The Ming army, lacking clothes and shoes, armor and helmets, received an order to immediately arm themselves with everything they could find. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Sharpened wooden spears, sturdy clubs, and even some ingenious ones, with stones tied to the sticks to act as stone axes and stone hammers, can be considered a return to the Stone Age without looking at the clothes. But for them, if they have a guy in their hands, they can feel more at ease, and as for whether it is good or not, whether it looks good or not, there is no condition to pick and choose.

With the hope of having enough to eat, these routs were quickly organized by Luo Yunzhang and the only remaining officers. Although Tanma didn't have horses, he still had some experience, and he quickly found the town. When the Ming army approached the town, the gentry and wealthy families in the town had already organized a village warrior to guard against bandits, and they were ready to fight.

"This official is Zhang Huangyan, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Military Department."

Zhang Huangyan shouted outside the town, and the gentry and wealthy families and patriarchs in the town looked at it from afar, doubting it, and soon all set their eyes on the face of the gentleman who was the leader.

"Looks like it should be true."

As soon as the words came out, these gentry and wealthy families and patriarchs changed color. People came to the county early this morning, which means that now the Chizhou Mansion is not surnamed Ming, and the surname is changed back to Qing, so that the gentry and wealthy families everywhere and the patriarchs of all ethnic groups will watch, and if they encounter the remnants of the Ming army, they will be locked in the county and rewarded.

More than ten years ago, this Yangtian Town's surname was Ming, and it was still a surname for more than 200 years, and then the Tartars came, and they had to change their surname to Qing. Some time ago, the gentry everywhere were in tandem anyway, and the officials of Chizhou, the Green Battalion, also decided to change their past mistakes under the combination of military might and the rigidity and softness of the Wenwen, but when the news of the defeat of the Ming army in Nanjing came, it was changed back again.

"Of course that's good!"

From the heart, the inspiration of civilized clothing exists, and they are still personally bright. But there is no impermeable wall in this world, and if they help the Ming army, they will inevitably suffer the punishment of the Manchu government and the green camp. Once a dilemma arises, the choice becomes inevitable.

"Why don't you give them some food and let them go."

"I'm afraid it's easy to ask God and it's hard to send God."

"Zhang Shangshu's character is still trustworthy, haven't you heard of the matter of cutting off a soldier for four cents of silver?"

"So what, can you guarantee that this news won't leak out?"

“……”

Zhang Huangyan shouted outside the town for a long time, but there was no response in the town, and those villagers did not put down their weapons. Hesitation is an attitude, the more time passes, the more cold Zhang Huangyan feels, even if it is summer now, but the heat of the outside world is still no match for the cold from the heart.

"Da Sima, if you can't rush in, the army will scatter if there is no food."

"No way!" Zhang Huangyan turned his head and shouted angrily to Luo Yunzhang: "We are the king's master, not Tartars, nor thieves!" ”

As if someone heard Zhang Huangyan's words in the dark, a group of gentry and wealthy families and patriarchs of various families on the other side of the town gate came out of the crowd and walked straight over to greet them.

"Please also ask Zhang Shangshu to forgive me for being dizzy and neglectful."

It's settled.

Zhang Huangyan thought so, but he didn't care, the current situation is really unfavorable for them, these squires have prestige in the countryside, but they also have a large number of clansmen and family members to consider, there are many concerns, it is inevitable that they will hesitate, but as long as they can still greet each other, it means that his hard work during this period of time has not been in vain.

"It's human nature."

The Ming army did not enter the town, and even Luo Yunzhang did not enter, but the town still cooked a lot of meals to entertain the Ming army, and Zhang Huangyan and the dozen or so warriors who served as guards were solemnly invited in.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Huangyan put forward a request to them to praise some military supplies.

"Zhang Shangshu, please rest assured, we will never sit idly by and watch Wang Shi be trapped in hunger and cold."

One answer, the others were also echoed, Zhang Huangyan let go of his heart and raised his glass to everyone to express his gratitude. However, he did not spend the night in the town, and returned to live in a simple camp outside the town in the evening.

Early the next morning, the grain and grass prepared by the town were delivered to the camp, and after Zhang Huang thanked him, he left the town with the rout and marched south to the Huizhou Mansion, which is now relatively safe.

Zhang Huangyan came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Seeing Zhang Huangyan and his deeds leave, everyone glanced at each other, and then returned to the place where they had discussed together.

"Have you already sent them out?"

"It's already gone."

"That's good, it's their business if they can't catch up, we have done our duty, and we can't complain about anything."

"This thing ......"

Hearing this hesitation, the gentleman who was the leader shouted: "The matter has been done, do you still want to regret it?" ”

"No, not in the mean." The squire swallowed his saliva, and then said, "It's just that now, the Yanping Domain has been defeated, but the Huiji Domain is gaining momentum. Let that killing god know in the future, I'm afraid we won't be able to end well. ”

"Hehe, let's take care of the present for now, if it doesn't work at that time, we will say that we were betrayed by that foreigner, and it has nothing to do with us. Besides, the old man heard that the Huiji Domain was at odds with the Yanping Domain and Li Jingluo, so this time the Yanping Domain made a big move to the north, maybe Zhang Shangshu died in Chizhou, and he was happy. ”

………………

The Ming army has a lot of people, and they have seen battles and have been specially trained, and their combat effectiveness is naturally far superior to that of those village warriors, even if the weapons and equipment are inferior, they cannot change this result.

The squires understood this and knew that they could not be hard-topped, but they were afraid of being denounced to the Manchu government, so they simply did this duplicitous method of entertaining first and then reporting, in order to protect themselves. These squires have an inextricable relationship with Chizhou Mansion, Chizhou Green Camp and Chi Taidao, not to mention the relationship between the same year and classmates, and they are not afraid of running into the plaintiff eating the defendant. It's just that Zhang Huangyan's department is much more dangerous, but this is not in their consideration.

The messenger who rushed to Qingyang County to report traveled all the way, and it didn't take long to come to Qingyang County, and he was soon received by the magistrate.

It's just that the meeting is an interview, and the news has been delivered, but there is nothing that can be done on the side of Qingyang County. The Chizhou Green Battalion discovered that the Ming army was bombing the camp early yesterday morning, so they chased a large-scale rout of the army, hoping to catch Zhang Huangyan, a big fish. However, the rout army was not the one where Zhang Huangyan was, but went all the way to the Phoenix Mountain in the northeast, preparing to flee in the direction of Taiping Mansion according to that posture.

The time was too short, and the Chizhou Green Battalion had not received the news that the Taiping Mansion Green Battalion had solved the Ming army stationed there, so it was determined that Zhang Huangyan was planning to join the Ming army there, and then got on the boat and fled, chasing after him without hesitation. In this way, the Chizhou Mansion is empty, and Qingyang Zhixian can only send someone to find it when he gets the news, but it is not something that can be found if he wants to.

However, in this era when there is no radio communication, let alone satellite positioning, the unlucky Chizhou Green Camp chased in the wrong direction, and Zhang Yingxiang, who originally seemed to have been abandoned by the goddess of luck, was favored again.

"Haikou Zhang Huangyan is in Qingyang County, you lead the infantry to follow, and the commander personally raises the cavalry to chase after him, and they must not be allowed to approach Huizhou."

The Ministry of War, Shangshu Hanlin Academy, plus the recent recovery of several prefectures, for these green battalion generals, Zhang Huangyan can be said to be the biggest big fish after Zheng Chenggong's defeat in Nanjing, and it is up to him to turn over or not.

Zhang Yingxiang was lucky, but he was also in a hurry, after all, the farther south he went, the closer he was to Huizhou. It's ridiculous to say that Huizhou was still his place not long ago, but now it is as far away as possible.

In fact, when the Ming army chose to abandon Huizhou under the front, Zhang Yingxiang no longer cared about this. And now, his first task is to catch Zhang Huangyan, which is Zhang Ben when the Qing court is accountable in the future.

The iron cavalry pursued those Ming troops who went on the road on foot, even if they were a few days late, but the speed difference between the two sides was really not small, if it wasn't for Zhang Huangyan's troops who quickly entered the mountains, they would have caught up long ago.

At nightfall, Zhang Yingxiang and the personal soldiers and cavalry he brought with him repaired in a mountain pass. They chased after the wheel prints and footprints, but the mountain forest really obstructed the line of sight, and even more affected the speed of travel, so they had to stop and repair after nightfall, and then continue to chase after the next day.

"Dashuai, when they found the thieves, they camped in a mountain col ten miles to the south."

"Good!"

This is the best news, to the south of this place, it is still the boundary of Chizhou Mansion, and it is still nearly a hundred miles away from Huizhou, where it is impossible for the Ming army to come in a big way. Thinking about it, it can really be said that God is helping him, but Zhang Yingxiang didn't do it.

"Pass the order, repair tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning, and try to catch up with the thieves at noon."

After winning the battle, Zhang Yingxiang had absolute confidence, after all, the opponent was only a few defeated soldiers, but his own side was an elite cavalry brought from Henan. Since this is the case, it is better to let them live one more night than to kill happily, but let Zhang Huangyan's big fish run away at night, then it will be upside down.

The Ming army in the mountain col camped with fire, and Zhang Yingxiang strictly forbade the probe horse to get closer to take a clear look, in case the grass startled the snake. After a worried night, at dawn, Tanma came back to tell him that the Ming army was pulling out the camp and preparing to set off. At this time, he wanted to catch up as soon as possible, but Zhang Yingxiang had just ordered to set off, and there were Tanma chasing after him, saying that there was a Qing army that also caught up.

"Damn, it must be that magistrate who is too talkative, and he will tear that guy's mouth when he goes back!"

It was a matter of merit, Zhang Yingxiang was angry from his heart, and the evil was born to the guts, but after a little thought, he asked the Tanma gloomily: "How many people came, which house, who led the team, and how are the armaments?" ”

A murderous aura came, and the tanma swallowed his saliva, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the marshal, there are no less than three hundred people, all of them are cavalry, and the armor and weapons are not bad, and it is not clear which prefecture it is, but the officers who are the leaders are wearing the armor of the Eight Banners Army." ”

"What?!"

is not the Green Battalion, but the Eight Banners Army, Zhang Yingxiang was a sweat when he ascended. The Green Battalion is okay, the Eight Banners Army is the emperor's minion, and his status is much higher than that of the Green Battalion, and he, the general of the Green Battalion, is not a commander with heavy troops and a strong position, but just a lost dog who has lost his trust, and the gap is really good. What's more, there are no less than three hundred cavalry, although this number is less than him, but if he really runs out of one and a half, then he might as well surrender to Zhang Huangyan here.

The situation is stronger than people, and Zhang Yingxiang had to personally bring his own soldiers over to ask for a meeting. But when he really saw this group of Qing troops, he was glad that he made his choice.

The people who came were all tall horses, with brand new armor and weapons. The cavalrymen were on their horses one by one, with their waists straight and their eyes not squinting, and they were obviously highly trained elites. And the Eight Banners Army led by them, if you look at them from the armor, they are all blue with red edges.

"Blue flag?"

Zhang Yingxiang did not hesitate, and hurriedly came to the front of the Eight Banners officers, no matter what the other party's official position was, respectfully and respectfully was a salute.

"The last general, Zhang Yingxiang, the general of Huizhou, dare to ask what the general is called?"

The officer of the Eight Banners looked arrogant, his nostrils were almost facing the sky, and when he heard Zhang Yingxiang's question, he said a lot of words in his mouth, and Zhang Yingxiang, who listened directly, was confused.

"Look, you don't understand Manchurian dialect, the general is the Han army with a blue flag and a division of the name of Shiku Li, and my uncle is the Han army's blue flag Gushan Ezhen third-class Hou Morgen guard Li Guohan."

This pair is not the Eight Banners of Manchuria, it is better than the Eight Banners of Manchuria, coupled with the Liaodong accent, Zhang Yingxiang believed most of it when he arrived. When he heard the latter half of the sentence, Zhang Yingxiang's face instantly stiffened.

Who is Li Guohan, one of the most trusted generals in the Han Army Banner from Huang Taiji to Dolgon to Shunzhi, and the Morgen guards were sealed by Huang Taiji back then. Now he is a third-class marquis, nominally as the deputy of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, in Shaanxi, but in fact he is equivalent to a person who supervises the army. Such a big man, not to mention a nephew, can be a share of the pool, even if he is an ordinary bannerman, he has to be enshrined.

"That, General Li, can you give the last general a long insight with your waist card."

Zhang Yingxiang's words were humble, but Li Ming's subordinates were very displeased, but Li Ming did not refuse, but just threw the waist card to Zhang Yingxiang with a look that you had never seen before.

After taking the waist card, Zhang Yingxiang actually hadn't seen the real thing, since people dared to give it, he only looked at it symbolically, and respectfully put his hands back.

"Now you believe it?"

I haven't seen the earthy buns in the world, looking at that expression, listening to that tone, I don't need to say it at all, but Zhang Yingxiang also understands, and that Li Ming has no intention of hiding it at all.

As soon as the matter of identity came to an end, Li Ming asked Zhang Yingxiang: "Can Haikou Zhang Huangyan be found?" ”

Sure enough, he came to grab credit.

However, there is a big man behind the small officer of the Han Army flag in front of him, but Zhang Yingxiang can only tell the truth.

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and lead the way, catch Haikou Zhang Huangyan, it won't be good for you."

The great work has become someone else's, Zhang Yingxiang's heart is on fire, but when he thinks of the background of this guy, his anger is splashed clean by a basin of cold water.

However, after thinking about it, if he could get in touch with such a heelous figure, it would be a good thing in the future, so he hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to go straight to the location of the Ming army.

Riding on horses to chase the infantry who were still rushing forward in the chariot was finally much faster, and soon they caught up with the Ming army under Zhang Huangyan.

The cavalry of the Qing army came suddenly, this Ming army was already a frightened bird, even if there was a rest in the town, the morale has recovered some, but seeing the Qing cavalry of the brigade appear in front of him, panic is inevitable.

"Soldiers, after defeating this Tartar, we can transfer to Huizhou for repair."

Zhang Huangyan tried his best to boost morale, but to no avail, if it weren't for Luo Yunzhang and Yang Guanyu, who was beside him, he was afraid that he would have gone to the front of the battle long ago.

Before the battle, the Ming army had begun to collapse, and Zhang Yingxiang, who was about to win, hurriedly ordered the whole army to attack, lest Zhang Huangyan would take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Zhang Yingxiang's subordinates began to charge on horseback, and the Eight Banners Army was completely watching from the wall, supervising the battle behind. As soon as the Ming army in the distance saw the Qing army coming, they scattered and fled at once, with no intention of resisting. But at this moment, there was a cough next to him, Zhang Yingxiang suddenly remembered, and there was still an uncle waiting to serve him.

scolded in his heart, but there was no way. Seeing this, Zhang Yingxiang turned to Li Ming with a smiling face. Unexpectedly, he turned his head around, but what he saw was not the nostrils facing the sky, but a fist with iron gloves that instantly covered his vision.