Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 512: Sweeping Jinglu and Waiting for the Wind to Come (Part )
"Why did the general go to Jinglu Guards?" Han Dai was puzzled.

"The Han people have a saying that 'If you don't do anything, you won't stop.' The Yellow River makes a bend in Ningxia. Since the guards are stationed on the west bank of the Yellow River, our army will take all the land on the east bank of the Yellow River. Taking the Jinglu Guards will not only be able to occupy By defending on the east bank of the Yellow River, we can still connect with Zhang Yong's troops in Gongchang Prefecture, and continue to put pressure on the guards and interfere with their plans to annex Kazakhstan. Why not?" Tun Qi smiled.

Han Dai thought for a while and was filled with admiration. "If we can really capture the Jinglu Guards, we will have made a great contribution after pacifying the small court of Zhangwu. Then we will no longer be afraid of others slandering the emperor."

"Well, it's just that the army is going south to Jinglu, and the east bank of the Yellow River needs to be defended by a general." Tun Qi thought for a while and smiled: "Since Wu Sangui has been saying that the casualties are too heavy and he can't fight anymore, let him stay at the Yellow River. The East Coast is fine."

Tunqi, which acted vigorously and resolutely, had made up its mind and implemented it immediately. Wu Sangui ordered more than 20,000 troops to garrison on the east bank of the Yellow River. He led an army of 60,000 to the south to defend Jinglu. He also ordered Zhang Yong, the commander-in-chief stationed in Longxi, and Zhang Yong, the general stationed in Xi'an. Commander-in-Chief Liu Fangming sent troops for reinforcements.

He moved very quickly. In just a few days, he entered the Jinglu Guard from the Ningxia Central Guard, attacked two important military fortresses, namely Chibao and Qianyanchi Fort, and reached the foot of the Jinglu Acropolis (Jingyuan). At the Jinglu Acropolis, after joining the 7,000 troops and horses of Zhang Yong's generals Tong Tou and Zhao Liangdong, and the more than 3,000 troops and horses of Liu Fangming's generals Jiang Youcheng and Zhang Bin, the number of troops exceeded 70,000. Looking from a distance, the banners blocked the sun and the momentum vast.

Guarding the Jinglu Acropolis were 6,000 soldiers and horses from the Guards Generals Zhe Ziming and Gao Yixiang. These two men were famous bandit leaders in Lintao area. They fought against the Qing Dynasty with the big thief Ding Jiasheng. After the defeat, they surrendered to the guard together with Ding Jiasheng. Because he had just surrendered and had a low status among the guards, he was assigned to the Jinglu Acropolis at the forefront to resist the Qing army.

After hearing that the Qing army was marching south, the two generals climbed up to the city and looked into the distance. They saw that the enemy camp was endless and so dark that they could not see the end of it. Gao Yixiang was a little timid and said to Zhe Ziming: "Second brother, the Tatars are powerful, how can we be good?" He, Ding Jiasheng and Zhe Ziming were thieves together, and they had a deep relationship, so they called themselves brothers.

"Third brother, please be careful, the word 'Tatar' should be used less in the future." Zhe Ziming frowned. This word is a contemptuous term. After all, their brothers have surrendered to the Oirat Mongolia, and the Mongols are also "Tatars". They have violated the taboo and have surrendered, so the word "Tatar" can no longer be used.

"What the second brother taught me is, what should I do now?" Gao Yixiang asked after admitting his mistake.

"What do third brothers think?" Zhe Ziming asked.

"I think it's better that a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, why not~" Gao Yixiang blushed, "Why don't we surrender for now and make plans in the future?"

"Third brother~" Zhe Ziming let out a long sigh, "Submission to the Qing Dynasty is different from surrendering to the Wei Dynasty. The Wei Kingdom allows us to keep the Han family clothes, which is not an insult to our ancestors, but the Qing Kingdom requires us to shave our heads and change clothes. Haha, what are you talking about?" Keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your head', if you really shave your head, how will you have the face to see your ancestors a hundred years later?"

Seeing that Gao Yixiang was silent, he added: "Now my eldest brother is serving as deputy general in the Xi'an General Army Qi Zhizhen's office stationed in Lintao Prefecture. If we surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it may bring danger to my eldest brother. Is this the way of brothers?"

After hearing this, Zhe Ziming nodded slowly, "What the second brother said is that we can't just care about ourselves and ignore our brothers."

They were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but a Qing general wanted to recruit them to surrender. Zhang Bin, a general under the command of Liu Fangming, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Dynasty, was originally the sworn brother of Li Cai, the bandit in Xiangshan Mountain, Longnan. He had some friendship with Zhe and Gao, who had been thieves in Lintao. Later, Li Cai raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty and was surrounded by Liu Fangming's army. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhang Bin betrayed his sworn brother and offered Li Cai to Liu Fangming, and was promoted to the rank of general with merit. This time he was transferred to General Pingxi's station in Tunqi and discovered that the guards guarding the Jinglu Acropolis were actually former comrades from Green Forest, so he volunteered to General Pingxi's station in Tunqi to recruit Zhe and Gao. Tun Qi was also generous and promised that if the two surrendered, they would be promoted from general to deputy general.

As soon as he saw Zhang Bin, Zhe Ziming hugged him and laughed, "Brother Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm going to die. I will definitely not come back unless I'm drunk tonight."

"Well, I miss you two brothers. I'll stay here today to ask for a drink." Zhang Bin was extremely polite. The three of them drank and ate meat while reminiscing about the interesting things they had done when they were thieves. The atmosphere was very harmonious. Zhe Ziming promised to lead his army to surrender in three days.

After sending Zhang Bin away, Gao Yixiang asked puzzledly: "Didn't the second brother say that shaving his hair and taking the clothes would be an insult to the ancestors? Why did he agree to surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Moreover, Zhang Bin actually betrayed his sworn brother in order to survive. He has no loyalty at all. Comrade Lu Lin from Shaanxi Hearing this person's name, who doesn't hate him deeply? How can you be brothers to such a person?"

"Third brother, I don't know something. The art of war is real if it is real, and if it is fake, it is real. Now that the Qing army is powerful, it cannot be defended. The only way is to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and weaken the enemy's spirit. Therefore, Brother Fool plans to feign surrender. The enemy sees If we are willing to surrender, we will not make any preparations. When the time comes, we will attack them when they are unprepared. If we can win a big victory for a while, the city will be easy to defend. As long as we persist for a month, reinforcements will arrive," Zhe Ziming explained with a smile.

Gao Yixiang thought carefully and nodded repeatedly, "Second brother, this plan is very clever, so I will do it like this."

Because they knew that the guards in the city would surrender in three days, the Qing army's vigilance was much weaker. Except for some necessary sentries, there were not many patrol soldiers stationed outside the camp.

On the evening of the second day, Zhe Ziming and Gao Yixiang led 4,000 elite soldiers to quietly open the east city gate and sneak into the Qing army's camp. They were not noticed until the gate of the camp by the sentry.

"Enemy attack~enemy~" Fang, the sentry guarding the gate, shouted, and Gao Yixiang wiped his neck.

"Kill", Zhe Ziming roared wildly and took the lead in breaking into the enemy's stronghold with a big sword in his hand.

"Kill~kill~kill~" The subordinates began to kill and set fire everywhere.

The camp in Tunqi is very distinctive and divided into three levels: inside and outside. The foreign green camp is on the outermost layer, the Hexi green camp and the Eight Banners Han Army are on the second outer layer, and the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners are on the innermost layer.

After careful observation, Zhe and Gao discovered that the Qing army's defense in Dongcheng was the weakest, and their "good brother" Zhang Bin's camp was also in Dongcheng, so they chose to attack from Dongcheng.

Stationed at the outermost edge of the east city are the soldiers and horses of Liu Liangchen, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province. It is said that Liu Liangchen was once a general of Zu Dashou. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the Battle of Daling River. He has experienced hundreds of battles and should be highly vigilant. However, after Zhang Bin returned, he boasted that he had surrendered the garrison in the city. The veteran general on the battlefield felt that there was no battle to be fought and unconsciously relaxed.

In war, you must never be careless. If you are careless, you will be doomed.

Tonight, Liu Liangchen went to bed early without even patrolling the camp. He was just dreaming about his concubine at home when he was awakened by the noise and the light of the fire. In the hustle and bustle, I only found one shoe and went out of the tent in a panic.

A steel knife struck head-on. At the critical moment, Mr. Liu used an iron plate bridge passed down from his family and narrowly escaped. But another spear came, and the white tip of the spear penetrated into the chest, staining the blood with red tassels. When the soldier with the gun saw that he was wearing pajamas, he thought he was just a nobody, so he ran to the next target without even looking at him.

(End of this chapter)