Chapter 86 Aftermath
Just as Chen Wen chased and killed those who were wiped out by the so-called "the army of the Extra-Baibasin in the Battle of Siming Lake, Tian Xiong was saved by himself, and Li Rong was captured", and accompanied by the flags of officers at all levels of the Extra-Baibasin and the deceitful tricks of decapitating Shaoxing Green Camp, Liu Da was still continuing his survival in the Siming Mountains in the deep winter.
As a veteran, he has also experienced the defeat of the army several times, so before each expedition, he would carry some dry food with him in his arms to prevent food from being unable to find food on the way to escape, or lacking food and grass on the way to fight, which is just right for this.
However, before setting off in Liangnong Town, Liu Daman thought that it was just a pursuit of some defeated soldiers, so he did not prepare much. As a result, after these two days of consumption, he had completely finished eating this morning. I am afraid that the days ahead will not be difficult, especially in this deep winter season.
When Liu Da thought of this, he was full of anger. How could such a strong soldier be able to hit him up in a daze? If he hadn't been hit and bleeding, how could he have fallen to such a point? At this moment, he could not remember the previous praise of Shangguan's use of the tiger squatting cannon to break the formation in his heart, and he vented all his resentment on Shangguan, who knew nothing about life and death.
But just talking like this is not enough to be full. Although he could only survive this winter with his rich experience in escape, the people along the way had been killed and plundered by the Qing army, where could they go to plunder some food?
It was already afternoon, and my stomach began to express my dissatisfaction. Liu Da tied down his belt and thought to himself that before entering this forest, he seemed to have seen a small stream on the west side of the forest. Since there was no food, drink more water and hold it on.
He walked westward in two steps, and just as he was about to walk out of the forest, a neighing horse instantly stopped his footsteps.
There are always differences in the road to escape. If you occasionally have village people and can find food to fill your hunger in the wild, you should still walk together. After all, there are many people and great power. But if you are in such a season and the road where the army has just passed, you may not be able to find food. Wouldn't you die early when walking with others? Even if you don't starve to death, you will probably be cooked by your companions in your sleep and end up with no bones left.
Liu Da lay on the ground and walked forward until he crawled behind a big rock before looking at the place where the sound came from the side.
I saw a war horse with full saddles and reins standing beside the stream in the distance, and one or two meters upstream, a Qing army officer was bowing his head to drink water.
Along the way, Liu Da had seen many corpses running wildly after the army was defeated and vomiting blood. After escaping from the search range of the Ming army infantry, Liu Da walked slowly, and there was some food on his body to support it until now. The Qing army officer turned his back to Liu Da, and his back didn't look familiar, but the wrapping on the war horse seemed to be eating.
Thinking of this, Liu Dayou started from his heart and became brave. He saw him slowly pulling out his waist knife, for fear of making too loud noises, and then crawling towards the Qing army officer...
A few days later, Xu Lei had already set foot on the road between Dalan Town and Simingshan Town, which was also the way he and Li Rong entered the mountain road when they were chasing the remaining troops of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain.
When he just ran away from Chen Wen's subordinates, Xu Lei just moved forward as before, not daring to run too fast and die when the horse was out of strength, nor did he dare to get off the horse and waste his physical strength. After walking for a while, Xu Lei felt that Chen Wen was unlikely to send someone to catch up, so he tore the letter to pieces and dug a hole and buried it, so he continued to move forward with confidence.
Suddenly, a group of people traveled to a mountain pass one or two hundred meters away. From a distance, they seemed to be wearing armored warriors, but because they were wearing helmets, they couldn't see clearly whether there was a rat tail on their heads.
At this moment, the team obviously noticed Xu Lei, and they immediately came to attack.
Seeing this, Xu Lei was unable to run away. It was not because he was still a burden of walking behind him, but because the horse under his crotch could not rest for a few days and was almost exhausted. At this time, the burden behind him ran to him with a sword and shield and acted as a guard.
"It's pretty loyal."
Xu Lei nodded. If Li Ruixin hadn't been afraid that he would have starved to death, he had prepared more food, so he would have relied on the nephew of Xu Xin, the general of the Central Army of the Tibiao Battalion, and his official title of 1,000 General, that he might not have been able to control the defeated soldiers of the Zuoba. However, after promising to make an appointment for him in the Central Camp, the man was obedient. He had obviously adapted to the status of a temporary personal soldier along the way, and he was even more escorted here, so it seemed that he would not have to kill him.
However, Xu Lei didn't know that although Liu Da didn't see whether the group was left at the rat tail of the money, the heads hanging on the side of the war horses were all Han people with hair tied up. If they didn't show up at this time, when would they wait?
"But, Mr. Xu Qian?"
I saw a fat and strong general from the crowd who was covered in the crowd, and bowed to Xu Lei and asked.
"General Wang?"
The person coming was Wang Sheng. Xu Lei's heart was sank at this moment. He and Li Rong had a lot of difficulties in giving this surrendered general on the road. Wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth when they met?
However, Wang Sheng did not have this idea at this moment. The Qing army officer in front of him still looked full of energy before parting ways. However, he only walked forward with a personal soldier who didn't even have a horse, covered in dust, and even his armor was covered in plaster. No matter how he looked, he looked like a person who had returned from a fleeing place.
Escape?
How is this possible?
The Extra Biao Battalion dispatched almost all the troops of the Extra Biao Left Battalion and the Extra Biao Right Battalion. There were more than a thousand soldiers alone, and there were 1,500 auxiliary soldiers accompanying him. The Nantang Camp was obviously only five or six hundred. Although the Yuanyang Formation was domineering, the cavalry and shooters were not worthy of carrying shoes to the Qing army. In addition, he had previously told Li Rong that Chen Wen was using the Yuanyang Formation. Even if he was prevented from being slapped by Chen Wen again, he only said that he had heard Feng Jingdi say that this was probably the case, but knowing himself and his enemy could lose?!
"Mr. Xu Qian, where is Li Shuai?"
Hearing this, Xu Lei's nerves immediately became nervous. What should I do? To be honest, he was still confused and was quite wise. He performed very well, whether he betrayed Li Rong or deceived Li Ruixin and Chen Wen. After thinking about it, he immediately got the answer.
"General Wang, Shuai Li, Shuai Li have already died in battle. The entire army of Tibiao Zuoying was wiped out. Even the troops I brought were dispersed by the defeated army and the entire army was wiped out."
"ah?"
Not only Wang Sheng, everyone's eyes widened. If the person in front of him was not an officer from the Tibiao Battalion or Tian Xiong's confidant officer, almost everyone would think that the person he met was just a lunatic.
"It turns out..., this is so possible?"
He almost told the truth that he had guessed in his heart that he had "actually failed". Fortunately, Wang Sheng did not react slowly and immediately changed it to "How is this possible?" But the shock in his heart was not so easy to change.
Looking back on the internal school competition of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, the strong strength of the Mandarin Duck Formation in Nantangying really scared Wang Sheng. Otherwise, how could he, who had always cherished his life, make such a big noise to calmly surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Isn’t it just to eliminate Chen Wen’s threat and sell himself at a good price?
Under Wang Sheng's plan, Nantangying was unable to participate in the Battle of Siming Lake. The Simingshan coalition forces were wiped out under his right turn against each other. A good price has been sold, and all that is left is the accompanying threat - Chen Wen and the Nantangying camp.
While pursuing the remnants of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, although Wang Sheng was casually asked by Li Rong to leave, he still told Li Rong what he knew about Nantang Camp. Of course, in order to prevent being slapped in the face again, Wang Sheng only used the excuse of Feng Jingdi, and did not raise Qi Jiguang's matter. After all, he hated Li Rong very much. In Wang Sheng's heart, it would be better that Li Rong and Chen Wen were both defeated, which would be a great pleasure.
In the surrounding mountains, with his familiarity with the various rebels, Wang Sheng took several Ming army villages. In order to please Tian Xiong, he even left all the other people except for the women and children who could be sold. Now the war horses were hung on the side and the cart behind were those heads who were seeking credit and rewards.
However, who knew that the elite upgrade battalion of the Qing army's green camp, which won the first battle, would be defeated. There were more than 2,500 soldiers, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers. They were defeated by a defeated general with less than 600 soldiers. Even the head coach was lost on the spot. What was this going on?
"General Wang, if it weren't for seeing and receiving it with his own eyes, I wouldn't believe all this..."
Next, Xu Lei told Wang Sheng about the battle, but put all the responsibility on Li Rong's underestimation of the enemy. He also mentioned Li Rong's words on the battlefield, saying "The Mandarin Ducks Playing in the Water Formation" that he heard from anyone.
Mandarin duck playing in the water array?
Hearing this, Wang Sheng's hair stood up in an instant, how could it be so shocking?
Is this what Li Rong said or made up by Xu Lei? If it was Li Rong's original words, it was obviously the guy who immediately planned to throw the blame on him when he found out that things were not done. But how could Xu Lei dare to say it in front of him? There were only two people in front of him, but after all, he had dozens of old brothers who had followed him for many years. Wouldn't Xu Lei be afraid that Wang Sheng would choose to kill someone to silence him?
wrong.
The guy in front of him is definitely not as simple as being fearless. His uncle is Xu Xin, but in such a big defeat and Li Rong's death, Xu Lei will definitely resist the responsibility. Of course, there is Wang Sheng, who is in charge, who is a surrender. Isn't a better scapegoat?
So that's it.
Wang Sheng immediately understood what Xu Lei meant. It seemed that only if they could be spared by Li Rong, who had already died, were killed. However, Wang Sheng was not as good as Xu Lei. If he wanted to escape from the crime, he would have to make some more contributions.
"Mr. Xu Qian, I have a wealth in my hand. I don't know if you are interested..."
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On November 17, the fourth year of Yongli, Dalan Mountain.
Being in the enemy's nest, Tian Xiong was full of satisfaction. The goal of this combat has been achieved. Although Jin Li was delaying until yesterday, he sent a messenger to say that he would not go to Dalanshan and was at ease to sweep the Ming army with Simingshan Town as the center, the overall situation has been determined. The anti-Qing forces in Simingshan have basically been crushed and can attack Zhoushan with peace of mind next year.
On this day, Tian Xiong could not wait, because the greater the credit, he would have the opportunity to carry the flag in the future. The admiral of the Green Camp was still a Han person after all, and there was no such thing as the slave of the Qing emperor, the bannerman in this Qing Dynasty.
"Don't the old man refuse to say that?"
Seeing that the subordinates nodded, Tian Xiong immediately waved his hand and signaled to continue to torture. But this time it was not just a whip, and he had to cut off something.
The "Immortal" mentioned by Tian Xiong is the village chief in the village at the foot of the mountain who had sent crabs to Chen Wen several times. After evacuating Siming Mountain, he did not leave, but chose to stay in the village to guard the ancestral tomb. To put it bluntly, it is to give the Qing army a target to vent, so as to preserve the cemetery where the ancestors were buried for generations in the village.
It was just captured by the Qing army, even if it wanted to die quickly, it would be unavailable.
"Master General Xu Qian of the Right Camp and the surrendered general named Wang are back."
"oh?"
Are there only two of them?
Tian Xiong, who was puzzled, immediately asked his personal soldiers to bring the two men in. However, as soon as Pu met, Xu Lei and Wang Sheng immediately fell to the ground and claimed to be guilty of death.
After asking, Xu Lei told the whole story from beginning to end. He only made some modifications to the details, such as Li Rong who found a reason to lead Wang Sheng to send Wang Sheng to arrest Feng Jingdi, such as Li Rong's accelerated marching to chase the Ming army, and also became the Yuanyang formation that marched to compete for merit and attacked Nantangying, and even refused to send cavalry to detour and intercept them, etc.
In short, Li Rong underestimated the enemy, resulting in a great defeat, Wang Sheng was sent away, and Xu Lei's advice was fruitless. Li Rong came to take the blame, and they could not say that they had no responsibility at all, but they should not resist the crime of defeat.
"Bi Zhi advised Li Shuai that the Dalanshan bandits used Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation. The formation was not easy to break, but Li Shuai refused to obey and directly sent a large group of troops to attack, but he returned home in a big defeat. After that, Bei Zhi suggested waiting for the two Fran machine cannons to bombard the bandit formation with artillery fire. However, Li Shuai was eager to attack, so he only let the tiger squat cannons he carried to open fire, but the bandits forced the battle formation to break through..."
Looking at the two people who were lying to the ground, how could Tian Xiong, who was old at military affairs, not knowing that the army was greedy for credit and scapegoat in the army? However, Li Rong was already dead, and the entire army of Tibiao's Zuoying was wiped out. It doesn't matter if Wang Sheng died. Xu Lei was his personal soldier and the nephew of Xu Xin, the general of the Central Army. His father died in battle to protect Tian Xiong on the battlefield. What should Tian Xiong do?
"The last general was ordered by Li Shuai to capture Feng Jingdi, the assistant minister of the Ming Ministry of War. He met the Dalanshan bandits, Mao Mingshan, and tried to cover Feng Jingdi's escape. The last general was incompetent and could not win several times. Fortunately, General Xu Qian arrived and fought with the bandits. He was lucky to win and beheaded many times. He even captured the rebel Feng Jingdi alive, but only allowed Mao Mingshan to escape and die."
Feng Jingdi?
When Tian Xiong heard this name, he immediately stood up and sent troops to send troops to Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, placed a list for him and Jin Li. In this battle, the most important thing was to capture Wang Yi, Wang Jiang and Feng Jingdi, three senior officials appointed by the Lu State's court. Wang Yi was already in his hands at this moment. Although Wang Jiang ran away, if Feng Jingdi could get it, it would definitely be a great achievement.
"Pick Feng Jingdi up."
However, the moment he saw Feng Jingdi, Tian Xiong couldn't help but frown. Feng Jingdi was already terminally ill at this moment, but even so, he still stood there, not willing to sit or kneel down. He was even more stubborn than Wang Yi.
Tian Xiong waved his hand and signaled his personal soldiers to take him down to take care of him. However, when Wang Sheng, who was standing aside, watched Feng Jingdi be dragged away, he still felt in his mind when he and Xu Lei climbed Heding Mountain to arrest Feng Jingdi. This weak scholar who had only half his life left and had always been so clever that he was foolish, still told him what he was thinking in his heart.
"You dog thief have done so much. Are you just afraid of the remnants of the eunuch party? I am watching from heaven, watching how you dog thief die at the hands of the eunuch party!"
After two great achievements, Wang Sheng felt that there should be a place for the Qing army. However, on the way out of the camp, he still called his confidants who had always been with him.
"Go to find someone who reads and reads, and then buy a few Qi Jiguang's military books. This general also wants to try whether this mandarin duck formation can destroy the enemy like the one named Chen."
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"Records of the Journey, the Records of King Yue"
Written by Huang Zongxi, Yuyao
King Yue was the Chen family, whose name was Wen, whose nickname was Fu Ren, was a native of Tianjin Wei in the Northern Zhili. His ancestors were named Sansi and Four, and he lived in Xincheng County, Hangzhou Prefecture for generations. He first came to the King of Qiyang to attack Yuan, and repeatedly made his honor; in the fifth year of Hongwu, King Qiyang was ordered to attack the north and went to the bank of Aluhun River to meet a hidden place. He fought bloody battles all day before he defeated the Northern Lu. At that time, the king's ancestors were guarding him and were detained in this battle. Emperor Taizu Gao praised his loyalty and courage, and appointed his son as the junior guard of Zhaoxin, who was appointed as the Left Guard of Qingzhou, and was inherited from the past. When Emperor Chengzu established him, he moved Qingzhou Left Guard to Tianjin Right Guard, and he first lived in Northern Zhili.
By the time of Emperor Muzong, the state dynasty opened and his ancestors had become a relative, so he took business as a merchant and had a year of business, and his wealth was huge.
In July of the fifth year of the regent of the country, the king was entrusted by someone and went to Dalan to visit Wang Yi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and told him about the enemy's feelings. The king looked so handsome and spoke like a famous scholar. He knew everything about military affairs. Yi regarded him as a national scholar and asked the king to praise the paintings in the army, but the king refused.
When Wang Chu came to Dalan, he was trapped by illness. Yi looked at him every day. When he talked about national affairs, he shed tears and sighed, he would encourage him with loyalty and righteousness. Wang Chu recovered and once patrolled Dalan. His military discipline was strict and the people were safe. He was finally moved by Yi's loyalty and straightforwardness and was ordered to be ordered. Wang Chu was appointed as a guerrilla general, and he trained troops with Qi Wuyi in his preparation. He trained his troops within ten months and tried to train the field. All the elite troops in the headquarters could not be defeated, which was strange to people at that time.
In September, the captain commander Jin Li and Tian Xiong sought Dalan to attack Xingye. When he heard about the king's reputation, he was afraid of it. So he sent Yan Wegong to lure Wang Sheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Feng Jingdi, and secretly asked him to alienate the king and the generals in the mountains. All the generals were confused by the rumors about Sheng, and they all slandered Yi. Yi was afraid that those who were defeated inside and were defeated, so he ordered the king to stay in the camp and supervise the army to fight.
On October 17th, the king's army fought with the enemy on the shore of Siming Lake. The initial battle was unfavorable. Yi beat the drums to help the battle. The king's morale was greatly boosted and the enemy killed many enemies. Unexpectedly, when the success was almost complete, the general Wang Sheng fell against him and killed the general Du Xingguo. The king's army was in chaos. Yi was captured, and Yi's general Huang Zhongdao and Liu Yiming died for the country. At this point, all his achievements had been lost for several years. The next day, Yi's personal soldiers broke through the siege and returned. The king received Yi's orders and led officials and people to go to Tiantai.
On the sixth day of November, Wang Ci Beizhang, the deputy general Li Rong of the Captain led more than 2,500 people to chase him, all of whom were thieves who had accumulated a year. At that time, the king's soldiers were only 20% of the enemy's soldiers, and only three months of training, he was also sighing behind the palace and sent Jiang Yu to lead officials and people to go south. The enemy saw that the king was lined up at the mountain pass and attacked him quickly, and the king defeated his troops. The enemy retreated a little and then attacked the king's troops. The enemy was afraid, but the king took the sword and came out alone, saying: Those who were in the same heart went together! Everyone was ashamed and followed him, and they all acted as death. Before the battle, the enemy fired the king's gun, but the king was not injured. If the gods and demons came into the formation, the enemy's troops would break their galls when they saw it, and they would be defeated.
In this battle, the king's army captured Li Rong and captured more than a thousand. Most of the remaining enemies were frozen and starved to death in the mountains, which was to repay him for slaughtering the people along the way. Only the general Wang Sheng and Xu Lei of the captain were saved only by his own death, so that there would be something happening later.
The second day after the enemy, the army arrived at Shaoxing. The king was frightened by Rong's head, and the captain fled. The king chased and returned to the death. He found that his supplies and food were incomplete, and more than a hundred people were captured. Later, he took the prisoners to Xinchang and killed them all to avenge the revenge on the banks of Siming Lake.
In February of the sixth year of the reign of the country, the king sent an envoy to Zhoushan. When the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the army, he gave Wang Shangfang sword, hang the seal of the general of the enforcer, and promoted Dalan to general, and once gave him the princess...
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Historians said: Traveling thousands of miles away and joining the king's army is loyal; following his father's words and abandoning glory is filial; escorting officials and people and leaving behind the palace is kind; Jingyi left his daughter and brothers to look at him is righteous. The king first came out of the cottage and was pure and kind. Later, he was deceived by evil spirits and lured by beauty, so that even if the enemy was destroyed, the Tao was destroyed. Yu, guarded the etiquette, was beautiful, and Jingting's meat was enough to eat?
...If Wang Yi is here, why is this? Therefore, the fate of disasters is beyond the reach of manpower.
Chapter completed!