"What a fool... I have known for a long time that the people of Guangdong are all rebels. They are so energetic in rebelling, so it seems that they still kill less!"
The one who is gnashing his teeth and speaking ill of the Cantonese people is none other than the old traitor Shang Kexishang, King Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty.
The old traitor was currently standing on a high slope at the western foot of Matou Mountain, holding a telescope and observing the Longtou Mountain intersection seven or eight miles away through the dense raindrops that continued to fall from the sky.
Everything he saw through the wind and rain was blurry. But his old man could still see the lively scene on the anti-bandit army's position.
There was such a heavy wind and rain, and the foot of Longtou Mountain was still so muddy. It was not the time to work at all! But these people don't know what kind of devil they are, and they are working hard with their shirts off... How much military pay did Zhu give them? Those anti-thief soldiers shouldn't be able to get two, two, or three taels of silver every month, right?
It shouldn't be that much. I think back when the Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world, an ordinary soldier could actually get one or two pieces of silver as pay every month. Then he would have met a very conscientious Shangguan!
"Amma, all the flag army commanders and green camp leaders have arrived... Do you think we should set up camp first, or go directly without setting up camp?"
Shang Kexi's son Shang Zhixiao also suffered a serious crime this time. For several days, people did not take off their clothes and saddles... This was Guangdong from late April to early May in the lunar calendar!
What would it be like to go so many days without changing clothes or taking a shower? Everyone stinks! There are lice in your braids and beard!
What's even worse is that from yesterday afternoon to now, it has been raining non-stop and has never stopped. Although Shang Zhixiao still had a raincoat to protect him from the rain, after being rained on for twelve consecutive hours while marching, the raincoat and bamboo hat had been soaked by the rain. Wearing them was like wearing a wet cotton jacket and a wet cotton hat. How uncomfortable it is to be soaked in the heavy rain.
Shang Zhixiao now wants to find a house with a roof to live in. First he will take a hot bath, then drink a glass of iced rice wine, eat hot food, and finally climb into a wooden bed with a mat and sleep well all day. One night...
Therefore, he very much expected that the old man could order the troops to set up camp and rest at least until dawn tomorrow before sending out troops.
"What kind of camp should we set up?" Shang Kexi glared at his son, "Everyone is eager to return home. We are almost at the gate of Guangzhou. Who wants to camp and live? Now we should go all out to fight... If you win, wouldn’t it be nice to go back to Guangzhou and sleep with your mother-in-law in your arms?”
Shang Zhixiao frowned: "But everyone is too tired..."
"Why are you tired? He has his head stuck to his waistband, and he still knows he is tired? I have ordered the entire army to rest for an hour, eat some dry food, and then wear armor, weapons, and firearms. There is no need to bring firearms. Today Secondly, the white knife enters and the red knife comes out! Then ask all the leaders and the green camp leaders to prepare the shield vehicles, and after an hour and a half, we will set up the formation at the foot of Ma Tou Mountain..."
"An hour and a half later?" Shang Zhixiao looked at the sky, "It will be almost dusk then!"
Shang Kexi nodded, looked at the sky with squinted eyes, and said: "The rain should have subsided by then, and it will be a good time to see the battle. The winner will definitely be determined in the first half of the night. If we win, everything will be easy to say... ..."
The traitor Shang only said half of what he said. The other half is: if he loses, it will be easier to escape when it gets dark!
It must be said that this old traitor has not forgotten his fighting skills. He is very experienced in making arrangements and has a good grasp of the battlefield situation and military morale.
As for his opponent Zhu Heji, although his actual combat experience is not as good as Shang Keqing, he is not ambiguous at all when it comes to cheering up his subordinates.
While Shang Kexi's men were taking a short rest, he took dozens of "bearded scholars" down to inspect every battalion position below to cheer up the soldiers below.
This time Zhu Heji led three towns to Longshan Pass. Each town had two confederations on the left and right, and each confederation had five battalions. There are a total of thirty battalions in the three towns, ten of which are placed on the official road in the rear as reserves. The remaining twenty battalions lined up to block the front, pulling out a long snake formation seven or eight miles long.
Because the training level of the Jinyi troops under Zhu Heji was not high, they could not assemble or deploy quickly, nor could they change formations.
Therefore, Zhu Heji could only place all the battalions in place before the battle began, and then waited for a beating or a wave of attacks to attack them!
Now we have to carry out pre-war mobilization, and of course we can only do "door-to-door service"!
When Zhu Heji arrived at the first camp position, he was greeted by the collective cheers of three to four hundred people.
"The saint is coming, the saint is coming, the saint is coming..."
The "saint" people call him is, of course, Zhu Heji!
He is now the "Garlic Saint" who can bring "dead people" back to life! The patients he cured were not just patients with diarrhea. In the previous battles, there were also many wounded soldiers on the Ming army who had been shot and shot. Most of them were cured by the doctor who accompanied the army under the auspices of Zhu Heji, using knives and garlic elixir.
So now everyone no longer calls him the Prince or the Third Grandson, but calls him a Saint!
And Zhu Heji's current appearance also looks very "sage". Although he is patrolling in the rain, he does not hold an umbrella, nor does he wear a raincoat or a bamboo hat. Instead, like the people who work with their arms spread out, they wear a scarf. Commoners come.
Zhu Heji waved to the cheering people, and the cheers gradually died down. Everyone held their breath and looked at their saint.
"My brothers!" Zhu Heji immediately began his first pre-battle speech. He affectionately called everyone "my brothers", "Our enemy Shang Kexi has arrived at Ma Tou Mountain... ... He was followed by a tired army of less than 20,000 people, and they were defeated in Jieyang! Now they are blocked by us from outside Guangzhou and cannot enter. They are at the end of their rope and are about to be trapped. Do you think we can let go of the evil thief Shang Kexi and his lackeys?"
"cannot!"
"We can't let go of Shang Kexi!"
"Yes, we can't let Shang Kexi go. If we let him recover, we will be dead..."
"Kill Shang Kexi and break into Guangzhou City!"
People's emotions were immediately aroused!
Shang Ke is so happy!
The Cantonese people have almost died from tormenting him, so let him go...if he calms down, becomes more awesome again, regains the lost territory in Nanhai, Shunde, Xiangshan and other counties, and doesn't go back and massacre each county ?
So this counterargument... must be carried out to the end!
"Okay!" Zhu Heji waved his fist, "Shang Kexi is also my enemy. My mother died in Wencun. Shang Kexi and I share the same fate... Today I will fight with Shang Kexi together with everyone. !
If you can kill Shang and enter Guangzhou, you will be my brother soldiers and I will be your boss. From now on, we will conquer the world together, enjoy peace and prosperity! "
The people below had already developed a personal admiration for Zhu Heji, but now that they heard what he said, their blood boiled with excitement, "Long live the saint! Long live! Long live..."
...
The cheers that kept ringing out from the Ming army's position also reached Shang Kexi... When Zhu Heji ran through the thirty battalion positions below and returned to his Chinese army waiting for the battle to begin, Shang Kexi also The troops have been gathered and ready for mobilization.
I saw the old traitor Shang put on the yellow dragon-patterned cloth mask that he was usually only willing to wear when holding grand ceremonies (this was given to him by his Manchu master), riding his BMW, standing on a high place, raising his hand The horsewhip pointed to the west and said loudly: "My sons, Guangzhou is thirty miles away! Our home, my wife and children are all there! But Zhu San Taisun led the troops to block us from going home... ....Moreover, he also wants to break into Guangzhou City and kill all our wives and children so that we can have no descendants!
You say, what should we do? "
"kill!"
The traitor army under Shang Kexi suddenly became excited!
Shang Kexi ordered loudly: "Pass this king's decree, beat the drums, and advance the army! Kill Zhu San's grandson and return to Guangzhou City!"
