Southern Ming Rebel Army

Outside the city of Suzhou, the sound of military mobilization trumpets rang out one after another. The soldiers lined up outside the city headed towards the west of Yangcheng Lake to the sound of drums and military orders.

Naturally, Meng Jun's oath-taking rally under the city of Suzhou could not be hidden from the eyes of the Qing army. The news that Meng Jun had sent out more than 50,000 troops soon reached the ears of Bai Yongfu in Wuxi city.

At this time in Wuxi city, in a restaurant, the Wuxi city magistrate, the co-magistrate, and some people from the county government were sitting nearby. The one sitting in the main seat was naturally Jiala Ezhen Funi of the Eight Banners, Bai Yongfu and a group of his generals were sitting below him, and a dozen young and beautiful women were accompanying them.

"Marshal, the city of Suzhou is really rich. Any country bumpkin who occupies Suzhou can mobilize an army of 50,000 to 60,000. Wow, it's incredible, incredible," Wu Shunchang whispered to Bai Yongfu.

Bai Yongfu picked up a piece of dish, put it in his mouth and took a bite, "What's the use of having all those new recruits and civilians? This Meng Jun is foolish and reckless. The Qing Dynasty is invincible in field battles, but they dare to fight the Eight Banners with those new recruits. It's ridiculous. We will definitely take Suzhou City this time. Shunchang, remember, after taking Suzhou City, keep your eyes open. You must seize the silver in the treasury as soon as possible and move it to the camp quickly..." The more Bai Yongfu spoke, the more intense the smile on his face became. The two of them whispered to each other beside their seats and talked non-stop.

"Jiliguala, Jiliguala..." Funi drank a glass of wine and talked to everyone. The translator next to him answered everyone's questions in time.

"I haven't seen such a fearless barbarian in many years. It's a good opportunity to kill a lot of people in the wild, so I don't have to climb the Suzhou city."

"Jili gulu, jili gulu..." Fu Ni was a little drunk and kept talking for a while, with a smug smile on his face. However, the translator looked a little embarrassed at this time. He didn't know whether to translate or not. Fu Ni glanced at the translator and cursed a few words. The translator had no choice but to speak.

"The Han barbarians are vulnerable to attack, none of them have any balls. Wherever my Qing cavalry goes, the Han barbarians surrender. In my opinion, we should kill more people in a few cities. If we kill more people, I don't think anyone will dare to rebel."

The audience was completely silent, even the dancers were too scared to move. The girl next to Fu Ni was so scared that her face turned pale, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and her whole body was stiff, fearing that she would anger the murderer next to her. Bai Yongfu and his generals all looked unhappy. Bai Yongfu was a new surrender, and was very upset by Fu Ni's words, so he had to take a gulp of wine to cover up his embarrassment.

"Jili Gulu..." Funi's face changed and he cursed at the girl beside him. The translator cursed at the girl loudly, "Why are you crying? Han women are so cowardly!"

The girl was so frightened that she dared not move at all. At this time, Funi suddenly grabbed the girl's head and slammed it against the table. With a snap, the girl fell to the ground with blood all over her face. It was unknown whether she was alive or dead.

When the people from the yamen at the banquet saw the blood, they were all terrified and trembling with fear, not daring to move at all. Funi continued to drink and eat nonchalantly, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

Bai Yongfu's face turned pale, and he could no longer eat the food and wine on the table. After the drinking party was over, Bai Yongfu and several of his generals walked out of the door. Wu Shunchang spat at the door and said, "What the hell? Vulgar stuff!"

After hearing this, Bai Yongfu stopped Wu Shunchang from complaining and went back to the camp without looking back.

At noon the next day, soldiers from Meng Jun's three towns, Changlin Town, Ningwu Town, and Kewu Town, had arrived at the wilderness west of Yangcheng Lake. The army's camp was built five miles behind the battlefield and camped along the river. At the same time, Huang Cheng's scouts went forward to investigate the movements of the Qing army.

The Qing army's vanguard cavalry had also moved forward. The Qing army scouts had galloped all the way and had already arrived outside Zhoujia Village, 30 miles in front of Yangcheng Lake. The rivers everywhere made the Qing army scouts miserable.

"Captain, I just captured a villager. Yangcheng Lake is thirty miles ahead. The villager said that a lot of troops came there yesterday. I think they must be that group of bandits," a scout of the Qing army said to his captain.

Liu Ping hesitated for a moment, then squeezed the horse's belly and said, "Keep exploring!"

The Qing army scouts continued to gallop south for more than ten miles, and finally discovered the traces of the Meng army and met the Meng army's scouts.

"Sergeant, look, they are Qing soldiers." Huang Cheng's scout team saw the Qing scouts galloping towards them from a distance. The ten scouts immediately tightened their reins. Zhang Chengsheng led the scout team to investigate northward to serve as the eyes and ears of the army. Zhang Chengsheng dismounted and counted the Qing scouts, and found that there were only five of them.

Zhang Chengsheng was a little excited. It was the first time he encountered Qing army scouts, and their number was only half his own. He was very excited.

At this time, Liu Ping also saw the Meng army scouts in the distance and said excitedly, "We found this group of bandits. The main force of the bandits should be within a dozen miles nearby."

At this time, after Zhang Chengsheng mobilized his subordinates, he found that his side had twice as many troops as the opposing side. Naturally, Zhang Chengsheng would not be afraid of a fight. He led his brothers and rushed forward, wanting to destroy this small group of Qing troops or drive them back.

Seeing this, Liu Ping was slightly stunned. Are the bandits on the opposite side so fierce? They actually charged directly when they saw him. Doesn't it mean that Liu Ping looks down on these scouts and thinks he can win with fewer people?

"You look down on me so much? Get ready to fight!" Liu Ping snorted coldly and shouted "Charge!"

Five Qing army scouts picked up their bows and rode their horses towards Zhang Chengsheng and his men.

"Bow and arrow shoot!" Zhang Chengsheng shouted when he saw that the distance was shortened.

Ten Meng army scouts picked up bows and arrows and shot at the Qing cavalry.

The Qing army scouts also shot their arrows at almost the same time.

"Ah" several screams came in succession, Zhang Chengsheng looked back and saw that one of his scouts was shot in the face and fell off his horse on the spot. Another person was shot on the horse and also fell out and fell to the ground, his life or death was unknown.

Only one of the Qing army's scouts had his horse shot, and the horse felt the pain and threw the cavalryman off its back.

Zhang Chengsheng yelled, "Switch your weapons and charge forward!"

At this time, the cavalry of both sides were only thirty steps away from each other, and they only had a moment to collide with each other. Both sides had already exchanged swords and spears. Although there were only a dozen cavalrymen charging against each other, the momentum was still terrifying.

Zhang Chengsheng stared at the cavalry on the opposite side nervously and clenched the spear in his hand. The two sides did not engage in any fancy moves and directly charged into each other. Zhang Chengsheng's spear stabbed one man. At the moment of stabbing, Zhang Chengsheng dropped the spear and pulled out the long sword from the horse's head. More than ten seconds seemed so long to Zhang Chengsheng at this time. He gasped for breath, pulled the reins, turned the horse's body and looked at his comrades beside him.

After a round of confrontation, only two scouts were left beside Zhang Chengsheng, and Liu Ping was the only Qing army sentinel left. Liu Ping looked back in shock, then quickly pulled the reins and galloped away into the distance.

Zhang Chengsheng looked at Liu Ping's receding figure and said angrily, "Fuck, hurry up and see if there is anyone alive."