Chapter 39: Recapture

Since Zhang Xuan decided to fight back, he was generous from the beginning.

At the beginning, the Qing army was taken aback.

He opened almost all the secret doors on the west side of Xiangyang City.

More than ten miles of moats, I don't know how many pontoon bridges were erected in an instant. It seems that the entire moat is covered.

As an important part of the city's defense measures, the secret gate should have been hidden, and it should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. Because every secret door is a passage for the city to counterattack.

Very simply, in the offensive and defensive battles of the city, it is the most taboo to be bored. It seems that some people feel that, like Kaifeng City, it is right to defend the city wall. In fact, it was a big mistake, once it fell into the onslaught of the city wall, it already showed that the first half of the battle was completely lost. Lost counteroffensive capabilities.

When defending the city, you can't give up a counterattack at any time.

And when the city wall restricts the enemy's attack, it also gives up attacking the enemy, and only a few city gates on the bright side must be watched tightly by the enemy, and they can't get out at all, and the secret gate is very important at this time.

Secret doors are usually prepared in advance, and the outside is no different from ordinary city walls. Only when the army is dispatched, it is broken. So the suddenness of the secret door is very important.

However, with the massive use of cannons, especially the Hongyi cannon, Zhang Xuan had to admit that the role of the city wall, especially the rammed earth city wall, was getting smaller and smaller, so he immediately decided that these dark hands were lit up at one time.

On the surface, the ability to pass through several city gates is limited, and only in this way can tens of thousands of cavalry be beaten out in the shortest possible time.

Not to mention, Zhang Xuan's hand jumped the Qing army.

The Qing army had a feeling of being caught off guard, and the more than 1,000 cavalry on guard on the periphery of the camp were overwhelmed by the torrent of cavalry without snorting.

Immediately, the battalions of the Qing army were dispatched, the Han army, the Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongolian cavalry, and the cavalry from all walks of life immediately reacted.

At this time, it also showed the quality of the Qing army.

In the face of a sudden attack, there was no need to command at all, especially the Eight Banners, no matter how many people there were in front, no matter how many people they gathered, then it was only a few hundred, and in the face of the torrent of tens of thousands of cavalry, they did not say to wait for the back, but immediately rushed over.

It seems that playing more with less has long become a habit.

Still, their reaction was a beat slower.

At this moment, Luo Dai, Yang Shenzu, and other generals also rushed to the camp where the Qing army hung Bai Wang's corpse and dismantled Bai Wang's corpse.

At this moment, Bai Wang's corpse was already a little stiff.

Luo Dai saluted Bai Wang and said, "General Bai is offended. ”

He immediately sent someone to carry Bai Wang's body on horseback and immediately retreated.

Seeing that Luo Dai was not moving, Yang Shenzu said, "General Luo, who are you?" ”

The general who commanded so many cavalry this time was none other than Yang Shenzu. The reason is very simple, these cavalry were made up by Zhang Xuan and Yang Chengzu, and Yang Shenzu is Yang Chengzu's younger brother, he has the qualifications to suppress these people, and Yang Shenzu's subordinates do not dare to disobey the orders of his second master.

The corners of Luo Dai's mouth twitched slightly, and the divine light in his eyes suddenly turned cold, and said, "I'll break off." ”

Yang Shenzu knew that Luo Dai's plan would not be honestly broken, but he also knew that at this time, if he wanted to withdraw completely, someone really had to break the queen, and said, "Okay." ”

The brigade of cavalry came and went quickly.

But even so, it is not so easy to go.

Luo Dai is just as Yang Shenzu thought, his old man's way of breaking off is different.

He didn't pay attention to the cavalry rushing from all directions, but rushed westward with all his might, broke into a camp, cut off the flagpole with thick wrists, and then set fire to it. All battalions were defeated.

Although this is a part of the army, it is not the Eight Banners Camp, if it is the Eight Banners Camp, Luo Dai will not be able to do this. But even so, Luo Dai's rampant energy also aroused the indignation of almost all the mistresses, and most of the cavalry pursued Luo Dai.

Luo Dai immediately crossed the knife, and his heart became more and more excited, and the feeling of excitement made him almost unable to control himself. He laughed, "That's the pleasure." ”

The blood is dripping, the knife light is whistling, where there is danger, rush to where, every fight is dancing on the tip of the knife, but Luo Dai is covered in blood, and he doesn't know when there are several more wounds on his body, although his body is a little tired. But the spirit is getting more and more excited.

I just felt as if I was flying.

Really like a madman.

Zhang Xuan knew at this moment why Luo Dai had the nickname of Luo Madman. Now on the battlefield, isn't Luo Dai's performance like a madman? Taking pleasure in killing people, he seems to be addicted to gambling, but he is not gambling on anything else, but on the knife in his hand, killing the opponent first, or the opponent can kill him first.

Lunatic.

Those who can hold out on the battlefield are not crazy, and they are not far behind.

Zhang Xuan saw that the situation was almost over, and immediately Mingjin asked Luo Dai to come back.

And at this moment, under the city wall of Xiangyang, outside the moat, there is already a neat phalanx, the flag is spreading, the wind is eating on the flag, and the shaking of the hunt seems to be the sound of blood and blood.

"Phew." Duoduo looked at the formation on the opposite side, and the clairvoyant mirror looked carefully from left to right.

The generals behind him were divided, and the Manchu and Han generals were clearly distinguished. After he finished reading it, he said: "Zhang Xuan's big formation, just for a corpse?" ”

"That looks like that?" Wu Sangui said: "The situation has been checked, that is, Bai Wang's body has been snatched. ”

Duoduo suddenly asked Kong Youde and said, "Is it arranged on the mountain?" ”

Kong Youde said: "Not yet, the mountain road is not very easy to walk, and it will take some time to transport the artillery up." ”

Dordor said, "Hurry up. ”

Kong Youde immediately said: "Yes." ”

Anyway, Dan Hyeon Mountain is also a mountain, even if it is not very steep, but if you want to transport more than 1,000 catties of artillery to the top of the mountain, and place the gun position, it is a hard work, and in many places, the gun truck cannot pass at all, and people must carry horses.

It has to take some work.

"Ten kings, the thieves have insulted me too much, and the last general will ask for battle." A Manchurian general said.

Immediately caused the Manchurian generals to boil, and one by one they went out to ask for battle.

At this time, the generals of the Eight Banners were proud of their bravery and shame for their cowardice. Under the leadership of the generals of the Eight Banners, other Han generals also asked for battle, but I don't know how sincere this kind of battle is.

Duoduo sneered and said, "How can I fall for the thieves, the thieves want to fight with my city, but I am not as good as he wants." Come. sent someone to spread the word and said, Gu Shen admires General Bai's righteousness, since General Zhang wants to get back General Bai's body, why do you need to do this, just say it. Gu will definitely return the gift. ”

With the artillery support at the head of the city, coupled with the strict formation of the Xia army, Duoduo immediately knew that he was fighting under the city. Even if it can win, it is only a miserable victory. Even if they were victorious, with the support of the city's artillery, the Xia army would be able to retreat into Xiangyang City.

This was not what Dodor wanted, and he naturally did not waste it. He had to wait for the artillery on the hill to arrive.

Then will it be time for the general offensive.

"Yes." One of the horsemen immediately received the order and went to preach the word.

Duoduo said: "The guards of the broken camp will be executed on the spot, and there is no need to report it." ”

"Yes." A Manchurian general said. Immediately went down and executed.

The generals of the Han army were so impressed that they did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

The military discipline of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was very strict, even to the point of being harsh, and the officials were dismissed and dismissed at every turn. It seems that the same is true for Manchurian generals, but Manchurian generals have privileges, and after being dismissed, their rank remains unchanged, and they are generally reinstated in principle. But the Han people do not have this preferential treatment.

It has to be said that the harsh practices of the Qing army reorganized the combat effectiveness of the surrendered armies from all walks of life, and many surrendered armies were confused before the surrender, but after the surrender, they soared immediately. Of course, this is because the Qing army does not play fancy, and the Ming army can't do what it did at the beginning.

But it is also related to the harsh military law of the Qing army.

With the Eight Banners in hand, the Qing army was not afraid of the betrayal of the Han army, and most of the Eight Banners army was used as a supervising team to suppress various departments, or as a killer weapon, which was used in decisive battles.