Chapter 135: Passing by Yi County
Wang Wenju is as his name suggests, but he is really an official who has been promoted by literary talents, and he knows nothing about military affairs. But today, he easily saw that his friend General Ding Degui was definitely not the opponent of the young man next to him, and if he really fought, Ding Degui would be dead.
There were originally a lot of idlers gathered by the wharf to watch the excitement, after all, it is not common for people in the yamen to be beaten, and it is lively near the wharf, so the people gathered are naturally fast. However, as soon as Goxinga's military order came out, these people who watched the excitement were unlucky. An army of nearly 3,000 men will move like Goshinga's arm, neatly but at high speed. These lively idlers are miserable, and the soldiers of the Guoxing Asuo only carry out the order, and directly ignore anything in front of them. The Second Infantry Company did not give these people who were watching the excitement a chance to escape, and smashed these people into the nearby residential shops with a pick-up. The reconnaissance company, a group of soldiers who practice special warfare every day, is even more skilled, and they quickly climbed up to the nearby higher houses in groups of two, ready to snipe the opposing commander.
"My lord, the artillery battery reports that the firing range is blocked by buildings." Fuquan walked up to Guo Xing'a and said.
"Which two?" Guo Xing'a pointed to two small two-story buildings near the intersection, both of which were the kind of houses where the first floor was used for trading and the second floor was lived.
"Yes!" Fuquan looked at it and confirmed.
"Let the sappers pass, dismantle!" Guo Xing'a spoke very casually, holding a telescope to observe the situation nearby.
More than a dozen sappers each carried a bag, rushed to the two houses like the wind, and after a while, the people inside were driven to the other houses. These sappers had learned directional blasting with Guo Xing'a, and the structure of the ancient house was simple, so it was naturally easy to get started, and after they had set up * in the room, they all retreated, and only when they reached a safe distance did they start to light the fuse.
After a loud "boom", the two storefronts disappeared in an instant, and the dockside was shrouded in smoke and dust. By the time the smoke cleared, all that remained of the two two-story buildings was a pile of rubble, and an open space had appeared where the dock connected to the market.
Wang Wenju didn't know what the so-called strong soldiers should look like, but taking the demolition of the house as an example, the people of Guoxing'a were gone in less than a cup of tea, and the two brick houses were gone. And Ding Degui's people estimate that they will have to dismantle it for half a day at the earliest, and they can't dismantle it so neatly. There is also a very critical point, as the general of Shui Fubiao guarding the canal, Ding Degui has only 600 people under him, and he is still a naval army. And not to mention the complete number of horses here, the number of people will be nearly five times that of Ding Degui. Even if he doesn't understand military affairs at all, he can see that Ding Degui is not optimistic.
"Lord Wang, the noble treasure land is really official! Isn't it just a matter of a petty official extorting some silver! I actually brought someone to come to me to fight, and my brother was also convinced! It's the first time I've seen your kind of blackmail rather than perish. In the binoculars, he saw clearly the general who did not dare to move forward and his troops, and Guo Xing'a joked with Wang Wenju very easily. The common people were driven into the houses by the soldiers, and naturally they could not see what the customs of the people were. However, from the beginning of Mu Anfeng's intention to extort money, the officials of Taierzhuang faced the tough Guoxing'a, although the reasons were different, but they still rushed up one after another, which shows the fierceness of his official style.
"Don't be impulsive, this lord! Ding Shen will never mean to be angry with adults, everything is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Please put down the official and go over, and the official will definitely be able to explain to General Ding. Wang Wenju was nervous to death, not to mention that the chaos was a disaster, that is, there was a fight between the two armies in Taierzhuang, and he was the county leader who had done it to the end.
"Whoever is stopping you, you can go over if you want to!" Guo Xing'a looked at Wang Wenju like an idiot.
"Alright! Thank you, sir, please don't go on a barrage! Wang Wenju also found out, except for Guoxing'a Pier, no one paid attention to him at all.
"Don't worry! As long as he doesn't move my people, I won't move him! Of course Guo Xing'a didn't want to fight, he was just passing by.
Outside the dock, General Ding Degui is also the first two big. Before it was time for lunch, General Ding received a report from the official beside the county Cheng, saying that Lord Wenju, the county king, had been kidnapped by a team of foreign officers and soldiers. Although General Ding and Wang Xiancheng are both literate and martial arts and have a large difference in grade, their personal relationship is still good, and of course General Ding cannot sit idly by and watch Lord Wang suffer. But General Ding, who had 600 soldiers in his hand, didn't have the courage to ride alone to find a theory from outsiders, so he thought of a perfect way to take his 600 family with him. However, General Ding thought a little simply, 600 soldiers can put pressure on the other side, but sometimes pressure can easily become the driving force of war. General Ding, who led 600 people, saw the opponent's army of nearly 3,000, and the houses were demolished, and even the artillery was erected, looking ready to fight at any time. Ding Shen will bring people here purely to create momentum, it is completely to embolden himself, and he has no idea of really resolving disputes by force, but the other side obviously can't understand him.
Wang Wenju, who crossed the line of fire, resolved Ding Degui's embarrassment in a timely manner, frankly explained that everything was caused by his brother-in-law, and incidentally explained the reality that Ding Degui's gang couldn't do anything alive. Ding Degui is a first-class hero, so he is very aware of current affairs and resolutely cannot suffer this immediate loss. Immediately let his six hundred strong men return to the camp, and then played alone to go to the meeting, as long as he didn't fight, he Ding Shen would be the third rank military attache of the imperial court, and Guo Xing'a didn't dare to do anything to him.
Of course, Guo Xing'a doesn't want to really use force, although there will be no trouble, but there is no deep hatred, why bother! Wang Wenju, who didn't know the name of Guoxing'a, actually introduced the two third-rank generals to each other in the center. The actual situation is that Wang Wenju stood in the middle, and Guo Xing'a and Ding Degui exchanged names.
"Isn't it Yun Shuai who is drunk and fighting in Nanjing!" Listening to the official name of Guo Xing'a's report, Ding Degui was taken aback, and he couldn't imagine that this strange young man in front of him was actually the famous Guo Xing'a.
"Who?" Guo Xing'a is not very familiar with people's words to call him, especially when he is respectfully called Yun Shuai.
"In Nanjing City, the Shence Gate is the one who laughs against the king, but it is an adult!" Ding Degui was also afraid that he would recognize the wrong person.
"It's me, it's me, I'm not used to the words just taken!" Guo Xing'a may not remember other things, but Shencemen can't forget it, and now he still has a fever on his face when he mentions it.
As soon as the identity of Guoxing'a was determined, words such as long-admired and famous did not stop, and Ding Degui and Wang Wenju praised Guoxing'a once when they died. Of course, all the generals had to be sent to the teahouse on the corner of the street to make amends for their sins, and the somewhat sleepy Guoxinga didn't want to stir up any more, but Saishana and others felt that this was a courtesy, so they still put Guoxinga in the teahouse.
After the guests and hosts sat down, the opening chapter was naturally a bottomless compliment from Ding Degui and others, and then there were all kinds of reparations. Although Guo Xing'a generously said that the past was over, Mu Anfeng, who was wearing a net-like grid, was still punished to kneel on the steps outside the teahouse. Although Guo Xing'a was kind to others, he was a little tired, so he didn't go to rescue the kneeling water tank outside.
After renewing the water, he heard that Guo Xing'a was going to return to Angu by land through Shandong, and Ding Degui made a small request, that is, he hoped that Guo Xing'a could stay in Yi County for two more days. After rushing home, Guoxing'a, who was expanding and preparing to meet the British and French forces, of course, did not have this spare time, Ding Degui was just struggling to stay. In the end, seeing that Guo Xing'a was resolute, Ding Degui had to tell the truth, recently there was a large force of twist army around Yi County, and the official army was not in good shape, so he hoped that Guo Xing'a could stay, and scare away these twist bandits with the prestige of Guoxing's defeat of the Taiping army.
"How many men and horses does the Twist Army have, and what are the savings in their hands?" Hearing that there was going to be a war, Guo Xing'a immediately used his brains, as the so-called cannon sounded 10,000 taels of gold, of course, Guo Xing'a also wanted to save more overnight food, and at the beginning of the upgrading of weapons, the money had to be spent like flowing water.
"The bandits gather and disperse, and there are about 5,000 to 10,000 people around Yixian." Ding Degui said a little vaguely, the actual number of the twisted army is very clear, just 10,000 people, but Ding Degui was afraid of scaring away Guoxing, so he didn't dare to say that he was sloppy.
"There are not many people, we can eat!" Guo Xinga also went back to solicit the opinions of his subordinates. Guoxing's department also fought Zhang Lexing's Twist Army in the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, and had a general understanding of the strength of the Twist Army, and felt that it was not a big problem to defeat the 10,000 Twist Army.
"Twist bandits are wandering around, although there are old nests in Huainan, but they can't occupy a city and a place in my Shandong!" Seeing that Guo Xing'a had no fear of the 10,000 twisted army, Ding Degui was overjoyed.
"O guerrillas! I don't even have a base, so it's hard to find! I don't have much time! Guo Xing'a was still in a hurry to go back to deal with the British and French forces, and he didn't want to delay too much time in Shandong, and he had to calculate the daily wage to make money.
"There is no need for Yun Shuai to work far away, as long as the bandits dare not invade the territory of Yi County!" Ding Degui never thought about the total annihilation of the army.
"What is the past record of this bandit, and has they robbed anything of value in the surrounding places?" Guo Xing was afraid that Ding Degui would not understand it well, so he directly pointed out the matter of money.
"Thank you Yun Shuai for your concern, this twist of bandits seems to have just come out of the old camp, and there is no record yet. The surrounding areas of Yi County are also blessed by the saints, and they have not yet robbed anything. Ding Degui originally wanted to appease Guo Xing'a and let Guo Xing'a know that the enemy was just a group of young eagles who had just debuted.
"It doesn't seem to be a big deal! Our army will stay in Yixian for two days to give your army a strong façade! "Guo Xing'a is very disappointed, a group of poor ghosts who have just debuted have nothing to fight, they can't grab anything and have to put in a lot of ammunition, food and grass, it's too cost-effective.
"Thank you Yun Shuai, I will send someone to inform Zou County Order, and ask him to allocate grain and grass to supply Yun Shuai's army!" How did Ding Degui know that the two days that Guo Xing'a said were purely hypocritical diplomatic rhetoric, and the so-called two-day stay was the whole time he spent walking from one side of Yixian to the other. This way of walking should not be called stopping, but passing by.
"There is labor, there is labor!" Guo Xinga didn't even have the mood to deal with it, these guys were so proficient in eating and taking cards, but they were a bunch of fools when it came to serious things. Don't give money and only supply grain and grass, and Lao Tzu will help you fight, this kind of idea is really beautiful, don't want it. Lao Tzu can walk around twice after eating too much, and the madman will go to help others fight!
Ding Degui originally wanted to keep Guo Xing'a for lunch together, but the location was chosen in this small teahouse, and Guo Xing'a left without even looking at the menu. In fact, it wasn't Ding Degui who was mean to the door, the best and only restaurant in the neighborhood was unfortunately on the edge of the dock, and it was just blown up into a pile of rubble by Guoxinga.
Guo Xing'a went straight to the county seat of Yixian in a dashing manner under the arch guard of the brigade, and Wang Wenju and Ding Degui helped him compensate for the two porters who were bombed, and then rushed to Yixian County, asking the county lord to prepare to welcome reinforcements.