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"It's actually Zhu Qi!" Zheng Kezhang muttered that he got the news of another uprising in eastern Sichuan three days later than the Qing army, which was naturally caused by the insufficient infiltration of Zheng Fan's spies into Sichuan, but it was precisely because of the delay in the news that Zheng Kezhang had a more detailed understanding of the leaders of the uprising and the situation of the exhibition. "What a good idea."

Because the Eastern Sichuan Righteous Army supported the Ming and opposed the Qing Dynasty to fight against Zheng, it was actually a new separatist force, but although its initial momentum was fierce, it was not easy to successfully resist the conquest of the Qing army in central Sichuan and win the final victory.

"It's a good thing for the clan." Zheng Kezhang thought so. "Command the Eastern Front."

Zheng Kezhang was not an immortal, and he did not have enough ears and eyes to detect the arrival of Qing reinforcements, so in his opinion, the time for a counterattack had come. However, just as the guards holding his general orders boarded the eastbound clipper, the 40,000 Qing troops from Xuzhou had already entered Xiangyang City in a steady stream.

"Xia Guan and the others have seen Lord Zhengtai." Because the Zhennan battalion has generals and deputy generals, the reinforcements transferred from Xuzhou are commanded by the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief, so in the face of the governor of Congyipin, who also has the title of secretary of the military department, these Qiu Ba have to act as subordinate officials.

"Lord Ka, Lord Guo doesn't have to be polite." Although Guo Shijie, the general soldier of Laizhou Town, had 8,000 soldiers, it was Kazhu who greeted Gartu with a smile on his face, the former deputy capital of Mongolia with a white flag and the deputy capital of Manchuria with the current banner. "Speaking of which, Ben Du is also looking forward to the two adults." As he spoke, Gartu made a gesture of please. "Come, I'll wait to talk to you in the city."

The deputy commander and the general army can enter the city, and the officers and soldiers below the assistant leaders, staff leaders, deputy generals, and staff generals of other specific departments naturally do not have such treatment, but Gaertu has already arranged it, and Goshha, who has his own governor Yamen, led the army to enter the city and directly opened the pre-built camp outside Xiangyang City.

"What a name!" Naturally, Gartu did this because he was afraid of the army causing trouble in the city, but treating the soldiers who came to Huguang all the way under the scorching sun as thieves naturally attracted a lot of scolding. "Even the city didn't let us in, and we rushed to the rescue, we knew we wouldn't do it, yes, we didn't do it!"

"What a noise!" Although the leaders of the battalions were also a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they still sent their own soldiers to deter the army with whips for fear of bombing the camp. "I can't treat you badly, when I get to the camp, I have wine and meat, and I will eat you Qiu Ba to death!"

Hearing that there was wine and meat, the Qing soldiers were overjoyed, and their steps were relaxed. At this moment, suddenly a tight cannon sound sounded in the distance. The Qing soldiers who came to help were in a commotion, and even a few battalion leaders were shocked, but fortunately, Goshha, who led them, looked calm and calm, and he stubbornly stabilized the army's heart.

"What kind of cannon is this?" Kazhu, who had just returned to the second hall of the governor's yamen and sat down, also heard the sound of cannons, and looked at Galtu with some surprise. "Controlling the army, could it be that the sea rebellion has already come to the city? It shouldn't be, the army of King Pingjun."

"This is the fleet of the sea rebellion cannon on the Han River." Of course, Galtu knew the unfinished meaning of Kazhu, and replied with a wry smile. "The ships of the sea rebellion are now cruising on the Han River day and night, and the 6 provinces of An (Zhongxiang) are no longer navigable, and the sea rebellion is still unforgiving, and often goes north to Xiangfan with a small fleet of six or seven boats to harass. It is hateful that the battalion of the Governor and the Governor of the Standard Water Division has repeatedly fought with it and cannot win so much that it has lost all its losses, so it can only sit and watch the sea gallop against the horizon. ”

Guo Shijie was shocked when he heard it and said, "That's good." ”

"Guo Zhen doesn't have to worry." It makes sense that the self-exposed Galtu can sit firmly on Mount Tai. "Now the governor thinks that since the superintendent of the water division battalion is useless, he will load it into a boulder and sink it on the Han River to block the river, and stationed sandbag batteries in many places on both banks, and placed more than ten Hongyi cannons.

"I see." He breathed a sigh of relief, and after a moment he rolled his eyes again. "The outer firearms battalion went south this time, bringing a total of ten Shengong general cannons, twenty Shenwei invincible general cannons, and ten Wucheng Yonggu general cannons, so the firepower may be able to help the army in the artillery battle."

In the early years of Kangxi, Nan Huairen alone supervised the construction of 185 hardwood cannons and Hongyi cannons, 240 Shenwei invincible general cannons, 61 Wucheng Yonggu general cannons, and 80 Shengong general cannons. After that, with the rise of Zheng Fan's power in the southeast, the Qing court successively cast more than 600 artillery pieces of more than 3,000 jin in Beijing and other places. A considerable part of them were lost in battle, and some were recast because they proved to be unable to resist the Zheng army's two- and three-inch field guns. Therefore, to this day, the Qing army is still equipped with nearly 700 bronze cannons of more than 3,000 catties.

Due to the Kangxi and Manchu Zonggui's consistent vigilance against the Green Battalion, these heavy bronze cannons were assigned to about 50 of each of the Eight Banners of the Xi'an and the re-established Qingzhou garrison, and the remaining 500 or so were in the hands of the firearms battalions inside and outside the Beijing Banner. Among them, the foreign firearms battalion led by the governor of Kazhu alone brought 80 people, but because these artillery pieces often weighed thousands of catties, the transportation was really inconvenient, so half of them stayed in Xuzhou, and only 40 were transported to Huguang, and the lighter Shenwei Invincible General Cannon and Shengong General Cannon were the mainstays, and the Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon, which was the heaviest and most powerful, was only 10.

Of course, this limited number is also relative, in fact, even if regardless of the caliber of two inches and six minutes (about 8omm) of the Shengong general cannon, it is still possible to use ten (caliber 125mm) Wucheng Yonggu general cannons and twenty (caliber 11omm) Shenwei invincible general cannons to cooperate with Wu Yan and Gaertu in Huguang to cast more than ten 5,000 jin Hongyi artillery guns in Huguang to block the Hanshui River and give heavy damage to the surface troops of the Zheng army who did not know the arrival of Xuzhou reinforcements.

However, after thinking about it, Galtu still refused Kazhu's suggestion, not because he thought that the other party's construction was suspected of stealing merit, but because he thought that the eastward transfer of Xuzhou's headquarters was a very confidential matter, and since Zheng Fan had not been able to show up so far, it was necessary to conceal the troop movement to the end, so as to deter the opponent in one fell swoop.

"That's right." Of course, his regret is not that he can't hit Zheng Jun well, in fact, even if he is the deputy commander of Manchuria with a white flag, he has a higher status in the army that comes to help, but he has no right to directly command the battalion commander of the foreign firearms battalion, so his mention is to use the momentum of Gartu to suppress the foreign firearms battalion, and then borrow the equipment of the external firearms battalion to suppress Galtu, and finally let him personally achieve the goal of making military merits, but now Galtu is not on the set, and his hope of making benefits out of thin air is in vain. I regret it. "Lord Kar is thoughtful, and the lower officials are self-reliant."

It seemed that Kazhu was a little dissatisfied, and Gartu immediately changed the topic: "This governor has ordered Jingmen to be ready to respond, I don't know when the two adults will get up, and when the follow-up army will arrive in Xiangyang." ”

Guo Shijie sensed that there was a problem between the two, and hurriedly replied: "If you return to the army, the headquarters will be renovated for one day, and you can go south tomorrow at noon, and as for the follow-up units, they will also arrive in a few days." ”

Gartu nodded lightly: "It's not that the official wants to catch up with the two adults, it's really the general's side that wants to see through, and the chaotic people in eastern Sichuan have risen again, shaking our army's grain road, if the time to win is delayed, I'm afraid that even if the sea is repulsed, the middle of the river will be lost." Now the country is in a difficult situation, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou and even Ganshan rely on Sichuan.

Gaertu's words can't go on anymore, but Kazhu and Guo Shijie are also people who understand the general trend, and they are awe-inspiring, so the two of them can't care about anything anymore, and they clasp their fists and respond: "Don't worry about the army, we should go all out." ”

"This official can trust the two adults." It's not easy to say much about Gartu, just a little bit. "The house has prepared wine, and the right to be the official is a strong deed for the two adults."

Before Kazhu and Guo Shijie could communicate, an exceptionally loud explosion came, and after a while, a deputy general with a gloomy face hurriedly came to the hall and knelt down: "The sandbag battery on the right bank was attacked by the sea counter, and the four hundred and twenty men below Ren Mou, who defended the guerrillas, were unable to fight, and they had been defeated and retreated, and the sea rebel took advantage of the situation to blow up the fort and artillery."

"Bastard thing!" Gartu was furious. "Ren has survived." The adjutant general gave a clear reply, and Galtu immediately ordered. "Immediately behead the crowd." The guerrilla is also from the third rank of military attaché, and this person is not retreating without a fight, but he is unable to fight, but Gaertu is angry, and he took this person's life with a word. "Send someone to clean up the fort."

Seeing that the adjutant general looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Gartu waved his hand: "This officer also knows that the army's heart is shaken, but there is still silver money in the governor's mansion, so you can pass the order, and those who are willing to attack will be rewarded with five taels of silver each, and if they can take back the fort, they will be rewarded with another five taels." ”

The adjutant general's eyebrows jumped, obviously feeling that Gartu's move might be a big deal, in fact, Zheng Jun blew up the fort, which shows that the other party has no long-term meaning, and there is obviously no resistance to recovering it, but Gartu knows the situation, why do you want to do this? It's certainly not a lot of money.

Looking at Kazhu and Guo Shijie, who were seated, the deputy general had an understanding and immediately responded: "Chir! ”

Guo Shijie and Kazhu also figured out the intention of Gartu, which was nothing more than a thousand gold city bones, and the incentive to supervise the standard and the Xiangyang City garrison was for the rear reinforcements to see, but one of the two was a Manchurian and the other was a Han army banner, so they naturally wanted to continue to be rich in the Qing court.

Seeing a hint of excitement on the faces of these two people, Gartu knew that he was about to succeed, and couldn't help but smile: "Two adults, don't worry about him, please come here." ”

"Please make the table first"

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