"It seems like the rumors are true. This bandit named Tiger Flag is good at using firearms and is not that easy to deal with." Ma Xianglin said with a heavy face.
The tiger-character flag has gained such a great reputation in Shanxi and Shaanxi and has long been known to everyone.
The Shizhu Ma family is coming to Henan to suppress bandits and suppress rebellion, and they have learned about the Tiger Flag many times, but they have never actually fought each other, so it's hard to tell everything.
Now that they have fought, he has experienced firsthand the power of the tiger-character flag. Even the white-pole soldiers of the Ma family who are famous for their battles are no match for them.
Qin Yiming said: "The thieves used a line formation. This kind of formation can bring out the power of firearms. The general thought that to break this kind of line formation, he needed to use artillery to blast away the opponent's formation, and then use it to destroy the opponent's formation." The soldiers with white poles can fight at close quarters and defeat this bandit army."
"How can we have so many cannons?" Ma Xianglin frowned slightly, and when he saw Qin Yiming still kneeling on the ground, he said, "Okay, you get up first!"
After all, they are his cousins, and it is not good for others to keep kneeling.
Qin Yiming stood up, patted the soil on his knees, and said: "As for the cannons, you can ask the Huguang Commandery Department. The court asked them to cooperate with us in countering the rebellion. We, Sichuan and Guizhou people, cannot do everything. .”
"What you said is correct, but don't forget that even the white-armed soldiers suffered a big loss at the hands of the thieves. I'm afraid the situation of those crooked melons and cracked jujubes of Xiangyang Guards will not be much better. By then, Huguang City will The Commander-in-Chief may not be willing to help us in suppressing bandits in Henan." Ma Xianglin expressed his worries.
Qin Yiming frowned when he heard this and said: "It is the imperial court's order to suppress bandits in Henan. Does the Commander-in-Chief of Huguang Capital still dare to disobey the imperial court's order?"
"After all these years, you still don't understand the virtues of those Han officials. They obviously won't disobey the imperial decree, but they have never done anything to hold back the government secretly. After all, the life and death of Henan has nothing to do with their Huguang Commandery Division. "Ma Xianglin said with sarcasm.
He is very aware of the mentality of these officials in Huguang who care nothing about themselves.
If the rebels in Henan are easy to deal with, they will naturally rush to Henan to take credit for the rebellion. Once they find that the rebels are not easy to deal with, their attitude will immediately change.
Just as the two people were saying this, a dozen horses galloped towards them in the distance.
Soon, these dozen riders came closer.
The leader was Zheng Qinyu, the commander of Xiangyang Guards.
I saw him jump off the horse, walk to Shizhu Xuanwei envoy Ma Xianglin with a gloomy face, and asked: "What happened to your Sichuan Gui soldiers and horses? Can't even deal with a few thieves? If not Because your people did not hold back the rebels upstream, how could our Xiangyang Guard troops and horses be attacked by the rebels? Your Sichuan troops and horses must be fully responsible for the defeat of this battle."
As soon as he came up, he threw all the questions on Chuangui Bingma.
"You're talking nonsense!" Qin Yiming said angrily, "Our Sichuan and Gui soldiers and horses are upstream, and your Xiangyang Guard's soldiers and horses are downstream. I also said that if your Xiangyang Guard's soldiers and horses didn't hold back the traitors downstream, we The soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Gui will not suffer defeat."
He bit back without showing any signs of weakness.
"You were the first to be defeated, and the troops of the Xiangyang Guard followed the unlucky ones. If it weren't for the incompetence of your Sichuan troops, the troops of the Xiangyang Guard would have wiped out the rebels on the other side of the river." Zheng Qinyu, the commander of the Xiangyang Guard, had no idea. He replied politely.
Although the two Qianhu of the Xiangyang Guards escaped back, the remaining deputy Qianhu and Baihu, together with two-thirds of the troops of the Xiangyang Guards, all stayed on the river bank where the traitors were.
It can be said that the Xiangyang Guards were disabled in this battle.
He needs someone to take responsibility for the defeat, otherwise even if the court does not punish him, the commander of Huguang Capital, Si Nali, will not spare him.
How could Qin Yiming let the other party put the blame on him? He immediately retorted: "Zheng Qinyu, you damn boy can't poop in the weird latrine. Your Xiangyang Guard soldiers and horses are just a bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimps. I'm afraid they won't even be able to do it." The thieves didn't even touch the sides, so they beat me until they cried for their fathers and mothers."
"Fart, if it weren't for your Sichuan troops, I would have dealt with the traitors on the other side." Zheng Qinyu said with a numb mouth.
Qin Yiming snorted coldly and said, "You and I both know whether things are true or false. Do you think you can put the blame on our heads just by being a rogue here?"
"It seems that you are determined not to admit it. Just wait, and I will definitely report you to the court." Zheng Qinyu flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.
Qin Yiming, who was standing behind, shouted at his back: "I want to see if the imperial court believes in you Xiangyang Guards, a bunch of stinky fish and shrimps, or if it believes in us white soldiers."
The words were telling Zheng Qinyu, both inside and outside, that he would also report to the court to inform him about today's soldiers.
Zheng Qinyu left with his men without looking back.
"Why didn't the ambassador just say anything? Just let Zheng Qinyu confuse right and wrong and frame up our Sichuan and Gui soldiers!" Qin Yiming said to Ma Xianglin with dissatisfaction.
As the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan troops and horses, Ma Xianglin, the propaganda envoy, allowed the commander of the Xiangyang Guards to ride on the heads of the Sichuan troops and pee, which made him feel uncomfortable.
"Is it useful to argue about this?" Ma Xianglin asked without any anger, and then added, "This time the army crossed the river, we suffered a big loss, and the Xiangyang Guard side will not be much better. Zheng Qinyu is the commander of the Xiangyang Guard. The envoy will definitely find someone to take the blame, so no matter whether I argue with him here or not, I will eventually have to make a judgment before the Holy Spirit. Instead of wasting my breath with him here now, I should think about what to do next!"
Qin Yiming said: "I just don't like Zheng Qinyu's virtue. I don't have the ability to deal with the rebels on the other side. If I lose the battle, I just want to let others take the blame. What the hell!"
He did not forget to spit harshly in the direction Zheng Qinyu left.
"With Zheng Qinyu's incident, it is impossible for the Huguang Commandery Department to provide us with any support. Let's think about how to cross the river to Henan to quell the rebellion!" Ma Xianglin looked across the river, his brows knitted together.
Qin Yiming grinned subconsciously when he heard this and said: "Does the Xuan comfort envoy still want to go to Henan to quell the rebellion?"
"Of course we have to go to Henan to quell the rebellion. You and I led the Sichuan nobles and horses to Henan on orders to quell the rebellion." Ma Xianglin looked back at Qin Yiming and said.
Qin Yiming said: "But now we have insufficient troops, no boats to cross the river, and no way to destroy the weapons of the bandits on the other side of the river. How can we suppress the rebellion?"
"For the issue of soldiers and horses, you can ask the Huguang Commander-in-Chief to send troops. In this way, you can personally go to the Hu-Guang Commander-in-Chief to explain the pros and cons and convince them to send troops." Ma Xianglin said.
Hearing this, Qin Yiming frowned and said, "As you said just now, the Huguang Metropolitan Commander's Office may not give us any more support. Even if I go, I'm afraid it won't help."
"Sichuan and Guizhou are beyond our reach, and here is close to Huguang, so no matter whether it works or not, we have to go to the Huguang Command and Envoy to give it a try." Ma Xianglin said.
Qin Yiming saw that Ma Xianglin was unwilling to retreat just like that, so he had to say: "Then I will try. If we can't get the support of the Huguang Commandery Department, we should return to Sichuan and Guizhou first, so as not to disturb the muddy waters of Henan. "
It's a pity that he is not the commander-in-chief of this Sichuan-Gui army and cannot make the decision, otherwise he will definitely withdraw the troops and prevent the white-pole soldiers from continuing to be consumed in countering the rebellion in Henan.
