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"The surname Peng, your soldiers are soldiers, but Lao Tzu's soldiers are not soldiers? Your Hunan soldiers are in charge of defense, but you asked Lao Tzu's men and horses to fight a counterattack, what kind of heart do you have? ”

Ma Rulong couldn't see the appearance of being a head short in front of Peng Yucheng that day at this moment. Pointing at Peng Yutang's nose, he was almost about to curse.

"Ma Junmen, don't be so excited. If you have something to say, it's good to say. "Hengyang prefect Zou Yunqi has a very good temper, he doesn't have military power in his hands. can only stir the paste between Ma Rulong and Peng Yutang. But he was also very dissatisfied with Peng's counterattack plan. It's too risky!

"Master Peng, explain slowly, make it clear, there is no misunderstanding that cannot be solved."

Peng Yucheng is also a violent temper, if he had broken out back then. Over the years, I have cultivated my self-cultivation, my temper has improved a lot, and my self-cultivation has become much thicker. At this time, he still suppressed the anger in his heart, and explained as calmly as possible: "Brother Yunfeng, I have no intention of killing people with a knife. However, the Hunan army lacked equipment, and only a thousand of the five or six thousand soldiers were equipped with breech guns, and all of them were new recruits. If they were told to rush ahead, in case they were hit by Qin Reyi's Green Cannon [Gatling Machine Gun] and collapsed, and the formation would be affected, Hengyang City would have to be commissioned. None of us will be able to run then. ”

"And you're going to keep fighting back? You're not going to stick to it? If you can't fight, don't fight in the field, don't you understand? Did you grab the credit? Ma Rulong patted the table and stood up.

Peng Yucheng was also angry when he heard this, and scolded: "How did Peng's official hat come about, everyone in the world knows!" The current situation is in front of us, and the back road of Hengyang has been cut off. The traffic is cut off, and even if there are reinforcements, it is impossible to arrive in time! And Qin reverse. The soldiers had just occupied the city on all sides, and their foothold was not stable. The fortifications are not yet complete, and it is a good time for us to launch a counterattack! Now that it is dark, the anti-artillery can't fire, and the power of the guns has been greatly weakened, it is the time to facilitate our night attack. As long as they concentrate their forces to recapture one or two of the four passes, defeat the vanguard of the opposing army, and frustrate their spirit, their military spirit will inevitably be shaken, and Hengyang will have a glimmer of hope to hold on. Otherwise. Let's just sit here and wait to die! ”

Peng Yuju had never imagined what it would be like for hundreds of cannons to fire at full strength! But in Hengyang, during the day today, he saw it.

With absolute superiority in firepower, the Qin army swept all the positions outside the city on all sides of Hengyang in one day, along with the four gates in the east, west, north and south.

"Night Strike! Night raids are a taboo for soldiers! You are still a veteran who followed Zeng Wenzhenggong. Ma Rulong slapped the table so much that it was about to fall apart, and the glass oil lamp on the table was about to jump.

The prefect Zou Yunqi also said: "Ma Junmen's words are reasonable. The morale of our army is not high now, how can we launch a night attack. ”

"And what do you mean?" Peng Yucheng glared at Ma Rulong with angry eyes.

"I mean avatar!" Ma Rulong said this in his heart, and he didn't dare to show a little sign of wind on his face. "What I mean, that's to hold on and wait for help!"

Peng Yucheng glanced at Ma Rulong contemptuously. "If Qin Yi gains a firm foothold in Siguan, with our soldiers and horses, it would be good if Hengyang could hold it for two days. It simply didn't hold out until reinforcements arrived. "The artillery fire of the Qin army during the day is really too violent.

Ma Rulong sneered. "So you also know that we have few soldiers, so you still have to launch a night attack?"

"It is precisely because of the lack of troops that we need to survive in the dead. Taking advantage of Qin Yi's unstable foothold, he killed him by surprise. Rise from the ashes! ”

"Bang!" Ma Rulong slapped the table again. Raised his hand and pointed at Peng Yutang's nose and scolded: "Survive in death? Bullshit is trying to survive in death. To die you die. Lao Tzu is not accompanied! Hengyang can't hold it, and Lao Tzu can still break through. ”

As soon as these words came out, the contempt on Peng Yucheng's face became even heavier. And Comrade Zou Yunqi, the prefect of Hengyang, was in a hurry to cry bitterly. "The two of you are not irritable, and you are not impatient. The location of Hengyang is critical, and the gateway to Xiangzhong is also a must-lose. ”

The breakthrough that Ma Rulong said was what he really thought in his heart. Zou Yunqi and Peng Yucheng all thought like this at this moment. And Ma Rulong can break through, Peng Yucheng can also break through, only Zou Yunqi, who is responsible for defending the land, he will die if he runs! can only use the key position of Hengyang, which is the gateway to central Hunan to impress Ma Rulong and Peng Yutang.

But how could it be!

……

At the same time, the camp of the Qin army outside the city.

Zhao Tong was convening a meeting of officers above the level of various departments and battalions, and the main body of the meeting was not how to take Hengyang Mansion City tomorrow, but to discuss the authenticity of the surrender letter he had in hand.

Today, when the Qin army attacked Beiguan, a captured Qing army officer in the defending army said that his name was Ma Yuntao, and that he was the nephew of Ma Rulong, the governor of Hunan, and that he had something important to see the supreme commander of the Qin army, Zhao Tong.

But Ma Yuntao thinks too highly of himself. Several soldiers of the Qin army rushed up and searched him carefully, and the surrender letter was quickly touched. Zhao Tong first read this letter of surrender with the name Ma Rulong, and then met Ma Yuntao.

"Traveler. Ma Rulong is a huihui, and he does not have a deep foundation, and his hometown Jianshui is already under the control of our army, so it will not be true to say that he wants to surrender.

It's just that Hengyang City is a turtle in an urn to our army, and Ma Rulong will not be of much benefit even if he reverses the water. Why don't we open a gap and let Ma Rulong escape from Hengyang with Peng Yutang. ...... in the future"

The commander of a battalion under his command made such an opinion.

Zhao Tong felt that his eyes lit up, and it was a good idea. This can not only bury a thorn deeply in Changsha, if Ma Rulong is sincere surrender. You can also really identify whether Ma Rulong is sincere!

"Let's sum it up, where to open a crack. Then put that Ma Yuntao back to Hengyang City tomorrow morning. Let him explain his words to Ma Rulong clearly. In the name of us, we want to appease Ma Rulong and Peng Yutang. ”

Although what happened overnight eventually affected the entire Hunan war situation. But the next day, it was completely bright, and after Ma Yuntao's 'appeasement' ended in failure, the battle that started again was not ordinarily fierce.

The shells bombed the city, and the Qing army could not raise its head. The demolition team of the Qin army blew open the city gate very lightly, and a large number of Qin troops poured into Hengyang City, but waiting for them was not the defenders fleeing, but the five or six thousand Hunan troops resisted stubbornly and fiercely.

Street fighting!

The Hunan army really fought a modern street battle.

Every street, and even every house, has the potential to become the focus of attention on both sides.

The tactics of the Hunan army were not outstanding, but the Qin army was impressed by the will to fight. The Zeng family's signboard is really not ordinarily easy to use in Hunan, and when it is erected, it can stimulate the fighting will of a group of recruits to this point.

It's just that the victory or defeat of the war is decided by real strength.

The Qin army had mortars, grenades, pistols, and then bayonets, and with such a huge advantage in armament, they were too cheap to fight the Hunan army, which was equipped with less than half of the breech guns.

It was only by relying on their own fear of death that the Hunan army dragged out the war from morning to afternoon. At the last moment, in today's battle, the side drum has been beating, and Ma Rulong, who has not been triggered, broke out. With Peng Yutang's remnants defeated, he directly opened a bloody road from the North Pass of the Qin Army and escaped from Shengtian. Of course, Ma Rulong's losses were very large, and there were only more than 1,000 of his original 4,000 descendants left, and counting Peng Yucheng's soldiers and horses, there were less than 2,000 people in total.

Three days ago, Hengyang City was joined by the Hunan Army, Ma Rulong's promotion, part of the Hunan Training Army and the Green Battalion, with a total strength of more than 16,000 people.

Zhao Tongyi, who walked into the yamen of the Hengyang prefect that night, had a gloomy look on his face.

During the daytime battle, the casualties of the soldiers were somewhat greater than he could have imagined.

"Traveler. In the Battle of Hengyang, the number of soldiers killed directly by our army and seriously injured after the battle has reached 237. This number is expected to increase over the next three days.

There were 400 soldiers who were not allowed to be hospitalized for minor injuries, and 200 soldiers who were disabled and moderately or severely wounded who required hospitalization.

There are many swords in the Hunan army, and eighty percent of the disabled soldiers in our army are killed or injured by cold weapons. ”

The number of wounded and sick reported by the adjutant is now clearly remembered by Zhao Tong. The direct attrition of a brigade is almost a permanent attrition.

A small Hengyang is like this, and when it comes to Changsha in the future, does it need to permanently reduce the number of troops by a battalion!?

If every prefecture or county, the Qing army was so law-abiding, the casualties of the Qin army would be greater.

"This is the essence of the Hunan army. It is the soul of an army. If we can't break up the soul of this army and break the bones of this army, then the street battles in the Battle of Hengyang will appear in front of us again and again.

Zhao Tong sent a telegram saying that he should be ruthless. I know what he means. It was nothing more than setting fire to the city, or beheading prisoners of war after fierce resistance.

Doing so does have a deterrent and deterrent effect on the enemy.

In the wars of all Chinese dynasties, such things have happened many times. The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Meng Yuan Dynasty 'killed' the whole of China again and again.

But I don't advocate that.

The Hunan army is not an army that cannot be defeated or defeated. They can be ruined miè!

If you can't fail once, then give him a second time, give him a third time, and the failure again and again is the soul of the Hunan army being hit hard again and again.

How many such blows can they withstand?

We are not Manchus. There is no need to scare our people with bloody knives. The biggest reason for the source of the will of the Hunan army is to protect the land and the people, can't we let the people of Hunan live a peaceful life?

Therefore, sue Zhao Tong, all the means he prepared were stopped for me. This scene of the Battle of Hengyang will not be repeated once and again, and it will never stop appearing in front of our army.

Unless the military discipline of our army is countless times worse than that of the green battalion soldiers, the people of Hunan will be angry and would rather die than obey!

Sue sù Zhao Tong, crush the resistance of the Hunan army with his strength again and again, and maintain the excellent military discipline and style of our Qin army, he will soon be able to destroy and defeat the tenacious Hunan army in Hengyang City. ”

In the palace of King Qin, Liu Xian called Zhao Tong and said so. (To be continued......)

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