scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 277
Fatty Lu did not hesitate to sacrifice his reputation and body, and cleverly devised a poisonous scheme to lure the enemy to a decisive battle under the city of Jiujiang. The bad idea finally succeeded!

Wu Jun sent a report to report that in the south Nanchang was full of dogs, Zhao Guozha and Xi Bubu, sent [-] troops, led by Mite Qing veteran Zhao Guozha himself, along the Jiangxi official road, and rushed toward Jiujiang with a murderous look!But this is nothing, the real horror is still in the east. Anqing Mangou Xiergen sent [-] troops, led by Miqing veteran and Dingnan General Xiergen himself, first crossed the Yangtze River south and landed in Chizhou. Then turn the road westward, take both water and land routes, and head towards Jiujiang with a murderous spirit. The warships on the river are like crucian carp crossing the river, densely packed, and the ground is like ants riding like ants. Pentium like a stream, turbulent like a tide!
Although the bad idea was successful, new troubles came one after another, especially two big problems, which made Fatty Lu a headache and extremely nervous.The first question is that this is the first time that Fatty Lu has commanded such a large-scale large-scale battle. The total number of participating troops of the enemy and us has exceeded 11 million. For Fatty Lu, who had only participated in similar battles as a staff officer, it was undoubtedly an extremely serious test for a large-scale battle conducted under certain conditions.

The second question comes from the navy. Before the fat man's army marched eastward, Wu Jun's scouts had repeatedly confirmed that Anqing's mite Qingshui division only had more than a hundred main warships of various types, about the same number as the fat man's navy. This point is certainly a great threat to the Fatty Army Navy who holds the advantage of the upper reaches and the torpedo to return to the sky, but it is not completely without hope of defeating the strong with the weak.

It's just that what Fatty Lu and the others didn't expect was that during the period when Fatty's army sent troops to the east, they once had a relationship with Fatty Lu, the legendary good friend of Lord Wei, and the governor of Qingjiang Ning. Mu Tianyan actually sent more than 100 brand new warships and [-] new sailors to the Anqing Qing army, which suddenly quadrupled the strength of the Anqing Qing army's navy and the fat man's navy!In this way, not only the famous traitor Li Guodong, the commander of the Fatty Army Navy, turned pale, but even the always arrogant and confident Lu Fatty began to panic. How could he attack the Jiangnan Water Village, which is densely covered with rivers and lakes, without a navy?
"Damn it, it's no wonder that old traitor Wu Sangui agreed to let me fight Nanjing. He managed to beat Yang Jie away on the water, and another E Nai with more boats came. Without the advantage of the navy, it was impossible to fight down. It doesn't matter how many promises he made! For this old traitor, asking me to send troops to northern Jiangxi is not so much asking me to capture northern Jiangxi and go directly to Jiangnan, but rather asking me to hold Jiangnan full of dogs for him. Elite, protect his rear in Yuanyuan, and buy time for the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield where his main force is! Old thing! Old fox! Old traitor! Old man!"

Quietly scolding the old man Wu bloody in his stomach, Fatty Lu tried hard to calm himself down, and began to analyze the enemy's offensive strategy and strategy to defeat the enemy. If there is no accident, the Zhao Guozuo Department of the Qing Army in Nanchang, which is closer to the road, will first arrive at Nankangfu City, which is less than [-] miles away from Jiujiang, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month the day after tomorrow-this is an insignificant ordinary city. , there is no danger to defend, and there is little money and food to earn, and Fatty Lu pretended to be wounded to lure the enemy, so the Fatty Army has never been free to recover, but after Zhao Guozuo's army went north, it will definitely choose to use this It is also possible to choose this place as a granary, or as a stronghold for Anqing Qing army to cross the lake.

As for the Anqing Qing army, based on the distance and the speed of the Qing army's march, it is likely that the Anqing Qing army arrived at the west bank of Poyang Lake within two days of the first or second day of February. Fortunately, the navy of the Anqing Qing army Although there were many warships, they were still unable to carry all the Qing troops across the lake at one time. That is to say, the Wu army still had a good opportunity to attack the Anqing Qing army halfway across.At the same time, because the two Qing armies from Nanchang and Anqing could not arrive at the same time, the fat man's army still had a chance to defeat the two Qing armies separately—of course, this was only a theoretical opportunity. The well-known, treacherous and cunning Zhao Guozuo must rely on danger and wait for reinforcements from the Anqing Qing army, so that the wishful thinking of the fat army will come to naught.

Fatty Lu, who is treacherous and suspicious, is timid, resourceful, and dare not make up his mind to formulate various tactics to defeat him. Gao Dejie and Han Daren, the right and left assistants assigned to Fatty Lu by the old traitor Wu, don't think so. After hearing the news, the two natural enemies rushed to Fatty Lu together, asking for orders to go to battle with one voice, and asked to lead an army to go south alone to intercept the weaker Zhao Guozhu army, laying a good foundation for the Jiujiang battle.

"Brother Lu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you can't miss it!" Gao Dejie said loudly: "Many dogs come from two directions, attacking separately, fighters are rare, don't want too many, give me three to five thousand cavalry, go for you Cut off the dog's head of old Zhao Guozuo and use it as a chamber pot!"

"General Gao, we only have five or six thousand cavalry in total, and more than half of them will be taken out at once. What if something goes wrong? Will we still fight cavalry battles in the future?" Han Daren sneered, and also asked Fatty Lu He cupped his hands and said: "General, the last general only needs [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, and he will definitely defeat the enemy from the south and win the first victory for our army!"

"You two generals, I understand how you feel." Fearing that the two enemies would quarrel again, Fatty Lu hurriedly said, "As you said, it is indeed our general who came from two directions and entered and attacked Jiujiang City together." A good opportunity for all dogs to break through."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, glanced at Han Daren and Gao Dejie who were looking forward to it, and said in a deep voice: "But, don't forget, we can think of this, but a dog can't think of it." Point? Especially Zhao Guozuo, the commander of this army full of dogs from the south, is a mature old fox, a 66-year-old veteran of the battlefield, who has spent more time on the battlefield than us. Even Zheng Chenggong suffered big losses in front of him several times back then, can he prevent us from picking up the soft persimmons and attack him first?"

Although I feel that Fatty Lu is a bit timid and conservative, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel that Fatty Lu's words are not completely unreasonable. In addition, he has always been clear about Fatty Lu's tactical and strategic vision. Even old traitor Wu is full of praise, so Gao Dejie is very happy Calm down quickly and don't speak again.Han Daren was different. Han Daren, who dreamed of driving Fatty Lu out of power and replacing him, raised his head and said loudly: "General, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Are you a little timid and suspicious? Zhao Guozuo is really old and treacherous." The giant slide is true, but don’t forget that in order to prevent our army from interfering with crossing the lake and crossing the river, Mangou in Anqing will inevitably rush northward to seize the beachhead to meet Mangou crossing the lake. In order to implement the military order, Zhao Guozuo can not hurry Going north, revealing flaws?"

"Take a step back." Han Daren also added: "Even if Nanchang Mangou is prepared, what does it matter? Since our army started, Nanchang Mangou has hardly participated in the war, and most of the soldiers have never seen blood and experience. Insufficient, can it be the opponent of a master of hundreds of battles like our army?"

"General Han, your words do make sense." Fatty Lu nodded, and then said seriously: "But unfortunately, we still have no chance! Because the full dog coach here in Anqing, Hilgen, is also an old fox in his 60s. , Can he prevent us from defeating each other? Can he not know the field gap between our army and Nanchang Mangou? So I can conclude that Hilgen will definitely not give Zhao Guozuo a death order to arrive at the battlefield on time, only I will order him to be careful at every step, go north carefully, and would rather be late than rush in!"

"General, why do you think so much about Mangou at every turn? Are you thinking so cunningly?" Han Daren asked with a sneer.

"Be careful sailing for thousands of years. You can despise the enemy strategically, but you must pay attention to the enemy tactically." Fatty Lu said coldly: "I have made up my mind. I will not divide my troops to intercept Nanchang Mangou for the time being. Let's see the situation first."

When Fatty Lu talked to this point, Han Daren and Gao Dejie had no choice but to leave dissatisfied no matter how dissatisfied they were.Fatty Lu stayed in the handsome hall and continued to plan strategies to defeat the enemy, constantly calculating the strength comparison between the two sides and analyzing the enemy's military psychology, looking for a way to defeat the strong with the weak, but at the second watch, the exhausted Fatty Lu was about to return to the When the back hall was resting, suddenly there were many footsteps outside the hall. Li Tianzhi, Gao Dejie and others rushed in quickly. As soon as they entered the door, Gao Dejie yelled: "Brother Lu, that bastard Han Daren is too courageous!" Damn it's grown up!"

"What's the matter?" Fatty Lu was startled for a moment, then jumped up abruptly, and shouted palely: "Did he not obey the general's order and lead the troops out of the city without permission?"

"That's it!" Gao Dejie yelled: "That bastard and his bastard brother Han Yuanren took advantage of the darkness to open the east gate they were in charge of privately, and led five thousand infantry and hundreds of cavalry out of the city! "

"He still left a message." Li Tianzhi added: "I asked the general not to send troops to chase after him. He is going to kill Man Gou, not to surrender Man Gou. If he doesn't get back the head of the old traitor Zhao Guozuo, he swears Do not withdraw troops!"

"Fuck!" Fatty Lu inevitably scolded with a livid face when this happened to the leader of the army for the first time.

"Brother Lu, give me an army. I'll capture Brother Han Daren and punish you!" Gao Dejie said eagerly.Over there, Li Tianzhi, Quan Jie, Hu Tongchun and others also angrily asked for orders to send troops to hunt down Han Daren brothers, while Lu Fatty was thinking nervously with a livid face, and was not in a hurry to speak.

"Brother Dajie, I will give you three thousand cavalry to leave the city." After a long time of nervous calculation, Fatty Lu finally said: "But you are not allowed to chase and kill Han Daren's army, but follow him all the way from the side. When fighting, immediately lay an ambush in a secluded place. If Han Daren encounters an ambush, don’t save him! If he loses his way back, you don’t need to worry about him, and you are not allowed to attack and attack the chasing soldiers, and continue to wait patiently for the dog-filled brigade!”

"Why?" Gao Dejie asked in surprise.

"If I'm not wrong, Zhao Guozuo is afraid of our army's field strength, so he will definitely place elite soldiers and strong generals in the front team, and recruit infantry in the squadron." Fatty Lu explained: "So if you ambush the front team full of dogs Even if you succeed, you won’t gain too much, only the ambush combat power and the unprepared full dog brigade will have a chance to win, understand?”

"Understood!" Gao Dejie happily agreed, and hurried down to make arrangements—not saving Han Daren would be exactly what he was thinking.

"Listen to the order during the whole festival!" Fatty Lu ordered again: "You lead five thousand infantry out of the city and chase Han Daren along the official road. When you find that he has retreated in defeat, you immediately go forward to rescue our brother. Remember, don't forget Don't march too fast, keep your soldiers' strength, don't march too fast and run there, then you won't even have the strength to fight."

"The final general obeys the order!" Quan Jie agreed loudly, and hurried down to organize the army to attack.Fatty Lu said to the generals again with a livid face: "Other people, I will go back to the camp to strictly restrain my subordinates, and anyone who does not obey the general's order to attack without permission, beheaded!"

All the generals agreed, and they left together. Looking at the backs of all the generals leaving, Fatty Lu remained silent for a long time, until all the people had gone away, then Fatty Lu punched the table and said, "Han Daren, wait for you!" Come back and see how I deal with you!"

Humming up to this point, Fatty Lu's fat face suddenly showed a mysterious and sinister smile, and he said to himself: "But it's okay, with you stupid pig as bait, no matter how old Zhao Guozuo is, I'm afraid he will definitely be my Master Lu!" when!"

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Not to mention that Fatty Lu was sulking in Jiujiang City, but that after Brother Han Daren led the troops out of the city privately, he was afraid that Fatty Lu would send troops to chase after him, so he hurried south all the way, and did not stop to rest in the Yangjiashan area of ​​De'an until dawn, and sent sentry horses Wu Jun was no longer chasing after the reconnaissance. Brother Han Daren was both happy and nervous. Of course, he was happy because no one interfered with his brother's achievements. What was nervous was that the matter had reached this point, and his brother had no way of turning back. Go back, go back to the city to slap Fatty Lu's fat face, or die in battle, to show your ambition with death, it's either one or the other, there is no choice.

Since there was no turning back, it was useless to regret it. The Han Daren brothers could only desperately promise rewards to boost the morale of the army, while leading the army to continue southward to meet the Nanchang Qing army that was heading north along the official road.They rushed all the way until noon, when the army had just arrived at the Huangtukeng in Jianchang, the front sentinel flew a horse to report that the vanguard team of the Qing army had been found in the area of ​​Xiaolu Mountain in Jianchang.Brother Han Daren was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to rest on the spot, seize the time to replenish their physical strength, and wait for the Qing army to go north.

After half an hour, the vanguard team of the Qing army with a mixture of infantry and cavalry arrived at Huangtukeng. Judging from the flags, the leading general of the Qing army should be Zhao Guozuo's beloved general Chang Jingong. Brother Han Daren was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to Rise up and strike.However, the forwards of the Qing army were obviously insufficiently prepared, and they were completely defeated as soon as the battle was fought. They were killed by the Han Daren brothers, disarmed and defeated.

While chasing and killing happily, a big river suddenly appeared in front of the road. It turned out that Han Daren brothers had chased Chang Jingong's defeated soldiers to the bank of Xiushui River without knowing it.It was early spring, the river was not big, Chang Jingong's defeated army crossed the river and continued to flee southward. Han Yuanren wanted to urge the army to chase after him, but Han Daren calmed down, quickly grabbed Han Yuanren, and said nervously: "I can't chase you." Crossing the river, if Mangou sets up an ambush on the south bank of the Xiushui River, then we will be in big trouble."

"But our harvest is not big!" Han Yuanren said anxiously: "We only chopped off two or three hundred dog heads, and we just went back like this. We have no way to explain to Lu Yifeng."

"Be careful sailing for ten thousand years." Han Daren finally remembered Fatty Lu's catchphrase, and ordered: "March in a hurry and fight another day. Our soldiers are not strong enough. Go downstream and advance to Jianchang City. Rest overnight."

"Boom!" Han Yuanren was about to agree, when suddenly a trumpet sounded from the opposite bank, and an army rushed out from the left and right sides of the Xiushui River. Turn around and attack Wu Jun from three sides.Although the soldiers of the Wu Army led by Brother Han Daren were elite, they were extremely exhausted at the moment, and they were flanked by the Qing army on three sides, causing the troops to be in chaos.

"Sure enough, there was an ambush. Fortunately, we didn't chase across the river!" Seeing this scene, the Han Daren brothers broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that their army had already made a turn at the gate of hell—the Qing army was on both sides of the Xiushui River. There is an ambush, if the self-army foolishly pursues and kills across the river, and the Qing army launches an ambush again, then the self-army will not be defeated, it is really unreasonable.

"Don't be afraid, don't be chaotic! Form a phalanx and fight Mangou! Nanchang Mangou doesn't have much experience, so don't be afraid of them!" Han Daren was still calm, knowing that if his army was defeated, he would suffer a loss, and he would not return to Jiujiang City. There is no way to explain to Fatty Lu, it is better to fight bloody battles on the spot, and there is still a chance of victory.

Although Han Daren's abacus was good, he had no choice but to forget that the physical strength of the soldiers of his own army could not continue to persist, and he did not expect that the Qing army's combat effectiveness was quite good. They fought very bravely and carried out orders very resolutely. Wu Jun rushed and slashed, causing quite a few casualties to the exhausted Wu Jun team.As a result, after only a short battle, the Wu army began to retreat in an all-round way. No matter how much the Han Daren brothers shouted and encouraged them, they had no strength to fight the Qing army again. North retreated.

At the same time, on the high ground on the south bank of the Xiushui River, Zhao Guozuo, a veteran of the Qing army who was deeply feared by Fatty Lu, smiled and observed the situation on the battlefield with a binoculars, and said with a smile: "Wu Gou's abacus is good. I want to destroy each one and eat the old man first, but unfortunately this is as early as the old man expected. But they are also smart, they have not chased the Xiushui River, otherwise, half of their thousands of troops can cross the river alive. .”

"The military gate is clever, ghosts and gods are unpredictable." The generals of the Qing army next to them flattered, and Xu Zhen, the commander in chief, suggested: "Junmen, should we urge our Chinese army brigade to hurry and join the battlefield as soon as possible to annihilate this Wu dog?" ?”

"No need, Wu Gou won't retreat in a deadly battle. He must know that there is no reinforcement, so he has to fight to the death. Our army's victory is certain." Zhao Guozuo replied: "Besides, this battlefield is close to mountains and rivers, which is not conducive to the formation of our recruits. Fighting in groups, there is no way to exercise their experience. If they break up and join the battlefield, it is just a waste."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Guozuo pointed to the front and ordered: "Go and send an order to Zhao Yue to charge him faster. Be sure to disperse Wu Gou's brigade so that our army can kill the thieves."

The messengers rushed forward to deliver the order, Zhao Yue, the eldest son of Zhao Guozha who was in command, didn't say a word, and personally led the elite cavalry to charge the Wu army brigade. Putting a sharp knife straight into the middle of the Wu army's team, the exhausted Wu army's infantry could hardly stop them even if they lined up, and the rout was even more obvious.Seeing this situation, Han Daren, who was somewhat loyal to the old traitor Wu, had no choice but to order the whole army to retreat northward to save the soldiers, and went to the rear of the first army. kill.

"Send another order to Zhao Yue, don't pursue the enemy too deep, and guard against Wu Gou's ambush." ​​Zhao Guozuo issued two more orders one after another, "In addition, send an order to the Chinese Army Brigade to speed up to the north. Set up camp on the Xiushui River."

The order was conveyed, and Zhao Yue's team in front chased even more fiercely. The Chinese army brigade under the personal command of Zhao Guozuo carried the siege equipment and food and grass to speed up to the north, and crossed the Xiushui River before it was completely dark. He stopped on the north bank of the river, started to light a fire to cook, and set up camp to rest.While Zhao Guozuo, who has become old and mature, spreads scouts to investigate the movement in all directions, and at the same time sends messengers to get in touch with his son to grasp the movement of the former army.

While the army was camping, Zhao Guozuo found a flat and clean place to sit down, began to calculate and analyze the situation of Wu Jun, and secretly said in his heart: "From the perspective of today's battle, there is indeed something wrong with Wugou in Jiujiang. Well, Lu Yifeng's dog thief was either really injured by artillery, or there was a problem with the control of Wu Dog's army. Otherwise, this well-known treacherous and cunning Wu Dog would never allow this Zhi Wugou marched in such a hurry and chased the enemy rashly, and he still didn't send the rear army to meet him."

"If this is the case, the battle of Jiujiang may really be very hopeful." At this point in the calculation, Zhao Guozuo couldn't help showing a relaxed smile on his wrinkled face.

"Boom!" Just as they were proud, there was a sudden sound of cannon from behind the mountain to the west of the Qing army's camp. There was a lot of killing, and groups of Wu army cavalry rushed forward with shouts. , suddenly became chaotic.Zhao Guozuo also jumped up in shock, and shouted out of his wits: "How is it possible? How could Wu Gou set up an ambush here?"

"Da Zhou!" Surprised and confused, the sound of thunderous shouts of killing was approaching, and the cavalry soldiers of the Wu army, who had been charged for a long time and were extremely elite, came in separate directions, piercing the camp of the Qing army like several sharp knives. Slash, kill the enemy at sight, rampage, invincible.The elite of the Qing army had already been lured far ahead by the Han Daren brothers. The Chinese army was full of new recruits who had never seen blood on the battlefield for the first time. How could they resist a hasty attack?He was killed so that corpses were scattered all over the field, blood flowed like rivers, rats scurrying around each other trampled on each other, countless dead.

"Don't make a mess! Don't make a mess!" It was Zhao Guozuo's turn to shout in a panic this time, but how could the sergeants run for their lives in the dark, how could they quickly organize themselves again?The iron cavalry of the Wu army led by Gao Dejie himself were like wandering dragons, running and hacking between the Qing army camps, and setting fires everywhere. The army defends against the enemy with a sword.The cavalry of the Wu army showed no mercy, they only picked places where there were many Qing soldiers, and desperately reaped the lives of the recruits of the Qing army. There was also a cavalry that directly charged at Zhao Guozuo's Chinese army.

"What's going on? Since Wu Gou had an ambush long ago, why did he refuse to rescue his allies at first? Could it be that Wu Gou's internal strife has reached the point where he refuses to rescue each other? Or, Wu Gou's coach has already expected that I will send the elite Concentrate the soldiers in the front team?" Zhao Guozuo was still thinking about this question until he was forcibly mounted on a horse and fled south for his life by his own soldiers.

"Da Zhou!" Amidst the roar, Wu Jun's cavalry rushed even more violently, and the sharp sabers slashed down like a storm, the steel sword gradually turned into a blood knife, and the horse's hoof gradually turned into a blood hoof, and correspondingly, It was the corpses of Qing soldiers on the battlefield that became more and more high, and the dead were all over the mountains and plains, and blood flowed into canals.The flames on the siege equipment originally used to attack the city wall of Jiujiang burned more and more vigorously, and the military equipment and corpses of Qing soldiers rushed into the Xiushui, which blocked the Xiushui.

The blood of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty once again stained the top of the Qing traitor Fatty Lu!
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