In October of the 29th year of Qianlong's reign, someone in Jinan, Shandong Province, revolted against the Qing Dynasty in the name of the third prince Zhu of the previous dynasty under the slogan of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming". Yong Cang, who was sixteen years old, volunteered to accompany Zhang Guangcheng and lead 20,000 elite troops to quell the rebellion.
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Over the years, although the imperial court vigorously promoted the Manchu-Han family, some people were still stubborn and tried to restore the previous dynasty. Zhang Guangcheng led his troops all the way north and collected intelligence from the spies along the way. By the time they arrived in Jinan, they had already grasped the location of the rebel nest.
There are only about 10,000 local and rebel troops, and according to intelligence, they are just a ragtag group of people with poor equipment and will not be their opponent at all.
But even so, Zhang Guangcheng was not careless. After careful planning, he led his troops to Huanglong. Both he and Yong Cang were confident that they could annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop.
As a result, when they went there, they did not find a single rebel figure. Just when they were confused, shouts of killing the enemy suddenly sounded from all directions. Almost in an instant, they were surrounded heavily.
Only then did Yong Cang know that the true number of rebels was close to 30,000, and each of them was well-trained, no worse than the Eight Banners disciples they led. All the intelligence that had been detected before was false.
, they were led into a trap.
As can be imagined, this battle ended in a disastrous defeat for the Qing army. Zhang Guangcheng let his own soldiers escape with Yong Cang, and he himself was captured alive by the rebels.
Under the cover of those few soldiers, Yong Xin fled on the rugged mountain road for a whole night. In the process, only two of the five soldiers died.
When the white fish belly appeared in the east, the two soldiers finally stopped and said: "We should have escaped the pursuit of those people and are safe for the time being."
Hearing these words, Yongxu immediately started retching while holding on to the old tree next to him, with unspeakable fear in his eyes. Within a few hours, he watched with his own eyes the soldiers he was familiar with in daily life died one by one, and the ground was covered with them.
It was all blood and dead bodies. That kind of scene... was something he had never seen before in his life.
He knew that war was cruel, and he also knew that people would definitely die on the battlefield, but when he experienced it personally, he still felt extremely frightened, his whole body was shaking, and he couldn't even hold his shot steady. If it weren't for Zhang Guangcheng and his soldiers who fought to the death to protect him,
Yes, he had already died on the battlefield.
At this time, one of the soldiers walked back, and the other quickly grabbed him and said, "Zheng Luo, where are you going?"
The soldier known as Zheng Luo shook off his hand and said coldly: "I'm going to save the general!"
The man stopped him and said, "Have you forgotten what the general told us? Besides, do you think the two of us can rescue the general from the rebels?"
Zheng Luo growled: "I don't care, as long as I still have breath, I must save the general. I'm not as greedy for life and afraid of death as you are."
Wang Fugui was so angry at what he said that he grabbed his clothes and said loudly: "When have I ever been greedy for life and afraid of death? Do you think I don't want to save the general? In the past few years, I have followed the general through life and death. When have I ever been afraid?
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Have you ever flinched? I just don’t want to make unnecessary sacrifices. Even if I really want to save the general, I have to think of a way carefully. What’s the use of just showing off my bravery? It’s just one more person killed, and the general is still captured by them.”
After being scolded by him, Zheng Luo finally calmed down and said in a low voice: "What do you think we should do?"
Wang Fugui took a breath and said: "The general was afraid that things would change, so he told the governor in advance to lead troops to support him outside. Later, we also sent people out to notify the governor, but until we escaped, the reinforcements never showed up, so
So we have to go to the governor's office first to see if the spies didn't deliver the letter or if something happened to the governor. If there is nothing wrong with the governor, we can just hand over the twelfth prince to him.
Ask him to send someone back to the capital."
Zheng Luo glared at Yong Cang, who had now recovered, and said in a cold voice: "If it weren't for him, the general would have escaped long ago, how could this happen! Why don't you stay in the capital and enjoy yourself, and come here to learn how to fight?
, I really don’t know what I’m thinking.”
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wang Fugui scolded him, came to Yong Cang, and said respectfully: "Brother Twelve, please forgive me. He just speaks so openly, but there is no malice. Please don't, Brother Twelve."
To blame!”
Yongxu said with a sad expression: "He is telling the truth. How could I blame him?" After a pause, he continued: "Over the years, I have practiced riding and archery skills every day and studied military books. I thought I was strong enough to be on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, when they finally got to the battlefield, they discovered that they were useless and could not even compete with the most ordinary soldier. At least they had the courage to kill the enemy with a knife!"
Wang Fugui consoled him: "Everyone is like this when they first go to the battlefield. After experiencing it a few times, they will get used to it." After saying that, he added: "You sit down for a while, I will go find some water.
After we recover a little, we will set off to find the governor."
"Zheng Luo, you..." As soon as Wang Fugui said a few words, Zheng Luo made a gesture of silence, and then lay on the ground with a serious face. Yong Cang knew that he was lying on the ground to listen, so he could
This was used to determine whether there were horses approaching. He had seen them several times on the way to Shandong.
After a while, Zheng Luo stood up and said nervously: "Hide quickly, they are chasing me."
After hearing this, Wang Fugui did not dare to neglect, and quickly covered up the traces of their stay, and then pulled Yong Cang and Zheng Luo to hide in the bushes. Sure enough, not long after, a group of people wearing rebel clothes appeared on horseback.
Run over here.
After they stayed here for a while, they ran forward again. After they were far away, Zheng Luo walked out of the grass and said with doubt on his face: "It's strange, they are already so far away, why are they still chasing after them?"
Don’t let go?”
When the two armies are fighting, it is common for soldiers to run away from the enemy because they are no match for the enemy. Generally, they will only catch up for a while. If they fail to catch up and escape, that's it. They will not deliberately pursue them again unless the person running away is an enemy.
Military commander or general.
However, the fact that Yong Xin came to Jinan with Zhang Guangcheng to counter the rebellion was a secret, and very few people knew about it. It was impossible for the rebels to know that the person they took away was the twelfth prince of the dynasty.
If this is the case, why do the rebels keep chasing them? In retrospect, when they escaped last night, the number of people chasing them was a bit unusual. If there weren't so many people, with their skills and short-handled weapons,
With the level of muskets, three people would die.
Ren Zhengluo and Wang Fugui couldn't figure out the reason even after racking their brains, so they had to put the matter aside and took Yong Cang away from another path and went straight to the governor's office.