Cutting 1719

Chapter 353 Capture Xi'an
Speaking of the Eight Banners military system, it is completely a mess. Even Emperor Yongzheng himself felt that it was a bit too complicated after understanding it clearly. The Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han armies were mixed together, and they were divided into forward and Xiaoqi battalions. The key is In this way, it is divided into eight banners, so there is a set of things in it that ordinary people don't understand at all.

If it were put in the past, everyone would not understand if they didn’t understand it, but the problem is that the Eight Banners New Army’s fighting style is modeled after the Fuhan Army, and this formation will naturally have to rely on the direction of the Fuhan Army. Narsu experienced the Battle of Anqing, he I know this very well, and it can be said that this set is fine in normal times, but in such large-scale battles, the military system of the Eight Banners will appear very cumbersome, and it cannot meet today's combat needs at all.

"Your Majesty, this servant thinks that now that our Eight Banners New Army has practiced new tactics, it is natural that we can no longer use the old military system. The Eight Banners New Army can no longer be organized according to each banner, nor can it be divided according to the original battalions. , everyone should be mixed together, and then divided into eight towns, each town has 1 people, but it is a division that has just surpassed Chu Ni."

Naturally, Narsu's suggestion did not come in vain, it was also the result of his consultation with Dai Jinxian, but now he had a thorough understanding of this system and felt that this system was very good, so he made a suggestion to Yongzheng.

Yongzheng has never lived with the ancestral plaque, so after hearing Narsu's suggestion, he was quite interested, "Go ahead and be more specific."

"My Majesty, in the planning of the servants, the 10 people of the Eight Banners New Army can be divided into eight towns, and each town has two infantry associations under its jurisdiction, each association has two bids, each bid has three battalions, and each battalion has four teams. There are four battalions for each bid, four teams for each battalion, two rows for each team, and three sheds for each row. There are a total of 740 officials and secretaries in the town, 430 soldiers and 320 husbands. [-] and eight people, a total of [-] people in the town."

After Narsu explained the formation of the new army in detail, he continued: "Different from the old system, the new army system has a fixed quota for each battalion, which makes it easier to judge the strength of the combat power."

Speaking of it, this is also a big pit. The traditional Eight Banners and the Green Camp also have a battalion organization, but this so-called battalion has never been fixed, and the specific number of soldiers in each battalion is not customized, as few as two hundred. There are nearly a thousand people, generally around 500 people. This kind of unfixed method can easily lead to Shangguan's misjudgment of the battalion's combat power.Therefore, in Narsu's new army system, the number of people in each battalion is directly fixed, and the number of people in each battalion is 660.

"This is very good. Each town's officers and soldiers have a clear understanding of the combat power, and they can also know the logistics and supplies. Prince Ping, I really didn't misunderstand you."

In fact, there is another very important factor in Narsu's new military system reform, that is, after being adapted in this way, the towns of the Eight Banners will no longer interfere in local political affairs, but will become a more professional army. You only need your own training every day, which is very beneficial to the cultivation of the army's combat effectiveness.

In Narsu's plan, the officers and soldiers of these eight towns will need two years of effort at the earliest to fight. Therefore, in these two years, the Qing court can only rely on the army in the northwest and the Eight Banners in the Beijing camp, plus the north. The green battalions from various provinces came to resist Ningchu.

"Boom"

Following a dull sound of gunfire and violent shaking of the ground, followed by a burst of shouts of killing resounding through the sky, many soldiers with red cloths on their heads jumped out of the ditch outside the city, brandishing their knives and guns. Holding the long sword in his hand and the siege ladder, he began to climb towards the city wall.

Lintong, the east gate of Xi'an, can be said to be the only place to pass through to conquer Xi'an. Therefore, the Qing army in Shaanxi launched a posture here. During these two days, the endless fighting caused corpses to be piled up and down the city wall.

Now the Dayi Army really only has the way forward, because the back has been completely blocked by Ning Chu, once Xi'an cannot be defeated, it means there is no way to go.Even if they really turn to Ning Chu at that time, whether Ning Chu will come to rescue is still a question.

There is no retreat, put it to death and then live.This sentence is really suitable to describe the White Lotus Sect now, but for the Qing army above Lintong, they have no way of retreating. Who doesn't know that the White Lotus Sect is a bandit. All the people in the city are in danger.

When everyone has no reason to retreat, fighting becomes the only choice.

The soldiers of the Dayi Army who were shouting to attack the city were pushed down from the city wall one after another, and fell into pieces of meat. When this scene fell into the eyes of Han Wang Liu Ruhan, he did not have the slightest emotional fluctuation. He knows better than anyone that anyone can have compassion at the moment, but he, Liu Ruhan, cannot, otherwise he will be the next to die.

The current relationship between the White Lotus Sect and Ning Chu has essentially broken down, which is inevitable.Because since Liu Ruhan decided to enter Guanzhong, his ambitions have been exposed. He wanted to get rid of the control of the Fuhan army, and he even did not hesitate to use Henan to make a deal with Ning Chu in exchange for the opportunity to support the attack on Guanzhong. A large number of bird guns and sub-cannons.

Time passed slowly, and the Qing army on Lintong was defeated many times, but every time after being defeated, someone always rushed up to fill up the precarious city defense, which is also the reason why the Qing army was able to hold on for two days .

But today, Liu Ruhan gritted his teeth and wanted to fight on. Although more and more soldiers of the righteous army fell down, more people had already climbed the city wall. They brandished long knives and fought all the way, but the Qing army But they couldn't hold on any longer, they began to retreat into the city, and this also meant that the fall of Lintong was a foregone conclusion.

After capturing Lintong, Liu Ruhan did not indulge his soldiers in looting as usual, but gathered all the soldiers who could still move. Looking at these soldiers with murderous looks, he understood his order, more or less All affected the fighting spirit of the soldiers, but there are still important things to do right now.

"I don't want you to indulge yourself. There is only one reason, and that is to go sixty miles to the west, and you will find Xi'an City! What the hell is Lintong, Xi'an City is truly blooming like a brocade!"

Liu Ruhan spoke loudly in a bewitching tone, he could feel the violence in the hearts of the soldiers below, if they let it out in Lintong, they might not have the strength and fighting spirit to fight Xi'an.

"As long as you take Xi'an, I promise you that you will plunder for three days without sealing your sword!"

A bloody order was issued, followed by the cheers of the soldiers. They raised the long knives in their hands high, roared loudly, and their faces flushed even more.

"The sword will not be sealed for three days!"

Sixty miles is not far away. At least during the Battle of Lintong, many nearby villagers fled into Xi'an City to escape the war, so that the people in the entire Xi'an City knew the bad news. The White Lotus Sect was destroyed. It's Lintong!
General Xi'an's yamen was full of murder at this time. General Zong Zhabu of Xi'an and Governor Fan Shijie of Shaanxi had serious expressions on their faces. There were already piles of requests for help from Lintong in front of them, which were even stained with blood. It was even more miserable, crying blood almost every word, begging Xi'an General Zong Zhabu and Governor Fan to send troops to rescue them. The problem is that in the current city of Xi'an, how can there be soldiers to rescue Lintong?
Although Zongzabu is a general in Xi'an, he has 500 people from the Eight Banners, more than 2000 people from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and nearly 6000 people from the Eight Banners of Mongolia. There are also tens of thousands of people in Xi'an, so it is impossible to go out of the city to rescue Lintong.

The original tens of thousands of green battalions in Shaanxi were still quite capable of fighting. Therefore, during the previous campaign against Allah Butan, these tens of thousands of people suffered heavy losses and were assigned to the Northwest Army.

In this way, the green battalion in Shaanxi is actually only Fan Shijie's [-] Fubiao battalion, and the [-] Xi'an city defense battalion. The total number is less than [-]. Fan Shijie was helpless, except for sending a letter to the general guarding Lintong, he had no other assistance.

There were only eight words in the letter, 'stand by and wait for help, wait for the opportunity. '

These eight words are not even as good as wiping the buttocks of Lintong's defenders. Now everyone knows that there are soldiers in Xi'an, how can there be reinforcements in other places?
"dong dong dong"

The drums of the Dayi Army sounded, and the flags were already flying high in the army. Amidst the sound of artillery and drums, tens of thousands of soldiers mounted ladders and began to attack the city wall. For the people of Xi'an, this scene was long-lost. In the picture, they listened to the howling outside the city, and they felt a little unreal.

It's been too long, so many people are in a trance when facing the chaos of war, and they don't even know that they are under the knife.

Fortunately, the city wall of Xi'an was strong and there were many cannons, so Liu Ruhan really couldn't capture the city of Xi'an in a short period of time. Apart from throwing away a large number of corpses, he didn't achieve any results.

Liu Ruhan had no choice but to think about the method of breaking the city while besieging the city. In this respect, he is still very good at learning from Ning Chu, that is, he no longer uses this dignified way of attacking the city, but imitates Ning Chu's previous tactics, and at night, he will attack the city. The ground went to the root of the city wall, and then buried a large amount of gunpowder, just waiting for the earth-shattering roar.

But at this time, neither Zong Zhabu nor Fan Shijie in the city had discovered Liu Ruhan's intentions. They just kept sending letters for help to Nian Gengyao's army in the direction of Gansu, and they didn't have a comprehensive understanding of the city defense and other things. , Every day, I only know how to stand up and defend the city.

As the leader of the cult, Liu Ruhan is not only very good at deceiving people, but also possesses perseverance. It seems that like all the rebel predecessors, he did not indulge in pleasure, and he was able to share joys and sorrows with the soldiers in order to win the final victory , Even for this moment, he packed all the gunpowder he got from Ning Chu in coffins and put them under the city wall.

When the fuse was lit, Liu Ruhan looked at the tall and solid city of Xi'an in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Boom—"

In the middle of the night, after a loud noise that shook the sky, the proud city wall of Xi'an City was blasted with a huge hole, and the Qing soldiers on duty on the city wall hadn't even figured out what happened Things just got blown up.

"kill!"

Thousands of Daye soldiers poured into the city through this opening. They looked at the opened city of Xi'an with ecstasy, their eyes glowing red.

Money and women are all in front of them, just waiting for them to use them.

The soldiers wrapped in red cloth used spears and long knives to drive away the defeated Qing army, killing them all the way, leaving only corpses on the ground, and more people chose to surrender. They knelt on the ground and watched The red-eyed soldiers of the Dayi Army were killed in front of them, hoping that the other party would spare their lives.

However, this group of soldiers of the righteous army who could not stop their murderous intentions could not manage a lot. Many soldiers even rushed into the mansions of the gentry and lords, looting wantonly and killing bloody seas. If Liu Ruhan hadn't issued an order to stop them If it is set on fire, the entire city of Xi'an may have turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Fan Shijie was sitting in his mansion, his whole family was trembling in front of him, everyone's faces were ashen, but Fan Shijie himself seemed to have accepted this fate. Ever since his elder brother Fan Shiyi died in Jiangnan, he felt Just thinking about today, maybe this is the inherent fate of being a traitor.

Because of this, Fan Shijie prepared sharp blades and poison early on. He knew in his heart that once Xi'an fell, everyone in the city would have a reason to live, but he, Fan Shijie, would have difficulty thinking about dying after the city was broken.For Fan Shijie, even if it was death, he had to die with some dignity, so he piled up firewood in the mansion, and after the Dayi Army entered the city, he had already planned to commit suicide by taking poison with his family and setting himself on fire.

When the outer city of Xi'an was breached, Zong Zhabu, who was staying in the city, also looked desperate. Although the city also had a city wall, the city wall and the outer city must be really worth mentioning, and the Dayi Army The vanguard of the army had already arrived at the outer city and launched an attack on the city. Countless soldiers of the righteous army climbed up the city with ladders, and then there was a bloody fight.

Compared with the soldiers of the Dayi Army who have experienced battles, the strength of the Eight Banners Army at this time is really not worth mentioning, and they were quickly killed in the center of the inner city. The outer city is ten times worse, so at this time most of the inner city are families of the Eight Banners.

When General Xi'an's yamen was completely occupied by the Dayi Army, Liu Ruhan walked into Xi'an city through the mountains of corpses and blood. There is only one thought in his heart at this time, that is, he finally won, and all the previous sacrifices are worth it.
(End of this chapter)