"Just the pit king's big head?"

Gustai must have too little in his heart, how can he only pit one? There is only one king in the pit, and there doesn't seem to be much loss on the rebel side! Wang Datou is only one of the three middle halls, and there are six anti-kings in the east, west, south, north, loyalty, and wing, and there are three princes of Zhu above the six anti-kings. When will this be done? He is so old, can he still see Da Ming finish one day in this life?

This is really, I haven't finished fighting Daming all my life, are you discouraged?

When he went down with braids and saw Prince Rui, King Rui asked him, "Has Nanming been destroyed?" How would he answer? It's sad to think about!

So as long as there is a chance, the old man is ready to kill a few more big traitors! It's best to pit Shang Shuying's new husband Liu Jinzhong to death!

However, the old man is also scheming, and he will not confess everything in his heart to Shang Kexi's daughter, and nod heavily: "Okay!" Kill this traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and avenge your king of Amapingnan! ”

As soon as Shang Shuying heard this, she stood up, blessed Geste, and said solemnly: "If the great revenge is avenged, the great grace of the capital will be unified, and the family of Shuying and the monk will not dare to forget!" ”

Geste nodded with a smile, and said in his heart: Don't be busy thanking you first, when the old man dies, Liu Jinzhong will also arrest you and send you to Beijing to be severely punished, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, your sins are enough to be a Ling Chi, don't blame me when the time comes!

The old man paused, and asked gently, "Gege, where is Wang Datou now?" How many soldiers and horses did he have with him? How can it be eradicated? ”

Shang Shuying said: "Wang Datou is now stationed in Suzhou, and the reason why he wants to carry out this Northern Expedition is to relieve the siege of Nanjing by encircling Wei and saving Zhao, but the actual purpose is to take the source of Huaixi troops. ”

"Take the source of Huaixi's soldiers? Doesn't he have any soldiers with him? ”

Of course, he had soldiers around him, but there were not many descendants brought out from Guangdong, only 1,6700 foot soldiers and 3,400 cavalry from the Shanzi Battalion, and only more than 2,000 when he was full. Later, he asked the king of the north to help him raise thousands of strong men in Jiangbei, and he barely managed to raise 10,000 people, known as the Huai army. Relying on this little capital, it is really a bit too little to call for wind and rain in the south of Nanjing, so he appeared in this Huaixi expedition.

Because his own capital was too small, he contacted Lu Sanhao, Chen Yonghua and my family Beiwang to join the shares. He sent 10,000 troops, my Beiwang also contributed 10,000, Lu Sanhao contributed 5,000, and Chen Yonghua sent troops Since this transaction is the shares of the four families, then of course Beiwang, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua can't pay for nothing.

According to the agreement, after the four families laid down Huaixi, they divided the territory with the Huai River as the boundary, Huaibei was all Wang Datou's, and Huainan was divided by the North Wang, Chen Zhongtang, and Lu Zhongtang. Therefore, Wang Datou is now in Huaibei, and the exact station is Suzhou City. However, the more than 10,000 Huai troops he brought will not be concentrated in Suzhou, but will be scattered to various places in Huaibei to recruit troops and occupy an area. At present, there should be more than 2,000 people left by his side, and this number is enough to deal with Shang Zongzhen and Nian Taishou, who have surrendered. ”

Geste glanced at Nian Yaoling, who came with Shang Shuying, and Nian Yaoling nodded: "Dutong, what Gege said is true." The subordinate sent out a detailed report that Wang Datou had sent all the Huaixi people in his Huai army to various market towns in Huaibei to recruit troops, and also gave the ordinary soldiers a monthly salary of three taels of silver, and a monthly salary of ten taels to the chief."

"The soldier is three taels of silver a month, and ten taels of silver a month." Geste was startled, "Nian Taishou, you green battalion soldiers in Xuzhou don't know this price, right?" ”

"I don't know, I don't know yet, it's troublesome to know!"

You have to know!

The green battalion soldiers take one and a half a month, and they have to deduct seven or eight deductions, and in the end, I don't know if they can get one or two? Daming's side is out of the way, and he will give three taels directly, and he will not deduct or delinquish him, so what else will he deceive? Must really surrender!

Geste thought about it wrong, and asked, "Is Wang Wei so rich?" A big soldier will give three taels, and one is ten taels. Why is this not one hundred and twenty taels a year? How much is a county order? If you don't embezzle, it's only a few dozen taels a year. ”

"Wang Datou, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao are indeed very rich! Wang and Chen divided the profits of sea trade, and Wang and Lu were on the territory of Foshan Iron Industry, Jiangning weaving industry was already the best in the world, and the Jiangnan gentry were keen to buy fame from Nanjing, how could they be short of money? ”

Shang Shuying paused, and then said, "And after they get the money, they don't have to send hardcore crops, and they don't have an internal affairs office to help spend money!" You can spend as much silver as you have on military expenses, and of course you can raise soldiers with a high salary!

The Yingtian Regiment trained a total of 16,700 people with Lu Sanhao as the main body, supplemented by Wang Datou and Chen Yonghua, and the military salary spent in a year was as high as 774,000 taels! ”

"So much," beads of sweat came out of Gustair's forehead.

No wonder Prince An is gnawing hard bones in Jiangning, no, it's not hard bones, it's his M's granite!

Shang Shuying said softly: "So. Gedutong, we have to hurry up! If it drags on for a long time, the people sent by Wang Yi to find soldiers come back, and the more than 20,000 or 30,000 Huaixi soldiers in Suzhou are not casual? And if the green camp in Xuzhou knew about the treatment on the other side, this loyalty to the imperial court would be enough."

Geste was silent for a moment, then "snapped" the table and shouted: "The soldiers are fast, the soldiers led by this official are all horse teams, and they can enter Xuzhou in two days, and then they will send troops to take the life of the king after two days of rest!" Nian Taishou, how many soldiers and horses can Xuzhou send to help in the war? ”

"Three thousand!" Nian Yaoling said, "The main soldiers of Xuzhou can send 1,000 and 5, and the regimental training envoys of the three towns of Guide, Tai'an, and Jining each sent 500 armor soldiers to help. ”

"Okay, thirteen thousand, that's enough!"

"Boom, boom, boom."

The sound of horses' hooves rumbled like muffled thunder, and more than 10,000 colorful Eight Banners and Green Battalion cavalry, with staff leaders or battalions as units, formed ten marching columns, and marched south along the Xubang official road (Xuzhou-Fengyang Bengbu).

Behind them, there were 3,000 foot soldiers dressed in the Green Battalion, carrying spears and shotguns, dragging grain trucks and gun trucks, and drove out of the impregnable Xuzhou Jiancheng together.

And farther on the official road in the southeast of Xuzhou, there are countless military flags of various colors rolling in the wind, and there are endless Eight Banners and foot soldiers of the Green Battalion dragging artillery and pulling baggage, and they are trying their best to march under the urging of Mu Zhan, the head of the Jiangbei Battalion!

Jiangbei Camp Governor Nala. Mu Zhan's face was gloomy, and since he received the gift message sent by Geste the day before yesterday, his face was as if he had shaved paste, and he couldn't see a smile at all.

Geste, the old guy with Dorgon, didn't know what's going on, he was furious as soon as he arrived in Xuzhou, and he didn't wait for the infantry led by Mu Zhan to arrive, so he first led 13,000 cavalry to leave Xuzhou Jiancheng to raid Fuliji and Suzhou City!

Geste also said on the post that Wang Datou fell for Shang Kejiao's deception plan and Nian Yaoling, and would lead 2,000 people from the Shanzi Battalion to Fuliji to meet the families of the Xuzhou Green Battalion soldiers sent by Shang and Nian. And this is a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack, capture Wang Datou alive, and annihilate the Shanzi battalion!

In order to seize this opportunity, Gustai decided to go for it big!

Moreover, in order to seize the attack before the team sent by Wang Datou to recruit troops from various places in Huaibei returned to Suzhou, Gestei decided to improvise and immediately send troops, without waiting for Mu Zhan's main force to arrive.

Mu Zhan was furious when he saw the message sent by Gestet!

It's not that he found out that there was a deception, but that he hated Geste for not being righteous. Geste really wants to "be a soldier and a god speed", is he really afraid that Wang Datou's people will pull out tens of thousands of strong men from the countryside of Huaibei, so he didn't wait for his main force to arrive and send troops?

This old guy is obviously stealing credit!

These "Doama" people like to take credit!

What's even more hateful is that this old guy is three or two days away from Mu Zhan's 20,000 foot soldiers. In other words, even if Geste fell into the pit, Mu Zhan still had to fish for him, an old immortal!

As long as Geste held it for three days, Mu Zhan's army of 20,000 would be able to arrive.

This wishful thinking is also "too much Ergon"! The raid Fu Liji succeeded, and the credit was his. In case he falls into a trap, Mu Zhan is in charge of rescuing, and he may be able to come to the middle of the flower. The benefits were all taken by him alone.

However, Mu Zhan knew that the old thing Gustai was taking advantage of him, so he still had to pinch his nose and lead the troops all the way - this is for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty can't afford to lose this battle!

If Fu Liji doesn't play well, not only Xuzhou will collapse, but the entire Huaisi plate may collapse, and if Huaisi collapses, Jiangning will still make a hair? Yue Le is not Zhang Shicheng, he is a Manchurian, he wants to cut off the northern province, and it is impossible to divide the southeast for a long time.

And the southeast is lost. I'm afraid that one-third of the world will come true!

Thinking of this, Mu Zhan suddenly shouted: "Order. Let the brothers work harder! We can't let our brothers rob the team of horses from all the credit! ”

At the same time, in front of the horse team of Gestet's troops, countless horsemen were running back and forth, constantly bringing the situation ahead.

"Dutong, Wang reversed Li Zhongshan's recognition flag appeared in Fuliji, and a pontoon bridge has been erected on Suishui north of Fuliji."

"Dutong, there are no traces of rebel thieves ambushing around Fuliji, and there are only about 1,000 rebels stationed in Fuliji."

Hearing the return, Geste laughed: "This Wang Datou is still too tender after all, I thought that a few stinky money could buy Xuzhou City!" ”

The leader of the Eight Banners, who followed a large Jiangxi battalion next to him, smiled with a smile on his face and said: "Dutong, let's just throw off the infantry army, artillery and baggage behind, and only use the cavalry and horses to rush over, and catch Wang Datou off guard!" ”

Guste nodded lightly and smiled, "Good! Just what the doctor ordered. Command the banner army horse team, throw off the infantry army, and accelerate forward. Before tonight, be sure to rush to the Fuli Collection! ”

"Huh!"

With Geste's order, tens of thousands of Eight Banner horse teams suddenly accelerated their marching speed, the sound of horses' hooves thundered, and tens of thousands of spears and helmets surged in front of and behind Geste.

Beneath the guns and helmets are elated faces full of desire for victory. These Eight Banner soldiers, who had been smelling gunsmoke on the battlefield of the increasingly fierce "War Against the Qing Dynasty and Restoring the Ming Dynasty" for two or three years, have now become a bit elite. At least they can skillfully control the war horses under their crotch, all of them can charge the enemy with a horse pistol, and some of them are even better at taking off the reins with their hands on horseback. It's a very common thing to do now.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Eight Banners soldiers are much stronger than they were two or three years ago. If they were to fight the battle of southern Sichuan that made the whole Qing Dynasty vomit blood, even if Wu Sangui could win, it would not be possible to win so beautifully.

As for what should be practiced in the heavenly group and Huaixi group practice. You can also look at the city and fortification, if they want to fight in the field, how can they be the opponents of the Eight Banners Horse Team?

Seeing the elite strength of the cavalry in front and behind, Gustai was also a little relieved. Although these people are not comparable to the Eight Banners soldiers back then, they are not worse than the old thieves who were beaten by the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers back then.

If you consider that they are better equipped and have good horses, good armor and good weapons, even if they meet the old battalion soldiers in front of Shanhaiguan, they should be able to fight evenly matched, right?

"Woohoo"

A burst of gunfire came from ahead, interrupting Gustai's thoughts, why did he hold the reins, stop his horse, and stick out his ears to listen.

The gunfire seems to be a bit dense, coming from the front, and it should be a shootout between people on both sides.

At this time, a few more flew in and found the flag of Gustoy.

"Yudutong, the vanguard encountered the rebel musketeers on the north bank of Suishui, the number of which was about 100 horses, and our side also dispatched horseback musketeers to exchange fire with them!"

There are actually two types of musketeers mentioned by this horseman, one is the assault cavalry equipped with pistols, which was made by Li Fuchen in Guangdong; The second is the rifled flintlock pikemen on horseback - this is the invention of Li Yat-sen.

Today, the vanguard of Geste encountered only assault cavalry equipped with pistols on the north bank of Suishui, and the number was not large, only more than 100 horsemen. They were originally on guard on the north bank of Suishui, but suddenly they were attached to the forward horse team sent by Guste to "clear the field".

Relying on the tactics of "shooting in the face" in armor, this team of musketeers took advantage of it when they first came into contact. But the cheapness did not last long, because there were also muskets on horseback among the Eight Banners of Geste, and there were quite a few of them.

As the follow-up shotspear cavalry began to dismount and shoot, the Ming musketeers who had the upper hand soon could not support it and retreated along the pontoon bridge to the south bank of Suishui. The north bank of Suishui was immediately controlled by the Qing army.

Geste soon arrived at the north bank of Suishui with a group of Pegasus escorted by a group of Goshkha, found a mound of earth, and flew up to look at the south bank of Suishui. It's summer, the water is abundant, the river is wide, the current is fast, and it is a bit risky to wade

Just as Geste was pondering whether to wade in the crossing, suddenly Goshha beside him shouted: "Little living Lu Bu! Little live Lu Bu! ”

Li Zhongshan and his father Li Fuchen are the stars of Beijing, who doesn't know them?

Not only Goshha beside Geste knew them, but even the old man Gesteg knew Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan, the two N-surnamed domestic slaves, Lu Bu. So he hurriedly took out a clairvoyant mirror, raised it and looked at the south bank of Suishui, only to see the south side of the Suishui pontoon bridge, at this time there was a group of cavalry with unknown banners, the first to ride, tall and mighty, red jacket and silver armor, wearing a silver helmet, holding a Zhangliu spear, it is the king of the big head known as Xiao Huo Lu Bu!

Wang Datou was also accompanied by a female general in a white jacket and black armor, who did not carry any weapons, was Shang Shuying.

The king seemed to be extremely shocked by the arrival of the Eight Banners cavalry on the north bank of Suishui, who were gathering more and more, and suddenly raised his horsewhip and pointed at Shang Shuying beside him and scolded, what to scold Geste Of course he couldn't hear clearly, but it was certainly not a good word.

After a few words of scolding, he didn't seem to be angry, and this Wang Datou suddenly waved his horsewhip and hit Shang Shuying a few times!

Subsequently, the invincible Wang Rebellion Wang Datou turned around and led a group of musketeers to a large enclosure near the south bank of the pontoon bridge, that is, Fu Liji, and Shang Shuying, who had been beaten, immediately rode his horse to follow, and the other knights saw that they were both gone, and they had no intention of fighting, so they all turned around and ran with Wang Rebellion.

Everyone ran as if they were frightened, and even forgot to guard the pontoon bridge, and everyone ran together to Fuliji, which was surrounded by a circle of embankments.

"Wang Datou wants to run!" Geste had already reacted at this time, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Beat the drums, enter the army and chase quickly, don't let Wang Datou go!" ”

"Knock Knock"

The drums of the marching troops soon sounded, followed by shouts one after another.

"Wang Datou ran away, chase after him, don't let Wang Datou go!"

"The one in front of him wearing red clothes and silver armor is Wang Datou!"

"The one with the short beard and the big head in front is the king."

Not to mention, these Eight Banner soldiers' observation ability is quite strong, and they actually observed that Wang Datou's head is quite big. How else to call Wang Datou?

These Eight Banner soldiers have long looked at Lu Bu's father and son, and the Eight Banners sisters like it, and the Eight Banners children must hate it!

Now it seems to be a godsend opportunity to kill Wang Datou!

Thinking that he might be the most hated anti-thief king of the Qing Dynasty, this group of Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers who had worked hard for several days to hurry and did not have a good rest suddenly came to their senses, and one by one they screamed and rushed across the undefended pontoon bridge.

Gestey also rushed to the pontoon bridge with him, and soon crossed the pontoon bridge with a group of his own soldiers. And just as he crossed the bridge, the people around him suddenly cheered again.

"Fu Liji has been taken down by us!"

"The emperor is blessed with all the heavens, and Fu Liji has won it"

Geste was also excited, and winning the Fu Liji was the beginning of victory!

Thinking that he might really pick up a big credit this time, Guste didn't say a word, pulled out his waist knife and pointed forward, and then Pegasus moved forward, heading towards the Fu Liji, who had already raised the Great Qing Dragon Banner.

However, when he entered the Fu Li Ji, he was still stunned by the scene in front of him.

Inside the huge Fu Liji, although there are flags all over the place, there is no one inside.

(End of chapter)