378. Huguang Surprise Attack

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Standing at the head of Xiangyang City, Gartu looked at the eastern wilderness with some worry, according to the agreement between himself and Yue Shenglong, the two sides should send people to deliver the news every day, but the envoy he sent has not returned since three days ago. Although there have been messengers from De'an's side, his heart is still a little upset.

What worries him even more is that in the past two days, Zheng Jun's warships have gathered more and more, after defeating the fort on the right bank of the Han River, Zheng Jun has then blasted through the Lumenshan fort on the left bank, and is constantly salvaging the sunken ships in an attempt to clear the waterway.

Thinking of the consequences of Zheng Jun cutting off the pontoon bridge between Xiangfan, Galtu shuddered a little, and then he shook his head and tried to dispel the gloom in his heart, but the heavy feeling always cast a shadow on his heart, and he had to try to be distracted, but the result of one mouth became: "Has the messenger of Lord De'anyue come?" ”

"If you go back to the master, the time should be up, but tonight is a little too late." The Governor's Inspector replied, and then he said something that made Gartu's heart tremble. "Master, I'm afraid this matter is a little strange, I checked carefully, not only have the people we sent to De'an not come back in the past two days, but there are no messengers from Suizhou."

Gartu's brain boomed, and then he looked at Wen Xun with the eyes of a dead man: "You, you say it again!" ”

Wen Xunzhu knew that the matter was serious, so he didn't dare to hide it, so he repeated the results of his investigation, and then gritted his teeth and reported his judgment to Gartu: "Slave, the slave thinks that De'an and Suizhou are afraid that there will be changes!" ”

"Bastard!" Gartu raised his hand and gave the other party a slap. "Why didn't you report it earlier!" It was precisely because Galtu completely agreed with Wen Xun's speculation that he was anxious. "Good one, Yue Shenglong, a good thief, he accepted the favor of the country in vain, and he actually dared"

Galtu didn't dare to imagine it any longer, he commanded categorically. "Xiangfan closes the city, and all those who can use weapons will go to the city to the official."

Waiting for the panicked Goshha to rush down the city in three steps and two steps, Gartu, who was leaning on the battlements with soft feet, suddenly remembered a very important thing: "Come here, immediately go north to contact the Xuzhou army, ask them to go to Xiangyang, and send another person to the south to transfer Laizhou Town to support with the governor's defense." ”

Gaertu is very clear about the current situation, only with his hands to supervise the bid battalion, Xiangyang City garrison, Wuchang City garrison and other troops of less than 5,000 people can not hold the two cities of Xiangfan at all, so it is necessary to get reinforcements as much as possible, and the closest to Xiangfan are only Guo Shijie, Kazhu and Xuzhou 30,000 reinforcements who have not yet arrived. As for the camp in the south of Jingzhou Town, on the one hand, the distance is too far, and on the other hand, it is not easy to be alarmed before the enemy situation is officially determined.

As he was thinking, he saw two riders quickly drive out of the gate hole, and as they left, the heavy gate was slowly closing, and the city became a chicken and a dog jumping.

Gaertu immediately issued his third order today: "What is Xiangyang Mansion doing, he immediately sent officials to the street to suppress it." ”

Another relative hurriedly left, Galtu looked north at this time, folded his hands, and muttered in his mouth: "Great mercy and great compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva bless, what the believer guessed is false, and every qiē illusion is an obsession, when there is good news, it will come immediately."

"My lord," a knight reported as he turned over and dismounted and walked quickly to the side of Le Minyue, the commander of the 1st Division of the Iron Cavalry, and Yin Mintong, the commander of the 1st Division of the Hussars. "The Qing army is marching along both sides of the Tang River, and there is no warning at all, but the line is very long, and there are at least 20,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 people."

"It's only 20,000 people." Le Minyue and Yin Mintong exchanged glances. "That is, there are at least 10,000 dolas behind, and it seems that we can't eat clean all of a sudden." Regarding the problem that the Qing army was not vigilant, Le Minyue did not doubt it, in fact, this place was still Henan, and the Qing army naturally did not expect that the Zheng army would set up an ambush in the future. "By the way, do you see the Tartars' artillery team clearly?"

"I didn't see it in the array of the Qing army, I guess it should be on the ship." The staff officer of the report replied with some unconfidence. "The Tartars have surrounded the fleet, and there is no chance for the subordinates to get closer."

"You go down first." Yin Mintong waved his hand, signaling the other party to retreat, and waited for the staff officer to lead the horse away, Yin Mintong said. "Brother Zhicai, don't be too demanding, no matter whether the artillery team is on the ship or not, whether the Qing army still has 10,000 guards, as long as you eat the enemy at the moment, the lake will be decided."

Yin Min's communication was full of heart, but Le Minyue said: "The Qing army marched along both sides of the Tang River, and if you want to completely annihilate its army, you have to divide our army." ”

Yin Mintong naturally knew what Le Minyue was thinking, and he took the initiative to say: "Then let the hussars cross the river, fortunately, the Tang River is shallow and narrow, and now it is not a wet season, and there is no difficulty for people and horses to cross the river." ”

It is not too difficult for people and horses to cross the river, and the difficult thing is to transport the cavalry cannon weighing more than 1,000 catties across the river, but since Yin Mintong recommended himself, Le Minyue, who couldn't ask for it, immediately agreed: "In this way, it will trouble Brother Long Jie, without further ado, please ask the hussars to act immediately." ”

Yin Mintong sent a staff officer to convey his order, and confirmed with Le Minyue: "Although the Tang River is not wide and not deep, it will take at least an hour for six thousand men and horses to cross the river. ”

"It's Brother Yilongjie." This requires Le Minyue to always agree. "With the Qing army moving, we are here." Le Minyue poked hard at a certain point on the map. "There is the Jian River in the north and the Tateyang River in the south, just let us catch up from the back to the front"

The scorching sun never seemed to set, and the Qing army had to sweat and march southwest. The water bladders on their waists had been drunk, and many unbearable soldiers rushed to the river to drink water despite the spurs of a thousand handfuls, so the whole team looked messy and sluggish. However, in the face of such a situation, the general soldiers who led the troops did not have a good way, although they would not grab water with their subordinates, but they did not necessarily not let the soldiers stay up.

In this way, the advance of the Qing army, which was advancing almost at a moving pace, finally came to the bank of the Tateyang River.

Although the Tateyang River was only a small river with a waist-deep water depth and a width of no more than a few feet, the Qing troops sat on the bank of the river one by one and no longer wanted to move. Not only is this the case in the south, but the town of Cangzhou on the other side of the Tang River has also stopped by the Jianhe River to rest. For a while, the long line finally collapsed like a dead snake.

Looking at the Taixi pocket watch that had been calibrated before, Yin Mintong coldly ordered: "Order, the whole army is armored!" ”

With the help of each other, the riders put on their upper body armor, and then climbed onto their horses with the help of their baggage soldiers.

Yin Mintong was silent around him, only the sensitive war horse was aware of the change in the environment and snored uneasily, at this time Yin Mintong looked at the watch held in the hands of the guard, the time has pointed to the agreed range, although there has not been a large-scale commotion in Henan, but this is understandable, after all, the watches of this era have the problem of inaccurate time.

Yin Mintong didn't want to wait for a long time for the southern front to take the lead, after all, the sun was hanging over their heads, and no matter how inaccurate the timepiece was, it would not be too different, so he resolutely ordered: "Attack!" ”

The 1st Division of the Hussars is also 6,000 people, of course, there will not be so many cavalry troops on the battlefield, but the shock caused by 20,000 iron hooves smashing on the ground and the dust that rises into the sky as a result are still very sound and light impact.

Although the sluggish Qing army showed the source of the shock and smoke, because they did not think that they were already in the war zone, they did not expect that it would be an enemy attack for a while. It was only when several Zheng army flags were revealed from the dust that the panicked Qing army showed the severity of the situation.

However, even if the generals of the Qing army under command knew that the big thing was not good, the Qing army that was resting except for a very small number of guards, was either drinking water or sitting in a scattered group, and they could not be restrained at all in their eagerness. Even if they couldn't be retracted, the panicked Qing army ran around, not only exacerbating the chaos but also dispersing the few organized resistance forces on their own.

"Kill!" In the panicked counterattack of the Qing army, the Zheng army's cavalry, which had only minor casualties, broke through the distance of several miles like a whirlwind, roaring into the Qing army's formation. Often, before the cavalry spears in the hands of the knights pierced the chest of the enemy in front of them, the opponent who had no time to escape was only slammed into the galloping horse and flew out.

In this way, like a blazing blade cutting through the cold grease, the unscrupulous knights of the Zheng army slaughtered their opponents on a large scale. The Qing troops staying on the other side of the Tang River watched this tragic performance in astonishment, and before they could react whether they wanted to cross the river for reinforcements, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves also sounded on their side.

Frightened by the general scene of the Shura field, the Qing army forgot that he was also a soldier with a sharp weapon, and fled in all directions in a panic. In order to escape, these former soldiers threw away their weapons, took off their hats and helmets, and if it weren't for their uniforms and body covering, they might even have to drop this little weight.

However, the Qing army seemed to have no way to escape, and the Zheng army was killed from the rear of the Qing army, except for a small part of the legs and feet that fled back and forth, and the rest were constantly driven in the direction of Xiangyang by the Zheng army with sabers. At the same time, Zheng's cavalry artillery unit also completed the task of erecting artillery, and the artillery fire interrupted the Qing army's attempt to regroup, forcing thousands of Qing troops to escape to the line of the Yang River and the Jian River.

Thousands of Qing troops poured into the two small rivers in front of them, and countless people were pushed down in a scramble. Before the pushed people could get back to their feet, countless feet trampled over them, trampling them to internal injuries and killing them on the spot.

Of course, the Qing troops who fell into the river were not necessarily all pushed down and trampled to death by latecomers, and some people fell into the river because the soles of their feet slipped, and because they were not good at swimming, they could not stand up and drowned, and some people were cut down by their accomplices who fled for their lives first. So, under the attack of Zheng Jun, the corpses of the Qing army were connected with the corpses, forming a terrifying corridor of death

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