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Chapter 165 Encounter

The Ningguofu army that Dai Kun led northward totaled [-] people. With such a large army, just the number of people eating horses and chewing every day was an astronomical figure.

In addition, this is a new type of military training specially trained by Dai Kun, and its combat power is much stronger than the ordinary (southern) Green Camp.

If logistical supplies are cut off, military morale will definitely be in chaos.

Yang Gong's move can be described as a real conspiracy.

Even if he does nothing here in Ningguo Mansion, Dai Kun must lead an army back to support.

Because Taiping Mansion in the north is the territory of the Ming army, his ability to defend Huangchi Town and Changhe is the limit. It is impossible to rush to Taiping Mansion.

And the Second Army has the support of the Yangtze River waterway and the granary of Taiping Mansion, so it will not be short of food at all and can definitely keep up with him.

If Dai Kun insists on ignoring the rear of Ning Guo Mansion, there will be a food shortage and chaos over time.

You can't beat it by going north, and it's useless by going west.

In fact, only half of Yang Gong's detoured troops were left behind in Wuhu County, specifically to block the Qing army's westward escape route.

It is for this reason that the staff officers strongly opposed Yang Gong's raid south.

After all, it’s okay to move the troops in danger, but they didn’t bring enough soldiers and horses, and the troops from three towns dared to go around and launch a surprise attack...

Similarly, the Qing army could not retreat eastward. In the east, except for the Ming army's territory in Gaochun County, the only way to the east was to take a long and detour to Guangzhou.

Going to Guangzhou is basically equivalent to sitting on the ground waiting to die.

Therefore, Dai Kun had no choice. He had to go south and turn back, and he had to return reinforcements as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the army ran out of food, or the food road was cut off, news spread that the rear was surrounded.

I am afraid that the army will be disillusioned in an instant. After all, the Ningguo training army is composed of young and strong local warriors recruited locally by Ningguo Mansion.

Ningguo Fucheng.

Since the siege, the prefect Huang Shuqi has climbed to the top of the city to take a look almost every day.

Unfortunately, apart from seeing Ming army scouts wandering around from time to time, nothing else could be seen.

Huang Shuqi seemed very anxious at this moment, even though the fake rebels had not attacked Ningguo Fucheng so far, or even laid siege to the city, they only sent reconnaissance cavalry to monitor it.

However, the food supply line from Ningguo Mansion to the front line was cut off by the puppet Ming rebels on the day they arrived.

This problem is huge. Without the continuous supply of food and grass from Ningguo Mansion, Dai Kun's [-] training troops on the front line would not be able to stay long.

But Zhigui knew that Huang Shuqi had no idea. The city of Ningguo was empty, and it was difficult to just defend the city, let alone help open up food channels for the frontline army.

Now he can only go to the city every day to see the movements of the rebel army, and at the same time pray silently in his heart. Lord Dai Kun, Long, personally throws him to the Ningguo Mansion. The Prime Minister Wannan Defense's regiment training envoy must not be fooled by the fake Ming Dynasty. The rebels are fooled!
Don't come back rashly... No, if he doesn't come back, what will happen to his Ningguo Mansion?
This was not only for the sake of his own life, but also for the Qing Dynasty.

If Ning Guofu fails, southern Anhui will not be protected.

Once Wannan is lost, even if Mr. Long sits in Anqing, he may not be able to stop the pseudo-Ming from crossing the river.

Moreover, even if Dai Kun does not come back, without the continuous supply of food and wages from Ningguo Mansion, trouble will inevitably occur over time.

Huang Shuqi was at a loss for what to do, and at the same time he was praying with conflicting feelings, praying that Dai Kun could find a way on his own.

No matter what happens, it is not impossible to repel the pseudo-Ming army outside Fucheng, return to Ningguo Fucheng, and defend the city.

Not only Huang Shuqi thought this way, but also the officials in the city were also looking forward to the return of the frontline troops as soon as possible.

It can be said that without knowing it, Dai Kun has become the hope of all officials and gentry in Ningguo Mansion.

Of course, Dai Kun didn't know about this. At this moment, he had just led his troops through Shuiyang Town and was marching non-stop.

As for the Huangchi Town defense line, [-] soldiers and horses were left to garrison it. Dai Kun's order to them was to defend it for as many days as they could.

If you really can't defend it, cross the river and continue to resist.

And he led his army on a starry and night journey to Fucheng to return reinforcements.

Ok!

Dai Kun still told the story about the house being stolen by the puppet Ming army in Fucheng. After all, paper could not suppress the fire, but at the same time, Dai Kun did not tell the whole story. In his dictation, the fake people who stole the house were bypassed. The Ming army was just a partial force to rebel against the bandits.

There were even a lot of fake thieves among them, and the number of troops was insufficient. The most important thing was that Dai Kun didn't even mention a word about the fact that the food and grass were about to be exhausted.

Dai Kun, or the current Qing army, does not know that since the elimination and reorganization a month ago, there is no "fake thief" in the Ming army today.

On the third day, in the morning.

Under Dai Kun's urgent march at night and under the stars, [-] Ningguofu training troops finally arrived at Jingting Mountain.Further ahead is the camp of the puppet Ming army.

Yang Gong had already built a camp here, including trenches, wooden fences, walls, and even arrow towers.

Dai Kun just took a cursory glance and decisively ordered the army to attack.

We are going to run out of food soon, so why talk about strategic plans?

Either capture the camp in front of you, or rush over and return to the capital.

The forward Qing army immediately launched a charge. Although the Qing army did not have many muskets and armor, they did have a lot of small land artillery.

"Kill! Kill him!"

"Kill the rebels and get the reward!"

"kill……"

Under the orders of their superiors, a large number of Qing soldiers rushed towards the Ming army camp in front of them, shouting to kill.

When tens of thousands of Qing troops attacked, there was no panic inside the Ming army's camp. The entire army's towns and camps quickly opened up their formations, assembled in formation, and were ready to go into battle at any time.

In the rear, the artillery battalion also pushed out the artillery, and under the command of the battalion officer, skillfully began to load the gunpowder shells, and at the same time measured the distance and orientation.

Before the Qing army's forward approached the wall, hundreds of sharp arrows shot out from the arrow tower, and in an instant they fell into the Qing army's array.

A large number of Qing soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. Some of them missed their vital points. They wailed after falling to the ground, and then were trampled to death by the friendly troops that followed them.

The actual casualties caused by these arrows are not large, and they mainly serve as a deterrent and hindrance.

Sure enough, facing the arrows in the arrow tower, the Qing army's forwards showed a slight lag.

But under the constant pressure of friendly forces from the rear, these forward Qing troops could only continue to charge forward.

This is also the reason why many ancient armies were scared to death but still dared to rush forward during the battle, because you couldn't retreat at all.

The forwards of the Qing army braved the rain of arrows from the arrow tower and quickly rushed to the base of the village wall.

But don't forget, the Ming army has more than just archers.

"aim!"

"ignition!"

"fire!"

Three orders.

boom!
boom!
boom!
……

With the sound of artillery one after another, several artillery shells flew out from the Ming army's camp and fell directly into the Qing army's forward position.

Under the strong kinetic energy and inertia, several bloody roads were plowed directly into the Qing army's positions. All the Qing soldiers hit by the artillery shells either died on the spot, or had their arms, hands and feet broken, and were in great pain.

Not only these cannonballs, when the Ming army built the wall, they also built earthen steps at the back.

The soldiers of the Ming army climbed directly up the stairs to the wall, like whack-a-mole, constantly killing or pushing out the Qing soldiers who tried to attack.

The Ming army's archers and even some fire gun soldiers also went up to the wall, harvesting the lives of the Qing army wantonly.

The battle in front of the wall was tense. The Ming army's artillery fired bombardments from time to time, but the Qing army's artillery was unable to function in such a close-range attack on the village due to its unsatisfactory range and power.

The battle lasted for less than a quarter of an hour, and the Qing army retreated without even reaching the limit of high-intensity exercise of the human body.

There is no other way. If they don't withdraw their troops, the Qing army will be defeated. They will not be able to fight at all, and they will simply die.

The forward Qing army (defeated) retreated, and the Ming army still did not leave the stronghold to pursue. This made Dai Kun in the Qing army's formation turn black.

After waiting for a long time, the Ming army sent a small group of soldiers out of the stronghold to clean the battlefield.

At this time, Dai Kun was a bit stuck.

In terms of military strength, he has [-] troops, but similarly, the Puppet Ming who is hiding behind the stronghold on the opposite side estimates that there must be tens of thousands of troops.

Moreover, with such a stronghold built of wood and earth and stone, his [-]-strong army was unable to make a move for a while.

　Work overtime, work overtime
　　
　
(End of this chapter)