Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four

Both Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi rode camels into Xiaojinchuan in high spirits.Although there was no exchange of fire with Sha Luoben, the North Route Army had already occupied Dajinchuan, the South Route Army "captured" Xiao Jinchuan, and the Central Route Army held Sha Luoben on the way to escape to the west. General Agui went deep into the hinterland to find and wipe out the main force of the enemy army It can be said that this Sha Luoben has become a fish in the pond. She stands by the pond and holds up a fork. When she sees the fork down, the lively fish will come into her hands.Therefore, the first thing to do when entering the city is to report victory to Qianlong's red flag.Qingfu is a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, so he wrote a memorial of thousands of words, and went to Zhang Guangsi's Chinese army camp in the Lama Temple to discuss—Xiaojinchuan has been burned to the ground, and the only complete house is this one in the east of the city. There are only five or six rooms in the Lama Temple, so naturally this great general came to live in it——Zhang Guangsi was afraid of the heat, and two Goshhas fanned him behind him, soaking his feet in a cold water basin. He didn't get up when he came in, but he was very polite and said: "We have been in Xiaojinchuan for three days. Can you live in a tent outside? This place is spring and autumn sooner or later. It's freezing at night, and it's hotter than Nanjing at noon." ——Sit down, sit down!" As he spoke, he looked at the memorial.He didn't buy Qingfu's account.Although Qingfu was an imperial envoy, and now he had the name of "serving crimes and making meritorious service", he couldn't argue with him about the seat, scolding him in his heart as "veteran is rude", but he had a smile on his face and sat down without restraint. , staring at Zhang Guangsi without saying a word.

"Killing three thousand enemy troops is an exaggeration." Zhang Guangsi pointed to the manuscript with a smile. "The residents of Jinchuan, big and small, are no more than 7,000, plus the sporadic Tibetans in various places, the whole Jinchuan has only about 12,000 people. Even if Sha Luoben draws one for two, the Tibetan soldiers are no more than 7,000. Killing 3,000 here, the great Jinchuan history The mountain has no credit, the master is very shrewd, he won’t believe you if you say too much, and he will still be scolded bloody! Four hundred and five, or five hundred, the most is this number—understand, old Qingfu?” Qingfu With an embarrassing smile, he said: "I have already controlled the situation in Jinchuan, it's only a matter of time, Zhang Guangsi shook his head and said nothing, then looked down at the memorial, it took a long time to finish it, gently put down the manuscript, stood up and walked around Just walking in thought. Qingfu asked: "Zhang Shuai, is there anything wrong? "Zhang Guangyu said: "The writing style is naturally good.But think about it, why is the master angry with you and me?What he wanted was to "capture" Sha Luoben alive. The sentence in the memorial said, "You must sweep the hole in the court, and you will return to the victory." It sounds empty.But if it is said that Sha Luoben will be captured alive, we are not sure now, and it will be embarrassing to ask us for someone in the future..." He was still pacing and thinking.

Qingfu stared at Zhang Guangsi intently, and said with a smile: "You are too worried. The emperor should supervise and punish this kind of thing in advance, which is the meaning of the title. During the Kangxi year, the royal family personally conquered Zhungeer and wanted to capture him alive. Erdan and Geerdan committed suicide; Yongzheng wanted to capture Luo Buzang Tenzeng alive, but Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhonglin failed; Yin Jishan suppressed the "Yizhihua" bandits in Jiangxi, but "Yizhihua" robbed sixty Fifty thousand military pay, and no crime against Yin Jishan." Zhang Guangsi said: "Actually, I only hope that this place can be pacified, and the responsibility will be fulfilled. But my brother is different, I only beat you away from the top and bottom. Get lost, Ban Gun fled to Jinchuan again, creating such a big mess. Now that Ban Gun died in Jinchuan, it is already a foregone conclusion. If Sha Luoben is allowed to escape again,—man, the two of us will be in the same pot! "Qingfu heard the cloudy sky and fog from what he said, and didn't know what he meant. After thinking for a long time, he realized that Zhang Guangsi suspected that he had not given enough credit to him in his memorial.The two of them talked about their record on an equal footing, and he couldn't be satisfied no matter what!He couldn't help blushing, sighed helplessly, and said, "I'm also helpless, please be more considerate!" Looking up and down for no reason caused trouble, but he had to bear so many ties and suffered so much. He just wanted to put a fly for Qingfu to eat, so he felt happier. At this time, he also accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said with a smile: "We are about to win a big battle. What kind of worries are we making? I can speak more vividly and not violate the holy will. We also have a way out. For example, Sha Luoben is more ferocious and cunning than Ban Gun." , the situation in Jinchuan is very dangerous, and it is not comparable from top to bottom, but our entire army bears the burden and is determined to serve the Holy Son of Heaven, and capture Sha Luo alive as a prisoner. Beijing, in order to comfort the Holy Spirit... how about writing it like this? In addition, the time to defeat the enemy should be written more broadly and livelier, so we have more room for it."

Zhang Guangsi said that Qingfu had already prepared a manuscript, and added to the manuscript, "Jinchuan has high mountains and dense forests, rivers and lakes criss-crossing, and miasma is endless. Sha Luoben is in his prime, fierce and cunning, and he is quite cunning among his tribe on weekdays." Shi Xiaohui has won the hearts of the people, and it cannot be compared with Ban Gun's old age and stupidity; the ministers are using troops this time to eradicate the evil, and they will never be destroyed; if not this year, it will be next year; if it is not next year, it will be the next year. Never. Look forward to it and burn it down." After finishing writing, he handed the manuscript to Zhang Guangsi.Just at this time, Zheng Wenhuan came in with his deputy general Zhang Xing, chief soldier Ren Ju, and general Mai Guoliang, followed by Meng Chen, a guerrilla from the artillery battalion. Zhang Guangsi took a quick look and said, "Just copy the copy like this." , Urgent dispatch! One by one, what can you do?"

"Commander," Zhang Xing wiped his sleeves with sweat all over his face, and said, "There are some changes in Sha Luoben. This morning from Dawei to Zhawang, sporadic enemy troops appeared and destroyed the road signs in the swamp. From Dawei to Xiaojinchuan, some people also pulled out the bamboo sticks stuck in the mud and threw them around. The soldiers guarding the road shot arrows and drove them away. But in the area of ​​Zhawang, our guard manpower was insufficient, and the road signs were destroyed. For more than 30 miles, some sections have changed positions, and now 500 people have been sent to restore the road signs."

"He wants to pinch my food supply? Five hundred people are not enough, let's add another five hundred! ——Wen Huan, how many days is enough food for us here?" Zheng Wenhuan was already standing by the side of the wooden map to examine, and hurriedly replied: "The food transported to Xiaojinchuan is enough for five days, and the food stored in Dawei is enough for half a month-the place is too humid to store more food." Ju said: "Last night, a large group of enemy troops moved towards the west of the scraping cliff. The torches stretched zigzagging for more than five miles. It seems that the enemy is going to go south from the scraping cliff, looking forward and fleeing!"

Qingfu's face changed when he heard it: Shaluo ran away from Zhantou, so it's okay?But before he could speak, Zhang Guangsi sneered and said: "Xiangxi? What is the way out there! What are my South Route Army doing? - Any news from Agui?" Mai Guoliang smiled quickly: "The bid is Answering this matter. Agui suspected that the scraping cliff was the grain storage warehouse of Sha Luoben. He sent people to investigate several times, but they were blocked back. He also saw the torches marching towards the scraping cliff. He thought the enemy army was I want to retreat to the scraping cliff and resist stubbornly, and I believe that Sha Luoben's food storage is on the scraping cliff. I ask for another two thousand people, and he and Le Min will split up and attack the scraping cliff." Zhang Guangsi said: "The soldiers on the Xiaojinchuan side Can’t move, I issued an order to ask the South Route Army to allocate 3,000 people to him—hmph, young man succeeds!” He didn’t know where the anger came from, his face was ashen, his eyes were shining with fire, and everyone was frightened by him.Zheng Wenhuan was full of doubts in his heart, frowned and said: "Sha Luoben's strength is not damaged, the east is pinching my food, and the west is moving... It doesn't seem like a good omen!"

"This is a clown's trick." Zhang Guangsi said: "He knows that I value food roads the most, so he pretends to be on the east side. What he really plots is on the west side. He wants to gain a firm foothold on the scraping ear cliff and fight with me in the deep mountains and old forests. Play around, or look for opportunities to look forward to flee, or use your capital to surrender to me." He stood up and said confidently: "The food road must be protected, and another thousand troops and horses will be transferred from Dawei. We will stand firm in Xiaojinchuan. Both the Army of the North Route and the Army of the South Route are pressing towards the scraping ear cliff, and he has nothing to do!" He sat down smugly, took a sip of tea, and said to Qingfu: "Send the memorial, Jinchuan, big and small, and the emperor can rest in peace." And lie down!"

However, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty only lived comfortably for one day, and in the early morning of the next day, Zhang Guangsi was awakened by shouts like the tide.Putting on his boots, he saw two generals Zheng Wenhuan and Zhang Xing rushing in, followed by Mai Guoliang, but he was out of breath, and before he could salute, he pointed to the outside and said, "Commander, the enemy army is attacking, now the enemy in the north of the city They are gathering, and they have already moved from the east road to the south of the city. Meng Chen is stationed outside with a shed of people, the natural danger can be defended, please ask the commander, do you want to retreat into the city?"

"All withdraw into the city!" Zhang Guangsi was completely sleepy.There was a big change in his situation, but he remained calm as usual. He stopped after issuing an order, and asked, "How many enemy soldiers are attacking the city, and whose banner are they fighting? What equipment are they equipped?" Zhang Xing said, "East of the city and north of the city." The number of enemy soldiers is less than two thousand, and they are fighting the "Great Qing Jinchuan Propaganda Envoy Sha" handsome flag. There are about five hundred archers, three or four hunting rifles, and the rest are ordinary weapons!"

"Very good!" Zhang Guangsi grinned grimly, "I was worried that I couldn't find his main force, so he sent it to the door by himself - Sha Luoben, how brave! Order: All four cannons are set up at the Nanzhai Gate, five hundred archers, All the 30 musketeers went up to the city wall to guard the siege, and the Chinese army left 500 guards. 010 has been commanded by Zheng Wenhuan! " "Zha, the next bid knows!" "Order, Ah Gui's 3,000 troops will quickly evacuate from Danba. No matter how much harassment they receive along the way, they must rush back to Xiaojinchuan to fight within three days!" "tie!" "Order: Let the Dawei garrison of the headquarters, protect our army's food road with all our strength, send orders to the Kangding section of the Central Route Army, no matter how many people die on the road, rush to Xiaojinchuan within half a month, and the North Route Army stays at the Dajinchuan Section. Thousands of troops, the rest of the troops will arrive within ten days—tell them, if they don’t arrive as scheduled, regardless of victory or defeat, I will kill the general by marching!” "tie!" At this time, it was dawn, and the occasional shouts outside became more and more clear.Zhang Guangsi hung up his saber, and while walking out, he ordered coldly: "Where is Master Qing? Ask him to patrol the city with me—raise my commander-in-chief flag to the gate of the village!" As soon as he went out, he saw Qing When he came back, his face was pale, his lips were trembling, and he wanted to ask something, so he waved his hands and said, "Don't say anything, we're going to the city!" Two cannons can suppress the enemy's power?" "Success! Fire the cannon and raise the flag!" Three thunder-like cannons rang out across the sky from a high stack inside the Fuzhai Gate, shaking the ground, and a royal blue handsome flag inlaid with gold thread fluttered gently in the wet morning wind.Both the enemy and us seemed to be frightened by the sound of the guns, and there was silence inside and outside the city for a while, Zhang Guangsi led Zhang Xing, Mai Guoliang and Qingfu to the city slowly, standing on a high place and looking around, he couldn't help being startled . Sha Luoben's soldiers were not as disorganized as he imagined, they looked like wild bees here and there.Two arrows away from the south of the Zhaimen Gate, there are three tall cowhide tents with flags erected, on which are written "Jinchuan Xuanwei Shisha in the Qing Dynasty". Disappearing and appearing in the miasma-repelling smoke, all the Tibetan soldiers lined up outside the range of their arrows, waiting for the order to siege the city. There were dozens of camels in front of the formation, and several leaders rode on them, all of whom were long-sleeved and partial , wearing a Tibetan knife on his waist, looked out towards the gate of the village with his head held high.As soon as Zhang Guangsi, Qing Fu, and Zheng Wenhuan appeared at the gate of the village, a man less than thirty years old in the middle waved his hand, and an old man got off his camel and walked nimbly towards the gate of the village. They all held their breath and watched, so quiet that even the sound of the big banner unrolling could be heard clearly.The old man stood still within a stone's throw of the gate of the village, beat a thousand sons, got up and spread his hands out of his waist, and said loudly: "Sangcuo, the head of Dajinchuan, salutes General Zhang and Master Qingfu. We Therefore, Zasha Luoben, the young commander, wants to confide his heart to General Zhang, so I beg you to agree!" "Tell him to speak up!" Zhang Guangsi said coldly. Sha Luoben clamped her legs and came to Sangcuo on a camel. She didn't get off her ride, but she arched her back to Zhang Guangsi and said, "Shaluoben is polite!" After speaking, she looked up at Zhang Guangsi.Zhang Guangsi and Sha Luoben have been dealing with each other for more than two years, they never expected to meet again today, although they are close at hand, they are powerless to catch them, and they feel uncomfortable in every possible way.With a sullen face, as if calming down the anger in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Young man, you have rebelled against the sky and caused chaos, and dare to play tricks in front of this commander? Now I am a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers. Ji Jinchuan, there are thousands of soldiers in your area, and the wolves are rushing, what is the way out? I advise you to listen to me, surrender early, and be bound. My emperor has the benevolence of heaven, and this commander has the virtue of being good at life, maybe you can Save your family from catastrophe, and spare you forever. If you don’t follow orders, disaster will come from the sky in an instant, I’m afraid you will never regret it!" Sha Luo smiled and said: "I have admired the reputation of the general for a long time. That's right, it's just that Sha Luoben doesn't want to be bound without guilt. There is a saying in the Han people that "a soldier can be killed but not humiliated". , Kill my people, plunder my children, this hatred is irreconcilable! I also have a sincere word to tell you that although your army is numerous, the water far away cannot quench your thirst. Today Dajinchuan has been surrounded by my army. Sha Luoben couldn't bear to die in the land of Jinchuan even if the soldiers of the three armies of your army had no parents or sisters. Today I am in the city to ask for orders, and I would like to extend my sincerity to the general and Qingfu imperial envoy Seeing each other, we will discuss peace, and ask the two adults to act on behalf of the court and explain the grievances. Not only will the people of Jinchuan appreciate the emperor's grace, but we will always be a fence for the court. The imperial envoys, generals, and soldiers who entered Sichuan will also be able to return to the court safely. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" Zhang Guangsi and Qing Fu quickly exchanged glances, it would be great if they could wait for reinforcements in the name of meeting and negotiating for a while!Seeing that Zhang Guangsi was silent, Qingfu understood immediately, leaned forward leaning on the battlement pheasant and said loudly: "You have the heart to surrender, and the imperial court will not embarrass you - withdraw your army, and you come to discuss with us in person, or you can do it yourself. Choose a place, we will send people there! We cannot make an alliance with you under the city!" "I dared to make an appointment with you for a meeting just because I was approaching the city today." Sha Luoben said with a sneer, "You want to use the meeting to wait for help, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get what you want—brothers, will Master Qing's words come true?" "No!" Hundreds of soldiers shouted in unison.The sound pierced the heavens, and dozens of old storks were startled and flew towards the forest, circling away with strange screams. "Then hit! Ignorant and yellow mouthed, so arrogant!" Zhang Guangsi was furious, waved his finger at Sha Luoben, and shouted: "Fire the arrow, fire the cannon, and blow up this little beast!" The arrows were fired at Sha Luoben like migrating locusts.Helplessly, Sha Luoben was beyond the range of the arrow, and the arrows fell to the ground one after another in front of Sha Luoben. Sha Luoben laughed softly, waving his whip on his hunchback and pointing at the city, countless hidden soldiers hidden in the bushes shouted or shouted, and the hornets rushed out of their nests, and in an instant, the north and east of the city were like mountains roaring and tsunami voice.Those Tibetan soldiers were all vigorous and agile, fierce and brave, all Tibetan knives were shining silver, dancing in the scorching sun, they shot arrows all over the city, and they seemed to have no fear at all, so scared that all the soldiers guarding the city turned ashen-colored, Zhang Guangsi was anxious Call: "Cannon! Where is the gunner? Don't fire any more, chop! - Those who are afraid of retreating, chop!" A Goshha rushed down to deliver the order, and after a long while, he heard the sound of "boom! Boom!" from the two cannons, but the shells fell. In the pond behind the Tibetan army formation, the mud splashed up to a foot high! "Damn it!" Zheng Wenhuan was furious, blushing and yelling loudly, "What kind of artillery is this shooting?!" A gunner rushed over and stammered with military salute: "Army...Junmen...Gunpowder Damp...only five packs can be used...this damn place is too damp..." Zhang Guangsi was so angry that his face was pale, but there were not many gunners, and it was not easy to kill people when they were needed, so he just pointed at the gunners with shaking fingers and said: " Hurry up and fight! If you delay the military plane, I will kill you all together!" While speaking, the four cannons roared in unison.It's just that the Tibetan soldiers rushed close, only overturning a few cowhide tents and blowing a few camels to the ground. The two cannons blew fire and smoke for a while, and the Tibetan soldiers seemed to be in a daze for a while.After a while, seeing that the cannon was only so powerful, he immediately woke up and shouted "Aw", and rushed up again with overwhelming momentum.Xiaojinchuan's stockade was originally low, and some places were simply fenced with moso bamboo, which had been in disrepair for a long time and had become as decayed as thatch.The Tibetan soldiers joined forces, yelling "Yeah", pushed it suddenly, and immediately collapsed. Several soldiers like iron streams poured into the city, and the Qing soldiers who defended the city retreated like a wind blowing leaves.Sha Luoben brandished a long knife on the camel's back, and Guli Gulu shouted in Tibetan, "Cut off the connection between the Lama Temple and the south of the city! Those who capture Zhang Guangsi, Qing Fu, and Zheng Wenhuan alive will be rewarded with one hundred yaks and twenty slaves!" At this time, the two sides were fighting hand-to-hand, and the swords and guns clashed into a melee, no matter whether the muskets or cannons were useless.Between the Lama Temple and the Nanzhai Gate, there are swords and swords everywhere.It was the first time for Zhang Guangsi to see such a brutal hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that Sha Luoben's soldiers were fierce and fierce, the Qing soldiers rushed forward and were immediately cut down.Where did Qingfu see this?He is like a zombie whose blood has been drained, both hands are holding the handle of the saber at his waist, standing still like a puppet.Zheng Wenhuan gritted his teeth and straightened his sword. Seeing that there was no support, he rushed into the big tent with a few steps, and said loudly: "Commander, Mr. Qing! The matter is urgent, the reserve team must hurry up and protect us to evacuate to the Lama Temple! It will be too late Already!" Zhang Guangsi was sitting in the chair, staring at the outside of the tent, his guards had already entered the battle.Outside the tent was Sha Luoben personally commanding. The Tibetan soldiers surged upwards like a tide, and had already surrounded the tents of the Dazhong Army tightly. Hands are slow, and people fall down from time to time.After a long time, he sighed, and said lightly: "There are too many enemies, the reserve team should go now!" Before Zheng Wenhuan could answer, he rushed out of the big tent in a few steps, waved the flag with both hands, and ordered the Qing soldiers from the Lama Temple to attack Shaluo from behind. Ben Buzhong.Looking back to the west, the fort has fallen into the hands of Tibetan soldiers. Zhang Xing, deputy general of the Chinese army, led 1,200 troops to guard the Lama Temple camp. The commander in the south of the city was besieged. He had already seen it, but the Tibetan soldiers in the north and east of the city were also attacking the city. The whole situation suddenly rotted, and he couldn't bear the responsibility.Therefore, Dawei ordered Dawei to pull out the stronghold and rush to Xiaojinchuan for reinforcements.The military situation that the spies reported back and forth like a revolving lantern became more and more ominous. "Report! The enemy army has cut off the channel between me and Nanzhaimen!" "Report! The fort is besieged!" "Report! The horse guerrilla died!" "Report! The enemy army has made a detour to the west and has surrounded Nanzhai. Sha Luoben went up to command in person. Master Qing and Marshal Zhang's personal soldiers have already gone to battle!" Zhang Xing's face was livid, he stood at the entrance of the tent, looked at the chaotic crowd and said sharply: "Are there any soldiers who fled here?" "Have!" "Anyone who escapes back will be punished on the spot!" "Military sect—all wounded soldiers!" Zhang Xing tightly locked his brows, stopped mentioning this matter, and asked: "Have the soldiers from Dawei's side set off yet?" The newspaperman was in a daze, when a newspaperman covered in oily sweat ran over and reported that "Dawei's Cai Guerzilla said that he can only draw 200 soldiers to help. Without Zheng Junmen's warrant, he can't abandon the land. It will take twelve hours at the earliest for the reinforcements to arrive!" Zhang Xing was so angry that he had nothing to say, but he He was not allowed to command, nor did he dare to abandon the battalion for reinforcements. He was in the midst of the emperor, and when he heard that the fort was lost, Meng Chen, a guerrilla in the artillery battalion, committed suicide.Before the report was over, it was reported that Ren Ju, the chief soldier, had been hacked to death among the rebellious army. Zhang Xing felt dizzy for a while and almost collapsed to the ground.A soldier ran over panting, and reported: "Junmen! Master Zhang Junmenqing issued a red flag order to order all the reserve teams to go into a decisive battle and join them!" "There are still enemies to the north and east of us. The commander-in-chief didn't say whether the camp will still be defended or not?" "No!" "Damn, what is this order?" Zhang Xing said viciously: "As soon as I move here, the enemy will immediately occupy the camp, and the food, grass, and wounded soldiers will all be sent to Sha Luo, and even if they rendezvous, they will starve to death!" He waved his hand , loudly said: "The 300 people guarding the grain depot and all the wounded soldiers are on standby. The rest of the people will all reinforce the general!" The guard battalion of the Chinese Army entered the battle from behind Sha Luoben, only slightly alleviating the danger of the commander-in-chief's camp. When Sha Luoben saw Zhang Xing's camp coming to help, he immediately ordered the Tibetan soldiers who had besieged the commander's tent to return to fight, and ordered the troops in the north and east of the city to fight. The troops bypassed the big camp and entered the city to participate in the battle, and devoted all their troops to a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers at Nanzhaimen.The Tibetan soldiers in the north of the city did not go around the city, and easily captured Zheng Wenhuan's command center, the Lama Temple. The three hundred Qing soldiers guarding the grain depot immediately became ghosts under the knife. At dusk, the two armies fought more intensely.Zhang Guangsi, Qing Fu, and Zheng Wenhuan had to take a breather because they had drawn 300 strong guard tents. The vast and dark night has finally come, and on the gray sky, large chunks of thick clouds calmly but without hesitation gather up, no thunder can be heard, but lightning flashes behind the clouds, and the pale light shines everywhere The battlefield of dead bodies added a bit of ominousness and terror to this evening night.A few torches were lit in the tents of Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi, reflecting some gloomy generals, and the Qing soldiers outside the tents also lit a bonfire, flickering and burning feebly.Looking at the dark night outside, Zhang Guangsi said to Zheng Wenhuan behind him, "Xiaoqing, do you think the enemy will steal the camp at night?" "No. It's hard to tell the enemy from the dark. We can't steal camp to break through." "Where's the food?" "No, you smell it. The soldiers are eating camel meat." "Is there any letter from Agui?" "As reported just now, they were also attacked and walked very slowly." "Has the messenger been sent?" "It's been dispatched. But order him to arrive in the early morning tomorrow? I'm afraid..." He didn't go on talking, but everyone understood, just after the clean-up and rectification, since the First World War, the casualties of the Qing soldiers have exceeded two-thirds, and Sha Luoben only lost less than three hundred people in the battle. The outcome of the decisive battle tomorrow is self-evident.After a long silence, Qingfu said: "I'm afraid we have to plan for the worst, and we must find a way to send out our legacy. In fact, what Sha Luoben said during the day was just because of a disagreement between the two sides. If we can talk about it again or—— " "There is no 'or' now." Zhang Guangsi interrupted Qingfu with a wry smile, "It is the duty of the general to die in a horse leather shroud on the battlefield! It is superfluous to write a posthumous note, and now there is no pen, ink and paper!" He looked up to the sky and sighed, Said: "I, I never expected to be buried here...too careless, to underestimate this little bastard!" Qingfu responded immediately, and interrupted him coldly: "Now there is no such thing as 'underestimating the enemy'. In my opinion, if Ah Gui cannot get reinforcements, we must try to break out of the siege and go west to join him. He still has 3,000 people, so it is still feasible to hold on and wait for reinforcements." Zhang Guangsi couldn't argue with Qingfu at this time, so he said: "That's what I'm thinking about, but if we break through, I'm afraid the whole army will suffer. Now we have to tighten our fists to defend ourselves. Well... before dawn, the remaining 1,300 people in our army must all gather around the commander's tent, All the dead camels and dead cows were dragged here to survive the hunger, and Agui was also strictly ordered to come closer to me regardless of losses and casualties—an order to double the number of bonfires outside, so as to give the enemy a little illusion!" But Zhang Guangsi's suspicious strategy hardly worked.The next day, Sha Luoben did not launch an attack at all. I saw the Tibetan soldiers on the fort busily busy, coming and going, yelling, I don't know what they were doing. With reddened eyes, he watched the surrounding movement nervously, guarding against Sha Luoben's sudden attack.But listening to the whimpering and sobbing of the horn horns all around, the voices of the Tibetan soldiers were in the forest, some shouted and some sang, but they never left the forest.It made Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi feel baffled. "What's going on here!" Seeing the clouds clearing and the mist clearing, the scorching red sun had already set in the west, seeing that Zhang Guangsi and Zheng Wenhuan were helpless, he couldn't help saying anxiously: "The enemy is nowhere to be seen, and Agui is nowhere to be seen. There is no news about Xiaojinchuan, there is no news about the South Route Army, we are a group of blind and deaf people here!" Now that Zhang Guangsi is an equal and defeated general like him, he can naturally put up the airs of imperial envoy confidently, and pick between his teeth with his nails The stuffed camel meat slowly shook with one hand, and said again: "No, we can't sit here and wait to die! Send someone to contact Ah Gui and tell him to hurry up!" Zheng Wenhuan couldn't help watching from the sidelines, and said: "Lord Qing, the enemy army is surrounded on all sides. We are in distress. Maybe if they attack by force, everyone will be finished. Why are you so anxious?" Still attacking?" Qingfu gritted his teeth and said with a smile, "If I were Sha Luoben at this moment, I would definitely shoot over here, and everyone would be cannon fodder, that would be really clean!" His voice trailed off, and there was a sudden "boom" One cannon shot, and then three more; the earth trembled! "The enemy is coming!" Zheng Wenhuan nervously jumped up from the scorpion, "The ghost son can shoot cannons!" He said and rushed out with his sword.Zhang Guangsi looked at Qingfu who was dumbfounded in fright, and said with a smile: "Listen to this cannon, where did it go? Veterans are afraid of the sword coming out of the sheath, and recruits are afraid of bombing the cannon. It's true—here, here you are!" A dagger that was used to pick camel meat on the table was handed over, and he said, "I'll tell you when I need it. It's much better than a big knife, and you can't have diarrhea. Anyway, we can't fall into Sha Luoben's hands." !" Qingfu took the dagger stupidly, the icy scabbard touched his hand, and immediately became cold all over his body, his face was suddenly as pale as window paper under the moonlight, his lips were pursed as if he wanted to say something, Zheng Wenhuanwen Head Wennao came in, and said in an unbelievable tone: "Master Qing, Commander, what a f*cking strange! The other party sent a message that Sha Luoben wants to come over to make peace with us! Sha Luoben does not bring guards, come in person !" "There is such a thing!" The dagger in Qingfu's hand fell to the ground with a "dang", and he stepped forward and asked eagerly: "He came to our tent?" Without waiting for an answer, he said to Zhang Guangsi: "Meet him Let's go!" Zhang Guangsi's cheek muscles twitched a few times, he gritted his teeth, and said after a long while: "Let's get the army in order, line up the guard of honor, let him in!" As soon as everything was ready, all the Qing soldiers gathered on a flat dam in front of the big tent, forming a square team, and they all stood upright in the sun with their swords, guns, swords and halberds. Twenty or so Goshhas sorted out their muddy military uniforms, Standing in front of the big tent like wild goose wings.A school lieutenant was leading the way, Sha Luoben walked calmly, his cowhide boots stepping on the wet muddy ground boldly entered the village, he glanced at Qing, Zhang, and Zheng, and said with a loud smile: "My lords are shocked!" an arch. "The battle between the two armies has not yet been decided." Zhang Guangsi said coldly, "What is your request, Sha Luo Ben?" "The general's words seem shameless. Are you trying to pretend to be fat if you slap your face swollen? I know how strong you are!" "I still have 2,000 troops here, and Agui's 3,000 troops are rushing to fight!" Sha Luo laughed and said, "Didn't you just burn a few more fires at night? I counted the dead bodies on the battlefield! You only have less than a thousand people!" Zhang Guangsi snorted and said, "Now that you know , What are you talking about? Come and try to attack!" Sha Luoben's expression suddenly became extremely solemn, staring at the three defeated generals with piercing eyes, and said: "The gunpowder on the fort has all been dried, and two of my soldiers died because of drying the gunpowder. I If you want to attack your big tent, first blow up your position, and then attack in one fell swoop, within half an hour, you will be able to catch... that, that, eh! The emperor is as benevolent as heaven, eh! I also have the ability to survive De. I don't want you bound face to face in my camp, as long as you agree to my peace agreement, we can stop fighting and stop fighting." Qingfu listened to him copying the conversation before the battle yesterday.My heart was really uncomfortable, but at this time under the low eaves, I could only swallow my anger, suppressed my grief and terror, and forced a smile: "What kind of regulations are you, tell me!" "Okay!" Sha Luoben said with a smile, and stretched out three fingers: "First, I can send the leader Sangcuo, Rencuo Living Buddha to negotiate peace with the army; second, I can promise to abide by the court's laws and not invade Jinchuan Territories outside the territory, return the occupied land, return the prisoners of war, and return the guns; thirdly, I can send someone as a guide to send the army out of the country. As for your side..." He pondered for a while, and then said: "Please tell the general and the imperial envoy And you have a letter, you must not come back to the country without reason, and you must not pursue the crimes of Ren Ju, Mai Guoliang, and Meng Chen's death in battle; please immediately ask your lord to come to our camp to write the memorial, and do not delay the time, in vain attempt to reinforce the troops and fight again after the arrival of the army. My lord, if I am afraid of death, I dare not come here in person. This is the last chance. Don’t expect to take me as a hostage. If I can’t go back in half an hour, the new leader will ascend the throne immediately and attack with all his strength. It's too late to say anything!" It turned out that Sha Luoben hadn't come to attack for most of the day, and Sha Luoben was discussing these things under the peace curtain. The content of the peace agreement and the negotiation methods were all thought out so thoroughly that Qing, Zhang, and Zheng couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.Zheng Wenhuan, who wanted to take Sha Luoben as a hostage, swallowed a breath, snorted unwillingly, and said, "I am a fighter, Lao Qiuba, don't play tricks in front of me! I will kill you right now." Tie them into rice dumplings, let’s see if you are face-tied or not? Cutting off your head will be a credit too!” He said “噗” and drew out his sword.The samurai under the tent also drew their knives in unison, and glared at each other.All of a sudden, the tension in the tent became tense again!Qingfu was full of peace talks, saw him messing around, and was about to explode, when he saw Zhang Guangsi sitting upright and silent as if nothing had happened, so he stopped—whether good or bad, anyway, Zhang Guangsi has to get out! "I really have a compassionate Buddha's heart." Sha Luoben showed no fear on his face, "I said that I didn't want to be an enemy of the imperial court, and it was true. I came here in person to prove my sincerity. General Zheng wants If you kill him, please, Sha Luoben is going to frown, he is not a son or grandson of the Tibetan family!" Zhang Guangsi then interrupted, and said: "Wen Huan is reckless! - Sha Luoben Guzha, please sit down, let's discuss together. "Sha Luoben said earnestly: "I just stood up and spoke, because time was too tight and I couldn't take it easy. Except for a face tie, I agreed to everything you want. So I implore the imperial envoy and the general to sign as soon as possible!" He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, presented it with both hands, and said, "This is the draft of the peace discussion. After signing it, I can go back and restrain the troops, or I will die!" He took out a pen and ink from his sleeve, put it on the case respectfully, and withdrew In the next step, the fork hand obeyed. Qingfu read the manuscript, handed it over to Zhang Guangsi, and then Zheng Wenhuan also read it, but they were all speechless.After a long time, Qingfu said: "Sha Luoben, you have sincerity to reconcile with the imperial court. The imperial envoys already know about this. I ask you to give us a little more face and add the words 'request to kneel down', so that the imperial court will look good. Yes. You said that you are not afraid of death, and we came here with the intention of mortal death—if we get along well, Jinchuan will no longer suffer from war, and we will have an explanation. What do you think?" Zhang Guangsi and Zheng Wenhuan looked at Sha Luo together again Ben. "We don't know what 'kneeling down' is." Sha Luoben felt sad.He knew that even if he launched an attack at this moment and chopped these three people into pieces, Qianlong would definitely send another large army to conquer again. One. I don’t care what you want to write in the memorial. We Tibetans are all good men, and there is no such word as ‘kneeling’...” And so it settled down.Qingfu, Zhang Guangsi and Zheng Wenhuan signed their names on the "peace treaty" in turn.