Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 710
Surprisingly, this time Wu Sangui didn't get angry and curse, but waved his hands, making all the generals retreat.At this time, Wu Sangui was not so dazed anymore, it wasn't that he didn't want to retreat, but it was too late, what does it mean to be defeated like a mountain?Having led troops for many years, he knew very well that if he retreated, Song Qingshu would unceremoniously press down on him.

How did you lose the Battle of Feishui? The 98 troops retreated together, one man shouted, the Qin army was defeated, and the whole line collapsed, causing only [-] Beifu soldiers to kill corpses all over the field. Chasing soldiers, when the morale of the army is scattered, he, Wu Sangui, will also end up as the overlord of Chu.

Not even as good as the overlord of Chu, Xiang Yu's prestige has been passed down through the ages anyway, Wu Sangui died here before he achieved his hegemony, leaving behind only the eternal stigma of attracting slaves into the customs.

Today's Wu Junkong has 40 people, just like a beast caught in a trap, dangerous and desperate.

Compared to Wu Sangui's desperation, Song Qingshu can now be called proud.

Raozhou Mansion Lobby.

"Xiaomin waits to meet the chief minister of the cabinet!"

In the hard-to-understand Cantonese, dozens of fat or thin, sleekly dressed gentry bowed to the ground one by one like kowtowing bugs, Song Qingshu hurried forward to help him in a panic.

"Hey, everyone, get up, the empire doesn't need to kneel down now, get up, get up."

Thanksgiving, a large group of guys got up one after another.

This group of people is terrible, either the big landlords and gentry in Guangdong, or the big businessmen of Guangzhou Foreign Firm. Originally, the governor of Guangdong, Wu Zhiqi, was as smelly and hard as the governor of Jiangxi, Tu Guobao. Not buying it anymore, a large group of gentry launched a coup, took down Wu Zhiqi and his staff, and established a provincial government modeled on Fujian, and then sent someone to contact Song Qingshu, announcing that he would formally belong to Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Empire and abide by the Constitution of the Ming Empire.

Not only them, I heard that similar things happened in Guangxi, but the journey was far away, and the delegation that came to join them was still on the road, and they didn't have time to catch up.

The annexation of the two provinces expanded the territory of the Song Qingshu regime to the south again, and it can be connected to the Indochina Peninsula. The two sides have once again expanded a trading route, and it has also given new opportunities to support the bourgeoisie. Development, how could Song Qingshu not be happy.

More importantly, it is one step closer to restoring the glory of China.

After completing a series of official handover ceremonies in Raozhou Prefecture and officially acknowledging the joining of Guangdong and Guangxi on behalf of the central government, Song Qingshu also entertained these local tycoons in Raozhou's Zhaixinglou. He clasped his fists enthusiastically.

"Master Shoufu has a grand plan to dominate the industry, open ocean trade routes, and bring all nations to the DPRK. Pan really admires him, but recently I heard that Wu Ni in Poyang Lake was in a stalemate with the government and the army. This rebellious and immoral person can be punished by everyone, not just the cabinet. Your Excellency can authorize us to organize volunteer soldiers to attack this traitor!"

It's not surprising that Pan Shifu is enthusiastic. His family was born in the Thirteenth Bank of Guangdong, and he was also one of the first families in Ming Dynasty to undertake this overseas business. However, after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the business suddenly deteriorated a lot.

Especially in the past six months, Fujian was recovered by Song Qingshu, and those Fujian merchants were assigned to a very lucrative piece of trade in Southeast Asia and India. In contrast, Guangdong, which has always had a more developed industry and commerce, can't go to sea, and goods can't reach the shore. How can they sit and eat? Let them take it easy?
Although it is affiliated now, the big merchants in Fujian still occupy the main position. If the Guangdong Thirteen Bank wants to stand out, it has to put in effort to please Song Qingshu, not only because he is the chief minister of the cabinet, but also because he is the giant monopoly of the West India Company As the domineering president of the trust, it can be said that Song Qingshu's mouth is crooked, and their share can be doubled several times.

However, Pan Shifu's request was exactly what Song Qingshu was proud of, and he refused indifferently while holding a wine glass with a beaming eyebrow.

"Mr. Lao Pan is enthusiastic, but Wu Sangui is like a dead bone in a grave. It won't take long for the officers and soldiers to wipe him out. Guangdong is far away. When necessary, the commander will naturally recruit warriors in Guangdong, but there is no need for it now! "

Before Song Qingshu could finish his confident words, suddenly, the wine jars on the table fell to the ground during the shock, and shattered into pieces with a crash. I couldn't be more sensitive to this sound, Song Qingshu was shocked Just jumped up.

"Where is the firing?"

Now the Ming army has the right to control the water on the entire lake, and even the mouth of the Yangtze River near the mouth of the Jiujiang River is firmly in its hands. It can be said that Wu Sangui's navy can't get out at all. The squadron on the lake that had to defeat Xu Haihou suddenly heard a cannon fire, no wonder Song Qingshu was moved.

The leader of the soldiers, and now the head of the bodyguards of "Zhongnanhai", Xiao Bao couldn't help but get excited, and hurriedly rushed down three steps in two, and after a while, he came back with a gloomy expression.

"Commander, Wu Sangui's army has bypassed Poyang Lake and crossed the river from Ruihong Town. The striker has already arrived at Yugan. The sound of the cannon just now is the exchange of fire between General Yugan Zhao Sheng's Sixth Front Army and Wu Sangui's army!"

"Good guy, Wu Sangui jumped the wall in a hurry!"

He couldn't help taking a deep breath, but immediately a wave of incomparable excitement burned in Song Qingshu's eyes. Turning around and bowing slightly to the representatives he was entertaining, Song Qingshu said apologetically.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, Mr. Song is involved in military affairs, so I won't be with you any more!"

"You can go, handsome!"

I never thought that I would catch up with the decisive moment. A large group of wealthy Cantonese businessmen had joys and sorrows, but they all bowed down and sent Song Qingshu downstairs respectfully.

…………

I was really caught off guard, after all, across the huge Poyang Lake, I never thought that Wu Sangui's attack would be so sudden.

The main forces of the Ming army were assembled near Raozhou, and the defense was deployed from Raozhou to the north, passed through Qamdo, and reached Hukou. Yu Gan was outside the defensive core. Four divisions have retreated back.

"Marshal, the last general is incompetent, please punish him, Marshal!"

It was really embarrassing. As the earliest old man in the beggar army, Zhao Sheng had never had the chance to stand alone all these years. Who knew that it would be difficult to come forward, so he hit a nail in the head. At the joint meeting of chiefs of staff, Zhao Sheng stood up very annoyed plead guilty.

"Now is not the time to worry about these things. How many people are there in the Wu army's attack and who will lead them? What about the follow-up troops? How many artillery and guns are they carrying?"

Hearing Song Qingshu's urgent question, Zhao Sheng's expression immediately became serious. After many years in the military, he is now used to this kind of straightforwardness between soldiers, and he clasped his fists again.

"Return to Commander-in-Chief, colleagues, Wu Ni's attack this time is all cavalry. It should be a team jointly organized by the former Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners. It should be no less than [-]. The banner is the admiral. Wang, if the calculation is correct, then It was Wu Sangui’s general Wang Fuchen, our army’s main fortifications were lined up along Poyang Lake, Wang Fuchen’s cavalry suddenly came from the rear, in order to preserve strength, the last general ordered the bridge to be blown up, and the covering troops gave up the rest and returned to the camp.”

"According to the investigation, there should be quite a lot of infantry behind Wu Ni. This time Wu Sangui is definitely attacking from all fronts!"

"Great!"

In front of the enemy, he suffered a big loss, and even lost Yu Gan in the front line, but Liu Zongmin slapped his thigh excitedly and laughed out loud, not only him, but even Sun Chuanting, who always had a cold face, also showed joy , the other generals, big and small, also showed bloodthirsty excitement. Seeing this scene, Song Qingshu had to cough and warn.

"Fight rabbits with the power of fighting eagles! Although Wu Sangui is at the end of the road, the rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry! Besides, Wu Sangui is by no means a weakling in the southern and northern wars. You should be strict with the army to meet this great enemy. There is no need to do your best. In one battle! There must be no mistakes!"

"Follow the command of the commander-in-chief!"

Hearing Song Qingshu's gloomy order, the dozens of generals all showed serious expressions, and clasped their fists heavily in agreement. At this time, Zhao Sheng, who had just retreated, gritted his teeth and clasped his fists again.

"The last general please be the vanguard, no matter how invincible, the last general asks for military law to deal with it!"

"allow!"

Since the army arrived here in July last year, apart from building camps, they have been training soldiers. Except for the navy, the army has not fired a single shot. Although the Ming army is a professional army, it has long been out of production. I am worried about the crops at home, but if I stay like this, I will get moldy, and I am already a little impatient.

Now I heard that Wu Sangui finally came to the door. The morale of each division was instantly high with more than 30 Ming troops. Under the leadership of each division commander, they rushed to the designated place and built fortifications on the spot. The ground is in full swing.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Yugan Bridge should have been repaired, and the densely packed cavalry appeared in Song Qingshu's binoculars, especially a large flag with the character of king, leading the horse, and after that, countless flags of various battalions appeared on the cavalry From the back, looking at the surging head, Wu Sangui really came to do his best.

The war is on the verge of...

(End of this chapter)