The Sun Never Sets Great China

Dahari led the defeated generals of the Qing Dynasty and fled eastward in embarrassment, hoping to retreat to the east bank as soon as possible through the pontoon bridge on the canal.Since everyone was eager to flee for their lives and discarded most of their belongings, they ran extremely fast and reached a place fifteen miles away from the pontoon bridge in just one hour.

Dahari was lucky to have escaped with his life, but suddenly he heard the sound of guns from the canal, and he yelled in his heart, "No!" Then he led his troops to support him, but he ran into him and came back after running far. The defeated soldiers guarding the bridge.When he learned that the pontoon bridge was lost, he cut down the lieutenant guarding the bridge in a rage.

Now Dahari is completely sure that he has been fooled by Zhang Huahan. He wanted to cry without tears and ordered a lieutenant general to lead [-] troops to approach the canal to see if he could find another way out, while he stayed behind. Taking advantage of the vacancy that the Chinese Revolutionary Army behind has not yet caught up with, urge the soldiers to rearrange the chaotic formation and count the number of people.

After counting, Dahari found that more than 2 of his troops were killed and dispersed, and the rest were less than 7, and all the soldiers had no fighting spirit and no will to fight. Almost all the supplies, including food and grass, were discarded. Tired and hungry, I couldn't fight any more.

The news brought back by the lieutenant sent to the canal to inquire was frustrating. Along the canal, the navy ships sent by Zhang Huahan formed a long line. The guns on the ship were forced back, and it seemed that the canal would not pass.

Dahari urgently looked for countermeasures. The canal in the east was impassable, while the elite army of tens of thousands of Chinese Revolutionary Army was in the west. Marching southward, after bypassing the south, retreated westward to join Tuhai's army on the canal. He didn't know that Tuhai's navy had just been defeated.Another route was to march north and either retreat back to Huai'an, or turn northwest and flee to other cities occupied by the Manchus.

In contrast, the road to the north is safer, because the troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army are full of troops going north along the Yangtze River in the south. If you go south, you are likely to meet them, so Dahari finally decided to go north March.

After the panic just now, Dahari's mind has settled down, and his mind is much clearer. He is afraid that Zhang Huahan will also ambush heavy troops in the north, so he decides to send someone to lead the team to the front to scout the way for the army.

Zhang Wenyuan was the first person who was thought of by Dahari. He was sent by Dahari to lead 5000 people as a forward and set off first.He rode on the horse, glanced at those chaotic subordinates, and sighed. Among these people, less than 500 were trained by him, and the other 4000 people were all the so-called "elite" drawn from other troops.Just now he led [-] subordinates to desperately cover the retreat of the main force, and suffered heavy casualties, but in this way, his value was also shown. Dahari immediately looked at him differently, and when Dahari was rectifying the troops, he promoted him to the rank of Joined the general, and then ordered him to lead five thousand elites to open the way for the Manchu army.

To be honest, Zhang Wenyuan is not happy about this promotion at all, because he has fully seen Dahari's manhood. When he doesn't need you, he kicks you away. He will regard you as a treasure, and immediately let you work hard for him. "What a traitor!" Zhang Wenyuan thought to himself. In the battle just now, he finally experienced the powerful fighting power of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and the fierce firepower of the all-armed troops. Most of his subordinates were killed. Those who were killed by muskets, no matter how they rushed, they could not reach the vicinity of the column of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. The continuous muzzle flashes and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke left a deep impression on him. The choking smell of gunpowder smoke still remained in his nose.

Zhang Wenyuan blew vigorously through his nose a few times to dispel the annoying smell, and then looked around. It was still pitch black. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering him, he did not ask the soldiers to light the torches, so The surrounding soldiers kept falling, and some fell into some ditches.Hearing the cursing voices of those soldiers after getting up from the ditch, Zhang Wenyuan thought to himself: "What is there to scold! If it weren't for the dense water network and river channels in this area, the cavalry of the Chinese Revolutionary Army would have been dispatched long ago, and would have let you He escaped with his life? And if he hadn't relied on a few small bridges to defend to the death, I'm afraid the infantry of the Chinese Revolutionary Army would have caught up with him long ago!" Thinking of this, he thought of his old subordinates, the 2000 men who fought against the Zhenlu Army Afterwards, there were only 1000 men left, and all of them were left by Dahari, so now he feels that these poorly trained soldiers under his command cannot cope with emergencies.

After walking like this for more than an hour, they crossed a small bridge over a river. Fewer and fewer soldiers fell into the ditch, and the number of scolding in the army also decreased a lot.Zhang Wenyuan didn't notice anything wrong at first, but soon he realized that they had left the area with dense rivers and water networks and entered a small piece of flat land.

He looked around vigilantly, and vaguely felt that there was a dark forest on the right.He knew that if the enemy ambushed here, it would block the northward march of the Manchu army from behind, and the terrain here was flat and wide, with no river ditches, no farmland, and the ground was frozen hard. Ideal battlefield.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenyuan immediately issued an order to change the army into a battle formation, and slowly approached the woods, searching there carefully.

Just when the dozens of soldiers in the front had just walked to a place five feet away from the woods, Zhang Wenyuan heard a shout from the woods. He knew that there were troops ambushing in the woods, and they had already found themselves, so he Shouted loudly: "Ready to fight! The whole army retreats and forms a circle!"

At the same time as he gave the order, there was a mess of horseshoes in the woods, and some flames appeared, and then some cavalry rushed out from the woods, holding torches in their hands, and threw the torches when they rushed near Zhang Wenyuan's troops. In the past, and then ran away far away.

Soon dozens of torches were thrown near Luo Heng's troops, completely exposing their positions to the enemy.Seeing this, Zhang Wenyuan hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stamp out the torches, but before they could completely stamp out the torches, more torches were thrown over, making it hard for them to step on and guard against.

Fortunately, the cavalry saw that the spearmen of Zhang Wenyuan's troops were outside and erected the spears horizontally to form a barrier to prevent the cavalry from attacking, so they were not in a hurry to charge.This gave Zhang Wenyuan a chance to breathe. Seeing that there were more and more torches, he had an idea, so he ordered the soldiers to pick up the torches and throw them into the woods.Although it rained a few days ago, the woods were not ignited, but some smoke still formed, blurring the sight of the cavalry and exposing the position of some cavalry.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Wenyuan ordered the archers and musketeers to shoot into the woods. Although most of the arrows were stuck in the trees, some cavalry were shot and fell off their horses.

These cavalry are exactly the cavalry regiment led by Chen Mingming.After receiving Zhang Huahan's order to attack tomorrow, Chen Ming immediately led the cavalry regiment and more than 4 soldiers of his division to gather at the predetermined location to block the northward advance of the Manchu Qing troops, and this location is this forest.In order to go faster and prevent the Manchu Qing army from slipping away, he personally led the cavalry regiment to arrive first, but the more than 4 infantry were left far behind by him.

After arriving in the woods, within half an hour, the troops of the Manchu Qing army arrived.Judging from the size of the enemy army, Chen Mingming believed that he was only a forward force, so he planned to let them go and let the infantry behind them wipe them out, but he didn't expect this force to search for the woods, so Chen Mingming had to order the troops to attack.Since it was difficult to carry out a cavalry charge in the dark, he ordered the enemy to be surrounded with torches first, and then wiped out with firearms after the enemy's position was exposed.

The exchange of torches between the two sides didn't last long, and then the battle began. Zhang Wenyuan used bows and arrows and a small amount of firearms, while Chen Mingming used new pistols and fast guns, and sent cavalry from time to time to continue throwing torches at the enemy.

The shooting continued, because most of Chen Mingming's cavalry were hiding in the woods, and their firearms were sharp, while Zhang Wenyuan's troops were exposed to the light of the torches, and their firearms were few, so soon Zhang Wenyuan's troops could not hold on. up.Seeing the urgency of the situation, Zhang Wenyuan hurriedly sent two cavalrymen to the south to ask for help from the large army of the Chinese army. When some soldiers saw someone leaving, they began to leave the team and ran to the south.

Zhang Wenyuan chased up on horseback, stopped the soldiers, and hacked to death several deserters who did not obey the order. Seeing that he could not resist the enemy's attack, he ordered the soldiers to disperse and rushed into the woods in groups of three or five, trying to Melee with the enemy.Chen Ming saw the enemy rushing into the woods, knowing that the cavalry could not gain any advantage in such a narrow place, so he ordered the whole army to rush out of the woods to avoid a head-on encounter with the enemy.After entering the woods, Zhang Wenyuan couldn't come out. He ordered the soldiers to hide in the darkness and wait for the main force.

Chen Ming saw that the enemy was hiding in the woods and could not come out. He stopped the reckless actions of several subordinates who wanted to rush into the woods, and ordered the woods to be surrounded and wait for the infantry.The two sides just waited like this, in a stalemate, no one took the initiative to attack, and the entire battlefield immediately returned to calm, only a few occasional gunshots could break the silence.Zhang Wenyuan lay anxiously on the cold ground, listening to the movement from the south.What makes him feel uneasy is that the reinforcements have not appeared until now. According to the prior agreement, he walked in front of the main force, and Dahari led the army to set off within half an hour after he set off, but now it has been half an hour since the battle started. It has been more than two hours, but Dahari's army has not yet appeared.

Suddenly, in the silent darkness, Zhang Wenyuan seemed to hear a familiar sound of footsteps. The sound became louder and closer. Judging from the sound, it was an army with tens of thousands of people.Luo Heng was overjoyed at first, "It seems that the reinforcements have arrived!" He thought, but soon his heart turned cold, because the voice did not come from the south, but from the north.

The army that came was more than 4 soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army under Chen Mingming's division headquarters. After receiving Chen Mingming's order, they immediately accelerated their marching speed and rushed over.After the infantry of the Chinese Revolutionary Army arrived, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically. First, the infantry shot randomly into the woods with their fast guns. Throw a few torches ahead.

The morale of Zhang Wenyuan's army immediately collapsed under the combing style of the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. Except for a small number of people who were still stubbornly resisting, the rest of the people scattered and ran out of the woods one after another. But it was quickly wiped out by the cavalry led by Chen Mingming himself.

After half an hour of fighting, the entire army of Zhang Wenyuan was wiped out, nearly half of the 5000 people were killed, and most of the rest were captured. Even Zhang Wenyuan himself was wounded and captured.Like his subordinates, Zhang Wenyuan was also tied tightly and squatted in the woods.He glanced at the wound on his arm. Although the wound had been bandaged by the soldiers of the Zhenlu Army, it was still slowly oozing blood. He licked his thirsty lips and thought to himself: "This Dahari Old fox, you must have turned around and ran away after seeing that the limelight was wrong! But there are troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army everywhere, where can you run?"

Zhang Wenyuan guessed right. Dahari heard the report from the cavalry he sent back and tried to approach him at first, but when he heard the dense gunshots from a distance, he immediately turned around and went south, preparing to retreat from the south He didn't even think about Zhang Wenyuan who was still waiting for his rescue in the woods.

Dahari did not dare to pass under the city of Yangzhou. He was afraid of encountering the Chinese Revolutionary Army again, so he had to return to the starting point, preparing to take a long detour to the south of Yangzhou city and meet Tuhai.

After several tosses, when Dahari led the troops back to the starting point, it was already Yin time. Dahari only hoped that the sky would dawn soon so that he could speed up the marching speed of the troops.There are some small rivers nearby, and the bridges on the river are very important to Dahari, because he can rely on these bridges for defense. Without bridges, it is not so easy for the Chinese Revolutionary Army’s pursuers to cross the river. If he wanted to continue fleeing south, he had to pass through those small bridges. Once those bridges were controlled by the Chinese Revolutionary Army, it would be difficult for him to break out!Dahari ordered his nephew Aman to lead [-] Manchu and Qing soldiers to take the first step and occupy the only stone bridge on the small canal in the south. In order to survive, he also paid for his life. Among the [-] soldiers, there are [-] elite Manchu Eight Banners warrior.

The small canal encountered by the Qing army was a tributary of the Grand Canal, which was excavated by the Red Turban Army in the late Yuan Dynasty to transport grain. Through it, the Yangtze River could also be reached. The water is shallow, and some banks are in danger of collapsing, so they have long been abandoned, but it is still an obstacle in front of Dahari.

When Aman arrived at the bridge with 1 troops from the Manchu Qing army, he found that the bridge had been occupied by the troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. They once sent people down the river to see if they could swim through the river, but the spring was cold and the water was bitingly cold. Slippery, those soldiers who can't swim will not be able to swim no matter what, and even if they land on the shore, there will be muskets of the Chinese Revolutionary Army waiting.

Because he didn't know how many Chinese Revolutionary Army's bridge guards were there, Aman didn't dare to continue the attack, so he had to stay by the bridge for the time being, confronting the Zhenlu army across the river, waiting for the main force to arrive.Dahari finally arrived with the army. Seeing that the only bridge fell into the hands of the Zhenlu army, he was anxious and angry. He ordered the whole army to attack and organized a supervisory team to drive thousands of soldiers into the river. They cross the river.Nearly [-]% of those poor soldiers couldn't swim. They stepped on the slippery river mud and fell into the river as soon as they got down into the river. Floating corpses in the river.After losing the lives of thousands of his subordinates, Dahari finally found a suitable location. The water here is so shallow that it only reaches the waist of a person, and it is less than five feet wide. It is a good place to cross the river.Dahari immediately issued an order to divide the troops into two groups, one to continue to attack the bridgehead, and the other to cross the river from here.

The Chinese Revolutionary Army on the other side apparently also discovered the Manchu Qing army's attempt to cross the river. They hastily separated thousands of people and lined up on the other side of the river.

Dahari didn't understand why there were so many Chinese Revolutionary Army troops in this area. According to the information he got, the Chinese Revolutionary Army troops that captured Yangzhou were only more than 4 people per division, even if thousands of Chinese Revolutionary Army militia were added. There are only more than 5 troops, and the Chinese Revolutionary Army in other places has at most one division with about 4 people. But now it seems that there are troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army everywhere, and Dahari is completely confused.

Aman was still more sober, and he said to Dahari: "General, in my opinion, the Chinese Revolutionary Army must be divided, and it seems that he divided the Chinese Revolutionary Army guarding the city into three groups, one in the north and one in the north." In the west, one in the south. Originally, the bridge was in our hands, and there was no sign of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. When fighting them under the city, it is estimated that there are more than 2 to less than 3 Chinese Revolutionary Army soldiers around Zhang Huahan, and now there are 1 people guarding the bridge here, maybe even more, so I look at the people around Zhang Huahan There are not many, why don't we turn to the west and attack the Chinese Revolutionary Army there, maybe we can break out from there."

Dahari slapped his head and said, "Oh! Why didn't the old man think of it? Well, let's do it! You stay and lead 1 people to continue to entangle the township army here, and I will lead the remaining 5 people to go Attack west."

Aman was afraid that he would be abandoned like Zhang Wenyuan. Although he was his nephew, this Dahari could be abandoned by anyone when his life was at stake, so he hurriedly said: "The general will go alone, and the general is worried. Let me go with you! Just leave a lieutenant here!"

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