In the 22nd year of Qianlong's reign, in mid-March
An imperial edict came from the capital. Fu Cha Fu Heng responded to the unfavorable crime and went to wear Hua Ling. After Zhennan General Niu Hulu Fu Sen arrived to hand over the task, he returned to Beijing to discuss the crime.
In early April, Niu Hulu and Fu Sen arrived at this time to move the Jiangnan bandit suppression camp in Xuzhou.
In mid-April, Anhui and Jiangsu were in emergency.
At this time, Fucha Fu Heng, who was supposed to resign and return to Beijing, was asked by Zhennan General Niu Hulu Fu Sen to ask the court to stay and assist him.
In May, the court agreed to Niu Hulu Fu Sen's request.
In mid-May, because water transportation had been hijacked by the bandit-suppressing army, the Manchu and Qing bandit-suppressing camps in the south of the Yangtze River were in shortage of food and grass. In order to prepare food and grass, Niu Hulu Fu Sen had to leave the military camp and go to Xuzhou City to ask for food.
That day, there was an urgent report of a horse scout.
Niu Hulu and Fu Sen left, and Fucha Fu Heng, who received the urgent news, had to convene a military meeting in advance to discuss and wait for Niu Hulu and Fu Sen to return before making a decision.
"Report, Zhennan General Fu Master has arrived." While everyone was talking about it, news of Niu Hulu Fu Sen's return came from outside the door.
After the news spread, Niu Hulu and Fu Sen walked quickly in from the door.
"The last general pays his respects to General Zhennan." Seeing Niu Hulu Fu Sen, the generals who were sitting down quickly got up and knelt down.
"Everyone get up!"
"嗻…"
"As commanded..."
"I have met the fifth elder brother." Niu Hulu Fu Sen did not look at the generals anymore. He came to Aixinjueluo Yongqi and bowed before turning to Fu Cha. Fu Heng asked: "Master Fu, what is the situation now? Sample?"
"Return to Zhennan General. What we now know from Tan Ma is that the rebel West Route Army and South Route Army have gathered in Xiangcheng. The East Route Army has occupied Pi City." Fucha Fu Hengyi Tan Ma replied to the information one by one.
"Xiangcheng's troops are thin and it is estimated that it will be difficult to withstand the rebel attack. Xiangcheng is only a hundred and two miles away from Xuzhou. Once the rebels break through Xiangcheng, judging from the rebels' itinerary, they can reach Xuzhou in four days at most. Below the city."
"Um…"
After Niu Hulu Fu Sen listened, he was silent for a moment and then asked: "How was your discussion just now? What are the countermeasures?"
"The meeting just happened to be held. You came back before everyone had time to discuss it. It just so happens that you will chair the meeting." Fucha Fu Heng replied.
"Okay..." Niu Hulu Fu Sen nodded and responded.
"Everyone knows what Mr. Fu said. Please discuss it and tell us what you think!"
As soon as Niu Hulu and Fu Sen finished speaking, the generals who sat down began to whisper among themselves.
After a cup of tea, Niu Hulu Fu Sen asked: "How was everyone's discussion? Do you have any good ideas?"
At this moment, I saw that the hall that was full of whispers just now suddenly became quiet, and everyone sat upright and silent.
"Agui, tell me your opinion." Seeing this, Niu Hulu Fu Sen asked directly by name.
"嗻." At this time, Zhang Jia Agui, who was sitting beside him, responded with his fists clasped.
Zhang Jia A Gui, one of the future important ministers of the Qing Dynasty.
If there had not been the rise of the bandit suppression army, he would have been pacifying the Jungar tribe in the northwest at this moment.
But now, even when facing the so-called powerful and fearless bandit-suppressing army, he still shows impressive strength. In several battles with the bandit suppression forces, he took the lead and fought several good battles.
Therefore, whether it is Fucha Fu Heng, Aixinjueluo Yongqi, or even Niu Hulu Fu Sen, they all value him. I believe that as long as he can defeat the bandit-suppressing army's attack this time, he will be able to stay in the emperor's heart.
"I believe that although the rebels are coming in force, our army is not incapable of fighting them. If we fight, we will stop and fight them all the way." Zhang Jia Agui said slowly after sorting out his thoughts.
"Well, continue?" Niu Hulu Fu Sen nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.
Facing strong enemies and not being afraid to fight, these are the soldiers our Qing Dynasty should have.
"嗻."
After Zhang Jia and Agui responded, he continued: "Normally, we should stop the strong and defeat the weak. However, Xiangcheng is located in a plain, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend. The important thing is that the main force of the bandit army is in Xiangcheng. . The slave thinks that in this case, if we only send a small army, not only will we not be able to stop the main force of the rebel army, but it will give the rebel army a chance to defeat our army, thus boosting the morale of the rebel army."
"However, if more troops are deployed to stop the southwestern army of the rebel army, the eastern army will not have enough troops to encircle and suppress the rebel army, so there will be no way to destroy the eastern army of the rebel army."
"Then you mean to stop the bandit army coming from the east and fight with the southwest army, the main force of the bandit army?" Niu Hulu Fu Sen said expressionlessly.
"Yes, this is my humble opinion." Zhang Jia Agui responded.
"If you play like this, what chance does our army have of winning?" Niu Hulu Fu Sen asked after being silent for a moment.
"Based on what I saw, I should be able to reach more than 60%." Zhang Jia Agui replied.
"Our army has been fighting many battles with the thieves, but the results have not been very great. Why do you think there is such a chance of winning if we fight like this?" Although Niu Hulu and Fu Sen knew that Zhang Jia and Agui were not a lover. A braggart, but he still had to ask doubtfully.
"Back to General Fu, I think our army's main chance of victory comes from the more than 10,000 Eight Banners cavalrymen you brought." Zhang Jia Agui said.
"It is undeniable that the bandit army has powerful firearms and strong combat effectiveness. But after all, the bandit army is short of horses and has no cavalry. The main force is infantry. In the plain areas, no matter how powerful the infantry is, it is no match for our Eight Banners cavalry. This is what the slave thinks. The basis for defeating the bandit army."
"From the slave's point of view, the thieves who lacked cavalry were actually not far away from defeat once they entered the plain-dominated Xiangcheng territory. It is estimated that the thieves leader thought that his firearms were powerful, and after winning several battles, he thought that he could Invincible. In fact, where has he ever seen the power of a real cavalry charge from a large army?"
"Indeed, if our army only has a small number of cavalry, it cannot stop their long-distance firearm damage. However, as long as our cavalry army withstands dozens of casualties and attacks their musketeers, victory will be achieved. It’s not far from us.”
Looking at Zhang Jia Agui who was really talking, Niu Hulu Fu Sen had to admit that his analysis was good. If he can't defeat the traitor army according to what he said, then what other way can we, the Qing Dynasty, defeat the traitor army?
At this time, although Niu Hulu Fu Sen already agreed with Zhang Jia Agui's views, he still calmly asked the other generals who were sitting down: "I don't know what you think of Agui. Do you have any different opinions?"
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