Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> Empire

Chapter six hundred and tenth clearing the periphery

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    You can search for "Empire Contest" in Baidu to find the latest chapter!

    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 610

    In a lush depression, a large number of Confederate soldiers are hiding here to rest and wait for orders.

    General Li Hong of the Southern Army asked Zhang Rang, the vanguard officer, to lead 20,000 people to pretend to be the main force to test the Qinghe Army.

    In fact, their main force is day and night, falling tightly behind, ready to deal with emergencies.

    Now their main force is only one day away from the vanguard.

    In Li Hong's view, even if the Qinghe army had some conspiracy that caused the vanguard to fall into crisis, they would be able to catch up in time to rescue them.

    However, what Li Hong never expected was that he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Qinghe Army.

    Lei Ming, head of the Thirteenth Banner of the Qinghe Army, only commanded three cavalry banner battalions, and almost wiped out his vanguard.

    On the undefended plains, 20,000 infantry were attacked by the cavalry of the Qinghe Army while marching.

    ?Because of Zhang Rang's command error, the Qinghe army rushed to the front before their troops had time to form an army formation during the march.

    After less than two hours of fighting, the vanguard of the Southern Army lay dead everywhere, blood flowing like rivers, and only a few lucky ones escaped.

    And their commander Zhang Rang also fell into the river and drowned directly while fleeing in a hurry. It can be said that he died quite aggrieved.

    "What, you were attacked by bandit cavalry and your entire army was wiped out?"

    When a ragged soldier fled back a day later, Li Hong couldn't believe his ears.

    "Where is Zhang Rang, where is he?"

    Seeing these broken soldiers who fled back in shock, Li Hong was shocked, and hurriedly asked Zhang Rang's whereabouts.

    "We were scattered at the time, and we didn't know where General Zhang was."

    It was not easy for the defeated soldiers to narrowly escape death. In the chaotic situation at that time, naturally they did not have the energy to pay attention to Zhang Rang's life and death.

    "Quickly send someone to investigate the situation of the vanguard!:

    Li Hong didn't get any useful information from the rout soldiers, and Zhang Rang's life and death were also unknown, so he also hurriedly sent people to investigate the news.

    At the same time, he also hurriedly led the main force to the direction of the battlefield, hoping that Zhang would let them hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

    But he overestimated the 20,000 advance troops, because they were wiped out in just two hours.

    Along the way, they kept encountering broken soldiers who had fled and returned, and the situation gradually became clear.

    When Li Hong led his troops to the battlefield in a hurry, except for the bloody and brutal battlefield, the Qinghe army had already retreated.

    "Zhang Rang misled me!"

    Originally, Li Hong was full of doubts about the words of the rout soldiers, worried that they would become deserters because they were afraid of the Qinghe army.

    But hearing is believing, seeing is believing. When he saw the tragic battlefield with his own eyes, he couldn't help roaring angrily.

    Zhang Rang's 20,000 vanguard troops were wiped out by the Qinghe army so easily, it was a slap in the face.

    "General, what should we do now?"

    Before they reached Xitian Mansion, they suffered heavy losses, 20,000 people were killed, and the faces of the generals were not good.

    "Where is the bandit army now!" Li Hong asked angrily.

    "The bandit cavalry has now withdrawn to Xitian Mansion." Someone replied.

    Although they lost 20,000 people this time, they also forced out the Qinghe Army's ambush.

    Although Li Hong's heart ached, but their main force was still there, and they quickly regained their composure.

    "The thieves have exposed their conspiracy, now all we have to do is to rush forward and avenge the brothers who died in battle!"

    "Pass down my military order, the whole army will attack the Xitian Mansion, and I will demand the blood of the thieves!"

    Li Hong was still laughing at the navy general Ye Chun before, but now he has also suffered a serious injury, and he can no longer be happy. For the sake of face, he has to take revenge.

    Li Hong collected the rout troops along the way, and now although more than 20,000 troops have been lost, there are still 60,000 main troops.

    Under Li Hong's order, the mighty southern army rushed straight to Xitian Mansion, preparing to launch a crazy revenge on the Qinghe army.

    At this moment, Xitian Mansion has become like a military fortress. In addition to the reinforcement of the city, countless fortresses and ditches have been built outside the city, and many fences have been erected.

    Tian Changjie, the member of the 12th Banner RegimentThe deputy head of the banner is now responsible for guarding Xitian Mansion and Xitian Cang.

    He was still uneasy at first, but now that Lei Ming, the head of the Thirteenth Banner, arrived with his troops, he felt a lot more at ease.

    Lei Ming's cavalry units are good at field battles rather than defending the city, so they did not enter the city.

    Lei Ming's camp was located near Xitiancang, forming a corner with Xitian Mansion.

    After Lei Ming wiped out the vanguard of the Southern Army, their cavalry was fast, so now the Southern Army's troops are still some distance away from Xitian Mansion.

    They are also idle and fine. Apart from sending a flag battalion to help strengthen the city defenses and build fortifications outside the city, their other cavalry units have begun to suppress the surrounding militia troops.

    The militia troops controlled by these big families gathered from all directions and wanted to assist the southern army in besieging and killing the Qinghe army.

    They are not fighting for the imperial court, and they don't have much loyalty to the imperial court. They mainly protect the interests of the big families in Jiangnan Province.

    ? At the beginning, Prime Minister Zuo Wang Huchen proposed the establishment of the civilian army for a very simple purpose, that is, the regular army of the imperial court was too weak, and it was really useless in the face of the retreat of the rebel army.

    The border army units did not dare to use it easily, so they proposed the formation of civilian army units.

    ?Because the rations and salaries of the militia troops were provided by the big families, the imperial court did not have the burden of rations and salaries.

    It is beneficial to the rule of the court that the militia troops fight against the rebel troops, and let them kill both sides.

    But the plan is good, when it is implemented, the situation becomes much more complicated.

    ?Because the big family is not stupid, so after they got the order to form the civilian army, they also obeyed and violated.

    Many militia troops even raised their own self-respect, and the prestige of the court itself continued to decline. Faced with the chaotic situation, the governors who were originally responsible for controlling the militia gradually lost control over the militia.

    The civilian army and the regular army of the imperial court also seemed to be at odds with each other, but this time in order to deal with the Qinghe army, they fought side by side again.

    Now that the southern army has not arrived, the militia troops dare not easily go up alone to fight the Qinghe army.

    But if they don't trouble the Qinghe army, it doesn't mean that the Qinghe army won't trouble them.

    The cavalry unit led by Lei Ming took the lead in suppressing these militia units.

    The Intelligence and Investigation Department has developed rapidly in Jiangnan Province. Although it has not yet achieved complete control, it is easy to know where the militia troops are stationed.

    Facing the surprise attack of Qinghe Army cavalry who came and went like the wind, all the units of the militia army wailed and suffered heavy losses.

    When the Southern Army troops commanded by Li Hong arrived outside the city of Xitianfu, the surrounding militia troops had been almost wiped out by the cavalry of the Qinghe Army, leaving Li Hong's troops alone.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report