Cutting 1719

Chapter 87

Hubei in November was bitterly cold, with light snow and ice particles hitting the face like knives. Ten thousand Qing troops were marching in this severe cold environment. Lodging.

Originally, it was not suitable to march in such an extreme world environment, but under the urging of Man Pi, Wang Wenhuan had no choice but to rush to Zhongxiang with his [-] admirals. Wang Wenhuan accelerated his march in this weather because the [-] Eighth Banner soldiers led by General Hengrui of Jingzhou had already arrived at Zhongxiang.

As General Jingzhou, Hengrui is naturally the commander-in-chief of the entire Hubei battlefield. In terms of rank, even Man Pi, the governor of Huguang, is lower than Hengrui. As for real power, General Jingzhou also serves as a supervising governor. As a result, the real power of the Jingzhou general is greater than that of the governor.

Therefore, when the two thousand and eight banner soldiers led by Hengrui entered Anlu Mansion, they directly issued a transfer order, asking Wang Wenhuan not to go to Xiangyang, but to rush directly to Zhongxiang within three days. A lot of time was delayed on the way, so I had to hurry with my life.

At this time, Zhong Xiang was the gathering point set by Hengrui and the others. When Wang Wenhuan's troops arrived, they would rush to Jingshan and follow this line to Yingcheng and Hanyang.Man Pi and others took the remaining 3 Hubei Green Camp to attack Anlu and Xiaogan from the north of Hanyang Mansion, while the [-] Hunan Green Camp started from Yuezhou, went straight to Xingguo and Daye, and finally under the city of Wuchang Join forces to achieve the goal of ending the war before the year, and let the children go home early for the New Year.

Although this plan is perfect, the people who thought about it failed to implement it. Today's Hubei Green Camp has been cut into pieces, and there is no real intention of converging.

The poor [-] Green Battalion soldiers first rushed from Yichang to Jingzhou, then transferred to Xiangyang, and then changed their route from Xiangyang to Anlu, which caused complaints from the Green Battalion soldiers. High, so many green battalion soldiers are unwilling to buy his account.

This time the troops were dispatched, and they had given enough silver taels before the war, and even promised to issue an order that Hanyang would not seal the sword. Give a lot of rewards, what if it is not enough?That is to let these soldiers rob themselves, so this time the same order was issued.

"Tell the brothers to work harder, hurry to Gongjiaji before it gets dark, and then we'll slaughter the pigs, cattle and sheep, have a good meal, and head to Zhongxiang tomorrow!"

Wang Wenhuan's face was slightly gloomy. At any rate, he was also an admiral of a province, a member of the first rank, but now he was called around by others, but the green camp was not at all worthy of the governor and General Jingzhou. In front of these two big men, Wang Wenhuan had no choice but to lie down and act small, so he had no choice but to urge his soldiers desperately.

It wasn't until the sky was about to get dark that Wang Wenhuan's [-] troops entered Gongjiaji. This place was originally a bustling town, but the arrival of the army really made the originally bustling market town deserted.

Of course, there is no way for all these ten thousand soldiers to be stationed. The army set up a camp outside the town, and only sent a few hundred people into the town to collect beef, mutton and pork. Although Wang Wenhuan has brought enough food and grass, the food can be improved. It's also good.It's just that the banditry is like a comb, and the soldiers are like a grate. The good-looking Gong Jiaji was tossed to the brink of death by these wolf-like green battalion soldiers.

At first, it was just a simple search for pig-like cows, but when these Qiu Ba completely released their inner savages, they robbed and killed wantonly in the town, and ruined many women, until the local county magistrate knelt in front of Wang Wenhuan's tent. After waiting for two full hours, Wang Wenhuan gave the order to return to the camp, but at this time, the Gongjiaji was almost turning into a purgatory on earth.

When the county magistrate walked through the concentration, he saw the piled up corpses and raging flames around him, and then looked at the groups of officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion, his face turned pale, and he fainted on the spot.

Just like this, they rested overnight at Gong's house, and when they were about to leave the next day, the green battalion soldiers couldn't move anymore, and they dawdled in place one by one.

"Master Junmen, brothers really can't move anymore."

"Yesterday, I traveled [-] miles in a hurry, my lord, this is enough!"

Soldiers kept complaining in the queue, and some battalion officers even ran to Wang Wenhuan to complain, saying that they couldn't walk anymore, and some people just lay down like this, and no one cried out and stopped getting up.

In a sense, although Wang Wenhuan's [-] admirals are stronger than the original supervisors and bidders, their military discipline has been seriously corrupted. They are not so much soldiers as bandits.On the contrary, some of the strong men walking behind had no complaints, dragged the supplies of the entire army behind the team, and kept moving forward in silence.

Wang Wenhuan felt helpless, but he didn't dare to be too tough on these ruffian soldiers. You must know that these soldiers were not local soldiers, many of them were transferred from other places, and even formed small groups inside. It's just in name only, before every battle, Wang Wenhuan would send someone to invite these soldiers over and pay them a lot of money, so that the other party would be willing to fight.

This time they sent troops to fight against the Fuhan army, but these green battalion soldiers got worse. They are not fools. They have already heard that the Fuhan army fought fiercely, and the artillery fire was even stronger, so most of them were unwilling to fight. , so he stalled on the road.

Wang Wenhuan lamented in his heart, in order to stimulate the combat power of these green battalion soldiers, not to mention a lot of rewards, he even gave them the whole Gong family to try their swords, but this time he still put on the appearance of a ruffian soldier.Don't talk about ambitions, Wang Wenhuan's greatest feeling at this time is to drag this green battalion to Zhongxiang.

In desperation, Wang Wenhuan continued to negotiate with the prostitutes, but this time the negotiation was completed, and he could leave but had to pay more.

How much?
10 taels!
But Wang Wenhuan felt helpless, and had already paid 5 taels of departure fee when he set off, so how could there be 10 taels of silver for these uncles?In desperation, Wang Wenhuan had no choice but to send someone to Zhong Xiang to ask for help first.

Zhong Xiang, General Hengrui of Jingzhou listened to his subordinate's report with a dark face. This time, it wasn't that his Eight Banners soldier who couldn't ride a horse made a fuss, it was purely because he got the news from Wang Wenhuan.

"Trash, idiots, these Han people are indeed extremely cunning!" Hengrui was full of anger. This time to fight against the Han army, his two thousand and eight banner soldiers will at most play the role of a supervisory team, and they really want to go into battle. The green battalion soldiers are the only ones, and Wang Wenhuan's [-] admirals are the main force of the main force!

But now the main force couldn't move anymore, and told him that he had to pay more, and he couldn't leave without the money!

How can there be such a reason in this world?

(End of this chapter)