Chapter 418: Battle of Xuzhou IV

Haoge's in-depth analysis is not unreasonable, at present, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's enclosure policy in the north has deeply hurt the interests of the gentry in the north, and those who are secretly dissatisfied have begun to have some bad small actions.

Haoge's implication He Luo will understand that the battle in Xuzhou is basically related to the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, and he does not dare to make any mistakes, once he fails in Xuzhou, then he will really respond to the internal requirements of the Eight Banners and immediately withdraw from the Guanwai.

And on the basis of this, the grain route of Haoge's nearly one million people basically has to find a way in the local area, He Luo will nod, it seems that robbing the people is a last resort, because there is no way to transport grain and grass in the north, and even if it is mobilized from Shandong nearby, it is not so fast.

"Report, King Su, letter from Xuzhou."

After taking the official document from He Luohui's hand, Haoge said after reading it: "It seems that my seventh uncle is much smarter than the second uncle, you see, he is going to lure the main force of the Ming army to attack Xuzhou, and then let me send troops to unite with the soldiers and horses of the sixth to make a bait for the Ming army." ”

He Luohui read the official document, and then looked up: "King Zheng has set off?" ”

Haoge nodded: "The sixth man has it, I have it here, even more than him, not to mention that the Ming people are greedy, as long as they promise benefits, let alone the previous monarch's father, even their own Lao Tzu can be killed." The Ming army surrendered in Shanxi and Gansu can be used as a striker at this time, first to consume the firearms and ammunition of the Ming army, and when their division is tired, our Manchurian iron cavalry can play its due role;

Someone..."

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"Emperor, Yunlong Mountain has been garrisoned, and now Xiao County is still in a tense battle."

Chen Cao's brows have not been relaxed once since the morning, the 8th Division did not rush forward, but it fought too smoothly, and the forward headquarters is now only ten miles away from Xuzhou City, which is a bit inconsistent with the Qing army's Shuanggou defense from the beginning.

Xiao County, which is more than ten miles to the southwest, has never been taken, which makes Chen Cao confused.

How difficult is this Xiao County?

The 18th Brigade of the Zhao Wenhui Division of the 6th Division was responsible for the main attack on Xiao County, and the defense of Xiao County was Sun Degong himself, who did not know when he entered.

The 18th Brigade had been fighting in Xiao County for a whole day and a night, and the tug-of-war between the two sides had finally reached the point where the 18th Brigade sent death squads to blow up the city wall.

In the evening, under Zhao Wenhui's strict order, Gao Xingchuan, the commander of the 18th Brigade, personally organized a 30-member engineer death squad, successfully approached the city wall of Xiao County under the cover of two regiments, and buried several explosives and ammunition bags into the corners of the dug city wall, which finally blew up the city wall of Xiao County.

At this moment, Sun Degong, who had been prepared, ordered the people to defend to the death, and the two sides repeatedly fought over the gap in the city wall, and after paying for the death of a regiment and the heavy casualties of a regiment that could not be formed, Gao Xingchuan ordered the withdrawal of troops to rest.

Zhao Wenhui arrived at the front line, scolded Xingchuan fiercely, and then pushed the only twenty guns of the 6th Division to the opposite side of the gap in the city wall, and ordered to start shelling Xiao County.

The reason why Zhao Wenhui worked so hard was because of Chen Cao's words, how difficult was Xiao County to fight, so that a rifle division could not move forward?

Nearly 200 shells were poured into the city of Xiao County, and the skyrocketing fire and dust covered the entire perimeter of Xiao County, and because the sky was completely dark, the human eye could not see normally in Xiao County.

After the shelling stopped, Gao Xingchuan personally led the soldiers of the 18th Brigade to storm Xiao County, and under the command of Zhao Wenhui, the 17th Brigade also launched an attack from the East City Gate.

At that time, Xiao County kept flashing fires in a haze, accompanied by the crackling of gunfire day and night, as lively as the New Year.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Cao, who had just woken up, finally waited for the news that Xiao County had been conquered, and he was in a good mood, and praised Zhao Wenhui, so he ordered that the main force of the Dingwu Army would march into Xuzhou in advance without waiting for the Shenwu Army.

Sun Degong naturally did not choose to defend Xiao County, his task is indeed to 'defend to the death', but it is not really to defend it, Abatai chose the plan of the king, to dig a fatal pit for Chen Cao in Xuzhou, naturally it is very similar, otherwise this play will be nondescript.

In Xuzhou City, Abatai was not worried about Chen Cao's strength at all, what he was worried about was whether Chen Cao would be successful, but just now, he was greatly relieved, because he was reported by Sun Youguang outside the city that the main force of the Ming army had begun to move and was expected to arrive in Xuzhou before this afternoon.

Wang Shi only then spoke: "Lord Wang, great joy, the Ming army has been tricked, it seems that Chen Cao has already despised us, as long as his main force acts, it means that he himself will be in the Chinese army." ”

Abatai nodded: "It's good to come, I'm afraid that if he doesn't come, the previous achievements will be wasted, but it will be the loss of General Sun's soldiers in vain." ”

Sun Degong hurriedly clenched his fists: "The last general will not dare, it is a blessing to be able to serve the king of the county." ”

"Don't be modest, the king of Xiao County knows that after the war in Xuzhou is over, the king will still have that strength to protect you as a Hou Bo."

Sun was overjoyed, and immediately called a thousand: "The last general Xie Wang Ye is very loving." ”

"Come on, go to the dock and take a look, is King Zheng's soldiers and horses coming?"

After receiving the order, Jierharang went directly south to Xuzhou from Jinan, Shandong, carrying 1,500 people with the blue flag as the main force, more than 20,000 firearms troops under the Han army's flag, and nearly 300 artillery pieces of various types.

After receiving Haoge's order, he crossed Fengxian from Feiyundu, entered the Yellow River again, and entered Xuzhou by boat, his luck was good, Pang Zhifan's only two warships of the inland water division had just returned to escort the Shenwu army troops heading north, otherwise he would not have succeeded in entering Xuzhou.

Chen Cao naturally didn't know about Jierharang's entry into Xuzhou, and now the war in Xuzhou has been tense to the point that a sneeze can be completely fought, not to mention the Jinyi Wei and the secret agents of the East and West factories in Xuzhou City, it is impossible for them to send information out of the city now.

"Li Xiukuan's troops are standing still in Yunlong Mountain, threatening the left rear of Xuzhou, Xiao County is now in my hands, even if Liu Butang loses his hand on the side of Dangshan, it will not be too much of a threat to us, Han Xianchu and Zhao Wenhui will be stationed in Xiao County and Yonggu Mountain in batches."

Ten miles outside Xuzhou City, inside the Ming Army's Chinese army tent, Chen Cao was analyzing the current situation: "Everyone, now gather all the artillery of all divisions of the Dingwu Army and carry out a fierce attack on the southern city of Xuzhou. ”

Huang Chunyao opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is still necessary to fight steadily, Huang Taiji will definitely not sit on the Abatai in Xuzhou, once Xuzhou is lost, our army will enter the north as if the door is open and closed, but until now, the minister still feels inappropriate, but he can't say where it is." ”

"It went so well."

Xu Fuyuan said: "The minister always thinks that these battles have gone well. ”

Huang Degong rarely spoke: "The two adults mean that it is difficult to fight the Jiannu Tartars?" Not necessarily, those battles a few days ago were not a joke, how big the losses of Yan Chun's troops were, you can ask him again. ”

Yan Chun didn't speak, but the losses he himself suffered were real, the 8th Division was now more than half of the casualties, and the main force of the forward was replaced by Cao Shixiu's 2nd Division, otherwise he would not have been withdrawn.

Chen Cao thought for a while, and then said: "There is Li Xiukuan in the left rear of Xuzhou, and Han Xianchu and Zhao Wenhui in the southwest, they control the two general directions of Xuzhou, and Dangshan still has Feng Zhongping and Liu Butang in it, that is to say, the three directions of the Xuzhou Plain are guarded by our army, and Abatai only has a retreat from the Yellow River." ”

"Your Majesty, the two warships of the inland water division have just gone south to escort them, and the minister thinks that they should be transferred back as soon as possible to cooperate with the main artillery to bombard Xuzhou City, in addition to putting pressure on the enemy troops in the city, it can also prevent the reinforcements of the Qing army from coming from the Yellow River."

Hiss...

Chen Cao took a deep breath, he really didn't think of this level, although his troops controlled the three directions of the Xuzhou Plain, but after all, there was a gap in the Yellow River, and the warships of the inland water division went to escort the Shenwu Army going north, and now the Yellow River in this section of Xuzhou can be described as a vacuum.

"Well, Zhao Xin, according to Huang Chunyao's intentions, immediately send someone south along the river and ask Pang Zhifan to transfer a warship back."

"Yes."

"At present, the main force of our army has arrived outside Xuzhou City, and we have to send it, we don't have much food and grass, Yang Lian Maha."

"The end will be."

"Your department launched an attack on Xuzhou in advance, and I want to see how Abatai's defense is."

"Yes..."

When Yang Lian Maha ordered his two thousand households to charge Xuzhou City, they encountered only the usual defensive weapons of the Qing army defending the city, throwing guns and dense bows and arrows.

It wasn't until the two thousand households rushed to the city less than a hundred paces that suddenly there was a burst of gunfire on the top of the city, and after a burst of gunsmoke, less than 300 foot soldiers fled back.

"Flintlock pistol..."

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror, and then sneered: "It seems that it is necessary for the embassies and consulates in Shanghai to be closely monitored, so let the guards come down." Artillery preparation. ”

As soon as Chen Cao's voice fell, there were bursts of rumbling sounds from far and near, this was broad daylight, there was only one situation, and the Qing army in Xuzhou City opened fire.

But the distance here is two and a half miles away.

"Protect the Emperor..."

"Protect the Emperor..."

"Your Majesty..."

Chen Cao, who had suffered a loss in Wujin back then, was frightened by the Hongyi cannon, his previous information was that there were cannons in Xuzhou, but there were no Hongyi cannons of more than 1,000 catties, so it was a safe distance in two and a half miles away, but now, the black cannonballs were obviously very close, and it was impossible to escape...