Chapter 442: The Decisive Battle (20)
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"If Wei Hui doesn't stop, it will be difficult for us to go to Shanxi with all our strength. At present, although the troops of the Red 23rd Army led by Deputy Commander Huang Dingfeng and Lin Shaozhang of the Red First Army led by Deputy Commander Huang Dingfeng in the early stage of Puzhou to contain the Manchu Qing Dynasty have already attracted a large number of Manchu soldiers and horses in Pingyang Prefecture (Linfen). On the right side, Lu'an, which had now been controlled by the Red 23rd Army, directly attacked Taiyuan, which was empty of troops and defenseless, through Qinyang. Let's not talk about whether Taiyuan can fight immediately, as long as Taiyuan fights, the Manchu court in Beijing will be shaken immediately. This is of great benefit to our solidarity with General Wei and the Red Three-Front Army, as well as to cooperate with the 'Black Tiger Plan' of the camp headquarters. ”
As soon as Shi Xiangzhen's words fell, Bai Huihuai pointed to the map and hurriedly expressed his opinion, "So, I think we should give up the plan to trap Wei Hui and storm Wei Hui City." ”
"There is also a problem with the strong attack," Ye Yun looked at the map and muttered for a while, "You also said before the meeting, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Shusheng and the others in Weihui City should not be underestimated, and the loss of your army in Huixian County will not be small." This time, the camp headquarters asked us to enter Shanxi, and I am afraid that the significance is by no means simply to pacify Shanxi. According to the news from Pingyang, although the Manchus sent an additional 30,000 soldiers and horses from Zhengding, there were not many forces that the Manchus in Shanxi could muster. In addition, after a series of victories, we are greatly superior to them in terms of equipment, and the four armies fought Shanxi, hehe, it is too extravagant anyway. I have a feeling that the camp is probably preparing for us to enter Mongolia. Therefore, according to the idea that Brother Bai Shicai said, the operation in Shanxi only needs to be taken by our army after Pingyang, and at the same time, Taiyuan will be taken by another army. Wei Hui can be trapped, and there are two armies left here, which is enough to trap them to death. Sharpening knives is not a mistake for chopping wood, and while trapping Weihui, it is also a great opportunity to repair and replenish. Isn't Brother Bai uncomfortable for the lack of a division, hehe, the soldiers I can replenish there are greatly, how about handing it over to you? ”
"Yes, as long as you are willing to give, I can still do without." Bai Huihuai was so happy that his mouth was like a scoop.
Tan Tiyuan saw Zhang Zongyu beside him with a mysterious smile on his face at this time, so he smashed him with his elbow, "I said brother, what trick are you holding back?" ”
Shi Xiangzhen also saw Zhang Zongyu's demeanor, and coughed, "Zongyu, is there any good news to tell us all?" ”
"Ah...... Yes...... Yes," Zhang Zongyu smiled, took out a folded boxy piece of paper from his jacket pocket, and handed it to Shi Xiangzhen.
Shi Xiangzhen unfolded the piece of paper, and just after looking at it for the first time, his face couldn't help but bloom with a piece of brilliance, "Okay, great, I really want to sleep, and I will have a pillow immediately......"
It turned out that this was a secret letter sent by Wu Changqing by Wei Hui.
"Haha, it seems that it's better to be scolded, this time your brother is lucky, and he really looks up and sees joy again and again." Bai Huihuai smiled and squeezed at Zhang Zongyu, "Alas...... Why do I carry it like this, no matter where I go, it must be bones when I touch it. ”
"Okay, okay, don't make fun of Brother Zong Yu anymore." Shi Xiangzhen glanced at Bai Huihuai, turned around and patted Zhang Zongyu on the shoulder, "Zongyu, it's good." I'll just say, in our Red Army, all those who are born in twists should be the best characters. And this...... This one...... Well, that's what the headquarters did to you ...... ago."
When Shi Xiangzhen said this, he glanced at Zhang Lexing, who was happy on the side, and waved his hand at Zhang Zongyu, "I can see it, and I will write it off." Plus, I'll have to give you a reward. ”
"No...... Commander...... That's enough...... That's enough......" Zhang Zongyu blushed and quickly shook his hand again and again.
"Don't be busy prevaricating," Shi Xiangzhen smiled and pointed at Bai Huihuai and Tan Tiyuan, "Aren't you shouting that each person will take out one hundred and fifty war horses, okay, then say it, splash out the water, and everyone will go back and immediately select a number of good horses for me, and you will send them to Brother Zongyu before tomorrow." ”
"How about it, plus the dozens of war horses you rushed here here, it shouldn't be a problem to go back and form a cavalry battalion, right?" Shi Xiangzhen clasped his hands in front of his chest and looked at Zhang Zongyu.
"No problem...... No problem......" Zhang Zongyu lowered his head and agreed softly.
"Hehe, I know that your twisted brothers back then were used to galloping on horseback, and there was just no way to drive the brothers off horseback." Shi Xiangzhen gently patted Zhang Zongyu's shoulder, "It'll be fine in the future, go back and tell the brothers, the more you follow the banner of our Heavenly Dynasty Red Army, the more good horses there will be, Bao Zhun told them to pick their eyes." In the near future, in the formation of our front army, there will be at least two cavalry armies that are all over the world. Fight for it, hehe, but you don't seem to have many competitors, and they are afraid that riding a horse will make them ugly and they won't be able to get a wife in the future. ”
Shi Xiangzhen pointed at Ye Yunlai, Bai Huihuai and others, and laughed heartily. As he laughed, there was a burst of laughter in the room......
In Weihui City, those Zhang Shusheng and Du Han who thought that only they could hold the fate of the life and death of the entire city, but laughter was rare.
It's only been a few days since it was besieged, and the people in the city are already panicking, and this atmosphere is not only spreading among the loyal and righteous rescue soldiers below, but also accelerating towards the upper echelons. Is this okay? Zhang Shusheng couldn't wait to convene eight meetings a day to cheer up the generals. Du Han was so busy that he almost didn't dare to sleep, and ran around the city with his group of talented people, lifting people and kabuitans, and the minor tune of "Welcome to You in the Qing Dynasty" floated in the sky above Wei Hui almost day and night, and the soldiers of the Red Army of the Celestial Dynasty who were busy digging trenches outside the city sounded from time to time "Forward, forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the expectations of the nation, we are an invincible force" The majestic song of "Forward, forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the expectations of the nation, we are an invincible force" sounded.
At night, on the positions of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire outside the city, there was no longer the hot scene of the day, and now it was quiet.
And on the defensive ground of Wu Changqing in the east gate of the city, a farce of the labor army was being staged.
The trip to Jinan was really not in vain, and Du Han learned a lot from the "little tricks played" by the Taiping Red Army. Warriors fight, and literati who can't fight can't always wait to see the excitement in the back, and they should all give full play to their strengths and bring some happiness to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to fight. Therefore, although the reading ceremony was not completed, Du Han was stuck in his throat like a fish bone, and he was uncomfortable, but he was still happy with the "propaganda and agitation".
Under Du Han's busyness, the song "Welcome to You in the Qing Dynasty" composed by him covered every corner of Weihui in a few days, and has now become a popular song for the officers and soldiers in Weihui City. It's a person who can casually hum a sentence "There is a tacit understanding after hugging", and when humming, his eyes are still rolling around, looking like a thief. This is obviously not enough, what capable people are there in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they can actually make up some babbling little dramas at will, can we, a great talent from Hanlin, lose to them?
As he himself said in the song, if there is a dream, it is great, and if there is a dream, there will be reality, Du Han made up a small play called "Tomorrow is Better" overnight, and in more than a day, the talented men and women of the Labor Army rushed to practice.
In the afternoon, in Zhang Shusheng's army in Xicheng, the first wave of performances of the Labor Regiment was a great success, which not only made the officers and soldiers excited, but also won Zhang Shusheng's praise. After dinner, Du Han, who was full of joy, took the Lao Legion to perform in Nancheng first, until it was almost midnight, and the Lao Legion still ignored the fatigue for tomorrow's career, and then wandered to Wu Changqing in Dongcheng.
There is no stage, no curtain, and the men and women of the Labor Legion, who are painted with oily faces, just appear in the middle of the loyal and righteous rescue soldiers who sit around the three layers inside and the outside three floors.
Du Han is talking about Wei Hui being trapped in the play. First, more than a dozen men and women jumped out to show how the Taiping Red Army outside the city burned, killed and looted, and how the communist wife was. Then it talks about how the army and the people work together for the safety of Weihui City, how people donate family funds in order to support the soldiers who defend the city, and even the women of the labor army, who have no money to help, do not hesitate to "sacrifice their lives for righteousness". With the concerted efforts of the vast number of soldiers and civilians, the Taiping Red Army was finally defeated by the Taiping Red Army, and the bandit leaders were captured.
At the end of the play, when the ostentatious "Russian allies" appeared, the "rescued soldiers and civilians in the city" were grateful. The men bowed and beat thousands, hoping to kneel down for the "Russian allies" immediately, while the women screamed and pounced on the "Russian allies" one by one, and picked them up with a burst of gnaw. This is not enough, several drums were carried out by the strong men who were indescribably grateful, while beating hard, while shouting wildly, "There are friends from afar, it is also pleasant......" The shout was earth-shattering.
When the Lao Army had just started singing "Welcome to the Qing Dynasty", Wu Changqing ate a spicy chili pepper and walked away grinning. This is not only because of the later play, he was dragged to Zhang Shusheng by Du Han in the afternoon to watch it. At the moment, he is not interested at all, and he has no heart to look at it, he has his own more important things to do.
He pulled Tang Dingkui and quietly left the noisy performance venue, and looked back at Du Han, who was bearded and still there with great interest and fingering, and he smiled secretly in his heart. Du Han's nearly hour-long scene, in Wu Changqing's opinion, is like an old lady's footwrap, not only stinky and long, but also makes him sick to his stomach. He really couldn't understand this Duhan, who claimed to be a college questioner. He even suspected that Duhan, the guy, had either his head squeezed by the door when he was a child, or he had been accidentally kicked by a donkey when he was older. Do you really think that the officers and soldiers sitting there grinning with big mouths and pulling their necks and shouting hello prove that your play is good? Fools can see that what can really arouse the interest of the officers and men is only those prostitutes who deliberately scratch their heads and make gestures in the presence of the scene, and do their best to provoke them. It's better tomorrow, if you Du Han is like this tomorrow, I might as well find a place to die today.
It's true that the wind of the world is as follows, but when did the wind of the world start to come down? Wu Changqing sighed and checked the garrison at the city gate first, and then walked to the head of the city.
All the soldiers who feel that they don't have the same heart as themselves have been bombarded by Wu Changqing to watch the play, and now the city and the city are all replaced by his henchmen.
Standing at the head of the city, the gongs and drums behind him were still noisy, but in front, there was no movement at all, Wu Changqing almost wondered if the Taiping Red Army outside had suddenly changed his mind again. Wu Changqing took out his pocket watch and looked at it through the lantern in the guard's hand, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, there was still half an hour left.
"Brother, I always don't understand, they cut off your eldest brother's head, how can you trick me into doing such a thing?" Wu Changqing crouched on the wall and turned his head to look at Tang Dingkui.
"Because ......," Tang Dingkui sighed softly, "because the eldest brother was about to face the last moment of death, and he also thought of this." But the eldest brother ...... He was afraid that the past accounts would be settled, and if he chose to do so, he would lose his life with me. The eldest brother's suicide was a desperate move, it was all for me, and he needed me to continue to live. ”
"yes, it's good to be alive." Wu Changqing also sighed, "But what is life for?" Is it just to live for one? ”
"At least it shouldn't be like them," Tang Dingkui pouted at the noisy performance venue, "and he lives in his sleep all day long." It's good to have a dream, I think what they do is a big dream in the spring and autumn. ”
"yes, it's time to wake up." Wu Changqing said, turned his head and lowered his voice and ordered his subordinates beside him, "It's almost, go and hang up the prepared lanterns." ”
At this juncture, the commander of the guard battalion who he stayed below and was responsible for guarding the city gate ran up in a hurry, "My lord, Zhang Shusheng has arrived at the city. ”
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