As mentioned above, the Wu army sent troops to the northeast in a very hasty manner, and Wu Chaoyue even made up his mind to go on the Northern Expedition at the last moment, but this was reflected on the battlefield, and the Wu army's deployment, assembly and dispatch order was a little disorganized, coupled with the fact that the Wu army in North China did not give the Qing army too much time to prepare for the battle to increase the difficulty of attacking, the forward team adopted a strategy of light and rapid advance when entering Yongping Mansion, so that the order of the Wu army's march was even more disjointed, so that the Wu army's forward had already rushed into the hinterland of Yongping Mansion. Wu Chaoyue's follow-up troops who were drawn north from the Central Plains to participate in the war had just just crossed the city of Shunde in the south of Zhili. Fastest updates

Although this point has created a lot of trouble for the Wu army's marching operations and logistical supply, it has also pitted the Manchu court and the monk and the prince's side, so that the monk and the prince have already hurried back to Rehe to prepare to lead the army south to reinforce Yongping and Shanhaiguan, and they don't even know what the scale of the Wu army's dispatch this time is, how many follow-up troops there are, how many infantry and cavalry, not to mention the weapons and equipment of the Wu army, and how many elite battalions of the Wu army can be easily suppressed even with Russian-style equipment.

What the monk and the prince could know was the Yongping military information collected by the Chahar cavalry who stayed behind in Rehe under his command, which showed that the Wu army had an army of about 8 to 9,000 people under the leadership of Jiang Zhongji and entered Yongping Mansion, and at least 5,000 or more Wu troops were on their way east from Tianjin to Yongping Mansion. In addition, it is rumored that the Wu army in the capital, Zeng Guoquan, and the Wu army Ding Ruchang stationed in Zhangjiakou will also march east to reinforce the Yongping and Shanhaiguan battlefields, but when will the troops be dispatched, what is the scale of the troops, how many backup troops and horses does the Wu army have, and whether the Wu army's naval division Xu Laisuo, who travels between Tianjin and Shanghai, will also participate in the war, the monk and the prince are completely unknown.

"Send someone to contact Zai Ling and tell him to hurry up and send all the collected Wu thief military information! It's only a few miles from Shanhaiguan to Rehe, and I haven't sent anyone to contact this king to inform the military situation, and I want this king to ride a blind horse to fight?! ”

The temper of the monk and the prince is still so violent, and he smashed the table with two wrong sentences, and he was very dissatisfied with the fact that Zailing, the general of Shanhaiguan who was named as the governor of Zhili, had not contacted Rehe so far. However, the Rehe Dutong Miansen, surnamed Aixin Jueluo, just blocked the monk and said: "Monk and prince, we can't delay any longer, we must send troops as soon as possible, otherwise, if you let the Wu rebel army take the Xifeng Pass first, and then you want to take the Chahar cavalry to reinforce Yongping and Shanhaiguan, the road will not be so easy to walk." ”

"Sambeile rest assured, the Wu rebel thief army came in a hurry, and the troops are not very abundant, so it is unlikely that he will immediately send a large group of troops and horses north to fight for the Great Wall pass of Yongping Mansion." The monk replied quite confidently, and said: "We still have time, and we can wait until we find out the specific enemy situation of Yongping Mansion before sending troops." ”

"But Monk Lord, what if the Wu Rebel Thief Army really did this?" Miansen was a little self-conscious and argued with the monk and the prince about the military, and said: "You can't enter the army from Xifengkou, Longjing Pass and Qingshankou, your reinforcements will have to go around the pass in the Shanhaiguan area to enter the pass, in case Wu thieves take the opportunity to march into Yongping, your reinforcements may be too late." ”

Although Miansen's worries are a little unfounded, it is not completely impossible, so the monk prince is also somewhat shaken, and Miansen urges again: "Monk Wangye, otherwise, you go to Xifengkou first to prevent any eventuality, I received the news from the loading station here, and immediately send you a letter with a fast horse, this is always okay, right?" ”

Responsibility, after hesitating for a moment, the monk still nodded reluctantly, agreed to Miansen's suggestion, and immediately the monk immediately dispatched troops and arranged a team of more than 3,000 Chahar cavalry to rush south to Xifengkou, ready to seize the favorable terrain of the North China Plain first, and then decide how to reinforce Yongping. The remaining Chahar cavalry continued to stay in Rehe, and in accordance with the requirements of Ci'an and Cixi and the rules of the Manchu court, they were temporarily assigned to the command of Miansen moderation.

In this way, for the Manchu court to which he was loyal, in the case of extremely unclear enemy situation, the monk prince returned to Rehe on the second day with the Chahar cavalry and set off south, and the result was okay, as the monk and the prince expected, the Wu army, which was eager to take Yongping Mansion to establish an advance base, really did not have time to divide the troops to fight for the Great Wall Pass, and the monk and the prince only took a day to rush to Xifengkou, and stationed the army in the south of Xifengkou, which was conducive to cavalry operations, and then the monk and the prince, who was also a veteran of the battlefield, immediately sent people to investigate the surrounding movements, Learn about the latest movements of Wu Jun.

The preliminary results of the investigation made the monk very difficult, the tactical focus of the Wu army and the grain transportation road was in the south of Yongping Mansion, far away from the Great Wall, although the Wu army garrison in the Zunhua area was not much, but it could hold several key passes, which seriously limited the cavalry mobility of the monk and the prince, and the army in the hands of the monk and the prince wanted to pose a threat to the Wu army to share the pressure on the frontal battlefield, there were only two options, one was to pull the army to Yongping Mansion, which was far away from the Great Wall, guerrilla warfare, and the idea of fighting the Wu army's grain road on the not very open terrain; The second is to pull the army to Qian'an, using Qian'an as a self-sufficient point, threatening the main force of the Wu army that is besieging Lulongcheng, the city of Yongping Prefecture, and fighting at the risk of being surrounded by the follow-up army of the Wu army. Neither option is sufficiently certain, and both options are risky.

"The detour space is too small, my cavalry is still suitable for fighting on the battlefield in Liaodong, and that is the king's world."

After sighing, the monk and prince, who was known for his patience when fighting the Taiping Army, made up his mind and decided to hold his troops for the time being, preparing to wait for a further understanding of the situation on the Yongping battlefield before deciding how to choose. However, only two days later, Zai Ling, the Manchu Governor of Zhili stationed at Shanhaiguan, sent an urgent letter to the monk through the Great Wall road, imploring the monk to rush to Qian'an to join the war and share the pressure for Lu Long from the flank. At the same time, Zai Ling also claimed in the official document that the grain, grass and horse feed in Qian'an City were very abundant, which was enough to support the monk and the prince to fight for a long time.

The monk who once wiped the snot of Shengbao's official document could ignore the requirements of Zai Ling, but the key reason for the monk's resistance at that time was to look down on the slave Shengbao and unwilling to follow the slave's command with Shengbao. But this time is different, first, the situation is much more critical than during the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition, second, after Qian'an, the monk is still in charge of the house, and the third is that Zai Ling used the word pleading in the official document. So after thinking about it again, the monk still gritted his teeth and decided to send troops, taking 3,000 Chahar cavalry all the way to the south, directly towards Qian'an.

Fortunately, the main force of the Wu army that was besieging Lulong City was not stationed outside Qian'an City, and the army of the monk and the prince entered the city smoothly, but after entering the city, the monk and the prince were extremely angry and found that they were in the evil of Qian'an City, and they were not even enough for this year's winter, and they could not support the monk and the prince to fight for a long time! When the thunderous monk found Qian'an County to order Tong Ze to settle the account, Tong Ze cried and said with a sad face: "Monk Wangye, this matter has nothing to do with the lower officials, it is the prefect Yanfuyan who said that Lulong City is more important, and the grain in the city will be transported to Lulong first, and the lower officials must listen to his arrangement!" ”

"Then why did Zai Ling tell me that you have a lot of food here?" The monk asked with a roar.

"This ......, the lower officials don't know." Tong Ze was also confused, and said: "But this place is not far from Shanhaiguan, even if the lower officials don't have the right to report this matter directly, it is impossible for the station to not know about this matter?" ”

"Raised by a son of a bitch, deliberately playing this king?" After scolding a swear word, the monk immediately wrote a letter to Zai Ling to ask the reason, and at the same time, he did not forget to send more scouts to investigate the situation on the Lulong battlefield and establish an emergency communication channel so that he could send troops for reinforcements when the situation was critical.

Fortunately, the specific situation on the battlefield of Lulong did not make the monk too worried, it was originally the outer barrier of Shanhaiguan that the Manchu court painstakingly managed, the fortifications were strong, the city was high and the moat was deep, and gradually became familiar with the siege of the Wu army, the Qing army of Lulong Mansion blocked the city gate early, and used fire to overcome the Wu army's direct wall blasting tactics, Lu Long's side has successfully repelled a large-scale attack of the Wu army, and there is not much danger for the time being, so the monk does not need to rush out to fight head-on with the main force of the Wu army.

But after breathing a sigh of relief, the monk gradually discovered that the situation was wrong on the Qian'an battlefield, which was actually more dangerous than the Lulong battlefield! There is not much grain and grass in the city, and it cannot be kept for a long time, but the county-level city is dilapidated and old, and it cannot be compared with Lulong City, the Yong'an Mansion City painstakingly operated by the Manchu Qing court, and what is even worse is that Qian'an is only less than forty miles away from the Lulong battlefield! If the main force of the Wu army is willing, it can rush to Qian'an City at any time within one day, and surround the monk and the small city of Qian'an, which is far easier to fight than Lulong City!

"This place is very dangerous for this king!"

After perceiving that the situation was not good, the monk and prince, who had always been selfish, did not hesitate, and immediately used the excuse that the garrison in the city was too disturbing to the people, and ignored the bitter pleas of Tongze and other Qian'an civil and military officials, and pulled the army outside the city to camp on the same day, and also set up the camp in the eastern suburbs of Qian'an City, which is the most open terrain, and put on a posture that if the situation was not right, he would immediately leave. As a result, on the same night, Zai Ling also sent someone to the monk and the prince, and the messenger kowtowed and said that there was absolutely no intention to deceive the monk and the prince, but because of the small city of Qian'an, he did not dare to leave too much grain and grass, and assured Zai Ling that as long as the monk and the prince needed, the army could be pulled to Shanhaiguan at any time to get food, so to speak, it finally temporarily calmed the monstrous anger of the monk and the prince.

The day after the Chahar cavalry left the city, the Wu army really made some coping adjustments, and divided three battalions of troops to set up camp ten miles from Qian'an, monitoring and containing the monk and the prince's army. The monk knew very well that Wu Jun planned to wait until the cavalry arrived to settle accounts with him, but he relied on his own cavalry, and it was not too far from Shanhaiguan, so the monk was not too worried, and patiently just waited for Wu Jun to make the next adjustment, and at the same time indirectly shared the pressure on Lulong's main battlefield.

A day later, there was a new change in the battlefield situation, first of all, the first reinforcement force of the Wu army from Tianjin to send grain passed through Luanzhou, which surrendered on its own initiative, and successfully arrived at the Lulong battlefield, and after the troops were reinforced, the main force of the Wu army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, launched another attack on Lulong City the next day. After the news was reported to the monk by the sentry light horse, the monk and the prince immediately strengthened the exploration of the Lulong battlefield, and at the same time asked the army to prepare dry food and horse materials, ready to send troops to reinforce Lulong City at any time.

That night, an urgent report came from the Lulong battlefield again, saying that the Wu army had launched an overnight siege, and the monk who knew that the Wu army liked to exert force at night did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly took the Chahar cavalry to bypass the Wu army's position and go south, and went to the periphery of Lulong to share the pressure for the defenders. The result was not as expected by the monk and the prince, in the second half of the night, there was a shocking noise from the side of Lulong City, announcing that the Wu army had successfully detonated the explosives, although I don't know whether the Wu army had blown up the city wall, but the monk and the prince still did not hesitate to rush to the Lulong battlefield with the army, and the Wu army in the periphery of Lulong handed over.

This battle was fought very fiercely, the Wu army with superior troops fought on two fronts, while storming the gap in the city wall of Lulong that collapsed with tunnel siege tactics, while fighting with the monk prince in the periphery, the monk took advantage of the mobile advantage, and led the Chahar cavalry to constantly wander around the Wu army's position, and if there was a chance, he would attack the Wu army's position, and if he didn't have a chance, he immediately fled away, although he didn't fight very beautifully, but there were rules and regulations, and he successfully shared a lot of pressure for the defenders of Lulong, and created an opportunity for the defenders in Lulong City to re-plug the gap.

But it's a pity that the efforts of the monk and the prince did not get the effect he needed, and when the fierce battle reached the dawn, the banner of the Wu army was still planted at the head of Lulong City, and the Lu Longqing army, which was blocked by the four gates, had no way out, although it resisted to the death, it still could not stop the infantry brigade of the Wu army from surging into the city. Seeing that Lu Long's loss was a foregone conclusion, the monk who did not dare to fight with the Wu army's infantry phalanx had no other way, so he could only scold the incompetence of Lu Long's defenders, and quickly fled with the cavalry, but after the Chahar cavalry successfully opened the distance between the Wu army and the infantry, before the monk prince let the army slow down and rest, the rear suddenly thundered, and a cavalry team that was not under the monk's army chased quickly, and this team also wore white hats, marking their special identity Wu army cavalry!

"Wu thief cavalry!"

The monk was the first to let out a hoarse shout, and then the monk roared angrily: "When did the Wu thief cavalry arrive?" Why wasn't there any news beforehand? ”

It was useless to roar, the weapons and equipment and actual combat experience were not as good as the cavalry of the Wu army, and after a fierce battle for several hours, the Chahar cavalry under the command of the monk had no choice but to flee, and the cavalry of the Wu army was in hot pursuit. In desperation, the monk had no choice but to take the Chahar cavalry all the way to the neighboring Funing City, preparing to flee into the city to rest temporarily, raise enough horsepower and then find a way to escape to Shanhaiguan.

The guns kept ringing out, and the Chahar cavalry, who could only have one son in a family to marry and give birth, kept being shot and fell off their horses, and the monk's heart was dripping blood, but there was no way but to keep slapping the horse forward and rushing to the small city of Funing at the fastest speed. However, the war horse under the crotch was tired, and the Chahar cavalry couldn't get up fast if they wanted to, and the Wu cavalry, which had a relatively superior physical strength, pursued and desperately shot the Chahar cavalry that had fallen behind.

The small city of Funing is already in sight, but unfortunately the people in the streets outside the city have already fled cleanly, and the city gate is also tightly closed in broad daylight, even if there are already fast monk army cavalry rushing to the city to ask for help, the defenders in the city do not dare to open the city gate to welcome the defeated soldiers of the monk and the prince into the city, let alone send an army to respond a little, and share the pressure for the monk and the prince a little. The monk and the prince scolded, but there was no way but to walk around the city with the defeated soldiers, hoping for a miracle to appear and be able to enter the city through other city gates.

It's a pity that when forcibly crossing the Funing River, the war horse under the crotch of the monk prince did not know whether he was injured, or accidentally lost his hoof, and fell directly in the river......

"Wow, wow!"

After waking up with the yellow water in his abdomen, the monk who was lying on the big stone vomited for about ten minutes before he slowly came back to his senses, but what made the monk and the prince desperate was that all the soldiers of the Wu army wearing white hats appeared in front of him, and they all looked at the monk and the prince with bad intentions and smiled, like a group of perverts surrounded by ** young beauties.

"Monk Green, Monk Wang, finally meet." A general of the Wu army opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Ding Ruchang, the chief soldier under the command of King Zhennan, you should have heard of my name, right?" ”

"Dog hair!" The monk had indeed heard of Ding Ruchang's name, and first scolded Ding Ruchang's past identity with difficulty, and then groaned and said: "Kill me, this king would rather die than be a prisoner." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm really reluctant to kill such an important prisoner as you." Ding Ruchang smiled and said: "Especially I also heard that you and our Zhennan prince had a lot of grudges in the past, and I caught you today, if I don't dedicate you to the king of Zhennan, wouldn't I be too sorry for the kindness of the king of Zhennan to me?" ”

"Kill me, dog thief!" The monk took the initiative to ask for death again, and scolded: "Lao Tzu would rather die than be Wu Chaoyue's captive, give me a good time!" ”

Ding Ruchang still shook his head with a wicked smile, and after ordering his subordinates to tie up the monk and the prince, Ding Ruchang asked very curiously: "Monk and prince, how many enemies do you have?" Why do some people hate you so much even in your rebellious army? ”

"What do you mean by that?" The monk asked suspiciously.

"I heard Jiang Futai say that a few days ago, someone on your side quietly used an arrow book to tell us, Jiang Futai introduced your identity and the situation of your army to us, and suggested that Jiang Futai fight Funing first and kill you, and avenge the king of Zhennan." Ding Ruchang said truthfully: "At that time, Jiang Futai still suspected that this was a trap, so he didn't dare to be fooled, and missed the opportunity to trap you to death in Qian'an City. When we found out that what the arrow book said was true, we Jiang Futai regretted scolding our mother. ”

"Really? Are you lying to me? The monk asked in surprise.

"Do I have to lie to you?" Ding Ruchang smiled and said, "Think about it carefully, who on your side hates you so much?" If I have the chance, I can avenge you. After all, thanks to you, my reward this time is definitely indispensable, and I don't like the kind of despicable villain who betrays his comrades, who can help you vent your evil anger. ”

Raising his head with difficulty, looking at Ding Ruchang, who was smiling incredibly, the monk suddenly turned around one after another, and said in his heart: "Is this king having enemies in Yongping Mansion and Shanhaiguan?" Or are they ......? How is this possible? ”

By the way, after learning that the monk prince was actually captured alive by the soldiers of the Wu army, although there was some surprise, the Manchu court still sent an envoy to contact the Wu army at the first time, saying that the noble monk and prince would be redeemed at a high price, and at the same time, the news was announced to the Mongolian steppe at the first time, so that the princes of Mongolia knew that although the defeat and capture of the monk and the prince were taken lightly, the queen mother of the two palaces and the Manchu court still did not have any intention of blaming the monk and the prince, and they were still trying to rescue the unfortunate captured monk! It also calls on the princes of all departments to continue to unite under the glorious banner of the Manchu court, report the grace of the country, go down to Anlishu, avenge the shame of the monk and the prince, and continue to fight to the end with Wu Chaoyue, the sworn enemy of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners!

As for whether the monk can be rescued, no one dares to guarantee it. There is also whether the monk and the prince were captured and betrayed, and under the persecution of the Wu army, they talked nonsense and took revenge, that is a question that no one can figure out, anyway, the mouth grows on everyone, everyone can say whatever they want, and the Manchu court has no worries and concerns about this.