"" Chapter 236 Chuzhou Strategy

But the next moment, Bi Dingbang became afraid.

He had been in the military for decades and thought he was well-informed, but at this moment he was frightened by the momentum of the Dragon Spear Camp.

"Dragon Spear Camp, you can defeat everything and you can't win!"

"Dragon Gun Camp!"

This is the most powerful dragon spear camp of the Red Thief. Bi Dingbang only has one feeling, that is, his reputation is well-deserved!

He even felt that the prisoner who had interrogated himself did not say that the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Spear Camp was high, but that it was low. As soon as they attacked, the entire battle situation was completely reversed.

There are obviously more than 2,000 Qing troops on the battlefield, but unlike Niudao Camp and Nanxi Camp, this infantry camp seems to be the natural protagonist!

That’s right! It’s just like this. Bi Dingbang discovered for the first time that he was not the protagonist or even the supporting role on the battlefield, but an insignificant pawn.

The Dragon Gun Battalion only invested one infantry battalion, four extremely well-organized infantry companies and several artillery pieces, but the enemy in front of them had no room to resist and immediately collapsed under their offensive, even if they didn't even have the courage to reorganize the counterattack.

This feeling is different from Nanxi Camp and Niudao Camp. Nanxi Camp and Niudao Camp are very strong, but after the Qing army was defeated, they still had the determination to counterattack again by the officers. However, after they came out of the Qing army's side, they directly attacked the Qing army's soft threat.

The Qing army was no match for this Dragon Spear Camp at all, let alone the Dragon Spear Camp was still coming out from behind. Now Bi Dingbang was watching groups of Qing soldiers kneeling on the ground, waiting for the Dragon Spear Camp to come.

Alas...most of them have not even fired a bullet, but they did not expect...

But just as I thought of this, Lai Gaoxiang was dragging him over there and shouted: "Old Bi, let's go!"

As the supreme commander of the Qing army on the entire battlefield, Rao Tingxuan's performance did not disappoint Governor Wang's evaluation of him. He was the last one of the first-class generals, but he was also a top figure among the second-class generals. He tried to organize counterattacks again and again.

However, his counterattack was ineffective, and it could even be described as Tulao. There were more and more red thieves coming from the opposite side. Now the direct teams of Nanxi regiment and Dragon Spear regiment have also arrived, and nine-pound field artillery have also participated in the battle.

He had more than 2,000 Qing troops under his command, but the order was mixed up. More than 2,000 people were crowded on the road, crying, moaning, howling, and even more fatal blows came.

Zhou Xiuying waved her saber on her war horse and shouted: "Cavalent Battalion, assault!"

The infantry had already opened a gap for their charge. Now the cavalry battalion pressed up and gave the Qing army a fatal blow. Seeing the iron cavalry like a tide, the Qing army lost all the courage. They either turned around and ran to the sides of the avenue, or knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Some people cried and didn't know what to do, so they could only scream: "Emperor, Emperor!"

Rao Tingxuan was still insisting on his final resistance, but now Bi Dingbang and Lai Gaoxiang have pulled him back together: "Taiwan, stand up, let's retreat, we are worthy of Wang Xuexuan, this fellow villager!"

This sentence offset Rao Tingxuan's final fighting spirit. He found that he trusted Bi Dingbang, who was the most powerful and powerful. Lai Gaoxiang's two brave men were killed and injured. The foreign guns and cannons he had finally purchased fell into the hands of the Red thieves. Now, the only thing that insists on fighting on the battlefield is only some bird guns and units composed of guns. They cannot fight against countless foreign guns and cannons of the Red thieves.

In this case, he could only make the clearest judgment: "Remove, we are worthy of Wang Xuexuan, a fellow villager!"

Today he would leave at least two thousand people, and such a large casualties and losses were indeed worthy of Wang Youling: "We retreat, as far as we can retreat!"

"kill!"

There were teams of red thieves from all directions, especially the horse teams were pursuing, and countless Qing troops were captured. There were Qing troops kneeling everywhere on both sides of the avenue. They held their heads and did not dare to look at Zhou Xiuying, but just shouted: "Master Red thief, please spare your life!"

Among Zhou Xiuying's horse team, there were Fujian veterans who broke out from Shanghai. They immediately said in the tone of a fellow villager: "My fellow villager, we are also from Fujian. If you surrender, we will not kill anyone!"

It was enough to say this. The Qing army did not expect that there were Fujianese among the red thieves opposite him, so they immediately became kind: "Can we put us back?"

"I have to ask for a check-in before I can talk about it!"

However, Zhou Xiuying estimated that she could capture at least more than a thousand prisoners today. With so many human resources, Liu Chang probably refused to release all of them from Fujian, at least she could not be released back.

According to the tradition of Liu Chang and Hongjun, those who smoke opium, the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, and have bad habits, have to pay travel expenses to put them back, but at least half of the strength is to be supplemented to each battalion and company.

At this moment, Liu Chang also came up. He listened to Lu Ziyun's report over there: "Has Rao Ting selected the troops crossed?"

"It's over them!" Lu Ziyun said in a guaranteed tone: "At least half of them, or even more than two-thirds!"

More than half of the remaining Qing army had to recover its combat effectiveness under such a loss-making blow. Liu Chang nodded and asked, "How are the casualties in your camp?"

In summary, Lu Ziyun's Niudao Battalion is the most difficult infantry company among all the troops. Lu Ziyun replied: "More than one-third of the casualties in the entire battalion, one company should have more than half of the casualties, and another company should have followed nearly half..."

However, he reported an important information: "Check, the reason why Qing Yao caused such a large number of foreign guns and cannons this time was entirely because they equipped them with a considerable number of foreign guns and cannons!"

"Foreign guns and cannons?" Liu Chang was surprised: "How much are they equipped?"

"At least six hundred foreign guns, several small-caliber foreign guns!"

Lu Ziyun told Liu Chang: "Our combat power is improving, and Qing Yao is also improving!"

While Liu Chang achieved brilliant results with foreign guns and cannons, the Qing army, which was hit hard, indeed accelerated its pace of equipping Western firearms.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty only made progress when it was beaten and hurt. During the Qing Dynasty, every time they were beaten, they were forced to move towards modernization. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, it was a good example. The Qing army equipped with foreign guns and cannons was a helpless act under the pressure of the Taiping Army.

However, as a supreme commander, Liu Chang must pay attention to his tendency in this regard. Compared to his only control of the territory of more than a dozen counties, the Qing army controlled one or two thousand prefectures and counties across the country, and his financial and material resources were countless times higher than his own.

As long as they are determined to enhance their combat effectiveness and equip foreign guns and cannons, the influx of foreign guns and cannons will be like an avalanche, not to mention that they occupy all five trading ports and cannons cannons legally, while Liu Chang cannons cannons cannons cannons at high prices through smuggling.

In history, after He Guiqing became the governor of Liangjiang, his first thing was to focus on renewing the weapons of the Jiangnan Camp. In just a few months, he realized the foreign guns of the entire Jiangnan Camp. Although the Hunan Army was accustomed to using old Chinese firearms, the proportion of foreign guns and cannons equipped in the troops was also very large. As for the Huai Army, it was the army with completely Westernized weapons.

Then winning Ningbo Port will be the highlight of this autumn!

Therefore, Liu Chang stayed for a while before answering Lu Ziyun: "That's right, Qing Yao is also improving. You can't underestimate Qing Yao. If Rao Tingxuan is knocked down this time, we can return to Zhejiang Central with confidence!"

Even if you cannot take down Ningbo Mansion this fall, you will have to take down Ningbo Mansion anyway before the Chinese New Year this year. Moreover, this victory in entering Zhejiang Central gave Liu Chang more confidence. He is preparing to take down Ningshao Mansions in one breath.

Lu Ziyun asked Liu Chang: "Will we do our best to wipe out Rao Tingxuan's troops?"

Liu Chang hesitated for a moment and immediately replied: "Annihilate as much as you can. Is it the key to Zhejiang Central? Are you interested in working in Chuzhou?"

Chuzhou was originally within Liu Chang's strategy scope, but according to the original plan, he was to take the gold first. Huafu then capture Chuzhou Prefecture. Rao Tingxuan's advancement made this step ahead, and Lu Ziyun was also very interested in this topic: "Yes, but we are the only one battalion?"

Now Niudao Battalion is a three-company infantry battalion, and a newly formed infantry company stayed in Tai. The prefecture has temporarily incorporated into the Mixed Battalion. He immediately proposed: "You have to transfer the Fourth Company back to me, just this little force?"

The infantry company of Niudao Battalion is only 120 people, which is not as good as the Dragon Gun Battalion. Each company is in an over-company state, with a total of 160 or 70 people: "Can you let the Dragon Gun Battalion lend me a company? Otherwise, it will be very difficult for Chuzhou to guard one battalion with our battalion!"

There are only six counties in Taizhou Prefecture, plus only seven counties in Yuhuan County, while Chuzhou Prefecture is the main prefecture of eight counties, and the mountains and forests are dense and the roads are complex. Even if the Fourth Company is transferred back and Niudao Camp is put into such a wide area, it still feels like a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, Liu Chang quickly agreed to Lu Ziyun's suggestion: "I will do my best to provide support, and the Fourth Company will return the establishment as soon as possible. The garrison of Jinyun County can be handed over to Shanye Military Academy to take charge!"

This was to undertake the garrison task of a county for Lu Ziyun, which at least saved him the strength of a reinforced platoon or even an infantry company. Then Liu Chang went around the Dragon Gun Battalion and came back to tell Lu Ziyun an unexpected surprise: "I discussed it with Commander Qu and Commander Zhu, and they agreed to support you."

"A camp?" This was definitely an unexpected surprise for Lu Ziyun: "Is there really a camp?"

You should know that he originally estimated that he would take five companies and one artillery company to be responsible for eight counties, but now it has become two battalions, at least eight companies and two artillery companies to be responsible for seven counties. However, Liu Chang also told him: "It is the ** battalion, and the Dragon Gun Battalion is responsible for supporting cadres and backbones. From the captives and recruits to the army to form a ** battalion, the form is similar to that of Huang Taiyu ** battalion, and the command is up to you to dispatch."

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