Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 261 A generation of heroes sadly fell into the Dabie Mountains

The Dabie Mountains have abundant rainfall all year round because the mountains block the southeast monsoon.

As night fell, it began to rain heavily again.

Everyone looked for places to hide.

The caves, trees, and boulders were all crowded with people. If you really can't find a place, you can only curl up in a ball silently with a bamboo hat.

Even in summer, people can die of hypothermia if exposed to rain for a long time.

Leader Hong replied:
"Has the ambush location been chosen?"

An old brother replied:
"You've chosen. When the time comes, there will be a wall in front, and the hills on both sides will rush down. Fight with the officers and soldiers with big blades."

Everyone nodded silently. In this weather, only big blades were left. There's a gunpowder boom! The bowstring is soaked!
In addition, the mountain roads are rugged, making it impossible for officers and soldiers to carry artillery.

And he was hunted all the way and never dared to look back and fight to the death. The officers and soldiers were so arrogant that they would never have imagined that they would dare to fight back.

Agui looked at it and laughed three times.

Zhang Jiulao's troops were in front, and Chengdu's deputy capital Tong Qizheng's troops were behind. The two troops were about 20 miles apart.

"Oh, I want to find foreign aid from Jiangnan. The rebels in the world are one family."

Everyone worked hard all night and did not dare to withdraw. The ambush is to see who has the patience.

Who dares to eat the rice from the bowl and smash everyone's pot? Don’t blame everyone for not recognizing the friendship!
The industry atmosphere must be maintained by everyone. Don’t do that short-sighted thing and ruin the industry.

The soldiers trudged silently on the muddy road, very tired.

A bandit can be rewarded for his head of 5 taels.

After a while, he moved to the depths of the cave, woke up a believer who had been a Caoding priest in Hubei Province, and asked softly:
"How far is it from Jiangning?"

Sima Shang regretted it very much and looked at the sleeping believers around him with disgust.

But for the sake of the silver reward, I’d better stick to it.

In the front are the Green Camp soldiers killing thieves, and in the back are the Eight Banners soldiers looking for the common people to show off the power of God.

He was a Jinshi, a former fourth-grade official, but he was coerced into following these villagers to start a rebellion and build some bullshit holy country.

The next morning, a large group of officers and soldiers appeared.

If you put it in the history books, it would only be enough for 10 words.

In the afternoon of the next day, the ambush was in place.

The man who was woken up by the touch was about to get angry when he saw half a piece of dry biscuit.

It was pouring rain outside, and the people in the cave ate something silently, then closed their eyes and rested.

……

He secretly praised the two generals Zhang Jiulao and Qi Zheng as both outstanding men, and he would seriously promote them after the war.

Not to mention comparable to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, even inferior to Jinchuan Bu who is riding a horse.

Of course, this ratio must be tightly controlled.

No one disputed this.

……

General Fuyuan was very generous. Occasionally, the heads of common people fell among the heads of religious bandits, and he did not investigate carefully.

The leader was Wuchang Green Camp garrison Zhang Jiulao, with more than 2000 people.

The two parties have been cooperating for a long time and their relationship has become increasingly harmonious. In the military newspaper, Qi Zheng even wrote, "The cooperation between our two armies is so perfect that it cannot be improved upon."

For some unknown reason, Master Hong actually took the initiative to join the war. His figure actually improved the morale of the believers ambushing on the hillside.

The glory was short-lived. Within half a year, the good days returned to their original shape.

He quickly took it and said while eating:
"Go all the way south, see the Yangtze River, then cross the river, and then walk all the way down the Yangtze River. It will take about 400 miles."

The head reward silver earned is divided into 7%. The green camp soldiers get 3, and the Eight Banners soldiers get , which is very reasonable.

No officers or soldiers showed up that day.

"Brothers, work harder. The rewards for everyone on this trip are quite high."

"Lord Sima, why do you ask this?"

……

Still a short-lived official.

Currently, the default is no more than 1%!
No one knows who acquiesced, but rules are rules and everyone must abide by them.

When passing by the city and asking for grain, rice, meat and vegetables, the gentry and local officials did not dare to bargain. If I say I’ll eat 10 pigs for you, then I’ll eat 10 pigs. If a pig's trotter dares to be missing, the Eight Banners Master will kill someone on the spot.

The green camp soldiers are in front and the Eight Banners masters are behind. This shows the order of superiority and inferiority.

This phenomenon may seem funny, but it is actually very serious.

Escape all the way from Wuhan Prefecture to the Dabie Mountains, a journey of hundreds of miles, so tiring.

Moreover, with the testimony of the Eight Banners soldiers, the subordinate officials would never dare to make things difficult when receiving the silver reward.

At this point, he doesn't even want to take credit for himself.

It’s reached the top and there’s no way to move up.

I just want to earn more military merits and support my disciples, old officials, and trusted generals.

Only after a hundred years have passed, will future generations have endless blessings.

Although the people of the Qing Dynasty were dark, there were some aspects in which no one dared to risk the disapproval of the world. For example: the friendship of classmates and the same age, the kindness of teachers and the trust of future generations.

You have to do it even if you hold your nose, otherwise you will become a public enemy if word spreads!

……

"Leader, let's fight?"

A few old brothers came over and spoke softly.

4000 vs. 2000, another pure cold weapon battle, the advantage lies with me!

Hong Dachang nodded, and someone beside him immediately whistled.

Several rows of people immediately stood up on the hillsides on both sides and threw stones fiercely.

Zhongfu!

Zhang Jiulao immediately dismounted and grabbed a shield.

He witnessed with his own eyes that a Green Camp soldier next to him was hit on the head, blood spattered, and he fell unconscious on the spot.

"The cult bandits have an ambush."

"Enemy attack, enemy attack."

The green battalion soldiers were in confusion for a long time before they managed to form a chaotic formation, looking at the bandits rushing down from all over the mountains and plains in horror.

"You, ride on your horse and go to Dutong to ask for reinforcements. Tell him that all the cult bandits are here, including the bandit leader."

"Yes."

A green camp soldier took Zhang Jiulao's horse, leaned out of the ambush, and disappeared into the valley's bend along the way he came.

When Bai Lian saw him, he thought he was a coward running for his life and did not pursue him.

This is the difference between the regular army and the rebel army.

If Zhang Liyong was present, he would definitely guess that they were looking for reinforcements, and there would probably be the enemy's main force behind them.

……

Fighting with cold weapons, nothing fancy.

Thousands of people were strangled in the valley, blood splattered.

After less than half an hour, the Green Camp soldiers could no longer hold on and suffered more than half of their casualties. The remnants were relying on the shield formation, shrinking into a ball.

Neither side had long-range weapons, so the fight was very difficult.

On the hillside, a tattered bright yellow flag is the last dignity of Master Hong.

He looked anxiously:
"Kill, kill in.

However, the believers, who had been running for their lives for days and lacked food and sleep, were at the end of their rope and could not organize a decent offensive to break the formation.

The battle fell into a stalemate, and Bai Lian surrounded him from all sides, besieging the "officer and soldier turtle shell" in the middle.

The spear poked hard at the shield looking for gaps.

Stones flew through the air from time to time, and if they were hit, their heads would be badly bruised.

The novices pecked each other and fought for an hour and a half. There were less than 1 survivors of the green camp soldiers in the circle.

……

Amidst the continuous fighting sounds,

Guard Zhang Jiulao suddenly realized:
It turns out that I have been working as a "Suicide Squad" and a "Pawn Crossing the River". It was just my luck that I was upgraded to 4 levels in a row.

It’s an easy battle to fight and easy to accomplish, so how could it be my turn?

Only if others think they will die in a battle, will they let themselves fight!
If you want to get ahead, you have to bet your life! There's nothing wrong with that. But he had obviously won the bet once (the battle of Guishan Fort), and it leaked out from the seam of Lord Yama's hand, but he did not wake up.

God can't always favor him. This time he finally ran out of luck.

He held the sword in his hand and his mouth was filled with bitterness.

From time to time, he would check the enemy's situation through the gaps in the shield, his voice hoarse:

"Brothers, prepare to break out."

"Sir, there are too many bandits, I'm afraid they won't be able to get out! Should we just stick around and wait for help?"

"There will be no reinforcements. The reinforcements crawled over just 20 miles away. The Eight Banners soldiers gave up on us."

……

4 mile away,

Qizheng arrived with his troops and stopped here.

The Green Camp soldiers asking for help have been pleading:
"Lord Mandarin, send your troops quickly. Our brothers will definitely not be able to hold on any longer."

"No rush, just wait."

"If you wait any longer, everyone will die."

Snap, Qizheng slapped him in the face and looked at him coldly.

"Take it down." After another moment of burning incense, the scout came back.

Brought back good news:

"Du Tong, the traitor is real. There is a bright yellow flag on the hillside."

"Great, pass on the order. Anyone who captures the traitor Hong Dachang will be promoted to level 3 and will be rewarded with 1000 taels of silver. If the body is obtained, the reward will be halved."

"Whoo."

The Eight Banners soldiers were very excited and immediately took a detour to outflank them.

Not active in grabbing credit, there is something wrong with your thinking!
Qi Zheng thought very clearly. It didn't matter if some bandits ran away. Without a leader, these people would slowly disappear among the people.

The thief chief is the most dazzling credit!

Therefore, several small groups of capable troops were carefully mobilized to block several necessary roads around them.

As for the life and death of the Green Camp soldiers, what does it have to do with our banner people?

……

Another half hour.

The turtle shell array could no longer be defended, and Zhang Jiulao was stabbed twice.

Looking at the densely packed enemies in despair, he shouted:
"Zhang Jiulao, a man from Huangpi, Hubei Province who was guarding the Green Camp in Wuchang of the Qing Dynasty, died here in battle today."

"kill!"

The remaining 100 people followed him and launched a helpless and tragic charge, hoping to pick up a few backers. The ending is self-evident!

Hong Dachang looked at this scene and shook his head:
"He is a warrior. Why are you so devoted to serving the Tatar Emperor?"

"Sue~"

Before he finished speaking, a cold arrow flew over and nailed his shoulder.

The Eight Banners soldiers under Qizheng were marching in the rainy mountainous area, and they still kept a few bow strings with oil paper close to their bodies.

In line with the principle of never letting go of a rabbit or an eagle, when seeing the bright yellow flag and Master Hong standing solemnly in command, the sharp archer quietly retreated and strung his bow in a hidden place.

A stiff bow of one and a half stones, equipped with barbed arrows.

Kill the thief chief with one arrow!

……

The white-flag Xiao Riding School who released the arrow showed a happy smile. He had secured the credit for assisting in the attack in advance.

No matter who gets the head of the thief chieftain in the end, he must be given a small share of the military merit.

No problem upgrading!

After taking the reward money, I can build two more tile houses and have a room for a concubine.

He took out an arrow from the quiver, pulled and released it, and steadily shot over the believers who were charging at him with a sword. The process is smooth and smooth, with violent aesthetics!

The companions all charged. They had not yet received military honors and did not dare to neglect.

But to him, it doesn't matter.

He slowly walked up to the arrow-stricken soldier, wanting to torture his prey.

Step on his head and shake the arrow shaft.

Blood surged from the wound, and the screams were heartbreaking.

He did this partly because he wanted to torture the prey, and partly because he wanted to pull out this armor-piercing three-edged arrow.

The arrow wound was in the abdomen, where there were no bones.

In addition, this person was not wearing armor, so the arrows could probably be reused.

His judgment was correct. He pulled out the arrow and took a look. The arrow was intact and not deformed.

It can still be used after washing!
The normal price of an arrow of good quality is about 3 cents of silver. His arrow is a steel arrow, which may be a little more expensive, about 4 cents of silver.

In other words: the price of this arrow can be exchanged for 3 pounds of white rice.

……

Bai Lian was defeated.

The whole line collapsed, the life or death of the leader was uncertain, and the Eight Banners soldiers were shouting for death from all sides.

It was still more than half an hour before sunset, and the battlefield was already one-sided.

Sima Shang was smart and left Master Hong and his party immediately.

On the way, a few guards with good connections were kidnapped.

"The leader is dead. Follow me and escape."

Seeing that everyone was stunned, he cursed again:

"Have you forgotten? I have been a Jinshi and a magistrate. I have connections. You escorted me to a safe place. You will be my personal followers from now on."

"well."

As a result, he obtained several guards.

Go into the woods first and avoid crowded areas.

Hong Dachang was not so lucky. He became the most dazzling star in the Dabie Mountains.

Countless people are chasing after him for the sake of military exploits.

Promotion to level 3, 500 taels of silver. Who can refuse this incredible wealth?

The Eight Banners soldiers were all as fierce as tigers in the mountains, biting and refusing to let go.

……

What's worse is that the barbed arrow cannot be pulled out at all.

Even though the arrow shaft was cut off, there was still blood flowing wildly along the way.

There are fewer and fewer loyal believers around Hong Dachang, and he has realized that death is calling him.

"Leader, there is no way ahead."

A cliff suddenly appeared in front of us, and it was bottomless.

The Eight Banners soldiers climbed up slowly, smiling happily.

"Surrender, I promise to give you a good meal before beheading you."

Hong Dachang held the sword and said tremblingly:
"Brothers, what should we do?"

An old believer in his 50s suddenly walked up to him:
"Master, do you believe in Maitreya?"

"I, I believe it."

In fact, Hong Dachang didn't know what he was answering. The great fear of death enveloped his whole body, and all reactions were mechanical.

The old believer with white hair and white beard suddenly laughed:
"Leader, lead us to fight against the dog Tatars for the last time. White lotus for one day, white lotus for eternity."

"Okay, okay." Hong Dachang still answered mechanically.

……

"Leader, you have also drawn your sharp sword from its scabbard and answered hundreds of calls. Now that things have happened, why do you fear death?"

The old believer's roar suddenly awakened Hong Dachang.

He suddenly woke up and muttered to himself:
"Yes, I once swept across Jingxiang with a three-foot sword in my hand. What do I fear?"

His voice gradually became louder, and he finally regained his former composure.

He looked around at everyone and said with a smile:

"Brothers, follow me and kill the Tatars. Do not leave my body to the Tatars."

All the believers shouted in unison: "Believe in the White Lotus and you will have eternal life."

The two sides fought fiercely together, slashing with swords and axes, and no one wanted to retreat.

Hong Dachang was seriously injured and was bleeding from the spear.

In a daze, he saw himself being dragged to the edge of the cliff by his subordinates, and then he saw those ferocious Tatars actually stopped. They all had panic expressions and didn't know what they were shouting. There were even Tatars who knelt down towards him. .

Maybe he really is the True Dragon Emperor!
His vision gradually darkened, and Hong Dachang felt that his whole body was suddenly floating, and the world fell into darkness.

……

A group of Eight Banners soldiers were lying on the edge of the cliff, crying with tears streaming down their faces, beating the moon and stamping their feet, as if they were mourning an heir.

"No more, the credit I got is gone."

"Good Bai Lian, why did you jump off the cliff? Come back. I even knelt down for you, and you jumped off the cliff while riding a horse."

sunset,

Everyone was in low spirits and went back to the camp dejectedly to eat wine and meat.

Tomorrow we will all go out and detour dozens of miles to find the body at the bottom of the cliff, praying that the beasts in the mountain will not cut off the body.

Qi Zheng wrote a victory report to General Fuyuan under candlelight.

Set off from Chengdu and expedition to Hubei.

This campaign has finally come to a perfect end today.

Next comes the happy part of reporting merit.

In the book reporting the victory, he mentioned it in an understatement: Zhang Jiulao was guarding and died in an ambush.

9 words!

The final conclusion.

The court provided compensation as usual, nothing more.

According to the usual practice, he will probably be awarded the title of guerrilla posthumously. The dead are the most important, and those guys from the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War have always been tolerant towards the dead.

really,

Agui, who was far away in Jiujiang, was overjoyed when he received the news and immediately drafted a report.

But when he wrote the list of pensioners, he hesitated.

Changed "Guard Zhang Jiulao, died in an ambush" to "Guarded Zhang Jiulao, died in a fierce battle."

Still 9 characters!

(End of this chapter)