"Report"
As an angry shout rang out, Fuquan, who was holding a telescope to watch the battlefield situation in Xiaoxinzhuang in the south, looked back anxiously and saw that it was a Gesheha standing on Qi's forehead, so he immediately asked: "Xiaoxinzhuang" What's going on over there in the village? Why is there no movement in the west of Xiaoxinzhuang, but shooting is going on in the east?"
"Prince Regent, Commander Qi reported that Fan Chengxun has defected, and he is leading his men to fight Fan Chengxun!"
"What? Fan." Fuquan's eyesight went dark and he almost fell off his horse.
He had already bribed Wu Shijue, Kangxi's most relied-upon reinforcement. When the other party received the banknote, he would switch sides immediately. He would win by then. Why did Fan Chengxun switch sides at this time?
What should I do?
Fuquan was so anxious that he ran out of ideas, but Guanyin Bao who was following him reacted faster and immediately suggested: "Master, Kangxi, who is unable to counterattack with Qi Zheng'e, sent at least 10,000 people to attack Xiaoxinzhuang, so let's let him Qi Zheng'e quickly withdrew to Gaojiazhuang, joined forces with Lan Bu, and kept a close eye on Sakyamuni!"
"That's right," Fuquan nodded heavily, "Sakyapao can't resist again!"
Fuquan compared with Kangxi, and it was obvious that he was still immature. At this time, he actually made the decision to let Qi Zhenge retreat. Although Qi Zheng'e's hand strength is limited and it is impossible for him to have strong defenses in Xiaoxinzhuang, as long as he is fighting, no matter how weak he is, the group of "gods of war" who are waiting and hesitating on the battlefield will not make a decision immediately. Then Fuquan still has a chance.
After all, his biggest trump card is Wu Shijue!
But as soon as Qi Zhenge withdrew, what the group of "gods of war" saw was that Fu Quan's one-word long snake formation had been cut off by Kangxi!
Dong E and Cha Ni, who were originally hesitant to defect, immediately decided to continue to support Kangxi. They looked at each other and then shouted together: "We won, long live the emperor, and the Qing Dynasty will be victorious!"
The Eight Banners soldiers under their command, who were seriously under-charged, didn't have much energy to begin with - the Qing Dynasty was like this, and the Aixinjueluo family was still fighting each other. This was obviously going to end, so the people below could just deal with it casually!
But I didn't expect that the opponent was weaker than them. If they just fired a few shots here, the opponent would switch sides and run away. This is a super soft persimmon!
Since it is a soft persimmon, just pinch one!
So these people also cheered together: "Long live the Emperor, may the Qing Dynasty be victorious!"
Kangxi also found out that he had won a game. Now he was dancing with joy. He had been carrying Wu Sangui in the northwest for the past two years! What level is Wu Sangui now? That was the enhanced version of Wu Sangui who had taken in the heroes of Gansu and Shaanxi!
Therefore, no matter how fast Kangxi progressed, facing the monster-like Wu Sangui, he would only get beaten!
But now, he finally found the feeling of victory in Fu Shen.
"Pass on my decree, order Dong E and Chani to lead the white flag army to flank the rebels in the woods!"
Kangxi decisively issued an order to suppress Chang Ning, Bahai, Labu, Ezha and other tribes - these four people have all given him secret discounts, and if they are forced now, they may defect!
"嗻!"
The guards who received the order responded in a much louder voice than before!
Kangxi turned to the old general Asixi and said, "Old man, now you come to command the entire army for me!"
A Xixi was stunned when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you want it"
Kangxi raised his whip and pointed at the Mongolian cavalry on Fuquan's right wing, "Old man, I will personally lead the cavalry into the battle in order to defeat Fuquan's Mongolian cavalry in one fell swoop! As long as these Mongolian cavalry are defeated, Chang Ning, Bahai, and La on Fuquan's left wing will be defeated." Bu and Eza will definitely switch sides!"
"Your Majesty, it's better to leave the matter of leading the charge to your servants. You are the master of ten thousand chariots, so you can't take risks easily!" Asixi said, but in her heart she admired this pockmarked emperor very much.
Although Kangxi was a dazed little fool at the beginning, he turned out to be a master of learning and had a strong learning ability. In the past two years, while being beaten by Wu Sangui, he also learned from Wu Sangui. His ability to fight with soldiers seems to be no weaker than Wu Sangui's.
If there were not too few people in Manchuria to compete with the Shaanxi and Gansu people, Wu Sangui would never be as arrogant as he is now.
"Old man," Kangxi said with a smile, "I have to personally lead the cavalry attack for this attack. It is the easiest way to fool things. If the morale is not high and there is no big boss to guard it, then it will be good if one of the ten cavalry fights hard. , the other nine knights must be messing around, now is a critical moment, so I have to do it myself!"
The cavalry likes to fool things, so even the European armies in the 19th century had no good solution. After all, everyone is afraid of death! The infantry fights in formations, and the officers can lead the infantry below to rush forward. Anyone who dares to delay will be killed on the spot!
But the situation with cavalry is different! Even if it is a so-called wall charge, it will be difficult to maintain the team if it is really charged. It is good to be able to charge out of the wall once out of ten times.
Once the formation is in chaos, it will be difficult for the cavalry officers to control them. Of course, the soldiers below must use thirty-six tactics to save their lives. Therefore, in ancient wars, there were often cases where the commander-in-chief led the cavalry to attack. Even on modern European battlefields, there are many examples of commanders or generals personally leading cavalry charges.
Prince Condai of France, "Kong Mazi", who was a contemporary of Kang Mazi, often did this. Gustav Gu Erye, a contemporary of Chongzhen, was also killed by a musket while leading the cavalry in battle. In history, Kang Mazi's old rival Galdan often asked his wife Anu to lead the cavalry charge, but was killed by Kangxi's cannon. But now Kangxi does not have a wife who can help him lead the charge, so he can only do it himself On.
When his emperor's banner appeared in front of the eight cavalry battalions on the left, the Eight Banners soldiers who were still thinking about how to cause trouble suddenly burst into joy.
"Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor"
The shouts of "Long Live" shook the earth and the mountains, and the sound reached Fuquan's ears, which were already spinning with anxiety.
At this time, Chang Ning, Bahai, Labu, and Eza on Fuquan's left wing had been besieged by Kangxi's two full-banner infantry troops. Although the attacking Kangxi army was still holding back and the defensive side could still withstand it, Fuquan didn't know if those few people would suddenly switch sides?
However, Fu Quan, who was so anxious, had nothing to do now. His life or death depended on when Yang Qilong and Wu Shijue could join the battle!
Kangxi, on the other hand, was obviously much more active than him!
"This is..." Fuquan quickly raised his binoculars and looked over at the shouts. He found that in the northern part of the battlefield, the vests of the Six-Seven-Thousand-Eight Banners had already formed an attack formation, and they were still shouting "Long live my emperor" together there.
Seeing this, Kang Mazi was going to lead the cavalry charge himself!
"Prince Regent, our right wing may not be able to withstand it!" Guanyin Bao immediately knew that something bad was going to happen. "Please let your slaves lead the Sauron cavalry and the Baerhu cavalry to support!"
Fuquan's personal soldiers, the Regent Guards and the Beijing Banner Guards, both had some elite Sauron cavalry and Baerhu cavalry, both of which were recruited by Bahai from Heilongjiang.
However, Fuquan did not concentrate these cavalry as a decisive assault force. Instead, he used them dispersedly and let half of them (under the regent's guard) serve as supervising the battle team.
It has to be said that in terms of his ability to fight with troops, Fuquan, who has been sitting in Beijing, is really not as good as Kangxi, who was beaten by Wu Sangui in Xi'an.
"Go quickly, go quickly, we must resist it. As long as Yang Qilong arrives and Wu Shijue switches sides, everything will be fine!" Now Fuquan had no other choice, so he had to let Guanyin Bao go up and resist him for a while!
"嗻!" Guanyin Bao received Fu Quan's general order, turned around and went to summon the cavalry, but he couldn't summon too many. There were only a thousand cavalry in the sky. If these more than a thousand cavalry had arrived earlier, they might have been able to hold the Mongolian cavalry against the charge of Kangxi's Eight Banners cavalry. But now we can only rush forward in a hurry. It will be good if we can stabilize the front line and prevent it from collapsing.
If you want to turn the situation around, you have to look to Wu Shijue!
But what is Wu Shijue doing now?
"One hundred and one, one hundred and two, one hundred and three."
"General Wu, stop counting, rescuing troops is like putting out fire!"
"Yes, General, can the regent and Mr. Yang short your banknotes?"
On the west bank of the Yongding River, Wu Shijue, who was regarded as the savior by Fu Quan, was sitting on a small horse counting banknotes!
When he heard Yang Qixing and Pang Qinghu urging him, he rolled his eyes at them and said plausibly: "Can we not count this? One less card means one thousand two thousand taels! I don't even have one thousand taels of salary for a year!"
"But, but" Yang Qixing said, "rescuing troops is like putting out fire. If you don't send troops, the regent will be defeated!"
"Yes," Pang Qinghu also said, "If the regent is defeated, Kangxi will unify the Qing Dynasty, and then the Zhou Dynasty will have another powerful enemy!"
"Hey, isn't it just a strong enemy?" Wu Shijue said with a nonchalant expression, "With a famous general like me, what kind of strong enemy are you afraid of in Zhou Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Yang Qixing and Pang Qinghu were shocked!
What does Wu Shijue mean? He wants to collect money but not do anything? Isn’t this too trustworthy?
"You, you" Yang Qixing became anxious, "Didn't you promise to switch sides after getting the money?"
Wu Shijue nodded: "Brother Yang, don't worry. I'll switch sides after I count the money! But where did I count just now? Why did I forget it? How about starting from the beginning?"
"One hundred and three, you've counted to one hundred and three!"
"Please, count quickly!"
"Okay, count now, count now, one hundred and four, one hundred and five."
Yang Qixing and Pang Qinghu looked at each other, both of them had expressions of "something bad is going on". They were in big trouble this time. They originally thought Wu Shijue was the "God of War of the Yongding River", but they didn't expect that he was the God of Wealth of the Yongding River!
When the two of them really didn't know what to do, suddenly, a huge shouting sound like a mountain roaring and a tsunami sounded from the other side of the Yongding River. The panic and noise were frightening.
"Failed, defeated"
This was shouted in Mongolian, and it was accompanied by the sound of rumbling horse hooves that was so dense that it was connected together!
There is no doubt that it was Fuquan's Mongolian cavalry that was defeated!
Wu Shijue finally stopped counting the money, quickly collected the banknotes, stood up from the horse, stretched his neck and looked northeast, only to see a huge cloud of smoke and dust.
"Send the order. Send troops!"
Wu Shijue gave the order loudly.
Yang Qixing and Pang Qinghu finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were about to say a few compliments when they heard Wu Shijue say: "March to the woods on the left flank of the Regent's army!"
"What?"
"General Wu. What did you say?"
Yang Qixing and Pang Qinghu immediately shouted.
Wu Shijue looked back at the two men and smiled coldly: "You can't blame me, you have to blame your regent for not being able to help beating him! Kangxi has only dispatched less than half of his troops, and the regent can no longer bear it.
I can't use my father's 20,000 elite soldiers to fight Kangxi's 40,000 soldiers just for five hundred thousand taels of silver. That's my family's capital! "
After saying this, Wu Shijue walked towards a long-legged foreign horse that was led by his own soldiers without looking back. Then he got on the horse neatly and led the two battalions of cavalry who had already lined up and prepared, and headed towards They rushed to a wooden bridge a few miles away to the south, and the remaining Wu family infantry also marched south in battalion units, one battalion following the other.
"Wu Shijue is moving! Xiangnan."
The Goshiha people around Fuquan cheered. Standing on the wall of Dingfu Village, Fuquan also saw the scene of the Wu family's army marching south along the Yongding River with red flags, and his brows tightened.
Why go south instead of north? The situation in the north is critical and we need more support!
However, Fuquan couldn't control that much at this time. He just shouted an order: "Wu Shijue has defected. We are about to win. Pass on the king's decree and the whole army will attack!"
"嗻!"
Goshiha below cheered for a while and went to convey Fuquan's general order.
The military drums for the entire army's attack were soon beaten!
However, the generals on the Regent's side who heard the attacking drums and saw the attacking flag were all hesitant, and no one dared to move forward immediately.
Everyone's attention is on Wu Shijue!
At this moment, on the south side of the woods, on an official road next to the Yongding River, a "Red Scarf Army" was hurriedly rushing to the battlefield. From time to time, rangers wearing Qing soldiers' uniforms would come on Pegasus, find a commander's flag with the word "Li", and loudly report the latest battlefield situation to Yang Qilong underneath the commander's flag.
"Inform Wu and Zhou that two or three thousand cavalrymen have crossed the Yongding River and are heading towards the forest!"
"Should we launch an attack formation?" Zhu Shangxian, who was following Yang Qilong, asked hurriedly.
"The formation has not been deployed." The ranger replied.
"It's over." Zhu Shangxian's face changed drastically, "Wu Shijue took money but did nothing, and sold the regent!"
Another general of Yang Qilong, Chen Yidao, said: "My lord, the situation on the battlefield is already unfavorable to the regent. Wu Shijue supports Kangxi. The regent is gone. We might as well do the same."
Yang Qilong's face turned pale. He never expected that Fuquan would be defeated so quickly!
Fuquan also had 80,000 people on hand!
Even if there were 80,000 pigs, Kangxi would have to catch them for a while, right? Why can't I stand this?
Thinking of this, he asked Zhu Shangxian and Chen Yidao: "What if we join the regent's side now?"
Zhu Shangxian and Chen Yi both shook their heads.
Zhu Shangxian said: "Wu Shijue and General Li are like brothers and have always kept in touch. If General Li's troops arrive at Shuntian Mansion, there is no way Wu Shijue will not know about it!"
Chen Yidao: "He Tianran, Wang Leiyong, and Yu Haitao under General Li are all Wu Guogui's old subordinates. Wu Shijue handed them over to General Li!"
Yang Qilong also knows this!
Wu Shijue and Yang Qilong both have shares in Li Zhongshan!
Thinking of this, Yang Qilong sighed: "Prince Yu has treated me well. I can't be ungrateful now. Let's turn around and go back to Tianjin!"
"yes!"
Zhu Shangxian and Chen Yi both breathed a sigh of relief. In the current situation, even if Yang Qilong's 10,000 new Beiyang troops were put into the battlefield, it would be in vain. They should retreat to Tianjin to preserve their strength!
When Yang Qilong retreated quietly, Wu Shijue's cavalry had already joined the Eight Banners soldiers commanded by Laita, Fei Yanggu, and Chen Tingjing on the battlefield!
Now everyone knows Wu Shijue’s position!
Kangxi used half of his strength to suppress Fuquan and beat him. Now Wu Shijue brought 20,000 people to join Kangxi's camp, so Kangxi's remaining 40,000 people could also join the battle immediately.
Fuquan is definitely lost now!
Now that Fuquan is certain to lose, the generals on the Regent's side who were still hesitant to wait and see before will of course have to make a choice immediately!
The four of them, Chang Ning, Ba Hai, La Bu, and E Zha, who were directing the battle in the woods, had secretly communicated with Kang Xi. They did not defect before because they were worried that Wu Shijue might help Fu Quan fight against Kang Xi after taking Fu Quan's money. Now they see Wu Shi Jue's trap. I didn’t help when I paid for the goods, so I didn’t hesitate at all and immediately raised the “flag of justice”!
The troops on the Regent's side, who were fighting in the woods, suddenly shouted: "Long live the Emperor! The Regent is a traitor!"
"Long live the Emperor! The Regent is a traitor!"
Fuquan also heard the cry, but it didn't come from the woods, but two to three thousand people led by Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Mu Zhan outside Dingfu Village also switched sides, shouting slogans, While firing guns and arrows towards Dingfu Village.
(End of chapter)
