Chapter Seventy-Five: If One Plan Fails, Another Plan Will Be Born
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, night had begun to fall, and the soldiers of Ganzhou Town, who had killed the Qing army, could finally take a breath. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
From the morning to the present, the Qing army's offensive can not be described as strong. Until now, the lingering smell of blood still permeated the air, and the layers of corpses at the head of the city and under the city illustrate the fierceness of the fighting.
After some of the officers and soldiers who remained on guard, the officers and men of the Gangfeng Battalion, who had been stationed at the south gate of the town, withdrew to their tents in the urn city to rest. After a day of fighting, everyone is almost exhausted, so take a break to better recover your strength. In addition, it is very close to the castle, so it can respond quickly if the situation changes.
At the same time, a large number of auxiliaries and young soldiers also began to go to the city, cleaning the battlefield and repairing the damage to the city walls. After a long period of fighting, the city was covered with blood and corpses, and it was almost impossible to get off your feet. Most of these corpses were made of slaves, and a large part of them were caused by firearms, and those killed by flintlock pistols remained intact, while those who died under fire were only a blurry pile of flesh and blood. The auxiliaries and young men, under the command of the officers, carried the corpses of their own men down the city, and as for the corpses of the Jiannu, they cut off their heads, stripped off their armor, and threw the corpses out of the city, after which the blood was washed away and sprinkled with lime.
At the head of Xijin Gate, Hu Yiqing and Zhao Yinxuan were talking while patrolling. During the day today, Jiannu did not invest troops in the direction of Xijin Gate, but the battle at Zhennanmen left a deep impression on them. If they were surprised by the battle between Ganzhou Town and the Green Battalion last time, then today's battle can only shock them. The legendary Jiannu, who is "invincible and invincible" and "the first in the world", was slaughtered like a herd of livestock, what could be more hearty than this?
"Brother Hu, you said that we are also from the old army, when have you encountered this kind of formation?" Zhao Yinxuan said, as if he was still recalling the situation of the battle at that time, "You know, that is the invincible Manchurian Jiannu!" Among them, the veterans of a hundred battles accounted for the vast majority, but when they encountered Ganzhou Town, they had no choice at all, but they lost their troops. Alas, if the Ming army can be like this, how can Jiannu cross the Yangtze River? ”
Hu Yiqing touched his chin and nodded: "Their firearms are very sharp!" The kind of flintlock pistol is much more powerful than the bird gun. Moreover, the soldiers in charge of handling the firearms also seemed to be well-trained, and the Jiannu was powerless to fight back. ”
"It's not just firearms," Zhao added, "and the important thing is that they dare to engage Jiannu in a short fight." It is not easy for an army that has been formed for less than a year to have such courage! It seems that this Pang Zongbing still has some unique views on the matter of military training. When I first came to Ganzhou, I found that the soldiers in Ganzhou Town were a little unusual. At that time, I was still a little puzzled why Mr. Pang used his family to guard the city gate. Later, I learned that the soldiers in Ganzhou Town were like this, which had to be impressive! ”
Hu Yiqing was about to say something more, when a personal soldier came over to report: "My lord, the huge man has sent someone to invite you and Lord Zhao to go to the Yamen of the General Army for dinner." ”
"Mr. Pang is quite polite," Hu Yiqing said with a smile, "Although our Dian camp didn't win today, we still have to eat this meal!" Brother Zhao, let's go! ”
Zhao Yinxuan nodded with a smile, and walked with Hu Yiqing to the Yamen of the General Army. In his opinion, Pang Yue is also very good in terms of personality, at least until now, he has not used the guest army as cannon fodder, and he uses his own people when he encounters evil battles, and he can't find anything wrong with the etiquette. At this time, Zhao Yinxuan couldn't help but think of those colleagues and superiors who had conflicts and frictions with him before, and said in his heart that if those people were like Pang Yue, there would not be such unpleasant things in the future. …,
While Pang Yue and the generals were having dinner, Turai was in no mood to eat anything.
In today's battle, the Qing army not only failed to break through Ganzhou, but suffered heavy losses. When he had just led his army to the city of Ganzhou, Turai was still full of confidence and high spirits, believing that it would not be difficult to break through Ganzhou and capture Pang Yue alive. Even if the Green Battalion soldiers later lost their troops in front of Ganzhou Town, Turai did not pay too much attention to it, thinking that this was just the incompetence of Li Yingzong, Ke Yongsheng and others, and as long as the Manchurian soldiers participated in the siege, they would definitely be able to quickly open up the situation. But today's battle made Turai feel unsteady for the first time, and he began to have doubts about whether he could break through Ganzhou with his existing forces. This afternoon, the Jiannu and Han Eight Banners who climbed to the top of the city lost five or six hundred people, and countless people were wounded, and several Niu Lu had been disabled. If you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that before you can break through Ganzhou, your men and horses will be scattered first.
It seems that we have to think of something else! So, Turai didn't care about eating, so he directly asked Ke Yongsheng to call.
"General Ke, can you open the gate of Ganzhou through Neiying?" Turai asked bluntly. This trick is a common trick used by the Qing army when attacking cities and seizing land, and its shadow can be seen almost all the time from Liaodong to the Central Plains and then to Jiangnan.
Ke Yongsheng thought for a while and said: "The Ming army guarding Ganzhou is dominated by Pang Yue's descendants, and those people are all notoriously stubborn, loyal to Pang Yue, and there is almost no possibility of being bought. In addition, it was the Dian camp that had just arrived in Ganzhou and was sent by Pang Yue to guard the Xijin Gate. For this team, you can try, but it's just ......"
"Just what?" Tulai's eyes widened, "Say it!" ”
"It's just that now that our army is in the city, the Ming army is already heavily guarded, and it is difficult to contact the secret agents who stay in the city, and it is almost impossible to send people in from outside the city, and it is difficult to deliver the intention of surrender. In addition, with Pang Yue's cunning, he probably would not completely hand over the defense of Xijinmen to the newly arrived Dian camp. Ke Yongsheng said.
"You don't have to think about it that much!" Thurai said angrily, "Since you think it's feasible, let's try it first!" If it really doesn't work, when our army's follow-up soldiers and horses arrive, they can still break through this Ganzhou! ”
"Obedience! If Tu Junmen has nothing to do, he will retire first. Ke Yongsheng took his leave after receiving the order. Although he himself didn't believe that this trick would have any effect, after all, Thurai had spoken, and he had to give it a try.
After Ke Yongsheng left, Turai walked around the tent countless times before he sat down at the table again. But in the face of those few delicate meals, he still didn't have any appetite, and he became more and more angry at the thought of losing troops and bleeding under Ganzhou City.
"Pang Yue......" Turai drank fiercely, and with a crackling sound, a teacup had already turned into pieces in his hand.