?Of course Geng Zhongming could not have imagined that after he voluntarily gave up Nanyang, the Chinese army was not going to let him go and would definitely kill him. "" But something happened at this time, which saved Geng Zhongming's fate. Wu Sangui finally sent reinforcements. .
It turned out that Wu Sangui wanted to help the Qing court, but was also afraid of getting angry and causing the Chinese army to turn around and attack Sichuan. After repeated thinking and weighing the pros and cons, Wu Sangui actually came up with a way to get the best of both worlds. He did not order three groups of troops approaching the Sichuan-Hu border to attack the Chinese army. Instead, he ordered his generals Ma Bao and Han Daren to lead 50,000 troops into Nanyang, under the command of Geng Zhongming, to help him defend Nanyang, and He proposed to go to war in the name of the Qing army.
Wu Sangui's wishful thinking was that he would never take the initiative to confront the Chinese army. At the same time, he sent troops to assist Nanyang, and the Qing court could not say anything wrong. At the same time, he helped Geng Zhongming, defended Nanyang, and blocked the Chinese army. attack on the Central Plains; and he can also sit back and watch the decisive battle between the Chinese army and the Qing court, see the success or failure, and then determine the next move. This is indeed a strategy that kills three birds with one stone.
It's just that the Sichuan army made a big circle. By the time they entered Nanyang, it was already too late. Geng Zhongming had given up on Nanyang and planned to retreat to Hanzhong Prefecture. Therefore, Ma Bao, Han Daren and Geng Zhongming met up in the Xizhou area and stationed temporarily. Come down.
Geng Zhongming couldn't help but be overjoyed to receive this supporting army. Especially since there were 10,000 gunmen and more than 100 artillery pieces in the Sichuan army, Geng Zhongming was even more relieved.
Because of the help of the Chinese Army, the squadrons of this era were rapidly transforming into the direction of modern armies. This was true for the Qing Army, and so was Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui entered Sichuan, he immediately recruited craftsmen to build muskets and artillery. , assembling the Sichuan Army. By this time, the Sichuan Army had more than 50,000 muskets and more than 600 artillery pieces of various types.
In addition, Wu Sangui is fortunately different from Geng Zhongming. In another time and space, he is also considered one of the famous generals of this era. Although he is not too old, he is also proficient in the art of war and has experienced hundreds of battles. Although he and the Chinese Army There were not many battles, but every battle of the Chinese army was investigated in detail, almost every detail was ignored, and they were studied to study the tactics of the Chinese army in using firearms.
However, due to technical conditions and lack of external communication, the Sichuan Army's muskets were originally inherited from the Ming Dynasty, mainly bird muskets, that is, matchlock guns, and some Lumi muskets and three-eyed muskets. There are very few flintlock guns. The artillery is mainly small and medium-sized Franco machine guns. There are not many red cannons. Firstly, the red cannons have a long cycle and high cost. Secondly, the roads in Sichuan are difficult and heavy. Artillery is also not conducive to transportation, and small and medium-sized artillery is conducive to transportation.
Although at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the level of red cannons cast by the Qing court had surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty, the overall level of firearms manufacturing, understanding and use of firearms by the Qing court was still inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was once the Ming Dynasty's leader. The important minister, when he was stationed at Shanhaiguan, was equipped with a large number of firearms and was not unfamiliar with the use of firearms. Therefore, although the Sichuan Army did not have any soldiers from the Chinese Army as instructors, they still trained on their own.
Li Dingguo learned that Geng Zhongming had received reinforcements. Although he still did not know that the reinforcements were Sichuan troops, he did not dare to attack Geng Zhongming easily. Therefore, he decided to rescue Xinye first, defeat Shi Tingzhu's troops, and seize the Wandong area. Anyway, Now the Wanxi area has been occupied by the Chinese army, and Xichuan County where Geng Zhongming is stationed has become a peripheral area of Nanyang Prefecture.
So Li Dingguo left the remaining two divisions of the Eighth Army to garrison Nanming and take care of Dengzhou. He and Li Mou led the Sixth Army, the Cavalry Regiment, and the Special Forces Regiment to rescue Xinye. When the Sixth Army arrived near Xinye, It was the afternoon of the second day when the time for holding Xinye was set. The Qing Army was withdrawing, and the 17th Regiment of the Chinese Army guarding the position was preparing to pursue the Qing Army.
When Li Dingguo saw the situation, he immediately sent an order to Zhou Hanfu, the commander of the Seventeenth Regiment, and ordered him to stop pursuing the Qing army. After night, they joined forces to launch an encirclement attack on the Qing army, striving to annihilate the Qing army under Shi Tingzhu. The next step was to It would be much easier to attack the Wandong area, so that the 17th Regiment did not pursue the Qing army.
But Shi Tingzhu and Bayan just wanted to retreat to Tang County as soon as possible, and they were not aware of it at all. While the Qing soldiers were busy packing the trucks in the camp, the Chinese army had quietly completed the attack on the Qing army. Although the Qing army also left some soldiers on guard at night, the number was not large, and they planned to withdraw after dawn, so the guards were very lax, and the soldiers patrolling outside the camp did not leave at all. They were far away and knew nothing about the Chinese army approaching the Qing army's camp.
Following Li Dingguo's order, all troops immediately launched a full-scale attack on the Qing army. Because of this attack, the Chinese army used thunderbolt rockets that had not been used in previous battles. Although the soldiers on guard at this time had discovered the Chinese army , but it was too late. As one thunderbolt rocket landed on the Qing army’s camp and exploded, the kerosene was scattered in all directions. Fires immediately broke out everywhere in the Qing army’s camp. At this time, other Qing soldiers were not I was busy cleaning up my baggage and just went to sleep. Suddenly I found myself being attacked and chaos broke out. Various units of the Chinese army also took advantage of the chaos and broke into the Qing army's camp.
The Chinese army that besieged the Qing army had about 33,000 troops. Their strength already exceeded that of the Qing army. Moreover, the mental states of both sides were not on the same level at this time. Therefore, the Qing army was not part of the Chinese army at all. The opponents were killed and retreated to the depths of the camp. Many Qing soldiers had just woken up from their sleep and died in confusion before they understood what was going on.
Fortunately, Bayan is not sleeping now, and he immediately stepped forward to direct the Qing army in the battle. Because at this time, some soldiers from the Shenbing Battalion were packing trucks under his command, so it was very easy for Bayan. Six to seven hundred soldiers had gathered, but at this time the Qing army camp was full of fire, gunshots and shouts of death. Bayan was also a little confused and didn't know which direction he should attack the enemy. .
But soon Bayan no longer had to make a choice, so at this time a Chinese army rushed towards Bayan's direction. So Bayan immediately gave the order to fight the enemy army in front of him.
After all, the Qing soldiers in the Shenbing Camp had received strict training, and after these two days of fighting, they were able to stabilize their minds on the battlefield. Therefore, they quickly lined up in three rows and then raised their guns to shoot at the Chinese army. .
This Chinese army was the 17th Regiment led by Zhou Hanfu. After entering the Qing army's camp, the 17th Regiment went on a rampage as if they were in an uninhabited land. They had captured three camps in a row and captured There were hundreds of prisoners, but Zhou Hanfu was not satisfied with these results. He wanted to catch a few big fish so that he could get a chance to be promoted. Although he didn't care on the surface, he watched the people in the same batch being promoted to the brigade. There are many people at the level, division level, whose official positions were lower than mine, but now they are on top of me, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
Now is a good time for meritorious service and promotion. Therefore, Zhou Hanfu left only a small number of soldiers to guard the occupied camp and prisoners. He led the entire regiment of soldiers to advance towards the center of the Qing army's camp. Because according to common sense, The main generals' camps are located in the middle of the camp.
When the soldiers of the 17th Regiment were charging forward, they suddenly heard a burst of gunfire from the front. More than a dozen soldiers rushing at the front were shot one after another. When other soldiers saw enemies ahead, they also retreated and found places to hide. Zhou Hanfu was originally at the front of the team, but he was lucky. He received a blow on his helmet, but it did not penetrate. Another one flew past his left arm, leaving a burning and painful wound.
Although Zhou Hanfu was a bit rude, he was by no means reckless. He immediately retreated out of the range of the Qing army, and then carefully observed the Qing army with a telescope. Only then did he see that the Qing army consisted of about seven or eight hundred people, and they were actually lined up. After completing the formation of three rows of continuous fire, Zhou Hanfu couldn't help but be overjoyed, because this also showed that this must be an important position in the Qing army's camp, otherwise there would never be such an army guarding it. In his mind The big fish must be in here.
So Zhou Hanfu also immediately ordered one battalion to form a three-row firing formation to start shooting with the Qing army to attract the Qing army's attention. The other battalion was divided into two teams and outflanked them from the left and right. , the remaining soldiers serve as reserves.
After a simple arrangement, the Chinese army also lined up a three-row continuous firing formation and started a shootout with the Qing army. Each side took turns firing at the other side's array, although soldiers in their respective teams continued to be shot. They fell to the ground, but people immediately came up from behind, maintaining a stable formation and continuing to shoot. The difference was that the Qing army stayed put, while the Chinese army slowly advanced while shooting.
At this time, the competition between the two sides is not actually their respective shooting proficiency levels or daily training results, but their respective courage and determination. In these two aspects, the Chinese Army is certainly not inferior to the Qing Army, and in terms of shooting speed, the Chinese Army It is even better than the Qing army, because all the Chinese army uses percussion rifles, while some of the Qing army uses matchlocks. Even the flintlock guns used by the Qing army are not comparable in terms of rate of fire. It is inferior to the percussion gun, but it is also inferior in terms of shooting success rate. The success rate of the flash cap percussion gun is almost 100%, while the success rate of the flintlock gun can only reach about 80%.
Therefore, after the two sides exchanged more than ten rounds of fire, the Qing army had suffered nearly 200 casualties, while the Chinese army had only suffered more than 100 casualties. The Qing army was completely at a disadvantage. And the distance between the two sides, It was shortened to only about forty steps.
At this moment, the two outflanking troops of the Chinese Army finally returned to their positions and attacked the Qing Army from both sides.
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