On the east bank of Fengshui, in the rain that gradually became sparse, Ge Shutic, who crouched by the river in the reeds full of damp grass and wood, also wiped away the accumulated water on his face, while working hard to open his eyes. Carefully distinguish the banner and movement of the feudal army in the distance.
Because of the rain, the estuary where the upper reaches of the Fengshui River meets a tributary of the Weishui River has also become more turbulent. Even with them, a special unit that was specially selected to take a shortcut on the water near Xianyang, it was also trapped in the confluence of the river by a boat.
However, it is not uncommon for them to be obstructed by the soaring river with them. Obviously, there are also the brigade cavalry from the party department. Although the other side was already within the territory of Xianyang County, they were blocked by the 20- or 30-step-wide water surface.
Before that, these party troops only walked over a small half of the men and horses on the bridge crossing at the mouth of the estuary, which was obviously in disrepair. They collapsed along with the full load of pack horses and vehicles and sank in the Yellow River in the sound of an overwhelmed disintegration. In the water.
Then they made several attempts to rebuild the bridge, but due to lack of craftsmanship and experience, the remaining beams and pier foundations collapsed even more severely. Then, someone tried to take the mount for a swim, and then the towing rope was broken without exception, drifting away without a trace.
Then, these party soldiers began to expand the scope of their search, and started looking for and felling trees, firewood, and piled up stones on the remaining vehicles and tied them with cowhide ropes; and then cleared a passage on the bank of the bridge crossing the river. , Pushing these heavy-bearing vehicles one by one into the river beach, suddenly sinking to the bottom in splashes of water.
In just an instant, several large carts extended a certain distance on the bank of the river, and then more soldiers took the tree branches and stacks of firewood and pressed them up, throwing out a flat surface that could be passed, and Pushing the other carts staggeringly, they continued to sink to the bottom of the river.
After not much effort, a temporary levee crookedly extending into the river was formed. And those party soldiers are becoming more familiar and fluent
; Bundles of lush branches and leaves of the big tree fork were sunk into smaller and smaller gaps, but they began to truss out a slope that could barely jump onto the opposite bank.
At this time, the large sheep's heads of the Chinese Army, surrounded and surrounded by the party army, studded with gold and silver ornaments and shining, finally moved; they followed the pioneers who had crossed the river and pulled them with ropes. The temporary guardrail that came out stepped on the rickety causeway to the other side of the river.
At this time, a decisive loud shout suddenly sounded in the ears of Ge Shudiqi:
"At this moment, blow the trumpet and attack."
In an instant, countless whistles and horns sounded loudly, along with countless figures rushing out of the dense reeds, and long-standing arrows like locusts, almost all scattered and covering the party department that was crossing the river. Before and after the sheep's head of the Chinese army.
Suddenly, roars and screams, wailing and screams, rapid calls and shouts of different accents and accents, almost simultaneously exploded in the sudden outbreak of fighting by the river. It was even more like a shock and a beating. These unprepared party members and vassals were mentally stricken, and they were immediately strangling into a chaos.
Then, because of the safekeeping of the only few bombs that were not affected by moisture, the Taiping Army grenadiers, who were taken close at all costs and sacrifices, threw them at the contiguous herd of cattle and horses that were gathered together and waiting to cross the river. And among the mounts.
In an instant, it was as if a muddy puddle was blown up out of thin air in the formation of the Dangxiang Army, and these livestock broke free of the rope and rushed away indiscriminately. Without hesitation, they dispelled the last hope of these party members and soldiers who wanted to gather.
At this time, not many people noticed that the Chinese army's Daxu, who was about to reach the other side of the river, lost its support and fell over; and was trampled by the frightened feudal soldiers who rushed to escape across the river. Going into the river, drifting away gradually half-sinking and half-floating.
However, Yi pretended to be an ordinary little chief general, and Tuoba Sigong, who had rushed to cross the river next step, could only look at the chaotic battle on the opposite bank, and sighed with a sad expression:
"Where did these thieves come from? Could it be that the formation is going to kill me!!!, if you let me turn around and live and die with the enemy..."
Before he finished his words, he drew out his treasured sword, but the subordinate from the side hugged him quickly, and shouted and persuaded:
"My head, please take care..."
"Think twice..."
"The situation on the other side is no longer for..."
"Also ask the leaders of the ministry to lead the younger ones, and get out of the sky quickly, so that we can look to the future..."
"But my son, my brothers and relatives are still on the other side, so how can you give them up?"
Tuoba Sigong, who was stubbornly stopped by the left and right, became more and more hoarse: The left and the right also continued to advise:
"I don't care about this, the thief army can chase and ride at any time."
"The young master and all the adults are both brave and brave, so naturally they can be lucky to the heavens, and when the evil turns into good fortune..."
"If there is no leader of the Ministry to preside over the situation, what should we do about the huge foundation and situation of the Eighth Ministry of the Party in Yinxia Suiyan..."
It was the last sentence that seemed to touch Tuoba Si Gong, and he suddenly stopped insisting, and he looked at the other side in a distressed and very saddened one, and then he was supported on the horse and stepped on the mud after the rain, leading him These people who had already crossed the river drove away.
However, when he drove towards the direction of Xianyang City not far in the early days, he once again saw the broken soldiers in twos and threes, also dressed as party soldiers in leather jackets. He couldn't help but stopped in shock and sternly questioned:
"How did this happen to you..."
"We lost, we lost, we all lost..."
A broken soldier who was stopped and out of breath cried out in a slurred voice.
"The city of Xianyang is gone. The soldiers and horses from the city, Feiting and the people who went to Libu have encountered a large group of thieves from the west, and they have been broken up."
Hearing such a bad news, Tuoba Sizhong, who was originally exhausted and haggard, couldn't help being dizzy and startled on the spot, and only felt that he was throwing his head on the horse back in black.
—I am the dividing line of surprise —
At the same time, in the city of Chang'an, the top of the Daqi Ling Pagoda, the highest point of the Daxingshan Temple, had been reached. Zhou Huaian, who was watching the battle of the city in the rain, also received a new return:
"I would like to report to the general governor, the counterattack forces from Jin Mingfang have reported that the officers who have penetrated into the Fang did not build and repair positions nearby to defend themselves, so they began to retreat desperately..."
"The retreat seems to be quite hasty, and even the flag guards, armor and personal belongings were abandoned along the way; the counterattack forces gathered nearby were a little too late..."
"We all know Ge (from Zhou) and Lang will ask for instructions whether to mobilize the defense forces of Jinguang and Tonghua at the same time to conduct a tentative assault under the cover of firearms..."
"Quasily, he will leave the matter to his ears."
Zhou Huaian did not hesitate to make a decision: At this moment, another voice sounded from under the tower:
"The northeast front of the city has a good news. General Qu (Chengyu), who guards the east city and the Xingqing Palace, has taken the night storm and seized the Danfeng Gate in Bei Nei (Daming Palace)... and even a large number of retreats. A large number of enemy troops were blocked in the Guangzhaifang and Lingshanfang areas, and then turned to Jianfumen and Yanxingmen on the west side of the north inner side and fled..."
"Qu Lang will request the garrison troops of the third, fifth, and seventh defense formations on Suzaku Street to be dispatched for interception and encirclement and annihilation... Please send the combat engineering corps belonging to this formation into the north interior for consolidation and assistance. ..."
"Hey, this is an unexpected joy, and he should be allowed to do so; but we must stabilize this entry point... and then explain to Ge Congzhou, it will be launched simultaneously with the temptation assault of Jinguang and Tonghua..."
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but be slightly surprised;
After all, it is the most troublesome thing in ancient wars to directly attack this kind of palace complex that has been repaired and repaired one after another. It can be said that having such a breakthrough is half the effort and can reduce many unnecessary casualties and deaths. cost.
On the other hand, this rain has weakened firearms and equipment, and it is not a certain kind of tempering and test of the corresponding fighting will and military quality when the traditional cold soldiers are in close combat and hand-to-hand combat in the existing unit sequence of the Taiping Army;
Therefore, from the Chunming Gate in the east of the city to the Golden Gate in the west of the city on this night alone, there were about seven or eight positions that were breached. There were also a dozen fortresses and strongholds that were occupied and changed hands. The most recent one broke in by night. The enemy army was half away from Jingshanfang where Daxingshan Temple was located.
However, preliminary statistics after dawn showed that only a dozen regiments were actually defeated face-to-face or disintegrated. Other troops were able to maintain their organizational structure and a degree of organization in a situation of serious disadvantage or heavy casualties, according to prior arrangements. Good echelon positions retreated to the rear, supplemented and reorganized.
Therefore, judging from this rough data, in a sense, this rainy night counterattack of the officers and the army, no matter how many miraculous effects and results have been achieved in tactics, has already failed at the strategic level.
Even if they have obtained obvious advantages and advantages on some local fronts, they cannot change the fact that the main military sequence of the Taiping Army has not been disrupted and disrupted; it has not been seriously harmed or shaken to the fact that the Taiping Army has the potential and foundation for subsequent battles.
On the contrary, through rainy night sneak attacks and counterattacks, their heavily invested forces were disguised and dispersed in various cities. After dawn, it was not so easy to withdraw and go back; after the second and third line garrison troops blocked them, they just retreated. The reorganized front-line troops are now the time for the new force to counterattack spontaneously.
For example, in Qingduguan, Yonglefang, which is half a square of Daxingshan Temple, just besieged a group of seven or eight hundred brave officers; therefore, those responsible for the siege did not rush to attack, but waited. Reloaded firearms support after the weather is clear. (End of this chapter)