"What did you say? What opportunity?" Gonzalez was a little confused.
"Then I'll say it again." Mr. Zheng Qian's attitude was quite arrogant, "My leader appreciates you very much. As long as you come over, my leader will give you double the amount your family will give you. If you agree, then we will be a team."
Brothers on the boat, I will take the boat to take you to Yizhou immediately."
"Bang——!" Gonzalez pulled out his sword, "How dare you say that again? See if I don't kill you! You insulted me and insulted the honor of a knight!"
"What a stupid idea!" Mr. Zheng Qian shook his head, as if turning a blind eye to Gonzalez's threat, "Your family members are all in trouble, and they are all dizzy. You actually want to go north to fight with the Qing Dynasty? To put it bluntly,
, it’s just that the odds are stacked against you. You might as well just follow my leader.”
Huang Qifai immediately grabbed Gonzalez, who was about to get angry, and said to Mr. Zheng Qian with a stern face: "Leave a ray of hope for me so that we can meet again in the future. Mr. Huang Qian, wait and see! I won't give it away!"
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Seeing the Zheng family's fleet sailing away, Gonzalez blamed Huang Qifa: "Why did you let him go? How did we cross the Yangtze River?"
"Can a living person suffocate to death?" Huang Qifai replied in a very unkind tone, "Hurry up and find a civilian boat! Try to cross the river as quickly as possible."
It wasn't until winter when the Zheng family's fleet was free that they sent Huang Qifa and the others to Songjiang Prefecture. But as soon as they docked, Huang Qifa learned that Wu Shigong had ordered their entire army to go north, even Gonzalez, who was waiting at the dock.
They won't go to Taiwan either. This immediately angered Mr. Zheng Qian, the commander of the Zheng family fleet.
Not surprisingly, President Zheng Qian was unwilling to send the Marine Corps across the Yangtze River. He also instigated Huang Qiqi to turn them over to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong had long coveted the Marine Corps. His sailors and
There are many experts in water warfare, but few in land warfare, so I have long wanted to capture the Marine Corps.
Originally, due to his cooperation with Wu Shigong, Zheng Zhilong's appearance could not be too ugly, but after learning that Wu Shigong went north to the King of Qin, Zheng Zhilong could not hold back, because Zheng Zhilong also did business with the Manchus by sea, and he knew very well that the Manchus were riding
The shot is very powerful. So I am not optimistic about Wu Shigong’s prospects this time.
On the way back, Mr. Zheng Qian kept trying to persuade and seduce Huang Qifai, but Huang Qifai flatly refused. That's why today at Songjiang Pier, there was such an unhappy scene.
The reason why Huang Qifai wanted to persuade Gonzalez to stay was mainly because he didn't want to fall out with Zheng Zhilong. After all, Wu Shigong still had many businesses intertwined with Zheng Zhilong. Without Wu Shigong's consent, Huang Qifai didn't want to cause trouble for Wu Shigong.
Huang Qiqi and his 1,300 troops crossed the Yangtze River on December 13th, and then began a long journey of thousands of miles.
December 10, the 11th year of Chongzhen. In the Ruzhou Army Camp, Cheng'an County.
"Sir! It's only a dozen miles away from Cheng'an County, so grit your teeth and rush over!" Zuo Yin suggested.
Yu Zilian shook his head: "The Tatars are just waiting for us to go to the county seat. As soon as we break camp, the Tatars will charge with cavalry. There is no way to resist them. They are expecting us to do this."
"Then what should we do?" Zuo Yin asked.
"Be still!" Yu Zilian said with a smile. "Defend the camp and strengthen the camp. If the Tatars come to attack, the cavalry will not be afraid if they dismount. What the Tatars want us to do, we have to do the opposite."
Zuo Yin thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "It is true. Our food can last for more than twenty days. The Tatars will never besiege us for such a long time. Otherwise, other officers and soldiers will come.
Your Excellency is wise!”
"I'm not very wise. To tell you the truth, sir, I'm actually not very good at fighting. The reason why I can survive until now is simply because I always follow: What the enemy wants, I abandon." Yu Zilian said with a smile.
"Sir, let's make a joke!" Zuo Yin immediately showed an expression of disbelief.
Seeing Zuo Yin's exaggerated expression, Yu Zilian couldn't help laughing. While laughing, he also thought: "How come no one believes the truth I tell?"
Looking at the Ruzhou army digging trenches and erecting earthen walls from a distance, Yue Tuo smiled and shook his head and said to his left and right: "I didn't expect that the Ming army could deal with this well and didn't rush to Cheng'an. Otherwise, we could have done it all at once."
It collapsed. What a pity!"
"Master Beile! Then let this Ming army go?" asked a military commander.
"So what if we don't let him go? We only have more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, and we are just a partial army. We just need to keep an eye on this Ming army. Prince Rui's place is where the main battle will take place." Yue Tuo replied.
"But this Ming army only has about ten thousand people, and it can't stop us athletes." The military leader asked again.
Yue Tuo's face suddenly became serious, and he scolded: "You have all tried it, and you know that this Ming army's firearms are very powerful and difficult to get close to. Now they are guarding a strong camp. If they attack by force, how many of them will there be?"
Can Manchu athletes squander it? Don’t mention this matter, the whole army dismounts and rests!”
After listening to Yue Tuo's words, apart from sending some spies to observe the camp of the Ruzhou Army, the rest of the Qing army's partial division dismounted from a distance and began to rest.
After several consecutive pursuits with no results, Yu Zilian also woke up and knew that the Qing army was leading him by the nose, so Yu Zilian became vigilant and wanted the entire army to approach the nearest Cheng'an County first and rest for a while.
Make plans after taking a rest.
But at this moment, a Qing army of about 2,000 people appeared on the way to Cheng'an County, and an encounter immediately broke out between the two armies.
It should be said that the start of the battle was very unfavorable for the Ruzhou Army. Although their number was six times that of the Qing Army, they were in a marching state and could not respond in time to the Qing Army's cavalry, which had already been lined up. Of course, this was also what the infantry should do.
The place where the cavalry suffers is the inevitable result of the Ruzhou Army not being able to send out reconnaissance cavalry, because the Ruzhou Army does not know the dynamics of the Qing Army!
If the Ruzhou Army cavalry led by Liu Guqian hadn't made a desperate countercharge and bought time for the Ruzhou Army to arrange their formation, the Ruzhou Army might have been cut into several sections and completely defeated. However, Liu Guqian's countercharge
It also caused the loss of more than half of the Ruzhou Army's cavalry.
But the loss was worth it. The Ruzhou Army quickly deployed its troops and charged like a madman. This unexpected move left more than 500 cavalry soldiers behind. It seemed that the two sides were fighting a draw.
But at this time, the Qing army came with several more teams of more than 2,000 cavalry and horses, and it was almost dusk. So the Ruzhou army also retreated a certain distance and began to camp on the spot.
But on the next day, the Ruzhou Army was surprised to find that these four thousand Qing troops actually gave way to the road to Cheng'an County and instead cruised in the other three directions of their camp, as if to give the Ruzhou Army a chance.
Like a way out.
In fact, this was a trick of Yue Tuo, who commanded this partial division of the Qing army. He wanted to make the Ruzhou army have the illusion that they had a way out, and the whole army fled to Cheng'an County in panic. If the Ruzhou army did that, as long as the Qing army
If you take advantage of the chaos and press forward, the Ruzhou army will probably be defeated. If the time comes to cover up the situation, even if some of the Ruzhou army can escape, this troublesome Ming army will no longer pose a threat.
But Yu Zilian saw through Yue Tuo's trick. Yu Zilian's reason was also very simple, just like what Napoleon once said: On the battlefield, as long as the enemy wants us to do something, we will never do it. He
Instead, they strengthened their camps and prepared for a long-term confrontation with the Qing army.
This made Yue Tuo feel a little at a loss. But what gave Yue Tuo some comfort was that his army was just a partial division after all, and it was not necessary to defeat this Ming army. As long as the Ruzhou army was contained, Dole could
It would be enough for the main force of the Qing army led by Gun to completely eliminate Lu Xiangsheng's troops.
Since Emperor Chongzhen ordered Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian to perform meritorious service, the two armies continued to advance southward and circled among the enemy. But strangely, the two armies neither joined forces nor cooperated in the attack.
The reason why they did not join forces was because no one was willing to take the initiative to join the other side's troops. Because whoever took the initiative would be a sign of weakness, and the commander of the coalition forces would have to surrender to the other side. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng and
Gao Qiqian is still scheming.
The reason for not encircling and suppressing was due to different combat concepts. Lu Xiangsheng believed that a loyal emperor should not hesitate to sacrifice himself. Even if the entire army was annihilated, he would still have to fight the Qing army and die vigorously.
But Gao Qiqian believed that the difference in strength between the two armies was too great. Moreover, the Ming army had no fighting spirit and its defense in the city was better. However, if it fought with the Qing army in the field, the whole army would probably collapse.
You know, with Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan Da Army and Gao Qiqian's Guan Ning Army, although they still dare not fight the Qing army, they can at least play the role of paper tigers, scaring the Qing army from doing whatever they want, and can also ensure some
The safety of the great city. Without these two Ming armies, the Qing army would really be in a deserted state.
In fact, the reasons of these two people are that one is passionate and the other is rational. It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. But in this case, the two cannot sit down and talk calmly.
Moreover, because of the close political views of Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang, Lu Xiangsheng also counted Gao Qiqian as a "Ganhe faction". He believed that Gao Qiqian was still dreaming of negotiating with the Qing army.
Do you see how deep this prejudice is? So the two armies have never been in contact with each other. Another point: these two people have no idea that there is Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army nearby. Of course, Yu Zilian also doesn't know that there is this person nearby.
Two Ming armies.
This led to the fact that in November, Lu Xiangsheng's troops had several battles with the Qing army in Qingdu (today's Wan County, Hebei) and other places, with both sides killing each other. However, Gao Qiqian's troops simply avoided the battle passively.
Moreover, the situation faced by Lu Xiangsheng’s department is becoming more and more dangerous. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m
