scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 171 The trumpet sounded
(PS: The decisive battle is about to start, ask for the last monthly pass in October.)
As expected by Oboi's misfortune, after the three new military orders of the Qing army were publicized, they had a certain effect of boosting morale and fighting spirit internally, but externally, not only did they not frighten the soldiers of Yunnan and Guizhou who were fighting with the local chieftains every year, On the contrary, it completely angered most of the generals and soldiers of Yunnan and Guizhou. Countless generals and soldiers flocked to the big tent of the Wu army, asked the old traitor Wu Sangui to fight, and vowed to let the army of the Qing Dynasty taste the power of the soldiers of Yunnan and Guizhou, "Kill all the dogs!" " and the slogans of "flayed alive and full of dogs" soared into the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The most ruthless ones are Wu Sangui's traitorous aces. These daring soldiers who are famous for their madness in killing the enemy ordered Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers to capture seven or eight authentic Manchu soldiers. The dog soldiers bled and scalded their hair, deboned and burned their skin, and then cooked with the most authentic Huajiang dog meat cooking technique. They gathered friends and friends to drink and eat meat together to express their extreme contempt for the shameless military orders of the Qing army.Numerous generals and soldiers of the Wu army scrambled to ask for a share of the pie, and Fatty Lu was one of them, and he took the lead in praising, "Aspirations are hungry to eat Hulu meat, and jokes are thirsty to drink the blood of Huns! What a man!"

Faced with such a high spirit of seeking war, the old traitor Wu smiled with his old face blooming like a chrysanthemum. He quickly ordered to appease the soldiers of the army, expressing that he would fight the Qing army as soon as possible to satisfy the desire of the soldiers of the Wu army. Those gangs of ignorant dogs.At the same time, under the suggestion of Fatty Lu, the Wu Jun think tank also formulated a post-war reward plan in advance, promising that after defeating the main force of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the reward plans such as head-for-money and death benefits, the grain, grass, and supplies seized in Guizhou [-]% of the soldiers returned to Yunnan and Guizhou, and [-]% were handed over to the Pingxi Palace for public use, so as to boost morale and counteract the propaganda policy of the Qing army.

After four days of steady and steady marching, on the sixth day of June, the traditional festival of washing and drying, on this day, the vanguard of the mite Qing army arrived at Xiashao Village, [-] miles northeast of Anshun City, and set up a vanguard camp here. .In the evening of the same day, the main force of Mite Qing arrived at Xiashao one after another, and Obai's commander's camp chose Mao Mao Mountain, the highest point in the northeast of Anshun, overlooking the entire frontal battlefield.At night, bonfires spread all over the wilderness with a radius of ten miles around Maomao Mountain, reflecting the dark night sky brightly.The voices of people were so loud that they could be heard clearly even from the Anshun city tower twenty miles away.

At the beginning, Oboi was also very worried that Wu Jun would take advantage of the opportunity of his army's unstable foothold to sneak attack overnight, so he specially sent heavy troops to guard against it, but when he found that Wu Jun's camp did not have this plan, he was ready to guard against night attack Afterwards, Oboi breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned—the Wu army was at a serious disadvantage and refused to send surprise troops, insisting on a decisive battle with its own army. This is enough to prove that the Wu army is full of confidence in this battle.Although the self-army has many soldiers and generals, and the food and grass are still sufficient at present, it suffers from limited understanding of the Wu army, knowing itself but not the enemy. This battle is really a good one.

When the large tent of the Chinese army was erected, the sand table of the Anshun battlefield, which was rushed out overnight, was also moved into the large tent. This sand table of the Qing army, which was made at the cost of the lives of more than 800 scouts, basically marked the strength of the enemy and us. Deployment, as well as various fortification facilities marked with Wu Jun.What made Oboi frown was that for more than half a year, Wu Sangui's army, who had plenty of time, had already made extremely complete defense preparations on this pre-set battlefield, and dug a large number of anti-horse trenches on the north and south wings of Anshun City. Numerous horse-repelling walls and horse-repelling antlers were built and erected, and the land on the two wings of the battlefield was cut into fragments, leaving only the frontal battlefield about six miles wide to keep it flat for decisive battles.

Of course, there is a reason why Wu Sangui's army arranged this way. The vertical and horizontal fortifications and ditches on the two wings of the battlefield can limit the outflanking and detours of the Qing cavalry's two wings; The troops are concentrated at one point, and only a small number of troops are needed to protect and support the two wings, thereby limiting the strength of the Qing army.At the same time, the six-mile-wide frontal battlefield can force the Qing army to close up and form a dense formation, which is conducive to the effectiveness of Wu Sangui's new firearms, and it is also conducive to the attack of the Yunnan-Guizhou cavalry, which is no less than the Qing cavalry. Harassing the wings and rear of the Qing army can be said to be offensive when advancing, and defensive when retreating.

In addition, these fortifications also have a great advantage in that they effectively prevent the infiltration of Qing army scouts, so that on the sand table in front of Oboi, the Qing army does not know anything about the deployment of troops behind Wu Sangui's army, especially Wu Sangui's army cannot be reconnaissance. The specific situation of the Zhenning camp—and what’s more terrible is that Zhenning’s terrain is relatively high, which is an ideal camp for Wu Jun airships to station and attack. The Qing army’s scouts could not approach Zhenning, so naturally they could not find the existence of Wu Jun’s airships.

Looking at the sand table for a long time, Oboi finally asked the senior generals of the Qing army present in a low voice: "The deployment of Wu Sangui's troops and the situation on the Anshun battlefield are basically like this. It looks like Wu Sangui is still a big man in the past 30 years." For those who have progressed, they are fully prepared, how to fight this battle, you all talk about your opinions."

The twenty or thirty senior generals surrounded by the sand table whispered to each other, and no one was willing to speak first.Seeing that Oboi's ugly face was becoming more and more ferocious, Prince Kang Jieshu reluctantly said: "Master, although the Anshun area is open and favorable for our cavalry to fight, the barbarian army's fortifications are very well prepared, especially the north and south wings. There are ten anti-horse trenches alone, and it is difficult for our Eight Banners cavalry to intersperse and outflank them. If we attack from the front, the barbarian army will concentrate at one point, and our army may suffer too many casualties."

"That's very reasonable." Obai nodded, finally showing a scary smile, and said with a smile: "After all, we are the prince of the Qing Dynasty. It is very rare to have such an opinion for the first time on the battlefield. We didn't give us the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Disgraceful ancestors. Tell me, what countermeasures do you think we should take?"

"Xiao Wang believes that since there are too many casualties in the storm, it is better to confront." Jie Shu was finally praised by Oboi once, and he said with confidence: "Confront the main force of the Manzi, and wait for the Manzi to take the initiative to attack, and then the Manzi will leave. With the protection of the fortifications, our army can temporarily retreat, attract the barbarians to pursue, and then the cavalry will circle around and cut off..."

"Fart!" Oboi interrupted furiously, roaring: "The main force of our army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Guizhou, and we still want to confront old thief Wu Sangui and wait for him to attack? You think old thief Wu Sangui is an idiot like you?! He also lured the enemy to go deep, and cut off Wugou's retreat by outflanking, Wu Sangui's old thief doesn't need to cut off our food roads, just using the mountain roads in Guizhou can consume us to death!"

Jie Shu hated secretly in his heart, and retreated helplessly.Aobai turned his eyes to Yue Le again, Yue Le didn't dare to refuse, and said bravely: "Master, Xiao Wang believes that since ancient times, there are very few troops who can truly take advantage of the right time, place and people. The rebel army has been stationed here for more than half a year, and it is not surprising that the fortifications are perfect. In this case, we simply ignore the two-wing battlefield, use our superior force to attack the front, and face off against Wu's rebel army. , The battle of wheels consumes Wu Ni's elite, as long as more than half of Wu Ni's elite can be wiped out, the next battle will be easy."

Although Yue Le's tactic was correct, it was too conservative, and even if it worked, he would have to pay heavy casualties, so although Aobai nodded slightly, he still didn't express his support, but turned his attention to his most promising deputy, Tu Hai.And Tu Hai did not disappoint Ao Bai, and immediately said: "Master En, I think that although Prince An's tactics are good, but they are too conservative, the casualties of our army must be huge. And since the old thief Wu Sangui dared to arrange it like this, let go of it." Allowing us to attack head-on proves that he has made corresponding preparations, so there is no need to be afraid of our head-on attack, if we adopt Prince An's tactics, we may fall into Wu Ni's arms and fall into Wu Ni's trap."

"You're right, the old man is also worried." Ao Bai said worriedly, frowning.

"Enxiang, I remember you taught me a truth. When the two armies are at war, we must never do what the enemy wants us to do, because the enemy wants us to do it." Tu Hai said firmly: "Since Wu Ni If we want us to attack the front by force, then we have to do the opposite, maintain a confrontation from the front, and start the main attack from the two wings of the bandit army!"

"How to strike from the two wings?" Aobai raised his thick black eyebrows and asked, "The two wings are full of Wu Ni's fortifications, how to strike?"

"Returning to Enxiang, it is true that the two wings are full of Wu Ni's fortifications, but no matter how many fortifications are good, it is useless without soldiers to defend." Tu Hai said darkly: "The strength of Wu Sangui's old thief is only [-], which is less than ours. However, the length of the fortifications on the north and south wings exceeds [-] miles, and the strength of troops must be stretched on such a long line of defense. In this case, it is better for our army to take advantage of the large number of troops and the main force of the cavalry. Wu Ni launched a strong attack at the end of the two wings, forcing the old thief Wu Sangui to spend our troops on the two wings!"

"I believe that although our army casualties are equally huge, we can avoid stepping into the frontal trap of Wu Sangui's old thief. Even if the casualties reach one to one, we will definitely not suffer! As long as the casualties on the two wings of Wu Ni's army reach a certain According to the number, Wu Ni must divide his troops from the central army to respond, gradually weaken Wu Ni's frontal force, and lay the foundation for the final all-round attack!"

Obai remained calm, staring at the sand table in thought, and after a long time slowly asked: "Others, do you have any comments on Tutang's tactical suggestion?"

"No, no, the final general agrees." The generals of Mi Qing agreed unevenly. After repeated calculations, Yue Le also nodded and said: "Yes, this is indeed safer and more effective than Xiao Wang's tactics. .”

"Then let's do this." Ao Bai said lightly: "Tomorrow let the army rest for a day and set up a stable camp. The day after tomorrow, Prince An will be in charge of the left wing, Jie Shu will be in charge of the right wing, and Tu Hai will accompany the old man in the central army."

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Almost at the same time when Obai finalized the Qing army's decisive battle tactics, at the same time, in the brightly lit Anshun City Hall, Wu Sangui's army's tactical meeting was almost coming to an end. Yes, the Wu Army think tank is very firm in finalizing the tactics. It is agreed that the Wu Army is fully prepared for the decisive battle. It only needs to stick to the established tactics of two-wing defense and head-on confrontation. With the powerful advanced firearms of Wu Sangui Army, there is no doubt about the final victory. !The only thing that is controversial is the use of Wu Jun's airship.

The three Wu Jun airships were secretly transported to the outside of Zhenning City two days ago. Wherever they passed, the people of Yunnan and Guizhou burned incense and worshiped. They also said that the gods had descended, which also forced the old traitor Wu Sangui to send a large number of troops to block the road. Give way.On the issue of how to use the three airships, there were huge differences among the top Wu army leaders. Some advocated that the airships should be transported to the front line immediately, so as to form a psychological deterrent to the Qing army and boost the morale of the self-military forces.Some people also advocated using these three airships to attack Guiyang and destroy the Qing army's granary.

Fortunately, the old traitor Wu has been scrambling on the battlefield for decades, and immediately categorically rejected the proposal to use an airship to attack Guiyang——A Wu Jun airship can only carry about two thousand catties, even if it is loaded with soldiers. Can't hold 20 people, dozens of soldiers went to attack the Guiyang granary where tens of thousands of Qing troops were stationed, what is it?
The third method of use came from Fatty Lu's proposal. At the meeting, Fatty Lu said impassionedly: "My lord, generals, if we want to count on these three airships to kill and wound many enemies, it would be a big mistake—" With a load of two thousand catties, how many enemies can be killed even if all of them are loaded with Sanhao brand explosives? Therefore, Beizhi believes that these three airships can only be used for heart attacks and beheading battles, so that they can exert their maximum effect."

"How to use it specifically? Let's listen to it carefully." Old Man Wu asked Fatty Lu.

"Back to grandfather, grandson-in-law thinks that we should wait until the main force of the dog is exhausted after a long battle, and then suddenly kill it. This will work best." Fatty Lu said plausibly: "I believe grandfather and all the generals have heard that our airship When it was transported to Zhenning, all the cities and villages along the way caused a sensation in the whole city and villages. The common people and soldiers all burned incense and prayed, thinking that it was the descending of the gods. Countless jokes were made because of this, and even the elderly were frightened to death tragedy."

"So, my son-in-law believes that we can use this to make a big fuss. First, use solid fortifications and advanced firearms to consume the strength of the soldiers and soldiers, and wait until the morale and physical strength of the soldiers are reduced to the lowest point. Use the airship and fly over the Mangou army. Even if the Mangou army has millions of troops, they must all be scared out of their wits and be at a loss. Afterwards, our airship directly flew over the Mangou flag array and flew towards the Mangou army. The flag array threw a large number of cluster bombs, killing and injuring many generals, leaving the entire army without a leader, morale collapsed, and the main force of our army will take the opportunity to counterattack and win a complete victory!"

"That's a good idea." The old traitor Wu murmured, "But our airship can't get to the battlefield in time when it stays in Zhenning, and it's easy to be exposed in front of the delivery. How can we seize the best opportunity?"

"Grandfather, you can dispatch the airship in advance." Fatty Lu said confidently, "It takes about two hours for our army's airship to fly from Zhenning to the front line. If the old thief Oboi attacks in the morning, grandfather, you can dispatch the airship at noon." , When we arrived at the battlefield, it was basically after the Shenshi time, when the Mangou army had exhausted most of its strength, and the sky was not too late, which was good for our airship's vision, and it was the best opportunity to find the Mangou flag array."

"Then let's do it this way." The old traitor Wu was obviously more arbitrary than Oboi, and he felt that Fatty Lu's words were justified, so he made a decision on the spot. However, it was the first time for old traitor Wu's henchmen to use airships to fight, so they couldn't come up with anything at all. Targeted airship tactics, Fatty Lu's tactics sound reasonable, and they naturally have no opinion.Only Wu Yingqi yelled that he wanted to get on the airship and blow up the dog flag array with his own hands, but after being glared at by old man Wu, he still kept his mouth shut obediently.

"It's almost three more, everyone go back to rest." The old traitor Wu yawned and said: "If there is no accident, the old thief Oboi should let the army rest for a day tomorrow to restore the soldiers' strength and stabilize the camp. The day after tomorrow When we send troops to a decisive battle, everyone should seize this last day and have a good rest. But everyone should be careful, if the old thief goes crazy, the possibility of an early decisive battle tomorrow is not ruled out."

All the generals of the Wu army agreed together, stood up and saluted and said goodbye, but Fatty Lu didn't move. After everyone left, Fatty Lu didn't leave. The old Wu was very surprised, he yawned again, and asked, "Yifeng, what else is there?" Is something wrong? It’s getting late, so let’s talk about something.”

"Thank you grandfather, my son-in-law does have two things to report to grandfather." Fatty Lu agreed honestly.After getting permission from old traitor Wu, Fatty Lu continued: "Grandfather, the thing is like this. For the past three days, my son-in-law's direct army has been scouting the front line of the battle. I have never seen blood, and the casualties are very heavy. So far, nearly 200 people have been killed and countless wounded, and the troops are also very tired and unable to fight again. Therefore, the grandson-in-law has the courage to ask his grandfather to send his direct subordinates The army is put in the reserve team, and I hope my grandfather will give me permission."

"Now you know that credit is not so easy to grab?" Old man Wu laughed treacherously, and cursed kindly: "Grandfather told you a long time ago that when the decisive battle comes, there will be plenty of merit to be claimed. The outpost before the decisive battle How much credit does Zhan Neng have? You, a rookie, wanted to grab it, and now you regret it, don’t you?”

"Son-in-law is also regretting it now, only regretting that he didn't listen to his grandfather's kind words." Fatty Lu replied dejectedly.

"Forget it, it's useless to regret now, let's practice slowly." Old man Wu smiled treacherously, and said: "That's it, starting tomorrow, your army will retreat to the rear to rest and act as a reserve team. The main force of the dog, if you go up and clean the battlefield, search and kill all the defeated soldiers, although the credit is not great, it is better than nothing."

Fatty Lu's treacherous plan succeeded again, so naturally he flattered the sky and hurriedly thanked him.The old traitor Wu yawned again, and urged, "What's the other thing? Tell me quickly, my grandfather is very old, and he is really tired."

"Grandfather, the second thing is about the tactics of our army's decisive battle with the main force of Manchu." Fatty Lu became serious, and said in a deep voice: "Tonight, grandfather and the generals decided to resolutely implement the established tactics of two-wing defense and a frontal decisive battle , although the son-in-law also expressed his approval, but the son-in-law is still worried about one thing, if Man Gou does the opposite, then we will be too passive."

"Why did Mangou do the opposite?" It was a matter of decisive battle tactics, so the traitorous old man Wu inevitably raised his spirits and asked sternly.

"Grandfather, please come here." Fatty Lu invited the old traitor Wu to the side of the sand table, pointed to the Wu army's defense line and said, "Grandfather, please see, after the hard work of our soldiers, the two wings of our army on the main battlefield are densely fortified. , effectively restrained Mangou's best cavalry interspersed and roundabout tactics. But the biggest weakness of this line of defense is that the line of defense is too long, with a total length of more than [-] miles. On such a long front, our strength can only be said to be barely If it can be maintained, if the two wings are full of dogs, then our troop mobilization will be stretched."

"What my son-in-law is most worried about now is that if Mangou sees through our army's tactics, deliberately does not come to attack the front by force, and adjusts the tactics to a frontal confrontation of elite cavalry to contain the main force of our army. If it consumes more troops, even if our army is not afraid, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, which will not be conducive to your next comprehensive counterattack, grandfather."

"It makes sense." The old traitor Wu stared at the sand table and asked ponderingly: "Then what do you think should be done? Arrange some of the new firearms on the two wings?"

"Absolutely not." Fatty Lu shook his head resolutely, and said in a deep voice: "The new firearms are our best way to suppress the bottom of the box. If they are exposed early, they will only scare the dogs away, and will not achieve a surprising effect. So my son-in-law believes that in our army Only a small number of grenade throwers can be deployed on the two wings as a precaution, so as not to scare Mangou away, causing our army to wipe out the main force of Mangou on the main battlefield.

"Then what do you think should be done?" Old Traitor Wu asked again.

"Grandfather, my son-in-law feels that if Mangou is determined to attack the two wings of our army by force and force our army to consume our troops, then our army can follow the plan and set up a small trap on the two wings, in turn forcing the main force of Mangou to attack our main position head-on." Fatty Lu had a sinister smile on his face, and whispered into Old Man Wu's ear...

"Hahahahahaha!" The old man Wu laughed out loud, and praised repeatedly: "Good boy, with you, I did not marry my granddaughter to you for nothing! Now I sincerely hope that the old dog Oboi would best send two If someone who is strong enough comes over to attack our two wings, then our trap will be more effective!"

Laoqiu Ba’s thinking was similar. After being told by old man Wu, on the second day, which was also the seventh day of June in 11, the 17 Qing troops on the front line were all on hold. They set up camp and took the time to rest. Get ready for the third day of the final battle.The old traitor Wu did not waste his troops to harass the Qing army that was waiting in full battle. He also asked the soldiers to take time to rest and prepare for the decisive battle on the third day. Even the scout battle that had been fought for several days was stopped. No longer trying to venture into the enemy's rear for reconnaissance, just turn to defense in an all-round way, so as not to be sneaked behind the enemy's own army by enemy scouts and expose the military aircraft.

While the [-] soldiers of Wu Sangui Army were actively preparing for the battle, the Qujing Green Battalion under which Fatty Lu was directly subordinate was of course taking the time to rest and prepare for the battle. After grinding [-] grenades from Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi with a cheeky face, Fatty Lu dropped them all. It was issued to the soldiers of the Qujing Green Camp, and two orders were issued. One is that there is no military order, and no generals and soldiers are allowed to use grenades, and good steel must be left on the edge of the knife; the second order is-each soldier prepares dry food for five days , Be prepared that you will not be able to get food and grass supplies within five days!

On the third day, the eighth day of June in Kang Mazi, 11, the sky was clear, cloudless, and the sky was twilight. Before the rising red sun could climb up the foot of the mountain, the 17 mite troops from the Maoshan camp had already mobilized.The army lined up in a neat formation, with flags of various colors fluttering in the wind in the morning sun, and the black mass of people was like a huge cancerous tumor, slowly advancing towards the Wu army's position, the earth trembled, and the mountains trembled.

At the same time, the horn of Wu Jun's camp blew, and a group of Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers came out of the camp, like tumbling dragons, shouting the slogan "Follow the heavens to beg for thieves, kill Oboi" and slow down. Slowly rushed to the preset position that had been prepared for half a year, waiting for the collision of blood and flesh, the fight between life and death, the decisive battle between justice and evil!
I rely on!It seems that something is wrong. Is there justice for the mite Qing army and the Wu old traitor army?

(End of this chapter)