Chapter 22: Ulantai

Wulantai, the deputy capital of Guangzhou, is twenty-five years old, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, with a brave spirit. He was born in Manchuria Zhenghongqi, Suo Jia's family, his ancestors are also full of relatives, he is young and ambitious, he has practiced a good martial arts since he was a child, he is skilled in bows and horses, proficient in knives, guns and sticks, and he won the title of Baturu of the imperial court at the age of eighteen. At this moment, he was riding a horse triumphantly, walking at the front of the team, full of spring breeze.

"I can't imagine that Xiang Rong is so stupid, and he is still known as a winning general? Thanks to the fact that he has fought for so many years, he actually fell into the ambush plan of the bandits, and was reprimanded by Lord Qincha. handed over the task of the main attack to me, and also assigned a thousand soldiers from Xiang Rong to me to command. "The more Ulantai thinks about it, the more proud he becomes, originally the imperial court meant to let himself assist Xiang Rong and coordinate to attack the bandits. Now they have been transferred one by one, and they are the main attack in the direction of Sanliwei, and Xiang Rong is sent to Dongling to cooperate with him as the secondary attacker. Thinking of Xiang Rong's deflated appearance, Ulan Tai suddenly felt relieved, the old man is old after all, and this battle has to be carried by me, a young man.

This time, Ulantai transferred 6,000 Eight Banner soldiers, 3,000 cavalry, and 3,000 infantry from all over the country. He himself led 3,000 cavalry, and his brother Ulankang led 3,000 infantry and Yuan Xiangrong's 1,000 infantry to go the other way, attacking Jintian on both sides.

"Report, Lord Dutong, I found a group of bandit cavalry in front." A spy dismounted and reported.

"How many are there?" Ulantai asked.

"About a hundred people."

"Finally, I met the bandits, and the brothers followed me to catch up." Ulantai is excited, and his achievements are today.

After chasing for a while, Ulantai felt a little uneasy, the situation was not quite right, it should be that there should be a scout horse to report the enemy's position to him, why did he ride for so long, and not a single scout horse came back?

Ulantai led the team to chase for a mile, waiting for him was the corpses of Qing soldiers all over the place, his scout team of more than 20 people was slaughtered, blood was still oozing, it should have just been killed. The horseshoe prints on the ground are also very clear, and the cavalry of the bandits in front is still faintly visible, it is this gang of bandits!

"Kill them!" Ulantai was distressed, these scouts were all from their Zhenghongqi, and a few of them were somewhat related to him, his face was gloomy, he bit his lip, and whipped his horsewhip fiercely.

Ulantai chased for more than ten miles, and a small river of more than 30 zhang appeared in front of everyone. This river is called Sanli River, which is not wide or narrow, and the water flow is a bit turbulent. Ulantai suddenly laughed and pointed to the three-mile bridge over the river with his hand. "The bandits are really stupid, if this bridge is blown up, with the width of the river and the degree of water flow, the horses will not be able to cross, as long as the bridge is destroyed, it will not get rid of our pursuit."

"This gang of bandits is really panicked, we must catch them and sacrifice flags to the dead brothers." Ulantai made up his mind to think in secret.

Led the team to cross the Sanli Bridge, and chased for more than ten miles non-stop, and as the blood and qi subsided, Ulantai's mind gradually calmed down. "This bandit won't be a bait to lure me into the bait." He thought to himself.

Sure enough, a valley appeared in front of him, and the entrance was so small that it could probably only accommodate six horses in parallel, and the bandit rushed into it without stopping. The steep mountain here is a good place to ambush, the mountain is full of pines and cypresses, the trees are tall and green, verdant and verdant, and when you look at it, it seems that there is a little yellow, which is somewhat similar to the color of the bandit's flag.

Ulantai suddenly recalled the cavalry that sent bandits, there seemed to be a stone character on the banner, it couldn't be the unit that lured Xiang Rong last time. He sneered, "This bandit is really interesting, I don't exchange it for something fresh, do you think I'm as stupid as the old man, and I will fall for your ambush plan?" ”

"Don't chase it, the whole army will turn around, let's go back!" Ulantai thought about it, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that there was fraud in it, so he turned his horse's head and instructed everyone.

"My lord, why don't you chase it, everyone has worked hard for so long, so it's about to catch up." An attendant was very unfamiliar with each other's persuasion.

"Stupid, can't you see that this is a trick to lure the enemy?" Ulantai scolded angrily, a sense of superiority of IQ arose, and Lao Tzu was still smart.

Who knew that it didn't take long to walk back. "Boom!" A loud bang was heard.

"Where's the explosion?" Ulantai was startled by the sound.

"Report to your lordship, it's like the direction of the Sanli Bridge." The attendant reported.

"Quick, go see what's going on!" Ulantai was suspicious, what did the bandits want to do?

After a while, the Sanli Bridge was blown up, and more than 10,000 Taiping troops appeared on the opposite bank.

Ulantai couldn't believe it, and led his 3,000 cavalry back to the Sanli River, and sure enough, the military flags on the other side were unfurled, and the flags of various colors were one after another, covering the sky and the sun, and they were hula and hula in the wind, and the momentum was quite large.

"With so many bandits cutting off my back road, what are they trying to do?" Ulantai was shocked by the formation on the other side. "Are you trying to force me to go back? I'm not that stupid, I will jump knowing that it is a trap! ”

"Give the order to go down and camp on the spot." Ulantai ordered, "If you want to eat my 3,000 cavalry, I'm afraid your appetite is too great." ”

"Herald, fetch the carrier pigeons!"

Ulantai used the pen and paper he brought with him to write a line of small words: "Today, I am surrounded by more than 10,000 bandits on Sanli Bridge, come to the rescue!" "Send it to his brother Ulankang with carrier pigeons, and ask him to bring 4,000 infantry to the rescue. Considering that there were too many bandits, Ulantai was not at ease, so he sent another one to Li Xingyuan, the minister of the Qincha, for help.

After sending the distress letter, Ulantai felt a little calmer, and now all he has to do is to wait for help.

"Keep an eye on the bandits, and if they want to cross the river, we must be ready to attack them at any time." Ulantai gave the last order, and the three thousand Manchu Eight Banners also set up camp by the river and confronted the Taiping army on the opposite side.

"You want to surround me, it's not that easy! I'm going to camp here to watch you guys, and I'm going to have a counter-encirclement!" Ulantai made up his mind, he stayed here, and when the reinforcements came, he would have a decisive battle and annihilate the bandits on the other side in one fell swoop.

Li Xingyuan of Xunzhou City was shocked when he received a distress letter from Ulantai, this Ulantai is a baby bump of the imperial court, and he was ordered by the emperor to come here to accompany him to receive credit, in case he was killed by bandits, this cannot be explained, and the previous Iktambu is Liezi. He didn't have any elite soldiers under him, only the local 3,000 regiments of seven and all kinds of people practiced village bravery. Li Xingyuan also knew that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was a little unexpected, so Ling Xiangrong also hurriedly led troops to rescue.

Xiang Rong was preparing to attack Dongling, and when he received Li Xingyuan's order, he was so angry that he threw it aside, "Then Ulantai has really become his own son, not to mention that he is too far away from him, even if he leads his troops to rush there immediately." ”

"Admiral, what do we do now?" Qin Dingsan also looked at Li Xingyuan's order and asked.

"This Li Xingyuan doesn't understand military affairs, this is a chaotic life, we ignore it. Still attacking Dongling as originally planned. As long as you take Dongling, you can go all the way to Jintian in Pingchuan. Xiang Rong touched his beard and cut the railroad to the point.

(PS: Finally changed to a signing state, who will take the first kill of the fan list?) The first drop of blood is worth it. )