Soon in the south of Qingliu City, following the city gate that burst open, and the armoured soldiers who were waiting in a line but were knocked down by fragments, blood flowed into a river of groaning soldiers; they were trampled by the rushing soldiers of Taiping. . .
In the next few hours, as the defenders who had been defeated and retreated on the walls of the city, they fled into the city but were driven and searched out. The Shou Hao Army's decline in Qingliu City was gone. Can be restored.
I saw a team of white soldiers with full drapes and full knives, under the cover of the bow and crossbow blunders from the shooting team and the fire throwing team, quickly rushing through the crisscross streets, pushing forward and smoothing the remnants. Constantly resisting, and finally gathered in the low (inner) city.
However, these remnants who entrenched the enemy in the sub-city desperately threw arrows and slings and stubbornly resisted, and they could not resist them for long. Even the artillery vehicles used by the rear strike force to attack fortifications and the blasting team of the combat engineering regiment had not had time to advance;
They already rushed past the remaining defenders on the wall, bombarded and burned several rounds of bombs and fireworks, then smashed open and squeezed into the inner door that had not yet been fully closed, and more scattered doors. The enemy soldiers inside were chopped down and knocked to the ground.
As a result, the first batch of surrendered officers and soldiers who abandoned their weapons and begged for mercy finally began to appear in front of them. And some of the clerks who were encountered afterwards were of the rank of local officials, and some of them also knelt down to the side holding papers or wealth, and were immediately let go by passing through them for the time being.
"This time, I'm afraid that there will be a negative rate!"
At the last moment of the battle, it was difficult to stop the Huainan general Tao Ya, who had fleeed from the left and right. After decisively lighting the treasury in the palace, he did not hesitate to raise the knife to face the in-person enemy who rushed in.
"Who dare to die with me?"
I saw that he was hit by dozens of arrows before he got close, and he didn't realize it. He was already castrated unabated, screaming, swinging a knife, slashing left and right, until he was hit by the horn blunders again. Luang's pocket burst open, and then he fell to the ground sideways. As a result, the last bit of resistance in Qingliu City also disappeared.
Later, Zhu Cun, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, did not go directly to the city to rest and receive the prisoners. Instead, he arranged for the follow-up urban cleanup, wounded placement, and preparations for the new grain platform on the spot. The army corps was on the road overnight. It's just that there are some other voices inevitably coming from his side:
"It's really a damn rarity. It comes from fighting for so many years. I feel that the more I live, the more I go back. I don't understand... How can I ride a horse and be beaten up without even touching?"
Just as Zhu Cun was galloping in small steps, he couldn't help but glance at the person who spoke, but it was the school lieutenant Zhao Jue who was followed by Ge Cunshu's men. Then he spoke calmly:
"That was a model battalion that the chief governor personally intervened and edited. The army selected Jianyong to practice firearms as the main battle method. It is known that the first battalion can serve as an elite benchmark for the third and fifth battalions in the field. There are only more than ten battalions among the soldiers of the 11th Army and 100 battalions of the Mansion. Now that I am assigned to the third battalion under my command, isn’t it just for the key point of this moment?"
Then he turned sideways to the other commanders who followed closely and said in a solemn voice:
"You guys shouldn’t think too much about others, or admire the decent scenery of other homes; it’s better to practice your own martial arts and warfare first, and strive for outstanding performance. Only in this way do not care about when and where in the future, and It belongs to that subordinate, and naturally it is the place that is valued and entrusted to be used..."
Of course, as the main commander, he can also understand the cautious thoughts hidden in these generals; compared with the Donglu attacking army, which is mainly from the Jiangdong Sandao soldiers, and the deputy general Qian Gumei's Donglu attacking army, his subordinates are the main ones. Soldiers from Jiangxi, Hunan and Jingnan are the main ones.
It also includes many of the Lingnei origins originally dominated by Nufeng Laoying, Chaoxun children, and Cantonese soldiers; as well as the various branches of the volunteers along the way that were successively effective when they fought in Hunan, Jingzhou, and Jiangxi; they constituted the new, The two old rebel factions. At the same time, it is also the largest hidden hill in the army under the command of the Metropolitan Government.
Like Zhu Cun himself, it represents a faint hilltop of the Rebel New Faction. However, with the continuous growth of the Taiping Army and the expansion of the population on the site, soldiers of various local backgrounds and backgrounds have also continued to join in, which greatly dilutes and disperses the sense of existence and value of these new and old rebels.
Especially in several important battles such as the Jiangdong Expedition and the Battle of Guanzhong, these soldiers with the background of the rebel army were also not allowed to gradually give way to the new generations who were constantly emerging because of the limitations of their talents and structure. ; And even the second and third lines of retirement due to injury and illness, this inevitably makes some people have a certain potential crisis and sense of urgency.
Therefore, after gathering under one's command and being able to go on the expedition, one has to gear up to gain momentum to perform well; it's just that this trend of blunt expression has been tightly pressed by oneself, and it is difficult to do what you want. The new model camp assigned to the place was stimulated, and only then did these nonsense statements come into being.
However, doesn't Zhu Cun himself know that this Huainan strategy will be of great benefit to his future prospects? In other words, doesn't he have the intention and vision to pursue fame and become famous for future generations? On the contrary, he has to seek more stability and prudence to ensure that the strategic intent of the general supervision is fully implemented and promoted without compromise, even if he does not hesitate to sacrifice some of the advantages and conveniences in the details, and even his own reputation and popularity.
After all, as one of the few high-ranking officers of the Taiping Army under the general governor, it is known as the "five great lords (generals)" and the "eleventh army rate". The qualifications are second only to Chai Ping and Yao, who served as deputy for many years Wang Pan is worthy of being in the same place as Cao Shixiong, Zhang Juyan and others; it is a good thing that there are too many comments or vain expectations.
And after forcing himself to sink down and re-learn those political theories, military books, and the experience of everyone in ancient and modern times; what he needs to consider now is not just a two-game battle, or one place and one battle. It is necessary to try to consider the problem from the overall foreseeable overall situation.
For example, what kind of Huainan situation the Metropolitan Government needs, and what kind of results the Taiping attackers can get from the battle in Huainan; and then what they can achieve from it. . . . .
However, in addition to this, he also hopes to see the day when those old brothers who have followed him but become less and less will be listed in the court and share honor and wealth in the future. It's just hard to say how much you can pay attention to this inconspicuous painstaking effort.
—I am the dividing line —
At the same time, under the city of Guangling, Yang Xingmin, who had confirmed that the defeat of the southward facing team was irreversible, finally gave the order of Mingjin to retreat. After all, Yangzhou, as a land and water hub where the eight roads in the southeast gather wealth, the most indispensable thing is the waterways extending in all directions.
Although these river network waterways provide convenience for large and small boats, they also provide ready-made channels for the invasion of enemy navy. Among them, the most spacious is the ancient river course left over by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. It was once said to be a huge dragon boat capable of navigating the upper hall of the water. Although it has undergone siltation and diversion since the late Tang Dynasty, it is directly accessible by river boats and even Medium-sized marine vessels are still not a problem.
In the past, including the Chaohu, Gaoyou, and Patrol Army, several surface forces under the Huainan Battalion; either lost all their losses in the Jiangdong Raiders after Huangchao passed through the border, or they disintegrated and disintegrated because of the continuous civil strife and war. Therefore, although he has gathered some old ships, but it is not enough to contend with the pirate army running across the river.
As the core place of Yangzhou and the hub where the southeastern products and business travel have gathered for hundreds of years, Guangling City is surrounded by crisscrossed rivers and branches; this aspect provides Guangling City with a natural, easy-to-defend and difficult-to-defend geographic victory. However, it also provides a "shortcut" for hostile surface forces.
Therefore, once these foreign thief naval forces can successfully enter the water system near Yangzhou City; it is easy to form a certain sense of echo and synergy with the thief camp entrenched in the city, turning the original victory and defeat situation upside down. Turn it back again. In this case, if he cannot withdraw decisively or hesitates, he is afraid that his efforts will be wasted and the loss will be in vain. (End of this chapter)