Chapter 121: Calculations

Seeing the warrior car parked next to him, Luo Jian didn't have time to think about why Liu Lan came, opened the back door and got into the car, knowing that Zhao Quan still had a magazine, and beckoned Zhao Quan to come up too.

Seeing that both of them got into the car, Liu Lan asked, "Brother Luo, are you ready?" After receiving an affirmative answer, as soon as Liu Lan stepped on the accelerator, the warrior chariot rushed towards the Qing cavalry.

There were already forty or fifty cavalry rushing through the infantry defenses, and the cavalry behind them were still rushing in from the gap.

The warrior cart rushed up and stopped directly on the way of the Qing cavalry rushing to the gap.

Seeing the appearance of the warrior car, the soldiers of the Yangzhou army seemed to be stimulated, and shouted in their mouths, "The god car is coming!" He pounced on the cavalry who rushed in with his sword.

Yan Yingyuan had already stopped in front of the artillery with hundreds of artillery soldiers.

Still holding a longbow in his hand, Yan Yingyuan took out a carved arrow from the quiver on his back, and aimed at the white-armored soldier who rushed to the front is an arrow, hitting the white-armored soldier in the throat.

Three arrows in a row overturned three white-armored soldiers, and dozens of Qing cavalry began to bypass Yan Yingyuan and run to both sides, but the Yangzhou army in front and behind had already surrounded them, except for a dozen horsemen who escaped from the gap in the middle, the other white-armored soldiers had been shot by the bows and arrows from both sides.

The appearance of the warrior chariot made the Qing cavalry panic, and the cavalry in front began to rein in their horses vigorously and went around on both sides.

Luo Jian stared at the white-armored soldiers in the cavalry, just a short shot one by one, almost two or three bullets could kill a white-armored soldier.

The cavalry of the Qing army gradually fled far away, and Liu Lan hung up the gear and was about to catch up, Luo Jian shouted, "Don't chase!" Only then did Liu Lan stop the car, and Luo Jian asked the guard to hand over the loudspeaker in his hand to the car.

Luo Jian calculated, he only knocked out more than a dozen Qing soldiers before and after, and the damage caused to the Qing cavalry was not great, but the Qing soldiers were frightened by the warrior car, so they didn't care about the Yangzhou army's artillery and fled, if they continued to attack regardless of casualties, I am afraid that the machine gun on the warrior car would not even have time to load.

Zhao Quan, who was following the car, didn't shoot, he only had a few dozen bullets left, and he was reluctant to use them up, the crisis that appeared just now made him feel uneasy, if there was no gun for him, Dadu Du Ke would be really dangerous.

Seeing that the artillery was safe, Luo Jian asked Liu Lan to drive to the battlefield where the battle was still fierce, he knew that the warrior car could give the Yangzhou army great courage and a great deterrent to the Qing army.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Yangzhou army divided the Qing soldiers into several pieces, and it was already encircled.

Liu Lan pressed the horn all the way to the battlefield, the horn seemed to have become a charge, the soldiers of the Yangzhou army doubled their courage, and the Qing soldiers turned around and ran.

Luo Jian stood on the skylight, holding a megaphone and began to shout, "Those who disarm and surrender will not be killed!" ”

The loud sound echoed on the battlefield, and the Qing soldiers no longer had the courage to resist, so they threw away their weapons and knelt down.

There were also a few Qing generals who rushed towards the warrior car with their knives, and before they could rush to the front of the car, they were cut down by the soldiers next to them.

The battlefield was too big, and more than 10,000 Qing soldiers still ran, but most of them were taken prisoner by the Yangzhou army.

Tulai had already gathered his cavalry and ran in the direction of Xuyi, ignoring the Han soldiers behind him.

Luo Jian let out a long breath, returned to the car and sat down, looking at Liu Lan and not knowing what to say.

Zhao Quan had already run out of the car, Liu Lan turned her head to look at Luo Jian, and said softly, "It's dangerous today, right?" ”

"One shot!" Luo Jian only said four words, reached out and held Liu Lan's hand, and the two of them looked at each other without speaking.

All the generals surrounded the warrior car one after another, Huang Degong stretched out his head to take a look, swiped his hands behind him, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and organize the troops to clean up the battlefield, Li Chengdong, what are you kid doing to make a scene?" Send someone to take the prisoners down! ”

"Thank you!" Luo Jian said softly.

"Look at your stupidity, do I still need to thank you?" Liu Lan said softly.

Luo Jian patted Liu Lan's hand, pushed the car door and got out of the car, and the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army saw the Metropolitan Governor get out of the car, and shouted in unison: "The Metropolitan Governor! Grand Governor! Miss Liu! Miss Liu! ”

Liu Lan was embarrassed to hear the shouting and retracted into the car.

Huang Degong laughed beside him, and walked to Luo Jian's side after laughing.

"What a suspense today! If it weren't for Miss Liu, our artillery wouldn't be able to save it! Huang Degong said with a sigh.

"There are still problems with our battle plan, and the consideration of the problem is still not thorough enough, we have not absolutely surpassed the strength of the Qing army, but we insist on putting on a posture of annihilating the opponent, which will inevitably be full of dangers!" Luo Jian was also embarrassed.

Although the casualties were still not small, the morale of the victorious Yangzhou army was still high, and they happily cleaned up the battlefield one by one.

The troops were nervously cleaning up the battlefield, Yan Yingyuan also rushed over with the artillery soldiers to help, saw that Liu Lan was still sitting in the warrior car, walked to the window and saluted Liu Lan, and said, "Thank you Miss Liu for saving our artillery!" ”

When Liu Lan saw it, she quickly pushed the car door and got out of the car, shook her hand at Yan Yingyuan and said, "Brother Yan, I am also a member of the Yangzhou Army, don't thank me!" ”

"Don't thank you for coming, a few of you are here, when will you rush to Xuyi, and in what way to rescue, we can't be too anxious this time, we must think about the situation in detail, a dangerous situation like today can never appear again!" Luo Jian saw that the artillery soldiers were about to come up and salute Liu Lan, and quickly stopped them.

Liu Zhaoji in Xuyi City basically had a day off today, and the Qing soldiers only harassed sporadically outside the city, and did not organize a siege, which made Liu Zhaoji more and more sure that they were withdrawing the red-coated cannons from Tianchang.

Standing on the city wall and looking at the direction of Tianchang, Liu Zhaoji was thinking about how the Metropolitan Governor fought in Tianchang? The red-coated artillery of the Qing soldiers will arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and Xuyi will also undergo the most severe test, I don't know if the boys of the first division can withstand it.

The first division is the first to follow Xinghua's troops, as Xinghua's most intimate troops, can't let my Lao Liu fold them in this Xuyi City, in case the city is broken, we must also rescue Xiao Wang, if Xiao Wang folds in Xuyi, Xinghua doesn't know what it will be like to be sad.

Xiao Wang is also a good example, yesterday in order to save the people, almost lost his life, worthy of following Xinghua, his 200 rounds of ammunition are not for personal gain, or in case the city is broken, it has to be handed over to Xiao Wang for him to break through.

The dust raised in the distance attracted Liu Zhaoji's attention, and he couldn't think about it anymore, and raised his telescope to look in the direction of Tianchang.

Liu Zhaoji saw that the Qing cavalry of the brigade was rushing to the Qing army camp, and did not see them escorting the red-coated cannons back, and he was puzzled.

Ma Yingkui, who heard the movement, also ran to the city wall and raised the telescope hanging around his neck to look.

"This is not the cavalry who went out from the Qing army camp yesterday, and came back from Tianchang?" Ma Yingkui tried to say.

"And what about their infantry? Did the Governors win the battle? Did these cavalrymen flee in defeat? Liu Zhaoji felt as if he had caught something, and said uncertainly.

"I don't think eight or nine are far from ten, these cavalry are very embarrassed, it can't be that they have nothing to retreat to play, right? You don't need cavalry to attack the city, do you? Besides, there are quite a few cavalry on Duoduo's side. Ma Yingkui said while observing carefully.

"If that's the case, the Metropolitan Governor will soon be coming to Xuyi, so we have to make a good calculation." Liu Zhaoji pondered for a long time before he said.

Liu Zhaoji took off the binoculars hanging around his neck and handed them to the officers on the city wall, telling him to continue to stare in the direction of Tianchang to see if there was any movement.

"Let's go, call them all over, and let's talk about it." Liu Zhaoji said to Ma Yingkui.

Dori was surprised by the defeat and returned, and when Turai reported to him the whole process of the battle that had taken place in Tianchang, Duoduo suddenly became anxious.

Not only did the "strange car" appear again, but the Yangzhou army also had so many more cannons that could fight far and "bloom", hearing this, Duoduo even had the idea of retreating.

It is estimated that the red-coated artillery will arrive tomorrow, and the Yangzhou army will be dispatched the day after tomorrow at the latest, and then send troops to intercept it, and they are worried that the "strange car" is there, and it will not be able to stop it at all.

In his heart, Duoduo gathered all the generals to discuss.

When they heard that less than 20,000 of the 70,000 horses brought by Turai had returned, the Qing generals suddenly became nervous, and secretly wondered one by one, how could the combat effectiveness of this Yangzhou army be so strong?

"We can't wait for the red-clothed cannon any longer, we must storm Xuyi tomorrow, otherwise when the Yangzhou army arrives, they will attack inside and outside, and it will be difficult for us to do it." Belebolo said that he didn't care about the life and death of the Han army at all, anyway, it was their job to attack the city, and the Qing soldiers were basically cavalry.

"No, it's not easy to capture Xuyi without red-clothed artillery, there are more than 10,000 people in Xuyi City, all of them are elite, and the day before yesterday they fled into thousands of people, and their firearms are very powerful, and they can't be attacked."

Li Benshen stood up again and said, he knows best, it must be their Han army's business to attack, if the Han army generals don't come out to say, it will definitely be the Han army who suffers.

"Why don't we go deep into the ditch and stop them, and then wait for the red-clothed cannon to break through the city wall?" Kong Youde had no idea, so he could only stand up and think about it.

"No, there are a lot of artillery cannons in the Yangzhou army, I'm afraid that there will be no less than fifty or sixty guns, and they will hit very far, and they are flowering shells, so they can't be prevented." In order to shirk responsibility, Turai deliberately said more about the artillery of the Yangzhou army.

Duoduo was annoyed, the Qing army was invincible, and a few "angels" who came out of nowhere made such a "Yangzhou army" actually made themselves suffer losses again and again, although the court did not punish them, but their faces already felt very shameless.

This time the army was dispatched, not only did it not gain anything, but it lost more than 100,000 horses before and after, if he went back like this, Duoduo was really afraid that the court would blame him.

This small Xuyi city has become a hot potato, and he can't eat it, and he is unwilling to give up, and Duoduo is in a dilemma.

Just when a bunch of generals were thinking about it, someone came in and reported that a messenger had arrived.

The messenger of Zhunta brought good news, Huai'an City had been captured, and Liu Zeqing fled to Gaoyou with his people.

But the messenger said that the siege was extremely heavy, and the losses of the troops were not small, and that at least ten days of rest were needed.

This news shattered Duoduo's idea of preparing to let the Zhun Ta Department move towards Xuyi, and although the Zhun Ta Department was consistent with his strategic goals, it was not controlled by him, and if he wanted to forcibly transfer them, he had to report to the imperial court for approval.

Duoduo asked the messenger to go back and tell Zhunta to march in the direction of Gaoyou as soon as possible, forcing the Yangzhou army to divide troops to defend, so that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The messenger was good news, not so much more pressure on Dord.

Duoduo, who had been thinking about it for a long time, finally made up his mind to forcibly attack the city early tomorrow morning, with Li Benshen and Jin Shenghuan attacking, if he couldn't attack it, he would make arrangements when the red-coated artillery arrived.