The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 141 Cross the line of fire
Shi Lang continued intermittently: "The final general is incompetent and has damaged many soldiers... Lord Cheng please impeach him. When the final general gets better, he will also apologize for his own crime..."

Cheng Yi thought to himself, but losing five or six hundred Green Battalion soldiers that grandma didn't love and uncle didn't love, or being ambushed suddenly, what kind of crime is it?It was the thousands of chaotic troops that suddenly appeared that were fatal!
He asked urgently: "General Shi, are you sure there are thousands of bandits?"

"The enemy is hiding in the mountains and forests, so it's hard to know the exact number... Only the general saw it, and it should be around two thousand..." Shi Lang struggled, "Master Cheng immediately ask the general's uncle for help. When his army arrives, The rebellious soldiers will be destroyed..."

Cheng Yi ordered his servants to carry Shi Lang away so that he could take care of him, and then asked the defeated army who had returned to the city to inquire.

These soldiers were frightened by being killed, they only cared about running for their lives, how many enemies there were, but when the magistrate asked if there were thousands of rebels, they all nodded yes.What's more, it is said that the entire hillside is full of bandits, so densely packed that it is difficult to count them.

Cheng Yi was also panicked, and went to discuss with Master Jialazhangjingda Hasu who was stationed in Jian'an.The latter heard that there were at least two or three thousand rebel troops haunting Jian'an, and he had no objection to Yu Shifu's invitation to soldiers. He was also worried that Shi Fu would be negligent, and solemnly reported to Tulai, asking him to help coordinate the dispatch of the Han army.

Jian'an was less than three hundred miles away from Shi Fu's station near Pucheng. Early the next morning, Shi Fu, the Fujian general, had already received two urgent reports.

The first is the Jian’an Tang News, saying that the Jian’an Green Battalion was ambushed by thousands of rebels and lost more than [-] people.

When Cheng Yi was trying to win over Shi Fu, he pinned the responsibility for the defeat on Li Jian'an. Anyway, the others were already dead, so what's the point of taking the blame?

Shi Fu was very surprised, his nephew fled the camp without authorization, and the people who sent him to chase him reported that he suspected to have gone to Shaowu Mansion, why did he appear in Jian'an now?Moreover, Shi Lang, who has always been resourceful and good at fighting, was seriously injured, but he didn't know how serious the injury was.

But judging from this, Shi Lang did not rebel against the Qing Dynasty, which made him a little relieved, otherwise it would be a pity to kill this nephew in the future.

The next letter was a letter of request for help signed by Cheng Yi, the prefect of Jianning, and Dahasu, the garrison of Jian'an. The chaotic army in the emergency road was in danger, and the road to transport grain was very dangerous.He also said that Dahasu had already reported to Master Tulai, and it was advisable to send troops to the south first, and the official transfer order would arrive soon.

Shi Fudang even ordered the army to pack up their luggage and prepare to leave the camp and rush to Jian'an.First of all, his current duty is to guard the Jianning Mansion, and if something happens to the army's food and grass in the Jianning area, he will also be responsible.Secondly, he saw the Boluo army attacking the city and looting the villages everywhere, while he could only guard the front line of Pucheng and had nothing to do.If he could win thousands of heads in Jian'an this time, it would be considered a moderate achievement.

One day later, Shi Fu personally led [-] troops to reinforce Jian'an, leaving only [-] troops left behind in Pucheng.

Beside the official road on the outskirts of Pucheng, three refugees in ragged clothes stared blankly at the groups of soldiers passing by in the distance, wondering if they recognized the majestic "Shi" on the flag.

After a long time, when Shi Fu's headquarters disappeared from their field of vision, the eyes of these refugees suddenly became clear.

The tallest of them said in a low voice: "920 infantry, 48 cavalry, eleven cannons, and [-] baggage carts..."

The other two nodded slightly, and also reported the number they had counted, basically the discrepancy was not big.

Afterwards, the three of them took three trails and sent the information to the "trader" a few miles away, and the latter immediately dispatched horses to gallop in the direction of Shaowu.

On the day when Shi Fuba's camp went south, the Longwei Army and the brigade of Polu Camp also started at the same time.

A day later, Zhu Linmi looked at the defense map of Shi Fu's troops left by Shi Lang in her hand, and raised her eyes to look at the distant terrain. Soon, the hussars sent back came back and shouted, "Report! The hills on the east side No enemy was seen."

Zhu Linming took out the map and drew a checkmark on a hill.

Looking at the several ticks on the map, Zhang Jiayu said to Zhu Lin, "As expected, most of Shi Fu's troops stationed at the lower reaches of Xingxi River have been transferred to Jian'an."

Zhu Linmei smiled and nodded, "In this way, there will be a gap nearly ten miles wide to the west of Pucheng." He put away the map and ordered, "Send people to closely monitor the movements of the Qing troops on both sides. The whole army camped on the spot and slept. Tonight, when you are ugly, start, silence, and ban the burning of torches, we must pass through this gap without anyone noticing!"

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu immediately turned around to arrange specific matters.

More than ten miles is quite wide, but in fact, it is not very easy to let tens of thousands of troops—especially carrying cannons, luggage, etc.—pass without being noticed by anyone .

As long as the Qing army sent even one scout to take a look at it from a distance, the entire operation would be declared a failure.

To the early morning, the first quarter moon.

Visibility was extremely low, and every soldier could only faintly see the backs of his teammates in front.

More than a hundred soldiers in each division of the Polu camp held a long rope and lined up in a column, and the three divisions walked side by side.Everyone can't see the ground around them and can only trust the rope in their hands.

The soldiers of the Dragon Guards, who had undergone strict training, followed closely one by one, passed almost the same pace, stared at the backs of their comrades in front of them in the dark, and always maintained a neat formation.

The brigade of 8000 people was immersed in absolute silence like this, and walked nearly [-] miles away overnight, passing through the defense zone of Shi Fu's headquarters without being noticed by anyone.

By daybreak, they had arrived only about fifteen miles away from Xianxia Pass.

Zhu Linming ordered the large army to hide in a forest. She stood on a high place and took out a telescope to look north. The pass of Xianxia Pass was faintly visible in the objective lens.

Only one step away from reaching the established strategy, he put away the binoculars and said to Zhang Jiayu, "Inform Zheng Chenggong that we can proceed to the next step."

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Pucheng was the first stronghold acquired by the Qing army after entering Fujian, and it is now regarded as the most stable "rear area" of Boluo's army.

Due to serious injuries to his fingers and the fact that his physical condition was not good during his captivity, Durd could only hand over his subordinates to Mu Teng'e for a while, and he had been "convalescing" in Pucheng for a while.

Zheng Chenggong was sitting opposite him, drinking wine one after another, surrounded by beauties, they had spent several days in this way with wine and beauties.

The breeze from the window swept in, making Zheng Chenggong's head cold for a while.

He touched his forehead subconsciously, it was so smooth that his palms were numb.He didn't even dare to look in the mirror these days, because he knew he would smash the mirror--the bald head and rat tail in it would drive him crazy.

Where did King Chen go at this time?He drank a glass of wine with his head up and stared at the beams of the roof. The day before yesterday, he heard that there was a brigade mobilized from Shi Fu's department, and Shi Lang's side should have already completed it.

He was in a trance when he suddenly heard a beautiful girl whispering in his ear: "My lord, do you still remember the lotus outside Quzhou City?"

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