Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 63
The officers and soldiers fled and hid from being hit by rolling stones, and immediately blew up the battalion.Some passed through the battle formation and knew how to hide, or looked for a big tree or a big rock to hide behind; some fled down the mountain in a daze, and some hid in a ditch.People shouting and neighing were mixed with miserable howls.

The three generals were protected by their own soldiers and hid behind a big steamed bun stone to watch the stone flow rush down the hillside.In the initial shock, when counting the horses, a total of 47 were injured and seven died. The most pitiful thing was more than 100 horses, which exploded and ran around without restraint.Some rolled down the cliff on all fours, some broke their legs, slumped on the ground and screamed, and some fell motionless in a pool of blood. After counting, the horses suffered heavy casualties, and only a dozen or so horses escaped the flying catastrophe .

Fan Gaojie waited for a while, seeing that there was no second wave of rocks flowing down, he probed to look at the top of the mountain, the bushes and trees were swaying, and there was not even a shadow of a person.When I asked the soldiers for the binoculars, the binoculars were in the saddlebags and rolled to nowhere with the horse.Fan Gaojie's eyes were bloodshot with anger, he turned his head and said to the other party: "This is a small thief. Be careful when passing the order, you lead people to take down this mountain!"

"Zha!" Fang Jin agreed, turned around and waved his hands, brought a shed of about 300 people, and rushed up with a shout, but the mountain was too steep, and the soldiers were frightened by the stone rain just now, and their legs trembled. I had no choice but to crawl listlessly step by step.Fan Gaojie looked eagerly at the marching team, and he was only a stone's throw away from the top of the mountain, so he breathed a sigh of relief.A message came from the rear team that they had passed Yukou and were approaching the Chinese army.He wiped off his cold sweat, and said, "It seems that we have to gather here and cross Ehutan wave after wave. We won't have any worries if we seize this hill." Hu Zhenbiao tilted his head and said coldly: "This hill We haven't occupied it yet! It's not a safe place to go to Ehutan." Fan Gaojie was choked by him, his face was blue, he looked at the soldiers around him, and didn't say anything.Suddenly there was a roar on the mountain, and a loud arrow flew down from the "sun" ground.Hu Zhenbiao saw that Fan Gaojie was so angry that he was in a daze. He didn't guard against the back arrow at all. He took a step forward, pushed Fan Gaojie away, and stretched out his hand to shoot the arrow. The arrow was four feet long. The blue light on the top is flickering, and a roll of paper is tied to the arrow.He broke the arrow shaft with a "click", carefully took out the note, and said with a sneer, "With such a little effort, you dare to fight!" He unfolded the note and read:

The demon and thief general, dare to offend me!You have now been trapped in Baishigou by thirty thousand of my soldiers.The [-] soldiers from Zijing Mountain have sealed off Ehutan, and they want to survive in the copper net and iron formation, unless God bestows bird wings!If you don't, you will be tied down, and you have to wait for Hongli to collect the body for you!Piao Gao Yu.

Fan Gaojie was saved by Hu Zhenbiao. He was very grateful. Seeing that he spoke nonsense, opened and read letters without authorization, and looked arrogant and domineering, he couldn't help being furious again. Seeing another arrow shoot directly at Hu Zhenbiao, he actually Holding on to the idea of ​​seeing death and not saving, he watched the arrow piercing Hu Zhenbiao's shoulder.

"Ah!" Hu Zhenbiao yelled and rolled over to the ground, the arrow had pierced through his shoulder.He was also really fierce, he closed his eyes with a "swish" sound, pulled out a bloody long arrow, held it in his hand, stared at Fan Gaojie, and passed out.

"Help this talented general down and ask the medical officer to heal him." Fan Gaojie coldly ordered while reading the letter, "Don't let him make a contribution!" He took a long breath.

Suddenly there was a cannon on the mountain, and there was a loud clamor on the top of the mountain. Fan Gaojie trembled all over and looked up in shock. The mountain was full of flags, divided into green, red, white, yellow, and five colors. Taiji pictures were drawn on the flags. Fang Jin pressed on a small hill.The believers did not attack by force, and they were condescending on the main peak, and arrows poured down like locusts in a shower.Poor these three hundred sergeants, they were exhausted from climbing the mountain, and they were left to hang on the top of a small hill that was neither high nor low, isolated and helpless, only to be beaten and dodged, and even the retreat route down the mountain was cut off, and only Qing soldiers could be seen in the distance The wolves run wild like a wasp that has just stabbed a nest.Fan Gaojie suddenly became furious, drew his sword in his hand and ordered: "The whole army is attacking! This is a fake momentum. I saw that his soldiers are less than two thousand! The left and right soldiers shouted in unison to cheer Fang Jin, Tell him to stand up!"

But Fang Jin couldn't stand it anymore, and led dozens of soldiers to hack and kill to open a way down the mountain.The soldiers at the foot of the mountain were yelling and yelling to respond. Seeing that the group of troops was about to rush up, they heard another "wow" sound, and the rolling logs and stones poured down like a river of stones. The team attacking the mountain did not wait for orders. Then they turned around and fled. Those who fell to death in the valley, those who fell on the ground and rolled down the mountain, those who lay on the hillside waiting to die, everything.

"Military Gate," the sergeant beside Fan Gaojie said with a frightened face, "Only Ehutan can escape for a while, and I'm afraid if we go late..."

"Fart!" Fan Gaojie yelled angrily, and ordered loudly: "The whole army draw closer to me!"

It is impossible for the whole army to move closer.The soldiers and officers who fled in all directions have completely lost their organizational structure. Fan Gaojie even beheaded a few deserters, but it didn't help at all.His own mount was also taken away by a defeated soldier, beating the horse and running in the dust.He didn't dare to hesitate when he heard the thunderous sound of rolling stones getting closer.Fan Gaojie sighed and said: "Retreat to the Evil Tiger Beach..."

Dozens of soldiers of the Chinese army were eager for his sound, put the seriously injured Hu Zhenbiao on the horse, surrounded Fan Gaojie and rushed to the southwest.It wasn't until the entrance of the Ehutan Valley that they completely avoided the stone formation that they took a breath. At this moment, the defeated soldiers had already rushed over like waves and waves, one by one exchanging sweat and blood, holding each other down, like beggars fleeing famine, completely There is no trick.

"Hurry up, split up and find out Fang Jin's whereabouts!" Fan Gaojie stood at the entrance of the beach with his face covered in dirt and sweat.Evil Tiger Beach is surrounded by mountains, all of which are steep cliffs.Three rivers, Weifen River, Jie River and Yi River, squeezed into the 100-acre dangerous shoal from the three canyons with raging waves.The water interweaves with each other at the mouth of the beach, forming a ring, and the middle is washed into a rocky beach.I don't know when and what generation washed down a huge tiger-spotted strange rock.It has a tiger's head and a tiger's hoof, and its ears and eyes are also vaguely similar. It tilts its head and looks ferociously at the entrance of the post road in the north.The south post road and the north post road face each other across the beach, there is no bridge in the middle, and the white and green river swirls and flows.The landscape is really scary, but the water is not very deep. Many soldiers stood in the gentle running water to wash their hair and legs, and the depth was no more than waist level.The entrance to the post road in the south is blocked by a row of wooden gates, and there are three large characters of "Tuo Tuo Peak" chiseled on the stone wall next to the gate - the post road actually goes south around the east foot of Tuo Tuo Peak - I don't know which one next to the big characters The poet inscribed words the size of a teacup on the stone:
I once traveled the Shu Road, and I also passed Loushan Mountain.Now after passing through this place, I feel discouraged!The high standard pierces the sky, and the strange water hovers in the deep valley.That is to say, when the pavilion is standing between the ancient wells of Qianren, the sun and the moon are hard to see!Tigers squatting, wolves crouching on rocks and waterfalls, curling up like smoke!Do you know?This is the first beach in the world!
There are inscriptions and postscripts at the back, but I can't see clearly.Although Fan Gaojie could read a few words, he was not in the mood at this moment, only feeling sad.Out of nowhere, a group of people from Taniguchi arrived again, and Fang Jin came back with more than 40 remnants.Almost all of these people were wounded by arrows, their heads were wrapped around their faces, their chests and arms were tied, but they were well bandaged. The most difficult thing was that they also led more than 20 mules to carry dry food, and they all walked exhaustedly. Walking alone, he entered the mouth of Evil Tiger Beach.

"Okay, it's easy to handle if there is food!" Fan Gaojie's eyes lit up, and he threw himself on a grain bag, caressing the coarse dry grain bag with his hand, and said to the other party with some shortness of breath: "The most important thing now is to hurry up!" Report to Fu Zhongtang to Taiyuan—it turned out that the intelligence was not accurate, the bandits were huge, we were ambushed, the bloody battle ended here, and we were trapped in Evil Tiger Beach waiting for help! You, me, and Hu Zhenbiao are all there, and we finally got back It’s better to explain the situation to the court.”

Listening to him, Fang Jin felt a chill in his heart.More than 50 people were caught in the rain of arrows and stones, and there were less than [-] people left... Fan Gaojie, the general, was incompetent. He didn't blame himself or comfort him. In", I really don't know why Zhang Guangsi took a fancy to this living treasure to lead the army!He swallowed a mouthful of bitter saliva, walked up to Hu Zhenbiao who was drowsy and leaning against the big rock without saying a word, leaned over and sat beside him, and shook his head slightly.

"Eight generations of his ancestors!" Hu Zhenbiao scolded as soon as he opened his eyes, "The price of cowhide is so high all day long, and the bedwetting is so bad when it comes to the end! Zhang Guangsi—what kind of 'famous general' are you!" He said for a while Turn over and don't turn your face away. "Brother Hu, it's me." Fang Jin knew he was delirium, said softly, and took out another piece of bread from his arms, "I'm Fang Jin... Anyway, we are still alive now. Eat something first ..." Hu Zhenbiao woke up now, looked back at Fang Jin, and suddenly hissed: "Fang Jin! My brother followed Zhang Guangsi, what a disaster!"

Fan Gaojie looked at this pair of suffering brothers and sisters, and suddenly there was a murderous intent in his heart: the defeat of Baishigou was inappropriate, and the imperial court will always pursue this account.I am the chief general, who does the blame pass to?The two former members of Yue Zhongqi were already at odds with him, so how could they know that they wouldn't attack and bite him with one voice?He thought about it for a while, and looked around. There were stragglers everywhere who were looking for a team, and the soldiers around him had no place to evade. At this time, he definitely couldn't make a move, and many people had seen him die. At this moment, it is most likely to provoke a mutiny...Fan Gaojie restrained his murderous intentions, and when he saw the military academy who had counted the number of people coming back, he asked, "How is it next?"

"Let's go back to the military gate." The military academy reported, "There are 930 students in total, and the organizational system has been restored. It's just that there is no food, and some fainted from starvation. There is no medicine for the wounded."

"Ask all the battalions to come here to receive dry rations," Fan Gaojie said coldly, "tell the commanders of the battalions that the [-] catties of dry rations will last for four days. Send a few teams back to the original road, drag some smashed horses, and return If there are scattered grains, get them all back. Tell everyone that the rescuers will arrive in three days, and after this period, a few bandits can't escape with their wings!"

As soon as the words were finished, I heard the sound of horns from various mountains and peaks in Zhouza. As the horns corresponded to each other, there was a faint sound of beating drums and shouts.Not sure how many people it was.This faint echoing sound continued, adding a bit of eerie atmosphere to the dark and dark tiger shoal.Fang Jin came over and said: "Fan Junmen, this place is not a place to stay for a long time. Since the enemy has let us in, it must be a dead end. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents on the way. We are short of food, let alone defend. The most important thing now is Hurry up and send someone to find the way, the pictures we brought were drawn by some living treasure during the Shunzhi period, and they are useless at all!"

(End of this chapter)