And under the Guangling City, among the remaining camps, the mixed smell of metal and leather, sweat and blood, smoke and burning still diffuses in the air with the squirming crowd; but at least it makes people feel very tired and tormented. The fierce battle has ended.
"Count the equipment..."
"Search for the wounded..."
"Rebuild the line of defense..."
"Transfer the position of the cannon..."
"Advancing another two hundred steps to the city wall..."
Qian Jumei, whose robes were dyed red again, also shook off the residual blood on her lower jaw; only then did she feel that the tight mouth of the tiger was already bursting apart in the force. But the hot, creamy and greasy immersion didn't know whether it was blood or sweat, and it was almost impossible to grasp this weapon.
As the leader of the army, he could have no longer rushed to the front, as long as the back of the palace and the middle command coordinated. However, for some insignificant reason, he must personally lead the team to chase the retreating Shou Hao army in order to achieve the greatest results.
Because, after these days of fighting, he inevitably developed obvious feelings and insights; with the training, equipment and other military qualities of these Taiping soldiers now, coupled with the corresponding discipline and organization, there is no need for him to be like You can run smoothly with the painstaking effort in Hangzhou Badu.
Moreover, he even had the illusion that even if he did not have the position and command of his lieutenant for a while, these subordinates could rely on some natural inertia and instinctive correspondence accumulated during training to continue fighting and confronting the enemy;
In a sense, even if the Metropolitan Government temporarily replaces another person to take its place temporarily, it may not be able to deal with it step by step or stabilize the situation, and even wait for the corresponding changes in the situation and follow-up support. means.
And he saw more than once that the captains, other generals, captains, and brigade commanders who were running and fighting under his command, after being killed or injured one after another, naturally some people follow the order of the ranks, and there is almost no confusion or confusion. Intermittently take over the position to continue fighting;
Until the most basic organizational system cannot be preserved, it will be relisted and added to other departments after the fact. Or, by using this as a framework to replenish soldiers and equipment, the most basic scale of combat power can be restored in a short period of time.
This aspect has greatly weakened the influence that can be exerted in the army as a leader and the operating adjustment room full of personal characteristics; but at the same time, it has also greatly improved the corresponding military officers, who can take advantage of the space and tactical means of contingency. The upper limit.
This may be the Taiping Army, the unnamed one among the many grass thief troops, suddenly rose in Liangling and within a few years, it swept through most of the south of the Yangtze River and swept a dozen or so imperial military towns, and it has rare opponents. And the failure, the basic root cause and essential difference!
It's a pity that the number of economically controlled soldiers under his command has always been limited. More often, he has to rely on those recruits and auxiliary soldiers from Jiangdong to supplement and replenish combat power; most of the time, the defensive force is acceptable. , But the fighting spirit and tenacity to take the initiative to attack are much worse.
Otherwise, even in the face of Yang Xingzhen in Huainan, who has a strong presence in the city, why would he be able to achieve such a situation where he has the upper hand and then loses? In other words, when he was in Shijingdu, Hangzhou, if his subordinates had this kind of fineness, let alone dominating the roost and the place, even Jiangdong Sanlu could be longer and shorter.
In other words, since the Taiping Army led by the chief governor appeared in the world, many things are no longer the same as the past. According to the new things he learned in the lecture, he is afraid that in the future, relying on the military and personal means of the generals will be enough to change the situation of the battle and the probability of winning and losing. It will become farther and less. Up.
This is certainly a kind of sorrow and helplessness for such a military general who is aspiring to make a difference in the world, but it is also another kind of disguised spur that allows everyone to advance together under the same opportunity, and Bai Ke strives to flow in the new era. What? He was thinking about pausing his foot on the edge of a broken fence, and he heard a faint sound of golden boards coming from the top of the city again.
Then he looked up with a sense of feeling, and saw that from the trenches close to the city wall, one after another appeared from the trenches, one after another with brightly armored and well-prepared enemy soldiers, alternately covering the front and back, slowly facing the enemy. After closing the gate and retreating, Qian Jumei couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief;
Fortunately, I resisted the attacker who continued to work hard, otherwise, I was afraid that the methods used to ambush and calculate the attacking defenders would fall on me. However, the long-awaited familiar drum horn and faint loud neighing came from the south of the city, but it was the Taiping Squadron who broke through the blockade to reinforce them and were confronting those retreats.
At this moment, Qian Jumei's black and flushed face seemed to fall to the ground like a stone, and he fell down on the dumped fence wall, and called to the left and right to disarm and deal with the remaining arrow clusters on his body. With the response and support of these Taiping Squadrons, he didn't need to fight hard any more, and was able to hold on for the remaining 8,000 soldiers and 5,000 civilian workers.
On the front of the main gate of Guangling South, Yang Xingmin also looked at the city with a blank face and cold eyes. He was defeated by the fireworks from the boats and boats flying the Taiping Green Flag in the Caohe River and the rush from the pawns along the coast. After breaking the soldiers, helpless and desperate chaos gathered in front of the closed city gate in advance, shouting loudly and desperately beating.
"Speak to the city! Let them go to the North City immediately, there may be a chance..."
After explaining this, he came to the city without looking back, and saw another Luzhou general, Wang Jingren, approaching and whispering to report:
"The governor, the relatives from Shouzhou, and the three men and horses that have been withdrawn from Chuzhou one after another, have reached the Tianchang Lake with the smooth water last night, and most of them have entered the city..."
"That's it..."
Yang Xingyan couldn't help but smile at the news and said: He took the initiative to emptied all the garrison forces in Shouzhou, his hometown, Luzhou, etc., as the foundation, and gave up these places in a disguised form. Isn't it the key to entering Yangzhou? What time. Now, since he missed the opportunity to defeat or further weaken the enemy of Chengdong, the next step is to return to the previous long-term offensive and defensive stalemate. The completion of the migration of these family members also represents the further consolidation of the military's mind.
When he returned to the Huainan Festival Hall, which had been cleared of various broken ruins, and re-painted with silk and silk colored watches. Sitting down at the end of the main hall where the mural painted dragon goes out to sea, I saw that another pro-army brought Li Decheng up to report:
"Supervisor, all the dead bodies in the office have been cleaned up, and people have been able to distinguish them carefully..."
"Ok.."
Yang Xing couldn't help but snorted and let the other party continue.
"It involves a family of Gao's family, children and relatives, a total of 517 mouthpieces are in it... However, Taiwei (Gao Pian) does not seem to be among them..."
Said that Li Decheng was a little hesitating here:
"what!"
Yang Xing couldn't help but opened his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"The little ones are already walking up and down in the ya'ai and the courtyard, and they are digging three feet everywhere. Even the bones buried many years ago have been recovered in many places, which are the unseen traces of the lieutenant..."
Li Decheng knelt and trembled:
"Okay, let's get up... They are all my sons and daughters, so why don't you kneel and talk."
Yang Xingmin's burst of flame seemed to come and disappear quickly, and he said flatly again.
"Since this is the case, it is not a matter of waiting; then I will send my order to find a good place for the Taiwei to find a good place for a burial... Then I will gather the members of the monks and alchemists in the city and say that I will organize it for the Taiwei. The big sacrifice, I thought it was a gift of requisite comfort, and all of them had to be present..."
"Yes, your subordinates are going to make arrangements!"
After standing up, Li Decheng suddenly realized that Li Decheng quickly replied:
Not long after he retired, another person was brought into the lobby; it was the former Naishi Lu Yongzhi who was in power in Huainan. I saw that he is now in a wholesale dress of plain clothes, and there is a natural Taoist fairy wind that has washed away the prosperity and impetuousness and returned to the original. I saw him proactively confronting Yang Xing and said:
"The rate of not seeing the governor for many days is fine. If I feel more exhausted, I have the corresponding solid yellow towel pill and purple tooth pill for me;"
"If the military resources are still insufficient, I still have a few burials that can be used for assistance, and I can also set up altars to order people in the city to actively contribute to them:"
"Or to say to Ding Zhuang in the city, so that he eagerly joined the army in return for blessing? Even if the army is disturbed, I can also set up an altar and cast spells to fix it..."
"I don't want anything from you. I just want you to make a discussion. How about borrowing a good head for the time being..."
Yang Xing sneered, but at such a step, is he still thinking about continuing to pretend to be fools? Is this because you want to live, or do you deceive people and your heart too much on weekdays, and you don't even believe in yourself? (End of this chapter)