The 50th time, the general led his division to smash Pingliang *The army was defeated by Jing
Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong led their troops to defeat Chahar, and it only took twelve days. Kangxi worked nervously all night and ordered that most of the captured gold and silver be reserved for Tu Hai's navy, and part of it would be allocated to Varg stationed in Luoyang.
He was ordered to rush into Tongguan to attack Xi'an, disrupt the army's rear, and contain the Wangping tribe in Hanzhong. He was urgently ordered to take advantage of the victory and advance from Jiandao Yikezhao into Longdong, and flank Zhang Yong who retreated to Lanzhou to attack the army in Pingliang. The situation on the western front was immediately reversed.
Turn defense into offense.
*'s battle has been going smoothly. In November, it was the depth of winter. The 30,000 troops and horses under his command attacked more than 20 cities in Gongchang, Qinzhou, and Pingliang, forcing Zhang Yong to retreat to Lanzhou and not dare to advance eastward. I first heard that
Luoyang and Taiyuan's Qing troops entered Shaanxi from Tongguan and Hangu Pass. He didn't care yet and ordered Wang Pingfan, the Hanzhong defender, to stop him. But when he heard that Tuhai and Horqin's cavalry came from Yikezhao, only more than 300 miles away, he suddenly
He felt that the situation was serious. He could not figure out where Tu Hai brought this soldier from, and how could it suddenly appear in Ganbei? They came without a trace and left without a trace, which is what military strategists are always most afraid of. When he heard the urgent report, he immediately
He didn't bother to eat dinner. He sent Pegasus to summon Wang Pingfan to come for reinforcements, and at the same time he took the Chinese military staff out to inspect the camp.
When we left Pingliang, it was already setting sun. In the wooden village of the military camp outside the city, bonfires were rising, and military cooking was slowly rising. The white poplars in the middle of winter were like branches of ice-hardened feathers piercing the sky. Liupan Mountain was gray and gloomy in the dusk. Along the Jingshui River
Both sides of the Jingshui River have become solid ice, leaving only a narrow line of running water in the middle, shining with sparkling golden light in the sunset. In the dry season, Jingshui has become a stream that can be broken with a whip and crossed by a leaping horse.
It no longer serves as a natural barrier.
"Dad," Wang Jizhen beside him saw that his face was gloomy and he was looking into the distance without saying a word, so he comforted him: "The art of war says that if you run thousands of miles, you will defeat the general. You have traveled three thousand miles across the sea and crossed the desert south.
Without the strength to defeat Lu Jin, this battle is not difficult for us..."
* sighed and said: "You don't understand - smell this smoke, my soldiers are burning horse meat to eat! Without food and pay, it is conducive to our army to fight quickly. If Tu Hairuo stationed troops under the city, it would not be more than a month.
The morale of the army will be in chaos!"
Gong Rongyu was also in a bad mood. He had not seen Zhou Peigong for many years. The last time he was in Beijing, I only thought that he was knowledgeable and a civil servant. Why did he lead an army? Since there is a war, there must be a victory or defeat. Did God call me here?
Kill my brother, or will I die in his hands? After thinking about it, he said to *: "I really don't understand why the military gate has been fighting to the west. Since they are coming from the north, why don't we go east to avoid them?
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"The West is the paradise of paradise."
Let’s not make up our own minds! To join Wang Ping Fan in the east, of course it can last for a while, but if Tu Hai and Zhang Yong join forces here to march east, and Varg attacks from the east, how long can we hold on?”
"Dad..." Wang Jizhen muttered, but then stopped talking.
* Turned to examine his son and asked: "You want to persuade me to return to the Qing Dynasty again, right?" Gong Rongyu heard a bang in his heart. The commander-in-chief of the three armies was always thinking about this! It seems that he is determined to move westward, and so
If you want to secure a piece of territory, you can ask the court for a price if you want to advance, and if you want to retreat, you can contact the Qiang and Tibet to protect yourself. Then I thought, if this continues, I will never see my mother again, and I can't help but feel sad. Just as I was thinking wildly, * said
: "Returning to the Qing Dynasty is not unthinkable. Compared with Wu Sangui, Kangxi is the British master. I know it in my heart."
"It's a blessing for the three armies that the commander-in-chief thinks so." Gong Rongyu said hurriedly, "I'm afraid it's in vain if I don't obey."
Didn't he also sing Yang Silang's "Repent" when he was drunk last time?" Wang Jizhen saw that Gong Rongyu also thought the same way, and suddenly laughed boldly: "In that case, Dad made up his mind early on, Tu Hai
As soon as we arrive..."
* abruptly reined in the reins. It was already dark at this time, and his face could not be seen clearly. He was just as motionless as a paper-cut shadow. It took a long time to hear him say decisively: "No! This battle must be fought to the death! We must win.
If you surrender, you can negotiate for surrender; if you fail to win, I will die!" Gong Rongyu and Wang Jizhen couldn't help but remain silent. The matter was obvious. Surrendering without a fight, surrendering after defeat, would not escape Kangxi's execution!
"Cheer up! Look at the tiger pier in the north of the city. There are stone buildings and wells on it." * pointed to a vague hill that looked like a crouching tiger. "When I first marched into Pingliang, the first thing I did was
The only thing I want to do is to garrison troops and store grain on it - this tiger pier is the lifeblood of guarding Pingliang - Ji Zhen, you personally guard it for me. As long as Tuhai cannot attack it, the grain road in the ice and snow will be cut off.
He can only wait to be captured. If we win this battle, we will be able to advance and retreat with ease!" After saying that, he whipped his whip hard, sat down, his horse neighed, and galloped away with all four hooves in the air...
In the early morning of the sixth day, Tuhai's army had arrived on the north bank of the Jinghe River, far away from Pingliang City. According to Tuhai's idea, he led 3,000 cavalry in a sudden attack at night to catch the army by surprise first, and then stationed the army in the north of the city to join forces with Zhang Yong.
Soldiers, if they are prepared slowly and slowly, they will definitely win. After hearing this, Zhou Peigong thought deeply and said: "The general's method is good, but I'm afraid Wu Sangui will also take action.
I am at a disadvantage. Although our army has a little food and grass, the food road is far away, which is only conducive to a quick battle. You are a famous general, and your fighting methods are already familiar. Such a fighting method may be disadvantageous." Therefore, they walked the next three hundred miles.
It's quite slow, so as to conserve energy for a quick battle behind the enemy.
As soon as the army arrived at the Jinghe River, the Chinese general's order was passed down: immediately set up camp and bury the pots to make rice. Each camp management quickly sent out sentries to look out and defend according to the area. Anyone who disobeyed the order was immediately executed. As soon as the general's order was issued, the Chinese army
The front left and right wings, and the rear left and right battalions all acted according to the order, setting up camp along the river, digging holes with water, smashing nails and pulling tents.
After lunch, * heard that the other side was setting up camp, so he took his horse with him, Zhang Jianxun, He Yuzhi and other generals visited the south bank of the Jing River in person. They saw that the military camp in Tuhai was exposed in front of them, and they were stationed on both sides of the Pingtou camp ten miles along the river.
, couldn't help but be surprised. I saw a group of soldiers on the other side surrounded by Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong. They were also peeking at their own camp, pointing and looking at Hudun in the distance. Then they clasped their hands on the horse and shouted loudly:
"How are you, General Tu? *Please say hello!"
"It's Ma Yaozi!" Tu Hai also laughed loudly, "Back then, I had a cup of tea with you in Beijing to discuss military affairs and state affairs. I didn't expect that in a few years, we would meet each other in military affairs today. The vicissitudes of the world have changed, and Liang Ke sighed! Watch.
You don’t seem to have made any progress in using troops. I think it’s because you have only focused on rebellion in recent years and haven’t read the military books!”
* Raised his whip and laughed, and said: "The old general used to talk about military affairs on paper, and the camp plan was in the shape of 'pin'. Now it is just the word 'pin' turned upside down. The camp is in front, but it looks like the word 'cry'!"
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"The characters for crying and laughing are similar in shape. Don't make a mistake, General Wang!" Zhou Peigong waved his robe sleeves and said, "The so-called 'horse face' in the photo books means crying means laughing and laughing means crying. It is confusing and unpredictable - the general is missing.
Is the flag of the Chinese army? Since Tujunmen is the general of Fuyuan, he naturally has the word "fu" on top. If the general can abandon his troops and make peace and return to the court, he can still be promoted to a noble title. When the country is employing people, do not
It was a waste of time. Tushuai had already prepared lamb wine and would like to have a long talk with the general!" As Zhou Peigong said, he searched everywhere for Gong Rongyu, but he didn't see him.* After hearing this, he sneered and said, "You must be Zhou Peigong.
I advise you to go back and study hard, and stop writing and writing in front of me. On days when the country is at peace, you will never be without a gauze hat. Why do you need to get your head bruised and bloody under this golden city soup pool, and become the ghost of my sword?
?" Zhou Peigong laughed loudly and said: "Jincheng, Tangchi? Do you know what Jincheng and Tangchi are? My lord, Long live the people of the world, regards the people of the world as the Gancheng, but you* want to separate Pingliang for dominance and prosperity, regardless of the suffering of the people, demolishing the civilian houses to use as military camps.
, sold the daughters of the people to pay for the army, drove 30,000 exhausted soldiers, left home and marched westward, how many wives, sons and daughters were separated? With your heart and lungs, you have the courage of an overlord, and you can't escape the disaster of Wujiang suicide..."
Before Zhou Peigong finished speaking, arrows had already been shot over like locusts, and Tu Hai and others had to retreat slowly. The military camps on both sides saw the other side's generals move their hands, shouting, and thousands of arrows were fired; Ma Yi
Suddenly a cannon sounded in the stick camp, and Liu Chun, the brave cavalry general, led more than a thousand cavalry from the west wing and crossed the Jingshui River to attack.
This has been something I have thought about for a long time. I need to take a dip in the muddy waters of Tuhai to see how capable his soldiers are.
The soldiers on the west wing of Tuhai were eating lunch when they suddenly saw the opponent's cavalry group waving long knives and rushing towards them with red eyes and yelling. They actually fled without a trace like wolves. The wooden village they had just built
It was not strong to begin with, and was pushed and burned by the enemy soldiers, leaving it in a mess.
Although Liu Chun succeeded in destroying a Qing camp, he was still dissatisfied because he could not kill the generals, so he led his army eastward and attacked the Tuhai Zhongjun camp. As soon as he approached the camp, he heard the sound of cannons and the sound of war drums.
, row after row of arrows came like a rain of arrows. Several of the horses at the head were shot down, and the horses behind just jumped wildly and neighed and refused to move forward. Liu Chun originally thought that after the rain of arrows, there would be cavalry coming out.
He charged for the battle, but after waiting for a long time, he saw that the opponent was still firing fiercely. It was expected that the enemy was marching here in a hurry and did not dare to fight, so he left three hundred cavalry to pretend to attack the main camp, and he led the rest to sneak attack the right camp behind.
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After an appointment for a meal, the gate of Tuhai's Zhongying Village was opened, and the horse teams inside rushed out without saying a word, with more than a thousand horsemen. The leading general was dressed in red robes, and stood with a broadsword across his horse.
In front of the army, he commanded the army and horses to surround them from three directions: left, center and right, immediately trapping the more than 300 enemy cavalry regiments in the middle.
At this time, the sun was approaching, and the winter was dim. More than a thousand horses were galloping on the gravel beach, with war horses crossing their hooves, swords and halberds going back and forth, flashes of cold light, and thousands of feet of yellow dust. Some of the soldiers were silent,
Fighting desperately, some were naked and screaming wildly. Some of those who were chopped fell under the horse and were immediately trampled to pieces by the random horses. Some were still on horseback and brandished their swords in pain; some were beaten.
Their heads were cut off and their Tianling Caps were chopped off; some had their arms stabbed and their thighs chopped off. Blood spurted out everywhere on the battlefield, and people's faces and bodies were stained with blood. There were horse and human corpses everywhere on the ground, and they were wailing in agony.
Shouts, shouts, and killing sounds mixed with the sound of drums, the sound of weapons clashing, and the shouts and cheers of the infantrymen weave together a vivid and majestic battlefield picture.
"Tujunmen, you really belong to me!" Zhou Peigong stood on the high platform to watch the battle and laughed loudly: "You are worthy of being a veteran in running the army!" Tuhai smiled and was about to speak when he saw Fang Tiangui, the guard guarding the gate behind the stronghold, staggering in.
, his face turned pale with fright, and he shouted breathlessly: "Tu... Tujunmen, Zhe... who attacked the right camp sneakily... is back. After attacking me..." Before he could finish his words, Tuhai stabbed him with a long sword.
The heart of Zhou Peigong was shocked. Tuhai calmly pulled out his sword, wiped the blood from it with a handkerchief, and said: "If the guard general leaves his post without permission, this is his fate - the officer who hits the flag sign will turn it off."
At the village gate, set up the red cannon and blast him!"
"twitter!"
"Slow down!" Zhou Peigong stopped with a wave of his hand, "General, he just pretended to attack to divide my troops and rescue these three hundred people. He only shot him with a row of arrows. How can he kill a chicken with a bull's knife?" The two were discussing,
When the horses from the rear camp came to report, Liu Chun turned to the southwest and sent reinforcements.
At this time, the battle in the west of the village was over. Only a dozen of the more than 300 enemy cavalry remained, and they had fled south. Seeing Liu Chun's large number of cavalry rolling in, Tu Hai ordered Jin Jin to withdraw his troops. Calculated, he killed 200 enemies in total.
There were more than 80 people, and the Qing soldiers suffered more than 50 casualties.
Liu Chun traveled more than 20 miles back and forth, and only then did he realize that he had been fooled. He sent people back to quickly call for reinforcements, and at the same time charged towards the central stronghold. However, the stronghold continued to do the same thing, shooting arrows endlessly. Liu Chun was so angry that he flew into a rage.
The horse was yelling and cursing: "F*ck, if you have the guts, come out and kill me!"
On the earthen platform in the middle camp, Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong each held a glass of wine in their hands and clinked their glasses to drink. Zhou Peigong smiled and shouted: "Go back and report*, you won't get any luck this time. After I rest for half a month, we will fight again!"
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Liu Chun was so angry that he jumped wildly and was about to attack with his troops, but he heard the horn wailing on the other side. This was calling him back to the camp, so he pointed his long knife at Tuhai and said: "Today I got an advantage, old man, bah!"
He withdrew his troops angrily. After hearing this, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong couldn't help but clapped their hands and laughed.
"Your contribution is not small." He summoned the generals the next day. Seeing Liu Chun's displeasure, he comforted him, "Although he lost a few people, his true and false status has been found out - as long as the Chinese army is defeated, the rest will be defeated."
The stronghold will be destroyed without attack, and this battle will be easy to fight."
Wang Jizhen thought over and over about Liu Chun's invasion of the camp, and said thoughtfully: "Dad, I always feel that there is some deceit among them here!"
"Well?"
"Why is the right-wing front camp just an empty camp? This is too absurd!"
"Of course it's a lie."* said with a sneer, "He showed me a falsehood yesterday, but today it became true. How did he know that I was just testing it? We will attack his central camp tonight, and it is no longer safe to protect it.
One hit."
Ma Yigun was listening and said loudly: "Since the commander has this idea, why didn't you take advantage of the situation last night and take action? Tell the dogs to rest for another day - I will go with the boss tonight!"
"Last night?"
, stood up and ordered according to the case: "Old Ma, tonight you lead five thousand men and horses to lurk across the Jingshui River; Zhang Jianxun, He Yuzhi commanded five thousand men and horses of yours to cross the river from the lower reaches, and cut off his left wing and rear at the second watch.
The battalion reinforced the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army. As soon as the battle started, Lao Ma attacked his right front line, but they only feigned an attack. I led 10,000 people to attack his commander's camp. Gong Rongyu settled the 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city and supported them from behind.
, follow me into the formation; Ji Zhen, you just have to guard the tiger pier, no matter what happens in the front, you don’t have to worry about it!"
Everyone stood up together and solemnly replied: "Follow the order!"
Night has fallen, and the frozen land on both sides of the Jingshui River is silent. The opposing camps stretch for more than twenty miles, and the stars and lights are twinkling in the dark night... Occasionally, there are one or two horn sounds and the sound of watchmen in the military camp.
In this uneasy cold night, it looked horrifying.
Suddenly, there was a flash of fire in the lower reaches of the Jinghe River, and then there was the sound of blaring horns, earth-shattering cannons, closely spaced war drums, and strangely screaming rockets flying towards the Qing camp. This is Zhang Jianxun, why?
Yu Zhi was attacking the Qing army on the left wing. Five thousand men with a horse stick crossed the upper reaches of the Jingshui River like a tide overflowing the embankment, roaring towards the front camp on the right wing of Tuhai, and fired meteor-like rockets. Immediately, smoke billowed and fire raging everywhere.
It ignited, and the red, yellow, and purple flames reflected half of the sky. There were crackling explosions in the fire, the felt tent was burned, and the rising fly ash spiraled up and down in the air, exuding a strong burnt smell.
In an instant, the cannons of each battalion in Tuhai also sounded, and the noise like the earthquake and the mountains shook came from all directions at the same time. The left camp, the right camp, and the middle camp respectively came from the north and west, holding torches to reinforce the front village.
Densely dotted.
"The wind is high and the fire is set, the moon is dark and the people are killed, the horse's stick is worthy of his background!" * was lying in the middle, sweating from nervousness. Seeing the success of luring the enemy, he couldn't help but feel excited. He suppressed his excitement and loudly ordered: "Brothers, life and death.
Let's fight here and kill!" He said, got on his horse, and rushed straight to the Qing army's central camp.
Seeing the bright lights in the Chinese army's tent, but not even a single person in sight,* couldn't help but be stunned, reined in his warriors and stopped moving forward. Just as he was thinking hard about countermeasures, he suddenly heard a sound like thunder, and he was buried under the tent.
The * soared into the sky, lifting a large green woolen cowhide tent without a trace, and a large number of soldiers fell in a pool of blood. * Knowing that something was not going to happen, he expected that Tuhai would be ambushing nearby, and hurriedly ordered the generals to strictly guard against the enemy.
Defense. Suddenly Ma Yigun's messenger rushed over and reported: "Report to the commander: Ma Junmen fought for a while, and all the people inside retreated without fighting! Ma Junmen may have fallen into a trap, so he ordered me to come and report.
..." Before he could finish his words, Zhang Jianxun's department also came to report, saying that the enemy's rear camp did not come to reinforce the front camp at all.
"Nonsense!" Gong Rongyu shouted loudly, "The commander and I saw with our own eyes that so many torches came out of the camp!"
"Really!" said the messenger, "We have found out that those torches are all suspicious tactics."
"Fooled!"* was shocked. He fell off his horse and jumped up as if he had been stung by a scorpion. He was about to give the order, but hesitated again: Why didn't he see the enemy soldiers surrounding him after he rushed into the middle camp for a long time? Just as he was thinking about it, he saw it in the distance.
Flames shot into the sky in the direction of Pingliang City, and then several cannon shots pierced the air. He wiped his sweaty face and breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out that they got through at night. Fortunately, I left the defenders behind.
We have been on guard for a long time." After thinking about it, he ordered: "I ordered the horse to strike with a stick, Zhang Jianxun and He Yuzhi gathered the troops, quickly returned to the army, and attacked Tuhai together. I will stop the rear! Humph, I didn't expect that his cleverness would be mistaken for his cleverness, and he would be fooled by me.
Cut off his way back!" At this point, * Fang felt that his soul had returned to his body, and he stretched his waist relaxedly. Then he realized that his legs were a little sore, so he stretched out his hand and said: "Bring the wine!"
Before the sound was finished, a barrage of artillery fire was heard from the nearby woods. Thousands of torches lit up around the camp at the same time, illuminating the north bank of the Jing River brightly. * Ten thousand horses and horses were squeezed into this small area, and there was chaos
They formed a group. Gong Rongyu managed to calm down the situation by killing several soldiers who were screaming and running wildly.
At this time, the sound of drums outside Dazhai was loud, people were surging, and Qing soldiers were everywhere. Tu Hai used Zhou Peigong's suspicious tactics and combined 30,000 men to trap * in the core. * After all, he had been fighting for his whole life, but at the critical moment, he calmed down
, quickly raised his halberd and mounted his horse, looked at the officers on the left and right with a smile and said: "A man's life and death are like a fleeting smoke, why should I be afraid? With a stick on the horse, Zhang Jianxun will definitely come to rescue me when he sees me in danger. If I survive this moment, they will be there by daybreak."
The day of death!"
"Ma Yaozi! Zhang Jianxun, Ma Yigun has been knocked unconscious by you a long time ago. The soldiers are in chaos. Even if they come back to fight, they will be nothing more than a mob!" Tuhai laughed in the light of the fire, "To this day, you still dare to speak harshly.
!Get off your horse early and tie it up. Remembering our friendship in the past, I will give you a way out!"
"Fart!"* roared, clamped his legs, and the mount under him rushed eastward like a whirlwind, with an iron halberd in his hand making a sound in the wind. Gong Rongyu also gritted his teeth and yelled: "Kill!
"The guard rushed left and right. As expected, he was brave and was covered in blood. However, he was blocked several times after breaking through. Seeing that the situation was getting more and more dangerous, he became fierce and ordered: "Gunslinger, fight!
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His army has more than a hundred shotguns, which will not be used until a critical moment. This time they only brought half of them. This group of shotgunners are all well-trained sharpshooters. Upon hearing an order, they divided into two groups.
Platoon, one platoon firing, one platoon charging, taking turns to fire, rushing in front to open the way, guarding the troops to break out. Amidst the "bang bang" gunfire, the surrounding Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and some were covered by iron sand.
Some of them were blinded, some had their legs injured, and they fell to the ground and screamed. Tuhai's horse was also hit by bullets and jumped up wildly, almost knocking him off the horse. Immediately, the surrounding Qing soldiers were forced to
A human alley emerged.
"Send a sentry to rush into his rear formation! The infantry from the rear camp will cover him up." Zhou Peigong saw that he was about to escape, so he hurriedly said to Tuhai, "He only has fifty guns and more than a thousand people. He attacks from both sides. The enemy and we are confused."
, the shotgun is useless!" Tu Hai nodded after hearing this, turned around and ordered to the flag officer: "Why are you stunned? Send the order and all the battalions will charge into the formation to disrupt him!"
This method is very effective. The soldiers in the rear camp were ordered to surround but not attack. They were gearing up and complaining that they had no chance to get rewards for their meritorious service. When they heard the order, thousands of people rushed in with guns and swords. The middle camp was rushed in.
The men fell on their backs. Some of the enemies and ours were tearing their hands and mouths, rolling on the ground, and some were attacking in a roundabout way. They were mixed into a ball. Fifty bird gunners were also scattered. They looked helplessly and could not make a move. They had already been stabbed by the cavalry.
fell to the ground.
* Seeing the chaos in the middle camp, he said to dozens of followers: "Go back to the city!" Then he rode forward to kill.
*When he arrived at one place, there was a forest of swords and swords, and there were layers upon layers of Qing soldiers. He rushed left and right, but could not escape the siege. When he looked back, there were only seven or eight people around him. Gong Rongyu was covered in blood, and his face looked pale.
He was pale and out of breath from exhaustion. He finally reached the north bank of the Jing River, but saw Zhou Peigong leading a group of men and horses, standing on the horse with swords in hand, pointing* and saying: "Let's see where you are going?"
*Looking up to the sky and laughing wildly: "I never thought that I, Ma Yaozi, would end up like this!" As he said that, he held the halberd in his hand and stabbed it towards the chest. Gong Rongyu hurriedly grabbed it and cried: "When the commander dies, the entire army will be reduced to ashes.
!" After saying that, he patted the war horse and rushed towards Zhou Peigong, shouting with red eyes: "Brother Peigong, come at me!"
Zhou Peigong suddenly heard this cry and recognized Gong Rongyu. Seeing that he was covered in blood, he closed his eyes in pain. At this moment, he whipped Gong Rongyu's horse on the buttocks, and the two horses had already left.
He rushed out of the diagonal stab, jumped over the Jingshui River, and disappeared into the darkness. (To be continued)