Xu Shiqi, an old bachelor with a white beard, cursed angrily and his beard trembled. "Back then, Zhang Guowei told the court that Wu Zhikui, the commander-in-chief of Jinshan, was a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. He could be of great use. How could he be so useful? He brought tens of thousands of troops to surround Suzhou.
City, but in the end, he did not wait for the main force of the navy, he believed in the enemy's trick to lure the enemy into the city, and was ambushed by thousands of people, and the whole army was defeated. This damn man deserves to be called the commander-in-chief!"
The urgent report sent back by Yuan Zongdi really shocked everyone in the business.
At the military affairs meeting in the imperial camp, everyone was so angry that they rushed on their way, reported the news to Huang Wu, and sent cavalry to rush for reinforcements, but in the end they were too stupid to catch up.
"In fact, when I got the two generals Huang and Wu and marched with all their families and belongings, I knew that their trip would be defeated."
"Even in the Western Camp of the Breaking Army, when they were fleeing to fight, they all knew that they had to separate their families from the soldiers. There were barracks and old camps. Soldiers and their families were not allowed to be together, let alone bring them around to camp.
Are Huang Wu and the others fighting? It's more like an outing. Wu Zhikui came to Suzhou City, and his family members were not separated. They were in the camp. What kind of war were they fighting? And Huang Fei was dragging along with so many family members.
La, they missed a great opportunity to fight. When the war came, they were still busy settling their families. The soldiers were focused on their families, so who could care about fighting? As soon as they heard about the defeat on the front line and the enemy troops came to help, they immediately went back to find their wives, children, and parents in fear.
Take them and escape with all your heart.”
Zhu Yihai was really angry. The battle he fought was not as good as Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others when they were rogues in the early days. Although they were also roaming around at that time, they still knew how to separate soldiers and their families, set up camps for each, and isolate the front and rear.
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Wu Zhikui underestimated the enemy and was greedy for merit, and Huang Fei's army collapsed without a fight. The two armies totaled 78,000 people, but they were frightened to death by thousands of Qing troops. This was simply worse than the roar of cranes, the sound of wind, the sound of grass and trees, and the soldiers in the Battle of Feishui.
Outrageous.
But the reality is that they failed to catch up after all.
After all, it was still a step too late.
Yuan Zongdi was almost at the gates of Suzhou City, and Zhu Yihai was only forty-five miles away from Suzhou, but Huang Fei and Wu Zhikui's 70,000 to 80,000 people had already dispersed.
"I still can't figure it out. This Huang Fei is also an old soldier. He joined the army in Dongjiang Town when he was a child. He first fought against the Tatars for twenty or thirty years. How could he make such a stupid mistake?"
Zhu Yihai sighed, "Maybe it's not that Huang Fei doesn't know if this can be done, but he just has no choice. He has no control over the tens of thousands of people under his command."
A fugitive fleet that was pieced together in a haphazard manner does not even have a sound organizational system. It is obviously a very loose alliance, so Huang Fei's words are probably not very useful.
No one is willing to leave his family behind, and no one can trust others.
When the enemy appears, no one of them is willing to stay and fight.
This is the mob.
Their appearance is not even as good as those Taihu water bandits, at least others will not be as confused as them.
"Forget it, let's not talk about them anymore. Adou, who can't be helped, can't be saved even if he wants to, and he's a bastard who can't eat four dishes. Let's talk about business." Zhu Yihai waved his hand, not wanting to talk about them anymore.
Anyway, I didn't have much hope for them.
Zhu Yihai only remembered that they were defeated in history, but he didn't know why they lost, and he couldn't figure it out. Now the truth is revealed. They were defeated because they were too stupid.
However, such things happened frequently in history. Even Zheng Chenggong, who later became famous in history, also made such a low-level mistake when he reached the city of Nanjing during the Northern Expedition. He also took his family with the army all the way to the city of Nanjing, and then the Qing army in Nanjing
After attacking the camp, there was great chaos in Zheng's camp, and Zheng's soldiers panicked.
Zheng's army was routed under the walls of Nanjing, and corpses of those killed by the Qing army lay everywhere. In the end, Zheng Chenggong vomited blood and drank in hatred and returned.
It is said that the reason why Zheng Chenggong wanted to bring his family with him was because in the many previous Northern Expeditions, the soldiers were away from home for a long time, and the soldiers were homesick for home, so this time Zheng Chenggong planned to conquer Nanjing in one go, in order to avoid being too far away from home.
The soldiers were so homesick that they had no choice but to bring their families with them to maintain their morale. They even thought that after Nanjing was recaptured, they would march across the river to rule the country while they were victorious, and then let the soldiers guard the place. With their families by their side, they could also
Be more persistent.
Who knew, this would cause him to be completely defeated.
History is like this. Sometimes it is full of chance. Many heroes end up making stupid mistakes.
Huang Fei is definitely not a hero, at most he is a veteran. From Dongjiang to Denglai, from Huaiyang to Zhenjiang, from Zhenjiang to Wuhu, and then to Chongming and Taihu, he might have been defeated long ago after a series of failures.
Got this old soldier.
"Ignore Wu and Huang for now, we will continue to enter Suzhou City as planned."
After unifying his thoughts at the military affairs meeting, Zhu Yihai transferred thousands of troops to Wu Yi. Some were reorganized into Caobiao soldiers, some were converted into Caobiao auxiliary troops, and some were even eliminated from the Northern Expeditionary Army.
If so, they will be resettled in Wujiang.
After the explanation, Zhu Yihai led the Northern Expeditionary Army to continue northward to Suzhou City.
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Suzhou city.
Thirty-eight-year-old Li Shutai was proudly reporting his victory to Governor Tu Guobao. Tu Guobao was dancing with excitement when he heard that not only Wu Zhikui's army was wiped out, but also Huang Fei's 50,000 troops in the western mountains of Taihu Lake were also routed.
"Thanks to General Li for this battle, I will definitely show my merit to the court."
Li Sutai laughed and accepted the compliment gladly.
And Tu Guobao also said many words of praise and even some flattery. Although Li Shutai was only a third-class Mele Zhangjing, his background was not simple. He was a member of the Zhenglan Banner of the Eight Banners Han Army, and his father was Fushun E
Attached is Li Yongfang, the famous old traitor.
When Nurhaci was still fighting with the Yehe Tribe and the Wula Tribe, and had not yet unified the Jurchen tribes, Li Yongfang was the imperial officer prepared for Qianhu in Fushun, and was the highest military officer of the Ming Dynasty in the Fushun area at that time. In the eyes of those Donglu,
This is a noble person from heaven.
Later, Nurhaci proclaimed himself emperor, annexed the Jurchen tribes, and led troops to besiege Li Yongfang, who once needed to visit him. At this time, Li Yongfang had been promoted to a guerrilla general. Facing the powerful Houjin Nurhaci, Li Yongfang, as a local military governor, accepted
Recruiting surrender. When Nurhaci attacked the city, he asked his servants to throw rope ladders to the Houjin soldiers. While pretending to defend the city, he welcomed the enemy into the city. He led the Houjin army to kill the main defender in the city, Wang Mingyin, borrowed swords to kill people, and eliminated dissenters.
Surrender the city.
Fushun was the first Ming Dynasty border town conquered by Nurhaci. Li Yongfang was also the first Ming Dynasty border general to surrender. After the surrender, he was appointed as a third-class deputy general and married the daughter of Abataibele, Nurhaci's seventh son.
After Li Yongfang surrendered to the captives, he was also loyal and followed him in every battle. He persuaded many Ming Dynasty Liaodong border generals to surrender and won gold medals to avoid death three times. He even commanded the Han army of more than 10,000 men.
Li Yongfang married Nurhachi's granddaughter and gave birth to seven sons. Together with the eldest son Yangeng and the second son Yanling from his previous marriage, there were nine sons in total.
The second eldest son, Li Yanling, joined Nurhaci when he was twelve years old, and was awarded the title of "Leader".
Li Yongfang's seven subsequent sons were all given full names. The third son was named Li Gangatei, the fourth son was Li Hashiku, the fifth son was Li Bayan, and the sixth son was named Li Hutuli.
The seventh lao Li Hubai, the eighth lao Li Kesheng'e, the ninth lao Li Kede.
Even in fact, scholars basically only call each other by his first name and do not use the surname Li.
When the second eldest son, Li Shutai, was sixteen years old, Nurhaci married him again. Although he was a Han, he actually grew up in Liaodong. When he was twelve years old, he worked as a bodyguard beside Nurhaci and followed Nurhaci in his expedition to Mongolia.
Chahar, conquered Korea, attacked Jinzhou, and then attacked Shandong from Beil Abatai. They all achieved military exploits and won the trust of Hou Jin Dynasty.
He entered the Pass with Dorgon and led his army to capture Shandong and Henan. He once killed Li Zicheng's general Zhao Yingyuan. When Duoduo recalled his troops and prepared to return to Beijing, he sent him to lead 1,580 banners to garrison in Suzhou.
It was he who killed Wu Zhikui and wiped out his entire army, and frightened Huang Fei's tens of thousands of people into defeat.
"I think back then, when I was killing intruders in Shandong and Henan, I was so good at killing them. Today is just a small test. Unfortunately, the thieves are in the lake, and I am short of boats, otherwise I will kill them too." Li Shutai
He was very proud and put forward a plan, "However, although the yellow thief is on the water, it is not impossible to defeat him. He will definitely leave Taihu Lake and avoid Suzhou now. Therefore, I plan to gather the cavalry and pursue him along the Wusong River. As long as the yellow thief leaves,
Once they reach the big lake or the river, if you follow them and pursue them, you will definitely find them when they are anchored and resting on the shore. Then, you can make a surprise attack at night and destroy the entire fleet with just a rocket."
Tu Guobao was extremely surprised when he heard this. Although he thought this guy was arrogant, he had to admire that his plan was actually very feasible.
This was the time of severe drought in summer, when both the Wusong River and the Huangpu River were shallow. As the Huang Fei tribe fled in panic, they would inevitably have to flee along these two rivers, and most likely even take the Wusong River.
Going out to sea, the cavalry pursues along the river, looking for an opportunity to set fire to the pirate ships in the water village. There is indeed a great chance.
Huang Fei's 60,000 to 70,000 men were frightened and defeated without even firing an arrow. If they were suddenly attacked by Li Shutai in the middle of the night, they would be defeated.
"Oh, General Li is really a clever plan, but now that the bandit army is newly defeated, there are fleeing bandit soldiers everywhere around here. Would you like the general to lead troops to encircle and kill them one by one, and then pursue them later?"
"There are all frightened thieves here. Mr. Futai can capture them just like herding pigs and sheep by sending his own Fubiao. He can even capture them by sending some strong men, so why should I wait?"
The general still wants to search for and capture the yellow thief and the Wu thief. This will be called a great success and will never cause future troubles. Otherwise, this battle will not be called a complete victory after all!"
Although Tu Guobao was dissatisfied with this man's disobedience, he did not get angry and just nodded with a smile.
He also felt in his heart that after this battle, the overall situation had been decided. It didn't matter if Li Shutai had to go after Huang Fei. He would send people to capture more prisoners. Then he would just let his nephew Yang Guowei sell more slaves in exchange for more money, and return the favor.
