Even the monk Greenqin can't beat it, and he has long heard of Wu Chaoyue's famous murderous name, and Gong Deshu, the head of the white flag of the twisted army (also known as the general head), sent the banner He Ziqiu to lead the army to meet Wu Chaoyue, saying that it was to intercept Wu Chaoyue to the north, and the real purpose was to legally and reasonably get rid of the burden of miscellaneous soldiers, so as to facilitate the elite of mobile and flexible cavalry and infantry to escape. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Gong Deshu had secretly explained this to He Ziqiu before he sent out the army, telling him to flee for his life with a small number of elites who were serving as façades after losing the battle, and stop caring about the yellow-faced and skinny rabble and let them fend for themselves.

Because of this, Gong Deshu, who learned that He Ziqiu's troops did not disperse after the defeat, but on the contrary, regrouped into an army, and was ready to flee for his life, was inevitably a little baffled, and did not understand why He Ziqiu, who had always been obedient, disobeyed the order.

Fortunately, the mystery was quickly revealed by a messenger sent by He Ziqiu, who not only reported the news of Wu Chaojun's retreat to Xinye, but also introduced the situation that the combat effectiveness of Wu's soldiers was greatly reduced because of the fear of rain due to bullets. Gong Deshu was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked, "Wu Gouguan's foreign gun is afraid of water?" How do you know that? ”

"He Daqi said that it was the generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who told him."

The messenger replied truthfully: "When Prime Minister Li Cheng's men came down to help us train the army, He Daqi got along well with them, I heard them tell them about the situation of Wu Gouguan's demon soldiers, and knew that the bullets of Wu Gouguan's foreign guns were all wrapped in paper, and they were most afraid of fighting in the rain, but it was a pity that Prime Minister Li Cheng and they were unlucky, and it never rained when they fought with Wu Gouguan." This time, He Daqi led the army to meet Wu Gouguan, and it happened to be rainy, so he mustered up the courage to rush for a while, but there were not many guns on Wu Gouguan's side, and he only dared to fight us with these weapons such as cannons and small cannons. ”

Gong Deshu still felt incredulous, and after carefully asking about the battle between He Ziqiu and Wu Chaoyue, and after carefully thinking about it for a long time, Gong Deshu suddenly strode out of the thatched hut used as a temporary headquarters, and rushed into the wind and rain to look up at the sky.

The rainy sky shook Gong Deshu very much, and the bleak wind swept the white rain around, chaotic into a cloud of mist, sometimes big and sometimes small, but there was no sign of stopping. After standing in the wind and rain for a long time despite the kind dissuasion of the guards, Gong Deshu suddenly made up his mind and shouted: "Order the whole army, enter Xinye, and find Wu Gouguan for a decisive battle!" ”

"Boss, it's too risky, isn't it?" The left and right deputies asked in surprise: "I heard from the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that Wu Dog Guan is more than twice as powerful as Seng Lingqin, are we sure that we will go to a decisive battle with him?" ”

"If it rains heavily, it won't hit, and if it doesn't rain heavily, it won't hit." Gong Deshu said coldly: "If you can fight, you can fight, and if you can't fight, it's still too late to run." ”

In this way, before he even had time to wait for the rumors of our monk and prince to play a role, Gong Deshu, who was very capable of seizing the fighter plane, had already strode westward with the real main force of the Twist Army, and slaughtered towards Xinye with great momentum. After the Qing army scouts detected the enemy situation and reported it to the monk prince, our monk and prince were of course overjoyed, and while leading the main force of the department to move to the city of Tang County to take shelter from the rain, he patiently waited for the opportunity to strike.

Let's take a look at the situation on Wu Chaoyue's side, although on the night after the victory of the first battle with the Twist Army, the wind and rain in Nanyang had stopped for a while, but it was just the morning of the next day, and it was stormy again. Secretly glad that his decision was wise, Wu Chaoyue of course urged the army to march to Xinye as soon as possible, but the mud of the road created great trouble for the Wu soldiers who carried heavy artillery and a large amount of grain and grass, seriously delayed the Wu army's marching speed, and gave the monk and the prince's messenger the opportunity to send the letter to Xinye City first. Therefore, when the soldiers of the Wu army arrived at Xinye City despite the difficulties of the wind and rain, they first had to face the big problem of whether they could enter the city.

Can't afford to offend the monk and the prince, and also can't afford to offend the famous and powerful governor Wu Chaoyue, Xinye County ordered Ni Zhengxun to kneel down to Wu Chaoyue, holding the letter of the monk and the prince with both hands, almost explaining his dilemma with a crying voice, and telling Wu Chaoyue that if the Wu army must enter the city, he will never stop it, and it will be a big deal to lose the top. At the same time, Ni Zhengxun also clearly told Wu Chaoyue that because of the impact of the war, Xinye City was already overcrowded, and if Wu's army had to enter the city and station, he could only ask Wu Chaoyue to expel some of the people in the city from the city.

Although he was not angry at what the monk and prince did, but with the last glimmer of hope, Wu Chaoyue still personally entered Xinye City to check the situation, and found that Ni Zhengxun said that the city was overcrowded is not an exaggeration, affected by the war, a large number of people outside the city fled into the city for refuge, and there were originally only more than 10,000 residents in Xinye Town, and now there are 70,000 or 80,000 people in the city, not to mention that there are still vacant houses in the city, and even under the eaves have been crowded to the point that they can't insert needles.

"Set up camp on the high ground outside the city, we came to Henan to suppress the twisters, not to harm the people."

Looted by the Twist Army several times, the castle town outside the city has long been burned to a white ground, and the city has been really stationed, Wu Chaoyue, who cherishes his reputation, can only retreat and choose to set up a camp on the high ground outside the city. Fortunately, the officers and men of the Wu army were not brainwashed by the virtue of caring for the people when they were trained, although they complained a little, but they also obeyed the order unconditionally, but the Qing cavalry complained badly, but they were also forced to press down by Duolonga, so there was no situation where the Qing soldiers forced into the city.

After setting up camp, Wu Chaoyue, who didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, of course, rarely begged the gods to worship the Buddha, and begged the gods and Buddhas to bless it rain - even if it was the flood season now, there was no need for such a continuous rain, right? However, what made Wu Chaoyue cry and laugh was that in the past, the gods probably wanted to punish themselves for not having three animals to make offerings, and the rain stopped in the second half of the night, and there was still some sunshine the next morning, and then it was just afternoon, and it was raining in the sky again, and the rain was quite small.

What made Wu Chaoyue and the Wu army soldiers speechless was still behind, the Wu army scouts had just detected that the main force of the Twist Army was approaching Xinye, and the heavy rain that had been resting for a few stops suddenly turned into a continuous rain, and the rain was not big or small, and it happened to be able to quickly wet the paper-wrapped bullets in the hands of the Wu soldiers. Wu Chaoyue was forced to be helpless, and he could only hurry up to strengthen the defense of the camp, and he didn't dare to dream of any more ideas to take the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Twist Army.

From top to bottom, they were born in poverty, and there was no drag from heavy weapons such as artillery, and the marching speed of the Twist Army in the continuous rain was also extremely fast, and it only took a little more than a day to run from Tang County to the suburbs of Xinye, and very carefully set up camp on the east bank of Lishui, and the Wu army was separated by more than 20 miles from the village. Then, Gong Deshu, who was known for his resourcefulness, built a number of strong pontoon bridges over the river, where the water was already rising, and at the same time sent a small group of infantry to cross the river, and under the cover of the rain, launched several tentative attacks on the Wu army's camp to test the impact of the continuous rain on the Wu army's combat effectiveness.

At a glance, he could see Gong Deshu's intentions, but there was no way, Wu Chaoyue could only grit his teeth and use cannons to fight mosquitoes, and use expensive weapons such as grenades and grenadiers to clean up these small groups of enemies. Then what Wu Chaoyue didn't expect was that the patrol sentry of the Wu army was attacked by the Twist Army that night, one was killed and one was missing, and when the battalion officer reported the situation to Wu Chaoyue afterwards, Wu Chaoyue didn't care much at first, but after glancing at the battalion officer, Wu Chaoyue suddenly remembered a big event, the soldiers of this battalion officer happened to be recruits who had never been on the battlefield!

"The missing soldier, a former veteran? Or are we recruits only for the Chinese New Year? Wu Chaoyue asked anxiously.

"Lord Huifutai, of course a recruit." The battalion officer replied with some pride: "If it is a veteran brought back to the provincial capital from Tianjia Town, how can he be missing on the battlefield?" ”

The battalion officer was proud, but Wu Chaoyue was completely speechless, all he could do was to pray to the gods and Buddhas who were not very effective in his heart, "God, don't let that missing soldier become a prisoner and a traitor." ”

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Usually do not burn incense, temporary cramming is of course no matter what, unfortunately Wu Chaoyue expected, the missing Wu army recruit was really caught by the twisted army tongue, and after being captured, he was greedy for life and fear of death and became a traitor, not only Wu Chaoyue's paper tiger this time mainly to the recruits shook the real face, but also confessed the combat characteristics of the Wu army and the reason why the forced retreat to Xinye was afraid of rain, in addition, the fact that Wu Chaoyue's cavalry was actually only 800 people could fight in close combat.

After repeatedly confirming the internal situation of Wu Jun, Gong Deshu was of course ecstatic, shouting that God bless him, giving himself such a chance to create a miracle. Then Gong Deshu did not hesitate, and immediately threw out his long-brewing battle plan, and decided to dispatch the elite main force of foot cavalry, cross Lishui after dark that night, and take advantage of the wind and rain to sneak attack the camp of the Wu army, and strive to defeat the main force of the Wu army, break through the camp and seize those precious advanced weapons of Wu Chaoyue.

Seeing with his own eyes the embarrassment that Wu Chaoyue was forced to close the camp by the rain, several banner generals under Gong Deshu all hugged their fists and received orders, only He Ziqiu, who was the first to see through Wu Chaoyue's paper tiger face, raised an objection and said: "General, is it too risky to do this?" Our elite all crossed the river, what if the rain suddenly stopped? At that time, Wu Gouguan took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, as long as the pontoon bridge was destroyed in front of us, our main infantry and cavalry force would be surrounded by Lishui and Baihe on all sides, and there would be no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground? ”

"It makes sense." Gong Deshu could also listen to persuasion, nodded and only thought about it for a while, and immediately decided to adjust his tactics, and said: "Then let's do it, leave some more reserves on the east bank of Lishui, He Daqi, you are cautious, take five hundred soldiers with the best weapons to guard the pontoon bridge, and protect the safety of the pontoon bridge full-time." I was also improvising on the front line, and as soon as the rain turned light, I immediately retreated. ”

Seeing that his suggestion was adopted by the boss, when the younger brother He Ziqiu happily hugged his fists to receive his life, a scout covered in rain suddenly came in outside the tent, and under the guidance of the guards, he saluted Gong Deshu and said: "I have a fleet of officers and soldiers from the lower reaches of the White River, and the number is about eighty, of which about sixty are sampans, and the other twenty or so are cargo ships with a deep draft. But the wind and rain were too strong to see their banners clearly. ”

"Why are there so many ships all of a sudden?" Gong Deshu was a little suspicious, and even immediately suspected that those sampan boats were carrying the Wu Army's sailor battalion that the Wu army prisoners confessed, but after thinking about it, Gong Deshu waved his hand again and said: "Regardless of him, anyway, we don't have a boat and can't intercept it, let them go, even if it's Wu Gouguan's sailor battalion, it doesn't matter, anyway, as long as it's still raining in the sky, we don't have to worry about not being able to beat Wu Gouguan's recruits." ”

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The sudden arrival of Wu's fleet startled Wu Chaoyue himself, because Wu Chaoyue had never ordered the sailors to go north for reinforcements - the terrain was not suitable, and the sailors would not be able to do anything when they came. Therefore, after receiving the news that the newly built battalion of the Wu Army's naval division suddenly arrived at the Xinye wharf, Wu Chaoyue opened his mouth and immediately ran to the pier to settle accounts with Bian Dongwu, the battalion officer of the newly built naval division, despite the wind and rain, and roared angrily as soon as they met: "Bian Dongwu, who gave you the order?" You were asked to bring the sailor to Xinye? What was the order given to you when I left Xiangyang? ”

"Lord Futai is angry, it was Mr. Shao's order, he said that you were affected by the rain ......."

Before Bian Dongwu's words were finished, a tall figure suddenly rushed out of the crowd of soldiers and soldiers of the Wu army in the wind and rain, and rushed directly to Wu Chaoyue's face, Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers were shocked and it was too late to draw their guns, the man had already opened his arms and directly gave Wu Chaoyue a bear hug, and roared out a series of English that Wu soldiers could not understand at all.

"Dear Wu, I finally see you again!"

The soldiers couldn't understand English, but Wu Chaoyue could understand it, and after coming back to his senses after being frightened, Wu Chaoyue took a closer look at the blonde foreigner opposite, and immediately hugged him in surprise, cheering: "Brown, my American friend!" Why are you here too? ”

"Wu, I want to thank you, I made a fortune this time!" Brown, who had a straightforward personality, didn't answer Wu Chaoyue's question at all, but just shouted: "Because of your outstanding performance on the battlefield, the carbine and Colt revolver I sold are very popular, and both the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and your local Chinese army are vying to buy weapons from me. Even Colt's damn Grandet took the initiative to raise my salary this time, and I'm going to be a rich man! ”

"And what about the guns I want? Have you ever sold to someone else? ”

Wu Chaoyue was shocked and hurriedly asked, but Brown still didn't answer the question, and shouted at Wu Chaoyue: "Wu, I want to introduce you to a new friend, he is my comrade-in-arms when I fought in Mexico, and he is also my friend, this time I met him in Shanghai, and told him about you, he is very interested in you......." ”

"Brown, let's talk about weapons first!"

Wu Chaoyue was so anxious that he was about to go crazy, but the style of foreigners who spoke and did things was like to be self-centered, and immediately a tall blonde man stood in front of Wu Chaoyue, regardless of the rain, he gave Wu Chaoyue a hat salute, and said in stiff Chinese: "It's a pleasure to meet you, respected Governor Mr. Wu." ”

When Wu Chaoyue was forced to return the salute, Brown pulled Wu Chaoyue and pointed at the foreigner, and said like a machine gun: "Wu, let me introduce you, his name is Wall, a graduate of Noriyo University, and a damn villain who wanders around the world. He's unemployed right now, and he's interested in working for you, and I hope you can hire him, whether it's as a military instructor or directly on ......the battlefield. ”

"No problem, no problem, I'll hire, hire, dear Mr. Wall, you're my subordinate now, and I'll give you a salary that will definitely satisfy you!"

Wu Chaoyue didn't bother to use his brain at all, he just kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice, and then grabbed Brown and yelled: "Brown, if you are still my friend, tell me immediately, how about those damn weapons I want?" ”

"When I passed by Tianjia Town, there was a person who claimed to be your teacher named Zeng Guofan, and he must sell all my weapons." Brown replied, "He also said he could introduce me to more client ......." ”

Before Brown's words could speak, Wu Chaoyue's thin face, which was wet from the rain, was already pale......

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When Wu Chaoyue's face changed greatly, he had already entered the city of Tang County, and in order to encircle and suppress the Twist Army, the monk Greenqin, who had not had a good rest for many days, put down his rice bowl, and then the first thing he did was to lie on the bed and continue to sleep, and yawned and ordered: "Except for the good news that Wu Chaoyue and the Twist Bandits have lost both, otherwise nothing is allowed to disturb the king." Even if the sky falls, this king doesn't care. (To be continued.) )