After the Guazhou water camp was lost, due to the threat of the Taiping Army's water division, Dase, Eheke, Tong Guogang and others did not dare to station troops on the east bank of the canal, and led their troops to retreat more than five miles and urgently reported to the camp.
Hearing the news, Ao Bai was shocked, and while sending fast horses to Yangzhou Xingying to report the news, he immediately ordered the Qing army in the northern camp of the Yizhen River to go out and deploy layers of formations along the Yizhen section of the canal to the south of Yangzhou City.
After Shunzhi received the battle report of the loss of Guazhou Shuiying, he was also shocked and angry, and did not care about issuing an order to punish Tong Guogang, Duobi and other defeated generals, and urgently ordered Aobai to stop the Taiping army from attacking Yangzhou at all costs.
On the side of the Taiping army, after discovering that the Qing army on the east bank of the canal had retreated, Zhou Shixiang ignored the fatigue of the soldiers and ordered the fifth town to repair the pontoon bridge overnight.
The next day, he led 38,000 troops from the first town, the fifth town, the thirteenth town, and the new first and second five towns to cross the canal and launch an attack on the retreating Qing army.
Due to the defeat of the water camp, the Dase army was shaken and did not dare to fight hard with the Taiping army, so they fought and retreated, and the 5,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry led by Gushan Ezhen Dekesuni of Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner and the Bianjia estuary along the canal.
After discovering that the Qing army's reinforced cavalry had arrived, Zhou Shixiang ordered the towns to suspend the attack, shrink the defensive line, and take a defensive position.
In addition, Qi Hao, the general of the 15th town, and Shao Chengguo, the general of the new third town, were urgently ordered to lead their troops to attack the county seat of Yizhen in the west, so as to cut off the communication channel between the Qing army's Yizhen camp and Yangzhou.
After Qi Hao and Shao Chengguo led their troops westward, they found that the Qing army on the Yizhen side had already been transferred to the front line of the canal south of Yangzhou City, and only more than 3,000 green battalions and more than 1,000 local battalions were transferred from Ludi in Yizhen City.
After half a day of fierce attack, Qi Hao and Shao Chengguo successfully captured the county seat of Yizhen, ensuring that the west side of the main force would not be attacked by the Qing army.
The loss of the Guazhou water camp and the Taiping army's march along the canal had forced the Qing army to abandon the Jiangbei camp in Yizhen, and at this moment the main forces of both the Ming and Qing dynasties were gathered on the canal line.
Ao Bai ordered the Dase Department to curb the eastward advance of the Taiping army, and he transferred more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to wait for an opportunity in the Gaoqiao area of Yangzhou.
About 70,000 Qing infantry were deployed along the canal, and there were more than 20,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou.
The fifteenth town and the new third town, which had seized the county seat of Yizhen, cooperated with each other and marched in the direction of Yangzhou on December 9, successively seizing Baisha, Zilinhe, Donghe and other important towns.
Zhou Zongyuan, the governor of Jiangbei who had only been in office for a few days, was killed by the Taiping army in the East River, and the Qing army was even more uproar when the news came out.
However, then the fifteenth town was blocked by the Qing cavalry in the Tongshan area, more than 40 miles north of Yangzhou, and after paying more than 2,000 casualties, the fifteenth town and the new third town were blocked on the first line of Tongshan.
On the 11th, more than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry led by the Mongolian Ezhen Zhuo Liktu Thanang rushed from Yangzhou to the mouth of the Bianjia River, and at the same time, more than 6,000 green battalions of the Qing army arrived, bringing the Qing army in the area around the mouth of the Bianjia River to more than 30,000 people.
After learning that the Taiping army was blocked in the canal, Ao Bai also moved from the Gaoqiao area to the mouth of the Bianjia River.
Obviously, Ao Bai decided to put the decisive battle venue at the mouth of the Bianjia River.
Dexsuni took over the command of the Qing army at the mouth of the Bianjia River, and he ordered all his troops to camp on the spot and not to go south to engage the Taiping army.
Dexoni said to Tong Guogang, Dase and others: "The mouth of the Bianjia River is an important town along the canal and the throat of Yangzhou.
Zhou Rei's troops are now concentrated in the canal area, and their target is Yangzhou City, where the emperor's camp is located, so as long as we firmly hold here, Zhou Rei will not be able to last.
If he attacks strongly, our army will wait for work, and there will be elite soldiers on his side, and he will be victorious. ” Dase and Zolic Tutabu all agreed with this analysis.
Dexoni quickly sent people to inform Aobai to assemble at the mouth of the Bianjia River from Shiqiao to Huangjiazhuang, Yujiadu and other places.
In the first battle of Guazhou Shuiying, although the Taiping army won a great victory, it also suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and the Taiping army on the front line of the canal at this moment was less than 40,000, and the Qing army could not be less than 100,000 cavalry.
Whether it is the strength or strength, the Taiping army has no certainty of victory.
The whole army was able to happily use their lives and resolutely march to Yangzhou, first, the great victory of the Guazhou water camp made the morale high, and the other was the authority of Zhou Shixiang in the army.
On the 12th, Zhou Shixiang rode his horse to check the topography of the Bianjia estuary.
I saw that except for a canal, this area was full of plains, and it was a cold winter, and the rain had not yet arrived, and the trees were dry.
The banks of the canal are densely wooded.
Zhou Shixiang saw it in his eyes and had an idea in his heart, and said to Shizhong, Wang Fuchen, Shang Keyuan and other generals: "The Qing army fights, until the last resort, the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers never fight first, only call the green camp to fight first, they hide in the back camp, we may be able to take advantage of this." ” Guo Xiong, an officer of the military department, said: "I will check the terrain with the marshal, I think that the dry forest west of the mouth of the Bianjia River, we have to make good use of it." ” "Set fire."
Yu Shizhong broke it in one word.
Zhou Shixiang and Guo Xiong both laughed.
Zhou Shixiang nodded and said, "We thought of a piece."
As far as the Qing army is burned, Diksoni and Dase are straw bales, they will also guard against this trick, and they have to find a way to lure them into the bait. ” After hearing this, the generals were all thinking about it.
At dawn the next day, Wang Fuchen's Qianhu Namutu brought 2,000 cavalry to the mouth of the Bianjia River to fight.
Due to the strict orders of Dexsuni, the Qing army did not respond to the battle.
But then Dexsuni found that the Taiping army was only 2,000 people, and confirmed that there was no Taiping army ambush behind, so he ordered Zhao Guohua and Zeng Zifeng, the generals of the green battalion in the north, to lead 6,000 soldiers, and the Mongolian army banner Ezhen Zhuo Liktu Tabu led 2,000 cavalry to meet the battle.
Diksoni instructed the generals: "The battalion should deal with them from the front, and the Droliktuta bag will charge their rear from the flank." ” Zhao Guohua, Zhuo Liktu, and others took the order and left.
The 6,000 green battalion soldiers were full of confidence because they had cavalry to help them fight, and there were not many Taiping troops on the opposite side, so they rushed forward with a loud shout.
Namutu and the An army made Wu Chongshan lead the troops to fight with the Qing army, and after fighting for half an hour, the Taiping army gradually collapsed.
Zhao Guohua was secretly happy when he saw this, and the more he fought, the more energetic he became.
At this moment, Zhuo Liktu he Bu bag from behind, the Qing army infantry and cavalry front and back attack, Namutu could not resist, beat the horse and rushed to the east, 2,000 men and horses were defeated, they left the things on their backs, and fled.
When the Qing army saw the baggage and other things left on the side of the road, they were all red-eyed and hurriedly came to grab it.
When I opened it, I saw that it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and I grinned with joy.
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Zeng Zifeng reminded Zhou Guohua Taiping Kou to drop this valuable thing, there was fraud in this.
Zhou Guohua was alert at first, but saw that the Taiping army in front of him was fleeing in embarrassment, how could there be any fraud, so he smiled at Zeng Zifeng: "Brother Zeng is too worried, the treasure stolen by the Taiping Kou is not brought with him, where to put it Now that they are defeated, they have to endure the pain and flee, after all, the money is gone, you can rob it again, and you can't grab it back if you lose your life." ” Zeng Zifeng saw that the Taiping army was indeed fleeing far away under the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry, and it was not like a round trap set up, so he no longer stopped it, and let his soldiers also go to fight for me.
That night, Diksoni set up a wine in the camp to reward the meritorious soldiers.
At the banquet, Zhuo Lik Tu said proudly: "Today I fought with the thief soldiers, but in this way, the leading thief is a useless guy at all, but I don't know how the thief show made such a big fuss in the south." ” Tong Guogang, Duo Bi and other generals who had suffered defeat under the Taiping Army heard Zhuo Liktu's words, and they were silent one by one.
On the second day, the Qing army thought that the Taiping army would not attack easily after yesterday's defeat, and did not want the Taiping army to attack again.
This time there were more soldiers and horses than yesterday, there were several thousand infantry, and there were about two or three thousand cavalry.
Zhuo Liktu, who tasted the sweetness of yesterday's battle, took the initiative to ask for battle, and Zhao Guohua and other green battalion generals also rubbed their fists and wanted to have a good time with the Taiping army.
Although Diksoni had doubts, he saw that the army's heart was available, and his own troops and horses were numerous, so he did not know that the Taiping Kou had any tricks, even if there was fraud, and he could remedy it in time, so he ordered to send troops to battle.
More than 10,000 Qing troops rushed out of the camp, all of them bravely, and everyone rushed to be the first.
No, this time the Taiping Army is more difficult to deal with than yesterday, and it is very difficult to fight.
The two sides fought for a long time on the west bank of the canal, and it was not until another cavalry of the Qing army rushed out of the camp that the Taiping army retreated.
As a result, they were attacked by a Mongol cavalry during the retreat, which caused the rear team to collapse and kill hundreds of people.
The front and middle armies of the Taiping army had no way to prevent the rear team from collapsing, so they had to abandon their belongings and flee to the woods to the west.
The Qing army was all happy to see that there was something to pick up, and the vanguard unwittingly entered the woods and continued to chase and kill those defeated soldiers of the Taiping army.
Zhao Guohua and Zeng Zifeng were eager for meritorious service, and they also rushed forward.
As soon as he entered the forest, a personal soldier came to report that a large wooden sign had been erected on the side of the road in front of him.
Big wooden sign Zhao Guohua and Zeng Zifeng were so strange, they drove their horses into the woods, and came out less than a few zhang away, and sure enough, they saw a big sign erected at the intersection in front of them, with a few big words written on it, "Dead Qing Demon, top your lungs" Zhao Guohua and Zeng Zifeng can understand the meaning of the three words "Dead Qing Demon", but what does "top your lungs" mean, but the two of them are confused, and they don't know what the hell Taipingkou has played.
When he was confused, Dexsuni's Goshha flew into the woods and gave him an order: "There is really an order, the trees are dense in front, and you must attack the fire and retreat quickly."
"Broken" Zhao Guohua and Zeng Zifeng woke up like a dream and hurriedly ordered to retreat, but it was too late.
Suddenly there were countless cannon shots, and countless fire snakes suddenly flew out of the woods, and it turned out that many dead grass and dried leaves in the forest had already poured fire oil under them.
These fiery snakes flew diagonally towards the treetops, brushed the branches and burst into flames, and when they fell, they burned the dead branches and leaves on the ground.
In an instant, countless piles of fire burned in the woods, splitting and crackling, burning more and more, thick smoke rising, sparks splashing everywhere, frightening the thousands of Qing soldiers who squeezed into the forest, panicking, scurrying around, and trampling to death.
At this time, countless Taiping troops waving red flags came from all directions to kill the woods, and the Qing army lost their soul and courage.
Zhou Guohua and others complained bitterly in their hearts, did not dare to fight, and fled for their lives in a hurry.
More than 20,000 soldiers of the Taiping Army surrounded them from all directions, killing the Qing army's ghosts and howling wolves, hugging their heads and running around rats, kneeling down and kowtowing and begging for mercy. oshow7 t1706231537: