"Only the one who cheated Wang Datou?"
Geste must have felt that he was too few, how could he cheat only one? Only one king was cheated, and the rebels didn't seem to have much loss! Wang Datou is only one of the three central halls. Above him are the six anti-kings of East, West, South, Bei, Zhong and Yi. Above the six anti-kings is Prince Zhu San. When will this trick be over? He is so old, can he see the end of Ming Dynasty again in this life?
This is true. I have been fighting for the Ming Dynasty for a lifetime and have not finished it. Are you discouraged?
When he went down to see Prince Rui with his pigtails raised, Prince Rui asked him, "Has Nanming been destroyed?" How would he answer? It makes me sad just thinking about it!
So as long as there is a chance, the old man is ready to trap and kill a few more big traitors! It's best to trap Shang Shuying's new husband Liu Jinzhong to death!
However, the old man was also scheming and would not confess everything in his heart to Shang Kexi's daughter. He nodded heavily and said, "Okay! I'll trap this traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people to avenge your King Amapingnan!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Shuying stood up, gave Geste a blessing, and said with a serious face: "If the great revenge is avenged, the entire family of Monk Shuying will not forget it!"
Geste smiled and nodded, thinking: Don't be too busy thanking me now. When I trick you, Liu Jinzhong will arrest you and send you to Beijing for severe punishment. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, your sins are worthy of a Lingchi. Don't blame me then!
The old man calculated carefully and asked gently: "Gege, where is Wang Datou now? How many soldiers and horses are around him? How can we eradicate him?"
Shang Shuying said: "Wang Datou is currently stationed in Suzhou, and the reason why he wants to carry out this Northern Expedition is to use the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao to relieve the siege of Nanjing, but the actual purpose is to seize the source of troops in Huaixi."
"Taking the source of Huaixi troops? Doesn't he have soldiers around him?"
"Of course he had soldiers by his side, but he didn't bring many direct descendants from Guangdong. He only had 1,600 to 1,600 infantry and 3 to 400 cavalry from the Shanziying camp. After all, he only had more than 2,000 soldiers. Later, he asked the King of Bei to help him in Jiangbei. After recruiting thousands of strong men, he barely managed to gather 10,000 men, known as the Huai Army. With this little capital, he wanted to make waves in the south of Nanjing, but it was really too little, so he took part in the Huaixi expedition.
Because he had too little capital of his own, he contacted Lu Sanhao, Chen Yonghua and my family Bei Wang to invest in the company together. He contributed 10,000 troops, my Bei Wang also contributed 10,000, Lu Sanhao contributed 5,000, and Chen Yonghua contributed military expenses. Since this transaction is the shares of four companies, of course Bei Wang, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua cannot spend their capital in vain.
According to the agreement, after the four families conquered Huaixi, they would use the Huaihe River as the boundary to divide their territory. Huaibei belonged to Wang Datou, and Huainan was divided by Beiwang, Chen Zhongtang, and Lu Zhongtang. So Wang Datou is currently in Huaibei, and his exact residence is Suzhou City. However, the more than 10,000 Huai troops he brought will not be concentrated in Suzhou, but will be dispersed throughout Huaibei to recruit troops and occupy land. There should be more than 2,000 troops left with him at present. This number is enough to deal with Shang Zongzhen and Nian Prefect who pretended to surrender. "
Geste turned his eyes and glanced at Nian Xialing, who came with the monk Shuying. Nian Xialing nodded: "Du Tong, what Gege said is true. The subordinate sent a detailed report to report that Wang Datou had included his Huai army. All the Huaixi people were sent to various market towns in Huaibei to recruit troops, and they also gave ordinary soldiers a monthly salary of three taels of silver, and gave the chief officers a monthly salary of ten taels."
"A soldier is worth thirty taels of silver a month, or even ten taels of silver a month." Gestai was startled, "Prefect Nian, you green camp soldiers in Xuzhou don't know this price, right?"
"I don't know. I don't know yet. It would be troublesome to know!"
You must not know!
Green camp soldiers get one or two and a half a month, and they still have seven and eight deductions. I wonder if they can get one or two in the end? The Ming Dynasty went all out and gave three taels directly. If they didn't deduct or default on the payment, then why would they pretend to surrender? Must really surrender!
Geste thought about it and asked again: "Is Wang Ni that rich? A big soldier will be given three taels, and a ten taels will be ten taels. This ten taels can't be more than one hundred and twenty taels a year? A county magistrate How much is it? If there is no corruption, it will only be a few dozen taels a year."
"Wang Datou, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao are indeed very rich! Wang and Chen have divided up the profits of sea trade. Moreover, Wang and Lu belong to Foshan Iron Industry. Jiangning's weaving industry is already the best in the world. Jiangnan gentry They are also keen on buying fame from Nanjing. How can they be short of money?"
Shang Shuying paused and then said, "And after they get the money, they don't have to distribute hard-core crops, and they don't have an internal affairs office to help spend money! They can spend as much money on military expenses as they have. Of course, they can raise soldiers with high salaries. !
The Yingtian regiment, led by Lu Sanhao and assisted by Wang Datou and Chen Yonghua, has a total of 16,000 to 7,000 troops, and the annual military salary expenditure is as high as 774,000 taels! "
"So much" Beads of sweat appeared on Geste's forehead.
No wonder Prince An is chewing hard bones in Jiangning, not hard bones, but his M's granite!
Shang Shuying said softly: "So, Ge Dutong, we have to hurry up! If it takes too long, the people sent by Wang Ni to look for soldiers come back, and there will be more than 20,000 to 30,000 Huaixi soldiers in Suzhou." Casually? And if the Green Camp in Xuzhou knew about the treatment from the other side, how loyal to the imperial court would be?"
Gerstad was silent for a moment, then banged the table and shouted: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. The troops I lead are all cavalry. They can enter Xuzhou in two days. After another two days of rest, they will send troops to capture the king." It’s against your fate! Prefect Nian, how many troops can Xuzhou send to help in the battle?”
"Three thousand!" Nian Yaoling said, "Xuzhou's main army can send out one thousand and five thousand soldiers, and the regiment training envoys of the three towns of Guide, Tai'an and Jining have each sent five hundred armored soldiers to help."
"Okay, thirteen thousand, that's enough!"
"Boom, boom, boom."
The sound of horse hoofs rumbled like muffled thunder. More than ten thousand colorful Eight Banners and Green Battalion cavalry formed ten marching columns with leaders or battalions as units, along the Xu Beng Official Road (Xuzhou-Fengyang Bengbu Ji). The mighty journey south.
Behind them, there were three thousand infantrymen dressed in green battalions, carrying spears and shotguns, dragging grain carts and artillery carts, and together they drove out of the impregnable Xuzhou Fort.
On the official road further southeast of Xuzhou, there were countless military flags of various colors billowing in the wind, and endless infantrymen of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp dragging artillery and baggage. Under the urging of Mu Zhan, the chief minister of the Jiangbei camp, March with all your might!
Nala Mu Zhan, the chief minister in charge of the Jiangbei Camp, had a gloomy face. Ever since he received the notice sent by Gestei's messenger the day before yesterday, his face looked like it had been shaved, and there was no smile at all.
Gestei, an old fellow with Dorgon, didn't know why. He got mad as soon as he arrived in Xuzhou. Without waiting for the infantry led by Mu Zhan to arrive, he led 13,000 infantry and cavalry and left Xuzhou Jiancheng. Went to raid Fuliji and Suzhou City!
Gestei also said in the notice that Wang Datou had fallen into Shang Kejiao and Nian Xialing's trick of surrendering, and would lead 2,000 people from the Shanzi Battalion to Fuliji to welcome the soldiers from the Xuzhou Green Camp sent by Shang and Nian. Family members. And this is a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack, capture Wang Datou alive, and annihilate Shanzi Camp!
In order to seize this opportunity, Gerstad decided to take a big shot!
And in order to seize the opportunity before the troops that Wang Datou sent to recruit troops across Huaibei returned to Suzhou, Gestei decided to adapt to the situation and send troops immediately, without waiting for the main force of Mu Zhan to arrive.
Mu Zhan was furious when he saw the notice sent by Gestei!
It wasn't that he found out there was fraud, but he hated Gerstad for being unjust. Did Gerstein really want to "surge his troops quickly"? Was he really afraid that Wang Datou's men would pull tens of thousands of strong men from the Huaibei countryside at once, so he sent out troops before his main force arrived?
This old guy is obviously taking credit!
These people who are under the command of "Doama" like to take credit!
What's even more hateful is that this old guy is only three or two days away from Mu Zhan's 20,000 infantry. In other words, even if Geste falls into a trap, Mu Zhan still has to fish for this old immortal!
Gestei only needs to hold on for three days before Mu Zhan's 20,000-strong army can arrive.
This wishful thinking is too "too much Ergon"! The successful attack on Fuliji was all his. If he falls into a trap, Mu Zhan is responsible for the rescue, and he might be able to bloom in the middle. All the benefits will be taken by him alone.
However, Mu Zhanming knew that the old guy Gestei was taking advantage of him, so he still had to hold his nose and lead the troops all the way - for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty could not afford to lose this battle!
If Fu Liji fails to win, not only Xuzhou will collapse, but the entire Huaisi market may collapse. And if Huaisi collapses, Jiangning will be beaten? Yue Le is not Zhang Shicheng. He is a Manchurian. If he wants to conquer the North Road, he will not be able to separate the southeast for a long time.
And once the southeast is lost, the world may be divided into three parts!
Thinking of this, Mu Zhan suddenly shouted: "Send the order. Let the brothers work harder! We can't let the brothers of the cavalry team take all the credit!"
At the same time, at the front of Geste's cavalry, countless horsemen were running back and forth, constantly bringing the situation ahead.
"Capital, Wang Ni and Li Zhongshan's flag appeared at Fuliji. A pontoon bridge has been erected on the Sui River north of Fuliji."
"Capital, no traces of the traitor ambush have been found around Fuliji. There are only about a thousand traitors stationed in Fuliji."
Hearing the reward, Gerstad laughed: "This Wang Datou is still too young after all. He thinks he can buy Xuzhou City with a few bad coins!"
The Eight Banners counselor who followed from the Jiangxi camp next to him said with a smile on his face: "Du Tong, let's just get rid of the infantry, artillery and baggage behind us, and use only the cavalry and horse teams to rush over and catch Wang Datou by surprise! "
Geste nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Okay! It's just what I wanted. The flag-carrying army and horse team should throw away the infantry and speed up. We must reach Fuliji before this evening!"
"嗻!"
Following Gestei's order, the tens of thousands of eight-flag horse troops suddenly accelerated their marching speed. The sound of horse hooves thundered, and tens of thousands of spear helmets surged in front of and behind Gestei.
Under the gun helmet, there are faces full of joy and desire for victory. These Eight Banners soldiers who have been smelling the smoke of gunfire for two or three years on the battlefield of the increasingly fierce "Anti-Qing and Restoration War" have now become somewhat elite. At least they were able to skillfully control the horses under their crotches. All of them could charge at the enemy with their carbines. Some of them with better skills could even take off the reins with both hands on horseback. The ability to shoot while riding a horse was something they had not achieved a few years earlier. I can choose a bodyguard! It is indeed extremely common now.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current Eight Banners soldiers are much stronger than they were two or three years ago. If they were allowed to fight the Battle of Southern Sichuan, which made everyone in the Qing Dynasty vomit blood in pain, even if Wu Sangui could win, it would not be so beautiful.
As for Yingtian regiment training, Huaixi regiment training, city defense and fortress defense, you can also look at it. If they want to fight in the wild, how can they be the opponents of the Eight Banners cavalry?
Seeing the elite energy of the cavalry on the left and behind, Gerstad was also a little pleased. Although these people are not comparable to the Eight Banners soldiers back then, they are no worse than the old camp soldiers who were beaten by the Eight Banners heavenly soldiers and ran around.
If we consider that their equipment is better and they have good horses, armor and weapons, even if they meet the old camp soldiers in front of Shanhaiguan, they should be able to fight evenly, right?
"Bah, bah, bah"
A burst of gunfire came from the front, interrupting Geste's thoughts. Why did he rein in the reins, stop the horse, and then put out his ears to listen.
The gunshots seemed a bit dense and came from directly in front. It should be a gunfight between people on both sides.
At this time, several more speeders came by and found Gerste's recognition flag.
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the vanguard encountered the rebel musketeers on the north bank of Suishui River. They numbered about a hundred cavalry. We also dispatched mounted musketeers to engage in a firefight with them!"
There are actually two types of this legendary cavalry musketeer. One is the assault cavalry equipped with pistols - this was created by Li Fuchen in Guangdong; the other is the rifled fusiliers on horseback - this is Li Zhongshan's invention. .
Today, Gestei's vanguard encountered only assault cavalry equipped with pistols on the north bank of Suishui River. The number was not large, only about a hundred cavalry. They were originally on guard duty on the north bank of Suishui River, but suddenly they appeared together with the forward cavalry sent by Geste to "clear the area".
Relying on the armored "shooting in the face" tactic, this team of musketeers took a lot of advantage when they first came into contact. But the advantage didn't last long, because among Gestei's Eight Banners soldiers there were also mounted musketeers, and there were quite a few of them.
As the subsequent shotgun cavalry began to dismount and shoot, the Ming army musketeers who had previously had the upper hand soon couldn't hold on anymore and retreated along the pontoon bridge to the south bank of Suishui River. The north bank of Suishui River was immediately controlled by the Qing army.
Gestei quickly flew to the north bank of Suishui River under the protection of a group of Goshiha. He found a mound and then flew up to look at the south bank of Suishui River. It's summer now, and the Suishui River has plenty of water. The river is wide and the current is fast. It's a bit risky to ford it.
Just when Gestei was thinking about whether to ford the crossing, suddenly Geshha beside him shouted together: "Little living Lu Bu! Little living Lu Bu!"
Li Zhongshan and his father Li Fuchen are celebrities in Beijing. Who doesn't know them?
Not only did Gesheha, who was next to Gestege, know them both, but even Mr. Gestege knew Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan, the slaves named N and Lu Bu. So he quickly took out a telescope, raised it and looked towards the south bank of Suishui River. He only saw the south side of the Suishui pontoon. At this time, a group of cavalry with unknown banners appeared. They were the first to ride. They were tall and mighty, wearing red coats. Wearing silver armor, wearing a silver helmet, and holding a six-foot long spear, it is none other than Wang Datou, known as Xiaohuo Lu Bu!
Next to Wang Datou was a female general in a white coat and black armor who did not carry any weapons. She was Shang Shuying.
Wang Datou seemed to be extremely shocked when more and more Eight Banners cavalry gathered on the north bank of Suishui River. He suddenly raised his whip and pointed at Shang Shuying beside him and started to curse. Of course, Gestai could not hear what he was scolding, but It's definitely not a good thing to say.
It seemed that Wang Datou was still angry after a few scoldings. He suddenly waved his riding crop and hit Shang Shuying hard several times!
Then, the arrogant Wang Niwang turned his horse around and led a group of musketeers towards a large enclosure near the south bank of the pontoon, that is, Fuliji. Shang Shuying, who had been beaten, immediately They galloped their horses to follow. When the other knights saw that they were gone, they had no intention of fighting. They all turned around and ran away with Wang Ni.
Everyone ran as if they were frightened. They even forgot to guard the pontoon bridge. Everyone rushed towards Fuliji, which was surrounded by a circle of embankments.
"Wang Datou is about to run away!" Gestei had already reacted at this time, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Bang the drum, advance the troops and chase after him quickly, don't let Wang Datou run away!"
"Dong dong dong"
The sound of drums and drums for the marching troops soon began, followed by shouts one after another.
"Wang Datou is running away, hurry up and chase him, don't let Wang Datou get away!"
"The man in red and silver armor in front is Wang Datou!"
"The person in front with a short beard and a big head is Wang Datou."
Not to mention, these Eight Banners soldiers' observation skills are quite strong, and they actually noticed that Wang Datou's head is quite big. How else should they be called Wang Datou?
These Eight Banners soldiers have long disliked Lu Bu and his son. The Eight Banners sisters like them, but the Eight Banners brothers must hate them!
Today seems to be a God-given opportunity to kill Wang Datou!
When they thought that they might be able to kill the most hated rebel king in the Qing Dynasty, these Eight Banners heavenly soldiers, who had been traveling hard for several days and didn't have a good rest, suddenly became more energetic. They screamed and rushed forward one by one. Cross the undefended pontoon bridge.
Gestei also rushed onto the pontoon bridge, and quickly crossed the pontoon bridge with a group of soldiers, Gesheha. And just as he was crossing the bridge, the people around him suddenly cheered again.
"Fuliji was captured by us!"
"The Emperor's great blessing reaches heaven, Fu Liji has been captured"
Gestei was also excited about this. Winning Fuliji was the beginning of victory!
When he thought that he might really get a big credit this time, without saying a word, Gestai drew out his sword and pointed it forward, then flew forward again, towards Fu Liji who had raised the Dragon Flag of the Qing Dynasty. go.
But when he entered Fuliji, he was still stunned by the scene in front of him.
Although there were flags everywhere in the large Fuliji, there was no one inside.
(End of chapter)
