scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 175
The tattered white-haired banner with nine banners, the flag of the defeated general Oboi, has countless holes caused by gun bullets, arrow holes and shrapnel, and it is also covered with mud and grass clippings. Less scorched roll marks.In normal times, such a flag would not be used as the main flag of the whole army by the Qing army, even if it was thrown on the side of the road, no one would come forward to pick it up.

It is strange to say that when Oboi hung this handsome flag on the hillside of Qianling Mountain, the soldiers of the Qing army outside Guiyang City who were desperate to vent their frustrations because Tuhai burned the city and had nowhere to stay quickly quieted down. Supporting his staggering injured companion, he walked towards Qianling Mountain silently, and walked towards the tattered handsome flag from all directions, and stared at the tattered Qing army at the foot of the mountain. Handsome flag, as if possessed by a demon.

At this time, the large and small wounds on Oboi's body had been re-bandaged with the help of Hadaha and other military guards, but the wound on the corner of the eye, which was the most injured, was still oozing blood under the gauze. The pure white gauze was dyed red, it was the wound that Wu Jun's cluster bomb brought to Oboi. If it wasn't for the two soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the savior and pressed on Oboi's body, the air-dropped bomb that exploded in front of Oboi , already killed Oboi.

Standing up with Hadaha's support, Oboi looked at the soldiers of the Qing army who were constantly gathering at the foot of the mountain, and a feeling of sadness welled up in his heart. These are the most elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. The flag armor is clear, how high-spirited the look is, how majestic and mighty the team is, but after only a few days, when they returned to the city of Guiyang again, how embarrassed did these soldiers become?Almost everyone is wounded, all are exhausted, all are staggered by hunger, fatigue and thirst, there is no clean and tidy place in their bodies, and they are so weak that it seems that a gust of wind can blow them down .

"Soldiers..." Oboi's voice was choked with sobs. After trying to clear his throat, Oboi tried to calm himself down, and said in his loudest voice: "Soldiers, soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, yesterday's disastrous defeat , has nothing to do with you, it is all my responsibility. When I get to a safe place, the old man will naturally give you an explanation. But now, the old man has another mission, which is to take you home, take you to a safe place, Please consciously abide by military discipline, obey my orders, and let me take you..., home."

The tens of thousands of defeated Qing soldiers were silent, only Obai's slightly hoarse and choked voice echoed in the mountains, "Soldiers, don't give up hope, for your relatives in your hometown, for your wives, children, and parents, please don't give up. Give up the hope of life, pick up your weapons again, straighten your backs, stand in your formation, let the old man take you home!"

Speaking of the last word "go home", Oboi couldn't help shedding turbid old tears, and countless mites and soldiers also shed tears, silently lining up at the foot of Qianling Mountain, looking for a station, the chaotic and chaotic team of defeated soldiers Changing, gradually returning to the formation.Aobai wiped away the tears on his face, choked with sobs, and told Hadaha, "Go pass the order, let the generals above the rank of deputy commander-in-chief come forward, and wait for orders before the battle, and reorganize in units of 300 people. If it is not enough, select from the generals at the next level."

Hadaha and other personal soldiers led away, and after a while, dozens of generals of the Qing Dynasty came out, and with the help of generals such as Hadaha, they reorganized the team, and several surviving senior generals of the Qing Dynasty were also led to Oboi .To Oboi's surprise, two young generals, Jie Shu and Le Erjin, were on the list, but Yue Le and Zhao Liangdong, who were most favored by Oboi, were nowhere to be seen. King of the county, where is your uncle, Prince An? At that time, you were with him on the left wing of our army, do you know his situation?"

"Back to the Grand Master, Uncle and the others were surrounded by barbarians and failed to retreat with the last general." Le Erjin replied with tears: "When our army collapsed and retreated, Uncle and the others had no choice but to go north because their retreat route was cut off. I broke out from the depths of the Miaoling Mountains, and what happened to my uncle and the others later, the general will not know."

Aobai was silent, the depths of the Miaoling Mountains were full of deep mountains and old forests, there were poisonous snakes and beasts everywhere, swamps and mires, the locals would almost die if they entered, and Yue Lejun was all from the north. When it comes out, no one can predict it.After a sad smile, Obai murmured to himself, "Zhao Liangdong, who is familiar with the situation in Guizhou, is with him. I hope a miracle will happen. The future of the Qing Dynasty depends on him."

When he sighed again, more than a dozen messengers left by Tuhai were also led to Obai, and they played to Obai: "Report to the grand master, Tutang was ordered to abandon Guiyang, in order to prevent Wugou's army from cutting off Our army retreated and led the army to Bajiang Guiding, and Tutang asked me to report to the grand master and the princes, and he will leave an army to meet the grand master and the princes in Bajiang City (Gulongli).

"Bajiang?" Obai was overjoyed, and said happily, "Tuhai is quite smart. Bajiang is close to mountains and streams. It has been the first throat of Guizhou and Chu since ancient times. The terrain is extremely steep. As long as you guard this throat, you can hope to stop the old thief Wu Sangui." The pursuers."

"Grand Master, let's go quickly." Jie Shu urged tremblingly: "The rear army came to report that the pursuers of Wu Sangui's old thief have arrived at Huaxi, less than thirty miles away from here."

"How is the army organized? How many people are left?" Obai asked Hadaha next to him.

"Reporting to the grand master, it has been reorganized, and there are about 3 people left." Hadaha quickly replied.

"There's only so much left." Ao Bai's nose was sour, and he forced a smile and said, "Yes, it's a little more than the old man estimated, so let's do it like this, and send an order to tell the soldiers that Tuhai is already in Bajiang Prepared meals, wine and meat for everyone, and met us there, as long as we arrive in Bajiang, we can eat and rest."

Hadaha and the others followed the order, and Oboi sent Jie Shu to open the way. Le Erjin led the central army, and he himself led the army behind the palace. After a while, more than 3 defeated soldiers set off again along the official road. Marching to the northeast at full speed—it is said to be full speed, but in fact it is almost the same as the normal marching speed at ordinary times. The Mite Qing army is too tired and too hungry.However, the same is true for Wu Sangui's army in the southwest. Obviously, as long as they catch up with the defeated army of Chiqing, they can win another complete victory, but because the horses and soldiers are extremely tired, they can't think about it quickly at this moment. The mind of the woodcutter who accidentally chopped wood was temporarily rested, and he will pursue it with all his strength after recovering a certain amount of physical strength.

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It is not without reason that Aobai and Tuhai attach so much importance to the small town of Bajiang. This small town was changed to a county a year ago. Passing through the city, whether you are entering Guizhou from Huguang, or from Guizhou to Huguang, you must pass through this small city built on the top of the mountain. One can imagine the importance of the location.

It was precisely because of this that when Tu Hai left behind his confidant Shubuku and led [-] troops to garrison the city to deal with the defeated Qing army, he repeatedly told Shubuku: "The people in the city must be killed to prevent their civil strife. Take care of Wu Gou, if this small city is lost again, no one in the army behind us will be able to escape from Guizhou."

Shubuku was very obedient. Just as Tuhai's army left Bajiang along the post road passing through the city, Shubuku killed all the people in the city with his hind feet-although most of the residents in the city were killed in order to avoid the flames of war. Scattered, only more than 100 elderly, sick and disabled people did not escape.And when the last innocent citizen in the city died tragically under the butcher knife of the Qing army, it was already noon on the eighth day of June in the 11th year of Qing Kang Mazi.

"Master, someone is here!" Just after noon, the Qing army sentry on the tower suddenly shouted.Shubuku hurriedly boarded the tower to have a look, but saw a team of Qing troops coming on the post road on the gentle slope in the southwest, the number was only four to fifty people, leading the horses and pulling the tattered army flags backwards, all of them were covered in blood. Tu, dejectedly, walked very slowly. The leader was dressed in the uniform of a Qing army sentry officer who didn't even have a hat, and he shouted weakly from a distance: "Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, you belong to us."

"It's our own." Shubuku heaved a sigh of relief and waved his hand. The Qing army archers on the city wall quickly put down their bows, arrows and muskets. Shubuku then ordered: "Open the city gate and let them in. Bring the leader up. I'm going to ask him."

After the order was conveyed, the somewhat dilapidated gates of the city slowly opened, and the forty or fifty Qing soldiers staggered into the city with their horses, and the sentinel at the head was led to the city wall. Is it the team under that general? How is the situation behind?"

"General, we are the cavalry under Lord An, and the brigade was broken up by Wu Gou." The somewhat cross-eyed sentry officer of the Qing army spoke with a Cantonese accent and replied weakly: "The situation behind is very miserable, Wu Gou's The army has been chasing our group, and we took a small road by chance, escaped the pursuers and fled here."

"Then how is Grand Master Ao? Is there any news?" Shubuku asked impatiently.

"Boom!" Without waiting for the cross-eyed sentry officer to answer, there was a loud noise and the screams of Qing soldiers from the west gate of Bajiang City. Shubuku and other Qing soldiers were shocked and ran to the side of the arrow stack while watching.The cross-eyed sentry officer suddenly stretched out his ape arms, strangled Shubuku's neck with his left hand, and pulled out the knife from Shubuku's waist with his right hand like lightning, put his backhand on Shubuku's throat, and shouted: "All put down your weapons. !lay down your weapon!"

Roaring, the cross-eyed Qing soldier dragged Shubuku quickly retreated to the side of the city wall with his back facing the arrow pile, so as not to be attacked by the enemy from behind.At the same time, outside the west gate of Bajiang, countless figures suddenly sprang out from the woods beside the road that had been silent just now. They were all dressed up as soldiers with white cloths on their heads and huge swords on their backs. The whirlwind rushed towards the gate of Bajiang City, and the guards at the gate had already been blown to pieces by the grenade. Naturally, the gate could not be closed, and the group of soldiers rushed into the gate of Bajiang City almost in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, there was a scream and explosion in Bajiang City.

"Kill!" A new cry of killing came, and a group of Wu Jun cavalry turned out from behind the mountain and rushed straight along the official road.The cross-eyed Qing soldier took the opportunity to shout: "Listen to me, the [-] troops of Pingxi Palace have arrived, put down your weapons, surrender and don't kill! If you resist in the corner, you will be killed!"

Roaring, the cross-eyed pinched the steel knife on Shubuku's neck again, and shouted, "Tell them to put down their weapons, or you will die!" Shubuku hesitated for a moment, and the cross-eyed immediately swung the knife He slashed Shubuku's thigh with a knife, and the pain made Shubuku tear up, and the butcher screamed, "Put down your weapons, let me put down your weapons!"

"Put down your weapons, and spare your lives!" The cross-eyed yelled again, and the Qing soldiers with swords and guns around them hesitated. At this time, a black fat boy suddenly led three or four fake Qing soldiers to rush forward. Seeing that the cross-eyed man was surrounded, he immediately roared angrily: "Brother Hong, don't be afraid, I'll save you! You son of a bitch, die!"

Roaring, the fat black boy picked up a pure iron mace and swung it fiercely at the surrounding Qing soldiers. Wherever the mace weighed more than sixty kilograms went, the Qing soldiers would block it even if they raised their knives. It was also the weapon that flew away, bleeding from the tiger's mouth, and then being hit on the head with a stick. Either the tendon was broken, the bone was broken, or the brain was burst, and he died a miserable death.Although the remaining few fake Qing soldiers did not have the terrifying brute force of this black fat boy, they were extremely skilled in martial arts. They attacked and defended in an orderly manner between hacking and killing, and cooperated skillfully, defeating as many as several times the Qing soldiers in a row.

"Tell them to put down their weapons again." Hong Xiguan also slashed Shubuku's thigh with a knife. Shubuku had no choice but to cry loudly: "Put down your weapons, you dog slaves, let me put down your weapons. This is a military order. It's a military order, lay down your weapons!"

The shouts of killing in the city became more and more intense, the cavalry of the Wu army outside the city rushed closer and closer, and the guards of the Qing army on the city wall became more and more hesitant. He swung it out the same way, flew over the heads of the crowd and flew down to the city, flying more than ten feet away, his muscles and bones were broken, his flesh was mutilated, the fierce screams almost covered the sound of the grenades exploding in the city, and all the Qing soldiers changed their faces , I thought that the strength of this black boy was really frighteningly terrifying.When the fat black boy went to grab another Qing soldier, the Qing soldier didn't even have the courage to resist, so he threw his weapon, knelt on the ground and cried, "I surrender, I surrender!"

"Surrender, surrender." With someone taking the lead, countless Qing soldiers' psychological defenses collapsed, and they scrambled to put down their weapons and surrender. It fell into the hands of Wu Jun.

When the Wu army brigade led by Lu Fatzi and Li Tianzhi entered the city, the battle in Xijiang City was basically over. Affected by the disastrous defeat of the main force, most of the Qing soldiers who had no fighting spirit fled from the east gate of Bajiang, and a few were killed. About 300 people were captured alive by Wu Jun.And when he saw that the people in the city were slaughtered, Fatty Lu also went into a rage, angrily shouted and ordered: "Cut all the prisoners, leave no one behind! Avenge the people!"

"Cousin, didn't you say that the captives only killed dogs?" Qin Yong, Fatty Lu's cousin, asked cautiously: "Most of these captives are traitors, and they are the ones you said you can win over."

"Preferential treatment of prisoners also depends on the situation." Fatty Lu replied in a low voice: "We only have more than 100 people in total. If we want to stop thousands of defeated soldiers who are desperately jumping over the wall, the strength of our troops is already very tight. What else can we do?" To guard the prisoners? If they rebel in the city, wouldn't we be miserable?"

Qin Yong had always respected his cousin, and he didn't dare to insist on hearing the words. He immediately led a group of soldiers to the group of prisoners. Shubuku was the first to be cut off by Qin Yong. The screaming sound also reverberated in Bajiang City again.Fatty Lu called Li Tianzhi and Xiao Erlang again, and asked them to quickly lead people to close the city gate, block the city gate from the inside, and leave no weak points for the Qing army to attack. For the first time, it floated above the tower of a city.

"Boss, don't be in a hurry to unfurl our flag, right?" Fatty Lu's new lackey, Wang Shaobo, jumped out and suggested, "According to the students, it's best to continue to unfurl the flag full of dogs, so as to avoid frightening the enemy and make the whole army fly away." The dog's defeated soldiers made up their minds on the spur of the moment and took other paths to escape, and they can adapt to the situation to buy time, even if they delay a little longer, they can also buy more time to wait for our main force to encircle."

"Good idea, why didn't I think of it?" Fatty Lu slapped himself lightly, and blamed himself: "It must be the first time leading the army was too excited, and even forgot to buy time, it really deserves a fight!"

"Erlang, quickly lead people to the city wall, take down all our military flags, and put up the flag full of dogs again!"

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The praying mantis was catching the cicada, and the oriole was behind. What Fatty Lu never dreamed of was that when he ordered Xiao Erlang and others to pick up his own flag and hang the Qing army's flag again, in the woods on the mountain opposite Bajiang City, The two Qing generals who were very afraid of Lu Fatty and a dozen ragged Qing army's defeated soldiers also lurked here quietly, but their strength was too small, so they didn't dare to come up and attack.One of these two generals was called Yue Le, and the other was called Zhao Liangdong.

Yue Le and Zhao Liangdong also came to Bajiang by Fatty Lu's surprise attack on Bajiang. The poisonous snakes and beasts and the swamp tiankeng can kill Guang Yue Le's army, so he tried his best to persuade Yue Le to change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, and led twenty or thirty of the most reliable soldiers to quietly leave the brigade and hide in the depths of the dense forest , Fortunately, he escaped the pursuit of Wu Jun's soldiers.When it was dark, he came out of the woods, found the corpse of a soldier of the Wu army on the battlefield, took off his corpse clothes and changed into the uniform of the Wu army, fled northward under the cover of the night and the rebellious army, and sneaked into the place where Zhao Liangdong had also walked. Qingyan small road, took this shortcut and came to the outside of Bajiang city.

But unfortunately, Yue Le, Zhao Liangdong and others were still much late, so that when Fatty Lu's army was discovered, Fatty Lu's army had completely controlled the entire small town of Bajiang, and the army flag of Wu Jun was hung on the city. And the dozen or so people around Zhao Liangdong still have the guts to go up the mountain and enter the city?

"Lu? Is it Lu Yifeng's army?" Looking through the binoculars, seeing the big flag with the word Lu on Bajiang City, Yue Le's handsome face covered in mud and blood turned completely gray, and he didn't dare to scream, so he could only He gritted his teeth and growled hysterically, "Lu Yifeng, a thief? Why did you get here so soon?"

"It must be taking the Qingyan path." Zhao Liangdong said tremblingly: "No wonder when we came from the Qingyan path, there were traces of the march of the brigade everywhere on that road. At first I thought it was our defeated soldiers, but it turned out to be Lu Yifeng. Dog! How does he know that path is so remote?"

"It's over, our brigade's retreat has been cut off." Yue Le moaned in despair, "Lu Yifeng barbarian, why didn't this king kill you, a scourge? How far are you going to harm our people? Will you be satisfied?"

"My lord, look quickly, the Han dog has taken down the flag again." A Qing soldier screamed in a low voice.

Yue Le quickly raised the binoculars again, and saw that the soldiers of the Wu army had indeed taken off the Wu army flag, and hung up the previous Qing army flag again, Yue Le was a little puzzled at first, then suddenly came to his senses, and angrily shouted: "Lu Yifeng barbarian, how shameless!" At this point? Not to mention cutting off our brigade’s retreat, why do you still want to pretend to be our army and play tricks?”

"Who knows?" Zhao Liangdong smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, we can't delay any longer. When the Wugou brigade catches up, none of us will be able to escape. Now, hurry up and take other paths around Bajiang City, go to Let's go after the army ahead of us."

"No, I'm going to report to our brigade, I can't just watch them being murdered by Lu Yifeng's barbarians!" Yue Le jumped up.

"My lord, I can't do it!" Zhao Liangdong hurriedly grabbed Yue Le and begged, "Good lord, this servant has already said it again and again, and you saw it with your own eyes last night. Under the circumstances, it is best to be with the brigade." It's dangerous, besides, Wu Gou's pursuers come here again, and we turn around and go back, what is it if we don't die in vain?"

"Then I can't just watch that barbarian Lu Yifeng cheat and harm our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty?" Yue Le asked angrily.

"My lord, what are you..." Zhao Liangdong was in a hurry, and suddenly he had an idea: "My lord, this servant told you to bypass Bajiang City to save our troops. You saw it just now, my lord. Lu Yifeng is a barbarian!" We snatched Bajiang back from our army, which proves that our front team must not have gone far. We bypassed Bajiang City to catch up with our army and organized them to come back again. If not, we will be able to meet our large team Is it? At that time, there is no hope of making dumplings for Fatty Lu Yifeng!"

Yue Le started to get excited, secretly thinking that he would go to join the brigade right now, even if he passed on the news that Bajiang City had fallen to the enemy, at most it would only prevent the brigade from being deceived by Fatty Lu, and in the end he would still attack Bajiang City by force. Maybe I'll put myself in it too.Instead of this, it's better to catch up with the front team, organize them to turn around to meet the main team, and attack Bajiang City back and forth. Not only will the chance of winning be greatly increased, but there will also be a chance to capture Fatty Lu alive, wouldn't it be wonderful?
Thinking of this, Yue Le made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "Then let's go quickly, go after the front team and come back to meet them, leaving two people here, and report the situation of Bajiang City to them when the team arrives."

Faced with Yue Le's wise decision, Zhao Liangdong and others naturally supported it from the bottom of their hearts with joy - only the two unlucky guys who were forcibly left behind by Yue Le couldn't be happy. place, risking your life to wait with hunger and hunger.

"Lu Yifeng barbarian, wait, the king will come back to find you." Looking back at the Bajiang Mountain City that fell into Lu Fatty's claws, Yue Le said bitterly in his heart, and finally took Zhao Liangdong and waited for a dozen people The defeated soldiers took a detour.What Yue Le didn't expect was that when he and Zhao Liangdong and others walked away, the two defeated Qing soldiers who he left behind not only did not stick to their orders, but also quickly caught up with them. Quietly withdrew from the post......

Not surprising, how many people in the world are not afraid of death?Especially this kind of drudgery of sacrificing oneself to protect others, there are not many people who are willing to do it.

(Note: The county seat of Longli County, Guizhou Province was not moved to its current location until after liberation. Before that, the county seat had been in Bajiang Township, Longli County. In the Qing Dynasty, the official road also passed through the city. The terrain was extremely steep. eight provincial throats.)
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