Chapter 437: The Decisive Battle (15)

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Wu Changqing, who was only twenty-three years old and ranked alongside Zhang Shusheng, Pan Dingxin, Tang Diankui and others, and was among the ranks of the "Li Jiajun" Four King Kongs, when it comes to his psychological hatred of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, among the four King Kongs, only Zhang Shusheng can compare with him. Zhang Shusheng's family, seven fathers, sons, and brothers all died at the hands of the Taiping Red Army, and he still had a deep enmity with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for killing his father's blood.

In that year, Lai Hanying recovered Luzhou, the capital of Anhui, and was once promoted by Yougong (Yougong is one of the students who were admitted to the national prison by local tribute in the imperial examination system. According to the Qing system, every three years by the provincial academic administration from the Confucian student examination, each province no more than a few, and there are no recruitment regulations. However, in the middle of the Tongzhi year, it was stipulated that Yougong could be appointed according to the county and the teaching position after passing the court examination) Wu Tingxiang, the father of Wu Changqing, who was selected for teaching positions, almost at the same time as Li Hongzhang's father and son, also began to establish regimental training in Nanxiang, Lujiang County, his hometown, to fight against the Taiping Army.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime world turmoil to devote his pen to Rong to seek greater interests in officialdom, and Wu Tingxiang "must take the lead in every battle without fear". Unfortunately, his fate was really bad. In the process of the Manchu army that was temporarily gathered everywhere to counterattack Luzhou, Wu Tingxiang's regimental training only lasted two battles, and he hit his head under the city of Luzhou and was bleeding and bruised, not to mention that Wu Tingxiang himself died in battle.

At that time, he was chasing behind his majestic father, and watched his father be hit by the cannonball flying in the air, Wu Changqing, who couldn't tell his true face, was so sad that his two blood-red eyes almost didn't fall out of the eye frame. He hugged his father's corpse, knelt down and pointed to Luzhou City and swore that as long as he had a breath, he would swear to be the enemy of the Taiping Army and never share the sky.

Of course, with the successive defeats of his Qing army, although his father's revenge in Anhui was never avenged, Wu Tingxiang's death brought countless benefits to his son Wu Changqing. Because the Qing Dynasty had issued an edict to give mercy to Wu Tingxiang after his death and rewarded Yun Qiwei with the title of Lieutenant of Yuncai, Wu Changqing not only inherited his father's shadow, but also rose step by step with the promotion of Li Hongzhang with the wonderful performance of him in Luzhou City, which was widely spread.

But it is such a desperate person, Wu Changqing, who once raised his right hand when he joined the Zhongyi Salvation **, and generously sang the praises of "fighting for my life for the Qing Dynasty", but suddenly became vague on the "isolated island" of Weihui.

The kowtow brother Tang Diankui, who was two years older than him and had vowed together that he would "not be born on the same day and in the same year, but die on the same day in the same year", was unfortunate in his youth, but he went away before him early. The body is fast, and the body that lost the standard system was mixed with the surrendering troops, and Tang Diankui's brother Tang Dingkui, who was lucky not to be recognized by the opponent to avoid being killed, was actually sent to Weihui City as an ordinary surrender soldier to deliver a letter.

In fact, even Tang Dingkui himself didn't know that his identity had already been known by Zhang Zongyu. Zhang Zongyu, who was holding his breath and wanted to completely turn over, was confused with understanding, just like facing ordinary soldiers, and after some concise education, he deliberately let Tang Dingkui go.

From Tang Dingkui, Wu Changqing learned that Tang Diankui died heroically, in the midst of the siege, desperate, in desperation, in desperation, in order to cover his brother Tang Dingkui's escape, he attracted the attention of the Taiping Red Army that swarmed up, and finally chose to use the once beloved Russian-made short gun, and shot through his head. When Wu Changqing felt that Tang Dingkui, who had the pain of losing his brother, should have increased his hatred for the rebels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his fighting spirit should be firmer, Tang Dingkui was like an eggplant beaten by frost, lamenting that he was the only seedling left in their Tang family, and he looked discouraged.

Tang Dingkui became a lone seedling, Zhang Shusheng also became a lone seedling early, what about Wu Changqing? He is a lone seedling himself.

Think about how good Li Hongzhang and the foreign advisers fantasized before, as long as they gain precious time, there will be one after another loyal and righteous salvation ** armed by the Russians, completely reversing the current decline of the Qing Dynasty. The Russians have a strong reserve force and can rescue their friends in danger at any time. But in reality?

In fact, the Russians are too busy to take care of themselves. Let's not talk about where the so-called powerful reserve force of the Russians is, at the beginning of the war, none of the Russian advisers who were stationed in the loyal and righteous rescue ** were on the front line, but they were all still gathered in Weihui City to spend all day drinking. Of course, Wu Changqing knew that the advisory group was gathered in Wei Hui, and it couldn't be blamed on the greed for pleasure, after all, this was a trick played by Li Hongzhang. In order to save the empress dowager who was under house arrest, Lord Li pretended to entertain them, but in fact he put these advisers under house arrest and cut them off from the headquarters of the coalition forces in the capital.

But as soon as the house arrest of the advisers was lifted, Wu Changqing was instructed by Zhang Shusheng, as a representative of loyalty and righteousness, to ask Malyanov's advisers to immediately urge the Russian allies to support the battle of Weihui, and when he saw that the Taiping Red Army had launched such a large-scale campaign, the adviser Malyanov turned around and opened his mouth to propose to transfer his soldiers and horses in Weihui City at that time to rescue the Russian army on the Eastern Front. After being resolutely denied by him, Maryanov was so angry that without even saying hello, he took the entire advisory group with him.

Russian friends are not righteous, and the Taiping Red Army, which is the confrontation between the two armies, is very meritorious. At the beginning, Wu Changqing felt a little strange, the most important thing in this battle is to be secretive and silent, but this Taiping Red Army is different. Removing the frontal battlefield, almost every major move of the surrounding Taiping Red Army seems to be being passed to Weihui City intentionally or unintentionally. What Kaizhou and Huaxian were besieged, Puzhou and Daimyofu were trapped, even the "distant" Dongchangfu city Liaocheng was surrounded, and even the news of Yucheng and Dezhou's large-scale attack by the Taiping Red Army could reach his ears. As for the news that the advisory group led by Colonel Maryanov became a dish of food on the lips of the Taiping Red Army on the way to Liaocheng, it will naturally not be missed.

As early as the "Pujindu Incident" appeared, both the headquarters of the coalition forces and the generals headed by Li Hongzhang in the Loyal and Righteous Rescue were all determined without exception that although the peace talks delegation in Jinan tried their best to fight for it by various means, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely not return the Pujindu that had already been in their hands. Because, that is the bridgehead to the hinterland of Shanxi, once the war breaks out, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will inevitably use the Pujindu in their hands to directly enter Shanxi, and then threaten the Jingshi.

But now, with the information that appeared on Tongguò's desk, Wu Changqing understood that those assumptions at the beginning were simply nonsense. What the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really wants to fight is the Russians, followed by their so-called loyal salvation. If they are not completely reorganized, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will never stop.

The Russians were doomed. And the accidental loss of Anyang and Handan has completely destroyed the kind of glorious prospects for the future claimed by Du Han, Zhang Shusheng and others. The Taiping Red Army, which the Russians can't stop, can still count on those Eight Banners hiding in Zhengding? In the face of the cruel facts, Wu Changqing couldn't help but plan for himself, and he couldn't help but toss and turn in his mind from time to time The images of Wendler, Lexie, Zeng Chuanli and others who used to feel very dirty.

In times of crisis, loyalty is seen, and in the same way, times of crisis are the best time to expose the other side of people. Faced with the final choice between life and death, how many people can really laugh at death?

In the land of northern Lu, the Red Army of the Celestial Empire is like a rainbow.

As the counties and strongholds around Liaocheng were cleared one by one, and no one dared to try to rescue Liaocheng from being beaten to the point that no one dared to try to rescue Liaocheng from danger, this Dongchang Mansion City, which had been trapped for many days, was under the heavy fist of the Red Army warriors of the Celestial Empire, and the four seemingly solid city gates were no longer there by the shouts of "For the Celestial Empire, forward". The officers and men of the Red Seventh Army and the Red Ninth Army rushed into the city like a turbulent wave.

Once upon a time, the Russian thugs, who thought themselves several levels higher than the people here, were either completely frightened rabbits, or they acted as obedient sheep under the threat of the tigers, and they could not even use their hands and feet.

Major General Chikovska, commander of the Tsarist Russian garrison in Dongchang, picked up the heavy telegraph in the headquarters like a madman, threw it to the ground, and then sat down on his chair. He took out a snow-white silk scarf, wiped the sweat on his face, and ordered the adjutant beside him, who had already shaken into chaff, to "cease the war...... Hurry up and contact their Supreme Commander...... Immediately truce ......"

In the eyes of the people, the compound of the headquarters of the Tsarist Russian garrison in Dongchang, which used to be majestic, murderous, and full of filth and filth, is now another miserable spectacle.

"It used to be a hell on earth! To say that the Manchu corrupt officials and evil officials are hateful and hateful enough, but compared to these Tsarist Russian ghosts, it is simply a small thing. This is the heartfelt voice of the people of Liaocheng back then.

"Whether it's true or not, the yamen will always have to open a hall after arresting the people, but there will be nothing in the 'Red Courtyard' (Red Courtyard, which was another name for the Dongchang Tsarist Russian Garrison Headquarters by the people of Liaocheng back then). Everyone knows that it is a lawless place, and as long as you are caught there, you will have to peel off your skin if you don't die. If a woman gets there, it's even more miserable. At that time, if there was a beautiful girl or young daughter-in-law in anyone's house, unless outsiders did not know, within a few days, you would not even be able to find anyone. Where he went, everyone knew in their hearts. But even so, don't go to the government to file a complaint. There is a Li Er's crutch in Xicheng, and the old couple guards such a girl who is like a flower. Although the girl dresses up like a black boy selling charcoal every day, she still can't hide from it. There's no way, there are Russian ghosts in this Dongchang Mansion who are inferior to beasts, and scum who don't know how to be honest for money. As a result, the girl was snatched away by a group of wolf-like Tsarist ghosts in broad daylight. Li Er's crutches and his family were distressed, and the old couple cried and rushed into the yamen. But who knows, the dog official actually said in front of so many people who came to watch outside the yamen that the foreign people came selflessly to revive our Qing Dynasty, as a person, you should learn to be grateful, understand the entu, if you want to have money, you have to pay, if you don't have money, you have to work hard. Li Er's crutches were angry, and he scolded foreign devils for being inferior to brutes, and the bastard dog official actually reprimanded Li Er's crutches for dozens of boards, and then sent these two people to Tsarist Russia for the crime of ghosts. That night, Li Er's crutches and his wife were found, lying naked on the street outside the red courtyard. Poor these two people, there is no good place in the whole body, and ...... That's miserable, but now I still have goosebumps all over my body when I think about it, and I can't stop my stomach from churning......"

“…… Hehe, who would have thought that this is not a hard life for people, and we can finally get through it. There is a big red courtyard, and there are strips of white cloth hanging everywhere, which is said to be a sign of convincing, and the Red Army of the Celestial Dynasty can let them live. But at that time, all the people who came to watch didn't think so, the white cloth strips all over the courtyard were mourning, mourning for their own death, and at the same time repenting to everyone who had been spoiled and tyrannized by them (hehe, this word is new to us, don't Tsarist ghosts like to go to church to confess?). This time they should be sent to hell to repent and repent). ”

"On the wide street outside the red courtyard, the swords and guns of the beautiful and mighty Celestial Empire Red Army were bright, staring proudly in a line, holding high the guns that they liked to use to scare our people in the past with both hands, and honestly following the instructions of our Celestial Dynasty Red Army, putting the guns in a pile, and then slumping their backs and bowing their heads and shrinking to the side. In the end, it was the old thief called 'Go and Die' (Chikovska) who respectfully held to us the rag-like banner that hung every day at the highest point of the red courtyard, and then untied the knife he was hanging, and dedicated his hands to our General Lin Qirong. I met General Lin that day, but I will never forget him in the future. Young, beautiful, majestic, looking at his appearance, even our own waist pole is very hard. I still remember, it seems to be the number of days in the dark, the place where General Lin stood that day is the place where Li Er's crutches and his wife were dumped, yes, I paid special attention, it is not bad at all. Alas...... Li Er's family should be able to look at it, and our Heavenly Army has avenged them! Alas...... If only the Red Army of the Celestial Empire had come earlier......"

Later, I heard that I really wanted to be lenient and go to death these people, and all of a sudden the common people stopped doing it. Everyone huhula surrounded General Lin and their residence, and they had to ask for a clear explanation. It's funny to say, everyone else is willing to listen to their reasoning, hehe, that's it, no one will buy it. In the end, everyone won. It is said that in fact, at that time, General Lin was long away from Dongchang and went on an expedition again. The general who stayed behind was called Pan Qiliang, and I heard that he took a lot of effort to pick and choose, picking out dozens of bastards with the most public anger (however, I remember very clearly, at that time, it didn't include the one who went to die, and it was about two months later that the Dongchang government of our Celestial Empire announced that he was hanged). Then, together with those dog officials and bullies in Dongchang, they pulled out of the city and killed them. ”

At this time, hundreds of miles away, outside the city of Huimin, Wudingfu City, which was surrounded by the Red Eighth Army and the Red Tenth Army, was hunting with red flags, and a team of neat and mighty Red Army of the Celestial Empire stood proudly. The blue sky, the warm sunshine, no smoke or the roar of guns.

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