Chapter 1025: Unable to Return to Heaven (3)
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Duoduo's worries are slowly becoming a reality, sharp artillery, dense flintlock guns, charging Jiangning battalion sergeants, everything, makes his premonition come true, it seems that the focus of the Jiangning battalion's attack is not in the direction of Liaodong, it is very likely to be in the direction of Haizhou, that is to say, the Jiangning battalion did not come to attack Gaizhou at all, but took the initiative to attack, the purpose is to completely recover Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, so that Haizhou and other places can echo Liaodong from afar, and this situation really happened, Quang Ninh and Sai Binh Fort will definitely not be able to take it.
It would take a while for the Jiangning battalion army to set off from Fuzhou to Gaizhou, and I didn't expect that the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty stationed in Haizhou would have such a major negligence, so they didn't expect to investigate the situation in Fuzhou and Xuanzhou in advance, although it is very difficult to investigate today. Such a responsibility undoubtedly lies with Zilharan and Dord.
This is also because both Zilharang and Duoduo fully trusted Huang Taiji's judgment and believed the information that Fan Wencheng collected from Liaodong, although Duoduo did not know the source of this information. But this is by no means a reason to shirk responsibility, in any case, even if you are stationed in Haizhou, you must know the surrounding situation well.
The battle has been going on for nearly an hour.
What Duoduo didn't expect was that the Han Eight Banners were so brave, and after accepting the order to resist on the spot, they quickly began to meet the charge of the Jiangning battalion, and launched a face-to-face battle with the Ming army, without showing the slightest fear.
The scene of the fight was extraordinarily grand. Nearly 70,000 people were fighting, Duoduo had never experienced such a grand battle scene, his heart was beginning to sink, from the beginning of the two armies, the army he led was at a disadvantage. is always tired of coping, resisting the rush of the Jiangning battalion, and more and more soldiers have fallen.
What Duoduo needs most is time, presumably what is happening here, Gaizhou and Haizhou should soon know, when they were attacked, Duoduo had already sent several people and horses to quickly rush out of the city. In the direction of Gaizhou, the purpose is to quickly report the dangerous situation that has arisen here to Zilharang.
Regret and anger have no effect, as an excellent commander of the Great Qing Kingdom, Duoduo has long calmed down, it is getting dark, this is an opportunity for the army, under normal circumstances. It will not fight at night to avoid accidental injury. As long as night came, Dodor would have more time to think about it, and besides, Zilharan would definitely send reinforcements.
Dodor had never been involved in the fight, and he tried to rush forward several times, but in the end he was restrained. The army has fallen into a huge passivity, and may encounter a catastrophe, and his task at this time is to organize a strong defense and prolong the time as much as possible. Minimize losses.
Hong Chengchou also began to be anxious, he thought that the Houjin Tartars would not last much time, after two rounds of artillery attacks, coupled with the power of the flintlock pistol, it is said that the Houjin Tartars could not continue to resist, I can't imagine that things are not so simple at all, the resistance of the Houjin Tartars is very tenacious, no one surrenders, and would rather die in battle, which also arouses the fighting spirit of the rest of the Houjin Tartars, after the Jiangning battalion soldiers charged, they fought together with the Houjin Tartars, although they occupied a great advantage, but they could not defeat the Houjin Tartars, It can only be a little bit of accumulated advantage.
Seeing that the time had passed, and the sky was about to get dark, Hong Chengchou sighed, he finally remembered Su Tiancheng's entrustment, this time the battle is not as simple as imagined, it will experience countless cruel battles, don't think that you can wipe out tens of thousands of Houjin Tartars at one time, this is not very realistic, you have to calm down, slowly expand the results, and drag down the Houjin Tartars step by step, only to achieve the final victory.
The battle on the battlefield, Hong Chengchou saw it clearly, tens of thousands of troops, fighting in not very open places, you come and go, people keep falling, both sides are red-eyed, but the physical strength is a little unable to keep up.
Hong Chengchou was a little annoyed, if the artillery battalion had held on for a little longer, if he had estimated the tenacity of the Houjin Tartars earlier, and if the timing of the charge had been a little late, maybe the Houjin Tartars would have been defeated.
But none of this can happen.
The days of summer are much longer, and Hong Chengchou begged for the night to come more slowly, so that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion could kill and injure Houjin Tartar to the greatest extent, give Houjin Tartar a bigger and heavier blow, and lay a good foundation for tomorrow's attack.
It's still getting dark.
Hong Chengchou quickly demanded that the fighting soldiers be withdrawn.
Houjin Tartar has an advantage in archery, which is incomparable to the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, plus the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who attacked, they have an advantage in numbers, if there is a situation of accidental injury, it is still the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who suffer more.
The moon hung in the sky, the Mid-Autumn Festival did not pass for a long time, Hong Chengchou had long forgotten this festival, since the Jiangning battalion was preparing to conquer the Golden Tartars, Hong Chengchou forgot about other things, and made every effort to prepare for this battle.
He Renlong, Liu Tiehan, Ma Xianglin, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and others all stood by Hong Chengchou's side, their faces were all smiling, they all knew very well that tomorrow it would be possible to completely annihilate this group of Houjin Tartars, 30,000 Houjin Tartars, if they were all annihilated, the Houjin Tartars stationed in Haizhou would be greatly shaken, and I am afraid that all the operational deployments would be disrupted.
Hong Chengchou didn't have a smile on his face, he knew very well that the reinforcements of the Houjin Tartars were probably already on the way, and Su Tiancheng, who was responsible for intercepting the Houjin Tartars, was going to be under tremendous pressure, I don't know if the 30,000 troops led by Sun Chuanting had already surrounded Gaizhou, and whether the first line of defense had been set up, in this case, Su Tiancheng would encounter much less pressure.
After so many battles, Hong Chengchou found that he was somewhat dependent on Su Tiancheng, this dependence, not that when fighting, he had to rely on Su Tiancheng's command, but regarded Su Tiancheng as the soul of the Jiangning battalion, which is a spiritual dependence, as long as Su Tiancheng is there, he is not afraid of big things, as long as Su Tiancheng is in command, the Jiangning battalion will definitely be able to win one victory after another.
Because of this dependence, every time he arranged a battle, Hong Chengchou insisted on undertaking the most arduous task and letting Su Tiancheng be responsible for the overall command, but unfortunately he could not do it every time, on the contrary, what Su Tiancheng undertook was the most arduous task.
Hong Chengchou looked at Liu Tiehan and spoke.
"Liu Tiehan, today you have made the first contribution, exterminated the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars, and captured the Han Eight Banners and the Blue Banner Lord Jin Li, but at this time, I will not praise you, what I am thinking about now is that I don't know if Lord Sun Chuanting of Lu Dao is deployed in place, if Lord Sun has not been able to surround Gaizhou, the blocking task undertaken by the marshal will be particularly dangerous, so at this time, I will not keep you, you leave overnight, rush to the side of the marshal, and take Jin Li with you."
"My lord, the marshal asked me to follow the lord, and I also want to capture Duoduo, just now I asked Jin Li, and it was Duoduo who commanded the Jin Tartars."
"I know the way, but the safety of the marshal is more important than Duoduo, you have to remember, as long as the marshal is safe, we can achieve the final victory, the safety of the marshal is the first priority of our Jiangning battalion, this matter, I have decided, the scout camp always follows the side of the marshal."
"Yes, the subordinates will set off immediately, and the subordinates will only bring Jin Li over, and the rest of the captured captives will stay."
Hong Chengchou nodded and did not continue to speak.
After Liu Tiehan led the scout battalion soldiers to leave, Hong Chengchou spoke to everyone again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Houjin Tartars are very tenacious, I remembered the instructions of the marshal, warned me not to be anxious, not to be impatient, step by step to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, it seems that the adults have long expected today's situation, you should not be in a hurry, judging from today's battle situation, we have a great advantage, according to my estimates, at least one-third of the Houjin Tartars have been exterminated, that is, more than 10,000 Houjin Tartars, we have lost less than 4,000 soldiers, and the Houjin Tartars led by Duoduo have fallen into a desperate situation, after you go back, Get ready, start the general attack tomorrow, we must completely exterminate this Houjin Tartar within tomorrow, we can quickly end the battle here, and the pressure on the commander will be much less. ”
After saying this, Hong Chengchou looked at He Renlong.
"He Renlong, tomorrow you are allowed to lead the soldiers, charge and kill the enemy, and attack from the right flank, but you must remember the lesson of the last time, you must arrange the deployment well, and don't forget your own duties when you go into battle to kill the enemy."
"Ma Xianglin, tomorrow you will lead the soldiers to attack from the left flank."
"Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo, tomorrow you will follow me and attack from the front."
"You all have to remember that tomorrow we must completely defeat this Houjin Tartar, we do not seek to annihilate them all, but we must defeat them, so that they have no ability to resist."
"Qin Rui, at three o'clock, after the start of the shelling, Jin Tartar, give you a quarter of an hour, give me a hard blow, don't pity the shells."
After arranging everything, everyone left the Chinese military tent and went to set it up.
Hong Chengchou breathed a long sigh of relief, no matter what, so far, the development of the war situation is expected, according to the development of such a situation, the fate of the Houjin Tartars is worrying, and it will not be long before they are exterminated.
While Hong Chengchou was still thinking, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside.
The sound of horses' hooves soon stopped not far ahead, and after a few hurried conversations, the scouts entered the tent.
"Lord Yu, Lord Sun Chuanting has led a large army and surrounded Gaizhou City ...... in today's Shenshi" (to be continued......)