The flags are like forests, the swords and guns are like the sea, and the people and horses are like tides. The soldiers and horses of the Qing army were also a mighty torrent, with no end in front and no end in the back, from Nanjing to Suzhou, and from Suzhou to Wuxi. The vanguard army and horses have arrived in Huzhou, and the Hangzhou garrison has begun to plan for the arrival of the general Zhengnan, but the soldiers and horses of the rear guard are still in Jinling Mansion.

Jiangnan is densely populated and densely populated. Often, a city and its subordinate towns are facing each other, and chickens and dogs smell each other. It was also connected by more developed roads, and the march should have been pleasant. However, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense and the rivers are criss-crossed, and often there are several rivers between the county and the township, even if there are bridges on the river surface, the stone arch bridge is like an insurmountable moat for the brigade of men and horses and heavy vehicles and artillery.

The soldiers and soldiers belonging to the brigades of various banners and towns with different accents and appearances are struggling to move forward on the land south of the Yangtze River. The accompanying armies carried a lot of baggage, and as the army moved south, the number of baggage vehicles also increased day by day, and became heavier and heavier. Not only is the luggage getting heavier and heavier, but even the accompanying people are becoming more complicated, including many women. The mystery is well known. Behind the Chinese army brigades of various departments, there were countless people, transporting grain, grass, materials, gunpowder, cannons and other baggage. All kinds of donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, mule carts, pickers, and wheelbarrows called chicken carts, are densely winding and endless.

In front of the rivers, they were crowded into a group, shouting, shouting, shouting, and scolding.

This is the typical state of Bolo's troops marching.

On both sides of Taihu Lake, countless boats, anti-chauffeur boats, official boats, "Wuxi Express", painting boats, and even small sampans were collected to cross the Taihu Lake for the Qing army.

"With such a mess, when will the whole army cross the Taihu Lake and reach the city of Hangzhou?"

A huge official ship that acts as Bolo's ship. On the tall mast, Bolo's handsome banner and woven golden dragon silk slammed fiercely in the gust of autumn wind blowing on the lake. However, Bolo was not in the slightest interest. He looked at the large and small boats that dotted the lake, and his heart lamented.

"Master, it doesn't have to be like this." Bolo's henchman, the Khalajang Jingbalhu who commanded the Baya Lama soldiers for him, stood at the bow of the boat, holding an iron helmet in his hand, and let the autumn wind on the lake blow the pigtail of the money rattail to and fro.

"At present, we have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, one general soldier and two deputy generals have entered Hangzhou Mansion, and more than 30,000 soldiers and five general soldiers have arrived in Huzhou Mansion. Counting this, excluding the garrison of Hangzhou Prefecture, we already have 50,000 horses in Zhejiang. It's no less than Shi Lang's soldiers and horses. Even if there is a battle in the middle, these soldiers and horses will hold on to the city, and it will be enough for Shi Lang and those remnants of the thieves to gnaw for a while. At that time, the master will lead the new force to stab and kill it, and give it to Shang Shi Lang fiercely. Don't talk about Zhejiang, even Jiangnan has been settled since then. ”

"What do you know?!" Originally, Balhu's few words were considered to be relieving to Bolo, or even sycophants, but in the end, they touched the sensitive nerve in Bolo's heart. He changed color, cursed, and got up and went into the cabin. Balhu himself was left stunned on the bow deck for a moment, and then took a few steps into the cabin.

"Look at these!" The cabin is divided into two parts, inside and outside, and the inner part is naturally Bolo's bedroom, which is blocked from view by curtains. However, there was a faint burst of fat powder fragrance coming through it, thinking that there was a woman inside. The outer room is furnished as a signing room. It can be used by Bolo for office, military affairs, and meeting with guest generals. Bolo pulled out a stack of letters from the book on the table, "You dog minion, open your eyes and see!" ”

said that it was for Bal Hu to see for himself, but Bal Hu also didn't know a few Chinese characters of the Eight Banners Manchurian haha beads, of course, the words on the silver dollar Tongbao were still recognized. How can you read so many official letters?

At that moment, after Bolo had lost his temper, he ordered someone to call a pen to come in and read these official documents and letters to Balhu one by one.

The official document was sent by the general of Pingnan, the king of the county, Luck Dehun, after setting off from Nanjing. Between the lines, I proudly told Bolo that since I sent out the army, I have fled against Li Huabao's subordinates, and I have recovered several county towns in a row, and I am about to enter Songjiang Fucheng. The goal of recovering Shanghai, driving Li Huabao down the East Sea, driving the naval divisions of the Nanyue Army away from Shanghai, and regaining control of the Yangtze River channel was just around the corner. In order to be able to accomplish this purpose, you, Bolo, as the deputy and partial master of this king, must contain Shi Lang's department for this king on the front line in Zhejiang. Can't let him run away, once his subordinates and hundreds of thousands of horses and horses fled back to southern Jiangnan, Biyuan or even Guangdong, then you will ruin the king's big business, and the king will have to march the law. Nor can he be allowed to throw a single soldier into the direction of Shanghai. If so, then you have to face the king's military law too!

"This two-red flag dog minion! Holding the regent's thighs, he is showing off his might in front of us! "Bolo is the third son of Rao Yu Bel Abatai in Manchuria with the White Flag, and he feels that his status is much higher than that of Lucke Dehun, who was born in Manchuria with the Red Flag. However, who let the two red flags of the family have good luck, and there are two characters who stand in line early and stand well. Not only did he get on the ship of the regent Dolgon early, but he also desperately helped the Dorgon brothers to paddle. As a result, now that Dorgon is in power, these people who have gone from dragons early have also ascended to heaven with chicken dogs.

Naturally, Luck Dehun, who was born under the Five Banners, also has the identity and guts to give orders to Bolo, who was born with two white flags, pointing fingers and prohibiting him from breaking the enemy and making meritorious contributions.

After listening to the pen and reading the official document, Balhu couldn't help but jump to his feet and curse in the cabin. In the Qing army, a military and political entity that respects military merits and everything must be built on military merits, if you don't let others make military merits, it is equivalent to killing your parents.

"Listen to this again."

The pen continued to read another document in an emotionless tone. This is a letter written by Prince An Yue Le from Huguang. As Abatai's fourth son, Yue Le's luck was much better than that of his third brother Bolo. Whether it is official luck, financial luck, or military merit. Yue Le informed Bo Luo in his letter that my mission in Huguang had almost done it. He was about to be ordered to lead troops into Sichuan, and lead the troops and horses of Aobai and other troops currently in Sichuan to deal with the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong, that is, his four adopted sons and Ma Yuanli, Bai Wenxuan and other four generals.

"Master! The four masters have made great contributions in Huguang, and they are about to enter Sichuan to exterminate the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong's western thieves, this, if we still make wedding dresses for others, then don't say that there is no place for us in the court in the future, even at home, in front of the old master, there is no face for us! Balhu's angry words just spoke Bolo's heart.

He sat on the chair and muttered for a long time, and suddenly asked thoughtlessly, "If we break the frontal Shi Lang and enter southern Jiangnan, Fujian, and even the general's handsome banner rushes into Guangdong, what will the regent think?" He can't say that General Pingnan has done something wrong, right? ”

"Master, the slave is also trying to say this to you!" Seeing that his master had the intention of ignoring Luck Dehun and defeating Shi Lang to make meritorious contributions, Balhu should follow his master's wishes and strengthen his master's confidence.

"Well, that's it! Balhu, where are you in front of you?! ”

The official sent by the Suzhou Prefecture to serve as a guide sent an inquiry, and the guide replied that it had passed the Hongqi here, passed the border between Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and entered the territory of Zhejiang on the 800-mile Taihu Lake.

The general didn't know that this Taihu Lake is 800 miles in circumference, and it is known as the so-called 36 "buildings" and 72 "ports". The so-called 36th floor is in Zhejiang, and the 72nd port is in the territory of Nanzhili. These one hundred and eight villages and towns are headed by big money. It doesn't matter if the local elderly are over 70 years old and can't read a book, these one hundred and eight words must be memorized. These one hundred and eight characters are the place names of each port in Taihu Lake (remember these words), and you can take goods out of Taihu Lake for business. There are several villages and ports in Taihu Lake, and where to go, remember these words to find a place to go and find a way home. These one hundred and eight words start with big money. "Da" represents Daqian Village, "Bai" represents Baicao Village, "Zhu" represents Zhuyu Village, "Shen" represents Shenxiao Village, and "An" represents Angang Village. Da Bai Zhu Shen An, Luo Huan Xing Nian Jiu Pan Pan (two Pan Yu villages) Jin Jin Xu Yang Xie (two Jin Yu villages) Yi Chen Wu Jiang Qianshi Tang Chang Song blood blood Ding Ding a little red ("red" on behalf of Hongxiao, is the border between Zhejiang and Jiangsu, Hongqi used to be the seventy-two ports of Jiangsu, Lujiagang is the first port, we have passed Lujiagang, is on the way to Daqiankou. The guide was still chattering, but was blasted out by Bolo, who was already a little irritable.

"Balhu, after you arrive at Daqian, you will take your master's general's order arrows, and quickly pass on the general's order to the towns and departments that have landed, no matter which battalion or town, be sure to speed up the march, and if you can arrive in Hangzhou one day in advance, the general will be rewarded with 2,000 yuan in silver!" For every day in advance, that's two thousand silver dollars! At most, the general has another 10,000 silver dollars reward! ”

In the town of Daqiankou, Bal Hu led one hundred and ten soldiers of the Eight Banners to abandon the boat and landed, and the fast horse conveyed the latest military orders of the general Zhengnan in the marching ranks everywhere. Everywhere this command went, it was like a whip struck at a giant beast. The beast paused slightly, then reacted quickly. Tens of thousands of horses and horses flew frantically and seemed to be rushing towards Hangzhou.

"If Yue Le can successfully pacify the remnants of the Western thief Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, stabilize Sichuan, and then break the forehead of Grandpa Li Guo in Zhejiang, and the subordinates of Shi Lang will enter southern Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong, then, our family's achievements will not be shaken by others, right? Ama will also raise his eyebrows in front of several uncles, and make a good appearance of this pickled nest for so many years! ”

In September of the 11th year of the Mandate of Heaven (1626), at the beginning of Huang Taiji's succession, he rewarded Zhubeile and gave a banquet. Among the beylers who attended the banquet, the most prominent ones were Daishan, Mang Gurtai, Amin, Azig, Dolgon, Duoduo, and Yue. Although Abatai is 38 years old, because he is only a Baylor, his seat is below that of Zhuhe Shuobeile. Seeing his brothers and nephews staggered and drinking happily, he felt that his face was dull and his heart was depressed. When I returned to the mansion, I couldn't help complaining to my subordinates: "I won't go to the banquet in the future!" "I am ashamed to walk in armor when I fight, I am to carry a bow and arrow when I hunt, and I feel ashamed to sit among my children at a banquet."

For Abatai's dissatisfaction, Huang Taiji naturally did not personally deal with it at the beginning of his reign, and he was very old enough to hand over this problem to the people who were guilty of Abatai's crimes. So, Dai Shan, the head of the four Baylors, took the lead in speaking: "You didn't even have the qualifications to discuss with the five ministers before this. Derge, Zilharang, Dudu, Yue, and Shuo have long been involved in the discussion of politics, but you are not among them. Because you are among the brothers, your father Khan has given you six of the subjects of Niulu, and you have the status of Bealor. Who do you want to bully today? Azig, Dorgon, and Dordo were the sons of the Father Khan to all the banners, and the Sulbeles were among the eighths before you. You are now a beyler, and your heart is still insufficient, and you want to be ranked with the three major beylers (referring to Shan, Mang Gurtai, and Amin) to disturb the government. If you become the Great Belle, won't you have the idea of being called a Khan? ”

In the chorus of rebukes pushed by everyone on the wall of the great Belle, the originally upright Abatai looked embarrassed, so he had to bow his head and confess his guilt, willing to be punished. This time, he was fined eight carved pommel horses and eight plain saddle horses, and four pairs of armor. However, this has also become the resentment of the Abatai family against Huang Taiji and the two red flags of Daishan.

"Fourth brother, your third brother and I are here in Jiangnan to kill the enemy, and you must defeat the enemy in Sichuan. As long as our brothers have made great contributions, no matter how greedy others are, it will be difficult to suppress the momentum of our family! ”

Bolo looked far to the west, and the sky was already full of clouds. But will things go the way he imagined them to go?

Thousands of miles away from Taihu Lake, where Bolo is located, Shunqing Mansion and Luzhou Mansion in southern Sichuan have become the base camp of the Great Western Army in Sichuan.

At this time, Shunqing Mansion is roughly equivalent to the current Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, with eight counties in two prefectures, namely Xichong, Yilong, Peng'an, Yingshan, Quxian, Yuechi, Linshui, Dazhu and other places. The famous "wine city" Luzhou Mansion is an important city at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, with jurisdiction over Jiang'an County, Naxi County, Hejiang County and Gulin County. Among them, Gulin County, which is famous for its Langjiu, faces Guizhou across a Chishui River. On the other side is Xishui County in Zunyi Prefecture, Guizhou. This place is unknown, but when it comes to the Battle of Tucheng, everyone knows it. This battle of participants includes the party's two generations of leadership core Mao Zedong, ***, one prime minister, two *******, ***, seven marshals Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, Luo Ronghuan, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying, and Chen Geng, Song Renqiang and other 200 generals.

Of course, as the main road to Yunnan, Naxi County is also famous for a battle. That was the Battle of Cotton Slope in the Battle of Defending the Country and Yuan.

In 1916, Yunnan Protectorate, with Cai Ye as the main force, went north to "seek Yuan Protectorate". Unexpectedly, when Irichuan besieged Luzhou, he was frustrated and retreated to Naxi, and the situation reversed, and the "offensive war" became a "defensive war". In the face of the Beiyang Army, which exceeded the strength of the Protector Army by dozens of times, the Protector Army attacking Luzhou was "hanging by a thread". Cotton slope is the traffic throat of Naxi leading to Luzhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, the terrain is dangerous, it is a barrier and commanding heights of Naxi, and it is the place where the two armies must fight. On the Beiyang Army, among the generals who directly or indirectly participated in this battle, such as Zhang Jingyao, Xiong Xiangsheng, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, etc., the overseers, marshals, and presidents during the Beiyang Warlord Government, as well as the leaders of the Northwest Army, and later the vice chairman of the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government, all participated as the attacking side. Relying on the superiority of equipment and ammunition, they bombarded the positions of the Protector Army day and night, trying to break through. And Cai Yi, the commander of the Yuan army to protect the country, sent an even more powerful figure to these later overseers, commanders, and presidents. Zhu De, who was the commander of the sixth detachment of the third echelon regiment of the First Army of the Protectorate at the time, became the opponent standing opposite the marshals on the cotton slope.

Later, the "Father of the Red Army", the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, with an even more legendary attitude, led 80 daredevils to break into the main position of the Beiyang Army in the form of night battles and white-knuckle battles, and launched white-knuckle battles with the enemy. In the face of this sudden appearance of the Protector Army, the Beiyang Army was caught off guard and was so frightened that they fled in all directions. In the midst of shouts of killing, the more they fought, the more courageous they became, they crossed the trenches, rushed to the enemy position, and rushed to the enemy's headquarters, and won a great victory. In this battle, Zhu De defeated an enemy with dozens of times more troops than himself with the strength of 80 daredevils and the cost of consuming more than 1,000 rounds of bullets. By the way, in Mr. Zhu's early military career, there were many deeds of leading death squads and brave teams to personally charge white-knuckle fighting, but what is surprising is that he was infested with bullets and bullets, and he was never injured once. This can only be described by the word legend, and it can only be said that their generation is related to my Chinese luck.

This battle, decades later, Wu Yuzhang still remembered when congratulating Zhu De on his 60th birthday: "You are the vanguard of the battle to protect the country, the battle of Lantianba (Cotton Slope) in Luzhou made Zhang Jingyao fall off the horse, Wu Peifu and Cao Kun were at a loss, Yuan Shikai was terrified, and finally overthrew the Yuan imperial system and preserved the name of the Republic of China." Zhu De later mentioned the "Battle of Cotton Slope" in his autobiography: "I learned to fight a big battle at that time. As a regiment commander, it is still possible for me to command three or four regiments and one front. ”

Shunqing Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, and the adjacent Xuzhou Mansion were all under the banner of the Great Western Army.

Sun Kewang's Shuai Mansion is located in the Shunqing Mansion at this moment.