Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 346 Under the Battle of Ganzhou

"Book of Rites·Qu Li [-]": "Father's enmity, we will die together."

Geng Jimao's hatred for Wang Yan was no less than that of Bilk Dehun. When he heard that Wang Yan used scriptures to kill Wan'an, he was immediately shocked and angry.

He was surprised that the Ming army occupied northern Jiangxi so quickly and headed towards southern Jiangxi. What made him angry was that the enemy met each other, and he was extremely jealous.

Looking at him, Luck Dehun knew that he had chosen the right person. Geng Jimao would never surrender to Wang Yan. If he were to guard Wan'an, he would definitely fight to the death. He urged the soldiers to defend the city desperately and fight for enough time.

Geng Jimao understood the current situation of the Qing army, he saluted and left in a hurry.

Luck Dehun looked at his back as he left the big tent, and then ordered again: "Order Jin Shengheng to attack the city immediately. If you can't reach Ganzhou within three days, I will ask him to come and see you!" Two hours later, Geng Jimao led an army of [-] to Wan'an County, [-] miles away to the north. Jin Shengheng, who was in the Qing army camp, also led troops and horses, lined up in Ganzhou City, and launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on the defenders.

In terms of military campaigns, Luck Dehun still has more than 5 people in southern Jiangxi, and Wang Yan does not have much advantage in military strength.

Killing 13 enemies on the battlefield often hurts 7. Wang Yan led nearly [-] soldiers into Chu, and then incorporated nearly [-] Shun troops, [-] Shaanxi rebels, and a total of [-] people. Even counting the Gaoyi Gong Department that was repaired in Hunan, he had only more than [-] people left, and the battle damage was close to half.

This is still the result of successive victories. If he fails, I am afraid that he will lose all his soldiers and horses. Therefore, in this Gannan campaign, he did not want to fight head-on with Leket, but tried his best to ensure the safety of his men, otherwise Even if he wins big, if his own loss is too great, it will not be worth the loss for Wang Yan.

Wang Yan assisted Zhao Yingyuan in Qingzhou, but the Qing soldiers besieged the city, and Li Shiyuan, the original Qingzhou garrison of the Ming Dynasty, plotted against Zhao Yingyuan, which made the Qingzhou defeat, and even Wang Yan almost died in the city.

This time when Wang Yan and Li Shiyuan met in Ji'an, it should be said that they met each other as enemies, and they would never stop dying. However, in order to avoid storming the city and causing casualties to his soldiers and horses, Wang Yan insisted on staying under the city for two days, trying to persuade him, He also wrote a letter in his own hand, prompting Li Shiyuan to surrender in Kaicheng.

In this campaign in southern Jiangxi, Wang Yan's goal was to defeat Luck Dehun at the lowest cost. To do this, of course, he had to pay attention to strategy. It must be a fierce frontal battle, Wang Yan didn't want to see it, so he had to divide his troops, fight the few with the crowd, divide and annihilate them.

After Wang Yan took Ji'an and occupied Taihe County, the army was divided into two groups. A group of 3 people was led by Dai Zhifan and Liu Fangliang. With another 3 horses, as well as food and grass, they went upstream along the Gan River with great fanfare, attracting the attention of the Qing soldiers.

He asked the soldiers to pull the warship with ropes, march slowly on the river, and made a gesture of attacking Wan'an head-on. This gave Luck Dehun the wrong information, thinking that Wang Yan had only 3 troops to enter southern Jiangxi.

Seeing that Wang Yan had few soldiers and his marching speed was slow, Luck Dehun made a wrong decision, thinking that he could divide his troops to defend Wan'an and contain Wang Yan.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a saying, "When you die, you fight! When you die, there is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind, and you must fight to the death."

It means that when the troops fall into a dead end with no way forward and pursuers behind, they can only fight the enemy to the death.

Right now, there is Ganzhou Ming Army in front of Luck Dehun, and Wang Yan's army is coming later, which coincides with the words of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but his subconscious timidity towards Wang Yan made him instinctively avoid a decisive battle with Wang Yan, and instead It was a wrong decision to divide the troops, which was a taboo for military strategists.

Ganzhou is more than [-] miles away from Wan'an, and it can be reached by a quick march in one day and one night. At three o'clock at night, under the faint moonlight, nearly ten thousand Qing soldiers are holding torches and running to the north in mighty strength.

Geng Jimao can be regarded as the next general. He learned from Luck Dehun that Wang Yan will arrive in Wan'an within five days. In order to be able to hold on to the city, he naturally wants to enter the city earlier so that he can make sufficient preparations to meet Wang Yan army.

At this time, Geng Jimao was standing in front of the team on horseback. Looking back at the fire dragon behind him, he couldn't help but shouted again and again: "Hurry up, speed up! Wan'an is ahead, and you can have a good rest after entering the city~"

Hearing the words, the Qing army continued to rush northward, but the soldiers were indeed a little tired after running for more than 70 miles in a row. In addition, the quality of the soldiers was uneven. Under Geng Jimao's urgent urging, the team had already dragged on for a long time.

At this time, the forward of the Qing soldiers was only five miles away from Wan'an, which made Geng Jimao heave a sigh of relief. The Qing soldiers patrolling on the wall in the distance also found a fire dragon coming from the south.

The sentry immediately reported to Shen Zhixiang. He hurriedly got up and came to the city to watch. Knowing that it was Luck Dehun who sent reinforcements, he was overjoyed, "It's the reinforcements from the camp~"

Hearing the words, the Qing soldiers on the city also showed joy on their faces, but at this moment, something happened that Geng Jimao and Shen Yongzhong never thought of.

In the dark night, 1 horses were ambushed in the woods on both sides of the official road, and 1 horses were on standby behind the woods.

Under the cover of night, the [-] Ming troops who separated from Taihe County and Wang Yan hid in the woods during the day and marched out at night. As early as the night before, they had bypassed Wan'an County and hid in the woods to the south inside.

Because the Ming army bypassed Wan'an at night, the Wan'an defenders didn't notice at all, and Wan'an's sentry cavalry were all going to the north of Wan'an to check for Wang Yan's movements, so they didn't expect that there would be someone hiding in the south of the county seat. A Ming army.

At this time, Liu Fangliang watched sharply from the woods. He was not in a hurry to attack the Qing soldiers passing by in front of him, but was waiting for the commander's order.

At this moment, a rocket shot out from the woods, streaked across the night sky, and then exploded in mid-air, which was extremely dazzling and could be seen from ten miles away.

This is an order issued by Dai Zhifan. Seeing this, Liu Fangliang immediately jumped up from the woods and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill~" For a moment, the woods shouted and killed, and groups of Ming troops rushed out from the woods on both sides, and killed the shocked Qing troops.

In the dark night, the Qing army had formed a long line, and was suddenly attacked by the Ming army. They were terrified, everyone was in chaos, and many people turned around and fled.

Wars in ancient times were just a matter of "qi". If you vent your courage, even millions of people will only flee. What's more, the Ming army's [-] fighting against [-] was so frightened that the Qing soldiers collapsed to the ground and begged for mercy. .

The soldiers of the Ming army came like a storm, slashing with swords, heads rolling, and blood gushing out. In an instant, hundreds of people died under the swords of the Ming army.

Wang Yan's Ming army is not a local rooster or a dog, but an elite who has experienced the Huguang War and can fight against the Eight Banners. reason.

In this battle, there is no suspense at all. The victory must belong to the Ming army. The only thing left is the number of Ming army casualties and how long it will take to completely defeat Geng Jimao.

The outcome of the battle was doomed from the very beginning. Under the surprise attack, Geng Jimao's army was immediately defeated across the board. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Geng Jimao's liver and gallbladder were torn apart. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately turned around and could not escape, but he put on a general in front of him, it was the general Liu Fangliang.

The two immediately fought together, Liu Fangliang yelled, and directly stabbed at Geng Jimao with a spear. The attack was fierce, and Geng Jimao quickly raised his knife to block it. .

Liu Fangliang turned the horse's head and saw him rushing for the road, quickly took off the bow and arrow from the horse's back, bent the bow and shot, and hit Geng Jimao's right shoulder, causing the saber in his hand to fall to the ground.

The arrow pierced Geng Jimao's shoulder, and a large amount of blood gushed out. After losing his weapon, he suddenly lost his soul, and fell on his horse, panicked, and broke into the Ming army.

At this time, he met another general, He Zhen, the leader of the Shaanxi Rebel Army. He had just joined Wang Yan's command, and was worried that he had no merit. When he saw Geng Jimao in front of him, he knew that he was a general of the Qing army. It hit Geng Jimao on the back of the head immediately, his skull was shattered, his brains were scattered everywhere, and he fell off the horse and died on the spot.The chief general Geng Jimao was killed, and the Qing soldiers had even less fighting spirit. Dai Zhifan saw that the overall situation was settled, so he quickly called a hundred households, put on Qing army uniforms, and left for Wan'an.

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