Ming Zuo

Chapter 337 Dao Cong rushed to the top of the mountain
After Sui Zhizhong and Huang Sanhu negotiated, they decided to use the three regiments as the main attack, and asked Huang Sanhu to assist.

Huang Sanhu was very refreshing and did not attack.

In the previous battle and this time they swept Qingzhou Prefecture, Huang Sanhu and Jian Zong hit very well.After research by the military, it has been decided to let Huang Sanhu take over as Zuo Hua's second brigade commander.

And Jian Zongan will go to the third division in preparation as a brigade-level officer.

Zuo Menggeng is still an old habit.

Although they act with the army, they only stand in line and do not interfere in commanding operations.

With him in the background, the young officers are very at ease, and they are more calm in commanding.

Sui Zhizhong's battle plan was nothing fancy, that is, a frontal attack combined with flanking detours.

In mountain warfare, flank detours are very necessary.

Lushantou was a low mountain from the northeast to the southwest. Sui Zhizhong planned to lead a battalion to attack directly from Duozhuang in the west, while Wei Qiyou led another battalion to attack from the northeast ridge.

There is also a battalion that acts as a reserve and can be replenished at any time.

On Meng Lianggu, Bai Dasheng hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

He knew when the new army had just attacked.I also know that I bear the brunt of it, and I can't escape.

The problem is, he has nowhere to run.

The east, north, and west directions were blocked by the new army, and they had to go south if they wanted to run.Pass through the Menghe River Valley and enter the Mengshan Mountains.

But the problem is, there is Murong Cai on Mengshan Mountain.He passed, I was afraid that he would die faster.

No way, had to desperately defend.

Most of the mountainous areas in Yimeng are rocky mountains, so the vegetation is not good, and it is difficult to hide the deployment of troops.

Knowing that the new army was going to attack Lushantou, Bai Dasheng personally led his confidants to the defense.

"Once it falls into the hands of the imperial court, what will happen? I don't need to say more. This time the official army is aggressive, and Zuo Menggeng is even more famous. But there is no way. In order to survive, our brothers have to work hard."

Seeing people panic, Bai Dasheng had to boost morale.

Not to mention, his words are very useful.

Just because the White Lotus cultivator was caught by the imperial court, the end was extremely tragic.

"Brother Bai, don't say anything. We will all listen to you, and we will never let the officers and soldiers feel better."

"Yes, anyway, these days are happy enough. Fighting hard with the dog officers and soldiers, kill one without losing money, kill two and make money."

The morale is available, a hundred big wins are overjoyed, and arrangements begin.

"Then Zuo Menggeng defeated the saint aunt, the left and right guardians successively, and also drove the Murong altar master to the south mountain. It must be extraordinary. We must work hard, but we can't fight recklessly."

He points to one person.

"Wang Gouzi, take your people and guard the northern mountain ridge. If my guess is correct, the official army will definitely attack from there."

Some people don't believe it.

"I saw that the officers and soldiers would come up from the front, and there were a lot of cannons placed."

Bai Dasheng is full of confidence.

"The frontal terrain is steep, and the officials dare to attack. Even if there are artillery pieces, we can't let him down."

These people are most familiar with the terrain of Meng Lianggu.When he said this, everyone was convinced.

A matter of life and death, Bai Dasheng is very careful.

"Wang Gouzi, remember, you must guard the middle of the hill, not the top. I'll let someone watch you behind you to make sure you're safe. If you can't guard the middle, you won't be able to guard the top of the hill. The top of the hill is lost. , the whole mountain is gone."

Wang Gouzi hurriedly said, "I remember."

Bai Dasheng said to another person: "Kwong Xiaoqi, do you remember the ditch on the east side of the hill? Take your men and hide there. If the official army hits Wang Gouzi, you will take your men with you. Take the ass of the official army. The official army is greedy for life and fear of death, as long as you shout twice, the official army will definitely flee."

In this way, the orders are arranged one after another, and they are in good order.

Seeing that the leader was so well-organized, all the thieves felt at ease for a while.

The night passed, the sky was slightly bright, the new army slept all night, and the breakfast was also very rich after waking up, and there was actually meat in the noodle soup.

But this is also the tradition of the new army, and the food before the war will be very good.

Fighting is a work of strength, so that the officers and soldiers are fed and fed, so that they will not be exhausted when they fight.

Meng Lianggu is a stone mountain, but the foot of the mountain is still mud.

The artillerymen entered the position first, digging the pits, pushing the artillery, and when the artillery was arranged, all the food for breakfast was consumed.

Looking at Huang Zongyan who came back covered in black and gray, Zuo Menggeng grinned.

"How about doing it yourself?"

Huang Zongyan didn't care about his superiority and inferiority, he drank a big gulp of water first, and then said, "We're afraid of more than a thousand pounds with this gun, right?"

When the artillery began to deploy, Zuo Menggeng excused the lack of manpower in the artillery company and asked Huang Zongyan to bring the secretariat to help.

Huang Zongyan didn't take it seriously, but when he really started to work, he realized that he couldn't even hold a cannonball.

Seeing the normal behavior of the other members of the Secretariat, he wondered and found out that the big guy used to carry artillery shells as early as in the military academy.

Although Huang Zongyan was not as arrogant as Huang Zonghui, he also had a biased understanding of military operations in the past.Thinking that the feather fan and the towel, the enemy army will be wiped out while talking and laughing.

It wasn't until I got started on the ground at this time that I found out that it is not enough to fight a war, let alone technical content.

Zuo Menggeng was looking at the mountain with a telescope, but what he said was to Huang Zongyan.

"This is where I am dissatisfied with your literati. Empty talk is all big talk, and you are completely helpless. In the future, do more practical things, and you will know your brother's hard work."

Huang Zongyan's personality was relatively silent, he just nodded, but deep down, he had doubts about his past experiences.

It's so hard to even push a cannon, it's really hard to imagine how Huang Zongxi fought in the battle of Qingshuiguan?
The new army was going to attack in two directions, so a liaison post was arranged on the soil slope behind.

In this way, both sides can know the situation of the other side through the semaphore of the contact post.

When the infantry entered the attacking position, Sui Zhizhong said: "Contact the political commissar of the Wei, and the attack can begin."

The messenger waved the semaphore and conveyed the order to the liaison post.The liaison post transmits the order to Wei Qiyou, and the time difference between the two sides can be minimized.

The first to show off their power was naturally the artillery.

Fifteen left-battalion guns aimed at the ridge on the north side and poured out three rounds of shells in one go, blowing the entire mountain up into dust and rolling dragons.

However, Zuo Menggeng observed through the telescope and found that only the positions of the White Lotus Sect's defense line were destroyed, and there seemed to be no casualties.

Instead of jumping to conclusions right away, he continued to observe.

When the artillery attacked, the infantry began to move forward.One of the teams went forward about [-] meters, lined up left and right, and established a fire position.

The rest of the infantry continued to climb up the hillside.

Because of the rugged mountain roads, the front-line musket arrays commonly used by the new army in the past could not be used.The soldiers had to be divided into groups, alternately covering and rushing up the mountain.

On the real battlefield, there is nothing to shout and kill Zhentian.

If nothing else, just doing all kinds of tactical moves is tiring enough.Everyone can't wait to use their strength on the blade, how can it be wasted on shouting.

And you shouted so loudly, for fear that the enemy's firepower could not find you, right?

Therefore, if you are on the battlefield and observe, it will be a bit boring as far as you can see.

The top of Lushan Mountain is not high, and the half-hill slope is even closer.

When the new army soldiers rushed halfway, many heads suddenly appeared on the originally quiet White Lotus Sect position.

These people did not rush out, but they threw stones there condescendingly.

At the same time, another row of arrows rained down on the invisible places behind the position.

Although the bows and arrows looked crooked and seemed to have little strength, there were still more than a dozen new soldiers hit by arrows.

The soldiers who rushed in front erected wooden shields, offset most of the stones and bows and arrows, and still charged upwards.

Under the attack of the musket formation behind them, dozens of unguarded White Lotus Sect thieves screamed and fell out of the ditch.

Seeing that the White Lotus Sect couldn't stand it anymore, a cloud of dust suddenly erupted from the feet of the soldiers of the new army. Many soldiers were overturned, and some of them even broke their hands and feet, which was terrible.

Out of desperation, the soldiers who attacked the mountain had to retreat and renovate.

Zuo Menggeng and Mao Yuanyi looked at each other, they didn't expect that the White Lotus Sect would lay mines.

"What is the origin of this great victory? I need his detailed information."

Zuo Fu was busy taking orders.

The first wave of attacks failed, Wei Qiyou was not discouraged, took a short rest, and started the second wave of attacks.

This time, the new army's artillery did not attack all the positions, but ploughed the area where the White Lotus Sect had previously laid mines with artillery.

Not to mention, a lot of mines that have not been discovered have actually been detonated.

But this time, Bai Lianjiao came up with a new trick.

More than a dozen sidecars were pushed out, with rockets on them.

After all of them were ignited, like countless meteors flying randomly, they entered the formation of the new army soldiers.

Many people were unable to escape and died on the spot, and the number of injured increased.

But the White Lotus Sect came out with these things, not without a price.Under the artillery fire of the new army, none of these sidecars were recovered, and they were all blown up.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rocket was gone, the soldiers of the new army moved forward again, and they were already far away from the White Lotus Sect rebels.

This time, they finally couldn't help it and rushed out of the position.

Is the new army still polite?
A burst of guns went down, killing hundreds of thieves.

But just as the soldiers were reloading, a group of thieves suddenly ran out of their flanks, waving cold weapons and crashing into the new army.

In an instant, hand-to-hand combat was unfolding on the hillside.

Although the soldiers of the new army were well-trained, most of them were recruits from the second division and third regiment, and many of them were inexperienced. In addition, there were more Bailian teachers, and the artillery could not support them.

It was obvious that his attack was frustrated, but Zuo Menggeng still laughed.

"This hundred great victories are a bit interesting. All deployments are more powerful than many famous generals."

(End of this chapter)