The Sun Never Sets Great China

Although it was drizzling, the rain was very dense, covering the whole land in misty rain and mist, and drifting with the north wind, the cavalry team was quickly hidden.The bitter cold wind was still blowing, and the drizzle was still drifting. A team of more than 30 cavalrymen patrolled from north to south along the east bank of the canal.Their speed was not fast, and condensed raindrops fell from the coir raincoats they were wearing and the bamboo hats on their heads from time to time. Although the wind was cold and the rain was cold, none of them complained, and none of them moved around. Looking at it from afar , They are like a group of scarecrows on horseback.

Zhang Wenyuan looked back at his subordinates and was very satisfied with their performance.Although the military discipline of the Han army recruited by Dahari was lax, and most of the soldiers were lazy soldiers and ruffians, Zhang Wenyuan did not follow the crowd. Restraining the soldiers of other troops and stopping their behaviors of harassing the people, so he doesn't have many friends in the army, but he is very confident. He always believes that if the firearms are not counted, then the soldiers he trained can at least be comparable to those The elite troops of the famous Chinese Revolutionary Army and the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army fought a tie.

Zhang Wenyuan was thinking to himself, when suddenly he heard a soldier under his command shout: "Look, sir, how many figures are there!" Zhang Wenyuan looked along the soldier's fingers and saw a place a hundred feet away from his left hand. There are a few blurred figures, if you don't look carefully, you can't see them at all.He glanced at the soldier with satisfaction, and said, "Very good! Go back and credit you! Come with me!" After speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran towards those figures.Those people obviously also rode horses, but their horses were not as fast as war horses, and they also stopped when they heard Zhang Wenyuan's shout, so Zhang Wenyuan quickly caught up with them.

There were five people in total, all of them were wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats, their faces could not be seen clearly, and five carriages followed behind them.Zhang Wenyuan ordered his subordinates to draw out their waist knives and surround the five people. Then he urged his horse forward and asked, "Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going?" Hearing his unique voice, one of them took off the bamboo hat on his head , looked at Zhang Wenyuan and said, "What? Doesn't Zhang Guerrilla recognize me, Chen?" At this moment, Zhang Wenyuan finally saw the man's face clearly, and said, "It turned out to be Brother Chen. Now the war is in chaos, where are you going?" ah?"

The surname Chen smiled wryly and said in a low voice: "I can't help it! I can't ignore my business! You know that I sell everything. Now that the war is going on, although other businesses are not easy to do, the food is just a matter of time. It's getting tight! I'm going to buy food now, and I'm going to ship it back to Yangzhou City and sell it at a high price. To tell you the truth, I know that because of the increase in the number of people in Yangzhou City, you will run out of food very quickly. Now those in the city " "Refugees" have begun to eat people! Especially your army must not be short of food! Your general Dahari had to buy food at a high price because he was afraid that the army would have no food to eat. A lot of people died, so he has already transferred most of the troops outside the city back to the city! Zhang Guerrilla, I am helping you General Dahari to solve your problems!"

Hearing this, Zhang Wenyuan sighed secretly. Why didn't he know the current situation in Yangzhou City, so he echoed and said: "So that's the case! No wonder those Eight Banners Army cavalry who used to show off their power on weekdays have disappeared! It turns out that they were transferred back to the city I don’t know yet.” The man surnamed Chen said: “We are fighting now, and the Chinese Revolutionary Army is also short of food. General Dahari has issued a military order. If you send food to the Chinese Revolutionary Army, you will be an enemy. General Dahari was killed for the crime of collaborating with the enemy. I wanted to secretly go to the south to buy grain and sell it in Yangzhou, but I met Mr. Guerrilla. My lord learned that I did go to Yangzhou to sell grain. Please see the general in a few meetings Believe me for the sake of you! If the general doesn’t believe me, I’ll go back to Yangzhou right away, no, I’ll go back to Nanjing!” After speaking, he walked back.

Zhang Wenyuan knew what the man surnamed Chen meant. General Dahari had issued a military order that all those who could bring in grain would be robbed secretly for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, because he didn't have that much money to buy grain at a high price, but once the merchants could bring the grain He could not rob it so blatantly when it was safely transported to Yangzhou City. If he robbed it blatantly, a fool would only transport the grain to sell, and he would not be able to get the grain. The underground soldiers secretly robbed the grain halfway. He said that it was all the private actions of his soldiers. He must investigate the facts and deal with them strictly. The key is to check the facts and deal with them strictly.Wait a hundred and eighty years.

Hearing what the person surnamed Chen said, Zhang Wenyuan felt a little blushed at his boss's shameless behavior. Zhang Wenyuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Slow! You said that the Chinese Revolutionary Army is also short of food? Oh, then, who knows that you are selling food?" I don't know if what you said is true, but I must send you to the camp and ask General Dahari to send you down. If what you said is true, then maybe General Dahari can spare your life , and maybe you will be rewarded! In this case, I will send ten soldiers to take you to the camp." After speaking, he turned his head and ordered the soldiers to do the same, ignoring the man's pleading.

When his subordinates took away the man with the bitter face and his entourage, Zhang Wenyuan decided to dive to the other side in person, carefully inquire about the reality of the other party, and see if what the man said was true.Fortunately, the cavalry on the other side had long since disappeared, so Zhang Wenyuan and his men successfully found a small fishing boat and crossed the canal.When Zhang Wenyuan was crossing the river, the grain merchant was trying to bribe Zhang Wenyuan's ten subordinates.He took out 50 taels of silver from the package, handed it to one of the soldiers, and said, "Brothers have worked hard! This is my little idea, and it is not a respect. Please accept it." The soldier glanced at the silver, There was light in their eyes. Although they were veterans who followed Zhang Wenyuan, they paid more than those recruits who had never seen military pay, but after all, they hadn't seen military pay for more than half a year. The money is really tempting!But then he remembered the rules set by Zhang Wenyuan, so he had to swallow his mouth and said: "We have ordered the general to be deadly. We will not accept any money from people with unknown origins and purposes. Beat with twenty military sticks, or beheaded! You are a prisoner under our escort, do you want us to let you go? You still have to give up! We can’t take this money!”

The expression on the man's face darkened, but then he returned to the businessman's iconic smiling face, and said, "Look at what you said, this is really a little bit of my heart, could it be that the military master thinks the money is too little? It doesn't matter, I'm here There are still 50 taels of silver, please accept it with a smile!" After speaking, he ordered his followers to take out 50 taels of silver.The ten soldiers looked at each other for a while, and the leader finally gritted his teeth, reached out to take the silver, and said, "Then thank you, shopkeeper Chen! By the way, I don't know what shopkeeper Chen is called? Where is he from?" Shopkeeper Chen smiled He said: "My name is Chen Dashan, from Zhili. In the 15th year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, his family moved to Nanjing to deal in cloth, grain, medicinal materials, and other groceries. In short, what do you do to make money! Dare to ask What do you call Jun Ye?" The soldier said: "My surname is Tian, ​​and I am a senior, so you can call me Brother Tian!" The shopkeeper Chen said: "Don't dare, don't dare. I will call you Jun Ye Brother Tian!" Tian Shi said : "Why don't you dare? You businessmen are timid. By the way, I just heard you talk to our general manager. It seems that you are very familiar with each other!" Shopkeeper Chen said: "Yes! I went to General Zhang Wenyuan's barracks several times last year. Once, every time I saw Zhang Guerrilla in the barracks, we drank together! By the way, why did he become a general again? Did he quarrel with someone again?" Tian Shi said: " It was not just a quarrel, he even got into a fight! That man was also a guerrilla, surnamed Zhao, the nephew of a distant cousin of a Han Chinese concubine of General Dahari. He was lazy during military training, and even allowed his soldiers to rob civilian girls Zhang Guerzhan couldn't see it, so he beat him up, and he sued him, so Luo Guerzan became President Luo."

Shopkeeper Chen said: "So that's the case. Hey, I have already persuaded Zhang Gueran to change his violent temper, so as not to suffer losses in the future, but he doesn't take it to heart. Is it a disadvantage now?" After speaking, he shook his head again and again, Unlimited regret.Seeing a few soldiers who were silent, Shopkeeper Chen changed the subject and asked, "Brother Tian, ​​do you know many people in the army?" Tian Shi said long, "The more friends you have in the army, the less you will suffer, so I like to make friends, and I know eight hundred if not one thousand people in the army." Shopkeeper Chen said: "I have a few brothers in your army who are in command, I don't know if you recognize them or not." Tian Shichang said: "Oh Did you put your business in the military camp?" Shopkeeper Chen laughed and said, "You need to make friends as a businessman. Besides, in this world, if you don't have many friends in the army, then your business will be very difficult. It’s not easy to do! Although my brothers are currently in very small ranks, who can guarantee that they won’t be promoted in the future?” Tian Shi said, “That’s true! May I ask who are your brothers? Come out, maybe we really know each other! We will get closer in the future!" Shopkeeper Chen said: "My brother who is most intimate with me is called Zhu Gan, which is very good." Tian Shichang said: "Oh? Is that the one? Nicknamed 'Bamboo Pole'?" Shopkeeper Chen nodded quickly, and said, "Exactly, exactly! You really know him! How is he now?" Tian Shichang said: "We are still very familiar, he often Pulling me to drink and eat meat, I really don't know where he got so much money, and I found out that he is better at making friends than me, and even worshiped many soldiers. Could this habit be learned from you? Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile: "It's hard to say, hard to say! Maybe he really learned from me! I didn't give him his money! He must be showing off in front of you?" Tian Shi said: "Can't talk about it?" How about showing off, he is willing to be a rich man and pull us to eat and drink, so we are happy to pretend to be confused, anyway, we don’t eat for nothing.” Shopkeeper Chen said: “It’s better for us to be sworn brothers! Not a real brother, but closer than a real brother, and I will share the blessings and hardships in the future, and I will never treat you badly!" Tian Shichang saw that this man was generous and forthright, so he said: "Okay! Just sworn oath!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at the soldiers and asked, "Brothers, do you want to sworn obeisance to this shopkeeper Chen?" The nine soldiers replied "yes" in unison.Shopkeeper Chen was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "I'm not mistaken, everyone is happy!" After he finished speaking, he stopped, and ordered his followers to take out another 500 taels of fine silk silver from the carriage, and handed it to the soldiers, saying: " This is a little greeting gift for brothers, please accept it." The head of Tian Shi hurriedly gave way, but shopkeeper Chen was firm, so in the end all the soldiers accepted it happily. You know, this is comparable to their three-year The military pay is high.After Tian Shichang received the money, he frowned, pulled a few soldiers to discuss it, and then said to shopkeeper Chen: "Shopkeeper Chen is so bold, he must not be a traitor. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse to go to the camp. Why don't you go?" We let you go now! And we are willing to go with you!" Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Chen said: "No need, I have made so many good brothers today. The battalion must be blessed! If General Dahari knows that I have brought information, he will definitely reward me! For a businessman like me, you can’t get rich without taking risks. I haven’t been an official yet. What! I want to ask General Dahari for an official position! Besides, don’t you still want to worship with all of us? How can you worship without going to the barracks? I appreciate the kindness of you guys, please continue to lead the way.” Tian Shichang saw him like this He said that he had no choice but to follow him, so everyone immediately mounted their horses again and rushed to Nadahari's camp.

Shopkeeper Chen, who was walking behind, let out a long sigh of relief, because he knew that his name was not Chen Dashan, but Liu Xiaoliu. The chief of the reconnaissance team, who is in charge of the Jianghuai area, is going to Dahari's camp. His purpose is not to be sworn brothers with a few soldiers, but to have more important things to do!

Lieutenant General Liu Fengqing was wearing an ordinary soldier's military uniform with a big brim to hide his appearance. He was standing on the wall of the north gate of Yangzhou. He looked into the city, starting from half a mile away from the city wall, next to There are a lot of shacks in the folk houses, and it can be seen that only a few of those shacks have people moving outside, and most of the shacks are lifeless.

Lieutenant General Liu Fengqing gritted his teeth, and cursed: "Who is so wicked to publicize the fact that I came out and drove the nearby villagers into the city to be cannon fodder? I have no choice but to do so! You can just publicize it, but those who The refugees also know that if it wasn't for the timely rescue by the guards, I would have been beaten to death by those crazy thugs!" He silently greeted the eighteen generations of ancestors who told the refugees the truth. women.

Yangzhou City was closed five days ago by the order of General Dahari. All the city gates were guarded by heavy soldiers, and the suspension bridges were all raised. The troops who went out to patrol and investigate were prohibited from entering and leaving. Without the warrant of General Dahari, anyone who dared to Anyone who breaks through will be killed on the spot!

At this time, the villagers around Yangzhou had been captured all over by the Qing soldiers, and in order to prevent Xizuo from mixing with the refugees, and to prevent chaos when entering the city, Dahari forbade everyone from entering and leaving the city.

Seeing that the gate of the city was closed, the refugees had to move to other places. However, there were still many people who had no food or could not walk, so they set up shacks outside Yangzhou City and resigned themselves to their fate.In addition to ordering the closure of the city gates, Dahari also ordered the army stationed outside the city to enter the city.

Unlike the Manchu Qing army defending the city, Zhang Huahan led a large army to surround Yangzhou City. He sent the head of the cavalry regiment under Chen Zilong to lead his cavalry regiment and a division under the command of Chen Mingming to secretly station in the north of the city. One of the woods, and always ready for battle.

Zhang Huahan also ordered the soldiers on the six earthen villages outside the city to tear down all the walls of the village, and all of them entered the encircled company battalion. He also sent people to run to Yangzhou City overnight. A series of landmines and gunpowder barrels were buried one foot below the ground, and several powder barrels used for detonation were hidden under the high ground.

Afterwards, Zhang Huahan sent someone to send a letter overnight to Hai Dafu, Captain of the First Fleet of the Navy who commanded the canal operations, asking him to transfer the navy in the canal to his command.

After these preparations were completed, Zhang Huahan ordered the soldiers to start "acting" in the city.Some soldiers were sent to the wall of the barracks, beat each other, and pretended to be fighting for steamed buns, while other soldiers fired guns in the camp, fired a few shots in the east of the barracks, and then went to the west of the barracks to shoot a few shots. Some of the remaining soldiers set up firewood in several open spaces in the city, making a messy look.

At the beginning, the Chinese Revolutionary Army militiamen who were cooperating with the combat escorts and the Chinese Revolutionary Army’s regular army thought that the regular army had mutinied. I felt that those "mutants" didn't seem to be serious about their mutiny, and they seemed to be joking. They were still smiling when they were fighting, so they went to the barracks to ask the officers to find out what happened. However, these Chinese Revolutionary Army militiamen Not only did the people in the army fail to find out what happened, but they were detained and not allowed to leave the barracks, because in order to prevent spies from sneaking in, Zhang Huahan gave an order that everyone was not allowed to go out once they came in, and those who went out were punished with the crime of collaborating with the enemy. The militiamen of the Chinese Revolutionary Army finally discovered that all of this was just acting. As for who to watch it for, they didn't know. The militia troops and some regular army soldiers without missions stood aside to watch the excitement. Sometimes they even came up with ideas and even directly participated in making the excitement more intense and realistic.

In order to test the effect, Zhang Huahan also went outside the camp to observe it personally. From the outside, he could see the thick throat billowing inside the camp. When they stopped before, they "beat up" with the officers. Those who don't know the scene will definitely think that there is a riot in the barracks when they see this scene.But in order to prevent riots from really happening, Zhang Huahan stepped up his patrols, and anyone who caught people who really took advantage of the fire, no matter whether they were officers or soldiers, would be shot on the spot!

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