Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 204

"Go! Go!."

With the sound of the long whistle on the position, more than 700 people from the two battalions on the southern line jumped out of the trench. With bayonets in their hands, they launched a big pursuit of thousands of fleeing Qing soldiers.

Although the overall quality of the soldiers in Beihai Town is not high, Wang Yuanfang has strictly followed the army physical training standards of the 90s for more than a year, and a five-kilometer long-distance run every day is a basic training subject.If you consume a lot of physical energy, your nutrition must keep up.Although Zhao Xin's procurement of supplies cannot guarantee the dietary nutrition of all the refugees, it is still no problem for thousands of troops to "add half a catty and four taels" every day.

(In the 80s, our army’s dietary standard, that is, the food ration of one and a half catties of vegetables, one tael of meat, one tael of poultry and fish eggs, one tael of soy products, and one tael of vegetable oil per person per day.)
What is the situation with the Qing army?

When Kangxi conquered Junggar, the dry food for the march was a bucket of millet (33 catties and 30 taels) fried into [-] catties and [-] taels, which was used as rations for [-] days.

During the Qianlong period, rice and noodles were more advantageous than rice and noodles when fighting Jinchuan. Five buckets of rice were made into eight catties of fried rice, which could only be used for five-day rations, while eight catties of fried noodles could be used for eight-day rations. Since then, fried noodles have been used as military rations.Others such as Mongolian cavalry will carry dried meat, and the Eight Banners Manchuria will carry some vegetable dumplings, that's all.

The shortest distance from Fuldan City to the north bank of the Suifen River is only seven or eight miles.After thousands of Qing soldiers fled south for three or four miles, their physical fitness was obviously insufficient.Those who rode horses were fine, but those who ran with their feet slowed down. Many people were panting, and even knelt on the ground and gasped for breath.

"Damn it! I can't run anymore, I won't run anymore." Several Qing soldiers sat down in the soft grass with mournful faces.

"That's right, that's right. These barbarians are too damn good to chase! This has been followed for several miles, why are you still so desperate!"

"Horse, Brother Ma, get up, man, barbarian soldiers are chasing you, you're catching up!" Another Qing soldier suddenly turned around and shouted suddenly.

"It can't be done! I really have no energy. I have eaten a handful of fried noodles since I left the camp in the morning." Since the Qing soldiers set off after eating a full meal in the morning, marching and fighting, they have not had any water or rice yet, and they are all tired. I was almost out of breath.

"Hands up! Hand in your guns and don't kill!" A soldier from Beihai Town suddenly ran out from behind a bush, shouting with a bayonet in his hand.

"My God! The barbarians are here, everyone, run away!" The Qing soldiers were so frightened that their buttocks were on fire, and they jumped up and wanted to run away.

"Bang! Bang!" Two gunshots sounded, and smoke rose from the ground, and those who were about to run stopped immediately in fright.

"Whoever dares to run away will be shot to death!"

"My lord, spare me! My lord, spare my life!"

The veteran of the Qing army called "Brother Ma" rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and took out two silver ingots from his arms, bent his waist, held them in both hands, and handed them to the soldier in Beihai Town, saying in his mouth: "This President Lord, please do me a favor, and let the mothers fart."

"Back back! If you move again, I'll pick you!" The soldier pointed at Brother Ma with a gleaming bayonet in his hand, and shouted sharply.The current rationing system in Beihai town is useless to ask for money.The army had already issued an order that it was not allowed to accept bribes and release prisoners privately, and those who violated the order would be sent to the land of Yezou to dig coal.In fact, the investigation of this matter is also very simple. One is that the prisoners have to be interrogated and screened; the other is that the military camp is so big, where can you hide the money?
"Yes, yes, yes! Back, little one." Ma Ge's complexion changed, and he complimented with a smile on his face: "Master, your official words are really good. If it weren't for this suit, I would have to Put you on my mother's side."

"Whatever you say, be honest!"

Several Qing soldiers exchanged winks, and one guy, taking advantage of the soldiers in Beihai Town not paying attention, went around and raised his shotgun to smash it.

"Libingwei! You kid, what are you doing so fast?!" Another soldier from Beihai Town ran out from behind the bushes, just in time to see the Qing soldier who was about to hit him, and stabbed him with a bayonet.

"Ah!" The Qing soldier who wanted to sneak attack screamed, was stabbed in the thigh by the bayonet, and fell to the ground.

"Ubingwei, you watch here, I'll go ahead!"

"Hey! Why did you leave me alone!"

Mao Bingwei jumped up and shouted angrily. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a few militiamen from Beihai Town with rifles approaching. He quickly said, "You take these guys back, and I'll go to the front." After speaking, he rushed out .

In the wilderness, such scenes abound.Thousands of Qing soldiers took prisoners in this way, and were tied up with ropes by the militiamen from Beihai Town who caught up later, and they walked back under escort.

At the same time, Fu Kang'an, who fled to the north bank of the Suifen River on horseback, looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and felt like crying.All pontoons were destroyed!
Only then did he understand why the Beihai Navy had so strong firepower that it had been holding back from firing, just to attract most of its own side and let those two strange ships destroy the pontoon bridge.

After the Suifen River detours south to the area of ​​Fuldan City, the water surface suddenly widens. The narrowest part is 80 meters, and the widest part is more than 100 meters.And after the convergence of the surrounding tributaries, the water flow here is turbulent, and the water depth is at least ten meters.

On the nearly [-]-mile-long river bank from east to west, there were groups of broken soldiers who wanted to cross the river and flee for their lives.Except for a very few soldiers of the Eight Banners, most of them cannot swim. Looking at the wide river, they don't know what to do, they sit on the ground and cry for their father and mother.Some brainy people are looking around for thick-armed trees, ready to cut them down and weave them into rafts to cross the river.

On the river covered with fine snow, the two gray patrol boats that were responsible for destroying the pontoon bridge were cruising back and forth on the river. On the deck, besides the M2HB, seven or eight rifles and a PKM light machine gun were also spraying on the river bank. bullet.Most of the bullets hit the open space on the river beach to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river.

After a while, the gunfire gradually subsided. Perhaps because no Qing army tried to fight back or dived across the river, the driver of the patrol boat turned on the communication device on the boat and connected a recording pen.Soon, a clear and sonorous voice came from the tweeter above the deck:
"Soldiers of the Qing army, put down your weapons and surrender is your only way out! We treat prisoners preferentially! Please cherish your life, think of your parents, wives and children, they are all waiting for you to go back and reunite. Don't You made a senseless sacrifice!"

"My God! Why is there a woman on this boat?!" The Qing soldiers present raised their heads and looked at the speedboat from which the voice came, all stunned!

"Yes, my wife, children, and my Ama are waiting at home."

"I miss my mother."

"This voice is really like my third sister. I haven't seen her for several years."

"It's quite similar. My sister scolded me at home with the same accent."

"My family told me about the marriage. I originally thought about going back to get married after the war. Er Niang also said that she would be able to have a grandson in the next year! Huh~~"

"The voices of the girls who are shouting are really watery, if this is a show for our men"

In the medical station in Fuldan City, A Miao was helping Liu Siting.Lying on the operating table was a Qing cavalry soldier who had just been lifted off the battlefield.

"Teacher, who were you shouting at alone in the room yesterday? Some people raised their hands and surrendered."

Director Liu was wearing a mask and couldn't see any expression on his face.But she raised her eyebrows and said in a muffled voice: "Oh. The adult in your family asked me to help record a few words of persuasion."

A Miao was busy with her hands, and a thought flashed through her mind. "Record? Persuade surrender?"

"Master, why are you in no hurry?"

"What's the rush, there are still seven or eight miles to go from here to the river!" Zhao Xin held the reins in one hand and the rifle in the other, and rode his Mongolian horse, unhurriedly, heading south Forward.Beside him were militiamen and laborers driving carriages; these people were all used to capture prisoners.

As far as Zhao Xin's horse riding level is concerned, if he really gallops all the way to the Suifen River, his buttocks will be smashed into eight petals.Instead of this, why worry!Anyway, Sheng Haizhou and Pingtai rushed up with the team.

When the two of them had walked another mile or two, and they could already see the Suifen River from their horses, suddenly cheers and shouts came from the front.

At this moment, Guisheng anxiously scratched his head, wishing he could let go of the rein and rush out.But Zhao Xin still looked calm and breezy.Soon, several soldiers came running towards him.

"My lord! Let's catch Fukang'an!"

"What?!" Zhao Xin stared at the boss, he reined in his horse, leaned over and asked, "Who caught it?"

"Two second-class soldiers, Mr. Ding has also rushed over!"

"I really caught the emoji, what a trick! Hehehehe~~"

"My lord, the way you smile like this is really penetrating."

"Little kid, what do you know. We're going to make a fortune this time!"

"Then will the master be able to marry my lady?"

"." Zhao Xin rolled his eyes, and continued: "It's adults' business, children don't intervene!"

"I'm not young anymore, I'll be sixteen after the new year."

"Under eighteen, they are all brats!"

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

"I'm so angry~ I'm resting in the drizzle in the rain."

Outside a bush on the north bank of the Suifen River, a group of soldiers with bayonets cheered loudly and sang military songs together around a dozen pale-faced Manchu captives.

Ding Guofeng squatted down and looked at Fu Kang'an, who was bloodless and had a knife mark on his neck among the prisoners, tilted his head and looked at the other's nostrils, and said solemnly: "You can't see the universe from here!"

The heavily tied Fukang'an sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes in silence.Of course, he couldn't speak if he wanted to, because his mouth was gagged.He was extremely regretful, why didn't he throw himself into the river just now, and insisted on turning his head and running east!Now he is a prisoner, which is more uncomfortable for him than death.

"Your majesty, I'm sorry for you!" Fu Kang'an said sadly in his heart.His proud birth and noble status did not allow him to show a little cowardice.At this moment, he felt extremely guilty, thinking that he was sorry for Qianlong and his deceased father, and just wanted to serve the country with his death as soon as possible, when he suddenly heard the cheers of the people around him.

With the sound of horseshoes, the soldiers from Beihai Town who were onlookers automatically moved out of the way, and a young man in his thirties came over riding a Mongolian horse with four hooves on the snow.

The man got off his horse, walked up to Fu Kang'an, squatted down and smiled and said, "Marshal Fu, let's get to know each other. My name is Zhao Xin."

When Fukang'an heard this, his heart was shocked, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
"Zhao Xin is a bastard! He went to the south to capture prisoners by himself, and I have to lead someone to attack Ninggu Tower!" Liu Sheng, who had just captured the Qing army's western front camp, cursed secretly in Duerjia's big tent.

"report!"

"Come in!"

The person who came in was Jiuzang. He paid a military salute, and then reported: "My lord, we captured 150 seven Qing soldiers and 4000 horses, but they were all rough horses pulling carts. According to the prisoners, the Mongolian cavalry led Then all the horses in the battalion crossed the river and fled in the southeast direction, and the number of them was about three to four thousand."

"You can't let this Qing army run back! Otherwise, with our small number of people, there is no way to take Ninggu Tower quickly! Jiuzang, you immediately send a squad to take the prisoners back. Send two more people to drive them away on horseback. Go back to the headquarters, inform Mr. Zhao and contact Instructor Wang, and tell them to stop this Qing army!"

"Yes! What about us?"

"Let the soldiers clean up, let's go now, to Ninggu Tower!"

Karen, Mongolia, was originally just a small checkpoint responsible for delivering official documents.The reason why it is called "Mongolia" is from the Mongolian River not far to the south.In another future of time and space, here is Balabash with a population of just over 3000.

Because the nearby mountains produce ginseng, and the coastal rivers are rich in Dongzhu, so the number of soldiers stationed here is twice as large as that of other Karen, a total of [-] people.

Since Fukang'an began to widen the road from Hunchun to Fuldan, Mongolian Karen soon became a very important logistics supply point on the way north for the Qing army.All grain ships departing from Hunchun transported along the winding Hunchun River all the way to the east and north, then turned overland, and then transported from the Mongolian River to Karen, Mongolia.It is precisely for this reason that the Mongolian Karen garrison strength has suddenly increased from 500 people to more than [-] people, including two shotgun squads.

The first snow in early autumn diffuses in the valley below Tongken Mountain.The undulating ridges, the trees that have not yet lost their leaves, the silver-gray sky and the pure white earth are intertwined and integrated into one.

Seven or eight roe deer, sticking out their white-haired buttocks blown into a heart shape, hurried across the forest, as if they were avoiding some danger.Before they went downhill, when they looked back suddenly, their demented expressions made people laugh.

Twenty minutes later, a colorful tiger turned out of the dense bushes, crossed the shallow ditch, and jumped onto the flat forest path.It didn't seem to be in a hurry, it just swayed its pattern like a flame, passed through the woodland, and left huge paw prints on the snow.When it came to a oak tree, it stopped slowly, hesitated for about a second, suddenly arched its back, and roared towards the mountain ridge a hundred meters away.

Now without Seldan's reminder, Wang Yuanfang also knew that the tiger had found him.

"Oops, we've been discovered! If we shoot, maybe Karen at the bottom of the mountain will hear it. What should we do?" Seldan asked slowly and softly.

"Chirp! Chirp!" Wang Yuanfang answered him with a gunshot.In the field of vision, the huge white-fronted tiger with hanging eyes was shot in the head and fell down in the snow.

Since leading the team to leave Fuldan at the end of June, more than 600 people like Wang Yuanfang have stayed in Tongken Mountain for two full months. Not tigers, bears and boars, but themselves.

More than 600 people have nothing to do every day, and they cannot hunt in the mountains and forests with great fanfare. It is really a torment.If it weren't for Seldan and his son, who are familiar with the mountain environment, they would have been discovered by the frontier residents long ago.Every time they encountered a beast, the soldiers did not dare to shoot directly, so either Seldan shot it with a bow and arrow, or Wang Yuanfang killed it with an automatic rifle with a silencer.

The soldiers ate compressed biscuits every day, drank mountain spring water, and rarely even lit bonfires when they slept at night.It is precisely because of this that in the past two months, more than a dozen people have fallen ill due to injuries and wild animal attacks.Although there are medical soldiers accompanying him, the so-called illness is like a thread, and it is not so easy to recover.

When Zhao Xin's order was received by radio, Wang Yuanfang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he couldn't stand it any longer.

The more than 600 people who had been depressed for a long time were like fierce tigers descending the mountain. They quickly passed through the forests and bushes, crossed one after another mountain ridges, and rushed straight at the Qing army Mongolian Karen with lightning speed.

When they rushed out of the mountain and had not yet reached the north bank of the Mongolian River, they were discovered by the garrisoned Qing army.The Qing army, like crazy, cut off the ropes binding the pontoon bridge before the Beihai Navy rushed across the river.Seeing that it was impossible to cross the bridge, Wang Yuanfang immediately ordered a company to forcibly cross the Mongolian River, while other troops provided fire cover on the north bank of the river.

When the soldiers in Beihai Town braved the rain of bullets and arrows and swam across the icy Mongolian River, they were soaked and immediately launched an attack.

The battle ended after 10 minutes, because Karen's building could not be destroyed by storm, resulting in the sacrifice of three people and the injury of five people.However, the two Qing army musket squads stationed here had no one to surrender and were all wiped out; more than 200 civilian husbands who transported food and supplies fled to the mountains in the south, and the rest became prisoners.

After getting in touch with the headquarters, Wang Yuanfang decided to let his subordinates have a hot meal first, and after more than 600 people had eaten and drank enough, and had a good night's sleep by the campfire, the new order arrived.

The order given to them by the headquarters was to block the cavalry of the Qing army fleeing south, and they must be wiped out, so as to create convenience for the capture of Ningguta.Wang Yuanfang thought for a while, first ordered some soldiers to repair the pontoon bridge immediately, and then held a meeting with Seldan and his son and the battalion commander.

After the brief meeting, Seldan and his son took their two scouting teams to disguise themselves, picked up shotguns and bows, and transformed themselves into armored soldiers stationed here, while Wang Yuanfang took the others to hide in the built concealed fortifications inside.

The water is already boiling, just wait for the rice to be put into the pot.
(End of this chapter)