Chapter three hundred and forty-ninth fierce battle
"Put the men down and follow with weapons!" Anqing garrison battalion officer and commander-in-chief Panda Man ran on the battlefield under the scorching sun with a waist knife, shouting to the fire soldiers he encountered along the way. Most of these fire soldiers were searching for the wounded.
, there are about a hundred fire soldiers from three divisions on the post road to the battlefield.
As a branch of the army mainly engaged in logistics, they are not equipped with armor, and an iron-headed shoulder pole can barely be called a weapon.
Thanks to Pang Yu's long-term appearance in training activities, almost all the soldiers knew him. After hearing the order, the fire soldiers on the way dropped their stretchers one after another, picked up weapons around and followed, and the queue behind them gradually lengthened.
There was a slight southeasterly wind in the sultry air. Pang Yu ran against the wind, avoiding the corpses on the ground. He did not run directly to the central army, but reached the post road first.
Due to the fierce fighting, the bandits landed at many locations of the Chinese army. Most of the civilians waiting on the post road were frightened. Some people ran south along the field ridge, while many people stayed in place at a loss. Mr. Hou and several clerks
The officers were near the wounded area, and one of them was holding an umbrella. When Mr. Hou saw Pang Yu, he quickly stretched out his hand. Pang Yu ignored them and ran past them, "Everyone in the Anqing camp has weapons, follow them."
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The officials have killed the thieves!" After Pang Yu shouted, he shouted to the civilians on the ground, "Anyone who dares to kill the bandits... come with me. Each person will be given five taels of silver, and the casualties and deaths will be paid according to the soldiers of my camp.
Priority will be given to joining the army after the war. I am... My officer is the staff officer of the Anqing garrison battalion.
General, what you said... it counts! If you want to kill the bandits, come with me and bring your weapons!"
After saying this, Pang Yu took the lead and ran to the right wing, panting and shouting along the post road.
The first tall civilian husband shouted, "I want to avenge my father and kill the thieves!" After shouting, he picked up a waist knife on the ground and joined the crowd behind Pang Yu. Most of these civilian husbands were from the local area and were rogue bandits.
Anqing has been plagued for two years. Most of the civilians have relatives and friends who died in the rebellion. One after another, some people picked up the swords and guns on the road and shouted slogans for revenge. As the first few people took the lead, more and more civilians took action, and the people on the ground
The weapons were quickly picked up, and those who came later were carrying poles and merged into the crowd behind Pang Yu. The team was full of crazy people.
"Kill the thieves". On the way from the left wing to the right wing, Pang Yu shouted all the way, and the number of people behind him became more and more. From the beginning of more than fifty people, it became three hundred people, and then it became four hundred.
People, a mixture of soldiers and civilians, rushed through the post road like a torrent,
Rushing towards the central army. There was no manpower available on the way. Pang Yu ran at the head of the team. In front of him were the right wing and the central army in the melee. Wang Zenglu's flag guard was guarding the post road. There were corpses everywhere on the ground, layer upon layer.
Stacks of garrison soldiers gathered there
Inside, there were dense weapons flashing above the heads of the front row, as if there was no danger of being breached for the time being.
The Chinese army seems to be more critical. There are rogue bandits ashore in many places, and there are also a large number of infantry coming from the paddy fields and field ridges behind. There is a battle taking place at the position of the flag and the five-square flag. The most important post road on the right is still at Wang Zenglu.
Under control, Pang Yu was slightly relieved. There were dozens of bandits near Kuaiqi, and almost all the flag bearers and trumpeters and drummers were participating in the battle. At this time, the entire front was fighting, and all troops had been invested. Kuaiqi and Zhou
The surrounding five-square flag no longer has much command function. It is more like a spiritual symbol, but it is still very important. Pang Yu decided to give priority to rescue the Chinese army to recognize the flag. He shouted and took the lead to run to the position of recognizing the flag. The fire soldiers and civilians behind him
After shouting, people kept passing Pang Yu. As he approached the battlefield, Guo Fengyou strode to the front of Pang Yu and greeted him.
Here are his bodyguards.
Seeing that he was about to rush to the fighting place, Pang Yu slowed down, stopped, raised his sword and shouted, "Kill the thief!" The guards and fire soldiers shouted one after another, swarming past him, followed by excited civilians, including two young men.
His eyes even bumped into Pang Yu, almost causing him to fall. I don't know who gave him a hand, but Pang Shenjiang could stand firm.
The entire rear team passed him and entered the battle. Pang Yu waved his hand on the spot until he became the tail of the team. Pang Yu took a few breaths and followed the team. After just two steps, he found an injured bandit on the ground. Pang Yu
He couldn't help but cut his neck with one knife. The first knife didn't break it. Pang Yu slashed it a few more times, and finally the neck was broken.
Pang Yu raised his head and raised it above his head. The blood from his head dripped from his shoulders, immediately dyeing his shirt red, and then he walked towards the place where he recognized the flag. Under the impact of more than 400 troops, who were like a rainbow, they were attacking the place where they recognized the flag.
The bandits began to retreat before the battle began, and soon turned into a rout. They were all driven back to the paddy fields. The infantry on the field ridge were blocked from the front, and they were immediately unable to advance or retreat.
, the officers and soldiers rushed to the river bank and fired with bows and arrows, and the bandits on the field ridges also jumped into the paddy fields. Some fire soldiers and civilians chased directly into the paddy fields, shouting and killing the bandits who were unable to move in the mud. Yang Xueshi was already doing it himself
When he went into battle, he still used his best bow and arrow. The quiver in his waist was empty. He picked it up by the paddy field.
He raised arrows on the ground and kept shooting at the bandits trapped in the paddy fields.
After firing ten arrows in a row, Yang Xueshi returned to the banner. At this time, he calmed down. Most of the people he rushed past were unarmored soldiers and civilians. For a moment, he didn't understand where they came from.
Then he saw Pang Yu striding towards him. The heroic general was wearing a breathable chainmail armor. He was holding a bloody waist knife in his right hand and a human head in his left hand. His whole body was covered in blood.
"My lord has personally come to rescue me. This villain will die... My lord is injured!" Yang Xueshi was frightened when he saw clearly, and hurried to Pang Yu's side.
"A fierce battle is inevitable, and some minor injuries are not worth mentioning." Pang Yu threw the head aside and walked under the recognition flag. Yang Xueshi quickly followed, and the surrounding soldiers all looked at Pang Pang with admiration.
I have heard many times about Pang Pang's prowess, and it is indeed true. Pang Yu returned to the command position, and habitually touched his belt to find a telescope, and then touched another
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"Sir, your telescope just fell off during the fierce battle."
Pang Yu looked back and saw that it was a regular soldier holding a telescope with both hands. He still didn't remember his name. At this time, he couldn't help but take a second look. It seemed that he was the one who helped him just now. He nodded and took it.
Using the telescope, Pang Yu hurriedly scanned the direction of Chemahe Town. The rogue bandits in the paddy fields in front of the flag were defeated, but there were still a large number of rogue infantrymen in the remaining paddy fields and towns, and there were dense red-coated soldiers on the post roads.
The thieves are still attacking the right wing, which should be Liu Guoneng's old camp. There are still several places in the middle line that are in melee.
"Secretary Yang, I have brought these troops to you. Organize them immediately and drive down all the bandits who have landed here." Pang Yu looked back and said to Guo Fengyou, "Go and help the artillery get into position as soon as possible.
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In the towns on the west bank of the Chema River, the streets and alleys are already crowded with people. Liu Guoneng's horse is blocked and it is difficult to move. He needs to get to the bridge head first. Many people on the river bank have already seen the officers and soldiers on the other side. Due to the dense crowd, left
The news of Liangyu's arrival spread rapidly. In fact, most people in the town couldn't even see the situation on the other side, but this only made them
Even more panicked. Liu Guoneng had already felt the panic among the crowd. He needed to personally control the bridge to prevent the bridge from being blocked by these infantry in order to preserve the retreat route of the old camp. For each camp of rogue pirates, the most precious things were not family members, money, food and infantry.
, not even the cavalry, but the old camp.
The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of manpower. It was always possible to find servants and infantry, but it was not so easy for the old camp. They were all veterans who had fought for many years, and every one of them was precious.
A group of cronies chopped and whipped them with knives and whips, and finally opened a road, allowing Liu Guoneng to reach the west end of the Chema River wooden bridge. He felt a little relieved. There were no houses blocking the bridge head, and Liu Guoneng could still see the situation on the other side. The first batch
The intercepted infantry retreated one after another, and people kept jumping off the official road and fleeing into the paddy fields and rivers. Then Liu Guoneng saw people jumping into the river on the riverside of the west bank town and swimming desperately to the east bank. The infantry in the streets
Someone started making loud noises in He Siyang, and even the team could not control it. Order was disappearing. Liu Guoneng turned his head back and forth several times. He knew the consequences of retreating at this time. Except for the old battalion and a small number of infantry, everything else was gone.
If you can't take them away, you still have to go to Taihu Lake to be intercepted by officers and soldiers before you can escape.
In Yinghuo Mountain, the losses would be very heavy. He wanted to fight. As long as he broke the right wing of the official army, he could turn defeat into victory and completely occupy the position in Hexi. He could join forces with Xiying, Cao Cao, and Lao Hui, even if Zuo Liangyu
Even if I come, I can't beat you
With so many battalion leaders, he can retain most of his strength and supplies.
But if the right wing of the army cannot be attacked, and Zuo Liangyu cuts off the east road, then Cao Cao and the Eight Kings may be able to run to the pass, but he will be blocked in the town by officers and soldiers at both ends, and the whole army will definitely be annihilated.
. He has another option. He currently occupies a good location close to the bridge. If the forward troops of the officers and soldiers have not cut off their retreat, send a steady stream of infantry to block them. If he can take away the old camp, if there is further delay, Zuo Liangyu's rear army will arrive.
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There will be no chance again.
Everything only depends on time. If it had been a quarter of an hour longer, he would have been much more calm. However, Zuo Liangyu's vanguard attacked from the other side and did not give him much time. Leaders at all levels were driving infantry across the bridge, and there were chaos from time to time.
Those who walked were hacked to death, causing chaos around them. The speed of passage was always slow, and the crowd waiting in the streets gradually became restless. Liu Guoneng had experienced hundreds of battles, most of which were defeated.
The expressions on the faces of these infantrymen were very familiar to him. They were confused, frightened and wandering, and then they basically collapsed and ran for their lives.
An old battalion horse soldier came from the post road. He opened a road with a whip, came to Liu Guoneng's side and said, "The official army has come with reinforcements, and the Chinese army has been pushed back."
Liu Guoneng had a gloomy face and said nothing. Bao Hongqi, his confidant next to him, whispered, "Master, we can't hold on any longer. It's still too late to go east now."
Liu Guoneng gritted his teeth and said, "This Susong is a big trap. How do you know that Zuo Liangyu is not from Taihu? Let's run eastward and meet him." The general was stunned and said, "Let's attack the right wing with all our strength.
, if Cao Cao and the others abandon us and run away, we will be the only ones trapped in the dead end, and we will be dead by then. Cao Cao can run back to Laohui, but we can't get through, and there is only one way to the east.
Line of vitality.”
Liu Guoneng's eyes flashed, but he was still hesitant in his heart. Suddenly, there was a continuous burst of artillery to the west, which came from the position of the central army of the army. Immediately afterwards, there was a bang on the earthen wall in front of him, and dust flew up. The surrounding infantry fell down in the smoke.
Liu Guoneng was also surprised. The cannons on the east side had not fired for a long time. Although only one shell fell in the town this time, he heard at least three cannons. The other two cannons may have been hitting the old camp on the post road.
The artillery was probably brought by reinforcements from the army. The hundreds of officers and soldiers who initially fought on the east side only had two cannons. Judging from the current situation, the reinforcements would not be less than a thousand troops. This reinforcement would only come from the west.
It might be Zuo Liangyu who came from Erlang Town, Lao Hui
After the thought came up, Liu Guoneng felt panic in his heart. If Zuo Liangyu was not behind, how could these 3,000 soldiers dare to take the initiative to attack so many big camp heads? If Zuo Liangyu was behind, the previous ones
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Instead, everything was explained. Su Song was a trap. This garrison camp was here to hold off the other battalions. Zuo Liangyu finally struck a fatal blow. As he was thinking about it, the second shell soon arrived. There were screams at the bridgehead, and the infantrymen
Soldiers crowded onto the bridge one after another, pushing each other and fighting to cross the river. Some people kept falling into the river, causing large splashes of water. Many soldiers in the town couldn't squeeze to the bridge.
Jumped into the water from the river edge and swam desperately to the east bank. There were figures swimming everywhere in the water.
The crowds in the towns on the west bank were making noises, and they had reached the critical point of collapse. "Blow the trumpet to ask the old camp to withdraw and cross the river to get the horses!" Liu Guoneng suddenly drew out his knife and "clear the road!"