Ceng Guofan was having a banquet with his subordinates. Goryeo's wine was not as mellow as Jiangnan's yellow wine, nor as spicy as the northern liquor. The bland taste was quite similar to the Xiang Army that occupied half of Goryeo. The army from China occupied half of Goryeo. After fighting more than a dozen battles, the Goryeos could not win and simply admitted defeat. The Goryeos in the south only held the strategic points and prevented the Xiang Army from continuing to move south. The Xiang Army did not have the ability to continue south at this time and could only entrench in the territory that they had already occupied. This was actually a very dangerous situation. In China's idiom, the Xiang Army was now an arrow at the end of its flight.
Ceng Guofan already knew that the small Manchu Qing court had been destroyed, the two Empress Dowagers, the young Emperor Tongzhi, and Prince Gong Yixin had all fallen into the hands of the Liberation Army. After the Liberation Army entered the border, they began to sweep the area and clear the remaining Manchu armed forces. The Xiang Army and other Han troops totaled only 40,000. Without the support of Goryeo and cut off the supply of weapons and ammunition, it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.
The Xiang Army's fierce general Bao Chao was drunk. He shouted at the Manchu Qing high-ranking official Fu Ming 'a who also attended the banquet, "You, come and pour the wine!"
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Fu Ming 'a was a bannerman general. Being ordered around by Bao Chao, he showed an unhappy expression. But what could he do if he was not fast? The Xiang Army at this time was really a very strange army. In theory, they were also the last organized army of the Manchu Qing. The main force of the Mongolian Eight Banners was basically destroyed with the destruction of Sengrinchen. After the Manchu Qing fled to the border, the Mongolian kings did not have the thought of dying with the Manchu Qing, so they did not respond to the orders of the small Manchu Qing court. Among the troops that belonged to Shengjing, the Xiang Army was undoubtedly the most capable and the most skilled in fighting.
But Manchu Qing had never regarded the Han people as trustworthy. In Manchu Qing's eyes, the Xiang Army's reliability was even ranked below the unreliable Mongolian Eight Banners. But the Manchu Qing imperial court was destroyed, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the princes were all captured. Right now the strongest remaining army of the Manchu Qing was the Xiang Army. No matter how one looks at it, it is a comical matter for a Han army to hold up the Manchurian flag.
By this time, the Tongzhi Emperor of Manchu Qing, the Empress Dowager of the two palaces, and Prince Gong Yixin had already reached Pyongyang. They demanded that the Xiang Army disarm and surrender to the Liberation Army. Fu Minge 'a could still clearly remember how Bao Chao had beheaded the eunuch, Xiao De, with a single strike. He could still clearly remember how Bao Chao had laughed savagely as he shouted,' This damned eunuch gave a fake imperial decree and tricked us into dying! ', and the blood on his face.
Fu Minge 'a was an army supervisor sent by the Manchu Qing. In the past, his status was revered, Bao Chao did not dare to speak loudly to him. But now, a featherless phoenix was inferior to a chicken. Every time there was a banquet, Bao Chao would forcibly summon Fu Minge 'a. After summoning him, he would order Fu Minge' a around like a servant. Several months ago, Fu Minge 'a had tried to resist. Bao Chao immediately had Fu Minge' a dragged out and given him thirty strokes of the stick. The next day after the beating, Bao Chao would summon Fu Minge 'a and order him around. Fu Minge 'a hated himself for not having the courage to commit suicide, but he really did not want to commit suicide!
Seeing Fu Minge 'a somewhat hesitant expression, Bao Chao let out a breath reeking of alcohol and drunkenly shouted, "Fu Minge' a, stop pretending. Although you are a Bannerman, who doesn't know that your ancestor is the Ming Dynasty's Yuan Chonghuan? He became a Great Ming official and joined the Manchu Qing. Do you think you are a Bannerman and your ancestor is still a Han? What kind of nonsense are you putting on! "
Bao Chao was not a scholar. After all, Yuan Chonghuan did not directly surrender to the Manchu Qing. On the contrary, Yuan Chonghuan's son happily surrendered to the Manchu Qing and became a Bannerman. Fu Minge 'a naturally knew about his ancestor's matter, but he did not want to explain anymore. The Manchu Qing was finished. Fu Minge 'a had lost everything he could rely on. Now that he was in the Xiang Army, the Xiang Army's General Bao Chao could kill him as easily as pinching a bug. Just like his ancestor, Fu Minge 'a lowered his head and poured Bao Chao wine.
In the entire Xiang Army, the only person loyal to the Manchu Qing was Ceng Guofan. When the other generals saw Bao Chao venting his anger on Fu Minge 'a, they acted as if they did not see it. Ceng Guofan saw it, but he was not in the mood to care about these things. This Manchu Qing's loyal official's hair was almost completely white. When he first arrived in Goryeo, his hair was still white. In order to think of a way to revive the Manchu Qing, Ceng Guofan exhausted his brain power. But there was a limit to one's strength. In the face of an irreversible situation, Ceng Guofan had no other choice but to grow white hair.
Escape to the border and try to return to their hometown? With the accent of these people, they would immediately be recognized halfway. Stay in Goryeo? The Xiang Army's current equipment, especially weapons and ammunition, were not enough to continue fighting. In the last few battles, the Xiang Army relied on their own experience and adopted the method of outflanking from behind to win the war. Looking at the glorious results, the Goryeo people did not dare to challenge the Xiang Army anymore. In fact, this was just the last radiance of the setting sun.
Of course, there was another way, which was to return to the border again. Not to the south, but to the north, and meet up with the Heilongjiang General's troops at Qiqihar. Whether Qiqihar had already been captured by the Liberation Army was unknown. When Ceng Guofan slightly proposed this idea, the Xiang Army, including Ceng Guofan's younger brother Ceng Guoquan, all opposed it. The reason was very simple, the Xiang Army did not want to leave Goryeo at all. In Goryeo, they could still rely on coercion to obtain supplies, but when it came to the Heilongjiang General, the Xiang Army immediately became an existence inferior to the Manchurians.
Bao Chao bullying Fu Ming 'a looked like a domineering act, but in fact, he wanted to completely cut off the possibility of Ceng Guofan seeking refuge with the Heilongjiang General. If he brought Fu Ming 'a to the Heilongjiang General, would Fu Ming' a not try to borrow the Heilongjiang General's power to take revenge? If he killed Fu Ming 'a and then went to Qiqihar … … If he killed Fu Ming' a, the army supervisor, Ceng Guofan would have no reason to let the generals go to Qiqihar.
Perhaps boorish men did things rashly, but it did not mean that boorish men lacked intelligence. When boorish men saw through the crux of the matter, their response was often remarkable.
The generals of the Xiang Army did not mention the Manchu Qing, did not mention the Liberation Army, did not mention the war, did not mention peace. Everyone just drank the bland Goryeo wine and chatted about the women they had recently obtained. No matter how bland the wine was, it was still a kind of comfort to people without a future. Even if it could not make people drunk, if they drank too much, they would still get drunk.
Bao Chao had already stood up and went to the toilet four times. The other generals of the Xiang Army were almost the same. At this point, they would drink for at most an hour, and the generals would be dead drunk. They would fall asleep. The Liberation Army had not launched any attacks. This kind of drunkenness had become the norm for the generals of the Xiang Army recently.
Standing in the toilet, Bao Chao suddenly heard the sound of cannons outside. Bao Chao impatiently shouted to the bodyguard outside the toilet, "Go and see who has nothing better to do and is shooting cannons."
After hearing this, the bodyguard immediately left, and Bao Chao continued to pee. Recently, every day was gatherings, eating, drinking, and going home to play with women. Bao Chao felt that peeing had become very difficult, as if he always had a feeling that he could not finish peeing. But no matter how hard he tried to control himself, he could not pee completely in one go.
At this time, he heard the sound of cannons outside getting more and more frequent. Bao Chao thought that perhaps the Liberation Army had attacked. But he felt that it was not right. It was impossible for the Liberation Army to march in like this. Could it be that the Korean army had attacked? Thinking of Gao Lijun, who had been defeated in every battle, Bao Chao's nervousness immediately flew to the highest sky. He closed his eyes, continued to control the cannons with one hand, and rubbed his temples with the other, which felt dizzy because of drinking too much. At this time, footsteps came from outside. Bao Chao felt that it should be his bodyguard, so he shouted with his tongue hanging out, "Who … who is shooting cannons outside?"
The bodyguard ran to Bao Chao, and Bao Chao felt a pain under his left rib. The feeling of coldness and heat mixed with numbness came to him at the same time, and his whole body seemed to be drained of strength by this feeling. When he opened his eyes, Bao Chao saw Fu Mingha's face, which was distorted because he was too excited. Bao Chao lowered his head and saw that Fu Mingha was holding the handle of the knife with both hands, and the front half of the knife had been deeply inserted into Bao Chao's body from under his left rib.
Bao Chao wanted to shout, but he had no strength. Bao Chao wanted to push Fu Mingha away, but he had no strength. At this time, Fu Mingha let go of the handle of the knife and pushed Bao Chao away. In a moment of dizziness and dizziness, Bao Chao felt that he had thrown himself into a piece of soft ground and was sinking inside. In the darkness, all of Bao Chao's feelings quickly disappeared.
He watched his enemy, who had humiliated him for months, fall head first into the cesspool and slowly sink without any struggle. Fu Mingha's face showed a satisfied smile from the bottom of his heart. Fu Mingha didn't want to die, at least not before he got his revenge. Fu Mingha had planned to assassinate Bao Chao in the toilet for more than half a month.
The unexpected sound of cannons outside the city attracted everyone's attention, and no one saw Fu Mingha sneak out and go straight to the toilet where Bao Chao was. Fu Mingha was originally worried that he couldn't beat Bao Chao's bodyguard, but Bao Chao's bodyguard unexpectedly left the toilet. Seeing Bao Chao's drunken appearance before going to the toilet, Fu Mingha didn't worry at all that there was a trap in the toilet, and he directly rushed in.
Everything seemed to be arranged by God, and Fu Mingha finally got his revenge. He wanted to look at Bao Chao, who was lying upside down in the cesspool of the toilet. However, the human survival instinct reminded Fu Mingha that if he continued to look, when someone came over, Fu Mingha would be dead.
Staring at Bao Chao, who was soaked in the cesspool upside down, again, Fu Mingha ran out of the toilet.
It was the Liberation Army, not the King of Korea, that attacked Pyongyang. In the past few months, the Liberation Army had privately sent people to measure the depth of the Datong River, and they had also found out that the top level of the Xiang Army was now rotten. The thin-skinned ironclad ships offshore could just reach Pyongyang, and the Liberation Army killed all the way there.
Things went better than expected, and the Xiang Army couldn't organize a counterattack at all. Under the fierce attack of the Liberation Army, the defense line of the Xiang Army directly collapsed. The troops easily broke through the city wall and broke into the former Prince's Mansion, where the Xiang Army was entrenched. In the chaos, the Xiang Army in the former Prince's Mansion who was stubbornly resisting with their backs against the wall was soon killed.
The troops found a senior officer of the Xiang Army in the courtyard with a short knife in his chest, and it seemed that he had been killed. What was strange was that this senior officer was covered in feces, and the smell was unpleasant. Everyone felt that it was strange, but because of the disgusting smell, no one wanted to go too close to investigate.
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