Chapter 45: The Battle of Tong'an (Part II)
Just as the Qing soldiers were cooking rice, suddenly the mountain was dusty, and the shouts shook the sky!
Gan Hui roared angrily, rode a war horse, held a big sword, and led the Zheng family army to kill from the mountain!
Far away and show near, near and show far.
Zheng Chenggong ordered the soldiers to march in a hurry when he stepped into the range of Tong'an, and he had to march for two days in one day, such as being cut off lately;
When the whole army marched to Tong'an City, the spies of the vanguard found out that the Qing army was resting and cooking at the foot of the mountain, and was busy reporting to Zheng Chenggong.
In order to be able to fight a battle, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered Gan Hui to take a shortcut and climb Diantou Mountain from top to bottom to intercept and kill the Qing army. Pai Shi Lang made a detour to kill him from behind.
Gan Hui held the big knife in both hands, and the sound of the wind waving it was fierce, like thunder, and the knife wind brought over his face and even made people feel pinprick-like pain.
With the fierce momentum of Gan Hui's tiger descending from the mountain, Wang Yan, who was sitting on the horse, was frightened.
He fell from his horse and sat down on the ground. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his hands and feet were cold.
"Kill ......!" After a loud drink, Gan Hui slashed Huashan with one move, and the big knife slashed Wang Yan's head.
The diameter of the big knife swept by, and suddenly blood gushed like a spring, blood splattered, and Wang Yan's head flew into the sky.
beheaded Wang Yan, Gan Hui led the troops to rush into the Qing army like a bamboo, and the blood rain suddenly set off everywhere along the way, and the stumps and broken arms flew everywhere.
Seeing Gan Hui rampage in the Chinese army, Zhi Guangqiu shouted angrily, "Don't panic, don't panic, the enemy has a small number, attack from front to back, and slaughter that bastard for me!" ”
After speaking, Zhi Guangqiu hurriedly rode the war horse led by his own soldiers, preparing to lead the Qing soldiers to encircle and suppress Gan Hui.
Gan Hui killed from the mountain and disrupted the formation of the Qing army, and at this time, Zheng Chenggong personally led the soldiers of the Huben battalion to lead the army to kill the Qing army.
Rushing to a distance of fifty paces, the soldiers of the Huben battalion lit the grenades that had already been prepared, lit them with incense, and threw them at the Qing army.
Countless iron shells and bamboo tubes flew towards the Qing army like raindrops.
Before the Qing army could react, what was this?
Those grenade shells had already fallen into the crowd, and immediately, the earth-shattering explosions were incessant, like huge thunder, like landslides.
The shattered shrednel suddenly became a hook sticker, and in an instant, those Qing troops fell into a large piece.
The positions were littered with shattered and smashed corpses, half of the arms, thighs and even severed heads bleeding and brains.
Even the war horses of the Qing army were screamed by the loud noise, and they ran around.
The Qing soldiers had never seen this kind of weapon, and when they saw the bloody corpses that had been blown up, they were immediately frightened.
For a while, the Qing army was stunned and in a mess. Zheng Chenggong, who had been prepared for a long time, led the Zheng family's army, used a grenade to open the way, and hurriedly killed the Qing army.
"Ah~!" In the frightened screams, Ori Guangqiu collapsed first and fled.
The Qing army, which was already at the end of the crossbow, could no longer support it, and they all tried their last strength to flee desperately.
The retreating tide quickly caused a chain reaction, and wave after wave of soldiers were coerced and fled towards Tong'an City
Shi Lang, who was arranged to take a detour to the back to stop the Qing army, saw that the Qing army was panicked and wanted to escape back to Tong'an as soon as possible, so he hurriedly ordered: "Get out of the way and let these lost dogs escape back to the city!" ”
When Adjutant General Lan Cheng heard Shi Lang's military order, he hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him and said, "General Shi, the general ordered us to stop and kill the Qing army!" If you do this, will you disobey the military order! ”
When Shi Lang heard that Lan Cheng dared to disobey his military orders, he immediately whipped a horsewhip, leaving a red scar on his face.
Shi Lang shouted, "Do I need your instructions on what I do?" Hurry up and execute the order, do you have to take responsibility for delaying the fighter? Haven't you heard that generals are not subject to military orders abroad?
Zheng Jiajun's military orders are strict, and if he is a deputy general, Shi Langshi, as the main general, can kill him on the spot.
Even if the commander-in-chief's military orders are fang, the deputy general must also carry them out.
If you have an opinion, you can only report it to Zheng Chenggong afterwards and try it.
Lan Cheng was whipped, glared at Shi Lang angrily, and angrily led the soldiers to carry out Shi Lang's order.
Seeing that there was a way out, the Qing army turned around and fled towards Tong'an City regardless of it.
After the defeat of the Qing army, Shi Lang let his troops follow the Qing army to Tong'an City.
Zhang Xiaoling of Tong'an Zhi County saw the defeat of Zhiguangqiu, and was immediately afraid, so he asked his subordinates to roll up fine silver and abandon the city and escape.
The magistrates all fled, and the Qing soldiers who defended the city lost their fighting spirit and all surrendered.
Shi Lang successfully captured Tong'an.
Fujian Tong'an Mansion. Gan Hui said excitedly, "General, Tong'an City is under the control of our army!" ”
"Good!" Zheng Chenggong said, "How many Qing troops have been surrendered?" ”
Gan Hui scratched his head and said, "General, I don't know about this kind of thing!" ”
Zheng Chenggong knew that Gan Hui was brave in battle, but he didn't like to use his brain. Without blame, he turned his head to look at the others.
Shi Lang hurriedly replied: "Our army has captured a total of more than 1,600 people, most of whom are from the Green Battalion Army, and there are few real Tartars. ”
Hearing Shi Lang's answer, Zheng Chenggong looked at him.
After the battle with Tong'an, Lan Cheng told Zheng Chenggong about Shi Lang's disobedience to military orders.
Although Zheng Chenggong was a little unhappy about Shi Lang's good advocacy, he didn't take it to heart.
Shi Lang is talented, Zheng Chenggong does not deny this. has been hesitating whether to reuse him.
When I was a child, I read Jin Yong's novel "The Story of Deer and Ding".
Zheng Xinguo remembered that Shi Lang defected to the Qing Dynasty and did not share the sky with the Zheng family because Zheng Chenggong listened to the views of the woman (Zheng Chenggong's wife Dong) and slandered Shi Lang for killing the deserter without authorization and committing the crime of disrespect. Zheng Chenggong ordered Shi Lang to be arrested, and he also killed Shi Lang's entire family with a narrow heart.
Shi Lang defected to the Qing Dynasty in order to take revenge and vowed to kill the Zheng family.
Because of this memory, Zheng Chenggong often warned himself not to make the same mistake again, and he also valued Shi Lang more.
But after more contact with Shi Lang, I found that Shi Lang was simply a bastard!
Yes, Shi Lang is talented in leading troops to fight, but his personality is also a headache.
First of all, Shi Lang's position was very unfirm, at first he was Zheng Zhilong's subordinate, and later he defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. When the development of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unsatisfactory, he came to take refuge in himself.
Shi Lang has no integrity at all, and is a person who puts his personal meritorious service and fame above the interests of the country and the nation.
For a person like Shi Lang, Zheng Chenggong can't reuse him with peace of mind.
In addition, Shi Lang is arrogant and arrogant, and often looks down on other soldiers, resulting in a bad relationship with other soldiers, which makes Zheng Chenggong often have a headache for him.
If so, Zheng Chenggong can still tolerate it and turn a blind eye to it.
But what made Zheng Chenggong unbearable was that Shi Lang was very greedy for money.
In "The Legend of Deer and Ding", it was said that Shi Lang often bribed Shangguan with gold, silver and jewelry, and at that time, he was an idle general, relying on the thin money of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It's not the proceeds of previous corruption. Where he was before, wasn't it under Zheng Chenggong.
According to historical records, after Shi Lang conquered Taiwan, he seized the income from land and property under Shi Lang's name, which occupied almost half of the reclaimed land in southern Taiwan, which was called "Shi Hou Rent Garden", which continued until the period of Taiwan's Japanese occupation. The rent collected is called "Shihou Great Rent".
The collection of the "Shihou Great Rent" was carried out by the Qing Dynasty in the Taiwan Yamen, and was sent to Beijing to be handed over to the descendants of the hereditary Shi Lang position.
In this way, Shi Lang was still insufficient, and he was insatiable, and even the Penghu fishermen who had no land and no land did not let go, and Shi Lang extorted "rules" from the fishermen to collect them into his own pockets.
Shi Lang scavenged money in Taiwan, so that the Shi family had hundreds of thousands of money income every year, which created Shi Lang's second son Shi Shilun's reputation as a "clean official".
Shi Lang has looted and plundered so much money, does Shi Shilun, who was born in the second generation of the rich, still need to be a corrupt official and work hard to loot the people's meager money to block himself and fill his reputation!
In order to prevent the soldiers' salaries from being deducted, and at the same time enhance their prestige in the army, Zheng Chenggong's military salaries were personally supervised and distributed by Zheng Chenggong.
But the greedy Shi Lang saw that he couldn't get his hands and feet from his subordinates' salaries, so he often took the opportunity to covet his loot.
For this reason, Shi Lang's subordinates often complained to Zheng Chenggong because of these.
This time to conquer Tong'an, Shi Lang also took the opportunity to loot and swallow up the gold, silver and jewelry of many Tong'an civil and military officials.
If it weren't for Shi Lang's contribution to the capture of Tong'an City this time, and the fact that there are not many soldiers he can use now, Zheng Chenggong would have ordered Shi Lang to be severely punished.