Chapter two hundred and ninety-four the fire in the camp
In the rear army camp, the surroundings of the troop camp left by Runing Camp were in chaos.
When Liu Zeqing successively brought the defeated troops of the Ming Army back to the rear army camp, those defeated troops immediately began to raid the rear army camp with the tacit approval and encouragement of their military attaches.
The defeated army's escape at that time was completely abandoning their armor. Since their armor was discarded, there was nothing left around them. So after escaping to the rear army camp, they spent a night in shock.
Later, on the second day, the defeated troops began to get ready to move.
For the defeated army, food was nothing more than food. After seeing the arrival of the defeated army, under the order of Governor Liu Yulie, Liu Zeqing and the others also supplied a batch of food and grass. However, the defeated army did not even have anything to live in.
Needless to say, the tent was covered with bedding, and there were only a few pieces of white cloth for washing your face.
Then why are you hesitating? Let's grab it! Liu Zeqing's troops are still there because the commander-in-chief Liu Zeqing is still there. Therefore, those defeated troops also gave Liu Zeqing face, and his army only suffered some small losses.
The Yan Dingshan guerrilla troops of the Cao Bing were in bad luck. Except for Yan Dingshan and the soldiers around him, who did not move because they were trying to save face for him, the other Cao Bing soldiers and horses were all defeated.
He robbed like a beggar.
The defeated army, which had gained a lot, immediately pointed the direction of looting at Wu Shigong's Runing camp. However, the Runing camp held the camp under the command of Zhou Xun who stayed behind, and the defeated soldiers did not work together, and no one could
He was willing to take the lead. So on this day, the camp of Runing Camp was finally saved.
It should be said that the leading governor Liu Yulie should have stopped the chaos immediately. After Liu Zeqing and Yan Dingshan were robbed, they went to meet Liu Yulie several times to cry and complain. But at this time, Liu Yulie simply
I don't have the heart to care about such trivial matters. In Liu Yulie's eyes, as long as the chaos is not too excessive and these vulgar soldiers grab some food and grass, it is just trivial and Liu Yulie will not take it to heart.
Liu Yulie is now worried about how to report to the court. Should he continue to recruit the rebels, or ask the court to send reinforcements. The key is to resolve this rebellion as soon as possible, and at least to save himself from this defeat.
But Liu Yulie's laissez-faire attitude immediately became a disguised encouragement to the defeated army. Therefore, on the third day, the defeated army, under the instructions of their respective military attachés, formed a temporary team and aggressively came to rob the Runing camp of supplies.
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So why was the robbery of Runing Camp ranked last? The main reason is that the camp of Runing Camp was well built.
At that time, in order to protect themselves, the rear army's camp was built relatively solidly. Of course, the construction of this camp was mainly built under the guidance of the officers of the Runing camp who had the most experience in camp construction.
The Runing camp has very strict rules regarding the construction of its own camps. Their camps must be built close to the river for easy access to water and for defense (because it is difficult for the enemy to attack the side facing the river). Therefore,
The camp of Runing Camp must be built on the edge of the rear army camp.
This reason is also very simple, because under normal circumstances, except for extreme situations such as protecting ferries, no army will build its camp across rivers and streams.
Also, although the camp of the Runing camp was in the rear army camp, they still dug trenches and built fences around their camp, forming an independent camp.
In fact, this is basic common sense in the construction of military camps. We often see the construction of "Plum Blossom Camp", "Bagua Camp" and so on in the construction of ancient camps. This means building several independent camps in the camp.
small campsite.
This is also to prevent the entire camp from completely collapsing after the enemy breaks through the camp. The army can still rely on independent small camps to continue to resist. Of course, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, few Ming troops strictly followed this
The camp has been built according to the rules.
Therefore, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the story of a hundred cavalry charging into Cao's camp in Soochow is definitely a fiction. Then Cao Cao is a military strategist who can write military books. How could he not build many independent small camps in his own camp?
Why make such a stupid mistake? After all, a romance is just a romance.
In addition, if there is an army of tens of thousands of people, their camp is actually not just one camp. Their camp is often built into several camps, which can respond to each other and support each other. Of course, when they only have one day to build in a hurry,
Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing still only built one rear army camp.
After introducing the knowledge about the construction of these camps, we should know why the defeated troops did not rush into the camp of Runing Camp and rob it the day before.
However, on the third day, the defeated army had been effectively organized. They surrounded the camp of Runing Camp from three sides. In the view of the defeated army, with so many people taking action together, the more than 1,000 people in Runing Camp must have
I don't even dare to fart.
But what I didn't expect was that, based on the lessons learned by Liu Zeqing and the others yesterday, the soldiers of the Runing camp had already made preparations under the command of Zhou Xun to prevent the broken army from rushing into the camp.
As soon as they saw the soldiers of the Runing camp showing their weapons, the defeated troops did not dare to move forward at first. But they did not want to let go of this piece of fat in front of them. After all, there were too many supplies in the Runing camp.
Just look at the more than 600 horses and so many large vehicles in the camp. Therefore, the two sides became tense in front of the trench.
"If you have the guts, hit grandpa on him!" a commander-in-chief Qian who had defeated the army shouted loudly. Today, Mr. Qian was also one of the leaders of the charge.
Although the defeated army's rush to the camp was temporarily stopped, the military attaches and soldiers in the Runing camp were still nervous. After all, this was a firefight, a serious crime of beheading! Besides, their backbone Wu Shigong was not present, so they had to wait nervously.
Zhou Xun, the highest military attache present, issued the order.
Zhou Xun was also sweating profusely. It was difficult to give this order. Although there were more than a thousand people in the camp, the only ones who could fight were the more than 600 people from the Runing Camp's troops and artillery team, and the 800 people who had just joined.
Many auxiliary soldiers were so frightened that their legs were weak when they saw the fierce defeated army outside the camp. It was impossible for them to be of any use in this situation. And now, there were thousands of defeated troops outside the camp.
Moreover, Zhou Xun also knew that fire was a serious crime, and even his own lord might not be able to resist such a crime. However, protecting the supplies of the Runing camp was the responsibility entrusted to him by his lord, and there was no way he could let these troops collapse.
He rushed into the Runing camp. Therefore, Zhou Xun was indeed in trouble from both ends.
But now this powder keg can be ignited at a moment's notice. Zhou Xun also knew not to be impulsive, so he thought it would be better to delay for a little longer. Therefore, facing the provocation outside the camp, Zhou Xun still issued an order that the soldiers in the Runing camp were not allowed to talk back.
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"Mr. Zhou Qian, we'd better discuss it carefully and give these people outside the camp something to deal with the current situation for the time being. Let's wait until our adults come back." Yu Ji suggested from the side. As he spoke, he used his sleeves
Wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"It's easy to relax, but how can we ensure that they don't push the envelope?" Zhou Xun's thinking was quite clear and he rejected Yu Ji's proposal. After all, Zhou Xun had been living in the capital for a long time, and this kind of one-step-by-step approach was inevitable.
I have seen many situations where one party presses hard and then retreats step by step, leading to total collapse.
"Then what should we do? If they really attack the camp, should we really hit them with firecrackers?"
Zhou Xun sniffed hard and looked outside the camp nervously. He didn't know how to answer Yu Ji's question.
Seeing that there was no reaction in the camp, Qian Zong, the commander of the defeated army, became even more arrogant. He shouted: "They dare not take action, children, hurry up! Don't worry, people inside, we will leave a pair of underwear for you."
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General Qian's words caused the surrounding defeated troops to burst into laughter. Dozens of daring defeated troops took the wooden planks they had prepared and erected them on the ditch to make a wooden bridge, preparing to swarm up and rush into the Runing camp.
Camp.
Zhou Xun's clenched fists were also wet, and he didn't know what to do. This order was enough to overwhelm the water.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from behind: "Get out of the way!" Zhou Xun turned around and saw Liang Hui commanding the artillery team and pushing three artillery pieces over.
The soldiers of the Runing Camp standing on the edge of the wooden fence subconsciously made way for the artillery, and the artillery was successfully set up next to the camp.
At this time, the defeated army had already stepped onto the wooden plank bridge. The trenches in the camp would certainly not be dug too wide, and the defeated army was about to rush to the entrance of the camp.
Liang Hui ordered without hesitation: "Grandma! Fire!" The three artillery pieces were immediately lit with match ropes, and then they made a dull roar.
This time the artillery was loaded with shotshells. Driven by the gunpowder, a large piece of iron sand particles was fired out rapidly. The range of the artillery shotshells at this time was not far, that is, about twenty or thirty steps, but the shotgun shells
The emission is a fan, and the coverage is quite wide, so it covers the entire front of the plank bridge at once.
The few broken soldiers who rushed forward were immediately torn into pieces by the shotguns, and everyone within the range was also beaten into hornet's nests by the shotguns.
Because the distance between the two sides was too close, the effect of the shotgun fire was quite good. The fifty or sixty soldiers who were rushing to the front, including President Qian, were killed on the ground.
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Unexpectedly, the Runing camp would actually take action, and use artillery to do so. Seeing the miserable condition of the people at the front, all the rebel soldiers were shocked.
Liang Hui and his artillery team also used shotgun shells for the first time in a live battle. The soldiers of the Runing camp, including all the artillery team members, were also stunned by the power of the artillery shot. The battlefield was suddenly in a temporary state of tension.
Sluggish state.
It was Zhou Xun who reacted first. Since the cannon has been fired, why should he be soft? He immediately ordered: "What are you still doing? Fire the gunman!"
The musketeer who reacted immediately picked up the musket that had been loaded with ammunition and fired a row of volleys. This one more shot finally woke up the defeated army outside the camp. Before the second shot,
After firing a volley, all the defeated troops ran away screaming. When the smoke cleared, no one dared to approach within a hundred steps of the Runing camp.