Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Taiping blood

Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 457: Morale and Spirit of the Army

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Because the navy had to remobilize the Dongdian Navy ships to transport the Yidian troops and horses, it was delayed for a day. It was not until the afternoon of the second day that the Luo Gang navy began to set off. More than 800 large and small warships arrived in a mighty manner.  Go to Wuchang.

    Although Xiao Yungui remembered that thousands of tons of ships could be navigated on the waterway from Wuchang to Nanjing in the later generations of the Yangtze River, he was not sure whether there would be particularly narrow bends or shoals. Therefore, the front of the navy was made up of flat-bottomed sand boats.  Composed of more than ten ships, they are all equipped with waterway depth-determining rulers. The rulers made of long bamboo poles are tied to the bow and stern of the ship and placed in the water to determine the depth of the waterway and clear the way for the Blue Water and Purple Fire.  The patterning personnel also began to conduct some water pattern measurements on the Wuchang section of the Yangtze River.

    The tragedy of mankind lies here. Almost every major technological progress and scientific creation is to serve war.  The West Palace is no exception. After the navy and navy were established, some corresponding oceanography and hydrography began to appear in Su Fu Province, just to meet the needs of the war.  This is how the first systematic and scientific water pattern measurement in the history of the Yangtze River began.

    After seeing off the navy, Xiao Yungui was not worried about the war in Wuchang at all. The Blue Water and the Purple Fire were stationed, and there were twelve red single ships in the lineup. The remaining merchant ships, sand ships, and lucky ships were all in the convoy.  The Hunan Navy can be completely defeated at three distances: medium, long and near.  Once the Hunan Army Navy is defeated and there is no water supply, I believe that no matter how hard the tortoise shell of the Hunan Army's stronghold on land is, they will be surrounded to death. Therefore, once the Hunan Army Navy is defeated, Zeng Guofan, an old fox, will definitely choose to retreat.

    After Shi Da drove away, Xiao Yungui's attention returned to Yang Fuqing. After Chunhua Town was occupied by West Hall, Yang Fuqing's tribe was trapped within a radius of more than ten miles outside Hushu Town. West Hall's Chen Yucheng tribe,  Two armies of Li Xiucheng's troops, more than 30,000 men, strangled Hushu Town and other important roads, making Yang Fuqing's army unable to advance or retreat.

    Yang Fuqing sent people to see the King of the West many times, but the answer he received was that the soldiers and horses in the East Palace were killing each other for no reason. The soldiers and horses were in chaos, and they must put down their weapons and accept the reorganization of the West Palace.  Otherwise, it will be treated as a rebel force and wiped out.

    Outside Hushu Town, inside the Lianhua Village Ancestral Hall, this has now become Yang Fuqing's temporary residence, and the leaders and generals of the East Palace have gathered here.  In the center of the ancestral hall, Yang Fuqing, with a pale face, listened to the envoy who had returned from the west hall. After hearing the answer from the west hall, he kicked a flowerpot on the side to pieces in a rage, and shouted angrily: "Xiao Chaogui is bullying people too much! He is going to  What are you doing? I, the East Palace, will deal with a few rebels who disobey orders. Is this also killing each other? Xiao Chaogui said that we are rebels, so we are rebels? It is really unreasonable!"

    All the generals in the hospital secretly murmured in their hearts that the Citi Army was not just a few people but tens of thousands of people.  This incident of the Citi Army is full of strangeness. They robbed Yidian's food and grass, and they dared to come to the Chunhua Town camp to make trouble with Qu. This is not in line with common sense.  In the chaos, although it was the Citi Army who opened fire first and injured people.  But then Yang Fuqing's handling was too hasty, and he even launched a large army to destroy the Citi Army. As a result, the matter became more and more troubled, and reached the current situation.

    Although the excuse of the West Palace is a bit far-fetched, the King of the West is the leader of this alliance of King Qin's army, and he is also the King of the West who is possessed by Brother Tian to speak for him. Now the King of the West is trapped in Tianjing.  Unexpectedly, the King of the East was dead again. According to the rules of the Kingdom of Heaven, the words of the King of the West were indeed the greatest.  The King of the West sent people to persuade him to stop fighting from the very beginning, but Yang Fuqing ignored him, saying that this was disobedience, and the disobedient troops were of course rebels. Why should they be polite to you?

    Chen Zhaoping, who was third to the left of the East Palace, said in a deep voice: "Guozong. Now is not the time to get angry. The East Palace is in danger. If we are not careful, it will be destroyed. We must make careful plans. The King of the West has left a glimmer of hope.  Well, if he suddenly has Brother Tian come down to earth and issue an edict, saying that we turn grass into demons, and orders the heavens to destroy us. Is there any way out for us?"

    Yang Fuqing was startled and came back to his senses. Indeed, as Chen Zhaoping said, Xiao Chaogui still has some escape routes.  It's just that King Yixi ordered the East Palace to lay down its weapons and accept reorganization. If he acted like a god and invited Brother Tian to come down to earth to issue an edict, then people like him would have no way out and would definitely be wiped out.

    Seeing Yang Fuqing slowly sit back on the chair, Chen Zhaoping continued: "We came to suppress the Citi Army this time in a hurry. The soldiers did not bring much dry food with them, and the nearby villages were harassed by the Citi Army, so most of the people were  They all fled to the West Palace to govern, and there was very little food available in the village. Although my subordinates had ordered people to collect all the food and distribute it in new quotas, it was still not enough, and it was estimated that there would be no food tomorrow. No food.  If we don¡¯t gather our troops, we won¡¯t be able to hold on here for long.¡±

    Yang Fuqing said fiercely: "Then let's break out and go back to Jiangxi. What King Qin is doing is the Hongmen Banquet organized by Xiao Chaogui. He just wants to annex our East Palace! Let's break out and go back to Jiangxi! I want to see if the soldiers in the West Palace dare to  Dare you really fight a tough battle with us!" Yang Fuqing's troops wereIn the end, the West Palace Army only guarded the dangerous place and blocked the way, but did not take the initiative to attack. The East Palace soldiers approached, and the West Palace soldiers only fired guns from a distance to scare the East Palace Army away. No more serious conflict broke out between the two sides.  , so Yang Fuqing still has the confidence to break through.

    Chen Zhaoping sighed softly, this Guozong made mistakes again and again. Previously, the soldiers and horses of the East Palace were just trying to advance, and they only fired a few shots and fired a few cannons to scare them. If a fight really broke out, the soldiers of the West Palace would not be polite.  of.  A very serious conflict broke out between the East Palace and the West Palace in Guangde. At that time, Hu Yihuang commanded the East Palace Army to raid Guangde under the West Palace. The West Palace beat the East Palace Army without mercy.  It was also after that battle that Yang Xiuqing, the East King, saw clearly the true strength of the West Palace. Yang Xiuqing thought that using the strength of the East Palace at that time to deal with the West King would not benefit him, so he adjusted his strategy and surrendered the two kings of the North Wing first.  He made a plan, but unexpectedly it triggered the Tianjing Incident.  The root cause of the Tianjing Incident was not actually that Yang Xiuqing forced Feng Longzai, but that he planned to clean up the Beidian and Yidian. This prompted the North King, Yiwang and Tianwang to join forces to launch the incident.

    Although Yang Xiuqing was defeated in the Tianjing Incident, there was no problem with his general policy. Only by annexing weak opponents first and then dealing with the most powerful enemy could he have a chance of winning.  Yang Xiuqing was able to assess the situation, quickly see the power of the West Palace and choose to retreat temporarily, which shows that Yang Xiuqing's intelligence and city magnanimity are extremely high, but what about Yang Fuqing now?  It¡¯s really hard to look at Dongwang¡¯s back.

    But Chen Zhaoping still endured this tone and faithfully performed his duties as an adviser: "Guozong, the West Palace can still restrain itself from surrendering. We must not take the initiative to attack the West Palace. Otherwise, if the excuse is confirmed, there will be no room for change. Now  Morale is low and breaking out of the encirclement is extremely difficult, so please think twice."

    Yang Fuqing stared at Chen Zhaoping coldly and said: "You have repeatedly persuaded me to seek refuge with Xiao Chaogui. Have you also been bribed by Xiao Chaogui?! Huh?!"

    When Chen Zhaoping heard this, his heart felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He had been planning for Yang Fuqing, but unexpectedly he was misunderstood by Yang Fuqing. This person has a narrow mind and is really not someone to be supported.  But Chen Zhaoping still hurriedly knelt down and said: "My subordinates are loyal to Guozong and Dongdian, and have no intention of betrayal!"

    Yang Fuqing snorted coldly and said: "Okay, let's break out at midnight tonight. You lead the front to rush south to show your loyalty!"

    Chen Zhaoping looked very ugly, but seeing the murderous intention on Yang Fuqing's face, he had to reluctantly accept the order.

    Yang Fuqing shouted loudly: "Xiao Chaogui is unkind and unjust, and intends to annex our East Palace. King Qin's treachery is just an excuse. I think he wants to replace the position of the King of Heaven. We in the East Palace swear to fight against such a rebellious and unjust person to the end. We will make food tonight at the second watch.  The three larger armies broke out in four groups, let¡¯s go back to Jiangxi first, and then raise another army to attack!¡±

    The generals looked at each other in confusion, but they still stood up to take orders, but the voices were uneven, and they seemed to have no fighting spirit.

    ¡­¡­

    "What kind of war is this? We were originally here to avenge the Eastern King and fight against the Northern Traitors. This is good. We didn't see any of the Northern traitor soldiers, but they killed many of our own people. Now we are going to fight against the Western King. We  What happened to the Kingdom of Heaven?¡±

    It was already the second watch, with the moon and stars in the sky. In the southern camp of Yang Fuqing's troops, several soldiers were sitting on the ground with food. A soldier with thick eyebrows and big eyes said angrily while eating: "I will beat you today, but you will beat me tomorrow."  No matter how hard I fight, I always hit my own people."

    A thin soldier sighed: "The dragons in the sky are fighting, and the fish and shrimps at the city gate are suffering. I heard that the soldiers in the West Palace are really powerful. Even the old Maozi soldiers in the north were beaten to shit by them. We and the West Palace soldiers  Wouldn¡¯t beating him mean sending him to death?¡±

    The big-eyed soldier nodded and said: "Yes, I also heard that each of the soldiers in the West Palace has a musket and a lot of Western artillery. Can we beat it with just our shotguns and artillery?" He then asked hesitantly:  "Third brother, do you think we can go to heaven after we beat ourselves to death like this?"

    The thin soldier was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I don't know, I originally thought of killing more Qingyao, so that I could go to heaven even if I died, but now I really don't know where I will go after I kill my own people.  "

    "What nonsense are you talking about?" The whip was whipped out without thinking, and several soldiers were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy. However, after hearing these words that shook the morale of the soldiers, the military law officer patrolling the camp was stunned.  The whip came down.

    "Stop!" When the officer of the military law team was about to punish these soldiers, he heard a voice from behind to stop them. When he looked back, it was Chen Zhaoping who came over with several swordsmen.

    "Chen Checkpoint, these people are talking nonsense here and confusing the morale of the army. My subordinates are about to enforce military law!"

    Chen Zhaoping glanced at a few trembling soldiers who were kneeling on the ground without even daring to raise their heads. He sighed softly and said: "We will leave the team in a few moments. One more person will give us more strength. Keep a few of them."  Right.??

    The officer became a little embarrassed. Chen Zhaoping waved his hand and said, "You guys go and get ready. If anyone retreats later, you can kill them! That's what you should do!" After hearing this, the officer said nothing.  He had no choice but to bow and leave.

    Chen Zhaoping looked at the few soldiers and couldn't help but muttered to himself: "How can we fight with such high morale? Haha, it seems that the East Palace will be destroyed tonight."
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report