Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 269: Burning Talisman Out of Collection?Who hasn't seen "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

So why is there no one in such a big market town?
Could it be a fraud?

Didn't Wang Datou want to attack with fire?
Ge Sitai is also familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". When he saw the situation in Fu Liji, he immediately thought of setting fire to Xinye, so he immediately ordered: "Every battalion (participant leader) and each leader should be careful to restrain the team and beware of rebels. Fire attack!"

His "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was really not in vain. Not long after the order was issued, a fire suddenly ignited near the east and west gates of Fuliji!

The fire came very quickly, and it was obvious at a glance that flammable fire starters had been prepared long ago!

Ge Si Tai hurriedly ordered: "Let the first two battalions on the left and the first two battalions on the right draw two soldiers from the commanders to put out the fire! The rest of the commanders from the first left and the first two battalions on the right disperse and control the entire Fuliji, carefully ambush, and search carefully for the place where the fire started. things!
The battalions were ordered not to panic, not to make noise, strictly guard the queue, and wait for orders! "

In fact, Gestai and his Eight Banners soldiers were not too flustered. They were not the same as Cao Bing who was set on fire by Zhuge Liang in Xinye. Cao Bing had never read or heard of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

And the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were all familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (the illiterate can only listen to the storytelling of the Three Kingdoms). They all know Zhuge Liang's tricks, isn't it just setting fire to the house?How could it be possible to burn down the Eight Banners soldiers?

In fact, the Eight Banners soldiers who entered the Jizi earlier than Gestai saw that there was no one in the Fuliji, and they already thought that someone was going to set fire to it. The north-south main street in Fuliji was searched, from the north gate to the south gate, all the houses along the street were broken into and searched. See if there is anything that could ignite?For example, silk, cloth, silver, copper coins, wine and meat, chickens and ducks, etc., must be confiscated as soon as possible, so as not to cause a fire.

Perhaps these Eight Banners soldiers who searched for flammable and explosive materials along the street scared away the "arsonists" who were in ambush (run away by taking the secret path), so the north gate, south gate of Fuliji, and the two streets between the north and south gates Neither side was on fire.

After Gestai's order to restrain the troops was issued, the Eight Banners soldiers who rushed into Fuliji quickly restored order. The unhurried Eight Banners soldiers took Zuo Ling as a unit, one team next to the other, from the south gate. The door has been lined up outside the north gate.

The vanguard of Gerstai's troops had already left the south gate and rushed to the outside of the south gate. It was four or five miles away from Fuliji on the north bank of the south river of Suishui—the river of Suishui is on the side of Fuliji. It is divided into north, middle and south, among which Fuliji is located between the middle river channel and the south river channel.Compared with the shallower water depth and narrower river surface, it is easy to find the north channel for wading through shallow waters, while the middle and south channels of Fuliji are much wider and deeper, which are the main waterways of the Tonghuai River in Suzhou.

Once the pontoon bridges on the middle and south rivers of Suishui are under the control of Gestai's subordinates, his passage to Suzhou will be completely opened!
And according to reliable information, Suzhou is Wang Datou's fundamental place in Huaibei!Military rations, equipment, gunpowder, and family members are all placed in Suzhou City.Once Suzhou is broken by the Qing army, Wang Datou's foundation in Huaibei will collapse, and his vitality will also be seriously injured!
But the current situation doesn't seem quite right, there is obviously an ambush in Fuliji!Then should we continue to fight south?
Gerstai hesitated!

There is obviously a fire attack game in this set of talismans, but this fire attack game doesn't seem to be used to deal with strong enemies. Unless Wang Datou is really an idiot who can only read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to death.But this is obviously impossible!Although Wang Datou is not very old, he has followed his father, Wang Fuchen, to play chieftains in Yunnan since he was a child, and later he followed An Wang to fight against Wu Sangui in Sichuan, and later he fought against Portuguese people and Shangjia in Guangdong. Are you a veteran?

How can it be possible to believe that setting a few fires on a large town can destroy tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the Qing Dynasty?
When he was really puzzled, the First Battalion of the Vanguard, who had already rushed to the south gate of Fuliji, had already sent Chuanqi to report the latest military situation.

"Reporting to Dutong, the north bank of Suishui South Road has been cleaned up, and no rebels have been found in ambush!"

"Reporting to Dutong, the rebel king Datou led more than a thousand cavalry to block the south side of the pontoon bridge on Suishui South Road!"

"Reporting to Dutong, there is a lot of smoke and dust behind the south bank of Suishui South Road, and it seems that a large group of people is approaching."

what's the situation?
Ambushes lying so far back?Or. Bluff?

Thinking of this, Gestai pulled the reins, rode his horse forward, and led his personal soldier Geshha to gallop out of Fuliji, to the north bank of Suishui South Road outside Fuliji, and found a high place to stand on the horse. , and then raised the binoculars to look south.

Looking around, Wang Datou, who was on a red horse with a long spear, was leading a team of armored horses on the south bank of a pontoon bridge. Behind them, there were more than a thousand horsemen who had already deployed a phalanx.A battalion flag with the word "mountain" in black on a red background is waving in the wind.

And in a farther place, the sky is full of smoke and dust, as if an army is approaching. Why is it a bit like the famous scene of "Zhang Fei yelled at Changbanpo, scaring off the Cao family's million soldiers"?
"Dutong, Wang Datou must be bluffing, right?"

One of the officers who followed Gerstai also saw that something was wrong.

"Dutong, the last general will lead the troops to rush to see if we can seize this pontoon bridge. Suzhou must be very empty for Wang Datou's so many tricks. If we can seize the pontoon bridge, then we can enter Suzhou tonight. Already!"

"Don't take the enemy lightly!"

Gestai, who had already ventured more than 100 miles from Xuzhou, suddenly became cautious at this time, he thought for a moment, and ordered: "The first battalion after the order, and the second battalion after the order, firmly guard the north pontoon bridge of Fuliji City!

Order the battalion from the left to the battalion to the right to put out the fire in Fuliji city as soon as possible, and control the whole city of Fuliji!
Order the rest of the battalions to line up along the banks of the South Suishui Road!The sequence is from left to right, in order."

Following the order after order, more than [-] Manchurian iron cavalry led by Ge Sitai quickly deployed around Fuliji, and swiftly extinguished the fire that had just ignited in Fuliji City, which was not too violent. fire.

At the same time, in the upper reaches of Fuliji, in the vicinity of Xuxikou, a big town on the bank of Suishui Road, countless soldiers were gathering here!
On the Suishui Wharf outside Xuxikou Town, a fleet of three or four hundred boats has already gathered.These boats have been reinforced, and the boats are filled with crossbows, side cards, and muskets, and selected boatmen who often travel to and from the Huai River, Sui River, and Hui River.Prepare to ship Huai army soldiers, take advantage of the rainy and high water in summer, go down the river from here, go straight to the north of Fuliji, and cut off the retreat of the Qing army that broke into Fuliji.

Zhou Chang and Luo Dawei were leading their own soldiers along the embankment of the Suishui River, inspecting the fleet full of Huai army soldiers and all kinds of water and land warfare equipment.

The fire that was just extinguished by the Qing army was the signal for them to board the ship and enter the army!

And whether the Huaixi soldiers gathered here in Xuxikou can achieve a counterattack in life and regain the glory of their ancestors depends on whether the battle in front of us is completed and the new Ming Dynasty will have their share in the future. It is the "original soldier" of the new Ming Dynasty - the soldier holding the "original stock" of the new Ming Dynasty!
After Xin Da Ming officially "lists", they will post it!

If this battle is not fought well, everything will be like a dreamy cloud of smoke, which will be regretted for several lifetimes!
The difference between fighting well and not fighting well, the leaders of those "group armies" (a certain group training army) have explained clearly to the children below, what kind of life they will live for the rest of their lives and their children and grandchildren will depend on this battle !
Whether it's glory and wealth, or whether life is better than death, it depends on whether they are willing to risk their lives to fight for it!

Of course, they got all the desperate "down payment", white flowers and heavy money. After finishing it, there will be more in the future!
And when these Huaixi groups bravely left the "market town" where they settled down and embarked on a journey, their parents, wives and children all looked forward to them most earnestly. If they won the battle, the hard times for the family members would come to an end!
Thinking of all the benefits after winning the battle, these Huaixi warriors felt as if they had been beaten with chicken blood!

Seeing Zhou Chang and Luo Dawei pass by the shore, they uttered the loudest cry: "Expel the Tartars and restore Ming Dynasty!"

Well, this Daming has shares from their Huaixi people. It must be restored!
Sensing the high morale of these Huaixi soldiers in front of him, Zhou Chang was very satisfied, turned his head and said to Luo Dawei: "Brother Cheng, the men in Huaixi are indeed the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and this battle depends entirely on the Huai soldiers!"

Luo Dawei nodded heavily: "Military commander, don't worry. The Huai people will not fall, and the Ming Dynasty will not perish! The Ming Dynasty treats my Huaixi children very well. Today, the Huaixi children should die to serve the country and I have a lot of handsome men in Huaixi. In order to restore the Ming Dynasty, They are all fearless of death!"

In fact, the Huaishang boys didn't show much when Daming was about to end the last time, but when they lost Daming, the country that Huaixi's predecessors conquered, they realized. Without Daming, they will suffer even more!

And when another new Ming Dynasty was placed in front of them, and they were allowed to "take shares", the wealth effect of the previous wave of Huaixi nobles and heroes immediately made their blood boil.

Zhou Chang nodded in satisfaction: "Brother Cheng, it's almost time. Let's go!"

"Okay!" Luo Dawei immediately opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Send troops. Kill the Tartars!"

"Send troops! Kill the Tartars"

"Kill the Tartars and make achievements!"

"Kill the enemy and make meritorious service!"

Carnival-like shouts erupted on the river near Xuxikou!

"Come on, hurry up and kill the Tartars, and be a hero!"

"Hurry up, don't let the tartar get away!"

"Quickly, quickly, we must arrive at Suishui tonight!"

"The whole army is lightly armed, except for armor, weapons, and dry food, nothing else is needed, and meritorious service is important!"

"Make meritorious service! Make meritorious service! Make meritorious service."

Similar cheers sounded one after another on the road between the south bank of Suishui and Suzhou.

Tens of thousands of Huaixi warriors wearing only commoner clothes and red scarves on their heads are also rushing to the battlefield with the greatest enthusiasm!

The smoke and dust that Gerstai and the others saw were actually made by them——Wang Datou is not bluffing at all, he is not lying at all!

Although he didn't bring many troops this time, he brought a full 100 million taels of silver to the north. This is 100 million taels of sincerity!
A regiment trains soldiers to three taels, and a senior to ten taels, that's true!
After giving, draw big cakes and send "options"!
Even if Daming "couldn't go on the market" in the end, the Huaixi regiment bravely got twice as much money as the Green Camp soldiers on the opposite side.

Moreover, the purchasing power of silver in the countryside of Huaixi is very strong, three taels of silver a month is enough for the whole family to eat and drink well.If anyone's young man has this income, the matchmaker who proposes marriage can break the threshold.

As for regaining the glory of the ancestors after making meritorious service, that is also true!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered many nobles in Huaixi back then, it was a struggle for power and profit at the top level, which had little influence on the small heroes in Huaixi at the middle and lower levels.For the middle and lower classes, it would be really nice to have a command envoy, a thousand households, a hundred households, etc., and pass it on to their children and grandchildren. Compared with these declining Huaixi children now, it is simply heaven.

So after they got the money, they really believed it. This is not the first time, there is no reason not to believe it!

This is an army that has faith and knows who to fight for!

Although the equipment of this army is really not good, except for the "old regiment trainers" who act as the backbone, everyone else only has spears, crossbows, red scarves, commoner clothes, and straw sandals, but their morale is higher than anyone else.

When rushing to the battlefield, there was no need to urge or mobilize, and they all let go and ran fast!

And there are still a lot of them, but not only the "Group Army" in Huaibei, but also the newly established battalions south of the Huaihe River, and even the "Three Battalions of Wei, Yong, and Meng" in Tianchang County near Yangzhou followed them. The bosses Chang Wei, Chang Yong, and Chang Meng rushed over.

In the evening of that day, on the north bank of Suishui South Road, the tentative battle between the two sides had already started.

Gestai knew Wu Yingqi’s achievements in blocking the bridgehead with a phalanx during the Battle of Southern Sichuan, so he didn’t let his men forcefully charge the pontoon bridge, but instead sent horse-riding bird spearmen to shoot at the Ming army on the opposite bank to attract their attention. At the same time, they sent out cavalry to go west along the Sui River, looking for a shallow ford.

Sui Shui is not a big river in the south, the water depth is limited, and there are many places for wading, as long as one is found, Wang Datou can break the situation that he is defending by the river.

At that time, tens of thousands of Banners' iron cavalry will cross the river to kill Suzhou. Can the big head surnamed Wang be undefeated?
When he was thinking about how to attack Suzhou, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in a hurry, and when he turned his head, he found a few vest soldiers running towards him like crazy!
What's wrong with this?

A sense of ominousness welled up in Gerstai's heart.At this moment, those vests had already rushed nearby and were blocked by his personal soldier Goshha.The leader announced loudly on his horseback as soon as he rode: "There are hundreds of rebel warships found in the upper reaches of the river!"

"what?"

Gerstal was taken aback.

Sui Shui is not the Yangtze River or the Huai River, so there can still be naval forces?
Where did these sailors come from?Could it be the ambush arranged by Wang Datou in advance?

The thought of ambush made him a little scared.

There was an ambush, which meant that it was not he who attacked Wang Datou in this battle at all, but Wang Datou was setting an ambush to get him.He is not the hunter at all, but the prey.

If you are prey, you should run away quickly!

But running. I'm afraid it's not that easy, right?

The enemy will definitely pursue him, and may set up an ambush on his retreat. In addition, the pontoon bridge to the north of Fuliji may be broken by enemy warships soon, so a considerable part of the army may be lost in Fuliji.

These are the best Eight Banners vests!
And if the Eight Banners vests suffered a disastrous defeat in front of the Huaixi people, would all the Huaixi people turn to Wang Datou?And Xuzhou's Shang Kejiao and Nian Yaling will turn against each other?

As soon as these thoughts gathered in his mind, he made a decision - can't run!Although he is the prey now, he is not an ordinary prey, but a very ferocious Eight Banners prey. The enemy may not be... no, it is definitely impossible to take him down.

So he should stick to it and wait for help, and then come to bloom in the middle, cooperate with the follow-up Mu Zhan brigade, and give Wang Datou a little powerful look.

Thinking of this, he issued an order loudly: "Withdraw Fu Liji!"

"Zhongtang, the old guy Gestai has withdrawn! It seems that he has withdrawn the Fu Liji"

On the south bank of the Suishui River, Li Zhongshan, who was riding his horse and pretending to be Zhang Fei with his spear horizontally, suddenly heard the shout of Wang Quan, the general of the Shanzi Battalion who was standing next to him on a watch cart, and his heart was finally at ease.

All he wants now is to bring Gerstai closer to Fuliji. As long as Gerstai enters, then he is not far from death.

Because the Huai army owned by Li Zhongshan at this time is not a powerful force that can really be deployed to fight.

It is very difficult to form an army into a large formation. Without long-term training and running-in, the team will not be able to form a formation at all. If it is forced to form a formation, it will be stupid and inflexible, and it is easy to be stunned by the opponent.

In contrast, building fortifications and besieging cities to fight positional warfare is much simpler.It's nothing more than the number of casualties. Anyway, Li Zhongshan has plenty of people now, so he can spare no expense in casualties and the consumption of the Qing army!
(End of this chapter)