"The flag of King Jingnan!"
At the top of Wuhu City, several defenders suddenly pointed at the flags that appeared on the horizon in the distance and shouted loudly.
At this time, the man on guard duty on the city wall of Wuhu, a small county town under the Taiping Prefecture, was the dignified third-rank Jiangning leader Mang Yitu.
This Mang Yitu, whose surname is Zhaojia, is from the White Banner of Manchuria. He is in his thirties this year. He is similar to people like Duolong and Guanyinbao. They are all Manchu bannermen of the "generation and a half" and are better than those born after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. Come out, the pure second generation who grew up in a honeypot are still better.
This Mang Yitu spent ten or eight years outside the customs when he was a child. He suffered a little hardship. Later, he was forced to beat him through martial arts by the "old villain" in his family.
His evil Ama, like Duolon's Ama, both had the title of Batulu, and were among the evil among evil. And he lived longer, and it wasn't until Mang Yitu grew up that he was angered to death - of course, not by Mang's filial son, but by the new masters with white flags.
He is Batulu with a white flag, and of course he belongs to the three brothers (Dorgon, Duduo, and Azig) from the "Laojia". Once the "Laojia" falls, he will be left to suffer. ?
Otherwise, how could Batulu, who he had beaten out by himself, become a minister, right?
If he becomes a minister, then Mang Yitu, a little evil man, will not become a Jiangning co-leader now. He has caught up with the battle to pacify the Nanming Dynasty. In the ten years of Shunzhi, he followed Zhuo Butai south to fight against Li Dingguo. In the same year, he fought with Mulima in Maolu Mountain, earning a position as Jiangning's co-leader with one sword and one shot, and then he worked for another ten years without being promoted.
Let’s look at Duolong and Guanyinbao. Their skills in cutting people are far inferior to him, and their qualifications are similar. Now one is the governor of Liangjiang, and the other is the minister in charge of the bodyguards. It’s really annoying to compare people to each other!
But you can’t get promoted just by being angry!
In today's Qing Dynasty, there are two ways to get promoted. One is to buy it with money! The second is to earn through hard work.
Money, Mang Yitu doesn't have it.
But won’t the opportunity to make meritorious deeds just come?
When he heard the shouts of the soldiers below, he immediately ran over from a short distance away, pushed aside the defenders and stood on the edge of the battlement. He raised a telescope and looked for a while in the direction pointed by a soldier wearing a green uniform. Then he put down the telescope, touched one of his sideburns, and said with a grin: "That guy named Geng is finally here. Well done, well done! Looking at this movement, there are so many people. Thousands of people, right?
OK! Just beat him up! Our Jiangning Banner Camp is lucky. We don’t have to travel far, and the credit comes to us! "
As Mang Yitu said this, he turned around and patted the shoulder of the soldier wearing the green camp uniform next to him, smiling so hard that his teeth could not be seen. Then he straightened his green camp uniform, and ran down with long strides, making the brick-covered city wall crackle with his steps, and he really had the momentum to shake the earth.
There are not many soldiers on duty on the city wall of Wuhu City, but the inner edge of the city wall is crowded with soldiers wearing green camp uniforms like Mang Yitu!
These soldiers' uniforms are all bulging and look a bit bloated. If you take a closer look and take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that underneath these uniforms are hidden various kinds of cloth-covered armor that are unique to the Eight Banners soldiers!
These soldiers wearing green camp uniforms turned out to be "not serious" Jiangning Banner soldiers!
The reason why they are "not serious" is because their "flag content" is uneven. Because Yue Le lost too many bannermen in Sichuan, more than 10,000 people were lost in one battle. Even counting the Eight Banners Mongolia and the more loyal Han Eight Banners (the Han Eight Banners are too unreliable these days), the loss was still More than ten percent of the total number of strong men of the banner people!
Moreover, the situation of the Qing Dynasty took a turn for the worse after the war. The Longxi battlefield, Huguang battlefield, and Jiangxi battlefield all needed banner men to fill in and consume! Henan and Shaanxi also need bannermen to guard them, and some have to be left in Beijing. Prince Gong Chang Ning leads some bannermen to run his hometown in the Northeast.
Banner people are needed everywhere, and the output of the banner people is insufficient, so we can only "use slaves to fill the flag" or "touch the flag in troubled waters"!
The Eight Banners soldiers who were originally stationed in various places were relatively capable of fighting among the bannermen, so they were transferred in large numbers to serve as the backbone of the "new flag armies" everywhere. At the same time, a group of slaves, account holders, people from other households, and even new bannermen who "hurriedly raised the flag" were added.
As for the combat effectiveness of these "new bannermen", they are not necessarily weak, at least not weaker than the Eight Banners in Beijing, but compared to the Eight Banners soldiers who were originally stationed in various places and supported the Qing Dynasty on the front line, they were still worse.
However, after the chaos broke out in the world, Mang Yitu conducted strict training on the reorganized Jiangning Banner Battalion. Although these Eight Banners soldiers are now "irregular", their skills in killing people and firing muskets are passable.
As long as Geng Jingzhong falls into the trap and crosses the river via a pontoon bridge on the long river south of Wuhu City, he will surely be crossed by the four thousand Jiangning banner soldiers who are ambushed inside and outside Wuhu City and behind the Yangtze River embankments. And strike!
As long as the half-crossing attack is successful, the 4,000 Liangjiang Governor's pacesetters and the 4,000 Jiangning regiments lying in the north of Wuhu City will take advantage of the opportunity to cover up and kill them.
The reason for such an arrangement was because Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang, knew how to make money and flatter people when he was an official, but he could not train soldiers. It was not without reason that when Obai was in power, he was kept in the guard's office.
Therefore, the thousands of supervisors under Duolong's command are really not very capable of fighting. If they are allowed to charge into battle, they might be defeated by Geng Jingzhong's men in a single battle, and then everything will be ruined.
As for the team training Lu Sanhao brought from Jiangning, they had just been recruited. They couldn't even form a square formation, so they could only wave flags and shout to scare people. At most, they could just fight with the wind.
So in today's battle, we can only rely on Mang Yitu's flag soldiers!
However, Mang Yitu is still very confident that 4,000 vs. 8,000 are the advantage. The advantage lies in the flag!
With the confidence of victory, Mang Yitu quickly walked to the Central Army of Liangjiang Governor Duolong located in Wuhu County Government - the commander-in-chief of today's ambush was of course Liangjiang Governor Duolong.
If you win the battle, all the credit goes to Duolong!
If you lose the fight, Mang Yitu will take the blame!
"What? There are only eight thousand, doesn't it mean seventeen thousand?"
After listening to Mang Yitu's report, Duolong, who was already a little restless, immediately became nervous.
Li Guangdi on the side heard Duolong's question and quickly replied: "Yes, yes, it's seventeen thousand, it can't be wrong!"
"Where are the other nine thousand?" Duolong asked nervously.
Mang Yitu spread his hands and said: "With multiple troops, how do you know this? Maybe Geng Jingzhong divided into two teams, with eight thousand in the front and nine thousand in the back."
"Maybe." Duolong frowned, "Know yourself and your enemy, and you can survive a hundred battles. How can you do this 'maybe'?"
"This" Mang Yitu is speechless, how can there be so many "know yourself and know the enemy"? Where to go?
"Multiple troops," Li Guangdi was also a little nervous. "We have a total of 12,000 people near Wuhu. If Geng Jingzhong's 17,000 troops arrive, then we may not be sure to capture them. I think It’s good to eat him eight thousand first!”
Duolong nodded stiffly and exhaled: "Damn Geng Jingzhong. This is the only way!"
It is definitely not possible to return to Jiangning now.
Because as soon as Geng Jingzhong turned around and entered the city, some unscrupulous people who were dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty would definitely report to him. When he knew that the Qing army had set up an ambush to ambush him, he would definitely be cautious next time.
But the general trend of the world today is not on the side of the Qing Dynasty!
Once Geng Jingzhong raises the banner of joining forces with Wu Sangui in Wuhu, I don't know how many unruly people and evil gentry in Jiangnan will support him. Moreover, if something goes wrong in Taiping Mansion, how can Jieshu defend Jiujiang?
When the time comes, Li Zicheng comes to Jiangning
"Forget it!" Duolong gritted his teeth, "Hand out my Liangjiang Governor's Day flag! Then send someone to tell Geng Jingzhong that I have personally come to Wuhu to welcome him, and have prepared a banquet in the city to welcome him! "
"嗻!"
Mang Yitu agreed and rushed away happily.
"What? Multiple troops are in Wuhu City?"
"That's right! Duozhijun asked your prince to come and meet him as soon as possible. He also arranged a banquet in Wuhu City to take care of the prince!"
"Okay, okay, please report back to Duozhijun. Your Majesty will be here soon!"
"Then I'll take my leave first!"
"Go ahead, don't send me away!"
To the south of the Changhe River, a flag soldier officer wearing a blue cloth mask and a spear helmet on his head sent away a group of knights who claimed to be the Governor of Liangjiang, Dolongo Shiha, and then took the reins himself. Running towards the rear of the long marching team.
But he didn't go to see Geng Jingzhong, because Geng Jingzhong was not in the marching team at all. The 8,000 cavalry here were led by Liu Jinzhong, the commander-in-chief of Chao Town, Shang Shuying, the concubine of Xushun Palace, Deng Guangming, the commander-in-chief of Xushun Palace, Chen Shikai, the commander-in-chief of Huizhou, and Shang Zhixin, the prince of Prince Pingnan!
That's right, Shang Zhixin has been released, and he has also joined Geng Jingzhong and become the best friend of the Geng family!
He's really going all out now!
He knew how serious his crime was and that he would be executed at a very late hour when he arrived in Xi'an, so he had no choice but to risk his life!
Also thinking the same thing as him were a group of Shang family's buddies who were escorted to Fujian with him, and Shang Zhixin's sister Shang Shuying. The brother and sister are now wearing armor, carrying guns, and riding war horses, looking like they are fighting for their lives.
As soon as Shang Shuying tried her best, Deng Guangming, the commander of the flag soldiers of Xushun Palace, had to lead the warriors of the feudal clan to follow. Mrs. Tai rebelled, could they still escape?
What's more, the people in the Xushun Palace are all from Guangdong, and they know the situation in Guangdong very well - Wang Fuchen has actually rebelled!
Therefore, Wu Guogui has no worries at all and will soon kill Jiangxi with Li Zicheng.
The Qing Dynasty will definitely be over, but the southern half of the Yangtze River cannot be saved, so Deng Guangming and his nephew Deng Zhong, the flag officer who just sent away the Dolongo Shiha Cavalry, are determined to be Geng Jingzhong may be Wu Sangui’s founding hero.
"Mr. Liu, his uncle, his wife, and his eldest son, Duolong, have also come to Wuhu!" This Deng Zhong is in his forties this year. He was originally Dorgon's palace guard. He joined his uncle Deng only after his master's family was ruined. Although Guangming's subordinates have made many military exploits, they have been unable to rise because they followed Dorgon, and they have long been angry. Now when I talk about Duolong, my teeth are almost broken.
"Mr. Liu," Shang Zhixin took a breath and glanced at Liu Jinzhong, who betrayed him in Guangzhou last time, "I'll go meet Duolong!"
Liu Jinzhong smiled and cupped his hands: "Be careful, there may be an ambush!"
"If there is an ambush, there will be an ambush." Shang Zhixin's eyes turned red, "Anyway, no one in Prince Pingnan's palace will survive! It's better to fight them!"
As he spoke, Shang Zhixin moved the spear in his hand and shouted, "Man from Pingnan Palace, follow me! It's time to repay King Geng!"
"yes!"
More than a hundred knights wearing cloth-covered iron armor shouted in unison, each one of them seemed to be holding back a belly full of anger!
Then, I saw Shang Zhixin leading the way, holding a spear, and leading more than a hundred riders towards a wide pontoon bridge on the long river outside Wuhu City.
This is really hard work!
Perhaps Shang Zhixin really thought that Geng Jingzhong rebelled to save him?
A scholar will die for his confidant!
Seeing Shang Zhixin flying away with the cavalry, Shang Shuying glanced at Liu Jinzhong worriedly: "Brother Liu, is there anything wrong?"
"It's hard to say" Liu Jinzhong stared ahead, "but the nine thousand people led by the prince have already crossed the long river in Huangchi Town. As long as they outflank Wuhu City to the north, they should be safe."
It turns out that Geng Jingzhong is not particularly stupid. He still knows how to use some strategies!
This time he used a strategy of dividing his troops into two groups and outflanking them from the front and back.
And in order to ensure the success of the raid, he also invited Shang Zhixin out of the prison van to lead the attack, and at the same time let Mingzhu sit in - one of Shang Zhixin and Mingzhu would have to sit in the prison van!
"It seems that more than a hundred cavalry have arrived. They seem to be Geng Jingzhong's personal soldiers!"
On the wall of Wuhu City, Duolong was lying behind a crenel and looking at the situation in front!
He is not worried either!
This battle is a matter of life and death. If he loses, Duolong will be finished. Even if he doesn't die on the battlefield, he will have to be dismissed and investigated when he returns. If he had known earlier, he would have been less corrupt and practiced more troops. It would be better than anything else!
Just as he was regretting it, Li Guangdi, who was with him next to him, was already shouting.
"More than a hundred riders." Duolong frowned, "You should be here to say hello for Geng Jingzhong, right?"
As he spoke, he raised his telescope and started looking. He saw a familiar person: "Hey, this tall guy in the lead looks familiar. He seems to be..."
"Zhijun, is he Geshiha who was brought to Fujian by Geng Jingzhong from Beijing?" Li Guangdi asked.
"No, no" Duolong held up the telescope and looked at it for a while, then suddenly shouted, "This, isn't this my father-in-law? How come he became Geng Jingzhong's personal soldier?"
"Shang Zhixin?" Li Guangdi also exclaimed, "Why was he released?"
Duolongxin said: There are times when this second-ranked Jinshi cannot think straight. How can Shang Zhixin let go? That must have been released by Geng Jingzhong! They have such a good relationship, Geng Jingzhong has been Shang Zhixin's follower since he was a child! Did Geng Jingzhong rebel just to save Shang Zhixin?
Just when he thought of this, Shang Zhixin had already galloped onto the pontoon, galloping with a spear between his legs, and shouted: "Kill"
As soon as he shouted and charged, the more than a hundred cavalrymen following behind him also put their lives at risk. They all charged forward with their guns drawn, shouting "kill" with red eyes, which frightened the ambush soldiers on the other side of the long river.
Are all these rebels so fierce?
Do you dare to attack the city with more than a hundred riders?
At this time, hundreds of flag soldiers wearing green camp uniforms were listed outside the south gate of Wuhu City. They were pretending to be Duolong's personal troops. Mang Yitu was personally commanding them and saw more than a hundred Geng family cavalry. He suddenly rushed forward, but Mang Yitu didn't react at all. It wasn't until Shang Zhixin was about to cross the pontoon that he shouted: "Hit the shotgun soldiers!"
"Bah, bah, bah"
The random sound of shotgun fire rang out immediately, but it was of no use because Shang Zhixin was still far away, probably more than a hundred steps away, and the shotgun couldn't hit him at all.
And when he saw the muzzle flashes of a row of large and small guns opposite, Shang Zhixin knew there was an ambush!
However, he had no intention of retreating. Instead, he swung his whip and hit the horse fiercely. The horse under his crotch was in pain and ran wildly as if for its life. He rushed past a hundred steps without waiting for Mang Yitu and the others to react. When I came over, I rushed into the group of Jiangning flag soldiers pretending to be Goshiha flag soldiers. Then there was a muffled sound, and someone was knocked out by his horse.
Shang Zhixin didn't know if he was just yelling or if he really thought he had killed Duolong, so he opened his throat and shouted: "Shang Zhixin's formation will kill Duolong here! Who else dares to fight to the death! Wow! "
This Shang Zhixin's martial arts is actually not very good, but this guy's voice is very loud, and his roar is like thunder.
Why did he shout and the Jiangning flag soldiers who were lying in ambush were confused by this situation? Why is Shang Zhixin here? Isn’t he the crown prince of Prince Pingnan? Didn’t he mean to fight Geng Jingzhong, Prince of Jingnan this time? Why is there still Shang Zhixin? Will there be Wu Sangui again later?
Moreover, how could this Shang Zhixin kill Duolondo Zhijun, the governor of Liangjiang, with just one blow? Isn't this too fierce? How can we fight this battle?
(End of chapter)
