Liu Fangliang was born as a peasant, fought with Li Zicheng for many years, and eventually became a general under Li Zicheng, before joining the Guards, he was a person who did not know a basket of big characters, and coupled with the instinctive class hatred of the landlord and gentry class before joining the Ming Dynasty, he still did not like to read after becoming a general with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and he did not understand the art of war.

But perhaps some people are born with military talent, and Liu Fangliang is like this, at least Liu Fangliang has his own set of actual combat experience.

Liu Fangliang, who has been able to rise from fighting with well-armed officers and soldiers with only a hoe and sickle for so many years, believes that there is only one reason why he has been able to get to where he is now, and this reason can be explained in just three words, that is: "Not afraid of death!" ”

Liu Fangliang didn't know what it was to be a pioneer to boost the morale of the army, he only knew that he was not afraid of death, and the people under him would not be afraid of death, even if the weakest soldiers could become strong soldiers.

Therefore, when he encounters a predicament, all he can think of is that he will take the lead and rush forward first.

The two cavalry battalions of the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army seized Xiangfu City this time, in fact, the loss was not small, and they were killed and wounded by tens of thousands of firearms soldiers of Li Guohan under the city wall, and nearly 2,000 horsemen were killed and wounded by Li Guohan's firearms battalion, and they lost more than 1,000 horsemen.

With a third of the 10,000 cavalry lost, even the Manchurian cavalry had to retreat, because it had surpassed the rate of defeat of a classical army.

However, it was precisely because Liu Fangliang, a count-level super-grade chief officer, rushed in desperately, coupled with the strict military discipline of the Guards, that the cavalry of the Guards still broke Li Guohan's firearms battalion desperately, successfully occupied Xiangfu City, and surrounded Li Guohan and other 50,000 Qing troops in Baliwan.

This is also the difference between the ideological, doctrineal, and disciplined modern army and the classical army.

Of course, many of the cavalry of the Guards are from the landlord class, and they are also a little dissatisfied with Liu Fangliang, the chief military officer who was born as a thief, and now they dare to be so unafraid of death as a thief, and they naturally have a mind that they dare not live behind others as the authentic courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not afraid of death.

Although the Second Corps of the Third Guards Army had now successfully occupied Xiangfu City and surrounded Li Guohan and five other Qing troops three days later, and had also successfully repelled Li Guohan's breakthrough cavalry, the Second Corps of the Guards Army did not immediately launch an attack on Li Guohan and other 50,000 Qing troops.

Because the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army was also extremely tired at this time, it marched one hundred and twenty miles from Chen Liu's way to the snow, and as soon as it came, it participated in a vicious battle to capture Xiangfu City and defeat Li Guohan and other Qing army iron cavalry, even the iron-beaten army could not bear it at this moment.

Moreover, a large number of baggage ammunition were abandoned on the road, and it was okay to surround it, and the annihilation of the 50,000 elite Qing army was indeed a bit more than enough but not enough.

Liu Fangliang ordered the Second Corps to rest in place, and the battalion directly under the corps was responsible for the vigilance, and at the same time ordered people to quickly inform Qin Liangyu and others of the news of his entry into Xiangfu City to Zhuxian Town.

Li Guohan and other 50,000 Qing troops were also in a hurry to send people to flee at night to pass the news of their encirclement back to Kaifeng City.

When the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army occupied Xiangfu City, blocked the eastward advance of the main force of Hong Chengchou's Qing army, and surrounded Li Guohan and other 50,000 soldiers and horses, other units of the Guards Army also arrived at the designated place within three days.

The first is the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, and the First Corps of the Second Army is led by the veteran Liu Zhaoji, and has come to the Xuanwu Acropolis.

Xuanwu Wei is the key point of Kaifeng Mansion's defense, and Hong Chengchou naturally arranged heavy troops here.

The famous general of the Manchu Han army, namely the right squire of the Qing court military department and the right deputy capital Yushi, the governor of Shaanxi, Meng Qiaofang, and the deputy general Chen De, led 40,000 Han troops with red flags to guard here.

The First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army is stationed in Nanjing all the year round, and it is the most well-equipped unit among the corps of the Guards, and it is the most proficient unit in the operation of new artillery and firearms.

Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the Xuanwu Acropolis, the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army directly concentrated 500 infantry heavy field guns, all of which were 16 to 12 catties of shells, and almost all of them landed in the city of Xuanwu Wei with unmistakable accuracy.

Thundered!

Thundered

Thundered!

In a moment, the entire Xuanwuwei had already been bombed to the ground, the city walls had almost completely collapsed, and countless civilian houses and barracks had been destroyed.

Many Manchu and Han troops in Xuanwu City had not yet figured out the situation at this time, and many of them had already been killed directly or smashed to death by falling bricks.

Meng Qiaofang, the right attendant of the Qing court's military department, was awakened in his sleep, and hurriedly got up and shouted: "What's the matter, why is there such a loud cannon sound!" ”

"Ministry, it's the sound of cannons coming from the west of the outer city, look at the scale of no less than five hundred, this requires an army of 100,000 to have such a configuration!"

Meng Qiaofang's deputy general Chen De is also experienced, and he directly judged the size of the Guards from the density of the artillery, and estimated the approximate number of the Second Corps of the Guards, although the actual number of the First Corps of the Guards was only about 80,000, but it was not far behind.

"100,000 horses, doesn't it mean that the main force of the Guards has gone to Huguang and Shandong, when did these 100,000 horses appear, can it be said that the main force of the Guards has not left Henan or has withdrawn from Huguang Shandong, no matter what, immediately send someone to report this news to Hong Zhongtang, hurry, hurry!"

Meng Qiaofang didn't care about washing, and jumped up on the ground barefoot: "Hurry, hurry!" ”

The woman who slept with her was so frightened that she retreated at the foot of the bed and didn't dare to come out when she saw her master so excited.

And the 1st Corps of the Guards Army had already rushed over at this time.

The soldiers of the six Guards Infantry Battalion armed with Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistols fired directly at the Qing troops in the ruins, and as soon as these Qing soldiers showed their heads, they were broken by the infantry of the Guards.

These Qing troops, who relied on the ruins of Xuanwuwei to hold on, were no match for the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army, first of all, the range of firearms could not keep up, secondly, the accuracy could not keep up, and then even the aiming technology could not keep up.

When the six infantry battalions of the Guards Army, totaling 30,000 people, used intensive gunfire to suppress the fire of the Qing troops on the periphery of Xuanwuwei, the battalions directly under the corps had already begun to jump into the moat with wooden planks and swim directly into the moat, and the wooden bridge was built in just two quarters of an hour with wooden planks.

The Guards infantry and cavalry immediately crossed the moat.

"Kill!"

At this time, the infantry and cavalry of the Guards all roared and rushed into the Xuanwu Acropolis from all directions.

700 light infantry field guns such as six-catty guns and three-catty guns were pushed in by the artillery, and they bombarded the Qing army of Xuanwuwei who was frantically retreating towards the inner city.

The Qing army suffered heavy casualties, and the inner city was directly destroyed when the heavy artillery battalion came up, and was occupied by the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 1st Corps of the Guards Army.

At this point, Xuanwuwei was recovered by the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army!

Meng Qiaofang, the right attendant of the Qing court's military department, had already fled with the cavalry in embarrassment.

Hong Chengchou's main Qing army's westward retreat route was blocked, and the communication between He Luohui and Hong Chengchou was also cut off.

Thank you to Ou Shuntian, a book friend at the starting point, for the 2000 starting point coins, I rarely go to see it at the starting point, so I didn't see it a few days ago, I'm sorry

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