39o Ambush Battle

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"Damn, one by one is walking so slowly, when will I be able to rush to Ruzhou City, notify my subordinates, speed up the march, and if anyone doesn't leave, I will whip Lao Tzu.? Bayi Middle School? Wen?? ???． (8) 8?1?

Tian Jianxiu rode on a horse, looked at the procrastination on the road, and said very dissatisfied.

For a whole day, they only marched 3o miles, and this time there was no one left, so it was no wonder that Tian Jianxiu was angry.

It is said that it is only 7o miles from Yiyang to Ruzhou, and if you take the degree of the White Dragon Army's rapid march, it will take less than a day to arrive.

But Tian Jianxiu's chaotic army walked for a whole day, and only walked less than half of the distance, and finally had to order to set up camp.

On the second day, continue on the road.

When Li Zixiao learned the news, he was also dizzy, he never thought that Tian Jianxiu's chaotic army would have such a turtle march.

At the same time, it also made Li Zixiao regret in his heart and lost a great opportunity for a night attack.

Otherwise, taking advantage of the opportunity of the chaotic army to camp for the night, send the cavalry battalion led by Qi Wei and Luo to attack at night, and maybe the battle can be settled.

But when Li Zixiao got the news, the sky was already almost bright, and the best time for night raids was lost.

There was no way, Li Zixiao had no choice but to continue to wait for the arrival of Tian Jianxiu's army.

In fact, this chaotic army marched so slowly, and it is not to blame Tian Jianxiu.

After all, there are more than 30,000 people in this rebellious army, and more than half of them are untrained recruits, and they still can't understand the password.

Organizing such a group of recruits to march is an extremely difficult thing in itself, and it is understandable that the march should be slow.

Li Zixiao was waiting in Baixipo for a long time, and finally at noon on the third day, he received the news that the scout sent back by Han Tong was sent back.

Tian Jianxiu's army was less than five miles away from Baixi Slope, and it came over after a bend in the road.

After Li Zixiao got the news, he immediately ordered the whole army to prepare, pay attention to concealment, and not be exposed by the enemy.

After a stick of incense, Li Zixiao, who was lying in a trench, saw several road-opening soldiers wearing tattered military uniforms and walking in the front appeared in his field of vision.

"Damn, it's finally here, my sledgehammer is already hungry."

Li Tianba, who was in the back, carried his two big copper hammers, and said in an urn voice, his tone full of excitement.

"Inform Sun Dazhuang's musket battalion, as well as Liu Dacang's artillery battalion, prepare Lao Tzu, and after receiving the order to attack, immediately open fire to ensure that this chaotic army will be defeated at the first time."

Li Zixiao ordered.

"Yes, General." One of the guards behind him immediately bent down and ran down to give the order.

"Tianba, let your subordinates, be ready to attack at any time, wait for my order, once I give the order, your Tiger Battalion will complete the cutting and encirclement of the enemy as soon as possible, can you do it?"

Li Zixiao turned to look at Li Tianba and asked.

"Don't worry, the general, I dare to make a military order, and I will come to see you if I don't complete the task."

Li Tianba said excitedly, he can finally go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, for Li Tianba, carrying the pair of big copper hammers on the battlefield to gallop and kill the enemy, is his favorite moment.

"Haha, I'm reluctant to cut off your head, so you'd better keep your head for dinner." Li Zixiao laughed in a low voice.

As Li Zixiao's side continued to arrange, Tian Jianxiu's rebellious army also slowly passed through Baixi Slope and continued to move forward, and the entire army meandered on the official road, which was several miles long.

Li Zixiao's camouflage was very good, Tian Jianxiu's chaotic army passed down the slope, and he was stunned that there was an elite army of thousands of people lurking next to them.

"General, the large army of the chaotic army has passed a third of the time, do you want to do it?" Xu Wei quickly walked over and asked Li Zixiao in a low voice.

"Well, since that's the case, then according to our pre-planned start, the combat mode of ambush warfare, we have also practiced a few times in Xuzhou, I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Hehe, don't worry, general, we still have confidence in dealing with these rabble." Xu Wei said with a smile.

Then, Li Zixiao's voice changed and became serious, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Command the artillery battalion, open the artillery immediately, the musket battalion, fire in full force."

The Iron Blood Battalion pays attention to the defense, and does not let the rebel army rush up the hillside, and the Tiger Battalion is on standby at any time. Let's fight! ”

"Yes, General."

Later, after Quartz heard Li Zixiao's order to start a war, he immediately took out his precious flare gun from his waist and fired a red flare at the sky.

Sou...... Peng!

As the red signal flare lifted off and exploded, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who were scattered in many positions on the surrounding hillside all saw it and knew that it was time for them to make a move.

"What's the situation?"

At this time, Tian Jianxiu, who was in the middle of the chaotic army, had not yet crossed the Baixi slope, but it was not too far away, and suddenly saw the red signal flare suddenly fired on the hillside in front of him.

The signal flare used by the White Dragon Army during the day is filled with red powder, which is different from the phosphor powder signal flare used at night, and it is clearly visible in broad daylight.

"Oh no, could it be that someone is in ambush." Tian Jianxiu's face changed suddenly, but unfortunately he was already late.

At the top of the hillside, several leveled positions were quickly pushed out of the artillery barracks, which had just been formally established as the White Dragon Army Artillery Battalion.

The battalion commander is a man nicknamed 'Liu Cannon', who is good at handling the cannon, and gave an order: "Open the cannon!" ”

Bang......

With a loud bang, the three-pounder cannon was the first to fire, and the heavy iron projectile, under the tremendous impetus of the fierce explosion of gunpowder in the chamber, flew out of the muzzle and smashed into the chaotic army in the distance.

The first sound of artillery was like a signal, and in the next half minute, at least 20 more artillery pieces opened fire, and the sound of cannons rumbled and shook the sky.

In an instant, it was as if the sky had fallen, like an earthquake, and there were explosions all around, how could these chaotic troops have ever seen such a battle.

Especially those recruits who have just been recruited, they all hugged their heads and ran around, thinking that God was angry and sent down a robbery punishment!

"Help, help!"

In just two rounds of artillery volleys, dozens of iron projectiles smashed into the rebels, and one by one, these rebels all dropped their weapons, hugged their heads, and fled in embarrassment.

The 30,000 rebel army became chaotic in an instant, and the rebel army in front and behind, most of whom were new recruits, all fled desperately at this moment.

"This ...... What's going on? ”

Li Zixiao stood on the slope of Baixi, looking at the chaotic army below that was in a pot of porridge, and he was also confused, and said in disbelief.

He didn't expect that he had just fired the cannon, and there were many chaotic soldiers in the chaotic army below, who threw away the simple weapons in their hands and fled around one after another.

They didn't even have the slightest intention of resisting, so they fled without responsibility, how could they not surprise Li Zixiao!

"Damn, someone dares to ambush us, steady, all steady."

Tian Jianxiu never thought that he would be ambushed, and looked at the chaotic soldiers fleeing around him, riding on his horse and shouting loudly.

It's a pity that Tian Jianxiu's shouting didn't work, and the recruits in the back and in front were still scurrying around like headless flies.

Only the chaotic army that followed Tian Jianxiu's army seemed to be quite calm at this time, and under the constraints of various bandit leaders, it was not defeated.

And this Chinese army is the real descendant of Tian Jianxiu, which is expanded from the elite of more than 2,000 old battalions he brought.

And the so-called veterans are the first to follow Li Zicheng in the southern and northern wars and have survived, and they have followed Li Zicheng all the way to the present.

The men and horses of this old battalion are all veterans who have experienced the large-scale encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers and killed them from the sea of corpses and blood, and they are also the team that Li Zicheng relies on the most at present.

Tian Jianxiu was able to take 2,000 old battalion men and horses, and after conquering Yiyang, he was the first to expand the old battalion, and at this time, the 2,000 people in this district had already expanded to nearly 10,000 people.

What's more, those recruits who were recruited before, after more than a month of training and training by this old battalion, have experienced the previous battle of attacking Ruzhou.

These recruits have completed their transformation, at least they will not flee in all directions as soon as they hear such a fierce artillery sound, and in the shouts of the grassroots leaders of the surrounding rebel army, these elite rebel army has finally not been defeated.

Tian Jianxiu was in the front army, and after the rear army was defeated and fled one after another, only this army of nearly 10,000 people was not defeated at this time, and his face became very ugly.

"Jin Lao Liu, don't care about those routs, the people are gone, and when the battle is won, just go and arrest them

Now you take people, rush up the hill for Lao Tzu, kill the official army that attacked us, remember to capture the general of this official army alive, Lao Tzu will skin him alive. ”

Tian Jianxiu said to his subordinates, a leader of the rebellious army that he trusted very much.

"Yes, general, look at it, the little one will definitely bring you the generals of this army."

A middle-aged man wearing cotton armor with an ordinary face, after hearing Tian Jianxiu's order, ran out and said to Tian Jianxiu flatteringly.

In Jin Laoliu's opinion, his opportunity to make meritorious service has arrived, and he finally got Tian Jianxiu's appreciation, and he has to seize the opportunity with this big thick leg.

"A battalion of people, listen to Lao Tzu, rush with me, kill an officer and soldier, divide one or two silver or one acre of fertile land, if anyone captures the official and general of the opposite side alive, the general said, reward silver for nothing, fifty acres of fertile land."

Jin Lao Liu shouted loudly to his subordinates and the rebel army under his command.

"Kill!"

After hearing Jin Laoliu's words, more than 2,000 people under his command were all red-eyed and shouted loudly one by one, showing no sign of defeat.

Because Jin Laoliu's battalion, the grassroots officers of the team are all composed of elite backbones of the old camp of thieves, and on the one hand, they are loyal to the thieves.

On the other hand, all of these veteran battalion men and horses have seen the weakness of the officers and soldiers, and they are not afraid of the officers and soldiers in their hearts.

At the same time, the soldiers under his command who had been trained by them for more than a month had also experienced several battles with the officers and soldiers before, and they had already served their awe of the officers and soldiers.

It's not like the recruits who have just been recruited by the two armies before and after, who have never fought with the official army, and the grassroots people's thinking instilled in them for decades has always made them have a fear of the official army in their hearts.

At this time, Li Zixiao looked a few hundred meters down the slope, reorganized the army quickly, completely gave up the recruits who had been defeated before and after, and had already launched a chaotic army in an offensive formation.

Li Zixiao's face showed a smile and said: "Tian Jianxiu still has some ability at this time, and his subordinates are not all straw bales, which is a bit interesting!"

Send an order to Liu Cannon, let his artillery battalion, let Lao Tzu let go of the bombardment, don't let the chaotic army reorganize the army so easily, there are many people there, just bomb Lao Tzu wherever he goes. ”

"General, a group of rebels are attacking us."

At this time, Xu Wei pointed to a team of thousands of people under the slope, screaming, waving the knife and gun in his hand, and killing them.

"Well, the real battle, this has just begun, Xu Wei, you should know how to fight this battle, and then I will hand over the command to you, don't let me down."

Li Zixiao stood in the back trench and said to Xu Wei.

When Xu Wei, who was in his fifties, heard this, his old face was also shaking with excitement, and he immediately said: "Don't worry, the general, the general's 'Li-style tactics', the old man has been studying for a long time."

At this time, we should defend first, then counterattack, first consume the enemy's vital strength, and wait until they hit their heads and break the bloodstream, and then thunder out to completely destroy them. ”

"Yes, good, you can go."

Li Zixiao asked Quartz to hand over a token to Xu Wei, and Xu Wei held the token and left Li Zixiao to go to the frontline trenches.

That token is a symbol of Li Zixiao's handover of command, that is, to tell the other White Dragon Army generals in front of him that this battle is commanded by Xu Wei.

Otherwise, Xu Wei was not qualified to order Li Tianba, Sun Dazhuang and other generals of the White Dragon Army who were also battalion generals with him.

And Xu Wei is so excited because he can personally command the White Dragon Army, and it has always been his lifelong wish to exterminate the rebels with such an elite and strong army.

As a veteran who has been galloping on the battlefield for more than 30 years, Xu Wei has always had the intention of serving the country, but he has never been reused by the imperial court.

In the past, he had the opportunity to lead the army to fight alone, but how could that be compared to commanding the White Dragon Army at this time.

In the past, most of the time, he led the officers and troops to exterminate bandits all over the mountains, and it was enough to make small fights.

Xu Wei didn't expect that in the last period of his military career, there would be this kind of opportunity to command the elite army and fight the army of thieves.

"Soldiers, bring out the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Furlong Machine."

Xu Wei looked at the nearly two thousand or so chaotic troops who were going crazy below and rushing towards them, and immediately shouted at his corporals.

They had been prepared for a long time, hundreds of tiger squat guns and furlong machines, and lifted them out of the trenches.

The artillery battalions of the White Dragon Army were equipped with Western artillery such as three-pounder, six-pounder and eight-pounder guns, and they had a common characteristic, that is, they could not shoot scattered bullets.

And Li Zixiao transferred the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Furlong Machine, two kinds of artillery that have been tested in actual combat and are relatively reliable and practical, to all the infantry barracks and use them as melee firepower.

In fact, in the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao replaced the position of machine guns with these two types of shotgun guns in his heart.

Whoever let Li Zixiao get a flint gun at this time, but he couldn't get a machine gun at all, even if it was the most primitive machine gun, it was too difficult.

(End of chapter)