scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 255 For the Qing Dynasty
(PS: Just to clarify, Pure Wolf has been ill since the first day of the Lunar New Year. He persisted with the illness for a few days, but the cold became more and more serious. The low-grade fever made his lips covered with scabs, and his head was groggy. I want to ask for leave. Although I tried to hold on for a long time, I really couldn’t hold it anymore, so the number of words is less. Please be considerate of my friends.)
"Report--! The Mangou navy turned around and attacked Hudu for the third time. Our troop transport fleet is still nearly a mile away from the north bank!"

"Report———! The Mangou navy launched an attack on our army's troop carrier fleet, but our army's navy has not sent troops to intercept it so far, and it seems possible to flee timidly!"

"Report————————————————— As soon as our army's troop transport fleet came ashore, the Mangou navy rushed into our army's fleet and started a war with our army's river bank defenders. The battle was fierce, and our soldiers fell into the water." There are so many of them! However, for some reason, our navy has not yet appeared on the battlefield!"

One more urgent meteor express was sent to the Wu army camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and directly sent to the dormitory where the old traitor Wu was resting. After hearing the news, most of the Wu army generals who came to the dormitory and waited for orders became anxious. Ants, all anxiously looked at old traitor Wu, waiting for old traitor Wu to send troops to respond to the order, but old traitor Wu who put on his clothes and got up to listen to the spy yawned loudly, waved and said, "Okay, there is no need to report again, everyone General, go back and rest too, you have nothing to do tonight."

"It's nothing to do with us?" Xia Guoxiang was stunned, and he hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists and screamed: "Father-in-law, how can you say that it's nothing to do with us? Now the Mangou navy is attacking our troop carrier fleet, and our navy is attacking us again!" It’s missing, and the situation is so critical, how can you say that it’s nothing to do with us?”

"It's true that the situation is critical, but it's not us, it's Man Dog." The old man Wu smiled treacherously, and said casually: "If the old man is not wrong, the Man Dog sailor should also find out that the situation is wrong. Don't worry, Yifeng's ability This king understands that we will definitely win this water battle."

"My lord, can't you be so optimistic?" Wang Shirong also stood up and said cautiously: "Before, Lin Xingzhu's department of our navy and Xu Zhidu's department of the Mangou Navy fought three times, and they all came back in defeat. Your lord, you don't even know what the division is doing, so how can you be so optimistic that our army will win?"

"You guys don't know about water warfare in rivers and rivers." The old man Wu smiled even more happily, and said proudly: "Although the old man is not very proficient in water warfare, I also know that in river water warfare, the most important thing is wind direction and water flow. Our navy lost three times in three battles, all because of the unfavorable wind direction and current. Now Yifeng uses the troop carrier as bait to attract the full-fledged sailors, but our sailors are nowhere to be found. What are they doing? Other than robbing What else is there to do besides the vantage point of being upwind and downwind?"

"Besides, Yifeng gave us an opportunity." The old traitor Wu added proudly: "In one day, he has tossed the Mangou Navy back and forth three times. How much stamina do you have? We waited for work and seized favorable terrain, if we can't win this battle, then the old man sees that Lin Xingzhu will not be the deputy commander of the navy, he can go directly to the prison and squat."

The old traitor Wu trusted Fatty Lu so much, the generals in the Wu army were inevitably skeptical, but the old traitor Wu didn't give the generals a chance to continue questioning, he just waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's all go down, those who are on duty at night should strengthen inspections, and the others Rest well, and when Yifeng pulls out the small nail on the periphery, it's up to you to pull out the big nail in Jingzhou."

After all, the old traitor Wu directly asked the guards to drive the generals out of the tent, and continued to sleep. Although the generals of the Wu army were not completely relieved, they saw that the old traitor Wu had already spoken to this point, so they stopped insisting , They all went back to camp to rest according to the order without mentioning it.At the same time, throughout the second half of the night, the battlefield at the ferry was indeed filled with shouts of killing, artillery and explosions, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

In the early morning of the next day, the good news really came. After the Wu army crossing the river fleet lost three or four hundred soldiers, the Wu army, who had seized the upper reaches and the upper hand, turned around and fought back. .The exhausted Qing army navy could hardly form an effective resistance, and was defeated by the Wu army navy who vowed revenge. 22 warships were sunk by the Wu army, twelve of which were captured, and more than [-] soldiers of the Qing army were killed and captured. At that time, Xu Zhidu's traitorous wife, Xu Shi, was also stabbed to death by soldiers of the Wu army in the near-board battle, and she was bound into a beehive.Xu Zhidu led the defeated army and fled back to Yiling, never daring to leave the port to harass, and the river near Jingzhou was finally completely controlled by Wu Jun's navy.

Finally avenging the blood feud of three defeats and three defeats, the elated Wu Jun sailors unanimously called for the battle, demanding to take advantage of the victory to pursue to Yiling City, break through the city and hack the dog traitor Xu Zhidu and his family to death.But Fatty Lu refused, "No, I have to leave Jingzhou Mangou with a thought and a retreat, otherwise, Jingzhou Mangou will really be unable to fight to the death. Anyway, the Mangou Navy has no way to threaten our fate. If the fleet is safe, let them live for another two days, and it won’t be too late to deal with them after we capture Jingzhou.”

Fatty Lu refused to take the credit that could be obtained with one hand. Of course, the generals of the Wu army refused to accept it. He was a little bit dissatisfied, but smiled with his beard and said, "I really can't see that this little fat man has such patience and such a long-term vision. Yes, it seems that the old man should consider giving him more opportunities to be independent."

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Wu Jun finally killed the traitor Xu Zhidu fleet who was entangled like a mangy dog. The Wu Jun officers and soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River were all happy, but the Qing army in Jingzhou City panicked. The Ziwu army had just begun to cross the river across the board, but the Qing army in Jingzhou already had a feeling that the end was approaching.The plan of abandoning Jingzhou and retreating to Yiling was once put on the agenda of the decision-makers of the Qing army. Well, none of the generals and soldiers of the Qing army in Jingzhou City can run away.

Fortunately, in the decision-making of the Qing army in Jingzhou, there was a very calm-minded Tu Hai, who stopped the stupid discussions of La Bu, Shang Shan, Chani, and Zhun Da in time, and pointed out the reason: "Jingzhou City must not give up. There are two reasons. One is that our army is not as good as Wu Gou in field battles. Abandoning Jingzhou and retreating to Yiling for more than 200 miles is enough for Wu Gou to kill us all. Wan Dajun and the people of the city will spend more than a year, but the food and grass in Yiling City is not enough for us to use for a month even if we don’t count the people! So retreating to Yiling will only be a dead end.”

"Then what if Wu Gou digs up Wanwanti?" Shang Shan asked worriedly.

"This is also the reason why I insisted on bringing all the surrounding people into the city." Tu Hai replied with a serious face: "Because only if the barbarian people are allowed to enter the city, so that they have nowhere to escape, Wu Gou will be cautious, dare not Dig the dike of thousands of people casually, otherwise, I'm afraid Wu Gou would have started digging the embankment long ago."

"Wu Gou cares about the life and death of the common people? Did you miss such a good opportunity for the sake of 10,000+ barbarians?" La Bu asked in disbelief.

"The old thief Wu Sangui has openly played the banner of rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, which proves that he has made up his mind to compete with our master." Tu Hai patiently explained: "Under this situation, the old thief Wu Sangui will not be careless. Considering his reputation and popular popularity, the method of destroying dikes and flooding the city is too bad. The old thief Wu Sangui will never use it until the last moment for the sake of the people. In addition, I don’t know if you have noticed that Wu Gou’s camp is also stationed In the low-lying area backed by Taibai Lake, this is enough to prove that the old thief Wu Sangui has no intention of digging dikes, otherwise, once the Wandi Dike is dug, they would not be able to escape in the first place."

Hearing Tu Hai's explanation, La Bu, Shang Shan, Zhun Da and the others remembered that Wu Jun's camp was indeed stationed in a low-lying area. Only then are you relieved.However, our Prince La Bu of the Great Qing Jian was relieved, suddenly had an idea, and said in a low voice: "Tutang, Shangbeile, Zabel, Zhunbeizi, since Wu Gou's soldiers refuse to dig dikes in the low places, then we dig them ourselves. How about opening the Ten Thousand Dike? We have a city to protect us, even if the flood is overwhelming, we can withstand it for a while, but the army of Wu dogs camped in the open air, don't even think about running away!"

"Wonderful!" Shang Shanya slapped his thigh and said joyfully, "If you try to drown some barbarians, as long as you can drown the Wu dog outside the city, it will be worth the sacrifice!"

"If we can drown the old thief Wu Sangui to death, then we will make a miracle!" Zhun Da was also trembling with excitement, clenched his fists and said: "Now the old thief Wu Sangui has come to the city of Jingzhou in person, we will use the flood to destroy him. Even if we can’t drown him immediately, we can take advantage of the victory and pursue him, and there is great hope of capturing him alive or beheading him before the battle! If we succeed, we will be the number one heroes of the Qing court!”

"Then how do we dig?" Tu Hai poured out a ladle of cold water, and said with a sneer, "Which army of ours dares to go out of the city to dig the dike of thousands of people? Rendi?"

Labu, Shangshan, Tsani, and Zhunda all stopped talking. The Qing army in Jingzhou now consists of three parts. One is the army brought by Tuhai and Tsani from Luoshan. The Wu army broke the courage of the defeated army; part of it was La Bu and Shang Shan's original Jingzhou defenders, and it was also the army that was driven out of Chongqing by the Wu army's Wang Pingfan three years ago, and it was also defeated by the Wu army; The [-] newly-built troops brought by Zhunda, let these recruits who have basically never been on the battlefield go out of the city to fight the frontline elite of the Wu army like wolves and hungry tigers. ——It is even no exaggeration to say that without the protection of the city wall, the Wu army only needs to send [-] soldiers, which is enough to send the [-] Qing army recruits back to their hometowns!

"Huh?" After splashing his companions with cold water, Tu Hai suddenly remembered something again, and asked hurriedly, "Wait, everyone, I don't know if I remember correctly, it seems that when Xu Zhidu and his wife reported victory to us last time, How many of Wugou’s suicide boats have they captured? The Wugou’s new gunpowder on board was also seized by their husband and wife?”

"Tutang, you remember correctly." Chani, who had been silent all this time, stood up, "I remember very clearly that Xu Zhidu and his wife seized eight boats of Wugou's new gunpowder, but I don't know if they have used it now."

"Prince Jian, Xu Zhi is under your command, please send someone to contact him immediately!" Tu Hai stood up immediately and said, "Tell him, if the eight-ship Wugou new gunpowder has not been used, then you must do so." Don't use it indiscriminately! Let him find a way, no matter what method he uses, he will use these eight ships of new-style gunpowder to blow up the Wanwan embankment for us!"

"Tutang, is Xu Zhi sure of this?" Labu asked in surprise.

"It's all a gamble." Tu Hai gritted his teeth and said, "If my predictions are correct, after Songzi's Wu Dogs have all crossed the Yangtze River, the main force of the Wu Dogs will launch a strong attack on our Jingzhou City. Wu Dog likes to fight at night when he sieges the city, so we use the darkness to reduce the threat of our bows and muskets, we stick to the city to attract Wu Dog's attention, Xu Zhi should take advantage of the opportunity to attack, there should be a few percent success!"

"Okay then." La Bu also stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, this king doesn't care so much anymore. I immediately send cavalry out of the city, break out of the siege to deliver a letter to Xu Zhidu, and let him spare no expense." Blow up the Ten Thousand Dike at all costs and flood the Wugou camp!"

(End of this chapter)