Chapter 67: Ambush on Three Sides

After the battle on the same day, the performance of the soldiers and soldiers of Xia was that the military spirit was available.

But the Ming soldiers in the northern camp were different.

Although the leaders of several battalions sent by the Xia army were strong and weak, they had all experienced war. Even the head of the battalion who was born in the army has seen the big battles, and Cao Zongyu has not been idle for a while, and has been working hard to train the soldiers.

In the past six months of training, these battalion leaders dare not say that they are not what they used to be, but they are definitely stronger than the Ming army.

When the Ming army rushed out to fight today, it was still fighting with a bloody and brave spirit. And at this moment, after this bloody and brave spirit retreated, I remembered that there were heavy casualties today, and there were many vacancies in many Shiwu. There was even a faint cry in the night.

The morale of the army has reached a point where it is unbearable.

As for the morale in the battalion, Hu Yiqing and Jiao Lian both knew. But for such a situation, Hu Yiqing and Jiao Lian have different ideas.

"In today's battle, the morale of the whole army was completely lost, and now it can no longer be maintained." Hu Yiqing said: "Tomorrow, the army will break through. ”

"Never." Jiao Lian said: "In today's battle, the army suffered heavy losses, and it could not be recovered without a day or two of repairs. Break through immediately tomorrow, and the summer thief will definitely pursue him. It was another big defeat. ”

"But it goes on like this." Hu Yiqing said: "Beiying's plan can't be held. After a day or two, if you want to break through, I am afraid you can only jump into the Xijiang River. ”

Jiao Lian said: "But how to break through tomorrow, and how many people can escape?" ”

Hu Yiqing said: "But if you stay, you will die." Although there is still some food in the camp, it can last for a month at most, and after a month, the food is exhausted, and then it will be a dead end. ”

Jiao Lian said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for the day when the food runs out. ”

Hu Yiqing said: "In this way, breaking through is nine deaths and one life, and sticking to it is ten deaths and no life." How to choose General Jiao, I don't need me to teach you. ”

Jiao Lian said: "But have you thought about the situation on Lord Qu's side? ”

"Between the two camps in the north and the south, the whole army was annihilated, and there were no soldiers up and down Guangxi, even if there were more than 10,000 people in the Guijiang camp, but could they resist the tiger and wolf division of the Xia army?"

"We must buy time for Lord Qu, even if it's just for a month, even if it's for the imperial court, Lord Qu will definitely come to save us."

Hu Yiqing said: "Do you think there will be reinforcements?" ”

Jiao Lian said: "I don't know, but I know that by doing this, there is still a glimmer of life in the situation in Guangxi, and as for whether Master Qu can catch it, it's none of my business." ”

For the overnight collapse of Nanying, Jiao Lian's heart is actually very

He felt a deep sense of guilt, so he was willing to die to get rid of it. But Hu Yiqing did not use his life to buy time for Qu Shiyun's noble sentiments.

Neither of them could convince anyone. Then there is no need to convince.

First of all, Hu Yiqing's official position is above Jiao Lian, and Jiao Lian's subordinates are all lost in Nanying, and those who are following him at the moment are just more than 100 personal guards.

What Hu Yiqing decided, Jiao Lian could never refute.

Since Jiao Lian wanted to stick to the camp, Hu Yiqing fortunately handed over several crippled troops to Jiao Lian's command. These several units also have more than 10,000 people, but in reality there are only a few thousand. All of them were defeated and their morale was low.

Hu Yiqing also agreed with some of Jiao Lian's judgments, such as taking these people to break through, I'm afraid I won't be able to go at all.

There was nothing to say all night, breakfast in the middle of the night in the camp, three days of dry food, at dawn, Hu Yiqing led a large group of people out of the north gate of Beiying, all the way to the north. And Sergeant Xia has been waiting for a long time.

The difference between the camps of the two sides was only a mile or two, so the movement in the camps of the two sides could not be observed without scouts at all. Whether it is burying a pot for cooking or gathering an army, it is not something that can be done quietly in the dark night.

Therefore, Xia Jun was prepared.

Hu Yiqing is also prepared for this. He rode on his horse and said loudly to the soldiers beside him, "Brothers, if you want to live, rush with me." Those who can't rush through today are all dead ends. ”

Hu Yiqing also repeatedly preached to the officers below about today's breakthrough. At this moment, Hu Yiqing took the lead to boost morale, but let the soldiers below inspire a little morale, shouted loudly one by one, and rushed out.

Sergeant Xia was originally lined up in front of him. All the same firecrackers. I saw a sharp whistle in the Xia army's formation, and countless guns fired one after another. Although the power of the bird gun is not great, it is no problem to kill someone within a few dozen steps.

The first batch of Ming soldiers rushed forward, fell to the ground one after another, and barely touched the Xia army formation.

Hu Yiqing also knew that the time had come to work hard, so he didn't hesitate to get on the horse. With more than a thousand cavalry, shouting loudly, they rushed up.

When Hu Yiqing was surprised.

The military formation of the Xia army is like a gate that opens with a push. The whole formation split from the middle and split into two. From a horizontal formation to a vertical formation, the Xia army's firecrackers moved out of the way, and instead lined up on both sides of the road, and the firecrackers shot tirelessly.

There's a gap of about a mile or two in between.

Hu Yiqing didn't dare to turn back, although he knew that Xia Jun would definitely be deceived if he did this. But he knew better that if he stayed, he would probably not be able to leave.

So under the fire of the guns on both sides, the Ming army began a death march.

The lethality of the bird gun is only a few dozen steps. But it's as if the effective range, the same as the actual range. It's not that under the force of gunpowder, the projectile of the bird gun can only fly a few tens of meters. Therefore, in addition to the dozens of steps pulled away by the two sides, there were still many Ming soldiers, who were running, and fell to the ground. But he was struck by lead.

Moreover, in the positions of the firecrackers on both sides, although there are not many artillery, it is not that there is none, from time to time there are one or two cannon sounds, and the sound is just a tiger squat cannon, but the shells of the tiger squat cannon can hit hundreds of steps, and a flesh alley is forced out of the crowd.

However, the Tiger Squat Cannon is not a Hongyi cannon after all. At most, a few people will be overturned, and the follow-up will be powerless.

It's just that in such an atmosphere, the Ming army is in chaos.

In fact, if this is a math problem, if you calculate it carefully, not many people will die. But at this juncture, who can think rationally. and can guarantee that the person who died is not himself.

In this chaos, the Ming soldiers and soldiers were chaotic with each other, as if they were a flock of sheep, galloping with Hu Yiqing, the head sheep, but their organizational ability was completely gone.

If we don't put things in order, I'm afraid we won't be able to complete even the basic array.

"The general's clever calculations are admired." Yang Chengjiao stood beside Cao Zongyu and said, "Han Xin's plan to ambush on all sides was nothing more than that. ”

Cao Zongyu stood on top of a hill, although this place was not too high, but it was enough to look down on the battlefield. He smiled lightly and said, "I don't dare to call myself Han Xin, and this generation is Xiang Yu." If he can break through my ambush on three sides, what if I let him live? ”

Cao Zongyu's tone was full of confidence.

How could it be that Hu Yiqing's decisive breakthrough also caused a little trouble to Cao Zongyu. But only a little.

Before the battle, the strength of Cao Zongyu's department was not much different from the strength of Qu Shiyu's department. This is also Cao Zongyu's deliberate paralysis of Qu Shiyun. But since Cao Zongyu decided to go to war, Zhang Xuan no longer wanted money to transport troops through the Xijiang River in the direction of Wuzhou.

Within a day or two, Deng He's department, Ma Sanbao's department, and some newly organized Guangdong troops will also arrive, at least 30,000 or 40,000.

But for now, Cao Zongyu doesn't have many troops at hand, and he needs troops to attack Beiying from the east to the west, and I don't know if Hu Yiqing will make a noise to attack the west? The army is needed to take care of the Nanying battalion, and the army to contain the Guijiang battalion needs the army, and even Wuzhou City cannot really be empty, the more it needs the army.

Therefore, when he found that Hu Yiqing showed signs of breaking through, Cao Zongyu carefully counted his capital, and there were only more than 10,000 soldiers who could be used.

The so-called return to the teacher should not be stopped. With an army of about 10,000 people, it resisted tens of thousands of Ming troops to break through. Whether it can succeed or not is not said for the time being, but the decision is a bloody battle.