Chapter 271 A Thousand Miles of Beacon Fire, A Thousand Miles of Counteroffensive
The main task of the beacon tower is to pass the beacon fire, Song Wugong took a team of soldiers to demonstrate for Wang Kefan, of course, they did not really light the beacon fire, but just took linoleum, oil pot and other materials to ignite a small exercise.
A puff of black smoke is a warning.
A puff of white smoke is a plea for help.
Two black and one white are the enemy's big attack.
Three white and three black means that the enemy has landed, and the Yangtze River defense line is about to collapse......
The beacon tower is very important, in order to avoid accidents, the lit beacon has a simple set of password combinations, and it is often replaced, even if it is infiltrated by a small force of the enemy to occupy this beacon tower, it will not cause large-scale chaos, Song Wugong and his soldiers are very skillful, obviously practice often, everyone knows what to do.
Wang Kefan nodded approvingly, and suddenly asked, "Under what circumstances will the beacon fire be lit?" ”
Song Wugong paused for a moment and replied loudly: "This is the highest level of military secret, and it can't be talked about here!" ”
It's a test for me, but luckily I'm not confused! Song Wugong secretly gave himself a thumbs up.
Shangfeng has repeatedly emphasized that unless there is a direct order from Wang Junmen, it is not allowed to light the beacon fire under any circumstances, and it is not even allowed to mention it, and in the entire company stationed in the beacon tower, only he and the company deputy know the secret of nine black and eight white, although Wang Junmen himself is standing here, but there are so many ordinary soldiers next to him, as well as the personal guard entourage brought by Wang Junmen, just saying the name "nine black and eight white", in fact, it has been leaked.
"Nine black and eight white, with three black smoke as the guide, after the black smoke is extinguished, light up three white smoke, two black smoke, and below it are three white smoke, two black smoke, and then the left side is at a right angle, with white and black interspersed with four beacon smoke to form a straight line, right?" Wang Kefan told the story eloquently, and told the secret that Song Wugong had hidden in his heart in public, and then said to him: "I now order you to light the smoke of nine black and eight white in the name of the commander of the Chu army. ”
The waves of the Yangtze River are gusting, and the silence on the beacon tower is even more set off.
Behind Wang Kefan, several senior staff officers who knew the inside story all showed excited looks.
"Yes!" Song Wugong suddenly understood something, his face turned red, and he turned around and ran away in response, directing his soldiers to prepare busily.
Nine black and eight white!
Top Secret!
The vicinity of Nanjing has become the rear of the Chu army, and since Song Wugong entered this beacon tower, he has not had the opportunity to light the real beacon fire, but he didn't expect that the first ignition was the highest level of nine black and eight white.
No matter what it means, Song Wugong knows that something big is about to happen!
Billowing wolf smoke rose into the sky.
The fuel used in the beacon tower has been repeatedly selected and processed in advance, and the wolf smoke that ignites does not disperse, reaching straight into the sky, even if it is dozens of miles away, it can be seen very clearly.
Everyone raised their heads together, looked at the high pillar of smoke, and invariably looked into the distance on the left and right, and after a short time, the south bank of the Yangtze River on the left and right sides also rose with the same black and white wolf smoke.
Wolf Smoke arraignment.
The Chu army stationed in each beacon tower had already received a death order in advance, as long as they saw the wolf smoke, no matter what the situation, they must immediately light the same wolf smoke, and one beacon tower after another continued to relay the news, and it could be spread all over the north and south of the river in one day.
Thousands of miles of smoke!
Thousands of miles of beacon smoke, beacon smoke to the west.
From Nanjing City to Dasheng Pass, from Dasheng Pass to Ma'anshan, turn southwest along the Yangtze River.
There are countless people on both sides of the strait, all of whom saw the wolf smoke rising into the sky, and they couldn't take their eyes off it for a long time, speculating about what was going on.
The beacon smoke spread to Jiangxi, turned a corner at the foot of the Yellow Mountain, turned due west again along the trend of the Yangtze River, collapsed over the fields and mountains, swept over the rivers and lakes, swept across the Anqing River, and reached the Jiujiang River, the Qing army on the other side of the Yangtze River was marching, and suddenly stopped together, the riverside on the south bank of the Yangtze River was like a dragon on the mountains, and the beacon smoke did not disperse for a long time, as if the dragon was swallowing clouds and spitting out fog.
"Coupled with the three black smoke at the beginning, it turned out to be nineteen wolf smoke with nine black and eight white, or such a strange shape, what happened downstream? Could it be that Wu Sangui has broken through the Yangtze River defense, and the Nanjing soldiers are coming to the city? Tun Bu'er was shocked, the Chu army suddenly lit such a complicated wolf smoke, it must be delivering very important news, maybe there will be some big moves soon, but he also felt that Wang Kefan had exhausted his donkey skills, and this smoke was more likely to be good news for the Qing army, and probably only when Wu Sangui attacked the city of Nanjing, would the Chu army be so panicked.
The beacon smoke did not stop, continued to pass westward, entered Huguang, and came to Xingguo Prefecture on the other side of Huangzhou Mansion.
When Jin Shenghuan heard the report from his subordinates, he suddenly got up and rushed out of the tent, climbed into the high nest car with an agile speed that was completely inconsistent with his age and identity, and counted it again with his hand covering the sun, and confirmed that it was the nine, black, eight, white and seventeen wolf smoke agreed in advance, and suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed.
"Bunnies! The opportunity to make a fortune has come! Pass the order of the country's public army, and the whole army will set off immediately and enter Chongyang! ”
He shouted to the soldiers under the nest car, suddenly remembered an important thing, and said loudly: "Chongyang is Wang Junmen's hometown, everyone gives me rules, I want to make a fortune to cut off the head of the thief, a head of one or two silver, Wang Junmen has always been a child without bullying, if anyone dares to harass the people, when Wang Junmen blames it, the prince will not give you a top cylinder." ”
In Huangzhou Mansion on the other side, Shang Kexi had just arrived from Zhongxiang, and after seeing the wolf smoke, he slapped his thigh excitedly.
"Are you sure the wolf smoke is coming from downstream? Hahaha, the Chu thief is finished, the Chu thief must be finished! When I was in Liaodong,
If the army lights up the wolf smoke of six black and six white, it will collapse on the whole line, and let everyone flee for their lives, and the Chu thief will actually light the wolf smoke of nine black and eight white, and it will definitely be even more defeated, hehe, Wu Sangui alone does not have this ability, this king can conclude that either the imperial father and the regent personally conquered Jiangnan, or Zheng Chenggong counterattacked, and most of the green flags have been planted on the head of Nanjing! ”
"The regent of the emperor's father is seriously ill, and he will definitely not conquer Jiangnan in person, but Zheng Chenggong will fight back, although it is unbelievable, in fact, it is very possible." Tan Tai looked like he knew the inside story secretly, and analyzed for Shang Kexi: "This matter is a secret of the imperial court, I said you listen, you can't tell others anymore, the regent of the imperial father has long had the intention of recruiting Zheng Chenggong, and has been secretly contacting him in the past few years, Zheng Chenggong is also quite moved, and now the imperial court soldiers are pressing, and the capture of Zhu Yujian and Wang Kefan is only in the evening, he is also a smart person when he returns to the Qing Dynasty at this time." ”
After Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court has been using him and his family to recruit Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong is worried that the Qing court will harm Zheng Zhilong and others, and has been hypocritical and wronged.
"Oh, no! Zheng Chenggong is just a Haikou, where did the 100,000 army come from? I'm afraid it's kidnapping the people as thieves again, bluffing, this beacon fire is coming strangely, I'd better be careful. "Shang Kexi, as the king of Zhishun, has always had an active brain, and suddenly thought of a piece of information he received a few days ago, which was obviously untrue.
Pirates are all begging for a life at sea, reaching the sky, that is, the scale of the former Ming Dynasty, although Zheng Chenggong is a pirate leader, it is impossible to have 100,000 regular troops...... Well, even if he has 100,000 subordinates, most of them are fish belly troops with wooden sticks and bamboo guns in their hands and cloth clothes, and it would be good for the real armor elite to have a few thousand people, just with Zheng Chenggong's strength, even if he counterattacked, it would be difficult to break through Nanjing.
"King Zhishun is too worried. Since Zheng Chenggong is anyway, he will not contact the imperial army in advance, even if the Haikou under his command is not helpful, but Wu Sangui and Tun Buer, Daniel Zhang and others are not far from Nanjing, if several large armies cross the river together, let alone a single Nanjing city, that is, to pacify the entire Jiangnan, it is just around the corner. Tan Tai said with a smile: "If Wu Sangui captures Nanjing, he will inevitably set up a vassal state in the south of the Yangtze River, and if we don't work hard to move forward, we will be compared to him......"
He discussed with Shang Kexi, and decided to strengthen the offensive, striving to capture Huanggang, the capital of Huangzhou Prefecture, as soon as possible, and completely wipe out the Chu army north of the Yangtze River.
However, on the night of the same day, the Chu army launched a counterattack first, and Li Guo led his troops to raid at night, going up the Xishui River, first in the town of Kelanxi, and then in Qishui City, and quickly broke through in depth, and it was about to be connected with the Dabie Mountains on the border of Hubei, Henan and Anhui......
After entering Huguang, it turned south again on the edge of the Yangtze River and went south along the Shogunate Mountains.
The beacon towers are built on the high places of the mountain peaks, after nightfall, the firelight and wolf smoke are even more conspicuous, from a distance, the red flames are like beating lights, lighting up the dark and dull night sky.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been squatting in the ravine of the Shogunate Mountains for several months, and everyone is suffocated. Seeing that no, Wang Junmen had already given an order and ordered us to launch a counteroffensive. Teng Shuanglin and Lu Renqing pointed to the beacon tower on the high place, under the light of a few torches, their faces flickered brightly and darkly, but the joy on their faces could be seen clearly, and the soldiers around were excited, raising their swords and guns together, and shouting loudly.
"Counterattack! Counterattack! Counterattack! ”
The sound broke through the silent mountains, startled the birds, and the wild beasts in the surrounding mountains and forests howled incessantly......
The beacon fire was like a wind, sweeping through the Shogunate Mountains and coming to the Luoxiao Mountains in southern Shonan.
Under the beacon tower, Wang Sheng beat drums and gathered generals and sent various units to launch a counteroffensive.
The Chu army has been retreating for most of the year, and the soldiers have long been holding back their strength like a pressed spring, and after receiving the order, they went out of the mountain overnight to launch a surprise attack on the western army.
A thousand miles of beacon fire!
A thousand miles of counteroffensive!
From Xingguo Prefecture on the south bank of the Yangtze River, to Changsha Mansion in central Hunan, and then to Chenzhou and Hengzhou Prefecture in southern Hunan, the Chu army suddenly counterattacked on the whole front, and the Western Army was caught off guard, the battle line was rushed to pieces, and the troops suffered heavy losses, so they could only retreat to Changsha, Hengyang and other big cities, barely holding their positions.
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