Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 204

That night, in Yongding City, Du Yinxi counted his army and horses, and there were only 30 people left in the 20 defeated army. One hundred thousand guards and family members have a lot of luggage, but once they are defeated, the one hundred thousand men on the south bank will be completely dissatisfied! I am ashamed of your majesty, and of the thousands of heroic souls who died for Ming Dynasty."

The standing soldiers heard his voice and wept a lot. Seeing this, Gao Yigong had no choice but to persuade him: "This is the case, even if Zhuge is resurrected, there is nothing we can do! Besides, the current defeat is not due to Futai, but actually the supervisor." Why did Futai blame himself for his mistake!"

Du Yinxi reluctantly wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and then said: "Changsha's rescue did not come because He Tengjiao and Fu Shangrui stayed put. Today's isolated city cannot be defended. You will invest in my care. I can't watch you die. Now I want to let you go." General Gao led you and others to break through the siege, take advantage of the darkness, and fight out of the city!"

"Where is the merit of Gao Yi?"

"Futai~The last general~"

"Don't talk too much, General Gao. I have already written a memorial to the imperial court and wrote a letter to the Zuoge Department. He is the first assistant scholar of the imperial court. Even if I am not here, you will be able to rely on me in the future." Du Yinxi made After listening to Gao Yigong's words, he said solemnly: "Now all the generals listen to Ben Fu's orders. Gao Yigong, Zhang Neng, and Yang Yanchang, when Ben Fu attacks their east camp, you will immediately leave the city to the west, break his camp and take a small road. Go to Chenzhou."

Gong Sui wept farewell to the generals, and led 8000 dead men out of the east gate to touch the Qing army's camp, while Gao Yigong and other generals led nearly [-] men and horses, guarding the west gate, waiting for the sound of killing. Immediately leave the city suddenly.

At night, the Qing camp was pitch black. Du Yinxi led the dead men a hundred paces away from the camp. He became angry and shouted "Kill the captives" before rushing into the Qing camp.

Gao Yigong from the west of the city also rushed out of the east gate, but they soon discovered that the pitch-black camp was completely silent, and there was not a single Qing soldier at all.

Du Yinxi also found out that what he had entered was an empty camp, he immediately thought it was a trick, but no Qing soldiers came out from the darkness.

In a desperate charge, he punched into the empty space.

Du Yinxi had no choice but to return to the city full of doubts, and Gao Yigong also returned to the city with doubts. They came to a conclusion that the Qing soldiers retreated overnight.

The siege of Yongding was resolved, but why did the Qing soldiers retreat suddenly and in such a hurry?Could it be that He Tengjiao sent troops?

The Qing soldiers were about to win, and the only possibility of retreating at this time was a major change in the rear, which forced Geng Zhongming to rush back to help, but everyone was puzzled about what happened.

Tong Yanghe got the news from Zhang Yingxiang, thinking that Wang Yan was coming to attack with a large army, he was very frightened.

There are less than 1 troops stationed in Wuchang City, and even including the Green Battalion who escaped from Yuezhou, there are only more than [-] people, and the defense of the city seems particularly weak.

In just three days before and after the battle of Yuezhou, Wang Yan defeated the strong city guarded by [-] green camps, so it is very possible to take down Wuchang.

In the end, Tong Yanghe didn't dare to bear the possibility of losing Wuchang, so he agreed with He Mingluan and sent a horse to Jingzhou and Changde for help.

Luck Dehun was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly ordered Geng Zhongming to return to the east to help, and he also gave up on Li Guo who had fled into the mountains and rushed to Wuchang.

Geng Zhongming got the order and decided to retreat overnight, in case the Ming army in the city came out to entangle him and affect his return to the division.

On February [-]st, Geng Zhongming led [-] soldiers, and Luck Dehun [-] soldiers, joined in Jingzhou, a total of [-] elite Qing troops.

When Geng Zhongming thought of fighting against the famous Nanming general Wang Shiheng, he felt a little excited, so he wanted to lead the invincible Eight Banners soldiers to Wuchang and kill Wang Yan under the city.

But Luck Dehun said: "I have [-] elites. It is easy to solve Wuchang's crisis, but Wang Shiheng is good at defending. If he retreats to Yuezhou, it will be difficult for me to take the city. But now he is leaving Jiancheng and attacking Wuchang. If you want to die, you can lead [-] troops, take advantage of the fact that Yuezhou is not in Yuezhou, and the city is empty, take Yuezhou back into your hands, and cut off its retreat, I will lead the troops to Wuchang, and then attack from both sides, and Wang Yanye will be defeated."

Hearing the words, Geng Zhongming immediately nodded and said, "Master Baylor is wise."

In Yongding City, Du Yinxi ordered people to clean up the Qing army camp outside the city, and at the same time sent sentry cavalry to inquire about the retreat of the Qing soldiers.

In the evening, the sentry cavalry returned to the city, but brought back one person, that is Jin Shijie, a Lizhou scholar.

Du Yinxi was overjoyed to see him, "Shijie, please move He Dushi and Ma Ye?"

Knowing that Du Yinxi thought it was He Tengjiao who sent the troops, Jin Shijie made the Qing army retreat. He quickly shook his head and said, "Director He only cares about Changsha, so he doesn't care about the lives of Futai and the soldiers."

"Didn't Shijie invite reinforcements?"

Jin Shijie made a salute: "The students were ordered by Futai to go to Changsha to ask for help, but the supervisor refused to send troops, so the students had to go north to seek help from the Duke of Chu~"

"Chu Guogong?" Du Yinxi frowned when he heard the words, and stood up abruptly, "Wang Shiheng entered Chu?"

"Exactly! The Duke of Chu not only entered Chu, but also defeated [-] Qing soldiers in Yuezhou in one battle, regained the important town, and shocked Wuchang!" Jin Shijie said excitedly: "This time the Qing soldiers retreated on their own initiative. The plan worked, and Tong Yanghe, the governor of Huguang in the Qing court, asked Luck Dehun and Geng Zhongming for help."

Du Yinxi was shocked when he heard the words, Wang Shiheng was really capable of fighting, and once he entered Chu, he was really a great general of the country to help him solve such a big crisis!

"Then what's the situation in Yuezhou now?"

"When the students left, Chu Guogong and Zhang Taipu raised troops to attack Wuchang, and continued to put pressure on Tong Yanghe to send someone to ask for help from Luck Dehun. Now it seems that the Duke's goal has been achieved. Originally, if the troops Sufficient, the Duke of Chu can take Wuchang in one fell swoop, but Governor He only allocated 2000 troops to Zhang Taipu, and the Duke of Chu had to change his plan due to the limitation of troops."

Du Yinxi knew from Jin Shijie's words that Wang Yan's situation didn't seem to be very good, so he quickly asked, "How many soldiers and horses does Duke Chu have now?"

Jin Shijie heard the words and said: "There are more than 2000 people in the headquarters of the Duke of Chu, 3 people in Zhang Taipu, and there are [-] green battalion soldiers left, a total of nearly [-] people."

Du Yinxi was startled when he heard the words, "No, Duke Chu has too few troops. Once Luck Dehun and Geng Zhongming come back to help, Duke Chu will definitely lose."

Du Yinxi has fought against the Qing soldiers now, and the fighting power of the Manchu Eight Banners really terrified him. The hundred thousand Ming troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River were chased by the Han army's Zhenghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner. In the end, none of them survived. And Wang Yan's soldiers and horses are still less than Qing soldiers, which makes Du Yinxi not in a hurry.

"Futai, the Duke already has a plan to deal with Luke Dehun!" Jin Shijie smiled confidently, and he seemed to have become Wang Yan's admirer at this time, "The students came back this time under the order of the Duke, to invite With Futai's help, we will save the battle in Jingchu at one stroke."

(End of this chapter)