In Shouzhou, Huainan Road, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu Xiang Sun Shuao presided over the construction of the water conservancy project—the South Bank of Shaopei. Master Zhou, who is struggling to shake off the snow covered in snow, don’t reuse firewood and mumble:
"It can be regarded as catching up, these Cai thief remnants are too able to run away..."
In the large mess of snow that was trampled in front of him, there were faintly scattered and discarded belongings, soft and fallen mount corpses, extending into the dark and silent forest in the distance.
To think about it, reused as firewood from Jiangdong territory, who came from a general of the boat division, actually had an embarrassing position and role in this Huainan offensive. Compared with leading the cavalry to the Western Front, he became the main mobile force and fire brigade in the hands of the master general. He participated in several key volleys of encirclement and aid, and finally Yang Shihou in an ambush on the ice; Chai Zaiyong and his subordinates The performance is a bit lackluster.
After all, what he brought with him were all the boat masters and soldiers who were good at navigating the boat and fighting on the water. After the various rivers and lanes in Huainan have been frozen due to the severe winter, their range of activities and combat expertise will inevitably be compromised, and they will be reduced to the first-class ordinary second and third line troops, which can only take on some defenses and defenses. Set up cards, patrol sentries, blockades, escort and other secondary tasks.
Therefore, in addition to suppressing several local commotions and unrests as an emergency means, it rescued three teams in a town that were besieged by hostile forces, and successively captured hundreds of deserters and soldiers from Yangzhou and Chuzhou. Besides, there were no more results, and even the final Zhong Ling attack did not catch up.
Because he was being ordered to receive a batch of supplies on the edge of the Yangtze River in Luzhou, and escorted them to dozens of newly established large-scale villages/editing management areas (special settlements); when he finally gathered up the army Leading the team to return, the leader of the Huaixi Army Liu Hanhong's flags and drums were all captured, and the fighting and resistance in Zhongling City had also ended.
Chai Zai could only pinch his nose, and took over tens of thousands of escorts in batches. After preliminary screening and interrogation, the Huaixi Army prisoners, and their relatives, went to the ferry on the riverside to accept the off-site compilation. Management and new tasks that are dealt with separately. This was not an easy task. The captives who were constantly trying to escape and looking for opportunities to resist on the road made his whole person tired and thin.
In the end, Chai spent more than a dozen times in pursuit, and executed hundreds of people in batches in order to emulate you, and then brought most of the remaining people to the destination. Fortunately, it was pitiful in the sky, and he finally caught up with the last chance of the closing phase of the Huainan Campaign. One of the remnants of the Caizhou Army, who had abandoned Chuzhou City and fled in all directions, also ran westward.
Therefore, he spared his skin and figure to beg Qian Jumei, the deputy general of the attacking army, and begged for such a hard and tedious task of chasing down the dead enemy for a long time. It is to be able to put on the chest a bronze medal of three to five grades for catching, trapping, and defeating the title; not like most of the activists in the auxiliary pawns and armed civilians, just get one. A commemorative medal for the Battle of Huainan or a service medal for diligence and effectiveness
Then he concentrated the snow equipment in the army, and specially formed a unit that could facilitate quick pursuit. Staring at the tail and traces of the largest remnant enemy, chasing from Pingyuan Town to Duliang Mountain, and from Duliang Mountain to Copper City, Shiliang, Baita, etc., and in the local cities and towns to strictly guard against the cooperation and supplement. Next, he insisted on chasing down the fat, thin chasing fatigue, and chasing down the deadly enemy.
They spent several days of work, almost in the Chu, Chu, Hao, Lu, and Shou prefectures between Huai Shui and Dajiang, winding and turning several large circles; only then they exhausted and froze to death. On the road, or the last few enemies who were killed, surrendered, or fled seven and eighty-eight, they chased and blocked this nameless Ye Lin Zili. Now, it was his turn to reveal the final answer.
"Don't worry, take a rest and prepare for a while..."
However, Chai Zaiyong once again emphasized to the left and right:
"Able to hold on to this point, it must be the most stubborn diehard among the Cai Thieves... Don't take it lightly, and you will fall short!"
"It's saved..."
The soldiers, who were unable to conceal their tiredness and exhaustion, replied in unison: Then they started to work separately. I saw some of them leaning on the side of the horse drawn to keep vigilance and set up temporary fronts; some of them sat on the blankets laid in the snow, and began to chew on the warm water sacs in their arms. Military rations such as fried noodles and oil cakes.
Then, the iron barrel stove, which was placed on the horse-drawn bar to keep the remaining fire, was also added with more charcoal powder and wood chips, and then pressed on the new briquettes, and the firepower suddenly became vigorous; the light smoke curled and slightly sneered. In the midst of the sound, it began to heat and melt the snow piled up in the pot.
When the water splash in the pot was slightly tumbling, and the big tea bags with pre-prepared ingredients were added, the third batch of soldiers in rotation also finished eating, and began to rejoin the sequence of standby. At this time, there was still silence in the wild forest, but the first group of Taiping troops on the periphery were ready to attack.
Amidst the sudden beat of the drums, several rows of shots holding long and short guns formed several horizontal lines, slowly crossing the jumbled obstacles on the ground; they reached within a hundred steps of the edge of Yelinzi. The next moment the piercing whistle made a loud sound, but groups of players emerged from behind them, struggling to run towards this forest across the gap of the shooting team.
I saw these players bend and run without stopping, just before they rushed into the woods with a few breaths; but they suddenly stopped and threw their hands to throw spheres with a faint smoke. Turn around without hesitation and leave. I saw these thrown spheres flying over a distance of several steps or ten steps, and then hit the trunk one after another, or bounced off the branches and leaves of the falling snow.
In the next moment, there was a burst of flames and a lot of bursts of fire rain and flames. In a flash, it illuminates the dark wild forest, and also illuminates the faintly thin and withered. But the armor was broken, and his hands were still in the form of a humanoid with a sword and a soldier in the direction of confrontation.
Then, after listening to the sharp whistle, the players who ran back turned back to the body area, but they hugged the Tuan Pai and threw themselves on the snow. The next moment, a series of crisp and explosive sound of gunshots and smoke bloomed, countless traces of lead that were difficult to discern with the naked eye passed over their heads, and slapped the numbers in the forest and on the human body. , It also shook the snow on the branches and leaves. . . .
I don’t know that the shooting team has fired for a few rounds and no longer sees standing figures and screams; only players who have refilled rush forward again, facing Lin Zishen with the burning light of residual fire There was another wave of arson bombs. . . . After a while, someone finally screamed in a mess:
"Spare..."
"I am waiting to drop..."
"Don't set fire again..."
"The villain will come out now..."
"Abandon the weapon, come out, hold your head and kneel..."
Following the yelling of these peaceful soldiers in front of the battlefield, some ragged Caizhou soldiers came out one after another in Ye Linzi, and then they hugged their heads and knelt in the snow without taking a few steps, leaving the licensed guards to the soldiers. Move forward and drag them to the side one by one. Then Chai stepped forward with eagerness, and sternly said to a general who seemed to be the most neatly dressed:
"Quickly, that is your leader..."
"Ben,, yes, yes,, are the three generals, but the younger brother of Qin Dashuai..."
The general who was kneeling in the snow didn't know if it was frightened or his cold teeth trembling said:
"Where is that man!"
Chai Zai couldn't help but a burst of ecstasy surged in his heart, and he actually caught the highest rank among Caizhou thieves.
"Wounded by,, by your firearms, fell in the woods..."
At the same time, on the inner side of Gaoyou Lake, which is adjacent to Chuzhou and Yangzhou, amidst the dense withered reeds, they have been lined up one after another and the people have stepped on temporary aisles, and finally gathered in a large area that was also trampled out. On the clearing. And on the frozen ice surface in the distance, there are a steady stream of horse-drawn paddles leaning over from the shore.
As the highest-ranking general on the scene, he was just transferred from Jiangling to Huainan’s post-processing ambassador’s Yamen, responsible for the follow-up of local defense and suppression, and the reserve force organization, Huo Cun; In the siltation of a large settlement on Hezhou.
"Oh, if it wasn't for someone to lead the way, and the river and marsh water surface was freezing hard in winter, where did you know that there is still such a residence hidden in this reed?"
"General Lang, the culprits in this water dock are very alert, and are more adept at shooting. The brothers who tried to touch have been brought down within a hundred steps..."
Li Hanran, another jumper who arrived first, said:
"Therefore, I did not wait for another strong attack. Instead, I stepped in and shouted at the surrounding area as suspicious soldiers in order to prevent them from fleeing and leave it to the rear team for reinforcements..."
"Enjoy General Huo, a good shooter who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, even if it's not An Renyi's servant..."
"Not sure, Lu Shizhou, Zhu Yanshou and others are also in the meantime, I'm afraid there will be some stubborn resistance..."
As the captives and the leading party, Wang Jingren and Ashina Yuelu, both cautiously or cautiously stood aside, and said one after another with a flattering smile.
"It's okay... I specially brought the artillery units of the hunting and strike forces this time..."
Huo Cun, who looks thick and sturdy and has firm eyes, is confident:
Among the hunting teams that came over with the sound of drums, the brother Shudiqi, with a long blunderbus on his back and a fork in his hand, was listed among them. Then, five more were placed on the snow paddles. 'S small cannon was dragged up hard. They are lined up in the open area facing the Shuiwu town.
"The artillery group has priority to bombard the outposts and arrow towers..."
"The hunting team is responsible for knocking down the outcropping archers..."
"Knife players and fire throwers mixed together, ready to follow orders..."
"The spearmen and the blunderbuss lined up on the other three sides of the ice to prevent the enemy from breaking through and escaping..." (End of this chapter)