Tuhai and Zhou Peigong led the army to sweep away Chahar, and it only took 12 days. Kangxi was busy all night, and ordered most of the captured gold and silver to be reserved for naval salaries, and one was transferred to Walge, who was stationed in Luoyang, so that he could rush into Tongguan to attack Xi'an, disrupt the rear, and contain the Wangping clan in Hanzhong. Urgently ordered Tuhai to take advantage of the victory to advance from the middle road to Longdong, and attacked Pingliang's *** with Daniel Zhang, who retreated to Lanzhou. The situation on the Western Front was immediately reversed, and the defense turned into an offensive.

In November, in the middle of winter, the 30,000 troops and horses under his command went down to more than 20 cities in Gongchang, Qinzhou, and Pingliang, forcing Daniel Zhang to shrink to Lanzhou and not dare to advance eastward. When I first heard that the Qing soldiers of Luoyang and Taiyuan entered Shaanxi from Tongguan and Hangu Pass, they didn't care, and only ordered Hanzhong to guard Wang Pingfan to stop them, but when I heard that Tuhai and the Horqin cavalry came from Yikezhao, only more than 300 miles away, I suddenly felt that the situation was serious. He couldn't figure out where Tuhai brought this army from, and how could he suddenly appear in Ganbei? Come without a trace, go without a trace, soldiers have always been the most taboo. Hearing the urgent report, he didn't even bother to eat dinner, and while asking Pegasus to summon Wang Pingfan to help, he took the Chinese army counselors out to patrol the camp.

Out of Pingliang, it is already sunset. The bonfire rises in the wooden village of the military camp outside the city, and the military cooking rises. The aspen in midwinter pierces the sky like a stiffened brush. In the twilight, Liupan Mountain is gray and gloomy. On both sides of the Jingshui coast, there is solid ice, and only a narrow line of flowing water in the middle remains, shining golden in the setting sun. In the dry season, Jingshui is already a stream that can be broken by whipping, and the prancing horse can cross the stream, which no longer becomes a natural barrier.

"Daddy," Wang Jizhen, who was beside him, saw that his face was gloomy, and he looked into the distance without saying a word, so he comforted: "The art of war, thousands of miles of attack, will be a general, the sea and the journey of three thousand miles, crossing the desert to the south, there is no strength to break the reckless, our battle is not difficult to fight......"

He sighed: "You don't understand—smell the smell of cooking smoke, my soldiers are roasting horse meat to eat!" There is no salary, but it is conducive to our army's quick battle, Tuhai Ruotun troops under the city, within a month, the army's heart will be chaotic! ”

Gong Rongyu is also in a bad mood, Zhou Peigong, the nurse brother, has not seen him for many years, the last time he was in Beijing, I only felt that he was good at learning and was a civilian official, how could he bring up troops? Since they are fighting each other, there will be victory and defeat, did God call me to kill my brother, or did I die at the hands of my brother? Thinking about it, he said to ***: "I really don't understand, what the military gate has been fighting west for." Since they have come from the north, why don't we go east and avoid them? ”

"The West is Elysium." With a wry smile, "There is a sentence in "Saying Yue", 'He Li comes from the east, and I go to the west'. I didn't expect Wu Sangui to treat me like this, it's really chilling. There is no food or salary, and we can't help but fight our own ideas! To the east to join Wang Pingfan, of course, it can last for a while, but Tuhai and Daniel Zhang join forces here to advance eastward, and Varge attacks from the east, how long can we hold on? ”

"Daddy......" Wang Jizhen snorted, and stopped talking about what she wanted to say.

He turned his face to look at his son and asked, "You want to persuade me to return to the Qing Dynasty again, do you?" Gong Rongyu heard a bang in his heart, the commanders of the three armies often thought about this in their hearts! It seems that he is bent on going west, and he also wants to occupy a piece of territory, so that he can ask for a price from the imperial court when he enters, and he can contact Qiangzang for self-protection when he retreats. Thinking about it, if it goes on like this, I will never see my mother again, and I can't help but feel sour. was thinking wildly, but *** said: "Returning to the Qing Dynasty is not something that cannot be imagined, compared with Wu Sangui, Kangxi is the hero, and I have a number in my heart." ”

"It's really a blessing for the three armies to think like this." Gong Rongyu hurriedly said, "I'm afraid that it will be in vain if I don't obey." *** smiled bitterly: "How come?" Now even a rough person like Ma Yistick has a heart. The last time he was drunk, wasn't he also singing Yang Shilang's 'regret shouldn't'? Wang Jizhen saw that Gong Rongyu also thought so, and smiled boldly at first glance: "In this case, Daddy should have made up his mind as soon as Tuhai arrives, and we will ...... as soon as Tuhai arrives."

Steeply choked the reins. At this time, it was already dark, and I couldn't see his face clearly, only motionless like a shadow of a paper-cut, and it took a long time to hear him say categorically: "No! This battle must be fought to the death! If you win the war, you can negotiate to surrender; If you can't win, I'll die! Gong Rongyu and Wang Jizhen couldn't help but be silent, the matter was clear, surrender without a fight, surrender after defeat, and it would be difficult to escape Kangxi's killing!

"Cheer up! Look at the tiger pier in the north of the city, there is a stone tower and a well. Pointing to a small hill that was vague and like a crouching tiger, he said, "When I first marched into Pingliang, the first thing I did was to garrison troops on top of it, and store grain - this tiger mound is the lifeblood of Pingliang - Jizhen, you will guard it for me personally." As long as Tuhai can't capture it, as soon as the grain channel is cut off in the ice and snow, he can only wait to be captured. Win this battle, and we will be able to advance and retreat! After saying that, he whipped the whip hard, sat down and neighed, and galloped away with all four hooves......

In the early morning of the sixth day, the Tuhai army had arrived on the north bank of the Jing River, far away from Pingliang City. According to Tuhai's idea, he led three thousand cavalry to make a sudden attack at night, first caught *** by surprise, and then stationed the army in the north of the city, joined forces with Daniel Zhang, and Wen Wenhuo slowly boiled up, and was sure to win. Zhou Peigong listened and pondered: "It's good for the general's method, but I'm afraid that Wu Sangui will also make a move, *** is the first rat villain, capricious, if you get the soldier's salary, it will be unfavorable to me." Although our army has some grain and grass, the grain route is far away, which is only conducive to quick battles. You are a famous general, and your tactics are already familiar, so this style of play may be disadvantageous. Therefore, they walked quite slowly for the last three hundred miles, so as to conserve their strength so that they could engage the enemy in a rapid battle.

As soon as the army arrived at the Jing River, the order of the Chinese army was handed down: immediately set up camp and bury the pot to make rice. The battalion commanders quickly sent sentinels to look out, defend according to the district, and violators of the order were immediately beheaded. As soon as the order was issued, the Chinese army, the front and left flanks, and the rear left and right battalions acted together according to the order, setting up camps along the river, drawing water and digging pits, and smashing nails and pulling tents.

After lunch, *** heard that the other party was camping, so he brought Ma Yiguo, Zhang Jianxun, He Yuzhi and other generals to the south bank of the Jing River to inspect in person. Seeing a group of soldiers on the other side of the river surrounding Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, they were also peeking at their own camp, pointing and looking at Hudun from afar, so they shook their hands on the horse and shouted:

"Old General Tu, don't come unharmed? Hello here! ”

"It's a harrier!" Tu Hai also laughed loudly, "Back then, I discussed the army with Jun Pinming in Beijing, and talked about state affairs together, I didn't want to go for a few years, but today I met each other with soldiers, the vicissitudes of life are changeable, and I can sigh!" Guanjun uses soldiers, it seems that there is no progress, I think in recent years, he only cares about rebellion, and he has not read military books! ”

Raising the whip and laughing, he said: "In the past, the old general talked about the army on paper, and it was the camp in the shape of the word 'product', but now he only turns the word 'product' upside down. The camp is in front, but it looks like a 'crying' word! ”

"Crying and laughing are similar, General Wang, don't mistake it!" Zhou Peigong waved the sleeves of his robe and said, "The so-called 'horse face' in the photo book, crying is laughter, laughing is crying, upside down and unpredictable - the general doesn't see the banner of the Chinese army? Tujunmen is the general of Fuyuan, and he is 'Fu' on top. If the general can abandon the army to repair peace and join the imperial court, he can still be promoted to a marquis. At a time when the country is employing people, we must not make mistakes. Tu Shuai has prepared lamb wine here for a long time, and is willing to have a long talk with the general! Zhou Peigong said, searching everywhere for Gong Rongyu, but he didn't see him. After hearing this, he sneered and said, "Presumably you are Zhou Peigong?" I advise you to go back and study hard, Hugh dances and writes in front of Ben Shuai, on the day of peace in the country, you will have a veil hat, why bother to break your head and bleed under this Jincheng soup pool, and become a ghost under my knife? Zhou Peigong laughed and said, "Jincheng, Tangchi? Do you know what Jincheng and Tangchi are? Long live my lord takes the people of the world as the dry city, but you *** want to divide Pingliang as a prestige, regardless of the people's suffering, demolish the people's houses for military camps, sell people's daughters to fill the army's salary, drive 30,000 tired soldiers, leave home and go west, how many wives, sons and daughters have been separated? Like you, you have the courage of an overlord, and you can't escape the misfortune of Wujiang's self-slaughter......"

Before Zhou Peigong finished speaking, *** The arrows had already been shot like locusts, and Tu Hai and the others had to retreat slowly. The military camps on both sides saw the opposing general's move, shouting, and firing ten thousand arrows; Suddenly there was a cannon in the battalion, and Liu Chun, the general of the cavalry, led more than 1,000 cavalry to jump over Jingshui from the west flank to kill him.

This is something that has been thought about for a long time, and we must first wade into the muddy waters of the sea to see how capable his soldiers are.

The soldiers on the west flank of Tuhai were eating lunch, and suddenly saw the cavalry of the opposing brigade waving long knives, rushing over with red eyes and shouting, and they fled without a trace like wolves. The wooden village that had just been built was not strong, and it was pushed and burned by the enemy soldiers, and it was in a mess.

Although Liu Chun successfully smashed a Qing camp, because he did not have to kill people, his heart was still insufficient, so he led the army to the east, directly attacked the Tuhai army camp, just approached the camp, he heard a cannon sound inside, the war drums sounded rapidly, row after row of arrows shot over like a rain, the first few horses were shot down, and the few horses behind just jumped wildly and neighed and refused to move forward. Liu Chun originally thought that after the rain of arrows, there would be cavalry coming out to fight and kill, but after waiting for a long time, he saw that the other party was still shooting fiercely, and it was expected that the enemy was marching so far that he did not dare to face the battle, so he left 300 cavalry to feint and attack the main camp, and the rest was led by himself to attack the right battalion behind.

After an appointment, the door of Tuhai's Zhongying Village opened, and the horse team inside did not say a word, and the tide came out, with more than 1,000 riders. The first general, dressed in a red robe, stood in front of the army with a big sword and a horizontal horse, commanding the military horses to outflank them from the left, middle and right directions, and immediately trapped the more than 300 enemy cavalry regiments in the middle.

At this time, the sun is near, and the winter is dusk. On the gravel beach, more than 1,000 horsemen galloped vertically and horizontally, war horses exchanged hooves, swords and halberds came and went, flashing cold light and rolling up thousands of feet of yellow dust. Some of the soldiers were silent and desperately fighting, and some were screaming shirtless. Some of those who were cut fell under the horses, and were immediately trampled into mud by the horses; Some are still wielding their knives in pain; Some were cut off their heads and cut off the heavenly spirit cover; Some were stabbed in the arm and had their thighs cut off. Blood gushed everywhere on the battlefield, and people's faces and bodies were covered in blood. The ground was littered with horse corpses and human corpses, screaming and wailing. The shouts and killings are interspersed with the sound of drums, the sound of weapons colliding, and the shouts and cheers of the infantry, weaving a picture of the battlefield that is colorful and majestic.

"Tujunmen, it's really yours!" Zhou Peigong stood on a high platform to watch the battle, and laughed loudly: "He is worthy of being a veteran of the army!" Tuhai smiled, and was about to speak, when he saw Fang Tiangui, the guard guarding the door behind the village, staggered in, his face turned pale with fright, and he shouted out of breath...... Tujun Gate, the fold of the sneak attack on the right battalion...... Come back, attack me after ......" Before the words were finished, Tu Hai stabbed a long sword into his heart, startling Zhou Peigong. Tu Hai calmly pulled out his sword, wiped the blood from his head with a handkerchief, and said: "The guard will leave the guard without permission, this is what will happen to him - hit the military flag officer to close the gate of the village, set up a red-coat cannon, and bombard him!" ”

"Wow!"

"Slow!" Zhou Peigong stopped with a wave of his hand, "General, he just feinted to divide my forces and rescue these three hundred people." Shoot him only with a row of arrows, and kill chickens with a knife? The two were discussing, and Houzhai visited the Malay newspaper, and Liu Chun turned to the southwest and went for reinforcements.

At this time, the battle in the west of the village had ended, and only a dozen of the more than 300 enemy horsemen were left, and they had fled south. Seeing Liu Chun's large number of cavalry rolling in, Tu Hai ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. It was calculated that more than 280 enemies were killed, and more than 50 Qing soldiers were killed and wounded.

Liu Chun went back and forth for more than 20 miles, and at this time he knew that he had been fooled, and while sending people back to quickly ask for reinforcements, he rushed to Zhongzhai to kill. But the village is still the same old-fashioned, endlessly shooting arrows. Liu Chun was so angry that he thundered, and shouted and scolded on the horse: "** raised, if there is a kind, come out and kill!" ”

On the earthen platform of Zhongying, Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong each held a glass of wine in their hands and clinked glasses to drink. Zhou Peigong shouted with a smile: "You go back to report ***, this time I didn't get the lottery, wait for me to rest for half a month, and then I will fight again!" ”

Liu Chun was so angry that he was about to wave his troops to attack, but he heard the horn on the other side whimpering, which was calling him back to the camp, so he pointed at Tu Haidao with a long knife: "Today's cheap old horseman, phew!" "I had to withdraw my troops and leave. When Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong heard this, they couldn't help but clapped their hands and laughed.

"You don't have a lot to do." On the second day, *** summoned the generals, and when he saw that Liu Chun was not happy, he comforted, "Although he has broken a few people, his reality has been figured out - as long as the Chinese army collapses, the rest of the stockade will be self-defeating, and this battle will be easy to fight." ”

Wang Jizhen repeatedly thought about Liu Chun's entry into the camp, and muttered: "Daddy, I always feel that they are deceitful here!" ”

"Huh?"

"Why is the right-wing front village just an empty camp? That's too much! ”

"Of course it's fake." He sneered and said, "He showed me falsehood yesterday, and today it will be true." How did he know I was just tempting? We attacked his middle camp tonight, and the middle camp was already vulnerable. ”

Ma Yizhu listened and said loudly: "The big man has this idea, why didn't he take advantage of the situation last night?" Tell the dogs to rest for another day—I'll go with the boss tonight!" ”

"Last night?" Shaking his head and laughing, "I have to tell Tuhai to have time to transfer troops!" Let him be busy for a day today, mediate well, and I will personally go to the Chinese army camp to get him at night! He smiled and said, "Old horse, tonight you lead 5,000 men and horses to cross the river from Jingshui to lurk; Zhang Jianxun and He Yuzhi commanded your troops with 5,000 men and horses, crossed the river from the downstream, and cut off his left flank and rear battalion to reinforce the Chinese army during the second watch. As soon as it started, the old horse attacked his right flank front, but it was only a feint, and I led 10,000 men to attack his camp. Gong Rongyu settled the three thousand military horses in the city, answered from behind, and followed me into battle; Jizhen, you only guard the tiger pier, no matter what the fight is in front of you, you don't care! ”

Everyone stood up together and replied solemnly, "Obey!" ”

Night fell, the frozen land on both sides of Jingshui was silent, and the opposing camps stretched for more than 20 miles, and the stars and lights flickered in the dark night...... Occasionally, there was one or two horns and the sound of a beater in the barracks, and in this uneasy cold night, it looked creepy.

Suddenly, the fire flashed in the lower reaches of the Jing River, and then there was a whining horn, earth-shaking cannons, dense war drums, and rockets that sounded and flew towards the Qing camp with a strange scream, which was Zhang Jianxun and He Yuzhi attacking the Qing army on the left flank. The 5,000 men of Ma Yibang crossed the upper reaches of Jingshui like a tidal wave, roared and rushed towards the front camp of Tuhai's right flank, and a meteor-like rocket shot over. Immediately, wolf smoke billowed everywhere, the fire was blazing, red, yellow, and purple flames reflected half of the sky, crackling explosions sounded in the fire, the felt tent was burned, and the rising ash swirled and fell in the air, exuding a strong smell of burning.

In an instant, the trumpets of the Tuhai battalions also sounded, and the drum noise like the earth shaking the mountains was sent out from all directions at the same time, and the left battalion, the right battalion, and the middle battalion were from the north and west respectively, and the torches were all in front of the village to reinforce the village, and the stars were densely packed.

"The wind is high and the fire is set on fire, the moon is dark and kills, and the horse is worthy of the sound of the horse!" Lying in the middle of the road, sweating with nervousness, seeing the success of luring the enemy, he couldn't help but be greatly excited, pressed his excitement, and ordered loudly: "Brothers, life and death are fighting here, kill!" As he spoke, he turned over and rode straight to the camp of the Qing army.

Seeing the brilliant lights and candles of the Chinese army's big tent, but not even a single shadow was seen, *** couldn't help but be stunned, so he restrained the war horse and stopped moving forward. was thinking hard about countermeasures, suddenly heard a thunderous sound, and the ** buried under the big tent rose to the sky, lifting a green tweed cowhide tent without a trace, and a large number of soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Knowing that something was wrong, he expected Tuhai to ambush nearby, and hurriedly ordered the generals to defend strictly. Suddenly, the herald of Ma Yizhu hurriedly came and said: "Report to the marshal: Ma Junmen fought for a while, and all the people inside retreated, and there was no fighting!" Ma Junmen was afraid that he would be tricked, so he ordered me to come and report ......" Before he could say a word, Zhang Jianxun also came to report, saying that the enemy's rear camp had not come to reinforce the front camp at all.

"Nonsense!" Gong Rongyu shouted, "Dashuai and I have seen with our own eyes that so many torches have come out of the camp!" ”

"Really!" The herald said, "We have found out that those torches are suspicious soldiers. ”

"Fooled!" Taken aback, he fell off his horse and jumped up as if he had been stung by a scorpion. was about to give the order, but he hesitated again: why didn't he see the enemy soldiers surround him after rushing into the middle camp for a long time? Just thinking about it, I saw the fire in the direction of Pingliang City in the distance, and then a few cannons broke through the air. He wiped his sweaty face and breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that they touched it at night, but fortunately I left the defenders and was on guard." Thinking about it, he ordered: "Order Ma Yizhu, Zhang Jianxun, and He Yuzhi to join the army, quickly return to the army, and attack Tuhai together, and I will break the back!" Hmph, I didn't expect him to be smart but mistaken by cleverness, but I cut off his way back! At this point, *** Fang felt that his soul had returned to his body, and stretched his waist relaxedly, only to find that his legs were a little sore, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Bring the wine!" ”

Before the sound was finished, I heard the cannon cannon roaring in the nearby woods, and thousands of torches lit up around the camp at the same time, illuminating the north bank of Jingshui. 10,000 horses were crowded into this square inch of land, and immediately became a mess. Gong Rongyu beheaded several soldiers who were screaming and running wildly, and only then did he slightly calm the situation.

At this time, the drums outside Dazhai shook the sky, people were surging, and Qing soldiers were in all directions. Tu Hai used Zhou Peigong's suspicious tactics to trap *** in the core with 30,000 horses. After all, he has fought all his life, and at the critical moment, he calmed down again, hurriedly picked up the halberd and got on the horse, and smiled at the soldiers left and right: "The death and life of the husband is like a passing cloud, why be afraid?" Ma Yizhu and Zhang Jianxun saw that I was in danger, and they would definitely come to the rescue, and after this while, it would be their death when the sky dawned! ”

"Harrier! Zhang Jianxun and Ma Yizhu have already been dizzy by you, and the soldiers are in a mess, even if they return to the army to fight, they are just a rabble! In the firelight, Tuhai laughed, "To this day, you still dare to be hard-mouthed!" Get off the horse early and tie it up, remember the friendship of the past, I will open you a way to live! ”

"Fart!" With a roar, his legs clamped, and the mount under him rushed eastward like a whirlwind, and a muddy iron halberd in his hand danced loudly. Gong Rongyu also gritted his teeth and shouted: "Kill!" "Protect *** left and right. Sure enough, he was brave and killed, covered in blood, but several times he broke through the siege, he was blocked back, and seeing that the situation was getting more and more dangerous, he was ruthless, and ordered: "Shotgunner, fight!" ”

His Chinese army had more than 100 shotguns, which were not needed until a critical moment. This time I came out and only brought half of it. This group of shotgunners are all well-trained sharpshooters, and when they heard the order, they brushed the ground into two rows, one row to fight, one row to charge, took turns to shoot, rushed in front to open the way, and guarded *** to break out. In the "bang" gunshot, the Qing soldiers who surrounded fell one piece, some were blinded by iron sand, some were injured in the legs, and fell to the ground ** shout. Tuhai's mount was also shot and jumped wildly, almost knocking him off his horse. Immediately, the besieging Qing soldiers were forced to flash out of a human alley.

"Send a sentry to his rear! The infantry of the rear battalion was killed from behind. Zhou Peigong saw that *** was going to escape, so he was busy with Tu Haidao, "He only has these fifty guns, more than 1,000 people, attacking from both sides, and if the enemy and me are mixed, the shotgun will be useless!" Tu Hai nodded, turned back to the flag officer and ordered, "What are you stunned about?" Ordered the rear battalion to rush into battle together and disrupt him! ”

This method is very clever, the soldiers of the rear battalion were ordered to surround but not fight, and they were rubbing their fists, complaining that there was no opportunity to ask for rewards for meritorious service, and when they heard an order, thousands of people swept into the mountains and seas with guns and knives, and the middle battalion was rushed to the ground. Some of the enemy and us tore and bit their hands, rolled on the ground, and some rushed to kill in a roundabout way, stirring up a mess, and fifty shotgunners were also scattered, and they were unable to do anything, and they had already been slashed and stabbed by the cavalry and fell to the ground.

Seeing the chaos in the middle camp, he said to dozens of entourage: "Go back to the city!" And he rode forward, and slew them.

To one place, one is a forest of swords and swords, and the layers are all Qing soldiers. He rushed left and right, and he couldn't get out of the encirclement. Looking back, there were only seven or eight people around. Gong Rongyu was covered in blood, his face was pale, and he was so tired that he couldn't breathe. It was easy to kill on the north bank of the Jing River, but I saw Zhou Peigong with a group of men and horses, standing on a horse with a sword, pointing to *** and saying, "Look where are you going?" ”

Yang Tian laughed wildly: "I can't imagine that my horse harrier will end up like this!" As he spoke, he stabbed himself into the chest with the halberd in his hand. Gong Rongyu hurriedly grabbed it and cried: "As soon as the commander dies, the three armies will be reduced to ashes!" After saying that, he slapped his war horse, rushed towards Zhou Peigong, and shouted with red eyes: "Brother Peigong, you are coming to me!" ”

When Zhou Peigong heard this call, he recognized that it was Gong Rongyu, and when he saw that he was covered in blood, he closed his eyes in pain. At this moment, *** whipped Gong Rongyu's buttocks, and the two horses rushed out of the oblique thorns, jumped over the water, and disappeared into the darkness.