The 262nd guard is not ordinary

Cao Shixiu, the new commander of the second division of the Dingwu Army, commanded the new army of Yishui, although the composition of the officers was the old foundation of the Dingwu Army, but the new soldiers were still on the battlefield for the first time to see blood, so that when they were attacked by the cavalry of the You Shiwei brothers, the whole division was defeated, and if it was not for the early digging of a lot of trenches to block the pace of the cavalry attack, the whole army could be annihilated.

As a result, the 2nd Division, which had safely escaped back to Takahashi, had less than 8,000 men left.

And there are more and more pursuers behind him.

Cao Shixiu did not dare to retreat, although the Dingwu army had a saying that people had lost their territory, but the blind retreat made him, the commander of the old Nanjing right guard, feel ashamed, so after retreating to Wuxi City, he ordered the remaining more than 8,000 people to prepare to defend the city.

Zuo Liangyu followed You Shiwei to make a great achievement, his self-confidence suddenly skyrocketed, and after arriving at the city of Wuxi, he took the initiative to climb and attack the city with his subordinates, but was ruthlessly hit by the flintlock pistol, and retreated after throwing down more than 2,000 corpses.

You Shiwei has been in Yulin for a long time, and he also knows the importance of cavalry, but the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is crisscrossed, and his cavalry cannot play a big role on the contrary, and after the army arrived in Wuxi, he gave birth to an adventurous idea.

"What? Attack Suzhou? ”

Zuo Liangyu thought that he had heard it wrong, but the appearance of General You in front of him seemed to be joking with him: "Lord You, this place is still a hundred miles away from Suzhou City, and it takes three days to arrive on the march, and Suzhou is Chen Cao's advance base camp, presumably there must be heavy guards left, how can it be done?" ”

You Shiwei didn't have the slightest good impression of Zuo Liangyu, but at the moment, he couldn't be sloppy in front of the big right and wrong, so he said: "General Zuo, before leaving, Wei Guogong had already given this official full authority to command your department, and now the main force of Chen Rebellious rebels is being dragged by General Xu in Wujin County, as long as reinforcements arrive, Chen Rebellious rebels will fall apart, so far in front of the credit, what do you have to worry about?" ”

You Shiwei's words struck Zuo Liangyu's sensitive nerves, although the famous Dingwu Army in Zhongxi was full of firearms troops, as long as the army fought for casualties and did not retreat to the front of their formation, the gang of people retreated in a hurry, and left thousands of corpses, Wuxi City is not big, and they also carried a large number of artillery with the army, and it was a matter of time before they took Wuxi.

"The last general will obey Lord You's dispatch, I don't know what Lord You's next step will be?"

Zuo Liangyu's honest cooperation also smoothed You Shiwei's heart, and said: "This official has reason to believe that Chen Wei will definitely send troops to rescue Gaoqiao, this official will transfer 30,000 people to ambush Gaoqiao, and the other 10,000 people are stationed outside Wuxi City to watch the rebels in the city, you and General You will join forces with 40,000 troops to go to Suzhou, and you will know when you arrive." ”

There is no need to resist hard in front, Zuo Liangyu was surprised, but thinking that recapturing Suzhou is also a great achievement, so the whole person is like a chicken blood: "The last general will leave here." ”

Looking at Zuo Liangyu who was leaving, You Shigong looked at his second brother with disgust: "Didn't Guogong tell his second brother if he had a chance to take down this person before leaving?" ”

You Shilu also nodded: "This guy is obviously competing for merit and profit, and he actually didn't move in Zhongxi, so he could kill him." ”

You Shiwei shook his head lightly: "It's not a good strategy to kill this person before the battle, his subordinates must be unwilling, it's better to let him go to Suzhou, that's a big fat meat; ”

Saying that, he looked at You Shilu: "Third brother, you have to monitor him well, if you capture Suzhou, you can act with a camera." ”

You Shilu nodded: "Second brother, don't worry..."

After the arrangement was made here, You Shiwei looked at the county town of Wuxi in the distance, and then instructed You Shigong: "I see that they are quite unfamiliar with the marching formation, according to the news given by the grandfather of the country, Chen Wei expanded a lot of new troops before the rebellion, and the new army was a part of the new army at that time, you take 5,000 people to guard the back road, and the other 5,000 people go to the high saka behind you to hide, as long as they dare to come out, they must be annihilated." ”

The southwest side of Gaoqiao Town is the Huishan woodland, which can hide the military horses, after You Shiwei arrived at the place, he first hoarded more grain in Gaoqiao, and then ambushed 20,000 people in the Huishan woodland, so that the deputy general Chen Degong led the army of 10,000 troops in Gaoqiao, waiting for Chen Cao's reinforcements.

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Zuo Liangyu and You Shilu led 40,000 people straight to Suzhou City, such a high-intensity march, the opportunity for Zuo Liangyu to work so hard was because Zuo Liangyu issued an exciting order.

"After Suzhou breaks the city, the army can be released for two days."

Although You Shilu didn't like it very much after getting the news, he thought that in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, they were the guest troops who came from Yulin exactly needed such good things.

So much so that he is ready to let it go, if Zuo Liangyu's actions in Suzhou City are too presumptuous, then he is ready to act as a truth machine.

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Song Che led the headquarters of the 1st Division towards Gaoqiao, and arrived at the official road clearance in front of Gaoqiao in less than three hours.

"General Soldier..."

The probe galloped forward: "A large number of guards were found in Gaoqiao Town, numbering about 10,000 people. ”

Because it was an emergency return, Song Che didn't bring artillery with him at all, even though he only had ten tiger squat cannons with him for melee use.

"The whole army dismounted, ready for battle..."

'Knock knock...'

There were several loud bangs, and dozens of soldiers in front of them who had just jumped off their horses and were about to assemble in platoons were instantly swallowed up by the fire, and the violent explosion blew up the soldiers in the center to pieces.

Song Che was shocked at the time, and immediately became frightened: "Everyone be careful, this is a fire thunder..."

Song Che's experience as a soldier in Liaodong enriched his knowledge of the firearms of the Daming Guard's troops, this old-fashioned ground mine is called an ambush mine, which needs to be triggered by igniting a medicine line, and it is clear that there are people around to ambush.

The ambush was also because of carelessness, he never imagined that the opponent would be so well guarded, but according to the arrangement of the border army, Song Che had reason to believe that there would not be too many fire and thunder.

"Grenade Preparation."

A new style of grenade·· There are bullets, but there are not too many equipment, and Song Che's plan is to use grenades and bullets to pave the way to clear all the ambush mines buried in the ground before it gets completely dark.

Dozens of grenades and bombs were thrown, and the explosion sounded at the same time, and the dirt road in front of them was blown up in all directions.

Song Che frowned, and then ordered: "The 2nd Regiment battle formation advances. ”

"Raise your gun..."

Chen Degong is a veteran of Yulin, perennial and Huihui and Yili Li and other ethnic minorities to fight, followed You Shiwei for so many years and has made meritorious contributions, three months ago was recruited by the imperial court from Yulin to Nanzhili, I heard that I was going to fight with the hot Liangguo Gong Chen Cao opponent of the national dynasty, and I was also excited for a few days.

However, looking at the opponent's operations in front of him, he was obviously familiar with the methods of their border army.

"Your Excellency..."

The captain leaned over: "We still have a lot of firearms, when will we use them?" ”

Chen Degong took advantage of the afterglow of dusk to see thousands of people walking slowly towards the front of the town, all holding firearms in their hands: "When they walk within fifty steps, bring the Flying Thunder God that Wei Guogong gave us." ”

The so-called Flying Thunder God is just a rudimentary version of the rocket, and because of the large number of group fires, it first grabs people in terms of momentum, and then explodes in groups, and the actual damage is limited, mainly to hit the morale of the opponent.

Chen Degong also did not bet on the strange firearms of the Flying Thunder God, and their border troops rarely used this kind, mainly because the southern Mufu often used it to scare the elephant soldiers of the Chengcheng and Jiaozhi countries, and most of these firearms were stored in the armament of Nanjing.

Yan Chun, the commander of the 2nd Regiment, is an old Dingwu army, and he has accumulated a lot of experience in several battles over the years, and the previous opponent actually ambushed the fire mine, which can show that the opponent must have a back move, so he said cautiously: "Listen well, the opponent may still have firearms, and he will soon enter the strike range of the arquebus and the three-eyed gun, be careful." ”

As soon as the words fell, several strings of firelight flew in unison, and then more, with a trumpet like an arrow, and then exploded in front of Yan Chun's array.

The lethality of the Flying Thunder God is really average, hundreds of Flying Thunder God attacked, just injuring dozens of people, even Song Che was stunned, how many people are in this high bridge?

Song Che looked at Feng Zhongping, the commander of the 1st Division beside him, and then said: "Commander Feng, you take the 1st Brigade to detour to the north of Gaoqiao to see if you can break through from the north. ”

Feng Zhongping was promoted from the commander of the 2nd Brigade, and after receiving Song Che's order at this moment, he nodded and rode his horse with the soldiers of the 1st Brigade behind him towards the north of Gaoqiao.

Most of the artillery regiments belonging to the 1st Division remained under the command of Chen Cao before Wujin entered the city, and the artillery regiment under his command only had a dozen tiger squat guns at the moment, and could only fight a dozen close combat.

As soon as the order was issued, fierce gunfire broke out in the Yanchun position in front, and even the sound of the three-eyed gun thundering sounded in the air inside the high bridge.

Fierce clashes broke out between the two sides at a distance of fifty paces.

You Shiwei stared at the battlefield in the distance, the sky was about to be blackened, once the blackening was made, the war horse would lose its effect, and in front of Gaoqiao Town was a rare plain clearing, although it was full of rice fields, but it was not a problem to ride a horse at all.

"Pass the order, and once they storm the town, the whole army will attack."

Chen Degong did not deploy defenses in the north at all, because he was mainly a bait, and the real highlight was in the general soldier You Shiwei, and the head-on confrontation in Zhenxi was mainly to confuse the opponent and let them be fooled.

Obviously, Song Che didn't think of this either.

"General Song..."

The herald arrived: "General, Division Commander Feng led his troops to rush into Gaoqiao. ”

Song Che was in high spirits when he heard this, but he was also ready to keep an eye on it, when he passed by Gaoqiao, he knew that Gaoqiao Town was not big, and if a swarm rushed into the street battle, the combat effectiveness of the Dingwu Army would be greatly reduced, so he said: "The 3rd Brigade will attack in formation, and the rest of the troops will stand by." ”

You Shiwei saw that the Dingwu army outside the town began to move, so he took a deep breath, turned around and jumped on the war horse, and drew out the Yanling knife: "The whole army...

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