In order to go to the front line to command this decisive battle related to the survival of Shandong, and also to lure Shi Dakai to take the bait, the old fox Luo Bingzhang deliberately brought his own governor's honor guard with great fanfare, and under the protection of the army led by Yuan Baoheng and Zhang Guoliang, the two fierce generals, swaggered south to the Tai'an battlefield along the official road of Zhangxia Town, and clearly told Shi Dakai, who was in Yanzhou, that he would find his chance to take revenge. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Expected by Luo Bingzhang, he found out the news that he personally led the army south, Shi Dakai immediately sent the army north to strengthen the Taiping army's garrison in Dawenkou, and put on a posture early on to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army in Shandong on the Taiyan border.

There was also Luo Bingzhang's surprise, Shengbao, who led the army to Tai'an one step earlier, didn't welcome his arrival very much, and complained to Luo Bingzhang as soon as they met: "Luo Futai, you are so old, what are you doing on the front line in person?" This official is the minister of the Qincha, and I can be on the Tai'an side, so why should you come in person? ”

Sheng Bao deliberately said the words 'Minister of the Qin Mission' more heavily, and reminded him that he was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and asked Luo Bingzhang not to fight with him for control of the army, the old fox Luo Bingzhang of course knew Shengbao's intentions, and immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry, the old man is not here to give the command, the old man does not understand military affairs, and the specific march and camp have to continue to ask you, the old man is just here to be a staff for you, to help you come up with ideas, to manage the money and food, and will never hinder your business." How? You don't even welcome this, handsome? ”

Hearing Luo Bingzhang say this, Shengbao Yin Vulture immediately showed some smiles on his face, and said with a smile: "The younger generation has great courage, and I don't dare not welcome you, the famous Qing Dynasty minister, Senior Luo." The younger generation is just worried that Senior Luo, you are almost seventy years old, and you are not suitable for the bumps in the military, and you are afraid that it will not be good for your health, which is completely good. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, thank you for your kindness, the old man doesn't go to the battlefield to fight, and he can stand the little bumps."

Luo Bingzhang smiled and waved his hand, and lightly appeased Shengbao, who was afraid that he would fight for power, and then talked to his cronies such as Liu Yingjie, the prefect of Tai'an, and Baisheng, the chief soldier, who were promoted by himself, and praised them for their exploits in repelling the Taiping army's attacks twice, Otherwise, our thief army that can stop the famous long-haired general Shi Dakai? ”

"You don't need to be modest, no matter how strong the city is, no matter how much team training you have, if you don't use it properly, you can't stop the stone rebel army." Luo Bingzhang smiled and said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you a good news, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces issued an edict, and you have been asked to lead Liu Ying to the rank of inspector according to the rank of inspector, Yum You are the title of Admiral, Feng Batulu, wear a single-eyed flower feather together, and wear a yellow coat." ”

Liu Yingjie and Yum were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Luo Bingzhang, and Luo Bingzhang turned to the two regimental training leaders in Tai'an, and also smiled and said: "President Qiu Lian, President Fan Lian, I also have to congratulate the two of you, the queen mother of the two palaces knows that you have made meritorious contributions to killing thieves, and personally issued an edict to the Military Aircraft Department, so that the Military Aircraft Department will register the two of you for the Taoist government, and the edict is about to arrive." After the two of you officially enter the official career, don't forget to invite the old man to a glass of wine. ”

Two Tai'an landlords who paid out of their own pockets to handle the group training were also overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed to Luo Bingzhang to thank him, Luo Bingzhang smiled and picked up the two, and everyone talked and laughed into Shengbao's Chinese army camp and sat down, and took the initiative to sit on the right side of Shengbao's handsome position, and put on a posture of respecting the authority of Shengbao's boss, temporarily pacifying Shengbao, who was actually difficult to get along with.

After taking his seat, Luo Bingzhang asked Shengbao about Shi Da's army, and Shengbao replied: "After Shi Wei sent the thief general Zeng Shihe to lead an army of 3,000 to reinforce Dawenkou, the long-haired thief army in the area of Dawenkou already had 5,000 people. ”

"Not necessarily." Luo Bingzhang smiled and asked again: "What is the movement of the main force of Shi Rebellion?" ”

"Not so far." Katsubo replied.

"Shi Rebellion's purpose is obvious." Luo Bingzhang laughed when he heard this, and said with a relaxed smile: "Take the Dawenkou garrison as bait to lure us into attacking Dawenkou, and then take the opportunity to launch a counterattack after our division and old man are tired, and have a good calculation." ”

"Luo Futai just concluded that Shi Dakai was a traitor's tactic?" Katsuho asked with a sneer.

After glancing at Shengbao, Luo Bingzhang replied: "Changmao built a large, two small and three fortresses in Dawenkou, the walls are all brick-clad rammed earth, the height is the same as the Tai'an city wall, the female wall is five feet high, the wall is two feet thick, the three fortresses are horns of each other, all of them are very strong and difficult to fight, and there are twenty-eight forts outside the city, which can be covered by artillery fire between each other. With such a strong fortification in hand, as long as Shi Dakai is not stupid, he must hope that we will attack Dawenkou first, and then strike later. ”

Sheng Bao's mouth opened wide and asked in shock: "Luo Futai, if I'm not mistaken, it seems that the long-haired Dawenkou Fortress was built after you were promoted to the governor of Shandong and went to Jinan to take office, right?" How can you know so much about the situation in the thief city in Dawenkou? ”

"Of course, I found out the news carefully and reported it to the old man, and the old man read it and remembered it, there is nothing strange about it." Luo Bingzhang's answer made Shengbao blush a little, and he completely put away his contempt for Luo Bingzhang, knowing that the old fox in front of him with a wrinkled face and a kind smile was not a good person, in fact, it might be more difficult than the monk who was just a noble but full of straws.

After not daring to underestimate Luo Bingzhang casually, Sheng Bao also remembered to ask Luo Bingzhang for advice on countermeasures, and asked: "Luo Futai, since you think that Shi Dakai is planning to strike later, then what do you think, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Victory Dashuai, the old man said that the old man really doesn't know how to march and fight, so I have to ask you this question." Luo Bingzhang replied: "If you feel confident that you can quickly attack the long-haired Dawenkou thief city, and don't give Shi Dakai a chance to attack after the rebel, then the old man will support you to fight." ”

"But if you feel that you are not sure that you can quickly take the Dawenkou Thief City, and you are worried that the onslaught will give the main force of the thief army a chance to counterattack, then don't fight." Luo Bingzhang smiled and said, "Let the old man come to you to find a way, let Shi Dakai give up the plan of waiting for work with ease, and lead him to go north first." ”

After the ball was kicked back in front of Shengbao, Shengbao pondered for a long time before he said: "Attacking the long-haired thief city in Dawenkou head-on, although Ben Shuai also has a great grasp of success, I dare not say ten percent." If there are a few foreigner cannons like Wu Chaoyue's traitor, Ben Shuai is completely sure ....... ”

Hearing Shengbao say this, Zhang Guoliang, the general brought by Luo Bingzhang from Jinan, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he was immediately pulled by the shrewd Yuan Baoheng. Fortunately, Shengbao didn't notice Zhang Guoliang's small action, and immediately changed his words after saying his words, and said: "If Luo Futai can find a way to let the main force of the Shi rebel army take the initiative to go north, attack us first, and put us in a favorable position to wait for work, then Ben Shuai will be sure to defeat Shi Dakai's rebel thief in one fell swoop." ”

"Alright, let's do it." Luo Bingzhang nodded very easily and said: "The marshal only needs to ask our Quanhe garrison to be on strict guard, beware of Changmao's troops to attack Tai'an, and send more scouts to carefully investigate the movements of Changmao, and then wait patiently." ”

"Just be patient?" Katsuho was a little stammered.

"Yes." Luo Bingzhang nodded, smiled again and said: "Of course, you can't be idle, you can't be idle, today you have to set up a banquet for the old man to catch the wind and wash the dust." Starting tomorrow, you have to follow the old man around to visit the places of interest in Tai'an, watch operas and listen to music. By the way, I heard that you are still a good hand in the romantic array, and you don't even forget to bring your concubine when you march to fight, it doesn't matter, the old man never minds this, when you go on a tour with the old man to listen to the play, you can bring all your beauties. If the number is not enough, please ask the handsome you to break a little money and pack a few more Qinglou women in Tai'an City. ”

Luo Bingzhang's words sounded very ridiculous as if he was joking, but after all, Shengbao was born as a man, and he had been the prince of the country to supervise wine and Hanlin, stared at Luo Bingzhang for a long time, and saw that Luo Bingzhang's smile was relaxed but full of confidence, Shengbao nodded, and didn't ask much, just smiled: "Since Luo Futai arranged such a beautiful difference for Ben Shuai, how can Ben Shuai be unreasonable?" That's it, come on, arrange a banquet, and Ben Shuai wants to wash the dust for Luo Futai! ”

Luo Bingzhang thanked him with a smile, and then took the opportunity of setting up a banquet in the tent, Luo Bingzhang called Zhang Guoliang in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "Palace, the old man remembers that there is a Dusi named Feng Zicai under your account, it seems that he has participated in the Heaven and Earth Association in Guangxi, the old man is not mistaken, right?" ”

"Lord Futai is aware of everything, there is indeed this Feng Zicai, he is the one who came out of the Jiangnan camp with the last general." Zhang Guoliang nodded, and hurriedly added: "But this Feng Zicai and the last general have already broken off with the thieves and changed their ways." ”

"Where do you want to go?" Luo Bingzhang said with a smile: "I don't want to investigate his previous participation in the Heaven and Earth Society, the old man has long found out that he is a rare talent, and he wants to promote him." You arrange it, and when the banquet is over, take him to the old man's residence to meet the old man, and the old man has something important to explain to him. ”

Not to mention, according to the requirements of the old fox Luo Bingzhang, from the next day, Shengbao, who was already romantic, really did the beauty of traveling with the United States, taking a large number of beauties and Luo Bingzhang around every day, reciting poems, and openly watching plays and listening to music in the camp at night, and no longer cared about the front-line war at all. The Qing army's guard army stationed in Quanhe also had nothing to do with the Taiping army's Dawenkou garrison, facing each other 20 miles apart, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

This is the case for seven or eight days in a row, such a situation is not only unacceptable to the Taiping Army, but also many people in the Qing army can't stand it, a Qing army general named Feng Zicai was bold, and stopped the tour group formed by Shengbao and Luo Bingzhang in public, and jumped up and down to ask Shengbao and Luo Bingzhang to end this rotten and desolate life, and asked Shengbao and Luo Bingzhang to put national affairs first, strictly organize troops and horses to go south, and fight to the death with long-haired rebels!

A small general who only led the title of Du Si dared to make a blunt admonition, and Shengbao, who dared to fight with the monk and the prince, was of course furious, and immediately ordered Feng Zicai to be beheaded in public, Luo Bingzhang also scolded Feng Zicai in public for his audacity, and mentioned in public that Feng Zicai had participated in the scandal of the Heaven and Earth Society, and supported Shengbao to hack Feng Zicai to death.

Then, Feng Zicai's direct boss Zhang Guoliang of course arrived in time, kowtowing and pleading with Sheng Bao and Luo Bingzhang, so that Sheng Bao could open up to Feng Zicai, and instead beat forty military sticks in public, beating Feng Zicai to the point that his skin was open and his flesh was open, and he howled and shook the sky.

With Feng Zicai's lesson, from then on, of course, no one in the Qing army dared to say a word about Shengbao's absurd behavior. At the same time, the situation on the side of the Qing army in Tai'an, of course, was also collected one by one by the Taiping army, and truthfully reported to Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai was noncommittal, calmed down and fought patiently with the Qing army, and at the same time instructed Zeng Shihe to carefully guard Dawenkou, except for defensive battles, any attack must obtain his own consent.

After another three or four days, a Qing soldier disguised as an ordinary person suddenly touched the gate of the Taiping Army's Dawenkou fortress, claiming to be carrying a letter written by Feng Zicai, the Manchu Qing Commander, and requesting that it be presented to Zeng Shihe, the current commander of the Taiping Army in Dawenkou. Zeng Shihe, who had already heard the story of Feng Zicai, immediately ordered a summons, and then naturally, Feng Zicai asked himself to serve as the internal response of the Taiping Army and help the Taiping Army break through the main force of the Qing Army in Shandong, and it was naturally put in front of Zeng Shihe.

"Prime Minister Zeng, our General Feng was forced by corrupt officials and corrupt officials to participate in the team of Liu Ba of the Heaven and Earth Society to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that Liu Ba to bully men and women everywhere, fish and flesh the people, General Feng was disappointed, so he pulled the team and surrendered to the Qing demon. Over the years, although it is not bad for us General Feng to be a Qing demon, our General Feng still has not forgotten that he once joined the Heaven and Earth Society, and he is afraid that the Qing Demon Rabbit will die and the dog will cook and settle accounts after the autumn. ”

“…… We, General Feng, always thought that Liu Ba was bad enough, but I didn't expect that now this defeat is even worse, every day I only know to take women to play in the mountains and rivers, and I don't think about military affairs at all, our General Feng dissuaded, not only did he not listen, but also beat General Feng with forty military sticks. We, General Feng, couldn't bear it, and knew that defeat would definitely be defeated, so we sent a small one to deliver a letter to him. ”

"Prime Minister Zeng, as long as you are willing, you can light wolf smoke on the top of Longshan during the day to send a signal, and at the third watch in the evening, General Feng will take us to set fire to the Qing Demon Camp to create an opportunity for you to sneak attack the Qing Demon Camp!"

If you want to get Feng Zicai's cooperation to sneak attack the Qing army's camp, Zeng Shihe must first break through the Qing army's Quanhe camp and open the road to the main camp of the Qing army, so Zeng Shihe didn't dare to specialize, and immediately sent a fast horse to send the situation and Feng Zicai's letter of request to Yanzhou, asking Shi Dakai to make a decision.

"Bitter Meat Trick!" Shi Dakai's two confidant staff officers, Zeng Jinqian and Zhang Suimou, said in unison: "The real purpose is to lure our Dawenkou garrison to send troops to attack Quanhe first, or bypass Quanhe and directly attack the main camp of the Qing Demon, so as to create an opportunity for the Qing Demon to take the opportunity to seize our Dawenkou fortress!" ”

Shi Dakai didn't say anything, just thought about it repeatedly in his heart, and after a long time, Shi Dakai decisively ordered: "Tell Zeng Shihe to tell Feng Zicai that we accept his surrender, and also let Feng Zicai be a little calm, and wait until we have arranged it before we do it!" ”

"Your Royal Highness the Winged King, are you going to do it?" Zhang Suimou guessed Shi Dakai's plan.

"Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a great opportunity in front of you?" Shi Dakai said with a sneer.

"But if you want to make a plan, is the strength in Zeng Shihe's hands a little thin?" Zeng Jinqian asked: "Zeng Shihe only has a total of 5,000 troops in his hands, although most of them are soldiers, but they have to lure the enemy, guard the Dawenkou, and guard against the Qing Demon's Quanhe garrison, and also have to set up an ambush to clean up the Qing Demon's battalion troops, and the troop arrangement is overstretched?" ”

"This king personally led 10,000 main forces to the north and personally commanded this battle." Shi Dakai replied categorically.

Zeng Jinqian and Zhang Suimou were a little dumbfounded, and then Zhang Suimou hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness the Wing King, in this way, isn't the preemptive tactic we agreed on before in vain?" ”

"That's just a set tactic, and it doesn't have to be executed." Shi Dakai replied: "Now that the Qing Demon is not fooled, and he is also designing to lure me in turn, of course, this king can only be improvised, and he will plan accordingly." ”

Zhang Suimou hesitated for a moment, but still said again: "Yiwang, do you want to say hello to Prime Minister Li Cheng and Prime Minister Ji Cheng, ask them to return to the division for reinforcements, and also invite the Twist Army over, so that we can be more sure." ”

"I don't need to!" Shi Dakai flatly refused, and said: "Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan just listened to me and didn't listen to me, calling them back would not only waste time, but also add a lot of trouble when arranging troops, it would be better to break the enemy with the strength of our army, anyway, it would be enough!" ”

Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian persuaded a few more words, but Shi Dakai still didn't listen, and the two had no choice but to watch Shi Dakai go his own way, leading all the main soldiers of the Shi Army to the north, and singled out the main force of the Qing Army in Shandong with the main force of the First Army. - But then again, under normal circumstances, a decisive battle in the field is really enough.

After receiving the news that Shi Dakai personally led the army to the north while listening to the play, Luo Bingzhang and Shengbao, who were listening to "Lost Space Chop", of course laughed happier than one another, and Shengbao also bowed his hand to Luo Bingzhang again and again, admiring and saying: "Luo Futai's clever plan, Shi Cheng really hit the plan." ”

"It's done." Luo Bingzhang smiled lightly, and said: "But Sheng Dashuai, from tomorrow, we have to suspend this matter of listening to the drama tour, first, we can't pretend to be too fake, and second, the old man is really not good at marching and fighting, and it depends on you to do it yourself." ”

"It's okay, just ask Luo Futai for your advice for the younger generation." Sheng Bao agreed, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Zhou Yu has finished playing Huang Gai, Cao Dakai has been fooled, how to burn Chibi next, and I have to ask Luo Futai for guidance." ”

"Cao Dakai has been fooled?" Luo Bingzhang glanced at Sheng Bao in surprise and said, "Sheng Dashuai, do you think Shi Dakai really came here to sneak attack our camp?" "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been written for hundreds of years, and any bookstore has it, Shi Dakai is both civil and military, can you not know the story of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai? Can you see through the old man's bitter plan? ”

"Luo Futai, you said that Shi Dakai's traitor had already seen through our bitter plan?" Katsuho was surprised and asked, "Then what else is he doing here?" ”

"Of course, it's for the sake of the plan." Luo Bingzhang smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter, he will calculate, and the old man only needs to calculate and calculate." ”

PS: Some friends have a lot of opinions on the issue of Shi Dakai's ability, pure wolf here to explain, Shi Dakai is indeed a genius, but it does not mean that he will not make mistakes and be confused. The two most typical examples, Shi Dakai made two stupid mistakes after entering Sichuan, the first is political stupidity, blindly shouting to Sichuan Tusi that those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will die, and the Sichuan Tusi represented by Wang Yingyuan was completely forced to Luo Bingzhang's side, helping Luo Bingzhang to block and chase Shi Dakai in front of him.

The second mistake is the most stupid and the most absurd, when Shi Dakai's army hit the Zidadi ferry of the Dadu River, in fact, there was no Qing army on the other side, and the vanguard of the Taiping army had already crossed the Dadu River, but Shi Dakai's concubine suddenly gave birth to a son for him, Shi Dakai happily ordered a three-day celebration, and withdrew the army that had crossed the river back to celebrate. However, three days later, the flood suddenly came, and the Qing army also came with artillery to block the ferry. And then the story, my friends will know about it.

In addition, it must be said that the good fighters have no outstanding achievements, in addition to raising the Xiang army and Chu Yong single-handedly, in fact, the Li Lan thief army mentioned in this book, the Zhang Miao army that swept southeast Guizhou and the Zhang Ma thief army who cut off the connection between Yunnan and Guizhou were actually pacified under the personal command of the old man Luo, and the protagonist of this book is very cheeky to rob the old man Luo of the credit, but it must not erase the contribution made by the old man Luo in protecting the integrity of the territory of southwest China.