Chapter 68: Heroic Sacrifice
Looking at the military order in his hand with handwriting like a dog's crawl, Zhang Tianlu suddenly snorted and laughed.
Although he laughed, he sneered and was angry.
"I asked you to urge Bu Congshan to fight, but you couldn't complete the errand, and only got back this military order from Raushzi, what kind of thing is this, singing?" Zhang Tianlu's face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Come on, push him out for me, and beat him with twenty military sticks!" ”
Kang Zhongjun didn't dare to beg for mercy, and was pushed out of the cabin by several pro-soldiers, and he was about to be beaten, but his popularity was much better than Bu Congshan, and the generals on the left and right immediately stepped forward to intercede for him together...... You must know that Kang Zhongjun is Zhang Tianlu's confidant, but the official is not a big person, but he is a celebrity around him, and he takes this opportunity to sell a favor that does not cost money, and he does not spend money.
Zhang Tianlu not only wanted to maintain strict military discipline, but also did not want to refute the face of the generals, so he compromised and reduced the number from 20 military sticks to 10 military sticks. After the fight, he ordered someone to bring Kang Zhongjun in, scolded him violently, and asked Bu Congshan for details in the army while scolding.
Hearing that Bu Congshan had arranged everything in an orderly manner, and the troops seemed to have regained their morale, Zhang Tianlu was slightly surprised. Bu Congshan, this guy, is bullish on his ability to lead troops to fight! However, it was too late to bury half of the earth.
After driving Kang Zhongjun out, he asked the generals and several staff members who would like to go to Bu Congshan's army again to urge them to fight, and if necessary, they could bring his arrows and handwritten edicts, and use some coercive means.
No one wants to go.
Bu Congshan's popularity is not good, everyone is reluctant to help him, and they are even happy to fall into the well next to him. But this does not mean that you are willing to go straight out and go shirtless against him.
First, Bu Congshan is the chief soldier of a town. Although Zhang Tianlu is not afraid of him, the other people's bodies are not so strong. unwilling to create a strong enemy out of thin air; Second, no matter what, this matter was done by Zhang Tianlu a little excessively, in case Bu Congshan is forced to be in a hurry, the gods fight, and the little ghost suffers, it is difficult to say what will happen...... Even Zhang Tianlu's cronies are afraid of becoming the second in Kang Zhongjun, and they are reluctant to wade into this troubled water.
Seeing that no one spoke, Zhang Tianlu frowned and swept everyone with a stern gaze. Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.
"Mr. Duanmu, it seems that I have to bother you to go in person, your old man is highly respected, go in person, Bu Congshan will not dare to disobey the military order." Zhang Tianlu directly named and selected the full-fledged staff member with the surname Duanmu.
Duanmu is an old man who is nearly sixty years old, and after serving as Zhang Tianlu's guest, he got a six-rank official, and he is not a real court official. Because of his age and qualifications, Ma Guozhu is very polite to him, as long as Bu Congshan has no intention of rebelling. I won't be rude to him.
Duanmu didn't want to go, the older people are, the more afraid of death becomes, Duanmu doesn't want to put his life in the hands of Bu Congshan's two hundred and five...... He is also Zhang Tianlu's confidant. But this has nothing to do with loyalty, it's just that older people are more cautious. Even if you die for your benefactor, you don't want to really take your life.
"According to the old decay, this matter should not be rushed. This military order is child's play. But after all, it is also a written note written by Bu Congshan himself, since he has a five-day period, what does it matter if the military gate allows him another five days? Duanmu was anxious to push off this dangerous task, and what he said was not carefully considered, and it was a little explicit, so he almost said that you want to clean up Bu Congshan, and it is not bad for three or five days, and then talk about this military order after five days, and you can play as much as you want.
Zhang Tianlu was a little hesitant by what he said, and it didn't seem to be a big deal to wait for another five days.
Another staff member made friends with Duanmu and also stood up and persuaded: "At present, the great enemy is at the right time, and it is the time to employ people, Bu Congshantun soldier Lin Jiachong can monitor the movements of Wang Thief nearby, and can also be used as an outpost of our army, no matter whether he can capture Mantou Mountain within five days, it will be beneficial and harmless to the battle situation." After five days, when reinforcements from other parts of our army arrived, he was strictly ordered to go into battle. ”
These words finally moved Zhang Tianlu, he is a dignified governor of a province, and the communiqué of personal vendetta can only be a matter of incident, first of all, we have to consider how to fight this battle well. Although Bu Congshan's soldiers and horses are few, but now is the time when there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals, with Bu Congshan's troops in front, at least it can play an early warning role, and may even contain the Chu army.
"Okay, according to your wishes, if he still can't capture Mantou Mountain after five days, Ben Zhen will be severely punished!"
Half an hour later, another officer rushed to Lin Jiachong and conveyed Zhang Tianlu's latest order to Bu Congshan, that Mantou Mountain and Yunyun must be captured within five days.
"The last general obeys!"
Bu Congshan agreed loudly, made a thousand cleanly, saluted and received the order, and when he lowered his head, the corners of his mouth faintly showed a sneer.
Playing a thousand is a Manchu etiquette, in the past two years just in the Jiangnan green camp popular, as the general soldier of Bu Congshan Town, to a herald officer to do this kind of big gift, although because the other party represents Zhang Tianlu, but also looks fashionable and lively.
The herald officer was originally anxious when he came, but now he immediately became much more steady, and hurriedly called a thousand in turn, and the two of them straightened up again, laughing and laughing, and in a short time they were already called brothers.
Bu Congshan personally accompanied him, walked around the barracks, and then left him for dinner, and the officer resolutely refused, and wanted to rush back to Zhang Tianlu to return to his life.
"Since Brother Xian is on official business, then I won't force me to stay. After this battle, I will set up a table in Qinhuai River and wait for the table, and our brothers will have a good drink! Bu Congshan sent him out of the gate, took a small burden from his own soldiers, and handed it to the officer: "This is a little bit of special dry food in my camp, it tastes good!" The virtuous brother is hungry on the road, and he can use it to satisfy his hunger......"
The officer took the burden, pinched his fingers lightly, hard and heavy, about twenty taels of silver, smiled knowingly at the moment, and put it into the blanket on the horse's back: "Bu Shuai, don't worry, after I go back, I will say a lot of good things for Bu Shuai in front of the military gate!" ”
This trip is not only no danger, but also unexpectedly made a small fortune, he is in a very good mood, on the way back he still muttered to himself in his heart, Bu Congshan is very good at doing things, not as others say, unapproachable......
After sending the officer away, Bu Congshan turned around and returned to the camp.
Turning to a camp in the corner, he knocked lightly twice on the door frame, then picked the curtain and went in, kneeling on one knee in front of the two foreign commissioners inside, with great respect.
"The last general will see the two superiors!"
The foreign commissioner is always a low-level officer in the green battalion, a military attache the size of a sesame seed, but Bu Congshan is the chief soldier of the second grade, if others see him like this, they will immediately realize that there is a problem with the identity of these two foreign commissioners, and they are by no means ordinary low-level officers of the green battalion.
"The person who came has already left, according to the instructions of the two superiors, I can cope with it without leakage, and there should be no flaws." Bu Congshan stood up and said, "But wait until two days after tomorrow, Zhang Tianlu may send people again, and Wuhu and Dangtu must do their best." ”
"You'll be in charge of acting, don't worry about the rest, the two of us just cooperate with you, and the others don't know." The two foreign commissioners of the green battalion are always disguised intelligence bureau officers, wearing fake braids on their heads, and after special training, they seem to have no flaws at all, and one of them is younger: "I was watching from the side just now, your play is a bit too much, next time I will hold some, take out the head of your town's general soldiers, don't always think that you are acting, try to be natural......"
Bu Congshan nodded again and again, but his confused eyes betrayed him, he is dozens of years old, and the habit of treating people has long been formed, and he will definitely not be able to grasp the proportion of sudden changes.
"Hey, forget it, the more you talk about him, the more confused he becomes, I don't think it's better not to force it, I'll stay at the Lin family for the past two days, and if I don't go to Zhang Tianlu, I shouldn't show my stuffing." Another older one said: "Actually, don't worry too much, we can delay it, as long as we can grab two days, even if Zhang Tianlu finds out that something is wrong, he won't have time to notify Wuhu and Dangtu ......."
In order to confuse Zhang Tianlu, Bu Congshan himself stayed in Lin Jiachong and did not participate in the surprise attacks on Tongling, Wuhu and Dangtu.
There are still more than 400 people in his battalion, but half of them are pretended to be soldiers of the Chu army, and the 200 green battalions that have been replaced are all Bu Congshan's henchmen and generals, divided into three groups and rushed to Tongling, Wuhu and Dangtu in disguise with the Chu army...... Qin Hui also has three friends, the relatives and soldiers under the general of the green battalion are their private soldiers, the two hundred green battalion soldiers will be extremely loyal to Bu Congshan, Bu Congshan staying in Lin Jiachong is equivalent to a hostage in disguise, and the two hundred green battalion soldiers have no intention of escaping and informing, and their attitude is very cooperative.
Tongling is now on the front line, as the general of Chi Tai, Bu Congshan sent a group of soldiers and horses into Tongling County, one of his subordinates (a middle-level officer of the green battalion) personally led the team, with Bu Congshan's instructions and generals to open the city gate, the Chu army brigade then swarmed in, and occupied Tongling lightly.
Immediately afterwards, the same scene was staged in Wuhu.
In later generations, Wuhu is a prefecture-level city, but in this era it is just an ordinary county town, the defense is not tight, after the Chu army opened the city gate, almost bloodless to occupy the whole city, most of the Qing army in the city was annihilated, only a small number of routs rushed out of the north gate, towards the city of Dangtu escaped.
This group of routs fled all the way in a panic, not only to escape for their lives, but also to report to the prefect of Dangtu that Bu Congshan's soldiers and horses had rebelled, which was a very important piece of information.
But they never expected that there was a group of "routs" who moved faster than them, and arrived at Dangtu two hours in advance, and brought back a shocking news, the Chu army suddenly marched north, linking the two counties of Tongling and Wuhu, Bu Congshan's soldiers were defeated and died, and they had sacrificed their lives bravely for the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued......)