Chapter 61: The Battle for Tong'an (3)
A bloodied soldier hurried into the palace, panting and shouting as he went.
Zheng Chenggong heard the shock, and hurriedly drank: "Hurry up and bring the general's report!" ”
Tearing open the sweat-stained military newspaper, Zheng Chenggong was suddenly blinded like a thunderbolt from the sky.
On April 26, the Qing army attacked Tong'an!
Zheng Chenggong asked the herald urgently, "What happened, can you tell me quickly?" ”
“…… This is the situation, the general, the situation in Tong'an is critical, and I ask the general to send troops to support Tong'an as soon as possible, I'm afraid it's too late! The soldier hurried to Quanzhou overnight, extremely tired, but still strong in spirit, and explained the matter.
When the other soldiers heard this, they hurriedly said, "The general quickly sent troops to rescue Tong'an!" ”
Wang Zhongxiao stroked the three and said: "Now it can also explain why Zhao Guozha is here, he wants to drag us here, and he can't support Tong'an." ”
Zheng Chenggong turned his head to look at Lin Xishan and asked, "Jian Chu, you can transport our soldiers to Dongzui Port by sea." ”
Lin Xishan said with some embarrassment: "General, it's the north wind blowing now. If you go by sea, it will take longer! ”
Zheng Chenggong heard the sword and got up and shouted: "Now that Tong'an is in crisis, you can't waste time here, all the soldiers, go back and clean up, go out of the city to destroy Zhao Guoza, and return to the division to rescue Tong'an." ”
"Yes, General!" The generals shouted in unison.
Leaving Chen Hui to lead 3,000 soldiers to defend the city and guard those prisoners by the way, Zheng Chenggong took 8,000 soldiers out of the city and prepared to fight the Qing soldiers in the field.
Gan Hui Pioneer Town, Yu Kuan and Guo Tai are the left and right guard towns, and Lan Cheng is the rear guard town.
In order to take the lead, Zheng Chenggong fed the soldiers early, and when he saw that the Qing soldiers failed to attack the city again, he slowly retreated to prepare for dinner.
The gate of Quanzhou was opened, and the Zheng army rushed out.
Zhao Guozha saw that the Qing soldiers who were busy drinking and retreating relined their ranks, and the two armies faced each other under the city of Quanzhou.
Zheng Chenggong waved his hand, and the battle stick suddenly rang out, booming like thunder.
Eight thousand soldiers of the Zheng family army let out a shout of a flash flood and tsunami together, and then swooped down on the Qing soldiers.
Zhao Guozha led three hundred supervising law enforcement soldiers to stand behind the Qing soldiers, and at this time he felt the whole earth tremble.
Zhao Guozha swallowed deeply, trying to make his trembling hands grasp the sword. For his own life, for his wife and children, this time he was desperate.
The Zheng Jiajun took the rattan armor soldiers as the vanguard, the bombardier was behind, and the sword and shield soldiers were behind. The entire formation also seemed to be in order during the run, and the silence exuded an endless murderous aura.
Many Qing soldiers were scared of being killed by the Zheng family army before, and this time they faced the fierce Zheng family army, and they couldn't afford to fight at all, so they dropped their weapons and turned around and fled as soon as they saw them.
When Zhao Guoza saw it, he immediately rushed over and cut off his head with a knife.
The supervising law enforcement soldiers also killed other deserters, and killed more than sixty or seventy Qing soldiers in a row before stabilizing the formation of the Qing soldiers.
Zhao Guozha roared angrily with red eyes: "Whoever dares to retreat, there will be no forgiveness!" His wife and daughter were all military prostitutes and were tortured. Kill an enemy soldier and reward five taels of silver! ”
If you retreat and die, your family will suffer, and you may be able to find a way out if you rush forward. The Qing soldiers, who were forced to be anxious, shouted and gathered, and frantically rushed forward to fight with the Zheng family's army.
Before the two armies clashed, the archers on both sides had already begun to harvest human lives.
The soldiers and horses were so dense that the archers didn't even have to aim, they just drew their bows and shot arrows.
Rows and rows of archers took turns shooting arrows, and more than a thousand good bows kept pulling into a full moon and shooting out with a "whoosh".
A rain of arrows poured down on the heads of the soldiers of both armies. Countless soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.
In front of the law enforcement soldiers on both sides, neither the Zheng Jiajun nor the Qing soldiers dared to turn around and escape.
They braved the rain of arrows and rushed up, and Zheng Jiajun saw the Qing army coming forward, and without saying a word, the grenade bounced away, ruthlessly eliminating the vanguard of the Qing army.
Walking on the river of corpses and blood, the two armies finally fought together.
The two sides launched a white-knuckle battle, and the fierce battle began, with countless sharp weapons slashing and slashing.
The two sides gritted their teeth and insisted on fighting, hoping to hack each other to death first.
There were swords and swords everywhere, screams everywhere, and screams everywhere, and both sides lost their humanity in the end. Use all the weapons you can use, whether it's your fingers or teeth, as long as you can kill them.
Zheng Chenggong wanted to personally lead the Zheng family army to fight several times, but he was held back by Lan Cheng, who was entrusted with it.
Gan Hui, Chen Hui, Yu Kuan and other generals fought on the front line, leading their respective troops to suppress the Qing army step by step.
Zhao Guozha stood behind, brandishing his sword frantically and shouting desperately.
The battle lasted for a long time, and the casualties of the Zheng family army also rose rapidly for a while.
Seeing the crazy Qing army, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops back to Quanzhou City.
Back at the Quanzhou Mansion, Zheng Chenggong pressed his head with a headache and asked, "How are the casualties today?" ”
Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly replied: "Back to the general, our army suffered about 710 casualties and more than 1,000 minor injuries!" ”
"The casualties of the Tartars?"
"Look at the corpse of the Tartars, at least more than 2,400 people have been killed or wounded, and countless people have been injured!"
"General, this time the Qing army seems to have gone crazy. Since we have been fighting with our army for a long time, we will not retreat! Gan Hui said fiercely.
"Presumably, the Manchu Qing Tartar gave Zhao Guozha a death order, otherwise he wouldn't be so desperate with his personality!" Yu Kuan wiped the sweat mixed with blood on his face, and then Gan Hui's words.
"But even so, our army must solve Zhao Guozha as soon as possible and return to the division to rescue Tong'an. Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable! Wang Zhongxiao said worriedly.
Zheng Chenggong said sharply: "No matter what, our army must rush back to Tong'an as soon as possible." Let the soldiers rest for a while, and then we will go out of the city and kill. For the sake of Tong'an's comrades, I hope you will do your best! ”
Gan Hui and the others hurriedly clenched their fists and shouted: "We will do our best to defeat Zhao Guozha and rescue Tong'an!" ”
After some repairs, Zheng Jiajun was out of the city. Zhao Guozha commanded the Qing soldiers to kill again.
Zhao Guozha didn't care about Zheng Jiajun's strategy at all, as soon as he saw that Zheng Jiajun came out of Quanzhou, he immediately drove the Qing army to fight, and delayed Zheng Jiajun in a way that cost his life.
For two days in a row, the Qing soldiers were forced by Zhao Guoza to fight with the Zheng family's army.
Although the casualties of the Qing soldiers were greater than those of the Zheng family, in just two days, the casualties of the Qing soldiers were as high as more than 4,700, but in the eyes of Zhao Guoza, who was red-eyed, it was just a number at all, and he only had the concept of holding on for fifteen days in his mind.
Zheng Jiajun suffered more than 1,600 casualties.
Hearing this casualty figure, Zheng Chenggong felt a heartache. How many casualties were there in the attack on Quanzhou, I didn't expect Zhao Guozha to be so difficult, just like a mad dog.
Zheng Chenggong was not only a little hurt by the casualties, but also worried about the situation in Tong'ancheng.
No, it can't go on like this.
Zheng Chenggong called Lin Xishan and said, "Jian Chu, now Tong'an is under siege by Qing soldiers. We have to rush back as soon as possible, but Zhao Guozha outside the city is like a madman, regardless of casualties, he wants to fight with our army. Even if our army defeats Zhao Guoza, it will suffer heavy casualties and will be unable to rescue Tong'an. Let's use the sea to rescue Tong'an. It's a long time, but it's better than staying here! ”
Lin Xishan heard his fists and shouted: "Yes, General!" ”
Lin Xishan was busy collecting ships and preparing to rescue Tong'an.