Since February of the 60th year of Qianlong, since Shiliu Deng, Wu August and Wu Bansheng had an incident, they have listened to the instructions of the head of the White Lotus Sect, passed through the Phoenix Hall, and entered the Tongren Mansion. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info out of Xiangxi and into southern Qiannan. After passing through Yuping, Tianzhu, Rongjiang, Libo and other places, entering the north of Guizhou and entering Qingyuan.

Although the road is steep and steep, the road is difficult. But it also slowed down the pursuit of the Qing army and avoided engaging the Qing army. After all, the Qing army has more than 100,000 troops, and the soldiers will have a wide range of food. Nafu Kang'an, but he has quelled the rebellion of the Hui people in Gansu, the rebellion of Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan and Wan, and defeated the famous generals of the Langrkha Dynasty in Nepal. Although Lin is not as good as Fukangan. But he also participated in the Battle of Langerkha and cooperated with Fukangan.

And Shi Liu Deng and others of the rebel army, before the uprising, were just farmers who farmed the land. Where have you experienced any war? Every day, I surrounded an acre of three-point land, and I never went far away. This foresight is naturally not as good as that of Fukangan.

The recruited rebels are all farmers who have experienced the same as them. If it weren't for the strong landlords pressing too hard and not giving them a way to live, they would not have joined the rebel army. Many people have never even killed a pig, let alone killed someone. Not to mention any combat experience.

If all the righteous people are counted as rebels, there are only more than 80,000 people, which is still one or two percent short of the Qing army.

In terms of weaponry, many of the rebels used spears sharpened from wood, or machetes used to go up the mountain to chop wood. Although Jiang Xia, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, also sent a batch of weapons, including muskets, iron ge, and spears, the Qing State was too strict, and the land of Jingchu was inland, so there were not many weapons that the Ming could bring in. Jiang Xia can't give them all of them.

So the rebels got fewer weapons! As for what you wear, you can also cover your body. What armor or anything like that, don't think about it.

Although corruption was rife within the Qing army, the supply of soldiers was greatly reduced. But there is no shortage of armor and weapons.

Compared to the two, there is really a big difference.

Therefore, Jiang Xia's instructions were to try not to contact the Qing army if he could.

At present, twenty miles southeast of the Hongshui River, Niudong Slope, Aidong Town, Donglanzhou, Qingyuan Prefecture. This is the second highest peak in the state, with an altitude of 1,209 meters, and is a branch of Phoenix Mountain.

Standing here, you can see it at a glance. In wartime, it is the highest point of the battlefield and enjoys extremely high military value. So the camp of the rebel army was stationed here.

At this time, at the top of the slope, the dusty camp tent stood in the middle. The surroundings were full of vigilant rebels, all wrapped in dirty blue turbans, and their spirits were not bad.

Seeing this, Shi Liu Deng was also slightly satisfied.

But when he thought of these days, Fukangan and He Lin led the army to surround and intercept them several times, and Shi Liu Deng couldn't help but be shocked. Fortunately, these dangers were resolved one by one by the messengers sent by the sect leader!

Standing on the edge of the slope, he raised the telescope of Da Ming and looked at the Hongshui River. I saw that the righteous people there were crossing the river in an orderly manner. Progress was slow, but orderly.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the sect leader's special explanation, he would never have brought so many righteous people. And even if he wanted to, he would only bring young and strong men, or a few strong women. It's like now, men, women, and children, no one is bad.

After all, these old and weak children not only do not know how to fight, but also consume food rations. That physical strength is not as good as ordinary people. Take them with you, the trip is dragged extremely slowly. But the messenger said that all the righteous people who were willing to go with the rebels must bring them. We must not abandon them until we have to.

He did not dare to disobey the words of the messenger. After all, the envoy conveyed the meaning of the sect leader, and he did not dare to disobey it. And along the way, thanks to the guidance of the envoy, otherwise they would have been surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army. What's more, the sect leader also said that bringing more villagers can increase their vitality.

So he didn't want to do it anymore, so he had to agree.

With a slight sigh, he walked to the northeast corner of the cow cave slope. In the line of sight, the Phoenix Mountain Range running north-south is tall and steep. There are hundreds of mountain peaks that are high and low, up and down.

Some of the peaks are lush and green. And some of the peaks are bare and lifeless. This is due to the multi-karst landform in the border area of Guizhou and Guizhou, so many mountains are stone mountains. Once the vegetation is gone, the only soil on the mountain is washed away by the rain. Finally, a large area of bluestone was exposed and became bare.

This karst term was also popularized to him by the envoy. And the principle of formation, the distribution characteristics, all told him one by one. made him admire for a while. At the same time, it also made his conception of Daming a little clearer.

After observing for a long time, he didn't see the Qing army, and he was suddenly a little strange. After all, along the way, the Qing army held on to it. Now that they have stopped here for half a day, it is impossible for the Qing army not to arrive.

Thinking of this, a wave of worry rose in his heart. I'm afraid that the Qing army will make some unexpected tricks!

When he returned to the camp, he was about to tell the messenger the news. But I didn't want the envoy to be gathered around Wu August, Wu Bansheng, Wu Tingju and others, pointing to the enlarged version of the Qiangui map on the table, discussing the current situation.

When they saw him come in, everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at him. Wu August was the first to greet him: "Brother Shi, come here, let's talk about how to take advantage of this great opportunity." ”。

Seeing Shi Liu Deng's puzzled face, Wu August immediately explained to him.

It turned out that a spy had just come to report. Fu Kangan, the general of the Qing army, suddenly fell ill and fell ill during the march. The Qing army, which was in hot pursuit, stopped. At present, Fukangan's army is stopped in the Libo-Huanjiang area at the junction of Guizhou and Guizhou. According to the parishioners who were ambushed in the Qing army, Fukangan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, seemed to have contracted a miasma before falling ill.

This is great news for the rebels. Shiliu Deng and they often live in the south, so they naturally know the severity of the miasma. Even these natives often die from miasma. Not to mention a native of the north, Fukangan.

They chose these places to go, and finally let the Qing army be recruited.

And that's not all!

Those who got sick were not only Fukangan, but also the Qing army led by him. Most of the soldiers inside were the children of peasant families in the Huguang Plain, as well as the children of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners in the north.

I am not familiar with the terrain and I am not used to the climate. The unaccustomed water and soil coupled with the miasma have reduced the non-combat strength of the Qing army by two percent.

Another general, He Lin, the governor of Sichuan, took most of the Qing army and stayed in Liping. It is the traditional residence of the Miao people and the Dong people, and it is also the key area of the White Lotus Sect. In order to share the pressure on them, Jiangxia let some of the parishioners rise up and slow down the Qing army's journey.

In other words, in a short period of time, Fukangan will not be able to get reinforcements.

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