Just after the battle on the battlefield lasted more than half an hour.
"It's kind of interesting... Is this going around from the other side of the mountain road?"
Wang Zhongba watched as a crowd suddenly appeared on the opposite mountain, and then staggered to the ground under the radiation of the condescending guard array, he couldn't help but said thoughtfully.
And as the vehicles and ships slowly moving up the river, lowered their baffles and landed in the anchor river, they bombarded the marching brigade officers and soldiers. For Liu Jurong, who hurriedly led troops to support and respond, it was Everything is heading towards the beginning of a nightmare that is out of control. Although the number of vehicles and ships on the river is only in the double tens, the frequency of radiation is not fast.
However, in the long and narrow roads and fields that run through the riverside, without the protection and shielding of city walls, trenches, and fences, the marching officer and army array can only suffer at a loss, constantly coming from unexpected shooting distances. Strike; and then let the galloping hot iron ball bounce and dance in the crowded place, ploughing out the gaps of flesh and blood.
Obviously, after the major setback in Shannan Dongdao, the Taiping army once again gave him more "surprises" when they met again. The sky is pitiful. When the peaceful thieves attacked Xiangzhou, they only used some firearms thrown at near and far. How could they become such a guy carrying a cart and a long-range shot like thunder.
And facing things that are clearly incomprehensible, impossible to resist, and unable to counterattack, those camp guards and the children of Chengdu Unity are even more unbearable. Even though Liu Jurong's efforts to control and restrain, still failed to contain the morale and fighting spirit of his subordinates that were gradually disintegrating; the hard-working drums and the sound of the snails attracted more bombardment for his own big flag and flag.
Therefore, after only a few moments, as the "southern camp" was overwhelmed, it was knocked down by a bouncing cannon with a rod; the flag of Liu Zijiang raised high will inevitably burst out in the rear Chengdu unity. Under the momentum of the collapse that came out in an uproar, it was quickly swept away like a tree in a muddy mud-rock flow.
Then, as the leader, he had already reached the edge of the battlefield outside of Pengshan City, and began to turn around with the Taiping army's resistance units from the periphery, and several battalion guards who fired back and forth and engaged sporadically; I was also surprised to see those born in the rear. There was a fierce change, and suddenly, crying and yelling, desperately abandoning the robes in the fighting and fighting, turned around and rushed away.
After a while as a chain reaction. In the encirclement of the city, because the attack from the river side was suspended, the remaining two officers who were able to get a little breathing opportunity to reorganize the lineup; also the excitement and excitement of the arrival of reinforcements, regardless of everything, rushed out and aggressively attacked; When the mighty reinforcements retreated and fled, amidst the huge despair and gap that formed, they abandoned their weapons one after another and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"It's a pity..."
Standing on the top of the mountain, Wang Zhongba watched this scene, but he sighed again with a long look at Shu: Because as long as there is another horse team or a light pawn, if they follow the cover and kill, I am afraid that the result will be greater; However, in order to encircle and annihilate the city, these tens of thousands of presumptuous officers have used most of the forces other than naval ships; even Pengshan City today is also the newly recruited assistant soldiers and armed civilians, maintaining the situation in bluffing. .
Nevertheless, along with the tide of defeated troops, there are also those vehicles and ships on the river. They even approached the shore at the risk of stranding and bottoming out, and fired artillery at the collapsed officers and soldiers who looked like frightened birds. The bombardment, after emptying the gunpowder loaded on the ship, did not hesitate to release the ship to the shore, and the sailors on the ship continued to join in the pursuit.
Therefore, when the subsequent troops who had taken in and disarmed the soldiers, but had no time to clean the battlefield, and hurriedly caught up under the dark sky, these sailors had been able to intercept and capture thousands of defeated soldiers on the spot. . At this time, they were only four or five miles away from Xinjin City.
And outside of Xinjin City surrounded by the Five Rivers, Liu Jurong, who fled all the way here, also described the bleak looking at the followers behind him with less than a thousand followers, and he couldn't help but want to roar and roar. The darkening sky concealed his traces and made the chasing soldiers retreat, but it also hindered his last effort to gather the troops.
"If the order continues, the bridge will be burnt as soon as the horse crosses the river..."
Finally, he gritted his teeth and gave a last resort order. After all, as the bridges on the Tuojiang, Pujiang and Zaojiang Rivers (tributaries of the Minjiang River) were burnt down, although it could temporarily retard and slow the advance of the thief army, it would also enclose the city of Xinjin, which is surrounded by water on three sides only with Tianlu in the northwest. It became a lonely city.
However, if he doesn’t do this, I’m afraid that with the news that the main force of the southern camp will be defeated and destroyed under the southern city of Pengshan, there are more than a thousand Shuzhou regiments guarding the Liangtai, and thousands of forced conquests or It was the Minfu and Ding Zhuang who had applied for it, but he was afraid that he would leave after hearing the wind; then he would not even have the chance to stick to the lonely city.
At least, without the cooperation of enough pawns, the naval forces of those peaceful thieves, although they could run rampant on the river for a while, were very difficult to attack Tang'an, Guangdu, Shuangliu, and other cities in the Lower Minjiang River Basin. In this way, you can also buy more time for Chengdu to prepare for war and clear the country.
But when the gray-haired Liu Jurong held such a determined but sorrowful mood, in the light of the Pukou Bridge and Zaotou Bridge, after driving straight into the south gate of Xinjin City, he found that the city seemed to be different. scene. Except for the banners that stand on the head of the city, there are empty figures and noises, and no one came to greet him, the southern camp Dutong.
After finally walking along the messy streets all the way to the government office, which was the Great Tent of the Chinese Army, it was discovered that the door was open and the guards and officials were not seen, and various papers, documents, and other things were discarded on the ground. After Liu Jurong, whose complexion became more and more ugly, made people search out a few hidden officials from the nearby city square, it was not until now what had happened here.
It turned out that not long before he escaped from the defeat, there was already an enemy ship with a peculiar shape, no wind and automatic, constantly swallowing smoke and clouds; shelling was launched from everywhere outside the city, bringing the piers and bridges across the river to the river. The guard post was driven out; in the end, a guard tower was blasted against the east gate wall, and then it continued upstream and drove away to the north.
As a result, Xinjin City was shocked again and again. Finally, Zhang Shouyan, the superintendent of the southern camp, summoned the crowd and announced that they had received the internal decree from the walk, and led the remaining defenders and Ding Zhuang to escort the military supplies and grass, and went to Chengdu." King Qin" went. Then, the hearts of the people in the city after his walk were completely confused.
But after the new defeat, Liu Jurong, who was haggard and beaten by this blow, didn't even have the strength to scold and yell at him. His already gray hair seemed to be suddenly old again, even tall and strong. Shuo's body also lied down faintly as if something had been taken away; in the end it turned into a weak sentence in his mouth:
"The gate of the capital of Shu (Xinjin) is no longer guarded, and I will go to Tang'an, the state city, to gather Dingzhuang money and grain, and then go to Chengdu for support..."
And among the mountains to the north of Mianzhou, in the sword pavilion road with cliffs like walls, a man and horse from Lizhou also marched on the narrower and narrower valley road plank road, and the Kunpeng pattern was lifted high. Following the mountain breeze of the Gorge Road, the flag hunted and fluttered in the air.
There are steep and straight cliffs everywhere, and the lush cliff tops with wisps of sky light. As the saying goes, "the two cliffs are facing each other, and only a thin line of sky can be seen with their heads high." The water of Dajian Stream flows northward through the cliffs, through the rocks, and passes through many windings, and there are many waterfalls and Hengduan mountain streams that fall straight down on the spot, and the terrain is still very steep.
And the echoes between the hollow plank plank and the beam frame, Li Cunzhang, the special brigade commander in a green robe and a steel breastplate living in front of the team, is also reminiscing about the city of Lizhou. The war that took place;
In a sense, since the Bailao Pass at the southern gate of Hanzhong changed hands, the Taiping Army went down the Jinniu, Sanquan and other cities along the Jialing River all the way to the south, the result of chasing the defeat of the official army. At the same time, a preliminary transshipment system and transmission line were established by using the large and small ships collected along the coast.
Therefore, when the last wave of defeated soldiers who nearly broke their legs rushed to the city of Miangu (now Guangyuan, Sichuan), the Taiping Army finally encountered a decent resistance force. The defenders on the front of the city not only closed the city gate early in the morning, but also shot and expelled these defeated soldiers without hesitation.
Then, before waiting for the relatively heavy firearms from the river boat behind, Li Hanzhi, who had circled the city of Miangu, took the initiative to launch an attempted attack on the initiative of a whim. As a result, this round of attacks unexpectedly rushed to the East Gate Tower; it also exposed the painting skin of the Guanghan defenders who were strong in the outside world and in the middle.
Therefore, after the corpses repelled many counterattacks composed of the citizens and the regiments in the city, and insisted that the transport ships on the river and the team arrived at the same time, the morale of the defenders in the other cities collapsed and they collapsed. . As a result, Li Cunzhang, who took the lead, was promoted as a special brigade commander of the temporary battalion.
And beside Li Hanzhi, who was riding a horse in the rear team, a Yuhou who was in charge of geography said in a low voice:
"Don't you, the front is where the gap between Jincheng Mountain and Dajian Mountain is located... The narrowest place known as Harrier River... Since ancient times, it has been said to be a sinister place where the wings of birds are hard to find and the sky is hard to see..."
"Isn't that also the best place to ambush and intercept..."
Li Hanzhi narrowed his narrow eyes and said: (End of this chapter)