Chapter 68: Turai's Reaction
More than two hours later, outside the city of Ganzhou
The sun has risen high, the river is shining with golden light in the bright sun, and the meadows and woods on the river bank seem to be covered with a gorgeous coat, and all kinds of scenery together form a moving picture, which almost gives people the illusion that the war is gone. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, this beautiful artistic conception was destroyed by the layers of corpses, the sideways blood stains and the smell of blood that was spreading wantonly in the open space on the west bank of Gongshui, making people no longer in the mood to enjoy the scenery.
South of the south gate of the town, the original Qing army camp was already a mess, and a large number of green battalion soldiers were busy cleaning up the mess back and forth. In a large tent that had just been arranged, Manchurian generals such as Turai and Durde, and Green Battalion generals such as Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng were all present. At this time, Thurai's face was almost so heavy that it could drip water, and Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng were even more dead, burying their heads in their chests and not daring to come out.
In the morning, the counterattack launched by the Ming army out of the city can be said to have caused heavy losses to the green battalion of the Qing army. The Ming army first used cavalry to surprise the Qing army, and then dispatched infantry and artillery to attack before the Qing army could react. In the face of the artillery bombardment of the Ming army and the subsequent rapid push of the infantry phalanx, the Qing army completely lost its will to fight and hurriedly retreated, but was soon caught up by the Ming army. On one side was the panicked green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, which had almost lost its structure, and on the other side was the Ming army with strict formation and high morale. In the midst of screams and wails, the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army almost fell into a state of being slaughtered by the Ming army. Although they were more numerically than the Ming army, after losing the will to fight and the basic queue, the numerical advantage could no longer be a winning factor, and occasionally some strong people rose up to resist and caused certain casualties to the Ming army, but soon they were drowned in the tide like insignificant small waves.
When the main force of Jiannu began to land, Pang Yue sent the Gangfeng Battalion Firearms Team to stop it. Under the repeated bombardment of flintlock pistols and raised guns, Jiannu, who was busy crossing the river, was killed a lot. It was not until the Kiannu artillery remaining on the east bank launched its nine-pounder guns aimed at the west bank that the Gang Feng Battalion firearms team began to withdraw. With a longer range and more powerful artillery to suppress the Ming army, the main force of Jiannu began to continuously ascend to the west bank.
The Ming army didn't seem to want to entangle with Jiannu very much, and after killing the Green Camp Army, they rushed to the city to withdraw after the main force of Jiannu was assembled. At this time, the Jiannu army had just landed on the west bank, and it had not yet completely formed its formation, so it was too late to pursue, and where did the green battalion, which had been killed without the slightest temper, still have the courage to pursue? In this way, the Ming army calmly retreated into the city after completing a perfect counterattack out of the city.
After landing on the West Bank, Turai asked Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng to collect the rout and count the casualties. In the end, the results were as follows: More than 2,000 people were killed in the Green Battalion and their whereabouts were unknown, and countless people were wounded. The first battle of more than 500 Han troops with blue flag cavalry was almost completely annihilated, only a few dozen horsemen escaped from Ascension, and Jialazhang Jingdachun and dozens of his guards were all killed.
After learning of this result, Turai did not speak for a long time with a gloomy face, feeling remorse for his carelessness, and could not help but pay more attention to the defenders in the city of Ganzhou. It can be said that this army under the command of Pang Yue is constantly bringing him surprises: not to mention the excellent firearms, they dare to take the initiative to attack out of the city, and they can defeat the green battalion in a short period of time and then leave calmly, which is not at all comparable to the Ming army he has seen before. The only thing that comforted Tulai was that the Ming army did not seem to dare to engage the main force of the Manchurian army under his leadership, and as soon as they saw the Manchurian soldiers ashore, they hurriedly withdrew to the city. If this is the case, it means that things are not irreparably bad. …,
Thinking of this, Turai sighed heavily, breaking the long-term depression and dull atmosphere in the tent: "Okay, the two generals don't have to be disappointed! That Pang Yue was scheming, and he launched a surprise attack before dawn, which was really unexpected. The two generals also did their best, and I saw them all, so I won't pursue them here! ”
Hearing this, Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng were stunned at first, and then even wanted to go outside the tent to see if the sun came out of the west. Why did this Turai suddenly change his character? Last time, he used a military stick to greet himself, why did it become "not investigated" this time? But no matter what, Turai's words still made Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng, who had been trembling for a long time, relieved and moved.
"Thank you, Lord Turai!" The two of them hugged their fists together and thanked each other, their tones filled with endless happiness.
Turai waved his hand impatiently: "Let's all go down!" Go and put your men in order, and wait for my military orders! ”
"Huh!"
After Li Yingzong and Ke Yongsheng left, Durde came to Turai's side and said indignantly: "Lord Turai, how can you be so lenient with these two? These two fools were paralyzed and careless and cowardly to avoid the battle, so they caused a big defeat, and even Dachun died at the hands of the Ming army. Such incompetent people, even if they cut off their heads on the spot, it is not an exaggeration! ”
Thurai snorted coldly and said, "Why don't I want this? But now that the matter has come to this, what can we do to kill them? Cut off their heads, who will lead us in the next siege? As for their faults, I have a chance to make them pay for them in the future! ”
Speaking of this, Turai changed his words: "Speaking of which, this time I was also careless, and after thinking about it, I still missed a step." I didn't expect that Pang Yue Xiao'er to go out of the city to sneak attack under the surveillance of my army of yellow flags and blue flags, this courage is really beyond my expectations! If this person is not removed, he will become a big trouble for my Daqing confidant! ”
"Lord Turai is right, this Pang Yue is really rampant!" Durde gritted his teeth and said, obviously he was also angered by Pang Yue's unscrupulous style, "When Ganzhou is broken, I will definitely break him into thousands of pieces with my own hands!" ”
"This day is not far off!" Turai said, "Our army's artillery can completely suppress the Ming Dog in Ganzhou City to the point that it can't move!" Although Pang Yue Xiao'er was a little rampant, it could be seen that he was still a little jealous of the main force of our Manchurian Two Banners, and when he saw our army coming ashore, he quickly withdrew to the city. Hum! That being the case, as long as our army strengthens its vigilance in the future and does not leave him any opportunity to take advantage of, he can only stay in the city honestly. With the advantage of artillery and thousands of warriors who are good at fighting, it is not difficult for our army to break through a Ganzhou! ”