"Tartar?" Hearing this news, Dong Ying was immediately shocked and drowsy, but then he felt that something was wrong, and he glared, "Where did the tartar come from?" Hubei's Tartars have been trapped in Wuchang and Jingzhou, where did they get the spare strength to attack Yuezhou in the south? Aren't Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng still alive not long ago? How did you end up in a different place with such a little effort? If you dare to fucking lie about the military, I want your head! ”

Vice General Liu hurriedly said: "The last general doesn't dare, this matter is true!" According to the report of the spies in Yuezhou City, it was because one of the remaining members of the bandit had a bad intention, and took advantage of his position to connect with the Tartar captives in the city, and when the time was ripe, he would do it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and that Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng are also arrogant and careless, this time they went out of the city to the south to block our army, and only 500 people were left to defend the city. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the thief guerrilla who pretended to be sick and stayed in the city first bribed the gangsters, most of the 500 people left by Feng Yulong were numbed, and sent cronies to close the city gate and block the news. Then he opened the prison, released the Tartar captives, reissued them with armor and weapons, and took control of the city. Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng did not know it, and after returning to the city with a swagger at night, they were killed by ambushes who had already been ambushed in the prefect's yamen, and neither of them nor their own soldiers were spared. ”

Dong Ying was shocked in his heart, but he was still a little puzzled: "Even so, then Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng also have two or three thousand men and horses, how could they let the Tartar captives who started the incident take the whole city so easily?" ”

"It should also be that Li Laiheng is unlucky, his deputy is a fellow villager with the rebel guerrillas, and he has long been bribed and participated in the conspiracy. In this way, the only remaining 500 ironclad soldiers under Feng Yulong's command will be brave and good at fighting. What can be done about it? Fight until dawn, or die or be captured alive. Almost no one was spared. ”

"Is the message accurate?" Dong Ying felt the seriousness of the situation.

Vice General Liu nodded and said, "Our spies who are ambushed in the city, as well as the scouts sent to the periphery of the city, have seen it with their own eyes. The prefect's yamen and the school yard in the city fought for most of the night. At dawn, the Tartars who had risen up pulled the bodies of the dead ironclad soldiers of Huguang Town out of the city and buried them on the spot, and the heads of Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng were also hung at the head of the city. My lord, if it's not true, then is it necessary for them to act in such a play? ”

"It seems to be true, you are right, with the temper tantrums of Li Laiheng and Feng Yulong, there is no need to spend so much trouble acting in a play for us to see." Speaking of this, Dong Ying's eyes flashed with a hint of happiness. Schadenfreude sneered, "The Governor has long said that the rest of the thieves are not credible, and that Pang Maniac still has to rush up and paste it, this time I always know what to do, right?" Li Laiheng and Feng Yulong, the two bastards, dared to shout in front of Lao Tzu before, but now that they have lost their heads, it can be regarded as an eye-opener! Pass the order down, and the whole army will be camped! ”

Vice General Liu thought so: "My lord! Now Yuezhou has only experienced civil strife, and the Tartars who have started the incident have not gained a stable foothold. Our army is going north at this time, and we will definitely be able to take Yuezhou in one fell swoop, and live up to the trust of the governor! ”

"Fart!" Dong Ying scolded, "Go north." Go north, go north to your grandma! The ironclad soldiers of the Pang madman have all been killed, what good can we get when we go there? The fire that started behind the ass of the Pang maniac. Let's let him destroy himself, we have to rush back to Changsha as soon as possible. Tell the Governor to take precautions to prevent the Tartars from taking advantage of the victory to go south! ”

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Jingzhou

Outside the city, Huguang Town and the Loyal Battalion launched two large-scale frontal attacks in three days. and many small-scale raids, both of which had climbed to the top of the city, and once controlled a section of the city wall dozens of steps wide, but when they were about to expand the results of the battle, they were desperately recaptured by the Qing army who fought on their backs, and the success fell short. Although the frontal assault of the Ming army did not make a breakthrough, the small-scale attack never stopped, making the Qing army in the city miserable.

On the evening of the third day, Pang Yue finally ordered to stop the attack on Jingzhou City, and the whole army turned to guard. This day is November 28 of the third year of Longwu (1647). It was also at this time that Pang Yue received news that the more than 10,000 southbound reinforcements led by Sun Dingliao and Zhang Yingxiang had joined up with Titatimu, Shen Zhixiang and other troops. Although the time was a little slower than Huguang Town expected, it finally came. After these Qing troops met, several units were combined into one, totaling more than 20,000. In this way, the pressure of being trapped in the camp can be imagined.

But unlike the worries of others, at this time, in the camp camp thirty miles north of Jingzhou City, Cui Shoucheng was sitting firmly in Diaoyutai and did not see a trace of worry at all.

After inspecting the position, Cui Shoucheng, who was neatly dressed, climbed a high ground, looked at the boundless Qing army camp tent opposite, and yawned comfortably.

He was followed by Zheng Xin, the deputy battalion officer of the trapping camp and the staff officer of the battalion staff department. Zheng Xin is not very old, only twenty-six years old, his appearance is not good, and his figure is as tall and strong as an iron tower. When ordinary people see him for the first time, words such as "reckless" and "brave and unscrupulous" will always come to mind. But that's just the appearance. Being in the second-in-command in the most elite war camp in Huguang Town at such a young age is enough to prove his excellence and outstanding military achievements.

Cui Shoucheng turned his head, looked at the deputy who had been silent, and asked, "What, don't you have anything to say?" Just above the military discussion, as soon as Lao Gao mentioned that it was very likely that Sun Dingliao would launch the first round of attacks against us tomorrow, they were very excited, thinking that it was difficult for these rabble to fight Wang Guangtai, and the low combat effectiveness can be imagined. They are all full of confidence, but you don't have many words. Now, you've seen the general situation of the Tartar on the other side, and you still don't have anything to say? ”

"Back to your lordship," Zheng Xin's black face showed a hint of a smile, "The marshal once said that no matter when and where, in terms of tactics, we must pay attention to the enemy army, and strategically we must despise the enemy army. However, the subordinates are in charge of the General Staff Department, and no matter which part of the enemy army they are, the subordinates only need to do two things, analyze the characteristics of the enemy's past operations, and work out corresponding combat plans, and that's it. If even the Chief of Staff is blind and forgets his duty, then we are really not far from defeat. ”

Cui Shoucheng still has that trademark indifferent expression. The approval in his eyes flashed. Victory is not arrogant, defeat is not discouraged, it is easier said than done. It's not that simple. Although the trapped camp has repelled several attacks by Titicham and Shen Zhixiang in the past few days, the situation tomorrow will inevitably be even more severe. Although Sun Ding's Liao Department had lost troops and generals when he fought Wang Guangtai. Zhang Yingxiang's troops also suffered big losses under Huguang Town, but they are all battle-hardened generals after all. In the face of them, appropriate self-confidence is feasible and necessary, and excessive arrogance is definitely not a good thing. And Zheng Xin can clearly recognize this, which is good.

Thinking of this, Cui Shoucheng turned around and patted Zheng Xin on the shoulder, the words were very short, but they were profound: "Hmm." Do a good job! ”

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Opposite the camp camp, in the big tent of the Chinese army in the Qing army camp, the atmosphere was a little embarrassing.

Present here were Sun Dingliao, the governor of Qinghuguang, who arrived only this afternoon, Zhang Yingxiang, the chief soldier of Henan, and Ka Kamu, the servant of the officials, Shen Zhixiang, the prince of Xushun, who had already stopped here for two days, and Zheng Siwei, the chief soldier of the Jingzhou Green Battalion.

Originally, according to Sun Dingliao's thoughts, his men and horses have not stopped for a moment since they conquered Xiangyang, and they have traveled long distances and rushed to Jingzhou non-stop, and the whole army is tired. It is better that tomorrow's first round of attacks will still be launched by Tykhamu, Shen Zhixiang or Zheng Siwei, so that he and Zhang Yingxiang's men and horses can recover more physical strength. In addition, he had to carefully observe the tactics of Huguang Town, so that he knew the bottom of his heart. After all, he had never fought against Huguang Town before, so he had to be careful.

Unexpectedly, Sun Dingliao's self-righteous proposal was unanimously opposed by Kaqam and the others. Their reasoning is simple. The meaning is also very clear: your Sun Junmen and Zhang Junmen's men and horses have traveled a long way, and our people and horses are not idle. In the past two days, he has been trying to open up contact with Jingzhou, and he has been engaged in more than one battle with the Ming army. Aren't you tired? There are no casualties? Anyway, we'll have to take a break tomorrow. You Sun Junmen can watch and do the rest of the things, anyway, you are the governor of Huguang.

Titicham and Zheng Siwei are fine. Kakhamu is master can't be angry with the slave, and Zheng Siwei is also Sun Dingliao's subordinate, so it is not good to blatantly contradict the boss, so he said it more plainly or tactfully. Shen Zhixiang is yin and yang, with a gun and a stick in his words, if Sun Dingliao didn't think that he still had a little self-cultivation, he would almost have a seizure on the spot. The atmosphere in the tent was also dull for a while.

"That's it," in the end, it was Sun Dingliao himself who broke this embarrassing atmosphere, sighed, and arched his hand in the direction of the Jingshi, "It's all for the Qing Dynasty and loyal to the emperor, so why bother with such trivial matters?" According to the meaning of Lord Ka and Xu Shungong, the first round of attacks on the puppet Ming thief army tomorrow will be carried out by Ben General and Zhang Junmen. Now, the puppet Ming thief army gathered under the city of Jingzhou, King Zhishun is struggling with the enemy, at this critical juncture, all colleagues still have to work together, unanimously against the enemy. ”

After speaking, Sun Dingliao swept around the people present, and said: "However, according to what Master Ka just said, the camp of the thieves on the opposite side is extremely tricky, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I am afraid that our army will open up the road to Jingzhou, and it will be difficult to break through its camp and annihilate it in a short time." And the war in Jingzhou is urgent, and we are not allowed to wait for the slightest delay. In this way, after our army moves south, it is necessary to leave a part of the army to deter the remnants of the thief army, so as to prevent it from causing chaos behind our army. ”

"This matter seems to be a trivial matter, but in fact it is very important, and it must not be sloppy at all, and it must be guarded by an old and serious person." Sun Dingliao deliberately didn't look at Shen Zhixiang and the others, and said straight to Kakamu, "Lord Ka has always known soldiers, and he has fought with this thief army many times a few days ago. I don't know what Lord Ka thinks? ”

After taking over this task, it means that there is no need to go to Jingzhou to fight with the main force of the Ming army, and Tikkam naturally will not have any objections, and he promised very happily: "Okay, when the time comes, this matter will be handed over to this official to deal with." ”

Looking at the dilemmas of Shen Zhixiang and Zheng Siwei who were extremely disappointed but did not dare to speak clearly, Sun Dingliao finally had a sense of pleasure of revenge.

In the early morning of the next day, Sun Dingliao's troops took the lead in launching the attack, and Zhang Yingxiang's troops were the second echelon.

Facing Huguang Town, which fought against him for the first time but was already famous, Sun Dingliao seemed very cautious. First, all the artillery in the concentrated army bombarded the Ming army camp.

Due to the current strict control of Hongyi artillery by the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is naturally impossible for non-descendant troops such as Sun Dingliao and Zhang Yingxiang to be equipped with large-caliber Hongyi artillery. There were a few nine-pounder guns in the Titicham army, and after Sun Dingliao's struggle, they were all concentrated. Although this is still not comparable to the heavy army under Kong Youde in terms of firepower. But it is enough to deal with the trapped camp in person. The trap camp was originally a heavy infantry battalion, and this time it was only temporarily equipped with a fire force thousand corps of the Taishan battalion. There were a few Tiger Squat cannons for melee combat, but none of them were strong enough to pose a threat to the Qing army.

With the first round of artillery rang out. Another large-scale offensive of the Qing army officially began, and white smoke billowed from the artillery positions.

In the loud noises one after another, the artillery shells of the Qing army fell one after another into the camp built by the trapped camp. The shells that fell close together smashed the horses, wooden stakes and other objects in the trench in front of the battle twice into debris. The shells that fell far away uprooted the flags of the Ming army one after another, or occasionally fell on the poorly covered crowd of Ming officers and soldiers, bringing out a few rains of blood and a burst of screams.

Looking at the Ming army camp that was continuously facing shells but did not return fire at all, Sun Dingliao felt a little relieved.

Wait until the cannon stops and the horn starts. Groups of Qing troops began to advance towards the Ming positions.

Jingzhou is close to the left of many hills, and the Huashan camp was also adapted to local conditions, and the frontal defense line built for the trap camp is located on a large rolling small plateau, condescending, and there are several trenches dug on the slope of the front. The first two attacks of Tikhamu and Shen Zhixiang were here with corpses. At one point, most of the trenches were filled, but the trapping soldiers then dug them up during the night. Sun Ding's Liaobu attacked this time, and filling the trench was still the first step.

In a short time, the first group of Qing soldiers advanced to the front of the trench, and the soldiers were responsible for covering with bows and arrows and firearms. The auxiliaries were responsible for filling the ditches with sacks filled with sand. Cooperate with each other, but also quite disciplined. At this time, the Ming army began to return fire, and white smoke began to rise from behind the bunker. The crackling sound kept harvesting the lives of the Qing soldiers. But perhaps because of the continuous shelling just now, the formation of the Ming army was not yet in order, and the sound was a little scattered. Meanwhile. The Qing army's musketeers and archers, who had already reached the slope and were still on the slope, also began to fight back together, and soon beat the Ming army behind the bunker to the point that they could not raise their heads.

When the first trench was filled in multiple avenues. After being easily crossed by the Qing army on the slope, Sun Dingliao's brows finally relaxed. It seems that the Ming army of Huguang Town, which is notorious, is not iron-clad. I have experienced many strong attacks before, but now I am still exhausted, and some of them can't support it. As long as I work harder, it will not be a problem to get in touch with Jingzhou.

The sound of popping beans was incessant, mixed with the sharp whistle of arrows breaking through the air, looming in the earth-shattering shouts. The two sides continued to shoot, the Qing army was still steadily advancing up the slope, and the Ming army still did not have much upper hand. The Qing soldiers on the slope fell from time to time, but behind the bunkers, there were also dead or wounded Ming soldiers who were dragged away. What's more, for the Qing army, as long as it can break through the defense line of the Ming army, it is not a problem at all to increase the number of casualties.

In the breeze, the flag hunts. Under the military flag, Sun Dingliao's confidence gradually increased. Who said my grandson couldn't fight? Shen Zhixiang's guy always sneered at my small defeat to Wang Guangtai, and today I have to slap him in the face with a real record.

"Zhang Junmen, my sons and daughters of Huguang have already attacked, are your troops ready?" Sun Dingliao turned his head to look at Zhang Yingxiang.

"Sun Junmen, please relax, my Henan army is also full of hot-blooded men, and I have long been looking forward to avenging the battle of Wanshou Bridge." Zhang Yingxiang seems to have come out of the shadows of the past.

"Good, good, good!" Sun Dingliao said three good words in a row, "After this battle, it will not be far from relieving Jingzhou." After quelling the civil strife in Xiangyang and defeating the thief army of the Northern Invasion, we can be regarded as living up to the grace of God. ”

Sun Ding's Liao Department became more and more courageous, and Zhang Yingxiang's Department began to follow up with the whole team.

"Whew! - Ho! The 5,000 Henan Qing troops shouted together, and pushed forward with a bang, and the momentum could be described as earth-shattering. The overwhelming green flag is waving in the wind, and the dense blades and armor reflect the light.

When the Qing army on the slope crossed the second trench, Sun Dingliao finally showed a rare smile on his face. The shouts of the Qing army were also getting louder and louder.

Although the Ming army hiding behind the bunker kept firing arrows and even used rolling wood and stones, it still couldn't stop the Qing army's advance. At this point in the battle, the Qing soldiers of Sun Dingliao gradually picked up the self-confidence when they broke through Xiangyang and defeated Wang Guangtai in the past, and showed a fierce side that was not afraid of death.

But when the Qing army on the slope smoothly advanced to the third trench, Sun Dingliao put away his smile, and his heart suddenly went up and down, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Even if the Ming army in Huguang Town had been injured before, were they really so easy to deal with? Is their prestige vain? Could it be that Titicham and Shen Zhixiang paused here for a few days for other reasons? The more he thought about it, the more suspicious Sun Dingliao felt, and he gasped with a "hiss".

It also seemed to reflect the suspicion in Sun Dingliao's heart, and just when he was up and down in his heart, a loud bang suddenly sounded behind the Ming army's bunker. However, Sun Dingliao soon realized that he had misheard, it was not a loud noise, but countless bangs, and he swore that he had never known that the fire guns could be cast so neatly and densely, so terrifyingly, that the sounds were all connected.

Heavy white smoke rose from the Ming army's position, and the Qing army that was advancing with murderous spirit was like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind, and like wheat harvested by farmers, falling in pieces, and the queue in the front row was almost empty. Only now did they understand how child's play the shooting of the Ming army was before.

Sun Dingliao's eyes widened, and the muscles on his face trembled violently. Before he could react, there was another loud bang on the slope, oh no, another dense bang.

After several rounds of terrifying volleys, dazzling white light flashed from behind the Ming army's bunker. If you look closely, it is a large number of well-equipped ironclad sergeants, rushing towards the Qing army that is already in chaos. (To be continued.) )