Chapter 205 The Five Tigers "The enemy is attacking.
The puppet Zhennan King appears in the south of the enemy attack.
The total number of flag-recognizing troops in charge of the puppet Qing Army is unknown."
"The enemy attacked.
The pseudo-Xuangang King, the pseudo-Zhizhou of Luzhou, and the pseudo-Ningzhou Daruhuachi appeared due east.
The total strength of the troops is unknown.
It is visually estimated to be between 40,000 and 60,000."
"The enemy attacked, and a group of civilian warriors with yellow turbans and turbans appeared in the northeast."
The scouts followed one wave after another, relaying the surrounding enemy information to their leader.
"Come up, get in formation, hurry up, order the brothers to get in formation, hurry up, get the fleet to the shore, and add up the artillery."
Upon hearing this, the old Jinshi Lu Lu Zeng immediately turned pale and reminded stammeringly.
"Come here, send Lu Changshi to the boat."
Zhu Bayi glanced at the old Jinshi lightly and ordered in a low voice.
"Yes" Immediately, several guards rushed forward, grabbed the reins of Lu Zeng's war horse and walked towards the canal.
The old Jinshi, who was so frightened that he could not straighten his legs, refused to leave.
He turned his head and continued to shout hoarsely, "No, don't worry about me.
Hurry up, get ready for battle.
Ambush, we have been ambushed by others."
"Take Lu Changshi away."
Zhu Bayi waved his hand and added helplessly, "Don't let him shout again.
If he shouts again, just block his mouth."
"Woo!"
Lu Zeng was afraid of being embarrassed and didn't dare to shout any more loudly.
He looked at Zhu Ba11 with eyes full of anxiety.
The soldiers ignored his anger and continued to pull their horses towards the river.
Obviously, Lu Zeng's old habit has returned.
This old man has first-class vision and knowledge, and his Machiavellian skills cannot be underestimated.
His only fatal flaw is stage fright.
He usually does sand table deductions, and few people in the entire Huai'an army are his opponents.
But if they really go to the battlefield, not to mention the five commanders under Zhu Bayi's account, they can drag out any auxiliary commander and torture the old man to the point where he has no temper at all.
After quickly summarizing the current enemy situation, Zhu Bayi took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice, "Blow the trumpet and order the Fourth Army to form a formation on the spot to withstand the enemy forces due south.
Xuzhou Army Fu Youde's troops advance due east Push a hundred steps into formation, supporting each other with the Fourth Army, and move closer to Fu Youde's troops, while Mao Gui's troops stay in place to protect the rear wings of the entire army.
Gather around me” "Yes" Xu Hongsan agreed loudly, taking out the command flags on his horse one by one, and distributed them to several messengers like a stream of water.
The soldiers immediately mobilized their horses and rushed towards their respective targets with their flags held high.
The trumpeters in the army raised twelve huge horns and turned the orders into horn sounds, which were transmitted in batches.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" "Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo" The sound of the horn was like the roar of a dragon, quickly spreading throughout the east bank of the canal.
Hearing the horn sound coming from the Chinese army, the Huai'an soldiers who were a little nervous immediately calmed down quickly.
Under the leadership of the team leader, captain, company commander, and battalion commander, they lined up and walked calmly to their respective destinations.
After seeing the actions of the Huai'an Army, other allies gradually calmed down and began to move their positions and adjust their formations in accordance with the arrangements of the military order, preparing for the fierce battle that was about to begin.
"Yes."
Zhu Bayi nodded with satisfaction and quickly issued the second round of general orders, "Send the order to the First Army and ask them to hand over Huang Laoer's artillery regiment to the unified command of the Fourth Army.
The other two regiments are by my side.
Become the general reserve team.
Send an order to General Manager Guo and Governor Sun, asking them to take the Haozhou Army and Dingyuan Army to withdraw to the river bank and stand by with the First Army."
"Yes" another wave of messengers loudly agreed, took over the general's flag, and rode towards the teams that Zhu Ba11 had just reached.
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Brothers from a battalion of the Guards Brigade, under the command of brigade commander Xu Hongsan, quickly pulled out iron pipes, steel bowl buckles and wooden boards from the baggage truck, and assembled the various accessories according to the steps they had already mastered in rolling pipes. together.
As the most widely used auxiliary tool in the construction industry in later generations, the assembly speed of bowl-type scaffolding is astonishingly fast.
In the blink of an eye, a command platform more than one foot and three feet high appeared on the east bank of the canal.
Xu Hongsan, the Guards brigade commander, was the first to climb up the rope ladder.
He grasped the flagpole with both hands and shook it vigorously.
"Hula la," a scarlet battle flag was displayed above everyone's heads.
"My Huai'an army is mighty" "Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Army, Mighty" Seeing Manager Zhu's recognition flag rising in the air behind him, the Huai'an soldiers immediately opened their throats and let out bursts of violent cheers.
The sound rippled back and forth along both sides of the canal.
Soon, several nearby friendly armies were also infected, and they also raised their voices and joined in this grand rhythm, "Manager Zhu, mighty", "Huai'an Army, well done", "Red Scarf Army, Red Scarf Army, mighty" Amid cheers like a landslide and tsunami, Zhu Bayi slowly climbed up the rope ladder to the podium.
From a high position, he could clearly see the enemy troops approaching rapidly from three directions: due south, due east, and due east-north.
Each one is quite large in size.
Judging from the smoke and dust rising high, the total strength of the enemy's troops may have exceeded 100,000.
In a big battle involving 100,000 people, I managed to catch up so quickly, but I was still ambushed by the enemy.
Zhu Bayi took another deep breath, and his right hand holding the handle of the pig-killing knife trembled slightly.
If he said he wasn't nervous at all, he was just pretending to stabilize the morale of the soldiers.
However, after going through so many times between life and death, his heart and nerves have become extremely thick, and they will never be disrupted by nervousness.
After just a few quick glances, he loudly ordered, "Send the order to Lian Laohei's gun battalion and ask them to go to Fu Youde's side to strengthen the firepower of the friendly forces.
Send the order to General Manager Mao to completely hand over the enemy troops coming from the northeast."
Give it to him.
After the war begins, I will not interfere here.
On the eastern and southern fronts, we must keep in touch with the Chinese army and accept the command of the Chinese army.
Drummers, please beat the drum and invite the enemy.
Just let your horse come over.”
"Dong dong dong dong" the deafening sound of war drums sounded quickly on the riverside, mixed with dragon-like horns.
The enemy troops rushing from the south, east, and northeast directions obviously paused, and then accelerated forward like an enraged bull.
The men and horses kicked up smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun.
"Huh!"
Zhu Ba11 let out a long breath and continued to scan the entire battlefield from the command podium.
The enemy general was a veteran in using troops, so he set up an ambush on the only way for the coalition forces to go to Yangzhou, hoping to win a battle.
However, the unique terrain of the Huainan area slightly compromised the effectiveness of his strategy.
The overly flat landscape allowed the scouts sent by Zhu Bayi to discover the trap in time.
Ditches and ponds, large and small, seriously slowed down the enemy's march, making it difficult for them to advance to the side of the coalition forces and launch a fierce attack in time within half a stick of incense.
"Send the order to each team.
After the auxiliary soldiers handed over their weapons and armors to the soldiers, they immediately retreated and lined up at the canal to watch the battle."
Since the enemy troops have not yet advanced to the point, Zhu Bayi can continue to adjust calmly. deploy.
"Send an order to each artillery regiment to arrange the artillery in groups in advance, and pay attention to maintaining the continuity of firepower when firing.
Send an order to the navy, and ask them to quickly drive to the flank of the Fourth Army to provide fire support for Wu Twenty-two, and according to the actual situation on the battlefield situation, take your own chances.”
"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo" the horn sound came from around me, becoming more and more clear and calm.
After roughly lining up the baggage vehicles in front of the soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers quickly left the front line under the command of their respective brigade commanders.
The entire coalition array immediately became more hierarchical.
From south to north, the Fourth Army of Huai'an, Fu Youde's Department of Xuzhou Army, the Fifth Army of Huai'an, and Mao Gui's Mengcheng Army soldiers, all adding up to more than 20,000 elites, formed a discontinuous arc, with The canal behind them, like an unopened horned bow, was aimed at the enemy troops coming from three directions: due south, due east, and northeast.
Inside Jiao Gong, in addition to the more than 30,000 auxiliary troops who were retreating to the canal, there were also the First Brigade of the First Army, the Guards Brigade, and all the forces under Guo Zixing and Sun Deya.
Together they act as a reserve team, ready to step forward to provide support to the front line at any time.
Looking down from the command platform, although the movements of the entire coalition army were slightly messy.
But when it comes to each team, they prepare very calmly.
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The enemy is still two miles away, and the coalition formation has basically been deployed.
Under the command of the team leader and Dutou, the soldiers quickly took out their armor from the chicken bus, helped each other, and put it on their bodies.
The musketeers bit open the paper bag, poured the gunpowder from the muzzle of the gun, then calmly inserted the first lead bullet, and carefully pressed it with a rod to compact it.
"Continue to build, connect another ten feet from here, and then build a row of steps.
If someone comes to the general manager to report the battle, they can run up the steps directly."
There were hundreds of people near the command podium.
Konoe continued to work.
By continuously combining iron pipes, bowl buckle links, and wooden boards, the size of the podium continues to expand and it becomes more and more convenient to use.
As if the billowing smoke and dust kicked up by the enemy troops in the distance had nothing to do with them, everyone worked calmly and calmly.
"This situation seems to have been mentioned by Lu Changshi during the sand table deduction."
Chen Ji, who joined the army, stood under the battle flag and whispered to Ye Dexin and other civilian staff.
As the first batch of winners of the imperial examination, they all obtained high-level official positions in Zhu Bayi's shogunate.
However, given the special way of operating the Huai'an Army, the things they have learned before can only be used in very limited ways.
Therefore, in order to keep up with the overall pace of the Huai'an Army, everyone has to seize every opportunity to enrich themselves, so as not to be left behind if they are not careful, and then become bystanders of the entire era.
"I did mention it," a young soldier named Robben responded with a trembling voice.
"Indeed, Hu Tongfu once said that as long as the scouts are used properly and his brothers can keep their composure, it is difficult for an ambush to be effective in Lianghuai."
Other staff officers and civilian staff all agreed hoarsely.
The frenzied atmosphere of the battle caused the concentration of adrenaline hormones in each of their bodies to skyrocket.
The brain's operating speed also increases exponentially.
What I saw and heard when I usually attended meetings and sand table deductions, many things that were simply incomprehensible were corroborated with the scenes in front of me, and quickly became extremely clear.
The Lianghuai area, especially along the canal, has open terrain and crisscrossing ditches, which seriously restricted the use of cavalry.
The winter in this area is too cold and wet, doubling the morbidity and mortality of war horses.
Therefore, the battle between two "local" armies must be infantry against infantry.
Cavalry can only appear in small numbers and as elites, and their most common use is to serve as scouts and deliver orders for the general.
A person's naked vision distance is usually about ten miles on flat ground.
Some guys with particularly good eyesight can even see targets sixteen miles away.
Therefore, on a battlefield with relatively flat terrain, scouts can easily spot the enemy four or five miles away.
It would take at least a quarter of an hour for the infantry to cover a distance of three miles without armor.
Therefore, the actual situation on the battlefield was just as Lu Luzeng and Hu Dahai had expected in advance.
As long as the party being ambushed could calm down and ensure that it was not in chaos.
It would be difficult for the ambushers to seize the opportunity.
They could only engage in an upright duel based on their strength, as if the time and place had been agreed upon by both parties in advance.
While they were talking, several teams that had been ordered to assemble towards the Chinese army had already arrived under the command platform.
Sun Deya's face was livid and he was panting like an ox.
Guo Zixing, on the other hand, was sweating profusely from running.
He raised his head and saluted Zhu Bayi with fists on the podium, "Manager Zhu, I, Mr.
Guo, have been ordered to withdraw."
"Well, Mr.
Guo and Governor Sun, please take your brothers to have a rest.
When something goes wrong, we will naturally send you two to rescue the situation."
Zhu Ba11, who was watching the enemy's movements, nodded and responded politely. .
But in my heart, I didn't include these two new forces in the reserve team at all.
The strength gap is too obvious.
If Mao Gui, Fu Youde, Wu Erer and others can't stand it, sending Guo Zixing and Sun Deya up will be useless.
It's better to keep them under your nose, lest they suddenly collapse and disrupt your own position.
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Guo Zixing, however, had no intention of watching on the sidelines.
After thinking about it, he continued to shout loudly, "Manager Zhu, Mr.
Guo has an unmerciful request here.
I hope that Manager Zhu will fulfill it."
"Say."
Zhu Bayi frowned and responded patiently.
The enemy army has advanced to within 300 steps, and the Fourth Army, Fifth Army and Fu Youde's troops have also finished donning their armor.
At this time, he really didn't have time or energy to waste words with two destined bystanders.
"Guo is not talented and has not trained as a tiger and wolf teacher like General Manager Zhu.
But Guo has two thousand soldiers in his hands, which can be used.
Guo handed them all over to the General Manager.
Please ask the General Manager Send them as they please, and never leave them idle.”
After saying that, he waved his hand vigorously behind him and greeted loudly, "Zhu Liusi, Deng Boyan, Tang Dingchen, Wu Guoxing, Wu Guobao, the five of you come over and pay tribute to the general manager.
Later, wherever the general manager Zhu asks you to go, you will Just tell me where to go.
Otherwise, even if the chief manager spares you, Guo's knife will never let you go."
"Yes."
Five big Huaixi men of about the same height agreed in unison and walked side by side to the podium.
He cupped his fists upward and said, "We are willing to obey General Manager Zhu's orders and fight through mountains of swords and seas of fire without frowning":