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Chapter 375

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    The situation was so critical that the over 60,000 Qing troops who had been defeated fled all the way north, and the nearly 100,000 main force of the Fat Man Army, with high morale and well-equipped equipment, also chased all the way north, biting the tail of the main force of the Qing army, and the Qing army did not let go.  In fact, there were only two options left for the army. One was Yue Le's request. The 16,000 fresh troops of the Qing army stationed in the Xiba camp crossed the river and tried their best to cover the main force of Yue Le's army to cross the river.

    In this way, the Qing army in the Xiba camp will wait for work at ease, and the overall casualties will definitely be less. However, the Qing army in the Xiba camp, which is composed of the Qianfeng Battalion and the Jianrui Battalion of Kang Mazi's direct relatives, will inevitably pay a heavy price and will seriously weaken it.  The strength of Kang Mazi's direct lineal relatives.

    The second method is not to send troops across the Yellow River, but to organize ferry boats to the south bank of the Yellow River to meet them. As a result of this arrangement, Kang Mazi's pro-army was unscathed, but the main force of the more than 60,000 Qing army led by Yue Le was bound to suffer heavy losses, or even lose  It is very possible to reach 70-80% of the population-more than 60,000 troops crossing the Yellow River is definitely not a joke!  Moreover, more than half of the more than 60,000 Qing troops are cavalry. Crossing the river with men and horses will definitely lengthen the time required for the Qing army to cross the river and increase the number of times the ferry goes back and forth.  Fatty Lu, who is like a jackal, has more loopholes to take advantage of!

    The nature and essence of the two methods are the same, both are to preserve the strength of the Qing army as much as possible and reduce losses as much as possible. The only difference is the amount of the loss and the loss of the army. Shang Shan, Labu and Zhou Peigong all understand this.  However, the pockmarked emperor, who is full of tricks and bragging, doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and even began to doubt the real purpose of Monk Yue Le's benevolence in asking for help.  Kang Mazi finally settled down and began to weigh the pros and cons, considering how to choose.

    But it is a pity that at this time, Li Ji, the envoy sent by Fatty Lu, intentionally or unintentionally asked Kang Mazi to meet him. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Peigong also jumped up, admonishing him nervously:  "Master, Wu Gou's emissary can only be killed but not seen. This slave dares to take the head of the whole family as a guarantee. Lu Yifeng's thief must be playing tricks again this time! Please do not meet with me, Master!"

    "Lu Yifeng, a low-ranking scholar, also wants to hide the superficial tricks of a thief from my eyes like lightning?" Kang Mazi snorted arrogantly, and shouted: "Bring the envoy of the Wu thief here!"

    "Cover!" The guard at the tent gate agreed, and waved his hand outside the tent again. Li Ji, who was much older than his actual age, was quickly escorted into the fake imperial tent. The white beard at the corner of his mouth was still stained with blood.  Obviously, because of the yell just now, Li Ji had already been beaten by Kang Mazi's guards.  However, even so, after Li Ji entered the imperial tent, he still held his head high and held his chest high. He insisted on not kneeling in front of Kang Mazi, and just stared at Kang Mazi with firm eyes.  Thieves, don't you kneel down when you see Long live today?!"

    "He is the emperor of your barbarians in Chizhou, not the emperor of our Han people. Why should I kneel to him?" Li Ji smiled contemptuously, and asked back: "Li Ji is an upright descendant of Yan and Huang, a Chinese Han, why should I kneel to you?"  The chief of the barbarians in Mite Province kneels down?"

    "Savage!" The two guards escorting Li Ji were furious, and they kicked Li Ji's knees together, causing Li Ji's knees to fall downwards, but after Li Ji staggered, he quickly  Standing firmly again, proudly raised his chest to look at Kang Mazi again, the two guards kicked again, Li Ji staggered and then tried to stand still, and repeated several times, the same thing, until two more guards came over, and they grabbed Li Ji.  Ji's arms, two stepped on Li Ji's calf, and pressed Li Ji's shoulders together, and then forced the white-haired Li Ji to kneel down.  But the more this happened, the more obvious the contemptuous smile on Li Ji's face became, and he smiled at Kang Mazi and said, "Pseudo-emperor of Mitezhou, that's all you have. If you have the ability, you will convince the Han people all over the world."  Kneeling in front of you?"

    "Master, this rebellious rebellion is violent and disrespectful. Please, my servant, push this rebel envoy out immediately, and execute him at three hundred and sixty knives!" Zhou Peigong kowtowed unbearably.

    Kang Mazi glanced at Zhou Peigong, did not speak, then turned to Li Ji and asked with a cold snort, "The traitor under the tent, please report your identity and name."

    "Han Li Ji, the son of Xu Xiake, is currently the director of Jiangnan Gongcao Division of the Great Zhou Dynasty!" Li Ji replied proudly.

    "Are you Xu Xiake's son?" Of course Kang Mazi had heard of Xu Xiake's name, and asked in surprise, "Since your father is Xu Xiake, why is your surname Li?"

    "This has nothing to do with you." Li Ji replied coldly, but he naturally found Kang Mazi's guards to beat him up.  Anger and hatred made Kang Mazi, who was used to seeing big scenes, a little terrified, and couldn't help but whisper in his heart.After camping, rushed to Xiba ferry, boarded the long-awaited Qing army ferry, then sailed across the turbulent Yellow River, and boarded the south bank of the Yellow River at Qinghe ferry to fight in line.  A person who boarded the south bank of the Yellow River.

    Relying on more than 800 large and small official boats and civilian boats assembled at Xiba Ferry in advance, it took less than two hours for all 16,000 Qing troops to cross the Yellow River. Kang Mazi immediately issued an order to let the Qing army  The soldiers scuttled and burned all the ships on the Yellow River, smashed all the iron cooking pots, followed Xiang Yu's example, and fought the fat man's army without leaving a way out!

    When the Qing army was tossing about burning boats, chiseling boats, and smashing pots, the front team of the Qing army led by Dong Weiguo had also arrived at the Qinghe Ferry, and also brought some cargo.  Kang Mazi immediately ordered all the ships to dock, unload the food and supplies, and then destroy and burn them all. Seeing that Kang Mazi personally ordered it, Dong Weiguo did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to follow the order.  At this time, on the official road to the south, another team came¡ªthe team of Cai Shiying, the governor of the Qing Dynasty Water Transport stationed in Huai'an, and a hardcore old traitor.

    Seeing Cai Shiying being led in front of him, Kang Mazi was startled for a while, and quickly asked: "You are not guarding the city of Huai'an, what are you doing here?"

    "Slave, slave" Cai Shiying also never dreamed that he would meet Kang Mazi at the Qinghe Ferry. She was so frightened that she didn't know what to say. It took a while to recover, and she kowtowed and said, "Slave."  I heard that the master crossed the Yellow River and was going to fight Wu Gou to the death, so the servant came here to escort him."

    "Escort?" Kang Mazi stared, pointed at the convoy brought by Cai Shiying and shouted: "Since you are here to escort, why do you bring these carriages here? Why are there still boxes and silks on the carriages?"

    Cai Shiying was speechless, Kang Mazi kicked him on the chest, and yelled: "You dog slave, did you hear that the main force of the Wu dog came to Huai'an, so you learned from your son Cai Yurong, and brought him with you.  Did Jinyinruan cross the river and escape for his life?"

    "The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die, I beg the master to spare my life, I beg the master to spare my life." Cai Shiying's intentions were seen through by Kang Mazi, and he could only kowtow desperately to beg for mercy.

    Kang Mazi was angry and funny, kicked Cai Shiying again, and shouted: "Go to your son, all the property will be confiscated!"

    "Ah!" Zhou Peigong suddenly screamed heart-piercingly, rushed to Cai Shiying's old traitor, grabbed the old traitor by the collar and lifted him up, roaring and asking: "In Huai'an City, now  How many defenders are there? Are the officials and generals defending the city reliable?!"

    "Probably, there are more than 1,000 people." Cai Shiying replied respectfully: "Of the more than 5,000 soldiers of the slaves before, 4,000 were transferred to this Qinghe Ferry to steer the master's army, and 1,000 were borrowed by Mr. Tu.  That's it, the rest of the slaves have been brought in for the master to listen to. Now in Huai'an City, there are still more than a thousand Green Battalion soldiers under the command of the prefect Yang Yingyao and the guard Wu Zhan."

    "Ah!" Zhou Peigong screamed again, turned to Kang Mazi and shouted: "Master, please send an army to Huai'an City to take over the city defense! Now this city is almost empty  Huai'an City will decide the outcome of the entire battle!"

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    At the same time, on the official road from Baoying to Huai'an, Fatty Lu, who was out of breath after chasing the main force of the Qing army, also called Wu Yonghua, the general of the Yangzhou Corps, and shouted to him, panting heavily.  : "You, lead 3,000 troops to Huai'an City, and recruit the Mangou officials and Mangou guards there. Now our main force is less than ten miles away from Huai'an City, and Huai'an City must be in chaos.  I hope that Huai'an City will be surrendered."

    "General, please don't worry. When smuggling salt, silk, and tea, the last general has already established a line with Wu Zhan, the garrison there. The relationship is still good, and he should be sure to surrender." Wu Yonghua agreed without hesitation, and was puzzled.  He asked: "However, General, we are about to arrive at Qinghe Ferry and fight Mangou. What's the use of surrendering Huai'an City right away? Even the traitorous Green Battalion soldiers there have the guts to stab us in the back?"

    "You pighead!" Fatty Lu cursed, "Man Gou still has more than 10,000 troops in the Xiba camp, if the Emperor Man Gou sends this elite army to cross the river for a decisive battle, our main force will be exhausted from the hasty march, and none of them will be safe  How do you rest your footing?"

    Wu Yonghua suddenly realized, and hurriedly clasped his fists in his arms and agreed, leading 3,000 infantry forward and rushed to the south gate of Huai'an, which was already seven or eight miles away.  But no one expected that on the Huai'an battlefield that determined the fate of the main force of the Qing army and the main force of the Fatty Army, and even determined the direction of the whole world, it was not Fatty Lu, the coach of the Fatty Army, nor the supreme chief of the Qing Dynasty who would decide the final outcome.  Mazi Tadi, but a ten-thousand-year soy sauce man that no one has noticed before, who served as a fifth-rank official in the Qing court and secretly colluded with the Fat Army-Huai'an Garrison Wu Zhan.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com  )In the Qing court, he served as a fifth-rank official and secretly colluded with the Fatty Army-Huai'an Garrison Wu Zhan.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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