Chapter 189
After staying in Quanzhou for about five or six days, Nian Gengyao and other generals of the sea cucumber came back with the fleet, and then a group of people found Yu Zhong with an abnormal expression.
"Why? Have you caught that Liu Quezhi? Don't you have to stop people around Taiwan?" Yu Zhong was having a meal and just asked casually after seeing a few subordinates.
"Sir, things are a bit tricky. The Blue Army Sect asks you to lead troops to set off immediately!" Nian Gengyao replied.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zhongqi said, "With Lanli and his abilities, they wouldn't be defeated like Xu Yun and Ouyang Kai, right? Besides, they brought two hundred artillery pieces on the same side! Is it necessary for me to send troops to help?... It's not that those old men suddenly discovered their conscience and wanted to give me some military merits, right?"
"Sir, General Wu Ying and General Wei Ming and General Wei of Wei mistakenly fell into the traitor's trick and have been killed!" Yue Zhongqi said.
"What did you say?..." A piece of Gulu meat that Yu Zhonggang picked up fell to the ground, "What's going on? Wu Ying and Wei Ming are both generals who have experienced the battle formation, so why did they die as soon as they came up? What about Lan Li and Chen Mang?"
"Sir, the Blue Army Sect and General Chen are fighting in the southern part of Taiwan, and now they can't separate themselves!" Nian Gengyao said.
"Can't you separate yourself? Why are they separated?" Yu Zhong asked.
"Sir, the Blue Army Gate and General Chen each brought two thousand troops and were fighting against two rebels led by Liu Quzhi and his accomplice Wang Guozhang in Tainan. The enemy was defending the dangerous side and fought desperately. The war was a bit stalemate, and it was difficult to decide the outcome!" Nian Gengyao said.
"This is impossible! Liu Quzhi and the others are just mobs, how can they stop Lan Li and the others?" Yu Zhong said without faith.
"Sir..." Nian Gengyao was about to say something else, but Yu Zhong suddenly stopped him and turned to Yue Zhongqi and asked, "What's going on with Wu Ying and Wei Ming? How did they die? What about the soldiers under their command now?"
"Sir, this is all because Liu Quzhi and Qin Baoqi have coaxed him!" Yue Zhongqi sighed.
"They are starting to make trouble now?" Yu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then said to Yue Zhongqi: "Tell me more in detail!"
"Sir, General Wu Ying has always wanted to kill Liu Quezhi with his own hands during this march. We first wiped out the rebel navy blocked in front of Heliao Port, and then the army landed and successfully captured the city of the capital. He heard that Liu Quezhi was fleeing to the northern part of Taiwan. So he asked the Blue Army Gate for battle. The Blue Army Gate didn't care much, and divided half of the troops and asked him to take him to sweep the platform north! The last general was sent to General Wu to send them to Huwei (now Tamsui, Taiwan) with a ship, and landed there from there! As a result,
When we arrived at the place, we heard that Liu Quzhi turned back to Tainan again. Instead, Qin Baoqi ran to the Jingtong area east of Taipei! General Wu was very angry, but since he had arrived in Taipei, it was not easy to go back. Therefore, in order to get closer, General Wu took us eastward to Keelung and landed from there! After getting ashore, he led his team to Jingtong again. No traitors appeared along the way. He just went to Lionball Ridge and encountered the traitors' blocking there..." Yue Zhongqi said.
"Liuqi Ridge? Something happened there?" Yu Zhong asked with his eyes slanted.
"Yes!" Yue Zhongqi nodded with some sympathy and said, "General Wu led his army there. When he saw a rebel garrison, he was ready to set up artillery and attack! Unexpectedly, the rebels fired their artillery first..."
"They fired? Did they hit it? The range of their artillery should be not far, it is not as good as our naval guns, and they have not bought any good cannons... Lan Li interrogated those prisoners before leaving!" Yu Zhong shouted.
"Sir, their naval guns are not good, and the artillery they bought are not good either. However, those traitors also have red cannons removed from those Taiwan's cannons!" Yue Zhongqi said.
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"...Damn it!" Yu Zhong threw the chopsticks that were still in his hand to the ground. He thought of everything, but forgot this move! The Dutch, the Zheng family... The Qing court never thought that someone would snatch it again after they regained Taiwan, so he didn't even think about removing the cannons weighing six or seven thousand pounds. In fact, even if he thought about it, he didn't have the leisure to do this! But they all forgot that the cannons would not recognize their masters!
"The artillery fire of the rebels happened to hit the ammunition of the artillery battalion. General Wu and General Wei were nearby at that time..." Yue Zhongqi did not continue to talk about it, and the matter could not be understood. Wu Ying, the unlucky man, fell back to his grandma's house this time, and he also brought a general Wei Ming.
"How is the situation there now? Have those rebels taken the opportunity to counterattack?" Yu Zhong calmed down and asked Yue Zhongqi again.
"No! After General Wu and General Wei were killed, Deputy General Yang Yuan immediately led his troops to attack with the intention of revenge. But our army's artillery was destroyed. The rebels used red-clothed cannons, and there were various small cannons and crossbows nearby, which occupied the territory. Therefore, our army suffered heavy losses, with more than 300 casualties! We could only retreat temporarily and report military information to the Blue Army Gate to wait for military orders!... Until now, we only know that it was not Liu Quzhi on the Lion Ball Ridge, but Qin Baoqi! The two groups of people were coaxing inside, and Qin Baoqi and the Tiandihui were driven there!" Yue Zhongqi said again.
"Liu Quzhi's group is the same. He and Wang Guozhang's troops were divided into two groups, and two groups of people were guarding each other as they were supporting each other. Red-clothed cannons and various small cannons were prepared, and there were many muskets, so our army could not suppress them for a while!" Nian Gengyao said again.
"So Lan Li came to let me fight?" Yu Zhong asked Nian Gengyao again.
"Yes! The Blue Army Gate asked the Chief to go to Keelung to watch the rebels. You can neither let the rebels run away nor... you can take the initiative to attack!" Nian Gengyao replied with some embarrassment. After saying that, he sighed secretly. He was the deputy chief and had combat experience. He was following Lan Li at that time. When he encountered such a situation, of course he would automatically ask for a fake. However, Lan Li did not trust Zhong and did not trust him even more. Otherwise, he would not have issued such a military order.
"I understand. Damn, this world is really troublesome! Even a quick meal is not good!" Yu Zhong patted his clothes in annoyance, and sighed, "Go back and prepare! Let's go tomorrow and bring our brothers together!... By the way, I'll inform the eldest prince again and ask him to bring the soldiers from the Shenji Camp with him... The emperor sent it, so you can't always leave it aside!"
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Qin Baoqi stood alone on a high ground in Shiqi Ridge, his thin clothes were fluttering freely with the breeze. He was looking down at a book in his hand. After a long time, he looked up at the broken camp where the Qing army was no longer alone in the distance. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a hint of sneer passed!
In his opinion, these Qing troops were simply a group of garbage goods!
He has always been bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, or he has never fought a decent battle with the more, and has never fought a decent battle. Then Kangxi was arrogant and almost got overwhelmed by the Three Feudalists? If Wu Sangui was not so stupid, after conquering Sichuan, he should not just think about digging the river with the Qing Dynasty and starting to attack Hunan. Instead, he took advantage of the strong army and went north from Shuzhong to subdue the Shaanxi Wang Fuchen who had been hesitating. In that case, he would count
Under the strong pressure of a hundred thousand troops, Gansu Admiral Zhang Yong and his two powerful generals Sun Sike, Wang Jinbao dared to help Kangxi again? As long as the elite Gansu Green Camp Army of the Qing court was conquered, Wu Sangui could lead his army from Guanzhong to conquer the land, sweep across Shanxi and Zhili, and aim directly at Beijing! At that time, even if Kangxi had Tuhai under his command, Zhou Peigong would have the general trend of the world to be determined! But... Kangxi was lucky!
Also, the battle he personally fought against Galdan by Kangxi! Isn’t it just to bully the few people? Then Galdan is useless! If you want to escape, you can’t escape? You have to run back along the same route! Have you forgotten that the road is thousands of miles away? If Qin Baoqi said that, you just need to send a brigade of partial troops to detour and point directly to Beijing, Fengtian, Kangxi dares to lead troops to chase him? If he dares, he digs his ancestral tomb!... What’s particularly hateful here is that Galdan’s army is less than 700 miles away from the capital, and it is actually beaten back again! This is simply a waste!
However, no matter how bad those people are, they are stronger than the Qing army in front of them!
"Hmph, what kind of generals who pacified the Taiwan Strait? All the generals under him are like this, so Shi Lang may only be just two tricks!" he murmured.
"Love Master, what did you say?" asked a thin man next to him who looked like a leader.
"Nothing!" Qin Baoqi let out a breath, "Have you arranged it all?"
"All arrangements are made! Master Xiang, don't worry! As long as the Qing soldiers dare to step into that camp again, the fire we buried can blow them up!" asked the thin man.
"Yeah!" Qin Baoqi nodded, "Now those Qing soldiers should have retreated to the beach, right?"
"The Master of Incense! Those Qing soldiers have already camped on the Keelung beach. Their navy is not here, so they probably have gone to invite reinforcements." The thin man replied.
"I understand!" Qin Baoqi replied slowly, and then said sadly: "If it weren't for Liu Quezhi being too useless and being a little cautious, this time, we could turn the Qing Dynasty upside down, and then... alas!"
"Why should you worry about the Master of Incense? Now the people of our Tiandihui are moving around the mainland. As long as you persist for a while, the Qing court will be unable to take care of the beginning and end of the Qing Dynasty. If you take your brothers to fight back, will you not be able to get off this Taiwan Island?" said the thin man.
Chapter completed!