scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 174
"How is it possible? How is it possible? Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are also helping the old thief Wu Sangui?!"

Since he joined the army at the age of 15, he has spent more than 40 years on the battlefield of life and death between the two armies. He has experienced no less than a hundred battles. It was also unusually serious, the scream was not only shocking, but also extremely fearful and desperate, just like a rookie who had just entered the battlefield was so nervous and flustered when he saw dead people and blood for the first time, So timid and fearful, he even yelled out such absurd words as Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals.

If Xiao Mazi was at the scene and saw the fearful and timid expression on Ao Bai's ugly face at this moment, then Xiao Mazi would definitely laugh out loud with joy, and would definitely shout excitedly, "Old man Ao, so you also have today!"

I really can’t blame Oboi for being useless, the key is that since the beginning of written records, except in fairy tales, no one has ever heard of or seen the enemy flying in the sky, soaring in the blue sky and white clouds. Heard it, never seen it, let alone thought about it!But now seeing the soldiers of the Wu army flying in the air with Wu Sangui's flag soaring into the sky, if Oboi no longer gapes, stunned, and screams in shock, then Oboi's nerves are really thicker and bigger than his back and waist.

In fact, Oboi's performance is already considered good. All the generals of the Qing army who have binoculars, as long as they use the binoculars to see the three huge airships, the white word "Wu" with black airbags, and the hanging boat. The military flag of Wu Jun hanging on the top was completely dumbfounded on the spot. A few of the calmer ones screamed like Oboi, and those who were a little less courageous or more anxious simply sat on the ground with their buttocks, or made a plop. He knelt down on his knees and yelled like crazy, "Heavenly soldiers and generals! Heavenly soldiers and generals have come down to earth!"

Thanks to the straight-line flight, it didn't take much time for the Wu army airship team from Zhenning to fly over the Wu army's rear team. As a result, it was not the Qing army that was frightened first, but most of the Wu army soldiers who still didn't know about it. , Wherever the airship went, the generals of the Wu army all screamed, ran around, or knelt down on their knees to worship, and kowtowed desperately to pray for God's blessing-if it wasn't for the Qing army who was also overwhelmed by shock, or Some had already been bombed by the Wu army's rocket array and dared not move an inch. The Qing army took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and the Wu army must suffer a big loss.

Seeing such a scene, Wu Yingqi, who insisted on personally leading the airship team to bomb, was of course laughing and laughing in the sky, while Wu Sangui and other senior generals of the Pingxi Palace were very angry and funny, and quickly sent a large number of people to spread orders. Tell the soldiers of the Wu army that flying in the sky is not demons, ghosts, let alone enemies, but the Pingxi Palace Air Force, which is here to help us kill Mangou.At the same time, a banner was raised, ordering Wu Yingqi to go forward and fight quickly, and not to stay behind to harm and intimidate the soldiers of our own army.

In order to facilitate the command of the air force, Fatty Lu specially designed a set of extremely unique ordering methods for Wu Sangui, that is, let the soldiers hold wooden boards painted with white paint to form a huge white arrow, and each arrow commands an airship. The army can see orders at a glance by looking down from the sky.And when he saw the three arrows pointing straight ahead, the triumphant and high-spirited Wu Yingqi finally stopped bragging, and asked the four airship soldiers on the same boat to shake the propellers quickly and steer the direction forward with ropes.

In order to satisfy Wu Yingqi's bombing desire to load more ammunition, Wu Jun's airship troops flew at an extremely low altitude this time, less than 150 meters from the ground.Although this is an extremely dangerous altitude for airships with extremely fragile airbags, when the three Wu army airships flew in front of the Qing army formation, not only did no one in the Qing army formation shoot arrows at the sky, but Seeing the Wu Jun flag and Wu Jun soldiers on the airship at too close a distance, they were even more frightened out of their wits. Countless Qing soldiers threw down their weapons and ran for their lives. Most of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for Sanqing Tathagata Avalokitesvara came down to bless the earth, and the generals and supervisors of the Qing army were all at a loss, completely forgetting to restrain military discipline and stop deserters.

"Throw bombs, throw cluster bombs!" As soon as he flew over the top of the Qing army, Wu Yingqi couldn't wait to yell and run for his life.

Fortunately, the Wu Jun airship soldiers who got Fatty Lu were very calm. Yu Tianyu, the current captain of the Wu Jun airship team who was the first to parachute from the airship, quickly reminded: "Second prince, we can't throw cluster bombs now, we fly too fast. Low, if a small bomb is blown into the sky and hits us, we will be in trouble."

"Then throw the explosives, hurry up." Wu Yingqi changed his order.

"Second Prince, it seems that we should throw the leaflets first?" Yu Tianyu cautiously reminded again.

"Then why are you still staring blankly? Throw it away!" Wu Yingqi yelled, grabbed a stack of leaflets, and dropped the airship. Yu Tianyu and other four airship soldiers left two of them shaking the propellers, and the other two quickly embraced He picked up the leaflets and threw them to the ground one by one.

Colorful leaflets fell from the sky, all of which were printed with eight large characters—Heaven kills the thief, surrender and don't kill!After the soldiers of the Qing army scrambled to pick up the will of heaven and understand the content, countless soldiers of the Qing army threw down their weapons like crazy, rushed to the front of the Wu army's position, knelt on the ground and shouted to surrender, among them It also includes countless core core Manchu soldiers of the Qing army. Not only can the generals of the Qing army and the supervising team be unable to hold back, but even some grassroots generals of the Qing army led their troops into formations and surrendered. despair.

"We've succeeded in the heart attack, the general attack!" After all, the old traitor Wu was Lao Qiuba who had been on the battlefield for decades. Seeing that the victory was assured, he immediately waved his hand and ordered the general attack.

"Dong dong dong dong!" Hundreds of cowhide drums beside the Wu Junzhong army flag formation finally sounded, and the morale-boosting Wu army counterattacked in an all-round way, rushing towards the Qing army formation that was far more numerous than itself like a howling tide.At the same time, in order to cooperate with the main force in the battle, the Wu army airship finally threw bombs downwards. Explosive packages weighing three catties fell from the sky one by one, and fell into the chaotic Qing army team. The chaotic formation of the Qing army completely collapsed, and Wu Yingqi laughed in the sky, extremely complacent.

Almost at the same time when the Wu army launched an all-out attack, Oboi finally woke up from the shock, woke up several soldiers with punches and kicks, and let them put Tu Hai into the flag formation.When Tu Hai arrived in front of De Aobai, instead of saluting, he limped and knelt in front of Aobai, hugged Aobai's thigh and cried loudly, "Master En, it's over, it's over, the heavenly soldiers have descended to earth." , We are doomed, we are doomed! Enxiang, what should we do?"

"What should I do? Cold salad!" Obai looked very calm, grabbed Tu Hai, first gave him two slaps heavily, to wake him up, and then said in a deep voice: "Listen, this is very likely This is the last order of the old man. Now the old man orders you to retreat immediately with all the troops who can still obey the command. Don't enter Guiyang City, and don't stay in any city in Guizhou. Take everything you can take away, and retreat to the Yangtze River defense line, understand?"

After spending a lot of time, Tuhai finally came back to his senses. He nodded his head to express his understanding, and then asked in surprise, "Enxiang, what about you? What should you do?"

"Don't you want to be the queen?" Obai asked coldly, and then said: "I will leave the affairs of the queen to the old man. I will buy you as much time as possible. Your task is to escape from Guizhou with the Qing army as much as possible. They They are all elites of the Qing Dynasty, and every time one is left behind, it is equivalent to keeping one more kindling."

"Enxiang, let the humble queen be the queen." Tu Hai begged hypocritically.

"After such a big defeat, can I still run away? Do I still have the courage to run away?" Obai asked again, and said with a firm expression: "Just do it this way, you don't have to be modest, time is running out, and the old man won't have time I have written a suicide note, you must memorize all the old man’s next words, and recite them in front of the emperor for the old man!”

Tuhai burst into tears and shook his head in pain, while Oboi yelled angrily: "Cry! No one in life has ever died. I am already very satisfied that I can return the body shrouded in horse leather. What else is there to regret? Listen to Lao Tzu and bring The army ran, and the infantry who cleaned the battlefield just now came to report. Wang Jinbao, Laita, and Mu Zhan were not dead, but were seriously injured. You must take them back to Huguang for the old man, and leave a few pillars for our Qing Dynasty Material! Do you understand?"

Tuhai burst into tears and nodded in pain.Obai smiled with satisfaction, and said: "Very well, I will entrust you with the matter of withdrawing from Guizhou, and please tell the emperor that I really have no intention of hurting him. He never thought of killing him at all. For the sake of this, please let the group of Bumbleshan and Kachuha go. They are the pillars of the country and loyal ministers of the court. Don't kill them. Do you remember?"

"I remember the humble job." Tu Hai choked up and agreed.

"There is one more thing, you must report to the emperor." Obai said solemnly again: "After Wu Sangui's rebels severely injured the main force of our Qing Dynasty, they will definitely go north to Huguang to spy on the Central Plains. Please ask the emperor to negotiate peace with Wu Sangui. Even if Huguang is given to the old thief Wu Sangui, it will do, as long as the old thief Wu Sangui can be temporarily stabilized, it will buy us a respite for the Qing court. In time, with the strong manpower and material resources of the Qing court, victory will surely return to us On the one hand. Don’t insist on refusing to give in because of a momentary mood, and continue to fight against the old thief Wu Sangui, then my Qing Dynasty will perish. Remember?”

Tu Hai choked up and nodded. At this time, the Wu army airship had already flown within a mile of the Qing army's flag formation. The Qing army troops in front of the flag formation were either scrambling to escape, or rushing back to the flag formation to ask for orders to respond.Seeing that the situation was critical, Tu Hai hurriedly asked again: "Enxiang, do you have anything else to say? Wu Gou is about to kill him!"

"There is one last explanation!" Obai said quickly: "Please kill Wu Yingxiong, the emperor, and never hand Wu Yingxiong to the old thief Wu Sangui! As for the crime, you can let the emperor put it on the old man, and say that the old man saw the army. A fiasco, and to vent their anger, they sent people back to Beijing to take action, and as long as they can temporarily stabilize the old thief Wu Sangui, even handing over the old man and his family to the old thief Wu Sangui will do! Remember it, you must not let Wu Yingxiong get away! "

"Enxiang, why?" Tu Hai was taken aback, wondering if the old man Oboi was crazy, he wanted to take the initiative to take the charge of murdering Wu Yingxiong privately, but also asked Xiao Mazi to hand over his whole family to Wu Sangui, because he thought he couldn't kill off his children and grandchildren?

"I don't have time to explain, go back and ask the Empress Dowager, she will understand!" Oboi roared, and pushed Tuhai to push his own soldiers, shouting: "Protect Tutang and go first, restrain the army and retreat north , and carry Wang Jinbao and Laita away!"

Oboi's soldiers carried Tuhai, who was crying bitterly, away first, and Zhou Peigong also followed quietly. Although Oboi saw it, he didn't bother to pay attention. He just called the former generals to come forward, and shouted: "Everyone The general will listen to the order, restrain the troops to move closer to the original army, and retreat while fighting, and retreat to Guiyang along the official road! Then order Yue Le and Le Erjin to break through the siege and retreat to Huguang along the way they came, but they must not enter Guiyang City, so as not to be surrounded by bandits!"

"Cover." Before the voice of the generals of the Qing army agreed, a Wu army cluster bomb fell from the sky and landed just in front of the Oboi flag array. This cluster bomb carefully designed by Fatty Lu consisted of eight explosive tubes and one black powder Composed of explosive tubes, the black gunpowder paper explosive tube in the middle explodes first with a shorter lead wire, and shoots eight iron explosive tubes to explode in all directions, in order to kill and injure the enemy more effectively.As a result, when a bomb fell, Oboi lay down in front of the banner, and two pieces of shrapnel hit Oboi's chest and cheek one after another.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back and lead the troops to retreat?" Oboi roared.Before the words fell, another cluster bomb fell and hit the banner of Oboi. Amidst the violent explosion, Oboi's nine white flags fell down in response, and the morale of the Qing army collapsed completely. There were even countless The soldiers of the Qing army screamed the slogan that Obai was dead.

At this point in the battle, even if Oboi had the ability to surpass the sky, there was no way to turn the tide of the battle. The morale of the Qing army had completely collapsed and the Qing army fled northward like a tide. They pursued desperately by air and land, chasing and killing the Qing army who were still far superior to themselves like ducks, and slaughtered the generals and soldiers of the Qing army frantically, until the Qing army was covered with corpses and blood flowed all over the canal.

Cluster bombs from the sky exploded in the middle of the Qing army brigade from time to time, bringing up waves of blood and gunpowder smoke. Almost every cluster bomb went down, and twenty or thirty Qing soldiers died on the battlefield. Under the footsteps of their companions like raindrops, the soldiers of the army screamed and lost the chance to stand up again forever-in this chaotic army, falling down means death!

The front army collapsed, the central army collapsed, and the two wings collapsed. Every soldier and general of the Qing army had completely lost the courage to turn back and fight again. There was only one thought left in their minds, and that was to flee, to flee for their lives!No matter how few soldiers of the Wu army were chasing and killing their own team, none of the soldiers of the Qing army thought of turning back to fight. They just fled desperately to the north, and then fled north again. The grain, grass, and equipment transported into Guizhou by material resources were abandoned and ignored, all of which were cheap for the old traitor Wu who was enjoying the benefits.

Not only was the Qing army defeated, but even Wu Sangui's army was completely scattered. The generals of the Wu army, large and small, led their troops to rampage among the defeated Qing army. The defeated Qing army, even the old traitor Wu himself, can only barely restrain Hu Guozhu, who has been guarding by his side, and cannot command the actions of the rest of the generals.However, it doesn't matter to the old traitor Wu Sangui, the victory is already decided, and it's time for the soldiers to indulge.

Countless Qing soldiers fled into the deep mountains and old forests by the roadside, or got lost forever in the dark primeval forest, died in the mouth of tigers, wolves and snakes, or were captured alive by the Miao and Yi people who escaped the flames of war. People in Guizhou, who couldn't even afford trousers, robbed them all, and died even more miserably.

There were also soldiers of the Qing army who knelt and surrendered, but what greeted them were either the heavy leather shoes of their companions, or the blood-stained sabers and spears of the soldiers of the Wu army. Wu Jun was captured.The northern end of the Anshun Basin was completely stained red with the blood of the Manchus, traitors, and traitors, and was covered with the corpses of these people.

It was getting late, and in a daze, Wu Sangui, the old traitor Wu, seemed to have returned to that night in 30 years. It was also a night soaked in blood. Because of Hong Chengchou's stupid command, the 10,000+ Ming army was in a desperate situation and was forced to break through overnight. The ambush of the Nuaoboi tribe was also driven to slaughter by Oboi's army like ducks, and it happened to catch up with the high tide at night. Countless soldiers of the Ming army under Wu Sangui were either swept away by the tide or slaughtered by the brutal and vicious Jiannu army. Even the soldiers of the Ming army who were lucky enough to be captured were few and far between. Wu Sangui fled back to Ningyuan alone after a narrow escape.That night also became the eternal nightmare of old traitor Wu.

"Fortunately, it's turned upside down now." The old man Wu suddenly smiled, raised his knife and shouted: "Boys, let me chase you! Let me kill you! Avenge my brothers back then! Vengeance!"

Although it is impossible for the words of the old traitor Wu to be heard by too many soldiers of the Wu army on the crowded battlefield, the soldiers of the Wu army are already doing this. Teams of soldiers of the Wu army are like wandering dragons, enjoying themselves in front of the defeated Qing army. He swooped forward, slashing and killing recklessly, only regretting that he couldn't grow an extra arm and an extra hand to slash and stab.Among the ranks of the Qing army, there were wailing and screaming like a tide. Countless Qing soldiers fell off the mountain bridge. The corpses quickly filled the ravine and blocked the river. All the rivers and rivers along the way were stained red with blood.

Fortunately for the Qing army, the official road from Anshun to Guiyang is barely flat, without too many cliffs, so the Qing army barely avoided being chased by the Wu army. In the tragedy of Luoya, he was able to escape to save his life, but unfortunately, this official road greatly facilitated the full pursuit of the Wu army's infantry and cavalry.The nearly [-]-kilometer road from Anshun to Guiyang was covered overnight with corpses of soldiers and horses from the Qing army. Blood stained the road red, turning it into a real road of blood.

The more tragic thing is yet to come. The next day, at dawn, when the defeated soldiers of the Qing army who were lucky enough to get rid of the pursuit fled back to the city of Guiyang in embarrassment and exhaustion, they saw that the city of Guiyang, where they hoped to take a break, was already on fire. The fire was raging, and the tens of thousands of Qing troops stationed in the city had all fled towards Huguang, and some Qing army messengers rushed to pass orders, "The deputy commander Tutang has an order, Guiyang can no longer be defended, and must all retreat to Huguang, everyone, All retreat to Huguanglai Road!"

"Flee to Huguang? How can I escape thousands of miles away?" Countless Qing soldiers cried in despair, and some angry Qing soldiers even shot arrows at Tuhai's messengers to express their extreme anger, "Fuck you Damn Tuhai, run away as long as you want, why do you want to burn Guiyang City? Let the old people not even have a place to rest and eat?"

"Brothers, look! Look at the mountain over there!" Someone in the defeated Qing army screamed. When countless exhausted Qing soldiers followed the sound, they saw the most famous Qianling mountain in Guiyang. , I don’t know when a flag was hoisted, and it is fluttering in the wind in the rising sun...

It was a dilapidated military flag of the Qing army, with nine white banners, the handsome flag of Oboi.

"Tuhai bastard, why are you so stupid?" Aobai stood proudly under the banner with blood all over his face, but he was cursing in his heart, "You can withdraw as soon as you want, why do you want to set fire to Guiyang City? Are you Don’t you think that the old bandit Wu Sangui doesn’t hate us deeply enough, so you must force him to exterminate us? Do you want to force the people of Guizhou to join in the suppression of our defeated soldiers?”

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At about the same time, on the official road next to the Huaxi River in Guiyang, Wu Sangui's army, which was also exhausted, had already rested and assembled here, packing up the team to prepare for another battle, and gathering prisoners along the way to treat wounded soldiers. When they arrived, the old traitor Wu was suddenly in a bad situation-why did Wu Yingjing's infantry even come up?A certain self-army unit full of cavalry has not seen a shadow yet?

Thinking of this, the old traitor Wu hurriedly asked the generals beside him: "You, who saw Yifeng last night? And his Qujing army, how come there is no shadow?"

All the generals in the Wu army shook their heads together, and finally Gao Dejie said: "My lord, last night General Mo seemed to have seen Brother Yifeng with his Qujing Green Camp in the Pingba area last night, but it was too dark at that time, and the battlefield It's too messy, the general didn't have time to talk to him."

"Just see it." The old traitor Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and was really worried that his grandson-in-law would be caught in the chaos, but after thinking about it, the old traitor Wu felt that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Wait Wait, Dajie, you walked ahead of me yesterday. Since you saw a peak in Pingba, it proves that he is also in front of me. Why did you fall behind me? This road is not complicated what?"

"This, the last general doesn't know." Gao Dejie was also dumbfounded, and exclaimed: "Don't tell me something happened? It was so chaotic last night, and the moonlight wasn't too bright. Brother Yifeng went the wrong way Is there something wrong?"

"Bastard! Don't let me worry!" The old man Wu became angry and shouted: "Send someone to look for it, if you want to see someone alive, you want to see a dead body! This little bastard, the situation was so favorable last night Even if he is capable of killing him and disappearing, I really have convinced him! Get him back, and never let him go to the battlefield again!"

(End of this chapter)