When the chief soldier Guo Lebi heard that Gong Changyu was going to take the troops back to Baocheng Mansion, he was very shocked, and forcibly left 1,000 "Jingjie Battalion" sergeants led by Gong Changyu to not be taken away, and continued to serve in Yingyang Mansion.

Although Gong Changyu was unwilling and reluctant, after thinking about it again, he still put the overall situation first, agreed to Guo Lebi's request, and only brought a dozen or so followers, rode a horse from Dong'an County to take a shortcut, and returned to Wuyou City.

Gong Changyu didn't go back to Sidu, and the army was gone, so why was he embarrassed to go home? Gong Changyu's willingness to be helpful and daring to do things determined that once he saw that the battle situation was tight, he would return to the battlefield.

Huang Qinggong, the black marshal stationed in Wuyou City, and Xi Qitian, the magistrate of the county, heard that Gong Changyu had returned from Yingyang, opened the south gate, and took the soldiers out of the city for three miles to greet Gong Changyu and his party.

Gong Changyu didn't buy it, and looked displeased: "Lord Xi, if you do this, if the Blue Wolf Army suddenly enters the city, won't it be over?" ”

"Brother Jichang, you're too worried. The city is now protected by the Self-Defense Forces, so there is no need to worry about it. Xi Qitian took Gong Changyu's hand and laughed.

"Lord Xi, as the magistrate of the county, you are busy with official business, and instead of sitting in the county office, you ran out of the city to greet me as a general without an army, wouldn't it make the people of Wuyou a city laugh?" Gong Changyu smiled bitterly.

"Brother Jichang, having said that, I should still go out of the city in person. In the first battle of Caojiadu, you raided Shi Xianda's blue wolf army, killed thousands of enemies, and disrupted his arrogant plan to go north to Tanzhou and join forces with Jingbei Changmao, which is indispensable. Xi Qitian praised.

"Brother Qitian, there are not thousands, at most more than 1,000 people have been killed, and I have not counted the specific number, and the soldiers of our Jingjie Battalion have also suffered a lot of losses." Gong Changyu shook his head again and again, "I took more than 1,000 people out of the country to fight, and I didn't bring back the bones of the brothers who were killed, because I was ashamed of my fathers and fellow villagers who were ashamed of Wuyou and Rulin." ”

"There will definitely be casualties in war, and it is a supreme honor for a soldier to die on the battlefield. Those who have died will not resent you when their souls are cut off from a foreign land. Mr. Xi Qitian said.

"This time, my unit was absorbed by Guo Lebi, the general soldier of Lu'an, and it really hurts. It was not easy to have a team of his own, and after only a few battles, General Ben was alone again...... Alas, where am I going to conjure up another 1,000 men? Gong Changyu sighed.

"Brother Jichang, there is still a regiment in my hometown in this county to train and arm hundreds of people......," Xi Qitian said slowly.

"That's great!" Gong Changyu was excited, "Hurry up and bring them to Wuyou City!" ”

"Dong'an is close to Yuexi County, and the congregations of the Heaven and Earth Society are active, and they have their responsibilities......" Xi Qitian worried.

"Why do you care so much?" Gong Changyu said, "Pull it out, pull it to Jingjiang, and fight a few battles with the Blue Wolf Army!" ”

"Okay. After returning to the city, I immediately wrote a letter and sent someone back to Dong'an. Xi Qitian finally made up his mind......

Xi Qitian listened to his advice, sent Liu Yuntian, Zhang Weijun and others, carried Xi Qitian's handwritten letters, and quickly went to Dong'an's hometown, and pulled Xi Qitian's regimental training armed more than 800 people to Wuyou City, plus Gong Changyu's newly recruited more than 100 people and more than 200 people who originally defended the city, combined into a team, which was the Jingyi Battalion, known as Xi's army.

After the integration of the two teams, Xi Qitian served as the commander-in-chief, and Gong Changyu served as the deputy general, and intensified training in the Liufeng Regiment outside Wuyou City. Gong Changyu is very characteristic in governing the army, treating the sergeants well, sharing weal and woe with his subordinates, just like a father and brother treat their children. When it rains, the sergeants don't have umbrellas, and he doesn't hold them. He never had any money spared, and all the money he received was used to reward meritorious soldiers.

After three months of intensive training, the Xi family army had five types of troops: musket battalion, artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, engineer battalion, and infantry battalion. Because of their full preparation and excellent equipment, it took less than a week for the Xi family army to capture alive Lei Sihao, the leader of the Tiandihui branch, and others, and completely wiped out this group of rebels.

February 5, 10th year of Xiantong, Yingyang Mansion.

The ministers of the Qin Mission, Hai Dafu and Guo Lebi, insisted on besieging the division and opening a way for the blue wolf army in Yingyang Mansion, and the blue wolf army, which had been besieged for more than four months, was able to break through from Yingyang, advance straight to the north, and rush to the ancient city of Jingjiang.

Golbi tried to eliminate the main force of the Blue Wolf Army in the movement, organizing his troops to block the front and chase after him, with Ulan Gai volleying in front and Golbi chasing behind. Who knows, as soon as Shi Xianda left Yingyang City, Ouyang Jingfeng's Red Wolf Army immediately joined with them, and their strength increased greatly.

On March 7, Ulan Gai led his troops to intercept the Blue Wolf Army at Shangang, killing 300 people and capturing Feng Daquan, the king of Guangde. It was raining heavily, and the sergeants were soaking wet and very tired, and they didn't want to fight.

The brave and competitive Ulan Gai proposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue and lead his own troops into the mountain, and Gol led his troops to follow. The Blue Wolf Army gathered its forces and met it again.

On the steep mountain road, the artillery could not play a role, and the blue wolf army had a clear advantage and won a complete victory, killing four second-grade generals of the Qinghe army, Changfu, Changshou, Dong Yijia, and Zou Ling.

Golbi's battle plan not only failed to achieve the goal of annihilating the Blue Wolf Army, but caused heavy losses to the Qinghe Army. Ulan Gai was angry that he had lost the battle, and led his guards and soldiers of the Jingjie Battalion to pursue the Blue Wolf Army to the area of Sutangwei.

This place is only fifty miles away from Jingjiang City, and the Blue Wolf Army is worried that the Qing and He troops in Jingjiang City will attack the city, so they will fight back. The artillery fire of the blue wolf army was fierce, and the Dutong Ulan Gai was killed as a medium artillery. Gong Changyu did not follow Ulantai, which can be regarded as avoiding a danger, perhaps Gong Changyu has the ability to predict innate knowledge, but eighty percent of the soldiers of his "Jingjie Battalion" died in battle.

Golby's subordinates expected that the Blue Wolf Army would inevitably take advantage of the victory to march into Jingjiang City, so he quickly led his troops to reinforce Jingjiang City from the trail.

Knowing that the situation ahead had changed, the general soldier Guo Lebi left his troops, single-handedly, rushed in front of the blue wolf army, and entered Jingjiang City.

The blue wolf army besieged Jingjiang City with heavy troops, and the nearby Qinghe army was afraid of defeat and refused to send troops, and the destruction of Jingjiang City was just around the corner. At this time, Guo Lebi remembered Gong Changyu, regretted that he had not listened to his advice, and hurriedly wrote to Gong Changyu, asking him to go out of the mountain again to assist in the battle.

After Gong Changyu received a letter asking for help from the Qinghe soldiers who broke through from Jingjiang City, he was very dissatisfied, threw the letter on the ground, and huffed: "Damn, Guo Lebi is such a bastard, almost all of Lao Tzu's troops have been wiped out, there is a problem, and I think of Gong Laoxue again!" Don't go! ”

"General, our adults said that if you don't go to Jingjiang, as long as Jingjiang City is broken, the blue wolf army will turn back and kill Wuyou City to avenge the revenge of the year." The messenger said eagerly.

"You adults have the ability, it would be good if he defended Jingjiang City alone." Gong Changyu's anger did not subside, "Jingjiang has tens of thousands of regular troops from the imperial court there, they can see death without saving them, and this general can also see death without saving them." ”

"This battle still has to be fought, although our army is not numerous, but we have rich experience in fighting the blue wolf army. Brother Jichang, don't be rash. Xi Qitian persuaded.

"The reason why General Ulan Gai died in battle, Golbi is mainly responsible. Go back and tell you, my lord, that we can't fight this battle, and we don't want to fight! Gong Changyu tore up the letter, "The Jingjie battalion that General Ben worked so hard to train was almost defeated by his Guo Lebi, how big a family do I have?" ”

"Brother Jichang, without further ado, we won't be able to save Jingjiang City when it's too late." Xi Qitian urged.

"Brother Xi, are we going to Jingjiang City to play assists, or do we focus on attacking?" Gong Changyu's mood calmed down a little.

"When we get to Jingjiang, it depends on the situation of the battle." Xi Qitian said.

"Okay. Messenger, you go first, go back and tell General Guo that our team will start tomorrow. Gong Changyu said.

The messenger's face was embarrassed: "General, I'd better go with you, it's not safe to go back alone." ”

"Okay." Gong Changyu nodded.

So, Gong Changyu cheekily asked Lu Zanchen to borrow 10,000 taels of silver to buy some military supplies, and traveled day and night to rescue Jingjiang, a distance of 600 miles, and Xi's army only took three days. Xi's army came to the outside of Jingjiang City, stationed in Wild Duck Island in the east of the city, and cooperated with the troops of the general Qin Richuan to attack Guniu Mountain. Qin Richuan heard that Gong Chang was brave, and assigned 2,000 men and horses to the Xi family's army and let them take the lead.

The ancient cow mountain is a soil ridge, the hills are undulating, tall and majestic, the momentum is magnificent, stretches for dozens of miles, the shape is like a barberry. In Guniu Mountain, where the forest is deep and the mountains are high, Gong Changyu divided the soldiers into three teams, and the artillery (equipped with light artillery) opened the way in front, and after the artillery, the musket team fired, and finally put into the infantry attack. With such a dense formation, the blue wolf army retreated again and again.

chased to the Dahua Bridge, Gong Changyu and Shi Xianda encountered. Gong Changyu held the lock dragon sword, slapped the horse and rushed up, Shi Xianda was not afraid, and fought against Gong Changyu. How do you know that Shi Xianda is not Gong Changyu's opponent at all, he fell under the horse three times, and was able to escape under the desperate protection of his generals. Xi Jiajun's reputation has been widely spread since then.

In May, Shi Xianda had no intention of fighting, ordered to withdraw from Jingjiang City, advance northward, enter the mountainous area of Daozhou to rest, and began to fight guerrilla warfare again, and for a time he was unable to organize a large-scale counterattack.

The Qing and imperial courts attached great importance to Xi Qitian's merits, and promoted him to Wupin Zhizhou, stationed in Jingjiang City, and Gong Changyu restored the position of general of Sipin Dusi. After that, the Xi family army went everywhere to fight against the blue wolf army, either depending on Xi Qitian's own judgment, or invited by a certain court official to accompany the expedition, or at the request of a frontier official to go to reinforcements, or when the imperial court gave Xi Qitian greater authority, he followed Xi Qitian to his post.