Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

Coupled with the troops of Duke Xushun who were already on the side of Mi Sihan, the imperial envoy finally had tens of thousands of available soldiers, and there were also four generals, Yan Ziming, Liu Jinzhong, Deng Guangming, and Zhang Mengji. ...Even if Shang Zhixin is determined to support the bandits, Mi Sihan has tens of thousands of elites at his disposal!

It seems that everything is under control!

At this time, in the supervisory office of the imperial envoy in Mianhu Village, the imperial envoy was sitting behind a desk, smiling and looking at a group of civil servants and military generals gathered under his command—there were quite a few of them!

Among the civil servants are Chaohuijia Bingbeidao Wang Deping, and Wu Xiaobao, the Prime Minister of Jieyang County who has just been promoted to the Tongzhi of Chaozhou Prefecture and nursed Fengmingshan, the governor of Chaozhou Prefecture, and the magistrate of Jieyang County.

There are even more military generals, including Deng Guangming and Zhang Mengji, the two deputy governors of Xushun Gongfu, Yan Ziming, the admiral of Guangdong, Liu Jinzhong, the general soldier of Chaozhen, and Zhang Haiyang, the Chinese army general of Yan Ziming and Liu Jinzhong. , Li Chenggong and others, as well as Jin Guangzu and Liu Bingquan's bid candidates, all of them are eager to try, and they all look like loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!

Mi Sihan glanced around the lobby of the Chinese Army, then nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Everyone, thanks to the emperor's blessing, the bandit leaders Qiu Hui, Zhu Heqi of Chaozhou seem to be bastards who eat weights—iron!" I want to catch the third prince Zhu in the capital of Guiyu!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let's come to siege the city to lure the enemy. After the bandits penetrate deep, we will set up an ambush to catch them all! "

Chapter 047 I have the advantage

As soon as he heard that Mi Sihan was going to use the method of besieging the city to fight for reinforcements to wipe out Qiu Hui, the big bandit, the civilian and military generals who were eager to try just now immediately put on a mixed expression of joy and sorrow.

The good news is that this imperial envoy is very active in suppressing thieves, and he is also the emperor's confidant, so he must be willing to give a heavy reward.What is worrying is that Qiu Hui, a pirate, is not easy to wipe out...

Mi Sihan turned his eyes, and he had already seen the expressions of these people, and he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

Now there are quite a few troops gathered under the military office of the imperial envoy to supervise the office!Liu Jinzhong has thirteen battalions with nearly 4000 people, Xushun Gongfu has five assistants with nearly 1000 people, Yan Ziming, Jin Guangzu, and Liu Bingquan have a total of 5000 people, and there are also Wang Deping, Fengmingshan, and Wu Xiaobao. There are also 3000 people in the Minzhuang and Tuanding... just these alone have 1 and 3000 people.

And how many people can Qiu Hui and Zhu Hechi have under their command?It's only eight or nine thousand if you die. 1 against eight or nine thousand, the advantage lies with me!

Why do you guys still look worried?Do you know the art of war? Do you know how to fight?The Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty fought against the remnants of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. With one enemy and ten, they should be sure to win, let alone the obvious superiority of troops now?

Thinking of this, Mi Sihan's face gradually darkened, and his tone became cold, "Everyone has been in Tiannan for a long time, and you are familiar with banditry. This imperial envoy is still coming back to Guangdong for the first time. I don't know the reality of Guangdong bandits and pirates, so I should Don’t be ashamed to ask. If you feel that the way the imperial envoy lures the enemy into the depths is inappropriate, it’s okay to say so!”

His words were beautiful, but his tone was quite bad, so most of the civil and military people present were silent - no one wanted to be this early bird.

However, Liu Jinzhong, the [-]th Battalion of Supporting Soldiers, stood behind the Geng Jingzhong general of Chaozhen, but he didn't believe in this evil, and immediately took over Mi Sihan's question, "The imperial envoy doesn't know that this thief Qiu Hui is a water bandit It may not be worth mentioning if it is far away from the waterway, but it is extremely difficult to deal with when it is on the water or on the shore. And Guiyu is very close to the Lianjiang River. If their [-] troops come by waterway, how can we fight all of them? Extermination? The distance between the capital of Guiyu and the Lianjiang waterway is simply not enough to accommodate an army! Even if we manage to open it, we are still facing the enemy. Moreover, Qiu Hui, Zhu Heqi also have Zhuge Yaodao's divine thunder in their hands. Blow up a large piece... how do we wipe them out?"

Mi Sihan was a little confused by Liu Jinzhong's words, but he couldn't find a reason to refute the words of the experienced general of Chaozhen, so he just frowned and thought hard.

But after thinking about it for a while, Fucha Misihan, a general who always thought he was good at fighting, suddenly discovered an amazing reality-he can't form troops!

If Qiu Hui's 1 troops came up from the Lianjiang waterway, and brought that Zhuge Shenlei with them, what would he do with his [-] to [-] troops?Really, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" didn't write it!

When he was complaining about Luo Guanzhong in his heart, someone spoke again.

"Imperial envoy, the last general has a plan to defeat the enemy!"

Have a plan?

Mi Sihan hurriedly followed the voice, and found that the man was a 40-year-old black-faced strong man, short and stocky, with a very intimidating beard, and he looked like a fierce man.He thought about it again, and remembered that his name was Zhang Haiyang, and he was a general in the Chinese army of Guangdong Admiral Yan Ziming.

Yan Ziming has been in Guangdong for many years, and he is also Qiu Hui's old opponent. His Chinese army generals must know how to deal with this big bandit.

Mi Sihan hurriedly asked: "What clever plan does Zhang Canrong have? Tell me quickly."

Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "The imperial envoy doesn't know, this Qiu Hui is only good at water warfare, not land warfare. This thief has invaded the hinterland of Chaozhou Prefecture many times before, and even once occupied Mianhu Village for a month. But every time he invaded They all take the four waterways of Lianjiang, Rongjiang River, Beixi River and Hanjiang River, and never take the land route.

Because there are four waterways for him to ascend to the hinterland of Chaozhou Prefecture, and the number of officers and soldiers in Chaozhou Prefecture is only five or six thousand, and the troops are always insufficient after dividing the troops, so they are often succeeded by him.But this time, if Qiu Hui wanted to rescue the Third Prince Zhu in Guiyu Capital, he had to go to the Lianjiang River or Rongjiang River to enter the army.Among them, walking along the Lianjiang River can directly solve the siege of Guiyu Capital, and walking along the Rongjiang River can attack Jieyang County and even go all the way west, going deep into Mianhu Village where the imperial envoy Xingyuan is located, so as to force the officers and troops who besieged Guiyu Capital to return to aid. "

Mi Sihan nodded slightly, this Zhang Haiyang's analysis is good!

Mi Sihan has also studied the terrain of Chaozhou Prefecture before, and knows the situation along the Lianjiang River, Rongjiang River North Stream and Hanjiang River.

Among these four waterways, Rongjiang Beixi is undoubtedly the most important.Because the section from Rongjiang Beixi to the vicinity of Jieyang County can be navigated by sea ships!The Beixi Bridge outside Jieyang County has been a seaport for hundreds of years, and it was opened in the Tang Dynasty.

Qiu Hui, a pirate, can drive his large ship directly to the Beixi Bridge pier!

And once Beixi Bridge is captured by Qiu Hui and Zhu San Taisun, the connection between Mianhu Village and Chaoyang Fucheng will be cut off!Qiu Hui's army also arrived outside Jieyang County by water continuously.

Once Jieyang County is occupied, Qiu Hui's navy will be able to enter the Rongjiang River from a canal outside the west gate of Jieyang County, and then go west all the way to Mianhu Village!

Thinking of this, Mi Sihan quickly asked: "Zhang Canrong, do you want to block the Lianjiang waterway with heavy troops, and at the same time deploy an ambush in Jieyang County?"

"The imperial envoy is wise," Zhang Haiyang said, "that's exactly what the general thinks... we just need to use the pontoon bridge to seal up the Lianjiang River. With Qiu Hui's pirate nature, he will definitely avoid the truth and go to Jieyang. Our army only needs to lay down one elite soldier in Jieyang City and near Nanxi Bridge and Beixi Bridge, and at the same time deploy artillery on the North and South Liangxi Bridges, and prepare fire boats beside the bridges to prevent Qiu Hui's warships from approaching. Wait for Qiu Hui When the troops abandon the ship and go ashore and attack Jieyang County, they can catch him off guard. Although Qiu Hui's troops cannot be completely wiped out, it is still possible to behead thousands of them."

"Beheading thousands is a great victory!" Mi Sihan slapped his hands and said happily, "Zhang Shenrong's plan is exactly what I want!" He looked around again, "Do you have any better ideas?"

He has said so, even if others have a higher move, they are too embarrassed to propose it now, so they can only open their mouths to agree.

Wang Deping of Chaohui Jiadao stroked his goatee and said with a smile on his face: "What the imperial envoy said is very true. As long as Qiu Hui can be beheaded for a thousand sons, he will not dare to save Guiyu again... Guiyu Without foreign aid, the Third Prince Zhu is naturally unable to escape!"

Yan Ziming also laughed and said: "If Qiu Hui doesn't retreat after suffering, we have a way to deal with him... At that time, the general will be able to lead a bid of troops to the north bank of the river to march into Chaoyang County, and the general will only need to enter Chaoyang County , then Qiu Hui's old lair, Dahao Island and Haimen, will be under the command of the last general!"

"Okay!" Mi Sihan clapped his hands, "This is also a brilliant move... we can use it together!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "Yan Junmen, why don't you lead the troops from the headquarters, Jin Zhijun, and Liu Futai's pacesetters to besiege Guiyu and block the Lianjiang waterway!"

"Hey!" Yan Ziming got up quickly, lifted his robe and sleeves, and after a salute, he received the military order from the imperial envoy.

Mi Sihan looked at Liu Jinzhong again, and said with a smile: "Liu Zongrong, you are the Zongrong of Chaozhou and the main army. I will give you the credit for setting up an ambush and killing the enemy in Jieyang!"

Of course Liu Jinzhong was not happy in his heart, he was very happy to raise Qiu Hui as a bandit... Firstly, this was what Geng Jingzhong meant, and secondly, he himself had collected money from Qiu Hui all these years.If Qiu Hui was really beaten to death, he would not benefit from any money.

And he also knew that the Qing court didn't trust him very much, the commander-in-chief of the Yongwei Battalion in the Ming Dynasty. If he hadn't firmly controlled the old brothers left behind by Ma Degong (who was killed by Zheng Chenggong in Xiamen), he would have received Geng Jingzhong's support is not even suitable for a general.It's impossible to go further...so he doesn't want to make meritorious service at all.

But Mi Sihan, the imperial envoy, spoke, and Liu Jinzhong didn't dare to push it out, so he had to bite the bullet and accept the military order.

Mi Sihan is very good at observing words and expressions (he is not relying on this to get into the Shangshu and the Minister of State), and he has already seen the clue from Liu Jinzhong's face, so he said to Wang Deping and Feng Mingshan: "Wang Daotai, Feng Tongzhi, The purpose of the First Battle of Jieyang was not only to eliminate thieves for the country, but also to protect the people's homes, there should always be people's parents sitting in the county town and organizing a strong group of people to guard the city."

Where did the two "parents of the people" not understand what Mi Sihan meant?This is for them to monitor Liu Jinzhong.

But Wang Deping still remained motionless - he is a Taoist!You have to "do not move like a table".

Seeing that Wang Daodaotai was silent, Fengmingshan had no choice but to step forward and take over the job of supervising the army who might offend Liu Jinzhong to death. Let the lower officials go to Jieyang County to assist Liu Zongrong!"

Mi Sihan nodded and said, "That's great! The imperial envoy is waiting for your good news in Mianhu Village!"

Chapter 048 Reinforcements are coming!

Dahao Island, Haojiang Wharf.

The sound of gongs and drums, the roar of the sea wind.Amidst the sounds of gongs, drums and the sea wind, the orderly Yanping Prince's Mansion Army was marching down several big bird boats.Near the wharf, there were also a large group of Chaozhou volunteers dressed in civilian clothes and with red cloth wrapped around their heads. They stretched their necks and looked around with a smile, and cheered loudly from time to time.

The vassal army of the Yanping Prince's Mansion actually came to support... This was really beyond the expectations of the Chaozhou rebels, and it also greatly boosted the morale of the mobs of Qiu Hui, Zhu and Sheng.

That's right, what Qiu Hui and Zhu Hesheng are gathering now is a bunch of mobs!

Both of them have very few standing soldiers. Qiu Hui has about 3000 soldiers, of which 200 have gone to the front to confront the Qing army.However, Zhu Jushan, Zhu Hesheng and his son originally had more than 180 heroes, but now half of them are trapped in Guiyu.Zhu Hesheng tried his best to pull out [-] people from Danan Mountain, and they were not elites, at most they were "refugee soldiers".After a period of training, after the boss Huiyou supported a batch of military funds, he finally looked a little more decent.

But relying on less than 200 people plus the 2000 people already dispatched, they can't deal with more than tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, so Qiu Hui and Zhu Hesheng had no choice but to ask for guns from the township (actually the village) under their command. .

Zhu and Sheng were more numerous, gritting their teeth up and down, and gathered less than 600 people.

Da Laohui's mobilization was not that strong—it was not his father who was trapped, so he pulled out more than 5000 people, added a thousand or so veterans, and made up 700 people.Including Zhu and Sheng's less than 600 people, plus the 2000 people who have already gone to the front line, the total is less than 300 people.

This is all the capital in the hands of Qiu Hui and Zhu Hesheng!

As for the strength of the opponent, according to the data Yang Qilong gave Zhu Hesheng, even if not counting the thousands of "soy sauce soldiers" under Shang Zhixin's command, the number is 1 to [-]!Moreover, they are all professional hackers, not the same as the large number of "temporary soldiers" under Qiu Hui, Zhu Hesheng.

Although there is such a trump card as sweet gunpowder, most of Qiu Hui and Zhu Hesheng's subordinates have no idea... until the reinforcements from the Yanping Palace appeared on the Haojiang Wharf.

At this time, the vassal army of the Yanping Prince's Mansion has the highest combat effectiveness in the anti-Qing and Fuming camp!

At least the people outside Chaozhou seem to be very powerful!

So after learning that the reinforcements from Yanping Prince's Mansion had arrived, the bosses Hui and Zhu Hesheng stopped practicing, and immediately led the mob under their hands to greet them at the Haojiang Wharf.

Looking at the soldiers of the Yanping Prince's Mansion who were wearing uniform uniforms and carrying large bags of armor and weapons, they all felt that this battle had a good chance of winning.

At this moment, Qiu Hui and Zhu Hesheng were leading a group of subordinates, standing together on the largest pier on the bank of the Haojiang River, watching with a smile as Chen Yonghua led a black man and a Dongfang who was dressed in fancy foreign clothes. People, and a foreign devil in a Confucian uniform and a square scarf got off an old lock boat with a high side.

Zhu Hesheng looked very strange, so he asked Qiu Hui: "My father-in-law, who is that man from the Celestial Dynasty in Western clothes and that foreign devil in Confucian clothes? Why did they disembark with Chen Junshi?"

Qiu Hui frowned and said, "Grandpa, these two are not fuel-efficient lamps... One of them is the Taipan of the British East India Company stationed in Anping Wangcheng. The Han people on Song Island had a foreign name, Nicholas Four Treasures, and they were the second class of the British East India Company stationed in Anping Dynasty."

It is actually a representative of imperialism!

Zhu Hesheng immediately became vigilant!He is quite disgusted with imperialism... Well, the business he did in his previous life was anti-imperialist.

In his high imitation business, he needs to imitate the perfumes and famous wines of imperialists!This is undermining the economic foundation of imperialism, it is digging into the corner of imperialism!

Moreover, his high imitation perfumes and famous wines are of a high level of craftsmanship, enough to be fake, not only selling well in China, but also exported to overseas... He is definitely a little expert in anti-imperialism!

And his anti-imperialist cause in this life will be even more vigorous... It is not a high imitation of imperialist perfumes and famous wines, but he is going to directly turn imperialist perfumes and famous wines into Chaozhou local specialties.

He has dug up the roots of imperialism!

So Zhu Hesheng naturally put himself on the opposite side of these two British imperialists.

But now is not the time to fight imperialism, the main task now is to fight against feudalism——to fight against the feudalism of Emperor Kangxi!

When Zhu Hesheng thought of this, Chen Yonghua, Liu Guoxuan, Cha Ligao and Nicholas Bao had already arrived.

After the two waves of people met, they met each other with respect, regardless of their superiority or inferiority, and exchanged greetings.Chen Yonghua also acted as an introducer in the middle, introducing Liu Guoxuan, Charlie Goff and Ji Dabao to Zhu Hesheng one by one.

Zhu Hesheng had heard of Liu Guoxuan's name, and knew that this was the number one thug in Zheng's army!

This Zheng Jing actually sent him out!

Zhu Hesheng became even more skeptical about his true identity in his heart——Zheng Jing's subordinates were Chen Yonghua, Liu Guoxuan, and Feng Xifan, the three "giants"!Now both of them have come to Chaozhou, and it seems that there are quite a lot of reinforcements sent.

What does this mean?Does this mean that he and Chen Yonghua really know some secret?

At this time Qiu Hui was already inquiring about the number of reinforcements.

"Military division, Guan Zhen, how many people did you bring here this time?"

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "This time, there are two towns, Zuowuwei Town and Yongwei Town, with more than [-] soldiers!"

There should be more than 2000 people in the towns of Ming Zheng's army when they were full, but Zheng Jing, who was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, really couldn't gather the manpower, so the names of the towns could only be misplaced.There is a signboard of a town, but there is only one battalion in reality.

However, the Zuowuwei Town and Yongwei Town of the Ming Zheng Army are both outstanding elites.

Among them, the Guanzhen of Zuowuwei Town is Liu Guoxuan, and the Guanzhen of Yongwei Town is Chen Yonghua himself!

"Okay, okay!" Qiu Hui nodded heavily, "Military Master, Huo Pao Zhu and I have gathered more than 8000 people, and with your [-] people, the number will be over [-]!"

Zhu Hesheng added on the sidelines: "Now the Ming army is less than [-], and it is invincible!"

This tone is really not small!

Liu Guoxuan glared at him, and asked with a smile: "Third grandson, if you say that, you must have a clever plan to defeat the enemy?"

Zhu Hesheng nodded and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, Liu Guanzhen, the officials plan to attack Beixi Bridge by surprise! As long as the Beixi Bridge is taken down, Jieyang County will be under control!"

Liu Guoxuan frowned, "Why doesn't Qinggou know the importance of the Beixi Bridge, maybe a surprise attack will be difficult?"

Zhu Hesheng said with a smile: "Don't worry Liu Guanzhen, the lower officials have already made preparations, and have already selected [-] elite soldiers. With the trick of making up a surprise attack, they will definitely succeed!"

Liu Guoxuan wanted to ask again, but Chen Yonghua opened his mouth first, nodded and said: "Okay! Liu Guanzhen, Qiu Zongrong and I are waiting for your good news! To tell you the truth, this time I brought a British production The twelve-pound red cannon! As long as you can take down the Beixi Bridge... Jieyang County, Liu Guanzhen and I will help you fight together!

In addition, I also brought five hundred turtledove foot muskets for you and the big brother Hui, all of which are good guns made in Britain, and I can share them with you! "

The 80-pound red cannon he mentioned was an "old cannon" bought at a high price from Charlie Gough. It was indeed a British product, and the quality was just right. They were all over [-] years old, and they even fought Spanish invincibles. fleet!

And Chen Yonghua brought 30 muskets to Zhu Hesheng and Qiu Hui. They were not made in Britain, but were produced in the Grand Duchy of Milan. The quality was also excellent. They were all Spanish heavy old muskets that had fought the [-]-year war!

This Chen Yonghua and Chen Dajun really fell into the trap of two imperialist profiteers!

Chapter 049: Here Comes He Shen

The sea breeze is gentle, and the cars and horses are rattling.

Chaozhou Prefecture, located in the south of the sky, is now the season with the coolest and most comfortable climate.Even driving under the sun in broad daylight doesn't feel hot anymore.And on the flat land on both sides of the road, there are large areas of late rice that has matured and is waiting to be harvested, and sugarcane fields that look like dwarf bamboo forests—they are all good places to ambush soldiers!

On the official road from Chaozhou Fucheng to Jieyang County, a group of cavalry from nowhere was walking.

There are more than [-] cavalry in this team, all of them are wearing straw hats and jackets.He also carried a bow and arrow, and a long knife, with his toes high and high.The first rider was also holding a yellow Tuanlong flag with a red border.Those who have a little understanding of the Qing military system will immediately know their origins when they look at the costumes of this team of cavalry and the dragon flag inlaid with yellow regiments. They should be the legendary Eight Banners soldiers who are invincible. A team of heavenly soldiers with yellow flags!

This team of Eight Banners soldiers was divided into two rows, and they walked slowly while guarding the seven mules and horse carts in the middle.Most of these seven-liang mule-horse carts were used to pull luggage, and the large and small bags and boxes on it were piled up to the brim, and they were all tightly tied with hemp rope. I don't know what it is?

But the one in the middle of the convoy was a carriage with people on it, and the draft horses that pulled the cart were fat and strong, oily and smooth.The coachman sitting on the shaft of the chariot was also dressed as a banner soldier, sitting there upright, waving his whip triumphantly.One can tell at a glance that he is a well-established coachman, and the casually hired driver on the street can't be so arrogant!

The knights driving on the left and right sides of the two carriages also look very energetic. The most striking thing is a tall man riding a very handsome long-legged horse. This man is also wearing a suit that is bright enough to blind people here in Guangdong. Eye-catching yellow jacket!

In the Qing Dynasty, the yellow mandarin jacket was not something that anyone could wear. It was only worn by the imperial guards or servants who were ordered by the emperor to wear it.

And this burly man in a yellow jacket is neither an imperial guard, nor a courtier or servant ordered by the Qing emperor to wear a yellow jacket...but Zhu Hesheng, the third grandson of Zhu!

Zhu Hesheng is using tricks now!

Now he is no longer the brave and foolhardy cannon Zhu, but Zhu Hechi, the third grandson of Zhu who is wiser and more talented than Zhuge.Facing the Beixi Bridge, which is heavily guarded by the Qing monsters, of course we can't just attack with brute force.Instead, use tactics to outsmart!

And his way of outsmarting is to make up a surprise attack!

On October [-]th, he led his master Guo, Huhulin, and [-] elite soldiers selected from the Dananshan rebel army and the big brother Hui's soldiers, boarded a fast boat, and quietly left Dahao.Then take the sea route first, then enter the Hanjiang River, and land in Fuyangdu, south of Chaozhou Fucheng.