scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 392
Geng Jingzhong wanted to join forces with Tian Fengji to resist the Fatty Army again, and his calculations were too wishful and confident. Tian Fengji was loyal to Kang Mazi, but now Kang Mazi has been burned into the toilet by Lu Fatty for the common people to enjoy No, Tian Fengji, who had lost allegiance and had lost contact with all the Qing army, naturally had only two options left. One was to fight alone to the end, taking the 3 remnants of the Qing army in his hand to be buried with Kang Mazi, The second is to surrender to save his life, and go to other courts to become officials and make a fortune.

Tian Fengji, who was instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor since he was a child, certainly did not want to bow his knees to the enemy, and Tian Fengji's birthplace also determined that he could not surrender to the fat army casually. It is big, with hundreds of people, and built a Panlong Village in the northeast of Hucun. The family property is abundant. If Tian Fengji goes wrong, all these things will be wiped out.So when Kang Mazi was captured and killed, and his friendly army Geng Jingzhong shamelessly rebelled, Tian Fengji took the remnants of the Qing army back to Shaoxing to survive, hoping for a miracle to happen.

Of course, Tian Fengji was not reconciled to burying Kang Mazi. After ten years of hard study, he was finally admitted to a Jinshi, and it took another 19 years to climb from a humble scholar to the position of a feudal official. How much hardship he suffered during this period, After a lot of hard work and painstaking efforts, he finally climbed to the top of the magistrate, but he was going to be buried with Kang Mazi soon. Tian Fengji was not a saint, so how could he not have any ideas and no unwillingness?So after receiving the news that the main force of the Fatty Army was marching south, Tian Fengji finally subconsciously sent his confidantes to infiltrate Hangzhou after hesitation, and tried to contact the high-level Fatty Army to test whether the Fatty Army could accept the surrender of the remnants of the Zhejiang Qing Army. Whether to accept Tian Fengji's own surrender.

The secret envoy was sent out, but Tian Fengji still hadn't made up his mind whether to fight the Fatty Army to the end or surrender to the Fatty Army. Even if the secret envoy brought the news that the Fatty Army would surrender Determined to surrender, let alone control over 3 remnants of the Qing army, let them lay down their weapons and surrender smoothly——Tian Fengji's deputy leader, Qing Dutong Mahada, surnamed Tong Jia, is one of the four evil slaves that Fatty Lu ordered to kill The direct descendants of the family, the hands of the whole family are covered with the blood of the Han people. Fatty Lu will not accept his surrender, and it is impossible for Mahada to surrender to Fatty. It is very likely that there is no chance to surrender to the fat man army.

The distance between Shaoxing Prefecture and Hangzhou City is not too far. On the afternoon of the ninth day of October, Tian Qi, a confidant sent by Tian Fengji to Hangzhou, returned to Shaoxing from Hangzhou, and brought Tian Fengji accurate news of contacting the Fatty Army.Seeing Tian Qi's return, Tian Fengji cautiously questioned Tian Qi in public why he hadn't been seen for a few days, and where did he go?Tian Qi replied that her father-in-law who lived in Qianqing Town was seriously ill, and went to Qianqing Town to visit her father-in-law before she had time to ask for leave, and kowtowed to Tian Fengji to plead guilty, Tian Fengji scolded Tian Qi, and then let Tian Qi go back to her room Take a break, and join forces with Tian Qi to perform a play in front of other unreliable servants, so as not to leak the news.

After more than half an hour, Tian Fengji put aside the crowd and went back to the study to rest under the pretext of having a secret meeting with Tian Qi in the study. As soon as they met, Tian Fengji couldn't wait to ask Tian Qi in a low voice: "How is it? Did you see the general of the Great Zhou army?" ? Is there any answer?"

Tian Qi was a little dejected, and replied in a low voice: "Back to the master, the villain met the king of Yue Lu of the Great Zhou the night before, and also passed on your wax book, but after reading your wax book , and after discussing with the important ministers of the Great Zhou court, he told the villain that he could not accept your surrender, sir."

"Lord Lu doesn't believe me?" Tian Fengji was disappointed.

"No, it's not that the lord doesn't believe in you, sir." Tian Qi quickly shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Lord Lu asked the villain to tell the lord that he believed that you really surrendered, but he also learned from Li Zhifang, who surrendered earlier. I learned about your situation and know that the master’s family and relatives are all in Shanxi. If you surrender, it will only harm your family. Also, Lord Lu is worried that General Mahada will not listen to your command. Even if you surrender, you will not be able to control the army. It would be dangerous instead."

"Li Zhifang? You really understand me." Tian Fengji smiled wryly.

"Later, Lord Lu said again." Tian Qi added in a low voice: "Lord Lu arranged for you two options, one is that after the war, you can escape to the port of Sanjiangchang, and from there you can go to sea by sea. Go back to Shanxi to reunite with your family. As long as you show the token he gave you, the Great Zhou army will not stop you. The second option is that after the Great Zhou army breaks through Shaoxing, you will secretly surrender to the Great Zhou army. Zhou's army will announce in the battle report that you have died in the line of duty, so that the dogs will not hurt your family, and then you can choose to sneak back to Shanxi secretly, or you can choose to wait for the Zhou army to come to Shanxi and rescue your family. Make another public appearance."

With that said, Tian Qi took out a fat man's military token from the meat stick in his arms, and held it in front of Tian Fengji with both hands. Tian Fengji tremblingly picked up the token with his body temperature, and he could not help sighing after a long time when he saw the flying and flying seal characters on the token With a loud voice, "Lord Lu, King Ren! To think so carefully for me..."

"My lord, what should I do?" Tian Qi asked in a low voice, "You have two options given to you by Prince Lu, which one do you choose?"

"Let's talk when we talk." Tian Fengji put the token away carefully, and said in a low voice with emotion: "Prince Lu has considered me so thoughtfully, so I naturally want to try to repay his kindness."

On the same night, Geng Jingzhong's envoy Liu Yu also arrived in Shaoxing City, and on behalf of Geng Jingzhong, he proposed to the remnants of the Qing army to form an alliance against Lu. His boss, Tian Fengji, signed the covenant. Tian Fengji, who had confidence in his heart, immediately signed his name on the covenant, and agreed with Geng Jun to rescue each other. No matter which side the Fatty Army sent troops to attack, the other side must attack unconditionally. Behind Fatty Army.Liu Yu was overjoyed. Mahada and other Qing army diehards, who had been worrying about Tian Fengji, a Han Chinese betraying the Qing Dynasty, also breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their vigilance against Tian Fengji.

Also on the same night, a small-scale mutiny broke out in the Qing army, which had been in arrears for four months. More than 200 green battalion soldiers and more than 50 mite soldiers took the lead in rioting and flocked to Tian Fengji's temporary governor's office to demand payment. Tian Fengji also smashed the gate of Tian Fengji's yamen. Tian Fengji asked Mahada for help. Mahada and Ekuna and other Qing army diehards attacked with iron fists. There was a mutiny, but the already low morale of the remnants of the Qing army was inevitably severely affected again. That night, a scout team used the opportunity of patrol to escape from Shaoxing City and sneaked to Hangzhou overnight to surrender to the Fatty Army.Mahada and other Qing army diehards were furious, and formed a large number of military law teams to patrol around, and when they found Qing soldiers fleeing, they all beheaded!
While sneering at the dying struggles of the Qing army's diehards such as Mahada, Tian Fengji took advantage of the chaotic opportunity of the soldiers' mutiny to once again send his confidants to Hangzhou to report to Fatty Lu the news of the alliance between the remnants of the Qing army and Geng Jingzhong's army. A copy of the covenant was attached to the letter, so that Fatty Lu could formulate a strategy to deal with it.

In fact, there is no need for Tian Fengji to be kind enough to inform. The fact that the remnants of the Qing army and the Geng army formed an alliance against Lu had long been expected by Fatty Lu and his lackeys Yao Qisheng and others, and they had already made preparations to deal with it. After the army abandoned Dusong Pass and withdrew to Xincheng, Fatty Lu immediately ordered the Guo Yingfu Department of the Fatty Army north of Dusong Pass to go south and stationed in Lin'an County to closely monitor every move of Geng's main force.At the same time, a large number of civilian ships were recruited and collected, preparing to cross the Qiantang River and march eastward. First, the remnants of the Qing army who were isolated and helpless were sacrificed to the flag.

On the tenth day of October, the preparations for the boats crossing the river were completed, and the [-] Fatty Army, Horse and Infantry cavalry led by Li Tianzhi began to cross the river. The military commander Yao Qisheng went out with the army, and Lu Fatty chose to stay in Hangzhou City, personally protecting the grain road and the back road for Li Tianzhi .In the evening of the same day, when all the [-] troops crossed the Qiantang River, the whistle-blowing letter of the shameless traitor Tian Fengji was also delivered to Fatty Lu.

After reading the detailed rules of the alliance between the Qing army and the Geng army, Fatty Lu scoffed and didn't take it seriously, but Li Tianzhi, Yao Qisheng and others did not dare to take it lightly. Li Tianzhi also took the initiative to say: "My lord, why don't you leave more troops in Hangzhou City, Geng Jingzhong, son Although the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is poor, the combined army of Xincheng and Yanzhou has 9 or [-] troops. If Geng Jingzhong invades, Hangzhou will only have [-] defenders, and it may be a bit difficult to defend."

"No need, Geng Jingzhong won't come." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "Geng Jingzhong is selfish, and he offered to form an alliance just to use the remnants of Mangou to weaken our army; Mangou is not that good, but Mangou The remnants are dying, and they agreed to form an alliance with Geng Jingzhong because they want to seize the life-saving straw of Geng Jingzhong. Therefore, if our main force hits Geng Jingzhong first, the remnants of Mangou will definitely come to rescue them with all their strength. To keep Geng Jingzhong is to save themselves; ours If the main force hits the remnants of dogs first, Geng Jingzhong will definitely not save them, he will just hide in a safe place and watch the fire from the other side, using the remnants of dogs to consume our troops."

"Although the words are reasonable, but..."

Li Tianzhi still wanted to insist on leaving more troops for Fatty Lu, but Fatty Lu waved his hand and said, "Don't persuade me, just fight according to the original plan. You take [-] troops to Shaoxing and Ningbo, and I will take [-] troops to defend Hangzhou—in fact, Hangzhou." The city is so strong, and [-] troops are more than enough. The people of Hangzhou will definitely not want to be snatched by Geng Jingzhong again. Also, your attack on Shaoxing and Ningbo is the first time for us to expand the territory of the Great Zhouyue Palace. Don't let me down."

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Facts have proved that Geng Jingzhong did not disappoint Fatty Lu. After discovering that the main force of Fatty's army crossed the Qiantang River and marched towards Shaoxing, the diehards of the Qing army headed by Tong Jia Mahada immediately asked Tian Fengji to send an envoy to Geng Jingzhong. The die-hard Tian Fengji, who was basically empty-handed, also immediately wrote a letter of appeal for help, asking Geng Jingzhong to fulfill the covenant, immediately send troops to attack Hangzhou, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao to relieve the crisis in Shaoxing.But when the request for help was sent to Lord Geng Jingzhong by the Qing army on a fast horse, Prince Geng not only did not immediately order the army to attack, but also jumped three feet high happily, shouting:

"Order Zeng Yangxing and Bai Xianzhong to strictly restrain the army, and never take the initiative to provoke the Great Zhou army! As long as the Great Zhou army does not take the initiative to start a war, they are absolutely not allowed to shoot at them!"

Lord Geng's lackeys looked at each other in blank dismay, secretly admiring their master, Prince Geng—as expected, turning faces is faster than turning pages.Ma Jiuyu's right-hand man, Li Yankui, stood up, bowed to Lord Geng and said, "My lord, is this not good? We have a relationship with Mangou, and we have just formed an alliance. The ink is not dry, and we will soon Don't save yourself, don't you...?"

"You know what!" Prince Geng yelled angrily, "Lu Gou has just dispatched troops with a sharp edge, and we haven't gone far yet. We will dispatch troops to attack Hangzhou immediately. What advantage can there be except for a bloody head? Available?"

"Your Highness is brilliant." Xu Wenyao hurriedly stood up to flatter him, and said flatteringly, "Your Highness's hand is too high. I will stand still for a while and watch the fire from the other side. Let Lu Gou and Man Gou fight each other. When Lu Gou and Man Gou fight each other , Exhausted, and then make a move, you can guarantee victory!"

"It's still Guangwu who understands my king's heart." Prince Geng laughed and said, "As long as the army and strength are preserved, the more intense the fight between Lugou and Mangou, the better. With a part of the dog's strength, it will be much easier for me to send troops to fight Lu Gou again!"

"My lord is brilliant, with clever calculations and unpredictable ghosts and gods." All of lord Geng's confidants agreed together, flattering.So, less than ten days after signing the new covenant, our Lord Geng once again reneged on the covenant, ordered the army to stand still, and watched the fat army encircle and suppress the remnants of the Qing army. Our Lord Geng also ordered the Zeng Yangxing Department and Bai Xianzhong Department of Geng Jun who were confronting the Fat Army to exercise restraint and absolutely not to provoke the Fat Army.

The movement of Geng Jun was reported back to Hangzhou, our Lord Lu sneered, and quickly ordered: "Send a fast horse to order Guo Yingfu, keep restraint, don't provoke Geng Jingzhong for now, and then send envoys to send some good things to Zeng Yangxing and Bai Xianzhong." Wine, meat, and beauties to build a good relationship so that it will be easier to recruit in the future."

The order was passed to Lin'an County, and Guo Yingfu, the general of the Fat Army who was stationed here, immediately followed the order. In the name of connecting with him, he sent the Geng Army general Zeng Yangxing and Bai Xianzhong who were confronting him with fine wine, pigs and sheep, plus two beauties from Jiangnan. Zeng Yanghe and Bai Xianzhong were overjoyed, they smiled unceremoniously, wrote back to thank them, and called Guo Yingfu brother and brother in the letter. Not only did the confrontation between the two armies not have the slightest conflict, there was also an intimate scene of patrolling soldiers from both sides gathering together to drink and eat meat.

Prince Geng did not disappoint Prince Lu, nor did Li Tianzhi. On October [-]th, the [-] Fatty Army marching east along the canal approached the city of Shaoxing. Gathering up the courage to go out of the city to fight in the field, the two sides set up a battle in the western suburbs of Shaoxing and started a decisive battle.

The formation was set, and it was discovered that there were not many rocket launch vehicles placed in front of the fat army. The diehards of the Qing army were determined. The hardcore traitor Bao Hu got Mahada's instructions, and repeated the same trick to lead [-] elite cavalry to avoid the fat army. The front of the rocket formation hit the right wing of the Fat Man Army, trying in vain to reproduce the glory of the previous Xiaoshan decisive battle.But it is a pity that the Fatty Army is not Taiwan's Zheng Army, which has a negative land combat strength. Zhu Sanshui (Zhu Man) immediately led a thousand cavalry to attack, and launched the most authentic cavalry saber battle on the right wing of the fat army.

On the cavalry battlefield, the cavalry of the two armies came and went, flying arrows like locusts, and the bright sabers danced like snow falling. There were chilling crashes, some had their arms and legs cut off, some had their caps blown off, and the blood was like rain, falling on the withered and yellow land of Shaoxing in late autumn.Seeing such a scene, the diehards of the Qing army, such as Mahada and Ekuna, inevitably looked at each other, trembling with fear. Only then did they know that the Fatty Army was not only powerful in firearms, but also far superior in cavalry strength to the Zheng Jun and Geng Jun that the Zhejiang Qing Army had encountered before.

At this time, the cavalry on the two wings of the fat man's army made another move. Xinqing Hutu behind Zhu Sanshui led [-] cavalry to attack, bypassing the cavalry battlefield and outflanking the Qing army's left wing on the opposite side. The old Qing traitor Yitanbu on the left wing of the army was even more extreme. He led [-] fat cavalry cavalry around a big circle, and went directly to outflank the rear of the Qing army, forcing Mahada to dispatch the right-wing army to intercept Yitanbu's attack. army.

There was a muffled sound of cannons, and the thirty Hongyi cannons lined up in front of Fatty's army fired together, pouring the shells directly on the heads of the Qing army's central army. Amidst the rumbling explosion, the Qing army's central army began to be in chaos.At the same time, the infantry front of the Fat Man Army, which was basically composed of surrendered troops from the Qing army, also strode forward, striding forward towards the front of the Qing army's central army.And at this point, the generals of the Qing army, such as Mahada and Ekuna, finally came to their senses, and understood that the fat army was beating their teachers by their apprentices, learning from themselves, and using the Qing army's surrendered troops to fight the Qing army. It is also necessary to order the front team of infantry to attack and engage the infantry of the Fat Man Army in the middle of the battlefield.

The fierce battle on the infantry battlefield became fierce from the very beginning. The surrendered soldiers of the Qing army who surrendered to the Fat Man Army showed their loyalty by chopping up their former companions mercilessly and becoming more and more fierce.The morale of most of the soldiers of the Qing army was low, and they couldn't withstand the violent attack of the fat army's infantry. They were defeated by the fat army and retreated steadily. , failed to make the Qing army infantry come forward, and finally even the Qing army supervisor team began to retreat, and there were even defectors who surrendered in front of the battle-what's the use of stubbornly resisting bloody battles?It has been four months since he received his military salary, so even if he wins the bloody battle, can he receive a penny of military salary?Might as well surrender sooner.

The situation on the battlefield of the cavalry on the two wings is similar. Except for a small number of die-hard cavalry, most of the cavalry of the Qing army have no fighting spirit and will not fight. There were signs of loosening, and the loosening was getting faster and bigger, especially after Zhu Sanshui chopped off the head of the hardcore traitor Bao Hu, the [-] elite cavalry of the Qing army who took the lead in attacking took the lead in collapsing. Back, being chased by the roaring Zhu Sanshui army, he fled directly to Shaoxing City ten miles away.

Seeing such a scene, the Qing army inevitably became more flustered and retreated faster, but Lu Zhangtai, the loyal younger brother of the king of Yue who was supposed to supervise the army, jumped up and down with joy, shouting, "Sanshui, you did a good job, you didn't embarrass me! Don't embarrass me!"

The old Qing traitor Yitanbu on the left wing was not weak either. During the melee, Yitanbu led more than a hundred fine cavalry to directly kill Qi Linbu, the cavalry general of the Qing army. After all kinds of difficulties and dangers, he finally rushed to Qilinbu. Qilinbu swung his sword to fight, but Yitanbu, whose whole body was stained red with the blood of mite soldiers, fought more and more bravely, and his saber cut harder and harder. Unable to hold back, he dropped his horse and fled, but was caught by the corpse of the horse on the ground, and fell off the horse screaming. Itanbu rushed up and chopped off his head with a knife, and waved and roared with the mouse braid on his head. The horse head fled to the east.

When the infantry of the Fat Man Army came close to the formation of the Qing Army, Li Tianzhi finally joined the second team of infantry of the Fat Man Army, stepped forward to join the battle group, and shouted the slogan of surrender, not to kill, while launching a series of battles against the formation of the Qing Army infantry. The impact, like a huge hammer, hit the front of the Qing army infantry violently and continuously. After the battle, the rest of the Qing army became even more courageous. Before the fat man came to the front, they were already in chaos. There were deserters running out of the queue to escape.

Among the four commanders of the Fatty Army, only Li Tianzhi has not led the Suzhou Legion to cooperate with Fatty Lu to personally command a large-scale decisive battle, and he has made the least meritorious service. However, this is not because Fatty Lu does not trust Li Tianzhi, but because Fatty Lu trusts Li Tianzhi too much For this reason, compared with fat generals such as Gao Dejie, Han Daren, and Wang Xu, although Li Tianzhi has the least reputation and the least conspicuous, he is the most stable one, and his combat style is even more stable. In the case of an obvious advantage, Li Tianzhi never ordered a general attack. He just let the first two infantry on the battlefield continue to attack and beat, and consume the Qing army's infantry bit by bit. He will never take any risks until the moment of victory. .So when the front and both sides of the Qing army were fighting upside down, at least half of the Fatty Army's troops were still standing still, watching their companions fighting in front with cold eyes, patiently waiting for the opportunity to win.

Li Tianzhi's most conservative tactic is the one that caused the Qing army's actual coach Mahada the most headaches, because unlike the fat army, the remnants of the Qing army in Zhejiang have lost contact with all friendly troops, and they can't count on reinforcements and supply of troops. If you consume one, you will lose one. If you want to replenish, you can only forcibly recruit troops from Shaoxing and Ningbo, which are already very serious.Therefore, Li Tianzhi's counter-consumption style of play happened to hit Mahada's seven inches. If it is consumed, it will only suffer. Zhenghe Qisheng encountered Li Tianzhi's prudent tactics again, and there is no chance of surprising victory. Mahada It was completely helpless.

The frontal attrition battle lasted for five full hours from the middle of noon until half past You, before Li Tianzhi finally dispatched the third infantry unit of the Fat Man Army to step up the frontal offensive, which had been weakened by physical exertion and casualties. However, there are still more than [-] infantrymen of the Fat Man Army who continue to stand still and wait for the opportunity of a general attack.Seeing such a situation, and seeing the fat army's new force rushing forward to fight, Mahada finally couldn't hold on any longer, and shouted: "Ming Jin! The front team becomes the rear team, and the rear team becomes the front team. Fight and retreat, retreat! Shaoxing defends the city!"

"General Ma, at this time, Mingjin and Wugou must attack in an all-out manner, which will increase our casualties." Deputy Ekuna exclaimed.

"If we continue to fight like this, we won't even have the troops to defend the city!" Mahada yelled with red eyes, "Withdraw! Keep the troops to defend the city! Fuck your mother Wu dog, bullying people because of the number of people, if I have The backup is supplemented by troops, anyway, death is a dog, I will be afraid of confronting you?!"

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