Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 335
On the cliffs of Qianshan County, there used to be Shuya Pass in Shuzhou, guarding the main road leading to the Yangtze River. The bluestone strips were built along the steep ridge for more than four or five miles. As for the construction, I don’t know how many times the Sensen Iron Brigade in the south of the Yangtze River and the Jin Ge Iron Horse in the north have once again killed the earth-shattering. On this day, a neat army meanders out from here, and it is murderous to perform a new bloody scene. feast.

The three divisions of Ge Zuo's Fifth Battalion were regarded as Chuang Wang's old subordinates, and they were taken to intercept Gao Yingxiang. Song Qingshu was not at ease at all and left them all behind, but the Qihuo Army was also not at ease. The second division was sent back to Tiantangzhai to defend it. Lao Huihui's political performance was extremely poor this time, and he was thrown to squat in the poor mountains and rivers of Huaniao Village. Surprisingly, He Jin's third division was left in Anqing this time.

Zhou Yuji's first division was also sent back to Tiantangzhai as a direct descendant to watch, Li Tiezhu's second division followed to defend Anqing, Song Qingshu could only use the third and fourth divisions with mostly recruits, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's division plus a few subordinates could There were as many as 14, and a mere 6000 people was obviously insufficient. As a last resort, Song Qingshu took the division that captured those gangsters who were working as coolies in Anqing City with him.

The ruffian division is still a strengthening division, at least there are tens of thousands of people, but the combat power is estimated to be not as good as the original [-], and Sun Chuanting personally sent it to Qianshan, and Sun Chuanting seemed worried to persuade him.

"Marshal, it's really impossible to bring the second division with you. Leave these dozen masters in Anqing, and the subordinates have the confidence to watch over them."

"Don't worry, Mr. Boya, when did our old Song do something unsure."

Turning his head and watching these thugs being escorted out lazily and sloppily, Song Qingshu patted his chest full of confidence.

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Five hundred cavalry were at the head, and five hundred cavalry were patrolling back and forth. Even so, when they came out of Qianshan, the warrior still walked and fled together. Luzhou is more than 400 miles away from here. After walking for more than four days, he escaped 1000 miles. many people.

The battle situation also changed along the way. When Ma Shiying called for help, Gao Yingxiang had just approached the border of Luzhou. When Song Qingshu arrived at Luzhou City, Gao Yingxiang had already taken down Lu'an City, which he failed to take down last time.

The eight years of Chongzhen can be regarded as the year of the greatest development for the peasant army. In this year, the severe drought in Guanzhong reached an unprecedented level. According to the records of many later literati, when the 40 peasant troops who entered the pass from Hanzhong left the pass , the troops even reached 200 million. Shaanxi generals Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen died in battle. When the peasant army left Jin, the general Cao Wenzhao went deep into the enemy and was surrounded by Gao Yingxiang regiments in Qiutou Town. More than 3000 elite officers and troops were wiped out. Although the overall situation is still strong, the peasant army is weak, but the momentum of the peasant army at this time is no longer to the extent that a single province can stop it.

Many frontier soldiers from the three Shaanxi borders also joined the peasant army because they owed wages and could not make ends meet. It is estimated that the strength of Gao Yingxiang's troops has more than improved. Lu'an belongs to the ancient capital of the Huaihe River. It was captured by Gao Yingxiang in just three days, which cast another shadow over the action of the begging army.

On the fifth day of May in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the begging army arrived at the foot of Luzhou city.

Luzhou may be a bit unfamiliar to modern people, and it is easy to confuse it with Luzhou, which produces liquor in Sichuan in later generations, but its other name is probably known to everyone. Hefei, which developed from the ancient Luzi Kingdom, is close to Chaohu Lake. The upper river network is densely covered, marching to the vicinity of the city, seeing that the city wall is not far away, it is next to the Jindou River, and there are many rivers and ditches outside the city, many places need to be passed by boat, Song Qingshu couldn't help nodding secretly.

Most of the generals of the Qihuo Army are actually opposed to supporting Ma Shiying. Regardless of morality or the current situation, it seems that it is the best choice for the Qihuo Army to wait and see. However, Song Qingshu still insists on leading the army northward, because He knew that Gao Yingxiang had lost this battle in history.

In particular, Gao Yingxiang had been attacking Luzhou for a long time, and became angry from embarrassment. He stationed troops under Jiancheng for a long time, and gave Lu Xiangsheng time to dispatch troops. Fatal blow, from the Luotian area into the mountains, fled back to Hanzhong in embarrassment through the borders of several provinces, and went to reunite with Li Zicheng, but was ambushed by Sun Chuanting in Heishuiyu and captured.

Most of the Shaanxi soldiers were taken out by Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting actually only had 5000 people in his hands. If Gao Yingxiang hadn't been weakened too much in the Huaihe River, even if Sun Chuanting ambushed him, he would not be able to kill him.

Although it is said that they are all from the rebel army, the biggest concern of not helping Ma Shiying is the disparity in strength, but he already knows the result, why doesn't Song Qingshu boldly go north, or just mess up the relationship with the governor of Fengyang that he finally forged stiff.Moreover, it is also good for the peasant army that he intervenes. If Gao Yingxiang is beaten away early, so that he is not weakened too much by Lu Xiangsheng, maybe the strongest King Chuang in the world may not be defeated this year.

The peasant army here was not wronged. The main force of Gao Yingxiang's army was mostly cavalry, but here is a river network, which is not conducive to the detour of the cavalry, and it is also not conducive to the formation of the army. In the morning, we saw Luzhou City, but until noon, Song Qingshu's [-] troops crossed the Jindou River and arrived at the foot of Luzhou City.

But when Song Qingshu was looking at the battlefield outside the city, an unexpected big moth flew towards him.

"What the hell is this called? I'm waiting for a long journey, and I won't even be allowed to enter the city?"

"Damn it, there isn't even a city wall here, so what are you going to fight with Gao Yingxiang's [-]-odd army? Stop fighting, go home!"

The noise from the former army shocked Song Qingshu to leave the terrain and hurried over. At the gate, just in time for Liu Tichun to smash the gate with a stone angrily. Seeing Song Qingshu coming, he immediately ran over angrily like Mr. Gao .

"Marshal, these officials don't let us enter the city!"

Looking at the closed gate of Luzhou City, and the nervous officers and soldiers on the top of the city, Song Qingshu couldn't help but also frowned.

Knocking down with Gao Yingxiang's army outside the city, and letting the officers and soldiers watch the fun from behind, it was not in Song Qingshu's plan, pulling the horse's reins, Song Qingshu ran to the city gate with a gloomy expression, with his head facing the top of the city. shouted.

"I'm Anqing Song Qingshu, who was ordered by Governor Lufeng to help Luzhou City. Please open the door quickly."

After yelling for a while, a civil servant came, poking his head out of the top in a panic and shouting down.

"Listen, the thieves below, the governor has ordered that all reinforcements are not allowed to enter the city, even if Fengyang's general soldiers are like this, you, what are you yelling?"

"Camp camp under the city, repel the thieves, the imperial court will reward you, if you continue to stir up trouble, you will be bombarded!"

"Damn it, Grandpa, I'm afraid of you! Someone, bring the cannon over here!"

Liu Tichun at the bottom was so angry that he almost exploded, and ordered someone to light up the guy, but Song Qingshu suddenly waved his hand in front of him, and greeted the soldiers back, so anxious that Liu Tichun stomped his feet again.

"Big guy!"

"This handsome man has his own calculations!"

After scolding with a gloomy face, Song Qingshu immediately raised his head towards the top of the city.

"Listen, state officials at the top, the begging army can defend under the city of Luzhou, but before tonight, let Ma Shiying come to see me. I won't see him tonight. Tomorrow, the begging army will leave camp and return to Anqing, let's go!"

The last sentence was yelling at Liu Tichun, and with a yell, the begging army who had arrived in Luzhou City changed from the rear to the front, and retreated well-trained according to the usual drills.

Gao Yingxiang was in Lu'an, only more than 100 miles away from here, more than two miles away from the city, the begging army also quickly set up their camp.

The plan has not changed quickly. In fact, it is better to stay away from the city and defend it than to stay in the city and lean against the city wall. It is next to the Jindou River, and the river protects the flank of the army. There is also a small hill about [-] meters away. , The striker who brought him scolded and kicked the shovel again during the drive.

The soil here is quite soft. In less than two hours, a ditch surrounded a [-]-meter hill with a layer. At the same time, the top of the mountain was quickly flattened. A lozenge-shaped parapet bastion padded out on top of the hill.

On the Jindou River, the noisy engineers jumped into the river and erected three pontoon bridges. The rear guards had bulging veins on their foreheads and roared and pushed the cannons up the hill.

Able to forge Hongyi cannons, but the cannons of the Qihuo Army are still light models, about [-] catties to one ton. Although such cannons are not as far as Hongyi cannons, they are flexible on the battlefield, but they are not Hongyi cannons. It can be compared with barbarian cannons. Putting artillery fire at the right place can sometimes be enough to determine the outcome of a war.

While working, Liu Tichun was still shaking his face and complaining with a big beard.

"Marshal, you said we came all the way here, why are we sticking hot faces to people's cold butts? It's better to watch them fight in Anqing."

"Okay, old Liu, the dignified third-rank official of the imperial court, the governor of Lufeng came to dig trenches with you, and worked hard with the guns, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Come on, Marshal, the eyes of their officials are all higher than the top, can he come?" He suddenly piled a sack on the parapet, Liu Tichun looked at the direction of Luzhou City and muttered coldly, this sounded good Song Qingshu's face also immediately turned cold, looking at the northwest, and said coldly.

"If he doesn't come, our begging army will retreat immediately, and let him die in Luzhou!"

There is art in helping others. If it is too easy to help, it will be easy to be looked down upon. If you ask you to help in the future, it will feel natural. Although Song Qingshu wants to make friends with Ma Shiying, he is not here to be a good person. Even if you help, you have to Hypocritical point.

This is also a test for Ma Shiying. If he doesn't come, the begging army will have no weight in his heart, so there is no need to say anything about the future.

But after defeating the Yangtze River Navy, will the begging army of the Nanjing Forbidden Army have no weight?
Before dusk, more than 30 cavalrymen surrounded Ma Shiying, who was wearing a phoenix-winged helmet, which was also a pair of armor, and Pidianpidian came to the door...

(End of this chapter)