Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 462 Please enter the urn
The real Manchurian general, Shu Mulu Tan Tai, was fearless and resolute. Since he decided to send troops, the army was mobilized immediately.

Since the end of last year, after Dorgon noticed that the Eight Banners were being consumed too quickly, he stipulated that in future wars, the Green Battalion should be urged to the front, and the Eight Banners should be used for surveillance.

When it is time to use the Eight Banners, it must be done in order. Generally speaking, the Han Eight Banners should be killed first, then the Mongolian Eight Banners, and finally the Eight Banners can be killed.

A strategy like Dorgon's was crucial for the Manchus to preserve their strength, but it would undoubtedly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Qing soldiers. Tan Tai actually disapproved of this.

Last year, the performance of Dorgon's faction on the battlefield was very bad, and it was questioned by the Manchus. Dorgon's faction showed powerlessness on the battlefield, and was very indignant in their hearts. They wanted to establish merits to stabilize Dorgon's position.

This time Tan Tai brought in 2 horses and [-] green battalion soldiers, mainly led by rebel generals Tian Xiong and Ma Degong.These two were generals under Huang Jingnan's command. They rebelled on the battlefield, causing Huang Jingnan to be defeated and commit suicide. Emperor Anzong and his concubines were also captured by the two and dedicated to the Qing court.

Among the five great vassal towns of Hongguang, Huang Jingnan was able to defeat the Zuozhen of the East Offender, which shows that his strength is superior. Tian and Ma are two rebel generals, and most of the green battalion soldiers under him are soldiers from Huangzhen. One, it is not much worse than Li Chengdong's troops, and it can be said that the army is strong.In addition, there are three thousand red-armored Mongols in Gushan Ezhen Ashandu, and two thousand yellow-armored Manchurias by Tan Tai.

In this battle, Tan Tai wanted to surprise Wang Yan, so he couldn't listen to Dorgon's words, and he had to use cavalry to make a quick surprise attack, so five thousand and eight banners plus two thousand cavalry from the Green Battalion first crossed the Minjiang River and walked on foot. The army then attacked.

Zhang Cunren had no choice. In addition to the green battalion infantry brought in by Tan Tai, he also allocated 4000 troops from the Fuzhou defenders to accompany him, bringing the number of Qing soldiers dispatched this time to 4000, of which [-] cavalry were the vanguard. , with [-] infantry as the rear team, they rushed to Quanzhou mighty and mightily.

Tan Tai was impatient, so he asked Wang Qifeng to be his guide. The army crossed the Minjiang River, galloped on horseback, galloped for a day, and entered the boundary of Xinghua Prefecture, but was blocked by the Dilu River in the east of Putian. At that time, it was already the afternoon of the second day. At this time, Zhang Cunren had already urged the infantry to catch up. The [-] cavalry was equivalent to a day of running for nothing.

Zhang Cunren hurriedly organized the infantry and used the boats collected by the cavalry to build a pontoon bridge. Tan Tai didn't stop, and the cavalry crossed the Dilu River before sunset and entered Putian to rest.

The next day, without waiting for Zhang Cunren, Tan Tai urged the cavalry to gallop out of the county again, but was stopped by Yanshou Creek again.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners criss-crossed the northern plains, often running for thousands of miles, but it was less than two hundred miles from Fuzhou, and they had already stopped twice. Counting the Minjiang River, they had already been blocked by three rivers.

Every time, Tan Tai thought he could go directly to the city of Quanzhou, but every time he didn't walk for a long time, he would be blocked by a new stream, which made Tan Tai start to get irritable.

"How many big rivers are there in front?"

For outsiders like Tan Tai, the streams in Fujian can indeed be called big rivers, he looked at Yanshou Creek and asked dissatisfied.

Wang Qifeng quickly said: "Report to the general, cross the Yanshou River, go another [-] miles, and cross the Mulan River, then you can drive straight in and kill the boundary of Quanzhou Prefecture."

Tan Tai hesitated for a while. If he waited for Zhang Cunren's infantry to catch up before building the bridge, his time would be wasted, so he had to order the cavalry to build the pontoon bridge by himself.

These [-] cavalry were originally going to make a long-distance attack, but now they have become the presence of the infantry behind, opening up roads and building bridges. Their high morale has fallen by half after these two pauses.

Building a pontoon bridge is a technical job. It takes seven thousand cavalry to cut wood, make rafts, and set wooden stakes in the river. They are all landlubbers. One can imagine the difficulty of building a pontoon bridge on the water.

However, before Zhang Cunren's infantry came, they still completed the project, crossed the Yanshou River, and continued to advance westward.

But not long after, there was another vast stream in front of them, blocking them, and Tan Tai suddenly became a little furious.

When Zhang Cunren and Cui Jun came to Yanshou Creek behind, they saw that a pontoon bridge had been erected on the stream, and Tan Tai's cavalry had passed by for a long time, so he had to command the rear army to cross the river as soon as possible.

Wang Yan brought the main force of the Ming army into Quanzhou Mansion this time. If Tan Tai could defeat Wang Yan, he would be done once and for all. If Wang Yan was defeated by the Ming army, the situation in Fujian would be unimaginable.

For the sake of caution, Zhang Cunren is not looking for extraordinary achievements, but for safety, so Tan Tai is so anxious to march, Zhang Cunren is very worried, fearing that he will rush forward under the enemy and be ambushed, so he has to urge the infantry to chase quickly.

As the saying goes, three drums are exhausted, and there are no more than three things.On the other side, looking at the Mulan River in front of him, not to mention the seven thousand cavalry, even Tan Tai himself let out a sigh of relief.

"Look, General?" At this moment, Wang Qifeng suddenly pointed to the river and exclaimed.

Hearing the words, Tan Tai looked quickly, and saw several small fishing boats staggering towards the east on the left side of Mulan River.

Tan Tai frowned slightly, and quickly took a binoculars from the soldiers to watch. Nearly a hundred defeated Qing soldiers rowed hurriedly towards the east bank.

"Pick them up." Tan Tai's expression darkened. Could it be that Quanzhou has already been breached?He felt annoyed.

A moment later, the hundred defeated soldiers crossing the river in a fishing boat were brought to Tan Tai, but Wang Qifeng who was beside him was the first to be surprised and said, "Ma Huateng, why are you here?"

"General Wang knows?" Tan Tai questioned.

"General, he is the general under the last general."

Tan Tai frowned, pointed his whip at Ma Huateng, "Tell me, what's going on, why are you here?"

Ma Huateng cried out immediately: "Reporting to the general, the Ming army attacked very urgently, and the reinforcements were delayed. General Zhao saw that the city could not be defended, so he led his brothers to break through at night, but the Ming army had many horses. General Zhao and his brothers were forced to go back to the city again, and the brothers Baizhi and Bailaihao escaped by luck in the dark, and they were about to go to Fuzhou to find General Wang."

"General, it seems that Quanzhou is at stake~" Wang Qifeng was terrified, pretending to be worried: "If the army can't arrive as soon as possible, I'm afraid the six thousand brothers in Quanzhou city~"

Tan Tai waved his hand abruptly before he finished speaking, "Order the army not to stop, immediately set up a pontoon bridge to cross the river, before Quanzhou fell, suddenly appeared outside Quanzhou City, killing Wang Yan by mistake."

At Tuling, at the junction of Quanzhou Prefecture and Xinghua Prefecture, several Ming armies had already stationed at this time. Inside the large tent of the Chinese Army, Wang Yan sat on the top and headed the bottom with the honor of the Governor of Chu State University. , more than a dozen generals are neatly dressed and sit down according to their military ranks.Zheng Chenggong, Li Guo, Liu Shun and other generals filed in. Wang Yan told them to sit down, then he lifted his helmet and threw it on the handsome table, saying loudly: "The troops are all ready, let's start."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the sand table that he had made, pointed to Mulan River and said, "It is reported that Tan Tai has built a pontoon bridge on Mulan River. It is believed that the Qing army came in two armies, with Tan Tai's 4000 cavalry in front. Behind is Zhang Cunren's 2000 green battalion, with a total of [-] people, and besides the [-] people left behind in Quanzhou, our army, [-] infantry, set up an ambush here, do you have any ideas?"

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