"Shikai, look. Everyone has turned northwest, let's follow them!"
It was none other than Dai Zi, the firearms expert, who proposed to Wang Zhongxiao that he should follow the Eight Banners soldiers to the northwest. At this time, Dai Zi had already followed Wang Zhongxiao back to the mountain col where they first deployed the artillery.
After commanding the artillery to fire all the explosive shells with sixteen Weiyuan General cannons, Dai Zi and his men were led by Wang Zhongxiao and others and ran back to the mountain col. They waited here for less than half an hour, when there was a thunderous sound of hooves outside the mountain col, and countless Eight Banners horse soldiers ran along the official road outside the mountain col towards Fushun County in the northwest.
Dai Zi, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, saw this scene and couldn't wait any longer and wanted to run with him.
But Wang Zhongxiao was calm and calm, without a trace of panic - why was he panicking? Wu Guogui, who commanded the Wu army to win the great victory at Daguan Town, was his father-in-law. How could he kill him and leave Xiaotuo a widow?
However, Wang Zhongxiao does not intend to join Wu Sangui immediately. It is not that he looks down on Wu Sangui, but that Wu Sangui is really not a great hero. Even if he can create a new dynasty, he is probably just a weak Song Dynasty. Even the market of Ming Hongwu This is not what an old traitor like Wu Sangui can do.
So Wang Zhongxiao still wants to create a new situation with Prince Zhu San, Chen Yonghua, Yang Qilong and the others!
To create a new situation, he must first sneak back to Beijing and then go south to Guangdong.
After this battle in Daguan Town, Wu Sangui successfully opened a "Little Zhoutian", and the chaos in the world officially began.
If nothing unexpected happens next, Wu Sangui will most likely launch the main attack in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and launch the auxiliary attack in Guizhou and Huguang.
And with Wu Sangui creating hatred in Sichuan and Shaanxi, Wang Zhongxiao and his "living Lu Bu" father can also get a good situation of "slowly becoming king" in Guangdong.
But it is still a little difficult to escape from this battlefield where the army is defeated. It is not safe to just follow the crowd.
Although Wu Sangui didn't have any great talents or strategies, the generals under him were quite powerful...especially Wu Guogui, Ma Bao and Wu Shicong. There was a high probability that the three of them would not let thousands of Eight Banners soldiers escape from the battlefield in Daguan Town.
"We can't go with the big guys!" Wang Zhongxiao shook his head, "Brother Wenkai, didn't you find something missing on today's battlefield?"
"What's missing?" Dai Zi asked.
Wang Zhongxiao said: "The bamboo spear cavalry is missing!"
"Yes." Dai Zi was startled, "Shikai, do you think they are going to ambush us?"
Wang Zhongxiao nodded with a solemn expression: "That's probably the case. So we can't follow the crowd, otherwise we'll be ambushed by those bamboo spear cavalry, and we won't know how we died!"
"Then, where should we run?" Dai Zi panicked.
Wang Zhongxiao smiled and said: "Wen Kai, just follow me and I will definitely keep you safe."
He said "keep you safe" but did not say "take you back to Beijing". Such a firearms expert could not return it to Kang Mazi at any cost.
Dai Zi nodded and raised his hand to Wang Zhongxiao: "Then please do everything."
"Okay, keep it with me!" Wang Zhongxiao patted his chest, and then glanced at Dai Zi again. He found that the firearms expert who had finally found an eighth-grade sesame official was still wearing his beloved official uniform, so he shook his head. He said, "Wen Kai, your official skin is too eye-catching, you have to take it off quickly."
"Yes, yes!" Dai Zi said with admiration, "It's Brother Shikai Zhou Dao."
As he spoke, he quickly took off his official uniform and official hat, but he was reluctant to throw it away and wanted to roll it up and take it away.
Wang Zhongxiao waved his hand and said, "Wen Kai, there's no need to bring it with you. You don't need this official uniform!"
"Why is it no longer needed?" Dai Zi was stunned.
Wang Zhongxiao smiled bitterly: "If the battle is like this, we all have to be punished. I am a second-rank official. If I am demoted, I will still have a fifth or sixth rank. You are an eighth-rank official. If you are demoted, won't it be gone?"
"I" Dai Zi almost burst into tears when he heard this.
It was not easy for him to become an eighth-grade official! He was very capable and had a lot of money at home. After arriving in Beijing, he was looked down upon by everyone - the Han civil servants thought that all his skills were shady and cunning, while the banner officials thought that as a Han, he studied firearms because he wanted to rebel. ? Even foreign devils like Nan Huairen despised him from the bottom of their hearts. He did not believe in God!
This time, I finally got an opportunity to join the army and make meritorious service. I didn't expect that I would suffer a defeat. I didn't get the merit, but I had to give up the official position I finally got.
Seeing that he was about to cry, Wang Zhongxiao smiled again and comforted him: "Don't be sad, he is just an official. Wen Kai, don't forget, yesterday afternoon you also hit Fei Yanggu with explosives." On the head of the Eight Banners vest, Prince An and Deputy Fei did not argue with you at that time because the battle was not over! When you look for someone to take the blame later, if you only lose an official position and can still keep your head, there is no need Go to Ninggu Pagoda and have some fun!"
yes! This is a bit of a head-turner! When Dai Zi thought about this, his face turned pale with fright.
Moreover, he also thought about this matter. Wang Zhongxiao seemed to be involved in the murder and silence, so it wouldn't happen to him, right?
Wang Zhongxiao looked at Dai Zi's frightened look and said to him kindly: "Now that the world is in chaos, it is the time for heroes to be born. Brother Wen Kai is still capable, so he is not afraid of not having an official position. There is no need for the imperial court. You, I can recommend you to my father. Otherwise, don’t go back to Beijing and go to Guangdong to become an official!"
What? Going to Guangdong to be an official? Dai Zi was stunned after hearing this. How to do this? The governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi has no power to appoint officials at all. At most, he can give Dai Zi a master. To be an official for Dai Zi, he has to go through recommendation and selection. He still has to go to Beijing!
Unless Wang Fuchen also wants to open an official shop in Guangdong
Thinking of this, Dai Zi trembled and quickly bowed to Wang Zhongxiao: "Zi has been wandering for half of his life. He only regrets that he has never met his master. If the Lord does not abandon him, Zi is willing to attach himself to the tail!"
"Okay!" Wang Zhongxiao nodded, "Wen Kai, you will be part of my family from now on. With your ability, when you arrive in Guangdong, won't you be a stable head of the department with the title of prefect?"
A department head with the title of prefect? When did the head of the department become an official? Dai Zi was startled again. Local officials privately changed the official system and appointed and removed officials privately. What did they want to do? Do you want to rebel, or do you want to create a vassal town?
As soon as he thought of this, Wu Bing's slogan suddenly rang out.
"Qing Tian is dead, Zhou Tian should be established, equalize the fields and divide the land, and the world will be safe."
Dai Zi trembled, then bowed again: "Thank you for your humiliation, young master!"
He is indeed a smart man! Wang Zhongxiao thought to himself: A smart person like you, in the Manchu officialdom, was reduced to being exiled to Ning Guta. This Kang Mazi official is really not easy to be!
Thinking of this, Wang Zhongxiao turned to Yu Haitao and said: "Dahai, take Wen Kai with you first, let Wen Kai pretend to be my master, and then find an opportunity to take him to Guangdong!"
"yes!"
"Big Lei," Wang Zhongxiao said to Wang Leiyong again: "Lead the way to Anxi Town!"
Wang Leiyong had earlier helped Wu Shijue to capture salt wells in Fushun County and was very familiar with the terrain in this area.
So Wang Zhongxiao had already planned the evacuation route with him and Lu Sanhao. The evacuation route they arranged was not to take the official road northwest of Daguan Town and retreat directly to Fushun County, but to pass through the ridge east of Daguan Town, and then move northeast along the edge of the ridge until they reached the bank of Tuojiang River. The small town of Anxi.
Lu Sanhao will drag his old superior Li Tianyu to find a boat that has been prepared in advance and wait for them in Anxi Town.
Anxi Town is an ordinary abandoned Sichuan town that has long been depopulated.
Lu Sanhao parked two wooden boats at the ferry dock on the north bank of the Tuojiang River in the north of the town early.
Yesterday morning, he asked Leerjin for an errand, and then together with Li Tianyu, he led two to three hundred Green Camp soldiers from Gansu to search along the Tuojiang River.
Finally last night I found the dock in the north of Anxi Town and found the two wooden boats.
However, because they only found two wooden boats, which were not enough to build a pontoon bridge, Lu Sanhao and Li Tianyu did not return to Fushun County, but set up a temporary camp at the ferry for the night.
At the same time, Lu Sanhao also sent two of his servants to cross the Tuojiang River by boat to inquire about the military situation.
As a result, before noon today, shocking news came!
Wu Sangui’s stroke turned out to be really easy!
Moreover, he led 20,000 troops out of Nanxi and went straight to the battlefield of Daguan Town, conquering 5,000 Green Camp troops halfway! Then Wu Sangui marched overnight towards Daguan Town. Counting the time, it’s almost here now!
"It's over, it's over. It's all over now! There were already 15,000 rebels in Daguan Town, and now there are 20,000 more. They are still attacking from both sides. The soldiers in Prince An's hands were originally 20,000, minus the 50,000 who defected. Thousands, only fifteen thousand are left. Thirty-five thousand versus fifteen thousand, and there is still Wu Sangui. It’s over!”
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Lu Sanhao's calves trembled, and he sat down on the ground in fright. While analyzing, he shed tears of sadness.
Li Tianyu was also dumbfounded, "How could Wu Sangui's stroke be cured?"
"What kind of stroke? He is pretending to be ill!" Lu Sanhao cried, holding his head, "We were both deceived by him. What should we do? I, Lu Yifeng, am sorry for the emperor and the court. I want to jump into the river. Which of you?" Don’t stop me”
After being reminded like this, Li Tianyu also collapsed on the ground.
Lu Yifeng was just an alternate prefect and an elected official in the west. He had no duty to monitor Wu Sangui, so it was not unusual for him to be deceived by Wu Sangui.
But he, Li Tianyu, is different! He was the governor sent by the imperial court to Yunnan to keep an eye on Wu Sangui! In the end, he was deceived by Wu Sangui, and even the wise and wise little Emperor Kangxi was implicated because of his confusion, and he was fooled by Wu Sangui!
This is a mistake for the country and the king, and it is simply a crime worthy of death!
Thinking of this, he didn't cry or make a fuss, and walked step by step to the pier. When he reached the rolling Tuojiang River, his heart skipped a beat, his teeth gritted, and he was about to jump down. Just as he was about to dance, someone grabbed him by his official uniform.
Li Tianyu looked back and saw that it was Lu Yifeng who was pulling him.
Lu Yifeng said: "Futai. The water is cool!"
Li Tianyu replied with tears in his eyes: "Sanhao, now that the matter is over, do you think I still have a way to survive?"
"Yes, there must be some." Lu Yifeng said, "If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. Even if Ning Guta is exiled, there will still be a chance to recover! Moreover, although Qingtian is not dead now, Zhou Tian has already stood up. Woke up!"
Li Tianyu was stunned, "Sanhao, what do you mean?"
Lu Yifeng said: "Futai, when it comes to familiarity with King Pingxi's vassal, the Guangdong and Guangxi kings are number one in the imperial court, and you are number two!"
After being treated like this by Lu Yifeng, Li Tianyu felt that he still had a chance to survive, so he gave up the idea of jumping into the river out of fear of crime. He thought for a while and then said to Lu Yifeng: "Sanhao, let's stop looking for a boat and go back to Fushun County first."
Lu Yifeng waved his hand: "Futai, let's wait."
"What are you waiting for?" Li Tianyu asked.
Lu Yifeng said: "Maybe there will be defeated troops coming from the direction of Daguan Town. We can save them one by one!"
"Will the defeated army from Daguan Town come to Anxi Town?" Li Tianyu asked, "Can't they reach Fushun County by going north along the official road?"
Lu Yifeng shook his head: "Futai. I'm just afraid that Wu Sangui may have an ambush!"
"Is there still an ambush?" Li Tianyu took a breath, "Isn't this guy named Wu too cruel?"
Lu Yifeng's guess was correct. Wu Sangui did have some tricks up his sleeve. How could he not? Wu Sangui took Yue Le's military strategy and studied it with his generals and staff for many days before formulating a highly targeted plan. Of course, there would be follow-up measures. He finally seized such a God-given opportunity, how could he let go of thousands of Eight Banners vests?
If you miss this opportunity, there will be no easy victory in the future!
Yue Le and Fei Yanggu also knew something was wrong at this time because when they ran away from the battlefield of Daguan Town, they were not chased by the Wu army's sharpest bamboo spear cavalry.
Therefore, their retreat was unexpectedly smooth. They quickly fled along the official road to the vicinity of Rongxi Bridge. It was impossible to cross the bridge directly because there was a hollow square composed of 2,500 people led by Wu Yingqi to the south of Rongxi Bridge. The formation is blocking the way!
Yue Le and Fei Yanggu, who had come all the way from Daguan Town, certainly didn't want to fight a forceful attack. They only had three or four thousand Eight Banners vests left with low morale, disorganized teams, and even chaotic organization. They had no strength to fight. .
However, they can also bypass this square and swim from Rongxi River to the west of Rongxi Bridge.
The Qing army in Fushun County saw the defeated troops led by Yue Le and Fei Yanggu from a distance. They had already marched out to form an array on the north bank of Rongxi River, waiting to meet the defeated army - if the one blocking the Rongxi Bridge If the Wu soldiers' phalanx dares to disband, the Qing army on the north bank of Rong River will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Seeing the various Qing army flags flying outside Fushun County, Yue Le and Fei Yanggu breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, their lives were probably saved. Most of the more than 3,000 Manchu and Mongolian flags following them You can also return safely.
As long as these old foundations are still there, there will always be Eight Banners Han troops and coated slaves.
Just as the two of them thought of this, the flag gates at the southern corners of the Wu soldiers' phalanx blocking the road suddenly opened, and then they saw a brigade of bamboo spear cavalry filing out of the flag gates, on both sides of the official road and the official road. Two rows of assault lines spread out on the flat ground.
Now the hearts of Yue Le, Fei Yanggu, and the Eight Banners soldiers who had followed them all the way were broken!
"My lord, don't be impatient, I'll wait for you to kill me!" Fei Yanggu was still a bit brave, so he pulled out his sword at that time and assumed a posture of fighting for his life.
But none of the Eight Banners disciples behind him agreed with him. After running all the way, they didn't have much horsepower left, and they were still rushing like this? Besides, when they were running away just now, many Eight Banners soldiers thought that their long spears were in the way and threw them away. Now they use short knives to confront the enemy's bamboo spear cavalry? To die?
Just when these Eight Banners disciples couldn't muster the courage to fight, the Wu army on the opposite side had already begun to beat the drums of charge!
Amidst the sound of war drums, I saw all the Bamboo Lancers beginning to gallop forward!
Prince An Yue Le doesn’t know what to do anymore? It's impossible to break through. But if you want to run, you don't know where to run?
Even though this prince was experienced in battles when he was young, he has always fought against the wind. He has never been the only one chasing others to cut him. He has never been defeated by the enemy and has been chased and intercepted until there is no place to run.
Just when the prince was at a loss, Fei Yanggu next to him had already reacted, yanked his reins, and then yelled: "Prince, come with me quickly and let's escape to the mountains!"
Yes, escape to the mountains!
Yue Le has also woken up and can still crawl into the ravine! It’s Fei Yanggu, this young man, who is smart and has a bright future! The Qing Dynasty now needs a new generation of generals like him who can both defeat battles and are good at escaping!
Thinking of this, Yue Le no longer pretended to be loyal. He drew his saber and pointed at the hill next to him, shouting: "All the men of the Eight Banners, follow me. Go into the mountains to suppress the bandits!"
He also went into the mountains to suppress bandits. I don't know if Yue Le was talking nonsense or if he just kept saying this "line" to make it easy for him.
"嗻!"
When the Eight Banners soldiers below saw that there was still room to run, they became more energetic. They shouted and followed Yue Le and Fei Yanggu to rush towards the nearby mountains and forests. It really looks a bit like going into the mountains to suppress bandits.
It's a pity that their prestige did not last long, because Wu Jun's fifteen or six hundred bamboo spear cavalry had already launched an assault, just like more than a thousand tigers, killing the group of Eight Banners soldiers who were charging into the mountains with their heads covered.
However, although the assault power of these bamboo spear cavalry was strong, they still could not stop Yue Le and Fei Yanggu from "escaping through the mountains" - the mountains here are short and long, and there are many roads in the mountains, so they can easily escape through them. It's over.
After passing through the mountains, Yue Le and Fei Yanggu, who had temporarily escaped from their pursuers, led about two thousand defeated troops all the way to Anxi Town Luohuang.
While Yue Le fled to Anxi Town, Wang Zhongxiao and the others had already arrived first and were crossing the river in batches on small boats!
(End of chapter)
