Chapter 111: Fighting with Wu Sangui
Zhang Biwu and Wu Sangui obviously said that they would fight the Qing Dynasty together, work together for the time being, and not fight with each other, but now? But he raised the butcher knife to his friend and stabbed him hard in the back, this knife was really heavy, really ruthless!
Zhang Biwu is naturally that angry! That hate! I can't wait to break Wu Sangui's corpse into pieces!
The people around him all looked at Zhang Biwu and wanted to know what Zhang Biwu was going to do? Whether to attack or to continue to negotiate peace, or something else.
Like Chen Zhilong, he spoke up and said: "King Qi, I think Wu Sangui is an anti-Qing force, no matter how capricious he is, now that he has won Fujian, he must have stopped!" We shouldn't fight in the nest and negotiate peace with Wu Sangui! ”
Zhang Biwu has always endured humiliation, and many people are speculating about Zhang Biwu's thoughts, is this time going to show weakness? All in order to resist the overall situation? Let Wu Sangui occupy Fujian?
Therefore, many people have said that they should negotiate peace with Wu Sangui again, and let Wu Sangui focus on the overall situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty and stop doing this.
Zhang Biwu looked at them, but he was sneering, really let Zhang Biwu negotiate peace again? How is this possible!
Zhang Biwu said the truth: "This time we are going to beat Wu Sangui, and we are going to beat him up!" Fight to remember this lesson forever! So that he doesn't dare to make any more small moves behind our backs! ”
As soon as Zhang Biwu's words came out, everyone was surprised, why couldn't bear the humiliation this time? Not like it used to be?
Zhang Biwu said: "At the beginning, our strength was still weak, confined to various places, unable to exert our fists and feet, and we were forced by the Manchus. There is a danger of perdition at any time. At this time. We can't go against others, we can only endure humiliation. And now the situation is different, the situation in Jiangnan has opened! Moreover, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was intimidated by the killing of a wise and brave prince, and the whole country was in shock. We can raise troops to compete with Wu Sangui first! ”
Zhang Biwu looked around at everyone, and then continued: "What's more, Li Guo, Li Dingguo and other subordinate generals think that I am too weak for me to tolerate Wu Sangui many times!" How many of them complained! I can't wait to have a big fight with Wu Sangui immediately! If I put up with it any longer, everyone will think I'm a turtle! They won't really work for me! One more thing, I'm too weak. Wu Sangui will think that I can be bullied, and he will do his best to bully me! If you want not to be bullied, then you have to be better than others! ”
Zhang Biwu's eyes were firm: "Besides, Fujian is Zheng Chenggong's nest again, if I withdraw, it will chill the hearts of Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jun's soldiers!" This is absolutely not to be done! This battle is inevitable! ”
Zhang Biwu gritted his teeth, he had already made a decision, and he immediately ordered the whole army to march south and fight with Wu Sangui.
Zhang Biwu first wants to arrest Wang Yongning, Wu Sangui's son-in-law in Suzhou, see if you Wu Sangui still dare to mess around?
Wu Sangui has six daughters. Among them, the four daughters are married to his four henchmen and favorite generals - Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu, and Wei Pu. One is married to Yangzhou, and the other is married to Suzhou. That is, Wang Yongning.
Wang Yongning's father was originally a general in the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was born and died, and the relationship between the two was very good. After Wang Yongning was poor, he begged all the way to find Wu Sangui, and became the fast son-in-law of King Pingxi.
The sub-lineage of the mountain wolf is rampant. As soon as Wang Yongning achieved his ambition, he bullied the local people, and the couple did all kinds of evil, and the people of Suzhou hated the couple to death.
Wang Yongning stayed in the Humble Administrator's Garden, which is known as one of the four famous gardens in China, and this time, the Humble Administrator's Garden is full of vitality.
Zhang Biwu now wants to take Wang Yongning and his wife to operate, but he received news that Wang Yongning and his wife have already escaped. Even Wu Sangui's other daughter, who lives in Yangzhou, slipped away with her husband, especially Yangzhou, who also sped on Zhang Biwu's military situation, so he secretly reported to Wu Sangui.
This battle is very difficult, after all, some of the military information of Zhang Biwu's army has made Wu Sangui know, can Zhang Biwu still lead his troops to fight this battle with Wu Sangui?
Even Wu Sangui's two daughters who stayed in Jiangnan couldn't be caught, let alone blackmailed with this.
Zhang Biwu knew the difficulty of the situation, no matter how difficult and bitter it was, he had a reason to fight this battle. And it's about the survival of the entire Jiangnan, he has to win!
Zhang Biwu arrived at a warehouse, he opened the box, and the box was filled with the armor of Wu Sangui's army!
Zhang Biwu laughed and said, "Wu Sangui! Don't think I'm at war with you in a fit of rage! Nothing escapes our calculations! Han Xing, Li Linquan, Lu Xiangsheng and others all told me that you are a capricious villain, no matter how you are, you have to beware of you! Therefore, Hanxing sent people to make these military uniforms overnight! This is the key to the victory of our army! ”
After Zhang Biwu finished speaking, he closed the lid of the box and patted it. Zhang Biwu seemed to be full of confidence, he thought that the winner of the battle with Wu Sangui related to the right to decide the ownership of Jiangnan must be him!
At this time, Hou Fangyu wanted to leave Zhang Biwu, thinking that in the anti-Qing forces, it was the incompatibility between Zhang Biwu and Wu Sangui, and he thought that after submitting to Zhang Biwu, he would get a high-ranking official, but Zhang Biwu refused to reward him.
Because Zhang Biwu despised Hou Fangyu's family for receiving the favor of the country, but he did not have a trace of courtesy, righteousness and shame, and defected to the enemy, didn't he often say anything loyal and patriotic before? When Zhang Biwu came to Jinling, he was a righteous gentleman and a patriotic man, but now? Attached to wealth, greedy for life and afraid of death! It seems that such a villain, it's good not to kill it, how can he be rewarded heavily.
When Li Xiangjun saw Hou Fangyu and wanted to leave Zhang Biwu and return to the north, he actually wanted to throw himself into the arms of the Manchus again, so as to seek wealth again.
Li Xiangjun was completely disappointed in him, and didn't want to be with him anymore, so he left Hou Fangyu and found another place to live, but he didn't report Hou Fangyu.
Hou Fangyu's actions are naturally not hidden from Zhang Biwu's ears and eyes, Zhang Biwu just pretended not to understand, he did not harm Hou Fangyu for the time being, and he also sent someone to reward Hou Fangyu with money, just to see if Hou Fangyu could sense that Zhang Biwu did not want to kill him, if he was still consumed by the desire for profit, and he wanted to flee north, then it would be no wonder that Zhang Biwu was gone.
Zhang Biwu is now fully engaged in fighting Wu Sangui.
Salute first and then soldiers, when Zhang Biwu led the army south, he also sent people to signal to Wu Sangui that if Wu Sangui did not withdraw from Fujian and repaired the old again, he would have to use troops against Wu Sangui, and then there would be no favors to talk about! In today's situation, we should unanimously resist the Qing Dynasty and not commit such despicable and shameless acts.
Wu Sangui was surprised, he never imagined that Zhang Biwu would send troops to attack him, in his thoughts, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already strengthened the use of troops against Zhang Biwu's territory, Zhang Biwu wanted to deal with the Manchu Dynasty, even if he lost Fujian, but he had gained a lot of new territory, he had nothing to compete with himself, but he really didn't expect that Zhang Biwu, who had always been courteous, was now so tough, it seems that a war is inevitable.
Wu Sangui knows that he can afford to lose, Zhang Biwu can't afford to lose, and once he loses, Zhang Biwu can only endure it again and again, and he will lose a large amount of territory, directly facing the enemy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Wu Sangui, who can eat himself at any time.
If Wu Sangui loses, Zhang Biwu can't kill him, after all, the Manchu Qing are still attacking Zhang Biwu in the north, and Zhang Biwu still has to worry that the Manchu army will go south! Wu Sangui was defeated, Wu Sangui could still negotiate peace with Zhang Biwu again, no matter how unhappy Zhang Biwu was, he had to agree because of the overall situation.
For this reason, Wu Sangui was not afraid of a battle with Zhang Biwu, he also pulled out his strongest army, and knew that this was a battle that decided who owned Jiangnan, and no one dared to be careless.
Zhang Biwu's army numbered 160,000 people, and these combined forces that had been left behind in Fujian. And Wu Sangui also raised 120,000 troops, and the two armies were displayed in the field, preparing for a big battle.
Wu Sangui looked at Zhang Biwu's army and said, "Prime Minister, although Zhang Biwu's army has 40,000 more than us, most of their troops are newly created troops, facing Hangzhou and others, they are all besieging but not attacking. It's not that Zhang Biwu doesn't want to solve the war as soon as possible, but the combat power of this newly created army is very poor! In comparison, most of the soldiers of our army are fighting with me in the south and the north, they have experienced a hundred battles, and they can often block ten with one, which is not comparable to the recruits of Zhang Biwu's army! ”
Xia Guoxiang also replied: "Yes! Of course, it can't be compared! In fact, I didn't expect Zhang Biwu to send troops! According to reliable information, Zhang Biwu's army could not be mobilized too much because of the fear of the Manchu crossing. The 70,000 horses left behind in Fujian are not all capable of fighting well, and the 90,000 brought by Zhang Biwu. In addition to his own army of 30,000, the other 60,000 were mostly newly created soldiers. In terms of combat strength alone, although there are many enemy troops, they are much weaker than us! ”
Hu Guozhu also stepped forward and said, "Yes! Lord Wang, plus another young lady has reported to us some of Zhang Biwujun's military investigations, and our advantages are even more obvious! It's just that I'm still afraid that Zhang Biwu will have some conspiracy! You have to be careful! ”
Wu Sangui asked, "How is the situation in Xiamen?" Will it contain our rear? No problem, right? I always felt that Zhang Biwu would have some strategy to deal with me...... I can't always ......feel at ease."
Guo Zhuangtu replied: "Lord Wang, you can rest assured!" It's going to be fine! Wei Pu also said: "Yes! Brother Guo and I have made preparations according to the instructions of the prince, and the Zheng army on this side of Xiamen will not be able to make waves! ”
Guo Zhuangtu and Wei Pu smiled very confidently. Similar to this, Wu Sangui was even more relieved. (To be continued......)