Chapter 25 The twenty-fifth round Hailancha ruled the roost

Baguashan played this battle extremely simply and beautifully.Although Lin Shuangwen proclaimed himself emperor, he had just passed the addiction of being an emperor. The rebels in various places in Taiwan included those who were originally in the Leigong Association and some from the Tiandihui.As far as Bagua Mountain is concerned, Lin Shuangwen only set up a card on the mountain ridge, which is a gateway to his "emperor capital" in Dali. One started here first. Seeing the 5,000-strong Qing army marching forward, Luo Yaozu, the head of the Yijun Xiangtang guarding Shanka, thought it was a reinforcement of the troops in Taiwan's Fucheng, so he used this information to report to Lin Shuangwen. Lin Shuangwen was also careless. This little army dared to come to sweep Taiwan, and rushed out the troop talisman, and attacked southward from the two places of Xianju and Hewuju. Fighting "getting used to defeat", the rebels didn't take it seriously, and secondly, the military judgment was rash and wrong, which led to a big mistake.

The Qing army attacked Bagua Mountain at the end of the afternoon. It was "cloudy" in today's terms, but the south wind was still blowing very strongly. It is entrenched on the west side of the post road.Although it was the winter season of Meng, the shrubs all over the mountain were still green, and the mountain was swayed by the wind. When the guards saw 5,000 people passing by the post road at the foot of the mountain, they thought it was another food protection team, so they hurried back to the top of the mountain to make temporary repairs. Muzhazhai reported to Luo Yaozu: "Master, the Tartar soldiers have crossed the road again! This time there are many food guards, four to five thousand!"

"As usual, shoot him a few times!" Luo Yaozu was complaining about the prime minister with a few of his cronies, turned his face and continued talking.He is a stout middle-aged man in his thirties. He has shaved his braids. He is bareheaded and half of his body is bare sleeves. My brother is married to Jinlan, and I am the envoy of the furnace! Where was An Huairen at that time? He would sweep the floor of the incense hall in the goddamn Leigong! The emperor intended to seal me as the Venerable Nan Dharma Protector, so he stopped him first! Said Suzaku Hall The money for the incense sticks is not counted, and there is a suspicion of corruption! I don’t think the official is small, how can I bear this reputation?!” The more he said, the more angry he slapped his thigh, “I don’t serve this master! Fuck it , if he doesn’t tell me about Ziwu Maoyou, the next court will pull him down from his seat! His dick is ashen..." To continue, seeing the person who reported the letter earlier came in again panting, no He asked again impatiently, "Isn't it over yet?"

"Reporting to the hall master..." That lao took a deep breath, took a spoonful of water in the jar and drank a couple of gulps, and then said, "A group of officers and soldiers are coming up the mountain!" "how many people?" "I ordered, twenty-three people!" "Oh." Luo Yaozu heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled, "You have shot the blunderbuss, there are so many people here, why don't you go up to the mountain and have a look?——Come on, let's have a look!" After finishing speaking, he also drank half a bowl of water , Then I took everyone out of the gate of the village to have a look. From here, I could see clearly that there were really only about twenty people wriggling up the mountain, and they seemed to be walking uncomfortably, as if they were "searching the mountain" and walking forward.On the post road at the foot of the mountain, the Qing army seems to be resting. The front team has stopped, and the rear team is still moving forward. There are more than 30 carts caught in the team, which seem to be covered with cloth bags, and several cavalry are wandering back and forth. What he said while waving his whip, he couldn't hear clearly, and couldn't see anything strange.Luo Yaozu smiled and said: "This idea is useless! When you get close and shoot a few shots, he will be a rabbit!" Then he turned to the slope and peed.

Hai Lancha is really a straggler pretending to search the mountain, more than 20 people scattered in a line, looking around, walking and stopping, calling each other "be brave" from time to time, and pretending not to know if they have seen someone on the mountain look like.While spying, suddenly, a few tens of steps away from the mountain, three blunderbusses fired together, and there was a loud "bang", and twenty-three people fell down together, only to hear the rustling of iron sand on the wattle tree. ring.Hai Lancha didn't hesitate any longer, and with a sharp whistle between his fingers, the twenty-three people jumped up like tigers, leaped and rushed straight up, while running and jumping, each took out their horse guns, and pulled them out with a "swipe" Japanese sword, climbing a stone and stepping on a grass pier seems to rush forward! ——Luo Yaozu hadn't put on his trousers when he peed, and when he saw that the momentum was wrong, he shouted, "Quickly let go of the bird guns! Hit, hit!" The three bird gunners came to their senses. , where is there still time?Wang Jibao and the two guards danced with a dagger in one hand and a long knife in the other, and the two rebel gunners were cut down to the ground in a blink of an eye.Luo Yaozu yelled: "No! Go back!" Turning around to leave, He Laoliu let out a furious split and jumped up. When he landed, a chain scissors kicked him over. He landed on Luo Yaozu's back and couldn't stop leaning down the hill He fell over and bumped his head on a crouching bull stone. Because he hit it hard, his left forehead was bleeding profusely. He turned over and kicked his legs just to save his life. Cheer:

"Fight! Good fight! Kill——!" The momentum came from the bottom of the mountain like a landslide.There are also sixty or seventy volunteers guarding the gate of the village, some with a knife, some with a sickle, and some who come out empty-handed to go around the mountain to watch the excitement... They are already dazzled like in a dream.Seeing these twenty or so people committing crimes outside the Dazhai Gate, even killing more than a dozen people, they even forgot to help each other. It was not until the officers and soldiers shouted together that they came back to their senses. When, where else can it be?Headed by Hailancha, twenty-three warriors raised their horse guns and "bang tom tom" was a burst of gunfire. A large area of ​​the rebels had been knocked down in the smoke of gunpowder, and iron sand flew across, hitting the face and hitting the eye. , Covering his face and screaming for help... There are still fifty or sixty volunteers in Dazhai, and at this time there is no command, and just emerged from the small stone bridge at Erzhaimen, shouting, "Look for Lord Luo Xiang..." After being hit by more than a dozen long bird guns, five or six were knocked down immediately, and the rest of them uttered "Oh my god", and ran around like headless chickens, without any clues.At the moment when they were cheering at the foot of the mountain, Hailan could no longer see their movements, so they just shouted loudly: "Kill the thief - make meritorious service - Fu Siye will be rewarded! Kill the thief - make meritorious deeds - Fu Siye will be rewarded!"

The officers and soldiers on the mountain heard the sound of cheering at one end, and their eyes were already red-eyed at the other end.Apart from He Laoliu and Wang Jibao, half of these people are Batulu warriors selected from Mongolia, and half are guards selected from Shengjing Forbidden City, and they are masters trained in Gubeikou Camp.The most successful ones are those who fight alone and kick tall people.If the entire village had fought in a field formation, the rebel army would not have been defeated so quickly. At this time, they were beaten without organizational structure and command, and fled in all directions like frightened birds.He didn't even have the courage to parry, and the one who saw the opportunity quickly escaped through the valley, and the one who saw the opportunity was a little slower, and was stabbed by Hailancha's guns, knives, and daggers, and they cleaned up like melons and vegetables.In less than a meal time, the front and rear villages were searched, and all the slaughtered people were killed, and there was no living person.Hai Lancha gathered at the whistle, and each of them brought a bloody knife to see him. Their faces were covered with human blood. Hai Lan checked whether Wang Jibao had arrived, and asked He Laoliu, "Where is Jibao?" The blood on the corner of his eyes smiled and said: "This guy is childish, he killed one less than me, and he is still looking for someone to kill!" Wang Jibao dragged Luo Yaozu, who was half unconscious, and said with a smile: "I Get a job, this guy is Lin Shuangwen's Nantang hall master, he's the boss!"

Hai Lancha inspected everyone, but they were confused. Everyone checked on their own, and they didn't even have a slight injury. Only Wang Jibao got a piece of iron sand in his hand and neck - he was beaten by his own people in the chaos. ——Hai Lancha was overjoyed, and brought this group of "blood-clothed" people to the gate of the village with hand-rolled horns and shouted in unison: "Fourth Master Fu! We're all victorious!" "Fourth Master Fu! We're all victorious!" ... The voice finally reached the foot of the mountain.In fact, they didn't need to shout, the five thousand people down the mountain could already see the cheering scene clearly.Fukang'an looked at him, with a childish smile on his face, pointed at him with a whip, and said, "This is the emperor's blessings equal to the sky, this is the blessing of my people and subjects in the Qing Dynasty! -Wu Degui! You bring a thousand people Station on this mountain, go now! Bring the hero on the mountain back to me to show the three armies in public!"

"Zha!" The general named Wu Degui gave a military salute, turned around and left. "Slow!" Fukang'an stopped him, squinted at the mountains, and said slowly, "Look at this Bagua mountain, it can control the place, block the post road, and block the Taiwan government and Zhuluo. Throat, such an important place, his surname Lin only sent a group of pustules to garrison... He only cared about being the emperor, and he was crowned with a monkey, so short-sighted! Are you the general who beat me to fight Jin Chuansheng? Listen , don’t imitate Ma Di’s loss of Jieting, this place is the same as Jieting, you guard this mountain for me, it’s like prying a lever, this is a fulcrum, I can pry all of Taiwan over, you just You have made a great contribution. If you lose this place, you don’t need to think about your friendship, and ask the soldiers to bring your head to see me!"

"Zha! You must keep it in mind, this Eight Diagrams Mountain is your destiny!" "It's also your future." Fukang'an said calmly, "Go!" Baguashan succeeded, like a shot of stimulant, pierced into the ranks of the officers and soldiers.As the deputy imperial envoy, Hai Lancha, Wang Jibao and He Laoliu are also Fukang'an's heart and soul generals, and the twenty who came forward to kill the enemy were also high-ranking sons of nobles, and they won all the battles. After all, they were all displayed on the spot in full view of the three armies. The real three armies were thrilling at first, and then boiled like the sea, enthusiastically agitating and high morale.Fukang'an tightly reined in the army and marched forcibly overnight. By dawn, Zhuluo County could be seen far away in the light of the sun.Needless to say, the cavalry is the infantry, picking their feet, cooking fire, whistling and singing, limping in the aisle, just wanting to have fun.Fukang'an convened a military affairs meeting in a coconut grove to discuss Zhuluo's relief.

"Morale can't be discouraged." Fukang'an also stayed up all night, and the corners of his eyes looked a little dark, but he was still very energetic. He was paddling on the ground with a horsewhip in his hand, and said, "Since I led the army, I have never Morale is as high as it is now, but high morale can only be maintained by winning battles-yesterday's battle was better than my Fukang'an gathering the whole army to give a ten-year lecture!" He pointed at Zhuluo City with a whip, "These four Qa has stationed eight battalions in Lin Shuangwen, and has besieged the isolated city for ten months. The two sides are deadlocked, and they are exhausted soldiers. This is their shortcoming. But they are familiar with the terrain and the locals are accustomed to the soil and water. This is their strength. Let's go It is also very tired all night, but it will hurt morale if you rest, and we have to continue to fight this tough battle. The chaotic camp looks like the enemy's main camp - damn Changqing is so damned, he can't even find out about this - look at his 櫜 flag, it seems to be it! The enemy's unknown situation is also my shortcoming - bombard his two camps Let the battalion hold down the momentum first, so our people can take the opportunity to rest for half a day, explore the roads leading to Taiwan, Tainan, and Taitung, and then storm the battalion. Inform the Chai Daji in the city to fight north , Coordinating and restraining the enemy is success if they cannot be reinforced.” Hai Lancha sat next to Fu Kang'an, still wearing a half-smile, listening to Fu Kang'an's words with his fingers.Fukang'an set up a security guard again, and told everyone: "Everyone, work hard and go to see the camp first, and wait for a while to continue the meeting." After everyone dispersed, he asked Hai Lancha, "You seem to have something to say? I just arranged Yes, we discussed it in Fuzhou, and you didn't ask for your opinion, you don't mind, do you?" "Fourth Master and Lao Hai still use the word 'you'," Hai Lancha said with a smile, "Come here to check the situation. I have some new ideas, but I haven't figured it out yet. So I didn't speak." "Then let's walk together." Fu Kang'an said with a smile, "Talk while walking." It was half cloudy and half sunny, just after Yin time, the clouds in the east shone white, scattered light into the coconut grove, the tall and lonely branches, leaves and trunks were upturned, like a person standing on a high hill facing the wind, It also looks like the thumbs raised up one by one to praise others. Although the color is old and green, they still look energetic-the Central Plains has already been frozen by thousands of trees and leaves-there is a sugarcane forest in the distance. Not felled.Because of the war, the red sweet potato field outside the coconut grove has not been harvested yet, and the purple sweet potato seedlings are trampled and lying on the ridge without a sound. Looking northeast through the red sweet potato field, it is Lin Shuangwen who besieged Zhuluo. In Nandaying, however, they are all made of sugarcane bags, which are densely packed into a large area and surrounded by wooden fences. This is the "village".Hai Lancha walked silently for a while, stopped, sighed slightly and said: "Taiwan's soldiers are too loose. I saw clearly in yesterday's battle. In fact, the rebels are honest farmers. But I won't kill them. They're fucking trying to kill me, and one of them is a twelve or thirteen-year-old kid...the government forced the people to rebel, and they really can't force them into the Heaven and Earth Association." Fu Kang'an listened silently, nodded and said: "This is sending troops and freeing horses, and we have to do it. There is no mercy in this kind of thing... We are doing it here with our heads up. Some people in the court say that I spent a lot of money, and some people hope that I will stumble hard. They see What a joke! How strange, it’s okay for civil servants to embezzle tens of millions of taels of taels, but for soldiers to regain their lost ground and make others obey the government? The emperor’s edict was written to me by asking Agui to send me a secret letter. Yes. Ama said that the more wars he fought, the more afraid he became. What he is most afraid of when he is alive is that I will become Zhao Kuo and Ma Su. I was careful at first, but now I really understand his old man's thoughts..." He sighed deeply again, "Think about the matter in front of you! If you have any opinions, I just want to talk about it." "This kind of stockade can't stand the bombardment at all." Hai Lanchayang pointed at the sugarcane stockade, "I estimated that there are about 2,500 troops stationed in each stockade, and there are roughly 20,000 people. They still made it The "Bagua Fascination Formation" in the Hongyang Sect of the Tiandihui. Since the introduction of artillery, those things don't care at all. The twists and turns of the roads inside will only hinder their own movement. Our army is not familiar with the terrain and cannot fight at night. Today Fighting in the afternoon, if it lasts until dark, they will run or attack at my disadvantage. So I suggest to take a good rest tonight, and at dawn tomorrow, concentrate all the cannons to bombard this stockade, send 2,000 people to lurk in the north of the city, and open fire here, There must be reinforcements over there, and we will set them on fire while we are empty. When he loses his position, I will take the lead and lead 2,000 people with shotguns, horses, blunderbuss and broadswords, and just kill them. We have 5,000 enemies and 20,000, and it is impossible to wipe them out. What we want is a crushing battle, and it will be considered a success if they lose their souls." While listening, Fu Kang'an unconsciously picked the yellow velvet on the whip with his fingers, followed his fingers faintly, and suddenly flashed, and said, "Lao Hai, you have a good idea! Commander Ji Bao! Shoot an arrow book to set the time, and order Chai Daji to lead troops out of the city, and burn and kill Ji Bao together, the more fierce the better!" He laughed again, "It seems that I am still young compared to you, an old military officer. Hai Lancha laughed and said, "Isn't the commander humble? Old Fu Xiang is also a famous general in ancient and modern times. I think he is more serious than the commander. The general who is victorious in all battles is so modest. Lao Hai convinced you It's gone!" He originally thought that Fukang'an would definitely raise his whip and laugh, but he saw a wry smile from Fukang'an, and said, "Don't say that, I have been escaped from dangerous situations by slaves on my back several times... I The slaves of Ji Yun are more useful than those of Ji Yun. When Ji Yun came back from Xinjiang, his dog named "Si'er" died of old age. He wanted to make stone statues of the four slaves who followed the border guards to stand beside the dog's tomb. It was Liu Yong who dissuaded him, and the board of his family's servants' conference hall was written with the words 'Shi Dog Hall'..." He nodded and said, "Aren't we the dogs released by the emperor?" Hai Lancha pursed her lips and said, "Yes." Everything is in accordance with Hai Lancha's proposition.In the early morning of the next day, He Laoliu gave an order, and the 30 red-clothed cannons dragged by the cannon cart roared at the same time, and one cannon after another bombarded the enemy's Nanying without any head or face.In an instant, the huge village became a sea of ​​smoke and flames. The people inside were noisy and screaming, and then fell silent. Suddenly, three red, green and blue fires were released, and there was another burst of horns. The army and horses rushed out from the smoke at the Dongzhai Gate, but the lineup was far more neat than that of the Baguashan rebels. They were all short-clothed, shorts, and red-clothed, and they rushed out screaming. There were two thousand people.At this time, the sky was already bright, and everyone could clearly see in the faint shadow of the sun. Everyone had drunk the talisman water, and their red eyes and teeth and claws were fierce and ferocious.He Laoliu rolled up his sleeves and yelled: "My ancestors are strict, so you will not be afraid of death and charge with me!" "Stop!" Fukang'an grabbed He Laoliu, gritted his teeth and ordered, "Shoot the arrow!" Behind him are five hundred crossbowmen, and all of them are musketeers. Hearing the command of the general, they all drew their bows and arrows, and shot them head-on. They were as dense as locusts flying towards the enemy group, and the rebel army at the head fell immediately. A dozen.A few brave men were shot with arrows on their arms and chests, yelling loudly, "Fuck your grandma! Fuck your mother", they rushed forward again with their arrows drawn and their knives swung. A group of those who hesitated to retreat turned back to fight Calling to chop and kill, the cannon is no longer useful at this time.Fukang'an saw that the soldiers were eager to try to kill with swords, but he just suppressed "don't go out, just shoot the arrows". Get the gunpowder pack ready!" He commanded majestically with a spear in hand: "Which team is short of arrows, I will immediately kill the one who sent them!" At the moment of emergency, there was a sudden shout of killing from the east, south and west. It turned out that the enemy reinforcements from the remaining seven battalions had arrived, and all the coconut trees and grass seemed to be densely packed. The rebel army is all red-tasseled spears, and there are more than a dozen muskets "Bang! Crack!" Sporadic sounds, wrapped in human voices roaring towards them, Fukang'an was sober at this moment: Chang Qing estimated the enemy The total strength of the army is 100,000, which is probably not enough.Seeing tens of thousands of horses and horses yelling and shouting wildly, there is a sea of ​​people.Fukang'an drew out his sword in a "swipe" manner, and shouted loudly: "Stop shooting arrows! The musketeers are ready, and hit me hard at the Dongzhai Gate!" "Bang!" A thousand guns roared and hit the Dongzhai Gate. "Bang!" The first team rang, the gunner reloaded, and the second team opened fire immediately. "boom!" "boom!" It worked extremely well.The first row of gunshots fired, and the enemies in Dongzhai retreated. After the second row of gunshots fired, they scattered and fled.After four rows of gunshots, there was no one left in the east, and the corpses left in the long smog were piled up in piles. Suddenly the entire army was wiped out, and they seemed to be stunned by this tragic battlefield massacre.The one rushing to the front hesitated and slowed down, and the voice of shouting to kill also became erratic and hesitant: "Kill...what..." At the same time, three blue fires broke out in the sky in the north, and then saw fires in the north and south at the same time.The rebel army immediately looked back and forth, becoming panicked. "Turn the gun!" Fukang Anxin knew that Wang Jibao was able to copy the enemy's rear, and he was determined. He waved his sword, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Children, fight! Fight with a musket!" "Bang bang bang bang—" The musketeers fought south as ordered, regardless of the first row or the first row, they fired as soon as they charged the powder. After the powder was charged, the coconut groves in the south seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, and the smoke was blown by the wind. The sides are pungent and choking, with the smell of fresh human blood, and the rain-like sand makes the coconut trees and bushes tremble.With such firearms and equipment, the rebel army could not hold on, and it was hard to tell how many people retreated screaming and screaming. "Brothers, kill me!" He Laoliu tore off his gown with a "sneer", revealing a body full of scars. He drew out a big blade and went out. Afterwards, the three thousand Qing soldiers followed suit and stripped off. Chi Tiao Tiao followed and killed them, pressing westward frantically all the way. Ever since the chaos in Taiwan, the confrontation between the rebels and the army has always been that the rebels will be defeated at the touch of a finger, and they will be defeated one after another.Seeing a crowd of white and barking people charging up with silvery swords in their hands, and seeing fire and smoke everywhere in the back camp, how can there be any desire to fight?I don't know who shouted: "Mom! They are not human, it's the devil who killed me! - Run away..." The voice was sharp and harsh, as if a night walker suddenly encountered a ghost. The team was already in a panic. As soon as the voice fell, a row of shotguns hit with thick smoke and loud noise, and couldn't hold on any longer, turned around and ran away in all directions.At the back of the line, there were a few leaders wearing fiery red vests with flags on their shoulders. They waved knives and wanted to gather the crowd. How could they stop them?He was trampled on his back by the tide-like rout. "Come on!" Seeing this situation, Fukang'an knew that the time had come. With a wave of his sword, he led the guards of the Chinese army and rushed forward from the front. The Qing soldiers led by Wang Jibao blocked their heads, turned their heads and ran southward, Fukang'an commanded muskets to intercept, and then turned back to the east. Thousands of people lost their heads. Trampling... The Qing soldiers who broke into the enemy group were red-eyed, regardless of the organizational system, and rushed wherever there were many people.Under the bleak sun, the crowd flocked with knives and flickered, dividing the rebel army into several pieces, slaughtering and massacring wantonly.The yelling, the yelling, the screaming, the screaming, the screaming, the killing, the sound was so confused that it was impossible to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, there were blood pools everywhere, rolling human heads and trampled corpses everywhere.Seeing that the war group that had been cut into several pieces shrunk, the rebel army outside the circle had long since fled without a trace. Amidst the sparse gunfire, Wang Jibao led a group of ferocious soldiers to search the coconut forest in the south. kill.Fukang'an breathed a sigh of relief, put his sword back into its sheath, and ordered coldly: "The remaining enemies are allowed to surrender, and ordered all armies to gather their units and count the battlefield. All wounded soldiers of our army were carried to the coconut grove on the left, and the military doctor and fireman And my guards in the Chinese army, all go to take care of them—ask Wang Jibao to come here! Lao Hai is going to inspect the battlefield, and after finishing rectifying the team, he is also coming to prepare to enter the city.” Only then did he feel that the cold sweat was sticking to his body, and took out When I looked at the pocket watch, it turned out that the battle was fierce and I didn't know the time, and it was the right time card.Suddenly, Wang Jibao stepped on the blood pool of the corpse, with one foot high and one foot low, blood dripping from the tip of the knife, and he had become a "red man". Fukang'an looked at him with concern and asked, "Are you injured?" Is it gone?" "No!" Wang Jibao smiled with a "bloody face", looking a little scary, "I tripped and sprained my ankle while kicking Xiying, bah! What the hell is this place? Master is not surprised, is he? " Fukang'an also smiled, pointing to the left and right and said humorously: "I am held hostage by them, and I cannot go forward to kill the enemy-how, is there any support in Zhuluo City? How many soldiers have been dispatched? Where is Chai Daji? Just a while ago I Worrying that he tried to come out from the south of the city conveniently, and the enemy took the opportunity to snatch them into the city, and this battle would be difficult to fight. He succeeded, and did not open the door to steal." "My lord even praised this Chai!" Wang Jibao carefully covered his face The blood madness that was gradually congealed, wiped it comfortably, and said with a curl of his lips: "The original master said in the military department several times that he could not be reused, but the servant still thought that this person is really unlucky, why did he offend my master? See It seems that the eyes of the master are really watery! In total—five hundred soldiers came out from the north of the city, more than two hundred were injured when they kicked the first battalion, and there were three hundred who turned around and ran back to the city after getting some food! Grandpa! Write a letter in person, the surname Chai doesn’t go to battle, anyway, we meet each other on the top of the city tower, and it’s a person to shout and cheer! I didn’t even see his ghost. It’s really not a joke!” After finishing speaking, he added, "If my soldier is so useless, I'll kill him on the spot!" Fukang'an couldn't help but glanced at the south gate of Zhuluo City. Because the sky was getting late and the clouds were pressing down on the sky again, the battlements of the city walls had turned gray-brown. The door has been opened, and there seems to be someone in the doorway, who is vaguely doing what.In a blink of an eye, seeing that his sergeants were still shirtless, Fukang reassuredly said, "Put on your clothes! Looks like you have a cold!" As he spoke, he saw Hai Lancha and He Laoliu bringing a group of military schools over.Hai Lancha didn't notice that Fu Kang'an's face was gloomy, and he reported with a smile: "Marshal, thirty-three of our army were killed and four hundred and thirty-one were injured. Seventeen captives, all of them were wounded, none of them was whole. There were more than 3,400 dead bodies, and the scattered ones were not examined carefully. Lao Hai has fought all his life, and this is the first time such a good deal has been done!" He just saw it and asked, "Marshal, why are you unhappy?" "Nothing." Fukang'an smiled unconsciously and said, "I am as happy as you after winning the battle. I have to work hard, old sixth uncle. The troops will not enter the city tonight and will sleep outside the city. Sixth uncle will check the police station. Let’s see if someone from Luermen has come to deliver food, it’s best to get some meat in the city, but drinking is strictly prohibited. Anyone who enters the city to rob the people or disturb the people will be punished on the spot!” "Yes! He Lao Liu obeys the order!" "Lao Hai, Ji Bao, let's go and enter the city!" Fukang An said, "Ask people to enter the city to inform Chai Daji that we will enter the county government." After saying that, he waved his hands, and fifty or sixty soldiers Geshha rode together , followed Fukang'an and marched towards Zhuluo City. Fukang'an planned to make meat and quit drinking, but he knew that this thought was unnecessary as soon as he entered the city.Zhuluo has been under siege for nearly a year, except for a few carts of grain sent in during the Chinese New Year last year, it is already isolated from the world.Sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, red sweet potato vines, and peanuts have long been eaten up, and all the bark, grass roots, and even cottonseeds that can fill the population are also eaten up.The lonely city has been trapped for a long time, and he was relieved of the siege. He originally wanted to welcome the scene, but he didn't expect that there were only five tables rushing to the city gate to "reward the master with fragrant flowers and wine". As shown by the flesh-colored paper, the "wine" is shallow in the pot and has no color in the bowl. God knows which well water it is.The city is under self-imposed martial law, and every house is closed, but pedestrians are not allowed to walk. Every few dozen steps, there is a soldier standing, all of them are emaciated, yellow and thin, and their clothes are rotten and dirty. "Bringing the young" is incredible, because there are neither old people nor children, only some middle-aged and young people in ragged clothes are skinny, standing on the side of the street and watching "Wang Shi enters the city" with a dull face.Apart from a dozen or so gentry in crumpled robes and jackets, there were seven or eight yamen servants with dark faces, who forced a smile on their faces and followed the county magistrate at the entrance of the inner city to support the scene.The county magistrate, on the other hand, is neatly dressed, speaks conveniently, eats a little more than others, and reports his name as Feng Kaisheng. He is a Jinshi in the forty-eighth year of Qianlong. He also seemed to be very hungry, and he seemed to be lacking in energy when talking, and he kept rubbing his belly and girding his waist to make a smile.Fukang'an has sent troops and released horses all his life. Every time he wins and returns to the court, he does not know how many scenes of welcoming labor have passed. There has never been such a withered and desolate "welcome" scene. Think about being trapped in the city for a year, and look at the wormwood in front of every courtyard Overgrown, my heart sank.Dismounting his horse and holding his whip, he pondered for a moment, and said, "It's not easy for Gui County to support this situation. Tonight, we will borrow Gui Ya, and we will have dinner together. We can talk about the difficulties of the place, and we can first allocate a few thousand catties of military rations to distribute to the people." "Yes yes yes! Commander, this is life-saving food!" Feng Kaisheng thanked him and beat him again, smiling happily, "Just hurry up, people starve to death here every day, and there are only more than 3,000 people left... Sergeant There are only 3,000 of them left, and it is Chai Junmen who guards the city day and night, otherwise it would have been broken..." Wang Jibao, who followed Fukang'an, finally realized that the reinforcements who went out from the city were actually half-starved people. Forgive them for their lack of reinforcements. Feng Kaisheng accompanied Fu Kang'an and his entourage to the county government office in Huangzhenmanmu, and settled down in Qinzhitang, the county government office where the county magistrate lives.Only then did Fukang'an mention Chai Daji, and said: "It has been arranged in advance, and the Navy Gate has already reported it quickly. The existing civil servants of Luermen and Taiwan's government all came to Zhuluo for a meeting. Chai Daji is the chief soldier of Taiwan. , Taiwan's overall situation has fallen, and he cannot shirk his responsibility, but if the isolated city has been defended for a year, the enemy's seven times the strength cannot be shaken, and the integrity and hard work cannot be wiped out. He is defending the city and deploying military affairs, so naturally he cannot welcome me. Inform him now and restrain him Xingwu, come here, I will talk to him." This is a pair of old enemies for a lifetime. At the Guazhou Ferry Station, Chai Daji was drunk and offended Fu Kang'an who went out of business in disguise. It has been written in my book.When Fukang'an was several decades old, no matter how narrow his chest was, no matter how he could care about grievances, his temper would have warmed up long ago.Originally, if the matter ended here, Chai Daji's soldiers were trapped and Fukang'an came to rescue him, and he personally went to the city gate to welcome him, that's all. Following the order of the county magistrate, honestly follow him to resign his merits and plead guilty.Reluctantly, Qianlong already knew that Chai Daji stood alone in the isolated city, and he had the ambition to defend the city for the strong soldiers. He not only had a purpose to commend Chai Daji. "Loyalty and energy are all wholehearted like the bright moon" and then made a decree to narrate meritorious service. Jin named Duke Chai Daji, and he had a glory in his heart. Now listening to "Fu Gong", he shouted like a servant, and said that Taiwan's overall situation fell Responsibility. He is a very arrogant and arrogant person. His promotion in the officialdom has been repeatedly suppressed by Fu Kang'an saying that "this person cannot be reused". The fire was burning again, and the anger became more and more intense. After hearing Feng Kai's life biography "Marshal's Decree", he squinted and said, "What is there to talk about?I'm old and just waiting to die!You go to reply to the imperial envoy, the enemy army is newly defeated, and the city defense must be strictly guarded to prevent sneak attacks and retaliation.Tonight, it is my job to guard the safety of the commander in chief. After checking the city defense in the middle of the night, I will go over to serve. " Feng Kai was helpless, so he had to go back to the Yamen again.Soldiers and civilians guarding the same city, of course there are a lot of scrambles for rations on weekdays. Nearly half of the common people died of starvation, and the army still had cottonseed husks to eat. He only picked what he could say and reported back to Fu Kang'an and said: "Master Chai said that he must maintain the city defense and protect the safety of the commander. He will not come here until midnight. Please forgive him." I am at ease, but I didn't expect to have those words, because there are still a lot of things to take care of, and I feel tired, because I smiled and said: "Forget it, he will take care of military affairs, and see you at the meeting." But Wang Jibao, it turns out Hu Kejing and Hu Kejing were buddies who were too fat to wear a pair of trousers. Hu Kejing was shot and killed by a arrow while guarding him on the Jinchuan battlefield. He had a clear heart about this past, and he never had a good impression of Chai Daji.He is not happy about the lack of reinforcements in the battalion, and it is even more unpleasant not to see Chai Daji come to the city to "protect the field". He turned his back and asked Feng Kaisheng: "What's the matter with him?" Feng Kaisheng refused to hide it for Chai Daji on this occasion, and went out with everything.Hearing this, Wang Jibao turned pale with anger, and urged people to quickly cook for Fukang'an. Taking advantage of no one, he limped in, stomped his feet and cursed: "He's a fucking real bastard, shameless!" "What's the matter with you?" Fukang'an was grinding his ink, and when he saw Wang Jibao coming in, he cursed and said with a smile, "Who messed with you, monkey?" "It's not Chai! Let's run 10,000 miles to rescue him, or else he, the 'Grandfather', will starve to death and feed Haiwangba?" Wang Jibao said angrily, telling Chai Daji word by word. The original words were passed on to Fukang'an, and he said again: "I knew it was such a thing, just now the army did not form a team, went to the city to mess with me and slaughtered this dog day!" He listened patiently, then rubbed the ink, and said indifferently: "This matter ends here, you talking nonsense is not helpful, let that surnamed Feng come in for questioning, and I will take care of it." This planted the cause of Chai Daji's death. For three consecutive days, the Tongzhi, the escaped county magistrate, the county magistrate, and Tongzhi were escorted by soldiers to Zhuluo for a meeting, and Fukang'an never mentioned Chai Daji again.He only immersed himself in writing the excerpts, arranged the main procedures of the meeting, sent 1,000 troops to escort Hailancha to Luermen Port, and joined forces with 5,000 reinforcements from the mainland to attack Changhua. The Fujian soldiers originally stationed in Luermen moved to Fengshan, pretending to attack Lin Shuangwen The old case caused a pincer offensive to sweep across Taiwan.On the day before the meeting, he got up early as usual, practiced Taijiquan in the light of daylight, and threw the stone lock for a while. When he was having fun, the forty-jin stone lock flew up and down in his hands as light as a shuttlecock , He Laoliu and a group of guards stood by and cheered repeatedly: "Okay!" In the midst of the bustle, Wang Jibao came in from the front yard and said: "The officials are here, please come over and give instructions!" "Is there any news from Luermen?" "Back to Commander, letters usually arrive in the afternoon. Not now." "Send my command arrow to Huang Shijian again, and give him 200 more firecrackers to prevent the enemy from attacking the county town of Taiwan. What did you order him to say?" "He said that the soldiers have something to eat now, but Lin Shuangwen came and told him to come and go!" "What about Bagua Mountain?" “吴德贵今天早晨报说，请再增拨三千斤火药。” 福康安站直了身子，揩揩额前的汗，又极仔细地放下了袍摆，扯直弹去灰土，舒舒服服打了个伸展，这才说道：“八卦山，我说过是杠杆撬东西的支点。现在我们已经撬翻了台湾全境，不必再专门看守这个支点。命令他的人马全都开来诸罗，休整待命！” “是！”王吉保直挺挺答道，“这要大帅手谕！” “我这就给他。”福康安回身进房，就着昨晚的残墨写了手令递给王吉保，皱了皱眉头道：“你看看这院子像什么样子？中军二百人不当班的，全都给我铲草，把地扫干净。我们会议我们的，你们干你们的！”王吉保忙答应着，福康安又问，“柴大纪来了没有？” “没见他人。”王吉保木着脸道，“我问了他的兵——他们倒是按期来办差——说柴公爷犯了痔疮，还有老寒腿什么的，迟一会儿再来。” 福康安不再说什么，命王吉保出去传令，从容地用青盐擦牙漱口，又吃了几块点心，这才出到签押房前院。前院却甚是热闹，几十个戈什哈士兵在撒扫庭除，铲草割黄蒿，清理碎烂砖瓦还抓到一条冬眠的蛇，高兴的、害怕的叽哇大叫，几十个官员都是乱起之后逃往台湾府和鹿耳门寄居的官员，自从遭难还从没有见到衙门中有如此欢畅快乐的场景，都站在签押房滴水檐阶下笑着看。还是丰开生一转眼见福康安从二门出来，忙道：“福帅来了，快迎！” “给福大帅请安！” “给福公爷请安！” “给福四爷请安！” ……这些被丧乱战火洗礼过的文官一旦回到官场，立刻恢复了原貌，或端庄或矜持或媚笑或微笑，有旗员有汉员有远门套得上的奴才身份儿，各自身份不同，称谓也就一毫不乱。福康安平抬手臂，含笑说道：“他们院里清扫，我们屋里会议。虽然听着热闹，那是升平祥和气象。你们瞧着比过年还要喜庆安逸，是不是？” “是！”众官笑着一齐恭敬答道。于是纷纷跟着福康安进了签押房上首的议事厅——也就是戏上常见的大堂了。 官员们一年奔亡离散，各自分手寄人谋食，日日如惊弓之鸟。此刻乍然又聚官场，似乎人人都有恍若隔世之感，又像噩梦初醒，惊定思惊，感慨万千，自己人又簇凑了一处；往日恩怨似也化解尽净，患难相处，更有一份亲近之情。众人流泪拉手说话的、互相询问别后光景的，述说逃难凄楚仓惶的……这都是人之常情，不必备细说得。直到福康安在上头轻咳一声，嗡嗡嘤嘤的会场才渐次雅静下来。 “众位，”福康安据案而坐，扫视会场一眼，神情变得安详庄重，“大家自然都有许多感慨的，一言难尽哪！但现在有大事等着作，先办大事，话留到以后说。连这个会议也不能搓绳子，我想了几条，如无错误或补阙，早点散会，留任办事，可成？” “是！遵宪命！” 福康安稳稳神，沉着地说道：“八卦山一战壮了我的军威，高涨了我的士气；诸罗一战我原计划是十天结束，结果只用了八个时辰。” 会场上顿时轻轻起了一阵惊讶赞叹声，但福康安的话很快又使会场入静：“这自然是帝德君恩三军用命，是皇上洪福齐天，社稷人民之福的缘故。有道是民有所愿天必从之。是上苍冥冥造化不许我中华分割！” “诸罗一战，局势已转而向我有利。”福康安说了惯常官场会议的“书帽儿”，转向说实事，“我福康安战不胜定局从来不轻言胜利。老实告诉大家，原来是想一年收复全台。现在看来，只用半年就能廓清全宇。”在一片兴奋的噪声中，福康安提高了一点嗓门：“叫你们来干什么？安民。绥靖。生业。——三件大事。我的安民告示已经发出，我军占领一地，该地民政长官立刻到任理事，也要出安民告示。 “一是不问从贼平民，不设盗户看管约束，凡捉到天地会香堂堂主以上贼酋，一律按军功给赏，本人犯事既往不咎。 “二是按内地办法，以声望素著的缙绅设置保甲，恢复乡村建制，清理地方治安。 “三是大批粮食就要运到。登记人口造册，要按户发到赈粮。种粮、农具、畜力、草料……”他掰着手指一一详明分列，一眼见一个红顶子官员进了仪门，料是柴大纪，偏了偏脸只作没看见，接着说下去，“春耕要预备好，甘蔗、早玉米、红苕——不能渡了春荒备秋荒，凡收复失地的地方，如果地没人种，人流亡、饿死，我就和你不客气。完了——有什么要说的，现在就提。”