The post road of Tongcheng Station was lined with soldiers, mules and carriages, and many people stood on both sides of the street. Some children were playing in the carriage stalls, and the police soldiers with white paint on their helmets kept pulling them out.
Civilians and soldiers were coming in and out of the Chenghuang Temple, loading various supplies onto the newly arrived carriages. The main part of the military hospital would also go north. Even if the Qing army returned from the northeast of Shandong and exited the customs, it would still be a thousand miles away. According to Pang Yu
Once the Qing army returns to the north, their marching route will no longer be traceable, but it will be easy to judge. The current Qing army carries a large number of people and vehicles, at least several times the size when they came, and the overall mobility is
Ability has dropped drastically.
As long as the follow-up troops arrive, the Ministry of War will not let the Qing troops leave. There will definitely be a fierce battle, so the Anqing camp also brings a military hospital to prepare for the battle.
There are only a dozen people left in the Caishen Temple, mainly the lightly wounded, and the others have either returned to the team or been transferred to Dong'a County. .??.
"When fighting day and night, you shoot an arrow at a Tatar with a flag in the middle of the enemy team, sneak towards the rear of the team, and then shoot an arrow at a Tatar in the front team, leading the enemy to shoot each other in front and back. Then walk eastward and encounter a village.
Light a fire in the haystacks outside to disperse the pursuing Tatar troops."
A calligrapher sat on a stone slab with an inkstone next to him. He raised his head and asked Yang Guangdi.
Yang Guangdi nodded repeatedly, and the calligrapher thought about it and asked, "Isn't that Tatar some kind of Zhang Jing?"
"If Zhang Jing doesn't carry a flag on his back, he's just a bagatelle at best."
Yang Shisan, who was lying next to him, lazily said, "Some Bashiku, some Bashiku also carry flags on their backs."
The calligrapher looked at him without saying anything, then immersed himself in writing a few more strokes, handed the booklet over, "If you see it is right, mark it down."
Yang Guangdi pretended to read it after taking it, but he didn't recognize most of the words in it. He still nodded calmly, as if he understood.
This is a combat record in the army. Ordinary soldiers do not need to do it, because they are all fighting in groups, and individual records are meaningless. At least they are completed after the war by the flag general. There are not many words to write in the praise paintings of the army. They mainly rely on
Clerical officers and scribes assigned to the military in various departments.
The Rangers used to be the captains who kept records, but this time they had to record everything they had done alone. This writer missed something earlier, so he made a special trip to make up for it today. It was also the first time for Yang Guangdi to do this job.
The calligrapher handed over the pen and ink. Yang Guangdi knelt down on one knee and signed his name crookedly. Yang Guangdi was not good at writing. This time there were wounds on his body and he couldn't lie down, so he wrote and gestured with his hand in the air.
The crossed out circles look ugly.
The calligrapher said a little disgustedly, "There are many people in the army who can't write names. If you can't write, don't pretend to know how. Just make a cross and a circle."
Yang Guangdi didn't dare to refute, but he didn't listen to the calligrapher's crosses and circles, and insisted on writing his name in full.
The writer obviously didn't take the record of this little soldier as important. He looked impatient and put it away hastily without waiting for the paper to dry. Without saying goodbye to Yang Guangdi, he turned around and left.
Yang Guangdi tried to stand up. The pain from the two arrow wounds made the corners of his mouth crooked. Fortunately, he could still bear it. The angle at which the two arrow branches penetrated the flesh was relatively small, and the wounds were relatively large, but they were both flesh wounds.
It's gotten better after a few days.
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There are still several people from the military hospital in the hall changing gauze for the wounded. The remaining ten or so lightly wounded here have to wait for Dr. Shen to come for a final inspection to determine whether they should follow the army or be transferred to Dong'a.
Their banner commander Chen Bin was also there. He could have been transferred to Dong'a, but last night the Chinese army conveyed Pang Pangren's order. Chen Bin was appointed as the ranger commander-in-chief. He took up the post after recovering from his injuries. The reason was not stated, but everyone
As you can guess, all the Rangers were either killed or missing. Only Chen Bin survived, so Mr. Chen insisted on staying. But he still couldn't speak, and it was difficult to ride a horse. If he marched, he would have to lie in a military hospital.
on a horse-drawn carriage.
President Chen Bai waved to Mandal, asked Mandal to pack his equipment, and went to the yard to see the newly issued mounts.
When they rushed to the city wall that day, it was Mandal who took Mr. Chen Bai on horseback to recover from his injuries for nearly ten days. Mandal was here to take care of him when he was not on the city wall, as if he was already Chen Bin's personal soldier.
While Mandar was cleaning up, he said to Qin Jiuze who was standing at the back door, "Uncle Qin, you must come with us. The people in Zanhuafang said that they went to Linqing this time to attack the Tatars with other military towns.
, we rangers only have so many people, I won’t know if you don’t go.”
Qin Jiuze was standing at the back door. He was injured on his right hip, which was deeper than Yang Guangdi's wound, but his pain tolerance was stronger than Yang Guangdi's. He was able to walk around the palace on the third day.
"This little arrow wound is nothing." Qin Jiuze deliberately raised his feet a little higher and leaned against the door frame of the apse door, when a sharp shout came from the inner courtyard.
Qin Jiuze closed the door of the palace, turned around and walked back, shaking his head and saying, "If you die lightly, you won't be able to die. If you die seriously, you will be pure. I'm afraid that if you die neither light nor heavy, it will not be a good thing."
Yang Guangdi knew that among the people in the backyard he was talking about, some had their stomachs disemboweled and some had their eyes injured. They could not die immediately, but they could not be saved. These seriously injured people endured great pain and howled in the backyard for several days.
, basically everyone is dead now, only two people are left.
Mandar said uneasily, "Uncle Qin, we have made an agreement."
Yang Shisan over there snorted, "It's Doctor Shen who has the final say on whether I can go or not. I haven't healed my shoulder injury yet, so I still need Doctor Shen to take a closer look."
Mandal smashed the clothes in his hands to the ground, stood up and said angrily, "Yang Shisan! I will help you make up for it and protect you from going to Dong'a!"
Yang Shisan stretched out his hand and pointed at Mandar, "You ungrateful Tatar, I was the one who dragged you up the city wall. Come here with a knife and try it to see who goes to Dong'a."
The other soldiers in the palace heard the different accents of several people and knew that they were the border troops recruited this time. They all watched the fun and talked to each other in Anqing dialect.
Qin Jiuze said indifferently, "They are all from the Xuanfu. What are you making a fuss about? All the soldiers in the Xuanfu were killed by the Tatars. Why don't you think it's not embarrassing enough and make people laugh?"
The two looked at each other fiercely for a moment, then turned around to clear up their respective affairs.
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Qin Jiuze arrived at the palace gate and sat on the threshold as if nothing had happened.
Yang Guangdi didn't want to pay attention to those two people. He came to Qin Jiuze and said, "Uncle Qin, I heard that Doctor Shen is also from the Xuan Mansion and lives in the same place as you. Have you seen him before?"
Qin Jiuze waited for a while and then said, "I have heard of a woman from the Shen family who cured gold sores. It was over there in Yanghe. Some generals said that her family's trauma department was very good, but I have never seen it. She saved so many people this time.
, it is also called a female Bodhisattva. Even for this woman, it is always inconvenient. You don’t know if this huge person has hurt my family. Those who say it has hurt are just salt of the earth. I am willing to fight.
It still needs to be tested.”
Yang Guangdi nodded and said, "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with my injured back or legs. Uncle Qin's injury was not in the wrong place. Fortunately, the dressings were changed by male doctors, and the only thing that examined the injuries was..."
Qin Jiuze coughed dryly, but before he could say anything, the back door creaked. The two of them looked back and saw that the female doctor had already walked into the hall. .??.
The clerk from the Cavalry Thousand Headquarters also followed behind. He shouted loudly, "Take off your clothes and pants. The doctor has examined the injury. When it's time to recuperate, go to Dong'a. When it's time to fight the Tatars, go to Linqing."
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"Liu Zhongtang has received the news, telling him not to go to Linqing, but to divert to Dezhou."
On the third day of the first lunar month in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, outside Weijiawan Town, Pang Yu received the order letter from Tu Dianli outside the Chinese army's tent.
Coming from Tongchengyi, even though it was the Spring Festival, the place we passed was devastated, like a hell on earth.
Perhaps due to time constraints, Chiping County, which was originally conquered in history, was saved, but Boping County was still conquered. All the villages and towns along the official road were not spared, and the roads were full of broken walls and corpses.
The town of Weijiawan is also in a mess. The bustling canal a month ago has now become a ghost land, with many corpses left in the streets and houses.
The Anqing camp did not have the manpower to clean such a large market, and they were worried about the plague caused by corpses, so they did not dare to enter the town and could only camp outside the city. Weijiawan was very close to Linqing, and the rangers had already met Hou Gong in Daijiawan.
According to the sentry horse in Liao Town, there are still large Qing army activities in Gaotang Prefecture.
Now Pang Yu and Zan Huafang's understanding of the Qing army is that they are similar to rogue bandits. Considering logistics and looting, the Qing army will not turn around and take the old route. Weijiawan is relatively safe, but as long as it does not join the main army, Pang
Yu is always worried.
Seeing that he was about to arrive in Linqing, he received such an order letter. Pang Yu read it carefully. Liu Yuliang first reported the situation. Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of the aid and suppression campaign. All Qinwang's troops except Gao Qiqian were under his command.
, Sun Chuanting judged that the Qing army was heading north and planned to intercept it in Dezhou, but this was at least consistent with Pang Yu's judgment.
However, the letter did not mention Jinan, nor did it judge the width of the Qing army's marching front. It seems that Sun Chuanting's judgment indicated that the Qing army marched north from Linqing to Gaotangzhou.
The next step is to indicate the new meeting place. What Liu Zhongtang meant in the letter is,
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The Anqing camp did not enter Linqing City at all, and went directly to Dezhou from outside the city, implying that they should not have any dealings with Liao Town.
Pang Yu frowned after reading, then raised his head and asked Tu Dian, "Why did Sun Dutang come to Linqing to meet up, and finally went to Dezhou alone?"
Tu Dianli whispered, "It was not written in Liu Zhongtang's letter, but it was mentioned in Tang Ma's message. Sun Dutang judged that the slave cultivator had gone north, and went directly to Dezhou to copy the front line, but Director Gao asked Sun Dutang to
When Linqing joined forces to attack, Sun Dutang went there. Wu Xiang, the newly transferred commander-in-chief of Liao Town, was originally under Sun Dutang. After arriving in Linqing, Wu Xiang went to Director Gao by himself.
After listening to Sun Dutang's instructions, Sun Dutang couldn't help it, so he took other soldiers and horses to Dezhou. Thinking about it...he was just like Lu Dutang, and couldn't fight with Liao Zhen."
"Then the current strategy is for the Governor to copy the former Director and chase after him?"
Tu Dianli wiped a handful on his forehead and said, "My subordinates think that it just looks like this. I'm afraid the governor-general is fighting his own way. Sun Dutang can't do anything about Liao Town, so he has to hand over Wu Xiang's command to Gao Qi."
Qian, if our Anqing camp goes to Dezhou, we will follow the governor's subordinates to fight the Tatars."
Pang Yu looked down at the markings on the map. Since the Rangers had lost their combat power, the Anqing camp did not understand the situation. It had been speculated that the Qing army would be divided into left and right wings to return north, but the routes taken by each wing could only be determined through battlefield inspections.
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Like Lu Xiangsheng a few months ago, Pang Yu lost all traces of the Qing army and was unable to fight the Tatars alone. He needed to join up with other Qin Wang armies. Both the Liao Town and the Qin army should still have the ability to serve as sentinels. Pang Yu
I hope to fight with them, but I am worried about being used as cannon fodder.
"Liu Zhongtang accompanied the army with a sum of military pay allocated by the Ministry of Revenue. Na Tangma said it was cash."
Pang Yu turned to look at Tu Dianli in astonishment. From the time he led troops to serve the King, no one from the court or the local prefectures and counties had ever said that they had military pay supplies. Although Pang Yu was not short of military pay, he did not plan for such a long time when he was the King of Qin.
, the cash has long been used up, and now we still rely on the dock for financing, and we have never expected to receive military pay. Liu Yuliang specifically asked Tang Ma to talk about military pay, which should mean treating the Anqing camp as personal soldiers.
"Deputy Chief Clerk Wu gave Tangma some benefits. Tangma said that Sun Dutang wrote a private letter to Liu Zhongtang, saying that Liao Town was unable to cooperate, and that King Qin's ministries were short of pay for several months. Liu Zhongtang must bring the cash.
When the silver goes to Dezhou, be sure not to be robbed by Liao Town on the way, otherwise King Qin's troops may not be able to fight."
Pang Yu's expression changed. He hadn't seen King Qin's various ministries yet, but he could already feel a strong sense of decadence. There was no coordination at all between the ministries, they were just piling up numbers. The color of the Caotai team was very strong.
This was already the chief minister of the cabinet. Pang Yu could not hope for a higher level. After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Do you think we should go to Texas?"
Tu Dianli waited for a long time and whispered, "My subordinates thought that if we had to choose between Linqing and Dezhou, we would go to Dezhou. Liu Zhongtang said that he had cash in hand, but he wanted to make up for it for our Anqing camp. Here in Linqing
It’s all Liao Town and Shan Yong…”
Pang Yu closed his eyes for a moment, "Go to Dezhou and meet Liu Zhongtang as soon as possible."