At the end of the 13th year of Shunzhi, Wu Weiye took a leave of absence and returned to the south on the pretext of mourning the death of his stepmother, and he never returned to official service.
Originally, Wu Weiye stayed at home well, but the reason why he became Han Shiqi's staff was because this guy used all means to get Wu Weiye to the governor's office, so Wu Weiye had to work for him.
However, Wu Weiye had anger in his heart after all, so he would yin and yang to Han Shiqi from time to time.
Wu Weiye had a great reputation, and Han Shiqi had to endure it.
Besides, what Wu Weiye said is right.
Therefore, Han Shiqi could only hold his nose and said: "What you said is true."
Han Shiqi thought for a while: "Now that the situation is critical, the Taiping Army is very likely to take this opportunity to attack various state capitals, so I intend to personally conquer it. Do you think it is okay?"
Everyone looked at Wu Weiye, and the old god Wu Weiye was there: "It is naturally a great kindness for Mr. Futai to lead the troops there in person."
The reason why Wu Weiye said this was because he had his own thoughts in his heart.
Because on the first day after the military report arrived, Gu Yanwu's letter was delivered to Wu Weiye.
The general idea is to tell Wu Weiye that he is in the Taiping Army. The leader of the Taiping Army is none other than Zhu Yang, the king of Shanyin in the Ming Dynasty. The king of Shanyin is Yingming Shenwu, and he will definitely lead everyone to restore the Ming Dynasty. He tells Wu Weiye to hurry up and complete the great cause of restoring the Ming Dynasty together. It is rumored that
Eternal.
Wu Weiye knew his friend Gu Yanwu well.
He is not a big talker. Since he said that Zhu Yang was wise and powerful, Zhu Yang must have some ability.
However, Wu Weiye did not dare to make a hasty decision, so he decided to go and see for himself.
Therefore, there is today's scene.
Wu Weiye said this on purpose.
As expected, Han Shiqi fell into the trap.
Wu Weiye, this is a conspiracy.
Because everything he said makes sense.
Han Shiqi attached great importance to it this time and personally dispatched 3,000 red flag soldiers, 1,000 of whom were cavalry.
In addition, another 20,000 troops were mobilized from the Green Camp.
You must know that the Green Camp only has 30,000 people in total. Chen Cai had already lost 5,000, leaving 25,000 left.
As a result, only 1,500 red-banner soldiers and 5,000 green-banner soldiers were left to guard Suzhou.
This is already the minimum limit. If it is any less, something will easily happen.
You know, Zhang Huangyan has only been dead for a few years, so he wants to prevent his subordinates from causing trouble again.
Zhang Huangyan was not a simple person. Later generations ranked him as the Three Heroes of West Lake along with Yue Fei and Yu Qian.
One can imagine what a powerful person this is.
If Zheng Chenggong hadn't kept his word, they might have joined forces and taken Nanjing.
After selecting the soldiers, Han Shiqi rushed to Changzhou capital without stopping.
Fortunately, Suzhou and Changzhou are next to each other.
Moreover, Jiangyin is adjacent to Suzhou Prefecture, while Wujin, where Changzhou Prefecture is located, is adjacent to Zhenjiang.
However, if you want to reach Jiangyin from Wu County, where the Jiangsu government office is located, you need to go through Wuxi to reach Jiangyin.
Originally, Han Shiqi wanted to head directly to Jiangyin, but Wu Weiye advised: "Rebels like the Taiping Army are no different from rogue bandits. Even if they capture Jiangyin County, their effective force is not eliminated, and it is very likely that the Taiping Army will become
Rogue bandits like Li Zicheng may not only corrupt Changzhou Prefecture, but the entire Jiangsu Province, and it will be too late to regret."
After listening to Wu Weiye's advice, Han Shiqi felt it was very reasonable.
So, he led his army straight to Changzhou Prefecture to govern the military affairs.
After passing Wuxi and walking along Yanghu Lake, we arrived at Wujin.
At this time, four days had passed since the battle at Qinwangshan.
Zhu Yang was also rushing to Wujin at this time.
At first, he didn't know that the governor's army had arrived, but fortunately Zhu Yang was careful enough and the scouts were far enough away for investigation.
Therefore, when we almost arrived at Wujin County, the scout reported the news.
It is said that an army is rushing to Wujin County.
When asked, there were more than 30,000 people.
Zhu Yang immediately understood that this was an army sent by the Qing court.
Zhu Yang also understood that since his scouts had discovered the other party, the other party must have discovered him.
Any strategies at this time will be useless.
We can only fight with real swords and guns.
This is fine, as this battle serves as the whetstone for the official rise of the Taiping Army.
The generals of both sides are determined to determine the outcome of the battle.
So, when the two armies were about three miles apart, they stopped each other.
Wujin County is basically a flat river without any tall hills. There are quite a few rivers, but they are not big rivers and there are no half-crossed rivers.
Therefore, the two parties took up positions in the wilderness.
To be honest, Zhu Yang is not very good at setting up formations.
So he handed over this task to Xu Dingchuan.
The entire battlefield was left to Xu Dingchuan to command, while he himself carried out guerrilla warfare, turning on the halo at critical moments.
Once the triple amplification aura of the Golden Light Divine Curse is activated, Zhu Yang believes that this battle will be won.
However, before that, he had to train his Taiping Army.
You must know that you will definitely not be able to go out with the army at any time in the future.
It cannot be said that the Taiping Army would not be able to fight without its own triple aura.
Then what is the use of such an army?
The triple halo is only used as a cover, it cannot be used frequently, and it cannot be used by your soldiers to become dependent on it.
Xu Dingchuan took over the command and began arranging troops without any hesitation.
The shield soldiers are in front, the spearmen and spearmen are in the back, and the archers are in the back. This is a typical mandarin duck formation.
Yes, Xu Dingchuan meets the Yuanyang Formation.
The reason is very simple. Xu Dingchuan's grandfather was a member of the Qi Jiajun and became a member of the Hundred Household.
Therefore, this Yuanyang Formation was passed down.
In fact, it should also be equipped with musketeers, that is, fire gun soldiers.
However, there are very few fire gunmen in the green camp, so there is no way to form a combat force.
Fortunately, there are enough archers.
Han Shiqi was also knowledgeable. When he saw the mandarin duck formation on the opposite side, he couldn't help but smile.
He said to the left and right: "It seems that the rebels on the opposite side are also quite capable. They actually know the Yuanyang Formation, but don't they know that my Qing soldiers specialize in breaking the Yuanyang Formation?"
This is pure bragging.
Back then, Qi Jiguang led the Qi family army to beat the Jurchens very badly.
However, due to various reasons, the Qi family's army fell apart. Although the Yuanyang Formation was still powerful, the quality of the soldiers was not good, and the upper-level generals were also very bad, so what effect could they achieve.
Before fighting again, Han Shiqi decided to have a chat with the rebel leader on the opposite side.
If you can persuade them to surrender, that would naturally be the best.
It would be even more perfect if he could scold the opposing general to death like Zhuge Wuhou did back then, causing him to fall in front of his horse.
Every civil servant has the heart to be like Zhuge Liang.
Chen Cai was like this, Han Shiqi was like this, and even Gu Yanwu and Wu Weiye did not have such intentions.
After all, the benchmark Zhuge Wuhou set for the world is too standard.