scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 163 The Benefits of Modesty and Studious

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"Eh?! This old man, Oboi, what kind of medicine did he take wrongly? Why is the reaction unexpected?"

Using the binoculars to observe the changing situation of the Qing Army outside Yuping Pass, Fatty Lu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness. The Mite Qing army was just changing defenses normally, replacing the Yue Le army with low morale and many wounded soldiers, and replaced it with Le Erjin's new force, continuing to exert heavy but limited military pressure on Yuping Pass.

"Report—!" At this time, a Wu army messenger hurried up the tower, knelt down on one knee in front of Gao Dejie next to Fatty Lu, clasped his fists, and said: "Report to General Zuo, after careful investigation and statistics by our army scouts , the enemy's Leerjin Department is still about 3 people in defense. The Mangou Yuele army marches towards Yuanzhou in the rear at a normal speed. The wounded and sick soldiers move forward. Special exception."

"Continue to investigate." Gao Dejie waved his hand and ordered.The messenger led the order to go, Gao Dejie put down the binoculars, and smiled at Fatty Lu again: "Brother Yifeng, you finally miscalculated this time, right? Last time you said that we severely injured Mangou Yuele, old Oboi In order to save face, the thief will definitely launch a large-scale attack on us, judging from the deployment of Mangou's troops, it seems that the old thief Oboi has no such plan?"

"Brother Dajie (Gao Dejie), don't worry." Fatty Lu asked calmly: "My little brother asks you a question. If you lead troops to battle under the order of the prince, what will happen in the nearly four months after you dispatch the troops? Here, not only did you fail to achieve size, but you also lost consecutive battles and lost cities and lands. How will the prince deal with you? What will your brothers think of you?"

"Impossible!" Gao Dejie waved his hand again, and said confidently: "It's not that I, Gao Dejie, boasted. Since I joined the army at the age of 16 and led the army at the age of 17, I have never encountered such a situation! If you are forced to retreat, you have to watch hundreds of thousands of heads come back and dedicate them to the prince!"

"What if?" Fatty Lu asked earnestly: "Brother Dajie, if you encounter such a situation, how will the prince deal with you? What will the brothers think of you?"

"If that's the case..." Gao Dejie replied ponderingly: "In less than four months, at most three months, the prince will send someone to scold your mother. If it is light, it will be reprimanded, and if it is serious, it will be degraded. As for the brothers Well, even if they don't dare to say anything, they will look down on me in their hearts, which will have a great impact on the morale and morale of the army."

"Yes, brother Dajie, you are still like this, let alone old thief Oboi?" Fatty Lu said seriously: "Who is old thief Oboi? Man Gou Taishi, the last general in Man Gou Dynasty, there will be no one in this life A famous general who has suffered a defeat, even the prince has suffered a big loss under his command twice! It has been exactly four months since he sent troops on the second day of the first lunar month, and he has not won a single battle. He has suffered a lot in front of him, can he swallow this breath? Isn't he afraid of affecting morale and shaking the morale of the army?"

Gao Dejie showed some surprise, looked Fatty Lu up and down, and smiled after a while and said: "Brother Yifeng, you are really an old brother. I am more and more impressed with you. In fact, just now when the scouts reported the change of defense of the Mangou army , I also feel that the situation is a bit bad-Mangou, who had an absolute advantage in troops two days ago, suffered a big loss under our hands. After joining forces with Yue Le on the front line, nine times out of ten they will launch a strong attack to retaliate against us, but Man Gou just didn't do that, and my brother is also worried that there is something wrong in the process."

"It's just that what I didn't expect from what I said was that you, a civil servant who has never been on the battlefield, would actually see something strange in it, and come to the same conclusion as my brother, an old man who crawled out of the dead. Let my brother admire you more and more."

"Brother Dajie has won the prize, and the younger brother is only based on ordinary people's psychological analysis, so it happened by chance." Fatty Lu pretended to be modest and said: "But when it comes to commanding the front line and rushing into the battle, brother still has a lot to learn from you. When the time comes, I hope Brother Da Jie will be willing to give me some advice."

"It's easy to say, as long as there is something you don't understand on the battlefield, just ask my brother." Gao Dejie was quite straightforward, and agreed immediately, and then said: "When our Yunnan-Guizhou army strategically counterattacks in the future, Is Brother Yifeng interested in teaming up with my brother to form an army and kill all dogs together? With you as my brother's staff, my brother can save a lot of worry."

"Then it's settled. We'll form an army and kill all dogs together." Fatty Lu was overjoyed, and quickly agreed—what is Gao Dejie?None of the most dazzling star generals on the anti-Qing battlefield in history and the famous generals of the Qing Dynasty have not suffered defeat under his command. To be able to join forces with such a person, of course, Fatty Lu couldn't wish more.

After chatting for a while, Gao Dejie turned back to the topic and asked, "Brother Yifeng, since you also feel that Mangou's reaction is not right, what do you think they will plan next?"

Fatty Lu lowered his head and considered for a moment, shook his head, and replied: "The enemy's movement is unknown, and my brother can't see it yet. In my opinion, Brother Da Jie should strengthen scouting and reconnaissance during this time, and pay attention to every move of the Mangou army. Pay attention to the movement of the small roads in Liangsan Township in the south of Danan Mountain. Although the small roads there are narrow and remote, there are several small roads that can bypass Yuping Pass and reach the Jiming Pass at the throat of Zhenyuan. Off, then our fun will be great."

Although Fatty Lu's worry seemed a bit unfounded, Gao Dejie was also a cautious person by nature, and he quickly nodded in agreement with Fatty Lu's opinion, and immediately sent an order to the army to strengthen scouts and reconnaissance to prevent the enemy from playing tricks.

In the next three days, the scouts of Gao Dejie's army strengthened the enemy's reconnaissance and expanded the scope of reconnaissance according to the order. In the past few days, they have greatly strengthened the anti-scout force, dispatched a large number of cavalry to patrol around, and strongly reduced the scouting range of the Gaode Jie army. However, the Gaode Jie army's troops are not enough, so it is natural not to invest too much in scout troops , In the end, after Leerjin invested more than [-] troops to counter the scouts, the reconnaissance range of the Gaode Jie army's scouts has also been compressed to within ten miles, and they are completely ignorant of the enemy's movements behind the enemy camp.

On the fourth day, which was also the morning of the fifth day of April in Kang Mazi's 11th year, Le Erjin's army, which had been standing still for three consecutive days, suddenly mobilized the entire army and pushed within four miles of the front of Yuping Pass. There are also a large number of siege equipment in the Jin army, such as ladders, cloud platforms and Hongyi cannons.The news was sent back to Yuping Pass. Naturally, the alarm gong rang loudly in the pass. The generals and soldiers assembled together in armor and lined up on the wall to guard the pass. Gao Dejie, Gao Hongchen, Lu Fatty and others also hurried up the pass wall to observe the enemy. movement.

"Damn it! Hongyi cannon!" Gao Dejie, who was not equipped with heavy artillery in the army, cursed after seeing the enemy's weapons from the binoculars, and quickly ordered: "Send the order and prepare to implement the retreat plan. The dog is going to play for real this time!"

Gao Hongchen and other generals agreed loudly, and quickly assigned people to feed the horses, pile up firewood, pour fire oil, and recall the Wu army scouts sent out for reconnaissance outside the pass, so that they could retreat at any time.However, to the surprise of Gao Dejie, Fatty Lu and the others, after Leerjin's siege army had completed its formation four miles away, it did not immediately launch a siege, nor did it fire its guns. The cavalry came over with a white flag, and shouted at the wall: "Close the Wu rebel army and listen, the prince of Shunjun gave you two choices, one is to switch and surrender, spare you not to die! The other is to leave the pass for a decisive battle, let you wait See my great Qing iron cavalry majesty! Otherwise, the county prince will give you an order, and you will all be ashamed!"

"Go back and tell Le Erjin the dog thief, stop the fucking nonsense, come here if you have the guts!" Gao Dejie yelled back.The envoy didn't answer, turned around and rushed back to the Leer pennant formation, but Gao Dejie and others were puzzled that Leerjin still didn't attack the city immediately, but sent a large number of soldiers to the front of the formation to scold the formation , as if deliberately provoking Gao Dejie and leading Gao Dejie out of the decisive battle.

"What is Man Gou doing?" Fatty Lu felt more and more that something was wrong. Le Erjin's siege preparations were so well prepared, it was obvious that he was planning to attack the city today. Scolding, as if to lure Gao Dejie out of the decisive battle? ——Gao Dejie is so stupid that he will use weak troops to attack the well-prepared ten-thousand-man formation?
Not to mention, King Leerjin of Qingshun County is not good at fighting—of course, compared to Wu Sangui's Gao Dejie, Wang Pingfan and Wang Fuchen's perverts, but he still has a bit of ability to curse, which is obviously too high Mi Qing, who was pointed out by others, insisted on the relationship between Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan, exposing the scandal of Wu Sangui's side Fujin and Chen Yuanyuan, and scolding Gao Dejie who rushed into Burma to capture Yongli alive and the family of the three surnames who betrayed Mi Qing The act of slavery, the words were extremely vicious and vicious, so that several generals under Gao Dejie's command were furious, and they went to Gao Dejie to ask for orders to fight. Wu Jun was furious.

Because Mi Qing's scolding was too rampant, in the end Fatty Lu became a little angry, and quickly summoned Wu Jun's cursing hands, which he had carefully selected at the beginning, and asked them to speak in unison, cursing in unison: "Leerjin dog thief, I heard that your housekeeper wants to sever the father-son relationship with you, why don't you go back and kowtow to your own father?!"

Dozens of soldiers from the Wu army with loud voices asked Hou Leerjin’s relatives neatly, and scolded Hou Leerjin’s father so viciously and harshly. Yuping Pass suddenly burst into laughter, and countless Wu army soldiers shouted, “The dog thief Leerjin, I heard that your family’s Butler, I want to sever the father-son relationship with you, why don't you go back and kowtow to your own father?!"

"Leerjin dog thief, I heard that your mother and your grandfather had an affair back then, is it true?"

"Leerjin dog thief, why didn't your father shoot you into the piss bucket back then?!"

"Leerjin dog thief, I heard that you lack calcium since you were young, and you lack love when you grow up. Grandma doesn't hurt, and uncle doesn't love. The left cheek is pumped, and the right cheek is kicked. Donkeys are kicked by donkeys, and pigs are trampled by pigs. Those who belong to cucumbers should not be shot! Those who belong to walnuts should not be hammered! Those who belong to floor mats should not be kicked! Look, your face is so thin that you don’t look like a pig! Now throw you in the latrine, the latrine I can throw up, throw you into the cannon, and the cannon can explode by itself...!"

Fatty Lu swears, swears and swears, and then countless soldiers of the Wu army follow, each sentence is fresher and more vicious. The scolding was so violent that he was about to order to attack the city, but fortunately Zhou Peigong stopped him in time, "My lord, don't fall for the tricks of the bandits, the time is not yet!"

"Damn it, these bastards are scolding too badly." Le Erjin roared: "If I don't chop these bastards into mincemeat, I won't be able to get rid of my hatred!"

"My lord, don't forget the grand master's strict order!" Zhou Peigong was afraid that Le Erjin's fury would spoil the big event, so he had to move out of Oboi to sit in the town, and said quickly: "But don't worry, my lord, since Wu's rebel army scolded us, it proves that They have already fallen into our trap, and their attention has been attracted by us, as long as you wait until Shen Shi, you can take revenge however you want, my lord."

Anyway, Le Erjin, who was afraid of Oboi's strict military law, finally suppressed his anger and sat back in his seat, gritted his teeth and endured the increasingly vicious insults from Yuping Pass.Zhou Peigong's handsome face was full of smug smiles, and he watched Fatty Lu jumping up and down on the wall of Yuping Pass with his binoculars, commanding the army to insult and provoke Fatty Lu, and murmured in his heart: "Fatty Lu, you have finally caught my trick, and you will arrive at the latest!" I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh until tomorrow morning? This time, I will take back everything you owe me!"

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already Shenshi in the afternoon. Fatty Lu, whose voice was hoarse from scolding, felt more and more uneasy as the sun gradually moved westward, "What kind of tricks is this dog, Le Erjin, playing? The siege weapons are so fully prepared, why haven’t they attacked the city yet? Is there any conspiracy behind this?”

"Boom!" At this moment, there was a sudden cannon shot in the mite formation, and then more than a dozen cannons from Hongyi cannons rang out in succession, and the original blooming cannonballs roared and fell one after another. The roof of the small half of the city tower was smashed to pieces.Immediately afterwards, the battle drums sounded in the mite-qing formation, and the mite-qing infantrymen carried the ladders and pushed the platform to shout and kill, and the tide rushed towards the Yuping Pass shrouded in the setting sun.

"Withdraw!" Gao Dejie, who had been impatient for a long time, jumped up and shouted, "The whole army will go down to the wall, mount their horses and retreat, and set fire to the gate!"——Gao Dejie's task is to introduce the main force of Mite Qing to the hinterland of Guizhou Naturally, they would not waste precious troops for a Yuping Pass that was destined to be abandoned, fighting with the Qing army that was well prepared for the siege.

"Why is Man Gou attacking the city at this time?" Fatty Lu was stunned, looked up at the sky, and was puzzled, "The sun is already westward, even if Yuping Pass is captured, Man Gou won't have time to chase us down? Don't tell me? Er Jin didn't consider this?"

Relying on sufficient preparations for retreat, when the Qing infantry climbed onto the city wall, all the Jie soldiers including Fatty Lu had already left the west gate of Yuping Pass, and the city of Yuping Pass, which was piled up with firewood and poured with kerosene, was in danger. The fire broke out, the flames billowed, and the thick smoke billowed, covering the entire Yuping Pass in a sea of ​​flames, and at the same time blocked the footsteps of Mi Qing's pursuers.As for the common people in Guanzhong—Yuping Pass has been fighting fiercely for days, and there are still farts in Guancheng. Even Fatty Lu’s new master Wang Shaobo, who is the only commoner, was sent by Fatty Lu to infiltrate Yuping Pass along with Hong Xiguan, Kong Fanlin and others. The enemy's rear has gone to do big things, and there is no one in Guancheng, so why should they be stationed by the Qing army?

The raging sea of ​​fire did play a huge role in stopping the pursuers. Only a small number of Qing troops crossed the sea of ​​flames and chased to the west of Yuping Pass. However, after finding out that the troops were not as strong as the high-level troops, these few troops retreated obediently. Going back, returning to Yuping Pass to put out the flames, Gao Dejie did not go back to cover up the fire, but only left a small army to watch, and the main force galloped westward along the official road, returning to Sizhou City behind Yuping Pass.

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Zhou Peigong's timing was indeed extremely accurate, so high that the Jie army withdrew from Yuping Pass, and when the brigade arrived at the city of Sizhou, the sun had just set and the sky was gradually getting dark.In view of the fact that the soldiers were quite tired after a day of confrontation with the Qing army, and at the same time reported that the Leerjin army was not chasing, Gao Dejie quickly decided: "Rest in the advanced city for the night, and we will talk about other things tomorrow."

The Wu army cavalry followed the order and began to enter the city one after another. The city gate was narrow, and the five thousand troops could not enter the city for a while, so the Wu army cavalry dismounted one after another. While letting the horses drink water from the ditch beside the road, they slowly entered the city. Fatty Lu and Gao Dejie was also among them. At this time, Fatty Lu raised his eyes to look at the surrounding environment casually, and found that Sizhou City was different from most Guizhou cities. The terrain on all sides was relatively open, which was very suitable for cavalry to sprint back and forth. , Galloping and fighting, he smiled at Gao Dejie: ​​"I learned another trick from Brother Dajie."

"What did you learn from me?" Gao Dejie asked smoothly.

"Seize the favorable terrain." The humble and studious Fatty Lu replied casually: "Back then, if Brother Dajie hadn't taken the Yuping Pass decisively and used the favorable terrain to confront Mangou, but instead stationed in Sizhou City, which is open on all sides, Then once the main force of the Mangou army encircles Sizhou, it will be...difficult..."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu's mind flashed, and all the unclear things suddenly became clear, and immediately yelled frantically: "Stop! Stop! Don't enter the city! Come out! Come out! We have been tricked , can’t enter the city! Can’t enter!”

"Brother Yifeng, what are we up to?" Gao Dejie asked in surprise.

"Brother Dajie, why doesn't Mangou try to compress our scout activity space these days?" Fatty Lu roared with a livid face: "I understand now, Mangou is to prevent us from noticing the movement of their rear troops! I dare For sure, behind the Yuping Pass camp full of dogs, there must be an elite cavalry ambushing, who can suddenly enter Guizhou in a very short time, seize Jiming Pass overnight, and block us in Sizhou Prefecture!"

"And today, Man Gou deliberately dispatched troops in the morning to attack the city in the afternoon, in order to paralyze and exhaust us, so that we can return to Sizhou City just as the sun sets, and then go to the city to rest, and then their ambush can take the opportunity to act ! Sizhou City, you can’t enter, you have to march overnight to Zhenyuan! Otherwise, we will be surrounded by dogs!”

After all, Gao Dejie is also a famous anti-Qing general. Although he is not as suspicious and cunning as Fatty Lu, Gao Dejie immediately wakes up after being reminded by Fatty Lu. The pass fell overnight, and the Zijun was about to be shut down and beaten by the dogs!At this point in his calculations, Gao Dejie also hurriedly shouted: "Stop entering the city, and all those entering the city will come out, light up torches, and march westward overnight."

The biggest advantage of the elite army is its strict military discipline and swift action. Although the tired generals of the Wu army were skeptical about Fatty Lu and Gao Dejie's judgment, they quickly withdrew from Sizhou City and regrouped after the order of Gao Dejie. Line up, and follow the high-definition flag to fly westward overnight.The local defenders in Sizhou City were told by Fatty Lu that those who are willing to go with them will go immediately, and those who are unwilling to go can surrender to the Qing army to save their lives, and come back anyway when the Yunnan-Guizhou army counterattacks in the future.As a result, more than 400 local defenders were willing to go with Wu Sangui's army, and only 400 people were willing to stay and gamble.

Thanks to the relatively open terrain of Tuosi Prefecture, it took only an hour for the Wu Jun cavalry to arrive at Jiming Pass more than ten miles away after waking up, but when they were less than half a mile away from Jiming Pass, they gradually On the mountain road to the south of the narrowed official road, for some reason, a mite infantry appeared, collided with the front of the Gaode Jie army from the side, and fought together without saying a word.Seeing this Qing army that seemed to have fallen from the sky, the whole army of the Jie army broke out in a cold sweat—even if it was a quarter of an hour later, this Qing army would be the first to reach the defenders. There was almost no cock crowing closed.

"Brother Yifeng, you saved our lives!" Gao Dejie exclaimed in shock, "If it's a quarter of an hour later, this team of dogs will beat us to the cock-crowing level. If you break through, you don’t know how much you have to pay.”

"Brother Dajie, I'm also a coincidence." Fatty Lu's forehead was dripping with sweat—if the Jie army was surrounded by the Qing army, anyone would have hope to survive, but Fatty Lu, the scourge of the Qing Dynasty, would not be able to survive no matter what .Fatty Lu said tremblingly: "I finally understand now that Man Gou deliberately dispatched this morning to attack the city in the afternoon, and another purpose is to attract the attention of our army, so that their army can detour from the parasol trail."

"Damn it, who came up with this poisonous scheme, it's so damn vicious!"

At this time, although the front was still shouting and killing, Gao Dejie's army had already stopped advancing unknowingly. It turned out that although the mite Qing infantry in front were not many in strength, they fought very bravely. Leng Shengsheng squeezed onto the avenue and lined up on the avenue to block the attack. It was dark and the road was narrow. The cavalry of the Wu army could not exert their impact and could only dismount and fight on foot. Naturally, they would not be able to break through the blocking position of the Qing army for a while.

"Brother Dajie, the situation is not good." Fatty Lu saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly pulled up his sleeves and said in a low voice: "Since Man Gou dares to send this army to go around, it proves that this army must be extremely elite. It is very difficult for Mangou's ace main force to defeat them quickly. And behind us, Mangou cavalry must have been chasing this way, and if time drags on for a long time, we will be in danger again."

"Brother Dajie, I know you have those things with you, but the prince strictly ordered you not to use them until the last moment, so as not to expose your strength in advance." Fatty Lu said quickly: "It is almost a critical moment now, and the sky is completely dark again. , Man Gou can't see the situation clearly, it's time to use our magic weapon."

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"Rush up and fight with me!" Zhao Liangdong shouted, wielding his sword, "The road is narrow and the Wugou cavalry can't spread out. Go up and guard the official road, and we will win! Get promoted and get rich, let's fight here, brothers, come with us!" Lao Tzu rush! Kill a Wu dog, reward a woman, kill——! The Qing Dynasty will win!"

"The Great Qing will surely win!" Zhao Liangdong's infantrymen brought by Zhao Liangdong yelled wildly. Taking advantage of their commanding position, they yelled and followed behind Zhao Liangdong. .But at that moment, more than [-] cavalrymen of the Wu army suddenly rushed out, shouting "Yungui will win", and threw the black cylinders towards the Qing army. When the cylinders fell, they hit several times. An unlucky egg white soldier.

"Son Gao Dejie, are you dizzy? Hit us with such a small stone?" Zhao Liangdong almost didn't laugh out loud, but before Zhao Liangdong could react again, the Qing army suddenly burst into flames and thunder. , One by one Qing soldiers flew into the air, screaming and fell a few feet away, and many Qing soldiers were simply blown to pieces, leaving no corpses.Several Qing soldiers were blown off their legs and fell to the ground crying and howling, "Mother, help! Help! Mom——!"

"What the hell?!" Zhao Liangdong and countless Qing soldiers screamed.But before the words fell, screams and screams sounded in the Qing army. It turned out that the soldiers of the Czech army threw some weird cylinders into the Qing army again, and this time the weird cylinders The explosion was even faster, and it exploded almost as soon as it fell. Amidst the loud noise of the flames, the nearby soldiers of the Qing army were either blown to pieces, or their faces were covered with flowers, crying for their parents and mothers. Fell in a pool of blood.

"Here it comes again!" The desperate screams sounded again, Wu Jun soldiers threw a third wave of weird cylinders, one of which flew directly towards Zhao Liangdong.With his soul scattered, Zhao Liangdong grabbed a companion almost subconsciously, and used his body to block in front of him. Immediately afterwards, the cylinder exploded, and the huge sound shook Zhao Liangdong's ears so that the eardrums rang, even those who were nearby The screams and wailing of the soldiers close at hand could not be heard clearly.

Shaking his tinnitus-ridden head, Zhao Liangdong let go of the Qing army soldier he had pulled to act as a human shield, and found that the front of his body was already bloody, and there were countless wounds all over his body that were bleeding outwards, and his lower abdomen was even more open. A big hole was opened, and the intestines flowed out, and he died on the spot. At the same time, Zhao Liangdong's thigh was also wet a lot. As for whether it was blood or urine, or both, he had to ask Zhao Liangdong himself.

"Run!" I don't know who took the lead and shouted. The soldiers of the Qing army who were showing off their might just now fled to the mountain, desperately trying to stay away from the terrifying weapons of the Wu army. Morale was shattered, and they scrambled to be the first to flee, howling ghosts and wolves, and the soldiers of the Wu army took the opportunity to chase and kill them.

"It's coming again—!" A new scream of despair sounded. Seeing Wu Jun soldiers throwing out mysterious weapons again, Zhao Liangdong, who wanted to make great achievements here before, completely lost his courage. Holding his head still ringing in his ears, he limped The abductees ran away, and the other Qing warriors also fled faster than the other. The Wu army cavalry took the opportunity to advance, quickly broke through the Qing army's blockade, and successfully arrived at Jiming Pass. Crossing this almost cost the lives of our entire army. God's Pass.

"It's coming again!" I don't know if the bombing and shouting were too ecstasy. From that day on, whenever the famous traitor Zhao Liangdong heard the words "Here it is again", the sphincter muscles in his lower body would always expand. He would twitch and relax like a conditioned reflex, so much so that when Zhao Liangdong led the army alone, he issued a strict order that anyone who said this sentence in front of him would have his head killed!
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