"Gong Shengdi has seen Aunt ......" Gong Shengdi got up slightly and bowed to Feng Jiao'er.

Feng Jiao'er said with a smile: "Old nephew, just now I heard that you and my Jiachang met to go to Pingmiao, Guimao County, can you afford to eat this body?" ”

"Auntie, I have no problem fighting for another ten years. During the ten years of exile in Ili, in addition to working as coolies, I also had to fight with the soldiers of the Kokand Khanate who came from Central Asia......" Gong Shengdi smiled, "You see that although my temples are slightly frosty, there is absolutely no problem in going to Guimao County." ”

Gong Jichang poured himself another cup of honeysuckle tea: "Shengzhi old nephew, it's easy to say, but it's hard to do." It just so happens that my nursing team needs a leader, and I think you should show me the courtyard and take care of it for a long time. ”

"Uncle, the eldest husband has ambitions in all directions, isn't it overkill for you to let me be a nursing home?" Gong Shengdi was a little unhappy, "The world is still governed by literature, the world is chaotic and martial, and it is at this time to make contributions to the country." I beg my uncle to allow me to go into battle and kill the enemy! ”

"Okay. Since you insist on going, then I'll fulfill you. Gong Jichang agreed to Gong Sheng's request.

Gong Jichang still has to test Gong Shengdi's physical strength and martial arts, and see if his martial arts have been wasted in Yili over the years, because Ping Miao is not joking, and without two brushes, it is equivalent to dying in vain.

So, Gong Jichang, Gong Tianyuan, Hei Dashuai, Feng Jiaoer, Ran Jiufeng, and Gong Sheng went to a horse race in Baishui Village that was specially used to practice martial arts.

Gong Shengdi stood in the center of the race, and without much effort, he pulled out the two-stone bow, without aiming, and fired nine arrows at the bull's-eye, each arrow hit the bull's-eye. There was another arrow, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after turning in place twice, he exerted eighty percent of his strength, and with a whoosh the arrow cluster broke through the arrow feather in the center and flew straight through the bull's-eye, and pierced deep into the big tree behind.

"Good archery, divine power!" Feng Jiao'er and Ran Jiufeng high-fived and exclaimed loudly.

Gong Shengdi opened his eyes slightly and saw that there were only eight arrows on the arrow target, and he immediately understood that this time the infantry shooting was extraordinary. It was time to test the horse shooting project, and he flew on the war horse in one jump, sometimes shooting sideways, sometimes shooting upwards, sometimes backwards, sometimes flying, and the ten copper coins with silk threads in the distance were all shot to the ground by him.

Gong Shengqi jumped down from the horse, Gong Jichang was silent, and shot three arrows at Gong Shengdi with a bow, which frightened Ran Jiufeng into a cold sweat.

I saw Gong Sheng's harrier turn over, and then fell lightly to the ground, a golden rooster was independent, grabbed an arrow in each hand, and bit one in his mouth, unscathed, so unexpected.

Feng Jiao'er saw Gong Jichang's intentions at this time, he was testing Gong Sheng's ability to deal with assassinations.

Gong Jichang didn't say anything after sending the arrow, and continued to watch Gong Sheng's weapon skill test. Gong Shengdi danced Gong Jichang's armor-piercing spear vigorously, and used thirty-six moves in a row, and Feng Jiaoer didn't see any flaws.

Gong Jichang finally spoke: "Brother Tianyuan, you go and test it, whether that old boy is a showman." ”

"Order!" Adjutant General Gong Tianyuan took his big steel knife and took three steps and two steps to kill the general.

When Gong Shengdi was practicing martial arts in Yili, he saw a lot of scenes of this kind of sneak attack, and he didn't take Zhang seriously at all. I saw him rise into the air, raising his gun and stabbing at Gong Tianyuan again and again, where could Gong Tianyuan's Fang Tianyuan halberd resist, he had to retreat step by step, and his hands were shocked and numb.

Gong Sheng's "Wind and Storm" hit the big steel knife in Gong Tianyuan's hand, and the tip of the gun was aimed at his heart shield: "General, admit it!" ”

"Bold! General Gong is the deputy general of Guimao's general army, Gong Shengdi, you don't want to live anymore, do you? Ran Jiufeng shouted anxiously on the side.

Gong Jichang stood on the podium of the running horse and was ecstatic: "Hahaha, there is no distinction between high and low on the battlefield. Gong Sheng received the order, and the general ordered you to replenish the thousand generals for the Jingyi Battalion! Report to General Xi Qitian on a later date. ”

"Wait—" the black marshal shouted.

"Hei Dashuai, what else do you want to do?" Gong Jichang asked.

"My lord, Gong Shengdi has never participated in quelling the rebellion, has no military merits, and is directly promoted to the general manager of Qian, lest the soldiers disobey ......," Hei Dashuai said.

"When Xiantong was eight years old, Gong Sheng's old nephew was the general manager when he attacked Shi Xianda's blue wolf army. After the confiscation of the army in Ili, I have kept his position for him, who dares to disagree? Gong Jichang said very decisively.

"My lord, the last general still pleases to start with the general manager." Gong Shengdi inserted the armor piercing gun into the soil and hugged his fist.

"Okay, lest others say that I Gong Jichang is nepotistic, even though you are not my relative." Gong Jichang nodded slightly, "Ten days later, follow me to Yuanzhou to see General Xi Qitian." That's it."

"Thank you uncle for your kindness." Gong Shengdi jumped up happily, like a living old naughty boy.

After the autumn, the Qinghe army launched the autumn offensive. The tough Gong Jichang personally took the lead and secretly said to his subordinates: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, and if you don't attack now, it will be the New Year." ”

Since the commander-in-chief personally went into battle to charge, the other soldiers naturally did not spare their lives, so their morale increased greatly, and they took the risk of capturing various camps in Huangmaoling and seizing the Miao army's stock of grain. The Miao army was defeated, and Zhang Xiumei and others were forced to retreat to the chicken swing tail village and block Gong Jichang.

The chicken swings its tail for "the nine-strand seedling entrenched place", it is an ordinary Miao village in the depths of the Miao Ridge, it is located on the mountain beam between Wuhui Creek and Zhongdu Creek in Jianhe County, it is like a sail hanging, like a flag is unveiled, it flies like a wing, it seems to dance on its feet, it seems to be a vulture suddenly, it is like a god and it flickers. Therefore, it is named after "swinging tail". Swing Tail Mountain is thirty miles west of the city, steep and steep, crowned in the mountains.

Chicken swing tail Miao village is held between the Jianhe, Taijiang, Leishan and Rongjiang rivers, and it is the base of Zhang Xiumei and Pan Laomao after losing Zhenyuan and Huangping, leading the Miao army to retreat, and it is the rear of the Bala River, and its strategic significance is very important.

Celebrate the 10th winter together.

After Gong Jichang led his troops to clear Nanzhuang, Taipan and other Miao villages, he ordered Xie Lanjie and Tang Benyou to march into Wutaotang and prepare to seize the chicken swing tail village.

The Miao army calmly held the various passes, and after the Xi family army approached the village, the guns, bows and crossbows were fired together, repelling the opponent's attacks again and again, the Xi family army suffered heavy casualties, lost more than 2,000 people, and was unable to move forward, Gong Shengdi and Gong Tianyuan were slightly injured.

After a day of fierce fighting, Gong Jichang decided to adopt a sneak attack, and ordered Gong Tianyuan and Gong Shengdi to take 800 people to climb the steep cliff from the back mountain, and ambush them in the back mountain of the village.

In the early morning of the next day, after a few cannon shots, the Xi family army, led by Tang Benyou, launched a counterattack against the Miao army. Just as the Miao army counterattacked, Gong Tianyuan's team suddenly came out of the back mountain, and the two sides engaged in fierce street battles in the village.

The Miao army suffered from the enemy on its back and had to retreat to the stilted building in the center of the village. The Xi family army brought burning, burning, ammunition and artillery, and shot at the wooden building, and the chicken tail Dazhai suddenly became full of smoke, and the Miao army was defeated.

Jin Dawu, Li Hongji, Pan Laomao, Bao Da Tu and others led their troops to break through to Houshanliang and retreated to the area of Xiangzhai in the south of Taijiang.

In this battle, there were almost no tiles left in the houses of Jiwei Village, and the Miao people were displaced, and nine out of ten households were empty. However, in the battle, Xi Jiajun's casualties were also relatively heavy, and a large number of deputy generals, staff generals, and officers and soldiers were killed.

Liu Kun, the governor of Jingnan County, later had to admit in his compromises to Emperor Tongqing: "Gaopo and Ji's Swing Tail were flattened, and our army suffered heavy losses, and I asked for a reward and died in battle." ”

As soon as the chicken tail was broken, the nearby Wujiao and other Miao villages surrendered one after another. After the Miao army lost the base of the chicken swing tail, it was chased and beaten by Gong Jichang and other troops all over the mountain, and the situation became increasingly embarrassing, and it went downhill step by step.

The flames of war were raging, the outlying strongholds of the Miao army were lost, and the masses following reached more than 200,000, consuming more than 100,000 catties of grain every day, and eating was the most troublesome thing for the Miao army. More than 200,000 people are crowded in the projectile land, there is no room for maneuver, and there is a shortage of food and straw, and the situation is not optimistic.

In order to preserve their strength, Zhang Xiumei and Li Wencai decided to withdraw the team from Leishan and go to Crow Slope and Niujiaopo to set up defenses, and Miao troops from other places also rushed to Erpo to reinforce Zhang Xiumei.

But Gong Jichang will not give Zhang Xiumei a chance to turn the tables, he has sent Ou Xiu Gang many times to persuade him to surrender, but he has been rejected by this Miao man who thinks he is the best in the world.

At this moment of life and death, more than eighty percent of the soldiers of the Miao Army headed by Zhang Xiumei advocated sticking to the spot and fighting a war of attrition with Gong Jichang.

Li Wencai, the former general of the Blue Wolf Army, disagreed with him and suggested: "Sticking to the Crow Slope area is tantamount to sitting and waiting to die." It is advisable to gather the seedling boat, take the spring water to rise, lead the crowd to float to the east of the Qingshui River, point to the Hongjiang River, and go down to Changde, so as to disturb the hinterland of Jingnan. ”

Zhang Xiumei was dismissive of Li Wencai's proposal: "At this time, you still want to escape, can you run out?" Besides, if we forcibly cross the Qingjiang River, will Gong Jichang let us cross the river? ”

Li Wencai said: "If you haven't tried it, it doesn't mean that you can't say it's okay." You can't pass the day, but you can pass it at night! ”

Yang Daliu also disagreed with Li Wencai's risky plan: "It's not easy to clench into a fist, and I can make a break with Gong Jichang." The arrow is on the string and has to be sent. ”

Li Wencai said earnestly: "Please ask the two marshals to carefully consider my plan, if the spring starts, it will be too late to build another ship." ”

Zhang Xiumei laughed: "Brother, you have been fighting guerrilla warfare with King Wei for so many years, have you succeeded?" If you have no base, you are asking for your own death. ”

Li Wencai shook his head helplessly, now that he is under the fence, what is there to be angry about? He didn't say anything more, took his entourage, and silently left Zhang Xiumei's cave mansion.