******Thanks to the reward from the Yellow Emperor of China.
Compared with Huangshiji in Jiangdong, the fierce fighting under Anqing City was much more brutal. Daling Mountain and Anqing City formed a horn with each other, which greatly restrained the attack of the Qin army. The westernmost end of Daling Mountain extended into the lake, so there was no shortage of drinking water.
When the Qin army attacked Anqing, the defenders of Daling Mountain held them back from the outside. When the Qin army attacked Daling Mountain, the Qing army went out of the city to hold them back. This is one of the reasons why Anqing became a strategic hub. It was located at the end of Wu and the end of Chu, and controlled the Yangtze River, making it extremely difficult to attack.
During the ten days of fierce fighting, the Qin army lost five senior generals including Lieutenant General Chen Qishan and Deputy General Zhao Liang, and the Qing army also lost four generals including Melezhang Jingta Hunci and Guard Commander Akda.
The total casualties of the Qin army reached 10,000, and the Qing army also suffered more than 7,000 casualties.
In the middle of the night that day, Kong Youde sent thousands of Green Camp soldiers to pretend to surrender. The night patrol Lieutenant General Fan Yuan was a little careless and was rushed into the camp by the pretending to surrender Qing soldiers, who detonated the explosives hidden on their bodies. The front camp was in chaos. At the same time, Shang Shan from Dalingshan and Kong Youde in the city both rushed out, and the situation was extremely critical.
Qin Mu, Sima An and others were still discussing military and political affairs under the lamp and had not yet gone to bed when they were startled by the explosion in the front camp. They hurried out of the tent to look, but saw that the front camp was already filled with killing and flames. There were large torches in Daling Mountain and Anqing City respectively, like two seas of fire rolling towards the front camp.
Liu Meng, wearing armor and holding a torch, was shouting orders to the messenger: "Order Ning Yuan from the left camp and Guo Yunlong from the right camp to support the front camp from the left and right sides, and order Hu Shouliang from the rear camp to attack Dalingshan..."
"Wait!" Qin Mu shouted at the right time and immediately ordered: "Liu Meng, you lead Ning Yuan from the left camp, Guo Yunlong from the right camp, and Hu Shouliang from the rear camp, gather the troops of the three camps and go around to the west to attack Daling Mountain. We must take Daling Mountain tonight. I will personally lead the central army to rescue the front camp."
"King Qin... ... ... Yes!" The military situation was urgent. Although Liu Meng was worried about letting King Qin lead only the central army to rescue the front camp, he immediately carried out the order.
When the front camp was attacked at night, Qin Mu did not concentrate all his efforts to rescue the front camp, but sent most of his troops to counterattack Daling Mountain. This was absolutely beyond everyone's expectations. This was a shocking gamble, and only Qin Mu dared to bet on the front camp and even his own central army camp;
Although Liu Meng also thought of using the rear camp to attack Daling Mountain and use offense instead of defense, he did not dare to gamble with Qin Mu's safety because he did not have the power to do so.
After Liu Meng and his personal soldiers rode to the left camp, Qin Mu shouted to his left and right: "Hou Chang!"
"I'll go!" Lady Hong, dressed in military uniform, rushed to ask for the battle.
Qin Mu immediately shouted, "Okay. I order you to lead 3,000 troops to reinforce the front camp. Remember, don't fight too long. Order Huo Sheng to gather the troops in the front camp as soon as possible, abandon the front camp, and retreat to the central army camp. You are responsible for the rear guard."
"Yes!" Hong Niang shouted, and took Jing Laoqi and Gui Sandiao to gather three thousand troops and charge towards the front camp.
"Hou Chang, Zhang Nai, Wu Ruyi, Liang Tao!"
"I will be here!"
"I order you to lead 2,000 troops each. Guard the four sides of the central army camp. All artillery fire is ready, quickly!"
“Yes!”
It happened so fast. Qin Mu issued orders one after another in an instant. After receiving the orders, the generals took action quickly. In the night, the drums of war rumbled and roared, shaking the heavens and the earth.
When setting up camp, Liu Meng followed the convention and set up five camps in front, back, left, right and center. This way of setting up camp was to prevent the enemy from attacking by surprise and the whole army being wiped out in one fell swoop.
At this time, the front camp was filled with cries of killing, and the burning tents were like huge torches, burning up to the sky.
The clothes of many Qin soldiers were ignited by the fire. They rolled on the ground screaming. People were running everywhere. The Qing troops coming from both sides roared into the camp, killing anyone they saw, and there was a mixture of blood and fire.
At this time, the commander of the front camp, Huo Sheng, did not go around with a knife to fight the Tartars. Instead, he raised the commander's flag in front of his tent, beat the assembly drum, attracted the panicked Qin soldiers to come over, and then organized them into a formation.
The rally drum was the drum beat used by the commander of the Qin army to rally the soldiers during daily training. It was beaten repeatedly, one slow and three fast.
In the midst of great panic, the Qin army heard the familiar drum of assembly, and as if by reflex, everyone began to run towards the direction where the drum was coming from;
Many soldiers were killed by the Tartars on their way to run, but none of the survivors stopped, because the commander's drums were beating one after another, and military orders could not be disobeyed. Moreover, everyone knew that only by gathering together at this time could they win a chance of survival. If they stopped to fight with the enemy, they would die sooner or later.
More and more soldiers gathered around Huo Sheng, and the formation changed from a small one to a large one, enduring the fierce attack of the Tatars. Many Qin soldiers had no weapons in their hands, so they waited inside the formation. When their comrades in the periphery were injured, they took over their weapons and fought a bloody battle with the Tatars.
Huo Sheng's correct and timely response saved the lives of the soldiers to the greatest extent. At this time, Hong Niangzi's 3,000 reinforcements also arrived outside the front camp and fought fiercely with the Tartars. At the same time, hundreds of people shouted in unison, asking Huo Sheng to retreat to the central army camp.
Huo Sheng commanded the army, fighting and retreating. With the camp filled with fire, it was impossible for the entire army to retreat, so he divided the soldiers into small formations of a hundred men each, taking turns to cover each other and withdraw from the front camp.
In the night sky, arrows rained down, killing sounded like a tide, the night wind was filled with the smell of blood, the firelight reflected the sword light, dazzling and dark;
Hongniangzi controlled the horse with her legs, holding a whip in one hand and a knife in the other, and charged back and forth on the horse. The long whip flew towards the enemy's neck and dragged the enemy off the horse. She chopped with the saber at close range, making a clanging sound and splitting flesh and bones.
The Tartar general Shang Shan saw her yelling and screaming, and the surrounding Qing soldiers could not get close to her, so he roared like a tiger, holding a knife and riding his horse to rush towards Hong Niangzi;
"Sister Hong, be careful!" Xing Laoqi shouted as he rode his horse to meet Shang Shan first. On the chaotic battlefield, there were flashes of swords and sabers everywhere. Before Xing Laoqi could rush in front of Shang Shan, his horse was hit by a stray arrow and fell to the ground.
Xing Laoqi rolled on the ground to avoid being trampled by Shangshan's horse's hooves. Hongniang was very anxious and swung the long whip in her left hand with a roar. Shangshan bent his burly body and narrowly avoided the long whip. The big knife in his hand chopped horizontally with the momentum of the warhorse. If Hongniang's slender waist was hit, it would be broken into two.
But she suddenly leaned back with her upper body pressed against the horse's back. Shangshan's broadsword chopped past her and her nose, and a strand of her hair flew up in the air. It was very dangerous.
At the moment when the two horses crossed, Hongniangzi twisted her left hand and whipped the long whip back like a spirit snake, hitting Shangshan's buttocks with a snap. The warhorse was in pain, hissing and standing up, and Shangshan was almost thrown off the horse. Fortunately, he grew up on horseback and quickly grabbed the horse's mane with one hand to stabilize his body.
Xing Laoqi, who had been struggling on the ground, jumped up and stabbed a Qing soldier in the belly with his long sword. Then he turned over and grabbed his horse and shouted to Hong Niangzi: "Sister Hong, the King of Qin has ordered that we cannot linger in the battle. Retreat quickly!"
Although Hongniang was usually willful, she had been on the battlefield for a long time and knew that military orders were not to be trifled with, so she had to retreat to the central military camp reluctantly.
With her three thousand troops covering the rear, Huo Sheng's front camp was finally able to retreat to the central camp in time. However, the 20,000 Tartars were chasing them closely, so Hong Niangzi must not retreat into the camp at this time, otherwise the enemy would rush in and the central camp would be in chaos.
She walked too hastily when she received the order, and did not get Qin Mu's instructions on what to do at this time. "Retreat to the village gate and form a battle line, quickly!" Hong Niang shouted loudly, leading the rearguard army to retreat towards the village gate.
Qin Mu in the camp saw this and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This fierce Rouge Horse finally did not disappoint. He shouted at the right time: "Wu Ruyi, prepare the artillery fire. As soon as Lady Hong retreats to the gate of the camp, all artillery will immediately fire at a large angle."
"I obey your orders!"
As the roar of cannons rang out from the central army camp, Liu Meng, who had rushed to the foot of Daling Mountain in the dark, also issued an order for a general attack;
Shang Shan led his troops down the mountain to attack the camp. Now was the time when the troops in Daling Mountain were the most depleted. Qin Mu concentrated the troops from three camps to him. If Liu Meng could not take the opportunity to seize Daling Mountain, how could he have the face to command the three armies.
He ordered the left camp, right camp and rear camp to launch a fierce attack on Daling Mountain in three locations. The Qing army on the mountain did not expect that the Qin army would send a large army to attack the mountain after the front camp was breached. The artillery on the mountain did not work at all, because when they discovered it, the Qin army had already rushed to the foot of the mountain and the artillery had lost its firing angle.
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