scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 274
"Junmen, Wugou's warships are chasing them! General Ji didn't entangle them all, at least half of Wugou's warships chased them up—!" Call.

"God damn Wu Gou, you really have no shame!" After cursing a curse word, Yang Jie hurried back to the flagship of the Qing army's navy. The Wu army fleet composed of more than [-] large and medium-sized warships and many small ships, taking advantage of the cold north wind and smooth water in the early spring, is rushing towards the Qing army troop transport fleet in a murderous manner.Further upstream, there were thundering sounds of killing and thundering cannons. It was obvious that the rear fleet of Ji Chaozuo arranged by Yang Jie had been entangled by the division of Wu Jun's navy and could no longer provide reinforcements for the main troop carrier fleet.

"If we lose, it depends on how many soldiers we can keep." Resignedly muttering in his heart, Yang Jie turned to Li Lian, the lieutenant next to him, and asked, "How far is it to the east bank of Poyang Lake?"

"It's still thirty miles to go back to the military gate." Li Lian replied quickly.

"Don't pay attention to Wu Dog's chasing soldiers!" Yang Jie ordered decisively: "Order the ships to throw all the useless food, grass and baggage overboard, reduce the load of the ships, sail at full speed, and approach the east bank of Poyang Lake at full speed for landing! Then tell the ships Soldiers, we can't stop Wu Gou from chasing and killing us, if we want to survive, we must use our strength to paddle and shake the paddle!"

"Zha!" Li Lian hit a thousand, and quickly went down to pass the order, so that the bannerman quickly played the banner.Zhangtai Beizi, who had been hiding by the side, screamed in fear, "Landing on the east bank of Poyang Lake? Why don't you go directly to Anqing? What if Wu Gou crosses the lake to chase after him?"

Yang Jie kept silent, and didn't bother to pay attention to Master Zhangtai, who was extremely despised by himself and the soldiers of the Qing army. His face was gloomy, but he was nervously observing the movements of the Wu army's pursuit.At this time, the warships of the Qing army that had received the order had already begun to throw away their luggage, throwing useless food, weapons and equipment down the Yangtze River one by one, in order to reduce the weight of the hull and increase the speed of the ship, but the usefulness of doing so was obviously not It was very big, and after a short time, the lightly loaded and fast-moving Wu army warships still chased the tail of the Qing army fleet. The troop transport ships were shot countless times, and the defeated Qing army that crowded the deck also burst into unbearable screams and wailing sounds.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Amidst the continuous roar of artillery, one after another the Qing troop carriers tilted their guns, or their hulls were cracked, or their masts were broken, and some shells fell directly on the deck. On top of that, the deck full of Qing soldiers was blown up, and the Qing soldiers on the ship were crying and screaming, and countless fell into the water.

"Boom!" A cannonball landed next to the flagship of the Qing army, rubbed against the side of the flagship, fell into the water and exploded, the water splashed wildly, and the hull shook violently, so frightened that Zhangtai Beizi screamed and even urinated on the spot Pants.Yang Jie remained expressionless, and just ordered: "Send someone to check the hull quickly to see if it was blown apart by Wu Gou's shells."

The soldiers led away, but Master Zhangtai rushed forward, pulled Yang Jie by the sleeve and cried, "General Yang, Yang Junmen, what should we do? What should we do? What should we do?"

"What's the rush? The more powerful ones are yet to come!" Yang Jie yelled unbearably, and then said with a sneer: "The real horror will be when Wu Gou's warship rushes into our troop convoy. If half of the troop carriers of our fleet can land on the east bank of Poyang Lake, it is already blessed by the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty."

"What? There are more powerful ones?" Master Beizi Zhangtai screamed even more miserable, almost paralyzed on the deck in fear.Yang Jie shook off his pull, and stood at the stern of the boat to see the situation of the Wu army's warships chasing troops. When the Wu army's warships caught up with the rear of the Qing army's troop transport fleet, they turned towards those who were carrying too many troops. The heavy and slow Qing army ships threw countless alcohol incendiary bombs, which quickly ignited the Qing army warships, and the Qing army soldiers ran for their lives in the sea of ​​flames, struggling in pain, crying loudly, and jumped into the Yangtze River with fire all over their bodies.

Seeing this, Yang Jie closed his eyes lightly, and couldn't bear to continue watching, muttering in his mouth: "We lost, we lost, today's defeat is too miserable." It was tears like rain.

As Yang Jie said, the day of the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the 13rd of the first month of the 23th year of Kang Mazi was indeed a day when the Qing army suffered a miserable defeat in front of the Wu army.Prior to this, although the Qing army had suffered several defeats in front of the Wu army, it is quite memorable that this battle of Jiujiang was not only the first battle that the Qing army in Jiangxi suffered in front of the Wu army. This was a big defeat, and it was also Fatty Lu's first absolute victory from the Qing army since he led the army independently.Just as described by the mite remnants of later generations, the blood of Jiujiang Daqing soldiers once again stained the number one Qing traitor, the top son of Fatty Lu who was the scourge of the Qing Dynasty.

For the Qing army, this was a very unconvinced defeat. The generals and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in Jiujiang were all men, and all of them were heroes of the Qing Dynasty who stood up to the sky. The Fatty Army, the superior Qing army, did not show any weakness. They showed the prestige and integrity of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. Even at the last moment, they did not give up resistance, and they were still fighting desperately. It was only because of a problem with the coach that Wu Gou was lucky and picked up such a huge bargain.

No matter how unconvinced, it is useless. After three battles in four days, the Jiujiang Qing army with the support of 3 defenders and 4000 sailors was almost wiped out. The army killed mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Only more than 3 sailors and less than [-] troops escaped Poyang Lake. The remaining [-] troops were either wiped out by the fat army or captured by the fat army.What's more terrible is that Jiujiang City, the defensive center of the Qing Army in northern Jiangxi, was captured by the Fatty Army in World War I. Anqing and Nanchang, the two major towns of the Qing Army in the northern Jiangxi battlefield, were also cut off by the Fatty Army, facing the dilemma of fighting on their own.In addition, all the food and supplies piled up like mountains in Jiujiang City fell into the hands of the fat man's army, which solved the fundamental problem of the fat man's lack of money and food at once, and greatly reduced the logistical dependence on the rear of Pianyuan.

The news spread, and the north of Jiangxi was shaken. They were also counting on the Jiujiang Qing army to use the strong city to hold the fat army for a period of time before sending reinforcements to pick up the cheap. The Anqing Qing army and the Nanchang Qing army were even more shocked, and sent envoys to the west of Poyang Lake. Hukou County contacted the Jiujiang defeated soldiers to learn about the battle process and the specific combat strength of the Wu army.In this way, Zhangtai Beizi, who had fled to Hukou and was in shock for a while, was inevitably dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer the questions from Xiergen, Haergaqi, Zhao Guozuo, Xibu and others-to be honest, let me be lenient. Don't you want to wear the bottom of the prison?
Beizi Zhangtai is not the only one who has a headache, and our Fatty Lu is also very concerned about this issue at the moment - it is not easy to meet such an excellent enemy as Beizi Zhangtai. Naturally, Fatty Lu, who has always been careful and careful, does not want to miss it. Naturally, he still thinks about it Squeeze out more oil and water from this rare and good Beizi, and harm more soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.However, the Jiujiang war commanded by Zhangtai Beizi became such a bear, what can Fatty Lu do to help Zhangtai Beizi get rid of this crisis?
The problem was really difficult, until the Fatty Army moved the tent into the former Qing Army General Headquarters in Jiujiang City, Fatty Lu hadn't figured out any good way to help the hapless Beizi.In the early morning of the next day, when Fatty Lu was still racking his brains on this matter, a group of major generals of the Fatty Army had already visited the door, and they all demanded that Fatty Lu send troops while the iron is hot, or cross the lake to chase down the Qing army The defeated troops in Jiujiang, or took the opportunity to go south, and took advantage of the sharp front of the soldiers to send troops to attack Nanchang City, another important town west of Poyang Lake.

"Don't rush, don't rush." ​​Fatty Lu shook his fat head like a rattle in the face of the unanimous appeal of the generals, and explained: "Since the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, our army has fought three battles in four days. The soldiers are already very tired, and it is not suitable for continuous combat. Moreover, the strength of the navy is still full, and our army's advantage on the water is not obvious. At this time, it is not very sure to cross the lake to fight."

"Then we can fight Nanchang first." Gao Dejie, who was anxious to make contributions, couldn't wait to say: "Brother Lu, can you see if this works? Let the army rest for two days. After two days, you stay in Jiujiang City, and I will lead the troops to fight Nanchang." , If I don’t take down Nanchang City, I swear I won’t withdraw my troops.”

"Brother Gao, I understand your feelings, but I think it's better for us to be cautious." Fatty Lu still shook his head and said seriously: "Brother Gao, you also saw the siege of Jiujiang yesterday, we have been so shaken before The army is full of dogs, the morale of the dogs is lax, and the defenders of Jiujiang are full of dogs. They still caused us great casualties, and also killed the general soldier Chen Raoyuan and Brother Chen. In the end, they took Jiujiang City quickly by luck. When we arrived in Nanchang, we could still Any such luck?"

"Brother Lu, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who fights by luck." Gao Dejie ignored Han Daren's glaring eyes, and just emphasized: "I can assure you that if I go to fight Nanchang, I will definitely not disappoint you. "

"Brother Gao's ability, brother, of course I understand very well." Fatty Lu said in a deep voice: "It's just that the dog-manful guard in Nanchang, Jiangxi Admiral Zhao Guozuo, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Back then, even Zheng Chenggong was under him. He has suffered a big defeat in his hands. Now he has enough troops in his hands, and he has the strong city of Nanchang to defend. Brother Gao, if you send troops to attack, even if you succeed, I am afraid it will take a long time and cause heavy casualties."

"Siege warfare has been like this since ancient times." Gao Dejie said helplessly: "Unless it is luck like General Han, otherwise, is there any reason why siege warfare would take a long time and cause heavy casualties?"

"General Gao, what do you mean?" Han Daren couldn't bear it anymore, jumped out and asked with a livid face: "It's good luck to take Jiancheng quickly with small casualties, so is it necessary for our army to take a long time and suffer heavy casualties before Are you happy after conquering the fortified city?"

"Don't be noisy, don't be noisy, General Han, please don't misunderstand, Brother Gao is just giving an example, absolutely not meant to mock you." Fatty Lu hurriedly smoothed things over, and then quickly changed the subject: "Brother Gao, General Han, and all the generals, Brother, I have a habit of fighting, that is, when making a plan before going to war, you must think clearly about what situation is best for you and what situation is worst for the enemy. Under such circumstances, it would be most beneficial for our army to launch the Nanchang Campaign or the Anqing Campaign."

"Just to give you an example?" He secretly hated Fatty Lu for favoring Gao Dejie, and Han Daren was the first to sneer before Wu Jun's generals could speak: "When the general asked what it would be like, our army launched the Nanchang Campaign or The battle of Anqing is the most beneficial? Needless to say, of course, it is the best when all the dog defenders in Nanchang City and Anqing City are dead. Nanchang and Anqing, isn't that easy?"

After all, Han Daren laughed out loud, extremely proud and arrogant.In this way, not to mention Gao Dejie and other generals of the Wu army who were at odds with Han Daren, even Li Tianzhi, who has a good temper, couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and said angrily: "Han Daren, the general asked questions, don't you want to You don’t have to answer the answer, let’s not be so damn yin and yang, and when it comes to fighting, who is afraid of you here?!”

"Didn't the general ask me under what circumstances would it be most beneficial to fight against Anqing and Nanchang?" Han Daren retorted immediately, not to be outdone, "Am I wrong? The defenders of the city are all dead. It will not be easy for us to fight." ?"

"Fuck your mother's bastard!" Hu Tongchun jumped up, rolling up his sleeves and was about to come up and beat someone up.Never thought that Fatty Lu would suddenly say, "Wait a minute, General Hu, no infighting is allowed!"

"Lord Lu, it's not that I want internal strife, it's that this bastard is too fucking crazy!" Hu Tongchun yelled.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it myself." Fatty Lu waved his hand and asked Xiao Erlang to go up and hold Hu Tongchun, then turned his gaze to Han Daren, with a thoughtful expression.

"General, you asked me this." Han Daren was a little timidly stared at by Fatty Lu, and hurriedly added: "Although the last general was a little joking, he didn't answer wrong, did he?"

"You are indeed not wrong." Fatty Lu spoke surprisingly, and said slowly: "Because your words suddenly brought me a new way of thinking-rather than having a headache, why can't we think about what our army is good at? On the field battlefield, teach Man Gou a lesson? As long as we can annihilate part of Man Gou's troops in the field, won't we be able to reduce a lot of pressure when we attack the city?"

"Annihilate some Mangou in the field again?" Li Tianzhi was stunned, wondering: "Is this possible? Since the decisive battle of Anshun, the Mangou basically did not want to compete with our army in the field. This Jiujiang war , We also severely injured Man Gou twice in the field battle, Man Gou is not stupid, will he be fooled again and again?"

"It's possible." Gao Dejie opened his mouth and said solemnly: "According to our military's detailed investigation reports, in the past two years, Emperor Mangou has successively visited more than ten people from Yanzhou, Dezhou, Cangzhou and Shunyi in order to ensure the safety of the wealthiest places in the south of the Yangtze River. The state capital has deployed a large number of garrisons to the south and deployed them to Anqing. These troops are all authentic Manchu soldiers, and the cavalry accounted for more than [-]%. There is a possibility that they will go out to fight in the city again."

"In this way, there is a possibility." Li Tianzhi pinched his chin and murmured: "But if we want to fight Anqing Mangou in the wild, we must first win Nanchang and relieve the worries of Jiujiang, so that our main force will dare to cross with peace of mind. Jiang, go to Anqing to fight Mangou."

"The last general asks for an order to lead an army to take Nanchang City alone! Let our army cross the river to relieve our worries!" Han Daren also felt that Gao Dejie's words were justified, and at the same time, he deliberately rushed to ask for orders to disgust Gao Dejie.

"I asked for this order first!" Gao Dejie was furious, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Fatty Lu and said, "Brother Lu, I was the first to ask for this order. If you send someone to attack Nanchang, I must go!"

"What's the rush?" Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and complained, "I just said that I have to make a decision before making a move, why can't I wait right now?"

"But General, if we don't take Nanchang City quickly, how can we attack Anqing?" Han Daren asked.

"Don't worry." Fatty Lu still shook his head, and pondered again: "Since we plan to lure Mangou out of the city for a decisive battle, why do we only think of luring Anqing's Mangou out of the city for a decisive battle? Dogs also go out of the city to fight? Or, to induce the situation to develop in a more favorable situation for us? For example... "

After pondering here, Fatty Lu suddenly raised his head, and blurted out, "For example, to lure Anqing and Nanchang's full of dogs to attack Jiujiang City?"

"Let Anqing and Nanchang's Mangou counterattack Jiujiang?" Wu Jun's generals were stunned, and then Han Daren blurted out: "Then how to lure the enemy?"

"This should be my question to you." Fatty Lu came to his senses and asked: "The old way, if you were the Mangou coaches in Anqing and Nanchang, under what circumstances would you dispatch all your troops to attack Jiujiang?" attack?"

"Of course it's when the counterattack against Jiujiang is absolutely certain." Gao Dejie was the first to answer: "If I were the coach of Mangou, as long as I saw that the counterattack against Jiujiang was almost certain, of course I would send troops."

"Brother Gao, and all the generals, if you are the commander of Mangou, what kind of situation will happen to our army, you will feel that the counterattack to Jiujiang is sure, and you will decide to send troops to counterattack?" Fatty Lu asked.

"This may be too much." Gao Dejie replied: "For example, Mangou knows that our Jiujiang troops are empty, and no reinforcements arrive within a short period of time, so Mangou will definitely counterattack. Or our army is short of food and grass, As long as Man Gou besieged the city and ran out of food, he could force us to abandon the city. In other words, Man Gou knew that our army's morale was unstable and was facing collapse, and it might also attack Jiujiang in an all-round way."

"Continue." Fatty Lu ordered while thinking: "Brother Gao and generals, please continue. No matter what the possibility is, please talk about it."

"Our army is dispatched to fight Nanchang. Anqing Mangou sees that our army's Jiujiang defenders are empty, and may attack Jiujiang." Li Tianzhi said.

"Our army's rear is unstable, and we are forced to return to the division to rescue the rear. Mangou will definitely counterattack in an all-round way." Quan Jie said.

"A traitor appeared in our army, and we promised to lead the army to return to Man Gou. As long as Man Gou believed it, he would definitely send troops." Gao Hongchen said.

"Our army..."

General Wu Jun raised many possibilities one after another, but Fatty Lu shook his head more and more, thinking that either it took too long or it was not realistic at all.But at this moment, someone who didn't know whispered, "The commander of our army was killed in battle, and the dragons have no leader. Mangou must counterattack in an all-round way."

"Han Daren, you fucking have the guts to say it again!" Hu Tongchun couldn't bear it anymore and jumped up, grabbing Han Daren's collar.

"What are you in a hurry for? This is what the general asked us to say. Am I wrong?" Han Daren retorted eloquently: "Could it be that after the unfortunate death of our army commander, Mangou will miss such a good opportunity?"

"Your mother!" Hu Tongchun raised his fist as big as a vinegar jar, and punched Han Daren hard on the nose. Han Daren dodged and kicked Hu Tongchun back, immediately wrestling with Hu Tongchun.

"Stop it all!" Fatty Lu yelled, "Pull them apart, and if there is any internal strife, each will be rewarded with thirty army sticks!"

"Master Lu, listen to what kind of fart this bastard is farting!" Hu Tongchun was furious: "He is cursing you to die in battle, and you don't care?"

"He's dreaming about it." Fatty Lu snorted coldly: "Dozens of millions of Mangou are dreaming this kind of dream every day, but unfortunately none of them come true... Huh?"

Speaking of this, the anger on Fatty Lu's fat face suddenly disappeared, and he began to show a surprised expression, and said happily: "Yes, why didn't I think of this move? If I was killed, Man Gou would not only fight back in an all-round way? That guy , won’t all the troubles be gone?”

"Brother Lu, just finished the new year, can you speak auspiciously?" Gao Dejie asked with a wry smile.

"I'm a fearless materialist, and I never care about these things." Fatty Lu waved his hand generously, then retracted his fat hand, with a vivid pained expression on his face, pressed his chest and screamed: "Oh, it hurts me to death, It hurts me so much! It seems that when I was attacking the city yesterday, I was hit by a cannon shot by a dog, and my injuries worsened!"

"Young master, were you hit by a cannon full of dogs yesterday? Was it seriously injured?" Xiao Erlang jumped up in fright, and rushed over to check.

"You were hit by a cannon full of dogs?" Wu Jun's generals were also taken aback.Gao Dejie exclaimed again and asked, "Brother Lu, I was with you the whole time during the siege yesterday. When did you get hit by the cannonball? Why didn't I know?"

"Just when you turned around, a cannonball full of dogs fell right under my feet and exploded." Fatty Lu moaned in pain, and said, "A piece of shrapnel shot into my stomach and flowed out." There was a lot of blood, I was afraid of shaking the morale of the army, so I didn’t dare to say anything, so I changed into clean clothes and went into the city. But it’s not going to work now, I’m going to be unable to hold on anymore, doctor, quickly invite me to come here.”

"Come on, hurry up and invite Miracle Doctor Zhu!" Xiao Erlang screamed.

"You pig's head!" Fatty Lu raised his hand and gave Xiao Erlang a chestnut, angrily said: "At this time, you should call the prisoners I told you to prepare, right?"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Erlang became extremely confused.The generals of the Wu army next to him looked at each other, burst into laughter suddenly, and stretched out their thumbs to Fatty Lu to express their praise--what a motherfucker!
"Brother Lu, will Mangou be fooled?" Gao Dejie asked concerned.

"There is at least one full dog, and he will definitely be fooled!" Fatty Lu replied with a sinister smile: "And not only is he willing to be fooled, but he will definitely pull the full dogs from Anqing and Nanchang to be fooled together!"

At noon that day, among the Fatty Army, who were still immersed in the joy of the siege victory, suddenly there was an explosive news-during the siege battle yesterday, Lu Yifeng, Lu Sanhao, the coach of the Wu Army’s East Route Army, was unfortunately killed by Jiujiang. The artillery of the Mangou garrison was hit and he was seriously injured. Just in order not to shake the morale of the army, he kept silent and went into the city to take over the city defense as if nothing happened.But just today, the injury started to worsen, and his life is now in critical condition, he will die sooner or later!All the doctors in the city, including Zhu Fangdan, Fatty Lu's assistant, the pervert genius doctor, were helpless about Fatty Lu's injury!

(End of this chapter)