scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 360 The Battle of Fanchang
In the first year of Zhaowu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and on May 14th in the [-]th year of Qingkang Mazi, the main force of the Fatty Army led by Lu Fatzi arrived at the foot of Fanchang City, and he led an army of [-] troops stationed here. He is good at field battles and has a high spirit, so he resolutely rejected the suggestion of his deputy Garhan to take advantage of the fat man's army's unstable foothold and go out of the city to fight with his back. , and strive to complete the task assigned by Lord Zhangtaizhang to hold back the main force of the fat man's army—although Le Erjin knows very well that Zhangtai's order is a typical order of disregarding reality.

The area from Fanchang to Wuhu has always been the main battlefield of the tug-of-war between the Fatty Army and the Qing Army. In the past year or so, Fanchang City has changed hands several times. Both the Qing Army and the Fatty Army have captured the city several times, and then They all gave up several times because there was no oil and water to fish and they were far away from the rear.After so much tossing and tossing, there are basically no good houses in Fanchang City. Many people died and injured in the flames of war, and fleeing seriously. So strict, but it has not yet fallen to the level of Eza, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, so after returning to Fanchang City this time, Leerjin simply let all these remaining people leave the city in advance to prevent them from being affected by the flames of war.

When defending the city without human support from the people, it may not have much impact. What worried Le Erjin most was Fanchang’s city defense. It has not been repaired and rebuilt, and can only be filled with straw sacks and sacks of soil, which is so fragile that it can be washed away by a heavy rain; and the moat is even more mixed, so blocked by earth and stone debris that even a child cannot be submerged, and it is impossible to stop it. Stop the progress of the fat army.

There is no other way, limited to the strict orders of Lord Zhang, Le Erjin, who has a strong sense of responsibility, can only follow the orders no matter how dissatisfied, and honestly do his best to strengthen the city defenses, repair the city walls and dig deep moats, prepare a lot of sacks, stones and sacks Wood and other materials for defending the city.But what Le Erjin didn't expect was that the Fat Man's Army was advancing so fast. It set off from Taiping Mansion on the morning of May 120th and traveled more than [-] miles. On the evening of May [-]th, the forward team of the Fat Man Army led by Han Daren had already Arrived in the outskirts of Fanchang, and then on May [-]th, the main force of the Fatty Army also arrived in Fanchang, leaving no time for Le Erjin to prepare.

The only thing that makes Leerjin more gratified is that, judging from the fact that the main force of the Fatty Army has arrived at Fanchang City in more than two days, the Fatty Army should not have brought too much food and grass this time—otherwise the marching speed must not be so fast, so Fanchang As long as the Qing army can hold out for about ten days, even if there is no help from Prince Zhang, the main force of the fat army will be forced to retreat.At the same time, there is another point that is slightly beneficial to the Qing army, that is, because of sailing against the current, the Fatty Army Navy has just arrived at Sanshan Port, and there is still a distance from the Qing Army Navy stationed in Digang. unfavorable situation.

Before the war started, the scout battle had already started. In order to cut off the connection between Leerjin and Ghent Baturu, the reformed Han Daren personally commanded the cavalry of the fat army to encircle and suppress the scouts of the Qing army, and divided the two thousand cavalry of the fat army into Teams [-] and [-] launched a rigorous search and kill around Fanchang City, and the other five teams kept the mobile team. They immediately dispatched when they saw the fireworks signal, and assisted the friendly forces to strangle the Qing army scouts with all their strength. Not a single Qing army scout would be let go .Le Erjin knew that the fat man's intention to cut off his connection with Ghent Baturu must have no good intentions, so he organized the elite cavalry to go out of the city to fight against strangulation, and at the same time sent a letter to Ghent Batulu, demanding that Ghent Batulu Lu strictly guards Digang, and never sees his own handwritten letters. He must never land to rescue Fanchang City, so as not to let the fat man's army and sailors take advantage of it.

The bloody skirmish continued throughout the day on June [-]th. The Qing cavalry, who were proficient in riding and archery, and the fat cavalry who had been honed through hard work, exchanged guns and arrows in the wilderness and hills. There were many fierce battles. The Qing cavalry was slightly better in bows and arrows. After passing the fat man army, the cavalry of the fat man army completely defeated the Qing army in terms of weapons and equipment. During the whole day, the sounds of horseshoes, bows and arrows breaking through the air, muskets and grenade explosions in the outskirts of Fanchang never stopped. Army and Qing cavalry blood stained the battlefield.It wasn't until it was getting dark that the Fatty Army dispatched a large group of infantry to join the scouting battlefield, and the Qing cavalry was forced to retreat back to the city. However, Leerjin's letter to Ghent Baturu was also extremely lucky to break through the blockade of the Fatty Army and was delivered to the In the Baturu army in Ghent.

When the sky was completely dark, countless torches were ignited on the top of Fanchang City, and bonfires and torches as dense as stars were also ignited in the Fatty Army camp ten miles away, reflecting half of the sky red, making the sound of clanging siege weapons, It can be heard clearly even in the city of Fanchang.Feeling the soaring murderous aura, Le Erjin, who was commanding the Qing infantry on the city wall to strengthen the city defense overnight, was unavoidably worried, knowing that this time must be a tragic and unprecedented decisive battle, and it is very likely that it will be his last battle .

"Master Baylor, it's almost the second watch, go and rest for a while." Garhan approached him and kindly persuaded him: "Wu Gou may be attacking the city at dawn, Lord Baylor, you just need to rest and take a rest." Only when you have enough energy can you lead us to repel Wu Gou's attack, tonight, let the slaves stand on watch for you."

Le Erjin pretended not to hear it, and after a long while, Le Erjin sighed, turned back to Karhan and said, "It's okay, I won't be able to sleep anyway when I go back, I'll be on duty at night, you go to rest first, I'll be tired later, Find a place to take a nap."

"Lord Baylor, you haven't had a good rest for three days and three nights, you can't go on like this." Garhan pleaded, "I beg you on behalf of the whole army, you should take the time to rest for a while."

"I can't sleep." Le Erjin shook his head persistently, and then looked back at the Fatty Army camp eight miles west of Fanchang, Le Erjin suddenly said: "Garhan, if I can't go back, I asked you last time Please do it. Then tell my son, Le Erbet, to let him learn Chinese and Han characters well, and then quietly prepare for the identity of Han, maybe it will be useful in the future.”

"Lord Baylor, how can you say that?" Garhan was taken aback, "The situation in our Qing Dynasty is not that critical, is it?"

"The master has already conscripted himself, isn't it so critical?" Le Erjin smiled wryly, and said quietly: "Our master, I know better than anyone else, can be invincible in the world by playing tricks, on the battlefield—say If you say something rebellious, it is actually not much better than that idiot Zhang Tai, and you have met a Han hero like Lu Yifeng. This time, our Qing Dynasty, in all likelihood, is more than auspicious. But judging by the posture, I should walk here In front of the master."

Garhan stopped talking, knowing that what Leerjin said was the truth - it is conceivable how 'profound' Kang Mazi's military attainments are if he can appoint a fool like Zhangtai as the commander of the Western Front .With a wry smile, Garhan could only comfort in a low voice: "Lord Baylor must not think so, if the battle is unfavorable, we can also abandon the broken ground of Fanchang, break through and retreat to Tongling, where we will fight Wugou again. "

"It's not that simple." Le Erjin continued to shake his head, and said in a low voice, "I have given the order of Zhangtai's straw bag not to retreat a step. Anyone in Fanchang's [-] army can break through, but I can't. Otherwise, Once the Western Front is defeated, I will be responsible for all the scapegoats. Our Lord Zhang is hundreds of times better at shirking responsibility than he is at fighting."

"In the city of Anqing, there is a supervising army sent by the master. Lord Baylor, you can ask the supervising army to testify for you. The order given by that idiot Zhangtai is simply random!" Garhan said quickly.

"Naive!" Le Erjin cursed with a wry smile, and then said in a low voice: "Let's not say that the two idiot supervisors wear the same pants as Zhang Tai, even if they report the truth, the master will not spare me! I know! Why haven't I regained my title after I was stripped of it? In terms of performance alone, am I really inferior to Jie Shu and Yue Le, who were re-appointed as king? Actually, the reason is very simple, just one sentence can Explanation—After Emperor Taizong fell ill, my Amalek Dehun supported Prince Rui Dorgon to succeed to the throne! It is also because of this that my Ama, whose military achievements are not inferior to Dorgon and Duduo, was given I left behind a title of county king!"

Galhan was even more silent, and he was full of sympathy for Leerjin. Leerjin patted Galhan's shoulder and said in a low voice: "If it doesn't work, I will arrange for you to withdraw first. What I said Please." Garhan nodded silently, his eyes filled with tears.

Unlike Le Erjin, who was almost completely desperate, at the same time, Fatty Lu was full of pride in the tent of the fat man's army commander, and he declared to the fat man's generals with a red face: "One day! Break the Fanchang rule for me in one day!" Break the ground! Three days! Wipe out all the dogs in the city within three days!"

Fatty's army generals agreed in unison, Fatty Lu pointed at Gao Hongchen and Hu Tongchun again, and ordered: "At dawn tomorrow, Gao Hongchen, you will lead four thousand cavalry to ambush in the northwest of Fanchang, and be ready to rob and kill the rescuers in Digang at any time! Hutong Spring, you take five thousand infantry to Huanghu Town, and intercept and kill the defeated soldiers from Fanchang who fled to Tongling!"

"Decree!" Gao Hongchen, who was almost useless during the siege, agreed, but Hu Tongchun protested: "General, can I go to Huanghu Town with someone else? I am best at this kind of tough battle, so I should be left behind." here?"

"You can change it if you want, but if you suffer too many casualties, it will be time for a decisive battle with Emperor Mangou in the future, so don't grab any fat." Fatty Lu said with a sneer.

"Then it's better to go to Huanghu Town." Hu Tongchun quickly replied, and there was a happy chuckle in the handsome tent.

"The rest of the generals, hurry up and make preparations, and attack the city immediately at dawn tomorrow!" Fatty Lu stood up and shouted: "Mainly attack the east gate of Fanchang, pretend to attack the south gate, and leave the west gate and north gate for Mangou to escape. Full of dog soldiers! This battle is the first battle of our army's main force in Jiangnan. You generals must take the lead and take the lead bravely, and annihilate Leerjin Mangou in one battle!"

"Follow the general's orders!" Fatty's generals answered very neatly.

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The night passed quickly, just after Yinshi, when the sky was twilight, the fat man army who had a full meal left the camp. Gao Hongchen and Hu Tongchun Er led their troops to the preset battlefield, and Lu Fatzi led the main force to the east of Fanchang. 120 light and heavy artillery lined up in a row, loaded ammunition and ammunition to aim at the east gate of Fanchang, and at the same time sent Wang Xu to lead an army of [-] to move to the south gate of Fanchang with [-] artillery pieces. Set up a siege formation outside the south gate of Fanchang.

At the same time, the alarm gongs in Fanchang City were already ringing, and the soldiers of the Qing army rushed to the city. Le Erjin also quickly made adjustments and ordered his powerful deputy Garhan to lead an army of [-] to guard the south gate. Hu Shiying led [-] soldiers to guard the west gate, and Guarcha, the forward leader, led [-] troops to guard the north gate. Le Erjin himself led the remaining [-] troops to guard the east gate of the main battlefield.At the same time, he ordered the three gates of east, west and south to be blocked, in order to prevent Fatty Lu from blowing open the city gates again, leaving only the north gate unblocked, just in case.

At two o'clock in the morning, after the arrangement was completed, Fatty Lu sent envoys to fly a white flag to Fanchang City to surrender as usual. By the way, he announced the four-kill order of the Fatty's army. Leerjin, who was well-educated than Jie Shu, did not order the envoy to be killed, but just answered Fatty coldly. The military envoy said: "Go back and tell Lu Yifeng, my son, that my surname is Aixinjueluo. If you want my head, you can come. If you want me to surrender, it's a dream!"

The fat man's envoy turned around and left without answering, while Le Erjin turned to his subordinates and shouted: "Be careful, Wugou's artillery is coming! All the people in the ruined towers come out, there is no way to hide from the artillery, but only Buried alive! Prepare sacks and wooden fences, once the city wall is blown down by the Wugou artillery, immediately remedy it!"

"Cover." All the generals of the Qing army agreed together, and Baka, the deputy general, asked again: "Lord Belle, we also have two Hongyi cannons, should we fire back? Suppress the Wugou artillery formation?"

"Two cannons want to suppress more than 100 Wugou cannons? I'm afraid they will be blasted into scrap iron by Wugou's cannons as soon as they expose their positions?" Le Erjin smiled bitterly and ordered: "Don't waste it, let the gunners protect them Ammunition, carefully search for the location of Wu Gou's flag formation, and find the trace of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, you don't need to ask for instructions, just aim and shoot! If you are lucky and can kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief, Ben Belle will not only ask the court for his credit, but also send Reward him with half of the property!"

Baka agreed, and just as the order was passed on, earth-shattering roars erupted from the fat army artillery array lined up outside the city, and rows of shells rushed out of their chambers, smashing the sky and covering the disrepaired Fanchang City Wall, Le Erjin was not afraid of losing face, so he hid behind the arrow stack without saying a word, and shouted: "Hidden! Hide!"

"Boom!" The first flowering shell exploded on the Fanchang city wall, and then more flowering shells and solid shells bombarded the Fanchang city wall. Le Erjin behind the stack also seemed to be pushed violently, and sat down on the city wall. When he got up quickly, a shell hit the arrow stack in front of him. The gravel sprinkled all over Le Erjin's body, and Le Erjin's soldiers screamed in fright, and hurriedly pulled Le Erjin behind another arrow stack.

"Fortunately, it's not a flower bomb." In such a dangerous situation, Le Erjin, who had already made up his mind to die, not only did not panic at all, but smiled very easily: "If it was a flower bomb just now, the fat face of Lu Yifeng's child , will definitely burst into laughter."

Free and easy, Le Erjin, who experienced the power of the fat army's artillery for the first time, soon discovered that the person who underestimated the enemy and was blindly optimistic in this battle was not the arrogant and domineering Lu Fatty, but Le Er, who had already been cautious. Kam himself! The power of the volley of 150 artillery pieces is ten times that of Le Erjin's previous psychological preparation. After the first round of volley, the Fanchang city wall is already covered with bomb craters. And quickly gradually became riddled with holes, while the soldiers of the Qing army on the Fanchang city wall were like being in a hell of iron and fire, unable to raise their heads under the pressure of dense shells, they could only crawl on the city wall with ashen faces, trembling and praying, Occasionally, a few explosive shells fell on the top of the city wall, and immediately splashed countless waves of blood.

"Boom! Boom!" The fat army's cannons hit the city wall in an almost continuous manner, and the city wall also spewed out dust and dust one after another. The earth bag kept flying up and down, and was cut off more than half a foot in a short while.Seeing that the situation was not good, Le Erjin quickly ordered the soldiers of the Qing army to repair it with all their strength.

I have to admit that Le Erjin, who was called an annoying fly by Fatty Lu, was indeed far superior to the Qing Dynasty God of War Prince Zhang in terms of commanding the army. Still carrying the sack of earth and rushing towards the gap, throwing the sack of earth sack heavily into the gap in the city wall to repair the blockage again, even if the soldiers in front were smashed to pieces by the fat army artillery, the soldiers of the Qing army behind would not hesitate Stepping on the flesh and blood of his companions, he continued to move forward, one after another, without hesitation.At the same time, the only few gunners in the Qing army ignored the dust and smoke, and tried their best to keep their eyes wide open, nervously looking for the headquarters of the flag formation of the Fat Man Army, and also looking for the only hope of victory for the Qing army.

After more than half an hour of violent bombardment, the Fanchang City Wall, which had been in disrepair for a long time, suddenly "bang" loudly. Unable to withstand the salvo of artillery fire from the Fat Man Army, the northeast corner collapsed first, and a hole more than ten feet wide was blown out. There were thunderous cheers from all over the place, and the Qing army was terrified. Only Le Erjin remained calm, just grabbed Baka, and shouted: "Take someone to mend the hole. From now on, you will be responsible for repairing the city wall!"

"Cover!" Baka agreed loudly, and led the soldiers away at a gallop.De Yeli, a subordinate next to him, yelled: "Master Baylor, Wugou's artillery fire is too fierce! If this continues, please let the servants lead the cavalry to attack and destroy Wugou's artillery formation!"

"Wu Gou's Sanhao rocket is so powerful, aren't you afraid?" Le Erjin asked back.

"The slave's surname is Niu Gulu, defending is death, attacking is death, slave is willing to gamble!" De Yeli replied solemnly.

"Go, I'll give you a thousand cavalry." Le Erjin waved his hand, "Leave the city through the north gate."

De Yeli slapped Le Erjin a thousand, and immediately rushed down to the city without saying a word.A moment later, De Yeli led a thousand cavalry out of the city from the north gate, and made a detour towards the east gate. The fat man's army had already prepared, and the [-] cannons in the northeast turned their muzzles, aiming at De Yeli's cavalry The Sanhao rocket team, which was useless to attack the city, also took the opportunity to show their power by firing cannons and bombs, blasting out five or six hundred Sanhao rockets in one go.

"Brothers, go!" De Yeli himself rushed to the front holding the military flag, roaring with red eyes, "Come! Go! Fight with Wu Gou!" The Qing army cavalry who left the city with the determination to die also roared. Like thunder, charge forward without fear.

Bravery can't make up for the huge gap between weapons. Amidst the endless explosions, the cavalry of the Qing army were smashed to pieces one after another. One after another, people turned their backs on their backs, and most of them fell down in the blink of an eye. Only a few lucky ones escaped the artillery and rockets of the fat army. First salvo.But these lucky ones were not able to continue their luck. When the Fat Man’s artillery fired again and the rockets fired again, more than [-]% of the thousand cavalry of the Qing army fell down. On the battlefield filled with gunpowder, human corpses and horse corpses piled up like mountains, smashed flesh and bones It was like laying a carpet of blood on the ground.

"Kill! Kill! Kill Wugou!" De Yeli, who was lucky enough to rush past the coverage of the Sanhao rocket, was deaf and didn't know how many soldiers were left behind, but he still yelled and rushed towards the artillery team of the Fat Man Army .But when he rushed closer, the muskets of the Fat Man Army who were standing in line were already firing, and Deyeli and his horses were shot more than ten times. The horsemen fell to the ground, Deyeli fell to the ground and broke However, he was still crawling forward, moaning constantly, "Kill, kill Wu... dog..." And behind De Yeli, there was no longer a Qing soldier who could stand.

In just a short moment, thousands of Qing cavalry were wiped out. The soldiers of the Qing army in Fanchang City were terrified when they saw this scene, and Le Erjin burst into tears. He couldn't help but sigh, and sighed: "There are also warriors on the Mangou side. They know that they are moths flying into the flames, but they are still desperate. It is really admirable. Unfortunately, they are the enemies of our Chinese nation."

"Itanbu." Sighing, Fatty Lu called the famous traitor Itanbu to his face again, and ordered: "Take 100 people to clean up the cavalry battlefield just now. Except for the four slaves, the rest are all Bring back those who are still alive, and let the military doctor do their best to rescue them, I am still useful."

"Decree!" Itambu clasped his fists and agreed.But before the words fell, a shell suddenly fell twenty steps in front of Fatty Lu and exploded, releasing two unlucky soldiers of the Fatty Army. When Fatty Lu urgently ordered to rescue him, he smiled and said, "Little Leerjin!" It’s pretty smart, if you don’t have enough artillery, you don’t shoot at each other, and use it as a beheading tactic. Fortunately, my luck is not as bad as my father-in-law’s.” The army was bombarded to death, leading to the defeat of the Wu army)

"Young master, don't be complacent, Mangou Cannon has discovered our flag array!"

Xiao Erlang screamed and rushed forward, led a few soldiers to set up Fatty Lu and left. As the commander of the whole army, Fatty Lu was about to put on a show of losing his temper for the sake of face, but another shell was on the right side. Then he changed from Xiao Erlang and others carrying Fatty Lu away to Fatty Lu dragging Xiao Erlang away.

"Fuck it! Tell Lin Fu to concentrate his firepower and kill the cannons full of dogs! Then push the mother and child cannons one mile forward and concentrate their firepower to bombard me!"

(End of this chapter)