Chapter 60: Dream of Yangzhou in the Changing Sea, Part 16: Ghosts see sorrow, who sees sorrow?
After the Runzhou Ship Gang once again "internal strife", Cebak saw the fire in the southeast corner of the outer city.
But his mission has not been completed yet. He obviously knew that it was almost impossible to defeat or even wipe out the Truqin army in Nanshan, but it could still be done if he took one or two hills and brought the Truqin army's new weapons out of Nanshan.
At present, the battle in Gaochong Temple and Guanyin Mountain is in full swing, and it is probably difficult to win, but Huanghe Mountain, which has been captured by Gui Jianchou Luo Tianchou, cannot be lost anymore.
Thinking of this, Cebak ordered several regiment training camps at the foot of the Truqin Army in Huanghe Mountain to attack with all their strength regardless of casualties. He also used lanterns to issue an emergency order to Luo Tianchou on Huanghe Mountain, allowing him to carry new weapons to attack the mountain regardless of everything.
"There is as much as the new weapon can be brought out"
Cebak, who was standing on the platform of Dantu Palace, thought to himself.
The night became more and more intense, and Cebak stood on the platform. As the rain and the wind gradually stopped, and he sent people to inquire about Gaochong Temple and the battle situation in Guanyin Mountain gradually returned, and his brows locked deeper.
"Gaochong Temple, Guanyin Mountain, our staff has been severely reduced. It is unlikely to attack the mountain. At present, we can only hope for Gui Jianchou in Huanghe Mountain. There are three major camps of our side here, and with Gui Jianchou's green camp, it is still possible that dozens of people will rush out"
"The most powerful thing about the barbarian thief is to fire fire guns, short guns and machine guns. As long as you can grab one, you will be able to do it. Since Luo Tianchou has the name of Gui Jianchou, he must be a little capable, and he will not even be able to break through the dozens of people."
The battle is still going on, with more than 10,000 people in the three battalions. No matter how powerful the Truqin army's firearms are, it is impossible to wipe out them all in a short time. However, the force of a mere regiment must not only block the attack of 10,000 people in front of them, but also guard against the counterattack of Luo Tianchou Green Camp on the mountain. The danger can be imagined.
In the middle of the night, the sound of gunfire gradually slowed down and became sparse. Cebak, who had been resting in the hall for a while, obviously couldn't sleep.
At this time, because he had not seen the barbarian thief taking a boat from the Grand Canal to attack him, and with his own safety considerations, he had already collected all the Eight Banners soldiers from the Jiangning General's Mansion near the Dantu Palace.
"If the success fails, I will leave at all. The entire south of the Yangtze River is still much more populated. I am not Xiang Yu. In a few years, it will not be difficult to train tens of thousands of people."
Before dawn, Zebak stood on the platform again. Before he picked up the monocular lens, a burst of rapid horse hooves came from outside the Dantu Palace.
Zebak's mentality was terrified, and he was more nervous.
"Can't even survive the thousands of troops who walked out of the city?"
After a while, a horse appeared from the path to Dantu Palace and immediately arrived at the square in front of Dantu Palace!
Zao Wuji!
It is probably the matter is extremely urgent. Zhao Wuji, one man and one horse, did not stop at a farther place from Cebak according to the rules, but ran directly under the platform!
"Sir!"
Although Cebak is known for his fairness among the bannermen and his equal treatment of all bannermen, he is a bannerman living in the 18th century and still attaches great importance to the distinction between superiors and inferiors. Seeing Zhao Wuji doing this, his face suddenly showed anger.
However, Zao Wuji's next words shocked him.
"Luo Tianchou broke through the position at the foot of the mountain and was leading hundreds of people towards Dantu Palace!"
"Ah?!"
Excited, Zebak almost fell off the platform.
Originally, he thought that with the cooperation of the three regiment training camps, Luo Tianchou could always break through some people. In his thoughts, it would be good to be able to highlight dozens of people, but he didn't expect that he could actually highlight hundreds of people!
Hundreds of people, needless to say, carry at least hundreds of new weapons. At that time, Luo Tianchou arrived at the Dantu Palace and handed over all the new weapons to him. Then, Luo Tianchou left with the Eight Banners Cavalry. It was dark now, and the terrain under the Dantu Palace was complicated, but he knew it well.
Even if there are Truchen cavalry stopping you, you can guarantee that you will run out by hundreds of people!
As long as you arrive in Jiangning City, you will be foolproof.
As for Luo Tianchou, a descendant of a chieftain who had not yet entered the banner, a general of the Green Camp, was also his supreme glory for his sacrifice for our Qing Dynasty. Afterwards, he reported to the court and carried him into the Han military flag and found someone from his relatives to inherit his inheritance.
"What are you waiting for? Come up with Luo Tianchou and others!"
"Sir! I'm waiting!"
Before Cebak finished speaking, a figure appeared at the end of the path facing the north of Dantu Palace!
He was covered in armor and wrapped around Luo Tianchou's short and concise body, as if it would fall off at any time. Behind him was a long sword with both hands and his famous three-stone power Kaiyuan Bow.
As soon as he stepped onto the open space south of the Dantu Palace, Cebak seemed to have seen the water droplets dripping from the top of the Kaiyuan Bow. It was because everyone behind Luo Tianchou was holding torches and illuminating the big bow clearly.
What surprised Cebak was that Luo Tianchou seemed to be holding a machine gun in his hand!
Although he had never seen it at close range, what he knew was that the Truqins' machine gun was very heavy and usually needed two or three people to play a machine gun, but this thing was held in Luo Tianchou's hands and was as light as it was.
"It turns out that he is a descendant of the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, a famous strongman"
Cebak did not immediately walk down the platform to welcome Luo Tianchou and his party, but continued to turn his telescope. Although the battle at the foot of the mountain was much smaller, it was still continuing, and gunfire sounded from time to time.
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"Luo Tianchou!"
"The job department is here!"
"You did a good job, I will immediately ask the court for you. After this battle, your deputy general of Jiangning should also mention it. The Jiangnan Admiral is old. The governor promised that the next Jiangnan Admiral will be the one who belongs to you."
"But before that, we must transport these new weapons back to Jiangning City as soon as possible. You are all infantrymen and have difficulty moving. Please hand over these weapons to my cavalry immediately!"
“Yes!”
Luo Tianchou suddenly bent down. In Cebak's eyes, he must have been excited to kneel down and salute to him. Although time was tight, he still acquiesced to this section.
However, what surprised him was that as Luo Tianchou fell, the circle of people in the front of Jiangning Camp was lagging down!
If the local soldiers from Jiangning Camp were ready to give him a big gift, then everyone should be depressed. Why are there only the people in the front circle waiting to be depressed?
Just as he was stunned, the machine gun that Luo Tianchou was holding suddenly fired!
Then the whole circle of people started the firearm in their hands!
The people in the second circle threw out the grenades in their hands!
There was also a sound of cannons mixed in between, which also came from the first circle. At that time, Cebak curled his lips when he saw these short-barrel cannons. Although the Truqins' short-barrel cannons were also very powerful, in his mind, I could also make such cannons in the Qing Dynasty, but they were just of quality and poorer results.
But with the sound of gunfire and the sound of cannons, Cebak suddenly woke up.
"What a thief, no wonder I was a little surprised just now. Why the people in the first round looked messy, but in fact they were quite well organized. Every few people had machine guns and cannons, and the people holding the rifles also got bayonets. It turned out that they had planned it long ago!"
But it was too late now. The first lane of people's short-barrel artillery, machine gun, and continuous rifles, and the second lane of people's grenades had formed a tight fire net. After one encounter, almost all the cavalry in front were hit!
Moreover, this firepower network did not seem to have stopped. A few cavalry who were not hit by horses wanted to step forward and were hit by a steady stream of bullets!
The fire net roared for about half an hour, and then it came to an abrupt end.
At this time, the sun in the east had already emerged, and the sky in Zhenjiang City began to brighten, but there was smoke above the Dantu Palace.
Zebak's war horse was shot and killed in the first round of attacks, and then he fell down. Facing the dense fire net, he could only hide behind the horse's corpse and tremble, but he was still injured. Grenade fragments thrown from time to time hurt his thigh.
In the end, about half of the Eight Banners soldiers were killed on the spot, and half became prisoners because of injuries or fear.
When it was dawn, Zebak woke up from his coma, and then he saw someone.
I saw that the man was about forty years old, with a national face, small eyes, and a Mongolian look.
"My name is Sangjice, by the way, it is Sangjiceleng, the brigade commander of Truqin Zhenjiang Brigade"
Cebak was extremely weak due to excessive blood loss. After hearing Sanjice's voice, he ignored him. Instead, he turned his head and looked around, while roaring in a weak voice.
"Luo Tianchou! You bastard!"
Sanjice stared straight at him.
"Don't shout, Luo Tianchou is indeed ours"
"Why..."
Cebak collapsed on the ground, his eyes were empty, he stared at the beams above the Dantu Palace Hall, and then sighed.
"No reason, do you know who Luo Tianchou is?"
"Tashi..."
"No, his real name is Shi Tianchou, he is a descendant of Shi Dewei, the adopted son of Shi Kefa, the former Ming Dynasty governor. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he hid his surname near Nanjing City. Of course, if he had only the identity of Shi Kefa's descendants, he would not have joined us."
"Remember Yin Jiaquan?"
"Yin Jiaquan?"
Yin Jiaquan, the former chief minister of Dali Temple, used the opportunity of Qianlong's southern tour to write a letter to add a posthumous title to his father and worship the Confucius Temple, which made Emperor Qianlong lively. The latter was furious and killed all his family, and Yin Jiaquan was even executed by Lingchi.
"Yes, Luo Tianchou's wife is Yin Jiaquan's granddaughter. Of course, she must be an illegitimate daughter. She was not included in the genealogy, otherwise she would not be left behind."
"Luo Tianchou once did business in Guangzhou, surrendered to our army there, then sneaked into Guangxi, and joined the army there. Later, he passed the martial arts examination, and you know everything later"
"It's not just Luo Tianchou"
"That's nature, our army's actions are all about Zhou Yuan"
"Then you performed the fire in the southeast corner of Zhenjiang City?"
"Yes, what you rely on is nothing more than the Iron Industry Guild and Runzhou Ship Gang, but Zhang Tieshan's bandits remained unchanged and was prepared to attack the Iron City with hundreds of people. Naturally, our army was hit head-on, and Zhang Tieshan was also dead"
"As for the Runzhou Ship Gang, which you rely most, in fact, our country has already operated..."
"It can't be Hua Zhixiu, could it be Wu Xi?"
"You guessed it right. Wu Xi was also the one who was absorbed when our country began to enter Guangdong. At that time, he was the cousin of the general manager of Bao'an County. He was in charge of the general manager's supplies, food and fodder affairs, and was nicknamed 'a scale'"
It turned out that Wu Xi was the barber who had invaded Bao'an Camp in the past. Later, he defected to the Truqin Army. Without the support of the Truqin people, he would obviously not have gained a foothold in the Runzhou Ship Gang, nor would he stand firm in the several civil strife of the gang.
When Zebak heard this, his eyes fainted again.
There are teachings:
Chapter completed!