At this moment, Huai'an. candy floss

A flotilla of a dozen small sampans was speeding down the river, full of bloodied soldiers. The flag was in tatters, apparently just after a big battle.

It was getting dark, Liu Konghe sat on the boat and glanced at Huai'an City, which was constantly blazing in the distance. The shouts of killing fell silent, and another day was over.

He let out a long sigh of relief, and fell to the deck with his back to the sky, gasping for air. Gray hair peeked out of the helmet, and it was covered with sweat: "It's finally over!" ”

After all, he is already an old man, and after a day of fighting, he feels that the whole person is about to fall apart.

"yes!" An adjutant general shook his head with a wry smile: "Old general, the method of the chief officer is not impossible." But every day they sent out like a stream of water, and when they returned to the city at night, there were not many left. There are so many people who have died, brethren...... The brothers are tired of fighting, and if they continue like this, they are afraid that the troops will mutiny. ”

"Mutiny, dare!" Liu Konghe sat up from the deck abruptly and said in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of the military law of my Shandong army?" ”

"Old general...... I, I, I ......" The adjutant turned pale and muttered a few words, but could not speak.

Liu Konghe has a very high prestige in the Shandong army, and he is kind and kind. Seeing that the lieutenant general was covered in wounds, and some of the wounds were not completely healed, he added new creations, and suddenly felt a little unbearable. sighed, and his tone softened: "General Ding, we are bitter, and Jiannu is not the same as fighting." The Huai'an battle has reached the most critical moment, it depends on who can persevere, as long as they persist, they can survive until the day of victory. ”

"Well, how long will it last?" The lieutenant surnamed Ding muttered.

Liu Konghe: "General Ding can rest assured, everything is under control."

。 The Ningxiang army is fighting a decisive battle with Duoduo in Yangzhou, and according to the Malay report, Duoduo has been defeated by Sun Yuan, and now it has been surrounded by water, and its demise is only in the morning. When Duoduo is settled, the Ningxiang army will go north. ”

"What, the Ningxiang army has already routed Duoduo and surrounded him?" Vice Admiral Ding was pleasantly surprised.

The other Shandong soldiers on the ship also turned their heads to listen, they had been guarding Huai'an for nearly a month. The troops paid a lot of casualties and did not mention them, and under the strong restraint of Liu Chun, the Shandong army had not yet dispersed. But the key to defending the city is reinforcements, if you are isolated and consumed with the enemy, the morale of the troops will be depleted little by little.

It can be said that now the entire Shandong Army and the entire Huai'an City are pinning their hopes on the Ningxiang Army in the south.

Now, the battle over there is finally over, that is to say, in ten days at most, reinforcements will arrive, what could be more surprising than this news?

Immediately, a soldier boldly said: "Old General Liu, such great news, why didn't you say it before, but now you are holding back?" ”

"If I had told you the good news before, and you would not have jumped for joy, what would you have bothered to fight?" Liu Konghe said with a smile: "Don't say it, I couldn't help but say this good news for a whole day, it really suffocated me." Now I can finally tell you that it is really hearty. ”

"Haha, haha!" The crowd burst out laughing.

Someone shouted again: "It is worthy of being the first army in the world, the Ningxiang Army really defeated the main force of Jiannu, the sky blesses the Shandong army, and the sky blesses the Shandong army!" ”

"That's it." Everyone echoed for a while: "The Ningxiang Army swept the world, what is the Eight Banners of Jiannu, and the victory in Yangzhou is not surprising." ”

However, Vice General Ding was still a little worried: "Old General Liu, although the Ningxiang Army has surrounded the main force of Duoduo, but to finally solve the Jiannu, I can't tell how much work it will take, I'm afraid that we won't be able to carry it at that time." ”

"Have faith." Liu Konghe said lightly: "Huai'an is a majestic city in the world, and the city walls are high and thick, so it is not so easy to build. Moreover, in the past few days, we have been constantly attacking, harassing Jiannu day and night by boat, and the Zhun Tower has been beaten by us to lose its soul, and the enemy has not even slept a night, what strength do you have to attack the city? ”

"Yes, yes, General Liu is right

。 Don't worry, the Ningxiang Army will definitely come to our rescue. Our Shandong Army and Ningxiang Army are a family, and the second lady is the wife of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion! I'm afraid that the reinforcements of the first army in the world are already on the way. ”

"By the way, we and Ningxiang Jun are already a family, who else can we save if we don't save us?" Everyone shouted with joy, their eyes lit up.

Looking at the elated soldiers, Liu Konghe gently stroked the beard on his chin.

The so-called battle to defend the city is not to blindly hide in the city as a turtle with a shrunken head. Therefore, during this period, Liu Chun, at the suggestion of Hao Xiaoren, constantly organized men and horses to attack in small boats, constantly attacked the lone Qing army, and cut off the grain route of Jiannu.

The rivers and lakes in Huai'an are staggered, the water network is vertical and horizontal, and many rivers such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the Yellow River, the irrigation canal, the Huaihe River inflow waterway, the Huaihe River inlet waterway, the Liutang River, the Salt River, and the main stream of the Huai River run through the territory. In addition, there are small and medium-sized lakes such as Hongze Lake, Baima Lake, Gaoyou Lake, and Baoying Lake.

The army of Zhunta was all landlubbers and did not know how to make ships, and the entire army was exposed under the noses of the Shandong army. The small fleet sent by the Shandong army can be said to fight if it wants to, and leave when it wants, which makes the Qing army have a headache.

However, the urine sample of the Shandong army is still really helpless.

After all, they had been weak for a long time, and when they heard that they were going out to fight guerrillas, they were all frightened, trembling, pushing back, and even provoking mutinies. If it was Liu Zeqing's era, in order to calm the morale of the army, it is estimated that this matter would end here. can be replaced by Liu Chun, but it is another situation.

The young general is a ruthless person, he has just led the Shandong army, and he also knows that the people are not convinced, and they are all thunderous means in case of trouble, and they are directly eliminated physically. He is eager to uproot his younger brothers' forces from the army by starting from the beginning, and once anyone dares to disobey military orders, he will be ruthless.

The army had no choice but to take turns to attack.

In the beginning, the troops were simply unbearable. A squad of several hundred men was sent to the front and fled as soon as they left the city.

But as the battles were fought one after another, the waves washed away the sand, the troops gradually gained experience, and the soldiers began to have blood.

will be the soul of the army, since the Shandong army has changed its new master, it has begun to be infected with Liu Chun's fierce spirit and has become able to fight.

Once the soldiers who had been trained in guerrilla warfare went to the city wall to fight defensive battles, they also began to look like themselves.

Zhun Ta stormed Huai'an in one breath, but he couldn't go down, and the rear was harassed by the surprise attack team of the Shandong army that did not come out of the river network, and the offensive began to weaken

。

Everything is changing for the better, Liu Konghe looked at the army that was becoming more and more daring to fight, and he was also relieved in his heart, and said to himself in his heart, Liu Chun is really a qualified commander, and I did make a correct choice when I chose him to inherit the post of chief military officer. Our Shandong army has never been so strong, but Liu Chun is really not a good person to get along with. Also, what happened to the Ningxiang Army, and was it able to defeat Duoduo?

If the battle situation on Sun Yuan's side is unfavorable, the entire Shandong army is afraid that it will be lost in this Huai'an city.

Sun Yuan, Sun Yuan, what's wrong with you, where are you?

……

That's right, what Liu Konghe said just now that Sun Yuan had defeated the main force of the Eight Banners led by Duoduo and surrounded him, it was just a white lie told by Liu Konghe in order to boost morale.

The troops are fighting too hard, and there really needs good news.

However, if the Ningxiang army can't come, how should the old man face them?

He suddenly felt a sense of guilt.

After hearing the good news made up by Liu Konghe, the group came to the spirit, regardless of the injuries and fatigue on their bodies, rowed the boat fast, and sailed into the Shuixi Gate of Huai'an City in less than half a day.

The walls were filled with soldiers with weapons in their hands, and the fires on which they were used to make the broth and lead were still blazing, illuminating the city as bright as day.

A small cannon blew up and crooked to the side.

The blood of the people on the battlements and the pheasant moat was still red, and the soldiers went up to the city like ants to carry the dead and wounded soldiers and repair the city's defenses.

Under the city wall, there are piles of corpses, including Qing troops and Shandong troops, densely packed, and people's hearts are cold. The weather was too hot, and it was not possible to pile so many corpses under the city. Therefore, every time the battle ended, the Shandong army in the city would requisition the people out of the city to converge. At this time, it doesn't matter whether it is the Jianzhou Army or the Shandong Army. When people die in vain, the most important thing is not to give birth to the plague.

When the people in the city went out of the city to collect the corpses, Jiannu also cooperated and did not send troops to attack, and everyone formed a tacit understanding.

Several ladders and crash cars leaned crookedly against the potholed city walls, which had been smashed by large and small artillery, and in some places the bricks of the walls had fallen off, revealing the rammed earth inside, which had turned black because it had absorbed human blood

。

Obviously, today is another tragic battle.

Fortunately, Huai'an City is still in the hands of the Shandong Army.

Looking at the battlefield full of dead people, Liu Konghe's heart was even heavier.

The soldiers around him may be smiling because of the lies they have fabricated, but they can't fool themselves.

In his opinion, in fact, after nearly a month of defending the city, the Shandong Army suffered great casualties due to tactical flexibility and mobility, but the troops were greatly reduced. Coupled with the purge after Liu Chun took the throne, most of the old brothers in the former army have gone.

If it continues like this for a few more days, the outlook is worrying.

He had clearly felt that the morale of the Shandong army had been low in the past few days, and everyone had a look of exhaustion on their faces. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way out, if it weren't for Liu Chun being too fierce, he would personally wait for the city to supervise the battle every day, and kill them one by one when soldiers retreated, this Huai'an City would really fall.

I remember that when Zhunta first began to attack Huai'an, Liu Chun had just received the Shandong Army, and the soldiers under his command were not convinced, and he killed more than 300 soldiers in one go at most. The direct killing made the military camp red with human blood, and everyone trembled when they saw Liu Chun's blood-red eyes.

That's right, the Shandong Army really needs such a fierce and iron-blooded commander. Although Liu Zeqing is cruel, he is timid, unlike Liu Chun, who is ruthless to his own people and even more ruthless to his enemies. When the battle situation is tight, he will personally put on his armor and go into battle, and in the past month, there have been more than ten new and old scars on his body.

Since the commander is so desperate, the soldiers naturally don't have to say anything, and it's a big deal to give this life to the city wall.

However, such a brutal war dragged on for too long, and the morale of the troops could not be sustained any longer.

"Perhaps, this white lie can be allowed to spread among the army, at least it can boost morale and let Huai'an City hold out for another ten days." Liu Konghe's heart moved slightly, and he decided to wait to see Liu Chun and discuss it with him. At least the young commander of the Shandong Army should maintain a tacit attitude, and in the future, once the soldiers find out that they have been deceived, they will rush at me Liu Konghe.

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