Chapter 131 I thought I was Cao Cao, but it was Chunyu Qiong
When Wang Shangli sent troops to intercept Shen Shuren's logistics supply route, it was not because he was out of his mind or because he was forced by Zhang Xianzhong's military order.
During this period, Wang Shangli had been sending scouts to investigate the military situation at the front, and he already knew the logistics rhythm of the Shen family army.
As the saying goes, experts in fighting rely on logistics. The more the Shen family's army relies on sharp firearms, the more it relies on smooth logistics. Only by attacking logistics can the best way to attack the Shen Shu people is a truth that veteran generals like Wang Shangli understand very well.
Moreover, he now leads an army on his side, most of which are new auxiliary troops recruited in the Huguang area. There are only a handful of Shaanxi and Henan old battalions in the army as the backbone, and basically all of them have been promoted to officers at all levels.
Such a unit still has relatively low loyalty to Zhang Xianzhong.
The soldiers only followed the plan out of fear of the liquidation of the government and army, and because they no longer wanted to farm and pay taxes, and tasted the benefits of robbery. As for whether the leader was Zhang Xianzhong, it actually didn't matter that much.
It's like a woman saying, "I just want to be the wife of the county magistrate. I don't care who is the county magistrate."
Wang Shangli had been commanding the troops for some time and had already figured this out, so when Zhang Xianzhong sent him to divide the troops, he readily agreed because he felt that opportunities and risks coexisted.
If Zhang Xianzhong could defeat the Chen Shuren slightly after the war, or even inflict losses on both sides, Zhang Xianzhong was destined to flee west and find a way to enter Sichuan via the Central Guizhou Road in western Hunan.
In this way, Zhang Xianzhong will no longer be able to restrain him. If Chen Shuren also suffers heavy losses and is temporarily unable to succeed, then Wang Shangli can win a precious window period to retreat eastward towards the Hunan-Jiangxi border and go up Luoxiao Mountain to stand on his own
portal.
Historically, when Zhang Xianzhong later established the puppet Western regime, he imitated the Zhu Yuanzhang period in setting up the five military commanders. Wang Shangli originally worshiped as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, alongside Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing, and Zhang Hualong. The status of the five military commanders in the army was second only to
The four righteous sons of Zhang Xianzhong, who was granted the title of king.
But now it seems that everything has been changed beyond recognition by the butterfly effect. The follow-up path can only depend on how Wang Shangli walks.
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It took about half a day to march, and there is nothing to say in detail. Wang Shangli set out from Hengdong County, walked for an afternoon and evening, and successfully arrived near Hengshan Guard.
As the troops entered the dangerous location of Hengshan Mountain and calculated the distance, they could reach the valley area on the bank of the Xiangjiang River in about ten miles. There were the newly built wharfs, cargo yards and warehouses and simple camps established by the Chenshu people for waterway transshipment. Wang Shang
Along the way, the Ministry of Rites was not intercepted by any officers or soldiers.
The success so far made him feel even more excited.
If he could rob Shen's army of weapons, he wouldn't have to look at Zhang Xianzhong's face in the future.
Anyone who reports that "a fierce battle with the army led to heavy casualties, but successfully destroyed the army's logistics arms inventory" and then retreats to stand on his own will be very confident and worthy of the cultivation of the Eight Kings over the years.
"The officers and soldiers were not on guard. The whole army followed me and charged!" As he climbed over the last hill and hill, he saw the low Xiangjiang River Valley in the distance on both sides, and the officers and soldiers' wharves were brightly lit. Wang Shangli decisively issued the order for a general attack.
"General, is there possible fraud? Why are the officers and soldiers so lax on their guard? The Hengshan Guard Pier and the storage yard are at the most dangerous location in the valley between Hengshan Mountain. If the officers and soldiers set up an ambush on the high slopes on both sides, we rush into the valley.
I'm afraid I'll be intercepted from all sides." Wang Shangli also has some advisers who have fallen short of the scholar level. Although their skills are not very high, they can still give some pertinent and basic advice.
Wang Shangli didn't take it seriously: "Chen Shuren was willing to spend such a large sum of money and use the entire army's ammunition inventory as bait? He fought fiercely with the king at the foot of Hengzhou City and almost ran out of gunpowder before he stopped the offensive. He was already in trouble.
Don’t worry about the end, don’t shake the morale of the army!”
The whole army didn't raise any objections and just surged forward. This was not because of the halo of mental retardation, but because the general was born a thief, and his IQ could only take one or two steps back, but could not see very far.
Around Hengshan Guard, the terrain in front of the entrance is not narrow. It was only when we reached the camp, dock, and warehouse area that the Hengshan Mountains on both sides suddenly narrowed, forming a canyon.
If the officers and soldiers really wanted to set up an ambush, they would have to wait until Wang Shangli's troops completely rushed into the canyon. By then, even if Wang Shangli was ambushed, they could first burn the supplies in front of them and then fight to the death to break through.
Once all the supplies of the army and the army were destroyed, wouldn't they be as devastated as the Wuchao defenders in the Battle of Guandu?
Sometimes, the difference between life and death lies on a thin line.
Take Wuchao's grain robbery as an example. Cao Cao burned Yuan Shao's army grain, so he could certainly make a noise and claim that Yuan Shao fell into his scheme.
But if Yuan Shao can instead set up some ambushes in Wuchao and strengthen the defense a little, even if the food is burned, he can surround Cao Cao who comes to rob the food and prevent him from breaking out, or even kill Cao Cao, then Yuan Shao can instantly transform into a surrender.
The one who falls into the opponent's trap.
The identities of fishing nets and baits can be changed at any time and at any time based on actual operational performance.
"Kill! Burn the grain, grass and ammunition of Official Shen Gou! The entire army will be wiped out soon!"
Wang Shangli's army decisively launched an all-out charge. Because the visibility at night was not very good, the two armies only started running noisily when they were within two miles of each other.
As for the defender's firearms team, it was obvious that they could not prepare fully in advance to fire and intercept.
Many of them fired blindly into the darkness, the timing was too early, and ammunition was wasted. Some fired the first shot only after the enemy had already appeared in the field of vision, and only seventy or eighty steps were left, wasting the previous firing distance.
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On both sides of the Xiangjiang River, you can see groups of small boats that seem to be carrying a lot of supplies moored. It seems that because it is getting late and it is dangerous to sail against the mountainous area at night, they stay here and wait until dawn tomorrow to push upstream to the scale.
Under the state city.
There were some hard-working dock workers on the shore, carrying bags of supplies and barrels of gunpowder from the warehouse onto these small boats. However, when the bandit army came to kill them, these dock workers turned around and fled, it seemed.
So frightened, there is really no fighting ability.
Wang Shangli's troops fought to the gate of the dock camp of Hengshan Guards, but were shot with muskets at the cost of at least a thousand lives and many more injuries.
But in the darkness, neither side knew their respective casualties, and the soldiers could not see the overall situation, so the impact of these casualties on morale was not that obvious.
The noise and shouting gave the bandit soldiers great encouragement. They firmly believed that they were the one who "succeeded in the sneak attack", and that the other party was the one who fell into the trap.
This kind of psychological stability made them extremely determined, and they felt that they were on the side of the winner. Occasionally, their comrades around them were killed by firecrackers, but they only thought it was an accident.
The three armies can seize the commander, but the general cannot seize the ambition. Believing that you are on the side of the winner can inspire such fierce ferocity.
However, as the cover-up and killings deepened, Wang Shangli's troops also experienced a slight confusion. After all, the terrain was a bit complicated during the night attack, and the road ahead became narrower and narrower.
Due to the congestion, it is inevitable that some soldiers will be squeezed onto the slopes of Hengshan Mountain in the east, or on the beaches of the Xiangjiang River in the west.
The soldiers who were pushed off the beach of the Xiangjiang River couldn't help but want to seize the small boat left by the officers and soldiers on the dock. It seemed that more than half of the supplies were already loaded on the small boat. If they could seize it, they could drive away directly. Absolutely
Make money hard.
In order to snatch the supplies and seize them first, the bandit soldiers rushed more and more chaotically. However, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were escorting the soldiers. Although they were small in number, they could easily cut the cables that tied the boats and let the boats go down the river.
Because the Xiangjiang River flows from south to north, from Hengzhou to Xiangtan and Changsha, the ships go north very fast without the need for rowing, and the army will never be able to catch up.
The sailors on the ship could also hide behind the sacks and wooden barrels and fight back with firecrackers. They quickly inflicted heavy losses on Wang Shangli's troops at close range and were unable to fight back.
These escorting sailors were the men of Shen Lian and Li Yu. Shen Lian's soldiers were responsible for punting the boats, and Li Yu's elite gunners were responsible for shooting. The effect was amazing.
Just because there are not many ships, the total number of gunmen on the ship can only be a few hundred people at most, which is far from being able to cause decisive damage to the main force of Wang Shangli's army of 10,000 to 20,000 people.
The only thing you can do is to weaken the opponent's morale while scraping, and at the same time make the opponent's heart angry and lure the enemy deeper.
As expected, Wang Shangli's troops became more and more irrational and rushed deeper and deeper, and soon they entered the dock warehouse of the army.
At first, the officers in the front row were cautious. When they saw the rows of wooden barrels piled up in front of them, they directly chopped them with heavy weapons and smashed the barrels into pieces. They saw that what leaked out was indeed gunpowder.
He also asked the spearmen to smash a few sacks, and yellow grains of grain immediately flowed out. Even after cracking open some crates, higher-grade food supplies could be seen. At this time, Wang Shangli's Ministry went completely crazy.
No worries anymore.
The officers and soldiers have really fallen into a trap! Otherwise, there is no way they could have put so many valuable supplies here to be burned and robbed!
If it's a ruse, you can't use firewood as food, let alone put the precious gunpowder barrel here!
Wang Shangli's troops began to snatch supplies and charge at the same time. The situation became increasingly chaotic. Even the small fleet on the Xiangjiang River continued to fire a series of shots at the shore. The government and army defenders on land were also able to retreat.
The fire starter retreated one by one until it reached the defensive line of the village wall on the north side of the camp.
The chaotic charge and looting lasted for about half a stick of incense, and finally some of the soldiers who were charging ahead discovered that something was wrong.
The retreating officers and soldiers actually stopped running. They retreated behind the north wall and reorganized a firm defense.
Moreover, it seems that they have been supplemented by fresh troops. There are musketeers and spearmen, and the musketeers are equipped with bayonets. They rely on wooden fences and trenches to ram earth walls to prepare for the attack.
After feeling that something was wrong, the bandit soldiers in the front row, out of guilty conscience, stabbed a few more sacks with spears, and found that the contents were no longer grain, but actually turned into firewood.
The contents of other powder barrels and lead bullet boxes were also changed. Those soldiers who were the most alert were the first to realize the fear.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers blocking the front row began to shout in unison and fire their firearms one after another.
The location chosen by the officers and soldiers for the blockade was the narrowest part of the Xiangjiang River Valley, with the slopes of Hengshan Mountain to the east and the Xiangjiang River to the west. Between the mountains and rivers, there was only a battlefield frontage no more than two hundred steps wide.
In such a congested terrain, with the musketeers blocking the way, no matter how brave the thieves were, they charged and killed several times without success, leaving only layers of corpses in front of the formation. The few who rushed in front of them were all bayoneted.
The formation and the spear stabbed it into a hedgehog.
"Wang Shangli, surrender early to avoid death! Wuchang Commander-in-Chief Zuo Zixiong is here with tens of thousands of troops! You have fallen into my family's Futai plan!"
"My Futai is a wise man. You idiots dare to expect our army to fight without protecting the food road! You are looking for death! There is insufficient ammunition in Hengzhou City. It's all just an act!"
In the official formation, a mighty general stood on a high place and shouted loudly, and the scolding players next to him also followed suit, making the morale of Wang Shangli's troops even lower.
One message after another is like a poisonous snake piercing into the ears of the thieves and soldiers, even if they want to listen, they can't do it. But once they realize that they are the one who fell into the trap, their courage disappears, and everything is over.
At the same time, on the high slopes of Hengshan Mountain on the east side, countless officers and soldiers ambushed with bows, crossbows and muskets. They began to show their heads, wave flags and shout, shoot arrows and fire at the bottom of the slope, throw torches and fireballs and set fires. Firewood disguised as grain sacks and gunpowder barrels in the camp started fires, etc.
Everything was set on fire one after another. For a time, Wang Shangli's troops were in bloom, and the military formation was full of fire.
Zhu Wenzhen, the general in charge of the cavalry troops at the rear of the battlefield, also took a detour at some point and quietly crossed from the west bank to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River in the upper reaches. Just when Wang Shangli's troops were preparing to retreat, he came out from behind and blocked the south entrance of the Xiangjiang River Valley.
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Wang Shangli's entire army was in chaos. The rear army was still looting and setting fires, but the front army was already trying to retreat and fled, trampling on each other and killing countless people.
After being blocked by Zhu Wenzhen on the gentle road on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, some rebels saw that Zhu Wenzhen had few people and chose to engage in a head-on confrontation, but they were scattered and unable to form a formation.
Zhu Wenzhen's troops had a large number of double-barreled breech-loaded spray guns and revolvers. Under the mounted charge, the morale of the breakouts was quickly completely destroyed. The remaining rebels who tried to break out either jumped directly into the Xiangjiang River and tried to swim to escape, or
Climb up the steep slope of Hengshan Mountain to the east.
Some thieves who discarded their armor and stomach and were out-of-arms, climbed down a short distance before falling down from a steep hillside and turning into a pulp due to inconvenience. Other soldiers saw this lesson and quickly abandoned their helmets and climbed the mountain lightly.
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The situation on the bank of the Xiangjiang River was equally chaotic. At first, many thieves forgot to remove their armor and jumped into the river. As a result, their armor sank to the bottom within three seconds.
Seeing the death of their brainless companions, the ones behind threw away their helmets before jumping into the river. Before they could take off their armors, they stabbed themselves with their sabers, cut off the straps of their armors, and tore them off before jumping into the river.
Zuo Zixiong saw that Wang Shangli's troops had been defeated, so he rushed out of the defense line and led the main force of infantry to pursue and kill them. The soldiers under Wang Shangli's command had generally been fighting for less than two years, and they had completely collapsed under such multiple blows.
Countless soldiers knelt down and surrendered directly, but even if they surrendered, they might still be killed. The red-eyed officers and soldiers rushed forward, please enter in your browser for the fastest update - go to Jingjing Bookstore to view
The bloody pursuit lasted all night. When the sky got slightly brighter, Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen successfully joined forces. They looked at each other and smiled, both convinced that Wang Shangli's main force had been killed.
On the banks of the Xiangjiang River, at the berths originally used to moor small boats, and beside the piers at the docks, layers of drowned corpses were intercepted. They were all washed up by the river and caught on the piers, and piled up.
The trestle was originally built by driving a few wooden stakes into the river and holding it up in the air. At this moment, it has turned into a breakwater or T-shaped dam similar to the seawall of the Qiantang River. The bottom is all piled up with corpses to form a thick dam body.
On the other side of the steep slopes of Hengshan Mountain, there were countless people who overestimated their abilities and fled over the mountains in the dark. They fell to death in the deep valleys under the forest, shaped like meat patties.
Except for a handful of rogue soldiers who were extremely good at swimming and could actually swim across the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, as well as those who climbed mountains and crossed the slopes of Hengshan Mountain, all others were probably wiped out. Thousands of soldiers were unable to escape and could only kneel down and surrender.
The only thing Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen were concerned about was where Wang Shangli had gone. After searching for a long time, they dug out a well-armored corpse from the body breakwater next to the trestle. The head and face had been trampled to pieces, so that the rogue officer
The prisoner identified Jiawei and confirmed that it was Wang Shangli.
"This is a bit troublesome. Being washed into the river and trampled to death by the insurrectionary soldiers, whose victory is better?"
"It's better to leave it to Mr. Futai to decide how to allocate him. We all accept whoever he says counts."
Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen discussed it for a while, and finally felt that it would be best to leave it to Shen Futai to distribute the credit.
News of the great victory here was quickly sent to the gates of Hengzhou City. The people of Shen Shu were overjoyed when they got the news: the "power of turning a corner" that Zhang Xianzhong had hoped for, "splitting troops to threaten the Shen family's army supply road", was completely gone.
Not only did it greatly weaken Zhang Xianzhong's military strength, but it also further severely damaged the morale of Zhang Xianzhong's army.
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