第二百二十三章 泰极否来
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还别说,咱们曾老师这段时间还真有些转运的模样,继小孤山水战获胜之后,湘军还又在彭泽城外打了一个胜仗,还是在太平军没有放水的情况下打出的真正胜仗。更多小说ltxs520.com
太平军这个败仗是被地理地形给坑的,彭泽县城的地势逼仄,南边依山,北边临江,山是陡峭的石山,也是天然的炮兵阵地,将火炮安置山上便可用炮火覆盖全城。为了不给湘军在山上布置火炮的机会,在构筑彭泽城防阵地时,黄文金便在这座山上建立了一个营地,分兵驻守。
黄文金这个布置只有一个弱点,就是这座山上没有水源,饮水必须要到两里多外的长江汲取,或者是靠天上降雪化水饮用。本来时已入冬,正常情况下光靠降雪就足够山上守军使用,黄文金对此并不是十分担心,然而相当坑爹的是,今年冬天彭泽这一带冷归冷,雪花却少得十分可怜,入冬后近一个月只下了两场粉尘一般的小雪,薄薄一层隔夜即化,这就给了湘军以可乘之机。
通过本地的地主带路党获知山上情况,曾老师倒也逮到了发挥自己结硬寨打呆仗特长的机会,不顾气候寒冷土地僵硬,楞是以锄头为武器,以挖掘为战斗,只用一个晚上就挖掘出了一条又深又宽的长壕,彻底切断了那座石山上太平军的汲水路线。黄文金叫苦不迭,只能是一边祈求天降大雪,一边派军队冒险出城给山上驻军送水,湘军则抓住这个机会擅守特长,拼命挖壕沟筑工事切断太平军的出城道路,使得城中饮水几乎无法送上山顶一滴,也几次打败太平军的送水队,逐渐把石山上的太平军逼入了绝境。
被迫无奈,黄文金只能是硬着头皮出动主力和湘军干了一仗,妄图帮助城外驻军重新打通汲水道路,补充水源等待大雪纷飞,也保住城外重地。然而残酷的事实却告诉黄文金这不过是他的一厢情愿,近身肉搏战湘军将士或许不是太平军精兵的对手,据垒而守的防御战却是湘军的拿手好戏,凭借壕沟垒墙保护住大部分身体,再以火绳枪配合三段射迎头痛击,硬是打败了被迫攻坚的彭泽太平军主力。
死伤惨重还是突不破湘军的包围,黄文金无奈退回城中,已经断水多日的山上驻军见增援无望,也只好是被迫弃营突围,结果却又遭到了围山湘军的顽强阻击,多次冲锋都被打退,干渴至极的太平军士卒纷纷投降,守将邓文刚又伤重而死后,石山上的太平军残部便全部放下了武器向湘军投降,让湘军获得了全歼石山守军的大胜。
这场白拣到的胜利让曾老师和湘军上下都是欣喜若狂,士气与信心一起大振之下,攻下石山的第二天,曾老师就派人把火炮搬运上山安装调试,一边准备以炮火覆盖彭泽城内,一边安排士卒在大冶土工技术员的指点下挖掘壕沟,准备继续使用在湖口已经证明行之有效的地穴爆破战术,一鼓作气拿下彭泽城。
对此,斗志昂扬的湘军上下毫无意见,不但没有一个人提出反对,相反还十分卖力和坚决的执行曾老师的这些命令。惟有左宗棠叫郭嵩焘给曾老师捎了一句话,“你不觉得这么做太浪费火药了?把火药耗得太多,长毛主力又突然杀来,你拿什么迎敌?”
曾国藩很尊重左宗棠提出的意见,但是却没有听取,坚持还是按照原定战术打,同时理直气壮的向忤逆门生伸手讨要火药,同时湘军的火药储备也还算多,也还够使用。
再接下来,湘军几乎又一次创造了奇迹拿下了彭泽城,密集的炮火把彭泽城里轰得是鸡飞狗跳,日夜不安。全力挖掘的地道也在迅速的逼近彭泽城下,然而就在地道即将成功时,汲取了湖口教训的太平军却突然将同时挖掘的地道与湘军地道连通,与湘军士卒展开地底厮杀,并成功杀败了湘军的地下工兵。
收到消息,指挥挖掘地道的曾国葆慌忙派兵进入坑道,意图夺回地道控制权避免太平军破坏,然而经验丰富的太平军却突然使出了毒烟战术,将混有巴豆、辣椒和硫磺的柴草浓烟灌入地底,缺乏经验的湘军士卒措手不及,被浓烟熏得头晕脑胀眼泪鼻涕横流,在漫长狭窄的地道中进退两难,自行践踏,被熏晕闷死多人,被迫准备退出地道。然后太平军士卒才从容不迫的进入地道,捣毁湘军士卒加固地道的支柱顶梁,在护城河下地道段中埋设火药,炸垮坑道引入河水,彻底破坏了湘军辛苦挖掘的地道。
挨了这当头一棒后,一度有些飘飘然的曾老师这才总算冷静下来,没再浪费力气去以短攻长,果断放弃明显是太平军更拿手的地穴攻城战术,继续以炮火覆盖城内,辅之以坚固工事包围城池,反客为主逼迫黄文金主动出城决战。
严格来说,曾老师这一手的确相当奏效,也有很大的取胜把握。忍受不了湘军的炮火肆虐,又迟迟看不到援军的影子,城里的太平军将士果然出现了慌乱担忧的情绪,不少将领也跑到黄文金的面前建议出城决战,改变目前这种被动挨打的局面,黄文金则拿出杨秀清之前送来的坚守待援命令压制众将,然而时间长了以后,不要说其他的太平军将领忧心忡忡,就连黄文金也忍不住有些提心吊胆了,暗道:“东王九千岁,你可别坑我啊,你答应的援军,究竟什么时候能到?”
身处黑暗,不知光明已经触手可及,身陷泥潭,眼中看到的却尽是鸟语花香,彭泽大战的两个主帅黄文金和曾国藩都不知道的是,此时此刻,太平军的援军主力其实已经抵达了安庆城下,就象一条潜伏在黑夜中的饿狼一样,等待时机寻找机会准备扑向湘军这条肥美的羊羔…………
太平军的水师主力能够抵达安庆还不被湘军发现,完全是杨秀清高超的指挥艺术所致,借口到安庆运粮供给南京,杨秀清几乎是手把手一样的指点着秦日纲把主力船队化整为零,然后假扮成运粮船队分批西进,还故意打着相同的旗号以迷惑过往船只,秘密集结于安庆下游新河口一带,借助这一带的两座江心岛和茂密芦苇隐藏行迹。
同时杨秀清又早早就秘密命令赖桂英和石镇吉严密封锁新河口一带的大小道路,不给湘军斥候细作靠近侦察的机会,所以直到太平军的水师主力集结完毕,一百多里外的东流湘军依然对此一无所知,过没办法及时向曾国藩报告敌情。
再接着,当大量太平军水师战船突然出现在东流下游江面的时候,统帅湘军水师的曾国华、杨岳斌和彭玉麟等人当然是大吃一惊,根本就不敢相信斥候快船的探报。主帅曾国华还向斥候追问道:“看清楚了没有?究竟是长毛的战船,还是长毛的运粮船?”
“回六帅,千真万确是长毛战船。”斥候如实答道:“发现我们的船后,长毛还派出了快船追杀我们,我们虽然运气好逃了回来,但是我们下游的两条快船都没有回来,说不定已经遭了长毛的毒手了。”
“长毛有多少战船?”曾国华赶紧追问。
“来不及清点。”斥候如实答道:“长毛快船追得太紧,小的们没时间仔细清点估算来贼数量,只是看到江面上长毛的小拔船密密麻麻,数量很多。”
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