scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 261 Fiasco
"Returning to General Xia, the distance is too far, the villain can't see where Man Gou is going to break through."

The messenger replied with a mournful face, Xia Guoxiang was anxious and angry, and couldn't help but blurted out a trash, but the old traitor Wu took his time, got up and put on a cloak and strode out of the tent, and went outside the tent to look at the situation in Jingzhou in person. The generals of Wu Jun who had been waiting in the big tent for a long time hurriedly followed out, and the previous resentment against Bai and others in the middle of the night was also swept away, replaced by excitement and admiration, only Han Daren was full of shock and disbelief. Looking at Fatty Lu's gaze was like seeing an alien.

Get out of the big tent and take a closer look towards the east, as expected, in the direction of the night where the snowflakes are flying, the location of Jingzhou City is indeed full of thick smoke, and the flames are soaring into the sky, reflecting half of the sky like daytime, and you can faintly scream The sound, it is obvious that the Qing army in Jingzhou has already handed over the Wu army's surveillance team outside the city, but because the distance is too far away and the night is dark and snowy, neither the shouts nor the fire can make the generals of the Wu army judge. The specific direction for the Qing army to break out of Jingzhou.

After a while, a fast horse rushed to the gate of the Chinese army's large tent. The cavalry rolled off the saddle and got off the horse. Without touching the ground, they rushed to the old traitor Wu and knelt down on one knee. Before he could catch his breath, he said loudly: "Qi I report to my lord, Jingzhou Mangou suddenly went out of the city under the cover of night, and now they have engaged with our army Liu Zhifu's troops. General Liu Zhifu can't resist with few soldiers, so I request the lord to send troops for reinforcements!"

"Which direction is Man Gou going to break through?" Old Man Wu asked treacherously.

"My lord, Mangou left the city through the four gates at the same time, and it is still impossible to judge their specific direction to break through!" The new orderly replied panting.

"Quickly go and find out, and report back as soon as you have any news!" Old Man Wu treacherously ordered, and the messenger rushed away in response.The old traitor Wu first closed his eyes and calculated nervously, then opened his eyes quickly and shouted: "Zu Shushun and Lu Yifeng obey the order, order you two to leave the camp with [-] infantry, and go to the outside of Jingzhou City to reinforce Liu Zhifu's army. Kill and break through the Mangou! Remember, do not fight to the death with the main force of the Mangou, try to rob and kill the Mangou auxiliary army, after breaking away from the main force of the Mangou, immediately go to the city to fight the fire, and try to save the food, grass and luggage in the city!"

"Decree!" Zu Shushun and Fatty Lu clasped their fists in agreement, and hurriedly took the order and left.The old traitor Wu shouted again: "Ma Bao, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Hui, Wu Zhen, He Ji, and Ke Duo listen to the order. Each of you six will lead the cavalry from your headquarters and leave the camp with less torches. Canggang is in ambush, if the main force of Manchu breaks through to Yiling, don't block it in the right way, let the head go, rob and kill its waist, try to kill as many Mangou as possible for this old man!"

"Decree!" Ma Bao, Xia Guoping and the six generals agreed together, and took their orders and left.The old traitor Wu turned to Wang Shirong and ordered: "Send people to Wandi to contact Gao Dejie and Tao Jizhi, and order them to lead their own cavalry to fight and intercept the Man Gou breakout army. But remember, don't intercept Man Gou in the right way. The front team can only rush to kill the rear team full of dogs!"

"Students will do it right away." Wang Shirong agreed, but hesitated: "But my lord, the direction of Mangou's breakout has not yet been determined..."

"It's so dark, and the snow is so heavy, the day lily will be cold when Mangou's breakout direction is determined!" Old Han Wu snorted coldly, "The opportunity to fight is fleeting, so let's do it now!"

Wang Shirong agreed, and hurriedly arranged for a galloping horse to pass the order, and the old traitor Wu, who had planned to eat the whole army of dogs one by one, turned to the rest of the generals and said, "All go back to the tent with the king. When the situation is clear, the king I'll assign you errands."

The remaining generals of the Wu army agreed together, and all followed the old traitor Wu to return to the tent and waited. Only Han Daren hesitated for a moment, looking at the fire in Jingzhou in the distance, with extremely complicated emotions. Fatty Lu also judged the direction of Mangou's breakthrough correctly, allowing Wu Jun to gnaw out the main force of Jingzhou Mangou one by one, but deep down in his heart, there were inevitably some gloating expectations...

As the wind and snow intensified, the sound of shouts and explosions from a distance became more and more intense. But until all the troops of the Wu army left the camp and rushed to the predetermined battlefield to participate in the battle or ambush, there was still no new news from the Jingzhou battlefield. .Faced with such a chaotic situation, the old traitor Wu, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is better. He can still maintain a calm mind and wait patiently. Keep looking out, hoping that accurate news will come as soon as possible, so that we can show our skills on the battlefield and take advantage of the fire to beat the dogs in the water.

Fortunately, God probably discovered his conscience, and finally did not continue to torture the generals of the Wu army too much. After about a stick of incense, there were hurried and excited footsteps outside the tent. The disgruntled Wu Jun's messenger rushed into the big tent, knelt down impatiently in front of the tent, and played loudly: "My lord, the direction of Mangou's breakout has been determined, and it is the direction of Anlu Mansion in the northeast of Jingzhou! There is already a The battalion of full-dog infantry rushed out of the siege first with their luggage, and fled for their lives in the northeast direction!"

"Northeast direction? How is that possible?!" Old Traitor Wu stood up in surprise.Wang Shirong and Wu Jun's generals next to him were also stunned, while Han Daren was both pleasantly surprised and disappointed, thinking inwardly: "The god-sent opportunity to severely damage the main force of Mangu, I finally missed it. It's a pity."

"Are you sure that Mangou broke out to the northeast?" Wang Shirong asked persistently.

"The villain can see clearly that the dog-like infantry is heading for Anlu in the northeast with part of the luggage!" The orderly replied quickly: "General Zhaoyong also ordered the villain to report to the prince in the same way, the villain Even if you have a hundred guts, you don’t dare to misremember this direction.”

Old Han Wu sat down weakly, Wang Shirong was also speechless, and after a while he smiled wryly at Old Han Wu and said, "My lord, it seems that Mr. Mao Xia's students only guessed the time of Man Gou's breakout correctly, but they guessed wrong of Man Gou's breakout time." direction."

"My lord, it's still too late to make amends." Han Daren summoned up his courage and said, "My lord, please give an order immediately to let our army give up the ambush and go all out to hunt down the main force of Man Gou. "

"That's the only way to go." The old man Wu forced a smile, shook his head helplessly, and ordered: "Immediately send an order to ambush..."

"My lord, the villain Xiao Erlang, I have been ordered by General Lu Yifeng of Qujing to urgently seek to see my lord!" A sudden shout interrupted Old Traitor Wu's order.After getting permission from Old Traitor Wu, Xiao Erlang, who is usually not qualified at all, rushed into the big tent with a snowstorm, kowtowed to Old Traitor Wu and played: "Report to the lord, General Qujing Lu Yifeng ordered the villain to report to the lord, Although there is currently a full dog army breaking out towards the northeast of Jingzhou, but the sky is too dark and the battlefield is chaotic, it is still impossible to distinguish whether this breakout full dog army is real or not. It cannot be ruled out that the full dog force the people in the city to pretend to be an army to break through! So General Lu beckoned to the prince Be patient for the time being, and wait until the real breakthrough direction of the main force of Mangou is determined, and then make a decision!"

The traitor Wu was stunned again, and a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes showed a fierce light, nervously analyzing whether Fatty Lu's judgment was correct.Over there, Han Daren couldn't bear it and shouted, "Xiao Erlang, how long will that young master of yours be stubborn? It's already this time, and there is a full dog army breaking out to the northeast, and he is still insisting that the full dog is going to Yi Mausoleum breakthrough?"

"General Han, my young master knows that you will say that." Xiao Erlang was not afraid, but said loudly: "So my young master wants the villain to report to the prince again, and if his judgment is wrong, he is willing to bear all the consequences caused by it! "

"I'm afraid he can't afford it?" Han Daren sneered.

"What if you add me? Is it enough?" Wang Shirong said suddenly, went out and knelt down to the traitor Wu, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you know that the student and Lu Yifeng have always been at odds with each other. There is a rift, but the rift between the student and Lu Yifeng is only a personal matter. In the matter of loyalty to the prince, the student still respects Lu Yifeng very much. Therefore, the student is willing to vouch for Lu Yifeng's judgment today and guarantee that his judgment is correct. No way, the students are willing to share with Lu Yifeng the felony of delaying a military plane!"

"You have so much confidence in him?" Old Man Wu asked hoarsely.

"Students!" Wang Shirong said decisively: "Because the students have already discovered that since Lu Yifeng joined our army, not only has he been loyal to the prince, but he has never made a mistake in his judgment on political and military situations! So the students believe that , this time is the same as before, Lu Yifeng's judgment will never be wrong!"

The old traitor Wu stared at Wang Shirong, Wang Shirong showed no fear, he looked back at old traitor Wu with his head upright, his eyes full of firmness.After a while, old traitor Wu suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "Han Daren, listen to the order."

"The last general is here!" Han Daren eagerly clasped his fists and agreed.

"Let you lead eight thousand infantry to go to the northeast of Jingzhou, and hunt down and kill the army that is full of dogs to break through." The old traitor Wu ordered: "Remember two points, one is to raise more flags and torches, creating the illusion that the main force of our army is dispatched; If it turns out that the army full of dogs is indeed the people of Jingzhou disguised, they must not kill innocent people indiscriminately and let them go."

"My lord, what if that army is really full of dogs?" Han Daren asked with a mournful face.

"Then you can figure it out." The old traitor Wu ordered helplessly: "If you can beat it, you can fight it, if you can stop it, you can stop it. If you can't, then you should focus on protecting the army. This king will give you a great service." .”

"The last general will obey." Han Daren agreed helplessly, got up and rushed out of the tent to lead the army out, and said bitterly in his heart: "Lu Yifeng, you wait for me, if you make a mistake this time, you will never think about it again There is a slight chance to stand up!"

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After Han Daren's army was dispatched, on the battlefield outside Jingzhou City, the Qing army coach La Bu, who was leading the main force of the Qing army to fight fiercely with the Wu army, observed through the lights and found that the northeast of the Wu army camp was surging, heading northeast to An The direction of Lu Guan Road was moving, but the official road leading to Yiling in the south of Wu Jun camp was very light. Obviously, there were not many troops blocking it. Labu was overjoyed and shouted: "Wu Dog has caught the trick, the main force has already gone to Anlu Now, send a signal and break out to Yiling with all your strength!"

Three groups of fireworks flew into the air and exploded. After finally leaving the city, the assembled Qing army immediately began to act. According to the breakout plan arranged earlier, they quickly advanced towards the west of Yiling one by one. Tuhai and Chani led the battle. The former army stepped forward to open the way, Labu led the Chinese army to keep up, and the rear errands were handed over to Zhunda, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, and Shang Shan, who insisted on going to Anlu to break through the siege—this was also Shang Shan's own request. Breaking through the siege to Yiling is not good, but it is also convenient for Shang Beile to escape to Anlu, isn't it?
Under the desperate rush of all wills, the main front team of the Qing army quickly broke through the weak resistance of the Wu army, and rushed towards the direction of Yiling along the official road. Da and Shangshan's rear army, Wu Junzu Shushun, Liu Zhifu and Lu Fatzi outside Jingzhou City were unable to stop the [-] Qing army's all-out attack. He had no intention of fighting for a long time, leaving the team entangled by Wu Jun regardless, and just charged towards the west.

Soon, the main force of the Qing army arrived at the official road directly north of Wanwandi. However, the troops of the Wu army stationed at Wandi were too small to block them. They could only watch Tuhai and Chani's attack The front team of the Qing army and Labu's squadron passed through the defense zone. It was not until Labu's central army was about to finish that two generals Gao Dejie and Tao Jizhi broke out from the flanks and attacked the back waist of the main force of the Qing army. The most vigorous is to abandon the resistance of friendly forces and continue to advance westward at full speed.The sound of killing under the Wanwandi Dam shook the sky, and the sound of artillery was like thunder. The main force of the Qing army galloped and trampled on each other.

The cavalry of Gao Dejie and Tao Jizhi were not bad. There were only [-] troops in total. No matter how brave they were, it was impossible to seriously damage the vitality of the Qing army. It is the position most likely to be ambushed by the Wu army's heavy troops. However, Tuhai and Tsani, who had already made up their minds to fight to the death, breathed a sigh of relief. The former army led by them did not appear on the road until they all passed Canggang. Intercepting, La Bu behind was also very happy, just urging the army to hurry, and couldn't help smiling, "Okay, it seems that at least [-] to [-] main forces can be withdrawn to Yiling."

"Kill!" Just when La Bu was complacent, there was a sudden roar of killing on both sides of the road, and the torches covering the sky appeared out of thin air. Countless infantry and cavalry of the Wu army came to kill, and all the Qing troops screamed. Bu's face was ashen-colored, and he yelled hysterically, "There's an ambush! Go, go!"

"Da Zhou!" No matter how hysterical La Bu was, it was useless. The six elite soldiers of the Wu army were divided into dozens of groups, and they had already attacked the Chinese army brigade with the largest number of Qing troops from all directions. There was no intention of fighting at all, just going forward desperately, trampling on each other, countless dead, the Wu army from all walks of life was like a tiger descending a mountain, or like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, rushing into the Qing army brigade, only to slash and kill, frantically reaping the lives of the Qing soldiers At this time, the Qing army from top to bottom was crying all over the sky, scrambling to escape for their lives, until they were killed with corpses all over the field, blood flowed all over the canal, and the number of those who fell was countless.

We have to admit that although our Tutang’s character is not flattering, we still have some respect for the Qing court. When we found out that the Chinese army was ambushed, we also ordered to turn around and meet the Chinese army to break through, but the Qing army was defeated like a wave. , All of a sudden, the queues of Tutang and Chabeile were disrupted, not only failed to respond, but also caused their former army to be bitten by Wu Jun, causing heavy casualties during the melee.But Shang Shan and Zhun Da behind the Qing army discovered that the Chinese army was in ambush, and they also had the idea of ​​turning around and breaking out to the east, but the old traitor Wu had already personally led the rest of the Wu army to follow and kill from the northeast. However, Shangshan and Zhunda were afraid of being defeated by the Wu army one by one, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to move forward, breaking through the Wu army's ambush at any cost.

It seems that the battle of Songshan between the Ming army and the Qing army is repeated, and it seems that the Anshun decisive battle between the Wu army and the Qing army is reappearing. The well-prepared Wu army is full of momentum, and they are only desperately robbing and killing. The sound of shouting and explosions The ground trembled slightly, and the Qing army was at a loss what to do. They lost their helmets and armor and were routed. They fled to the Yangtze River embankment in all directions, and were driven down the river by the Wu army's pursuers. Those who escaped by swimming were also viciously killed by the Wu Jun navy who went upstream. The corpses floated on the river, going up and down with the waves, like geese riding the tide.

Seeing such a scene, our Prince Jian couldn't help crying loudly, cursing Tuhai for harming the country, making some bad ideas, and going the opposite way to break through to Yiling, killing countless loyal slaves of the Qing Dynasty, good Coated!Tutang, who was beaten dizzily by Wu Jun, was confused and kept screaming, "Where is the problem? Where is the problem? I have already used three tricks to confuse Wu Gou in a row. Why did I fall for Wu?" The dog's ambush? Did someone deliberately frame Ben Zhongtang and leak Ben Zhongtang's trick to Wu Gou?"

After all, there are still too many Qing troops. Not to mention the 3 Qing troops who are the main force, even if [-] pigs are left in the wild, it is difficult for the more than [-] Wu troops on the Canggang battlefield to kill them all overnight. After the bloody battle in the middle of the night, when the sky was fully bright, there were still nearly [-] Qing troops outstripping the Wu army's encirclement and continuing to flee westward. The rest either surrendered and were killed, or fled in all directions, leaving a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Devastated.The old traitor Wu divided his troops to hunt down and surrender the defeated Qing army, and at the same time personally led the army to continue chasing and killing the Qing army brigade, saying that he did not want to give the Qing army brigade another chance to escape into Yiling and hold on.

It was also at this time that Prince Jian Labu, who didn’t even know where the needle helmet flew to, finally saw Tutang in the rebellious army, with a beard and eyebrows full of ice chips. He slapped Tutang heavily with his hand, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "You did a good job! Didn't you say that Wugou would never think of breaking through to Yiling? Didn't you never think of breaking Wugou on the sixth night of the twelfth lunar month? Didn’t you say that letting the prefect and Tongzhi of Jingzhou lead the people to break through to the northeast first can confuse Wu Gou? As a result, your bad idea, which trick worked?”

Tu Hai covered his hot and swollen face and remained silent, feeling puzzled in his heart. How could Wu Jun see through all his three tricks in a row?La Bu was even more annoyed. He picked up the whip and slapped Tu Hai's face fiercely, cursing: "You dog slave, do you intend to kill our [-] army on purpose? Let An Lu who is safe and easy to go go!" Go, why must we come to Yiling?"

"My lord, I will bear the slave's sins." Tutang, who was beaten all over his face, screamed, holding his head, "But the most important thing now is to retreat to Yiling as soon as possible, Wu Gou is about to catch up! Only by retreating to Yiling as soon as possible can the rest of our army be saved!"

The Wu army pursued fiercely to save Tutang's life. In view of the fact that the Wu army pursued too quickly, Prince Jane finally gave up the plan to kill Tutang on the spot. ——There is only one way to go. There are wolves and tigers chasing soldiers in the east, the Yangtze River in the south, and a snowy desert in the north. Jingmen, which was given to Wu Jun, died in vain if he went there.

Fortunately, several important generals of the Qing army, except Beizi Zhunda who disappeared in the melee in Canggang, Shangshan and Tsani were not killed or captured, and they also took the defeated soldiers with Labu, Tuhai joined forces, and the pursuit of the Wu army behind was not considered desperate. Apart from biting the tail of the Qing army and not letting go, they never went forward with all their strength to fight the Qing army-obviously, Wu Jun was also exhausted.It was also because of this that Prince Jian and Tutang were able to escape and continued to flee for their lives towards Yiling.

This kind of good thing only lasted for one morning. By noon, the physical strength of the Wu army's pursuers had gradually recovered, and they began to attack and kill the rear of the Qing army in turn. However, the Qing army could not find a decent army to go to the rear with all their strength. Now, I can only walk like a bear pulling corn, sprinkle the ground all the way, throw out the formed team to be hacked and killed by Wu Jun, and borrow the life of the companions to buy time to escape. The place where the team passes is full of corpses and blood The sea was like a carpet of flesh and blood, and the casualties were so high that even the Qing army could not bear to count them.

It was so miserable and miserable until the evening, and finally escaped to the vicinity of Dongshi. To the surprise of Tutang, who had been in fear for a long time, the surrounding area of ​​Dongshi Town on the west side of the Manau River was empty, and there was no one in sight. ——This is a good terrain for blocking the defeated Qing army!Under the slack, Tu Hai quickly suggested to La Bu: "Your Majesty, our army is exhausted. The servant suggested that we hurry up and cross the Agate River and spend the night in Dong City. As long as we send an army to guard the river bank, we will be able to fight back." It can stop Wu Gou's chasing soldiers who are also exhausted."

"Is it still up to you, a dog slave, to point out this point?" Prince Jian roared, and almost whipped another horsewhip onto Tutang's flattering face.In the picture, Tang retreated awkwardly, and comforted himself in his heart: "It's also my luck. If Wu Gou arranges an ambush here, our Qing Dynasty's last main force in Huguang will really be wiped out."

"Oh!"

Fortunately, before the voice of muttering fell, a cannon shot suddenly rang out in the small town of Dongshi on the other side of the Agate River, and then there were killing sounds in the houses, in the woods, and behind the town. General Wu Jun, a member of the army, immediately laughed, "My stinky son-in-law is really good at it! Man Gou is really coming this way!"

"It's over!" Tutang fell headlong from his horse and wailed frantically, "Where did something go wrong? Why did Wu Gou expect us to break through to Yiling? How is it possible? How is this possible?!"

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"Since Shengyu, He Shengliang?!"

Also mourning was Han Daren, the most unlucky general in the Wu army. He led [-] infantry through wind and snow. The army turned out to be all ordinary people in Jingzhou city disguised under the flag of the Qing army, and the leaders were only two ordinary civil servants, Li Yushang, the prefect of Jingzhou, and Zhang Xiusheng, the same magistrate!And after being caught up by Han Daren, the two unlucky guys didn't even resist, and immediately surrendered on the road with the guards and miscellaneous soldiers, explaining with snot and tears that the matter came from Labu and Tuhai's coercion, begging Han Daren must not hurt ordinary people, so that Han Daren has no one to vent his anger on.

"Lu Yifeng, you are taller than me—!" Han Daren wailed again, "Since Shengyu, He Shengliang! Since Shengyu, He Shengliang—————?!"

(End of this chapter)