When Zhou Huai’an’s main formation arrived at the foot of Jiangling City, what he saw was a scene of crowds of horses and horses, shaking the sky, and flags staggered; as the people and horses that continued to flow into the battlefield, it was like a huge battle for countless people The vortex of flesh and blood adds more strange colors.
"Finally caught up..."
Zhou Huaian, who was riding on Pippi Shrimp III, also sighed secretly; the enemies had collapsed or fled before the battlefield, but there was no chance to judge and command face-to-face enemies.
Only after entering the territory of Jingzhou and going further north did I know how tragic and severely injured this battle was. It can be said that the ground is devastated and ruined everywhere, and few places are intact.
After all, the opponent is not the self-reliant forces in the three states of western Hunan; nor is it the remnants of the local soil group that has inadequate equipment and soldiers; it is better than the destruction efficiency and tactics of burning, killing, plundering, and plundering. Even the newly erected siding signal tower was demolished and pushed down aside.
What makes people talk about it a little bit is that there are not many human bones in the villages that were destroyed and burned to white ground. Most of the remains are left by livestock; there is no rush left behind. And equipment. It looks more like the result of clearing the wild wall.
It was only when the high platform he used to watch the battle and the Taiping Zhongjun Dazhen were quickly erected; the vigorous situation of the battle under the city seemed to be disadvantageous for the rebels, especially the Taiping army under the banner of "chai" near the city gate. , It is the retreat that was oppressed by the recoil of the official army.
At the other end of the battlefield, he was also caught in anxious and stalemate. The officers and soldiers who set up camps against the shore staggered with knives and guns, and they stubbornly blocked the impact and containment from multiple directions. They rushed to the impact and containment of the Taiping Tuqi, but they were never able to break through and separate them. , And formed a local breakthrough.
The Shan (South) East (Dao) Army deserves to be one of the few veteran towns in the imperial court. In terms of battle formation and empirical countermeasures against the enemy, it far surpassed most of the southern armies that the Taiping Army had fought against.
Even in the defensive that is about to retreat, it can be like a surge hidden under a flat wave. From time to time, it is easy to face the tightly biting Taiping army battlefield, watching the sky launch wave after wave of counterattack. Potential.
In these flexible engagements, some of the Taiping forces that were too aggressive would be quickly trapped in and flattened or cut off by them; they had to retreat hastily in the midst of the sudden increase in losses and casualties. Only after returning to reorganize can we continue to fight again.
However, Zhou Huaian didn't particularly care about it or cared about it; because the power that his subordinates could use in this battle was also snowballed together with the defeat or defeat of the enemies from all walks of life.
As long as the stalemate situation under the city can be maintained, as the troops continue to gather on the edge of the battlefield and wait for the troops to arrive in battle, the superiority and advantage will eventually be transferred to the Taiping Army's hands. What's more, he still has a few trump cards as a killer, which are not in handy.
Now, the only question he has to consider is how to do his best to keep this old power and new force belonging to the court to as many interceptions as possible; he thinks that his future plans will reduce the obstacles.
"Horn the horn, gather the horse team that went out first, and then let the navy into the battlefield at the same time... the waterway cooperates with the attack on the left wing defense against the river..."
Zhou Huaian decided after watching and waiting for a while.
"The original formation drew three battle battalions to strengthen the frontal battlefield under the city; then tuned the two cavalry and infantry battalions of the Qibing (reserve) team and detoured to the north side of Longshan, harassing and restraining the officers and soldiers who have not yet fully committed themselves with men and horses. ..."
"The rear array is well equipped, and the mule and horse brigade approached and garrisoned under the southern wall of Jiangling City; the rest of the formations followed my Chinese army and advanced three arrows to the north of the enemy..."
At the same time, the cars and boats that were moving up the current, and the several sections of boats they were pulling, appeared unevenly near Jiangxinzhou in the northwest of Jiangling. Fighting from the surface of the water also broke out quickly.
And amidst the haze of fireworks on the water, there is still a fleet of water-wheel-drawn ships that are towing a flat tug full of soldiers around the edge of the battlefield; turning into the Jingjiang River Basin, slowly heading upstream. .
And in the surging river water, the arrow rain flies, and the many water sails and flags are intertwined with the flames.
"Rush over, give me all my best to rush into it..."
Taiping Shui Army General Lang and Deputy Wang Chongba of the Fifth Army also stood on the boat and shouted loudly.
"Military officer, our ship is going against the current, and the wind may not be enough... I'm afraid it won't be able to hit the enemy ship..."
Captain Changshui, who was responsible for maneuvering the ship and had just extinguished several flying fires, was also eager to respond with the sweaty and gray face.
"Even if you can't hit it, you can lean over to connect the ship;"
Wang Zhongba drank it without hesitation.
"Also ask the military officer to think twice, don't take risks easily, we are the flag-headed ship of the navy..."
Captain Changshui continued to persuade hesitantly,
"Take care of you ghosts, we are warships, and most of them are just transport ships. The weapons and firearms on this ship are hardly decorations..."
Wang Zhongba interrupted him very firmly.
"Even if this ship is broken, you can replace it with a new one; but if you missed the fighter plane and let these official navy divisions take off, there will be no chance to recover it. Give me a good helm and hit it with all your strength, and you must escape the official ship. Stop it..."
"Raise the flag of advance, and let all warships with more than 500 materials follow my ship..."
With Wang Zhongba’s dull horn sound and red war flag on the boat, this huge river ship captured from Dantu was still amidst the creak of the hull and the surging sound of the ship, under the control of the deflection of the sails. , Deflected past the steady bow of the iron-clad ship;
Under the deviating momentum of the tumbling waves of the river, facing the dense fire arrows from the opposite shore and from the ship, a little bit of momentum accelerated in the baffles and shields and in the showers of Longbok Province. And as soon as he rushed forward with determination, it was embedded like a wedge that was forcibly knocked open, in the official ship where the hedgehogs gathered on the shore to fight against each other.
I saw the surging water splashes and dull successive crashes, the largest navy flag-headed ship, relying on its size, crashed and overturned many long and narrow hopper boats that were blocking the road. The door boat; another rushed out to block, standing full of archers and armoured soldiers, the center ran over, crushed and sank in two.
Finally, it crushed and smashed a large battleship that the official army had begun to offshore. After a full row of paddles, rackets, and struts, it came to a halt with shaking heads and tails from a nearby location. But this is only the beginning of a new battle;
Along with the flag-headed ship of the Taiping Water Army, it was also caught in the squeeze of the left and right official ships and could not move for a while; the soldiers on the official ships seemed to be greatly stimulated and inspired; almost. They jumped off and over the ship’s sides and decks everywhere, shouting and shouting at the same time, like a pile of ants, they all approached this isolated island.
But under the cover of the left and right licenses, Wang Zhongba, who was still invincible and shot in the shoulder, couldn't help grinning. Immediately, a dozen groups of bright fires suddenly sounded on the smoky boat; the resounding resounded like thunder in an instant, overwhelming the sound of these gathered officials and navy divisions.
In the buzzing sound left by this tremor, there was a dull continuous horn and thunderous golden drums. Then I saw more Taipingshui warships, rushing to tear through the curtain of arrows rain and fireworks shrouded in the river, and they were also swaying across the river one after another in a similar fashion, breaking in.
Although only half of the warships achieved their goal, the remaining ships staggered the position of the official ship due to the wrong angle or lack of strength on the way, and drifted down smoothly or rushed to the shore and ran aground.
However, they suddenly separated and separated the most of them that had not been able to be turned and stretched horizontally, and were squeezed and hit in a series under the inertia, and there was no more room for stretching. Come;
Then, the fire and fireworks that erupted from the warships of the Taiping Water Army, as well as the tragic call signs and roars, were like red and black flowers blooming one after another, enveloped all together, regardless of each other, these officers and soldiers. The place where the boat division is most dense.
On the shore not long after, Liu Jurong, who was calmly commanding a series of officers and soldiers and blocking another wave of offensive by the Taiping Army, also changed slightly amidst the screams of his fleeing men.
"At the festival, the firearms of the thieves are powerful. The Xiangcheng Zhoushi on the river is already unstoppable, and many thieves are gradually coming ashore."
"The right-wing Fengshandu, Feiyundu, and Fengjie Fifth Battalion are all unstoppable. Please also dispatch the reception and rescue during the festival..."
"If you can't stop these thieves in time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain our army's rear path and the heavy equipment along the river..."
"Where are the soldiers and horses in the office?"
Liu Jurong immediately shouted.
"Subscribed in..."
Liu Jurong's eldest son, Liu Fen, the soldier and horseman in the office, answered his hand in front of the horse.
"Let you lead the Shenrui Sandu, rush to the right line to intercept the thief... I will order the Golden State Group Cavaliers to sweep the line for you, and I must stabilize my position..."
The three capitals of Shenrui in the left, middle and right are the elite tribes he created with one hand. Everyone is good at shooting with a quiver; they gather together and shoot fast and far. Wang Ying, the thief leader of the Western Zhejiang Rebellion, was shot and killed by himself with a piece of arrow and became famous all over the world.
The Golden State Regiment Cavalry is the only cavalry unit among the training horses of the Seven States Regiment in Shannan; it is also one of the auspicious soldiers (reserves) that he has been holding in his hands and never put into battle. Soon after Liu Fen took his orders into battle, the clamor of the thieves who had attacked ashore from the right front seemed to be suppressed and suppressed, and gradually subsided.
Even the smoke and thick haze from the burning of ships on the river has become much thinner; however, under Liu Jurong's unmoving face at this moment, his thoughts are getting heavier and heavier. At this point in the war, he missed the best opportunity for class teachers. It was no longer possible for him to retreat if he wanted to.
Even if he could vaguely see with his naked eyes, more and more thieves' banners appeared outside Jiangling City, but the power he could use was increasingly depleted. If you can't smash the sharp weapons of the thieves that are constantly pursuing them, I'm afraid that his army's return journey will be safe and secure;
Needless to say the others; just the constant harassment of these pirate navy soldiers along the river is a big problem. Not to mention the possibility that they would turn around and detour to the back of the Shannan army to intercept and block them. After all, Jingmen City, which is the main point of the Jiangkou water and land, has not yet been able to take it down.
The ambassador who came to represent the imperial court not long ago announced that he should be appointed as an envoy for the southern camp, and also the pioneer of the world's soldiers and horses to clear the way for the army and food ambassador, inspect the school, and seal Pengcheng County. I can't wait to lead troops to Guan Neiqin Wang and the thieves immediately.
So this also makes him more and more concerned about gains and losses. If he loses these people who rely on him here, then everything will be completely empty. Therefore, at this moment, he is already facing a dilemma in the decision-making dilemma.
At this time, the distant place was fighting again in the battle formation, and I heard that among the peaceful thieves who had been fighting for a long time but not only the price was endless, the waves of cheers and shouts broke out again, and then gradually became uniform and uniform. It became a piece, and only the two words that shouted back and forth like a landslide tide.
"Leader..."
"Leader..."
"Leader..."
Liu Jurong immediately couldn't help but was shocked. It turned out that it was the leader of the Taiping thieves who went to the southeast Kolue. Now he has led his army to the battlefield; this also means that the other four men and horses who attacked as divisions have all lost one after another.
No wonder the thieves in the city, who were a bit weak, suddenly became unafraid of casualties and clung to them. However, he became extremely firm and resolute again, and the left and right sides facing the panic and different colors would command.
"Let the left and right yongwuying and Shangzhou unite the children, let Kaizhonglu retreat half a mile... the tooth soldiers and the Ya Nei Wu are all armed and on standby..." (End of this chapter)