And Zhou Huaian, the chief governor of the Taiping Army, who had moved low-key to Shangluo City during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, squinted his eyes in the Central Army’s account and listened to the return from the front:
"West Road Dachangguan came to report, the attacking Liu (Lumao) Zhonglang's tribe has achieved great victory in Duqu Township, and successfully killed Mihaiwan, the chief of the Shatuo Sage tribe, and Li Quan, the ambassador of the six states.
Seventy-six chiefs and generals under the righteousness; more than three thousand seven hundred soldiers and horses of Sage's headquarters were cut off, and nearly four thousand were captured. . Countless other beasts and horses were obtained. . "
"The guerrilla groups from the west have reported that they have intercepted seventeen waves of messengers and explorers seeking assistance from the north and west. At present, the Dangxiang Tuoba and other ministries have not seen any movement at the Ziwuguan line.
. . The situation in Chang'an City is still unknown to me. "
"Zhonglu Feige is here to report that Cao (Shixiong) Zhonglang, who attacked in Lantian City, fought Shi Jingcun of Shatuo's Anqing Department and Bailuyuan..."
"Zhang (Quanyi) Dulang, who is out of Lantianyu, has already smashed the seven defense formations of Koda, Suyao, and Moli in Yinshan Mansion Tatar, and he is moving closer to Lantian County...
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"For the 19th route scout team sent to the southern battlefield, only 7 routes have paid off. It is preliminary judged that the scope of activities of the Shatuo Zhuxie's main formation is still at Duting Station.
Between Hengba Bridge;"
"However, due to the increased vigilance of the enemy forces, the outskirts have become more frequent, and the reconnaissance team has been unable to get too close to the reconnaissance... It can only be confirmed that Sha Tuo and Tu Huo
The coalition forces have already begun to attack the city. . "
Hearing this, Zhou Huaian also nodded slightly, and sighed inwardly. At least as the "Operation Thrilling" campaign he personally planned, the initial stage goal has been reached
When the main effect is reached, the next step is to gradually tighten and compress the front line, capture the target for a specific battle to win.
In order to achieve and guarantee the expected goals and effects, in addition to dispatching troops within the 30,000 passes that have already been out of battle; he personally brought the first army, including the first army, to fight the battle more than ten days ago.
The actual 20,000 reserve force and a large stock of materials sufficient to form a few months of fighting are for the needs of this moment.
It can be said that in addition to the previous expedition to Jiangdong, this is also the Taiping Army once again concentrated a large amount of manpower and material resources in a short period of time, and organized a second time of more than 50,000 people.
A large-scale battle on the scale.
After all, to deal with the "one-eyed crow" that opened one of the five-generation Ssangyong, this potential darling of the times and the son of luck. But there is no luck, let alone with
Ratio of luck to probability of collision;
Don't even count on the possibility of a small and broad one, it will only give the other person a head, or become one of the stepping stones for the other person to grow and grow. After all, in every
The sons of Qi Luck of the age basically have various traits such as perseverance, repeated setbacks, and good use of others.
The best way is to use the difference in identity and strength to maintain good relations and exchanges with him as early as possible, and then secretly induce them.
As the other party gradually deviates from the original trajectory of development and rise in history; even if it cannot be subdued, it can become a useful potential alliance.
Either it is when the opponent is just emerging and fledgling, relying on the accumulated advantages and strength, push the past in an upright manner, don’t give it right.
Any chance for a surprise victory or an accident. As long as the attack and destruction are strong enough, even the son of luck will not be so easy to come back and recover out of thin air.
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However, how can things in the world be so easy to be perfect, or as smooth as possible. Of course, Zhou Huaian still wants to seek the best opportunity to intervene to make it the best
Great results; but after receiving the last batch of pigeons released from Chang'an City, he couldn't wait any longer.
After all, on Chai Ping's side, he has already used his own strength to resist and contain, almost half of the military force of the official army. If he can’t survive there, then this pre-
The well-constructed battle layout and objectives are also likely to fall short or fail. Now, as the saying goes, "The sieve has been cast", the next step is to listen
It's fate to do everything.
But at least compared to the macroscopic possibility of fully leveraging and changing the entire Guan civil war; only the southern part of Gyeonggi is the core battlefield, and it is mainly aimed at a sando under the official army camp.
The army, with its affiliated Tatar, the various ministries, and the coordinated party army, is relatively simple in terms of strategic objectives and tactical deployment.
Of course, when Zhou Huaian first led the formulation of corresponding plans and programs, the obvious reason was that he insisted on "injury five fingers, it is better to cut one finger" and "regardless of the enemy."
How many roads I have taken, I only go all the way to the specific strategic direction, including "concentrating strength and fighting all the way";
The core is to use the advance army in Chang'an City as a bait and inducer to mobilize and attract the active forces of a part of the official army, and then to the Lantian Pass that echoes each other in the south of Gyeonggi.
With Lantian City as a support point, the previously accumulated strength was released in one go, and it has achieved the effect of annihilating and killing the sight of a large number of officials.
But I didn't expect that among the enemy troops south of Chang'an, there would be the Sha Tuo Army in the priority attack sequence. Therefore, the entire strategic deployment will inevitably proceed.
Specific adjustments and additional inputs.
Therefore, this part of the support horses that Zhou Huaian is ready to go in Lantian Pass is now used as a reserve team in case of critical moments, as well as blocking and intercepting,
Eliminate the possibility of backup and accidents.
After all, in a sense, in the battlefield in the Guannei battlefield, the main army of Huang Chao, who has been late and unclear about the news, is the same for both the enemy and us.
It is a non-negligible accidental factor;
—I am the dividing line of secret deployment —
On the south wall of Chang'an City, amidst shouting and drumming, the advance army Zhilang General Chai Ping looked at the allied forces of the feudal clan that had retreated like an anticlimax.
There is not much moving form.
Although the opponent's offensive did not appear to be very careful, and even full of perfunctory meaning. He just screamed and rushed while holding the extremely simple equipment, and then under the rainy arrows in the city, dropped the sparse corpses and turned around and ran.
Therefore, even a few sections of the city have not been filled up so far; I haven't even touched the edge of the city gate. But for the Taiping Army stationed on the city’s head, pressure and wastage were actually caused.
However, the offensive of the officers and soldiers in the direction of the city is higher than the other waves. It seemed that they were inspired and inspired by the outside of the city. Various banners continued to cross the overfired city squares from the east, west and north, struggling to squeeze and erode the Taiping Army's defense line.
Relying on the great advantage of not being afraid of death and injury in numbers, they even gradually learned lessons during the battle, and constantly tried to master and adapt to the offensive rhythm of the Taiping Army, and find new countermeasures and methods from it; for example, use a large platoon smeared with wet mud. And soaked bedding to weaken and reduce the damage caused by various firearms of the Taiping Army.
Therefore, after the fire that burned more than ten squares in the south of the city was extinguished, the officers and soldiers suddenly changed their course and adopted a round-the-clock offensive round the clock, even in the dark night when they could not see their fingers. Army combat groups compete for each point of the preset position.
However, in this precarious situation, Chai Ping still had to maintain enough strength on the city to prevent accidents, otherwise once the flaws and loopholes were exposed; perhaps the false response would become a real threat of forcible breakthrough. Up.
As a result, the Taiping Army is relatively well-equipped and well-prepared, but the problem of limited overall strength is magnified and highlighted by this multi-head containment tactic. Because of the exhaustion of the continuous battle, he even had to cancel the irregular counterattack and harassment activities at night to save the soldiers' physical strength and energy.
As a result, the temporary battalions formed by the rebel soldiers and soldiers collapsed one after another during the battle; even the formation of a system fleeing without fighting and impacting the rear, the containment was quickly suppressed and gathered, but the ones were lost. The position and defense zone are unable to be regained.
Therefore, apart from the guards around Empress Cao, there are no established temporary battalions; in fact, even these guards have been brought into the hands of Chai Ping, and they serve as reserve forces for maneuvering (fire fighting) everywhere on the front. , And some damage is not small.
In contrast, it seems that the same hatred of the enemy caused by the burning of their homes by the officials and the army, those newly-arranged assistant pawns in terms of overall morale, fighting will and tenacity, have shown some improvement.
It’s just that most of them are young people among the people who have just picked up weapons and fought for their homeland and relatives. Although they have received a large number of supplementary sources at once, they can only do so in terms of combat skills, organizational discipline, coordination, and other military qualities. It is described by the undecided novice and the mob.
Therefore, once there are not enough veterans as the backbone of the battle, to restrain and control them well, it is easy for them to be hot-blooded and desperate, or be constrained by those cruel and cunning officers and soldiers in the battle. And inducement; even revealing obvious flaws and weaknesses, accidentally ended up in the end of the destruction of the establishment.
So more often Chai Ping deployed them on the city wall in turn, relying on the battlement to wave the flag and sling and sling arrows, so as to deter and deter the feudal pawns outside the city from bluffing.
However, new changes have taken place in this situation a few days ago; the official army actually sent people to shout to persuade him to surrender. Among them is public praise for their performance of being trapped and fighting, but it is a meaningless result of self-destruction.
Therefore, they also claimed that as long as they were willing to give up the city defense on the spot and the entire team surrendered to the royal division of the court, they would be able to retain all their staff, grant military orders and official positions without disrupting the establishment, and continue to contribute to the court or return home. .
Then he was shot to death by Chai Ping in front of the battle; although most people know that this is a means of attacking the military and the army; but it is inevitable that it has caused a little * in these last areas of the south of the city. * Confusion with people's minds.
Especially among the local civilians and newly recruited pawns, confidence and morale have inevitably been severely affected. In the past two days, a group of former rebels who had been recruited broke through the constraints of the Taiping Army and headed for the official army. And then became a living role model for the opposing team.
In the end, Empress Cao came out personally, and sternly reprimanded and encouraged the rebels who were morally depressed. It was considered that the situation had improved; but the situation that followed became even more critical.
Because the army on the opposite side seems to have got a ridiculous news from the people who fled, saying that it was Empress Cao, along with most of the family members of Daqi high-level officials, as well as many treasures and treasury from Ouchi. The Taiping Army’s defense zone is in.
As a result, the officers and soldiers in the city who were unable to conceal their fatigue after they had been conquered for several days were greatly encouraged and motivated by this. They became more proactive and extraordinarily aggressive and attacked between the three gates. The last two were controlled by the Taiping Army. It's a city square.
At this time, the neighbors in the city began to shout again: but this time it is no longer persuading them to be the generals of the Taiping Army, but instead to advocate and instigate the ordinary soldiers underneath, as long as they can kill the officer "abandon the dark and cast the light." Then you can get the reward money or birth with the corresponding first level.
If you can escort the family members of the thieves below Cao Empress and so on, you can even get the official body and future of the corresponding rank. . . And Chai Ping didn't even bother to waste artillery on it. Because those who were able to escape overnight in the past two days have already escaped, and those who are left are not desperately desperate or desperate people waiting to die.
"Du Lang, the Fan Hu outside the city seems to have changed again..." (End of this chapter)