The fifty-first chapter Zhou Peigong set fire to the tiger mound, Wang Shirong took the opportunity
After a night of fighting, corpses were everywhere on both sides of the Jingshui River, blood flowed into the river, and broken swords and broken weapons were scattered all over the beach. The results of the casualties calculated by both sides showed that the Qing army lost 4,000 soldiers, and the Japanese lost more than 10,000 soldiers. Only those who died in front of the battle
There were more than 6,000 men. Due to the heavy losses in both sides' troops, Tuhai ordered the three armies to rest for seven days before moving their camp across the river and stationing troops under Pingliang City.
As soon as he settled down, Tuhai ordered his entourage: "Go in and tell Zhou Junmen that I have gone to check on Hudun. Kill a live deer brought by Mongolia to replenish his body. He is exhausted." As he said this,
, Zhou Peigong came out from behind the tent and said with a smile: "I am not a confinement woman, how can I have so many problems? Since the general is going out for inspection, how dare Pei Gong stay here to enjoy himself?" After saying that, they came out together.
When Military Counselor Liu Ming was about to send his entourage to protect him, Zhou Peigong laughed and said, "If I lend you another courage, he would not dare to leave the city. His total number of troops now does not exceed 10,000. Are you looking for death?" Tu Hai
But he said: "It's better to be careful and bring the dozen or so soldiers in front of you!"
The two rode horses around the city, then walked north and west to the bottom of Hudun. From a distance, the Hudun looked like nothing more than a mound. Only by closer inspection could one know how dangerous it was.
"A platform was cut out from the waist, and many stone caves were built under the pier. There is a line of stone stairs at one end of the city gate that leads directly to the top of Hutou. There is a small temple with an area of half an acre on top. There is a stone tower on the north side, which is on the wall.
The top can echo the city, just like a crouching tiger gazing at Pingliang.
"Pingliang City is really well built," Tuhai sighed. "It's all covered with big stones. Even the red cannons can't destroy it!"
Zhou Peigong was speechless for a while, and just looked at Hudun silently for a long time. After exhaling for a long time, he replied: "This city occupies Liupan in the north and Longshan in the south. It is the gateway to Gandong. It has been a battleground for military strategists since the Han Dynasty. Thousands of people
How can there be any reason to not be strong after years of operation? If we can fight calmly, this city will not be difficult to conquer, and we will conquer it even if we are hungry!"
"What do you think about burying a bomb under this city?" Tu Hai said, "It would be easy to just blow up a gap."
"It's all sandy soil, and the water surface of the moat is not frozen," Zhou Peigong shook his head. "I'm afraid it won't be possible to dig a tunnel, and it won't be enough."
Seeing that Zhou Peigong was just looking at Hudun, Tuhai smiled and said: "It seems that you still want to attack Hudun and set up cannons from above to bombard the city. It's good to be brave, but look at the situation. There are not six or seven thousand people."
Dead and wounded, can we go up?"
Zhou Peigong nodded and said: "Yes, we have to think of a perfect strategy!"
At this moment, * heard that Tuhai and the others were inspecting Hudun, and came with Gong Rongyu. This battle was very miserable for him, and he almost lost all his money. There were less than 7,000 troops in the city, plus the defenders on Hudun.
There were only more than 9,000 soldiers in the army. They all died in the chaos with their horses and sticks. He Yuzhi took a remnant of the soldiers and fled to an unknown place. Only Gong Rongyu was originally a guard of the Chinese army. Although he was no more than a general, the soldiers
However, there were no injuries. The remaining three thousand who fled into the city were all frightened birds, and it was rare to fight. * Looking at Tuhai and Zhou Peigong under the city pointing as if no one was around, I felt angry and hateful, so I gritted my teeth and whispered to Gong Rongyu:
"Rongyu, that is your friend, he caused us so much trouble! Tuhai has never been this way! - My hand injury is not healed, but your archery skills are not bad, come on, give him a try on you
Wolf fang arrow!"
Gong Rongyu slowly pulled out an arrow from the quiver on his waist, feeling really mixed in his heart. He looked at his arm, and there was a small scar on it. It was bitten by a tortoise when he went fishing with Zhou Peigong in the river when he was a child. Now.
He wanted to shoot his friend who had fished with him with an arrow. He came to the battlement and quietly rounded his bow. Zhou Peigong pointed at Hudun and was concentrating on what he was saying. With his arrow skills, it was impossible to reach such a close distance with his arrows.
It was difficult for an arrow to penetrate the back of Zhou Peigong's heart, but his hand was shaking violently. After taking aim for a long time, he let go of his right hand.
Zhou Peigong said that when he was in high spirits, how could he be wary of cold arrows? Tu Hai was a man who had experienced many battles. Hearing the whistling sound of arrows, he pushed Zhou Peigong hard without turning around, and he hurriedly stepped out of the way.
The arrow flew over like a meteor and hit Zhou Peigong in the left arm.
"Oh!" Zhou Peigong yelled and almost fell off his horse. He suddenly turned around and saw Gong Rongyu holding an empty bow at the top of the city. Zhou Peigong closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and suddenly pulled out his right hand, and blood suddenly flowed out.
As noted, Gong Rongyu's face was as pale as dirt, and the bow in his hand fell down to the city like a kite with its string broken.
Returning to Dazhai that night, Tuhai received the imperial edict and imperial newspaper from the capital. Tuhai and Zhou Peigong performed a grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. When they read out, one of the imperial edicts from Kangxi wrote:
Fuyuan General Tu Hai, Fuyuan Counselor General Zhou Peigong: I have received the military report, and I am glad to know that Erqing Jinghe has won a great victory. I am very excited about it. Today, Wu Sangui's bandits in Yuezhou are increasingly exhausted. I have recently heard urgent reports that there is a man in Guizhou.
Wan Ni's army is coming to help. If this situation succeeds, Xiliang's military will be in a stalemate again! I would like to record two triumphant songs for you. I hope to revive my remaining power and rush to Pingliang. The country will not be stingy with the gift of the high noble!
There are two ancient poems below. I didn't have time to read them carefully, so I read the official newspaper. One is about Kong Sizhen's return to the capital, and Kangxi was admitted to the palace to be raised in honor; the other is about Li Guang's secret report on the military situation in Fujian, which was ordered to be archived and discussed by the Ministry of Personnel;
One was that after Sun Yanling returned to the Qing Dynasty, Wu Shicong lured her with military pay and was killed outside Guilin; the other was that Wu Shicong used Wang Shirong's letter to pretend to surrender, and Fu Honglie was lured and killed. The Ministry of Rites was ordered to confer a posthumous title and
Order the governors of each province to find out Wang Ni's whereabouts and capture him.
"When it comes to fighting, these are common things." Seeing that Zhou Peigong's face was green and white, Tu Hai felt heartbroken when he thought of his friendship with Fu Honglie. He sighed and comforted: "In terms of the overall situation, this can only be considered a small detail.
"I can only lament that Fu Honglie, a loyal, virtuous, upright and respectable man, ended up like this..." As he spoke, he shed tears.
"Wang Shirong," Zhou Peigong ignored Tu Hai's words, looked outside the tent, lost in thought, and murmured to himself: "I have heard about his name for a long time, and I really want to see him!" His eyes returned to the candlelight.
The battle to attack Hudun was very difficult because the slope was steep and the cavalry could not be used at all. Tuhai and Zhou Peigong were in charge of supervising the battle. The sergeants of the three battalions took turns to attack. All methods were used, but they were ineffective. The troops defending the city will
Shotguns and rockets were all concentrated in the area around Tiger Dun. When they saw the pier being attacked, they responded with fierce fire, causing the soldiers to dodge. After two days of fighting, they only captured the waist area of "Tiger", which resulted in the loss of 2,000 soldiers.
"Fighting like this won't help." Zhou Peigong had seen some clues after watching for two days. "If we fight for a long time, we will be trapped. Calculating the time, Guizhou reinforcements will arrive within five days. Then the trouble will be big."
!" "I'll go in person!" Tu Hai came up impatiently, stood up and wanted to give the order, but was held down by Zhou Peigong with both hands: "The fighting style is not surprising, everyone is the same. If I go in person, I should go first - I don't know where this is.
Can you get a long bamboo pole?”
Tu Hai was startled and said: "When I was patrolling the city, I saw some moso bamboo piled up in the lumber yard outside the south gate. What do you want it for?" Zhou Peigong squinted and said with a smile: "Don't worry, General, we can go down to Hu Dun today!"
In the afternoon of that day, everything was ready. More than 700 long bamboo poles were wrapped in large cotton quilts and sprinkled with oil. At the wrong time, with an order, they were all lit up, like 700 large torches, each led by four or five strong ones.
The soldiers lifted it up and sent it directly to the stone tower of Hudun. There were hundreds of soldiers below, sucking up the oil with bamboo pumps, and spraying it upwards... The Hudun instantly turned into a mountain of flames.
Wang Jizhen didn't expect Zhou Peigong to use this trick. There was nowhere to hide in this tiny place of Hutou Dun. The fire was so thick and the smoke was so intense that the person was buried in the furnace. When he got water to pour it, it didn't help at all. As time went by, there were big lumps
The fireball rolled into the building, and the oil was shot up from underneath. The oil fueled the fire, and the fire battle was powerful. The entire stone building was on fire. Some of the soldiers guarding the pier were burned into fireballs, and the ground was covered with fireballs.
Rolling, some jumped down with fire. Wang Jizhen's whole body was also on fire. He threw himself to the south wall of Hudun and cried loudly: "Daddy! Save me, save the child..." Shouting, the fire had already burned his body.
Curled up into a ball due to burning...
Two hours later, Hudun fell into the hands of Tuhai and Zhou Peigong. The corpses were cleaned up that night, and the red cannon was dragged up to Hudun. At dawn, looking from the stone tower, the panoramic view of Pingliang City was in front of us. The tall governor
The office stands in the west of the city, and the locations of the grain depot, prison, and barracks are clearly visible. Tuhai couldn't help but smile and said: "Look, from here, from a high position, let alone cannons, you can cover the enemy's formation with just bows and arrows, and you can climb up the city with ladders."
!" Zhou Peigong squinted his eyes, put his chin in his hand, and frowned: "The trapped beasts are still fighting. Although they are poor bandits, I think they will fight to the death if they are desperate. What's more important, there are more than 40,000 people in the city. Once the city is broken, then they will be killed.
There was a fire in Kungang, and all the jade and stone were destroyed... Alas!" Tu Hai saw Zhou Peigong sighing loudly, and couldn't help but laugh: "Now you want to be a Bodhisattva again! So many people died in the battle of Jinghetan and the battle of Hudun. Those Qu Hai
Who are the dead ghosts looking for?"
"When we meet on the battlefield, we will meet each other on the battlefield. Either the fish will die or the net will be broken. What does that say?" Zhou Peigong said slowly, "In the Chahar Incident, our soldiers robbed a lot of things. Now they are all
Staring at the city with red eyes like a wolf, if we massacre the city again... General, after we win in the future, the imperial censor will not be able to tolerate you and me!"
Tu Hai stroked his beard and said nothing. A gust of cold wind blew and he couldn't help but shiver.
"Reporting to the two military officers, the red cannon has been set up!" A sergeant came up and saluted.
"Hit him with a few shots first!" Zhou Peigong said with his hands behind his back without looking back, "Aim at his grain depot!"
"twitter!"
Tu Hai looked at Zhou Peigong in surprise: He was still showing mercy just now, but in the blink of an eye, it changed again? Zhou Peigong said: "General, fire a few cannons to give him some color, I think-"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of earth-shattering cannons. This red cannon was designed and manufactured by the foreigner Zhang Cheng with the help of Kangxi. Except for Yuezhou, which dragged away 20 cannons, the remaining four were originally used to protect the capital. Check.
After the Ha'er rebellion was put down, Kangxi used forty healthy mules to send two cannons to accompany the army. This cannon was extremely powerful and had a range of up to seven miles. However, where the sound of the cannon was heard, thick clouds of smoke rose, the fire flashed, and the cannonballs were not fired.
It hit the grain depot and hit several residential houses facing the street in the south of the city, causing tiles and thatch to fly everywhere. Then there was another blast, but the shell flew into a pool to the east of the grain depot, splashing a column of water more than ten feet high.
There was an immediate commotion on the street. People in the north of the city didn't know what had happened. Many people opened their doors and looked around. Groups of soldiers from the barracks came out to suppress the pressure. Looking from a distance, I saw someone using a shovel to dig up the collapsed house on the ruins.
, it looked like someone was buried inside. There was a woman sitting in the street next to her, shouting something, and a little girl from the corner hugged her neck in fear. There were several old women kneeling in the street next to them, clasping their hands and muttering to Hudun.
Mumbling something, Tuhai said angrily: "What kind of cannon is this? Call the gunner!"
The gunner's face turned pale with fright, he crawled over, knelt down and kowtowed: "Junmen, this..."
"Have you ever had sex before?"
"I've been fighting for five years..."
"How is this going?"
"I've never used such a cannon before," the cannon said, shaking his upper and lower teeth, "I didn't expect this cannon to hit so far..."
"Go away!" Tu Hai yelled angrily, "Aim and hit again, pay attention to the dog's head on your neck!" Zhou Peigong thought about it, turned around and said: "Don't hit the grain depot, it is too close to the houses, you will practice this today
Artillery, look at the dilapidated Guandi Temple in the east city. It must have been abandoned long ago. Shoot there and blow it up!"
"Hey!" the gunner wiped the sweat from his head.
Zhou Peigong followed Tu Hai and walked down the stone steps to Hudun. He continued what he had just said: "——I want to go to the city. Wouldn't it be better if I could lower the *?"
"What?" Tuhai stopped, "What did you say?"
"I want to talk about this city with my sharp tongue!" Zhou Pei said impartially, "Master Tu, please know that tens of thousands of lives have been destroyed. You and I have sinned deeply!"
Tu Hai examined Zhou Peigong for a long time, and then said: "Are you afraid that the stinking censor will impeach us for killing innocent people indiscriminately?" Zhou Peigong knew clearly that Tu Hai was referring to the pearl, but he smiled and said: "Since ancient times, people who have won battles have been poisoned.
How can I not be afraid of how many there are! But at this time, I am not afraid of this - if the people of this city are poisoned by you and me, who will people regard you and me for thousands of years?" Tu Hai found out that Zhou Peigong's military talent was
After Kangxi appointed him to his command, the two of them got along day and night for several years, chatting and becoming close friends. At this time, when I heard that Zhou Peigong was going to the city alone, I couldn't help but feel a sinking in my heart. He said slowly: "The civilization of the Han family is broad and profound, and I can't cultivate it myself."
"My lord, today we can no longer compare with the Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties. If we learn from Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jia, and Li Sheng, I'm afraid we will suffer unexpected disasters." He shook his head.
"General, that's not necessarily the case. Now that I am strong and the enemy is weak, I should make a city alliance with him!" Zhou Peigong was moved when he saw that he pitied himself, and said, "As soon as this place surrenders, Shaanxi Wangping Fan can also surrender without a fight. If so,
If we fight hard, we won't be able to capture this city within three to five days. Once reinforcements arrive, we will really be disobeying the Holy Order!"
Tu Hai frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed: "Now that you have made up your mind, maybe it can be done. But this move is too risky. If it doesn't work..."
"Tomorrow at noon, you will blast the backyard of the governor's office with red cannons, and order the three armies to sing the two triumphal songs of the Holy Spirit in unison. I have my own idea!" Zhou Peigong said calmly, "Move the troops in the east of the city back five miles. I
Call the city from the east gate."
On the second day of Chenpai, Zhou Peigong in green clothes and a small hat rode to the gate of the east city. He rolled his hands into a trumpet and shouted: "Hey! The defenders on the city have listened. I am Zhou Peigong, the counselor general of Fuyuan in the Qing Dynasty. By order of the general, I am going to enter."
The city has important matters to discuss with General *!"
The Qing army retreated for several miles without any reason, and someone had already reported it to Zhang Jianxun, the guard in the east of the city. He was surprised when he heard someone calling the city again, so he notified people and went upstairs in person. When he saw it was Zhou Peigong, Wuming was furious.
When he rose, he spat and said, "What kind of trick are you using? If you don't wait to die in Hudun, what are you doing in the city?"
"General, don't act out of emotion!" Zhou Pei said impartially, "You and I know the situation clearly, and I'm here to show you a way out!"
"Fart!" Zhang Jianxun roared angrily and was about to give the order to fire arrows when a flag officer suddenly ran downstairs and conveyed the general's order in a low voice. However, Zhang Jianxun had no choice but to change his words and sneer: "I was going to take your head."
, I hope that the two countries will fight without killing each other, so I will be lenient and let you in for the time being!"
The city gate was bolted and creaked open. Zhou Peigong was about to enter the city on horseback. Yuan Yuan galloped over as if he were flying. The man got off his horse in front of the city, raised his hands towards Zhou Peigong and said, "You and I
How about entering this city together?"
"Who are you?" Zhou Peigong looked at the person who came. He was only about thirty years old. He had beautiful eyes and eyebrows, and a long robe with green robes. He was just like a jade tree in the wind. He was elegant and charming at first sight. He fell in love with him at the first sight. Then he rode his horse into the city and asked with a smile: "You
We are visiting relatives. We encountered a war here, so we can't get into the city? What a coincidence." The man said, "Exactly! I arrived the day before yesterday, but the fighting here was very dangerous, and the four doors were not open, so it was difficult to get in. Today, it's hard to get in."
You took advantage of my brother!" He laughed. Zhou Peigong thought that this person could really take advantage of the loopholes and said with a smile: "What's the important matter? This is not the time to visit relatives!"
"Really?" The man suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, "Why do I think this city is not that dangerous?" Zhou Peigong was startled and asked tentatively: "How can you see that?" The man raised his whip high.
He said in a loud voice: "The 50,000 troops and horses under Wu Sangui of the Great Zhou Dynasty will come to the aid of this city. They will arrive very soon. How can this city be so dangerous?" The two people asked and answered questions at this time. Even Zhang Jianxun, who was ordering the sergeant to close the city gate, was stunned.
, hurriedly walked around to the horse, looked it over, and said with a smile: "It's Lao Wang! You came and you didn't even say hello to me. I thought you were the entourage of Zhou!" Zhou Peigong asked: "
Do you know each other? Could you please give me some advice?"
"We are old acquaintances!" The man smiled, took out a jade flute from his back, played it lightly, and said, "My surname is Wang, my first name is Liangchen, and my last name is Shirong! Unexpectedly, right? We
It was actually the envoys from the two countries who entered Pingliang together!"
"I have admired you for a long time!" Zhou Peigong was shocked, excited, and frightened: He had searched for information about this person in many ways over the past few years, and heard Fu Honglie say many times that Wang Shirong was handsome and elegant, and looked like a virgin. How could he be so arrogant after seeing him today?
? After thinking for a long time, he realized that he came here this time to cheer up the president. He had to do it through force, and he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
Hearing that Zhou Peigong and Wang Shirong entered the city at the same time, there was a sensation in the governor's office.* He couldn't help being surprised, but also happy. He had originally thrown himself into the trap because his son was burned to death, and wanted to avenge this hatred, so he ordered people to let Zhou Peigong in.
He set up a frying pan and lit the flames. He wanted to imitate the King of Qi in cooking Li Shiqi and fried Duke Pei of Zhou. At this time, he heard that Wang Shirong was coming, so he hesitated: The two families sent envoys at the same time. Could it be a good opportunity?
Gong Rongyu was full of panic and uneasiness, so he took the opportunity to say: "Commander, in my opinion, Kangxi and Wu Sangui have grievances with me. If it hadn't been for the Battle of Jinghe, we wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses."
; Having said that, if Wu Sangui has a conscience, he should have sent reinforcements early, otherwise how could we be forced into this barbaric land? I think it would be a good idea to come at the same time. I might as well listen to whoever's words are beneficial to me, and I will follow him.
If it is not good for me, I will kick him out to end the problem - a gentleman chooses what is good, and there may be other opportunities."
"You have read a lot in the past few years, and the words you speak have changed a lot."* said with a smile. At this time, most of the people in the city belonged to Gong Rongyu, and this man had always been loyal to him.
He couldn't help but buy it, and felt that what he said was quite reasonable, so he lowered his face and ordered: "There is a banquet in the back hall. Please invite Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhou to join us." (To be continued)
