scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 266 Victory in the First Battle
In the name of the first month, it is spring, but in fact, the climate is definitely not better than winter, especially at night, you have to sleep in the wilderness. It can only be described as suffering. The feeling, let alone the residents south of the Great Wall The people couldn't bear it, even Beizi Zhangtai, a descendant of wild boar skin from Tunguska, felt that he couldn't bear it seriously. He was so cold that his face was blue and his mouth was white, and his teeth were chattering.

"Master Bei, please use felt." A felt blanket was handed to Mr. Zhangtai. Mr. Zhangtai looked up, but he saw Dong Weiguo's beloved General Tong Guodong standing in front of him at some point, and said respectfully: "Mr. Bei, It's really too cold, this is a servant's blanket, but Master Bei will just use it."

"You give me the felt, what will you do then?" Zhangtai Beizi asked hypocritically.

"The slave is going to patrol the camp, so I don't need it for the time being." Tong Guodong replied respectfully: "Our army sleeps in the wild, without the protection of camps and fences. We rely on the guard post to guard against sneak attacks by Wu dogs. The slave plans to check the post to see if anyone is lazy. sleep."

"I'll use that booklet first, and I'll return it to you when you come back." Master Zhangtai Beizi was no longer modest, and quickly took the blanket and wrapped it around his body. After feeling much warmer, Master Zhangtai Beizi heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said with a smile: "General Tong really deserves to be Governor Dong's favorite general. He is really loyal to his duty. Thank you for your hard work. You can go. When Ben Beizi returns to Jiujiang City triumphantly, I will definitely praise you in front of Governor Dong."

"Slave, thank you, Mr. Bei, for your kindness." Tong Guodong thanked him, but he was not in a hurry to check the sentry. He just hesitated, and then said cautiously: "Master Bei, do you think Wu Gou will really step into our ambush tomorrow? Wu Gou thief Lu Yifeng, the coach of Ni that East Road, although his reputation is not very good, but the slaves have heard about it for a long time. There are three princes of the Qing Dynasty in his hands, and there are countless Baylors, including the emperor and master. Tooth itching, but there is nothing he can do about him, such a cunning barbarian, will he fall into our trap casually?"

"Lu Yifeng's barbarian is luck!" Master Zhangtai Beizi waved his hand and snorted coldly: "My cousin Kang Jun Wang Jieshu also mentioned Lu Yifeng's barbarian in advance in front of me, saying that this barbarian is not only good at collecting money and flattering, I don't know anything about the rest, my cousin can strangle him with one hand without the strength to restrain a chicken, and he is as stupid as a pig, as despicable as a dog, and as cowardly as a mouse, but he was lucky enough to fight a few times with the old thief Wu Sangui A victorious battle, when it really comes to the battlefield, our Aixinjueluo family can just pull anyone out and crush him to death! Ben Beizi is also regarded as a person who loves to read military books among the banner people. Can't a barbarian do it?"

"It's just luck, can you capture three Qing princes alive?" Tong Guodong murmured in his heart, "It seems that the old man, King Kang, was captured alive by Lu Yifeng's dog thief on the battlefield?"

"Don't worry, Wu Gou never thought that our Qing army would lie in ambush in the ice and snow for one night, and he will definitely fall into the trap tomorrow!" Zhangtai Beizi said confidently: "Tomorrow it's best that that dog thief Lu Yifeng leads the army in person." When the soldiers stepped forward, Ben Beizi was just able to capture him alive, and sent him to the capital to ask for merit from Long Live!"

"I hope it will go so smoothly." Tong Guodong muttered in his heart again, and said: "Well, please rest at ease, Mr. Bei, and go down to check the sentry at the end."

"Go." Master Zhangtai Beizi nodded and agreed, but before the words fell, there was a sudden sound of shouting and killing from the west. The distance seemed to be very far away, but it was too quiet at night to hear it.Zhangtai hurriedly tore off the blanket and jumped up. Tong Guodong also found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly greeted him: "Master Bei, go to the high ground next to you, where you can see clearly."

Zhangtai didn't speak, and hurriedly led Tong Guodong and several generals of the Qing army who had woken up to the side of the earth mountain. When he looked west again, he saw the flames in the Hejiawan area in the west, and the sound of explosions and shouts of killing was clear and steady. Master Zhangtai Beizi couldn't help but said with joy and anger: "Well, you Lu Yifeng savage, you are really treacherous, you don't hunt and kill Itanbu during the day, but come to rob the camp at night!"

"Master Bei, Yitanbu will definitely retreat this way, we should start preparing for an ambush immediately!" Tong Guodong reminded loudly.

"That's right, prepare quickly." Zhangtai agreed with great joy, and ordered: "Tong Guodong, take Hu Shiying to the north. The ambush in the south will be led by Bei Zi himself. When he hears the sound of the trumpet, he will fight out from both sides and attack Wu Gou! The rest of them General, immediately wake up the soldiers and get up, ready to fight!"

The generals of the Qing army hurriedly agreed in unison, and hurriedly dispersed to prepare. When the preparations for the ambush of the [-] elite Qing army were basically completed, the Qing army's Itanbu department, which was attacked in the dark night in the west, had already begun to be completely defeated. , Panicked like a bereaved dog, messy like a swarm of bees, scrambling to be the first to escape to the east, people and horses galloping in the dark night, trampling each other, countless dead, screams and cries can be heard endlessly.Observing this scene through the lights, the self-esteemed Zhangtai Beizi secretly scolded Itanbu for his incompetence in governing the army, but also secretly rejoiced-in such a situation, no matter who came from the Wu army, it was impossible to guess the east. There will be an ambush from the Qing army!

After waiting patiently for nearly an hour, Itambu's defeated brigade fled to the ambush area of ​​the main force of the Qing army, but the Wu army's team chasing with torches was very complete. Although the pursuit speed was fast, the formation was not chaotic.Seeing this situation, Tong Guodong was unavoidably anxious. He thought that Wugou's team would not be chaotic. If the ambush was killed too early, it might not be effective. The front team of Wu Jun's chasing troops must pass by and pinch his waist, so as to expand the results of the battle. To the maximum——but the question is, will Master Zhangtai Pei, who always thinks that Lao Tzu is the best in the world, have such patience?
It seems that Tong Guodong underestimated his master too much. When Wu Jun's front team first stepped into the Qing army's ambush circle, Zhangtai took a deep breath and did not immediately order an ambush, but just when Yitanbu breathed a sigh of relief.At the same time, just when Wu Jun's front team had just entered the ambush circle, a trumpet sounded suddenly on the south side of the road, and the flames and shouts of killing suddenly rang out. Countless Qing soldiers came out of the ambush like tigers descending the mountain, and rushed to the flank of Wu Jun's front team. , Tong Guodong lamented that the ambush launch was still too early, and he ordered the general attack without hesitation-now the general attack can still drink some soup, and later it will not even be able to drink soup.

"Kill! Kill Wu dog!" Amidst the sound of trumpet guns, soldiers of the Qing army rushed out of the ambush point like hungry tigers rushing at sheep, and chased the Wu army from left to right like two tides. The most elite personnel personally selected from the Jiujiang Qing Army are also the absolute main combat force of the Jiujiang Qing Army. Whether it is individual combat effectiveness or collective combat effectiveness, they are not trivial. Turned over a lot of Wu soldiers.At the same time, the Yitanbu Division of the Qing army, who had been chased by Wu Jun all the way just now like a group of frightened rabbits, also turned their horses and headed towards the west again, attacking Wu Jun's pursuers from three sides.

"It's been tricked! Withdraw quickly! Withdraw quickly!" There was a scream from the Wu army. The well-trained Wu army quickly changed from the rear to the front, and from the front to the rear. Quickly retreating towards the way they came from, and quickly escaped from the ambush circle of the Qing army. Only a very small number of unlucky ones were surrounded by the Qing army, and they were immediately torn to pieces by as many as dozens of times the Qing army soldiers.

"Chasing! Chasing!" Amidst the roar, Zhang Tai Beizi took the lead and led the army to chase and kill the defeated Wu army. Tong Guodong and other Qing army generals were afraid that something might happen to Zhang Tai and could not explain to the Qing court. Chasing and killing the defeated soldiers of the Wu army all the way, and the Yitanbu army who was chased by the Wu army before did not want to let go of this great opportunity to beat the dog in the water. Chance.

Probably infected by their naughty coach, Wu Jun's team chased and fled faster, and it didn't take long to escape to the temporary camp of the Qing army in Hejiawan, which was destroyed by the own army just now, but they still kept walking, just continued Fleeing to the west, and Master Beizi Zhangtai has not hacked a Wu soldier to death with his own hands, so naturally he will not be satisfied. He just urges the Qing army to continue chasing and killing, and must wipe out this Wu army!Although Tong Guodong at the back felt that Wu Jun was fleeing too fast for fear of being deceitful, Zhangtai withdrew his troops with strength, but Zhangtai, who was fighting vigorously, refused to listen to anything he said, and kept on urging the army to chase and kill, leading the red-eyed The Qing army pursued him closely.

"Master Bei, it's not far from Ruichang!" After finally holding Zhangtai's horse's head, Tong Guodong ignored the master-slave etiquette, and shouted with red eyes: "Wu Gou's main force is camping in Ruichang. After chasing it, we are about to meet Wu Gou's main force directly!"

"Afraid of a ball!" Zhang Tai pushed Tong Guogang away, and shouted: "Keep chasing, let Wu Gou's defeated soldiers overwhelm their camp, and capture Lu Yifeng's dog thief alive! Kill! Chase!"

"Kill!" The Qing army officers and soldiers next to them yelled loudly, encouraging the whole army to continue to pursue. Zhangtai Beizi even clamped his horse's belly and led the Qing army to continue to pursue westward, preparing to break through the Wu army's camp in one go and give the Wu army a chance to conquer the east. Get off your horse, meet and greet!

"Great Zhou!" At this moment, slogans were heard from both sides of the road, and countless torches were suddenly lit up in the dark mountains and wilderness. Two infantry teams of the Wu army rushed out from left and right, and rushed towards the left and right wings of the middle section of the Qing army like a tide. , hacking and slashing, desperately reaping the lives of the soldiers of the Qing army.At the same time, the defeated soldiers of the Wu army who had fled faster than rabbits just now also turned around suddenly, aggressively slashing and killing the Qing army team that was still flaunting their might and chasing and killing their own army just now, sandwiching the Qing army's chasing soldiers.

"Caught in the trick?" Master Zhangtai Beizi screamed, "How is it possible? Ben Beizi is familiar with the art of war and strategy, how could it be possible to fall into the trick? How could Wu Gou turn around and ambush Ben Beizi?!"

"Master Bei, retreat quickly!" Tong Guodong yelled, "Turn around and break through to the east, and this servant will stand in the rear for you!"

"Good slave! Then I'll leave the queen to you!" Zhangtai yelled in tears, and quickly led his troops to turn around and break out towards the way they came from. Like thunder, a group of cavalry from the Wu army swept forward, surrounded by ambushes on both wings and friendly troops in front of the poor Zhangtai Beizi.

"There's Wu Gou in the back?" Master Zhang Taibei almost didn't cry, "When did Wu Gou detour to our rear? Why didn't it say it in the military book?"

It doesn't matter whether Master Zhangtai Beizi can recall such a tactic in the book of war - even if he can recall it, it will be too late. In the dark night where you can't see your fingers, you are attacked from all sides. With bows and arrows, bullets, grenades, sabers and spears, the Qing army brought by Master Beizi Zhangtai couldn’t stand it no matter how elite Jiujiang was—especially the enemy itself was also an elite soldier. Killed by the Wu army, they were routed into a mess, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

"Kill! Great Zhou!" Of course, Wu Jun's most dedicated person to charge into the battle is Wu Jun's General Han Daren. From the very beginning, he dreamed that Fatty Lu, General Zhengdong, would step down and replace him. He rushed more fiercely than anyone else, he slashed more fiercely than anyone else, and in the ice and snow, he even took the lead with his bare arms, leading a Wu army to charge through the chaotic formation, as if entering the land of no one, and he was sweating all over his body. Covered in blood, he roared like thunder and danced like the wind.

"Great Zhou—!" The Guangxi fierce general was not to be outdone in the whole festival. As a newcomer to the Wu army, the interests of the Guangxi soldiers and soldiers brought by Rong Yuer had already been completely tied to Lu Fatty. Finally, the day when Fatty Lu is alone, as a famous general in Guangxi, he will naturally not miss such a good opportunity to compete for the first place. The blood-stained steel knife led the Guangxi soldiers who were said to be as fierce as tigers and ruthless as wolves. They still rushed straight into the chaos, and all the leaders were invincible, and there was almost no general in front of them.

"Da Zhou—!" As the old man of Wu Jun and Gao Dejie's clan brother, Gao Hongchen would not let Wu Jun's rookie Quanjie and his clan's rival Han Daren be too arrogant. Galloping freely in the middle of the road, charging back and forth, the sharp saber rises and falls like a storm, hacks and slashes one by one the Qing soldiers who dare to stop them, letting the blood splash all over the body and horse, the saber becomes a blood knife, and the war horse becomes a blood horse. Become a blood man himself.

Being ambushed and besieged in the dark is already miserable enough, but meeting such a group of ruthless characters who kill without batting an eyelid, one can imagine what happened to the generals and soldiers of the Qing army. The smart ones stayed where they were and waited until they were trampled on by Wu Jun’s knife, spears, horseshoes, and chopped into meat paste. Countless people died; Our son Zhangtai Bei came up with a strategy that was absolutely not recorded in military books, and put on the clothes of ordinary soldiers, ready to lead his soldiers to flee for their lives in the dark and no one at any time.

After fighting like this for more than an hour, the Qing army not only failed to break out of the encirclement under the slashing of a team of Wu troops who were more ruthless than the other. Both Dejie and Hutongchun were roaring like thunder, yelling for the soldiers to work hard, and they must be taken away by their bad companions!Hu Tongchun even carried a mountain-opening axe and directly plunged into the enemy's formation. When he caught the unlucky guy, he chopped down with one axe. He could open the enemy's head with one axe, and then he turned his arm and chopped down another enemy with the axe. , fierce and mighty like a Shura demon god!

At this point in the battle, even if Master Zhangtai Beizi and the bad guy Fatty Lu were dropped, there was no power to recover. One after another, the soldiers of the Qing army either surrendered or fled in all directions, and Zhangtai Beizi was completely defeated. Abandoning the dream of leading the army to break through, leading the soldiers to flee to a dark and uninhabited place while the sky was still dark, leaving the brigade to let the Wu army massacre; Tong Guodong, who was surrounded by the Wu army in the middle of the battlefield, had no other choice. He had no choice but to hurry up and change his soldiers' clothes, and also abandoned the brigade to lead a group of personal soldiers to escape to the open south, and disappeared among the chaos.

On the contrary, as if the heavens were joking, it was the Itambu team, which performed the worst before, because they were the least courageous, escaped the earliest, and were surrounded by the last. City—this was also the only Qing army team that successfully broke through the encirclement in the Hejiawan War.

According to statistics after the war, more than 20 of the [-] Qing troops were annihilated by the Wu army, more than [-] were captured, and nearly [-] were missing and separated. [-] people, even Tong Guodong, the favorite general of Jiangxi Governor Dong Weiguo, was also missing in the melee. It is not known whether he was captured by the Wu army or died tragically in the chaos.On the Hejiawan battlefield, the corpses of soldiers and generals of the Qing army lay in disorder, layer upon layer, covering several miles. The blood that flowed out was so much that the land in spring could not fully absorb it, and flowed into the low-lying places to form a lake of blood.

The first battle of the Eastern Expedition was fought so beautifully and achieved such a brilliant record. Naturally, everyone in the Wu army was ecstatic and their morale was high. At the last moment, the cheers of the Wu army team naturally reached a new climax, and they rushed to the front of Fatty Lu to offer their first credits, while the disarmed Qing army prisoners crouched in a corner of the battlefield dejectedly, fearful under the guard of the Wu army soldiers. waiting for the future fate.

"Good! Good! Good!" In front of the entire army, Fatty Lu raised his head and shouted three good words, and then shouted: "Soldiers, thank you for your hard work!"

"It's not hard!" Wu Jun's team responded like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

"Pass the order!" Fatty Lu yelled in public: "Among the teams that participated in the battle last night, the brothers led by the three generals Han Daren, Quan Jie, and Gao Hongchen contributed the most and achieved the highest military exploits. Each soldier was awarded two taels of silver and won the first rank. Another calculation! The brothers led by Generals Gao Dejie and Hu Tongchun joined the battle relatively late, but they also contributed a lot and made a lot of contributions. Each of them will be rewarded with one tael of silver!"

"Thank you, General, for your reward!" Crazy cheers sounded again from the Wu army's ranks—by the way, limited to the actual situation in the southwest, the military pay of the Wu army soldiers is very low. The reward of eight cents of silver and two taels of silver is indeed a considerable amount in the eyes of Wu Jun soldiers.

"Brother Lu, the reward was so high in the first battle, be careful not to use it in the future." Gao Dejie reminded with a smile.

"It doesn't matter." Fatty Lu replied with a smile: "Don't forget, the places we want to fight are all fat and good places. Just taking down a city is enough for us to last for a while."

After finishing speaking, Fatty Lu hurriedly asked again: "Brother Gao, how about our casualties?"

"It hasn't been fully counted yet." Gao Dejie replied in a low voice: "But judging from the current statistics, it must not exceed a thousand, probably around 800."

"Okay, very good." Fatty Lu was even more delighted. With a casualty ratio of more than one to seven, it could be regarded as a complete victory in the era of cold weapons.After quick calculation for a moment, Fatty Lu told Gao Dejie: ​​"Brother Gao, please continue to stare here, continue to clean the battlefield, try to rescue our wounded soldiers, gather the enemy's corpses and bury them, and I will go to capture them." Take a look there."

Gao Dejie agreed to let Fatty Lu rest assured that Fatty Lu doesn’t have to worry about cleaning the battlefield—it’s true that Fatty Lu doesn’t need to worry about it. He just directed at the silver and copper coins on the corpses of Qing soldiers, and some of them were scrambling for Wu Jun soldiers to do it. Errands to clean up the battlefield.Fatty Lu led Wang Shaobo, Li Tianzhi, Xiao Erlang and other confidants around, and rushed to the location where the Qing army's captive team was located to check the situation.

Arriving at the side of the captive team, Quan Jie, who was in charge of guarding the captives, came forward to greet Fatty Lu with a smile on his face. Fatty Lu praised him vigorously, and then ordered: "Send someone to ask these captives later. If the Han soldiers are willing to join us, they can all stay, and if they don’t want to stay, their braids will be cut off, and twenty copper coins will be given as travel expenses, so tell them to get out of here!”

"Distribute twenty copper coins?" Quan Jie was stunned, and exclaimed: "Lord Lu, your lord is kind enough to let them go, and you still pay them travel expenses?"

"For the sake of the future." Fatty Lu smiled and said, "If the Han soldiers are not treated better, they will still surrender on the battlefield in the future? If they all unite with Mangou and work together to resist us, what will we do in the future? hit?"

"This...." Quan Jie was a bit unbelievable, but considering that these copper coins should not be paid by himself, Quan Jie still didn't insist, but asked: "What about the dog soldiers?"

"Those who are willing to join us, of course, can, but they must personally kill a Manchu soldier who refuses to surrender." Fatty Lu ordered casually: "Those Manchu soldiers who do not want to join us, let those who are willing to join us first Dog soldiers to kill, if we can't kill them all, we will kill them ourselves. If it is not enough to kill, we will gather all the dog soldiers who have no chance to kill the dogs and form a separate army. Usually they only do hard labor and do not issue weapons. After that, they will go to the battlefield Re-issue weapons and kill an enemy on the battlefield before you are allowed to officially join our army."

"It's too complicated." Quan Jie scratched his head and said, "The general is stupid, I'm afraid it will be hard to understand for a while."

"Then I'll ask Master Wang to help you, and you can lead the soldiers to screen with him." Fatty Lu pointed at Wang Shaobo, who also smiled at Quan Jie, expressing his willingness to help, and Quan Jie heaved a sigh of relief. Agree quickly.

A moment later, the soldiers of the Wu army told the Qing army prisoners about the new captive policy formulated by Lu Fatty, and there were earth-shattering cheers in the Qing army captive team. Countless Qing army soldiers hurriedly knelt down on their knees and kowtowed to Fatty Lu in thanks. , Countless people expressed their willingness to join Wu Jun on the spot.Even the soldiers of Mangou Bannermen were relieved, kowtowed to Fatty Lu to thank him, and began to figure out how to kill their companions in exchange for their own life.

During the busy time, another small group of Qing army prisoners was escorted to the scene. When passing by Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu asked casually why these prisoners were brought here only now?The general of the Wu army who escorted the group of prisoners smiled and replied: "General, this group is full of dogs running fast. When we caught up with them, we had almost reached Qinshan Mountain, and we surrendered only after being surrounded by our cavalry. .”

"The dogs are full of dogs, and the ability to escape is not bad." Fatty Lu laughed and cursed, he wanted to wave his hand to let the group of prisoners go down, but in a flash of his mind, Fatty Lu shouted again: "Wait, bring them all here! "

"General, what happened?" The generals of the Wu Army were a little dazed, but they still brought the twenty or so Qing Army prisoners over, lined them up in front of Fatty Lu, and knelt down.The whole section next to him also came up and asked, "Master Lu, what's the matter? Is there something wrong with this team full of dogs?"

"There are big fish!" Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "It is more than 30 miles away from Qinshan Mountain. The Mangou team started to be completely defeated in the early morning. If this team of Mangou is not riding a horse, it is impossible to run so fast. If this team of Mangou is full of Cavalry, can there be a big character missing in the middle?"

"That's right." Quan Jie also came to his senses, and when he was about to open his mouth to yell, Fatty Lu grabbed him, gave him a wink to shut him up, and then carefully observed the group of dog soldiers in front of him.And this group of Qing army prisoners, all dressed in the uniforms of ordinary Qing army soldiers from the green battalion, was also very nervous.

"Among you, who is the leader?" Fatty Lu, who had been observing for a long time, finally asked.

The twenty or so Qing army prisoners looked at each other except for a middle-aged man in his forties who bowed his head and said nothing, and secretly went to the middle-aged man, but in the end a soldier in his thirties raised his head and replied: : "Back to the general, I am."

"Cut it off." Fatty Lu ordered calmly.

"Why?" The soldier screamed, but without saying a word, he drew his knife and cut off the soldier's head with a single stroke, and the blood immediately spilled all over the ground.

"Ask again, among you, who is the leader?" Fatty Lu asked again, and said: "It's best not to impersonate again, the one who dared to deceive this general just now will be punished."

The rest of the soldiers of the Qing army were afraid to speak. Finally, the middle-aged man raised his head and said weakly, "General, please don't embarrass them. I am their leader."

"Very good." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and ordered: "Change him into a new suit, and then take him to the big tent to see me. Remember, you must treat each other with courtesy. If he doesn't want to do something, he won't answer it." , don't embarrass him."

"Huh?" The middle-aged man, Tong Guodong, the commander of the Right Battalion directly under Dong Weiguo, Governor of Jiangxi Province, was taken aback, and thought to himself, "Could this barbarian be the legendary Lu Yifeng and Lu Sanhao? Why did he treat me like this? Said, he intends to recruit me? If so, then he is daydreaming!"

"Boss, what are you planning to do again?" Wang Shaobo asked in a low voice in Fatty Lu's ear.

"Don't talk." Fatty Lu shook his head and whispered in Wang Shaobo's ear, "I want to use this big fish to catch an even bigger fish. Prepare a pen and paper immediately and write a letter to Dong Weiguo, Governor of Mangou Jiangxi for me." letter."

(End of this chapter)