Win the Ding 1617

In February of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Just past the dragon looked up.Although the solar terms in Guangdong have begun to rise, the temperature is still a bit chilly. (Nonsense! How can Guangdong be cold!? Don’t call me nonsense. It’s snowing heavily in Guangdong at this time, so it’s normal to be a little cold.)

Just when the Shaanxi Peasant Army headed by Gao Yingxiang and King Gao Chuang either forcibly crossed the Yellow River south, or crossed the Qinling Mountains and entered Sichuan, they officially unveiled their career as bandits across the Jianghuai River and Han Dynasty. While accusing each other of insults, Chen Tianhua's team was marching quickly on an almost deserted road in Xin'an County, Guangdong Province.

"The dragon dives into the cape for fear of frightening the sky, and sneaks into the abyss for the time being. Waiting for the gathering of wind and clouds, soaring into the world to determine the universe."

Sitting on a tall horse with a shiny coat, looking at the team winding on the official road, he couldn't stop singing the poem "Qijue".Although the rhymes and words are not so neat, there is a sense of heroism between the lines.

He read it several times in Hakka dialect, looked at the marching team in front of him and behind him, and the sweaty faces from the long-distance march, Chen Tianhua couldn't help thinking of the famous song "Che Linlin, Ma Xiaoxiao, pedestrians have bows and arrows at their waists!"

However, compared with the verses just now, this verse lacks that heroism.

The previous poem was written by Shou Han that day.To be precise, it is to plagiarize other people's works when everyone has the intention of persuading them.

That day, Hu Si Chengxuan He Qibao asked him if he would set up a new name for the financial expenditure of Hu Si, and when he went north to expand the territory, Shou Han almost agreed. [

However, he still forcibly suppressed his impulse in the eyes of everyone who were looking forward to, surprised, or blank.

"No need. Just open an expense account for Beishang to put down the 'chaos'. The insufficient part, according to the old rules, will be paid in advance from the inner mansion first, and will be written off after verification at the end of the year or three festivals!"

"But! The Central Plains is already in chaos. Why, my lord, don't you want a brigade of volunteers to punish the people for their crimes? Save the people from the fire?"

Under the pressure of everyone present, on the one hand, it was to show their hearts and prove that they did not have the idea of ​​competing in the Central Plains and changing the dynasty. The people in the room blow the wind in advance, so as not to be unable to make a turn when the time comes; Shou Han once again sacrificed the magic weapon of crossing the crowd and plagiarized other people's works.

But who is better to plagiarize?Basically don't think about people before the Ming Dynasty, and plagiarism can only be done after the Qing Dynasty.However, it seems that the Qing Dynasty could not find bold and domineering poems at all.After much deliberation, it seems that only Yuan Datou's "Kai Xuan Ping Beidou, I feel too low" has so much meaning.well!Damn it, can it be said that the son of the fourth master who has a high exposure rate on the screen, who claims to be the master of the old man Shiquan, picks out a sentence from tens of thousands of imperial poems? It's a pity that Li Shouhan is not Wang Yuyan. There are so many things, if you ask him to talk about Shulaibao, Zhuzhici, Shibuxian, cross talk, drums and other literary and artistic varieties with the characteristics of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty, he can tell a few more, which are like a king. Angry, it seems that apart from the few songs of "Chairman", I really regret that I have read less!

Eh?It suddenly occurred to me that there is a person whose poems can be plagiarized generously!It is the poem of Hong Xiuquan, a Hakka in Hua County, Guangdong!

Therefore, Shou Han generously recited the jingle that Hong Tianwang used to encourage himself when he failed in the rank in public.Immediately, the eyes of all the civil and military people present were brightened.

It turns out that the lord does not intend to change the dynasty in the Central Plains, but feels that the time is not mature enough, and our strength is not strong enough!There is a saying that the lord is worried about the subject, humiliating the lord and humiliating the subject to death. Since the lord thinks that we are not strong enough, then, as subordinates, we should complete these things for him!

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the ordinary people in Nanzhong were still intoxicated in the atmosphere of the New Year, and still a little drunk from the aroma of wine and meat, the Nanzhong Army's crusade against the Mo family had already begun.

The army to crusade against the Mo family was led by Xu Huanshan, the commander of the right wing of the navy, and set off from Ha Tinh, the old base of the South China Army, all the way to the west. , that is, Thang Long, the former home of the Zheng family. After conquering Thang Long, Shou Han changed the name to Hanoi, which everyone is familiar with and can accept.The troops have grown from five battalions at the start to as many as fifteen battalions.

"Just less artillery!" Xu Huanshan, who was a little greedy, looked at those young people who were carrying mourning guns and extinct knives, with excited expressions on their young faces, all of whom were young people who yearned for military achievements. , couldn't help but let out a heartfelt admiration.

These conscripts were recruited from all over the country in accordance with the principle of one armor and one soldier. They were all selected strong and strong men. When they were in their hometown, they had received at least two months of training every year during the slack season, and they were left on the military register. Most of the people with their own names have also participated in battles with nearby indigenous people, and they are not unfamiliar with combat.Under the leadership of the armor commander and the team officer, they know how to use the weapons in their hands, how to fight in accordance with the requirements of military discipline, and how to protect the lives of themselves and their comrades on the battlefield.

Xu Huanshan took out the combat order issued by Shou Han, and in the name of the Military Division and the Nanzhong Army Battalion Office, assigned their artillery team to their own combat order from the garrison stationed in Hanoi.

"It's also a matter of peace for you in Shenglong City. Instead of eating and doing things here all day long, it's better to join us in killing the enemy and making meritorious service. Don't worry, when the time comes, you will be the first in the credit book for conquering Qinghua. The artillery!"

Seeing the four cron guns, six mortar guns, and twelve cannons weighing more than eight pounds being drawn into the camp by oxen and horses, Xu Huanshan couldn't help but patted the shoulder of the battalion officer of the artillery team with a big grin. [

"We will never treat you badly!"

"Brothers all want to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. I hope you will give me a chance so that everyone can get what they want!"

"No problem! I've decided on the seal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Ming Annan! I got this seal, and you all have contributed!"

Nearly 2 troops marched westward, and besides the combat troops, there were also tens of thousands of support personnel along the way, like a huge dragon rolling up a monstrous flood, sweeping westward, its momentum seemed to sweep everything away. Everything in the way is swallowed up.

In the face of strong military pressure, almost no one resisted in the large and small villages and towns in the Mo family's territory. Called for surrender.

What's more, they went directly to the branch of the Hanyuan firm in the city to get a flag and hung it on the top of the city.Then firecrackers blared in the city, announcing that he was no longer a member of the Mo family.

"Is this a war?" A mobilized soldier was carrying a spear in the marching column, looking at the officials who were kneeling at the gate of the city holding seals, population account books, and treasury keys in the distance, very puzzled. "How is it easier than the training at home? Every day is marching, small rest, marching, big rest, marching, eating, and then marching and camping?"

The armor chief next to him carved the name of the town on the barrel of the Zangmen gun with a hand knife, and trained the recruit with a tiger's face.

"What do you know? The easier it is to fight at the beginning, the harder it is to fight in the end! This is the enemy's shrinking force, making us lose our vigilance and arrogance, and it is inevitable that they will ambush us somewhere or something. !"

What Chief Jia can think of, naturally the commanders of the Left Army can also think of it.Therefore, the daily marching route map is drawn more and more carefully. Every mountain, every forest, and every gully will be clearly marked on the map by scouts. The ups and downs of a mountain, and the rugged mountain road that is the easiest to set up, are all depicted on the map.

That's it, Xu Huanshan still feared that he would be ambushed by the Mo's army, so he sent out a large number of scouts every day when he was marching, and they were all experienced veterans.Conduct reconnaissance and sentry at least three or five miles apart from the front, back, left, and right sides of the marching team to prevent being ambushed by the Mo's army.

"Then you will have big eyes, and it will be a big joke!"

In his Chinese army account, he explained this sentence to the battalion officers more than once.

The smoother the progress, without encountering resistance at all, the more people feel that there are dangers and dangers ahead, and there is a huge trap and conspiracy waiting for them with their mouths open.

Therefore, they marched fifty miles a day, and immediately after arriving at the camp, according to the geographical situation provided by the scouts, they set up camps according to the terrain.A series of ditches were excavated according to the standard of five feet deep and six feet wide. Behind the ditches, earth walls were built with the excavated soil. On the earth walls, fences were erected with felled trees and artillery emplacements were installed. and bullet holes.

An access passage is reserved between the earth wall and the trench, but the passage across the trench is not directly facing the exit of the earth wall, and there is a slight deviation.On both sides of the entrance and exit of the earth wall, there are artillery positions of the Dafolang machine, and the slanted muzzle can just block the exit with the dense rain of graupel.

And behind such ditches and earthen walls, there is another ditch and earthen wall.

The huge amount of engineering and earthwork amazed the natives along the way.However, in front of the Nanzhong Army carrying a large number of tools made of wrought iron and nine-turn steel, everything seemed to be very easy.The accompanying auxiliary troops, oh, are mainly civilian men and transport soldiers digging soil or ramming earth walls on the white line painted with lime, and they are extremely busy.Some of the more courageous natives stepped forward and asked if they could work for the army, dig soil and build walls here, and earn some wages?

The soldiers who were worried about the tight schedule and insufficient manpower were unwilling to see someone coming to find a job?Picking the unimportant place, the work that needs to be sweated, plans the location, and assigns the task.

On the road from Hanoi to Thanh Hoa, such camps were set up one after another. Every day, the rear team changed to the squadron, the squadron changed to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team. Rolling marches to prevent the enemy from being caught off guard in unexpected places Give yourself a sudden come so all of a sudden!

Seeing that the road from Qinghua is getting closer and closer, and the places that may be ambushed have been left behind one by one, and some of the too important passes have been sent by the South Central Army to stay there to prevent them from attacking. was cut off. "What is this old man Mo planning?"

Xu Huanshan used a ruler to measure the distance from Thanh Hoa on the map, and then heard the scouts ask the natives captured from the local area about the distance from Thanh Hoa. I have more than ten thousand people.

"My lord! Are you going to rely on the city, take advantage of our army's exhaustion from afar, rely on the fortified city to resist the siege army tenaciously, harass us on the way we came, and force our army to retreat? Then there will be another chase ?”

"At this time, there is no news in Tsinghua City. Those in the investigation room and statistics room in the weekdays are playing tricks one by one, but at this time, they are all gone! My lord spends an unknown amount of silver dollars every year. He Tongbao supplies them, but at this time, they can't count on them all!"

The army marched towards Qinghua City in anxiety all the way, the closer they were to the city, the more nervous they became.I was afraid that there would be a sudden sound of cannon in an unexpected place, and the Mo family's army would come out from an unexpected direction.

However, the development of things in the world is often beyond people's expectations and does not depend on people's will.

When the vanguard set up camp less than [-] miles away from Tsinghua City, and was about to start attacking the last stronghold of the regime in Annan, something unexpected happened!

"what!"

In Xu Huanshan's Chinese army camp, when the messenger sent by forward Zhong Hanxiu reported the latest situation to Xu Huanshan, Xu Huanshan was about to go crazy!

"The Mo family in Qinghua City sent people out of the city to contact you, ready to offer the city to surrender?! Wrong letter, I will kill your head!"

"Not only your leader, I will kill, but also the head of your battalion officer Zhong Hanxiu, and the heads of his whole family, I will cut off for him!"

The courier was a captain of the guards under Zhong Hanxiu, the battalion officer who served as the forward, and he was the most experienced person on weekdays.At this moment, his face was full of helplessness and bewilderment.

"My lord, I believe that you opened it yourself. The situation ahead is like this. Mo Deling, an important minister of the Mo family, sent his son out of the city to contact him, saying that he has controlled Mo Jingkuan and others, and we only need to wait for our army to arrive in Qinghua Under the city, immediately open the city and surrender."

"If your lord is worried, you can take someone to have a look at Mo Deling's eldest son to see if it's him."

The development of this situation is like a master who is fully on guard and punches with all his strength, but the punch is empty. The opponent has no intention of fighting you at all, and the moment you punch, he falls to his knees. Earth, please forgive me!

How is this not discouraging?Especially when the whole army is not tense up, lest they are careless and be taken advantage of by their opponents?

"How many people know about this at this time?"

After calming down for a while, Xu Huanshan asked the chief armor who delivered the letter.

"My lord, the Zhong Ying officer knows that this is a serious matter, and he dare not let too many people know about it. First, he is afraid of leaking the news, and second, he is afraid of affecting the morale of our army. Therefore, in the forward camp, only three or five people know about it. .”

"Okay! Send the order! Order the rear team to quickly go to the Chinese army to take over the defense! After the rear army arrives, the Chinese army will immediately go to the city of Tsinghua tonight!"

When Xu Huanshan's [-] Chinese Army arrived at the foot of Qinghua City, looking at the jagged crenellations of the city wall in the distance, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

I'm afraid that the news I receive is a trick to surrender, just like Cao Cao was tricked into Puyang City by Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "My lord has never lost a battle since he started his army. I hope this time I won't set a precedent because of me!"

However, as a captain led seven riders and flew towards Tsinghua City holding high the banner of the Southern Central Army, the city gate was slowly opened and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered.

On the top of the city, the big flag with the word "Mo" still fluttering high was torn down from the flagpole three times and twice, and replaced with a huge white flag. !

The city gate opened, and a group of people came out.

The leader was Lord Mo Deling who went to the South China Army to borrow food that day to survive the famine brought by the locusts.

"The sinner must not order you to wait, the surrender is late, I hope to beg for atonement!"

Mo Deling said the words of atonement in his mouth, and waved his right hand forward decisively. A group of people who looked like domestic slaves and private soldiers escorted a group of well-dressed but unkempt people to the South Central Army before the battle.

"This generation is someone who intends to resist the Heavenly Soldiers. The criminal ministers have taken them down on their behalf. Please check one or two, my lord!"

"This person is Mo Jingkuan. As the commander-in-chief of Annan, he does not want to repay the favor of the great tomorrow, but tries to resist the heavenly soldiers."

Mo Jingkuan had met Xu Huanshan for several times. On that day, he went to Hanoi to accept the territory rewarded by the South China Army. As the commander who conquered Hanoi, Xu Huanshan had dealt with him before. He saw that this person was not a fake product. His son, wife, mother, and daughter were all tied up like fat pigs about to be slaughtered.

Behind them, a group of civil and military officials of the Mo family held the gold seal and royal letter of the Annan Metropolitan Commander, as well as a map of the mountains, rivers, geography and rivers in the Mo family's territory, expressing their formal surrender to the South China Army.

"Ugh!"

Originally thought that there would be a bloody battle, at least not less than the bloody and tragic battle in Hanoi, but unexpectedly, it turned out like this, and Xu Huanshan, who was so focused on making another contribution to himself, let out a long sigh.

On the 27th day of the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Mo Jingkuan, the commander of the Annan capital of the Mo family, was captured by his subordinate Mo Deling and others, and bound one of his family members to go out of Qinghua to surrender to the South China Army.So far, in Annan territory, there are groups other than the South China Army.The border goes straight to Guangxi, Yunnan and other places!

The news was sent to Hue by the fast horse, and then sent by the fast boat to Chen Tianhua, who was stationed on Hong Kong Island and was about to go to the hinterland of Guangdong.

"This guy! He is really a lucky general!"

Chen Tianhua didn't know whether it was envy or jealousy, or something else, so he read a sentence.

"Our troops will go to Xin'an County tomorrow! The left army has made great achievements, and our right army cannot be laughed at!"

Therefore, this team of less than 4000 people left more than a thousand people to guard the island, and the rest came along the Kowloon Peninsula to Xin'an County! (To be continued.)

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