"Hmph, he Guo Ding'an also has a really big appetite, first eating four thousand coyote soldiers is not enough, and now he is also eyeing the eight thousand people of the governor of Guizhou, and he doesn't want to think about ......whether his third division can eat or not."

Ensi Mansion, in the camp of the Fu Han Army, a stout man with the rank of colonel was frowning at the battle report in front of him at this time, and complained a little angrily, and beside him stood several men wearing senior military ranks, the first of which was wearing the rank of major general, which was Cheng Ming, the deputy commander of the Southwest Group Army, who was fighting south.

Cheng Ming snorted lightly, "Senior Commander Xu, don't say these whining words anymore, Senior Commander Guo can win, that's a good thing, at least the road to Guizhou Province will be opened up, and you will have a lot of credit in the future." ”

The stout man was Xu Mingyuan, who had defected to the Fu Han Army earlier, and he was now the commander of the Fifth Division, and the other person beside him was Yue Lingfeng, the commander of the 12th Division in this operation.

After experiencing so many things, Yue Lingfeng's temperament became much calmer, and he said softly: "Vice Marshal Cheng, I'm not waiting for merit, I'm just worried that the Cen family is not so simple, if it is a combination of inside and outside, I am afraid that the third division will suffer if it is not good, then it will not be good." ”

"This matter does need to be paid attention to one or two ......."

Cheng Ming pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "The Qing army coming from the direction of Luodian is only 8,000 people, but we have to beware of the Fubiao battalion in the hands of the governor of Guizhou and the green battalion of several other towns.....

Xu Mingyuan and Yue Lingfeng listened to Cheng Ming's words, and even if they understood what Cheng Ming meant, because on the map, if they start from Sizhou Mansion, they can attack Guizhou from Sizhou and Qingyuan, but they have to pass through Anshun Mansion from Sizhou, and they need to pass through Duyun from Qingyuan, and Cheng Ming still has to divide his troops.

At that moment, Xu Mingyuan and Yue Lingfeng's eyes flashed with a trace of heat, of course they were willing to divide their troops, if they only set off from Sizhou all the way, their fifth and twelfth divisions would only be able to fight and cooperate, I am afraid that they will not even be able to eat meat, which is naturally unwilling for the two.

After all, no one is worse than the other, in terms of qualifications, his qualifications Xu Mingyuan and Yue Lingfeng are much earlier than Guo Ding'an, they were the first to join, why should he be the protagonist of this junior?

In fact, in the current Fu Han army, although the big guy has no grievances in private, but when it comes to fighting, it will not give in at all, after all, as long as there is a war, then there will be silver and land to take, if he, the division commander, can't get a war, there will be no merit, and the whole division will be detached.

So for the two of them, it's good to divide the troops, and they are the main force when they divide the troops, and they will have the opportunity to eat meat.

Xu Mingyuan hurriedly stepped forward, pointed to Yutu and said in a condensed voice: "Deputy Marshal, Sizhou all the way may only need to send one division to aid the third division, and the other division can completely pass through Qingyuan and attack the capital, and then you can reach the city of Guiyang, and you can completely take Guizhou Province by combining the two roads." ”

"Two ways together...... That's a good idea. ”

Cheng Ming glanced at the two of them, with a meaningful smile on his face, "Then which of you is willing to take the road of Qingyuan?" ”

"The last general is willing to go, and I also ask the deputy marshal for permission!"

"The last general is also willing to go, please give the order of the deputy marshal."

Xu Mingyuan and Yue Lingfeng asked for orders at the same time, and after finishing speaking, they glared at each other again, and then looked at Cheng Ming again.

Cheng Ming pondered for a while before he said softly: "After all, the Twelfth Division is newly established, this time it will still take Sizhou Road, and the Fifth Division will go to Qingyuan, but Xu Mingyuan, Ben Shuai wants to remind you that if you have a problem along the way, Ben Shuai will not spare you easily, understand?" ”

After all, Cheng Ming is a veteran general in the army, not only has high prestige, but also has a strict style of doing things, so neither of them dares to refute, but Xu Mingyuan has a strong smile on his face, after all, this time he can show his skills.

After receiving the order, the two generals did not stay at the moment, and after Cheng Ming said goodbye, they went to reorganize the army and prepare to set off. As for Cheng Ming himself, he sent someone to inform Xu Tieshan, the commander of the First Division in Hunan, about his own arrangement, after all, Xu Tieshan's attack on this road is also to attack Guizhou, and he may be able to respond to it when the time comes.

.......

Luodian, the camp of the Qing army.

Guizhou Governor He Shiji looked at the letter from Ortai, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and couldn't help but sigh deeply, it was written with flowers, in fact, it meant that he He Shiji took people to defend Sizhou City first, if he was really invincible, he also needed to protect the Cen family.

But in fact, He Shiji didn't want to forcibly defend the so-called Sizhou City at this critical juncture, the reason was very simple, first of all, as the governor of Guizhou, he had already heard of the Cen family, and there had been some small friction between the two sides, from this point of view, he didn't want to save the Cen family at all.

Secondly, He Shiji also understood the combat strength of the Cen family's 4,000 coyote soldiers, but when the Cen family's 4,000 coyote soldiers were wiped out in such a short period of time, it fully illustrated one point, that is, the 5,000 Governor Battalion under his command could not be defeated.

This is not He Shiji's self-humility, because from the perspective of combat power, his supervising battalion is not as good as the coyote soldiers, and the coyote soldiers can be beaten so badly, it is useless for him to lead the superintendent. Although there are still 3,000 people in the green camp of Yongshun Town, how can he not know the foundation of the green camp in Yongshun Town? To put it mildly, to deal with these 3,000 people, only 500 coyote soldiers are enough.

"General Xu, right now, Lord Duxian hopes that we can lead the army to aid Sizhou, what do you think?"

He Shiji put away the letter and was about to take a look at Xu Wanhe's thoughts in Yongshun Town first, so he asked about it.

Xu Wanhe is not a military general in the traditional sense, he was originally a seller of flower cloth, and later because his sister became the concubine of Guizhou Governor Mao Wenquan, he got the position of the chief soldier of Yongshun Town, although he is not familiar with the military, but he knows how to exploit and make money, and he also worked relatively smoothly in Yongshun Town on this basis.

Speaking of which, Ortai is the governor who has just arrived after all-if he is in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou for another two years, Ortai should have a clearer understanding of the officialdom of the entire two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, and he will not arrange for people like Xu Wanhe to go to the battlefield, because it is clear that he is sending war exploits to the other party.

Xu Wanhe was originally reluctant to come, but seeing that He Shiji's words revealed other meanings, he deliberately tried to say: "If Lord Duxian has an order, the last general will naturally obey it, but the current situation is complicated, and Lord Duxian failed to control the situation in time. ”

He Shiji heard Xu Wanhe's statement, his heart was secretly refreshed, and he immediately waved his hand and said: "Brother Xu's words make He ashamed, but what you said is indeed reasonable, although Lord Duxian wants us to assist the Cen family to defend Sizhou, but now the four thousand coyote soldiers in Sizhou have been wiped out, if we go again, I am afraid that we will fall for Chu Wei's tricks......."

"Of course, we don't want to disobey Lord Duxian's intentions, it's better like this, Brother Xu, you will take people to guard Baile Town, not far from Sizhou, if Chu is against the trend, you can retreat directly to Luodian, if Chu is against Sizhou for a while and a half, it is not too late for us to set off again."

He Shiji's words made Xu Wanhe dumbfounded, he quickly reflected, and praised repeatedly: "The military gate is really quite strategic, when Zi Chu counterattacks the city, he will more or less take into account our existence, so he will not dare to act so recklessly, the military gate is very good!" ”

"Hahahaha...... If this were not the case, how could the old man have been living as the governor of Guizhou for a long time....."

The two laughed heartily, and went to drink and have fun together, but as for Ortai's 100,000 urgent order, it became something that no one cared about.

When He Shiji and Xu Wanhe's army stopped at Luodian and Baile Town, they were stunned by the people on both sides, one side was the Cen family who was guarding Sizhou, and the other side was the third division of the Fu Han Army that wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements, both sides were very puzzled, what the hell is this Qing army doing?

Especially for Guo Ding'an, his real purpose was not to seize this empty shell of Sizhou, but to attract He Shiji from Luodian and wipe out his 8,000 people through the battle of Sizhou.

But people are not as good as heaven, Guo Dingan has always been used to playing chess with masters, and his siege is to deal with those smart people, but he really didn't expect that the Qing army came all the way with a fierce momentum, and then stopped at the door - no more!

It doesn't matter if the Qing army doesn't come in, but this also means that some of Guo Ding'an's previous strategies were all flattering to the blind and useless.

Compared with the depressed Guo Ding'an, the Cen family brothers who were besieged were really crying without tears, and they finally held back their strength, took out the old silver in the clan, recruited troops to defend in Sizhou City, and waited for the rescue of the Qing army.

But now that the Qing army is coming, they don't enter Sizhou at all, which not only makes Cen Yingchen's smug calculation completely wrong, but also cuts off his last chance.

Cen Yingchen looked at his younger brothers, but he wanted to kill them. First of all, Cen Yinghan's exit was not inferior, which angered the Fu Han army and caused this disaster, and then Cen Yingbi, who reimbursed all the four thousand elite coyote soldiers of the Cen family in World War I, and then Cen Yinglin, the Qing army reinforcements invited, only watched the battle at the door, but they didn't plan to come in at all!

If it weren't for their unscrupulous descendants, how could the Cen family end up in this situation?

Cen Yingchen was full of remorse in his heart, it was a good thing to take refuge in Ning Chu, but it turned out to be like this, and even the last retreat was blocked, it was really heaven that wanted to destroy their Cen family.

After the Qing army made up its mind not to come in, Guo Ding'an was no longer polite, he soon commanded the third division to conquer Sizhou, and the Cen family was also captured alive by the third division, and after a simple trial, they were executed in the name of treason.

After Guo Ding'an captured Sizhou, Xu Wanhe, who was stationed in Baile Town, was taken aback at the moment, and he did not hesitate to take his three thousand people in the direction of Luodian, and just after Xu Wanhe left Baile Town, the Twelfth Division also arrived in Sizhou under the leadership of Yue Lingfeng and joined forces with Guo Ding'an.

"Master Yue's coming to Sizhou made Guo feel relieved!"

In the handsome tent, Guo Dingan pulled Yue Lingfeng's arm, with a rather enthusiastic attitude, but Yue Lingfeng was a little flattered, is this person so polite to everyone.

"Division Commander Guo has won the award, Yue is ashamed, but this battle has not caught up, the entire Sizhou City has been beaten by the Third Division, earlier when I was in the Praetorian Guard Division, I heard that Deputy Envoy Ning commented that Division Commander Guo used his troops vigorously and resolutely, and now it is indeed worthy of his reputation!"

Yue Lingfeng's temperament is also quite stable now, so he is extremely polite when he speaks, and he is not jealous of Guo Ding'an's military exploits.

The so-called Deputy Envoy Ning does not refer to Ning Zhongyi, the king of Changshan, but Ning Zuyi, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Division, who has now been promoted to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, so Yue Lingfeng is commensurate with the name of Deputy Envoy Ning.

"The division commander is very kind to Guo, and now that Guo has come to the third division, he doesn't dare to lose his face, otherwise he will return to Nanjing in the future, and I am afraid that he will be shameless to say goodbye."

Guo Ding'an's words also have a bit of seriousness, he knows that what he lacks most at present is prestige, that is, military exploits, so he is unwilling to let go of any opportunity.

"Division Commander Guo has already won the first merit this time, plus the occupation of Sizhou City, even Deputy Envoy Cheng will be satisfied, this time Yue came to Sizhou, but also got Deputy Envoy Cheng's advice, mainly to the third division, my twelfth division will beat the side drum." Yue Lingfeng had a smile on his face.

Although Guo Ding'an had already guessed this arrangement, but when he heard Yue Lingfeng himself say this, he was relieved and laughed softly: "Since this is the case, then Guo is better than obeying his fate, although Guizhou is not the main battlefield of the Southwest War at the moment, but we can play a brilliant role in Guizhou, I am afraid that it can also drive the battle situation in Sichuan." ”

"That's right, Brother Guo is really talented, but the main problem involved in this is toast."

Yue Lingfeng is also a person who has studied in the martial arts hall, and the real core of this is naturally a clear analysis, which is also the main difficulty of this southwest battle, fighting the Qing army is nothing at all, and what he really wants to fight is those Tusi villages and native soldiers.

Guo Ding'an sighed softly, "The trouble of Toast can be profoundly discovered from this Cen family rebellion. In fact, after Guo took Sizhou, many people thought that in the future, when our Fuhan army withdrew from Sizhou, their Cen family would continue to be toasts and continue to be powerful, after all, it has been hundreds of years, this is the tradition. ”

"Hmph, as early as when I was in Nanjing, Your Majesty told us that these Tusi forces seem to be weak, but under the intertwined roots, the ability to survive is extremely strong, and when dealing with Tusi, we must talk about both military and politics."

Yue Lingfeng said softly: "Deputy Envoy Cheng has already said to Yue that in the future, the Guangxi Political Department will arrange for officials to come to Sizhou to carry out all-round land reform and return to the stream, and relevant officials will go to the countryside to implement new policies, of course, these all require our cooperation, at least Sizhou must be cleaned up, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the above." ”