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Chapter 338 Battle of Chushui

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    The drizzle is like silk, the banners are like forests, and the Qing army team wearing red-tasseled bamboo hats has already formed a tight formation on the north bank of the Chushui River.  , the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the bank of the Chushui River, and also aimed at the south bank of the Chushui River, which was a vast expanse of whiteness.  From the commander of the Qing army, Prince Kang Jieshu, down to the ordinary soldiers, they all remained silent, anxiously waiting for the fat army to take the initiative to attack.

    The white color on the south bank of the Chushui River is covered by the white felt hats of the soldiers of the Fat Man Army. The main force of the Fat Man Army, composed of more than 20,000 soldiers, has already set up an offensive formation on the South Bank of the Chushui River. More than 50 red barbarian cannons and  One hundred and fifty pieces of cannons have also aimed at the artillery team of the Qing army on the opposite bank. The two generals Hu Tongchun and An Jiarong, who are responsible for the crossing mission, are gearing up with their team. The fat army engineers under the command of Han Yuan are already preparing  A lot of materials for erecting the pontoon bridge have been prepared, and only waiting for Fatty Lu to give an order, he will immediately rush to initiate a rush to cross, and lay the pontoon bridge to allow the main force to cross the river and attack.

    This is the second official confrontation between Fatty Army and Jie Shu after they took control of Jiangnan. The first time was in the first ten days of May of the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi.  At that time, the Fatty Army that had just entered the south of the Yangtze River was not stable, and had to divide its forces to snatch the elite sites such as Yangzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang. Only Wang Xu and Li Jiyang's lone army could face Jie Shu, and the Fatty Army's firearms at that time  It has been exhausted, and the newly established Xuanwu Lake Arsenal has not yet started production, so that battle was fought very hard, and only Taiping City, an isolated city left in the entire Taiping Mansion, was not captured by Jie Shu.

    In the end, although the Fatty Army relied on Ma Bao's help to encircle Wei and save Zhao, forced Jieshu to return to Luzhou, defended Taiping Mansion and protected the hinterland of Jiangnan, but it also paid a heavy price.  The land was completely plundered by the Qing army, a large number of people were forcibly relocated by the Qing army, and farmland, mines, and water conservancy facilities were also destroyed. As a result, Taiping Mansion, which was also a grain-producing area, has not recovered to this day.  rear support.  It was also from that time that the Fatty Army once again forged a mortal feud with the Jieshu Army, and everyone hated this brutal and vicious beast army who took advantage of the fire.

    It is also because of the last Taiping Mansion War that Jieshu's team can be said to be the only Qing army team on the Western Front that is not afraid of the Fatty Army. It can even be said that they have a bit of contempt for the Fatty Army.  But that's all-although they also knew very well that most of the soldiers of the Fat Man Army killed in Taiping Mansion last time were recruits or surrendered soldiers.  Furthermore, because the Fatty Army of the Taiping Mansion ran out of firearms in the last battle, they could only use them sporadically, so they thought that the firearms of the Fatty Army were nothing special. Although they were powerful, their numbers were pitifully small.  Will affect the overall situation of the battlefield.

    Contempt of the enemy and self-confidence made Luzhou Qing army take the initiative to provoke the Fatty Army several times, and even went deep into the prefectural city of Chuzhou surrounded by mountains, directly threatening Nanjing City, the home of the Fatty Army.  After taking the initiative to retreat under the order of Fatty Lu during the whole festival, and after scouting the situation that the Fatty Army's direct corps had already crossed the river to the north, the complacent Luzhou Qing Army did not choose to retreat to the natural danger of Chuzhou, but unanimously demanded to go south and join the Fatty Army  In the decisive battle in the field, Jie Shu, who hated Fatty Lu deeply and knew nothing about the current strength of Fatty's army, did not hold back. He decisively ordered the army to go out of the mountains and fight Fatty Lu to the death by the open Chushui Bank.

    Of course, as a personal experiencer of the battles of Anshun and Bajiang, Jie Shu is also very aware of the power of the Fatty Army's firearms, and understands that as long as the Fatty Army's firearms are sufficient, the self-army will not only win, but even if they want to retreat completely.  Difficult.  Therefore, Jie Shu, who is quite military-minded, resolutely rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to cross the Chushui River for a decisive battle, and chose to line up on the north bank of the Chushui River, forcing the fat army to cross the river to attack. In this way, not only can the fat army's rocket power be greatly limited  Even if the battle is unfavorable, the Qing army in Luzhou will have enough time to escape, flee back to Chuzhou and defend against danger, and complete the task assigned by Yue Le to contain the Fatty Army's immediate corps in Chuzhou.

    The only thing that surprised Jieshu was that, knowing that the Qing army had already occupied favorable terrain, the fat army not only did not stop, but also did not mobilize the navy to detour to Liuhe to rush to the battlefield to support and cover the army to cross the river. Instead, they chose to collect them on the spot.  The ferry attacks.  For Fatty Lu, who has always been known for his invincibility, the only explanation for his tactics being so overbearing, besides underestimating the enemy's arrogance, is full of self-confidence.

    At noon, the fat man's army was ready to cross the river and attack. Fatty Lu did not launch an attack immediately, but sent an envoy to cross the Chushui River in a small boat whose bridge was completely destroyed by the Qing army, and came to the front of the Qing army with a white flag.  Shouted, "The Great Zhou Commander's Order to Conquer the East. There is a great disparity between the strength and the weak. The Han people surrendered and did not kill them. The Mite people only killed the four surnames of Aixinjueluo, Hesheli, Niu Gulu, and Tong Jia. The rest will not die!"

    "Fire the arrows!" Jie Shu ordered coldly, waving the flagHe rampaged vigorously, killing the Qing army with fewer enemies and more enemies, so that the Qing army retreated steadily. Jie Shu was so angry that he stomped his feet and screamed, and kept urging the Qing army to encircle and kill this lone army, but he still couldn't do it, and he even paid a lot of brave men.  Will.

    "General, do you want to send another army to meet Hu Tongchun and An Jiarong?" Looking through the binoculars at the northern battlefield, Yao Qisheng reminded Fatty Lu worriedly: "Both of them are your love, General.  Will, if something goes wrong?"

    "No, Hu Tongchun and An Jiarong can handle it. They are not white-collar workers who pay twice as much as other infantry." Fatty Lu refused indifferently, but ordered: "Send someone to send an order to the fifth wave of infantry crossing the river.  Let them bring more rockets, use rockets to bombard the dog cavalry, defend the ferry, and buy time for Han Yuanren to build a pontoon bridge."

    Fatty Lu's personal soldiers, who were in charge of delivering the order, led away. At this time, another fast horse bearing the flag of Fatty's army rushed to the south, dismounted outside the flag formation and accepted the identity verification.  Kneeling down on one knee in front of him, he presented to Fatty Lu a military intelligence report with a chicken feather on it representing the urgency. Fatty Lu put down his binoculars and opened it. After just a few glances, Fatty Lu showed a helpless wry smile on his fat face.

    "General, whose pond newspaper is it? Why do you have such a strange expression?" Yao Qisheng asked curiously.

    "Who else? Boy Han Daren." Fatty Lu said with a wry smile, "I heard that Le Erjin came to the door to die again, and Han Daren committed his old problem again, using the excuse that he couldn't let Le Erjin have too many children."  Destroying the fields of the people in Taiping Prefecture and affecting the autumn harvest, he informed me that he decided to lead the Taiping Prefecture Corps to the west of Wuhu to fight, and swore that he would never let Le Erjin slip away this time."

    "General Han Daren, everything is fine, but I am a little overjoyed." Yao Qisheng also smiled wryly.

    "Fortunately, this guy at least made a notification this time. It's better than sending troops privately without notifying Taiping City last time." Fatty Lu sighed again, and he was helpless with Han Daren's bold and adventurous character.  But just after he finished sighing, Fatty Lu suddenly felt shocked again, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Yao, what did I say in the last sentence?"

    "General, can't you? You forgot what you just said?" Yao Qisheng also cried bitterly, "The last sentence you said just now was: General Han Daren is better than last time. Last time, he didn't report and he didn't care about peace.  The city will send troops privately!"

    "Don't care about Taiping City?" Fatty Lu murmured again, and the previous doubts flashed through his mind like lightning and flint¡ªin just three days, he received three emergency calls, and Yue Le took the risk to send troops when he was obviously unsure.  The battlefield and the various soldiers and horses cooperated seamlessly even when the information could not be conveyed quickly, and they were arranged extremely carefully for no reason, forcing their four major legions to enter the battlefield at the same time, and could not free up excess troops for maneuvering in a short period of time.  ¡­¡­¡­¡­

    "I finally understand." Thinking of this, Fatty Lu nodded, gritted his teeth and muttered: "Han Daren's character weakness must have been expected by Man Gou, and Man Gou's real breakthrough point is not in the north.  Line, but the Western Front!"

    "Miraculous Doctor Zhu, draw up two orders for me!" After thinking up to this point, Fatty Lu ignored the raging Chushui battlefield, grabbed Zhu Fangdan and ordered: "The first order is for Han Daren, tell him  You can take the initiative to go to Wuhu to fight, but you must leave 5,000 troops in Taiping City to defend the city! Also, the banners on the city walls are not allowed to show a real number of troops, you must fight less, the less the better."

    "The second order is for Gao Hongchen to lead 4,000 troops to ambush in Ma'anshan. When Mangou is found attacking Taiping City, he will attack immediately. He will attack back and forth with the defenders of Taiping Mansion.  Temporarily hand over the defense to Xiaoyong and Shaobo.¡± (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation  .) (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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