scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 377

Three hours, converted to the current time, is six hours. Six hours is not long, but it is still enough for a normal human being to eat and drink enough, solve some normal physiological problems, and complete three normal sleep cycles. Sufficient - this point, for well-trained soldiers, five hours is enough.

For the army that urgently needs to rest and reorganize after marching ninety miles, these few hours are more precious than gold. Not only can the soldiers get time to rest, but they can also take the opportunity to reorganize and reorganize the team to restore the army to the maximum extent. Maximum fighting power.

In fact, for fat soldiers who have experienced many battles, marching ninety miles in a hurry will indeed cause huge physical exertion, but it does not mean that the soldiers of the fat army can no longer fight. Army, Miyun Army, Shanpu Battalion and Qianfeng Battalion pro-army, not to mention that they are not sure of winning the final victory, the only difference is the difference in the length of time spent, the efficiency of annihilating the enemy, and the casualties of the own army-Kang Mazi may not care about these differences, But Fatty Lu couldn't help but care.

So there is no other way, I clearly saw that the supreme chief of Miqing, who has a blood feud with the Chinese nation, is outside Huai'an city, and I also clearly saw that since the first day I came to this era, I swore to cut him into pieces Kang Mazi was just outside Huai'an City, and Fatty Lu could only temporarily suppress his nervousness and excitement, and ordered the soldiers of the Fatty Army to rest in Huai'an City for two and a half hours before leaving the city to fight Kang Mazi to the death. .As for the city defense of Huai'an when the main force of the Fatty Army was resting, it was temporarily handed over by Fatty Lu to Wu Yonghua's team that had been rested earlier and the newly surrendered Wu Zhan's team.

Fortunately, the Qing army's new force marching from the Qinghe Ferry also did not carry siege weapons. Even if Kang Mazi was so stupid that he let the Qing soldiers come to attack the city with a ladder, a small number of fat troops could still easily repel them.

The sun gradually climbed into the sky, and the soldiers of the Fatty Army fell asleep on both sides of the streets in Huai'an City in a disorganized manner. When the fat soldiers wake up, they can eat hot meals, and the air is filled with the aroma of vegetables and rice.Although he hadn't closed his eyes all day and night, he also felt exhausted, but Fatty Lu couldn't close his eyes and fall asleep. He sat on the steps of the east gate tower in Huai'an, staring at the Qing army outside the city in a daze, and also looked at Wuli. Wai Kang Mazi's precious fan Longfan was in a daze.

Looking at it, I don't know how long it took, two tears suddenly leaked from Fatty Lu's pair of small mung bean eyes, and slowly flowed down his thinning cheeks, and then the tears flowed into lines, dripping on the skirt of his clothes, Beat the white skirt on the chest until it's wet.In the end, Fatty Lu could no longer restrain the emotions in his heart, and simply hid his face in public and cried bitterly, crying until tears gushed like a fountain, and he couldn't cry.

"General, what's wrong with you? What happened to cry so sadly?"

Wu Yonghua, the fat man who accompanied him, was shocked, and hurried over to ask why Lu was crying, but Xiao Erlang, who was next to him, grabbed him and said in a low voice: "General Wu, leave him alone, let my young master cry for a while." Bar."

Wu Yonghua looked at Fatty Lu and Xiao Erlang in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "General Xiao, what happened to the general? Why are you crying like this?"

Xiao Erlang wanted to answer, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but his eyes turned red, and two tears also flowed out.On the other side, Fatty Lu and another old lackey, Wang Shaobo, came up and said to Wu Yonghua in a low voice: "General Wu, let the general cry for a while. He has been waiting for this day for seven years. During this period, he has spent all his efforts and efforts. Hard work is beyond the imagination of any outsider, and the day he has dreamed of has finally come, and it is normal to cry."

Wu Yonghua suddenly realized, stepped aside and stopped talking.Fatty Lu had already heard what Wang Shaobo said, and he remembered the details of how he came to this era, how he went from being a seventh-rank donated official to today, and the sacrifices and painstaking efforts he had made for this day. Thinking of how many times I have brushed shoulders with death for this day, and even more of the compatriots who sacrificed for this day, anti-Qing righteous soldiers, and unknown soldiers, I couldn’t help being more emotional, hammering on the steps and choking and shouting, "It's worth it!" ! Wait until this day! I have suffered, I have suffered, I have worked hard, I have worked hard, I have sacrificed! I am worth it! Fuck it! I am worth it! I am worth it——!"

Before he could finish speaking, Fatty Lu hugged his head and howled crazily in front of the whole army again. He let out all the grievances and pressure he had endured for the past seven years without restraint, while the surrounding fatty soldiers watched silently Fatty Lu was weeping bitterly, and couldn't help but have red eye circles one after another, and tears welled up one after another...

"Kang Mazi, you did it yourself. You burned the ferry and cut off your escape route! This time, if I let you run away again, I will be sorry for your status as a descendant of the Yellow Emperor——!" Fatty Lu roared up to the sky, happy Tears of joy, joy and sadness splashed at the same time, sparkling and crystal clear in the rising sun.

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Contrary to the weeping Fatty Lu, in the Qing army at the same time, Kang Mazi jumped up and down like a baboon in heat. He shouted, "Go and bring all the Qing troops at Qinghe Ferry here, and fight Wu Gou here to the death! If you don't kill the ugly captives, I swear you won't return!"

"Master, it's useless." Bo Guoduo bravely kowtowed and said: "The matter has come to this point, our Qing Dynasty has little hope of turning defeat into victory, and please master Wugou's main force is still resting, and give an order as soon as possible , preserve a bit of vitality for my Qing Dynasty, and also preserve the body of my master!"

"Fart! I would rather be the king of death in battle than the lord of Gouan running for his life!" Kang Mazi kicked Bogoduo upside down, took out the golden arrow that he carried with him, and turned to the side The confidant guard Su Lun shouted: "Su Lun, take my golden arrow! Ride my royal horse to Qinghe Ferry, order all the Qing troops there to come here for reinforcements, and fight Wu Dog to the death! Anyone who comes and retreats , no matter who it is, kill immediately!"

"Cover." Su Lun kowtowed and agreed, knelt down and took the golden arrow engraved with the words "like me in person" with both hands, rode on the bloody horse that was tributed to Kang Mazi from the Western Regions, led a few guards, and hurried to Qinghe Ferry went.Bo Guoduo cried and stepped forward to stop him, but was kicked away by Kang Mazi again, and ordered the guards to take Bo Guoduo into temporary custody.

"Zhou Peigong!" Kang Mazi turned his black and pockmarked face to the silent Zhou Peigong, and shouted, "Don't you always claim to be Zhuge's reincarnation and Zhang Liang's rebirth as a good defeated general? Now is the time to test you. What do you say?" Say, how to fight this battle?!"

"Cover." Zhou Peigong kowtowed helplessly and agreed. For his own glory and wealth, he had to force himself to bite the bullet and said: "My lord, Wu Dog relies on sharp firearms, and likes to use crane wings in field battles. Cannons, rockets and infantry Concentrate in the central army, and arrange the cavalry on the two wings for cover. This time, Wu Gou has Huai'an City to rely on. If the slave's expectations are not bad, Wu Gou must use the Huai'an City to cover his back and form this formation again. In view of this situation, the slave is The master has thought about three countermeasures for the master's reference."

"Those three, tell me quickly." Kang Mazi asked happily.

"Returning to the master, the number of cavalry in our army is far greater than that of Wu Gou, so this slave believes that the only way for our army to defeat Wu Gou is to make full use of this advantage." Zhou Peigong said in a deep voice: "First, arrange the cavalry of our army. On the two wings of the battle formation, when Wu Gou went out to fight, our cavalry immediately outflanked the two wings of the cavalry to exhaust the cavalry on Wu Gou's two wings, and then attacked the two wings of Wu Gou's central army. The biggest advantage of this method is that it is safe, but the disadvantage is that it takes a long time. At the same time, Wu Gou discovered that our army's cavalry was attacking the two wings, and it is also possible to transfer the light and fast Mihao rocket vehicles to the two wings of the central army, and use rockets to restrain our army's cavalry."

"The second method is to fight while retreating, luring the enemy to go deep. Wu Dog goes out to fight, our army pretends to be defeated, and lures Wu Dog to pursue. The biggest weakness of Wu Dog's Crane Wing Formation is that it moves slowly and the rear army is weak in melee combat. Our Qing army will fight and retreat to lure Wu Dog to an open area, lengthen the Wu Dog team, and when it gets dark, send cavalry to outflank and attack Wu Dog's rear army. The biggest advantage of this method is to surprise the victory, but The disadvantage is that it takes longer, and at the same time, our army is already at the bottom of the boat and cannot last long, and Lu Yifeng is always treacherous. If the situation is not right, immediately gather the army, our army will immediately lose the opportunity, and may be dragged down by the Wu dog."

"Neither of these two methods is clever at all?" Kang Mazi yelled angrily, "Is there any way to ensure that Wu Gou will be defeated in a single battle?"

"Make sure to defeat Wu Gou in the first battle?" Zhou Peigong almost didn't cry, he thought to himself, master, you should spare the slave, it's good that the slave can come up with these two methods!do you know?After you killed Yue Le, now I know nothing about the situation of the army on the southern front. The soldiers don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers. Grab the opportunity you can take advantage of!

"Then there is only a third option for this slave." Zhou Peigong gritted his teeth and said with determination: "Although this slave doesn't know how many firearms Wu Gou brought along with the army, I guess that Wu Gou is now fighting on four fronts and has just finished fighting in the west. In the battle on the front line, we have to march ninety miles in a hurry to go into battle, and the firearms carried by the army must not be many! Therefore, the slaves boldly suggested that our army should be divided into three teams, and all the Mongolian cavalry should be arranged in the first team, and the infantry should be in the second team. The cavalry is in the third rank!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Peigong paused, and then gritted his teeth and said: "When Wugou went to battle, the Mongolian cavalry immediately charged with all their strength, exhausted Wugou's ammunition and rockets, and shortened the distance from Wugou's army, and then our Qing infantry Then charge forward, rush to Wugou Zhongjun for melee, and bite Wugou Zhongjun in a deadly battle, and then we will look for opportunities to move! As long as we seize the opportunity to capture the thief, first capture the king and kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief, we will be defeated in one battle Wugou's main force is not hopeless!"

Kang Mazi stopped talking, and after a moment of silence, Kang Mazi stomped his foot, gritted his yellow teeth and shouted, "That's it!"

Zhou Peigong breathed a sigh of relief, because Zhou Peigong knew very well that with the current strength and situation of the two armies, it would be more difficult for the Qing army to defeat the Fatty Army in the field, but Kang Mazi was determined to fight with Lu Fatty Fight to the death, try hard to persuade Kang Mazi not only will never listen to it, but he might even lose his life like Yue Le. The only way is to throw out the treacherous cavalry and unreliable green infantry as cannon fodder, and let Kang Mazi die. Seeing the cruelty of the war and the ferocity and viciousness of the Fat Man Army, Mazi dispelled his unrealistic idea of ​​fighting to the death—and then he was allowed to break out and escape with the loyal, reliable and flexible Mite State cavalry.

Although Zhou Peigong's calculation was good, what Kang Mazi said next made Zhou Peigong almost cry. Kang Mazi added, "However, the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing Dynasty cannot be arranged in the third team, they must be arranged in the third team. The second team! When the Mongolian cavalry ran out of Wugou's rockets and ammunition, the Eight Banners cavalry charged immediately, riding Wugou without adjusting to the Wugou flag formation, beheading Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Otherwise, once Wugou took advantage of the situation Without adjustments, our Qing cavalry will have no chance!"

"master……."

Zhou Peigong's face turned pale and he almost screamed, but Kang Mazi waved his hand and shouted: "Needless to say, I've made up my mind! I'm familiar with military books, and I don't need you to teach me how to fight!"

After all, Kang Mazi ignored Zhou Peigong and went on his horse to inspect the Qing army, leaving Zhou Peigong standing there in a daze, and began to think of such a thought in his mind, "If I surrender to Lu Yifeng, Lu Yifeng's thieves will Will you spare me from death? Will you give me glory and wealth? There should be hope. Even if Lu Yifeng's dog thief kills this idiot master with bad breath and the threat of Wu Sangui's old thief, if I do what he likes, maybe He can accept me."

"Also, I heard that Lu Yifeng's thieves not only like women, but also secretly like beautiful men like Tutang. If I..."

The pointer of time points to the first moment of Sishi in the first year of Zhaowu and the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the 14th year of Kang Mazi. Su Lun, the first-class bodyguard of Mite Qing, arrived at Qinghe Ferry holding Kang Mazi's golden arrow, and ordered all the main forces of the defeated Qing army to rush to the Huai'an battlefield. Reinforcement, preparing for a decisive battle with the Fatty Army, Tu Hai, Dong Weiguo, Shang Shan and other generals who commanded the army, although everyone looked ashen, but they could only bite the bullet and follow orders.

At two o'clock, the Fatty Army's convoy led by Li Guodong arrived at the wharf of the Ximen Canal in Huai'an. It not only brought 150 field weapon cannons and a large amount of ammunition to the Fatty Army, but also brought more than [-] new infantry troops to Fatty Lu.Overjoyed, Fatty Lu hurriedly ordered the whole army to enter the city, and ordered Li Guodong to select a thousand skilled sailors, bring more water warfare weapons, drive light and fast along the canal northward, and rush to Qinghe, Maluo, Andong and Sujiazui and other Yellow River ferries to wait for orders. In order to intercept the defeated Qing army from crossing the river!

Li Guodong, a hard-core old traitor, heard that Kang Mazi had already crossed the river, and he was just outside Huai'an City. Regardless of his old age and infirmity, he insisted on personally leading the fast boat to the Yellow River ferry, and personally presided over the Yellow River water battle. Generals of the Fatty Army—Don't just kill Kang Mazi on land!Although the Qing army clearly saw the Fatty Army fleet arrive at Huai'an's Shuimen Wharf, they suffered from no navy intercepting it.

At the beginning of noon, all the luggage carried by the Fatty Army fleet was transported into Huai'an City. The new force entered the city to take over the city defense, and replaced Wu Yonghua and Wu Zhan to rest. Wu Zhan was appointed as the deputy general, and the reward was 3000 taels of Wenyin!
At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the remnants of Yue Le's army arrived at the Huai'an battlefield, but the 12 Yue Le army at the time of the expedition, even if the Jieshu team who had joined forces with Kang Mazi on the Huai'an battlefield before this time, the total strength was less than 5. Thousands of people, and most of them were wounded, their morale was low, the morale of the army was depressed, and it was embarrassing to use.Kang Mazi scolded Yue Le for being incompetent and prodigal, and hurriedly reorganized the army and reorganized the team.

At the right time, the generals at all levels of the Fatty Army began to urge the soldiers to get up and eat, reorganize the team, and start preparing for the decisive battle out of the city.

At the beginning of time, the Qing army barely reorganized, with a total strength of more than [-] troops, including more than [-] treacherous cavalry, more than [-] Qing cavalry, and the remaining [-] were all infantry. , but the battalion is diverse, the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is even more uneven. Even the four thousand soldiers who belonged to Cai Shiying, the governor of the water transport, were all pulled by Kang Mazi to make up for it. Everyone was worried, but Kang Mazi was extremely proud of his military strength.

Just after the first quarter of the hour, the Fatty Army in Huai'an City began to assemble and wait for orders. There were a total of 6000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. Emphasis on filial piety, reminding the soldiers not to forget who they are fighting for. The soldiers of the fat army held their heads high and kept their chests high, bearing in mind Fatty Lu's instructions. The people of Huai'an who were watching were also filled with tears, carrying pots and paddles to see their compatriots out of the city for revenge.

At the same time, Kang Mazi resolutely rejected the proposal to immediately feed the soldiers of the Qing army and feed the horses with fodder, and chose to give a speech to the entire Qing army first, publicizing the numerous crimes of Lu Fatzi and the Fatty Army’s massacre of four surnamed bannermen, and encouraging the Qing army The soldiers bravely killed the thieves, and avenged the blood and hatred for the bannermen of the four surnames and the subjects of the Qing Dynasty who were poisoned by the fat army!Then Kang Mazi beheaded Cai Shiying, a die-hard old traitor who had fled from the city, and Yang Yingyao, the prefect of Huai'an, in front of the hungry Qing soldiers, and passed the heads to the three armies to enforce military discipline.

There was also Qing army general Dong Weiguo who boldly reminded Kang Mazi that he hoped that Kang Mazi could feed the soldiers of the Qing army as soon as possible in case of emergency, even if it was rough dry food, he would feed the soldiers of the Qing army first. , shouted viciously and asked: "Why are you in a hurry, you will have time to eat! Erhan people eat three meals a day and drink alcohol at night. I eat two meals a day. If Erhan people can do this, one day's food can be enough for two meals." , but why not?"

(Kang Mazi's original words are from "Qing Barnyard Banknotes". The background of Kang Mazi's words is that there is no rain for a long time, the people are famine, and the local officials ask for relief. Kang Mazi blames the Han people for eating too much, and asks the Han people to eat a day Save food by eating only two meals.)
In the next moment, the heads of Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao were passed on to the three armies, and after finally finishing the stinky and long speech, Kang Mazi finally showed mercy and gave dry food to the soldiers. While appreciating the dried steamed buns, there was a sudden sound of a trumpet in Huai'an city in the distance. Immediately afterwards, the suspension bridge at the east gate of Huai'an fell to the ground, and the city gate opened wide.At the same time, the north gate of Huai'an was also opened, and another group of fat cavalry also rushed out from the north gate, circled around the moat, and rushed towards the east gate.

"Why did Wu Dog leave the city?" Seeing the fat man's army leaving the city for a decisive battle at this fatal moment, Kang Mazi's small mung bean eyes were once again bigger than a bull's eye, and he howled like a pig: "What time is it now? Wu Why is the dog out of town now?"

"Master, it's two quarters before the hour!" La Bu replied holding a pocket watch from the West.

"Two hours before the hour?!" Kang Mazi almost fainted, and yelled crazily, "How is it possible? How is it possible? Lu Yifeng's bastard, didn't he say that he would leave the city for a decisive battle after three hours? Out?!"

Zhou Peigong, Tu Hai, Dong Weiguo, Shang Shan, La Bu, and Cai Yurong, who had already suffered countless losses from Fatty Lu, looked at each other, and all had the urge to cry, and said together, "My good master, Lu Yifeng is a dog thief!" If you believe everything, you just wait to be cheated to death by him!"

"Formation! Formation! Formation immediately!" Kang Mazi, who was once again being played by Fatty Lu as a monkey, went crazy again, screaming wildly with red eyes, "Formation according to the established plan, and fight Wu Dog to the death! With Lu Yifeng Dog thief! Fight to the death——!"

(End of this chapter)