Henan Governor Yinggui also added a fire between Wu Chaoyue and Seng Greenqin, although Yinggui did not want to be like Shengbao, let Wu Chaoyue and Seng Greenqin in the war zone he was responsible for, and the fight was inextricable, and he once hoped that a miracle could appear, so that Monk Greenqin and Wu Chaoyue could get along amicably in the Central Plains Theater, but just after seeing Wu Chaoyue's letter to settle the previous account, Yinggui understood that he couldn't stop it - even Wu Chaoyue, who had a good reputation in measurement, refused to give up, Not to mention the notoriously arrogant and conceited monk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since you can't stop it, it's better not to stop it! Monk Greenqin is a noble and noble and self-serving, Yinggui, who is named the commander-in-chief of Pingju, can't command at all, Wu Chaoyue is the real governor of the same level as Yinggui, with a prominent reputation and a tough backer, Yinggui thinks with his toes and knows that he wants to let Wu Chaoyue bow down to himself, since he can't suppress these two dragons crossing the river, it is better to let them fight a world of anger and generosity, he hides behind as a referee and sits on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, but it is far better than the bitter good man, and it is thankless to work hard to reconcile the contradictions.

So after thinking about it for less than five minutes, Yinggui quickly decided to send the original text of Wu Chaoyue's letter to Monk Greenqin, and wrote a letter to Monk Greenqin, saying that although he felt that Wu Chaoyue's tactical plan was also reasonable, he was far away from the front line and did not know the specific situation of the battlefield after all, so he could not draw conclusions lightly, and let Monk Greenqin discuss with Wu Chaoyue what kind of bandit tactics should be adopted.

In addition, Yinggui naturally had to write a handwritten letter to Wu Chaoyue, also under the pretext that he was not clear about the situation on the front line and could not command blindly, and also asked Wu Chaoyue to discuss with Monk Lingqin what to do. Then Yinggui put down the brush and clapped his hands, muttering: "If you like to fight, just go for it, the bad things between you don't matter." Even the ******** prince can't stop you, let alone the official. ”

Of course, Yinggui did this like throwing a torch on a powder keg, and before he finished reading the letter from Wu Chaoyue forwarded by Yinggui, because the monk who had not rested for two days after the war immediately exploded, kicked the meal in front of him a few feet away, and opened his mouth with a black face and roared, "Wu Chaoyue'er!" This king **** eighteen generations of ancestors! ”

Cautiously asked the reason, and saw with his own eyes Wu Chaoyue's letter that absolutely belongs to the reversal of black and white, Qingqi and Zhelimu and other monks and generals did not fight bulls angrily, scolding, even the gentle and elegant Fang Yurun couldn't help but shake his head, and said in a loud voice: "I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that the famous Wu Futai would be such a rat-bellied person, the prince sacrificed himself to make meritorious service to him this time, he didn't appreciate it, he still kept in mind the grudges of the past, and slandered the prince for being greedy and playing tricks, The amount is narrow, the amount is narrow! ”

After a long day of thunderous anger, the bloodshot monk prince calmed down a little under the repeated persuasion of Fang Yurun and others, and when everyone asked again whether to change or stop the established battle plan, of course, our always arrogant monk prince roared loudly, "Change what?" Just play as planned! Push the long hair to the border of Hubei, if Wu Chaoyue Xiao'er dares not to send troops, the king will immediately fold the bullet to impeach him for delaying the military plane and conniving at the enemy! ”

Because of this stubborn order of the monk and the prince, the generals and soldiers of the monk army are considered to have suffered enough and suffered enough, although the cavalry under the command of the monk and the prince reached 7,000 people, and the number was far above the white flag cavalry of the Twist Army, but in the open terrain of Nanyang Mansion, if you want to trap the main force of the Twist Army cavalry, the difficulty is still extraordinarily high.

Here we must also praise the monk prince, the civil war expert monk prince in the hard-working aspect, endurance may still be above our Wu Xiao comprador, in order to intercept the flow of the cavalry of the twisted army, the monk prince personally led the main force of the Qing cavalry to block and chase, constantly interspersed with surrounding, only rest less than two hours a day, more than ten days without undressing and armor, tired even the reins can not be steady, can only use the cloth belt to tie their hands on the reins of the horse to control the horse. As a result, it was precisely by relying on the brute strength of the monk that the main force of the Twist Army, which had always wanted to flee north or eastward, never got its wish, and was forced to wander to the area of Zanggang Township in Tang County, which was not too far from Hubei, and gradually faced the danger of being surrounded by the Hubei New Army and the Monk Greenqin Army.

According to Zhao Lie's literature, even if he did not receive Yang Xiuqing's order from Li Kaifang, Gong Deshu, who was very familiar with the terrain in this area, did not dare to go south to die, and only tried to break through the eastern defense line of Seng Lingqin, and escaped into the more open Runing Mansion by Tongshan Road or Maoji Road. While taking into account the northern front, Seng Lingqin stubbornly defended these two eastward escape routes, and never gave the Twist army a chance to flee eastward, but because the battle line was too long and the troops were too scattered, he was never able to give the Twist army a fatal blow, and gradually became a stalemate.

Xiangyang is only about 300 miles away from Tang County, and when the battle situation is stalemate, it stands to reason that the monk prince should ask Wu Chaoyue for help, and let Wu Chaoyue send troops to help him twist the chrysanthemum of the army to give Gong Deshu a fatal blow. However, under the accumulation of new and old grudges, the monk and the prince said that he would not bow his head to Wu Chaoyue for help, and would rather send troops and horses from Ruzhou and Xuzhou in the north to the south to help defend and free up troops to go south to participate in the war, rather than open this mouth to Wu Chaoyue.

There is no need for the monk to bow his head and speak, it has long been expected that the monk will adhere to his thankless battle plan, Wu Chaoyue has long been ready to lead the army to battle, and waited for a while in Xiangyang Mansion, confirming that the twisted army has reached a stalemate with the monk and the prince, Wu Chaoyue left Shao Yanhong and the sailor battalion in Xiangyang to assist Duxing A to allocate grain and grass to the front line, and immediately set off with four battalions of the Hubei New Army and cavalry battalion, crossing the provincial border into Henan, The fierce slaughter is behind the twisted army.

In addition, Du Xing'a also sent 800 cavalry to accompany Wu Chaoyue to help the Hubei New Army, but it was a coincidence that even if Wu Chaoyue did not name important people, Du Xing'a still let Duolong'a, who was good at cavalry warfare, lead the cavalry to help Wu Chaoyue, inadvertently giving Wu Chaoyue and Duolonga a chance to get along for a long time.

Duolonga's ability to lead the cavalry is really good, the cavalry led by him has no riding skills or experience to get rid of the Wu cavalry that has just been formed, after crossing the Zhenbei River, when resting on the way to the march, the Wu cavalry and the cavalry of Duolong'a each sent a sentry to test the horsemanship, and the result is that whether it is a single cavalry or a collective horsemanship, the Wu cavalry has been completely abused by the cavalry of many armies, which makes Wu Chaoyue very shameless and envious. However, Duolonga is also straight, and when he learned that the cavalry of the Wu army was only formed during the Chinese New Year this year, Duolonga suddenly exclaimed: "Genius! Lord Futai, General Nie and General Ding under your command are really cavalry geniuses, and they can train the cavalry like this in just such a little time, and the last general will definitely not be able to do it! ”

Since his family knew about his family's affairs, Wu Chaoyue was not proud of his brother-in-law, and said very frankly: "The auditorium has passed the award, Nie Shicheng and Ding Ruchang can train the cavalry so quickly, because they only practice horsemanship, not horse bows, so they make fast progress in horsemanship." If you let them practice horseback riding and archery like you, they will never have such speed. ”

"If you don't practice archery, how will your cavalry fight Lord Futai?" Duolonga asked in surprise, then suddenly came to his senses, and asked again: "Lord Futai, should you let your cavalry be equipped with the kind of revolver you used on the battlefield in Tianjin?" ”

Seeing Wu Chaoyue smiling and nodding, Duolong Ah was suddenly extremely envious, and said: "Lord Futai is really willing to pay the capital, I remember you said when you were in Tianjin, the price of that kind of foreign gun can be worth a few bird guns, and the cavalry of a battalion is all equipped with this kind of revolver, which is heroic enough." Not to mention that all of the generals were equipped with that kind of foreign gun, there was not even one. ”

It is indeed from the bottom of his heart to love and respect the savior of the Han people in the northwest, although he knew that he was very likely to fight with Duolonga, Wu Chaoyue did not hesitate to ask someone to bring ten revolvers and five hundred rounds of ammunition to Dolonga, and personally taught Dolonga how to load ammunition, aim and shoot and daily maintenance, and taught Duolonga a lot of experience in using revolvers.

Like Ding Ruchang, who could hack his boss to death for a revolver, he received a generous gift with a casual word, and Duolonga was also very surprised, and he was grateful to Wu Chaoyue. However, after carefully fiddling with the Colt revolver, Duolonga frowned a little, and said to Wu Chaoyue with a bullet: "Lord Futai, this bullet is wrapped in paper, if it rains heavily during the battle, then what will happen to your cavalry?" ”

"I can only pick up a knife and a twist to cut it." Wu Chaoyue replied with a wry smile, and said even more helplessly: "I hope that it will not rain heavily during this time, otherwise, don't say that my cavalry will not be useful, and even my infantry combat effectiveness will be affected." ”

"Lord Futai, I will say something unlucky." Duolonga said cautiously: "Now that the flood is almost here, the rain in this area of Nanyang is about to start to ....... ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't answer, just looked up at the sky with more and more clouds, shrugged his shoulders, and said: "This is also the key reason why I must hurry up and send troops, this battle must be resolved quickly, and I have to pray for God's blessing, don't suddenly rain heavily during the battle." ”

Hearing Wu Chaoyue say this, Duolong'a, who also respected Wu Chaoyue very much, naturally quickly seized the opportunity to show his loyalty, and took the initiative to say: "Don't worry, my lord, if it really rains heavily during the battle, let the last general go, and the cavalry led by the last general can fight white-knives battles and can share the pressure for you." ”

Although the soldiers of the Wu army were well-trained and paid special attention to the protection of ammunition, and the paper-wrapped bullets of the firing pin guns and revolvers were not damp, the muddy and bad road surface brought great trouble to the march of the Hubei army, delaying Wu Chaoyue's marching speed, and also giving the twisted army more time to adapt.

After receiving the news that the Qing army in Hubei was approaching Tang County, Gong Deshu did not seize the time to flee with all his might, but divided the infantry brigade to the south to meet the battle - in fact, it was to take the opportunity to get rid of the burden of the infantry, so that the main force of the cavalry could flee for his life.

Gong Deshu's division of troops was first discovered by Seng Greenqin, who was close at hand, although Monk Greenqin knew very well that at this time, he would definitely be able to join forces with Wu Chaoyue to achieve a big victory, and it could also help Wu Chaoyue get rid of the entanglement as soon as possible and rush to Tang County for reinforcements. However, under the negative anger, Monk Greenqin not only did not hurry up to send troops, but also did not even greet Wu Chaoyue, deliberately letting Wu Chaoyue's scouts probe the enemy situation on their own and not give Wu Jun too much time to respond. At the same time, the monk also seized the time to dispatch troops and assemble cavalry reserves to prepare for a decisive battle with the cavalry.

The end of doing a lot of evil is evil and evil retribution, Wu army scouts just found that a huge number of Twist Army infantry is approaching the army, Nanyang area has another heavy rain, and then it is rainy and continuous, all night long, never expected to encounter the heavy rain for days Wu Chaoyue shouted bitterly, but there is no way, can only be against the will of the order to temporarily stop the march, garrison the high ground to prepare for war, but also unprecedentedly build some field fortifications, as far as possible to avoid the impact of rain on the army.

However, it is not bad, although the number of infantry brigades of the Twist Army exceeds 10,000 people, and the mountains and fields are densely packed, and it looks very scary, but in fact it is poorly equipped and the formation is messy, and only a few elites can maintain a strict queue, and when the two armies meet, they stand at the front with fairly good knives and guns to fill the façade.

The rain had a great impact on the weapons of the Wu army, of course Wu Chaoyue didn't want to start a war as soon as possible and wanted to wait for the rain to stop, but what made Wu Chaoyue cry and laugh was that the twisted army didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and when he first came into contact with the Wu army, he couldn't wait to take the initiative to attack the Wu army's position, Wu Chaoyue had no choice, and after lamenting and going out to hit the ghost, he could only obediently command the army to meet the battle.

There is no suspense about the outcome of the war at all, even if the shotgun and revolver in the hands of the Wu army officers and soldiers cannot be used in large quantities for a long time in the rain, they can still be used occasionally, and at the same time, the grenadiers, grenade shells and breech guns and other weapons in the hands of the Wu army officers and soldiers are not afraid of rain, and a large number of large and small shells and grenade shells exploded in the charge team of the twisted army one after another. Then Dolonga, who dared to fight hand-to-hand combat, attacked with the Qing cavalry again, and immediately drove the defeated soldiers of the Twist Army like a duck to slaughter, and the rabble behind the façade was even more self-defeating, and in the blink of an eye, he fled cleanly, and Duolonga took the Qing cavalry to chase and kill for more than 20 miles, and won a very large amount.

After the battle, he was very puzzled that the Twist Army dared to take the initiative to attack the defensive position of the Twist Army, for the sake of prudence, Wu Chaoyue arranged for the soldiers to go to the battlefield to find a few wounded Twist Army soldiers who could not escape, and personally interrogated them about the reason for the charge, and the answer made Wu Chaoyue shocked - several prisoners confessed: "It is our He Daqi's order to charge, He Daqi said, the foreign guns and bullets in your hands are wrapped in paper, and they are afraid of rain like bird guns. ”

"How do you know that our guns are afraid of rain?" Wu Chaoyue hurriedly asked, "Whoever can tell me the reason, I will spare whoever will not die, and release him immediately and return the reward!" ”

It's a pity that several captives are not blessed to be released on the spot, and they all shook their heads and said that they didn't know, Wu Chaoyue's face was gloomy and calculated, and after a while, Wu Chaoyue suddenly shouted, "Don't go to Tang County, go back to Xinye and station!" ”

"Comfort Pavilion, are you too cautious?" Zhao Liewen asked cautiously: "The rain is continuous, and the impact on us is great, but this rain can't keep falling?" ”

"The enemy already knows our weaknesses, so be careful."

Wu Chaoyue replied in a low voice: "Don't forget, half of our four infantry battalions are recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and the same is true for cavalry. And the rain is the most suitable for night attacks, if we are attacked by the Twist Army at night in the field, then we are finished. It is a bit embarrassing to return to Xinye, but it is better to lose face than to lose your life. ”

Knowing that Wu Chaoyue was actually a timid and greedy character who was afraid of death, Zhao Liewen didn't insist, so he could only nod his head in agreement, and at that moment Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered to recall Dolonga's army, and he didn't even bother to clean up the battlefield, so he directly retreated to Xinye with the army. Fortunately, Duolonga was also very obedient, and immediately obeyed Wu Chaoyue's orders unconditionally after knowing Wu Chaoyue's hardships, and obediently retreated with him and did not cause chaos for Wu Chaoyue.

has been observing the movements of the Wu army from afar, and after learning that Wu Chaoyue did not kill all the infantry of the Twist Army like chopping melons and vegetables, and suddenly retreated to Xinye, Seng Lingqin was extremely puzzled, and he was a little suspicious that Wu Chaoyue had taken the wrong medicine. In the end, Qingqi, who had also dealt with Wu Jun Lianyong, suddenly came to his senses and shouted at the monk and the prince: "Lord, rain!" It's because of the continuous rain! The foreign gun in Wu Chaoyue's hand was all paper-wrapped, and he was most afraid of rain, so he couldn't exert his combat effectiveness, and he didn't dare to continue to march, so he could only retreat to Xinye to avoid the rain! ”

Suddenly enlightened and patted his head, the monk first ridiculed Wu Chaoyue for having today, but after thinking about it for a while, the monk immediately shouted: "Mr. Youshi, immediately send a letter to the Xinye County Order for this king, telling him that without the permission of the emperor or the governor of Henan, the Hubei army will never be allowed to enter the city and station!" ”

"Lord Wang, is this ......?" Fang Yurun smiled bitterly and stopped talking.

"Isn't it what?" The monk said with a cruel smile: "The army of other provinces is fighting across the border, and without the permission of the imperial court or the governor of the province, they cannot enter the city and station, this is the rule of the Qing Dynasty!" This king reminds Xinye County to enforce the law of the country, why not? ”

Knowing the bear temper of the monk and the prince, Fang Yurun didn't dare to say anything, so he could only hurry up and write a book, and send a fast horse to Xinye to hand over the county order there. The monk smiled even more happily, and said to himself: "As long as the bandits can be smart and seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to find you for a decisive battle, with your ability, it may not be a big problem to keep the camp army, but the casualties are definitely not small, and the bandits will definitely have to pay some price." ”

"Wait for you and the bandits to lose both, haha, little barbarian, you also have today!"

After laughing proudly, the monk also ordered the wind to be released, spreading rumors that he was ready to retreat to the sun to avoid the rain because he could not bear the continuous rain. (To be continued.) )