And in the humid air of Yuhou, on the half-slope of the Chiling Mountain, Li Mingda, who has already known himself as the head of Hehuang Zhaoxuetai and also an envoy of Longyou Jiedu, is also draped in the battlefield watching the mountain. Tu, with thick eyebrows frowned without any joyful color, on the contrary, he became a little more uneasy.
Because in the battlefield under the mountain, the tribesmen of Wenmo, Tubo, Xiqiang and other tribes gathered from all sides were able to fight against the forwards of the Taiping Army who came to invade. The stalemate has been so long; there hasn't been much downturn and disadvantage.
Therefore, the many leaders of the feudal tribe who have seen this have disregarded his orders and suggestions to retain their strength, and have been pushed into the battlefield one after another, wanting to win with one effort; however, the result is still the same as if it will take a long time. The stalemate that continues.
In other words, as the forwards of these Taiping troops, most of them were subordinates recruited from the bases along the way. Therefore, apart from the frontal battlefield in the center line because there is a firearm array supervising the formation, they are still fighting hard; the other two wings are almost in the midst of the roaring smoke and dust, and there is almost no progress.
But does the same problem appear in Li Mingda's command from time to time? Even with the thousands of remnants he brought back, he successfully integrated the soldiers, horses, regiments, and village soldiers who stayed behind in Hezhou, Langzhou, and Shanzhou; but he could not effectively restrain and order these to use various benefits and promises. Military horses of all races gathered.
Therefore, he can only take the advantage of waiting for work and take the initiative to choose this relatively favorable battlefield near Chiling as a position to ambush and counterattack the Taiping Army; however, he only has time to ambush a small part of the successful ambush, and the rest is The situation was messed up by these clan tribes who couldn't wait to get rid of.
Therefore, under the strong on-the-spot battle of this small part of the Taiping army, these soldiers and horses of the feudal clan who had a ten-fold advantage in vain failed to take the opponent down. Instead, they were shocked in waves. Among them, the hollow phalanx formed by the opponent was defeated and defeated time and time again with piercings and bombs.
In the end, it was Master Liming who couldn’t stand it anymore, and was told to retreat and shoot them with bows and arrows. However, with this delay, most of the Taiping army’s rear team had already rushed forward, and it was too late to change. The feudal clan was rushed to the ground.
Had it not been for him to arrange a cavalry team as an ambush back on the side hills, and instead attack from the side to contain a large part of the enemy's power, these feudal clansmen would be quickly deployed by the Taiping army on the first encounter. It collapsed on the spot.
But then it turned into a stalemate situation, but it was not what he expected. How could these tribesmen know their shame and be brave so quickly, and reborn can generally stabilize their position under the attack of the Taiping Army; then, what is it that he followed the wolves that were beaten by the Western Army all the way in the pass
Are these Taiping troops not doing their best, or do they have other means and plans? Thinking of this, Li Mingda's heart became more uncomfortable and uneasy; just like he was beside Taiwei Zhang many years ago before he was attacked by the Tubo cavalry, unspeakably unsettled.
According to his original subordinates, after ambushing and besieging the leader of the Taiping thief, he then used this to anger the opponent and lure them into deep, and rely on the stone fort to carry out the follow-up decisive battle; therefore, he sent his cronies to the stone fort early on. Fully prepared.
Although these help the tribe’s self-action, it has become a half-hearted result, but at least the main force he relies on is basically intact, and is sufficient to deal with subsequent changes in the situation; even if the situation turns to a disadvantage, he can still rely on Shibao to stand on the ground. Cover, and fight and retreat to continue to preserve strength.
Are there any details and key points that I have overlooked, or is there something comprehensive that I haven't thought of? Li Mingda couldn't help but try to recall all the things he had arranged before, but he still couldn't help but waved his head in a little annoyance.
But in any case, what is lost in the battlefield right now is the people of the feudal clan who are assisting in the battle; and the food, grass and equipment carried by the Taiping thieves from afar are not endless after all; as long as you consume more here, you can fight at home. In the matchup, there will be one point less advantage and pressure.
Thinking of this, Li Mingda once again suppressed the mind to mobilize the formation, even if he asked and begged again and again, he was not moved; because in this chaotic battlefield, the cavalry of the Taiping Pirates never appeared, and Their best artillery bombardment is also sparse, and there is no such an overwhelming density as rain when they are in the customs.
At this time, it showed that some kind of wish was normal. Li Mingda seemed to hear a faint roar. Could it be that those peaceful thieves began to bombard the shooter team again? Then I heard an uproar from someone behind him, and then it turned into a fiercely diffused sound.
"Mountain. Mountain. Mountain top..."
"The landslide..."
"Stone Fort... Stone Fort City is gone..."
"It's over... It's over... It's all over..."
In this mess of sound, Li Mingda, who turned around suddenly, was just like everyone else. He looked at the towering stone castle city with some stunned eyes. Following the violent roar of the mountain on the side, And began to be annihilated and shrouded in a large swath of earth and rocks rolling down.
In this process, the defenders in the stone fort are more like flooded and flooded rat-moving ant dens, and they are shocked and scrambled to escape from it; they also open relatively narrow, easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack doorways. After trampling on each other, they jumped straight across the wall like dumplings.
In the end, when the direction of the city wall followed the rolling and falling, rapidly piled up earth and rocks, and there was no way to escape, there was a frightened defender that turned out to be like a flock of yellow sheep who followed blindly. The cliff on one side rushed out of the way, and it was no surprise that he fell into the deep valley with screams. .
And when this landslide, which lasted for several moments, finally came to a halt, the opening of the mountain where Shibao City was originally located, there was only a large pile of earth and rock that stretched like a dam wall, only outside the ridge. The part facing the cliff,
And just under this pile of earth and rocks, there are more than a thousand elite children selected by Li Mingda from the garrisons in the states of He and Lang, and there are enough food and equipment and arrangements for them to stick to them for more than half a year. The fortifications; it was all lost in one day.
However, what is worse is that the mud and rocks formed by this landslide also obstructed and cut off the way back to the West Sea in a disguised form. Therefore, this change is obviously only the beginning; those clan tribesmen who were fighting in the battlefield obviously noticed the movement here, and a more intense uproar erupted on the spot:
"The mountain god is angry..."
"Condemned by God..."
"Heaven is going to die..."
Then, it was not surprising that the interlocking situation that was originally able to attack and kill the exchanges became a continuous defeat as they turned around and abandoned their weapons and fled to the various troops; and at this time, in the ever-wide valley under the mountain, at the other end In the Taiping Army's large formation, it was only after the formation that it was able to rush out several pawns.
As for those on the two wings that were obviously not doing their best, but were more imaginary to cope with the various subordinates; they were also easily crushed by the opponents like chicken blood, and they tried their best to shout and roar and scramble to roll back. , I will see that all people and things have been cut down one after another, trampled underfoot.
Therefore, for a time, the entire battlefield was like an inverted bead curtain and a sharply shrunken trumpet. The feudal tribesmen who were oppressed and driven by the Taiping army's lineup directly impacted the same military spirit. Big Ju and Li Mingda who is swayed in the main battle.
Then, due to the limited ammunition carried by the Taiping Army’s rear array, the long-dormant artillery was also pushed forward; it began to intensively bombard the front of Li Mingda’s main array above the hillside and into the range and horizon; therefore, these local origins The regiment training and guarding soldiers did not last long, and they fell into disarray and disintegration.
Then, above the hillside, the Chinese Army's big bow, which represented Li Mingda's bright silver peregrine falcon, began to slowly move back, and then climbed up towards the blocked hilltop. It's just that when they follow the mountain situation and fight and retreat and are about to approach the top of the mountain, they suddenly change and regenerate.
Suddenly there were people standing up in a row from above, and using firearms to overturn a piece of Longyou army that was struggling to climb. Immediately afterwards, something like raindrops was condescending, and he was thrown into the main formation working hard to move up the mountain.
Suddenly, the roar of the Longyou Army, which was suddenly hit, was almost inevitable. Amidst the screams and exclaims, even the bright silver peregrine falcon The army was overwhelmed, and was knocked down by air waves.
And Li Mingda, who was protected by the pressure on his body, was lifted up again by the dusty face. At the place where the stone castle city on the top of the mountain was originally located, he had been covered with mud by a group of people at some point. The "mud monkey" with two white eyes was occupied.
And in the freshly baked mud all over the ground, one foot deep and one shallow foot stepping on the corpse or other soft things in Taiping Longyou attacking army Suiying Yuhoubei stepping stone, but spit out several mouthfuls one after another Mud, then hissed at Li Hanzhi's Dao:
"In any case, I have to supervise the government to appeal to you, arrogant and forceful work in vain to risk..."
"It's easy to listen to it... but don't prevent me from following the enemy... Maybe how many enemy generals I can catch?"
Li Hanzhi, who was also soaked in mud, said lightly, leaping and grabbing a knife and flew down the hillside, rushing straight to the place where the Chinese Army's Dazhen fell. (End of this chapter)