Chapter 43: The Strange Soldier (1)
The camp of the Qing army, the big tent of the Chinese army
Jin Shengheng sat in the first place with a frown, and the other generals also had serious expressions, especially Ke Yongsheng, who had just fled back from the defeat of the army, and his face was full of frustration. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Today's battle between Ke Yongsheng's troops and the Ming army was really a big surprise to them. Originally, they all believed that Ke Yongsheng's troops had the same number of reinforcements as the Ming army, and with the previous performance of the Ming army in the south, they could be defeated with a single attack. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you can't win, you will definitely not fall behind. However, the facts stunned them: Ke Yongsheng's army lost more than 3,000 infantry soldiers and nearly 1,000 cavalry, and even the two major generals Gao Jinku and Hu Yousheng were also killed. As for the casualties of the Ming army, although they do not know the specific number, they can also estimate that the Ming army did not suffer any injuries in this battle.
It seems that this Pang Yue is really a difficult character to deal with! Jin Shengheng said silently in his heart. Although he felt that if he pressed all his men and horses, he might not be able to inflict heavy damage on Pang Yue's troops, but he didn't want to do so. Attacking the Ming army and capturing the county in Kezhou was not his ultimate goal, the reason why he worked so hard was mainly for the sake of his own glory and wealth. But if you put all your family resources together, all this will be empty talk.
"Junmen, there is a way for subordinates!" Wang Deren thought for a while and said to Jin Shengheng.
"Oh?" Hearing what Wang Deren said, Jin Shengheng's brows relaxed slightly, "What way?" Let's hear it."
Wang Deren stood up a little proudly: "This time, the people of Pang Yue's department are out of the nest. In this way, Ganzhou's defense must be empty. It is better for our army to take this opportunity to bypass Ji'an and take Ganzhou directly, and it will definitely be ready to go down overnight. When our army captured Ganzhou, Pang Yue must have panicked and led his army to retreat south. At that time, our army can completely wait for work and hit the fucking one by surprise! ”
Jin Shengheng nodded and motioned for Wang Deren to sit down. Wang Deren said that he did not think about it, but he was worried that once he led the army to attack Ganzhou, Pang Yue would give himself a way to govern others in his own way, and lead the army to attack the prefectures and counties in northern Jiangxi. You must know that now the Qing army does not have many garrisons in northern Jiangxi, once Pang Yue takes advantage of the situation, as the governor of Jiangxi, he will never be able to run away from the responsibility of losing his land. However, it is not a matter of spending so much under the city of Ji'an for a long time, and once the reinforcements from other Ming troops arrive, the situation will undoubtedly be more severe.
After being silent for a long time, Jin Shengheng finally spoke: "This is also a way." However, the grain and grass carried by our army is about to run out, so we will wait for the arrival of grain and grass tomorrow. ”
After saying this, Jin Shengheng suddenly thought of something again, and instructed Wang Deren: "You can send someone back to Jishui City, and let Sun Delu and them strictly guard against the sneak attack of the Ming army." In addition, multiple rows of manpower will always monitor the movements of the Ming army, and you can report back if there is any change! ”
"Yes!" Wang Deren took the order and left.
At night, on an official road ten miles south of Jishui County.
More than a dozen cavalry of the Qing army riding red hats and coats were advancing rapidly against the starry sky, as if they wanted to convey some important message. At night, everything is quiet, except for the occasional chirping of unknown insects in the grass by the roadside.
Suddenly, with an inaudible muffled sound, the two horses that were running in front of them suddenly leaned forward, and the cavalry on their backs was thrown out.
Tripping horses! There is an ambush! The rest of the dozen or so cavalrymen reacted immediately. But before they could make the next move. Dozens of cold rays of light swooped down with a scream, shooting them down one by one. After falling off their horses, the Qing soldiers were either killed on the spot, or lay on the ground to cover their wounds and wail.
Then, countless black shadows burst out of the hiding place and surrounded them, and the swaying waist knife rested on the survivor's neck.
"Grandpa Hero's life!" "The king spares his life, the little ones are penniless!" The two Qing soldiers, who were still quite conscious, begged for mercy one after another. …,
However, the people around them ignored them and quietly put their knives around their necks. Others began to search for the Qing soldiers who were lying on the ground.
Not long after, someone sent the collected waist tags, letters and other items to a person who seemed to be the leader: "My lord, everything is here!" ”
I saw that the leader was about twenty years old, and his swarthy face was angular in the light of the torches. He is Shi Lang, the battalion officer and guerrilla general of Taishan Battalion in Ganzhou Town, and this time he came to carry out a special mission on the order of Pang Yue.
Shi Lang took the letter sealed with fire paint, glanced at it a few times in the faint light, and then walked up to the two trembling Qing soldiers, revealing an extremely mad smile: "Do you want to live?" ”
"Yes! Think! Grandpa Hero's life spared...... "When a Qing soldier habitually begged for mercy again, he found an incredible scene, surrounded by people holding knives to his neck, including the person who was walking towards him, were wearing Qing army uniforms.
An hour later, Jishui County
This place is located about 50 miles north of Ji'an City, adjacent to the Ganjiang River in the west, and is also an important cargo distribution point. Considering this geographical advantage, Jin Shengheng used this place as a temporary hoarding point for the army's grain, grass and baggage, and sent a general named Sun Delu to garrison here with more than 2,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry.
By this time, the gates had long since been closed, and the sentry at the head of the city was patrolling back and forth. However, for this kind of inspection, most of the Qing soldiers have regarded it as a dispensable move, and now the Ming army is too late to escape, and dare to come all the way here to sneak attack? Moreover, the facts also proved their thoughts: since they came to Jishui County to garrison, they have not encountered any abnormal situations.
Just as the sentinels were pondering whether to take turns to sleep, there was a sudden movement outside the south gate. With the sound of horses' hooves, a string of torches came from the official road, and after a while, they came dozens of paces away from the city.
"Stop! What people! The general manager of the Qing army, who was responsible for leading the sentry on duty, shouted at the city while preparing his subordinates.
"Is it the fourth brother? I'm a straight! A voice came from under the city.
The Qing army took a closer look, and then found that the more than ten horsemen under the city were all red hats, and there was no doubt that they were their own people, and then look at the person who shouted, it was actually a distant cousin of his own, a commander of Wang Deren's personal army.
Mr. Bai of the Qing army breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little puzzled, and asked, "Shunzi, didn't you go out with Lord Wang?" How did you come back again? ”
Na Shunzi said under the city: "Lord Wang asked us to send an urgent letter back, it was written by Jin Junmen to Lord Sun, it seems to be very urgent, and I don't have to ask too much." Fourth brother, you put the hanging basket down first, and I'll show you the token. We're still in a hurry to get into town! ”
"Well, forget it, I'll let someone open the door for you! You're really fucking picky! After Mr. Qing Jun said impatiently, he turned around and asked people to open the door.
However, due to the unclear light in the middle of the night, the Qing army Bai Zong did not notice that his cousin, the Qing army chief named Shunzi, was already covered with cold sweat, and the Qing soldier who followed closely behind Shunzi shook out a cold smile.
(PS: I'm sorry, I'm too busy these days, and the number of words is a little less.) But please rest assured, I won't stop changing, and I'll return to the previous word count after a few days. Thank you for your understanding. )
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