Nanming Engineer

Chapter 235
Li Guohan left with three armored Han troops full of ambition, and gave up all his luggage before leaving. In order to facilitate the walking of mountains and trails, each armored man, except for the armor he was wearing and the weapons he held in his hand, Each person only brought enough dry food and water for three days, and nothing else. The rest of the necessary dry food was transported by the [-] Nikans who set out later. These Nikans were not responsible for fighting, but only as porters.

It was the season of warm spring and flowers blooming. The armor on the armored soldiers was still cotton armor, which was made of compacted cotton cloth with iron leaves inlaid inside. The iron leaves were fixed on the inner lining of the cotton armor with copper rivets. Compared with pure iron armor, it is light and comfortable, and it also has a certain protective effect. If you are worried that it will not be as strong as iron armor at close range, you can put on a layer of chain mail inside.

Except for bows and arrows, Li Guohan did not carry any firearms. His subordinates were heavy on firearms. In the Eight Banners Army of the Han Dynasty, he and Tong Yangxing's Wuzhenchaoha Heavy Artillery Battalion were good at using firearms. The difference was that Tong Yangxing's heavy artillery and Li Guohan's heavy artillery , three-eye system and other firearms.

In this way, Li Guohan gave up the tactics that he was very good at, and went deep alone, which was very risky. However, with his eagerness for meritorious service and his habitual contempt for the Nanming army, Li Guohan was not very worried.

So Li Guohan left with a team of 7000 people to the north. They had to turn back to Hanzhong and then go north to Yinping Road. The time limit of more than 20 days had to be urgent.

When leaving, Hauge personally saw him off, said a lot of encouraging words earnestly, and gave Li Guohan his set of fine steel chain mail, wishing him a smooth journey and a successful start.

Comparing the two, Wu Sangui did not like Hauge very much. Hauge was rough and looked down on the newly attached Han generals who surrendered. If you scold him, you will scold him, and you will not give any face, let alone when facing Wu Sangui.

Turning his face away, Hauge sternly urged King Pingxi, ordering him to repair the damaged plank road within ten days, otherwise he would have to wait for the military law.

Wu Sangui hated his teeth itching, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to tighten his tail and take the tens of thousands of Han troops under his hands, together with Nikan who accompanied the army, to fight day and night on the construction site, building bridges and roads, working hard like migrant workers unspeakable.

Ma Xintian, on the other side of the road construction site, paid close attention to the movements of the Qing army. The white-armed soldiers were good at climbing mountains, and there were many agile people. They hid in the nearby mountains, and they shot some cold arrows and threw some big stones. Harassment and obstruction, Wu Sangui was furious, but he couldn't catch up. He climbed up the cliff and the depths of the forest as soon as he shot the arrow. He couldn't find it. He sent several groups of people to chase, but no one came back. He must have died. On the mountain, I didn't dare to send people to chase after me, so I could only shoot arrows from a distance to drive them away, but in this way, the progress of road construction was even slower.

The tenth came in a blink of an eye, and Wu Sangui didn't even repair half of the plank road. Hauge was furious and rewarded him with a military stick. Although his subordinates were merciful during the beating, they still beat Wu Sangui until he lay on the bed for three days before getting off the ground. The injury on my butt was still not healed, so I limped back to the construction site.

This time Hauge gave him ten days again. If the work was not completed by the time limit, it would be more than just a military stick, so Wu Sangui was very anxious and anxious.

But he didn't need to be so anxious, because on the No.12 day, behind the Qing army, Hanzhong, which was a large camp of food and grass, happened a big event.

He Zhen reversed!

He Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Hanzhong who had just defected to the Qing court for less than a month, once again raised the anti-flag and gathered [-] troops. With the title of “Great General”, the incident occurred in Fengxiang. The responders gathered and captured Fengxiang City in one fell swoop. The local Qing army garrison Wu Dading and Shi Guoxi responded with troops. They killed Qing officials within two days and seized the government treasury and granary. Since then, even Gao Ruli, the former commander-in-chief of the Qing army of Li Zicheng's former army as far away as Gansu, raised troops to respond.

He Shiyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army who stayed in Hanzhong, had no defense at all, thinking that after the Hauge army killed Zhang Xianzhong and marched into Sichuan, nothing would happen in Shaanxi, but he didn't expect that Xiaoqiang would cause trouble, and there was a mess inside, and He Zhen sent him out to occupy the city gate. The army poured in and occupied Hanzhong without any difficulty, and He Shiyuan was killed in the Yamen.

Meng Qiaofang, the governor-general of the Qing Dynasty in Xi'an, immediately panicked. The entire Shaanxi army was transferred to Hauge. , had to ask Hauge for help urgently.

Hauge was a little annoyed waiting in Guangyuan. After receiving Meng Qiaofang's warning, he immediately threw the cup.

"Presumptuous! Bold!" Hauge roared, slamming the table like a trapped animal, almost smashing a good pear wood case, and cursing incessantly: "Then He Zhen is just a mere rogue." Thief, it is because of his active surrender that he is still in the top position of the army. Not only is this bird not grateful for the emperor's grace, but he also repays his revenge and rebelled brazenly. It is unreasonable! This king must cut off his head with his own hands and slaughter all the others family!"

Ao Bai, Su Le, Tan Bai and others were sitting or standing, all of them were frowning and worried. They all knew that He Zhen's rebellion was nothing at all, and Li Zicheng was chased away by the Qing army. , what is his rebellion as a little general soldier?
The difficulty is time. He Zhen rebelled sooner or later, but the army rebelled when it entered Sichuan. It really picks the time. The supplies and supplies of the entire Hauge army of [-] troops are left at the front line of Hanzhong in Xi'an, and the food and grass accompanying the army will not be supplied to the whole country. The army has more than half a month's worth of food and drink. Now that He Zhen has occupied Hanzhong, the food and grass left there can't be counted on. If you don't leave, you will have to set the fire on fire.

Then we can only rely on the food and grass hoarded in Xi'an, but everyone knows that Xi'an is empty, Meng Qiaofang has no soldiers in his hands, of course He Zhen also knows that if this gangster goes straight to Xi'an regardless, then things will become a big mess, Haoge Bing More soldiers fighting wars is a good thing, but when there is a lack of food, more soldiers are a bad thing. If there is no food, the big soldiers will make trouble. When the camp screams, it doesn't matter whether you are a prince or an emperor. If you have no food, your head will be killed.

So everyone thought at the same time that Xi'an must be kept!Keep this big grain storage city!
Hauge was full of anger and blood, and was still chattering and cursing: "Bastard! This birdman actually dared to cut off the ears of Governor Fengxiang, and asked him to come back to tell him that he was originally a son of the Han family, and he would rather die than shave his hair. Braids, what a joke! Shaving your hair and keeping your braids is an imperial edict, and everyone in the world must obey it. Since He Zhen has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he must follow the rules of the Qing Dynasty and keep his hair but not his head!"

Obai stared at Tong Ling and waited for a long time. Seeing that Haug had no intention of shutting up, he spent a long time thinking that no one in the tent except himself would dare to interrupt Haug to vent his anger. In fact, he didn't really dare, but the situation was critical, if there was any further delay, maybe He Zhen had already led the troops to Xi'an, and measures had to be taken immediately.

Aobai looked around, met with expectant eyes, and suddenly his courage increased, so he coughed, stood up and bowed to Haoge, and said, "Well, my lord, He Zhen should be killed, please give an order to let Aobai lead the army Go, cut off his dog's head and return to the prince."

Hauge raised his head, and said angrily: "The clown jumping on the beam, sending a general is enough to pacify him. Commander Ao must also be with the king, and there is no need to go there in person."

He looked around the tent, and wherever he looked, all the generals held their heads high, glaring and frowning, and stared at him arrogantly, which immediately made Hauge happy, and most of his anger disappeared.

"Hahaha, good! I am a strong general in the Qing army, and He Zhen is a villain again and again, and it won't last long!" Hauge laughed loudly, and shouted roughly: "Tan Bai, where is Maraxi?"

Tan Bai is Jialazhangjing of Zhengbai Banner, and Malaxi is Gushan Ezhen of Zhenghuang Banner. They are both veteran generals who fought from Liaodong to Shaanxi. Brave and brave, but also able to stand alone, at this moment when Hauge called out his name, the two jumped out of the line, knelt on one knee in the middle and responded loudly: "The end is here!"

Hauge stared at the two of them, and shouted: "He Zhen rebelled and acted according to the rules. Now Shanxi and Gansu are pre-established, people's hearts are unstable, and the political situation is unstable. If this person is allowed to run rampant, soldiers from all over the country will surely follow him, and the northwest will not be safe. , Therefore, this king ordered you two to lead [-] banner soldiers to go out, and He Zhen must be wiped out, and his head should be passed on to Zhucheng, so as to frighten and intimidate those Nikan, and let those Nikan understand that it will end against the Qing Dynasty!"

The two nodded abruptly, and said together: "Of order, please rest assured, the prince will return to order with He Zhen's head!"

Hauge stretched his eyebrows in satisfaction, but he caught sight of Wu Sangui standing in the crowd again, and immediately became in a bad mood, cursing: "Wu Sangui, how is your errand doing? What are you waiting for? At that time, if it wasn't for your Han army's delay, the king would have already arrived in Chengdu, and the commander returned to the court, do you know how much you have delayed the king?"

Wu Sangui looked innocent, lying on the gun, and couldn't stop cursing in his heart: I was spanked two days ago, and it hasn't passed the time limit, and I'm here to find fault again, do I really think I'm not human?

He cursed secretly in his heart, but replied with a coquettish smile: "Don't dare, Sangui dare not, the Han army has been working hard on errands, and dare not stop for a moment, please don't worry, my lord, wait for several days, it must be within the time limit Repair the plank road first."

Hauge expelled a cloud of turbid air from his nostrils, and waved away the crowd, leaving Tan Bai and Malaxi alone, discussing the opportunity face to face, and agreeing on a strategy to defeat He Zhen.

(End of this chapter)