After Sui Zhizhong and Huang Sanhu discussed it, they decided to use the third regiment as the main attack and asked Huang Sanhu to assist.
Huang Sanhu was very happy and did not attack.
In the previous battles and this time they swept across Qingzhou Prefecture, Huang Sanhu and Jian Zongan fought very well. After research, the military department has decided to let Huang Sanhu take over as commander of Zuo Hua's second brigade.
Jian Zongan will serve as a brigade-level officer in the third division under preparation.
Zuo Mengeng is still in his old habit.
Although he moves with the army, he only controls the formation and does not interfere in commanding operations.
With him in charge, the young officers felt at ease and commanded more calmly.
Sui Zhizhong's battle plan was nothing fancy, it was a frontal attack coupled with flanking detours.
In mountain warfare, flanking is very necessary.
Lushantou is a low mountain running from northeast to southwest. Sui Zhizhong planned to lead a battalion to attack Duozhuang from the west, while Wei Qiyou led another battalion to attack from the northeast ridge.
There is also a battalion that serves as a reserve and can be replenished at any time.
Meng Lianggu, Bai Dasheng has not had a good night's sleep for a long time.
He knew it when the new army first attacked. He also knew that he was the first to bear the brunt and could not hide away.
But the problem is, he has nowhere to escape.
The three directions of east, north and west were blocked by the New Army. If you wanted to run, you could only go south. Pass through the Meng River Valley and enter the Mengshan Mountains.
But the problem is that there is Murong Cai on Mengshan Mountain. He passed, just afraid that he would die faster.
I had no choice but to defend with all my strength.
Most of the Yimeng Mountains are rocky mountains, so the vegetation is not good, and it is difficult to hide troop deployments.
Knowing that the new army was going to attack Lushantou, Bai Dasheng personally led his confidants to set up defenses.
"If it falls into the hands of the imperial court, I don't need to say more about what will happen, right? This time the army is coming in force, and Zuo Mengeng is an even more famous general. But there is no other way. In order to survive, we brothers have to fight tooth and nail."
Seeing people's panic, Bai Dasheng had to boost morale.
Not to mention, his words are very effective.
Just because after the White Lotus cultists were caught by the imperial court, their fate was extremely tragic, including confiscating their homes and exterminating their clans was childish.
"Brother Bai, don't say anything. We all listen to you and we will never let the officers and soldiers have an easy time."
"Yes, I've had enough fun these days anyway. Work hard with the dog officers and soldiers. You won't lose money if you kill one, but you'll make a profit if you kill two."
The morale is available, I am overjoyed with the victory, and start making arrangements.
"Then Zuo Mengeng defeated the Holy Aunt, the Zuo and the Right Protector, and chased Murong Altar Master into the mountains to the south. He must be extraordinary. We must fight tooth and nail, but we can't fight forcefully."
He named one person.
"Wang Gouzi, take your people and guard the northern mountain ridge. If my guess is correct, the army will definitely attack from that side."
Some people don't believe it.
"I saw that the army would come up from the front, and there were a lot of cannons deployed."
Bai Dasheng is full of confidence.
"The terrain in the front is steep. If the army dares to attack, even if there are cannons, we can beat them."
These people are most familiar with the terrain of Menglianggu. When he said this, everyone was convinced.
When it comes to matters of life and death, Bai Dasheng is very careful.
"Wang Gouzi, remember, you must guard the middle section of the hillside, not the top. I will have someone watch behind you to make sure nothing goes wrong. If you can't guard the middle section, you can't guard the top of the hill. The top of the hill is lost. , the whole mountain is gone.”
Wang Gouzi said hurriedly: "I will remember it."
Bai Dasheng said to another person: "Kuang Xiaoqi, do you remember the ditch on the east side of the hillside? Take your people and hide there. If the officers and soldiers attack Wang Gouzi, take your people with you." The officers and soldiers are hiding behind you. The officers and soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death. As long as you shout twice, the officers and soldiers will definitely run away."
In this way, the orders were arranged one after another, and it turned out to be very orderly.
When all the thieves saw that their leader was so organized, they felt at ease for a moment.
The night passed, and the sky was slightly bright. Xinjun had a good night's sleep. When he got up, he had a hearty breakfast, and there was actually meat in the noodle soup.
But this is also the tradition of the new army. The food before every war will be very good.
Fighting is a strenuous job. Let the officers and soldiers eat well so that they will not be exhausted during the fight.
Menglianggu is a stone mountain, but the foot of the mountain is still mud.
The artillerymen entered the position first, dug pits, pushed cannons, and by the time the artillery was deployed, all the breakfast food was consumed.
Looking at Huang Zongyan who came back covered in black and gray, Zuo Mengeng smiled.
"How about you try it yourself?"
Huang Zongyan didn't care about his dignity anymore. He drank a big gulp of water first, and then said after he regained his breath, "Isn't our cannon more than a thousand pounds?"
When the artillery began to deploy their positions, Zuo Mengeng asked Huang Zongyan to take people from the Secretariat to help on the pretext that the artillery company was short of manpower.
Huang Zongyan didn't take it seriously, but when he started to work, he suddenly realized that he couldn't even hold a cannonball.
Seeing the other people in the secretariat acting as usual, he asked out of curiosity and found out that the big guy had been carrying artillery shells as early as in the military academy.
Although Huang Zongyan is not as arrogant as Huang Zonghui, he also had misunderstandings about military operations in the past. I thought that if I wore a feather fan and silk scarf, the enemy's troops would be wiped out in ashes while talking and laughing.
It wasn't until I got started on the ground that I realized that fighting, let alone technical content, would not be enough if you don't have enough strength.
Zuo Mengeng looked at the mountain with a telescope, but his words were addressed to Huang Zongyan.
"This is what I'm dissatisfied with you literati. Your words are all empty talk, and your actions are completely useless. From now on, do more practical work, and you will know how hard your brother has worked."
Huang Zongyan was relatively silent and just nodded, but deep down, he already had doubts about his past experiences.
It's so hard to even push an artillery piece. It's really hard to imagine how Huang Zongxi fought in the Battle of Qingshui Pass?
The new army wanted to attack in two directions, so a liaison post was arranged on the slope behind.
In this way, both sides can learn about the situation on the other side through the semaphore of the contact post.
When the infantry entered the attack position, Sui Zhizhong said: "Contact the Political Commissar of the Guard and the attack can begin."
The messenger waved the flag and conveyed the order to the liaison post. The liaison post then passes the order to Wei Qiyou, so that the time difference between the two sides can be minimized.
The first to show off their power was naturally the artillery.
Fifteen Zuoying cannons aimed at the ridge on the north side and poured out three rounds of shells in one breath, blasting the entire mountain into flying dust and rolling earth dragons.
However, Zuo Mengeng observed through the telescope and found that only the White Lotus Sect's defense line had been damaged, and there seemed to be no casualties.
He did not come to a conclusion immediately, but continued to observe.
As the artillery attacked, the infantry began to move forward. One of the teams moved about a hundred meters forward, lined up on the left and right, and established a fire position.
The rest of the infantry continued climbing up the hillside.
Because of the rugged mountain roads, the front-line musket array commonly used by the new army in the past could not be used. The soldiers had no choice but to divide into groups, taking turns to cover and rush up the mountain.
On the real battlefield, there is no such thing as killing Zhentian.
Apart from anything else, just doing various tactical moves is exhausting. Everyone wants to use their strength on the blade, how could it be wasted on shouting.
And you shouted so loudly, for fear that the enemy's firepower wouldn't be able to find you, right?
Therefore, when observing on the battlefield, what you see is a bit boring.
The top of Lushan Mountain is not high, and the hillside is right in front of you.
When the New Army soldiers were halfway through the charge, many heads suddenly appeared on the originally quiet White Lotus Sect position.
These people did not rush out, but just stood there condescendingly throwing stones.
At the same time, rows of arrows rained down from an invisible place behind the position.
Although the bows and arrows looked crooked and weak, a dozen New Army soldiers were still hit by arrows.
The soldiers charging ahead put up wooden shields, which offset most of the stones and bows and arrows, and continued to charge upward.
Under a wave of blows from the covering musket array, dozens of unprepared White Lotus sect thieves fell out of the ditch screaming.
Seeing that the White Lotus Sect seemed to be unable to withstand it, clouds of dust suddenly burst out from under the feet of the New Army soldiers. Many soldiers were overturned, and some of them even lost their hands and feet. It was too horrible to see.
Forced by helplessness, the soldiers who attacked the mountain had to retreat and renovate.
Zuo Mengeng and Mao Yuanyi looked at each other, not expecting that the White Lotus Sect would actually lay landmines.
"What's the origin of this Bai Dasheng? I need his detailed information."
Zuo Fu hurriedly took the order.
The first wave of attacks failed, but Wei Qiyou was not discouraged. After a short rest, he started the second wave of attacks.
This time, the New Army's artillery did not attack all the positions. Instead, they plowed through the area where the White Lotus Sect had laid mines.
Not to mention, it actually detonated many landmines that have not yet been discovered.
But this time the White Lotus Cult came up with a new trick.
More than a dozen sidecars were pushed out, and they were actually equipped with rockets.
After they were all ignited, they were like countless meteors flying randomly, rushing into the array of New Army soldiers.
Many people were unable to escape and died on the spot, and the number of injured also increased.
But the White Lotus Sect does not come up with these things without a price. Under the New Army artillery fire, none of these side cars were recovered, and they were all blown up.
Taking advantage of the fact that the rockets were gone, the New Army soldiers advanced again and were already far away from the White Lotus Sect rebels.
This time, they finally couldn't help it and rushed out of the position.
Is the New Army still polite?
A volley of guns went down, killing hundreds of thieves.
But just as the soldiers were reloading, a group of thieves suddenly ran out from their flanks and ran into the ranks of the new army brandishing cold weapons.
In an instant, hand-to-hand combat began on the hillside.
Although the soldiers of the New Army were well-trained, the Third Regiment of the Second Division was mostly new recruits, and many of them were inexperienced. In addition, the White Lotus Regiment had more people, and the artillery could not support them. They were driven down after repeated attacks.
It was obvious that his own attack was frustrated, but Zuo Mengeng was still smiling.
"This Hundred Victory is quite interesting. Its various deployments are more powerful than many famous generals."
