"There is no other way, I can only take the risk of going north to Fuchuan to change my equipment."

This is the unanimous conclusion drawn by the civil and military leaders of the Qing army in Xuzhou. What's even more tragic is that in order to avoid alarming the enemy and lack confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Qing army in Henan, Touminga and Shen Baozhen had to rack their brains to come up with a three-dimensional solution that would not arouse the Wu army's alertness, and ensure that there were enough troops to go north to change weapons, and at the same time, they also had to ensure that the important town of Xuzhou was not violated by the Wu army by chance.

Fortunately, the army under Tuomina was abolished, and the number was sufficient. The Green Camp soldiers and regiment training were more than 6,000. If the cavalry were added, there were 4,000 Qing cavalry in Yancheng who could be transferred north at any time. Most of the main force went north to change clothes, and the other part, which worked with the regiment training to maintain the perfect fortifications, should be a little sure of the few days, and the military allocation would not be too short of undressing.

In view of these situations, Shen Baozhen carefully designed a clever plan for Tominga to go north to change clothes. He first deliberately dispatched the Qing cavalry from Yancheng to go north to pretend to return to Xuzhou. At that time, the Wu army would definitely send troops to intercept them. At that time, Tominga took the opportunity to lead the main force of the Qing army who was preparing to change clothes out of the city and pretended to receive the cavalry of Yancheng. After being intercepted, Tominga deliberately defeated and fled to Wuchuan to change clothes with the cavalry of Yancheng.

“There are three benefits to doing this.”

Shen Baozhen explained his plan to Tominga and said: "First, it is reasonable for our main force to go north to Wuchuan. Even if Zeng Guoquan rebels are Zhuge Kongming, he would never guess that we were deceiving defeat in order to replace the main force with weapons. Not only would we not chase the enemy with all our might, but we would also think that it would be easier to attack Xuzhou."

"The second is to take the opportunity to test the weapons, equipment and combat effectiveness of Zeng Guoquan's thief army, so that we can know what we think after changing clothes and launching a counterattack."

"The third is to lure Zeng Guoquan's rebel thieves to take the opportunity to attack Xuzhou City with all their might, and use the solid city defense fortifications of Xuzhou City to consume his weapons, ammunition and troops. Although this is a bit risky for us, our main force should move faster and change the equipment and go south to help Xuzhou City. Not only will Xuzhou City continue to be safe and sound, but our main force after changing clothes can also surprise Wu Zhe on the battlefield."

After thinking about it for a long time, I really couldn't think of an idea that was more reliable than Shen Baozhen's method. Tominga, who had no confidence in Shen Baozhen's tricks, had no choice but to give Shen Baozhen a last chance. However, just as Tominga and Shen Baozhen discussed arranging the troops to go north to change clothes and leave some troops to guard Xuzhou City, a scout suddenly rushed in outside the gate. Before he could salute, he shouted happily: "Report to the military gate, great joy! The Wu thieves' army is pulling out the camp, and there are signs of retreat!"

"What? The Wu thieves are going to retreat?!"

Tominga and Shen Baozhen were so surprised that they couldn't believe their ears, and blurted out, "Have you found it clearly? Wu Zhe is really pulling the camp and retreating?"

"It's true!" The scout who reported the news replied happily: "I saw from a distance that the Wu thieves in Wulou were loading food and supplies with chariots, and did not continue to attack our strongholds outside the city. The same is true for the Wu thieves in Songzhuang. The rebel Shu Bao had already brought the cavalry out of the camp and gathered with his cavalry and prepared to set off."

Unexpectedly, their luck would be so good. Tominga and Shen Baozhen, who were overjoyed, rushed to the south gate of Xuzhou at the first time, raised their telescopes and looked south. As a result, after the open terrain, Tominga and Shen Baozhen really immediately saw that there were dense white hats on the open space in Wulou, and a large number of supplies and vehicles appeared. It was obvious that they had just given up the Wu army Zeng Guoquan's troops that were gathering in the camp.

"God helps me! God helps me!" Tominga laughed wildly, "I didn't expect that Wu Zhe would retreat on his own initiative. Now my military sect has no more worries."

"Why did the Wu thief retreat suddenly? Is there something suddenly wrong in the rear? Or are he using some tricks?"

Shen Baozhen was puzzled by the Wu army's sudden withdrawal of the camp, but considering the abundant space and time left for the self-army after the sudden retreat of the Wu army, Shen Baozhen still smiled like Tominga, stroked his beard and smiled: "But it doesn't matter. Just give us more time, just give us more time."

Unwilling to miss the wonderful scene of witnessing the sudden retreat of the Wu army, Tominga and Shen Baozhen of course stayed on the city wall and continued to watch. However, as he watched, Tominga and Shen Baozhen gradually found something wrong. Zeng Guoquan's army, who had assembled into an army, did not go south directly, but chose to go east to Songzhuang and meet Shu Bao.

I vaguely felt something was wrong, Tominga and Shen Baozhen naturally advanced east along the city wall and continued to observe with the Wu army. Then, soon, Tominga and Shen Baozhen gradually turned pale and met Shu Baojun. After meeting with Shu Baojun, the Wu army actually used Shu Baojun as the pioneer, and went north bypassing the southeast corner of Xuzhou City, and rushed directly to the direction of Yinghe Ferry. After confirming this with his own eyes, Shen Baozhen and Tominga roared in unison, "Just that the bastard said that the Wu thief army gave up the camp and was preparing to retreat south?"

"Zeng Guoquan is crazy about the traitor? Why did he go north bypass Xuzhou City? Prepare to open the seal? Isn't he afraid that we will cut off his food route?"

Chen Zhaoyong, the governor of Xuzhou, also screamed loudly, not understanding why Zeng Guoquan suddenly chose to go deeper alone. However, Chen Zhaoyong's words were right. Zeng Guoquan was indeed not afraid that the Qing army in Xuzhou would cut off his food route, because Zeng Guoquan's goal of going north was not Kaifeng, a major city in the Central Plains, which was far away and definitely difficult to fight. It was just a county-level town that neither the Wu army nor the Qing army had ever cared about before the war......

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"Quick! Quick! Quick! Speed ​​up! We have received accurate news that the military pay and money sent by the Beijing Rebellion Party to the Xuzhou Rebellion Army is now in the city of Fengchuan. We go north to capture Fengchuan and rob the military pay of the rebellion Party! Everyone has a heavy reward! Brothers, the opportunity to get rich is here, speed up!"

Chen Zhaoyong also said something wrong. It was not that Zeng Guoquan was crazy, but that Zeng Guoquan's army had been crazy. Even the Shubao troops of the Wu army, which were hiding many 25-year-olds, rushed north like crazy, and rushed to Wuchuan to rob the Qing army's "guarantee". So much so that when he was carrying heavy equipment to cross the Yingshui north, Zeng Guoquan and Shubao, who had a total force of more than 6,000, including the military and civilians, all crossed the Yingshui River in just one hour, and then stepped north without hesitation.

Of course, there are also some more calm and rational Wu army soldiers who can't believe that their own army will have such good luck. They can inadvertently block the Qing army's military pay and New Year's rewards for several months, and they are reserved about whether there is really a Qing military pay in the city of Wuchuan. However, when the news came out of the rear that Toming A personally led his army out of the city to the north, these calm and rational Wu army soldiers also began to go crazy...

"It's absolutely impossible! The rioters and baggage team blocked in the city of Wuchuan will definitely be escorted to the rioters' salary! Otherwise, the turtle that shrunk to Mina would never be so anxious! Brothers, hurry up, the opportunity to get rich is here!"

The saying that people die for money and birds die for food and die for food is very accurate. Under the temptation of robbing the Qing army's military pay, the soldiers of the New Hunan Army, mainly infantry, ran with red eyes and ran at a speed similar to the cavalry. The Ni Gui's troops of the Hunan Army, who were ordered to take the palace, gritted their teeth and used a comb-rope gun to beat the Qing cavalry at the Yingshui Ferry, so they dared not look up. They forced the Qing cavalry to run to the ferry far downstream to cross the river, and then barely stepped onto the land on the north bank.

The super-large marathon race began. With the advantage of setting out in advance, the main force of the Wu army kept rushing forward, while the Qing cavalry relied on the power of war horses and rushed to chase each other reluctantly, gradually narrowing the distance with the Wu army. They all rushed to the Wu River, fighting for the opportunity to cross the Wu River first to gain the opportunity.

After all, it was a cavalry. No matter how fast the Wu infantry was, it would never be impossible to escape the war horses. When they were about to arrive in Dongcun Town, the Qing cavalry finally caught up with the Wu army's tail. Fortunately, Zeng Guoquan also had a relatively reliable cavalry friendly army. When he found that the situation was not good, Shu Bao, who was rushing in front, immediately took the Wu cavalry and killed him, and attacked the Qing cavalry led by Tominga and Huicheng head-on.

As a result, it was time to start the battle. Shu Bao was shocked to find that he had accidentally ushered in the opportunity he had dreamed of fighting against the main cavalry of Tominga, who was seriously threatening the supply line of Wu army in Henan! What made Shu Bao laugh even more was that because he wanted to keep moving in sync with the Wu army infantry, the Wu army cavalry did not advance at full speed before, and both the war horses and soldiers had sufficient time. The Qing cavalry had maintained a high-speed charge of dozens of miles, and his manpower and horsepower had seriously decreased, and his combat status was far less than that of the Wu army cavalry. So..., Tominga, who had a good relationship with the monk prince, was once again pulled by Shu Bao for teeth.

Facing the rushing, both armies had their own advantages and had their own advantages, and each had their own casualties. However, when the close contact was met, the Shubao cavalry, who had already exchanged for a large amount of ammunition for Wu Chaoyue, immediately gained the absolute advantage. The Shubao cavalry equipped with Smith's pistol, fired his own cavalry left and right, and kept shooting the Qing cavalry within a few meters and dozens of meters, and beat the Qing cavalry who were about to swing the knife and howled. Although there were many Wu cavalry who were not qualified to equip the revolver, they still did not dare to be ruthless on the battlefield of life and death where life and death were fought with their lives, and they waved their sabers to cut the Qing cavalry that had been shot by the pistol, and fell to the ground.

Discovering that the situation was not good, Tomina once tried to get rid of Shu Bao's entanglement and headed north. However, due to the decline in the physical strength of the war horses, the Qing cavalry could not do this. The Wu cavalry, whose physical strength was at the upper hand, had been clashing in the Qing cavalry brigade, causing chaos in the Qing cavalry queue. He kept staring at Tomina's commanding flag and roaring to capture Tomina alive.

At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wu cavalry fighting the Qing army's pursuit, the Wu army infantry brigade had already rushed to the Wu River ferry next to the Wu River City. Although the wooden bridge on the river had been ignited by the panicked Qing army in Fuchuan, the Wu army soldiers rushed to the bridge directly with smoke and fire, shooting while extinguishing the fire and seizing the bridge. Many Wu soldiers simply jumped into the Wu River in heavy snow and flowed across the river, launching a charge towards the Qing army on the chaotic north bank.

After all, the Qing army was the main force of militia training. In less than half an hour of fierce fighting, the Wu army infantry successfully seized the slow-flowing ferry of the Binhe River, barely saved the wooden bridge on the river, and then immediately crossed the river while building a floating bridge to transport supplies across the river. At this moment, it was just evening.

The power of silver was indeed not small. Although the sky was already dark after the Wu army infantry brigade crossed the river, the Qing cavalry led by Tominga was defeated and fled by Shu Bao. The Wu army soldiers could rest for one night before launching an attack. However, after receiving the urgent military report sent by Ni Gui, after knowing that the Qing infantry brigade in Xuzhou was also rushing towards Wuchuan at full speed, the Hunan Army bandits led by Zeng Guoquan did not hesitate at all. Regardless of the exhaustion of the army, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the south gate of the small town of Wuchuan, and used artillery to attack the city without hesitation.

The sound of gunfire was deafening. During the fierce battle, the experienced old Hunan Army quickly discovered that the enemy's firepower seemed to be too strong. However, thinking of the countless "guarantees" currently stored in the city, the Hunan Army was not surprised. On the contrary, they rushed more fiercely and resolutely. Even though the city gate corridor had been blocked by the Qing army in the Wuchuan Army, the tactics of directly blowing up the city gate failed, they did not give up the siege. They continued to use guns and cannons to directly dig holes and bury medicine on the city wall, and their morale was like rainbows.

Finally, after a hard work of throwing his head and blood, the picy acid explosive was finally buried in the newly dug cave on the city wall. After the ignition and detonation, the old city wall of Wuchuan, which the Qing army in Henan had not paid much attention to, also collapsed, revealing a large hole of five or six feet wide. The soldiers of the Hunan Army cheered and charged into the city. Zeng Guoquan and Jiang Yili and other Hunan bandits also cheered and hugged each other, "Get rich! You've made a fortune now!"

The desperate Tominga did not give up completely, and still launched a desperate charge at the Wuhe Ferry controlled by the Wu army. Unfortunately, Tominga soon discovered that the Wu army's quick-fire musket that he was most afraid of actually appeared in Zeng Guoquan's army and also appeared on the battlefield of the ferry intercepting him. In front of the striker with the highest rate of fire, the Qing cavalry that rushed into the river and flowed forward with difficulty naturally became a living target. In the end, he still failed to cross the Wuhe River, and killed and injured more Qing cavalry that posed the greatest threat to the Wu army's supply line.

"Emperor, Empress Dowager, I am guilty! I am incompetent! I am useless! You have worked hard to send so many foreign arms to me, but I didn't even see it, so I let the Wu thief army snatch it away! I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"

When Tominga cried in despair in the south bank of the Binhe River, Zeng Guoquan also saw the hidden real goods under the horse materials of the Qing army's baggage team. While looking at each other with Jiang Yili and Zhang Shiri and other Hunan bandit leaders, Zeng Guoquan gritted his teeth and asked his beloved general Li Chendian: "Xiangyun, when you were in Xuzhou, what did you say to bet the rioters' baggage team transport military pay?"

"This..., the general is guilty, the general is wrong, he is talking nonsense." Li Chendian apologized with an embarrassment, and then pointed to the arms and said, "But General Nine, we are not working hard in vain. You see that we have robbed so many arms, we are not in vain today. Moreover, these foreign guns and bullets are all good things, and there is a kind of foreign gun that even Marshal Wu does not have."

"But how do I explain to the soldiers?!" Zeng Guoquan roared: "I promised all the soldiers of the army to seize the military pay of the rebels today, and each person would be rewarded at least ten taels of silver! First of all, the bounty of the camp that entered the city was doubled, and the pension factor for injuries and deaths today was also doubled! Who paid this money?!"

"This..., I don't know." Li Chendian replied with a sad face, and came up with a very genius idea, saying: "JiuShip, why not like this, send someone to ask the rebellion army if they are willing to spend money to redeem the arms. Look, the rebellion army is so anxious today, they can definitely pay a high price!"

"Don't let your mother goofy farts! Take your people quickly and search for the rioters in the capital who ran away with foreign guns. We must chase back the foreign guns they took away, especially since we have never seen such new foreign guns! One less, today I promise to reward the brothers, and I will ask you to get it alone!"

After kicking Li Chendian out to chase the enemy, Zeng Guoquan turned around again and picked up a Russian main battle rifle that was not even equipped with the main force of the Wu army. Looking through it, his face was complicated. After a while, Zeng Guoquan laughed out loud and murmured: "Military pay? Not bad, Li Chendian, this little pervert, didn't talk nonsense like this. My subordinates really wouldn't work so hard. I wouldn't make up my mind to attack this small broken city in Wuchuan temporarily, and robbed this batch of foreign arms that could not be bought with money."

It is worth mentioning that after the war, after the traitor in Shu Bao's army learned about the incident, Tomina vomited blood on the spot and screamed heart-wrenchingly again, "If I had known that you were going to steal the silver, I would give you silver! I don't want silver, I just want arms! I just need arms!"
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