Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Rebels Are Defeated
Chen Dingtian has already begun to formulate corresponding tactical movement warfare ideas for the future of the Tiandihui rebel army, so that they can provide a means to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses in the future, and can weaken the enemy's combat effectiveness, and then provide a chance for themselves to win. www.biquge.info But at present, in this Zhenjiang battlefield, the battle has been fought for ten hours. The losses of the Tiandihui rebel army have exceeded 100,000 people, of course, most of them are deserters, and the Qing army did not deliberately go to those deserters. Anyone who knows some military common sense should know the practice of encircling three and missing one, so those Qing troops deliberately let these rebels escape. The actual number of dead was less than 10,000, and the number of wounded was more than 20,000, but the number of those who fled was definitely no less than 70,000.
This result made Zhou Lichun almost crazy, because they lost almost one-third of their troops, and the results were actually very poor. I am afraid that the enemy's losses have not yet reached a thousand people, and such a result is simply too painful.
"Xiuying, let your people attack, when is it, and you still don't listen to me?" Zhou Lichun said angrily at Zhou Xiuying.
Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but say: "Father, my husband said that we can't fight until the most dangerous time." ”
"Good! Sure enough, it was the water spilled by the married daughter, and I Zhou Lichun was unlucky, raising a daughter like you who turned her elbow out. Okay, since that's the case, then I'll personally lead people to charge, I'll personally charge! Zhou Lichun said angrily.
"Dad-" Zhou Xiuying wanted to stop her father, but Zhou Lichun was obviously angry.
Zhou Lichun saw that his son-in-law Chen Dingtian actually had a lot of dissatisfaction, if it wasn't for Zhou Xiuying who had to marry Chen Dingtian, Zhou Lichun actually didn't agree with marrying Chen Dingtian, a little white-faced literati. But for the sake of his daughter's sake, it's better to agree. But now Zhou Xiuying actually trusts her husband more than her father, so Zhou Lichun is very dissatisfied, and feels that the daughter he has raised for more than ten years will be given to others. Do they say that their daughters are? The lover in his previous life, Zhou Lichun was really dissatisfied with this son-in-law.
Now that it is this time, Zhou Xiuying has not forgotten to mention Chen Dingtian, which makes Zhou Lichun completely annoyed. So in a fit of anger, he simply led the troops to charge in person.
"Brothers, I'll fight with you! As the generalissimo of the Great Tomorrow Land, I naturally want to take the lead and be unwilling to be left behind. So, I'm with you! Zhou Lichun shouted.
Zhou Lichun, the leader, personally followed the charge, and sure enough, a lot of morale began to recover, Zhou Lichun directly led the troops to charge, and tens of thousands of troops began a new round of charge. This charge was very violent, so that the Qing army also clearly felt the pressure.
"Why does the morale of these rebels seem to have been greatly boosted?" Yiliang asked.
"Lord Governor, it seems that the leader of the rebels himself is following the charge." Yiliang's pro-soldier said.
"Hahahaha, okay, in that case, this time the thief will capture the king first, and take out our trump card! Originally, it was intended to be the last thing to kill the enemy, but now that the rebel leader has come out, as long as the rebel leader is killed, then we can completely defeat the rebels. Yiliang said.
Zhou Lichun personally led people to charge, and tens of thousands of troops suddenly charged, and came directly to the front of the position. However, this time, the Qing army did not directly start bows and muskets, which made Zhou Lichun suddenly think that the opportunity had come.
"Hahahaha, the Tartars have no firearms, no arrows and firearms, rush with me!" Zhou Lichun shouted.
However, on the Yangtze River, the ships of the Qing army began to approach. The Qing sailors on the ship opened the cannon window, and a black hole in the cannon was stretched out. The Qing army began to reload its artillery and prepare it for firing.
"These red-coated cannons were prepared for fighting the British barbarians more than ten years ago. The British barbarians occupied Zhenjiang that year, but later after peace talks, these red-coated cannons were left near Zhenjiang. However, it can now be used again. It's a pity that it can't be used to fight the British barbarians, so it's for you first. The redcoat cannon is not as good as the British barbarians' artillery, but it is enough to deal with you. Yiliang said.
Ten years ago, he fought with the British * team in Zhenjiang, but later after the peace talks, these red-coated cannons that were used to fight the British at that time were left near Jiangning and Zhenjiang. Now that Yiliang has found it, it can be used again. Although these red-coated cannons are inferior to foreign artillery, they are definitely a weapon of great destruction against these Tiandihui rebels who have no firearms. This Yiliang originally wanted to stay behind and use it, but now Zhou Lichun charged first, so that Yiliang planned to use this red-clothed cannon as a means to fight the rebels in advance.
Zhou Lichun obviously noticed that he had become the target of the enemy's red-clothed artillery, and he was still charging.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
The naval division of the Qing army on the Yangtze River constantly fired shells, which were fired from the boats of the naval division and fell directly to the positions of the rebel army.
"Ahhh......hh
These rebels let out an unprecedented scream, and more than a hundred cannons fired shells directly hit these rebels. As for these red-coated cannons, except for the guns whose range is far inferior to that of foreigners, everything else is about the same. In addition to solid shells, it is also possible to fire fragmented flowering shells.
In particular, once the fragments explode, the killing range is very large, and the soldiers suffer heavy casualties.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
The red-coated cannons continued to fire, not only solid bullets, but also fragmentation shells, and the rebel army completely collapsed.
"Run!"
No matter how Zhou Lichun supervised the battle, it could not prevent the rebel army from beginning to collapse. Zhou Lichun's command flag could not mobilize the soldiers at all, but seriously exposed the location of those Zhou Lichun.
"Give me the banner to aim at the rebels, and fire my cannon!"
"Smack!"
"Ahh
A solid bullet fell to the ground, and then rebounded to Zhou Lichun's leg, causing Zhou Lichun to scream in pain.
"Helmsman, how are you?" "Chief helmsman!" "The helmsman?" ……
Zhou Lichun covered his right leg, his right leg had almost become a noodle, apparently a comminuted fracture.
"Helmsman, your legs?"
Those people of the Heaven and Earth Society often fight and fight, of course they know that this kind of comminuted fracture is not curable! Zhou Lichun is afraid that he will be crippled in this life, and this is the power of artillery. This one is still rebounding, if it is a direct hit, Zhou Lichun is afraid that he will die on the spot.
"Protect the helmsman!"
Zhou Lichun's cronies began to hurry to protect him, but Shuai Qi stopped because of this.
"Their banners have ceased to move, indicating that their commanders have either been killed or wounded. Order the troops, go to the siege, live to see the dead and see the corpses! Yiliang said.
More than 10,000 Qing troops finally dispatched at this time and rushed towards Zhou Lichun's handsome banner. Zhou Lichun had nothing around him except for the more than 100 cronies. Those people who came from the Heaven and Earth Association also chose to flee one after another, and Zhou Lichun didn't have too many people to cover at all. Tens of thousands of troops pressed up, and more than 100 people couldn't support it for long.
"Chief helmsman, the Qing army is coming, the Qing army is coming, I'll take you away!" A cronie said.
"Chief helmsman, no, the Qing army has surrounded us, and they said they want to capture the chief helmsman alive!"
The Qing army surrounded them, and Yiliang's order was to see people alive and corpses to die, and to try to capture them alive. After being captured alive, the canonical punishment can be clarified, which can be regarded as a warning to those who rebel.
"Hey, I regret it, why didn't I listen to my son-in-law at that time?" Zhou Lichun smiled bitterly.
Zhou Lichun has finally experienced this bloody lesson now, and he even lost a leg, so he knew that he was right when he said it. These troops were really vulnerable, and they were no match for the Qing army in all respects. Now that he has finally paid the price of blood, which has cost him a leg, this alias is destined to be a "disabled person".
Of course, this "disabled person" is still a lucky result, but the terrible thing is that now that the Qing army has surrounded them, maybe they will not even have the qualifications to be a human being, and they will only be a "disabled ghost".
"Capture Zhou Lichun alive!" "Capture Zhou Lichun alive!" ……
The Qing army began to shout slogans, and then prepared to surround Zhou Lichun.
"Brothers, fight with them!" Zhou Lichun ignored his leg injury, and directly took out a knife and prepared to fight hard.
Just as Zhou Lichun and the others were about to fight desperately, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
A dense burst of gunfire rang out, and many bullets from rifles began to hit the Qing army directly from a distance.
"Where to shoot? That bastard shoots indiscriminately, didn't see us here, who shoots indiscriminately? Qing Jun scolded.
The Qing army currently thinks that it was a "pig teammate" who fired, and the information they got before was that these Heaven and Earth Society rebels did not have firearms. So they subconsciously thought that their pig teammates were shot and injured by mistake.
However, they soon discovered that the firearms were clearly aimed at them.
"Musketeers, shoot alternately!" Zhou Lichun said.
Zhou Lichun divided the members of the 100 musket team into four groups of 50 people and fired alternately. This musket team had about 200 people, and Chen Dingtian had brought 500 rifles from Prussia before, and after several months of training, he finally trained a musket team with 200 people. The previous plan was 100 people, but because there were still more muskets, there could be 100 more, so at present, it is a musket team of 200 people.
I have to say that this rifle is not only a rear-loading gun, but also has a rear-loading line, so that not only the range and accuracy but also the power far exceed that of the Qing army. The Qing army suffered heavy losses, and many Qing troops were severely lost by the musket team composed of rifles.
"Helmsman, Miss has come to our rescue! Miss came to our rescue! ”
Zhou Lichun finally felt a burst of hope coming, Zhou Xiuying finally appeared with the musket team at this time, and the shooting accuracy and range of the rifle far exceeded the bows and arrows and muskets of the Qing army, so that the Qing army faced huge losses.
"Law enforcement team, tear the gap, the musket team covers!" Zhou Xiuying shouted.
The law enforcement team was responsible for charging in front with a broadsword of about ten catties, and the musket team was responsible for covering, so that the gap was finally torn apart in the encirclement of tens of thousands of Qing troops.
"Dad, let's go!"
Zhou Xiuying didn't say a word, and directly picked up Zhou Lichun and took it away. The law enforcement team took the lead, the musket team took cover, and quickly broke through the gap.
"Infantry regiment, broken back!" Zhou Xiuying said.
After the infantry regiment was responsible for breaking the spear in the back, the Qing army suddenly encountered these neat infantry regiments, and they were all blinded. They had not received any news that the rebels would have such a powerful infantry regiment. This infantry regiment was trained by foreign instructors, and the discipline and cooperation were many times stronger than those of the Heaven and Earth Society.
Of course, in fact, if they had known in advance that there would be such a force in heaven and earth, the Qing army would not have been afraid, because it would have been easy to deal with if it had been prepared. But the problem was that the Qing military was not prepared at all, and was taken by surprise. Before, they thought that all the Heaven and Earth Society rebel armies were that kind of soft persimmon, but when they suddenly kicked the iron plate, they were completely blinded.
These noble and strictly trained Tiandihui infantry regiments, in front of those Qing troops who were defeated, successfully completed the task of breaking off, and the loss was less than thirty people. Of course, this is also the result of the Qing army being unprepared and blinded, otherwise tens of thousands of Qing troops would be enough to quickly surround this infantry regiment, but because it was too sudden, it actually made a mistake for a while and let them retreat.
"Bastard, who said that this group of rebels did not have firearms, who said that this group of rebels was a rabble? Bastard, what are these? What the hell is going on here, what's going on? How could the rebels be so strong, not only with firearms, but also with such a powerful army of 1,000 men? Yiliang scolded.
"Also, I think how this thousand-strong rebel army is so familiar with its combat style, as if it was the combat style of the British barbarians? What's going on, bastard, what's going on with this? Yiliang scolded.
However, no matter how Yiliang scolded, it couldn't change the result of Zhou Lichun's successful breakthrough. After Zhou Lichun successfully broke through, he quickly returned to the rebel camp under the burden of Zhou Xiuying. The rebel army began to retreat rapidly southward, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the Qing army as soon as possible.
This insurrectionary operation was a failure, a complete failure. The complete losses of the rebel army were still very heavy, and the original 300,000 troops actually lost more than 120,000 casualties and fleeing in less than 24 hours a day.
And Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, made people begin to prepare to pursue the rebel army, and strive to be able to wipe out the rebel army of the Tiandihui, and completely solve the rebel army of the Tiandihui, so that Jiangsu can be peaceful and ensure Jiangsu's financial and tax land.
Moreover, now the rebel army is also facing an important crisis, a very important crisis.
(To be continued.) )