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Chapter five hundred and seventy-ninth three battles and three victories

Although the B Brigade of the Fifth Town was the only team in the Taiping Army that counted military merits by the head level, it had strict orders. After the soldiers went to the battlefield, they had to move forward and no one was allowed to cut the head level. The head level was collected by the auxiliary soldiers in the rear, and then according to the division of combat labor, the battle performance was divided into each team, and then divided from each team to individual.

It is difficult for the teams responsible for charge and blocking to obtain the head, but these people are really fighting for their lives. They are often the ones who sacrifice the most, so even if they are not captured at the head, they are implemented according to the highest reward standards. This system is to prevent the occurrence of killing an enemy. The soldiers give up fighting to grab heads for the reward of the head, and even have internal strife. Before the battle has been completed, the formation will be messed up first, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, resulting in the occurrence of winning first and then losing.

Similarly, the military rules of the Qi family army also stipulate that robbery is prohibited on the battlefield to prevent the enemy from throwing gold, silver and wealth on the battlefield, and inducing the soldiers on his own to cause their own troops to be in trouble. Therefore, every battle of Brigade B, all the seized were collected by the other Taiping troops, just like other Taiping troops, and then handed them into the public treasury, and then rewarded those who have made meritorious contributions after the war. Those who dare to rob or hide money in private will be beheaded immediately once discovered. Those who know that they do not raise their companions will also beheaded.

The first battle was easily won, and 29 casualties were exchanged for nearly a thousand casualties in the Qing army. This restored the morale of the Bing Brigade, which had been running north for half a month. From the brigade Yu Shizhong to ordinary soldiers, the Bing Brigade was confused and injustice about the orders that the town command post kept asking them to retreat north and not be allowed to fight with the Qing army. Especially those descendants of the Qi family army brought by Yu Shizhong from the north were even more ashamed. From the day the Qi family army was established, the two words "retreatment" were the shame of the Qi family army. Now the brigade masters finally led them back to fight the Qing army, and they made such great achievements in the first battle, which inspired everyone in the Bing Brigade.

Yu Shizhong was not satisfied with the first battle, nor was he blinded by victory. Instead, he based on his excellent military literacy and intelligence, he determined that the Qing army on the Northern Front was not the main force of the Qing army. At this moment, the main force of the Qing army was besieging Xiaobeishan in Liuzhou. So he only ordered dozens of auxiliary soldiers to clean the battlefield, and ordered the soldiers to quickly report to the town command post to the victory, and then ordered the entire brigade to continue pursuing the fleeing Qing army.

Tong Zhengliang and Xu Tianyou led their troops to flee in a panic. One of the two generals suffered two defeats in a row, like a frightened bird; the other was arrogant, but was beaten by the Ming army, throwing all his energy and energy into his attack. Under exhaustion, the two generals were unwilling to intercept the Ming army from the palace. Everyone expected that the other party could be a scapegoat. As a result, thousands of Qing troops were uncontrollable and ran south. Along the way, hundreds of Qing soldiers were exhausted and were killed or captured by the Taiping Army who were chasing him.

At the time of Si, in the Songjiawolou, a group of Qing army green camp soldiers were caught up by Brigade B. These green camp soldiers were all adapted from Sun Kewang's Jiaqian Army, and there were many local soldiers in Guizhou. They originally thought that the Taiping Army did not dare to fight with the Qing army, so they fled. However, the other party suddenly turned around and killed. As soon as the two sides fought, the Qing army was killed and abandoned their armor. Even the Han army's flag masters ran wildly. These former Jiaqian Army naturally had no morale.

The Taiping Army was rushing to death and stinged it. The green camp soldiers had nowhere to escape and did not dare to turn back and fight. They had to escape into the Song Family Wo Tower under the leadership of a thousand-president to fight for trapped beasts, with a total of about 500 people.

Songjiawolou is a place where the Song family members gathered here. During the Wanli period, due to the rebellion of the natives in Guangxi, the Han villagers of the Song family gathered here built this house in the same way as a military village. The stone gates were extremely strong, and most of the houses in the houses were made of stone. After a hundred years of storms, the villagers of the Song family had long disappeared, but the Song familywolou still stood firm. After the green camp soldiers fled into this village, they wanted to stay and wait for assistance based on the advantage of the territory. At this time, although the soldiers of the camp were completely brave, they did not have the idea of ​​surrender.

After hearing that the Qing army fled into the Songjiawolou, Yu Shizhong took people to inspect the terrain and found that if it was a strong attack, there would be some casualties. So he ordered people to cut wood and collect hay around, and use the wind to smoke the Qing soldiers in the Wanlou with thick smoke. As a result, the Qing soldiers could not bear the thick smoke and ran out of the Wanlou. More than a hundred people were killed on the spot. The remaining Qing soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered. Only the Qianzheng Officer fled from the Songjiawolou with dozens of remaining soldiers into the mountains.

After learning from the prisoners that their Qianzong fled from the back mountain, Yu Shizhong immediately ordered the team of soldiers where his son Yu Youming was located to go into the mountain to chase. Yu Youming did not disappoint his father's expectations, and led his troops to chase him, and finally caught up with the Qianzong Officer of the Qing army on the mountain. After slashing and killing, the Qianzong was broken on the spot. Yu Youming used his gun to carry Qianzong's head and went down the mountain.

In the battle of the Song family Wolou, the Qing army was killed 168 people, 320 were captured, and one of Qian Zong was killed. In the Qi family army, only 6 people were killed.

The son Yu Youming led his troops to chase the fleeing Qing army Qianzong, while the father Yu Youming led the main force to continue to advance south, and encountered the reinforcements of the Qing army four miles away from the Qing army camp.

After receiving the news of Xu Tianyou and Tong Zhengliang's defeat, Guoan was furious and shocked, thinking that the entire Taiping army in the north went south to break the siege of Xiaobeishan. At this time, the war in Xiaobeishan was at the last moment. The Ming army in the north could not be allowed to arrive, otherwise it would be a loss. In a frightened and angry, Guoan ordered the left-wing deputy general Liu Desheng, the Han army led Qi Wannian, and the surrendered general Zhou Guoding, Lu Sanxiang and other generals led the large camp soldiers and 4,000 surrendered troops to intercept. He also issued a strict order for Xu Tianyou and Tong Zhengliang to quickly gather the troops and join the reinforcements to block the Ming army in the northern line.

After Liu Desheng, Qi Wannian and other troops arrived, they promptly responded to the retreating Xu Tianyou and Tong Zhengliang's troops. They found that reinforcements from the Qing army had arrived, so Yu Shizhong did not send an order to withdraw the troops. Instead, they repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and ordered the entire brigade to attack the Qing army immediately.

At this time, Brigade B fought continuously and pursued all the way, so he was quite tired and hungry. In order to motivate his soldiers, Yu Shizhong shouted in front of the formation, "Destroy the thieves and then eat in Liuzhou." The entire brigade then lined up to attack the Qing army.

The Qing army led by Liu Desheng and Qi Wannian had never seen such a high morale and fighting so fiercely. Like Tong Zhengliang's soldiers, the Qing army fell into chaos when the first day of the first fight between the two sides was killed and injured by the Ming army.

Seeing that the reinforcements could not defeat the Ming army with only two or three thousand men, Tong Zhengliang and Xu Tianyou were in tune with each other and led their troops to retreat. As soon as they retreated, Liu Desheng and Qi Wannian cursed in anger. After the scolding, they had to lead their troops to retreat.

In this battle, more than 740 people were killed in the Qing army, while only 21 people were killed in the Taiping army.
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