Chapter Forty-Six: Re-entering the Middle of the Mountains, Shen Zhang gave the head, and the Ming army captured the city in one go
The Qing army, which was lucky enough to break through the siege, thought that it was about to get out of danger, but unexpectedly learned that Jingzhou had fallen into the hands of the Ming army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Regardless of the officials, they were particularly shocked when they were exhausted, that is, they barely maintained order by relying on Shang Kexi's prestige and the obscenity of the Manchu court. And the chasing soldiers of the Ming army, who were chasing after them, also gave them no time to have other thoughts, so they had to continue to retreat north and withdraw to a safer place under Shang Kexi's order.
Unexpectedly, before the 10,000 horses had completely circled the north of the city, the shouts of killing began in front of the camp at the east gate. At first glance, it was the soldiers and horses in the camp who launched an attack on the soldiers and horses of the "Jingzhou Green Battalion" who were arrayed outside the camp, and the two sides were inextricably killed near the gate of the village. Immediately afterwards, the same scene happened again in front of the North Gate Camp.
Knowing this, Shang Kexi understood that he had been fooled again. The "Jingzhou Green Battalion" in front of the camps at the east gate and north gate were obviously pretended by the Ming army, and as for Ban Zhifu's refusal to surrender and being killed, it is even more nonsense. And the defenders in the city should have also discovered these Li Ghost's attempts, so they went out of the camp to attack.
At this moment, Shang Kexi didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
But the best time to enter the city has also been missed, looking at the impassable east and north gates, listening to the sound of earth-shattering horses' hooves that can be clearly heard in the rear, Shang Kexi can only sigh, will be wrong, lead the troops to continue to retreat north.
As soon as the main force left, the Jingzhou Green Battalion naturally had no intention of fighting again, and quickly retreated into the camp to continue to defend it.
Ban Zhifu saw Shang Kexi leading the main force north at the head of the city, and he was immediately anxious, and wanted to send someone out to contact, but where could he still get out? In a fit of anger, he couldn't help but scold Zheng Siwei.
Soon, the pursuing Ming army caught up. There is no end to it. Look at the flag. Except for the trapping camp and the tiger camp, almost all the main camps in Huguang Town are there. See this scenario. Ban Zhifu's face turned pale, and there was only one thought left in his mind: I am afraid that this time it is really going to be over.
The Ming army, who pretended to be the Jingzhou Green Battalion before, was the men and horses of the Loyal Battalion. It is commanded by the general Tian Hu. Seeing the main force arrive, Tian Hu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if the main force of the Qing army was determined to enter the city just now, not to mention whether he could enter or not, at least the less than 2,000 men and horses he led would definitely be more than lucky. Fortunately, the task was finally completed, and Tian Hu rushed over the round with a hint of ease, and soon met Pang Yue.
"General Tian, hard work! You've done a great job this time! Pang Yue said with a smile.
Tian Hu took off the pointed helmet of the Qing army, and hurriedly said, "Where, where." Pang Shuai has won the prize! Compared to Pang Shuai, compared to Gao Houye, what is this little thing we do? By the way, I don't know what happened to them now? Has Shen Zhixiang and Daniel Zhang been annihilated? ”
"The shouting and killing in the west is not over yet, but General Gao has been in battle for a long time, and he has set up an ambush in advance, so he will definitely not let the Tartars bargain." Pang Yue said, "Even if Shen Zhixiang and Daniel Zhang escape, there is still a ghost gate waiting for them here." ”
Tian Hu praised repeatedly: "Our Lao Tian has fought for so many years. It's still the happiest and most damn relief to fight under Pang Shuai this time! Pang Shuai used soldiers, he really didn't say it! ”
Pang Yue couldn't help laughing: "General Tian had a good time just now?" Will you be able to fight again? ”
"Of course it's not enjoyable, of course you can fight!"
"That's good. At the moment, our army is not yet able to talk about a complete victory, and I will not say much about the rest, just follow the original plan. General Tian organized his headquarters and stayed here to closely monitor the movements of the enemy forces in Chengdu. If they dare to go out of the city, General Tian can kill again! ”
"Good. Good! It's a fucking appetite for us! Speaking of this, Tian Hu also seemed to realize the inappropriate use of words, and quickly changed to a literary tone, "Follow Pang Shuai's orders!" ”
At this moment, not only Pang Yue, but even the surrounding generals also laughed together.
Subsequently, according to the established plan, Tian Hu led 2,000 men and horses of his headquarters to monitor the remnants of the enemy army in the city, and Chen Youlong led his troops and horses to the north with the second battalion of Taishan and Huashan to continue the pursuit of Shang Kexi, and was under the unified command of Liu Renjun, the commander of the Taishan battalion. Pang Yue led the rest of the battalions to continue to set up ambushes, waiting for another fatal blow to Daniel Zhang and Shen Zhixiang.
Although the second battalion of Mount Tai and Huashan are auxiliary battalions, and the Taishan battalion has also been transferred to a thousand firefighters, the combat power shown is also not to be underestimated. Before, it was these two battalions that blocked the Qing army retreating westward, so that it could not move forward for a long time. This time the north, called the pursuit, was actually only a monitoring and vigilance, mainly to prevent Shang Kexi from killing back the carbine, so the strength of the two battalions plus the more than 1,000 cavalry led by Chen Youlong was almost enough.
Everything is ready, just wait for the ambush battle in the southeast to decide.
In the southeast was the main force of the Loyal Battalion and nearly half of the artillery and musketeers of the Agni Battalion, which was commanded by Gao Yigong. The specific battle situation is not yet known, but it is not difficult for Pang Yue to judge the tragedy of the battle from the unstopped shouting and killing. Perhaps, as Gao Yigong said before, this battle is the battle of revenge and the battle of the loyal battalion, in order to re-stand the iron waist of the past, all the soldiers of the loyal battalion dare not fight to the death.
When the sky was completely bright, the long-standing shouting and killing in the southeast finally changed. Pang Yue heard that this should be Shen Zhixiang and Daniel Zhang breaking through, and immediately ordered all battalions to prepare to meet the enemy.
Almost at the same time, a dusty cavalry galloped in from the southeast. The Ming army on the periphery of the ambush circle saw that it was their own people, and immediately led them to meet Pang Yue.
"Dashuai!" Leading the team was Wang Zhangtang, the head of the Flying Tiger Battalion A and Division B, wearing an armor similar to Pang Yue. Along with it, "Shi Youliang", "Lu Qiwu" and others, who were chased by Daniel Zhang and Shen Zhixiang in a panic before, have similar physical appearance and similar armor, and they are Wei Miao Weixiao.
"Zhan Long pretended to be like me, and he blinded all the tartars! I'm going to give you a credit first! After Pang Yue finished with a smile, he suddenly saw the gauze wrapped around Wang Zhangtang's shoulder, "Is the injury serious?" How's the war going on the southeast? ”
"A little injury, I don't dare to worry about the handsome." Wang Zhangtang said, "The battle is still going well, what is the name of the chief soldier of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion Daniel Zhang, he chased too quickly, rushed into the ambush circle, and a round of artillery shells of our army just landed near his handsome banner, it is estimated that this king bastard has already seen King Yan." Shen Zhixiang, the pseudo-Shun Gong, was quite clever, and when he saw that the situation was wrong. He quickly retreated, but he couldn't completely withdraw from the ambush circle. Defeated by our army only had the ability to parry. General Gao asked me to rush back first to tell the marshal. He has decided to deliberately open a hole according to the original plan, and ask the commander to prepare to meet the enemy. ”
"I already heard it just now," Pang Yue was really happy when he heard that Daniel Zhang's life and death were uncertain, and the dragons of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp were leaderless, "Zhan Long go down and rest first!" ”
Wang Zhangtang shook his head: "What did the marshal say, I haven't killed it yet, and I can't take revenge for this arrow." Please also allow me to return to the team and continue to fight! ”
Pang Yue knew his temperament and didn't say much. Directly answered him.
When the sun began to shine on the earth, a puff of smoke and dust finally rose from the southeast, gathering more and more, and blowing over the earth caused a violent tremble. Gradually, a flag emerged from the dust, followed by a second, a third...... Like clouds and seas.
Shen Zhixiang, who was galloping on his horse, looked embarrassed, and the previous invincible power was long gone, replaced by endless panic and exhaustion in his eyes. Originally, he was still full of ambition to capture Pang Yue alive. But he never expected to plunge headlong into the ambush circle of the Ming army. Daniel Zhang swallowed his breath not long after being shot, and he was not much stronger, although he broke out of the ambush circle after a bloody battle, his soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses. The two are added together. Less than 5,000 terrified remnants remained. And, with the might of a great victory, Gao Yigong led his troops to chase closely.
At this time, Shen Zhixiang didn't have too many extravagant hopes, and only looked forward to getting out of danger as soon as possible. Seeing that Jingzhou City is already vaguely in sight. Shen Zhixiang was about to ask his soldiers to slow down to prevent the Ming army from sneaking up, when there was a sudden loud noise in the north. Immediately afterwards, a series of shells swept fiercely into the flank ranks of the Qing army.
"Thief Army!" "The thieves are here again!" After only two rounds of shelling, the Qing army, which was already a frightened bird, was in chaos.
In the midst of the earth-shattering shouts. The Ming army ambushed the soldiers together, completely cutting off the way for the Qing army to advance. And in the background, the sound of the horses' hooves of the loyal battalion that had been chasing all the way could already be faintly heard. Before he got out of the encirclement, he entered the urn again, and Shen Zhixiang's face was full of despair.
The Gangfeng Battalion and the Broken Army Battalion that set up ambushes here all have a 1,000-unit musketoner soldiers, all of whom use the new flintlock pistols and arquebuses made by the Huguang Manufacturing Bureau, and their firepower should not be underestimated.
After a while, the guns and cannons stopped, and on a high ground in the north, Pang Yue came to this place under the escort of a group of shield players, and shouted in the direction where Shen Zhixiang's handsome banner was: "General Shen, Shang Kexi has fled north, and Jingzhou has also fallen into the hands of our army." Now that the general is surrounded by our army, what is the point of resisting again? The general was originally a general of the eastern border of Liao in the Ming Dynasty, although the surrender of the Tartars was an evil act, but it was not unforgivable, as long as the general was willing to get lost and know his way back, Pang Mou must ignore the past suspicions and welcome the return of the general. If the general is obsessed and dies, what face will he have to see Mao Shuai and Uncle Ling Shen Shuai under Jiuquan? Among the stakes, I hope the general will think twice! ”
Mao Shuai and Shen Shuai are Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and Shen Shikui, the deputy chief soldier. In that year, after Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, Shen Shikui took over as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River and continued to fight against the Houjin. Later, Shen Shikui died on the battlefield, and his nephew, that is, Shen Zhixiang, gathered the defeated troops and retreated to Shicheng Island, and asked the prison army for Shen Shikui's seal, but he was refused, so he supported the army and stood on his own and called himself the commander of the Dongjiang River. Later, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Ming court, the desperate Shen Zhixiang took refuge in Huang Taiji and was awarded the title of Duke Shun.
After Pang Yue finished speaking, a number of sergeants with loud voices came out in unison.
After a long time, a voice came back: "General Pang's kindness, Shen Mou received it, and there is also a message for the general here." The so-called feng shui takes turns, Shen is in a desperate situation today, and he doesn't dare to complain. But even if the general is lucky enough to win a game, what he is guarding is just dry bones in the grave, how can it last long? The puppet lord is faint and mediocre, the government is corrupt, if it does not die, the reason of heaven does not exist! It's a pity that General Pang is full of strategy, but he has to be martyred for it! Now that Shen's head is here, the general can only take it, as for how to face Mao Shuai and his uncle, Shen has his own decision, and the general doesn't bother! ”
Pang Yue listened and sighed softly: "Attack!"
The sound of artillery sounded again, and at this time, Gao Yigong had also arrived with thousands of men and horses of the loyal battalion, and together with Huguang Town, he carried out a front and rear flanking attack on the thousands of Qing troops who had fallen into the encirclement.
Shen Zhixiang, who had no hope of completely breaking through, abandoned his fear, like a dying beast bursting out with unprecedented ferocity, and personally led his headquarters to launch a decisive charge against Huguang Town. The rear was disrupted by the Loyal Battalion. He didn't care. The flanks were staggered by the Red Yi artillery of the Agni Battalion, and he couldn't care about it. Only know to storm forward.
"Kill thieves to repay the country!" Shen Zhixiang shouted like this countless times, and his voice was hoarse and his throat was congested. His eyes also turned red. It's like a crazy gambler who has pressed his last bet.
"Kill thieves to repay the country!" Infected by Shen Zhixiang, some Qing troops also summoned up the remnants of blood and bravery, and launched a surprise attack towards the Ming army's front.
But this is also a battle that has been predestined for a long time. One side has the power of a great victory and high morale, while the other side has just suffered a great defeat and the army is scattered; One side is well prepared and ready to work, while the other side has an unstable foothold and is not well organized; One side is superior in strength and equipment, while the other side is at a disadvantage. Unless God manifests itself. A reversal is possible.
God still didn't stand on the side of the Qing army after all. The Ming army's front continued to rise neatly white smoke, crackling like fried beans, and constantly harvesting the lives of the Qing army. The screams of the soldiers before they fell to the ground, and the wails of the war horses when they were dying, constantly impacted the crumbling military heart of the Qing army. In front of the shield wall of the Ming army, the dead bodies of men and horses are staggered, stacked into stacks, and on the dense spear tips stretched out behind the shield wall, blood droplets are like beads with broken threads, and they flow into streams.
Soon. Shen Zhixiang paid the price for his madness, and a stray bullet hit him in the neck. Before the Goshkhas had time to step forward to protect them, the famous Duke Xu Shun had already drowned in the vast sea of people.
"Attack! Attack! Attack! Under the command of officers at all levels, the non-commissioned officers of Huguang Town stepped on the drum and shouted neat slogans. The spears and shields were used to open the way, like a wall pushed flat, constantly compressing the activity space of the remnants of the Qing army......
As the last of the Qing army flags fell into the dust. The battalions and the loyal battalion in Huguang Town finally joined forces, and all the soldiers gave an unprecedented cheer.
Under the banner of the red-bottomed tiger charm. Chen Ying, dressed in a cloth robe, rode on a horse, and his hand twisting his beard stopped in mid-air. Eyes squinted slightly. After a long time, he resumed his movements, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Commander, according to preliminary statistics, more than 2,100 enemies were destroyed and more than 2,800 were captured. Shen Zhixiang and his left wing Mele Zhangjing (deputy general) Xu Tianzhong were killed, and more than 10 people including the right wing Melle Zhangjing and Jin Guangyu were captured. In addition, our troops also captured more than a dozen generals below the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, and the body of Daniel Zhang, the chief soldier of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, was also found. "The efficiency of the supervision departments at all levels is quite high, and the results of the battle were quickly summarized and reported by the chief supervisor Shi Wanchun.
"Okay, the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion is finished, and there will be no more so-called Xu Shun Gong in the world, which can be regarded as two heart diseases of our army." Being able to completely annihilate Shen Zhixiang's troops and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Green Battalion, Pang Yue felt that most of the depression and worry that had been suppressed for many days were gone at this moment, "But the war is still not over, and now we have to deal with the remnants of the enemy army in Jingzhou City as soon as possible, and then it is still gratifying." General Gao, what do you say? ”
Gao Yigong, who had won a big battle, was obviously in a good mood: "Pang Shuai is reasonable, the opportunity must not be lost, and there is no need to delay."
So, after a simple cleaning of the battlefield, Pang Yue and Gao Yigong led the army to escort the captives back to Jingzhou City.
The city gate and the walled gate are still closed, and according to Tian Hu, who is in charge of surveillance, the remaining Qing troops in the city have not come out, and Ban Zhifu and Zheng Siwei seem to have some conflicts.
Since he didn't come out, Pang Yue asked Tian Hu to immediately lead his headquarters north to support Chen Youlong and Liu Renjun, while acting according to the plan.
The first was the Prisoner Procession, in which Ming soldiers escorted prisoners with their hands tied around the city wall in batches. And the captured Qing army camp flag, the general flag was also taken, by the Ming sergeant in charge of the escort dragged upside down, every time a group of prisoners passed, a few people designated by this group of prisoners to the city, to the camp head and the camp where they were located, the name of the commander, the current situation.
In addition to the captured Qing army flags, the heads, weapons, armor and mounts of well-known Qing generals such as Shen Zhixiang and Daniel Zhang were also displayed to the city.
Finally, there is a shout to explain to the city the preferential treatment that can be obtained by surrendering, and the fate of recalcitrant resistance.
After the three steps were completed, Pang Yue was not in a hurry, and waited quietly outside the city.
After noon, a white flag finally floated in the camp outside the city. The envoy who left the camp conveyed Zheng Siwei's request to Pang Yue, first, hoping that Pang Yue could fulfill his promise and practice preferential treatment. The second is to hope to be able to surrender only to Pang Yue, because Zheng Siwei was originally a general of the Dashun Army stationed in Hubei, and surrendered to the Qing army after the death of the commander Bai Wang, and he can be regarded as a traitor who broke into the camp. If Gao Yigong was also present when he surrendered, it would have been hard to say what would have happened.
Pang Yuequan agreed. Not long after, Zheng Siwei led all the men and horses in the East Gate and North Gate camps out of the camp, took the initiative to disarm, and surrendered to the Ming army. Zheng Siwei himself was even more exaggerated, stripped naked on a cold day, came to Pang Yue with a bundle of dry firewood on his back, knelt down and confessed repeatedly.
Pang Yue laughed tolerantly, personally stepped forward to help Zheng Siwei, removed the dry firewood from him, and untied his own big coat and put it on him. Then he gave kind words of encouragement and encouragement, saying that the soldiers and horses under his command would not be disbanded or disrupted, and they would still be under his command. Zheng Siwei burst into tears on the spot, saying that he would do his best to be loyal to Daming and Pang Yue in the future, in order to atone for his crimes.
As soon as Zheng Siwei fell, the next thing was easy to do, and there were only 1,000 regular Qing troops led by Ban Zhifu and 2,000 people in the city, which were not enough to defend the city.
In the afternoon, Pang Yue ordered the siege of the city. There was no need for shortcuts, Huguang Town attacked from the east gate, and the loyal battalion attacked from the north. In less than an hour, the east gate was the first to be broken, and the main force of Huguang Town immediately poured in. The Qing army, which was no longer able to fight street battles, collapsed, and Ban Zhifu committed suicide at the head of the city. As for Niu Delu, the chief soldier of the Jingzhou Navy Division, he had already led his troops to escape from the waterway long before the war. (To be continued.) )