?The efforts of the Qing army to defend the city was only one aspect of it, and the moat of Nanyang did indeed cause considerable difficulties for the Chinese army's offensive. First, it greatly increased the time for assault and additional troops. Second, it was originally thought that the second
More than a hundred rafts were enough, but after the battle began, it was discovered that it was far from enough. Although
Hundreds of people could be transported across the river at one time to participate in the battle, but the second batch of soldiers crossing the river had to wait for the rafts to come back before they could start crossing the river. This not only wasted a lot of time, but also caused the Chinese army to always be confused about the timing of the attack and the exchange of offensive forces.
If you don't know the right balance, it's either too early or too late, and you can never find the best point.《》
At the same time, after the Chinese army launched a ground attack, most of the Chinese army's artillery also stopped bombarding, and the artillery that fired also avoided the gap where the two sides were fighting. Therefore, the Qing soldiers on the city wall were finally able to slow down.
After getting stronger, they began to fire bows and arrows or shoot at the Chinese soldiers under the city. However, the Chinese army was blocked outside the battlements and could not expand into the city, which also caused a lot of casualties.
However, under this unfavorable situation, the Chinese army still showed great tenacity, launching fierce attacks again and again at various gaps. In many gaps, the two sides experienced repeated battles. The positions changed hands several times, but only corpses were killed.
The ground is littered with blood.
But after all, all the conditions at this time were unfavorable to the Chinese army, so Li Dingguo also ordered the withdrawal of troops. In the first day of battle, the Chinese army paid the price of 837 casualties, while the Qing army's death in battle was
One thousand one hundred and thirty-two people.
That night, the Chinese army also summarized the day's siege battle and believed that Nanyang's city defense was actually very ordinary and there were no difficulties. Although the Qing army fought fiercely, it was not invincible, and the battle did not end.
The reason why Guanjian was good was that due to the obstruction of Fangcheng River, after the demolition team successfully blasted, the commando team was not able to arrive in the first time.
Seize the gap within time and open the way for the large group of people to enter the city; in addition, the number of rafts is insufficient and the distribution is unreasonable. The backup troops cannot form continuity, so it becomes a tactic of adding fuel. Adding a little at a time cannot cause any damage to the Qing army.
Greater pressure; another point is that when the ground troops launch an attack and the situation cannot be opened temporarily, the fire cover for the attacking troops is not enough.
In response to these problems that arose on the first day of the attack, Li Dingguo made some adjustments: First, he worked overnight to build at least 100 more rafts, ensuring that each attacking force had 150 rafts, and divided the rafts into three batches.
, take turns crossing the river; in order to ensure the rapid follow-up of the commando team, the commando team will work with the demolition team to be the first batch of troops to cross the river, and after the demolition is successful,
Regardless of whether the commando team achieved a breakthrough, the second batch of offensive troops immediately began to cross the river to reinforce the commando team, followed by the third batch, repeating the cycle to ensure the continuity of the increased input of troops; and after the ground attack began, all snipers were on the moat.
Get in position, carry out precise attacks on the Qing troops on the city, and cover the attacking troops. In the next attack, Nanyang must be captured.
On this side, the Chinese army is summing up, and in Nanyang City, Geng Zhongming is still in panic all day long. Although the Qing army defended Nanyang City today, and after the war, Geng Zhongming immediately fulfilled the reward he promised, and the Qing soldiers who received the silver reward also
Everyone was celebrating, so the morale was still very good.
But the Chinese army's blasting siege tactics really shocked Geng Zhongming. No wonder the Chinese army has been invincible since it regained Nanjing. What kind of strong city can withstand such siege tactics? We can withstand the Chinese army's attack. Even in today's battle, the Chinese army almost entered the city several times.
Therefore, although the Qing army finally blocked the Chinese army's attack, Geng Zhongming had no idea what would happen tomorrow. How long the morale of the Qing army could be maintained with the stimulation of reward money alone. In fact, if it weren't for Shang Yi's Anyway, the conditions for the uprising did not include the Han people outside the customs. Geng Zhongming might really consider surrendering to Shang Yi. But it is useless to think about it now. He can only hope that Shi Tingzhu will come to his aid soon.
But Geng Zhongming didn't know yet that Shi Tingzhu had never thought of coming to rescue Nanyang. At this time, he was launching an attack on Xinye.
Since the Chinese army captured Dengzhou and Xinye, Shi Tingzhu was stationed in Tangzhou while paying close attention to the movements of the Chinese army. After the Chinese army launched an attack on Nanyang, Shi Tingzhu immediately realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come, so he immediately He led 30,000 troops, including all the troops from the Shenbing Camp, to capture Xinye and attack from behind the Chinese army.
The Shenbing Camp was a new Qing army composed of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. It was led by Li Yongfang’s fifth son, Bayan. Although the Shenbing Camp had the smallest number of the six new armies, with only 13,000 people, it was still equipped with There are 8,000 muskets and more than 220 artillery pieces. The number of muskets and artillery is similar to that of the Shenjun camp with a strength of 15,000 people.
During the First Shandong Campaign, the Shenwei Battalion stationed in Shandong performed very well in the battle to defend Zhangqiu County and caused great damage to the Chinese army. The Qing court also spread the word about the results of this battle. Other armies, in order to boost the morale of each army, and at the same time prove that training the new army in the way of the Chinese Army is indeed the right path.
It was because of the record of Shenwei Camp that Shi Tingzhu was full of expectations for Shenwei Camp. In addition, before sending troops, he also found out clearly that the Chinese army had only one regiment of garrison in Xinye. Now Qingting was facing Zhonghua The organization and assembly of the army are also very clear. A standard infantry regiment of the Chinese Army has a strength of about 3,500 people, more than 3,000 muskets, and more than 60 artillery pieces, but they are all small and medium-sized artillery pieces. There are no Heavy duty, and Xinye itself was only a small county with very rudimentary city defense facilities, so Shi Tingzhu was also full of confidence in sending troops this time.
Xinye is a small county at the junction of Henan and Hubei, but its geographical location is also very important. It is bordered by Wanluo to the north, Jingxiang to the south, Qinlong to the west, and Dabie Mountain to the east. It has hundreds of miles of plains and eight rivers. Since ancient times, it has It is known as the "North and South Channel, Zhongzhou Barrier". Because during the Three Kingdoms period, several important battles took place here, and it was also the birthplace of the Shu Han regime. Therefore, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many events are related to Xinye County is related to Xinye County. Among the counties in China, Xinye County has a strong reputation.
Stationed in Xinye County is the 17th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade of the Chinese Army. The leader is Zhou Hanfu, a distant relative of the Zhou family. Although he was not an old man who followed Shang Yi in the uprising at the beginning, he was After going south, he joined the army that was still called the Merchant Army at that time, and he had relatively senior qualifications.
However, among the people who joined the army at the same time as Zhou Hanfu, they were at least at the brigade level at this time, and many of them were promoted to the division level, but he was still a regiment commander. This was not because of Zhou Hanfu's lack of ability. On the contrary, he was fighting When the war broke out, the regiment he led was famous for being brave and good at fighting, and had made many achievements. In the past few years, he had won more than a dozen medals of various kinds. But his temper was not good, because he wanted to be first in everything. , he would either talk back to his superiors, or fight with his colleagues, and he would always make some minor mistakes, such as secretly drinking in violation of orders. As a result, he would always be promoted to a second or lower level, and could only reach his current position. Fortunately, he did not He was heartless and didn't take the punishment seriously, thinking that he would get it back by winning a few battles, so he continued to commit the crime.
Because Xinye County is located just south of Nanyang and protects the back of the troops attacking Nanyang, Li Dingguo also considered that Shi Tingzhu of Tang County might use the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao to attack Xinye and force the Chinese army to withdraw and return reinforcements. Therefore, in Xinye County We also needed to send a strong force to garrison, so we sent it to the head of the 17th Regiment.
Zhou Hanfu was quite dissatisfied at first, because the Chinese army's attack on Dengzhou was very smooth, so the 17th Regiment was not sent to fight. He also held his breath and prepared to show off his skills when attacking Nanyang. However, Li Dingguo sent him to garrison Nanyang. To protect the rear of the large army, he wanted to go to Li Dingguo to argue, but was scolded by Army Commander Huang Qingwen, so he had no choice but to lead the 17th Regiment to Xinye to garrison.
In fact, Zhou Hanfu was not ignorant of the importance of Xinye, so after arriving in Xinye, although he drank alcohol every day, he still organized his men to dig trenches outside the city and build positions to prevent the Qing army from attacking.
After the soldiers of the 17th Regiment had just repaired their positions outside the city, Zhou Hanfu received the news. Shi Tingzhu led an army of 30,000 people, including the Shenbing Battalion, to attack Xinye. After hearing this, Zhou Hanfu also rubbed his hands in excitement. , the Qing Army really came to attack Xinye, and it was a tough one, because now all the military districts of the Chinese Army know that the six new armies trained by the Qing Army are very combat effective, and are stronger than other Qing armies. So much, I didn’t expect that without Nanyang, I met him in Xinye.
So Zhou Hanfu immediately recruited members of the group headquarters to discuss and prepare to face the Qing army. Now the positions outside Xinye County have basically been built. They are located in the southeast of Xinye County, on the edge of Jishui River. Therefore, the regiment headquarters decided to send three battalions out of the city. , to guard the position, only one battalion was left to garrison in Xinye County. Of course, Zhou Hanfu had to go out of the city to command the battle. If deputy commander Liu Shuisan hadn't reminded him, he almost forgot to send a report to Nanyang.
Xinye is only fifty or sixty miles away from Nanyang. If a horse is galloping, it can be reached in an hour, and it can be walked back and forth in half a day. Therefore, on the same day, the 17th Regiment received the order from Nanyang. After holding on to Xinye County for three days, a large group of troops can capture Nanyang and come back to rescue Xinye County.
The very next day, Shi Tingzhu led the Qing troops across Jishui and launched an attack on Xinye County.
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