At the foot of Maoshan, beside Changtang Lake.
In the messy camp left by the hurriedly retired army, the rebel South Road, which was full of vicissitudes and obviously increased many wrinkles and folds, was all covered, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
, And hoarse with a rough throat like sandpaper.
"These dog things have finally retreated..."
At the beginning, the South Road Volunteers, known as 50,000 horses, marched from Jiangzhou. After dividing and shifting their troops all the way, they reached 80,000 at its peak and were known as a large army of tens of thousands. However, with
Later, under the hands of officials, army, and soil regiments who rushed from each state, they suffered several defeats and losses that quickly shrank by more than half.
In the end, under the barriers of the officials and army, when I retreated here in battle and walk all the way; but because of internal disputes and disagreements about the way out and whereabouts, I missed two more breakthroughs.
The opportunity was surrounded by Tuan Tuan and could no longer advance or retreat.
Because of this defeat, he lost most of his luggage and gains, mules, horses, carts, and other expenses. So the rebels can only stay hungry here, endure hunger and thirst
Surrounded and squeezed from all directions, they slowly nibble on their official army and soil groups like hyenas and vultures, trying to deal with and fight.
Although it is by the lakeside, it is not an easy task for so many people to drink to quench their thirst; in the first few days, everyone can take turns to fetch water from the shore.
, But then the river boats with the officers and army full of archers began to appear on the lake.
Therefore, the soldiers of the rebel army wanted to ensure basic drinking water, and it became a matter of risking their lives; the lake water that was loaded back into various utensils
, From time to time is dyed red by blood. And the lakeside was quickly piled up with the dead bodies of soldiers who ventured to fetch water overnight.
Then all the animals and mounts that could be found were slaughtered and used to feed their stomachs; everything that could be burned was used to keep warm at night. Someone started digging for grass roots and
Use a knife to cut the bark of the armor and armor into strips, chew it up and swallow it to cheat the stomach.
Maybe at the beginning, they still had a chance to step out some people as messengers for help; but with the internal coordination of the officers and soldiers of different affiliations
The completion of any tentative picture becomes a kind of limited luxury.
Although the officers and soldiers relaxed their offensive under the fierce resistance of the beasts and beasts of the rebels, they became the daily harassment, siege and cannibalization; but they lacked food and clothing.
The situation has not improved much as a result. On the contrary, because of the tension and relaxation, various internal problems began to appear.
For example, in private, some people started to meet each other in order to fight for the limited water, and even developed into a fusion of swords and soldiers. Although it was quickly suppressed by Gai Hong,
However, rifts and dissatisfaction with the rebels took shape internally.
In the days that followed, someone finally couldn’t stand it, and fled in groups one after another, or simply surrendered to the officers in front of them in batches; therefore, the rebels
The temporary battalion and defense formation also kept shrinking, and now only the seven or eight thousand people around him were left.
In the first two days, there was a rebel leader who wanted to reconcile inside and outside the army; although he was quickly suppressed by his pioneers, it suffered a lot of damage.
More than two thousand people.
A wound with plaster on his eyebrows was a mark left by a rebellious leader who tried to sneak attack him and took down his head to dedicate him to the army. To know
The leader who was killed by the knife by his own hands, but he was from an old brother from Henan who carried it in one hand and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.
And the hasty assassination that broke out during this camp patrol, and after the failure, turned into a mutiny and rush to the camp. He lost more than a dozen of his nephews, including several nephews.
Subordinate. Their bodies didn't even have time to be buried, so they were arranged in the open air temporarily, because the officers and soldiers had already attacked and killed them in chaos.
Then, under the repeated attacks of those officers and soldiers, they fought for days of hardship and almost no respite; they lost many old brothers; afterwards, they were even able to go.
The wounded volunteers who were able to move and stand up were all driven to go forward desperately. As a result, many people struggled and fell head-on, unable to get up again.
The rest are also extremely weak and sleepy. And the only reason for hope and support is to stay in Jiangning City, and the Taiping Army who still has spare capacity can get news.
They came to the rescue; they were looking forward to it long ago, and they were looking forward to it in the evening. Almost every night, people could not wake up in their hungry and cold sleep.
Just when Gai Hong had secretly made up his mind to gather hundreds of the youngest soldiers in the army; taking the remnants of the rebel army as a cover, he rushed towards Maoshan with all his strength.
Then the officers and soldiers who had been harassing frequently slowly stopped. Waiting until the next day, someone with a small team of horsemen unexpectedly easily broke through the outer blockade and siege.
, Appeared in front of this weak group of disabled teachers on the verge of extinction; and brought them a bad news, a good news.
The bad news is that the expected backup Taiping Army cannot come; because they are attacking Dantu City with all their strength; the good news is that because Dantu City is under siege,
These officers who were besieging them had quietly withdrawn their troops overnight and returned to their divisions as early as a few days ago.
Therefore, in today's outlying enemy camps, there are only flags all over the ground and some belongings of the town guards, soil regiments, and village soldiers. The Rebels, who can't stop the morale to revive, counterattack with all their strength
When they attacked face-to-face, they lost their helmets and armor and fled.
After patrolling the huge battlefield, Gai Hong turned around and faced Zhang Gui, the flag officer of the Taiping Army who had come in for information and reporting.
"Brother Xu is really good, he has already surrounded Dantu City... No wonder these official dogs have retreated one after another and couldn't make it out... It's just a sigh that I was too late to believe, and I couldn't get a good title.
After tidying up, discipline these dog thieves not to get away in peace. . "
"I don't know how much energy Lao Dutong has, and whether it can participate in the follow-up war..."
Zhang Guiba was inquiring seriously.
"Suppressing the capture of these soil groups is enough for us to take a break from the whole team..."
Gai Hong said disapprovingly.
"Although the camp is very weak at the moment, we can still put together a thousand or eight hundred people to temporarily listen to the call... Juehai..."
Following Gai Hong’s call, he suddenly walked over to a soldier who described the future as thin as a bamboo but with eyes like a falcon. However, the most impressive thing was that he couldn’t get rid of the thickness.
The smell of blood. He was Meng Juehai, who was crowned the "Flying Tiger" among the rebels.
"But the old man gave all orders..."
I saw him pursing his thin lips without a smile, and said solemnly to Gai Hong.
"I want you to take the brother in the camp who can still move, and follow this Zhang Junpai to follow the work of the Xu leader;"
Gaihong, who opened the chattering box all at once, couldn't help but confessed a little.
"Please ask me to kill some official dogs, to comfort the brothers who died in this death... and those who have abandoned the rebels. If you see one, kill the other and never take it lightly... a little bit.
Later, I will lead my troops to the Jinling area to gather together again. You will have to rely on yourself before you rejoin. . "
. . . . . . .
General Jin Wu and Zhang Quan, a naval envoy on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, also led his troops northward to help.
Among the large and small local forces in Jiangdong, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, according to the several towns in Mingzhou and the seaside port, he, who has over 10,000 people in favor of the sea, is undoubtedly one of them.
One of the few leaders in the world.
However, compared with the local tyrants and township gangs, such as Gaoba and Dong Chang, who have been fighting with his colleagues, he has a long history of thieves, although he has the name of General Jinwu.
It is undoubtedly the one who is rejected and isolated by everyone, and is guarded and guarded.
No matter how much he accumulates in the sea camp, he still has plenty of money to do and do activities everywhere, but except for some costly imaginary titles; what he loves
Zhong Zhong's official career was also impeccable. On the contrary, it gave a lot more, giving people a nickname of "Silly Kuoda" in private.
Even if he wanted to marry someone else, he would be secretly laughed and turned away; although soon this ignorant official and eunuch was scoured by the strong beamer and abandoned all over the wilderness, and his army was also in the back tent. There was a pretty dumb woman who couldn't speak, her tongue was broken.
Therefore, this time, although he was originally the subordinate of the former Jiedu envoy Pei Zhu who was personally surrendered and appointed, the site was under the command of the Zhedong Observatory, who had no successor. The handsome guy rushed over in person.
He was born as a former thief who was discriminated against and looked down upon; under normal circumstances, he wanted to jump over the barriers and unspoken rules within the system, and it was almost impossible to get a higher birth. Under a certain tradition and inertia, it would be good not to join hands to exclude and set a stumbling block for him.
Therefore, if he wants to be like Zhuge Shuang, the humble elder in Beijing, he must find a way to seize this opportunity. Wash away the traces of the old thieves, and enter the system of the town.
And compared to the methods he had sought before, could there be anything that could better show the place of loyalty and value than the anti-thief who brought the court to settle the crime. It's like Zhenhai Jiedu's letter that Zhou Bao sent to him had only one sentence on it:
"You may be a thief, or an official call", so he unhesitatingly set up his troops and prepared enough military resources, holding the warrant issued by the Zhenhai Festival Ya, just like this, he killed him through the state and Yue County. Up.
Of course, from another point of view, there is a force with a special background like him, if he stays in the place and does not move, I am afraid that other local forces nearby
You have to worry about your own turf, and you won't be able to send troops to Runzhou to help.
Therefore, if the Dantu at the Zhenhai Festival's office had made a mistake this time, it also meant that his long-term efforts and battles would be completely vanished.
Therefore, compared to other officials and volunteers who are eager to regain the lost ground in the rear, he is more concerned about being able to rush to Dantu to support and respond in time.
Even if they could not defeat the besieged thief army so easily, as long as they could be forced to retreat or divide their troops to respond, that would be a powerful expression of loyalty and attitude.
It’s just a pity that it was so easy to surround the Gai thieves who were forced to die; this guy is also the top thieves under Huang Ni's command, so he gave up when he was so close. It's a pity that people are forgiving.
For this reason, he also practiced with Dong Chang, the envoy of the Eight Towns in Hangzhou, and almost turned into a vengeance when he fell out on the spot. If it weren't for another heavyweight in the army, Hailing Town's containment made Gao Ba hurriedly stand up for both sides. Then it's not just separate ways, but the end of a fight on the spot.
Because in this process of driving out thieves, trapped thieves, and weak thieves, they were finally separated and transformed, and Dong Chang's subordinates worked hard and paid the most. In the end, because Zhang Quan, the strongest among the three-legged army, retreated, he had to fall short at this moment.
Although he has a personal stake in the argument, his firm grounds are also very reasonable. As long as this thief leader is killed, the grass thief that ravages all parts of the south of the Yangtze River will also defeat the group of dragons without a leader and easily defeat them. In the end, flattening the place is just a matter of day and night.
But Zhang Quan didn't think it was a pity. For himself, even if it was the contribution of killing a big thief, how could it be more important than the safety and performance of Zhenhai Festival Ya.
Even if he kills a big thief, Huang Ni still has other thief who continue to harm the world; but if the Zhenhai Festival fails, then who will ask for his credit and the court for more. Fame and advancement level.
As for Gao Ba, the Hailing town who is sitting on the salt road to make huge profits, he swayed between the two. On the one hand, he also has similar fame and fame, but he also has the problem of curing the grass thief and the refugees. Problem; so we can only go with the mud and make everyone go their separate ways.
And at this moment, he was afraid that he would have led troops to recover the Golden Mandala. After all, the numerous materials plundered and seized by this subordinate are stored there.
At this time, a navy lieutenant who was sailing ahead to clear the way as well as investigating the enemy's situation suddenly rushed to report:
"Afraid of an ambush by the bridge ahead"
"As usual, take the boat around to the side, attack and kill it to disperse it, but don't chase too far..."
Zhang Quan's way of thinking. (End of this chapter)