In Changsha, outside the yamen of the governor of Huanhuan, the soldiers stood solemnly, and the swords and guns were like a forest. In the yamen, there were hundreds of officials standing in front of the first Zhaobi, and the screams kept coming from inside, and the feathers on the winter hats of these officials were also shaking.

"Wang Bin of Changsha Mansion!"

A Goshha shouted, and Wang Bin, who was standing in front of the group of officials, turned to the crowd and said, "Wang went in to persuade Nian Xiantai, and everyone panicked. ”

The officials breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Bin was the prefect of Changsha, he spoke, how could Qianyao have to listen to it that year, right? As soon as this guy took office, he dragged the envoy into the governor's yamen, and killed a circle of officials for the crime of "collaborating with bandits and financing the enemy", and within a few days, he won the name of "Butcher of the Year".

A heart loosened a little, and I heard the chanting coming from inside: "I am the fourth rank official!" How dare you kill me!? ”

A cold snort followed behind: "This constitution is a military law!" Whatever you want! Come on, take off his head! ”

It should have been his own soldiers who did it directly, but in a moment, another terrible scream sounded, and the officials outside the wall almost collapsed on the ground.

"This ...... What is ...... charge?"

Outside the door of the main hall, the envoy who was sitting on the left and right with Nian Qianyao was already full of sweat, and the headless corpse on the ground, he didn't dare to raise his eyes at all. But now Nian Qianyao cut off the head of the Changsha prefect with a single sentence, and he had to hold back this sentence with great difficulty.

"Hunan righteous businessman Yu Songxing assassinated Li Xian unsuccessfully, this Wang Bin will be tied up in Song and sent back to Guangdong, isn't it an enemy, not a bandit!?"

Nian Qianyao said coldly.

"Yes...... But now is not wartime, the emperor is saying that the overall situation must be put first. ”

According to the inspector, he is unwilling to resist, he is different from Nian Qianyao, in case he wants to settle the account, he has to wipe it out first, so he must force Nian Qianyao to show a resolute attitude.

"Dark war, that's also war!"

Nian Qianyao snorted, and ignored him again, at this time, a pro-soldier stepped forward to attach his ear, and Nian Qianyao pointed to one of the people who were waiting: "Yuan Fang, you continue", that was his curtain Hu Qiheng, who was previously sentenced to Kuizhou, and he was transferred to the governor of Bihuan, so Hu Qiheng was also brought.

When he entered the inner hall, he bowed his head and bowed: "Villain Pang Zesheng, my brother was harmed by that Li Xian, I am willing to attach Ji Xiantai and avenge my brother!" ”

Nian Qianyao asked directly: "You said that you know the inside story of Li Xian, and you also recruited red seedlings?" ”

Pang Zesheng kowtowed, and Nian Qianyao waved his hand: "This constitution guarantees that you will be a thousand presidents, bring your Miao people, and follow the bidding." ”

He greeted outward: "Li Wei! ”

Li Wei, who was wearing a four-grade official uniform, came in, and he got the title of Hengyong Chengui Bing Beidao, and followed Nian Qianyao to act together.

"You came to ask him about the inside story of Li Shi."

Nian Qianyao handed Pang Zesheng to Li Wei, and then greeted again: "Yue Zhongqi!" ”

A sturdy young officer stepped in, saluted Nian Qianyao neatly, and did not raise his head, just waiting for the order.

"Miao soldiers are also under your command, this time send troops to Shaozhou, use them well!"

Yue Zhongqi responded, and when they all retreated, Nian Qianyao's tense face gradually spread out, turning into a thick unwillingness.

"Then Chen Yuanlong, damn it!"

In the governors of several provinces around Guangdong, he was too young and too young, and he was only entrusted by the Manpi to the rear of Jingping, the responsibility of preparing for the grain crop, and at the same time, he also had to hand over his own standard to Gao Qi's command.

In contrast, Chen Yuanlong, the governor of Guangxi, was different, he was not subject to Manpi moderation, and he alone took the heavy responsibility of copying Li Xian's back road from Lianzhou. But in Nian Qianyao's opinion, Chen Yuanlong is just a rotten Confucian scholar, and he can't master this "strange soldier" at all.

"I just hope that this Yue Zhongqi can withstand this big battle and withstand the pressure of his position."

Although he was only praised in the rear, Nian Qianyao still did not give up, and did everything possible to find opportunities to make contributions. This Yue Zhongqi is the son of Yue Shenglong, the governor of Sichuan in the past, who has repeatedly made military exploits in Songpan Town, and is a brave general. After he was transferred to the governor of Bihuan, he transferred him to the middle camp of Fubiao, hoping to rely on him as a sword.

"Let's hope it's in time......"

Now Fubiao has not set off yet, whether it is Li Xiansheng or Gao Qi's victory, it is not what Nian Qianyao wants.

"It's not enough......"

Furong Mountain, Shaozhou, got the latest report, at the military order meeting, Wu Ya shook his head and said, he was still not satisfied.

It is now the ninth day of October, Gao Qi is located in the northwest of Furong Mountain, eight miles west of Huanggang Mountain, Huang Langji camped, in addition to supervising the standard and raising the standard, there are also the town standards of the two towns of Zhengan Town and Yongzhou Town. In addition, I also saw the banner of Jiangxi's promotion, Jiangxi soldiers were very hard, Li Shi occupied Huanggang Mountain, just occupied the commanding heights of the intersection of Wushui Zhenshui, and did not dare to directly raft and meet Gaoqi, so he had to detour from Renhua County to Danxia Mountain.

After calculating that the number of Qing soldiers gathered now has exceeded 20,000, this is only ten days of effort, and the Qing soldiers in the Kangxi era at least maintained the level of the regular army in terms of mobilization speed.

"I'm just waiting for them, it's just ...... Four thousand against twenty thousand, it feels a bit difficult. ”

Zhang Hanjin pinched his chin, a little worried.

In this battle, Li Shi only dispatched most of the middle battalion, plus the two wings of the northern battalion, less than 4,000 people. Coupled with the strategy of defending as an offense, it is expected to face a tenfold enemy.

What worries Zhang Hanjin is that this kind of terrain is not suitable for musketeers like them to carry out their firepower, and the previous large wide and shallow horizontal formations are useless.

Wu Ya, Zhang Hanjin, Fang Tangheng, Luo Tangyuan and others looked at Li Shi, but saw that he was staring at the gentle river in winter.

"Am I being too arrogant?"

"What's missing?"

"Can the situation of this war be controlled? Will it be an all-out battle? ”

Li Shi was nervous at this time, defending Li Zhuang, Li Tang against Yang Chun, facing Wang Wenxiong, from dozens of people, hundreds to thousands, and now thousands of people. It used to be one battlefield, now it's two, no, three battlefields. In the past, it was purely military, but now politics brings the military together.

So he was nervous, the business matters, the little fur he knew in his previous life far surpassed this era, and cultural thought was the direction he had focused on before, and he had some experience. But in this military field, he is just a military fan, not even a professional layman. His army had expanded too quickly, and the scale of his battles had escalated time after time, and the experience of the previous one was insufficient, far from enough to sustain him to withstand the pressure.

What's worse is that no one can share his pressure yet, he has to bear everything. Even if it is only based on military theory, his team is still too immature and has too few talents. Jia Hao, who can play the role of chief of staff, is in Baicheng, Fan Jin, who can observe and stabilize the morale of the army, is in Qingpu, and Yan Sanniang is ...... No, this time he ignored her protests, and was not allowed to go to war, or even to move around in White City.

"In view of such terrain, can the formulated combat methods be effective?"

"This battle, was it fought too hastily, and it shouldn't have been necessary?"

The pressure came together, and it was these doubts that eventually formed, which in turn made him shake with determination.

"Director-General, letter from Baicheng!"

When the atmosphere was solemn, Li Xi received several letters.

"The husband fights for the world and the people, and the concubines are powerless to help each other, only to repay the peace of the family, and hope that the husband will not be the concubine."

This is a letter from the three wives, so he was advised to concentrate on the war, the text should have been written by An Jiuxiu, and at the end of the letter was the signatures of the three of them, three different aromas mixed together, which made Li Xian's heart faintly confused, and his stagnant chest cavity was also relaxed a lot.

"The arrow is on the string, the heart is on the target."

This is Duan Hongshi's letter, just eight words, Li Xian smiled, the pressure was relieved a few more points, and there was no turning back when he opened the bow.

In addition, there are also letters about Fengsheng and Tian Dayou, all of which say that everyone is preparing a banquet and the like, in their opinion, Li Shi is invincible, Qingtian Siwei is like a heavenly soldier, and how many officers and soldiers come are in vain.

Liu Xingchun and Peng Xianzhong's letter strengthened Li Shi's determination to win, and the locals in Guangdong also knew about this battle from various channels. More people have the mentality of staying out of the matter, and even the Dongguan people who are good at gambling have opened a gambling game, and the odds given are that Li Xianyi and five officers and soldiers are just like the current comparison of troops. made Li Xi laugh and shake his head again.

Even Li Zhushou sent a letter reminding him that there were some changes in the Guangdong officials, presumably because they wanted to see what the battle would look like, and then decide whether to take advantage of the fire to loot and turn the situation in Guangdong overturned. It can be seen from this letter that Li Zhushou is also optimistic about Li Shi and has confidence in this battle.

"It's a bit of a hassle......"

Li Xi said this, which made everyone's hearts also sink, and the confidence of the general director was also insufficient?

"Tell those sharpshooters, recognize the official uniform, don't kill another admiral, otherwise Kangxi's old face won't be able to hang up."

Li Xi said this, and after a moment, everyone laughed together.

"You can't just look at the soldiers, in addition to the sharpshooters, I have a secret weapon here."

Luo Tangyuan, the wing commander of the cannon wing, patted his chest, full of confidence.

"Li Xi definitely doesn't have 10,000 soldiers, looking at his current camp, there are only four or five thousand people at most, and he will do it when the Jiangxi Governor and Nian Qianyao's bid are raised!"

On the hill on the side of Gao Langji, he put down the monocular at a high position, and he was also full of confidence.

"There are few soldiers, and they are divided into two places, shrinking and waiting to be attacked, the terrain is messy, it is inconvenient for guns and cannons to play, and the piles are inferior, he has all of them! This is an ignorant fool who doesn't know anything about soldiers! ”

He crooked his mouth and smiled, even if the guns were sharp, but under these disadvantages, it would be difficult to resist the impact of five or six times his military strength. Presumably that Li Shi regarded him as a reckless man like Wang Wenxiong. Back then, he was in a high position in Hunan and fought countless vicious battles with Wu Sangui, and he was used to seeing guns and artillery for a long time, and then he was a full-time firearms battalion training captain, so he was very familiar with firearms.

If he hadn't wanted to act safely, he would have had the idea of swinging his troops two days ago.

"Shoot the arrow book to that Li Shi, one every day, without interruption!"

Counting that there were still two or three days, Gao Qiwei gave an order, before fighting, use the delaying tactic to disperse Li Xian's determination.

The letter to Li Shi was naturally to persuade him to surrender, but because Li Shi was not a thief on the surface, and even this battle was not on the face of the court, he did not mention the word surrender, but persuaded him to surrender to the court, disarm and scatter the soldiers, and the court could be lightly punished.

Li Shi's answer was very direct, the soldier who shot the arrow was killed by a volley of guns a hundred steps away, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, this guy was even more rampant than a serious thief...... On October 13, as soon as the follow-up arrived, Gao Qiwei issued an order.

"The main attack on Furong Mountain, the feint attack on Huanggang Mountain, in order to calm down in one go!"

Seeing that more than a dozen general cannons were pulled out of the Qing army camp, and they were spread out in one breath four or five miles away, tens of thousands of Qing soldiers came in three ways, and on the mountainside of Furong Mountain, Li Xi only felt extremely relieved, and the residual pressure in his heart disappeared.

(To be continued)