Chapter 15: The Boy Scouts go to war
Xuan Jianhao also took Li Yan's words and said, "Yes! If our strength is too strong, the Manchus will abandon Li Zicheng and attack us instead, and our situation will be very dangerous! We can't show our strength! If we want to fight, we can only fight with a small number of troops, so there will be problems, and with a small number of troops, we must win, which is not an easy task! How do we do that? ”
In this way, I asked all the people.
Zhang Biwu looked at Li Yan, he knew that in Li Yan's heart, he wanted to expose his strong strength, but Li Yan would be sorry for his brother if he wanted to do this, although he could be worthy of Li Zicheng and be a loyal minister.
Zhang Biwu asked again: "Are the commanders of the 20,000 enemy troops Zhai Sangwu and Fei Yangwu two?" Han Runchang nodded: "Yes!" That's right! ”
Zhang Biwu asked again: "Did some of the soldiers among them follow Abatai into the fortress before?" Han Runchang thought for a while and said, "I don't understand this!" ”
"Hah!" Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "It should be!" Because I've found out! I'm at peace now! Everyone couldn't help but look at Zhang Biwu, what is Zhang Biwu at ease? Did the opposing soldiers have any problems with the soldiers who followed Abatai into the fortress?
Li Yan also smiled back at Zhang Biwu, did not dwell on this aspect, and said: "Anyway, I think this battle must be won!" And I have to continue to silence and escape, if I also come out, do you think the Manchus will not put their energy in Henan again? This battle can only be won by yourself, brother-in-law! In your opinion, can you win with your strength? ”
Zhang Biwu sighed and said, "Now I only have 2,000 soldiers. Plus four thousand boy scouts. There were six thousand people. Although there are a lot of people training. But if they were to fight against the murderous Qing army, they would suffer heavy casualties! We must not do it! And winning more than less is not inspiring, it can only be more with less! Winning more with less can shock the Qing army, and can tell everyone that we can drive all the Manchus out of Lu! ”
Li Yan asked Zhang Biwu: "Oh! So you have made up your mind? Do you want to use these 6,000 men to fight? ”
Zhang Biwu knew that Lu Dao was cruel, and he used 4,000 boy scouts to fight this battle. This is a show of weakness to the Manchu Qing, he doesn't have many soldiers in his hands, even the children are sent to the battlefield, he Zhang Biwu is not terrible, he is the end of the strong crossbow!
It is of great significance to win this battle with the Boy Scouts, if even the Boy Scouts can defeat the Qing army, and also to the Ming people, you see, even children can defeat the Qing army, but you adults can't beat it. Aren't you guys too bad? It is also a spur and encouragement for the men who are training.
At the same time, the war in Huguang was in full swing. Azig would not abandon Li Zicheng and return north, and at the same time, the army of Duoduo, who had decided to go south, could not be retracted if they sent arrows. This period of time depends on how long Li Zicheng and Nanming can last, for them, the resurgence of the hinterland of the Central Plains is a very big encouragement!
Zhang Biwu took a deep breath, he had already asked Cao Bianjiao to lead the 30,000 troops under his command to protect Shi Kefa and prevent the Qing army from crossing the river so quickly. Let's fight! The success or failure of the north-south battlefield may be the re-engagement this time!
Zhang Biwu has no way out, he knows that if he can win, he will be able to reverse the situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty, if he does not win, and if he continues to fight, he does not want the hundreds of thousands of people who follow him to be harmed, so let them really all come out and obediently be the obedient people of the Manchu Dynasty!
It's just that Zhang Biwu is ninety percent sure that he can win, and he already has a bold idea in his heart! If you think of it, you have to do it!
Now it's important to consider how to get the other person's attention and fight against them. But it's not a hard thing to do.
Zhang Biwu looked at the Boy Scouts, this time the Boy Scouts are about to take on a heavy responsibility! In addition to the two thousand soldiers, he would also select two thousand elites from the common people, so that there were four thousand, and the Boy Scouts now had four thousand, but only those who could participate in the war, and only two thousand people over the age of fifteen. In this way, there are only 6,000 people who can fight in Zhang Biwu!
Zhang Biwu took a deep breath, he stood up, and his eyes fell on Xiong Zongheng, Wu Xun, etc., these are the flukes of the Boy Scouts, the commanders.
When Xiong Zongheng and Wu Xun saw Zhang Biwu's gaze, they couldn't help but get excited, and they knew that they were going to let them fight!
This is what they have been looking forward to day and night, and now that the dream is about to come true, how can they not be happy? They all stood up and met Zhang Biwu's gaze, waiting for Zhang Biwu to give them a heavy task! Zhang Biwu smiled, as long as they are not timid, then the matter will be done! Come on! Waiting for the day of raising eyebrows!
The two brothers, Zhai Sangwu and Fei Yangwu, sent more people to investigate Zhang Biwu's situation, and they were tasked with finding out whether Zhang Biwu was not dead, which was what Duoduo and Dolgon were most concerned about.
When they issued a notice to let people come back as soon as possible to be the Shunmin of the Qing Dynasty, this really led to a group of people, this force of more than 4,000 people was cruising around, and they were under the banner of Zhang Biwu.
Zhai Sangwu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and said, "Ha Lu Ha! Sure enough, it lured the other party out! Are there really more than 4,000 people? ”
Hou Qi replied: "Yes! That's right! That's more than 4,000 of them! has left Bears Ears Mountain and Funiu Mountain to cruise around our Song County! ”
Fei Yangwu said: "Brother, they really don't remember to fight!" Zhang Biwu was in the battle of Song County, and the whole army was wiped out, and now they are still in Song County? What stupidity! This is the range of our potential, and we all know how many enemies there are! ”
Zhai Sangwu said again: "Brother, I am always worried! But thinking about it, this worry seems unnecessary! If Zhang Biwu can not die, this is the best for us! We were defeated at his hands, and I always wanted revenge! ”
Fei Yangwu also said the same: "Yes! This revenge must be avenged! Today is your chance! We're going to wipe out all the remnants of his power! However, the regent said that if the enemy army is strong, the regent will be played immediately, and the prince and the soldiers in various places will come! Let's not act rashly! I think it's better to investigate clearly, confirm how the enemy's strength is to be careful, and be careful! ”
Turai and the others also have such an attitude, of course Zhai Sangwu knows that he still has to maintain a steady attitude and be careful in everything.
Nushan once led the men and horses to beat this army out, and temporarily disappeared for a few days in Song County, and then there were posters that sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, saying that they would take the heads of the Zhai Sangwu brothers.
Soon Hou Cai discovered that this army appeared near Song County, and as soon as the Qing army approached, they would immediately retreat and not engage the Qing army, obviously suffering a loss under the pursuit of Nushan.
Zhai Sangwu reported the situation to Dolgon, and he did not report back to the left and right, and at this time, the other party's rangers arrived near the county seat of Song County, but when the Qing army was dispatched, this army immediately disappeared without a trace. According to Qing Qi, they were poorly dressed, and everyone on the horse shivered with cold, and some of them were even old, weak, sick and disabled.
For this reason, Zhai Sangwu and the others were extremely angry, and what made them even more unbearable was that someone in the city had come in and poured feces and urine on the yamen, but no one was caught.
What's even more terrifying is that the hats of Zhai Sangwu, Fei Yangwu, as well as Tulai and Nushan were stolen, and this ranger appeared nearby, and carried the heads of cowards such as Zhai Sangwu on their hats.
Manchu people are proud of bravery, and humiliation of cowardice, how can people endure this? Zhai Sangwu and the others were furious! They also knew that the road to Beijing was a long way, and it was not so easy to wait for news from Dolgon, so fast!
Coupled with the growth of pride among the Qing soldiers, they thought they were invincible, and who else was their opponent in this world? Some army of little kids dares to provoke them! How can it still be tolerated? War! Must fight!
In the face of the crowd's enthusiasm, no one said no! Zhai Sangwu and the others are bent on destroying these little children!
It's just that Fei Yangwu is still worried, if the other party lures the enemy, how can it be good? He also has to be prepared, if he really tempts the enemy, then he can avoid it. It's just that in Song County, everything is under their control, and they can figure out how many people have appeared in Song County.
In this way, Zhai Sangwu and the others made arrangements to let his 20,000 men and horses wipe out all these people and not let one go.
The brothers Zhai Sangwu and Fei Yangwu gathered 20,000 men and asked them to follow them to besiege and destroy this army.
It was an army of five thousand, five thousand in ragged clothes, and among them there were teenagers, numbering more than two thousand, and it was not so much an army as a group of beggars, who had one rotten garment on another.
Although it was spring now, it was still very cold, and the teenagers were shivering in the cold wind, and their thin tattered clothes could not protect them from the cold.
The Qing army surrounding the beggar army couldn't help but laugh, their laughter stirred in the space, and some of them were exaggerated and laughed, they felt that the beggar army was all wooden stakes standing one by one, and there would not be much resistance, and all the heads were cut off by them.
"Ha Lu Ha!" Zhai Sangwu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are these the people who are rude to us? It's funny! Are they the army? Is it a warrior? No! It can only be said that it is a beggar! Does such an army still dare to provoke us? As the people guarding the city said, it was vulnerable! ”
Fei Yangwu was originally worried that he was luring the enemy, but now he saw that the other party was not luring the enemy, these more than 5,000 people had been surrounded by cavalry, most of them were infantry, and the cavalry was pitiful.
In addition, Fei Yangwu always sent Hou Qi to listen to the news, as long as a large army came in, he could get the information as soon as possible. In today's situation, Fei Yangwu felt that there was no need to do anything more. (To be continued......)