Chapter 105: The Battle of Bozhou (2)
The fact is just like what Liu Shang told Liu Mazi that when Liu Mazi led his subordinates to flee Henan and march south, he was constantly coerced by refugees and some bandits who were scattered by Beiyang along the way, and Liu Mazi once again gathered enough troops of tens of thousands of people in his hands!
When Liu Mazi was in Henan, when he was at his most powerful, he only had 2,000 people under his command, and he had never brought such a number of people.
Since then, there have suddenly been more than 10,000 people in his hands, which made Liu Mazi flutter for a while, and Liu Shang and Liu Shang seemed to be nouveau riche, so happy that they didn't know how to go next!
But fortunately, the two did not go back to Henan in a daze and fought with the Beiyang Army. Where is Bai Lang's lesson?
In this way, the two finally decided to occupy northern Anhui, a place where there are no powerful warlords, first, and then Xu Tu developed.
Moreover, if it is said that the two of them were still a little panicked like lost dogs before, but at this time, they were about capturing Bozhou, separating northern Anhui, and galloping across northern Anhui, and their hearts were full of hope, the world is so big, and there are so many people in their hands, I am afraid that there is no place for themselves and others, right? !
In the end, the two of them were in a small room, head to head to discuss, put forward a plan to invade Bozhou, after entering the edge of Bozhou, Liu Shang with 4,000 people, Liu Mazi with more than 6,000 people, according to the pre-agreement, the soldiers were divided into two roads, and the momentum invaded the direction of Bozhou.
As the so-called "two stinkers (裨general), top Zhuge Liang!" The method that the two of them came up with after patting their heads turned out to work!
In Bozhou, there were few defenders, but they had no choice but to divide the troops into four places, one in the county seat of Bozhou, one in the area of Wuyang Yimen, and the other two places, but they were disrupted by bandits and divided into two ways to defend.
Finally, on 21 April, the positions on both sides were broken by the bandits, one after the other, and the defenders either surrendered and were killed, and those who escaped were also killed, but there were very few.
After defeating these two resistance forces, these bandits rushed here from Henan in an embarrassed way as if they had entered a no-man's land, and finally experienced the joy of victory again and got a chance to rest.
Liu Mazi and Liu Shang couldn't stand the persuasion of their tired subordinates, Liu Shang and Liu Mazi exchanged information on both sides, and the two didn't think that there would be any accidents, so they agreed to the proposal of their subordinates, and decided to loot the place they occupied now, and after eating and drinking, everyone could rest on the spot for a night, and then continue to march towards Bozhou.
Maybe it was the incompetence of the Bozhou defenders that made them look down on them, or maybe the bandits robbed too hard at night, until after dawn, most of the bandits were still in their sleep and did not want to wake up.
However, the bandits didn't care, that is, Liu Mazi and Liu Shang both acquiesced to the facts, wasn't it half a day at night, and in their opinion, there was no commendable force in northern Anhui, so naturally there was nothing to worry about.
As a result, the footsteps of these bandits were delayed for a long time again, and finally under the urging of Liu Mazi and Liu Shang, they began to set off slowly on the afternoon of the 22nd.
According to the prior agreement, Liu Shang and Liu Mazi each led their subordinates to gather under the city of Bozhou from two directions, and finally at 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd, the two armies merged into one army, forming a force of more than 10,000 people, and the troops came to the city of Bozhou.
And because the two of them sent to Bozhou City could not deliver the news, they still didn't know that Bozhou City has now entered the army of more than 1,000 people, and has weapons of great destruction, and what awaits them is not fragrant combat power, but bullets with the breath of death!
Therefore, when the two of them just entered the city, they were discovered by Chen Feng but did not know it.
In this way, the sad Liu Mazi "army", as soon as he arrived at the city of Bozhou, was hit hard by Chen Feng's subordinates, under this blow, the army was stunned at that time, and I don't know how many people were killed!
Under such a blow, fortunately, Liu Shang and Liu Mazi reacted quickly, and pulled out the old troops among the bandits to contain the chaotic army, which did not expand the rout, otherwise, I don't know what chaos will appear.
The first contact between the two armies broke out suddenly, and then the fire was quickly extinguished, ending the first brief contact between the two armies at the cost of one or two hundred people sacrificed by the bandits.
When the rebel army was gathered, the number of bandits was counted, and after the leaders reported it, Liu Mazi couldn't help but slap his thigh fiercely, the shadow of the enemy had not yet been touched, and he lost one or two hundred troops!
Although it is said that these 200 people are not necessarily conspicuous in the 10,000 army, but this is the first defeat of Liu Mazi into the Bozhou area, thinking of today's extremely ferocious firepower, Liu Mazi's heart can't help but beat wildly, and a bad feeling wells up in Liu Mazi's heart.
Moreover, this defeat cast a shadow on the bandits, as if everyone had returned to the days when they were chased by the Beiyang Army, and for a while, the morale of the army was greatly hit.
Inside a makeshift bandit tent.
"Strategist, what do we do next? This group of wrecks and people ran away after two shots! Liu Mazi obviously hasn't lost his anger yet, and after coming to the camp, he spat fiercely, and his already gray hair was shaking with his movements, and at the same time, he also wanted to drive away the shadow in his heart.
Liu Shang has experienced so many things, it is no longer the previous Liu Shang, the bandit career in the past six months, so that his thin body has changed a lot, become stronger, he has slowly become the second person in the bandits, there is a hideous scar on his face, which was left during the attack on his own county, and a close battle with the local defenders, and has also become a symbol of his honor and revenge.
Man is a strange animal, his ** is always changing with the different environment, endlessly.
Since Liu Shang became the second-in-command among the bandits, Liu Mazi's position seems to have become particularly attractive to Liu Shang.
And his experience of cleaning the toilet half a year ago, as well as the shame that Liu Mazi added to himself, Liu Shangke has never forgotten.
For this reason, Liu Shang began to gradually cultivate his power in the bandits, and it was fruitful, and now he has a large number of cronies among the bandits, and even some of Liu Mazi's cronies were unknowingly solved or bought by him on the battlefield.
Liu Mazi may be really old, or he may no longer be suitable for this position, until now, Liu Mazi is still most concerned about his money, and he has not noticed that the cake of his rights has been hollowed out by Liu Shang piece by piece.
Liu Shang heard Liu Mazi's question, the word military advisor who used to feel so enjoyable has become so harsh, he looked at Liu Mazi's face with annoyance quietly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly lowered his head and replied: "Don't worry, I counted the casualties just now, our people are not bad, the number is less than two hundred, it has no impact on us, and the army has sent people down to appease, I believe we will recover soon." β
"Moreover, when we retreated at that time, the other side did not take the initiative to go out of the city to pursue such a good opportunity, so since then, there are only two possibilities, one is that the other side is not strong enough, and the second is that those defenders are still full of fear of us. But either way, it's good news for us, and I'm more inclined to the first guess that once we attack as a team, we'll take the city soon. β
"Really?" Liu Mazi thought of the artillery fire and the tongue of fire that erupted just now, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and his heart was still beating a little uneasily.
When Liu Shang heard this, he seemed to be confident and said, "Then there is still a fake? I had just taken a closer look at the rear, and judging from the shells fired by the other side, it was estimated that there would be only three or four artillery guns, and as for the heavy machine guns, there would be no more than ten. β
"Besides, the big boss seems to have forgotten that we still have a lot of good things in our hands, and those things are enough. By the way, there is another thing to tell the big boss, just caught a few groups of refugees, from them but know the truth of the city, as far as they said, in the city this morning, there were more than 1,000 troops into the city, and then closed the city gates, the other party came in a hurry, and more importantly, the big families in the city did not leave a few people. β
Hearing this, Liu Mazi's heart moved, and his eyes lit up for a while, the other party only had more than a thousand defenders for a reason, and the most important thing was that the big families in the city failed to leave, which was the focus of attracting him!
Subsequently, Liu Mazi hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring the group of refugees over. Interrogated by yourself.
Those small people didn't need Liu Mazi to intimidate them at all, and after seeing Liu Mazi, they were frightened and took the initiative to tell the matter again.
Therefore, Liu Mazi soon determined what Liu Shang said, and when he knew that those rich people had dozens of cars of property, he was even more moved.
In the end, Liu Mazi came up hard and decided to do this vote!
After dragging out the refugees who kept begging, Liu Mazi then asked: "Strategist, how do you say we will fight this battle, do you continue to attack the city now, or continue to attack the city tomorrow?" β
Liu Shang secretly despised the other party in his heart, and then said respectfully: "I think it's better for us to continue the attack with the whole team now, the other party has just entered the city for a long time, and it must not have rested well, some defensive loopholes are difficult to figure out, and we are different, our people have been resting for a day and a half, and at this time, the military heart has been stable, there are many people, it is the time to fight a victory and strengthen the army, of course, in the end, we still have to take the idea of the big boss, we all listen to the big boss!" β
Liu Mazi pondered for a while, felt that what Liu Shang said was good, and finally agreed with Liu Shang's suggestion and handed over the war to Liu Shang to be responsible, without seeing the contempt and smugness on the corner of Liu Shang's mouth.
The war has begun again.
On the city wall, Chen Feng, who had just gone down, reappeared, Chen Feng thought that the other party would attack again after a while, although it was not good for defending the city at night, but it was also unfavorable for the bandits who had just been defeated.
But there was not half an hour of rest here, and on the side of the bandits under the city, it was by the light of the fire, Chen Feng once again saw a large army of black pressure coming this way.
Chen Feng's brows furrowed suddenly, he knew that this time the other party would definitely not give him such a good opportunity as he did at the beginning, but fortunately, many soldiers had slowly adapted to the short contact just now.
Just when Chen Feng wanted to give the order to shoot again, he saw that the footsteps of those bandits actually stopped, and then, in Chen Feng's sight, a stream of red light rose, and at the same time, one after another cannonballs smashed towards the city with a screaming sound!
Chen Feng was suddenly shocked, he never thought that the other party actually had artillery!
Chen Feng couldn't help shouting: "Get down!" Then he threw himself on the city wall, not moving, and the soldiers reacted quickly when they heard this.
A cannonball flew in this direction, and then Chen Feng was pounced on by one of his guards, crushing Chen Feng under him.
Chen Feng's ears were thundered by the sound of the cannonball, and he couldn't hear anything for a while, and at this moment, Chen Feng suddenly felt a moistness on his face.
But I couldn't see clearly through the night, so I couldn't help but wipe it with my hand, and I felt a burst of stickiness, followed by a smell of blood.
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, then felt the heaviness on his body, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, knowing that it was his own soldiers who sacrificed himself to protect himself, otherwise he didn't know if he would still be alive at this time.
"Captain! Head! Quick, dig quickly, the regimental commander is below, hurry! Not long after, there were bursts of screams, but at this time, Chen Feng couldn't hear it, but it turned out that a small piece of the battlement of the city wall around him was blown up, and the sputtered fragments smashed on Chen Feng!
Soon, Chen Feng was rescued by his guards who were still alive, and the soldier named Erdanzi who took care of him was already blurred with flesh and blood on his back at this time, and he had been dead for a long time!
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