"The old man is crazy!"

At the end of June, in the Tianxin Pavilion in the south of Changsha City, this shout echoed uncertainly, and the people around closed their eyes and bowed their heads, pretending not to hear this. Who is the old man? Of course, it was Kangxi, who dared to call the emperor so in front of everyone, but he was not afraid of being held accountable, only the coarse man Oro Dai, the minister of the guard.

Oro Dai led the left wing of the Forward Battalion of the Forbidden Brigade and the Forward Battalion of the Internal Affairs Government to enter Changsha from a total of 4,000 banner soldiers[1], and joined the 30,000 Green Battalion of He Tenglin, the Hunan Governor who retreated to Changsha, plus 5,000 Lian Yong collected by Shen Jing, the prefect of Changsha, and 70,000 soldiers, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, responsible for the defense of Changsha City. As the Minister of the Guard, Oro Dai received the seal of General Jing and was the commander-in-chief of Changsha City Defense.

The commander-in-chief arrived in Changsha in mid-June, confronted the British and Chinese troops outside the city for nearly half a month, and when he heard the news of Kangxi's visit to Yuezhou, he involuntarily launched a jail. This person is very domineering, he doesn't be very polite in front of Kangxi, and he comes when he opens his mouth in front of people.

"Actually pulled out most of our eight flags, if you miss, do you want this world?"

In Oro Dai's view, the Eight Banners are the foundation of a country, even the Beijing Battalion led the flag soldiers in Xi'an, Jingzhou and other places, Kangxi pulled out nearly 100,000 Eight Banners in one go, in case there are three long and two short, how can it shock the world in the future?

His voice is also the voice of many people, and this question has been repeated countless times by the prince of the Eight Banners in the capital. Kangxi's heart was as strong as iron, but he didn't listen to it at all.

There was a faint thud of thumping sounds, and Oro Dai spat irritably, pretending not to hear. It must be that the bandit army in the south of the city has started firing artillery again, and those guys are dragging small cannons in horse-drawn carts, slowly cleaning up the houses outside the city.

But he couldn't pay attention to it, and he had already planted several heels for this matter.

When Oro Dai first came, he was very dissatisfied with He Tenglin and others holding their heads in the city, the thief army was just a small cannon, but there were cannons in Changsha City, why not fight?

Ignoring the bitter persuasion of Han Wenwu, he ordered the cannon to fire back, but he shot away the small cannon. didn't wait to be happy, the thief army pulled out a cannon, which blew up the cannon position of the city wall, reimbursed more than a dozen generals, and also made Oro Dai lose his old face.

The thief army continued to use small cannons to clean up people's houses, and Oro Dai did not give up, sending 2,000 green battalions to attack, and in order to boost the morale of the flag battalion, 300 elite cavalry from the two forward battalions were selected to participate in the battle.

At that time, He Tenglin and Shen Jing saw the eyes of the soldiers, as if they were bidding farewell to the dead, which made Oro Dai very angry. Two or three hours later, less than a thousand remnants of the soldiers fled back, and the cavalry of the 300 forward battalion fought without retreating, and all of them were annihilated. Oro Dai was in pain and frightened, and it hurt that there were 300 Manchurian good men, but they were all gone. Surprised, he felt that only by hitting the main force of the thief army would he lose so badly.

"There is only one battalion commander of the thief army in the southern city......

He Tenglin shouted at Jumping Feet to report to the emperor's Oro Dai like this, his eyes fell on the ground, not daring to let Oro Dai see the disdain in his eyes.

"A battalion? How could it be ......"

Oro Dai is unbelievable, isn't there more than a thousand people in one battalion? Where does it come from?

He didn't know, and He Tenglin and Shen Jing didn't know too well, that the Qingpu battalion of the Yingyang Army in the south of the city had been expanded, with more than 3,000 horses and dozens of cannons. With such a battalion, the army of Changsha came out empty, and it may not be able to win in a battle.

Losing face twice in a row, Oro Dai also stopped, and He Tenglin and Shen Jing also listened to their words. If the thieves want to clean up the houses outside the city, let them go, anyway, if they don't clean up, they have to clean up themselves. The thieves want to get a wide field of artillery, and they can't let the thieves attack the city through civilian houses.

Oro Dai did not dare to be idle, and cared about the guards of Cai Gong's tomb outside the city. It was a high ground, and if it fell into the hands of the thief army, the cannon would be able to hit Tianxin Pavilion directly. Therefore, he not only sent 2,000 green battalions to dig trenches in Cai Gong's grave, but also selected 200 musketeers from the forward battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assist in the defense.

The accustomed cannon sound suddenly changed, and the hissing scream suddenly sounded, but it came from the direction of Cai Gong's tomb in the southeast, and Oro Dai and a cadre of generals looked at it intently, and there was an uproar. I saw more than a dozen black flowering bombs falling in an arc, exploding fireworks at the Cai Gong Grave position.

After several rounds of shelling, there was a very rhythmic volley of gunfire. Seeing a large number of defeated soldiers retreating from Cai Gong's tomb in the smoke, Oro Dai felt bitter in his mouth, the thief army occupied Cai Gong's tomb, which means that they are going to officially attack the city!?

The flags were unfurled, the cannons were rumbling, and the cars and horses were surging, and the entire Qingpu battalion was pressed up. Oro Dai didn't care to scold the green camp that couldn't even hold on for half an hour, and went down to Tianxin Pavilion in a hurry, this is no longer a safe place.

"Urgently report to the emperor, the thief army has attacked the city with all its might, and the ministers will defend Changsha to repay the emperor's kindness!"

Even if he was arrogant in front of Kangxi, at this time, Oro Dai must also put on a correct posture, and at the same time call for help. There are 30,000 thieves in the army, and all of them are pressed, and Changsha is not guaranteed, the emperor!

"The emperor is urgent! The army is converging towards Changsha, you must hold Changsha, and you can't take a step back to destroy the city! Those who lose an inch of land in this battle, slash! ”

As soon as the urgent report was sent away, Kangxi's strict order arrived, Oro Dai gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "That stupid old man!" ”

Fang Tangheng, the commander of the Qingpu Battalion of the Eagle Yang Army, stepped on Cai Gong's grave and poured a stick of incense on Cai Daoxian, the Changsha magistrate who died at the hands of Zhang Xianzhong in the Ming Dynasty, and then waved his hand: "Pull up the cannons, boom Tianxin Pavilion!" ”

Then he asked his men, "Are the musketeers gone?" He actually had the courage to shoot at us and killed more than ten of our brothers, what kind of goods are they? I was almost thrown out of battle by a group of Tartar cavalry before, and I really bumped into bad luck repeatedly! ”

The subordinates turned around and got news: "That's the flag soldiers, all surrendered, saying that they are not Manchus, they are Koreans." ”【2】

Fang Tangheng was very angry: "North Koreans!? At this time, you will recognize your ancestors? It's late! Push them down to the city, and they will all be killed! ”

There seems to be no one on the wall of Tianxin Pavilion, but in fact, there are a large number of green battalions and banner soldiers, all of whom are looking at the scene under the city through the battlements. I saw a group of red-clothed soldiers pushing more than 100 Korean soldiers over, and when they arrived at the city, the group of Korean soldiers was in chaos, some ran away, and some knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The red-clothed soldiers didn't care whether they ran or knelt, they shot with their guns neatly, and some even carried the arms of the god arm with a thin arm, knocking down a piece with a bang, and turning the more than 100 Korean soldiers into a pile of corpses in a moment.

These dozens of red-clothed soldiers used bayonets to mend each of the corpses in the pool of blood, and then retreated, and none of the hundreds of Qing soldiers in the city dared to show their heads. When the red-clothed soldiers walked far, there was a continuous sound of vomiting, and the neatness of the red-clothed soldiers killing the North Korean soldiers seemed to be more terrible than the upper body of the gun.

"Military Heart...... How can such a military spirit be defended......"

He Tenglin, who was matched by Oro Dai and matched to Tianxin Pavilion, groaned in pain.

"Block the gates with stones! No one is allowed to enter or leave again! ”

Oro Dai is also single, anyway, this period of time rushed a lot of grain into the city, so he blocked the escape route, making the city a Jedi.

"Changsha is not important, what matters is the army of the Tartar Emperor."

Fang Tangheng educated his subordinates who were gearing up to fight, and wanted to attack Changsha City. Behind the Qingpu battalion, the general flag of the Eagle Yang Army is unfurling at Miaofeng.

"What about Seongnam Academy? In Tianxin Pavilion? ”

Miao Fengfeng, Li Shi looked at the Gaofeng Temple in front of him, very dissatisfied.

"When we get to Changsha, we will move the academy over, and this Buddhist temple will go aside."

He said very unceremoniously that although Changsha Chengnan Academy is not as famous as Yuelu Academy in Changsha, it is also a place of literary beauty. After the academy was destroyed, the monk temple was built on the original site. Li Xian couldn't remember when the academy moved back, but since he was here, the academy had to come back. 【3】

"Uh...... Heavenly King, let's concentrate on the war, the army of Bahun Dai has arrived at Xiufeng Mountain in the north of the city, and it is only forty or fifty miles away from us. Norbu's army also arrived in Liuyang, and was camped at the southern foot of Gongshan, eighty miles away from us, which was already surrounded on both sides. ”

Fan Jin, who temporarily served as the commander of the Eagle Yang Army, said with a wry smile, seeing that the war had begun, the king was still a little absent-minded, and he frequently wandered, like a tourist.

Kangxi sat in Yuezhou, led the Minister of the Guard, Bahun Dai, to receive the seal of General Yangwei, and orthodoxically led 10,000 Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, 10,000 Zhili Green Battalion, and the right wing of the Forward Battalion of the Eight Banners of the Beijing Battalion, and stationed the Eight Banners in Xi'an, Jingzhou and Shanxi, with a total of more than 30,000 people coming down from the north. The Minister of the Interior, Norbu, led the Yongluo General Yin, commanded more than 20,000 green battalions in Jiangxi, and a total of 30,000 cavalry battalions from Liuyang to the west. Counting the 40,000 people in Changsha City, in the north and east, the 100,000 army was like a pair of pincers, sandwiching the 30,000 British and Chinese troops who went north from Zhaoshan and spread out in the south of Changsha City.

"Don't worry, Kang Mazi's trump card is not in place yet, these 100,000 people are guarding the door, and they will never dare to move."

Li Shi reassured that after all, Fan Jin had been immersed in military affairs and teaching, and he was not good at military command. Although the number of Qing troops on both sides is huge, there is nothing to fear, and the main master he is waiting for has not yet played.

After two months in Zhaoshan, Li Shi was busy tempering the army, not only expanding the Yingyang Army and the Tiger Ben Army in place, but also making some adjustments to the internal guards of Guangxi and Hunan, and now he can participate in this battlefield, and he does not expect to act as the main frontal force, and it is enough to guarantee the flanks.

"Kangxi? How could he be on the battlefield? ”

Fan Jin misunderstood and was very puzzled.

Of course, Kangxi will not come in person, and he will not even easily use the Manchurian Forbidden Brigade Xiao Cavalry Camp in his hands, after all, it is the foundation of the Tatar Qing Dynasty, and it is already rotten and unusable. Bringing these flag camps is just to calm the field, so as to push the green battalions and Han army flag battalions from all over the country to go into battle to kill the enemy. And what he expects to break through the trump card of our Anglo-Chinese army is the Shaanxi-Gansu horse team, as well as the new Manchu-Han firearms battalion. ”

The Eight Banners Cavalry Battalion is also dominated by horse teams, and it is still the main force of the Eight Banners. It's a pity that as early as the time of the Ping San Domain, they were defeated and couldn't form an army, and they had long lost the courage of their ancestors, and even Kangxi didn't dare to use them with confidence, it should just be placed in Yuezhou to deter the army.

From Shunzhi to Kangxi, there is a principle for the use of the Eight Banners, that is, to deter and not easily get into danger. Therefore, Li Xian didn't think that Kangxi would be stupid enough to let the Eight Banners soldiers act as the main force in this battle, especially the forbidden brigade guard camp and the Manmeng Xiao cavalry camp, which were all pure Manmeng Eight Banners, once the damage was too much, it would hurt the vitality at all. 【4】

But since Kangxi wants to recruit in person, he has to bring enough soldiers and horses. Not only is he leading the battle to prepare for backup, but also preventing the situation from deteriorating, so he can retreat north safely.

In addition to the banner battalions led by Orodai, Bahundai and Norbu, Kangxi also had the above-mentioned troops in Yuezhou, with a total of about 30,000 people in the pro-military camp and the infantry military camp. The 20,000 Shaanxi-Gansu horse team and the Manchu and Han firearms battalion 20,000 should be the core of this battle, and Li Xi is more concerned about the movements of these 40,000 people.

The movements of the 40,000-strong army should be the basic information that is easy to figure out, but Luo Tangyuan followed Shang Jun to report the time in person, and both of them had fluttering eyes, obviously "fascinated" by something.

"I can't figure out the subordinates!?"

"Mixed up?"

Li Xian sighed, just figuring out how many Qing troops there were and where they were distributed, it was very easy, but to figure out their establishment and subordination, this was really a pot of porridge.

(To be continued)