Three hours, which translates to six hours, is not a long time, but it is enough for a normal human to eat and drink, solve some normal physiological problems, and complete three normal sleep cycles - this, for a well-trained soldier, five hours is enough. [Full text reading]

For the army that urgently needs to rest and recuperate after a rapid march of 90 miles, these few hours are even more precious than gold, which can not only allow the soldiers to gain time to rest, but also take the opportunity to reorganize and organize the ranks and restore the army's maximum combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.

In fact, for the soldiers of the Fat Army who have experienced a hundred battles, the rapid march of 90 miles will indeed cause huge physical exertion, but it does not mean that the soldiers of the Fat Army can no longer fight, it is not that they do not have the courage to face the pampered Fengtai Army, Miyun Army, Shanpu Battalion and Forward Battalion under the command of Kang Mazi, not to mention that they are not sure of the final victory, but the difference is the difference in the short time, the efficiency of destroying the enemy and the casualties of the self-army - these differences Kang Mazi may not care, but Lu Fatzi can't not care.

So there was no way, obviously saw that the supreme chief of the Mites Qing who had a blood feud with the Chinese nation was outside Huai'an City, and he also saw that on the first day he came to this era, he vowed to eat and drink the chaff and drink the thin Kang Mazi outside Huai'an City, and Lu Fatzi could only temporarily suppress his nervousness and excitement, and ordered the Fat Army soldiers to rest in Huai'an City for two and a half hours, and then go out of the city to fight to the death with Kang Mazi. As for the city defense of Huai'an when the main force of the Fat Army was resting, it was temporarily handed over by Lu Fatzi to Wu Yonghua's team, which had been rested earlier, and Wu Zhan's team, a newly surrendered army.

Fortunately, the Qing army's fresh force that marched from the Qinghe ferry also did not carry siege weapons, even if Kang Mazi was brain-dead enough to let the Qing soldiers come over to take a ladder to attack the city, a small number of troops of the fat army could still easily repel them.

The sun gradually climbed into the sky, and the soldiers of the Fat Army fell asleep on both sides of the streets in Huai'an City, and the people of Huai'an began to make fires in the houses on both sides of the street under the organization of the officials of the Fat Army. Although he hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night, and he also felt tired, Lu Fatzi couldn't close his eyes and couldn't fall asleep at anything, sitting on the steps of the city tower at the east gate of Huai'an, looking at the Qing army outside the city in a daze, and also looking at the treasure fan dragon banner of Kang Mazi five miles away in a daze.

Looking at it, I don't know how long it took, two tears suddenly oozed out of Lu Fatzi's small mung bean eyes, slowly flowing down his cheeks, and then tears flowed into rows, hitting the placket bit by bit, and the white placket on his chest was wet. In the end, Fat Lu could no longer suppress the emotions in his heart, and the surname Suo hid his face in public and cried bitterly, crying like a fountain of tears, and he couldn't cry.

"General, what's wrong with you? What's wrong, crying so sadly? ”

The fat man army who accompanied him was shocked by Wu Yonghua, and hurriedly came over to ask why the fat man Lu was crying bitterly, but Xiao Erlang next to him grabbed him and said in a low voice: "General Wu, leave him alone, let my young master cry for a while." ”

Wu Yonghua looked at Lu Fatzi and Xiao Erlang in surprise, and asked in a low voice of confusion: "General Xiao, what's wrong with the general?" Why are you crying like this? ”

Xiao Erlang wanted to answer, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, and two tears also flowed out. On the other side, Lu Fatzi, another old lackey, Wang Shaobo, came up and whispered to Wu Yonghua: "General Wu, let the general cry for a while." He has been waiting for this day for seven years, during which he has spent his hard work and efforts, which is by no means imaginable to any outsider, the day he dreamed of has finally arrived, and it is normal to cry. ”

Wu Yonghua suddenly realized, stepped aside and stopped talking. Fat Lu had already heard Wang Shaobo's words, and remembered the bits and pieces of his coming to this era, how he came from a seven-grade donor step by step to today, remembered the sacrifices and hard work he made for this day, remembered that he had brushed shoulders with death countless times for this day, and even remembered the compatriots and siblings who sacrificed for this day, anti-Qing righteous soldiers, and unknown soldiers, the emotions were inevitably even more excited, hammering the steps and choking and shouting, "It's worth it!" Wait until this day! I have endured, tired, hardworking, hardworking, sacrificed! I'm worth it! Fuck it! I'm worth it! It's worth it! ”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Fatzi had once again cried in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, holding his head and crying wildly, and vented all the grievances and pressures he had endured in the past seven years unscrupulously, and the surrounding fat soldiers silently looked at Lu Fatzi's crying appearance, and couldn't help but reddened one after another, and tears gushed out one after another............ "Kang Mazi, you are doing your own sin, you burned the ferry and cut off the back road!" This time, if I let you run away again, I will be sorry for the identity of the descendants of Yan and Huang! Fat Lu looked up to the sky and roared, tears of happiness, joy and sadness splashed at the same time, shining and shining under the rising sun.

…………………… Diametrically opposed to the crying Lu Fatzi, in the Qing army at the same time, Kang Mazi jumped up and down like a baboon in heat, while scolding Lu Fatzi for being cowardly and despicable, shamelessly avoiding war, while yelling with a blue face, "Go and transfer all the Qing troops at the Qinghe Ferry immediately, and fight to the death with Wu Dog here!" If you don't destroy the ugly captive, I swear not to return to the teacher! ”

"Master, it's useless." Bo Guoduo had the courage to kowtow and said: "Things have come to this point, and there is little hope for our Qing Dynasty to turn defeat into victory, and I also ask the master to take advantage of the main force of Wu Dog to rest and recuperate, and issue an order to the class teacher as soon as possible, so as to retain a trace of vitality for my Qing Dynasty, and also protect the master's ten thousand times!" ”

"Fart! I'd rather be the king of the dead in battle than the lord of Gou'an who fled for his life! Kang Mazi kicked Bo Guoduo into the sky with one foot, took out the golden arrow he was carrying, turned to the henchman next to him, Su Lun, and shouted: "Su Lun, take my golden arrow!" Ride my imperial horse to the Qinghe crossing, and order all the Qing troops there to come here for reinforcements and fight Wu Dog to the death! Whoever has come and retreats, whoever it is, will be beheaded! ”

"Cover." Su Lun kowtowed and agreed, knelt with both hands and took the golden arrow with the words 'Ru I am coming', rode on the sweaty and bloody horse of the Western Regions to pay tribute to Kang Mazi, led a few guards, and quickly went to the Qinghe ferry. Bo Guoduo cried and stepped forward to stop him, but Kang Mazi flew up and kicked him away, and ordered the guards to take Bo Guoduo down and temporarily detain him.

"Zhou Peigong!" Kang Mazi turned his blue and black pockmarked face to Zhou Peigong, who was silent next to him, and shouted: "Aren't you a good and defeated general who often claims to be the reincarnation of Zhuge and the rebirth of Zhang Liang?" Now the time has come to test you, tell me, how to fight this battle?! ”

"Cover." Zhou Peigong reluctantly kowtowed and agreed, for his own glory and wealth, he had to forcibly cheer up and said: "Qi Yu master, Wu Gou relies on sharp firearms, and likes to use crane wing formations in field battles, concentrating artillery, rockets and infantry in the Chinese army, and the cavalry is arranged on both wings to cover, this time Wu Gou has Huai'an city to rely on, if the slave is not bad, Wu Gou will definitely use Huai'an city to cover the back, and put this formation again." In view of this situation, the slave thought of three countermeasures for the master's reference for the master. ”

"Those three, tell me about them." Kang Mazi asked with great joy.

"Back to the master, the number of cavalry in our army is far greater than that of Wu Gou, so the slave thinks that the only way for our army to defeat Wu Gou is to try to give full play to this advantage." Zhou Peigong said in a deep voice: "First, arrange our cavalry on the two wings of the battle formation, Wu Gou will fight, and our army will immediately outflank the two wings of the cavalry, so as to fight more and consume the cavalry on both wings of Wu Gou, and then attack the two wings of Wu Gou's Chinese army." The biggest advantage of this method is that it is safe, but the disadvantage is that it takes a long time, and at the same time, Wu Gou found that our cavalry attacked the two wings, and it was also possible to transfer the light and fast Sanhao rocket car to the two wings of the Chinese army, so as to restrain our cavalry with rockets. ”

"The second method, fight and retreat, lure the enemy deeper. Wu Dog went to war, our army pretended to be defeated and retreated, inducing Wu Gou to pursue, and the biggest weakness of Wu Dog's crane wing array was that it moved slowly, and the rear army was weak in close combat. The biggest advantage of this method is to win by surprise, but the disadvantage is that it takes longer, and at the same time, our army has been broken and sunk, and it cannot be held for a long time. ”

"Aren't these two methods the slightest bit clever?" Kang Mazi shouted angrily: "Is there any way to ensure that Wu Gou is defeated in a battle?" ”

"Make sure to defeat Wu Dog in a battle?" Zhou Pei almost didn't cry, and said in his heart, Master, you should spare the minions, and it would be good for the minions to come up with these two methods! Did You Know? After you cut Yue Le, now I don't know anything about the situation of the army on the southern front, the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, the more clever and complex the tactics used, the more likely it is that there will be problems, and Wu Gou will have a chance to take advantage of it!

"There's only one way for that minion." Zhou Peigong gritted his teeth and said with a heart: "Although the slave doesn't know how many firearms Wu Gou brought with the army, the slave speculates that Wu Gou is now fighting on four fronts, and he has just finished the battle on the Western Front, and he is still marching ninety miles lightly, and the firearms carried by the army must not be much!" Therefore, the minions dared to suggest that our army should be listed as three teams, and all the Mongolian cavalry should be arranged in the first team, the infantry should be the second team, and the Qing cavalry should be listed in the third team! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Peigong paused, gritted his teeth and said: "When it was time for Wu Dog to fight, the Mongolian cavalry immediately charged with all their might, consumed Wu Gou's ammunition and rockets, and narrowed the distance with Wu Gou's army, and then our Qing infantry then charged, rushed to the front of Wu Gou's army in close combat, fought to the death and bit Wu Gou's army, and then our Qing Eight Banners Iron Cavalry looked for an opportunity to move!" As long as you seize the opportunity to capture the thief and capture the king first, kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and defeat Wu Gou's main force in a battle, it is not hopeless! ”

Kang Mazi stopped talking, and after a moment of silence, Kang Mazi stomped his feet, gritted his yellow teeth and shouted: "Just fight like this!" ”

Zhou Peigong quietly breathed a sigh of relief, because Zhou Peigong knew very well in his heart that with the current strength and situation of the two armies, it was already more difficult for the Qing army to defeat the fat army in the field than it was to ascend to the sky, but Kang Mazi was determined to fight to the death with Lu Fatzi, and tried to advise not only Kang Mazi would never listen, but he would also give away his life like Yue Le, the only way was to throw out the Mongolian cavalry and the unreliable green battalion infantry as cannon fodder, so that Kang Mazi could see the cruelty of the war and the ferocity and viciousness of the fat army. Dispel his unrealistic thoughts of brain-dead warfare - and then let him break through and flee for his life with the loyal, reliable, and mobile Mites cavalry.

Although Zhou Peigong's abacus played well, Kang Mazi's next words made Zhou Peigong almost cry - Kang Mazi added, "However, the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing Dynasty cannot be arranged in the third team, but must be arranged in the second team!" When the Mongolian cavalry ran out of Wu Gou's rocket ammunition, the Eight Banners cavalry immediately charged, taking advantage of Wu Gou's failure to adjust, and smashed the Wu Dog Banner Formation and killed Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Otherwise, once Wu Gou makes adjustments to the situation, our Qing cavalry will have no chance! ”

"Master......."

Zhou Peigong's face turned pale and he almost screamed, but Kang Mazi waved his hand and shouted: "Needless to say, I have made up my mind!" I am familiar with military books and have a deep understanding of strategy, and I don't need you to teach me to fight! ”

After that, Kang Mazi no longer paid attention to Zhou Peigong, got on the horse to inspect the Qing army, leaving Zhou Peigong in place, and began to think about such a thought in his mind, "If I surrender to Lu Yifeng, will Lu Yifeng's dog thief spare me from dying?" Will it give me glory and wealth? There should be hope, even if Lu Yifeng's dog thief kills this idiot master with bad breath, and there is the threat of Wu Sangui's old thief, if I do what he likes, maybe he can accept me. ”

"Also, I heard that Lu Yifeng's dog thief not only likes women, but also quietly likes beautiful men like Tu Zhongtang, if I ............."

The pointer of time points to the first year of Zhaowu and the fifth day of the leap month of the fourteenth year of Kang Mazi, at the beginning of the fifth month, Su Lun, a first-class guard of the mite Qing Dynasty, arrived at the Qinghe ferry with the golden arrow of Kang Mazi, and ordered the main force of the Qing army that had fled here to rush to the Huai'an battlefield for reinforcements, preparing for a decisive battle with the Fat Army.

At two o'clock, the heavy fleet of the Fat Army led by Li Guodong arrived at the Ximen Canal Wharf in Huai'an, which not only brought 150 field weapons and a large number of ammunition to the Fat Army, but also brought more than 10,000 infantry troops to Lu Fatzi. Lu Fatzi was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to enter the city, and ordered Li Guodong to select 1,000 skilled sailors, bring more water warfare weapons, drive lightly and quickly along the canal north, and rush to the Yellow River crossings such as Qinghe, Maluo, Andong and Sujiazui to wait for orders, so as to intercept the defeated troops of the Qing army to cross the river!

When Li Guodong, a hardcore veteran Qing annihilator, heard that Kang Mazi had crossed the river, and that he was just outside Huai'an City, despite his old age and infirmity, he insisted on personally leading the fast boat to the Yellow River crossing, personally presiding over the Yellow River water battle, and ignoring the people's mouth, repeatedly instructed the fat army generals - don't kill Kang Mazi on land! Although the Qing army team clearly saw the Fat Army fleet arrive at the Shuimen Wharf in Huai'an, they were suffering from no sailors to intercept it, so they could only watch the Fat Army fleet lean on the Huai'an Wharf to unload troops and unload, and divide their troops to the north, helpless.

At the beginning of noon, all the baggage carried by the fat army fleet was transported into Huai'an City, and the new army entered the city to take over the city defense, replacing Wu Yonghua and Wu Zhan The two teams rested, in view of the performance of the new surrendered army in Huai'an, Lu Fatzi rewarded the new surrendered army team, and named Wu Zhan as a deputy general, rewarding three thousand taels of silver!

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yue Le's remnants all arrived at the Huai'an battlefield, but the 120,000 Yue Le army at the time of the expedition, even if the Jieshu team that had been on the Huai'an battlefield before was added to the division with Kang Mazi, the total strength was less than 50,000, and most of them were wounded, demoralized, depressed, and embarrassed. Kang Mazi scolded Yue Le for being incompetent and defeating, so he hurriedly reorganized the army and sorted out the team.

Before the time came, the generals at all levels of the Fat Man Army began to urge the soldiers to get up and eat, reorganize the team, and start preparing for a decisive battle out of the city.

At the beginning of the day, the Qing army was reluctantly reorganized, with a total of more than 68,000 troops, including more than 21,000 Mongolian cavalry, more than 16,000 Qing cavalry, and the remaining 30,000 people were all infantry.

Just after the first moment, the fat army team in Huai'an City began to assemble and wait, a total of 56,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, Lu Fatzi also quietly left Huai'an City Tower, to the team to give a speech to boost morale, pointing to the body of filial piety, reminding the soldiers not to forget who they are fighting for, the fat army officers and soldiers held their heads high, keeping in mind Lu Fatzi's entrustment, and the people of Huai'an who were watching were also full of tears, carrying pots and oars to send their compatriots out of the city for revenge.

At the same time, Kang Mazi resolutely rejected the suggestion to immediately let the Qing soldiers eat and feed the war horses with forage, and chose to give a speech to the whole Qing army first, preaching the crimes of Lu Fatzi and the Fat Army in massacring the four surnamed bannermen, encouraging the Qing army officers and soldiers to bravely kill the thieves, and avenge the blood hatred of the four surnamed bannermen and the Qing subjects who were poisoned by the Fat Army! Then Kang Mazi beheaded Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao, the prefect of Huai'an, who abandoned the city and fled in front of the hungry Qing army soldiers, and beheaded the three armies, so as to strictly enforce military discipline.

There are also Qing army generals Dong Weiguo who has the courage to remind Kang Mazi, hoping that Kang Mazi can let the Qing soldiers eat as soon as possible just in case, even if it is rough dry food, let the Qing soldiers eat first, but our eternal Tartar Emperor mung bean eyes drummed, and asked viciously: "What's the hurry, you will have time to eat!" If the Erhan people can do this, then one can eat two meals, but they can eat two foods, so why not? ”

(Kang Mazi's original words, from "Qing Barnyard Banknotes", Kang Mazi said this background is that there is no rain for a long time, the people are famine, and the local officials ask for relief, and Kang Mazi blames the Han people for eating too much, and requires the Han people to eat only two meals a day to save food.) In a short time, the heads of Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao were transmitted to the three armies, and after finally ending the stinky and long speech, Kang Mazi finally gave the soldiers dry food with great mercy, and when the Qing soldiers began to line up to receive the holy reward dry steamed buns, there was a sudden sound of cannons in the city of Huai'an in the distance, and then, the drawbridge of the east gate of Huai'an fell to the ground, and the city gate was opened, and the cavalry of the fat army galloped out of the city, and the tide gushed out of Huai'an City. At the same time, the north gate of Huai'an also opened at the same time, and another group of fat army cavalry also poured out from the north gate, making a big circle along the moat, and rushed towards the east gate.

"Why did Wu Gou get out of the city?" Seeing the fat army going out of the city to fight at this critical moment, Kang Mazi's mung bean eyes were once again bigger than a bull's eye, and he howled like a pig: "What time is it?" Why is Wu Gou out of the city now? ”

"Back to the master, it's not too late!" Rabu replied with a pocket watch for Western tribute.

"Yet?!" Kang Mazi almost fainted, and roared wildly: "How is it possible? How can it be? Lu Yifeng dog thief, didn't he say that he would go out of the city in three hours to fight? Why did it only come out in two and a half hours?! ”

Zhou Peigong, Tu Hai, Dong Weiguo, Shang Shan, Rabu and Cai Yurong, who have already suffered countless losses from Lu Fatzi, looked at each other, and all had an urge to cry, and said together, "My good master, you believe Lu Yifeng's words as a dog thief, you just wait to be killed by him!" ”

"Formation! Formation! Finish now! Kang Mazi, who was once again played by Lu Fatzi as a monkey, went crazy again, roaring madly with red eyes, "Line up according to the established plan and fight to the death with Wu Gou!" And Lu Yifeng dog thief! Fight to the death! ”

(To be continued)