Chapter 200: Liu Jintang Flies to Capture the Three Southern Cities (2)

In the mid-spring of 1877, Liu Jintang summoned Dong Fuxiang, Huang Wanpeng, Luo Changhu, Yu Huen, Tan Bacui, Xi Dacheng, Tao Shenglin, Zhang Jun, etc.

Jintang Road: Dabancheng, Turpan, Tuoxun are adjacent to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, Zuo Shuai has a saying, and if you succeed in three places, you can break the bamboo. I have written to Zhang Junmen and Xu Junmen that our army will go south on March 1 to besiege Dabancheng, the key pass of the Tianshan Mountains, and that the Songwu army of Hami and the Shu army of Balikun must be prepared to prevent the distance and distance, and determine the date of departure, and the two armies of Song and Shu should meet Yanchi and flank Turpan when our army besieges Dabancheng, that is, before March 3.

Tan Shanglian, the named admiral and the chief soldier of Hanzhong Town, said: Agu Bai is very inward, and Bai Yanhu is running for his life, but he can't make a climate; Liu Shuai broke through the three cities with one shot, and the enemy was bold; Our Jin Ge Iron Horse, gallop to kill, and finish in one battle!

Jintang Road: Dabancheng is built on the basis of Tianshan Canyon, Cui Wei is grandiose and dangerous! If you want to break this city, you can't win unless you are surprised.

In the late spring, the ice and snow melted, Liu Jintang led more than 10,000 troops, poured out of Urumqi, and arrived at Chaiwopu in two days.

Jintang Road: Two days of galloping, less than 100 miles, how slow! Passing on my military order, Huang Wanpeng and Yu Huen led the nine battalions of the horse team, marched quickly, and in the early morning of tomorrow, they will control the city; Tan Shang Company rate the four battalions of the infantry team, and within two days, be sure to arrive; The rest of the tribes, within three days, all went to the city of Daban; Besiege the city and send reinforcements, each performing its own duties.

Huang Wanpeng and Yu Huen received the order, galloped all night, and when it was dawn, Huang and Yu immediately looked down and gasped, and there was a country in front of Daban City, and the mud was deep and the belly of the horse.

Huang Wanpeng said: The thief broke the lake to block me, and he couldn't help it!

Yu Huen said: I can't enter, and thieves can't get out, this is a double-edged sword!

Between the words of the two, the mist rose leisurely, and in an instant, the sky and the earth were gray. Huang and Yu were overjoyed, and immediately ordered the ninth battalion of the cavalry brigade to plunder and advance. At noon, the fog dissipated, and Dong and Yu were already in the east and south of the city, forming a formation in the mountains and cutting off their way back.

Two thousand Qing cavalry came suddenly, and the defender of Daban City, Idr Huli, fell into the abyss, and said in horror: The Huang and Yu demon armies are looking at the eagle, and Daban City is in danger.

Yu Xiaohu said: I have fought with demons more than 100 times, what is there to be afraid of! Send more war cavalry, and quickly go to Turpan and Tuoxun for help; I led an army and fought in front of the battle.

Yu Xiaohu said, that is, led a hundred horses, and roared out. Yu Huen saw it clearly, and immediately crossed the gun, fired the guns in a row, and killed more than ten horses. Yu Xiaohu was afraid, and quickly escaped into the city, closing the door, only waiting for reinforcements.

On April 17, Liu Jintang led the Chinese army to arrive at the foot of Bancheng, Jintang ignored the persuasion of the generals, went to the city to check, suddenly there was a roar of cannons, Jintang fell to the ground in response.

The generals were shocked and galloped to the rescue, but Jintang said: I have nothing to do, the surroundings of Daban City are less than 100 zhang, small! Dong Fuxiang, Huang Wanpeng, Tao Shenglin, Xi Dacheng, Tan Heyi, Tang Renhe, Zhang Hongsheng, Fang Yousheng, Gui Xijiao, Cui Wei, and Bi Dacai besieged the city, Yu Huen and Tan Shanglian quickly went to the south of the city to block reinforcements, and Luo Changhu quickly sent a strong team to the direction of Turpan and Yanchi to find out the whereabouts of the two armies of Song and Shu. Hou Minggui's troops quickly built a fort in the east of the city, higher than the city wall; Tan Baitsu's Krupp artillery team arrived, fired from a high position, and waited for an opportunity to break through the city.

Daban City was in an emergency, and the generals of Tuoxun and Turpan did not dare to slack off, and each sent more than 1,000 fierce troops to help. The distance between the two cities of Tuo and Da is less than 200 miles, and in one day, more than 1,000 Kokand war horses flew to the southern pass of Bancheng City.

Liu Jintang moved when he heard the wind, and quickly ordered Tan Shang's Lianbu team to attack forward, and Yu Huenma's team attacked around the back. The Kokand people ran long distances, their foothold was unstable, and they were defeated in battle. The rout troops swarmed back, the momentum was overwhelming, and they were uncontrollable, and they actually scattered the Turpan reinforcements.

Yu Huen and Tan Shang marched forward step by step, chasing for several miles, beheading more than 100 levels, returning to the camp in victory, Jintang was very happy, and said: The city thieves are not looking forward to help, they will escape; All the tribes must light torches at night and prevent them from escaping.

On the night of the 19th, Tan Baci's artillery team also arrived at the foot of Bancheng; Jintang gave an order, and the Krupp breech cannon, flowering cannon, field chicken cannon and other serial casts, and the forts, moon city, and battlements in the city collapsed successively; In the middle of the night, a cannon pill flew down into the Chinese pharmacy in the city, and there was a loud sound, like a landslide and the ground cracked. The wind suddenly rose, the fire opened suddenly, and the medicine stored in the burning room blossomed, and the bang was shocking, and the people and horses in the city were shattered, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Jintang did not let go of much, that is, he led all the departments to break the city and kill him. Id'l Huri's soul was scattered, and he carried the remnants and fell to his knees; Yu Xiaohu panicked, looked at the vacancy, and the wolf rushed to the pig.

In the first battle of Dabancheng, more than 2,000 enemies were killed, more than 2,000 people were captured, more than 800 horses and more than 1,400 guns were captured. Marshal Zuo has a saying, even if you put the butcher knife, you will not blame the past!

The head of the Kokand people, Idr Huri, was also happy, bowed to the ground, and said: "Grateful for the general's grace of not killing, I will immediately send someone to tell Agubai, bind Bai Yanhu, and return to the southern eight cities. There are more than 1,000 of our people, who are willing to submit to the Heavenly Empire and wait for Aguba's reply.

Jintang Dao: If Bai Yanhu, Nanbacheng and others can get it without a fight, it will be a great luck. However, the sins of Ran'er and others are deep, and they are beyond the power of this general. On the same day, he was escorted to Suzhou and listened to the ruling of Marshal Zuo. Quickly passed my order, the army rested for three days, and on the evening of the 11th, it went straight to Tuoxun, and as soon as Tuoxun got it, Turpan collapsed.

Dong Fuxiang, the commander-in-chief of the Dong Zi Battalion, said: General Liu often said that soldiers are noble and fast; The subordinates thought that the whole army should be divided immediately, and there would be no chance for the rebels in Tuoxun and Turpan to be delayed.

Jintang Road: The release of the soil fennel, entanglement, three days later, can arrive at the two cities of Tuo and Tu; The crowd is leisurely, and the hearts of the rebel bandit army will swing; We took advantage of the turmoil in the hearts of their armies to attack suddenly, and we could win the battle.

On the night of April 24, 1877, Jintang led more than 20 battalions of foot, cavalry and artillery to enter Tuoxun, and arrived at the Baiyang River early the next morning.

After the two armies of Song and Shu met in Yanchi, they made a long-distance attack, all the way to conquer the passes and cities such as Qike Tengmu, Bizhan and Shengjintai, and planned to attack Turpan on March 13.

Jintang pinched his fingers, was shocked, and said: Tomorrow is the day of the attack, Turpan has 3,500 reverse cavalry, more than 5,000 infantry teams, 20 cannons, countless foreign guns, and Bai Yanhu is in command; The two armies of Song and Shu were less than 10,000 soldiers, running thousands of miles, extremely tired, and the sudden attack was bound to fail. I ordered, Luo Changhu led Tan Bacui, Tao Shenglin, Xi Dacheng, Tan Heyi, Tang Renhe, Zhang Hongshengma, infantry, and artillery six battalions to aid the Song and Shu Second Armies; This place is 200 miles away from Turpan, and the troops of Luo, Tan, and Tao will arrive at the battlefield before the end of tomorrow.