6. The Jianghuai War (3)

Wu Yun Dibi was much darker than when he first came out of Beijing, galloping around on the horse, and fighting desperately, far from the appearance of Changshan Zhao Zilong, who was in a white robe and jade face when he first came out of Beijing. The lazy appearance of the previous hippie smiling face www.biquge.info pen fun pavilion also lost its trace on his face, and he was listening to Zhe, Lu, Yong, Xia, Sui, Ning and other county general offices with a serious face to practice Zhecheng Zhixian Zhu Kai's proclamation and the four-year war of the Twist Army in Xianfeng.

On February 28 of the fourth year of Xianfeng, 7 or 8,000 troops entered from the southeast of the county and defeated the Qing army led by Niu Jian, the director of the department. The general office of the regiment practiced more than 20,000 people in Zhe, Lu, Yong, Xia, Sui, Ning and other counties to suppress the Twist Army, and Song Shutai, Zhou Baoshan, Fang Tietou and others were arrested and killed. On the first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Xianfeng, Zhu Kai mobilized 200,000 regiments from Guide, Zhecheng, Luyi, Yongcheng, Xiayi, Suixian, Ningling and other counties to practice the "meeting post" (that is, Liangbing) of the township, and once again demonstrated to the Twist Army. Ma Shengde, the general of the regiment training, selected the strong townsman to accompany the Qing army to "encircle and suppress" the army.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in August is near, but the autumn tiger is raging, the weather is still hot and sultry, and it is even more impenetrable in the tent of the Jianrui camp.

Wu Yundi listened to the advice of Zhu Kai, the magistrate of Zhecheng, nodded, and nodded approvingly, "The regimental training of the magistrate is excellent, and there is also Mr. Ma Lian," he glanced at the tall and strong man with a red face on the side, "The monk also knows that your errand is very good, now that the monk king's army has arrived in Anhui, your task in Henan has not been reduced, and now this official has come to your side, in addition to chasing the twist thief, today I have the opportunity to see you, but I want to say more, don't underestimate the enemy, although you have a lot of regimental training in the county, you must not underestimate the enemy." , this is written by the emperor himself to the handsome ear! Everything is based on calming down the place and practicing the regiment well. Zhu Kai and Ma Shengde heard that it was the emperor's order, and hurriedly got up and promised.

"The regiments in Henan practice sticking to the place, and the places where the city gathers should also pay more attention, the twist thief must not plunder the business travel materials to supplement the consumption, the cavalry of the official maneuvers around, the horse ambassador follows the official cheaply, in addition to the cavalry of the official in northern Anhui, the general soldier Ke will go south to northern Jiangsu with Shengbao in Shandong, be sure to clear the two places, drive the thief to one place, and force them to have a decisive battle with us, you will listen to the official's order, you must not let the thief enter the ground in Henan, if you do not obey the military order, the official will turn his face and not recognize people!"

"Wow!"

The two went out for a while, Wu Yundi still sat motionless, remembering what his sister had clearly explained in his letter, Wu Yundi's heart fluttered, he waved his hand, put aside the thoughts in his head, stood up, called the herald outside the door, ordered to go down, rest for a while, and prepare to go.

The three rivers are the main water transport arteries of the Huai River, and the three rivers converge and the water transport is developed. Since ancient times, merchants gathered, water transportation was smooth, the ancient Sanhejian town that flourished for a time was once an important town famous in Henan, Hubei and Anhui provinces, and it was the distribution center of the goods for the export of Dabie Mountain goods, agricultural and sideline products and the purchase and transshipment of daily industrial products. "Shilihe Lane masts are lined up, water and land lights reflect each other", the market is prosperous, known as "Little Shanghai".

In the tenth year of Jiaqing, in order to strengthen the management of trade, salt transportation and tax control in the Huaihe River Basin, the Sanhejian Inspection Department was established. In April of the fourth year of Xianfeng, Li Zhaoshou and Xue Zhiyuan gathered people to revolt, went north to attack Sanhejian, were defeated by the regimental training, and broke the wall of the Wangjia courtyard in the mall.

After listening to the scout's proclamation, Seng Greenqin hurriedly ordered him to open the map of Anhui in Henan, and took a look at Sanhejian Town in Guyang County, and heard the Zhizhou of Yingzhou introduce on the side, "The water and land rush at the turn of Henan and Anhui, the people are crowded, the Huai and Ru converge, and it is the place where commerce and trade converge, Dashuai, if the three rivers are lost, the situation south of the Huai River will be bad again." ”

"Yes, the last time I went against the west, I made a fuss in Anhui, this strong wall and clear the wilderness strategy has been used for half a year, and now the autumn grain is about to be harvested, and the merchants are also gathered here, if the three rivers are lost, the twisting army will be even more rampant." Monk Lingqin nodded, turned his head and asked the master, "How is Shengbao in the north?" And Mr. Ke? ”

"Dong Weng, they fought a battle with Zhang Lexing in Bozhou, but each had its own victory and defeat, and Shengbao's army of 30,000 had slowly driven them south. Some small groups of twisters have been secretly dispersed by themselves. ”

"Okay, just like this kind of rat-eyed people to show their feet, don't think that in the Huai River area, what cats and dogs, anyone can call themselves the king of Han! The herald ordered Shengbao and Ke Lihong not to take care of the small twist thieves who escaped, and caught Zhang Lexing to the death, the marshal sat in Yingzhou, and ordered the Jianrui battalion and the foreign firearms battalion to send two artillery teams out, cross the Huai River first, and go south to Sanhejian Town to guard up, the king expected that there was a large army guarding Luzhou Mansion, and he couldn't even attack the rebellion, and the thieves wanted to rob the grain and grass of the governor of the river It was also a joke, and ordered the Eight Banners Guard Battalion and the Outer Firearms Battalion to go to Fengyang Mansion to station, move randomly, and be sure to annihilate the enemy. There is also a herald to Huaibei, the autumn grain will be harvested immediately, and it cannot be left to the twisting thief! Monk Lingqin ordered like a stream, turned his head and instructed the prefect of Yingzhou, who was standing on the side and waiting, "Yingzhou Mansion, you will prepare the grain and grass of this network, and in addition, you will replace this king, and invite the patriarchs and elders who have people in the family from thieves to your mansion, and entertain them with good food and drink for a few days, but you can't let people go home!" ”

"What does the marshal mean to make the thief army upset?"

"Exactly, if you send someone out to spread some rumors in Yingzhou Mansion again, I'm afraid those people who are short-sighted will be even more shocked." Monk Lingqin smiled and nodded.

"A group of rat-eyed people, it's useless to stay among our brothers, just go, there's no need to chase it." The Five Banners Alliance of the Twisted Army advocated that Le Xing ride on the horse and spoke indifferently, and the four-color flag lords on the side had different expressions and calculations, "Our brothers are here, and we can go everywhere in the world." ”

"But there are rumors that the county magistrates in various places have detained the parents and elders of the family, and I don't know if it's true." A twister leader who lives in Yingzhou said worriedly. "It's okay, the people of the court don't dare to offend our family, if they annoy us, we will destroy the whole family of those dog officials," Zhang Lexing comforted, "Okay, if you are worried about your family, we will also arrive at Yingzhou Mansion soon, and it will not be in the way to take a look." ”

"But I heard that the Mongolian prince of the imperial court is stationed in Yingzhou......"

The sun set, the autumn wind in the evening blew away a little stuffy, Zhang Lexing rode his horse slowly, "This is even more harmful, our brothers come and go like the wind, not afraid of the army of the dog king of the imperial court, when they were in Bozhou, they didn't catch up with us." Although Zhang Lexing said words of relief in his mouth, he was extremely worried in his heart, Qinggou collected the autumn grain in advance, and the prefectures and counties were closed, and the 30,000 Shengbao army and the cavalry in northern Shaanxi were chasing after him, and the use of the army was getting less and less, and some banner owners also secretly hid grain and grass and refused to share it, taking care of their own personal use, so how could they defeat the Qing army? If you want to go there and take a bite of fat, Zhang Lexing walked forward, thinking a lot in his heart, looking at a slight cloud in the sky, and stopped talking.

In August of the sixth year of Xianfeng, Seng Lingqin set up a siege in Shuanghe Town, Yingzhou, ambushed the Twist Army, the Twist Army was defeated, and retreated to Huainan County to the east, in order to change the situation of the strong enemy pressing the border, avoiding the main force of the Qing army, Zhang Lexing, the leader of the Twist Army, according to Gong Deshu's suggestion, adopted the strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao", led the army to the south, forcibly crossed the Huai River in Fengyang Mansion, and fought the Qing army of Chahar, both sides were damaged, and turned to the west, marching towards Lu'an.