Chapter Eighty-One: Drinking Xiaoqing Occupy the bridgehead

The regiment commander was overjoyed when he heard that Li Zicheng's baggage team had finally arrived. However, he suddenly asked the returning Tanma: "You said that they have cavalry in the front and rear teams, so how long can their line be?" ”

Tan Ma said: "It must be ten miles long, with a carriage in front and a camel caravan in the back, otherwise we would not have run for so long." ”

The regimental commander felt that there was some trouble, it would be too difficult to intercept such a long line on the road. At this time, he suddenly had an idea and said, "Hurry up and put the artillery of the Dashun army on the rack." ”

The soldiers didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly put up all the large and small artillery of the Dashun army. The regimental commander ordered to fire artillery on the north bank of the bridge. The soldiers didn't care whether they were aiming accurately or not, in short, they put on the ** and ignited it. There are red-coated cannons, bowl-mouth guns, and tiger squat cannons. Guns of various calibers were fired indiscriminately. At this time, the regiment commander had already ordered a few shrewd soldiers to wear the clothes and armor of the Dashun army and run on horseback to meet the baggage team of the Dashun army. When they met the baggage team head-on, they quickly told them not to go forward. The south bank of the bridge in front of it was occupied by the Kiln Gang people, and the front was fighting.

The cavalry leading the way in front of the baggage team had already heard a burst of cannon fire from the front, and they did not know what to do, just when they heard a letter from someone coming. Seeing that it was getting dark, they knew that they would not be able to cross the river today at the latest, so they thought it would be better to camp far away from the battlefield, so they notified them to go down and set up camp on the spot. The team was more than ten miles long, and set up several camps along the road.

The regimental commander of the kiln gang heard that the baggage team had set up camp. He sent a few people to watch over them, and then ordered everyone to go to bed early.

Several battalion commanders surrounded him, and one asked, "Regiment commander, aren't we going to rob this baggage team?" ”

"Why don't you rob, rob! Go to bed early today, and get up early tomorrow to rob them, otherwise the lights will be blind, and how will we watch them all night after we have robbed them? The regiment commander said.

A battalion commander asked, "What if they find out about us?" ”

"Go back and sleep in peace, no. They are also tired and go to bed early. The head of the regiment said confidently.

At this time, several battalion commanders knew that the regiment commander was Gao.

Several people in the Yaogang Command Center said that they were so happy today that they couldn't sleep when they went home. They arranged a banquet in the cafeteria. Not only Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, Ouyang He, Lu Chengxiang, and Lu Bingyi from Yaogang participated, but also Zhang Bengui, Qiu Laodong, and Ning De also came to join in the fun. In today's canteen, not only Zhang Zhimu and they set up a table here, but other small restaurants are also full. The news of Yaogang's victory spread faster than anything else. Yang Yulin and Xiao Hongyu were inconvenient for them to go out to drink in the restaurant outside, and their little sisters also booked a table of wine banquet in the restaurant of this canteen. In the past, when Zhang Zhimu was socializing outside, Yang Yulin always followed, but after getting married, Yang Yulin generally did not show up when he was socializing in Yaogang.

The most enthusiastic atmosphere is Zhang Zhimu's table, and the people at this table are not ordinary people. But there is no one who is reserved today, except for Ouyang He, who is afraid of something and does not let go of the amount of alcohol, they all let go of drinking.

In terms of age, Qiu's old club is the largest. After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Qiu Laodong spoke, "Everyone! I drank the wine so much today. Zhimu, you have been busy in the command center, and you may not know the situation outside our kiln. Let me tell you, all the restaurants and pubs outside, including the food stalls outside, are full tonight. They are all celebrating the victory of our kiln people. To tell the truth, in addition to our kiln gang people themselves, there are a few people who come to our kiln gang to take refuge, and they are not happy to have such a place as our kiln. Needless to say, those ordinary people are very sad in the war, even the prince of Taiyuan, aren't they also very miserable? But they are with us, no matter how many soldiers are outside, they don't care. I also watched it, they should eat, they should play, and they should watch the play. You say, can they not thank us kiln workers? They were as happy as we were when they heard that we had won. Needless to say, these people will promote it for us when they go back in the future. ”

"Zhang Bengui" said: "Yes, Zhimu." I do have an idea. We have a house there for sale. I've heard about it, and a lot of people are already thinking about it. , which is a good thing. However, my thought is that after the war, the attraction of our kilns will be greater. However, the place in Yaogang was bought by the kiln company, and if some large families want to settle down in Yaogang, there is no way. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The piece of house that Uncle Zhang said, we will sell it after the war. But what Uncle Zhang said is also very important, I didn't think about it before. I think we should open up a high-end residential area, we don't build it, whoever buys the land and lets them build it themselves, of course we can provide electricity, telephone, gas, water and water, heating services. In this way, it can attract some large households to come to the kiln, and the consumption power of each large household is higher than that of many small households. Often, they also bring a lot of things that we can't see directly. They are often not only silver-rich, but also very literate. If there are many people from all over the country who can come to Yaogang, they will also bring the local customs and culture to enrich the culture of our Yaogang. So we also have to create conditions to attract them to come. ”

Ning De seemed to be more interested in fighting, and said, "I see that you kiln people are fighting, why are you just playing." How can Li Zicheng's Dashun army over there be tens of thousands of people, how can it be said that it will be extinguished? The same is true at Lingshui Wharf, if this battle is fought like this, we will be able to defeat the entire Ming Dynasty in less than a year. ”

Chen Yufeng picked a word and said, "General Ning, you used the wrong word." What do you kiln gang people war, it should be said that we kiln gang people. ”

Ning De hurriedly said: "If you make a mistake, I will punish myself." ”

And all the people followed suit, saying, "Yes, it should be punished!" ”

Ning De picked up the wine cup, drank it, and said, "It's really damn, I can't change it for a while." If we had such a good weapon in Tongguan at the beginning, Li Zicheng would not have been able to enter Tongguan. ”

Ouyang He said: "Didn't I tell you that when we entered Tongguan, we let Li Zicheng enter." ”

Ning De was a little drunk, and tears were about to come out and said, "Yes." On my own, no matter how good the weapon I am, I can't stand the siege of Li Zicheng. I did my best for Tongguan. But the emperor still can't let me go, if Zhang Dongjia doesn't find a way to stop me, I will be taken away by Gonggong Li and them, and I will definitely be killed as a scapegoat. If you don't get it right, you will also implicate your family. Now my family is here in Yaogang, although Yaogang is still surrounded by Li Zicheng, but they all say that they have never had such a happy life in their lives. I just want to go back to Tongguan as soon as possible, I left the people of Tongguan behind, I'm sorry for them. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "General Ning, after we fight back, we will also build Tongguan into the same as the kiln gang, and repay the people of Tongguan." ”

Ning De said: "If Tongguan can be built like the kiln, I thank you for the people of Tongguan!" ”

Chen Yufeng picked again and said: "I think General Ning still doesn't regard himself as a kiln man, why do you still want to thank us kiln gang people for the people of Tongguan?" ”

Ningde said: "Alas! I'll fine you again. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I think, let's do a job for Tongguan together!" ”

Zhang Zhimu's proposal was responded to by everyone.

After everyone put down the wine cup, Yan Boju asked, "Zhimu, what do you think Li Zicheng will do next?" They won't be willing to be just like that, and tens of thousands of people will be killed, right? ”

After Yan Boju asked this, everyone calmed down and wanted to hear Zhang Zhimu's opinion, because this is also something that everyone cares about.

Zhang Zhimu said: "We are much faster than Li Zicheng in terms of information, they will find out the matter on both sides of the smelting field and the Lingshui wharf tonight, and they will not know about the matter north of Yaogang now, and today we sent a regiment to intercept their baggage that has not crossed the river, and they will not know about it." So apart from worrying, they won't take big action for the time being. However, we don't care what Li Zicheng thinks now, we also know their bottom during this time, and the work that Li Zicheng did for us has basically been completed. Here's when it's time for us to make a move. In a word, the initiative is now in our hands. The most important thing is that Li Zicheng is not allowed to surround our kiln gang again. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu's words fell, everyone present clapped their hands. Everyone wants to hear Zhang Zhimu's words, and they all know that they have finally come out.

It's easier to drink.

Qiu Laodong, who is usually quiet, put down the wine cup and said: "I didn't expect that I had lived for such a long time before I felt a little taste of life." ”

Ouyang He said: "From tomorrow, I will send out people who will take over the places north of Yaogang. Let them recover as soon as possible those areas that have been damaged by the war. ”

Qiu Laodong said: "Okay! Our great cause is about to begin. But I think that Gonggong Li has been going around our kiln gang, so should he be removed first. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "No, if we are apart from him, our efforts will be in vain." My idea is not to fall out with the emperor, except for Gonggong Li, isn't that a falling out? We don't hide anything from him, so it's best to let the emperor ventilate. ”

While everyone was drinking, Xiao Hongyu and Yang Yulin came in to toast.

Zhang Zhimu knew that Yang Yulin didn't have this mind, it must be Xiao Hongyu Zhang Luo. Xiao Hongyu came to Zhang Zhimu's restaurant with a glass of wine, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Xiao Hongyu was used to being noticed, she came to the scene, and after standing still, she said, "Mr. Zhang, leaders." Our kiln gang people are victorious today, and the entire kiln gang people will be drunk tonight. The little woman wanted to toast a glass of wine to the hard-working leaders and congratulate the soldiers of the kiln gang on their victory. The little girl did it first as a respect! As she spoke, Xiao Hongyu drank all the wine in the wine cup.

How could all the people not drink this wine, and they all drank it all.

Seeing that everyone finished drinking, Xiao Hongyu picked up the wine, first came to Zhang Zhimu's side and filled Zhang Zhimu's wine cup, and then poured wine for Chen Yufeng's people beside him. At this time, Yang Yulin also came over to pour wine for everyone.

After pouring the wine, Xiao Hongyu also filled her wine cup with wine and said, "This second wine, I respect our President Zhang!" Without Mr. Zhang, there would be no all of us today, especially my little woman, without Mr. Zhang, I don't know where I have fallen today, whether I can still live in the world, and it is impossible to enjoy this paradise-like life. I'll dry this wine first. When Xiao Hongyu spoke, she looked at Zhang Zhimu with hot eyes, so that Zhang Zhimu didn't dare to look up at him. However, Xiao Hongyu had already drunk the wine, and Zhang Zhimu also took the wine cup and drank it all.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu take the wine and drink it, Xiao Hongyu smiled and filled Zhang Zhimu with wine again. said: "This third cup of wine, on behalf of all the sisters of our kiln, I respect the men of our kiln, you are the real men who stand up to the sky, we respect you!" ”

Xiao Hongyu drank the wine in the wine cup again. After Xiao Hongyu's last glass of wine was drunk, everyone in the room stood up and drank it all. After drinking, Mr. Qiu put down the wine cup, gave a thumbs up and said, "Little Hongyu is good, the old man admires you!" ”

Xiao Hongyu's face was already crimson, and she said, "Thank you, Uncle Qiu!" Then he saluted them and said, "The little girl will not disturb you, and you will have fun!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and went out with Yang Yulin.

As soon as Xiao Hongyu went out, Ning De said: "God is too partial, how can all the outstanding people come to the kiln." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "When we went south, we rescued Xiao Hongyu and their troupe, and they followed us here. However, Xiao Hongyu is also really good, and it is even more like a fish in water when she arrives at the kiln. Let's talk about "Tang Guifei", who else in the entire Ming Dynasty can play so well. ”

Qiu Laodong said: "I won't tell you anything, I have already seen it twice when I came to Yaogang this time. Still want to see, it's great! ”

Ning De said: "Even if there are people from other places who can perform, they don't have the lights and stages here." When I was in Tongguan, I heard that Yaogang's "Tang Guifei" performed well, and some people said that it was worth it to watch a "Tang Guifei" in Yaogang when she died, I thought it was a joke, I really didn't expect it to be so good-looking. It's really amazing, I think the emperor must have never seen such a beautiful play. ”

The people of Yaogang celebrated the results of drinking and celebrating, but in Li Zicheng's big tent, after summarizing the situation of the day, Li Zicheng leaned on his dragon chair, tilted his head and closed his eyes, and didn't want to say a word.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other ministers did not dare to speak up.

The news came back from the smelter that the more than 60,000 people besieging the smelter had been wiped out. The reinforcements killed and wounded more than 10,000 cavalrymen. On the side of Lingshui Wharf, in addition to the more than 5,000 people who ran back, more than 60,000 people were also finished. Fortunately, the reinforcements who were supporting were informed by the people sent from Lingshui Wharf, and the reinforcements retreated decisively and did not suffer losses.

Military advisor Song Xiance quietly said to Niu Jinxing: "I don't think we can encircle this side of the kiln, so it's better to retreat first and stay away from the kiln." ”

Niu Jinxing said, "No. This must be said by the emperor. We have to figure out what to do next. ”

Song Xiance sighed and said, "Alas! What else can I do now? It's powerless! The whole situation is completely different from what we thought. We originally wanted to finish the army of the Ming Dynasty and clean up the kiln gang people by the way. Unexpectedly, Yaogang is far more powerful than the Ming Dynasty. What's even more terrifying is that I just feel that every step of our way is within the calculations of others. I don't think we know what the kiln people are thinking. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "So far, I think it depends on whether the emperor wants to continue to encircle the kiln or retreat, the emperor has decided, let's make plans again." ”

In fact, what Li Zicheng is thinking about now is no longer a question of whether to besiege the kiln gang. As a person who came from the bloody storm, as long as his own mind was really calm, he quickly realized that the mistake he had made was too big. He knew that his biggest problem was that he didn't know the kiln people at all. He also knew that the Yaogang people had done too well to show weakness, so that although he suffered a lot of losses from the Yaogang people, he still didn't take the Yaogang people too seriously during this expedition. What makes Li Zicheng wonder now is that the Yaogang people have such a powerful force, why do they have to follow Emperor Chongzhen, that Zhang Zhimu is almost trapped in Beijing. When they besieged Yaogang, why didn't they counterattack? But why, they don't fight the kiln anymore, but they have to fight back. Although the kiln people tried their skills day by night, Li Zicheng also saw that he had no chance of winning against the kiln people. The lack of chance of winning is not only in the strength of the opponent, but also in the strategy. If you compare your own Wenchen military divisions with other kiln people, it is simply a joke. Their own military advisors may not have seen where they lost until now. This time he lost from the beginning of the Eastern Crusade, and the people of Yaogang had long been ready to wait for themselves here. Now it is a question of whether his hundreds of thousands of horses can withdraw to Shaanxi. It seems that the kiln gang people are really their nemesis.

Li Zicheng finally let out a sigh of relief and sat up straight. Someone brought water, Li Zicheng rinsed his mouth, drank a little water, and said, "Don't pull your face." Since our current crusade, have we lost many battles? Let's talk about how we clean up the mess in front of us. ”

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty, do you see whether we will continue to besiege Yaogang now, or retreat now." After the rectification is done, we will consider how to deal with the kiln people. ”

Li Zicheng said: "When our baggage team has crossed the Xiaoling River, we will retreat to Taiyuan together." This time, the timing of the kiln man's shot was very good, just as we retreated from the north, and before we could stand firmly, he suddenly made a move. At the same time, killing two birds with one stone, that is, hitting our besieged army, and hitting our reinforcements. There are masters in the kiln gang! ”

Li Zicheng's words are praising the people of Yaogang, but in fact, he is also saying that his civil ministers and military generals are incompetent. The people in the big tent understood.

Liu Yun and the men and horses they brought with them did not stay in the smelting yard for too long, and they rushed back to the kiln as soon as it was dark.

Liu Chenghuang of Lingshui Wharf also said goodbye to Fan Chengkun and them after dark, and rushed back to Yaogang with the cavalry along the Xiaoling River. Liu Chenghuang and their cavalry, 5,000 of whom rushed from Yaogang along the road built by the Yaogang people on the south bank of the Xiaoling River to Lingshui Wharf. When they met Li Zicheng and they crossed the bridge of the Xiaoling River, they still bypassed the bridge, because they didn't want to cause trouble on the road. But when they went back this time, they said to Liu Chenghuang: "When we go back this time, let's take their small camp at the head of the bridge by the way." Otherwise, we will have to bypass them. ”

Liu Chenghuang heard from them that there were a total of several hundred people in the camp at the bridgehead of the Dashun Army, so he decided to destroy them at once.

Liu Chenghuang and their brigade of cavalry were about to reach the bridgehead of the Dashun army just after the sub-session. Liu Chenghuang first took someone to observe the camp at the bridgehead with a telescope. Seeing that this camp is really not big, there are no precautions. There were also some soldiers of the Dashun Army on the bridge, and many torches were lit in the camp and at the bridgehead. The bridgehead and the camp are fairly bright. Liu Chenghuang ordered the cavalry of a camp to lead the horses to a place not far from the camp, and suddenly got on his horse and rushed over.

When the soldiers guarding the bridgehead heard the sound of horses' hooves, the horses quickly came to them, and they brandished their swords and spears to make a few strokes, but the cavalry who rushed did not do it, and opened fire almost against them with muskets. The same was true in the camp, and with a burst of "bang" gunfire, hundreds of soldiers of the Dashun army were killed.

At this time, a string of "Bang Bang Bang!" suddenly came from the north side of the bridge. "The sound of automatic rifle fire. As soon as Liu Chenghuang and his people heard this gunshot, they knew that the person on the opposite side must be a person from Yaogang, otherwise, there would be no automatic rifle shooting on the opposite side. hurriedly shouted to the north side of the bridge, and when he asked, he realized that the opposite side had been occupied by his own people.

It turned out that the regiment that occupied the north of the bridge left a platoon to guard the rest of the bridge, and a few camps to monitor the baggage brigade of the Dashun army, and the others went back to sleep. The platoon commander of the squad guarding the north of the bridge heard the sudden gunfire on the south side of the bridge, and knew that his own people must have fought with the Dashun army on the opposite side. When the gunfire on the other side stopped for a while, the platoon commander felt that he should contact the other side of the bridge, but he was afraid that the other party would misunderstand, so he had an idea and shot a shuttle with an automatic rifle into the sky. Sure enough, the other side immediately shouted and contacted, and the two sides went to the bridge together and hugged each other.

Liu Chenghuang understood the situation, came to the north of the bridge, and said to the platoon commander: "Go and call your regiment commander up." ”

At this time, there was no need to call their commander, because he had already dressed and ran towards the bridge when he heard the gunshots.

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