scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 270 Battle Before the Camp
"Brothers! This is all of my Dong Weiguo's net worth! Some are saved by my ancestors, some are rewarded by my master, and some are saved by myself! There are also house deeds, land deeds, and land deeds! Together they can be worth 10,000+ taels of silver!"

"Brothers, I, Dong Weiguo, don't want to say any more. You should have heard about the grievances and injustices I suffered! I have no other way to cleanse myself, so I can only ask you now, use me and Your blood, go to wash away the shame of the Qing Dynasty, and wash away the grievances of Dong Weiguo!"

"Wu Gou has the ingenious lewd skills of the red-haired foreign ghost. We in the Qing Dynasty have bow horse riding and shooting. Our bow horse riding and shooting will never be afraid of Wu Gou's ingenious lewd skills! Go up and mess with Wu Gou, victory belongs to us!"

"Brothers, Dong Weiguo will not let you work for nothing! The head of Lu Yifeng's thief is not counted as being given to you by the court. All my money belongs to you!"

"Kill! Long live the Qing Dynasty!"

After delivering an exciting pre-war speech to the [-] troops of the direct descendants who had assembled in an emergency out of the city, Dong Weiguo mounted his horse with a knife and roared to take the lead. He rushed towards the Fatty Army camp in the northwest.The soldiers of the Qing army on the city wall at the back were also shouting loudly, beating drums frantically to cheer for the fallen army and their respected and beloved governor.Only our son Zhangtai Pei sneered again and again, and sneered at the nasty performance of Governor Dong, who was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country.

You can't blame Governor Dong for being short-tempered and impulsive, and you can't blame Governor Dong for gambling with [-] lives for himself. The key is that Fatty Lu's tricks are too wicked. Not to mention the fact that Governor Dong is suspected, the timing is extremely well chosen. Appropriate, so that the enemy dare not take it lightly even if they feel that something is wrong-otherwise, if it were normal, Governor Dong would be temporarily suspended, waiting for the Qing court to send another official to check, and it would probably only be a matter of time before the truth was revealed.

However, now that Wu Jun is approaching the city and Jiujiang City is in danger, Dong Weiguo is charged with such suspicions, not to mention the son of Zhangtai Beizi, even if Kang Mazi is here, and the old witch of Xiaozhuang is in Jiujiang, she must not dare to take it lightly. Choosing to temporarily detain Governor Dong and temporarily deprive him of all powers will definitely bring bad luck to Governor Dong's confidantes in the army. No one can afford the consequences of Governor Dong's faction defecting.So there is no way, Governor Dong has only two options left. The first option is to obediently arrest him and go to the capital to wait for a slow investigation. The second option is to find a way to immediately prove his innocence and keep the existing power. status.

If the generals of the Qing army in Jiujiang City were replaced by other people, such as Yue Le, Tu Hai, or La Bu, Governor Dong would probably choose the first route, because the military power in Jiujiang would completely fall into the hands of these people Even if he still can't beat the Wu army in the field, there is still great hope for defending Jiujiang Jiancheng, but does Governor Dong have the courage to completely hand over such an important Jiujiang city to Master Zhangtai Beizi, who is familiar with military books and has a deep understanding of strategy?When Jiujiang falls, the connection between Nanchang and Anqing, the two important towns, will be cut off by the Wu army, and they will be in a predicament of fighting each other. Even if Governor Dong is proved innocent, will he still have bad luck?Maybe it will be too late for Governor Dong to be escorted to the capital, and Jiujiang City, which is demoralized and weak in command, has already been breached by the Wu army, let alone Governor Dong's chance of innocence and survival.

Since the choice of the first path is not to die, but to go to the dungeon to be with the unlucky Yue Le, Tu Hai, and Cai Yurong, it is better to choose the second path and take a gamble, leading an army that dares to die and fight against the enemy. Wu Jun will fight to the death, if he can really cut off Fatty Lu's dog's head, it will not only prove his innocence, but also make a world-class contribution to the Qing Dynasty; Divisive tricks will also be self-defeating, so Governor Dong's decision seems impulsive and thoughtless, but in fact it is the only correct decision after repeated weighing and taking into account the interests of all parties.

Let's get to the point, the Qing army team led by Dong Weiguo went out of the city to gather. Naturally, such a big move could not be hidden from the eyes of the fat army scouts.And when the scouts sent the news to Fatty's army's tent, Wu Jun's generals who were skeptical about Fatty Lu's predictions before were inevitably taken aback, and Han Daren, who had a bet with Fatty Lu, couldn't believe his ears. , asking the scout several times whether they reported an error, until he repeatedly confirmed that there was no error, Han Daren blurted out and exclaimed: "Is Jiujiang Mangou crazy?"

"General Han, you are finally right this time. Man Gou is indeed crazy." Fatty Lu took over the conversation and said to the generals in the tent: "Generals, I have concluded that Man Gou will take the initiative to attack this time. I came here with the determination that there will be no return, so this battle must be very cruel and bloody. Please be mentally prepared, all generals, and let the soldiers be mentally prepared. Don't think about our army's field advantage before. , let Man Gou take this opportunity lightly and give Man Gou an opportunity, do you understand?"

"Last generals, please remember the general's teachings!" Most of the fat generals clasped their fists and agreed from the bottom of their hearts. Although Gao Dejie, Han Daren, Gao Hongchen and other Wu army veterans were not completely convinced of Fatty Lu, they were quite convinced. In order to admire Fatty Lu's ingenious calculation, he also clasped his fists and agreed.

"Lord Lu, the last general asks for orders to fight!" Wang Xu, who had no chance to participate in the Ruichang battle before, was the first to ask for the battle. He clasped his fists and said, "The last general is willing to lead [-] troops out of the camp to fight. .”

"No, don't leave the camp." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "It's already dark, and our army hasn't figured out the enemy's strength and composition. Rushing out of the camp to fight is tantamount to taking risks. So the safest thing to do , or rely on the camp to defend, first consume the enemy's physical strength and morale, and then wait for an opportunity to defeat the enemy."

"Then I will ask you to guard the gate of the camp!" Wang Xu changed his words.

"Yes, with your [-] troops, bring more muskets, bows and arrows, and spears. Go to the gate of Qianzhai and stand firm. If the enemy comes, just use muskets, bows and arrows to kill the enemy." Fatty Lu was still very cautious in using troops, and ordered: "Qin Obey the order bravely, take your one thousand firing needle gun team, go to the camp gate to help General Wang Xu guard the camp, listen to General Wang Xu's orders, and use the three-stage shooting technique I taught you to kill the enemy."

Wang Xu and Fatty Lu's cousin Qin Yong agreed together, and Wang Xu asked again: "Lord Lu, shall we use rockets and artillery to fight together?"

"Our Dazhou army attacked from multiple directions, and it was difficult to supply logistically. The rockets and shells were missing one by one, so it was difficult to supply." Fatty Lu said in a deep voice: "In the field battle at night, the vision is unclear, and the rockets and artillery shells are very difficult to supply." It's hard to fully exert its power, Anqing is full of dogs and cavalry, so don't waste it here, understand?"

Wang Xu didn't speak, and as soon as he cupped his hands, he and Qin Yong rushed out of the tent to make arrangements. Fatty Lu then turned to the other generals and said: "Li Tianzhi and Kong Fanlin obey orders. You two will each lead two thousand infantry in the central army. The old man Mangou is tired, and after receiving my order, he immediately rushed to the gate of the village and launched a counterattack against Mangou!"

The second general agreed, and Fatty Lu turned to Gao Dejie and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, please gather three thousand cavalry to wait for orders at the back gate of the camp. When the opportunity comes, leave the camp from the back door and go back to Mangou's back, and then what?" Do it, brother Gao shouldn't need to emphasize it, right?"

"Of course." Gao Dejie agreed with a smile.Fatty Lu then instructed the generals: "The rest of the generals should guard their camps safely. If the dogs attack our camps from other places, they can shoot randomly with bows and arrows. They are not allowed to leave the camp without orders."

The remaining generals of the Wu army agreed together, and Han Daren added, "General, what about the last general? Does the last general have an errand?"

"For you, bring your troops with you to rest." Fatty Lu replied with a smile: "When we kill this team of Mangou who left the city to die, our army will take advantage of the trend to attack the city. At that time, General Han, you You have to abide by the bet." The Wu army generals laughed together, Han Daren was extremely embarrassed, and he bowed his hands and refused to agree, while Lu Fatty led a team of personal soldiers to the watchtower outside the big tent, condescendingly observing the battlefield situation , so that commands can be issued at any time.

Wu Jun's dispatch of troops had just finished, and the [-] Qing troops led by Dong Weiguo had already rushed to the vicinity of Wu Jun's camp.At this time, Fatty Lu's previous conservative choice had played a role. The Wu Army camp located on the official plate was short at the front and back, high in the middle, and guarded by the Yangtze River in the north. Attacking the camp by the back door, it is obviously unwise to attack the camp by the back door which is further west. Fatty Lu chose the tactic of relying on the camp and sticking to it, and refused to send troops out of the camp to fight in the field.Dong Weiguo, who was full of fighting spirit, was so angry that he had no choice but to order the [-] Qing troops to be divided into four teams, with more than [-] people in each team, and charged at the main gate of the Wu army camp in turn.

After the rounds were arranged, the battle drums sounded, and the first team of the Qing army rushed towards the gate of the Wu army's camp with strange screams. The tide rushed to the main gate of the Wu army's camp. Qin Yong, who was not very experienced in the battlefield, repeatedly asked the soldiers to shoot at will. He had to wait for the Qing army to enter the effective range before firing according to the signal. He held his breath and waited patiently.

On the one hand, relying on the fortifications to be as stable as a rock, on the other hand, they charged with all their strength to quickly close the distance. The Qing army rushed to the range of the Wu army's archers and gunmen without any hindrance. Wang Xu ordered the drums to be sounded, and the well-prepared Wu army soldiers shot immediately. Arrows and crossbows were fired, and Qin Yong's team in the center immediately pulled the firing pin gun. The first team fired and immediately retreated to reload, and replaced the second and third teams to shoot, taking turns in this way, always maintaining the density of firepower.Amidst the sound of bullets, bows and arrows piercing the air, the Qing soldiers charging forward lay down like harvesting wheat. The Qing soldiers behind did not dare to retreat, but screamed strangely and just charged, shooting desperately to kill the Wu Jun guard behind the fortifications. soldier.

This was an almost one-sided massacre battle. The well-trained soldiers of the Wu army relied on their battalion to defend. In order to save their supplies, they didn't even use artillery. They hid behind the relatively safe stockade and just shot and fired arrows. Desperately shooting and killing the soldiers of the Qing army who rushed straight forward, the soldiers of the Qing army suffered heavy casualties in the face of the dense firepower of the Wu army. His companions trampled to death.In particular, the front of the gate guarded by Fatty Lu’s absolute lineage Qin Yongjun, which already fired extremely fast firing pin guns plus three-stage shooting, and the bullets were so dense that it was almost like a torrential rain. Almost none of the soldiers of the Qing army rushing in this direction could Rush to within fifty paces of the camp gate.

"Kill!" The firearms, bows and arrows of this era are still relatively weak after all, and the night's influence on vision further weakened the power of firearms. It is still very difficult for Wu Jun to shoot thousands of Qing soldiers on the road.After suffering heavy casualties, more than half of the soldiers of the Qing army rushed to the fence.However, when these lucky soldiers of the Qing army were struggling in the antlers and trenches, there was a loud bang in the Wu army's village, and countless spears suddenly stabbed out from behind the fence, rushing at the soldiers of the Qing army, and immediately threw the spears on their backs. The soldiers of the Baiqing Army stabbed them into blood.At the same time, the spearmen threw countless grenades from their backs, crossed the fence along a parabola, and fell into the ranks of the Qing army and exploded. As the shrapnel flew, one by one Qing soldiers screamed and fell into a pool of blood. The team was also in chaos.

"Kill Wu Dog!" A new shout came, and the second Qing army charged over, sprinting at the gate of the Wu army's barracks with all its strength. Greeting the Qing army soldiers whose eyes were red from being stimulated by the bounty of silver, they tried their best to shoot and kill the enemy. Step back and shoot, and continue to shoot the rear of the Qing army.The sound of killing in front of the camp gate was deafening, the arrows and arrows flew back and forth like locusts, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

In fairness, in history Dong Weiguo, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty who still defended Jiangxi despite being pinched by Wu Jun and Geng Jun, was indeed very good at tactical deployment and command. A round of infantry charges consumed the Wu army's ammunition, bows and arrows, and entangled Wu army in hand-to-hand combat in front of the fence, making Wu army unable to continue to display the most powerful muskets, creating a safe space for the Qing army's cavalry charge-this move, if it was our Changtai Master Bei Zi, that's something that can't be figured out or thought of no matter what.

The tactics were correct, but what caught Dong Weiguo off guard was that there was a group of Wu army musketeers at the main entrance of the Wu army camp in the middle of the position, whose muskets were far more powerful than he had imagined. They were still unable to rush to the front of the Wu army musketeers and entangle them.Moreover, the firing speed of this Wu army musketeer is so fast that it can only be described as terrifying, almost continuously, without a break, one team after another Qing army soldiers charged at them, no matter how they went forward, the corpses were already lying on the ground. They were piled up in front of them, and they couldn't rush within fifty steps of them, so that the Wu army's position always maintained a fairly wide opening for firepower, and the Qing cavalry never had a chance to charge in full.

Time passed by, and the fierce battle at the camp gate of the Wu army became more and more fierce. The corpses of Qing soldiers with high morale had already filled up several large sections of trenches, and most of the horse antlers were destroyed by the Qing army. , but there was still no Qing army that could break through the Wu army's defense line and enter the Wu army camp. They were always firmly blocked by the well-trained Wu army, with heavy casualties but no progress.As the casualties of the Qing army increased, Dong Weiguo began to lose his composure. In desperation, he had to order the third batch of troops composed of cavalry to charge and fight towards the gate of the Wu army camp with all their strength.

"Rumble!" Even though it was too dark to see the situation in the distance, Fatty Lu knew that the commander of the Qing army could not hold back just by hearing the sound of horseshoes, and was forced to join the main cavalry.At that moment, Fatty Lu did not hesitate, and immediately issued three orders. First, the Gaode Jie cavalry gathered in the back camp went out from the back door and went back to copy the back of the Qing army; Use bows and arrows to suppress the charge of the Qing cavalry; the third is to order Wang Xu to guard the stockade at all costs, and never let the Qing soldiers charge into the camp.

When Wu Yonghua's bow and arrow team rushed to the battlefield, the Qing cavalry had already rushed within a hundred steps of the camp. Although Qin Yong's musketeers tried their best to suppress them, there were too many Qing cavalry, and they couldn't kill so many in a while. Wu Yonghua Not daring to be negligent, he ordered Wu Jun's archers to throw arrows with all their strength, and the densely packed arrowheads fell on the Qing cavalry's heads like raindrops, which barely made the Qing cavalry's charge weak.Over there, Wang Xu was also roaring like thunder, commanding the spearmen of the Wu army to desperately stab the soldiers of the Qing army outside the fence, and even threw a large number of grenades to blow up the rear of the Qing army's infantry, using continuous explosions to stop the charge of the Qing army's cavalry. The horse-rejecting antlers outside the fence have almost been destroyed by the Qing infantry. If the Qing cavalry's charge is not slowed down quickly, the already crumbling fence of the Wu army camp may be overwhelmed by the Qing cavalry. .

"Master, although this Lu Yifeng dog thief has a despicable character, he is really a master of tactics." Observing Wu Jun's defensive tactics through the binoculars, Dong Weiguo was disappointed and despaired, and inevitably lamented, "No wonder the old thief Wu Sangui hand-picked him As the coach of Wugou East Road, Lu Yifeng, the Wugou barbarian, really has his own way. Soldiers are not disturbed at night, and generals are not chaotic at night. This Wugou is really a strong enemy of our Qing Dynasty Eight Banners .”

"My lord governor, the Wu dog cavalry came out from the back door of the camp, and they are rushing towards us in a detour!" At this time, the Qing army scouts had sent the news of the Wu army cavalry's detour to Dong Weiguo.Hearing this news, the generals of the Qing army next to Dong Weiguo inevitably began to panic. Dong Weiguo scolded Wu Gou for being cunning, and then shouted: "Brothers, don't panic, even if Wu Gou kills from behind, he won't be able to get there for a while." , the whole army charged! Even if you die, you have to rush into Wu Gou's camp gate and drag a bunch of Wu Gou to be buried with us!"

"Beat the drum, charge the whole army!" Without giving the generals a chance to refute, Dong Weiguo directly issued an order for the whole army to attack, and drew his sword and shouted: "Follow me and charge! Those who take a step back, beheaded! Don't break the Wugou camp!" , vow not to withdraw troops!"

"Kill!" Hearing the urging of the war drum, the last infantry group of the Qing army also started a full-scale charge - before they knew that the cavalry of the Wu army was approaching in a roundabout way, several Qing army generals beside Dong Weiguo cursed inwardly. Because Dong Weiguo didn't care about the life and death of the soldiers, and didn't dare to disobey the military order, he could only bite the bullet and charge with the army, heading towards the main gate of the Wu army camp.

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"Struggling to death!" Hearing the sound of war drums and shouts of killing from the Qing army's charge, Fatty Lu sneered first, and then said with a sneer: "Since you are here to give gifts, it will be too much for the general if you don't accept them." I'm sorry. Erlang, send an order to let the artillery team led by Yuer dispatch twenty pieces of cannon, aim at the camp outside the main gate, and give me a hard hit!"

After the respective tactics of the two warring parties were implemented in place, the already extremely fierce battle at the gate of the camp suddenly became fierce. First, all five thousand Qing troops rushed to the front of the Wu army camp, and launched waves of oppression against the crumbling Wu army camp. Then Wu Jun's mother and child cannons began to roar, smashing one after another flowering shells on the heads of the densely populated Qing army, and exploded one after another in the Qing army, creating waves higher than one wave. Waves of flesh and blood.But the Qing army, who had already made up their minds not to withdraw their troops until they broke the Wu camp, did not back down, and kept pressing on the Wu camp, as if they wanted to retreat the Wu camp.

"Kill!" In order to boost morale, Dong Weiguo almost rushed to the front line himself, brandishing a saber and just shouted, "If you don't break the bandit camp, you will not withdraw the troops! Everyone, call me-break through the Wugou camp, every time People reward a hundred taels of silver!"

"Break through the bandit camp, reward a hundred taels of silver!" Countless soldiers of the Qing army yelled after Dong Weiguo. Hearing such a roar, the soldiers of the Qing army who were already red-eyed fell into a state of madness, stabbing desperately The soldiers of the Wu army behind the fence were desperately pushing forward against the fence, their comrades, and even their corpses.One man is desperate, and ten men are unstoppable. Under the desperate rush of the Qing army, Wang Xu's team began to gradually become chaotic and timid. Several sections of the fence were deduced by the Qing army's students, and they could only rely on soldiers to block the Qing army's attack. Charge momentum.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xu was anxious and did not ask for help from Fatty Lu. He just stood up after thinking for a moment, took off his upper body armor, and shouted at the last eight hundred reserve team beside him with his shirtless arm and knife: "Brothers! , tell me, our Yungui brothers, are there any cowards?"

"No!" The eight hundred reserve team agreed in a loud voice.

"It's fine if you don't have one!" Wang Xu raised his knife and yelled, "If not, let Mangou see if our Yungui brother is a man or a coward! Follow me, Da Zhou!"

"Great Zhou!" The [-] Wu army reserve team roared, drew their swords and followed behind Wang Xu, rushing towards a fence that had been knocked down by the Qing army.

"Kill! Great Zhou—!" In the roar, Wang Xu, regardless of the danger of being bombarded by his own army's shells, took the lead in launching a countercharge against the Qing army from the collapsed fence, and rushed into the Qing army to hack and kill. The Wu army reserve team behind also rushed up with red eyes, rampaging in the Qing army team, hacking, stabbing and killing, and completely mingled with the Qing army team who were also red-eyed.Infected by the friendly army, the defense line of Wu Jun Zhaizhai, which had been crumbling before, was not only stabilized again, but also several Wu Jun troops also followed Wang Xu's example, killed from the collapsed Zhai Zhai, and launched a countercharge towards the Qing army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the cavalry of the Wu army led by Gao Dejie had already detoured to the back of the Qing army and launched a strong attack on the back of the Qing army. At this point in the battle, Dong Weiguo could not revive his morale no matter how much money he had. Now, the Qing army gradually began to disintegrate, and it was still able to maintain its formation. The stragglers who had no formation scattered or fled for their lives, or threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender—anyway, the Qing army prisoners from the previous Ruichang battle had already Spread the fat army's captive policy all over the world, as long as you surrender, you can save your life. Even if you don't want to join the Wu army, you can get [-] cents for your travel expenses home, which is far better than working your life for Dong Weiguo's invisible money. .

At this time, Fatty Lu finally sent out a counterattack signal, and Li Tianzhi's team and Kong Fanlin's team, who had been waiting behind Wang Xu's team for a long time, rushed forward with shouts, opened the gate of the village and directly attacked the exhausted and demoralized Qing army.As a result, the soldiers and generals of the Qing army also completely lost all fighting spirit and courage, and collapsed completely. Helplessly ordered: "Break out, don't let the soldiers be buried with me."

(End of this chapter)