scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 271 Self-destruction of the Great Wall
Dong Weiguo's order to break out of the encirclement was obviously a bit late. Not only the infantry of the Fatty Army had already launched a full-scale counterattack, but the elite cavalry of the Fatty Army had also detoured to the back of Dong Weiguo's defeated soldiers. The sharp sabers cut down by the cavalry like a storm, the poor Qing soldiers were caught in the middle, unable to advance or retreat, and unable to run over, not to mention breaking out of the formation, even if they wanted to stand still and wait for help, there was no hope at all.

Unable to advance or retreat, one team after another of Qing soldiers either fled in all directions, surrendered on their knees, or were chopped down like pigs and sheep by wolf-like Wu soldiers. Dong Weiguo could not restrain these defeated soldiers no matter how motivated they were , let alone twist them into a rope like before, desperately breaking out of the encirclement, I can only watch these Qing soldiers gradually disintegrate in the chaotic army with tears in their eyes, and fall to their knees amidst the loud cries and fights Next, in twos and threes, they fled to the depths of the night on the left and right wings, and went to gamble to escape the search and killing of Wu soldiers.Dong Weiguo had tears in his eyes and blood in his heart, but he was helpless.

Relying on the desperate protection of the cavalry and personal soldiers, as well as the cover of the night and a little luck, Dong Weiguo finally led more than 100 cavalry out of the tight encirclement, leaving behind an unknown number of remnants of defeated soldiers who were struggling in the encirclement of the Wu army. In the last darkness before dawn, he fled to Jiujiang City.However, the war horses under their crotch attracted the attention of many Wu Jun cavalry. There is no way, the cavalry is too expensive. , and fled to Jiujiang City at full speed.

Our Governor Dong's luck was really bad enough. He was chased by Wu Jun in the night and fled desperately. In a panic, he went the wrong way and fled to the northeast to the Yangtze River. They have already surrounded them, surrounded them with bows and arrows, slashed and killed them with knives, and kept shouting, "Surrender, don't kill! Surrender, don't kill! Catch alive, there are big fish! There are big fish!"

Thinking of getting a big reward from Fatty Lu after catching the big fish, the cavalrymen of the Wu army were naturally brave, they stopped Dong Weiguo's team and refused to let go, desperately hacking and blocking, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed from left to right, and were still unable to break out of the encirclement.Seeing Wu Jun getting smaller and smaller, with fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Dong Weiguo became more and more desperate. He couldn't help but drew his sword in his hand and sighed: "Master, it's not that the slave is incompetent, it's that Wu Dog is too cunning. I hope they When attacking fortified positions, they chose not to attack, and if they wanted to fight with them in the field, they chose to stay out of the camp. The slaves are really helpless, and they can only apologize with death."

After finishing speaking, Dong Weiguo wanted to return his knife and kill himself, but the guards beside him hurriedly stopped him and cried out, "My lord governor, I can't! It's still too far! We still have hope!"

"What hope do we have?" Dong Weiguo choked up and said, "Could it be that that idiot Zhangtai will send reinforcements to meet me? It is better to die early than to be captured alive by Wu Gou and suffer such shame. At least, my family will not be killed because of me. Being implicated..."

As he said that, Dong Weiguo struggled again to cut his own neck with the knife. The soldiers next to him were frightened out of their wits, and hurried to hold Dong Weiguo again, screaming, "My lord, you can't!" Dong Weiguo struggled desperately to resist, crying Said: "You let me go, let me go, you save me now, you are harming me, you are harming me!"

"My lord, don't look for short-sightedness first, listen!" A soldier suddenly yelled again, pointing to the southeast direction and shouted: "My lord governor, another soldier is coming, could it be our reinforcements?"

Dong Weiguo calmed down a little, looked up carefully, and found that the torches were stirring in the southeast, as if an army was rushing towards this direction, judging from the direction, it really looked like reinforcements sent from Jiujiang City, Dong Weiguo couldn't help but A glimmer of hope was ignited, and he murmured in great surprise: "How is it possible? Could it be that idiot Zhang Tai suddenly became enlightened after taking the wrong medicine?"

Seeing this glimmer of hope, the cavalry of the Qing army who had been unable to hold on beside Dong Weiguo naturally burst out their final strength, blocking the charge of the cavalry of the Wu army against Dong Weiguo again.After persisting for a period of time, when the sky finally showed a glimmer of light, the army that came from the southeast finally appeared in the sight of both sides. What made Dong Weiguo and the soldiers of the Qing army cheered was that this urgent team , It is indeed the reinforcements from the Qing army in Jiujiang City, and judging from the banner, the commander of this army is the Jiangxi deputy general Zhao Yingkui who was personally selected by Dong Weiguo these years, Dong Weiguo's hard-core confidant!

The reinforcements of the Qing army arrived, and the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed. The morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted, while that of the Wu army was greatly reduced. Li Xiongfei, who led the cavalry of the Wu army, was also a slippery character. Breaking out of the encirclement, withdrawing to the camp - the main reason is that they don't know that the self-armed army is surrounded by a super big fish like Dong Weiguo, the governor of Jiangxi in Qing Dynasty.Dong Weiguo took the opportunity to lead the last thirty or so riders into Zhao Yingkui's army, and was fully protected by Zhao Yingkui's team.

Exhausted, he rolled off his horse and sat on the ground before panting evenly. Zhao Yingkui came to kowtow to salute, and asked Dong Weiguo if he was injured. Hurry up, otherwise, I will not even think about surviving what I say today. I don’t even know how to repay De Yuan’s great kindness."

"My lord has given you too much credit. This is what a humble job should do." Zhao Yingkui said modestly, and then urged: "Master Governor, this place is not safe, and the last general only brought less than a thousand troops. Once Wu Dog's army arrives, I'm afraid I still can't resist it. I just ask the governor to work harder and return to the city as soon as possible."

"Okay." Dong Weiguo agreed, forced himself to stand up, and asked doubtfully, "Why did you only bring so little troops? Zhangtai Beizi only gave you such a little army?"

"Go back to the governor, my humble job is to forcibly lead the army out of the city to save you." Zhao Yingkui said in a low voice, with a helpless expression: "Some of our army's defeated soldiers fled back to the city, and reported that you, the governor, took the wrong road and went to the Yangtze River. When they came up, Wu Gou was still chasing after him, fearing that the situation was critical. All the generals asked Mr. Bei to send troops to rescue him, but Mr. Bei refused to say anything. It doesn’t count if our [-] troops die, and we want to trick another army out of the city to die...”

"Later, the last general had no choice." Zhao Yingkui's expression was even more helpless, "I had to bring the troops directly under the headquarters, cut down the guards... and forcibly opened the city gate to rush out to save you."

"What? You hacked the door official and left the city privately?" Dong Weiguo jumped up suddenly, and shouted: "Are you crazy? Do you know that if you do this, you will not only bring more suspicions on me, but also Drag you into the water too, you can't speak clearly with a hundred mouths like me!"

"The general knows, but the general can't let you die in vain, my lord governor." Zhao Yingkui replied with his head bowed: "After returning to Jiujiang City, the general will naturally go to Zhangtai Beizi to plead guilty, and everything has nothing to do with you, my lord." !"

"Confused!" Dong Weiguo yelled, "If you say that everything has nothing to do with me, then everything has nothing to do with me? That idiot Beizi, would he listen to your explanation? He has long been jealous of my prestige in the Jiangxi army, so good How could he miss the opportunity? Your head, I’m afraid it’s me who saved it for you this time!”

Zhao Yingkui lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound, and his stomach was full of grievances, but fortunately, Dong Weiguo calmed down quickly, and realized that he had blamed Zhao Yingkui too much, so he patted Zhao Yingkui on the shoulder and said, "De Yuan, don't blame me either. I am ungrateful, I also know that you did this to save me, but you should also understand that I am doing this for your own good, and I really have no way to explain it to the court, let alone you."

"Your Excellency, please don't say that. The last general came from a humble background. It was you who promoted the humble position to the army. You cultivated and promoted it with one hand, and you have the grace to rebuild the humble position." Zhao Yingkui said with tears: "For the sake of the Governor, don't talk about the humble position." Even if the family was ransacked and beheaded, even if the body was smashed to pieces, it would be difficult to repay the kindness of the governor.”

"I understand, I understand." Dong Weiguo patted Zhao Yingkui's shoulder with tears in his eyes, and said helplessly, "We can't stay here for long, let's go back to the city as soon as possible. When we get back to the city, I will definitely find a way to save your life. Even if it is sent to the capital in a prison van, as long as this life can be saved, there is still hope for a comeback."

Zhao Yingkui agreed with tears in his eyes, and hurriedly gathered his soldiers and horses, surrounded Dong Weiguo and quickly returned to the city.However, at this moment, the scouts sent out by Zhao Yingkui suddenly reported back quickly, saying that the Fatty Army had dispatched a large number of infantry and cavalry soldiers, carrying a large number of siege equipment, and was heading towards Jiujiang City. They were dispatched and rushed down the river to the Zhengbei water gate of Jiujiang.Hearing this news, Dong Weiguo was shocked immediately, and exclaimed: "Well, you Lu Yifeng bastard, you are really ruthless! After winning two consecutive field battles, you will immediately launch a siege. I really want to drive out all the Qing soldiers in Jiujiang!" what!"

"Your Excellency, what should we do?" Zhao Yingkui asked worriedly.

"Go back to the city immediately!" Dong Weiguo said decisively: "Our army has been defeated one after another, and the morale has been depressed. With Zhangtai's idiot, we will definitely not be able to defend Jiujiang City!"

Zhao Yingkui didn't speak any more, but just urged Dong Weiguo, the guard of the army, to hurry. When the sky was clear, this loyal Qing army finally arrived at the east gate of Jiujiang in time, while the main force of the Wu army's siege was still three Four miles away, only a few advance scouts arrived first.Dong Weiguo, Zhao Yingkui and others didn't bother to chase away those Wu army scouts. They rushed to the foot of Jiujiang City and shouted at the city. They never thought that just as their troops entered the bow and arrow range of the city wall, random arrows were fired on the city wall, scaring Dong Weiguo and Zhao Yingkui. The soul flew away, and I hurriedly retreated.

"Master Bei, you are crazy, why did you shoot arrows at us?" Dong Weiguo also said that Zhangtai and others mistook them for being Wu Jun disguised, and hurriedly shouted: "Master Bei, you can see clearly, the lowly job is Dong Weiguo. This army is all soldiers from the Qing Dynasty! Open the city gate and let us enter the city!"

"Ben Beizi has seen your dirty face clearly!" Zhangtai Beizi poked his head out from the gap in the arrow stack, and shouted in a high-spirited way: "Dong Weiguo traitor, I never thought you would have the courage to come back again! Want to come back again!" If you help Wu Gou cheat and open the city gate again, Ben Beizi is familiar with military books and has a deep understanding of strategy, will you fall for your thief again?"

"I...I didn't!" Dong Weiguo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly shouted again: "Master Bei, you should know the battle situation last night, right? Although our army did not kill Lu Yifeng's dog thief head, but it also caused huge losses to Wu Gou, until now, don’t you believe that a humble job is innocent?”

"It's no wonder I believe you!" Zhangtai Beizi yelled, "You colluded with Wu Gou's rebels, poisoned my Qing general Tong Guodong, and ordered your cronies to kill the door officials. You left the city privately, and now you want to deceive Wu Gou. Cheng, the evidence is solid, how long do you want to argue?"

"Then I killed so many Wu Dogs yesterday, how do you explain?" Dong Weiguo laughed angrily, and shouted: "Last night, the humble led the army to attack the Wu Dog camp. Although Wu Dog was cunning and refused to go out for a decisive battle, Our army has also killed and wounded nearly a thousand Wu Gou, if I am really Wu Gou's traitor, will I work so hard? Even if I have a humble job and act together with Wu Gou, will Wu Gou be willing to spend such a high price to play a bitter trick?"

"That's true." Master Beizi Zhangtai hesitated, and began to waver.But at this moment, one of Wu Jun's scouts in the distance suddenly rushed out and shouted: "General Dong, General Dong Weiguo! You have been exposed! Don't go into the city to die! Wait for our Da Zhou army to come!" , let’s go to the city together, don’t go to the city to die!”

"Damn it!" Dong Weiguo's nose was almost out of breath, and he said to himself that there are soldiers like any commander, why is everyone in Wugou so wicked and shameless?At that moment Dong Weiguo turned around and shouted: "Send some cavalry to cut down that Wu dog!"

Zhao Yingkui quickly agreed, and quickly dispatched dozens of cavalry to kill the Wu army scout angrily. The Wu army scout—that is, Li Ya, the Wu army junior who punished Kong Sizhen to death during the Wuchang meeting, turned his horse and ran away. He ran and yelled, "General Dong, don't enter the city! Man Gou already knows that you are one of us, if you go in, you won't be able to open the city gate, and you will only die in vain!"

After a short delay, the vanguard cavalry of the Wu army had already entered the sight of the city wall. Master Beizi Zhangtai, who was already skeptical of Dong Weiguo's loyalty and reliability, was afraid that the cavalry of the Wu army would take the opportunity to seize the door. Itanbu, the only confidant in the city, shouted: "Send someone to guard the city gate, and if someone opens the gate without authorization, no matter who it is, kill it immediately!"

"Master Zhangtai Beizi, open the door, open the door!" Dong Weiguo was so anxious that he almost cried, and shouted hoarsely: "If you don't open the door, it will be too late! You have no experience in the battlefield, so you can't defend Jiujiang City!"

Zhao Yingkui and the rest of the Qing army also shouted loudly, urging Master Zhangtai to open the door as soon as possible, but Dong Weiguo's words inadvertently pierced Master Zhangtai's heart, poked his head out and cursed: "Fart! I am familiar with military books If you have a deep understanding of strategy, will you not be able to defend this Jiujiang City? Even if you, a traitor and rebel, come out of Jiujiang City, Ben Beizi must guard this Jiujiang City! Everyone, listen carefully to Ben Beizi, the general of Anyuan Jingkou in the Qing Dynasty Now, no matter who it is, once it gets close to the city wall, shoot it with arrows immediately!"

In the end, Master Zhangtai Beizi probably felt that he was not enough to relieve his anger, so he shouted again: "The red cannon and the general Weiyuan cannon (child-mother cannon) are ready, let this Beizi shoot hard at Dong Weiguo's rebels in the city!"

"Master Bei Zi! What are you talking about?" Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other Qing army generals nearby exclaimed.

"Didn't you hear that?" Zhangtai Beizi roared with red eyes, "This is the military order of General Ben Beizi! Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed immediately!"

"Zha." Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other Qing army generals agreed helplessly, and Zhang Sheguang deliberately shouted towards the city: "Dong Weiguo's traitor, Master Beizi has ordered to fire! If you don't get out, I will shoot you Go! Get out! Get out——!"

"Brother Sheguang..." Of course Dong Weiguo understood that Zhang Sheguang was reminding himself with good intentions, and he couldn't help crying when he was moved. Zhao Yingkui over there was also anxious, and hurriedly pulled Dong Weiguo and said, "Master Governor, we can't die in vain here. In the hands of the idiot, go quickly, go to Nanchang, go to Anqing, go there to regroup and fight again, come back and seek revenge from Wu Gou!"

"Dong Weiguo's traitor! I've already aimed the cannon at you, if you don't get out! I'm going to set the fire on fire!" Zhang Sheguang's crying voice sounded again.

"Hurry up! What are you talking about with this traitor?" The roar of Master Zhangtai Bei also echoed on the city wall.

"Child Zhangtai, you are the number one stupid pig in Tianzi!" Dong Weiguo yelled unbearably, "You idiot! If Jiujiang is captured by Wu Gou! You are the number one sinner on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty! You pig, Dogs! Idiots who are not as good as pigs and dogs!"

"Fire the cannon! Let me kill this bastard!" Master Zhang Taibei also roared, and rushed to the fort, grabbed the torch and lit it himself. When the line of fire came into view, the cannon on the city roared immediately, and poured artillery fire on his own army below the city. The shells fell into the middle of Dong Weiguo and Zhao Yingkui's team and exploded, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of the Qing army, crying and cursing.

"Set up the governor! Let's go!" Zhao Yingkui didn't dare to delay, so he quickly asked the soldiers to pick up Dong Weiguo and run away. Dong Weiguo didn't struggle, but just wailed and cursed, "Child Zhangtai, you sinner! Sinner! The number one in the Qing Dynasty!" Sinner! Jiujiang is over, it's in your stupid pig's hands!"

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At the same time, the scouts of the Wu army headed by the bad guy Li Ya have also reported what happened under the city to Fatty Lu. Fatty Lu was overjoyed to reward the witty and wicked Li Ya, and hurriedly shouted: "Gao Hongchen listens to the order, Immediately lead me two thousand cavalry to ambush on the only way from Jiujiang to Nanchang. If the traitor Dong Weiguo escapes to Nanchang, stop me at any cost! Dong Weiguo’s traitor fled to Anqing, and he must not be allowed to escape to Nanchang! If the interception fails and Dong Weiguo’s traitor escapes to Nanchang, military law will be followed!”

"Decree!" Gao Hongchen agreed with clasped fists, turned around and went to lead the troops.Next to him, Han Daren asked in a flattering tone: "General, Dong Weiguo's dog thief is already a desperate dog. Now that the siege is imminent, elite soldiers are urgently needed. Why waste the main force of our army?" Intercept?"

"You know what a fart!" Fatty Lu and Mung Dou's eyes bulged, and he shouted: "Dong Weiguo is so popular among the Jiangxi Mangou army, you haven't seen it? If he escapes to his headquarters in Nanchang, he will continue to lead the Jiangxi Mangou army. , Then how difficult it will be when we fight Nanchang? But if he is driven to Anqing, there are two full-fledged dogs, Hilgen and Hargaqi, on top, and a large group of full-fledged dogs on the bottom, all of them are holding back. Even if you have a great ability, you can't use it, on the contrary, you may have a rift with other Mangou because of different tactics! Do you understand?"

"The general will understand." Han Daren agreed, but he secretly hated in his heart, "Fuck you fat bastard, you will open a dyeing workshop as soon as I give you some color! Call me a fart? A poor scholar knows a lot!"

What really made Han Daren hate him was still behind. After the main force of the Wu army approached the city of Jiujiang, as soon as they set up their formation, Fatty Lu ordered the artillery of the Wu army to aim at the city wall for a while, which was the first to further attack the morale and fighting spirit of the Qing army in Jiujiang. An extremely harsh death order was issued to the siege pioneer Han Daren!One drum, attached to the city!Two drums, ascend the city!The three-way drum can't climb the city, kill soldiers!The four-tone drum can't climb the city, kill the general!
Hearing this order from Fatty Lu, not to mention that Han Daren, who had bet with Fatty Lu before and was forced to be the cannon fodder of the siege, turned pale. The method is really ruthless, it is clear that he wants to take Han Daren's head."

"What are you still doing blankly? Why don't you organize a team to attack the city?" Fatty Lu, who was always smiling, rarely showed a serious look, and shouted at Han Daren: "This general has created so many opportunities for you, and I will fight for you again." Well, with so many foundations, if you still can’t conquer Jiujiang City, which is demoralized and the morale of the army has collapsed today, even if this general wants to spare you, the prince will probably not be able to spare you!”

"Yuan Ren!" Han Daren had no choice but to turn to his younger brother Han Yuanren, and shouted: "Organize you and my personal soldiers, and put up axes to serve as the supervisory team! Then order the siege soldiers to retreat Those who take one step will be cut immediately!"

Note: It is no exaggeration that Zhangtai bombarded the army defending the city. Similar things have happened in history.During the San Francisco Rebellion, the guards of Wu Jun and Ji'an listened to the rumors of the Qing army and mistakenly believed that the reinforcements sent to Ji'an by the old traitor Wu had surrendered to Mangou, and fired arrows at the reinforcements.In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Nanjing defenders of the Qing army bombarded the city to practice bravery, and beat away the only elite soldier in their team.

(End of this chapter)