Chapter 234: Defeat
Wang Yongnian hurriedly fell backwards, barely dodging the arrow, Rao was like this, the pearl on his hat was still shot, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. γLatest chapter reading. γ
Just as he was about to give the order to fire the cannon, he heard a guard shouting: "It's on fire!" Our back is on fire! β
Not only did Wang Yongnian and Yuxuan see the raging fire burning behind their formation, but they also saw Sun Yanling on the mountain.
That fire burned their formations in chaos, and there were constant rumors that Princess Kezhen was coming, and the herald ordered an immediate truce.
Despite Wang Yongnian and Yu Xuan's repeated orders, some of their loyal Kong family members began to retreat, and the catapults and ballistas gradually stopped projecting!
Sizhen quickly went up the mountain and asked Wang Yongnian: "Wang Dutong, I have already ordered the attack to be stopped, why are you still fighting?" β
Wang Yongnian stiffened his neck and said: "General Sun and Wu Sangui's rebels colluded, rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, if the princess can't kill her relatives in righteousness, please forgive me for offending." β
Sizhen was about to speak, when he heard a loud bang in the distance, and then the explosion sounded repeatedly, and the fire soared to the sky, not only the mountains and rocks trembled and rolled down, but even the people behind were blown up, and some of the guards were on fire, so they ran screaming and screaming, rolling all over the ground......
Everyone was stunned.
"Whose man is this?" Wang Yongnian muttered.
"Report, the king of Pingxi is back, the king of Pingxi is back" A guard covered in blood swallowed his breath before he could run to him.
Turning to look at Wang Yongnian, Sizhen said sharply: "Wang Dutong, General Sun's affairs are not in a hurry, at the moment, the important thing is to fight against Wu Sangui's men and horses, I and Master Fu came out of Kunming, I heard that he has raised a counter-flag, and called himself 'King Zhou and the world are recruiting generalissimo', so that his subordinates grow their hair, change their clothes, and call the soldiers to rebel in Yunnan, our enemy is that Wu Sangui, but there can be no internal strife." β
Wang Yongnian hesitated for a moment, then arched his hand and said, "Obey the princess's arrangement." β
"How many people can be available in Guilin Mansion?" Sizhen asked.
"There are only 3,000 soldiers. You have to be a governor to be transferred. Wang Yongnian said.
Sizhen pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "Send people to ask for help, in addition, you lead a team of men and horses from the left, and lead a team of men and horses from the right, and Master Fu and I will kill from the middle and outflank the enemy." I heard that this time to attack Guilin Mansion, it was Wu Sangui's third son-in-law Dong Quanzhong, this person fought bravely, bravely and well, I thought that their footsteps would be two days slower than ours, but I didn't expect it to come so fast. β
Looking in the direction of Sizhen's finger, Yuxuan and the others frowned, and Wang Yongnian said directly: "Princess, the opponent's strength is probably three times that of ours, how can this be fought?" β
"If you can't fight, you have to fight, our men and horses are all suppressed on Qixia Mountain, if it goes on like this, it won't take an hour, it will clash with them, if they are outflanked, we will be rounded, and there is no chance at all." The people and horses who came out of Guilin Mansion can find a way to rush into their rear and burn their grain and grass baggage, plus our three-way attack, front and back, maybe there is still a chance. β
"The princess's plan is very clever, before, we burned your back camp, so that you didn't mess up the battle and kill the mountain!" Fu Honglie hurriedly echoed Sizhen's analysis.
Wang Yongnian snorted coldly: "No, it burned our back camp, but as a result, it cheapened Wu Sangui's dog thief." β
After saying this, Wang Yongnian still arranged for the people to implement Sizhen's plan.
After all, at this time, if you take a slow step, the other party may make dumplings.
Before Sun Yanling could go down the mountain to greet Sizhen, she saw her riding a horse and turning around and going down the mountain.
When he heard that it was Wu Sangui's people who came down from the mountain, Sun Yanling suddenly understood that this was the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, so Dong Quanzhong had already calculated it, so he would have this move, and if it wasn't good, they would have each other's internal responses.
Dong Quanzhong is really good at picking time, and he is really good at seizing the opportunity!
"Boom!" There was another earth-shattering bang.
Sun Yanling's heart jumped suddenly, and when he looked at the foot of Qixia Mountain from afar, he saw that the mountain road was already blazing with fire, and the people and horses who had just gone down were looming in the smoke of gunpowder.
"Quick, bring Wu Shi over quickly," Sun Yanling ordered.
I only hope that taking Wu Shi as a hostage can make Dong Quanzhong jealous.
Sun Yanling arranged for the rest of the people on the mountain to be defended, and looked down the mountain, only to see that in the fierce flames that had just exploded, a man and a horse rushed down first.
It's Sizhen!
Sizhen was dressed in a red suit, because she was far away, she could only be seen holding a cold and bright spear in her hand, and the unity of men and horses was like a sharp arrow through the past, and wherever she went, the enemy fell to both sides, because her horse was fast, and she never loved to fight, even if the enemy could not catch up, she killed a bloody road, plus followed by the Jingwei of Guilin Mansion, Fu Honglie and Bai Yansong protected one left and one right, and the encirclement that had not yet been formed was born, and Shengsheng pulled a big mouth out.
Seeing the figure getting smaller and smaller in Sizhen, Sun Yanling's face became whiter and whiter.
"You take Wu Shi and negotiate with the enemy, and I'll go down to help!" He didn't wait for Qi Dongping and others to respond, and he had already used light skills to fly down.
Descending the mountain, Sun Yanling grabbed a horse, and rushed towards the red shadow, along the way, whoever touched his sword was either dead or wounded, his eyes have been staring at Sizhen's figure, only to see her shuttling in the enemy formation, every time she kills close to the place where the enemy army gathers, she will cut melons and cut vegetables to pull out of the hole, and I don't know when she grabbed a bunch of thunder, and kept pulling the lead and throwing it towards the place where there is a fire, which caused the enemy to flee in a panic, and even the people and horses scattered around, and the previous momentum of breaking the bamboo was gone.
Just as Sun Yanling was secretly shouting good, he suddenly saw Dong Quanzhong, who was dressed in military uniform under the command of the enemy commander, holding a bow in his hand, and the arrow was already on the string, aiming at Sizhen's figure and moving constantly.
Sun Yanling urged the mount, like a gust of wind, and rushed towards Dong Quanzhong.
Near Shuai Qi, there is the place where people and horses are most concentrated, and Sun Yanling rushed in and was immediately surrounded by crowds......
Surrounded by enemy troops, he could no longer see Sizhen's figure.
"Zhenzhen, be careful" Sun Yanling shouted while killing, stabbing the enemy soldiers who surrounded him with his sword.
He slashed like crazy, and the inky blue on his body was stained with blood, and soon it was as black and deep as ink.
As long as you get closer, if you get closer, you can stab Dong Quanzhong.
He threw his sword......
A knife slashed at him next to him.
"Chastity, be careful"
Sizhen seemed to hear someone calling her.
In the midst of thousands of troops, on the battlefield full of shouts and killings, she heard Sun Yanling's voice, but she didn't see his people.
At this time, the arrow in Dong Quanzhong's hand was released, but the arrow was no longer accurate for some reason, and Sizhen avoided it lightly.
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In the end, in this battle, Wu Shi was exchanged for Dong Quanzhong's retreat.
If it weren't for the fact that Dong Quanzhong was injured at that time and suffered heavy losses in men and horses, even if Wu Shi died in front of him, he would not have retreated, and Wu Shi's appearance only gave him a reason for a temporary truce.
After the war, the number of people was counted, more than half of the dead and wounded, Bai Yansong was killed in order to protect Sizhen, Fu Honglie was seriously injured, and Sun Yanling was nowhere to be found.
Seven days later, Qi Dongping, who went out with his men and horses to find someone, came back to report: "The white ginseng collar has been buried, but there is still no news from the lord......
He raised his eyes and looked at Sizhen, and saw Sizhen's eyes staring at the void coldly, and only after a while did he say the following words: "That day was chaotic, but I am afraid that I have been killed......"
On that day, it was blown up beyond recognition, countless people were killed by horses, and many people couldn't even find their corpses......
Although she couldn't find anyone these days, Sizhen was already mentally prepared, but when she heard the news, she still felt that her heart was like a knife, like a fish out of the water and even forgot to breathe, and after a long time, she said: "I heard that Wu Sangui has sent more people to attack Guilin Mansion again, we have to plan well, you go to Master Fu and they come over, let's discuss, what to do next!" β
Even if he knew that Sun Yanling had encountered something extremely bad, as long as his body was not found for a day, Sizhen believed that he was still alive.
Right now, there are more important things waiting for her to do.
In November of the twelfth year of Kangxi, after Wu Sangui killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, he raised the banner of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", and took Rui to connect Guizhou and Hunan.
In December of the fifteenth year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui's nephew Wu Shicong came to Guilin, and Sizhen, who was already fully armed, went out of the city to meet the battle, and the Wu army poured into Guilin like a tide.
The city of Guilin was broken, and Sizhen was taken back to Yunnan under house arrest, leaving Sizhen's life, not because Wu Sangui had compassion for his righteous daughter, but because he intended to control the generals of the king of Dingnan through her.
On the first day of March in the seventeenth year of Kangxi (March 23, 1678), Wu Sangui built an altar in Hengzhou Mansion to return to Yanfeng in front of Mantou Ridge, held the coronation ceremony of the emperor, called "Emperor Zhaowu of the Great Zhou", set the country name as "Zhou", changed the Yuan "Zhaowu", changed the Hengzhou Mansion to "Yingtianfu", changed the bell and drum tower to "Wufeng Tower", returned to Yanmen as "Zhengyang Gate", and the street name "Qipan Street", etc., and the wife Zhang Shi was the queen, Sun Wushi was the emperor's grandson, and the civil and military were sealed, and the new calendar was issued by the hundred officials.
At that time, the Great Zhou governed the provinces of Hengzhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.
At the beginning of June of the seventeenth year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui personally ordered the general Ma Bao in the capital Hengzhou, and authorized the plan to lead the 50,000 army to the south, attacking Yongxing, the place where the soldiers must fight, two battles and two victories, creating a Qing army, killing the capital Yilibu in a battle, and the commander of the escort army, Ha Kesan, and seizing the camp outside the Qing army (Yongxing stands by the water, this water connects Hengzhou, and passes through Guangdong); In the first battle, the forward commander Shuodai, the deputy capital commander Tuodai, and Yi Sixiao led the reinforcements, the camp was washed away, the south bank of the river fell, and the Qing army was forced to retreat to Guangdong.
In July of the 17th year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui personally deployed a large-scale attack on Guangdong and Guangxi. In Hengzhou, the generals Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang led 100,000 troops to break through to Liangguang and Guangzhou, and succeeded several times, especially in Guangxi, where greater progress was made, except for Wuzhou, all of which were recovered by the Wu army.
In August of the seventeenth year of Kangxi, Hengzhou was very hot, Wu Sangui was in a bad mood due to the war, too anxious, and his liver was too hot, and he suddenly got the symptoms of "stroke and hiccups", and then added the symptoms of "dysentery". Wu Sangui instructed his confidant ministers to welcome the emperor's grandson Wu Shilai to succeed to the throne in Hengzhou and entrust the future affairs. Late at night on August 18, Wu Sangui, who had only been emperor for more than five months, died at the age of 67 in the imperial palace in Hengzhou, the capital city.
On the seventh day of February in the eighteenth year of Kangxi (1678), the general Prince Jian Rabu restored Hengshan County, and in mid-May, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, and Xia Guoxiang abandoned Hengzhou and fled, and went to Yongzhou and Chenzhou to enter Guizhou.
In September of the 18th year of Kangxi (1679), the Qing army reconquered Hengzhou (Hengyang), the capital of the Great Zhou Empire, ending the short history of Hengyang as the imperial capital.
In October of the same year, Kong Sizhen, who was already 38 years old, regained her freedom after six years of house arrest.