As the vanguard of the cavalry, Zhao Yingong was standing on the top of the slope outside the Yanzijidu Bridge, looking at the Huainan soldiers and horses that were being divided and surrounded by the river. Although there are still people working hard to gather on the riverside and want to resist for a while,
However, under the squeeze and siege of the Taiping squadron, which was constantly rushing in and thrown into the battlefield, it was only a matter of time before the collapse and fall into a fleeing figure struggling to swim across the blood-colored river or a floating corpse.
And the people of the miscellaneous genus in the periphery and the accompanying crowds collapsed and surrendered faster; at this time, they had been disarmed and only left in single clothes. Under the escort of the Taiping soldiers, they gathered one after another in temporary establishments. Supervise the camp.
Zhao Yingong’s name comes from when Gao Linggong visited the Long March athletes’ defenses and saw him who was young but showed immediate shooting skills. According to Lu Lun’s "Song Down Song" "Lin An Cao Jing Feng, General Ye Yinyong." The name given by the letter.
Now, finally going to face off with the soldiers and horses back down, Zhao Yingong did not feel that he had extra emotions such as surprises and surprises; he even had some eagerness to try.
Probably it should be based on an unworldly figure like Gao Linggong, who also failed to save the suffering and hard-working people in the world, but because the Taiping army he followed was able to do it.
Then his mind quickly returned to reality following Sakon's report; as Xingye Jiancheng, he kept changing horses and rushed over, barely stopping most of the cost of attempting to cross the river and flee to the Huainan army.
It is the horse team mounts that are driven to swiftly and hurriedly and are exhausted. At least most of them died suddenly or were exhausted halfway or on the battlefield. Even if they tried to treat them afterwards, they would inevitably suffer from various muscle and bone strains. The consequence of occlusion or tendon rupture,
And this completely abolished the function of being a war horse or even a horse, and can only be used as a disabled horse group for breeding, and then spend the rest of his short life in the horse farm. But the results obtained are also particularly exciting and surprising.
Although the Huainan army that came to attack this time, almost all the upper ranks led by Ryazan escaped first, and the left and right Xiaoxiong army, one of the four main armies of the Huainan camp, was also in the priority order of crossing the river. Most of them ran away first.
However, the other Huainan soldiers and horses that were stranded were initially estimated to have at least nearly 30,000 men and horses; in addition, there were a large pile of horses and horses that they had left behind and could not take away, and the children of wealth and silk from various places were not counted. Several scattered around the river bank centered on Yanziji.
At this time, the fireworks in the Dukou camp were extinguished one after another; however, in the dark and gloomy sky on the other side, bright fireworks rose again. Obviously, it was the Huainan army trying to burn down this pontoon bridge to sever all the possibility of the Taiping army's follow-up pursuit.
So the remnants who had already filled the pontoon bridge and were wriggling forward, once again made a rather stern cry, screaming, and cursing; many others were panicked again. Was pushed and fell into the river.
But this is no longer able to stop and avoid them, as the pontoon bridge was cut off the last link to maintain the north shore, and like a giant python that came out of the bridge, with the countless panicked and lost people on the bridge, followed. Jiang Liu flew out fiercely.
The floating slipway, which will be used as a support, overturned and overwhelmed large sections of the river in the endless surging water. In the end, only a few people who were close to the South Bank and ran back in time were able to survive as new prisoners of the Taiping Army.
After another short period of time, the battle continued among the divided and defeated enemy forces on the river bank, although there were still people working hard to assemble with their backs against the river, sitting on the trapped beasts fighting or fighting stubbornly.
But they couldn't change them. After the Taiping team came to the battlefield, they were squeezed and besieged in all directions; either they became the figure struggling to swim and escape in the bloody river, or they became those floating in the pink foam and waves. Fate like a corpse.
At least it is quite surprising that these Huainan soldiers have rarely surrendered in a successful organization. In contrast, the chaotic miscellaneous Sagittarius and its affiliated crowds in the periphery have given up resistance a long time ago.
Therefore, at this moment, these disarmed crowds are escorted by a group of similarly motley auxiliary soldiers and Minzhuang from nearby cities. They are dressed in single clothes and dejected and gathered to the temporary guard camps everywhere. Go in.
Of course, as one person and two riders in a hurry to hurry up, day and night to catch up with the stars and nights, catching the last wave of the Huainan army eager to cross the river, Zhao Yingong and his men also paid a high price.
In his battalion alone, there are more than 100 pawns. Because they were too tired or lost on horseback, they were left behind or simply fell off the horseback and could not keep up.
In addition, driven by their efforts in turns, coupled with the lack of experience in long-distance running and insufficient preparation in details, more than a thousand precious horses were completely abolished after this battle.
It is mainly because of exhaustion from excessive driving or accidents of a trip, so that they are exhausted and die on the road, or they spit out on the road while running, and can't get up again when they are screaming;
In this way, even if they can be brought back in the future, the surviving horses can no longer be used for riding and pulling because of broken tendons or torn tendons, and can only be used as breeding sources to spend the rest of their lives in the racecourse. .
Not to mention the infantry who followed the first cavalry and rode various livestock in pursuit, and they were scattered on the road like herding sheep. But the results achieved are exciting enough.
After this battle, although it has been confirmed that the commander-in-chief Huainan Huainan has invaded the army, the upper ranks led by Zuo Chang Shi Liang Zan almost all ran away first. In addition, the left and right Xiaoxiong army, one of the four main forces in the Huainan camp, has also crossed. Half of the people passed.
However, there are still more than 30,000 people stranded near the Yanziji Ferry on the South Bank; not to mention the equipment and equipment that can not be taken away but piled up like a mountain of food and grass, as well as the wealth and silk children they plundered from all over the world. All discarded all over the floor.
However, when Zhou Huaian, who got the victory from the front in the Golden Mandala at the rear, faced another new problem; he looked at the left and right staff and counselors with a little surprise, and said:
"Next, we have no soldiers available..."
"Return to the Governor, that's it..."
Mr. Yu Mi Bao, who is in charge of statistics and summary of battlefield data, said:
According to his enumerated data prove:
At the beginning of the year, the Taiping Army mobilized a solid army of 50,000 and went to the seven states of western Zhejiang. Although most of the battles were relatively easy, the various combat injuries and non-combat attritions along the way, coupled with the strengthening of the local "three detachments" operations garrison power.
Therefore, when the second stage of the attack on the eight states of eastern Zhejiang begins, and the Qiantang River is against Mingzhou Governor Zhong Jiwen, there will be nearly 40,000 soldiers available.
When the third stage of the battle with Zhang Zimian representing the strength of southern Zhejiang was reached, only a little more than 30,000 could be invested in specific forces. But at this time, through the early rectification and sorting in the local area, more than 10,000 assistants were selected and obtained.
It was able to liberate about thousands of soldiers from the forces maintaining the rear. In addition, after a lapse of more than a month, another group of soldiers who were unaccustomed and slightly injured when they first arrived were able to return to the building.
Then, in the external environment, there are seaway support from Canton and the strengthened partial teacher from Jiangxi; it has constrained and divided Zhang Zimian and can obtain support and supplements from the local area.
So in the end, the Taiping Army's lineup had grown to 43,000 members when it was in a decisive battle with the Southern Zhejiang Allied Forces led by Zhang Zimian.
However, although there were firearms to help and open the way, the fierce battle to break through the city defense and the damage caused in the subsequent continuous street fighting were tangible results.
As the under pressure in the inner city tied Zhang Zimian to surrender, after this round of anticlimactic confrontation ended; facing the Huainan army that invaded Jiangdong, the intact troops who were able to withdraw from the north in time have shrunk to 30,000 yuan again. many.
It also includes the boat division as a conveying force and the slower car camp. It is also responsible for supporting and responding to the settlement of the three states of Wenzhou, Chu, and Kuo. Therefore, in fact, there are only less than 10,000 people who can rush to the north for reinforcements in the first batch.
But at this time, all the way back to Hangzhou Bay, the remnants of the Taiping Navy, which were repaired and replenished from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ming, and Vietnam, where the shipbuilding industry on both sides of the strait was developed, also regained the strength to make a comeback. (Except for water vessels and firearms)
Therefore, after converging the Cantonese patrol fleet going north, the relatively weak river transportation channel behind the Huainan Army became the first round of momentum for the Taiping Army to launch a counterattack;
Then, it was the former squadron and the boat division as the front and the backing board, and the large units that entered together were attacking the hammer and the axe to defeat the enemy troops in the south protruding part one by one.
This is a relatively superior military mobilization system and a new type of war mode that is relatively superior to the entire era, which can bring about a beneficial recovery bonus in terms of military mobilization potential and war effectiveness.
Under normal circumstances, as time goes by, the enemy will become weaker and stronger, while the enemy will become stronger and stronger, eventually reaching a disparity in the power balance that determines the outcome.
But after all, the power is much more scattered; the enemy is not a pig who is waiting to die. Compared with the Southern Zhejiang Allied Forces, which are uneven in strength, the Huainan Army, which is based on camping troops and horses as the backbone and support, is also much more fierce and difficult to fight.
Therefore, when Zhang Juyan on the left and Chai Ping on the eastern front lined up under Jingling City, they should join forces outside the city to break the three troops of Huainan Youxiaojie, Hailing Unity, and Jinghai Shoubing troops; they also continued to rest, gather, digest and capture the captured troops. .
Then Zhu Cun, the right formation on the west line, was also at the White Lagoon in the upper reaches of Jingluo, surrounded by the Zuo Xiao Jiejun envoy Dong Jin's main formation, along with several troops from the Caojun and the Yanyuan; still in the midst of fighting against the ground. .
Therefore, Mi Bao concluded:
"This assault on Yanziji Huainan camp is the last maneuvering force that this formation can gather. In addition, it has also mobilized Dantu, Jiangning, Jintan, and Jurong along the way. In addition to maintaining order, All Yu Ding outside..."
"Therefore, in the vicinity of this formation, in addition to the mobile battalions, teaching, artillery, and engineers, there are three detachments gathered from the local area, as well as the mobilized auxiliary soldiers and civilians... "
"That said, the enemy troops in Xuan and Chi can only be released temporarily..."
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but sighed.
"Actually, it is not impossible to imagine... in Jinhua City,"
Li Shicheng, who was in charge of the local intelligence work in Zhenhai and Huainan, suddenly spoke.
"Are you talking about Zhang Zimian's migrants who formed the effective camp? Since this generation can betray Zhang Zimian, wouldn't it be possible to betray the army..."
However, Ge Congzhou frowned and asked.
"Of course I didn't count on their loyalty,"
Li Shicheng calmly said:
"However, this army has guaranteed means. They are all people in southern Zhejiang, and their relatives and local people are now under the control of the Dudu Mansion..."
"It's possible to make his front work as a means of redemption and rejuvenation; at least the former head of the detective who cooperated with me, Lin Qianjun, has not given up on his behalf..."
"If that's the case, then give them this opportunity..."
Zhou Huai'an thought about it and made the decision. (End of this chapter)