There is no horizontal formation, there is no drum beat that makes the heartbeat disordered, watching the red-clothed soldiers pull out a long snake formation on the left and right wings, and there are scattered stragglers in the middle, the whole front is empty, Hao Dai almost looks up and laughs, if another subordinate asks: "Why is the military gate laughing", it is simply perfect

Xie Dingbei is really a straw bag, looking at the soldiers under him, he can't put up a horizontal formation, not to mention, he actually scattered into two marching columns, trying to tear apart his army, what is the other party's leading general thinking in his mind.

The left and right wings each left a town to contain the horses, and Hao Dai's eyes were fixed on the front. It can be seen clearly from the binoculars that the opponent's Zhonglang will control the flag and wave it in the wind, which is his goal.

Before Yuezhou Zhanwenda died, not only Ortai was rewarded by the imperial court, but a few living sentries were pulled out to a thousand, and their bosses at all levels also benefited from each other, isn't the reason that this skill is too rare? Killed the Southern Barbarian army to be under control, at least at the level of the commander, this is the first time that it has been ungrounded.

The division command system can be regarded as a general soldier-level thing, how can you let yourself be promoted by two levels and rank as a marquis...... Carried away by this calculation, Hao Dai commanded the main force of the army and attacked forward in a daze.

The attack of the marksman and the destruction of the artillery shells did not extinguish Hao Dai's raging heart, and he saw that the opponent's scattered troops were retreating, only half a mile away from the artillery position, but the movement left and right in the rear was getting bigger and bigger. The originally messy gunshots are gradually converging into a huge roar of guns, which sounds heartbreaking.

The 43rd Division was reorganized from the Guards and has been responsible for the defense of Yuezhou City, and has not yet changed its rifled guns, nor has it had time to conduct combat platoon training. Although the officers have been paying attention to the update of the canon, they have not thoroughly understood the tactics of the column. Just like Chen Tingzhi in Jiangxi before, the heat and timing of the transition from marching army columns to battle formations were not well mastered.

However, because Xie Dingbei reminded him before, the officers honestly put in some effort, at least the marching troops and columns were organized according to the column tactics, so they smoothly entered the battle.

At first, the transition queue was very jerky, almost not a horizontal formation, but a lump into the group. But it was the Hubei Green Battalion that was responsible for containing them, and the fighting skills were so bad that they had no fighting spirit at all, even if it was a messy bombardment, the Qing soldiers were also retreating one by one.

This gave the officers ample time to adjust their ranks, and after the formation of horizontal formations was completed, more and more soldiers joined the organized and rhythmic tide of gun platoons, and the drumbeats of each wing and battalion gradually merged together, looking down from mid-air, two battle columns four or five miles apart, like a huge iron tongs, were slowly closing together, and what was caught by the iron tongs was the tail of the Qing army brigade, which was rushing east and west, like headless flies.

"Oh, I didn't mean to......"

Gu Shining, the commander of the 43rd Division, was dumbfounded, this is the situation of gathering annihilation! Qing soldiers were so stupid that they sent themselves to the door despite the flanks? Not what he could have expected at first.

He shouted excitedly: "Stand head-on, beware of the Tartars going crazy!" Wait a minute...... I'm going to run away from him first!? ”

Hao Dai is not a madman, let alone a fool, his wings are chaotic like that, how can he have the heart to continue to fight to the death in the front? His nerves were so tenacious that his dreams were shattered in an instant, and he only bit his lip, and quickly made a wise choice: retreat.

The brigade turned around and fled, it was Gu Shining's turn to jump in a hurry, he hadn't had time to tie up the pocket formation, and the Qing soldiers were still holding the back road...... Seeing that a battle of annihilation was about to be turned into a rout, he heard the sound of puffy guns in the distance to the east like a torrential rain. The sound of the gun was very different from that of the 43rd Division, and Gu Shining could hear it at once, it was a rifled gun.

The 7th Division of the Hunan Volunteer Army under the command of Shengjie Army arrived, and they originally followed closely behind the 43rd Division, and when they heard the guns and artillery in front, they knew that they had encountered the Qing Brigade, and they didn't have time to communicate with Gu Shining, so they made their own decisions and copied towards the rear of the battlefield, just stopping Hao Dai who was retreating. …,

Whether it is the soldiers of the Hubei Green Battalion or the soldiers of the Wuchang Battalion, they have no heart to charge against the rain of bullets, and the artillery originally pulled by the army was also lost in the pinching just now, and the volunteers could not suppress the volunteers at all, and the Qing soldiers collapsed in a moment.

"To the west! Attack northwest! ”

Hao Dai was still dying, and behind the northwest slope was a dense forest, and there were only more than 2,000 red-clothed people who broke through this red-clothed and had a trace of life.

The Qing soldiers pressed towards the northwest, realizing that this was the only way to survive, their eyes were red, and they finally mustered up twelve points of fighting intent. In a matter of moments, the two battalions of the 43rd Division were under tremendous pressure, and the battalion commanders both gave bayonet orders, ready to repel the Qing troops in hand-to-hand combat.

Gray clothes, a large area of gray clothes suddenly poured out from the rear hillside, this is the eighth division of the Hunan Volunteer Army under the command of the Shengjie Army. The seventh division can arrive, and the eighth division is naturally not much late. The division commander observed the battle situation from a distance and felt that the Qing troops might break through from the left flank, so they also rushed to the left flank on their own, just blocking the Qing troops.

"It's over......"

The three divisions of the Shengjie Army met in one place, and the strength had surpassed Hao Dai, Hao Dai's eyes were blank, and he felt that the ground was cracking, and he couldn't figure it out.

Xie Dingbei ...... It's so ruthless, he's pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and he just came to fish me on purpose! ”

Then he understood that the current situation was an obvious ambush, and he was plotted by Xie Dingbei's straw bag!

"Rush! Rush forward again! I'm going to pull a few pads to die! ”

Hao Dai is banner and resolute, relying on him, the Hubei Green Battalion can still maintain the posture of daring to fight on the surface, otherwise Ortai will not believe him, let him lead more than 10,000 troops to attack. Mobilizing hundreds of brave generals, Hao Dai turned around and rushed towards the division command flag again, and the mood at this time was completely different from the mood half an hour ago.

A rich fiery red color suddenly poured out from the front, almost obscuring the horizon, Hao Dai's heart was like frozen ice, his eyes were black, and he planted it straight from the horse, that Xie Dingbei was so ruthless...... It's really a net.

The 81st Division of An** arrived, except for the Guard Division and Xie Dingbei's vanguard army battalion, the other four divisions were originally fighting for each other, and the distance between them was only ten or twenty miles. Hao Dai didn't know that he had four divisions and 20,000 troops in front of him, and he had already broken Puqi.

Not only was it surrounded on all sides, but also the Southern Barbarian army appeared one after another, and Hao Dai's army no longer had the will to fight, so they abandoned their guns and fell to the ground, kowtowing and asking for surrender.

A group of red-clothed soldiers dragged Hao Dai up from the ground, Hao Dai came to his senses and shouted: "I am Hao Dai, and I am familiar with your coach Xie Dingbei!" The two hundred taels of silver he owed me back then have not been repaid! ”

Annihilated 13,000 Qing soldiers, and captured alive hundreds of generals under Hubei Governor Hao Dai, but Xie Dingbei's mood was not very good, "So many prisoners, and they have to be sent to guard, it's really troublesome." That Hao Dai...... Full of nonsense, too lazy to see him, just lock him up and dispose of it by the Privy Council! Well, don't be embarrassed by them. ”

Speaking of the back, his tone was already a little weak, he really owed Hao Dai money.

"The news of our army's rapid advance must have spread, presumably the city side has been strictly guarded, you all cheer up and prepare for a tough battle!"

The vanguard army was like a bamboo, and it also annihilated an enemy army, which greatly damaged the strength of the Wuchang defenders, Xie Dingbei suddenly fluttered, but he didn't dare to relax in his mouth, and explained to his subordinates.

"In addition, on the logistics side, it's time to prepare ladders and pontoons......"

Then he revealed his true form again, and his mind turned to how to prepare for attacking Wuchang, and the people panicked when they heard it. Didn't you just say that there would definitely be a fierce battle in Tongcheng? Don't arrange the battle of Tongcheng, but think about fighting Wuchang directly? General Xie's brain can really jump. …,

They couldn't guess Xie Dingbei's intentions, this guy was with his tail cocked, and he felt that he had become a battle-hardened general, and the obstacles ahead were simply like chickens and dogs, and he was not vulnerable at all.

Xie Dingbei said very correctly in the previous paragraph, whether it is the protection of the old man, or the mistake or the mistake, in short, there is a trace of luck in capturing the first few counties and gathering and annihilating Hao Dai's Qing army. Now that the situation is clear, Tongcheng is the last barrier to the south of Wuchang, and the other party must have made thorough preparations.

didn't take Xie Dingbei's words about attacking Wuchang to heart, and the divisions of the vanguard army killed Bentong City, and prepared for a big battle.

On 22 May, Gu Shining's 43rd Division arrived in Tongcheng first, setting up camp and waiting for backups while observing the situation in Tongcheng.

But he didn't want the city gate to open, and a large crowd poured out, first thinking that it was the Qing soldiers who came out to invite battle, but when the banner was raised, Gu Shining was dumbfounded.

"The king goes north, and the city opens ......"

"The children of Shenzhou are thundering in spring, and the children of Tongcheng are smiling......"

"The soldiers drove the Tartars, and the bloodline returned to the ...... of the sect"

The city has entered the city!?

Take a closer look, there is a pole and root flag floating at the head of the city, and many people who go out of the city are wearing plain linen robes, as if they are the entrance of the bishop, Gu Shining feels unbelievable.

"When Pangu Wuchang was martyred, the bishop was based on Tongcheng, and there was a regiment here to contact the bloodline and nostalgia, and in the past few years, it has won the hearts of the people, and the army has been waiting for many years!"

"Ortai put 3,000 green battalions and dozens of general cannons here, trying to defend the city. But the people didn't want to get through the city and fall into the artillery fire, and secondly, they had the heart to return south, and the day before yesterday they had contacted the general of the green battalion, tied up the magistrate and the main general, and waited for the army to come. ”

After such an explanation of the priests in the church and the local villagers, Gu Shining suddenly realized, yes, when Pan's aunt Wuchang was killed, the bishop of the country gathered 100,000 people to come to Wuchang, and Tongcheng was the activity base of these 100,000 people. In order to persuade the parishioners, the Bishop also took Tongcheng as the center to persuade the parishioners to go back, and Tongcheng also became the "sphere of influence" of the Bishop Yao.

It's so big and one cheap...... Gu Shining said in his heart, this is the foreshadowing laid by Aunt Pan and Bishop Yao, and then think about Xie Dingbei talking about the battle of Wuchang before, and don't take Tongcheng seriously, is it also the first to see the opportunity?

General Xie Shen, unfathomable...... Gu Shining secretly examined himself, and there was no thought of despising Xie Dingbei in his heart.

"Wowhaha...... Wowhaha! We...... Go straight to Wuchang! ”

Knowing that Tongcheng was going down without a fight, Xie Dingbei looked up and laughed, laughing extremely forgetful, but the eyes of his subordinates were not disdainful.

From Yuezhou to Xiangyin, Xie Dingbei's vanguard army broke through all the way, gathered and annihilated the army, and Jia Hao and other generals were dumbfounded, and when the news came that the city was surrendered and Wuchang was no longer covered, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion fell into a state of speechlessness.

"Xie Dingbei, this guy is hiding very deeply!"

"Is this still unreasonable!? Looking at his posture, it seems that he wants to take over all the work of our army! ”

"That guy really wants to take Wuchang down in one fell swoop, I don't think it's an accident......"

"Then what are we still here? He took Wuchang, what should we do? ”

Below Fang Tangheng, the 100,000 red-clothed people gathered in Changsha were furious, and the commanders of the military division all ran to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to find Jia Hao's theory.

"This matter can't just look at Xie Dingbei Road, if you don't control the waterway, how can you keep up with the white spoon artillery baggage?"

Jia Hao also felt like he was in prostration, he really didn't expect that Xie Dingbei, who was not much stronger than a pig in his eyes, would actually bring him such a big surprise.

His strategy for the Yangtze River was greatly advanced due to the progress of Xie Dingbei, but as he said, if he did not hold the waterway, the supply of the 100,000-strong army, and the transportation of artillery and baggage would not be guaranteed. It is necessary to rely entirely on land transportation, and the current capacity of Hunan is unbearable. …,

So the pressure was like a flood, and all of it gathered on Meng Songhai, who was busy in Xiangyin.

"Xie Dingbei, that bastard, is deliberately messing with us for a white spoon!"

Meng Songhai was furious, and he was still busy loading the twelve-pound cannon onto the ship...... Yue Zhongqi's sailors were huddled in the northwest of Dongting Lake, covered by artillery, and they had to be fully prepared for a strong attack. But his preparations were not finished, Xie Dingbei had already approached Wuchang by land.

Lin Peng sighed with emotion: "General Xie's luck ...... I can't even say o. ”

Shi Tingge saw it comprehensively: "It is indeed lucky, but don't forget, whether it is the military heart, the people's heart, or the tactics, this is not the credit of General Xie Shen, but the original achievement of my Yinghua country. ”

The two were discussing how rotten the green camp in Hubei was, and why there was such a big difference between Jiangxi and Hubei, Meng Songhai's eyes changed on the side, and finally slammed his fist on the table.

"I think we're too timid! Tartars are hard and soft, but in Hubei, regardless of land and water, they are all soft to the extreme, and we overestimate their white spoon combat power! ”

Meng Songhai said resolutely: "No matter how much you prepare, if you don't open a thousand, it's in vain, let's do it now!" ”

Jia Hao's Yangtze River strategy, because of Xie Dingbei's rapid advance, not only advanced the progress, but also like opening the floodgates, the momentum is more violent, even Jia Hao himself did not expect it, the Manchu generals in the north, and even the Yongzheng monarchs and ministers, did not expect it.

(To be continued)