"In the battle of Pangdaren Tongchengyi, the reports were sent twice before and after, and Liu Zhongtang directly entered the palace and killed hundreds of ranks. Following the confirmation of the beheading of generals and the destruction of the camp by Dong'e Zhixian, the Ministry of War sent a reply to Dongchang Prefecture to verify the leader.
Level, but the emperor is in a very good mood, and even the imperial approval yesterday was much gentler."
In the courtyard of the Dong family in the inner city of the capital, the short and fat Dong Xinkui looked happy, and spoke with more respect to Zhang Mazi, "The Anqing camp beheaded hundreds of people, Liu Zhongtang reported directly to the palace, and the Ministry of War received it one day late.
According to the Tang newspaper, the emperor asked about the Anqing Camp when he summoned the emperor. Yang Sichang also reported that he was in Xuzhou.
Dong asked about this deputy town of Pang."
Zhang Mazi said in astonishment, "Pang Pangren has such a great victory at Susong. I thought I already had a reputation in the capital."
Dong Xinkui laughed and said, "Brother Zhang, I don't know. There are countless generals who have defeated the bandits, but there are very few who have defeated the Tatars. The Susong Great Victory Military Department and the Emperor both know that, but in general, how many battalions were broken is
You just reported the heads yourself, and if you add the heads of the Sweeping King, Zuo Liangyu, Sun Chuanting, and Zu Kuan, you can do this kind of thing."
At this time, the maid came in and got on Xiaodian. Dong Xinkui waited for her to go out and then said, "It's different when we get to Jiannu. The Ningyuan victory in the distance is only 269 heads. Let's talk about the closer one. This time
What victories were reported when they entered the border? Six people outside Ji Zhenkou, seven people in the reinforcement camp in Zhending Prefecture, twenty people in Wang Pujingyang Post, and a hundred and fifty great victories in Qingdu, but the local government and the Ministry of War only reported
There were no flags, drums or armor to prove the heads, and no prisoners were sacrificed alive. At the moment when the Donglu had just moved south, the officials and people in the capital had doubts about whether the heads examined by the Ministry of War were real or fake. Dozens of cities in the south were destroyed, and many people died.
There are hundreds of thousands of people at least. The Zhili Prefecture is in ruins. The government has been impeached one after another. The cabinet and the Ministry of War have long been exhausted. Now, neither the officials nor the people believe what is reported from the towns. What is lacking most now is
A sure win."
Zhang Mazi rubbed his hands, feeling a little excited. He was happy for a moment when he received the news about the beheading of more than 100 people, but it was far from the point of excitement. Now that Dong Xinkui said this, the heads of more than 100 people seemed to be far more serious than he thought.
important.
"The great victory of Pangren Tongchengyi in the first battle. If the flag prisoners are sent, both the Ministry of War and the cabinet will have a credible victory, which can calm the public opinion of the government and the opposition. Now there is one thing, we must take care of it as soon as possible.
If the banner with human heads is sent, especially for the prisoners, if dozens of them are sent to the capital to present the prisoners, so that the people in the capital can see them with their own eyes, the Ministry of War and the cabinet can relax, and the emperor can gain face.
All I care about is face."
Zhang Mazi looked astonished, "The emperor also has to take his face into consideration, this villain really never thought about it.
"The emperor is a person who cares about face the most. What Lu Xiangsheng did the most wrong was not to save face for the emperor. It's not that he doesn't understand this..." Dong Xinkui shook his head after saying this.
Zhang Mazi whispered, ""Mr. Dong said this, the villain remembered something. It seems that two governors died this time, but fewer military attachés died. It is said that in the battle of Jiazhuang, the tiger was so powerful that Yang Guozhu was defeated.
It was enough to encircle and escape. Li Chongzhen, the deputy general of the middle camp who was protecting the governor, also saved his life, leaving Lu Xiangsheng alone to die in battle."
Dong Xinkui hehe
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He smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, just listen to these words. Don't talk about it everywhere. Whether Lu Xiangsheng is dead or not, and how he died, there is no conclusion in the capital. His body has indeed been transported to Zhending Mansion, but Zhang Qiping and
The patrol has not confirmed the identity of the body, so it cannot be announced yet.”
"In this case, Lu Dutang will not be able to bury him."
"Of course you can't. If you bury it, if Yousi says he has not seen his body, Mr. Lu's reputation before and after his death will be gone. Now he can only leave it like this in Zhending Mansion, and he can bury it when the time is right." Dong Xinkui sighed,
"The current supervisor is Sun Chuanting. The Seal Sword flag has been sent out from the Ministry of War. News from the Ministry of War said that he went from Baoding to Zhending, and then from Zhending to Dezhou. I don't know where he is now. Isn't he the supporting supervisor?
Well done, Xuan's army was defeated, and the reinforcements from all walks of life showed no fighting spirit. I heard that the Jian Nu had gone to the east of Linqing, and I didn't know how many people would die. I hoped that these Tatars would not go to the capital when they returned, but to go to Tongzhou.
That’s it.”
Zhang Mazi agreed in his heart. He was an old man from Tongcheng Kuaiban. He was the first to send out sentries to various places. He had experienced several rogue bandits coming to the city, but this was the first time that he had been besieged in the city for so long. The capital was also
It is just a city wall, and Jiannu is outside the wall. It is a lie to say that he is not afraid. The pressure has lasted for two or three months. The Donglu have not left the city yet, and King Qin's army is useless. Regardless of the mood of the gentry or the people in the capital,
are on the verge of collapse.
Dong Xinkui turned to him and said, "It's still business. The Tatars are here this time. The capital wants to send a lot of wealth to the south. Taking advantage of General Pang's great victory, you must hurry up and do it. The Tatars are here."
After they go out to the border, bandits will definitely survive in the places they go through, and they must have reliable people to entrust their wealth. The one with the greatest reputation right now is Pang Pang. If Pang Pang can win one or two more battles, then Pang Pang will win.
More reliable.”
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Returning from the Dong family's outer residence to the store on Chongwenmen Inner Street in the outer city, the deputy met Zhang Mazi at the second entrance and said, "Wu Changshi sent a letter and asked the shopkeeper to bring the letter to Pang Pang. If King Qin comes near the capital, he must talk to him
Let’s meet up and discuss important matters.”
Zhang Mazi didn't stop walking, but just hummed, and his deputy followed behind him and said, "Mr. Feng, there is someone here too, and he has the same idea as Wu Changshi."
Zhang Mazi stopped and asked, "Feng Quan?"
"The visitor said that Mr. Feng went to Zhending Mansion to pay homage to Lu Dutang. If Pang Pang comes to the capital, he would like to invite you to Zhuozhou to meet him."
Zhang Mazi waited for a while and then smiled and said, "Lu Xiangsheng was originally a Qingliu man. He was defeated and died. No one in the capital dared to recognize his body. Only one eunuch went to pay homage. If you say it, it will make people laugh to death."
"How will the villain respond to Mr. Feng?"
"We rely on Feng Quan for many affairs in the capital. Pangda people also value Feng Quan very much. Naturally, we agreed first. However, there are many people in the capital. It is not safe to rely solely on Dong Xinkui to find information. We must have our own way of information.
, can the informants in the palace get the news?"
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The deputy looked at Zhang Mazi and said, "These are just rumors from the palace. There is no effective news yet."
"The informant below is not good at spreading information, so the leader has to think of ways to make him more effective. We are a secret sentry department. If we do not do well, it is not as simple as being beaten by our boss. There is military law above us."
"My subordinates understand that these informants have no foundation. That Lin Dengwan spread the word and said that he wanted to help find out about the situation in the hometown of the husband who is in charge. The subordinates thought that this can be done to make it easier for these informants to do things..."
"Who are your husbands and where is your hometown?"
The deputy was well prepared and named the places one by one. Zhang Mazi turned his eyes and asked, "Do you think these people are really in charge?"
"My subordinates know that this place in Daming Mansion is Lin Dengwan's own home. He made up a family named Xue, which may be his neighbor. If there is nothing wrong with the neighborhood, his family is probably fine, and the other two families may really be in charge.
husband."
"When you answer him then, you have to give it a try." Zhang Mazi thought for a moment, "All the husbands and wives in charge of the palace are from the capital, Hejian Prefecture is the most common. I'm afraid they have been thinking about home recently, and the eunuchs and young eunuchs are naturally
If there are people from the Beijing camp to inquire, I am afraid that no one will pay attention to the young father-in-law below who is usually in charge, but these people are useful and will be easy to handle in the future. For the few Lin Dengwanbao, please arrange for people to inquire, and pick up the others along the way.
Also visit the families you visit, and help bury him if he is dead, and help him find the way if he is alive."
"My subordinate understands."
Zhang Mazi nodded, "Anyway, you must remember that all the important news in the world is in the capital, and all the important news in the capital is in the imperial city. Spending a little money and a little effort is a trivial matter, and I have to explain it to the superiors. Mr. Pang will
It's coming, so what can I rely on to explain it? It's reliable news."
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"Today Dong'a gathered five regular cavalrymen and two rangers. Chen Rulie requested that the clerk be gathered in Dong'a. The rest of the troops will come to Tongcheng Post to meet up."
"agree."
"Yesterday, the cavalry scouted the north, and Chiping County was still there. The Tatars retreated without attacking. The cavalry scouted the northeastern sides and found traces of the recent march of the brigade. They did not continue forward according to your order. It is estimated that more than 10,000 people and animals passed through the post.
The road goes to Gaotang Prefecture, and more than 10,000 people and animals go to Qingping. The end of the team should have finished walking two or three days ago, and it is estimated that it has arrived near Jinan Prefecture."
Pang Yu didn't look at the map. He could guess these two directions without looking at them. The Qing army was opening up the front, and its subsequent route was easy to guess. They were preparing to sweep back north like a brush, so that the west side of the canal would be brushed.
Once, and again on the east side, there will be no waste on the route.
Tu Dianli continued, "Frontline reconnaissance is weak, and the current ranger losses are serious. One hundred direct ranger commanders were killed, three directly subordinate flag commanders were killed, two were missing, and one person was missing. The first ranger flag commander was killed, and only the second division commander was killed.
Banner Commander Chen Bin is still alive, but thanks to the military hospital's ability, he can't ride a horse at the moment. There are only a dozen people available at the moment. This includes the border troops recruited on the road who stayed at night, and there are more than 30 injured rangers in the military hospital.
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Pang Yu nodded. He was already accustomed to the characteristics of the army. Training takes a long time, but losses often occur in just one or two days. In a single thought from the commander, years of accumulation can be wasted.
From top to bottom, the Anqing Battalion lacked practical experience in fighting the Qing army, and especially underestimated the opponent's organization and mobility. Most of the losses were caused by this.
Pang Yu closed her eyes, drove away her annoyance, then looked at Pang Ding and said, "Where is Liu Zhongtang going?"
"Liu Zhongtang is going to Linqing. What he means is that he will send someone to Dongchang Mansion to verify the military exploits, and the Anqing camp will go to Linqing to join him."
"Meet him?" Pang Yu frowned and said, "Liu Zhongtang is the chief minister of the cabinet and should be the most reliable person. He came out of the capital to be the inspector. If Lu Dutang dies, will the inspector become the leader? Lin
Do you know the situation over there?"
Several people in the room shook their heads, and Tu Dianli replied, "I don't know, but Tang Ma sent by Liu Zhongtang said that the current assistant governor is Sun Chuanting. Perhaps the emperor thought that the two groups were not affiliated with each other and it was not conducive to suppressing the bandits, so he sent the cabinet
What do you mean by the first assistant coordinating the two groups?"
"Sun Chuanting is going to Dezhou, and Director Gao is in Linqing. The total number of troops is 50,000...60,000? It will be difficult for Liu Zhongtang to coordinate these two groups."
Pang Yu looked at the map. The current battlefield situation he could grasp was that Jiannu went east and north. But where exactly Jiannu went east, he could only guess. Judging from the time, it should be the farthest.
Arriving at Jinan, the rangers were currently unable to play a role and had no idea of the specific location of the Qing army.
He didn't know the location of the friendly forces either. Since the Qing army had just passed by, there was chaos everywhere, troops were broken up on the roads, and bandits were rampant. Delivering information often depended on luck. He was able to deliver information to Liu Yuliang of Zhending Mansion, but so far he couldn't contact him.
In Linqing, which is even closer, I don't even know if those soldiers and horses are still in Linqing.
Tu Dianli marked two friendly signs on the map, "Shandong General Ni Chong passed through Dongchang Prefecture. He met our sentry horses in Boping in the past two days and asked if it was easy to find food and grass nearby. The other way was Denglai.
The Dengzhou Fubiao camp led by Governor Yang Wenyue has about two thousand people. They came out from Linqing and were in Dongchang Fucheng the day before yesterday. They arrived in Dong'e yesterday evening. It is said that they are going south to Dengzhou. The deputy general of Fubiao camp said
Liao Town is still in Linqing, and Kong Youde's group of Dongjiang rebels have also entered the border with the Tatars. They are familiar with Denglai and will definitely go to Denglai. The Fubiao Battalion is rushing to return reinforcements. Let's come together
Go to Denglai to help."
Pang Yu smiled and asked, "In the order sent by the Ministry of War, does it mean that Ni Chong also went to Jinan?"
"Yes." Pang Ding whispered, "He robbed our grain store in Xuzhou. When he was approaching Linqing, he heard that the Tatars were heading south, so he turned around and ran back to Xuzhou."
"Tell them the movements of the Tatars, and the rest will be spared." Pang Yu stood up and took the document from Pang Ding. He read it carefully and then said, "Liu Zhongtang's document said that he was accompanying him to help.
That is to say, follow him. This is Liu Zhongtang's official document, asking the Anqing camp to go to Linqing. This copy must be kept. Tangma will provide better hospitality. Don't indicate when we received it first. Let's go to Linqing and meet him.