When Song Qing faced this situation, he also showed the calmness brought to him by his many years of military service.
The lord did not panic and gather his troops, but once again dispersed the troops he had deployed in the city.
If ordinary people had such arrangements, the army would soon turn into a mob, fighting on their own, and eventually be wiped out.
But Song Qing was always strict in running the army and lived and ate with the soldiers, so the soldiers loved him very much. Most of the people in this army are now willing to die for Song Qing.
Therefore, although the soldiers were once again dispersed and scattered throughout the city, there was no private escape.
Now the drones in the sky are a little busy.
Because the soldiers in the city now work in groups of two at most, and it is rare for more than ten or twenty people to fight together like before.
Faced with this situation, although the drone easily discovered the enemy and dealt them a devastating blow, the enemy was too scattered, and the drone's bomb load was not enough to change the situation.
situation in the entire city.
In this case, we can only rely on the soldiers' attack.
Fortunately, Liu Hai's 1st Division is the elite among the elite and is very well-equipped. Although the drones in the sky cannot provide them with fire support, they can provide reconnaissance intelligence to the soldiers below through radio.
Therefore, although they are still facing attacks from all directions when attacking, they know the enemy's location in advance and have preventive measures. Once they find the enemy hiding, they will immediately use a few grenades. If the grenades still don't work, they will use a rocket launcher.
In this way, the soldiers of the 1st Division marched forward step by step, and soon reduced the scope of the Qing army again.
At present, even Song Qing, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, has begun to leave his headquarters in the center of the city and retreat to the west of the city, because soldiers from Liu Hai's 1st Division have quickly reached his headquarters.
Song Qing thought that his retreat was relatively complete, and his soldiers Han had gathered seven or eight thousand people, but he did not know that there was an eye in the sky staring at him at any time.
It turned out that a drone accidentally discovered Song Qing's men while conducting reconnaissance to the west.
As Song Qing's retreating man was discovered, seven or eight drones began to gather in this direction from all directions.
By the time Chongqing had assembled seven to eight thousand troops and prepared for a counterattack, the drones in the sky were already ready for the final attack.
Then as the first drone dropped two 50kg aerial bombs in the direction of Song Qing, other drones also began to attack.
When the Qing soldiers in Chongqing heard the roaring in the sky, they knew something was wrong, so a few of them pinned Song Qing down. After that, there were two explosions, and many soldiers around Song Qing were immediately blown away.
When Song Qing was lying on the ground with lingering fear, several more bombs fell from the sky.
Song Qing was not so lucky this time. Someone acted as a shield for him, and an aerial bomb accurately landed two meters away from Song Qingsheng.
Although Song Qing had already laid down on the ground to avoid the bomb, because the distance was too close, the shell still knocked Song Qing into the sky first, and then another fragment of the bomb slit his throat.
This general who was capable of fighting and serving the Qing Dynasty for a lifetime breathed his last here.
As soon as Song Qing died, the soldiers under his command were immediately disheartened, and thousands of them began to swarm towards the west gate of the city.
This scene was clearly seen by the drone in the sky. As the intelligence came, Ye Wencheng immediately ordered the troops to speed up their advance, in order to eliminate this group of troops in the city before the enemy troops escaped.
Liu Zhi outside the city was not idle either. He ordered the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Second Army to quickly intersect.
The purpose is to block the fleeing enemy troops within the city gate so that they can all be raped in one fell swoop.
The two divisions who received the order began to bypass the city wall from the left and right directions and quickly closed the encirclement.
When the enemy troops in the city opened the city gate and fled for several miles, they were immediately greeted by a violent storm of bullets.
This group of people was originally considered elite, but under the command of Song Qing, they were able to withstand Liu Hai's army for such a long time with a small number of troops.
But now that they had lost their general, the morale of the army was scattered, so the battle did not take long before these people raised the white flag and surrendered.
Ye Wencheng, the 1st Division in the city, has also taken control of the entire city.
After three hours of fighting, this important pass leading to Shanxi was captured by Liu Hai's army.
After the disabled people in the city were cleared, Liu Hai entered the city with dozens of generals at around two o'clock in the afternoon.
Liu Hai sat in Song Qing's original headquarters, which was the county government, and said with a smile to the generals below: "I think we should be able to win easily this time. Even such an important city, Guancheng, has been defeated by us."
It falls in one day, let alone anything else.”
The important generals below listened to Liu Hai's words and nodded frequently. After this battle, they could see that the Qing army on the opposite side was much worse than the armies of the great powers they had originally fought against.
According to this style of play, they will soon be able to conquer the world.
Then the generals below began to discuss enthusiastically where to attack and when they could capture the Empress Dowager Cixi back to the capital.
While these people were happy, Liu Hai's intelligence chief Xiao Kun hurried in from outside.
When Liu Hai saw Xiao Kun's hurried steps and solemn expression, he knew something was wrong.
Sure enough, Xiao Kun came to Liu Hai's side and whispered in his ear: "Commander, I just got the news that Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, has led the troops from Hunan and Hubei to Taiyuan City."
When Liu Hai heard this, he stood up in shock, and then asked in an incredible tone: "Did Zhang Zhidong not even want his hometown? He actually led an army to reinforce Taiyuan?"
After hearing Liu Hai's surprise, Xiao Kun showed a smile, and then said softly to Liu Hai: "Commander, you have forgotten that the Huguang area is the home base of our Hunan Army. Now the gentry in the Huguang area are very fond of Zhang Zhidong.
Without cooperation, Zhang Zhidong is now in the Huguang area and his prestige has been greatly reduced."
After listening to the other party's explanation, Liu Hai suddenly understood what was going on.
It should be said that Liu Hai is nominally from Hunan, and many generals of the Hunan Army under him, as well as important small leaders, are from the old Hunan Army.
If we say that these people live in the countryside, they are all landlords and gentry, and they are very prestigious.
Now Liu Hai and this group of people can be said to be enemies with Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang.
Therefore, it is understandable that Zhang Zhidong could hardly walk in Huguang.
No wonder Zhang Zhidong had no choice but to abandon his huge family business in Huguang and bring his troops to reinforce Taiyuan. It turned out that he was no longer stable in the Huguang area.
After Liu Hai understood, the smile on his face could no longer stop, and he no longer worried about Zhang Zhidong's reinforcements to Taiyuan.
"Everyone, let me tell you some news. Zhang Zhidong can no longer stay in Huguang. He has left Huguang and reached Taiyuan with his troops."
As soon as Liu Hai finished speaking, the generals below were stunned for a moment, and then started to make an uproar.
If this is really the case, then it can be said that the Hunan Army can almost take over the Huguang area without spending a single soldier.
Liu Hai pressed his hands to let the generals under his hands calm down.
"There is a God-given opportunity. If we miss it, God will punish us. Therefore, this season we decided to send a general back to the Liangjiang area to lead the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops there to attack the Huguang area and capture this area in the shortest possible time.
Territory.”
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he looked down and saw that the generals under him were pretty capable, and many of them could stand alone.
Because of this, Liu Hai has some happy worries when choosing someone.
In the end, Liu Hai sent his most trusted Lu Chun to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Liangjiang region.
"Lu Chun, you should go back to Nanjing now to gather troops and horses, and then lead the troops directly into Huguang. I ask you to capture this area in the shortest possible time."
Lu Chun immediately came out, gave Liu Hai a military salute, and then said categorically: "I will definitely not disappoint the commander-in-chief."
"Okay, you go down and get ready now."
Lu Chun then gave Liu Hai a military salute, turned around and left the lobby.
After Liu Hai arranged for this group of people, he smiled and said to the people below: "It seems that this Western Expedition will be over soon. As long as Zhang Zhidong blocking Taiyuan is eliminated, the Queen Mother Lafayette's men will probably
There aren’t many people left.”
Liu Hai said this with excitement all over his face.
However, Liu Zhi, the chief general of Liu Hai, was still somewhat calm. When he saw that Liu Hai was already in a state of disbelief, he quickly came out to pour cold water on Liu Hai.
"The commander-in-chief should not take it lightly. Although Zhang Zhidong can no longer stay in Huguang, he has been in power for many years in the local area, and the self-improvement army under his command is also very effective, and its number is not less than 100,000. In addition, there are green camps all over Shanxi
Waiting for the army, I think at least more than 200,000 troops have been assembled in Taiyuan."
Liu Hai calmed down immediately after hearing this. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, feeling that if he really had to command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight with his limited abilities, it would be counterproductive.
Moreover, that old guy Zhang Zhidong is not easy to mess with. To be honest, I am really not as good as him in terms of strategy.
Since you are like this, you might as well hand over military power to someone you trust and let professionals handle it.
After Liu Hai figured it out, he said to Liu Zhi, who was still standing below: "You are right to remind me. If this is the case, then this time the battle of Yuantai will be directed by you instead of me. Do you have confidence?"
After hearing Liu Hai's words, Liu Zhi immediately became high-spirited and said, "Commander, Beizhi is still confident about this battle. If Commander gives the power to Beizhi, Beizhi is confident that the Battle of Yuantai will be ended within 20 days."