Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 389 Encirclement ([-])

Liu Fangliang was born as a farmer, fought with Li Zicheng for many years, and eventually became a general under Li Zicheng's command. Before he joined the Guards, he was a person who could not read a lot of characters, and he was a class that was instinctive towards the landlord and gentry class before he joined the Ming Dynasty. The hatred also made him not like to study even after he became a general with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and he didn't understand the art of war.

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

Liu Fangliang, who has been able to rise from fighting with well-equipped officers and soldiers with only a pickaxe and sickle for so many years, believes that there is only one reason why he has made it to the present step by step, and this reason can be explained clearly in three words: "Don't be afraid die!"

Liu Fangliang doesn't know what it means to be the first to boost the morale of the army. He only knows that if he is not afraid of death, the people under him will follow. Even a weak soldier can become a strong soldier.

Therefore, when encountering difficulties, all he can think of is to take the lead in rushing forward.

In fact, the two cavalry battalions of the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards seized Xiangfu City this time, and the loss was not small. Nearly two thousand cavalry were killed by Li Guohan's tens of thousands of firearms soldiers at the root of the city wall, and Li Guohan's soldiers rushed into the city. The firearms battalion blocked and lost more than a thousand riders.

Ten thousand cavalry lost one-third, and even the Manchu cavalry had to retreat, because this had surpassed the collapse rate of a classical army.

However, it is precisely because Liu Fangliang, the earl-level super-grade general officer, rushed in desperately, coupled with the strict military discipline of the guards, that the cavalry of the guards still broke down Li Guohan's firearms battalion desperately, and successfully occupied Xiang. Fucheng, and surrounded Li Guohan and other [-] Qing troops in Baliwan.

This is also the difference between the modern army with ideology, doctrine and discipline and the classical army.

Of course, many cavalrymen of the guards were from the landlord class, and they were a little dissatisfied with Liu Fangliang, the commander-in-chief who was born as a traitor. Naturally, he kept a thought of not daring to be behind others, and he also became not afraid of death.

Although the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards has now successfully occupied Xiangfu City and surrounded five Qing troops including Li Guohan three days later, and successfully repelled Li Guohan's breakout cavalry, the Second Corps of the Guards An attack on Li Guohan and other [-] Qing troops was not launched immediately.

Because the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards was extremely exhausted at this time, they marched 120 miles in the snow all the way from Chenliu and participated in a fierce battle to capture Xiangfu City and defeat Li Guohan and other Qing cavalry. The iron-clad army can't bear it at this moment.

Moreover, a large amount of supplies and ammunition were abandoned on the road, and it was okay to surround them. It was indeed a bit more than enough to annihilate [-] elite Qing troops.

Liu Fangliang ordered the Second Corps to rest in place, and the battalion directly under the Corps was in charge of vigilance. At the same time, he ordered people to quickly inform Qin Liangyu and others in Zhuxian Town of the news that he had entered Xiangfu City.

Li Guohan and other [-] Qing troops also rushed to send people to flee in the dark to pass the news of their siege back to Kaifeng City.

When the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards occupied Xiangfu City to block Hong Chengchou's main eastward entrance of the Qing army and surrounded Li Guohan and other [-] soldiers and horses, other troops of the Guards also arrived at the designated places within these three days. .

The first is the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards. The First Corps of the Second Army is led by veteran Liu Zhaoji, and has already arrived at the Xuanwuwei City.

Xuanwuwei was an important defensive pass in Kaifeng Prefecture, so Hong Chengchou naturally deployed heavy troops here.

The [-] Han troops inlaid with red flags were guarded here by famous generals of the Manchu and Han armies, namely the right servant and right deputy capital censor of the Qing court's military department, Meng Qiaofang, governor of Shaanxi, and deputy general Chen De.

The First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards has been stationed in Nanjing all year round. It is the most well-equipped unit among the regiments of the Guards, and the unit that is most proficient in the operation of new artillery and firearms. He is skilled in the operation of artillery and firearms.

Therefore, as soon as they arrived at Xuanwuwei City, the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards directly concentrated [-] infantry heavy field artillery, all of which were [-] to [-] kilograms of shells, and almost all of them landed on Xuanwuwei without any mistakes. in the city.

Rumble!
Rumble

Rumble!
In a short while, the entire Xuanwuwei had already been devastated by the bombing, almost all the city walls collapsed, and countless civilian houses and military camps were destroyed.

Many Manchu and Han soldiers in Xuanwu City hadn't figured out the situation at this time, and many of them were directly killed by bombing or smashed to death by falling bricks.

Meng Qiaofang, the right servant of the Ministry of War of the Qing court, was startled awake in her sleep, got up and asked, "What's going on, why are there such loud cannons!"

"The department hall is the sound of cannons coming from the west of the outer city. It seems that the scale of this is no less than [-]. It takes an army of [-] to have such a configuration!"

Meng Qiaofang's lieutenant, Chen De, is also experienced. He directly judged the size of the artillery of the Guards from the density of the artillery sounds, and estimated the approximate number of the Second Guards Corps. Although the actual number of the First Guards Corps was only around Around [-], but not far behind.

"10 horses, doesn't it mean that the main force of the Guards has gone to Huguang and Shandong? When did these 10 horses appear? Could it be said that the main force of the Guards has not left Henan or has withdrawn from Huguang and Shandong? No matter what, Immediately send someone to report this news to Hong Zhongtang, quickly, quickly!"

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

Seeing her master so agitated, the woman who was sleeping with her shrank back at the foot of the bed and dared not come out.

The First Corps of the Guards had already rushed over at this time.

The soldiers of the six Guards infantry battalion held Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock guns and shot directly at the Qing army at the ruined wall. As long as these Qing troops showed their heads a little, they were smashed by the infantry of the Guards.

The Qing army, which was defending against the ruins of Xuanwuwei, was no match for the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards. First, the range of firearms could not keep up, followed by the accuracy, and even the aiming technology could not keep up.

And when the six infantry battalions of the Guards, a total of 3 people, used intensive bullet firepower to suppress the firepower of the Qing army on the periphery of Xuanwuwei, the battalion directly under the Corps had already started to jump into the moat with wooden boards and directly swam in the moat, using wooden boards in the short distance. The wooden bridge was built in just two quarters of an hour.

The infantry and cavalry of the Guards immediately crossed the moat.

"kill!"

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

Seven hundred six-pound cannons and three-pound cannons and other light infantry field artillery were pushed in by the artillery, and they blasted the Qing army of Xuanwuwei, which was frantically retreating to the inner city.

The Qing army suffered heavy casualties, and the inner city was directly bombarded when the heavy artillery battalion came up, and was occupied first by the First Infantry A Battalion of the First Guards Corps.

So far, Xuanwuwei was recovered by the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards!

Meng Qiaofang, the right servant of the Ministry of War of the Qing court, had already fled in embarrassment with the cavalry.

Hong Chengchou's main force's westward withdrawal route was blocked, and the connection between He Luohui and Hong Chengchou was also cut off.

　Thank you Qidian book friend Ou Shuntian for rewarding 2000 Qidian coins. I seldom go to Qidian, so I didn’t see it a few days ago, sorry

　　
　
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