The battle of Bagua Mountain was fought extremely crisply and beautifully. Although Lin Shuangwen is called the emperor, that is, he has been addicted to the emperor, and the rebels in various parts of Taiwan, some of them were originally in the Lei Guild, and there are also those in the Heaven and Earth Society, and they publicly elected him as the emperor of Shuntian, but in fact, they still went their own way. As far as Bagua Mountain is concerned, Lin Shuangwen only set up a card on the mountain beam, which is a gateway to the "imperial capital" of his Dali Shu, and he never imagined that this was a transportation artery that could contain the Qing army from attacking Zhuluo, let alone that Fukangan would be the first to take this place first. Seeing that the 5,000 men and horses of the Qing army were coming over, Luo Yaozu, the owner of the Xiangtang Hall of the Righteous Army guarding the mountain card, thought that it was a reinforcement of the troops in Taiwan's capital city, so he used this information to fly to Lin Shuangwen, Lin Shuangwen was also careless, he didn't expect this little army to dare to come and sweep Taiwan, and hurriedly dispatched troops to attack from the two places of Xianju Hewuju to the south, and wanted to copy the back road of Fukangan and enter Taiwan City together as dumpling stuffing. First, the Qing army was vulnerable and "accustomed to defeat", and the righteous army did not take it seriously, and second, the military judgment was rash and wrong, which led to a big mistake.

The Qing army attacked Bagua Mountain at the end of the afternoon, which is "cloudy" in today's terms, but the south wind was still blowing strongly. Bagua Mountain is not precipitous, shaped like a turtle's back curved like a long snake, entrenched on the west side of the post road. Although it is the winter season of Meng, the shrubs on the mountain are still green, and they are swayed by the wind. The minions guarding the mountain saw 5,000 men and horses passing by the post road at the foot of the mountain, thinking that it was another grain protection team, and hurriedly ran back to the temporary wooden gate on the top of the mountain to tell Luo Yaozu: "Hall master, the Tartar soldiers are passing by again!" This time, there are many people who protect the grain, four or five thousand! ”

"As usual, shoot him a few times!" Luo Yaozu was complaining to a few cronies, turned his face and continued to speak. He is a stout middle-aged man in his thirties, who has shaved his braids, his bare head and half of his body is covered with sleeves, and he is talking happily on the stool with one foot: "The emperor burned incense to tell the sky, and the thirty-six friends learned from the Wagang brothers to marry Jinlan, and I am the messenger of the furnace!" Where was he An Huairen at that time? In his mother, the Ray Guild sweeps the floor of someone's incense! The emperor intends to seal my Southern Protector Venerable, and he will stop it first! It is said that the incense and silver of Suzaku Hall are not counted, and there is a suspicion of corruption! I'm not a small official, how can I bear this reputation?! The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he slapped his thigh with a "snap", "Lao Tzu doesn't wait for this master!" Fuck it, he won't tell me a meridian unitary, and the next time the court will pull him off the public seat! Gray ......" was going to go on, and when he saw the minions in front of him panting and running in, he asked impatiently, "Isn't it over yet?" ”

"The newspaper master......" The minion took a big breath, scooped a scoop of water in the tank and drank two sips, and then said, "There is a group of officers and soldiers coming up the mountain!" ”

"How many?"

"I ordered, twenty-three!"

"Oh." Luo Yaozu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "You hit the bird, there are so many people, can you not go up the mountain to see?" - Let's go, let's see! After that, I drank half a bowl of water, and then I took everyone out of the village to see, and I could see clearly from here that there were really only about 20 people squirming up the mountain, and they seemed to be walking unfast, and they seemed to be "searching the mountain" to move forward. On the post road under the mountain, the Qing army team seemed to be resting, the front team had stopped, the rear team was still moving forward, there were more than 30 large carts sandwiched in the team, as if covered with cloth bags, several cavalry cruising back and forth waving whips and saying something, neither audible nor discerning. Luo Yaozu smiled: "This idea is useless when people come up!" When you get closer, shoot him a few times, and he'll be a rabbit! With that, he turned the slope and peed.

Hailancha is really a straggler who pretends to search the mountain, more than 20 people are scattered in a line, looking around and stopping, and shouting at each other from time to time to "strengthen their courage", and they have already seen a figure on the mountain and pretended not to know. The detective was spying, and suddenly dozens of steps away from the mountain, three branches of birds fired in unison, and there was a loud "bang", and twenty-three people fell down together, only to hear the rustling sound of iron sand hitting the thorn tree. Hailancha didn't hesitate any longer, and with a sharp whistle from the two-finger bayonet, the twenty-three people jumped up like tigers on the ground, jumped straight up, ran and jumped, each of them took out their horses, "brushed" and drew their swords, and stepped on stones and jumped over the grass as if they pounced! - Luo Yaozu hadn't tied his pants before he peed, and when he saw that the momentum was wrong, he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and let the bird fight!" Hit and fight! The three bird-stalkers were then shocked, when the chamber was charged, where was the time? Wang Jibao and the two guards brandished a dagger in one hand and a long knife in the other, and in a blink of an eye, the three rebel bird guns had been cut to the ground. Luo Yaozu shouted: "It's not good! Hurry back! Turning around to leave, He Laoliu roared angrily and jumped up with a fork, and when he landed, a series of scissors kicked over, and he was on Luo Yaozu's back vest, and he couldn't stop his feet and fell down the mountain, just hit his head on a lying cow stone, because he hit it really, and suddenly the blood on his left forehead flowed like an infusion, and he turned over and kicked his leg just to fight for his life. At this time, more than 5,000 Qing soldiers under the mountain suddenly shouted in unison:

"Hit! Well played! Kill ——! ”

The sound came from below the mountain like a landslide. There were also sixty or seventy rebels guarding the gate of the village, some holding a knife, some carrying a sickle, and some coming out empty-handed to play around the mountain to see the excitement...... I was already dizzy and fascinated by it, as if in a dream. Seeing these 20 or so people committing murder outside the Dazhai Gate, killing more than a dozen people in a row, they even forgot to help each other, until the officials and soldiers shouted together, they came back to their senses, and when they were in a swarm of bees to go back to the gate of the village, where could they still be? Led by Hailancha, twenty-three warriors raised their horses, "tom tom" is a burst of guns, in the smoke of gunfire, the rebels have been knocked down a large area, iron sand flies sideways, hit the face and hit the eye, covering their faces and screaming for help...... There are still fifty or sixty volunteers in Dazhai, and there is no command at this time, and they just emerged from the stone bridge of Erzhai Gate, shouting "Look for Luo Xiang's main ......" and were beaten together by more than a dozen long birds, and immediately knocked down five or six, and the rest of the people "Mom" sounded, all like headless flies scurrying around, and there was no rule at all. At this moment, the cheering under the mountain could no longer see Hailancha's movements, so he just shouted loudly: "Kill the thief - meritorious service - the fourth master of Fu will be rewarded!" Kill the thief - meritorious service - the fourth master of Fu is rewarded! ”

The officers and soldiers on the mountain listened to this cheer, and the other was already red-eyed. In addition to He Laoliu and Wang Jibao, half of these people were Baturu warriors selected from Mongolia, half were selected from the Shengjing Imperial Palace, and they were trained in the Gubeikou camp. The most successful is the elite who fights alone and kicks tall people. If the whole cottage was to fight in the field, the righteous army would not have been defeated so quickly, and at this time it was beaten to the point that there was no organization and no command, and they fled in all directions like frightened birds. I didn't even have the courage to parry, and I escaped from the ravine when I saw the opportunity, and I was stabbed by Hailancha's guns and knives and daggers when I saw the opportunity, and I cleaned up like cutting melons and vegetables. In less than a meal, the front and back villages were searched, and they were all slaughtered, and not a single living person was gone. Hailan Cha whistled and gathered, everyone came to see with a bloody knife, all of them were covered with human blood, Hailan checked that Wang Jibao had not arrived, and asked He Lao Liu: "Where is Jibao?" He Laoliu wiped the blood scab on the corner of his eye and said with a smile: "This guy is childish, he killed one less than me, and he is still looking for someone to kill at this time!" For a while, he saw Wang Jibao dragging the semi-unconscious Luo Yaozu to come, and said with a smile: "I'll catch it alive, this guy is Lin Shuangwen's Nantang master, and he is a leader!" ”

Hailan inspected everyone, they were all confused, and everyone checked themselves, but they didn't even have a slight injury, only Wang Jibao was hit by an iron sand in his neck - he was still beaten by his own people and birds in the chaos. ——Hailancha was overjoyed, and took this group of "bloody" people to the gate of the village and shouted in unison:

"Fourth Master Fu! We've won! ”

"Fourth Master Fu! We've won! ”

……

The voice finally reached the bottom of the mountain. In fact, they don't need to shout, the scene of cheering and cheering is already clear and refreshing for the five thousand people under the mountain. Fu Kangan looked at it, with a childish smile on his face, raised his hand with a horsewhip, and said: "This is the emperor's blessing and blessing, this is the blessing of my Qing people!" - Wu Degui! Take a thousand men and camp them on this mountain, and go now! Carry the heroes of the mountain back to me and show the three armies in public! ”

"Wow!" The partial general named Wu Degui gave a military salute and turned around and left.

"Slow!" Fu Kangan stopped him, squinted at the mountains, and said slowly, "Look at this gossip mountain, it controls and chokes here, it can obstruct the post road, it can jam the throat of Taiwan Mansion and Zhuluo, such a critical place, his surname Lin only sent a group of pus to station...... He only cares about being the emperor, and he is crowned by a monkey, how short-sighted! You're fighting Jin Chuansheng's general with me, right? Listen, don't learn from Ma Tan to lose the street pavilion, this place is the same as the street pavilion, you guard this mountain for me, it's like prying something leverage, this is a fulcrum, I can pry the whole of Taiwan overturned, you have made a great contribution. If you want to lose this place, you don't have to think about any friendship face, and ask the soldiers to come to me with your head! ”

"Wow! You must keep in mind that this gossip mountain is the life of the mark! ”

"It's your future, too." Fukangan remained silent and said, "Go ahead! ”

Bagua Mountain succeeded, like a stimulant stabbed into the ranks of the officers and soldiers. Hailancha is the deputy Qincha, Wang Jibao and He Laoliu are also Fukangan's hearty generals, and the twenty people who stepped forward to kill the enemy are also the sons and daughters of the nobles, and they all returned victorious in a battle, and they were all displayed on the spot in front of the eyes of the three armies. Fukangan's army was forced to march overnight, and when it was dawn, Zhuluo County could be seen in the twilight. The cavalry is self-reliant, it is a foot army, while picking foot bubbles, cooking on the fire, whistling and singing, limping in the aisle and wanting to have fun. Fukangan convened a military meeting in a coconut grove to discuss the lifting of the siege of Zhuluo.

"Morale is incredible." Fukangan also didn't sleep all night, the corners of his eyes looked a little dark, but he was still very energetic, holding a horsewhip in his hand and paddling on the ground, saying, "Since I led the army, I have never had such a high morale as now." But high morale can only be maintained by winning battles - yesterday's battle was better than my Fukangan gathering the whole army to give a ten-year lecture! He pointed at Zhuluo City with a whip, "These four turns have a total of eight battalions of Lin Shuangwen, and they have been besieging this lonely city for ten months. But they are familiar with the terrain and the local people are accustomed to the water and soil, which is their strength. We were also tired after a night of walking, but when we rested, we hurt our morale, and we had to continue to fight this tough battle, which is our shortcoming. My idea was to immediately divide the thirty cannons that had been dragged in the east and south of the city, and the chaotic camp in the south of the city looked like the main camp of the enemy army—the fucking evergreen was so alive that he couldn't even figure out this thing—and it seemed like he was looking at his banner! The enemy's situation is not clear, and it is also my short-term -- these two battalions will first suppress the momentum, and our men will take the opportunity to rest for half a day, explore the roads leading to Taiwan, Tainan, and Taitung, and then storm this battalion. Inform the Chai Daji in the city to fight north, and the strategy is to involve the enemy and not be able to reinforce is a success. ”

Hailancha sat next to Fukangan, still smiling rather than smiling, and listened to Fukangan with his fingers on the ground. Fukangan also arranged a guard and ordered everyone: "Everyone work hard, go to see the camp first, and then the meeting will be held later." When the crowd dispersed, he asked Hyland, "You seem to have something to say?" What we just arranged was discussed by the two of us in Fuzhou, and I didn't ask for your opinion again, you won't mind, right? "The fourth master and Lao Hai are talking, and they still use the word 'you'," Hailancha said with a smile, "Come here to see the situation, I have some new ideas, and I haven't thought through them yet." So there was no talk. ”

"Then let's walk together." Fukangan smiled, "Say as you walk." ”

This is half cloudy and half sunny weather, just after the end of the day, the clouds in the east are shining with white light, scattered into the coconut grove, tall and lonely branches and branches and trunks are warped, like a person standing on a high post to face the wind, and like a thumb of appreciating others, although the color is old and green, it looks like the spirit is still - the Central Plains has already been frozen by ten thousand leaves at this time - here in the distance, a cane forest has not been cut down. Because of the war, the sweet potato fields outside the coconut grove have not yet been harvested, and the potato seedlings that have turned purple are trampled on the ridges of the ground silently. Looking through the sweet potato field to the northeast, it is the southern camp of Lin Shuangwen besieging Zhuluo, but they are all bags made of sugarcane, densely packed into a large area, and the periphery is surrounded by wooden fences, this is the "village". Hailancha walked silently for a while, stood still, sighed slightly and said: "Taiwan's soldiers are too loose, I saw clearly in yesterday's battle, in fact, the thieves are honest farmers." But I'm not going to kill them, they're going to kill me, and one of them is a twelve or thirteen-year-old...... The officials forced the people to rebel, and they really couldn't force them to enter the heaven and earth meeting. Fukangan listened silently, nodded and said: "This is to send troops and release horses, and we have no choice but to do it, there is no mercy in this kind of thing...... We're doing it here with our heads in my hands, and there are people in the court who say that I have a lot of money, and there are people who expect me to do a somersault, and they see jokes! It's really strange, it's okay for civilian officials to embezzle millions of taels, and the reconquest of the soldiers, so that people are in the public service? The emperor's edict was written to me by me personally after I personally sent a secret confession. Amma said that the more he fought, the more afraid he became. What he is most afraid of when he is alive is that I am 'fast cattle and broken cars' and become Zhao Kuo and Ma Yan. I was careful at first, but now I really appreciate his old man's thoughts......" He sighed deeply again, "Think about what is in front of you!" If you have any opinions, just talk about them. ”

"This kind of stockade can't resist shelling at all." Hailan Chayang pointed to the cane villages, "I have estimated that there are about 2,500 troops stationed in each village, and there are more than 20,000 people in the rough calculation. They still got the 'Bagua Ecstasy Array' in the Red Yang Sect of the Heaven and Earth Society. Ever since the artillery, those who don't care about anything in the game, and the twists and turns in the road only hinder their own movement. Our army is not familiar with the terrain and cannot fight at night, so we will fight this afternoon, and if it is maintained until dark, they will either run or attack at our disadvantage. Therefore, I suggest that we have a good rest tonight, and at dawn tomorrow, we should concentrate all the artillery and bombard this stockade, and send 2,000 men to lurk to the north of the city. As soon as the fire is fired here, reinforcements will be sent there, taking advantage of the emptiness to set fire to it. When he was in a mess, I took the lead, led 2,000 people with shotguns, horses, and broadswords, and just killed him. We have 5,000 enemies and 20,000 enemies, and we can't destroy them all, but we want to defeat them, and even if they have no soul, they will be successful. ”

While listening, Fu Kang'an unconsciously picked the yellow velvet on the whip with his fingers, and his eyes followed his fingers faintly, and suddenly flashed, and said: "Lao Hai, your method is good!" Those who go to the north of the city are commanded by Yoshiho! Shoot an arrow book to make an appointment, and order Chai Daji to lead the troops out of the city, and burn and kill Jibao all the way, the more fierce the better! He smiled again, "It seems that compared with your old military affairs, I am still tender!" Hailancha smiled: "The handsome is humble, isn't it?" The old Fu Xiang is also a famous general in ancient and modern times, and I think he is too serious than the handsome. The victorious general is so humble again, Lao Hai has convinced you! He thought that Fukangan would definitely laugh with a whip, but he saw Fukangan smile bitterly and said, "You say this, I have escaped from danger with a slave on my back several times...... My minions are so good, they are much stronger than Ji Yun's. Ji Yun came back from Xinjiang, and the dog named 'Si'er' with him died of old age, and he wanted to make stone statues of the four minions that followed the side of the guard to stand next to the dog's tomb, or Liu Yong dissuaded him, and the plaque in the council hall of his slave was written with the words 'Shidogtang'......" He nodded and said, "We are not the dogs released by the emperor?" ”

Hailancha pursed his lips and said, "Yes." ”

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Everything is according to Hailancha's opinion. In the early morning of the next day, He Laoliu gave an order, and thirty red-coated cannons towed by artillery trucks roared in unison, and one cannon after another was headless and faceless, and they just bombed the enemy's southern camp. In an instant, a huge village became a sea of smoke and fire, the people inside were noisy and shouted to the sky and the earth and then returned to Cen Lonely, suddenly released red, green and blue three fires, and there was a horn whining, then listen to the sound of drums, a Biao military horse from the smoke of Dongzhai Gate suddenly attacked, but the lineup is far more neat than the righteous army of Bagua Mountain, all short clothes and shorts and red cloth wrapped their heads, whining and screaming to rush out, there are two thousand people. At this time, the sky was already bright, and it was clear in the faint shadow that everyone had drunk the runic water, and they were very fierce and vicious with red eyes and teeth and claws. He Laoliu pulled up his sleeves and shouted: "The ancestors are stilted, and those who are not afraid of death are rushing with Lao Tzu!" ”

"Stop!" Fukangan grabbed He Lao Liu, gritted his fine teeth and shouted, "Release the arrow!" ”

Behind him were five hundred crossbowmen, all of whom were musketeers, and when they heard the order of the lord, they all drew their bows and arrows, and shot out with their heads, so dense that they flew like locusts to the enemy, and the rebels at the head immediately fell a dozen. A few brave men were hit by arrows in their arms and chests, and they scolded loudly, "your grandma!" Fuck you", he pulled out his arrows and brandished his broadsword and rushed up again, and a group of hesitant people turned around and shouted and slashed. At this time, the cannon was no longer useful. Fukangan saw that the soldiers were eager to try the white-bladed killing, but he just pressed "Don't go out of the battle, just release the arrows". Hailancha supervised the battle in the rear team, and while looking around vigilantly, he ordered people: "Open the box and send arrows up!" Get your ** bag ready! He carried a spear and ordered majestically: "If any team is short of arrows, I will immediately cut off those who sent arrows!" ”

At the moment of emergency, suddenly there was an earth-shaking shout of killing from the east, south and west, it turned out that the enemy reinforcements of the remaining seven battalions had arrived, and all the coconut groves and grasses seemed to emerge from the ground were dense rebel rebels, all of them were red tasseled spears, and there were also more than a dozen muskets "Bang!" Syllable! "Scattered sounds, wrapped in the roar of human voices approaching. Fukangan only soberly thought at this moment: Chang Qing estimated the total strength of the enemy army to be 100,000, which was probably underestimated. Seeing tens of thousands of horses screaming and shouting around, there was a sea of red people. Fukangan drew his sword with a "brush" and shouted loudly: "Stop releasing arrows!" Musketeers prepare, go to the east gate, and hit me hard! ”

"Bang!" A thousand muskets roared towards the Dongzhai Gate.

"Bang!" The first team rang out, the gunners charged, and the second team immediately opened fire.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

It worked perfectly. When the first row of gunfire rang out, the enemy in Dongzhai had already retreated, and after the second row of gunshots, they had already scattered and fled. After the four rows of gunfire, there was no one to the east, the corpses left behind in the long smoke were piled up in stacks, and the small ditch at the entrance of the village was full of pools of red foaming blood. The enemy in the south and west seemed to be stunned by the sudden annihilation of the army in the east. The one who rushed to the front hesitated and slowed down, and the shouting of killing became erratic and hesitant: "Kill...... At ......the same time, three blue flames broke out in the sky in the north, and then I saw that the north and south were on fire at the same time. The rebel ranks immediately looked back and forth, and became panicked.

"Turn the muzzle!" Fukang Anxin knew that Wang Jibao copied the enemy's rear road, and his heart was settled, and he waved his sword and gritted his teeth and shouted, "Children, fight!" Hit with a musket! ”

"Bang bang-"

The musketeers obeyed the order to fight southward, and there was no distinction between the first row and the first row, and the charge was hit, and the charge was played, and the coconut grove in the south was like a layer of fog, and the smoke swept over with the wind, and even the Qing army was pungent and choked, and there was a smell of fresh blood, and the sand like a torrential rain made the coconut trees and grass tremble. With such firearms and equipment, the Righteous Army Committee really couldn't support it, and it couldn't tell how many people were screaming and screaming and retreating.

"Brothers, kill with Lao Tzu!" He Lao Liu tore off his gown with a "snort", revealing a scarred horizontal flesh, pulled out a large blade and went out of the formation, and then, the three thousand Qing soldiers followed suit, all peeled off and killed them, and pressed all the way to the west like crazy.

Since the beginning of the chaos in Taiwan, the confrontation between the rebel officers and the army has always been the collapse of the official army at the touch of a button, and the defeat for a while, one side is used to defeat, and the other side is used to victory. Seeing the white water rushing up with a silver glittering broadsword, and seeing the back camp burning and smoking everywhere, where is there still the heart of war? I don't know who shouted: "Mom! They're not human, it's the demon king who killed me! - Escape......" The voice was sharp and miserable, like a night walker suddenly encountering a ghost, the team was already panicked, and as soon as the voice fell, a row of shotguns with a loud sound of smoke came over, and could no longer hold on, so they turned around and fled in all directions. At the back of the team, there are a few people wearing red vests with a flag on their shoulders like leaders, wielding knives and trying to gather people, where can they stop it? has long been trampled by the rout of the tide, and people are turned on their backs.

"Rush!" Seeing this situation, Fukangan knew that the time had come, waved his sword in his hand, and led the Chinese army guards to hug from the front, this time the rebels were even more unable to parry, and fled to the west, but they were blocked by the Qing soldiers led by Wang Jibao, and turned their heads to run south, Fukangan commanded the musket to intercept, and turned around to the east, thousands of people were dizzy, there was no leader, no position, and their own people trampled on each other...... The Qing soldiers who broke into the enemy group were red-eyed, and they did not distinguish between formations, and rushed to wherever there were many people. In the miserable cold sun, the crowd of knives flickered together, dividing the rebels into several pieces, slaughtering and slaughtering at will. The cries for help, the cries of fathers and mothers, the screams, the shouts of killing, were so confused that they could not distinguish between friend and foe, and everywhere there were pools of blood, rolling human heads and trampled corpses. Seeing that the war group that was cut into several small pieces was shrinking smaller and smaller, the rebellious army outside the circle had already fled without a trace, and in the sparse gunfire, Wang Jibao and a group of fierce soldiers were still searching and killing in the coconut grove to the south. Fukangan breathed a long sigh of relief, put his sword into the sheath, and coldly ordered: "The remaining enemies are allowed to surrender, and order all armies to gather their formations and count the battlefield." The wounded numbers of our army were all carried to the coconut grove on the left, and the military doctor and the guards of the Chinese army were all taken care of - call Wang Jibao over! Lao Hai went to check the battlefield, finished reorganizing the team, and also came over to prepare to enter the city. Only then did he feel that the cold sweat on his body had stuck to his body, and when he took out his pocket watch to look at it, it turned out that the fierce battle did not know the time, and it was already the right time. For a while, he saw Wang Jibao stepping on a pool of corpse blood, one foot high and one foot low, the tip of the knife dripping blood downward, and he had become a "red man", Fukangan looked at him with concern and asked, "Are you injured?" ”

"Nope!" Wang Jibao grinned with a "bloody face" and smiled, looking a little terrifying, "I tripped over Xiying and broke my foot and neck, phew!" What the fuck is this? The master was not frightened, was he? ”

Fu Kangan also smiled, pointed left and right and said humorously: "I am held hostage by them, and I can't come forward to kill the enemy-what's the matter, is there a strategy in Zhuluo City?" How many soldiers were out? What about Chai Daji? For a while, I was worried that he would come out of the south of the city conveniently, and the enemy would take advantage of the opportunity to rush into the city, and this battle would be difficult to fight. He still succeeded, and did not open the door to thieves. "Ye also praised this surnamed Chai!" Wang Jibao carefully uncovered the blood scab that gradually coagulated on his face, wiped it comfortably, and pouted: "Originally, the master said several times in the military department that he could not be reused, and the slave still thought that this person was really unlucky, why did he offend my master?" It looks like there is water in your eyes! In total, a total of 500 soldiers came out from the north of the city, and more than 200 were wounded by kicking a battalion, and 300 turned around and ran, got some food and ran back to the city! The lord personally wrote a letter, the surname Chai is not going to fight, so I will meet on the top of the city tower, and it is also a person to shout and cheer! I didn't even see a shadow of him. It's not a joke! After speaking, he added, "If my soldiers are so useless, I will correct him on the spot!" ”

Fukangan couldn't help but glance at the south gate of Zhuluo City, because the sky was getting late, and the sky was pressed with clouds, and the city wall pheasant moat had turned gray-brown, cold and dead, still no one was seen, but the city gate had been opened, and there seemed to be someone in the doorway, and the shadow was not knowing what to do. In a blink of an eye, seeing that his sergeants were still shirtless, Fukang said: "Put my clothes on!" It's cool! As he spoke, he saw Hailancha and He Lao Liu coming over with a group of military academies. Hailancha didn't pay attention to Fu Kangan's face was gloomy, and said with a smile: "Marshal, our army has killed thirty-three dead and wounded four hundred and thirty-one, and they are all settled. Four hundred and twenty-seven captives were captured, all wounded, and there were no prisoners. The corpses were more than 3,400 people, scattered and not examined carefully. Lao Hai has fought a battle all his life, and it is the first time that such a cost-effective deal has come! Only then did he see it and asked, "Dashuai, why are you unhappy?" ”

"Nothing." Fukangan smiled unconsciously and said, "I am as happy as you are after winning the battle." I have to work hard for the sixth uncle, the troops will not enter the city tonight, they will sleep outside the city, the sixth uncle will check the police and check the guards, see if there are people in Luermen to deliver food, it is best to get some meat in the city, but it is strictly forbidden to drink. Those who enter the city without permission to rob the people or harass the people will be punished on the spot! ”

"Yes! He Lao Liu listens to the order! ”

"Lao Hai, Ji Bao, let's go, let's go into the city!" Fukangan said, "Ask someone to enter the city in advance to inform Chai Daji, and we will enter the county office." With a wave of his hand, fifty or sixty of his own soldiers, Goshha, mounted together and followed Fukangan towards Zhuluo City.

Fukangan thought about making meat and quitting alcohol, but as soon as he entered the city, he knew that this thought was superfluous. Zhuluo has been besieged for nearly a year, except for a few truckloads of grain sent in for the Chinese New Year last year, it has been isolated from the world. Sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato vines, and peanuts have long been eaten up, and all the bark, grass, roots, and even cottonseed and cotton wool that can fill the population have also been eaten. The lonely city has been trapped for a long time, and he originally wanted to welcome the scene but it was not lively, but he didn't expect that there were only five tables that rushed to the city gate to "welcome the king with fragrant flowers and wine", and the "meat" on the plate was all laid out with flesh-colored paper, and the "wine" was in the pot, and there was no color at all when poured into the bowl, and God knows which well was the water. The city was under martial law, and every house was closed, but there was no prohibition of people, and every few dozen paces stood a soldier, all of whom described their withered faces, yellow muscles, and thin muscles, and their clothes were rotten and dirty. The people in the city are similar, but "helping the old and the young" is unspeakable, because there are no old people, and children are also very rare, only some middle-aged and young people in ragged clothes are skinny, standing on the side of the street with wooden faces to watch "the king enter the city". In addition to a dozen gentry wearing crumpled robes and horse coats, there were also seven or eight officials who were also dark-faced, pretending to be smiling and following the county order to polish the scene at the entrance of the inner city. The county order is well-dressed, easy to speak, see the situation is slightly fuller than other people, self-reported name is Feng Kaisheng, is Qianlong 48 years of Jinshi, in Fuzhou alternate, tiger class distributed Taiwan to Ren Zhi County. But he also seemed to be very hungry, and when he spoke, he looked at the lack of mental strength, and he touched his stomach and girded his waist with a hard smile. Fukangan has sent troops and horses all his life, and every time he wins and returns to the court, the big and small welcoming scenes do not know how many have passed, and there has never been such a withered and depressed "welcome" scene, think about being trapped in the city for a year, look at the artemisia grass in front of the courtyard of the house, and the heart is sinking. Dismounted and held the whip and groaned for a moment, and said: "It is not easy for your county to support this situation. Tonight, we will borrow your ya, we will have dinner together, we can talk about local difficulties, we can first allocate a few thousand catties of military food to distribute to the people. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Dashuai, this is life-saving food! Feng Kaisheng thanked him again and made a thousand moves, and smiled happily, "Just please hurry up." People starve to death here every day, and there are only more than 3,000 people left...... There are only 3,000 sergeants left, and it is Chai Junmen who supervises and guards the city day and night, otherwise it would have been broken long ago...... "Wang Jibao, who followed Fukangan, realized that the reinforcements who went out of the city were actually half-starved people, so he forgave them for their lack of reinforcements.

Feng Kaisheng accompanied Fukangan and his entourage to the barren county ya, and settled down in the county yaqin hall where the county order lived. Only then did Fukangan mention Chai Daji and said: "It has been arranged in advance, the Navy Gate has been reported out soon, and the existing civil officials of Luermen and Taiwan Government have all come to Zhuluo to have a meeting." Chai Daji is Taiwan's commander-in-chief, and Taiwan's overall situation has fallen, and he cannot shirk his responsibility, but he has held on to the lonely city for a year, and the enemy's seven times the strength cannot be shaken, and his will and hard work cannot be extinguished. He defended the city and deployed military affairs, so naturally he could not welcome me. Now inform him, restrain the troops, come on, and I'll talk to him. ”

This is a pair of old enemies for a lifetime, when in Guazhou Duyi Station, Chai Daji was drunk and offended Fukangan, who was a private person in Weifu, and his clumsy work has been written. When he is dying for decades, Fukangan is no matter how narrow his chest is, and he can care about grievances, and his breath has already warmed up. Originally, if the matter ended here, Chai Daji's soldiers were trapped, Fukangan came to relieve the siege, he personally went to the city gate to welcome him, and it was just that, Fukangan had compassion for the soldiers and civilians in the city, and felt that he could let Chai Daji a horse generously, and he called for the county order, and honestly followed him to resign and admit his guilt, not only had nothing to do, but also recounted his merits, and a day of grievances could also be resolved invisibly. Helplessly, Qianlong already knew that Chai Daji's lone army adhered to the lonely city, and defended the city for the soldiers, not only had a purpose to commend Chai Daji's "loyalty and ability are as full as the moon", but also issued an order to describe the merits, and was named the Duke of Chai Daji, and he had a glory in his heart. He is a polar and arrogant person, and his officialdom promotion has been repeatedly suppressed and pressed by Fukangan's saying that "this person cannot be reused", and he has long been depressed and full of anger. I had a cold and a high fever in bed for several days, coupled with fatigue and trance, hunger and fever, and I became more and more angry. After listening to Feng Kaisheng's biography of the "Great Marshal's Order", he said with a twinkle in his eyes: "What is there to talk about?" I'm already old, just waiting to die! You go to reply to the Qincha, the enemy army is newly defeated, and you must strictly protect the city defense to prevent sneak attack and retaliation. Tonight, the security of the guards is my messenger, and I have seen the city defense in the second half of the night, and I will go over to wait. ”

Feng Kaisheng had no choice but to step back to the yamen. The army and the people are guarding the same city, of course, there are many things to fight for rations on weekdays, the people are starving to death, the army still has cottonseed husks to eat, and there is originally some discord, it is useless to hear this, and the face is not good-looking, only picking what can be said to return to Fukangan: "Grandpa Chai said that he wants to maintain the city defense, protect the safety of the marshal, and he can only come over in the middle of the night, please forgive the marshal." Fukangan heard him say "Grandpa Chai", and felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't expect those words, because there were still a lot of things to take care of, and he felt tired, so he smiled and said: "Then forget it, he will do military affairs well, and see you at the meeting." "It's Wang Jibao, it turns out that he and Hu Kejing are buddies who are still fat in a pair of pants, Hu Kejing was killed in a stray arrow after protecting him on the Jinchuan battlefield, he was refreshed in his heart in this past, and he never had a good impression of this Chai Daji. He was not happy if he didn't kick the camp reinforcements, and it wasn't a taste to enter the city and not see Chai Daji to "protect the field", and he didn't follow the summoning order, Feng Kaisheng's face and words were different, and the people he had a heart to see that Ke was not embarrassed, and asked Feng Kaisheng: "What's going on with him?" Feng Kaisheng refused to hide it for Chai Daji on this occasion, and went out in one hundred and fifty ten. Wang Jibao's face turned pale with anger when he heard this, and urged people to hurry up and make food for Fukangan, but when no one was around, he came in with a limp, stomped his feet and scolded: "He's a real bastard, shameless for your face!" ”

"What's wrong with you?" Fukangan was grinding ink, and when he saw Wang Jibao coming in and scolding, he smiled, "Which one provoked you?" ”

"It's not the surname Chai yet! We ran 10,000 miles to relieve him, otherwise his 'grandfather' wouldn't starve to death to feed Sea King? Wang Jibao said angrily, and passed Chai Daji's original words to Fukangan word for word, and said: "I knew that it was such a thing, and the army was not in a team, and I went into the city to mess up and slaughter this dog!" Fukangan was no longer the manic nature of his youth at this time, and he listened patiently, then grinded the ink, and said indifferently: "This matter ends here, you are talking nonsense is a disservice, ask the person surnamed Feng to come in and ask questions, and I will take care of it." ”

This planted the cause of Chai Daji's death. For three days in a row, the Tongzhi of the Taiwan Prefecture, the fugitive county commander, the county Cheng, and the Tongzhi were escorted by soldiers to Zhuluo for a meeting, and Fukangan did not mention Chai Daji again. He only immersed himself in writing excerpts, arranged the important procedures of the meeting, sent 1,000 soldiers and horses to escort Hailancha to Luermen Port, and joined the mainland to send 5,000 reinforcements to attack Changhua. The Fujian soldiers originally stationed in Luermen moved to Fengshan and feinted to attack Lin Shuangwen's old man, causing a pincer offensive to sweep the whole Taiwan. On the day of the meeting, he got up early in the morning as usual, practiced Tai Chi in the twilight, and threw a stone lock for a while, when he was playing, the forty catties of stone locks flew up and down in his hands as light as a shuttlecock, He Lao Liu and a cadre of guards stood next to him and cheered: "Good! In the middle of the bustle, Wang Jibao came in from the front yard and said: "The officials have arrived, please go over and give instructions!" ”

"Is there any news from Luermen?"

"Back to Dashuai, usually the letter is in the afternoon. Not yet. ”

"Then pass my order to Huang Shijian, add 200 firearms to him, and strictly prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the county seat of Taiwan. What did he say before? ”

"He said that the soldiers have food now, Lin Shuangwen came, and asked him to come and go!"

"What about Bagua Mountain?"

"Wu Degui reported this morning, please allocate another 3,000 catties."

Fukangan stood up straight, wiped the sweat from his forehead, put down the hem of his robe very carefully, pulled straight and bounced off the dust, stretched comfortably, and then said: "Bagua Mountain, I said that it is the fulcrum of levers to pry things. Now that we have overturned the entire territory of Taiwan, we no longer need to guard this fulcrum. Command all his men and horses to come to Zhuluo and rest and stand by! ”

"Yes!" Wang Jibao replied straightly, "This is a handsome handsome!" ”

"I'll give it to him." Fukangan turned around and entered the room, wrote a warrant on last night's residual ink and handed it to Wang Jibao, frowned and said, "What do you look like in this courtyard?" The 200 members of the Chinese army who were not on duty all shoveled grass for me and swept the ground clean. We meet ours, you do yours! Wang Jibao hurriedly agreed, and Fukangan asked again, "Is Chai Daji here?" ”

"I didn't see anyone else." Wang Jibao said with a wooden face, "I asked his soldiers—they came on schedule—and said that Grandpa Chai had hemorrhoids, and he had old cold legs or something, so he would come back later." ”

Fukangan didn't say anything anymore, and ordered Wang Jibao to go out to give an order, calmly wipe his teeth with green salt and rinse his mouth, and eat a few more snacks before he went out to the front yard of the signing room. The front yard was very lively, dozens of Goshkha soldiers were sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard, shoveling grass and cutting artemisia, cleaning up broken bricks and tiles, and catching a hibernating snake, screaming happily and fearfully. Dozens of officials were all officials who fled to Taiwan Prefecture and Luermen to live in the chaos after the rebellion, and they had never seen such a happy scene in the Yamen since they were in trouble, and they all stood at the foot of the dripping eaves of the signing room and watched with a smile. Feng Kaisheng saw Fukangan coming out of the second gate in a blink of an eye, and hurriedly said: "Fushuai is here, welcome quickly!" ”

"Greetings to Marshal Fu!"

"Say hello to Grandpa Fu!"

"Greetings to Fourth Master Fu!"

…… Once these civil officials who had been baptized by the fire of mourning and war returned to the officialdom, they immediately returned to their original appearance, either dignified or reserved, or smiling or smiling, with flag officers and Han members, and with the status of servants who were far away, their identities were different, and their titles were not chaotic. Fukang Anping raised his arm and said with a smile: "They clean up in the yard, and we have a meeting in the house." Although it sounds lively, it is a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere. You look more festive and comfortable than the New Year, don't you? ”

"Yes!" The officials replied respectfully with a smile. So they followed Fukangan into the meeting hall at the top of the signing room, which is the common lobby in the play.

The officials were separated for a year, and they each parted ways to send people for food, and they were like frightened birds every day. At this moment, everyone suddenly gathered in the officialdom, it seems that everyone has a feeling of being separated from the world, and it is like waking up from a nightmare, shocked and shocked, full of emotion, and their own people are clustered together again, and the grievances of the past seem to be resolved, and the hardships and hardships get along, and there is a sense of intimacy. Those who wept and held hands and talked, asked each other about the aftermath, and told the story of the miserable and hasty escape...... This is all human nature, and it is not necessary to go into detail. It wasn't until Fukangan coughed lightly above that the buzzing venue gradually quieted down.

"Everyone," Fu Kangan sat down according to the case, glanced at the venue, and his expression became calm and solemn, "Everyone naturally has a lot of emotion, and it is difficult to say it!" But now there are big things to do, do big things first, and save the words for later. Even this meeting can't rub the rope, I thought of a few, if there are no mistakes or make up for it, dismiss the meeting early, stay in office, can it be done? ”

"Yes! Obey the Constitution! ”

Fukang was steady, and said calmly: "The battle of Bagua Mountain strengthened my military prestige and raised my morale; I originally planned to end the battle in ten days, but it only took eight hours. ”

There was a sudden burst of surprise and admiration at the venue, but Fu Kangan's words quickly made the venue quiet again: "This is naturally the life of the three armies of Emperor De Junen, the emperor's blessing to the sky, and the blessing of the people of Sheji." There is a way, the people have a wish, and the heavens will follow it. It is the heavens that do not allow me to divide China! ”

"After the battle of Zhuluo, the situation has turned in my favor." Fukangan said the "book hat" of the usual officialdom meeting, and turned to tell the truth, "I Fukangan is invincible and the game is a foregone conclusion, and I never speak of victory lightly." To be honest, I want to regain the whole of Taiwan in one year. Now it seems that it will only take half a year to clear the whole universe. In the excitement, Fukangan raised his voice a little: "What are you calling for?" An Min. Appeasement. Livelihood. -- Three major events. My notice of peace of mind has been issued, and our army occupies a place, and the chief civil of that place will immediately take up his post as a council member, and he will also issue a notice of peace of mind.

"First, there is no need to ask the thieves and civilians, and there is no restraint on the custody of thieves, and anyone who catches the master of the Heaven and Earth Society Xiangtang or above the thief chief will be rewarded according to his military merits, and he will not be blamed for his past crimes.

"Second, according to the methods of the mainland, the gentry with a reputation will set up a security guard, restore the rural system, and clean up local public order.

"Third, a large amount of grain is about to arrive. When registering the population, it is necessary to distribute food relief to each household. Grow grain, farm tools, animal power, forage ......" He folded his fingers and listed them one by one, and saw a red-topped official enter the Yimen, it was Chai Daji, and he turned his face and didn't see it, and then continued, "Spring ploughing must be prepared, sugarcane, early corn, sweet potatoes - can't survive the spring famine and prepare for the autumn famine, where the lost land is recovered, if no one plants the land, people go into exile and starve to death, I will not be polite to you." It's over - there's something to say, mention it now. ”