Chapter 205 - Decision and War
Henan Zhumadian. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Since Yang Desheng conquered this place and swept away the surrounding Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers, he has been stationed here......
It's just that there is a rare guest here today, Zhou Yuancheng, who has rarely come to the door, took more than 100,000 horses from his subordinates and went directly to Zhumadian.
Outside Yang Desheng's golden tent, Zhou Yuancheng personally led his subordinates to meet Yang Desheng here!
Yang Desheng, who was told by the guards, was in a trance, and he couldn't understand why Zhou Yuancheng and his subordinates came here! Could it be because of the telegram sent from Hainan Island?
casually ordered the guards to put them up, Yang Desheng also put them down, and stood up to greet the teacup that he had been playing!
When Zhou Yuancheng just entered the tent door, seven or eight meters away, Yang Desheng said enthusiastically: "Brother Zhou, this has always been rare, since the last time I said goodbye, now I think about it has been more than half a year!" ”
"I just don't know what happened today, Brother Zhou came from afar?"
Zhou Yuancheng sneered and said: "You Yang Desheng don't have to pretend to be like this here, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you didn't receive a telegram from Hainan, I just want to ask you today, what do you think?" ”
He had already known Zhou Yuancheng's position, so at the moment when he spoke, Yang Desheng didn't look at him at all, but seemed to have inadvertently, glancing at Wang Laosan and Liao Fu behind Zhou Yuancheng.
As a result, Yang Desheng, who received some kind of affirmative answer, was greatly emboldened!
At this time, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Yuancheng and said: "The telegram from Hainan, Yang naturally received it, and he is also ready to follow Hou Ye's order, and at the same time as Hou Ye sent troops, he announced that he would change his flag and join the Patriotic Army......"
"Hou Ye also promised Yang to reduce the hundreds of thousands of troops under Yang into an army, and directly recorded the personal command of Hou Ye!"
Zhou Yuancheng's face changed in an instant, and he wanted to turn around and leave, but thinking of Li Hongzhang's hint, Zhou Yuancheng paused again.
"Ahem, ahem......"
After coughing for a while, Zhou Yuancheng analyzed the situation in the world for Yang Desheng again, and wanted to do his last thing to pull this former comrade-in-arms into his trench again......
"Brother Yang, you have to understand that the situation in the world is not completely on Zhang Yun's side, with the full support of the imperial court."
"Lord Zuo Zongtang, 500,000 troops have been reorganized around Beijing City, and all of them are equipped with breech-loading rifles, which can be called amazing!"
"And Lord Li Hongzhang has also formed almost the same number of troops in Shanghai, and is also equipped with breech-loading rifles, plus you and me, this world may not be surnamed Zhang in the future!"
"What's more, Zhang Yun, you also know, three years ago, the anti-corruption storm in the eight southern provinces shocked the whole world, and almost all the landlords and gentry were strongly opposed to which chair Zhang Yun sat on in the Jinluan Palace."
"What's more, even if your brother Yang is determined to follow Zhang Yun, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape the final reckoning, after all, what your brother Yang has done over the years, if you want to say that Zhang Yun doesn't know, I'm afraid the ghosts won't believe it!"
"Besides, Brother Yang, you have more than 100,000 soldiers, and there are at least 100,000 breech-loading rifles in the army, with such a strong strength, Zhang Yun only gives you an army establishment! You must know that an army under Zhang Yun is only one or two hundred thousand people! ”
"What's more, Zhou came over this time, carrying the high hopes of the imperial court and Lord Li Hongzhang, and now the Empress Dowager Cixi also said, as long as you Yang Desheng take refuge here......"
"That's not just the elimination of the previous account, the most important thing is that the Queen Mother and her old man are willing to give you a marquis, this is not a self-styled wild marquis like Zhang Yun, but a gift from the imperial court!"
"What are we rebelling for? Isn't it for the glory of the ancestors? With the identity of this marquis, Brother Yang can also be regarded as a glorious ancestor! ”
"How? Brother Yang, do you want to think about it again, why can I wait for you here for a day, this is the last chance! ”
"Ha, ha......"
Previously, Yang Desheng had been watching Zhou Yuancheng's performance without saying a word, until this moment, when Zhou Yuancheng stopped, Yang Desheng suddenly laughed wildly.
This burst of wild laughter also made Zhou Yuancheng's face completely change, and at the same time, he was a little flustered, afraid that Yang Desheng would suddenly go crazy, ignore his hundreds of thousands of horses outside, and kill himself directly!
At this time, Yang Desheng, who had finished laughing, looked at Zhou Yuancheng, who was nervous, and said: "Don't think about it, Yang can tell you now, you should go back and serve your Manchu master." ”
"As for wanting Yang to surrender to the Manchu court, it is absolutely impossible, thinking about the fate of Liangshan Song Jiang, Yang feels that his head is a little cold, and he is really not interested in going to Beijing to receive his death!"
"For the sake of the former brothers, Yang will not embarrass you today, but the road will go to one side, from now on, our brothers will see each other, then they will be complete enemies!"
"I hope that by that time, you Zhou Yuancheng will not die at the hands of Yang......"
Seeing Zhou Yuancheng go away, the subordinates who had not spoken in the tent at this time hurriedly jumped up and wanted to go down to arrange manpower to completely leave Zhou Yuancheng, who was already a friend but not an enemy, here.
But their behavior was stopped by Yang Desheng, and he didn't give them any explanation, Yang Desheng was just urgent, and ordered his subordinates to use the radio to send a message to the spies of the Patriotic Army under Zhou Yuancheng, telling them that Zhou Yuancheng had completely torn his face! Let them go......
At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to immediately reorganize their arms and fight, Zhou Yuancheng was menacing this time, and it was clear that he had bad intentions, and he was estimated to come over to find fault.
Although Yang Desheng did not do anything to Zhou Yuancheng for many reasons, if he let her go like this, I am afraid that Zhang Yun would not let him go!
Fortunately, on the side of the Patriotic Army, all the spies who are now lurking under Zhou Yuancheng's subordinates, and even all the networks that have developed, are now all owned by themselves, so that this battle will be easy to fight!
Of course, what made Yang Desheng more confident was that Zhou Yuancheng only had 50,000 cavalry, but Wang Laosan and Liao Fu each commanded 10,000 people, so this battle was even easier to fight......
What's more, in addition to these two biggest spies, Zhou Yuancheng has at least two or three percent of the officers in the barracks, who have been bought by the Patriotic Army......
Every time Yang Desheng thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sad for Zhou Yuancheng!
His subordinates have been infiltrated like this, but they still want to resist Zhang Yun, isn't this going to die?
The bright moon hangs high, and the silver light sprinkled is very spectacular and beautiful, but this time the moon is about to be dyed into a blood moon.
After coming out of Yang Desheng's barracks, Zhou Yuancheng immediately ordered the troops to bury the pot and cook, and at the same time prepare for war, and attack the camp tonight.
Of course, Zhou Yuancheng didn't forget to clean up the Patriotic Army spies in his barracks who had been exposed!
It's just that what he didn't expect was that those Patriotic Army agents who had already revealed their identities didn't know what news they received? It's all gone!
After angrily smashing the two antique porcelain cups, Zhou Yuancheng took the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command and the tens of thousands of reinforcements moved from Li Hongzhang under the bright moon, and killed Yang Desheng's camp area in a mighty manner......
The war came so suddenly, and the movement of more than 200,000 troops naturally could not be hidden, so on the vast plain of Zhumadian, the two armies fought to the death with about 300,000 people!
Since neither side had rear-loading artillery, and because it was not a siege battle, neither side sent out the waste-like front-loading artillery.
So at this moment, the infantry on both sides, after firing a few shots at each other, as the distance approached, they were already about to enter the stage of white-knuckle bloody battle!
At this time, Zhou Yuancheng appeared on the front line proudly, followed by the original 50,000 cavalry and the 20,000 cavalry borrowed from Li Hongzhang, forming a large square team of 70,000 cavalry.
Looking at Yang Desheng's subordinates in the dark night ahead, Zhou Yuancheng showed a cruel smile, and then with a wave of his sword, the cavalry began to charge......
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves charging together with 70,000 cavalry naturally woke up Yang Desheng, and Yang Desheng at this moment made the same choice as Zhou Yuancheng!
The hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen on both sides, after firing a few shots at each other, quickly hung the somewhat obstructive bolt rifles on the saddle, drew the saber behind them, and soon fought together completely on the plain.
The cavalry on both sides did not care about the life or death of the infantry, so they went up and down the battlefield that the infantry had opened up......
The accidental injuries that occurred during this period finally dispersed the infantry gradually!
When the surrounding battlefield gradually quieted down, and only the sound of cavalry's hooves remained, Yang Desheng suddenly took out a flower cannon and threw it into the sky......
"Bang!"
On the battlefield in the dark night, this brilliant spark was enough to envelop the battlefield of more than 100,000 people, and all the cavalry saw this scene!
Just when Zhou Yuancheng thought that Yang Desheng was nervous, the whole battle situation quietly changed, just like the Manchu court sabotaged Hainan Island three years ago......
Zhang Yun has also bought off the real power officers of the Manchu court on a large scale in the past few years, of course, the one who holds the military power!
Therefore, after Yang Desheng issued a code, the entire battlefield instantly became a different look, Liao Fu and Wang Laosan took the lead with the 20,000 cavalry under their command and cut down the original comrades......
Among the Manchu cavalry, there were suddenly thousands of people who instantly turned back, and the Manchu cavalry was also in chaos, and when Zhou Yuancheng was shocked, a gunshot suddenly rang out beside him.
"Bang!"
Zhou Yuancheng clutched his chest, turned his head in disbelief, looked at his former cronies and pro-soldier captain, and asked, "Why?" ”