scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 286

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When the sun rose to the middle of the sky, on the land of Dagutang, the second main battlefield between the Wu army in northern Jiangxi and the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, and the only way from Nankang Fucheng to Meijiazhou, the Wu army led by Gao Dejie was on the sidelines. Meet face to face with the Nanchang Qing Army led by Zhao Guozuo, a veteran of the Mite Qing Dynasty. On this open battlefield, a contest of life and death will begin, a duel of victory and defeat!
This is a duel between evil and justice. As the loyal lackey and hard-core accomplice of the old traitor Wu, Gao Dejie is not only the vanguard of the old traitor Wu's team entering Burma, the executor who captured Emperor Yongli alive, but also Wu The powerful accomplice of the old traitor who resisted national integration, the executioner who brutally slaughtered the descendants of Mrs. Shexiang, and the eternal sinner who destroyed the spread of culture. Gao Dejie is undoubtedly one of the culprits in such a popular historical drama!

However, as a party of justice, the old general Zhao Guozuo of the Qing Dynasty can be said to have made outstanding military exploits and has a long history. As early as in the Tiancong period of the Qing Dynasty, he had followed my Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty to fight in the east and west, and conquered the south and the north. And after I entered the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, General Zhao participated in the famous Yangzhou Ten-Day Bandit Suppression War, the Jiading Three-Day Bandit War, and the Yijian Jiangyin Battle of the Bandits. , Inlaid with a white flag, the Han army's Gushan forehead is true!Later, our old general Zhao of the Qing Dynasty successfully wiped out the harassment and destruction of the southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty by the rebel Zheng Chenggong, and smashed Zheng Chenggong's rebels' ambition to occupy the important town of Nanjing in the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop, and maintained a harmonious and stable Daqing. The prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, established an inexhaustible meritorious service for my Qing Dynasty!It can be said that he deserves the official title of Admiral of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty!

The comparison of the strength of the two sides is as follows. The Wu army has [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. The Qing army has more than [-] cavalry and about [-] infantry. The Wu army has a certain advantage in strength, but it is not very obvious.Therefore, after initially ascertaining the enemy's situation, Gao Dejie quickly made tactical arrangements, and asked his deputy Wu Yonghua, Gao Qi, and Li Xiongfei to lead the Wu army's infantry to form a central formation. For the Qing army, he and his brother Gao Hongchen divided the [-] cavalry into two and placed them on the two wings of the infantry, ready to launch a flank raid at any time.

At the same time, Zhao Guozuo also quickly made a tactical choice. Since the scouts detected that the Meijiazhou Ferry in the north had already started fighting, Zhao Guozuo decisively gave up his plan to break through the Wu army's blockade, and decided to implement the second tactical goal assigned to him by Hill Gen. That is to say, the main force of the Wu army who entangled Gao Dejie to relieve pressure on other battlefields.So Zhao Guozuo decisively ordered the Qing army to stop in a wide area about five miles away from the Wu army, and arranged a circular formation conducive to holding on, with swordsmen and spearmen outside, archers and musketeers inside, and cavalry hidden in the center of the circle. The poisonous snake is coiled up, ready to spit out deadly venom at any time.

At the beginning of noon, the two armies had just finished forming their formations. Gao Dejie, who likes to run and fight, took the lead in launching the offensive. He waved his flag and ordered Gao Hongchen on the left wing to attack first. Shoot and kill the soldiers of the Qing army on the periphery, and patiently look for flaws in the Qing army's formation.Under the command of Zhao Guozuo, the soldiers of the Qing army held their ground calmly and fought back desperately with bows, arrows and muskets. They also kept shooting and killing the Wu army cavalry who came into range.Arrows and lead bullets came and went like locusts in mid-air, and the screams and hisses of soldiers and horses hit by arrows could be heard endlessly.

They circled the Qing army circle for more than a dozen circles. Given that the Qing army's bows, arrows and muskets were too dense, the Wu army cavalry led by Gao Hongchen could not find an ideal breakthrough point, and gradually became a little bit impatient. Gao Dejie resolutely refused and ordered: "Our army's cavalry is precious and should not be wasted at will. Return to the left wing to regroup and replenish ammunition and bows."

The order was conveyed, Gao Hongchen's army retreated to the left wing of the self-army formation to rest, the Qing army cheered thunderously, Zhao Yue, the son of Zhao Guozuo, and his beloved general Chang Jinggong flew to Zhao Guozuo to ask for a fight, and asked Zhao Guozuo to allow the cavalry of the self-army to attack and kill Gao Hongchen’s retreating team, Zhao Guozuo resolutely refused, and shouted: "No way! Have you seen those giant arrows in front of Wugou's formation? According to the confession of Wugou soldiers captured by our army before, they are called rockets. The more than 2 cavalry in Aozhongtang back then were In front of these rockets, they died in less than a moment! Our cavalry will only die in vain if they attack!"

"Father, what should we do?" Zhao Yue asked worriedly.

"Wait patiently." Zhao Guozuo said solemnly, "Wu Gou was not willing to use this powerful field weapon in the previous Jiujiang Wars. It can be seen that the number of such rockets in Wu Gou's hands is not small. , it is difficult to supply, so Wu Gou has been using it sparingly. Now it is deployed in front of the formation, obviously to use it to destroy our cavalry. The protection of the cavalry will be destroyed for a while. So we can only wait patiently until Wu Gou can't hold back and use up these new firearms, and our cavalry will be useful."

At this time, the cavalry led by Gao Hongchen had retreated to the left wing of the Wu army. As soon as they held their positions, Gao Dejie had personally led the cavalry of the Wu army on the right wing to attack. Adopting the previous tactics, they circled the Qing army circle in a counterclockwise direction, constantly using bows and arrows to attack. The muskets shot and killed the Qing soldiers on the periphery, and the Qing soldiers fought back desperately. The two hundred cavalry behind the Wu army suddenly broke away from the brigade, strode obliquely and strode to narrow the distance from the Qing army's circle, and the Qing soldiers who had just finished firing quickly reloaded their guns. While filling the bombs, the two hundred Wu army cavalry suddenly threw more than 100 grenades sideways, and quickly ran away and rejoined the brigade. The grenade entered the Qing army and exploded. Flying, there was chaos on the ground for a long distance.

"Damn! There's still this move!" Zhao Guozuo cursed, and hurriedly shouted: "Keep the density of bows, arrows and muskets, don't stop, never stop!"

The order was conveyed, and the Qing army's bow, arrow and muskets fired arrows more intensively, but Wu Jun only used the grenade tactics just once again, so he didn't waste it anymore. He just continued to harass the Qing army's periphery with the original bow, arrow and musket, and continued to search patiently. The formation of the Qing army was flawed.At the same time, the Qing army's stockpile of arrowheads and musket ammunition was rapidly decreasing without knowing it, and the speed was getting faster and faster-this was a field battle on the plains, and the Qing army had no place to supply ammunition and arrows.

After going around the Qing Army's circle for more than a dozen circles, they still couldn't find any flaws in the Qing Army's tortoise formation. The Wu Army's cavalry, who had run out of arrows and ammunition, had to retreat to the right wing to rest and replenish, watching Gao Dejie's banner disappear. In the dust and smoke brought up by the horseshoe, Zhao Yue spat heavily, and said with a sneer: "It is said that the tall and brave are brave and good at fighting, and their bravery is extraordinary, but that's it, even if you don't have the guts to charge our army, you can be considered a brave general." ?”

"What kind of tricks is this Wu dog Gao Dejie playing?" Zhao Guozuo was also puzzled, and secretly said: "I heard that this Wu dog is Wu Sangui's favorite general, and he has never fought since he joined the Wu dog army. After losing a battle, how could you fight so timidly and use such passive and conservative tactics?"

"Military Gate, Military Gate." Xu Zhen, the commander-in-chief in charge of the outer defense, ran up quickly, cupped his hands and said, "I want to report to the Military Gate, our infantry's arrows and ammunition are running low, please send them to the Military Gate for preparation." Fight again!"

"Arrows and ammunition are almost used up?" Zhao Guozuo was stunned, and asked in surprise: "Why are they used up so quickly? I remember that when we set off, our army's infantry archers each carried two pots of arrows, a total of sixty arrows, and each musketeer carried two pots of arrows. Two dendrobium gunpowder can fire more than 20 shots, why did it run out so quickly?"

"No way, in order to prevent Wu Gou from approaching and throwing grenades, our army had to use a lot of bows, arrows and muskets to suppress them, so they used them very quickly." Xu Zhen replied helplessly, and added rather aggrieved, "Also, yes According to the order you gave at the military gate, bows and arrows and muskets must not stop."

"How many arrows and gunpowder does our army have?" Zhao Guozuo suddenly thought of a big event again when he looked at the arrows on the distant battlefield that were white and dense like reeds.

"Going back to the commander-in-chief, it's not counted as the cavalry." Zhao Yue pointed to the baggage cart in the distance, and replied, "There are still [-] pots of arrows and [-] hu of gunpowder, which are just enough for the bows and arrows in our army. Each hand supplies two pots of arrows, and each musketeer supplies two dendrobium of gunpowder."

Sweat dripped from Zhao Guozuo's forehead, and he finally understood Gao Dejie's tactical purpose. Gao Dejie's cavalry fled to fight, and the bows and arrows and ammunition were not consumed much, while the Qing army used bows, arrows and muskets to suppress the Wu army's cavalry raids and prevent them from attacking. The cavalry of the Wu army approached to drop bombs, and the consumption of arrowheads and ammunition was naturally astonishing. Now that the army is far away from the rear and has nowhere to supply, when the bows and gunpowder are exhausted, what will I have to resist Gao Dejie's best cavalry assault?
Thinking of this, Zhao Guozuo suddenly remembered a major event. In the previous Jianchang War, Gao Dejie personally burned all the food and grass he brought from Nanchang. Although he transported some supplies from Nanchang during this period, They also relied on the support of friendly troops from Hukou, but the stockpile situation was far from restored to the peak state when they set off from Nanchang. That is to say, before the start of the war, Gao Dejie probably predicted that his long-range weapons would not be sufficient. !

"Father commander, going on like this is not an option." Zhao Yue also came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "If our army continues to stand passively in place, until the arrows and ammunition are used up, there will be no way to stop Wu Gou's cavalry raid It is! We must take the initiative to attack and break Wu Gou's wishful thinking."

"There is no other way, but this is the only way." Zhao Guozuo had no choice but to point to Wu Jun's right wing and shouted: "Yue'er, Jinggong, you two led three thousand cavalry to charge Wu Gou's right wing. Gao Dejie just came from the battlefield. Withdraw back, the horses and soldiers are very tired, this is an opportunity! But remember, you can only outflank and attack the front of the Wugou formation!"

Zhao Yue and Chang Jinggong took the order to go, organized the cavalry to attack, and the Qing army's circular formation also opened a gap, released the cavalry from the army, and then quickly closed and formed a dense group again.Seeing this scene on Wu Jun's side, Gao Dejie couldn't help laughing and said: "The tortoise array full of dogs has finally moved, pass the order, Gao Hongchen's left-wing cavalry continues to wait for the fighter, the infantry advances in a large formation, clears the way with rockets, and explodes the dog formation The tortoise array is mixed with Mangou! Fight more and beat less, and chop Mangou hard!"

"General, it's too wasteful to use rockets to fill up dog cavalry?" Guo Yingfu, the deputy cavalry general of the Wu army next to him, was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded: "It is the habit of our army that precious rockets are used to blow up dog cavalry."

"That's because everyone else is afraid of cavalry warfare, but I, do I need to be afraid?" Gao Dejie, whose cavalry combat ability can definitely rank among the top three in the Wu army, sneered loudly, and said: "Old man Zhao Guozuo has only four cavalry soldiers. Thousands, I have a total of five thousand cavalry, and if there are more or less, rockets will be used, won't it make others laugh out loud?"

Guo Yingfu suddenly realized, he quickly flattered a few times, and sent someone to pass the order on a flying horse.A moment later, the cavalry of the Qing army roundabout and outflanked the right flank of the Wu army. Regardless of the exhaustion of the soldiers and horses, Gao Dejie yelled, "Boys, I am tired of being bullied by dogs! Charge back, let them see, kill them!" Full of dogs, will our Yunnan-Guizhou cavalry get tired!"

After all, Gao Dejie swung his sword and personally led the right-wing cavalry to launch a counter-charge against the Qing army cavalry. The Wu army cavalry behind them also roared like thunder, and rushed behind Gao Dejie's banner. Army cavalry.At the same time, Gao Qi and Li Xiongfei, who commanded the Wu army's infantry formation, also waved their flags, urged the Wu army's infantry formation, pushed a light and simple rocket launcher, and rhythmically shouted the slogan of the Great Zhou, trotting all the way towards Zhao Guozuo The tortoise formation slowly but firmly pushed towards the front of the Qing army brigade.

"Steady your ground, prepare your bow, arrow and musket!" Zhao Guozuo didn't expect that Gao Dejie would urge the precious rocket team to charge his tortoise formation, so he was caught off guard and could only shout, "Cavalry prepare, Wu Gou's rockets are exhausted, Attack now!"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" When the Wu army infantry rushed within two miles of the Qing army brigade, Li Xiongfei, the general of the Wu army who commanded the rocket array, waved his flag, and the three hundred soldiers who had been installed on the rocket car The three rockets were ignited together, and amidst the sharp sound of piercing through the air, the three hundred rockets whizzed and shot straight at the Qing army's tortoise array with streaks of white smoke...

"Kill!" At the same time, the cavalry of the Wu army led by Gao Dejie had already collided with the cavalry of the Qing army, and there was an extremely ferocious sound of gold and iron colliding and the sound of people roaring and horses neighing. The most authentic cavalry saber battle was also carried out on the battlefield of Dagutang......

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At the same time, on the Meijiazhou battlefield, the infantry of the Wu army led by Hu Tongchun had completely mixed up with the infantry of the Qing army led by Shi Jiabao, and a bloody hand-to-hand battle broke out. Holding an ax and saber, they fought on their own, slashing and killing the enemy frantically, and there were waves of scalp-numbing shouts of killing, the sound of gold and iron colliding, and dying screams, and some of them were chopped off. Some hands and feet were cut off from the sky, blood splashed like rain, broken limbs and arms flew all over the sky, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and blood flowed down the pier, dyeing the water surface near the pier pink.

At this time, the second wave of the Qing army's troop transport fleet had already docked at the pier, and the Qing soldiers on the troop transport jumped off the pier with shouts, jumped into the shallow water, rushed to the land with red eyes, and joined the battle group.Wu Jun's mother-child artillery team also opened fire again, pouring shells one after another onto the head of the Qing troop transport fleet, frantically bombarding the Qing army ships and the Qing soldiers on the deck who were about to land, and the Qing soldiers hid in the room. One after another fell into the river, the sound of ship collisions, explosions, shouts of killing, slogans, screams of drowning and screams of dying merged into one, echoing for ten miles, even in the Qing army camp on the east bank of Poyang Lake, Can still hear clearly.

"General, General!" At this moment, Kong Fanlin, the chief scout of Fatty's Army, patted his horse and rushed back to the Wu army's banner, knelt down on one knee in front of Fatty Lu, clasped his fists and said, "Report to General, full of dogs!" The Navy's escort fleet suddenly went north, joined the main force of the Mangou navy in the Xiazhongshan area, went upstream, and headed towards Jiujiang City! The general suspects that the Mangou navy probably intends that the main force of our army has left Taking advantage of the opportunity of the city, launch an attack on the water gate of Jiujiang!"

"Don't worry about them, keep watching." Fatty Lu waved his hand, then turned to Quan Jie and ordered: "General, Hu Tongchun has been completely mixed up with Man Gou, and it will be very difficult for Ming Jin to withdraw. Lead three thousand infantry up. Bringing Hutongchun's team back, more than 1 Mangou have landed on the west bank, no matter how generous the old fox Xiergen is, he has no courage to leave it alone."

"Decree!" Quan Jie agreed with clasped fists, and hurried down to organize the army to attack.

"Brother Lu...General." Kong Fanlin, who did not leave immediately, hesitated for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "General, the scouts in charge of the last general also found that some warships full of dogs had a deep draft, and seemed to be carrying troops. Inside, could it be a slap in the face? A feigned attack on Meijiazhou Wharf, an actual attack on Jiujiang Water Gate, and by the way, want to eat our navy?"

"Very good, it's good that you can be so careful. You can count on your hard work if you can analyze the sound of dogs all over the world." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and then smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter, I have already arranged a grand banquet, just waiting Treat this surprise army full of dogs."

(End of this chapter)