Chapter 55: The Battle of Jinhua VI

With the support of the Zheng family, Zhang Xianbi has no worries.

At nightfall, a large group of people and horses are tied to their hooves. A rope was lowered, led by a person with excellent night vision, and one of the soldiers behind him was one by one, all dragging the rope, almost silently moving forward.

It can't be said quietly.

Because the sound of fine footsteps cannot be completely hidden. Even if they are careful, there will be a "rustle" sound of footsteps, which is like countless silkworm babies gnawing on mulberry leaves. Lingering like spring rain, it is not too far in the night.

When you can clearly see the bonfire of the Qing army camp.

Zhang Xianbi took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked at the camp of the Qing army, he just glanced at it, and knew that the camp defense of the Qing army was not too strict. Looking at the money rat-tail whip on those people's heads, Zhang Xianbi sneered and said in a low voice: "Rest on the spot." ”

Just listen to the sound of a series of heavy objects falling to the ground. Then it fell silent.

Thousands of soldiers, almost silent.

When I was in school, people in group activities had experience, and a large group of people were together, as long as one person made a small movement, together, it was a large buzzing sound, as if countless wasps were roaring at low altitude.

At the moment, at night, the sound of animal chirping is much less.

There is a feeling of oppression.

Zhang Xianbi was waiting, waiting for the Zheng family's move.

He has been rolling on the battlefield for several years since he followed Fu Zonglong out of Yunnan and now has been rolling on the battlefield for several years, so he naturally knows what deception is, and he will never believe Chen Ding because of Chen Ding's words, he must let Chen Ding show sincerity.

And at this moment, Zhang Xianbi is waiting for Chen Ding's sincerity. Or rather, Zheng's sincerity.

What is Zheng's sincerity?

It was to destroy the pontoon.

The pontoon bridge connecting both sides of the Dongyang River is the place that Zhang Xianbi fears the most, before he came, he didn't know how many ways to destroy the pontoon bridge, no matter whether it could succeed or not, he had to pay a lot of price. Since Zheng wants to cooperate, he has to pay a price.

Otherwise, Zhang Xianbi would rather not cooperate.

Chen Ding also knew this, standing downstream at the moment, his heart was extremely nervous, he had already sent people to burn the pontoon bridge, which was the personal guard he brought from Fujian. There are not many people, about a hundred people.

The Zheng clan is different from other forces, it is the water master first and then the land division, even among the land divisions, there are many people who have been transferred from the water divisions, so there are never a few people who understand the water nature. The people around Chen Ding were also warriors across the sea before.

They took a small boat that went down the river from the Nanxi, because the place where the Nanxi flows into the mouth of the Dongyang River is downstream of Jinhua, so they can only go upstream. And you can't let people

Found. So I walked a little slower, I don't know how long it took.

A ball of fire burst out in an instant, and in an instant, it spread into a fire dragon, lying horizontally on the rolling Dongyang River. In just a moment, it was burned by the flames, broken into two, fell into the Dongyang River, and was washed downstream by the boiling river, and the flames were extinguished in a moment.

It happened very suddenly. The sudden arrival made many people unable to react.

It's just that these people who can't react don't include Zhang Xianbi.

Zhang Xianbi gave an order, and the large group of men and horses rushed over, and the battle in Dongyang Jiangnan suddenly began. With the opening of this battle, the Xia army in other directions did not have to hide it, and immediately marched with torches, mostly with a sentry as a team, distributed in the dark, and looked at it from a distance, as if it was countless fire dragons, rushing towards the Qing army camp.

"Boom." A cannon sounded, as if it was a signal, and the Qing army camp woke up from the darkness. A counterattack began.

But Zhang Xianbi didn't care, because the Qing army's reaction was not like a purposeful counterattack, but like a kitten jumping wildly after being frightened. It looked like the cannon was rumbling, and most of it was in the dark, and it was of no use at all.

"An hour." Zhang Xianbi secretly estimated in his heart: "Transfer troops from the north bank and build a pontoon bridge." It takes at least an hour. Therefore, within an hour, I am safe, so this battle must be ended within an hour. ”

Zhang Xianbi made up his mind, and immediately ordered people to send out fireworks, and one after another red fireworks rushed into the sky, bursting in an instant, and a rain of fiery red flowers fell.

Zhang Xianbi didn't know if he felt that he had created a new order in the Xia army.

In Zhang Xuan's regulations, in the night battle, the signal cannon is fired at the enemy's head, which means attack, the second flower cannon means an urgent attack, and the third is an all-out attack. And Zhang Xianbi ran out of all the fireworks in the army in one breath.

The fireworks served as flares. It's just that it can't be compared with the flares of later generations.

This order, which was later included in the Night Combat Handbook, was called the Rain of Flowers, which means to attack at all costs, and to die if you don't win. Because the fireworks are the most important command tool in the night battle, all of them are fired at this moment, which means that the command has been abandoned.

There is only one such result, and if you don't win, you die.

Even this order has been passed on to other branches of the military.

That's for later.

Just as Zhang Xianbi observed, in the face of the fierce attack of the Xia army, Tian Qifeng was already panicked, he woke up from his sleep, and he didn't know what to do in the face of the current situation. If he doesn't command, it's better to let his subordinates play freely.

After all, they have a camp, and all kinds of defense means have been arranged, as long as they calm down and follow the steps, they will definitely be able to support it for a while. Say no

We will definitely be able to wait for the support of the Qing army on the north shore.

But how dare Tian Qifeng, who was panicked, sit still and wait for death, of course he had to take what he thought was right.

However, it turns out that what he thinks is right is not necessarily the right thing. Under his command, the originally neat camp suddenly revealed flaws, and many of the low-level officers of the Xia Army, that is, the level of sentry officer, had been trained by Zhang Xuan's personal guards.

I don't dare to say how much progress has been made, but I will not let go of these flaws.

Immediately bit the gap.

And this situation made Tian Qifeng even more panicked.

As soon as Tian Qifeng panicked, he commanded indiscriminately, and as soon as he commanded indiscriminately, the progress of the Xia army was further, and the Xia army was further, and Tian Qifeng was even more panicked, and he commanded more indiscriminately.

Under this repeated cycle, after a while, the outlying camps of the Qing army were abandoned. Xia Jun poured in like a tide. Numerous bonfires and torches were lit to illuminate the entire camp.

At this time, Xia Jun felt the resistance instead.

Because Tian Qifeng gave up commanding.

It was not that Tian Qifeng's conscience found out, but as soon as the camp was broken, the entire Qing army fell into a situation of fighting on its own, and Tian Qifeng wanted to command, but this order could not be passed on.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was brought into play, and it fell into a scuffle, and could only fight step by step. In the night battle, it was difficult to command, and Zhang Xianbi had no other way but to trust the people below.

There will always be a win.

It's just that at this time, the war here has been seen by all sides.

The first to be discovered was Xu Jiaying.

Because for Xu Jiaying, today is another sleepless night.

The Qing army changed from a siege to a siege, and many troops withdrew. What does it mean for Jinhua City, which has lost contact with the outside world? Xu Jiaying didn't think clearly, how could he sleep. He slept on the city wall, and when he woke up, he saw a starry sky, mostly up and down, but he couldn't sleep anymore.

I had to get up and take a walk on the city wall, and by the way, I saw all the soldiers who were keeping vigil.

He does a lot of such things.

Just when he came to Nancheng, the Zheng family sent people to burn the pontoon bridge and launch an attack on Zhang Xianbi, he could see it clearly, especially the attack mode of the Xia army, and the formation exposed in the dark night, which made Xu Jiaying's heart skip a beat, and said: "It's reinforcements, it's the general who sent people." ”

Zhang Xuan tried his best to promote his training methods to the whole army, although Xu Jiaying was a Jinhua general, but he had a close relationship with Xu Du, and he was very familiar with some offensive formations in Zhang Xuan's army, and it was almost immediately obvious that this attacking army had this strong Zhang Xuan style.