After a night of fighting, the corpses and bones on both sides of Jingshui were all over the field, the blood flowed like a river, and the broken swords were discarded all over the beach. As a result of counting casualties on both sides, the Qing soldiers lost 4,000, and the loss of soldiers was more than 10,000, and more than 6,000 people died before the battle alone.

As soon as he settled down, Tu Hai instructed his entourage: "Go in and tell Zhou Junmen that I will go to check on Hudun." He slaughtered a live deer brought by Mongolia and made up for him, and he was tired. As he was talking, Zhou Peigong came out from behind the tent and said with a smile: "I'm not a mother-in-law in confinement, where did I get so many problems?" If the general wants to go out to inspect, how dare Pei Gong be pampered here? So saying, they came out together. Liu Ming, the counselor of the Chinese army, was about to send his entourage to protect him, but Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "If you lend *** another gut, he won't dare to go out of the city in vain." He will not have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in total now, will he come out to look for death? Tu Hai said: "It's better to be careful, just take the dozen or so soldiers in front of you!" ”

The two rode around the city on horseback, and then came west along the north of the city to the bottom of the tiger pier. This tiger mound is just a mound from a distance, and if you look closely, you will know the danger of the end. For the convenience of the troops, around the "tiger" waist cut out a platform, under the pier and build a lot of stone holes, only by the city gate one end there is a line of stone ladder straight to the peak of the tiger's head, there is a small temple with a radius of half an acre on the top, there is a stone building on the north side, can echo with the city on the tun wall, just like a crouching tiger in the eyes of the majestic and cool.

"Pingliang City is really well repaired," Tu Hai sighed, "It's all big stones, I'm afraid that the red-clothed cannon won't be able to collapse it!" ”

Zhou Peigong didn't say anything for a while, only silently looked at Hudun, for a long time, exhaled, and replied: "This city is based on Liupan in the north, and Longshan in the south, which is the gateway to Gandong. If you can fight calmly, this city is not difficult to get, and you have to go hungry! ”

"What do you think about burying ** under this city and bombing the city?" "Just blow up a gap." ”

"It's all sandy land, and the water surface of the moat is not frozen," Zhou Peigong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be possible to dig a tunnel, and it's not enough to talk about **." ”

Tu Hai saw that Zhou Peigong was just looking at Hudun, so he smiled and said: "It seems that you still blindly want to fight Hudun, and you will set up artillery on top of the city to bombard the city." It's good to dare to be emotional, just look at the situation, there are no six or seven thousand dead and wounded, can you go up? ”

Zhou Peigong nodded and said, "Yes, you have to think of a perfect plan!" ”

At this moment, *** heard that Tuhai and they checked Hudun, and also rushed to Gong Rongyu. This battle made him very miserable, and his blood capital was almost lost, and there were less than 7,000 troops in the city, plus the defenders on the tiger pier, but more than 9,000 people. Dutong Ma died in the chaos of the army, He Yuzhi took a remnant of the army and did not know where to flee, only Gong Rongyu was originally a guard of the Chinese army, although he was not a general, the soldiers were not injured, and the rest of the three thousand who fled into the city were all frightened birds, and it was rare to fight. Looking at Tuhai and Zhou Peigong pointing at the city as if no one was around, he was angry and hateful in his heart, so he gritted his teeth and whispered to Gong Rongyu: "Rongyu, that is your friend, he has made us so miserable!" Tuhai has never been this way of playing! - My hand injury is not good, your archery is not bad, come, try his wolf tooth arrows! ”

Gong Rongyu slowly pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind his waist, and his heart was really mixed. He looked at his arm, there was a small scar on it, he went down to the river with Zhou Peigong to fish when he was a child, and was bitten by Wang Ba. Now I'm going to shoot this guy who has touched the fish with an arrow. He came to the pheasant moat, quietly pulled the bow, Zhou Peigong pointed to Hu Dun and was engrossed in what he was saying, with his archery skills, such a close distance, it was not difficult for an arrow to penetrate the back of Zhou Peigong's heart, but his hand trembled violently, and after aiming for a long time, Fang "poofed" and let go of his right hand.

Zhou Peicheng said that in Xingtou, where to beware of cold arrows? Tu Hai is a battle-hardened person, hearing the whistling sound of arrows, he didn't have time to turn back, so he pushed Zhou Peigong violently, and he hurriedly dodged, only to see the arrow flying over like a meteor and hitting Zhou Peigong's left arm.

"Alas!" Zhou Peigong screamed, almost fell under the horse, looked back suddenly, and saw Gong Rongyu holding an empty bow and was stunned at the head of the city. Zhou Peigong closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and his right hand was pulled out suddenly, and the blood flowed like an infusion. Gong Rongyu's face was like dirt, and the bow in his hand was like a kite with a broken string floating down the city.

When he returned to Dazhai that night, Tuhai received an edict and a report from the Jingshi. Tuhai and Zhou Peigong performed three kneeling and nine bowing salutes, and when they were reading, one of them was Kangxi's edict that wrote:

Fuyuan General Tuhai, Fuyuan Senate General Zhou Peigong: The military report has been informed, and I am glad to know that Erqing Jinghe has won a great victory, and I am very excited. Today, Wu Sangui's thieves in Yuezhou have become increasingly poor. Recently, there was an urgent report that there were 10,000 rebel troops in Guizhou to help, and if this situation is successful, the Xiliang military will be stalemate again! I would like to record two triumphant songs, and I am still looking forward to reinvigorating Yu Wei and rushing to calm down. The country will not be stingy with the gift of the high lord!

There are two ancient poems below, and if you don't have time to look closely, you will read the newspaper. One is that Kong Sizhen returned to Beijing, and Kangxi was honored in the palace; One is that Li Guangdi's wax pill book secretly reported the military situation in Fujian, and was ordered to file and discuss the affairs of the Ministry of Officials; One is that after Sun Yanling returned to the Qing Dynasty anyway, Wu Shicong lured him into military pay and was killed outside Guilin; The other is that Wu Shicong used Wang Shirong's letter to deceive and surrender, Fu Honglie was lured and killed, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to plan to seal the title, and ordered the governors of various provinces to find out the whereabouts of Wang Rui and arrest Yunyun.

"When it comes to war, these are common things." Tu Hai saw that Zhou Peigong's face was blue and white, and he remembered his friendship with Fu Honglie, and he also felt unbearable heartache, and sighed and comforted: "In terms of the overall situation, this can only be regarded as a small matter...... I can only sigh that Fu Honglie is loyal and virtuous, square and respectable, and he ended up like this......" said, and he burst into tears.

"Wang Shirong," Zhou Peigong ignored Tu Hai's words, looked out of the tent, fell into deep thought, and muttered to himself: "I've heard of the name for a long time, and I really want to see him!" His gaze returned to the candlelight.

The battle against Hudun was very hard, because the slope was steep, and the cavalry could not use it at all. Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong sat in charge of the battle, and the sergeants of the three battalions attacked in turn, and they used all methods, but they didn't work. The army defending the city concentrated all the shotguns and rockets in the area of Hudun, but when they saw the attack on the pier, they responded with fierce fire, causing the soldiers to dodge at both ends. After two days of fighting, only the waist of the "tiger" was taken, and the loss of 2,000 soldiers was already lost.

"It's not going to help." Zhou Peigong watched it for two days and saw some doorways, "If we fight for a long time, we will be trapped - calculate the time, Guizhou reinforcements will arrive within five days, and then the trouble will be big!" "I'll do it myself!" Tu Hai came up irritablely, stood up and was about to give an order, but was held down by Zhou Peigong's hands: "The style of play is not surprising, everyone is the same." If I go in person, I'll go first - I wonder if I can get a long bamboo pole here? ”

Tu Hai was stunned for a moment and said: "When I was patrolling the city, I saw some bamboos piled up in the timber yard outside the south gate, what do you want it to do?" Zhou Peigong squinted his eyes and smiled: "Don't worry, general, Hudun can go down today!" ”

In the afternoon, everything was prepared. More than 700 long bamboo poles are wrapped in big quilts, poured with oil, not at the right time, an order, all lit, like 700 torches, each by four or five strong soldiers lifted, straight to the Hudun stone tower. Hundreds of soldiers below sucked up the oil with bamboo pumps and sprayed upwards vigorously...... The tiger mound became a mountain of flames in an instant.

Wang Jizhen couldn't imagine that Zhou Peigong would use this trick. This tiger head pier projectile place, there is nowhere to hide, the fire is thick and smoky like a person drilled in the furnace, when the water is poured, but it is not helpful at all, when the time moves, a large fireball rolls into the building, and the bottom is the oil that shoots up, the oil helps the fire, the fire fights the oil, and the whole stone building has been on fire. Some of the soldiers guarding the pier were burned into fireballs, rolling on the ground, and some jumped down with the fire. Wang Jizhen was also on fire, threw himself on the south wall of Hudun, and cried: "Daddy! Save me, save the children......" shouted, the fire had curled up his body......

Two hours later, Hudun fell into the hands of Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, and the corpses were cleaned up that night, and the red-clothed cannon was dragged onto Hudun. At dawn, look at the stone building, and the panorama of Pingliang City is in front of you. The tall superintendent's office stands in the west of the city, and the location of the grain depot, prison, and barracks is vividly visible. Tu Hai couldn't help laughing and said: "You see, from here, from here, let alone using cannons, you can cover the enemy position with only a bow and arrow, and you can use a ladder to enter the city!" Zhou Peigong narrowed his eyes, supported his chin with his hand, and frowned: "The trapped beast is still fighting, although he is poor, I think he will fight to the death in a hurry." What's more, there are more than 40,000 people in the city, once the city is broken, then Kungang will be on fire, and the jade will be burned...... Alas! Tu Hai saw Zhou Peigong sighing and couldn't help laughing: "You want to be a bodhisattva again!" The Battle of Jinghe Beach and the Battle of Hudun killed so many people. Who are those dead ghosts looking for? ”

"Wear perseverance and perseverance, see each other on the field, either the fish dies or the net is broken, what do you say!" Zhou Peigong said slowly, "The change in Chahar, our soldiers have robbed a lot of things, and now they are all staring at the city with red eyes like wolves, if they slaughter the city again...... General, after winning in the future, the imperial history of the DPRK will not tolerate you and me! ”

Tu Hai stroked his beard and was speechless, a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Back to the two military gates, the red-clothed cannon has been set up!" A sergeant came up and saluted.

"Shoot him first!" Zhou Peigong put his hands behind his back and commanded without looking back, "Aim at his grain depot!" ”

"Wow!"

Tu Hai looked at Zhou Peigong in surprise: Fang was still showing mercy, and in the blink of an eye, how did it change again? Zhou Pei said fairly: "General, give him a little color with a few shots, I think-"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of cannon cracking. This red-clothed cannon was designed and manufactured by the foreigner Zhang Cheng with the help of Kangxi, except for Yuezhou, twenty were towed, leaving four for the protection of Beijing. After the Chahar rebellion was put down, Kangxi sent two entourages with forty healthy mules. This cannon is extremely powerful, with a range of up to seven miles. However, at the sound of the cannonball, thick clouds of smoke rose and the fire flashed, and the shells did not hit the grain depot, but hit several houses on the street in the south of the city, and the tiles and thatched flew indiscriminately; Then there was another sound, but the cannonballs flew into a pool of water on the east side of the grain depot, splashing a column of water more than a foot high. There was an instant sensation on the street, and people in the north of the city didn't know what was going on, and many people opened the door to look around. Groups of soldiers in the barracks came out to suppress. Looking from afar, I saw someone on the ruins with a shovel to pick up the collapsed house, it seemed that there were people buried inside, and a woman next to her was sitting in the street, shouting something, and a little girl with a horn was holding her neck in fear. There were a few old women kneeling on the street, clasping their hands together and muttering something to Hudun, Tu Hai said angrily: "What kind of cannon is this?" Call the gunners! ”

The gunner's face turned pale with fright, and he crawled over with a roll, knelt down and kowtowed: "Junmen, this ......"

"Have you ever fired a cannon before?"

"Hit ...... Played for five years. ”

"What's going on?"

"The small one from the ...... I've never used a cannon like this," the gunner said with a shaking, "no...... Thinking of this cannon hitting so far......"

"Get out!" Tu Hai shouted angrily, "Aim and hit again, be careful of the dog's head on your neck!" Zhou Peigong thought about it, turned his face and said: "Don't hit the grain depot, it's too close to the people's houses, you will practice this cannon today, you look at the temple of the Emperor of the Broken Pass in Dongchenggen, it must have been abandoned a long time ago, hit there, blow it up!" ”

"Wow!" The gunner wiped the sweat from his head.

Zhou Peigong followed Tu Hai, while going down the stone steps to the tiger pier, and then said: "-I want to go into the city, wouldn't it be better to be able to lower the ***?" ”

"What?" Tuhai stood still, "What did you say?" ”

"I want to talk about this city with an incorruptible tongue!" Zhou Pei said fairly, "Master Tu, you must know that tens of thousands of lives have been ruined, and you and I are deeply guilty!" ”

Tu Hai looked at Zhou Peigong for a long time, and said, "Are you afraid that the stinky imperial history will impeach us for killing innocents indiscriminately?" Zhou Peigong knew that Tuhai was referring to the pearl, but said with a smile: "I don't know how many people have been poisoned since ancient times, I can't be afraid!" At this time, it is not for this - if the people of this city are poisoned by you and me, what will people think of you and me for a thousand years? Zhou Peigong's talent for governing the army was discovered by Tuhai, after Kangxi was named and sent to him, the two of them got along day and night for several years, talking to each other, and were the most bosom friends, at this time, when I heard that Zhou Peigong was going to enter the city alone, my heart couldn't help but sink, and I said slowly: "The Han civilization is broad and profound, I am not as good as Peigong, but today I can no longer compare with the Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties, and learn from Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jia, and Lisheng, I am afraid that I will suffer from unforeseen disasters." He shook his head.

"General, this is not necessarily the case, now that I am strong and weak, it is better to make an alliance with him under the city!" Zhou Peigong saw that he took pity on himself, and he was not moved, and said, "As soon as *** falls here, Shaanxi Wangping Fan can also go down without a fight." If you fight hard, you won't be able to take this city within three or five days, and once the reinforcements arrive, you will really have to bear the holy order! ”

Tu Hai twisted his eyebrows and thought for a long time, Fang sighed: "Since you have decided on it, maybe you can do it." But this move is too risky, once it doesn't work......"

"Tomorrow afternoon, you bombard the backyard of the Supervision Office with a red-coated cannon, and order the three armies to sing the two triumphant songs of the Holy Lord in unison, I have my own ideas!" Zhou Peigong said calmly, "Temporarily retreat the soldiers in the east of the city for five miles, and I will call the city from the east gate." ”

On the second day, Zhou Peigong's Tsing Yi and small hat rode to the gate of Dongcheng, and his hands rolled into a horn and shouted: "Hey! The defenders in the city listened, I am Zhou Peigong, the general of the Fuyuan Senate of the Qing Dynasty, and I am ordered by the general to enter the city to negotiate with the *** general! ”

The Qing army retreated for several miles without reason, and someone had already reported to Zhang Jianxun, the defender of the east of the city. He was surprised, and heard someone call the city, so he went upstairs in person while knowing it. As soon as he saw that it was Zhou Peigong, the nameless fire rose, and he spat "bah" and said, "What kind of tricks are you doing?" Don't wait for death in Hudun, what are you going to do in the city? ”

"General, don't be rash!" Zhou Pei said fairly, "You and I know the current situation in our hearts, I will show you a way out!" ”

"Fart!" Zhang Jianxun roared angrily, and was about to give the order to release the arrows, when a flag officer suddenly ran up downstairs and whispered the order of ***. Helpless, Zhang Jianxun had no choice but to change his tone and sneered: "I was going to take your head, and I thought that the two countries would not fight each other, so I opened the side and let you in for the time being!" ”

The gates of the city were bolted down with a "bang" and creaked open. Zhou Peigong was about to enter the city, and he galloped over as if he was flying from a distance, and the man dismounted in front of the city, and arched his hands towards Zhou Peigong: "How about you and I enter this city together?" ”

"Who's down there?" Zhou Peigong looked at the visitor, but he looked like he was in his thirties, with beautiful eyes and eyebrows, a long robe and a green robe, just like a jade tree in the wind, elegant and graceful, and he had a good impression at first sight, so he rode his horse into the city while asking with a smile: "You are visiting relatives, and you are fighting here, can't you enter the city?" What a coincidence. The man said, "Exactly!" I arrived the day before yesterday, but the fight here is dangerous, and the four doors are not opened, so it is rare to enter, and today I borrowed my brother's light! He smiled as he spoke. Zhou Peigong thought that this person could really take advantage of the loophole, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, this is not the time to visit relatives!" ”

"Really?" The man suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, "How do I think this city is not so dangerous?" Zhou Peigong was suddenly surprised, and then asked tentatively: "How can you see it?" The man raised his whip and said loudly: "50,000 troops and horses under the command of Wu Sangui of the Great Zhou Dynasty have come to aid this city, and it is possible to come at night, what is the danger of this city?" The two of them asked and answered at this time, and even Zhang Jianxun, who was ordering the sergeant to close the city gate, was stunned, hurriedly walked around to the horse, looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's Lao Wang!" When you came, you didn't say hello to me, and I said that you were an entourage with the surname Zhou! Zhou Peigong asked: "You know, please step down?" ”

"We're old acquaintances!" The man smiled, took out a tube of jade flute from his back, danced lightly, and said, "No, the surname is Wang, the name is good, the word is honorable!" Can't think of it, right? We actually entered Pingliang together as envoys of the two countries! ”

"Look up for a long time!" Zhou Peigong's heart was shocked, excited, and frightened: over the years, he had searched for information about this person in many ways, and he had heard Fu Honglie say many times that Wang Shirong was delicate and elegant, like a virgin. Why are you so arrogant when you see it today? After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that he came here this time to cheer up ***, and he couldn't help but do it, so he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Hearing that Zhou Peigong and Wang Shirong entered the city at the same time, the Supervision Office had already caused a sensation. I couldn't help but be surprised and happy. Originally, because his son was burned to death, Zhou Peigong threw himself into the net and wanted to revenge, so he ordered someone to let Zhou Peigong in, set up an oil pot, ignited a flame, and wanted to learn from King Qi to cook and eat it, and blew up Zhou Peigong. At this time, when I heard that Wang Shirong was also coming, I hesitated: the two families sent envoys at the same time, isn't it a transshipment opportunity? Gong Rong Yuben was full of anxiety, and when he saw *** groaning, he took the opportunity to say: "Dashuai, in my opinion, Kangxi and Wu Sangui have grievances with me, if there is no battle of Jinghe, we will not lose so much; Having said that, Wu Sangui must have a conscience and should have sent reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise how could we be forced into this wild land? I think it's better to come at the same time, and I might as well listen to them all, and whoever says something good for me will obey him, and if it is not good for me, I will get rid of him—the gentleman will choose the good and follow it, and perhaps some other opportunities will not be known. ”

"In the past few years, you have read some books, and the words in your mouth have changed a lot." Said with a smile. At this time, most of the people in the city belonged to Gong Rongyu, and this person had always been loyal to himself, he couldn't help but buy it, and he also felt that what he said was quite reasonable, so he sank his face and ordered: "Set up a banquet in the back hall, invite Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhou to sit together." ”