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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 65: Encounter

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    A group of Taiping soldiers marched out holding hundreds of yellow flags, and soon crossed the Liuyang River and headed towards Liuyang County.  Walking in the queue of the Taiping Army, I saw that the Taiping Army marched forward in three columns. The middle group had fewer people, and the two wings had more people. The two wings protruded forward. The middle group was slightly behind, which was slightly smaller than the ordinary army army.  Seems weird.

    Zuo Zongtang couldn't see the power of such a march for a while, but he always felt that there was a deep sense of killing in the army. The sergeants in the three ranks all moved at an average speed and in very neat steps.  There was a rush of footsteps, but no whispers could be heard.  Unexpectedly, the long-haired thief's military discipline was so strict that Zuo Zongtang turned his attention to him.

    Just as he was about to ask Xiao Yungui about the merits of Xiao Yungui's long-haired marching method, Zuo Zongtang became a little more expectant as he spoke. He thought to himself that he was better than he is now, and he was conceited about the classics, history, and military strategies.  I don¡¯t know, but now I can¡¯t see the method of long-haired marching, so I feel a little uncomfortable asking questions.

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    Before Zuo Zongtang understood what was happening, he saw the generals at all levels in the long-haired formation shouting at the top of their lungs: "The demon is coming! Change the formation! Change the formation!" A group of sergeants in the middle of the long-haired formation immediately came out to the left and right.  Halfway, the left and right wings were divided, and the entire queue became two teams.

    As a yellow flag was hoisted high in the front, middle and back sections of the left and right wings, the left and right teams were divided into three sections of men and horses, connected from head to tail, and immediately gathered to form a circular formation to meet the enemy. The rapidity of their movements was eye-popping, which shows that  Chang Mao is very familiar with the method of changing formations in sudden encounters during the march.

    Zuo Zongtang was led by Xiao Yungui and his horse, pulling the reins of the horses and moved into the circular formation in the middle of the left wing, while Deng Yi and others were pulled into the central formation on the right wing by the swordsman.  The round formation of the Taiping Army used rattan swords as the vanguard, squatting low, a row of spearmen standing behind to protect the wings, and the third row stood with shotguns and guns. At this moment, all the long-haired flags suddenly fell down.  Six circular formations were prepared.

    We have arrived near Zhangshutou Village in Liuyang County. There are several ponds in front of this place, with an official road winding in the middle. There are dense trees and water plants. You can hear the cries and Qing troops in the distance.  The sound of laughter and curses.  The Taiping Army soldiers formed their formation silently and waited. The entire formation was silent, but a strong murderous intention was already hovering in the sky.

    Zuo Zongtang attended the battle in person for the first time. His palms were sweaty and his heart was beating wildly. He didn't know what would come out of the official road in a while. At this moment, he thought that if Changmao's army was defeated, he would not be able to survive.  Will he be killed by the army?  Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang had a strange feeling in his heart, as if he wanted to win with long hair.

    After a while, I saw a group of ordinary people running away from the official road, crying for their fathers and mothers. Most of these people were old and weak, women and children, and they were covered in large and small bags. Some even had live chickens and ducks tied to their bodies to escape.  .  Zuo Zongtang knew that the people in the countryside had always been poor, and for some people these chickens and ducks were the most valuable things.  He also saw that many young women in the crowd had darkened their faces and were running away anxiously with the crowd. Zuo Zongtang's face turned slightly red, and he knew why these peasant girls had darkened their faces, and he couldn't help but curse the officers and soldiers in his heart.  These Qiuba are shameless.

    There were always two or three hundred people in this group of people, and they passed the pond one after another, but they never expected that there would be countless red-turbaned men and horses ambushing behind the long grass in the dense forest beside the pond. The few young men who ran in front were so scared that they were scared.  Sitting on the ground, when all the people saw clearly that the men and horses in front of them were the legendary long-haired thieves, they couldn't help but cry louder. There were tigers in front of them and hungry wolves behind them. What should they do?

    Just as the people were crying and howling, they thought of a few people in Changmao shouting loudly in Hunan dialect: "Folks, run to Changsha City. The Taiping Soldiers over there don't kill people or steal things. We want to be here.  Fighting officers and soldiers, run quickly, otherwise you will die if you are too late."

    The common people woke up from a dream. Changmao was here to fight the army. At that moment, the common people cheered and fled towards the middle road.  When many people passed by the circle formation, they cheered: "Well done to Changmao, kill more dog officers and soldiers!" "My sister was ruined by these beasts, brother Changmao, avenge me!"

    Zuo Zongtang felt harsh when these words came to him. He secretly lamented that the officials in the imperial court were not strict with their subordinates and still ravaged the people in the countryside. This military attache who caused trouble to the army should be severely punished.  It is not an exaggeration to dismiss him from office.  But then I thought about it and felt a little disappointed. I was still a commoner, how could I join these evil generals?  He could only shake his head with a wry smile, and in the blink of an eye, he saw Deng Yi and others lowering their heads, seemingly covering their heads in even more shame.

    Not long after the people left, several more people came running. Behind them were the ferocious-looking soldiers of the Qing army. They were all wearing big straw hats, and the word "Yong" with big words on their chests was very eye-catching. A few people who were running slowly were killed.  How many times did they catch up?He was hacked to death, and all his valuables were robbed. The Qing soldiers followed the corpses of several younger men, cut off their heads, and cut off their braids with a knife. They then laughed and said: "These are all  You long-haired thief and spy, take your head to ask for a reward later!"

    Although Zuo Zongtang was far away, he didn't hear what a few people were saying, but looking at their actions, he knew that it was a common tactic used by the army to kill good people and take credit for their merits. Although he had often heard that the army would do this, but today  After seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but get angry. He cursed in a low voice with his eyes full of tears: "These dog thieves are really worse than pigs and dogs!"

    Xiao Yungui on the side raised his eyebrows slightly and watched Zuo Zongtang unable to help laughing. Zuo Zongtang frowned and said, "King Xi, do you still have some conscience? Can you still laugh at this time?"

    Xiao Yungui coughed lightly and said, "I am laughing at you. Why is Mr. Zuo also scolding the officers and soldiers?"

    Zuo Zongtang snorted and said, "Shouldn't we be scolded for ravaging the countryside and killing the people?"

    Xiao Yungui hummed and said, "You should be scolded. I'm afraid you won't be able to hold your tongue and keep scolding Emperor Xianfeng."

    Zuo Zongtang hesitated for a moment and said: "The Holy One is far away in the capital and does not know what is going on here"

    Xiao Yungui raised his hand to interrupt him and said: "Don't try to defend the Dog Emperor. There is a letter from Emperor Xianfeng to Luo Bingzhang in the governor's office in Changsha. It talks about the brave soldiers in other provinces causing disaster. Emperor Xianfeng said that he had  Xiang Rong, Qin Dingsan and others are under strict orders to restrain their subordinates, don't say that he doesn't know about this."

    Zuo Zongtang was angered by this, and said to himself: "The Holy One is worried about triggering a rebellion, so he did it as a last resort."

    Xiao Yungui said with a straight face: "That's nonsense. Why can we, the Taiping Saint Soldiers, be kind to the people? Mr. Zuo, how long are you going to hold on?"

    Zuo Zongtang¡¯s face darkened, and he was too stunned to speak.  At this time, several Qing soldiers bravely took the heads of the people and did not continue to pursue them. They turned back and walked back. Not long after, hundreds of Qing soldiers came in groups. Looking at the flag, it was Wang Jialin, the commander-in-chief of Hebei Town, who had arrived.

    Xiao Yungui sighed softly and said: "Sir, you better think about it carefully. We have to move the formation now. Follow me and don't get separated."

    Zuo Zongtang woke up with a start when he heard this, only to see that Changmao had indeed begun to change formations. The middle and rear circular formations on the left and right wings quietly moved forward. After they were flush with the circular formation in front, they moved quietly to the left and right again, with a faint twist.  It means crossing the pond in front of you.  Only then did Zuo Zongtang see that Xiao Yungui planned to fight the enemy in front, and then send out a large group to surround him, or he might fake defeat to lure the enemy into pursuit, or set up ambushes to surround the enemy.

    The leading soldiers and horses of the Qing army quickly crossed the road to the pond, but they did not expect that a large circular formation of red-turbaned thieves with long hair appeared in front of the forest behind the pond. In front of the circular formation, there was a burst of crisp shots from shotguns, and dozens of Qing soldiers  The army was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground by a shotgun. The Qing army behind immediately shouted and retreated.

    Xiao Yungui pulled out his long sword and shouted: "Withdraw the formation! Raise the flag! Outflank!" Seeing that the Qing army did not have the guts to step forward to fight and seemed to want to run away, he immediately gave the order to change the formation.  The flag bearer next to him immediately raised the yellow flag of the King of the West. The one commanding on the right was Li Kaifang. When he saw the flag on the left wing, the flag on the right wing was also raised immediately.

    Seeing the flag hoisted, the Taiping soldiers put away their defensive formations one after another. The rattan players occupied the left and right, the spearmen struck forward, and the bird gunners followed. The Western King Xiao Yungui got on his horse and took the lead to rush out of the water and grass on the left with the flag bearers.  , all the troops on the left wing followed without any panic.

    Li Kaifang's troops on the right wing also took advantage of the situation and rushed out. The two wings of troops bypassed the pond in front of them and rushed towards both sides of the Qing army. From a distance, they looked like a pair of iron pincers of a crab facing each other.

    The Qing army was panicking. They didn't know how many Taiping troops were behind the pond. Wang Jialin, the commander-in-chief of Hebei Town, rushed to attack them, but the defeated troops in the middle arrived first. Later, the Taiping troops in the middle fought out from the path under the command of Li Yiwen, and three  The Taiping Army outflanked and attacked fiercely, and the Qing army almost collapsed at the first touch.

    Zuo Zongtang followed Xiao Yungui closely. He saw his flag moving to the left, and the entire army on the left followed to the left, and then to the right. Before he could see the changes in the formation clearly, the Qing army was already in a rout.

    Seeing the disintegration of the Qing army, Xiao Yungui raised his long sword and shouted: "Two commanders of each army raised flags to pursue us! Disband!" Each commander of the Taiping Army raised their flags one after another, and the subordinate generals followed their commander's two commanders in a hurry.  Chase, rush and kill.

    In the Battle of Zhangshutou Village, the Qing Army and the Taiping Army fought an encounter. Wang Jialin, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Army in Hebei Town, was defeated and was seriously injured. He was rescued from the left and right. More than 800 Qing soldiers under his command were killed bravely.  The crowd fled back to Liuyang County for temporary refuge.  Taqibu, the capital of Hunan Province who fled back to the city in the morning, was shocked when he received the report of the defeat. He hurriedly ordered his troops to go to the city to defend the city to prevent the Taiping Army from taking advantage of the situation to attack the city.

    Hearing about the arrival of the long-haired bandits, people in Liuyang County were panicked. The wealthy families cried out for their parents and fled home. The newly defeated soldiers and horses of Taqibu in the city were even more in danger. Wang Jialin's tribe had arrived.After more than two thousand defeated soldiers retreated into the city, people's hearts became a little calmer.

    Xiao Yungui led his troops in pursuit five miles outside Liuyang City. Seeing that the Qing army had closed the city gates and sent out troops without siege equipment or artillery, Xiao Yungui immediately displayed his flag and shouted loudly: "No need to pursue anymore."  , gather the troops and horses, clean the battlefield, and return to the city in large numbers!"

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