we mainly want to eliminate more Qing Demon living forces." โ
"Yes, Dexinga began to flee as we expected, hehe, he didn't know that there was a feast specially prepared for him earlier." Wu Dingcai said, suddenly frowning, "It's a pity, it's a pity that all the good work is occupied by your teaching brigade, if our eighteenth division blocks his back road, it can also give us a chance to capture Dexing'a." โ
"Haha, brother, your chance is not impossible, those subordinates of Xue Zhiyuan in this city have defected, and they don't have any combat effectiveness at all, and the so-called rescue ** in front of them has also become rabbits, it depends on which of us can run fast. If you catch up, you have a chance. โ
Wu Dingcai looked at Pan Qiliang and smiled, and arched his hand on the horse, "Brother Pan, I won't accompany you, and Dexing'a will become your dish again later." โ
Pan Qiliang laughed, "Good luck brother!" โ
A group of Red Army officers and soldiers rushed into a courtyard, and from time to time there were fierce resistance shots in the opposite room, and seeing that a companion was shot and fell, several Red Army soldiers opened the grenade cover in their hands and shouted, "Platoon commander, give them a good time!" โ
"Can't be lost!" The young platoon commander who had just dodged behind the tree hurriedly waved his hand and shouted, "Catch it alive, send it to Tianjing after the war, and let everyone see the virtues of these miscellaneous devils." โ
"Who is inside, daring to be so stubborn?"
was thinking about how to use to capture alive the platoon commander of the miscellaneous devils in a few rooms opposite, and when he looked back, he saw that it was his deputy brigade commander, and smiled, "Report to the deputy brigade commander, there are Russian devils inside, and we plan to capture them alive." But we shouted for a long time, but they just didn't come out to surrender, and they were still tough and ruthless. โ
"You guys really have leisure," Pan Qiliang frowned, turned his head to look at the firewood and grass piled up next to him, "go and pick up the firewood and grass and set it on fire." Don't you want to come out, then you will burn me inside! โ
Dexing'a led the chaotic defeated army out of Pukou, and after running a few miles away in one breath, he saw the figures of several foreign advisers shaking in the team, and he remembered that his adviser did not seem to follow. He stopped, looked back at the fireworks of Pukou Castle, and stomped his foot hard. These foreigners like wine and women too much, although the women couldn't find it last night, and they didn't eat much, but wine is not uncommon. Perhaps the first half of the night was too nervous, and as soon as the second half of the night relaxed, His Excellency the Advisor and his foreign brothers were drunk again before they stopped.
How is this good? Dexing'a turned around a few times on the spot, and when he heard the shouts of killing, he chased him out of the city, and the subordinates in front of him who were panting with their big mouths open were like sheep that had let go, and he had no good way to come up with it. Damn, in just a while, nearly half of the people are gone.
"Wang Biaotong, now your men and horses are still complete, be sure to resist for a while." Dexing'a looked at the first target and turned around and ran, and then turned his head to look at the other two officers who had gathered, and pointed to a village looming in the distance, "Gather your respective teams while retreating, people can't be scattered in any way." In the village in front, a defense was immediately arranged, and the guards of Wang Biaotong were ready to withdraw. โ
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