Chapter 45: Jin Shengheng's helplessness
The next morning, Jin Shengheng launched another attack on Ji'an City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although he had already deduced the fact that Pang Yue was not easy to mess with from the tragic situation of Ke Yongsheng's department, he couldn't help but do it. If you stop moving, you will not be able to explain to the master, and it will also be a fatal blow to the morale of the army. Jin Shengheng also knows the details of his army, not all of the more than 20,000 men and horses are elite, and the reason why he won one after another before is largely based on the confidence he gained after taking refuge in the new master. Once you are afraid of your hands and feet and destroy your prestige, over time, the psychological advantage of your soldiers and horses over the Ming army will gradually wear off, which will be extremely unfavorable to future battles.
In the face of Jin Shengheng's provocation, Pang Yue calmly made a countermeasure. To the surprise of Wan Yuan Ji and others, Pang Yue did not adopt the practice of holding the city, but let the two battalions of Gangfeng and Trap directly drive to the back city outside the north gate to line up, and use field battles to resist the attack of Jin Shengheng's army.
This domineering way of defending the city made the eyes of the soldiers of the rest of the Ming army show admiration, and at the same time aroused a trace of anger in the Qing army: Thousands of people still dare to go out of the city so blatantly to line up, do they really treat us as waste?
Seeing that Pang Yue's way of arranging the formation unexpectedly aroused the morale of his own army, Jin Shengheng was naturally overjoyed, named out 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, and ordered an attack after the whole team was completed.
But the subsequent situation disappointed Jin Shengheng: after the seemingly fierce offensive of the Qing army met the phalanx composed of thousands of foot soldiers in Ganzhou Town, it was constantly shattered like a wave crashing on a reef, while the formation of Ganzhou Town remained as immobile as a reef.
The scene that happened yesterday in Qingshibu was staged again under the city of Ji'an today, and thanks to the support of the defenders in the city, the soldiers who were in the front and fell into the camp broke out with stronger combat effectiveness than yesterday, and sent the Qing troops who rushed up to hell one by one.
However, Jin Shengheng is not like Ke Yongsheng, and when he saw that he couldn't get any bargains, he immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn. In less than half an hour's attack, the Qing army paid hundreds of casualties. Faced with this situation, Jin Shengheng's expression became a little more serious.
In the afternoon, just as Jin Shengheng was staring at Ji'an City with a frown, thinking about countermeasures, a panicked voice came.
"Oh no, my lord! It's a big deal! ”
Jin Shengheng turned his head and saw that it was Wang Deren.
"Why are you so flustered?! Come to my account! Jin Shengheng shouted angrily.
After entering the tent, Wang Deren was so anxious that his face changed: "My lord, Jishui County ......."
As soon as he heard the words of Jishui County, Jin Shengheng's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, and he stepped forward to grab Wang Deren's collar and yelled: "What's the matter?!" ”
Wang Deren didn't dare to resist at all, and his face was full of frustration: "Jishui County was attacked by a group of Ming troops, and the grain and grass were burned to the point that less than one percent remained......"
"Fuck it!" Jin Shengheng threw Wang Deren to the ground and roared: "Where did the Ming army come from!" Why did the Ming army move so fast? Didn't Lao Tzu ask you to send someone to monitor the movements of the Ming army at all times? ”
Wang Deren's tone was full of innocence: "The subordinates did send people to monitor at all times, but that group of Ming troops obviously did not set off from Ji'an City!" Otherwise, the subordinates ......"
"Shut the fuck!" Jin Shengheng continued to roar, "What about Sun Delu?!" This stupid pig!! I'm going to chop him with my own hands!! ”
"Sun Delu knows that he is guilty of capital crimes, and he has ...... Self-cut! ”
"Bang!" Jin Shengheng kicked the case over, and then sat down weakly in the chair, his eyes dazed.
This time, in order to raise this batch of grain and grass, Jin Shengheng's effort can hardly be simply described as a thousand cows and two tigers. For this matter, he not only scraped the land of the prefectures and counties in northern Jiangxi so hard that he brought countless curses to himself, but also almost fell out with Zhang Yutian, the governor of Jiangxi appointed by the Qing court. But Jin Shengheng thought that his soldiers and horses would be able to conquer more states and counties and bring more military exploits to himself after having this supply of grain and grass, and he felt that all the previous efforts were worth it. However, I never thought that the sneak attack of the Ming army would ruthlessly shatter this dream. …,
Looking at the corner of the tent in a daze for a long time, Jin Shengheng sighed and said with some discouragement: "Don't spread this in advance, and keep the news tightly sealed to prevent changes in the army's heart." In addition, how many days can our army's existing grain and grass last? ”
Wang Deren thought for a while, then hesitated: "Two days." If you save a little, it is also up to three days. ”
Jin Shengheng closed his eyes with an ugly face, and said unwillingly: "It seems that this Ji'an City cannot be defeated, and it is even more delusional to attack Ganzhou." Now, the only way to swallow this breath is to report it one day. ”
"My lord, are we just going to withdraw our troops?" Wang Deren also seems to be a little unwilling.
"So what else do you think?" Jin Shengheng opened his eyes, "Pang Yue'er is scheming, since he can sneak attack our army's grain and grass, he must have a back-up move." Although our army has tens of thousands of people, once they run out of food, they can only be reduced to fish and meat. ”
At this time, Wang Deren had nothing to say.
When Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren sighed, Pang Yuezheng was chatting with Wu Zhifan, Zhang Guozuo and other generals while inspecting the city.
The battle in the morning was really an eye-opener for Wu Zhifan and others. Before this, although they had indirectly known the combat effectiveness of Ganzhou Town from the scene of Ke Yongsheng's embarrassed escape, what they saw with their own eyes still brought them an unusual shock.
Kill the enemy and kill it like this! After watching the battle, Wu Zhifan, Zhang Guozuo and others invariably expressed such an emotion in their hearts.
"Mr. Pang is really a strong team!" Looking at those well-armored and high-spirited soldiers of Ganzhou Town, Wu Zhifan kept praising him.
Pang Yue smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Wu has won the award!" Ganzhou Town has been established for less than a year, and the soldiers have not even experienced a few decent battles, how dare they talk about the word "strong army"? ”
At this time, Zhang Guozuo took over the conversation: "Mr. Pang is so modest!" If even the soldiers and horses of General Pang can't be called elite, then these soldiers and horses under our command can only call themselves a rabble! ”
"You two are serious!" Pang Yue said, "Pang has no other way to train the troops, but it lies in the word 'persistence'!" As long as we increase the amount of training, persist in it for many years, and persevere in it, no matter how weak the army is, it will be able to take on a new look. At the beginning of the establishment of my Ganzhou town, most of the soldiers were farmers who had just put down their farm tools, and they only had a little appearance after training for several hours a day. ”
"Mr. Pang is right!" After saying this, Wu Zhifan suddenly felt a sense of shame, his army only practiced once in three days, and each time it was only more than an hour.
"Mr. Pang's words, I have to admire them!" Zhang Guozuo also felt embarrassed, and at the same time raised a question that he had been puzzled about, "Dare to ask where the high morale of the soldiers of Ganzhou Town comes from?" Did Mr. Pang give them a high bounty? ”
Pang Yue thought for a while and said, "Offering a reward is also a means, but in the end, it is necessary to give the soldiers a hope." Hehe, forgive Pang for being a shallow learner, and some truths are still incomprehensible. ”
Hopeful? After listening to Pang Yue's words, Wu Zhifan and Zhang Guozuo both thought about it.
After a while, Wei Yuan ran to Pang Yue's side and gave him a note: "My lord, I just sent it back from the front." ”
Pang Yue took the note and opened it, only to see a few small words written on it: Wuchao succeeded, and Cao Jun escaped.
Seeing these words, Pang Yue immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and after putting away the note, he said to Wu Zhifan and Zhang Guozuo: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Pang wants to ask the two of you for a favor!" ”
"Mr. Pang, but it's okay to say!" Wu Zhifan immediately agreed.
"General Pang killed and retreated the Qing captives in time to ensure that Ji'an was thorough, how can we easily shirk it?" Zhang Guozuo also agreed.
"Good!" Pang Yue nodded in satisfaction.