Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 420
Two duck eggshells were thrown on the table, dripping with red egg butter, and several large porridge bowls were thrown aside empty. It really means that no matter what the world is, big pot rice is the most delicious. Song Qingshu didn't enjoy the fish all to himself, he threw it all into the big pot of soup in the cooking class, and cooked it together with the canned fish meat. Duck feels much better.

It is now the fifth day in Gaoyang County, and it has entered November. The strong wind in the north is blowing, and there are also small snowflakes in the sky. A thin layer of ice has formed in Baiyangdian, but wearing new hair The soldiers in the begging army were full of food, but their morale was quite high. They should drill and dig ditches.

"Humph! Humph! Ha! Ha!"

Steam was coming out of the top of their heads. On a very cold day, a team of beggar infantry fighting bayonets even took off their cotton coats and only wore vests. The sweat dripped down their strong muscles. Looking at the muscles developed by his soldiers, Song Qingshu couldn't help nodding his head in satisfaction as he patrolled the camp.

In the history of humiliation of the later generations, many times China is not backward in weapons, but backward in physique. Corruption, poverty, and hunger have made Chinese soldiers skinny, short in stature, yellow and thin, and weaker than those invaders in terms of explosive power and reaction ability. Pyongyang in the Sino-Japanese War In the battle, the Qing army endured the bombardment of the Japanese army for more than three days without retreating, but it was defeated in a hand-to-hand battle for a few hours in the city. The platoon is not that the sword is bad, it is not that our soldiers are not patriotic enough and not afraid of death, but that our physical fitness cannot catch up with others.

Now the confrontation between the Ming army and the Manchu Qing is similar. They can’t eat enough to eat. They don’t even have a cotton coat in the cold weather. They are shivering in the cold. Their thighs are not as thick as their arms. In the middle of the year, the Houjin Eight Banners who grew up eating dairy products, rice, and white flour buns, who were supported by the looting Han people, were defeated.

However, since the establishment of a cannery and a large-scale farm, all the young men under my command have been bulging with a sufficient supply of protein, and they are much stronger than when they ate sweet potatoes and potatoes in Dai County. Shorter, that explosive power is still full of murderous aura, and Song Qingshu really has the feeling of being invincible in the world.

Just when Song Qingshu was going to go back to look at the official documents sent to him by Fu Qingzhu, the prefect of Anqing, who was in charge of the overall situation after inspecting the camp, Song Yongzhong, the leader of the selection front army who was in charge of the investigation, suddenly rode back with sweat on his face, and went straight to the center. The army blocked Song Qingshu outside the tent of the Chinese army, and rolled and crawled off his horse.

"Commander, the enemy's situation! A large number of Jiannu troops have appeared in the north of Gaoyang County. According to the marching speed, they will arrive in Gaoyang County in one day!"

"A large batch? How much is a large batch?"

Just now, he was complacent, but suddenly a large number of enemies came. Song Qingshu's forehead was bulging when he heard it, but Song Yongzhong who asked was helpless: "The last general is incompetent, I don't know, but the Jiannu army has seen at least ten miles. I'm afraid there are no fewer than 6 or [-] people!"

"How many cavalry?"

"There are not many cavalry, probably only two or three thousand, similar to our army!"

Sun Chuanting also rushed out from inside anxiously, rushing to ask, listening to Song Yongzhong's answer, he also frowned into a pimple.

"Commander, the enemy is fierce, and the captive infantry is extremely skilled. Our army is not going to act rashly. It is better to stick to the camp!"

"But, what about Gaoyang City?"

Feng Tang, the head of the Xinyi Division in Fengyang, was born as a son of a businessman in Daixian County, a big man from Shanxi, but he couldn't help but scream out.

His words silenced all the staff officers and officers of the headquarters for an instant. Although they were quite confident in themselves, since the beginning of the Saarhu War, except for Yuan Chonghuan's victory in Ningyuan relying on the city wall, the East Prisoner Jin had almost never been defeated. Facing [-] to [-] Qing troops, Zizi outnumbered himself, and everyone was uncertain.

The silence lasted for several minutes, and suddenly Song Qingshu pulled out his knife sullenly.

"Isn't Jiannu also two arms and one bird? I don't have more kidneys than you, and I'm afraid he'll be a hammer! Since the Ministry of War ordered us to guard Gaoyang County, we have the responsibility to guard the soil, how can we ignore it?"

"The Commander-in-Chief ordered that the cavalry battalion gather together, under the command of Song Yongzhong, and go to the east of Gaoyang City to lay an ambush for support. The New First Division and the Second Division of the New Division immediately assembled and rushed to help Gaoyang City with the Commander-in-Chief's equipment. Defend on the spot, put on a posture to attract Jiannu's attention!"

"The last will obey!"

When Song Qingshu gave an order, more than a dozen senior military officers clasped their fists in agreement almost at the same time, and immediately left the tent without a trace of hesitation to prepare soldiers and horses.

In the begging army, the commander-in-chief gave the order, and the mountains of swords and seas of fire have to be fought!Half an hour later, amidst howling, a large number of cavalry rushed out of the fortified barrier with waving flags.

There is a reason for the new first division and the new second division. The Hongyi cannons of other divisions have been placed on the fortifications, only the cannons of these two divisions are still on standby on the ground, and Gaoyang County is small, with 6000 people already Enough to defend the entire city, leaving a large army to threaten Jiannu's flanks, this arrangement can be regarded as quite satisfactory.

But half an hour later, something happened that made his nose almost crooked. Two soldiers of the division trotted all the way to the bottom of the city with cannons and horses. Song Qingshu shouted anxiously at the top of the city: " Song Qingshu, General of the Huaihuai Army, said that the Eastern Captives are already approaching Gaoyang County, and as soon as they arrive, please open the city gate quickly and let our army enter the city!"

Who knows, the city gate is still closed like the thigh of a goddess in front of a diaosi, and no one paid attention to him for a long time, making Song Qingshu wait for more than 20 minutes in the crisis of the Eight Banners cavalry arriving at any time, the fat man with a beard in Gaoyang County Only then did he pop up lazily.

"Listen, the southern army, the city is too small to accommodate large soldiers, so you should set up defenses under the city!"

Song Qingshu was so angry that he was speechless, since the invasion of foreign enemies was in front of him, but he still distrusted each other so much and was so on guard, how could he fight this battle?Still playing a fart?

Gritting his teeth for a full ten seconds, Song Qingshu roared angrily again: "The whole army retreats! The rear team becomes the front team, return to the camp!"

Seeing the beggar army trotting all the way with the cannon and disappearing from sight, Fatty County Magistrate couldn't help but stroked his beard proudly: "Hmph, the Nang Army still wants to enter the city? If the Eastern Prisoners haven't come, you just want to rob the army." Loot my Gaoyang County, there is no way!"

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When Song Qingshu returned to the camp, the entire beggar army was in a state of war, showing its fangs. The cannons on the three bastions were pushed to the forefront, and a waterproof shack was covered with canvas on the top. In the trenches at the front, densely packed The heads of people walked through, and those deer villages, tiger crouching guns, all were in their positions.

"Why is the master back?"

Looking at the banner of the New First Division from a distance, Sun Chuanting came out with his own soldiers in amazement. Song Qingshu couldn't help but spit aside: "Don't let us enter the city yet, that idiot county magistrate wants me to bring you With two divisions under the city to defend against the Eastern captives, damn it!"

Sun Chuanting was also speechless when he heard this, at this time, another group of cavalry galloped out of the camp suddenly, and stopped nearby, and a black-robed eunuch wearing a crooked cap with beautiful embroidery on his chest and back followed him and burned them. The ass ran over like rolling and crawling, his teeth were chattering, and he grabbed Song Qingshu's arm tremblingly and shouted.

"The army of Eastern captives is really here? Tens of thousands more? Song Zongbing, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

All the eunuchs sent by the emperor to supervise the army were like this. Seeing Zhongguan Sun Maolin's trembling appearance like a plague chicken, Song Qingshu, who was already full of anger, became even more angry. He threw away his hand suddenly and shouted angrily. Said: "Didn't my father-in-law write a letter every day to impeach me for fearing the enemy like a tiger? Today, I am still a man. Give up the hammer, and the whole army will enter the camp and stick to the camp!"

Shouting, Song Qingshu strode straight into the barracks, and eunuch Sun was stunned when he fell, but this time the nickname is important, this idiot eunuch didn't care about showing his identity, he reached out and hugged Sun Chuanting's arm again.

"Sun Sima, both of us have the surname Sun. We were still a family 500 years ago. The emperor has ordered us not to fight promiscuously. You should quickly persuade your family's commander-in-chief to retreat as soon as possible!"

The ghost and you were only in the same family 500 years ago!As a traditional scholar, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, but he still maintained the last trace of respect for the eunuch and the imperial power. He was helplessly pulled by his arm and fisted, threateningly said.

"Eunuch, think about it well. The eastern captives are all cavalry, and we are all infantry. We are not afraid of them by relying on the cannons of the camp. If the soldiers retreat and the cavalry cover up and kill them, the army will be defeated, and no one will protect the father-in-law! Listen! It is said that Donglu is a cannibal, especially the father-in-law is so delicate and tender..."

Seeing Song Sun Chuanting showing his white teeth in a stern way, Sun Maolin almost peed in fright. He looked around like a ghost, and he nodded his head like a psychopath.

"Yes, hold the camp, hold the camp, yes!"

After returning to the camp, Song Qingshu was annoyed and ordered Song Yongzhong's cavalry to withdraw as well, relying on Baiyangdian, the begging army hugged into a group and stopped moving.

Although the number of soldiers and horses in the Qing army was not detected, Song Yongzhong's calculation time was accurate. On November 11, [-]th year of Chongzhen, the county soldiers and civilians in Gaoyang County had just woke up from the cold, and they were immediately caught in front of them. The scene was stunned.

Looking down at a glance, the dense Qing army is like mosquitoes in a pool in summer, blocking the defense of Gaoyang City in all directions. Ugly cavalrymen with ugly faces are laughing and looking around with their horses. What is even more terrifying is , In the center of the Donglu army formation, five heavy black and thick pipes faced their own city wall ferociously.

"Red Barbarian Cannon!"

The Fatty County Magistrate who ran to the city suddenly held his head in horror!

(End of this chapter)