Chapter 110: The Head of the Three Loyalties

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"I've seen Dingwubo! Ding Wubo's life-saving grace, Kuniyan and the soldiers and civilians in the city are unforgettable! Chen Bangyan came to Pang Yue and took a deep look, and several generals behind him also thanked him one by one. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Pang Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Bangyan up: "Lord Chen is serious!" Pang just did his part. Regardless of their own safety, the adults held high the banner of righteousness to resist the Qing captives, this is a model for our Ming courtiers! So much courtesy, but it tormented Pang! ”

Helping Chen Bangyan up, Pang Yue said to several generals behind him: "You generals don't have to be so polite!" Killing captives is the duty of the soldiers of my Huguang Town. Moreover, I am equivalent to the military generals of the imperial court, and it is also appropriate to support and help each other, so you don't have to take it so seriously. ”

Pang Yue said lightly, but Chen Bangyan said with emotion: "Ding Wubo can't help but be brave and strategic, and he can't imagine that he is so humble and righteous, which really impresses Bangyan!" ”

After a few pleasantries, the distance between the two sides immediately narrowed a lot. Pang Yue also saw the true appearance of the head of the "Lingnan Three Loyalties" in history for the first time. Chen Bang in front of him, about forty years old, was of medium height, with a broad face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and had a long beard like the rest of the Ming civil officials of this era, and his face was elegant and majestic. The perseverance and composure in his eyes can impress almost everyone.

For Chen Bangyan, Pang Yue has always had respect. He remembers it vividly. Chen Bangyan is a native of Shunde, Guangdong, who has been smart and diligent since he was a child, and was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 18. But after repeatedly participating in the township examination but failed, so he set up an apprenticeship with his father in Daliang, known as Mr. Iwano. During his lecture career, Chen Bangyan studied various classics and applied studies to the world, and in addition to his studies, he also paid close attention to national affairs, and could also put forward his own unique opinions on various political affairs, and even nearby local officials often consulted him on government affairs. Afterward. The Qing soldiers entered the customs, and Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne. In the face of the unfortunate national situation, Chen Bangyan ended his lecture. In view of the current situation, he carefully wrote tens of thousands of words of "Zhongxing Political Leaders", specifically listed 32 strategies to resist the enemy and save the country, and went to Nanjing alone to present Emperor Hongguang with great ambition. And on the way to Nanjing, he wrote a heroic and hearty farewell work "Zhoufa Pearl River Chengzhu Sons Bring Wine and Fruit to Send Farewell to the Second Rhyme":

Dust felling drums send rivers dry. The change is loud and cold in July.

Night crossing may know the desert? Where is Chang'an on the side of the day!

The cup is a pity and a sage, and the strategy is to worry about the miscellaneous Han.

Yan Shi was ashamed of himself and still jumped up, and returned to laugh at the old Confucian crown.

However, Chen Bangyan's enthusiasm for serving the country was rejected by Emperor Hongguang with a contemptuous sentence of "brown clothes are a detour on foot". After the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty, Emperor Longwu ascended the throne in Fuzhou, Chen Bangyan went to Fuzhou to participate in the township examination held in June of the second year of Longwu, won the seventh place, and was appointed by Emperor Longwu as a supervisor and discipline officer. Later, he served as the head of the Ministry of War, and went to Liangguang to recruit the army of King Qin on the eve of the invasion of Fujian by the Qing army. At the end of last year. Li Chengdong led the army to invade Liangguang, and Chen Bangyan stayed in Guangdong to organize volunteers to resist the Qing Dynasty.

What Pang Yue admires the most is Chen Bangyan's unswerving belief in resisting the Qing Dynasty, since he raised the banner of rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, no matter what changes he encountered, he has never wavered. In the original history, Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liangguang in the Qing Dynasty, once attacked Chen Bangyan's hometown of Shunde, captured Chen Bangyan's two sons Chen Heyin and Chen Yuyin, and Chen Bangyan's concubine He Shi, who took refuge in Longshan, and took them as hostages to surrender Chen Bangyan. But Chen Bangyan replied awe-inspiring on the surrender letter: "If the concubine is humiliated, the son is killed, and they are all fateful." As a loyal minister, he disregards his wife. Later, Li Chengdong captured Qingyuan, Chen Bangyan and the general soldier Cao Tianqi and others were escorted to Guangzhou, and once again refused Tong Yangjia's repeated surrenders, and wrote "Five Days in Prison Without Eating Dying Song": "How difficult it is to make heaven, and the river of ministers is also uneasy." Scholars talk about soldiers, and I don't have to. What's next for me? I'm alone. Yashan has many loyal souls, and it has been illuminated through the ages! After that, he calmly took righteousness.

In his previous life, Pang Yue was deeply moved by Chen Bangyan's series of deeds, and felt sad and regretful for his heroic righteous ending. But what made Pang Yue feel fortunate was that at this time and space, he led the army to Qingyuan in time, rescued this anti-Qing righteous soldier and brave loyal minister, and avoided a series of tragedies later.

"Uncle Dingwu, let me introduce you to these generals." Just as thousands of thoughts flew through Pang Yue's mind, Chen Bangyan said again, "This is General Cao Tianqi, the chief soldier of the Qingyuan regiment. ”

"The last general, Cao Tianqi, has seen Ding Wubo!" Cao Tianqi hugged Pang Yue and said. Immediately afterwards, several generals under his command took the initiative to inform Pang Yue of their names and positions without Chen Bangyan's introduction, and saluted one by one.

After introducing Cao Tianqi, Chen Bangyan turned to the other side slightly: "This is ......"

Without waiting for Chen Bangyan to finish speaking, Pang Yue smiled and said: "This person is not bothered to introduce Lord Chen, this is General Wang Dongri, the general of Shaozhou, who turned out to be a subordinate of the Yasukuni Gong with me, and can be regarded as an old acquaintance for many years!" ”

"Oh? Is it? Unexpectedly, the two generals had already known each other! Chen Bangyan smiled with some surprise, Wang Dongri had never told him about this before.

"Brother Mu Yuan, don't come unharmed!" Seeing his old comrade-in-arms Pang Yue again after two years, Wang Dongri had more joy in his desperate situation.

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for two years, Brother Xu's spirit is still the same!" Pang Yue clenched his fists and smiled.

Subsequently, Zhang Yunli, Shi Youliang, Cui Shoucheng and others also saluted Wang Dongri one by one. Like Pang Yue, they and Wang Dongri are also old acquaintances, and they have marched together and fought side by side for a long time after breaking through from Ogigang. And Wang Dongri is naturally very familiar with these old faces, and when he thinks back to the scene when he fought side by side, he was in a trance like yesterday, but if he calculated carefully, two years have passed. Now that they see each other again, everyone can't help but feel emotional, reveal their true feelings, and laugh from their hearts.

At the same time, Wang Yuncai and other generals of Changde Town also saluted Chen Bangyan, Cao Tianqi, Wang Dongri and others one by one.

"Ding Wubo led the army from afar, and he has just experienced a fierce battle, he must be tired, so it is better to go into the city with the generals to rest!" After greeting the generals, Chen Bangyan sent a sincere invitation to Pang Yue and other generals of Huguang Town.

But Pang Yue politely refused: "Lord Chen's kindness, Pang Mou understands it on behalf of the soldiers." But now that the enemy situation is unknown, I will lead the army to camp outside the city. If there is any change, it is good to respond in a timely manner. ”

"Well, that's true. Or Ding Wubo is thoughtful, since this is the case, then Chen is not reluctant! Seeing Pang Yue's resolute attitude, Chen Bangyan no longer insisted on his previous view, "However, if the army needs anything, Ding Wubo can come to Chen." Even if there is a difficulty, Chen will definitely find a way to solve it. ”

"Okay, then I will thank Lord Chen here on behalf of the soldiers of Huguang Town!"

After this was determined, the soldiers and horses of Huguang Town and Changde Town began to camp on Qingyuan City. Although the previous battle had exhausted a lot of physical strength, due to the victory, the soldiers almost forgot their fatigue, and even many of them were still in high spirits. In stark contrast, the captured Qing soldiers were dejected, like defeated roosters. In order to supervise them more effectively, the Ming soldiers separated the officers and soldiers from these captives and held them separately. There were also some Qing prisoners who were forcibly driven to camp for the Ming army, although these people were also physically and mentally exhausted, their feelings were naturally not considered by the Ming army.

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Later, the Supervision Division reported the results of the battle and its own casualties to Pang Yue. In this battle, more than 5,000 Qing troops were annihilated and more than 6,000 were captured, and the exact amount is still being counted. In addition, the Qing army that fled with Li Chengdong and Shi Fu was only about 4,000 people, and it is estimated that thousands of Qing troops fled in the nearby mountains and forests. The total number of dead in Huguang Town and Changde Town was nearly 700, and the number of seriously wounded was only a little more than 1,000, and almost no were captured.

Faced with such a result, Pang Yue was already very satisfied. Although there are factors such as surprise attacks, it can still be seen that after the previous confrontation with the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of Huguang Town has been further tempered, and it is even more difficult to face second-rate characters like Li Chengdong.

In addition to being gratified, Pang Yue first named the Tiger Ben Battalion: "It is really not easy for the Tiger Ben Battalion to achieve such results for the first time. It can be seen that Guowei (He Zhenting's expression) has never relaxed about training, not bad! ”

He Zhenting smiled modestly: "My lord has won the prize!" However, the officers and men of the other battalions went out with the commander before, and only the Huben battalion stayed in Chenzhou, and the officers and men in the battalion felt somewhat lacking. Especially when the good news from the front came back, the soldiers were holding back a lot of energy in their hearts, looking forward to when they would be able to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and they never slackened off in the matter of training. Today I finally have the opportunity to show, and of course I don't want to lose face in front of the rest of the brothers in the battalion! ”

As soon as these words fell, Shi Youliang opened his loud voice as usual and said with a smile: "Lao He, you are happy, but I am afraid that it will be time for Lu Heizi's gang to be aggrieved at this time." That kid didn't know how to change the method to toss his soldiers. By the time the whole town gathers again, it is estimated that the Gangfeng Battalion will be even more wolf-like than you. ”

Hearing what Shi Youliang said, the generals present suddenly burst into laughter.

Soon, a commander of the scout cavalry team entered the tent and reported: "Commander, we have found out the direction, route and approximate speed of the escape of the thief Shifu and his remnants!" At present, the thief is ...... along the Bac River"

After listening to the detailed report of the chief of the detective cavalry, Pang Yue nodded, looked at the map and asked, "How many people are there around him?" What's the status? ”

"There are less than a thousand people, and there are no more than a hundred cavalry, most of them are exhausted and panicked, and they have become frightened birds. As the physical strength is consumed, the escape speed is also decreasing. ”

"Good!" Pang Yue slapped his palm on the map, "Since this is the case, we must not let him run away again!" Shi Lang? ”

"The last general!" Shi Lang came out of the line to hug his fists. (To be continued.) )