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许平见劝降郑成功无望,就前去和李定国回合,打算仔细侦查看可否从从陆路进攻襄阳。龙腾小说网ltxsba.com
“襄阳以汉水为护城河,最宽的地方估计有几十丈了,上次能够偷袭襄阳得手完全是靠打官兵一个措手不及。”襄阳闯营志在必得,里面的大量物资可以帮助还没有从水灾中完全恢复过来的闯营恢复元气,许平记得元军攻打襄阳围了足足有六年,最后是靠训练好水师彻底切断宋军的补给通道才取得胜利,这种战术显然不适合闯营:“我们可不能花几年时间来围襄阳,我们更没有力量筹建水师。”
“围城做什么?等官兵再次决河么?以后我再攻打水边的城市一定要把军营高高地垒在山上。”孙可望笑道,这次三西营缴获了大量的福宁军攻城火炮,还抓到了一批炮手,孙可望把这些人统统从李定国那里要过来,组成了一个新的营叫攻城营。
许平非常支持孙可望的这个行动,这个营不会是野战部队而是彻头彻尾的攻城营,他问孙可望现在这个营筹备得如何了。
“托郑芝龙和刘香的福,攻城营现有臼炮六门,比上次在开封新军用来打我们的还要大,此外还有一种巨炮,大将军绝对想象不到有多么大,”孙可望用手比划着,向许平炫耀道:“这种炮还是黄候给起的名字,叫什么‘二十四磅加农炮’,每辆炮车下面都有八个轮子,一共有八门,是郑芝龙不辞辛苦地在福建装船,千里迢迢给我们送来的,我试着开了几炮,好家伙,我看就是山都能开个口子出来了。”
许平听得哈哈大笑起来,笑过之后他对孙可望和李定国道:“我已经把刘香放回去了。”说完许平看着李定国:“李兄不见怪吧。”
“这个草包放也就放了,不过……”刘香被俘之后一直骂不绝口,李定国一度想宰了他,只是考虑到许平或许有问题要问他所以才留刘香一条命,听许平把臭嘴刘好好放走后李定国有些不解气:“北人善马,南人善舟,说不定他水师带得很好,不然黄候为啥要提拔他?将来不会给我们找麻烦吧?”
“我又不打算从海路进攻福建,水师有什么用?这长江绵延千里便是有几万条船也看不过来啊,”虽然和黄石有约定,但许平也要替闯营考虑推翻明廷以后的问题:“再说我留下了郑芝龙,将来若是南征,这家伙可以做我们的向导。”
“郑芝龙也是一个草包,”李定国立刻推翻了自己刚才的话:“他和刘香都一点用没有。”
“他水师也带得不错,”许平微微一笑,作为一个陆战将领,他很能体会李定国对水师统领的蔑视,在许平的印象里自古中国决定胜败几乎都要靠陆战决胜,水师总体来说是个配角:“而且刘香肯定不会替我们出谋划策,留在闯王身边也没有用,郑芝龙虽然没有骨气,但对我们来说就有用得多了,将来若是我们有余钱了,可以让他来帮我练水师。”
“大将军想得真是长远,”孙可望把话题拉回来:“当务之急是攻打襄阳。”
“我们面对的是左将军,不是吕将军,在左良玉手里,襄阳空有坚城大河也没啥用,”李定国满不在乎地说道:“福宁军已经溃散,肇庆军还远在江西,左良玉必然死守待援,等我把他堵在城里后,三哥你就用炮轰烂他好了。”
“注意,注意,”许平提醒道:“李兄小心不要犯和福宁军一样的错。”
“哈哈,我会犯郑芝龙的错?”李定国大笑三声,向许平抱拳道:“大将军静候佳音吧,我这就去把左良玉堵在他的窝里。”
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近卫营前锋大约还有两日的路程,许平也不等待亲领到来就和李定国、孙可望一起并肩向襄阳前进。
三人纵马而行时,孙可望突发感慨:“三年前我们并肩向开封前进时,手下不过万余儿郎,西营的人多点,可是操练不精、器械全无,大将军的兵好一些,但是人可是太少了。那时新军出动一营,我们的肝就要颤三下,要权衡再三、要集中手中的所有兵马,才敢抱着拼死一搏的心思去与一营新军决战。”孙可望越说越是感慨:“开封虽然最终没能拿下,但是我们从弱到强,各营从无到有,现在便是新军全师而来我们也凛然无惧了。”
“只要侯爷不来就行。”许平轻声跟了一句。
孙可望和李定国对望一眼,他们俩都觉得镇东侯多半是大奸大恶之辈,不然怎么能位极人臣,不过这二人也早就摸透了许平的心思,在他面前绝口不说镇东侯的坏话。
闯军前锋因为要保护着孙可望的大炮部队,所以走得比较缓慢,三西营抵达襄阳前李定国照例向前派出探马侦查官兵的动向。
结果出乎三人意料的是,探马回报襄阳方向不但没有发现明军侦骑,而且还遇到了一批流离失所的百姓。
探子把其中几个百姓带到许平面前,这些从来没有见过闯军的湖南人竟然在闯营的三位将军面前失声痛哭:“左贼洗了襄阳,三天前就跑了。”
“左良玉竟然不守襄阳?”听到这个消息后许平大吃一惊,他万万没有想到湖广北部的这座雄城竟然兵不血刃就到手了。
三个人都是胆大包天之人,既然官兵主力已经逃走,许平和李定国立刻就要抛下部队带着一队卫兵前去查看,而孙可望也拒绝继续和大部队一起慢慢磨蹭:“上次说好了要让我第一批进开封,上次大将军食言了,这次又要抛下我么?”
三人带着一队骑兵,由那个探子带路直抵襄阳城下,只见城门洞开,大批百姓像漫无目的地在城郊乱转。许平策马驰到一个白发老者面前,这个老人抬眼看看闯营的这队骑兵,眼睛里空洞洞毫无神采,接着就又把头垂下。
许平客气地问了几声,对面的老人一言不发只是坐在地上摇头,无可奈何之下许平只好从这老者身边经过,纵马进入门户洞开的襄阳城。
未等许平穿过城洞,他就闻到一股股烧焦的气息,等从城门下出来后,映入眼帘的就是破败的房屋,还有飘荡在城市上空的青烟。
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