On the official road on the north bank of the South River of the Rongjiang River, a group of Qingyao soldiers and horses, numbering approximately tens of thousands, were marching eastward at a normal marching speed.
This army is composed of three people. Walking in the middle of the team is the Green Camp soldiers led by Wang Guodong, the commander-in-chief of Youzhen under the Pingnan Palace... It is said to be the Green Battalion, but it is from the Pingnan Palace. The treatment of the directly-administered troops is almost the same as that of the banner army.
The last ones to hold the line were, of course, Shang Zhixiao, Jin Guang, the Pingnan Prince's flag soldiers led by Nie Bao, the commander of the Pingnan Prince's Flag Army, and the Yi Xie Green Camp troops led by Wu Sanwei.
Leading the charge were more than a thousand Yamen soldiers with the word "ya" on their robes. There are no good soldiers or armor. They are just equipped with spears, sabers, bows and arrows... They look like cannon fodder!
In addition, there were more than ten horse soldiers, also wearing military uniforms with the word "ya", riding short horses, surrounded by Fengmingshan Feng Daguan, who could still wear official uniforms for the time being, and walked at the forefront.
The reason why it is said that "it can still be worn for the time being" is because Fengmingshan was punished after the defeat in Jieyang last time and was dismissed from his post but kept in office!
It’s really unlucky to say that! The last battle in Jieyang was clearly fought by everyone, but everyone else was fine, and he was the only one who was punished!
Mi Sihan is still the imperial envoy, Liu Jinzhong is still the commander-in-chief, Deng Guangming is still the deputy commander-in-chief, and Yan Ziming is still the admiral. Even Shang Zhixin, who supports the army and prides himself on soy sauce, has not been punished at all... Of course, his father It's his family's business not to love him, and the court still treats him as the prince of Pingnan.
But such a huge defeat not only resulted in the loss of troops, but also the loss of three county towns! How can no one be responsible? So Fengmingshan was pushed out as a sinner, and he didn't dare to cry out for injustice. Because he is indeed guilty! Didn’t Zhu Heji, the third great grandson of Zhu, have his roots in him? If he had chosen a bandit leader casually, he would have settled the matter with a single blow!
Moreover, he was confused for a moment and put the responsibility for Jieyang's defeat on Obai. As a result, Kangxi's Xiaoying master understood everything clearly and did not fall into the trap. He also calmed the rebels a little bit for Obai and Mulima, and pardoned Obai's gang members.
Of course, Kangxi also had to scold Mi Sihan in the book.
Mi Sihan is not stupid. After being scolded, of course he knows where he went wrong? So I immediately bought a copy of Fengmingshan and expedited it to Beijing for 600 miles. Kangxi's reply just arrived a few days ago, approving the dismissal of Fengmingshan and keeping him in office, which is quite a great favor from the emperor!
Of course Fengmingshan doesn't know yet that this benevolent monarch of the Qing Dynasty really likes to settle accounts in the future... I won't kill you now, but I will write it down in my notebook, and I will slowly find fault later!
The reason why he is not killed now is because he has been an official in Chaozhou for many years, and his ancestral home is Liaodong. Although he is not a bannerman but an exiled Liao native, he is ultimately more reliable than the Cantonese and Hu Jianren. So we have to keep him as a road guide in Guangdong.
After the third prince Zhu is wiped out, what awaits him is either Caishikou or Ning Guta!
But Fengmingshan didn't know that, so he worked very hard to make up for it.
Therefore, this time he ignored his status as a civil servant and personally led Minzhuang and Tuanding to take the lead for Shang Zhixiao.
But now that we are really on the frontier, Fengming Mountain's cowardice is getting a little bit worse. As we move forward, we keep looking around, for fear that there are deadly Zhuge machine cannons lurking in the abandoned farmland on both sides of the official road.
However, the journey was relatively peaceful. We had been walking for a day and a half after leaving Mianhu Village, and we were about to reach the end, but we didn't encounter any ambush from Prince Zhu San's family.
At this time, Fengming Mountain could even see the watchtower standing high on the Jieyang County city, but the soldiers and horses of Prince Zhu San's family were not seen attacking.
It seems...this gang of rebels is determined to defend the city! Fengmingshan thought to himself: "This is really a blessing from God! As long as they don't come out to use Zhuge Tianlei to commit murder, won't I be able to earn the credit easily? The punishment of dismissal and retention can be removed!" "
Just when he thought of the meritorious deeds, his newly promoted military commander Lei Yong suddenly shouted: "Master Sima, we found Master Guan ahead! It's on the big wooden bridge over the Xiushui River ahead!"
What? Something weird happened again? Fengmingshan immediately became nervous, and quickly reined in the pony, then stood up in the stirrups, stretched his neck and looked in the direction of Wang Dadianshi's fingers, who was looking even more nervous than him. The first thing you see is a wooden arch bridge. On the arch bridge, a man is riding alone, standing on his horse. Fengmingshan's eyesight was not very good, and he couldn't see clearly even if he squinted.
At this time, a senior attendant next to Fengmingshan handed him a telescope. He quickly took the telescope and raised it to take a closer look. Only then could I see the man's appearance and attire clearly... I saw the man's green robe and scarf, five long beards, red face and phoenix eyes, majestic and domineering, and a tall red horse on his crotch. , holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword in one hand!
Sure enough, I met a Mr. Guan! No, that is not the real Lord Guan, but the Third Prince Zhu who looks like Lord Guan!
Fengmingshan immediately recognized that the person standing on the Xiushui River Arch Bridge to pretend to be the second master was none other than the Third Prince Zhu Tianwang Zhu who didn’t know the truth!
"That's not Mr. Guan, that's King Zhu!" Fengmingshan immediately became excited after putting down his telescope, "This guy actually stood alone on the Xiushui River Arch Bridge... Isn't this looking for death? Come on. Man, take down this thief for me!"
No one answered left or right!
Fengmingshan thought about it, maybe he didn't say a big reward. So he raised his voice and said: "Whoever can kill the thief Tian Wang Zhu for me, I will give you a heavy reward, a hundred, no, a thousand taels of silver!"
Still no one said anything.
Not only did no one say anything, but even the pace that was still slowly advancing came to an abrupt halt. More than a thousand people, all like stone and clay sculptures, as motionless as a mountain!
The minzhuang and regiment men who were used as cannon fodder in front could not move, and of course the green battalion soldiers and the Pingnan Wangfu flag army following behind could not move either. The official road is only so wide. If you lie down in front, of course it will be blocked in the back.
The people behind also knew that there were no enemies or ambushes in the front, but they just didn't know why they were "blocked" - Fengmingshan, the pioneer, was an amateur. He only focused on catching Tian Wang Zhu and forgot to send someone to notify Shang Zhi behind. Xiao, Jin Guang, Nie Bao, Wang Guodong and Wu Sanwei were frightened.
So after making sure that there was no fighting ahead, Shang Zhixiao, together with Jin Guang and Wu Sanwei, led dozens of soldiers to move forward from the wasteland beside the official road. Before they reached the place, they heard the sound of Fengming Mountain Roaring there.
"You useless things, what use is it for the imperial court to support you? Your salary is your salary, the people's wealth and the people's anointment! You are getting at least six to seven hundred big money from the imperial court every month, and now you are not allowed to arrest Prince Zhu San. Dare to go, it’s really useless..."
After Shang Zhixiao and others heard this, they were not happy at that time. Fengming Mountain seemed to be criticizing Sanghuai!
Thinking of this, he stopped joining Jin Guang and Wu Sanwei. He just snorted, then rode forward, and flew to the front of the team, appearing in front of Fengming Mountain.
When Fengmingshan saw Shang Zhixiao riding his horse, he immediately remembered that he had forgotten to send someone to report the enemy's situation. He quickly raised his hands on the horse and said: "Congratulations to the second prince, I have found the third prince Zhu... The official is making arrangements." Officer Minzhuang, go and arrest him!"
Shang Zhixiao was furious just now, but now he almost laughed out loud when he heard what Fengmingshan said.
"Feng Sima, what nonsense are you talking about? Who is the Third Prince Zhu? Send a catcher to catch him? I'm afraid he won't even be able to see his face, right?"
"Prince, look over there!" Fengmingshan raised the whip in his hand at this time and pointed towards the Xiushui Arch Bridge, less than two or three miles away to the east, "The man on the bridge who looks like Guan Gong is Prince Zhu San!"
"What?" Shang Zhixiao was stunned and quickly looked in the direction of Fengming Mountain's finger. Then he was shocked and said: "On the bridge? On the bridge... there is only one person and one rider!"
"Your Majesty," Feng Mingshan said with a smile, "it's good to have a few people, just in time to catch him!"
Shang Zhixiaoli ignored him and just turned to look back. Jin Guang and Wu Sanwei had also followed.
These two people probably heard the report from Fengming Mountain, and each of them was looking at the bridge with a telescope!
That Sai Zhang Fei and Wu Sanwei also stood up from the stirrups, stretching their necks to observe carefully.
Jin Guang, the chief military advisor of the Shang family, watched for a while, put down his telescope and frowned: "Something's wrong, something weird..."
