Chapter 42 The forty-second chapter of fast driving, using soldiers is precious, quickly setting up a camp, making great achievements

Kangxi took his ministers and guards to watch the military parade, but heard a strange talk between Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong.The two of them called on the soldiers to fight the battle and take Chahar.He promised to confiscate Prince Chahar's 10 million taels of silver and all his property after breaking the city, and hand over half to the emperor and the other half to the sergeants, while Tuhai and Zhou Peigong themselves would not take any money.Hearing that they used such a method to motivate the soldiers, Kangxi couldn't help laughing out loud.At this time, the barracks was full of excited clamor.Some were amazed, some praised, some cheered loudly, some clapped their hands and applauded. The tense atmosphere during the killing just now suddenly became active.

The ministers standing outside watching also laughed, Xiong Cilu clapped his palms and praised loudly: "Well, Zhou Peigong's book is not in vain. He used the old trick that the Marquis of Huaiyin used to drive the soldiers of the Three Qin Dynasty to the east. Now , the war situation in the south is still tight, and the treasury is empty, so this is the only way to do it, luckily they figured it out!" Mingzhu smiled coldly and said to Kangxi: "Master, did you pay attention just now? In their military discipline, there is no such thing as 'beheading those who rob people's property'?"

Kangxi didn't answer, of course he heard it, but he knew more clearly that these banner slaves fought wars just to get rich.The imperial court couldn't afford the military pay, so it was very difficult for the inner court to pull out 50,000 silver coins, but the 50,000 silver coins, apart from keeping some for military use, were distributed to the soldiers, and each person got one tael.If Tuhai and Zhou Peigong were not allowed to do this, would they be allowed to lead troops to fight empty-handed?What's more, the burden on their shoulders is very heavy. If they want to extinguish the Chahar rebellion with lightning speed, and immediately after winning the battle, they will rush thousands of miles to fight horses and kites. What good strategy is there to prevent them from using expedient measures? , he was meditating, but he heard the sound of gongs, drums and horns shaking the sky in the barracks.Wei Dongting whispered in his ear: "Master, Tu Hai and the others are here to welcome Sheng Jia!"

Tuhai and Zhou Peigong led the army to the expedition, and they were victorious. It took only twelve days to defeat Chahar.They did not break their promises, and all the soldiers who accompanied the army were rewarded heavily.For a time, the morale was high and the army was greatly boosted.Kangxi was also very happy when he received the report, and ordered them to keep most of the gold and silver they seized as military pay, and transfer a small part to Luoyang's guard Walger, and ordered Walger to immediately lead his troops westward and out of Tongguan , Attack Xi'an, disturb Wang Fuchen's rear, and contain Wang Pingfan in Hanzhong.However, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong's troops were ordered to penetrate from the Ikezhao grassland, approaching Longdong, and joined the army general Zhang Yong who was retreating to Lanzhou, and attacked Wang Fuchen in Pingliang from both sides.As a result, the Western Front turned from defense to offense, and the situation immediately changed dramatically.

Since Wang Fuchen was forced to revolt, the battle has been relatively smooth.He did not follow Wu Sangui's request to invade the Central Plains, but was only active in the Pingliang area. He set up a rebel flag, but he didn't want to cause big trouble; he attacked towns, but he didn't want to damage the troops.The 30,000 soldiers in his hands are his housekeeping treasures, and he has to leave a way out for himself.When Walger led troops out of Tongguan and entered Shaanxi, Wang Fuchen didn't care, but ordered Wang Pingfan to lead troops to stop him.However, this afternoon, he suddenly received a report that Tuhai led 30,000 horses and Kemi's 4,000 cavalry had arrived, only 300 miles away.Wang Fuchen couldn't help being taken aback: Where did Tu Hai's soldiers and horses come from? How could they suddenly appear behind him?The enemy comes and goes without a trace, appears and disappears, and arrives suddenly, which has always been a taboo for military strategists.He must quickly find out the truth and figure out a countermeasure.Therefore, he immediately sent people to fly to Hanzhong, transferred Wang Pingfan's troops to reinforce, and brought the generals of the Chinese army to patrol the mountain city.Arrange defense.

The afterglow of the setting sun lazily shines on the city of Pingliang.Liupan Mountain is like a gray and gloomy python, winding and undulating, lying at the junction of heaven and earth in the distance.The rushing and noisy Jingshui in summer can't stand the severe cold of winter, the place along the river bank has been frozen, only a thin stream of water flows from the waterfall in the middle of the river, which can be broken by throwing a whip, and can be crossed by a horse, losing its barrier The role of the rear.Wang Fuchen was riding on the horse, his mind was heavy, and he didn't say a word.General Gong Rongyu of the Chinese army rode a tall horse and followed closely behind Wang Fuchen.He also had a frosty face and a depressed expression.Gong Rongyu saw clearly the situation of this rebel army.After raising the flag to rebel, Wang Fuchen did not attack Luoyang or Taiyuan, but led his troops westward, wandering around Pingliang.Gong Rongyu knew that Wang Fuchen did this because he wanted to secure a stable territory in this barren land, moving between Emperor Kangxi and Wu Sangui.If you advance, you can fight and bargain with the imperial court; if you retreat, you can go far to the Western Regions, join forces with Tibetan and Qiang nomadic tribes, and support yourself with troops.Now, the news of Tuhai's soldiers approaching suddenly came, whether to fight, to surrender, or to flee, I am afraid that a choice must be made.

The city gate opened, and a horse flew out from the city.The rider obviously had a very urgent matter, so he galloped desperately, and soon came to Wang Fuchen.It turned out that it was Wang Jizhen, the son of Wang Fuchen.After Emperor Kangxi released him, he came to the army and reported to his father in detail the emperor's entrustment, which made Wang Fuchen burst into tears.But his father didn't agree to do anything right away, and only left him in the army to serve as a military counselor.Just now, when he received the news brought back by Tan Ma, he hurried to report. "Father, according to the information obtained from the investigation, the army led by Tuhai is composed of banner slaves from the palaces of princes and ministers in the capital. Most of them have practiced martial arts, and some have even fought in wars. This time, Chaha was pacified. King Er's mutiny received a lot of rewards, so the morale is very high. In addition, there is also a cavalry led by Kormi, led by Tuhai, who are rushing for thousands of miles. The marching speed is very fast, and I am afraid it will come soon."

"Well, is there any more?" "Oh, by the way, the assistant to Tu Hai is Zhou Peigong, Minister of the Ministry of War. Although he is a scholar, he has a lot of tricks. When my son was in Beijing, people often heard about him, and the emperor relied heavily on him." "Really? Hey, Rong Yu, is this Zhou Peigong your baby brother?" When Gong Rongyu heard Wang Jizhen say Zhou Peigong's name just now, he was secretly upset.How could Peidi join the army?My mother who is far away in Jingmen, if she knows that our brothers are fighting each other, what will she think?Gong Rongyu was in a trance, when he heard Wang Fuchen ask him, he hurriedly replied: "Ah? Oh, Junmen, I was thinking about it too. There are many people with the same name and surname in the world. Could it be..."

Wang Fuchen knew that he had scruples, so he stopped asking.He waved his hand to repel the soldiers who followed him, and together with Gong Rongyu and Wang Jizhen, they walked forward for a while before saying with a heavy heart: "Brother Rongyu, what's your opinion on the current situation, tell me, and let brother Yu listen to you." .” Because Gong Rongyu didn't know Wang Fuchen's real thoughts, he didn't dare to answer rashly. After pondering for a while, he said cautiously: "Junmen, there is something unclear about the mark, and I want to ask Junmen to clarify."

"Speak, there are only us father and son in front of you, you can say anything," "Yes. Biaoxia thought, Tuhai and the others led an elite army to take advantage of the victory. I'm afraid they won't be able to fight hard. Should we avoid it for a while. They come from the north, and we will go east and join Wang Pingfan in Hanzhong . "No, no, this can only be delayed for a while. If we move, Tuhai and the others will definitely meet up with Zhang Yong from Lanzhou, follow us eastward, and then echo each other with Walger who is fighting from Luoyang. Two sides attack, we will die without burial place."

"Junmen is right, so we have no choice but to continue going west." "Brother Rongyu, that's even worse. Wu Sangui is an old cunning man, he doesn't keep his word. After we started the incident, he didn't even pay us a couple of bucks. Let us, tens of thousands of soldiers, cry in this cold and deserted place. Hunger and cold, struggling to support. Going west, where are you going? Smell it, this is the burnt smell of our army camp dinner, soldiers are killing horses for food. Under this situation, go west again; Crossing the deserted desert? Hmph, without Tu Hai, just because of hunger and lack of food, our army will collapse without fighting!" Gong Rongyu knew that what Wang Fuchen said was true.He himself is very clear about this situation, and there is only one way out right now: Surrender!But he didn't dare to speak directly, so he glanced at Wang Jizhen and stopped talking. Wang Jizhen couldn't hold back for a long time. Seeing the opportunity, she plucked up her courage and said, "Father, since we have reached a desperate situation, don't we..." Wang Fuchen interrupted him suddenly: "Stop talking any further, you're just trying to persuade me to surrender anyway." "Yes. Daddy, in front of me, this is the only way to do it, but..., is Daddy afraid that his subordinates will not accept him!" "What else do they have to say? Wu Sangui sent Wang Shirong to disturb this situation and make the troops into this situation. Can they not understand? Hmph, as Wu Sangui's founding hero, the old thief couldn't even keep himself, and even founded the country! The day before yesterday , Ma Yigui was drunk, wasn't he singing the scene of "Regret" in "Si Lang Visits His Mother"? In comparison, Emperor Kangxi is the hero, and Wu Sangui, hmph, isn't even a traitor." "Then... why is dad still hesitating?" Wang Fuchen fell silent.It was completely dark, and Gong Rongyu and Wang Jizhen couldn't see his face clearly, they could only hear his heavy breathing.After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said a word: "This battle must be fought, and we must fight with all our might. If we win, I will lead my troops to surrender. If I lose, I can only die!" Hearing this, Wang Jizhen shuddered, not knowing what to say.Gong Rongyu knew in his heart that the matter was obvious, surrender without a fight, or surrender after defeat, could not escape the law of the country. Suddenly, Wang Fuchen became energetic as if he was a different person. He pointed to a vague hill-like mound with his horsewhip and said, "Rongyu, Jizhen, look, that's Hudun in the north of the city. There are stone archery towers and water wells. The first thing I thought about when I first marched into Pingliang was to garrison troops and stockpile food on it, and regard this Hudun as the lifeblood of keeping Pingliang. —— Jier Now, I will send you to take a team and guard it for me. As long as you don’t lose Hudun within ten days, if the food supply road is cut off in the ice and snow, they can only wait to be caught. After winning this battle, we You will be able to advance and retreat as easily as possible!" After speaking, he slapped the whip hard, and the horse under the seat neighed, kicked four times and galloped away... Tu Hai is not a brave and reckless soldier, let alone Zhou Peigong's assistant?What Wang Fuchen thought, they all thought of it one by one.After arriving in Longdong, they walked for six days for the last 300 miles, in order to allow the soldiers and horses to get enough rest, recover their strength, and fight a fierce battle after meeting the enemy.As soon as the army arrived at Jinghe, the general of the Chinese army passed down the order: immediately set up camp and build a camp, and buried pots for cooking.The battalion officials quickly sent sentries to look out and defend according to the area, and those who violated the order would be executed immediately.As soon as the general order was issued, military camps were set up on the banks of the Jing River. On this day, after lunch, Wang Fuchen heard that the other party had set up camp, so he brought Ma Yigun, Zhang Jianxun and other generals to inspect the south bank of the Jinghe River in person.Seeing that the Tuhai Chinese army camp was exposed in front of them, and the two wings were flattened for about ten miles along the river, they couldn't help being surprised.Seeing from afar a group of soldiers on the opposite bank surrounded by Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, who were also peeping at their own camp, pointing at Hudun in the distance, immediately raised their hands and shouted loudly: "General Tu is safe and well? Wang Fuchen is here to greet you!" "Oh! It's a horse kite! Back in Beijing, I drank tea and discussed military affairs with you in Beijing, and discussed state affairs together. I don't want to pass it by for a few years. Today, we meet each other in arms. It's really vicissitudes. It seems that there is no progress in watching the emperor's use of troops. I think so. In recent years, I have only cared about treason, so I read less military books! "Ha... Old General Tu used to talk about wars on paper, and it was a "pin"-shaped barracks, but now the word "pin" is just reversed, with the big camp in front, but it looks like a "cry" character! Probably this is you Let's grow up. Ha..." Zhou Peigong waved his robe sleeve and said: "Crying and laughing have similar characters. General Wang, don't underestimate it! Crying is laughing, laughing is crying, upside down and confusing, and the whereabouts are unpredictable-does the general not see the Chinese army's banner? As a great general to Fuyuan, it is natural to focus on "Fu". If General Wang can abandon his troops to make peace and return to the imperial court, he can still become a noble and a marquis. When the country is employing people, don't make mistakes. Tu Shuai has already Prepare the lamb and wine, willing to sing and have a long talk with the general!" Wang Fuchen sneered and replied: "You must be Zhou Peigong? I advise you to go back and sell your books well, and stop dancing in front of me. On the day of peace in the country, you will naturally have a gauze hat. Why bother to bump into each other under this golden city soup pool Broken blood, become a ghost under my sword?" "Jincheng, Tangchi? Do you know what Jincheng and Tangchi are? My lord, Long Live, regards the people of the world as dry cities, but your Wang Fuchen wants to separate Pingliang from Pingliang, and you drive 30,000 tired soldiers away from home and go west, regardless of the suffering of the people. Demolition of residential buildings to use as military camps, and selling civilian women to pay for the army, with a heart like yours, you have the courage to overlord, and it is hard to escape the end of Wujiang suicide!" Before Zhou Pei finished speaking, Wang Fuchen had already shot arrows over like locusts.Tu Hai and the others could only retreat slowly.At this moment, a trumpet fired suddenly in the Ma Yigun camp, General Xiaoqi Liu Chun led more than a thousand cavalry from west to east, leaped across Jingshui and charged towards Tuhai's left camp. Liu Chun's action was planned by Wang Fuchen. He wanted to use Ma Yigui's strong team to explore Tuhai's reality and test Zhou Peigong's ability! The soldiers of Tuhai Zuoying suddenly saw the cavalry of the opposing brigade wielding long knives, rushed towards them with red eyes and yelling, but did not resist, got up one by one, fled in all directions, and threw No matter what happens, let the enemy soldiers push and burn, rushing in a mess. Although Liu Chun smashed a clearing camp successfully, because he failed to kill the general, he was still not satisfied, so he led his army to the east and directly attacked the camp of Tuhai's middle army.However, as soon as they approached the camp, they heard a cannon sound inside, and all the arrows were fired. Several horses in the lead were shot down, and the horses behind jumped and neighed wildly and refused to move forward.Liu Chun originally thought that after the rain of arrows, some cavalry would come out to fight, but after waiting for a long time, seeing that the opponent was still shooting fiercely, he thought it must be because the enemy marched so fast, their footing was not stable, and they dared not fight.So he left 300 cavalry to attack the main camp, and he led the rest to attack the right camp behind. However, Liu Chun was tricked.Just after he led the team to leave, the main camp of the Tuhai army suddenly opened, and a thousand cavalry rushed out.A general in a red robe reined in his horse and came to the front of the formation, commanding the soldiers to surround Liu Chun's three hundred cavalry. In the dusk of winter, iron cavalry criss-cross; war horses neigh, swords flash.There were bursts of yellow sand in the air, and blood flowed underground.The earth-shattering shouts of killing, the battle drums and horns, and the cheering shouts of the infantry made Liu Chun's remnant troops tremble with fear, and within a short while, the entire army was wiped out.When Liu Chun found out that he had been fooled and hurried back for reinforcements, the original calm had long been restored here. Seeing the corpses of men and horses everywhere in front of the camp gate, and hearing the bursts of laughter coming from the Tuhai Chinese army camp, Liu Chun stood angrily at the camp gate, jumped and cursed: "Old man Tuhai, what are you doing?" Those who use real swords and guns to meet a battle, use such tricks, you can't be regarded as a hero!" However, the answer to his cursing was still a rain of arrows like locusts.Liu Chun had no choice but to pack up the defeated soldiers and go back.As soon as he turned around, he heard the sound of drums and music coming from the camp.Looking back, there was a general's platform erected in the Chinese military camp, and Tu Hai and Zhou Peizheng were drinking freely.Holding a wine glass in one hand and chopsticks in the other, Tu Hai pointed at Liu Chun and said, "Go back and tell Wang Fuchen that he wants to fight me, and he is still a few years away. Ha..."