Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 568 Ambush Mandahai

The third year of Longwu was destined to be an extraordinary year. On the entire Yangtze River, up to Sichuan and Shu, down to Chu and Jiangxi, the flames of war continued. The Ming and Qing armies met each other on various battlefields, bloody battles, life and death. To fight, to draw a soul-stirring picture.

At the beginning of July, the two battlefields in Hubei fell into brutal offensive and defensive battles one after another. Hao Yaoqi in Hubei relied on the two fortified cities of Xiangfan to fight against the king of Liangshun. The two sides fought at night with fire, and the corpses piled up like mountains.

It is certain that if there is no reinforcements, no matter how strong the city is, it will be broken one day, but even if King Liangshun can take down Xiangfan, the teeth of the Qing army will also collapse.

The situation in Wuchang on the other side was basically the same. Hauge was besieging and attacking while sowing discord.

The Qing army attacked fiercely, and Wuchang was in danger. Fortunately, Du Yinxi and Man Dazhuang led the Dongting Navy, and from time to time slipped up the river outside Wuchang to harass and harass Duoduo. Too dangerous.

Xiangfan and Wuchang are both at a disadvantage of being beaten passively.

During the same period, another change occurred on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, which was supposed to be evenly matched. Both the Ming and Qing Dynasties were delighted to have the upper hand.

This is strange, when the two sides go to war, either they are evenly matched, or one side is beaten, how can there be a situation where everyone feels that the war is cheap?

At the end of June, when Duoduo attacked Hubei, Baylor Mandahai led the Red Banner of Manchuria, 1 soldiers of the Han Army, and 5 Green Battalion soldiers including Bu Congshan and Tu Guobao. A total of [-] troops marched into Jiangxi.

In Jiangxi, there were more than 3 Ming troops guarding southern Jiangxi. Later, Wang Yan entered Jiangxi. First, Jiujiang Wang Deren led 1 troops to surrender. , In the end, Jin Shengheng under the city of southern Jiangxi anyway, making Jiangxi, the front line of the anti-Qing Dynasty, the Ming army reached [-] people.

Facing 1 Qing soldiers, the [-] Ming troops who had fought in Jiangxi for two years should show no fear. However, after the Qing soldiers invaded northern Jiangxi, they successively defeated Jin Shengheng in Fuliang County and Jingdezhen. Then they went down the Changjiang River and approached Raozhou, the prefecture of Shangrao. Wang Deren led [-] people to resist a little, then abandoned the city and retreated to Nanchang.

To say that the Ming army in Jiangxi still has some advantages in terms of military strength, and its soldiers are all old soldiers. They are considered to be the most promising one among the three theaters of Xiangfan, Wuchang, and northern Jiangxi. However, the Qing army only spent ten days fighting three battles. The three victories controlled the entire Shangrao area in their hands.

After the Qing army entered Jiangxi, Man Dahai was very surprised and confident. He led 4 horses to live in Raozhou temporarily, and let the Han army embroidered with red flags and armored Lazhang Jing Liu Zhiyuan lead a group of troops. The thousand five hundred and eight banner cavalry urged Bu Congshan and more than 8000 green battalion soldiers to be the vanguard, and drove Wang Deren's defeated army to Nanchang.

July [-]th, the Qiqiao Festival, is a good day for the Han family. The little women should be beaming, but in Jiangxi, let alone Qiqiao, even the New Year is also because they are on the front line of the Anti-Qing Dynasty. The relationship between soldiers fighting, but forgotten.

At this time, the Qing soldiers made a comeback, and the soldiers and civilians in Jiangxi were even more afraid to be careless, and they tensed up.

Outside Jinxian City, east of Nanchang and west of Xinjiang River, a large camp of the Ming army was set up in the wilderness.

"Supervisor, Wang Zongbing urgently reports!" The cavalry rushed to the front of the camp, got off their horses, and hurried outside the commander's tent.

Wanji, Jiang Yueguang, Sun Shoufa, Zhang Jiayu, Chen Fang and other Jiangxi bigwigs, as well as Huang Keyuan who was sent by Du Yinxi were all in the tent.

This battle concerns the whole of Chu and Jiangxi. They couldn't stay in the rear with peace of mind, so most of them came with the army.

Everyone was discussing, and when they heard the shout, they all looked outside the tent.At this time, a soldier came in, knelt down on one knee and reported a military report, Wan Ji took it, opened it, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiayu stepped forward and asked, "Master Supervisor, is it a good thing?"

Wanji didn't answer, and handed him the military newspaper directly, and then called everyone to come to the sand table, pointing to a place, and said happily: "General Wang retreated from Raozhou, Mandahai entered Raozhou, and went deep into Jiangxi. Waiting for the war opportunity to come soon”

Of the 6 main forces in Jiangxi, [-] stayed in Jiujiang to prevent Duduo from dividing his troops to attack Nanchang, and the remaining [-] were used to deal with the [-] Qing soldiers in Mandahai.

The strategy of the Ming army is to resist layer by layer and lure the enemy to go deep. Jin Shengheng led 3 people first, and after a short battle, he gave up two cities in a row and retreated to Guangxin on the flank, giving way to the Qing army to enter Jiangxi. Enter Jiangxi, and then kill from behind.

After the victory of Man Dahai, he immediately went straight to Raozhou. Wang Deren also rushed to abandon the city before the main force of the Qing army arrived, and led the Qing army to Nanchang, entering the ambush circle of the Ming army.

When everyone in the tent heard this, their faces were full of joy. Since the beginning of the war, everyone's heart has been weighed down by a big stone, and it seems that they are going to move it away.

"Please give the order, Master Supervisor!" Immediately, all the people in the tent clasped their fists together, their expressions excited, and there was a trace of nervousness before the decisive battle.

Wanji listened, smiled, pointed to the map and said: "According to the military report, Man Dahai is currently leading 4 people and is still resting in Raozhou, but the enemy general Liu Zhiyuan is leading 1 troops and is chasing after Wang. Commander-in-Chief, you have crossed the Changjiang River and are heading towards Nanchang, take a look, how is the situation?"

Although Wanji and Jiang Yueguang have high official positions, they still have to listen to the opinions of the generals when fighting.

Everyone's eyes fell on the sand table, Zhang Jiayu quickly fetched a small flag and put it on so that everyone could see the whole battlefield more clearly.

Sun Shoufa looked at it, and pointed to the sand table with his hand. It was the Huimin Bridge on the Xinjiang River.

Huimin Bridge is a pontoon bridge that spans both sides of the Xinjiang River. It is the only place where Shangrao Mansion and Guangxin Mansion go to Nanchang by land.

Wanji nodded, "Xinjiang, Huiminqiao, what do you mean by abiding by the law?"

Sun Shoufa was originally a famous general Cao Wenzhao's subordinates. He first fought against Shun in Shaanxi and then against Qing Dynasty. Last year, he and He Zhen withdrew from Hanzhong to join Wang Yan.

"Ambush." ​​Sun Shoufa said in a deep voice: "Since Mr. Wang has attracted 2 Qing soldiers, we can lay an ambush on the west bank of the Xinjiang River. When the Qing soldiers cross the bridge, more than 1 of us plus Wang There are [-] soldiers in total, and [-] troops suddenly rush out, and these [-] Qing soldiers will be driven into the river to feed the fish."

Everyone heard the words, looked around the sand table for a long time, and all agreed to the ambush plan, but Huang Keyuan reminded: "Sun Tongzhi's ambush is a feasible strategy, but the people who want Liu Zhiyuan are only the Qing army. The main force of Wan is in Raozhou, and maybe he is also coming to Nanchang at this time. The distance between Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Zhiyuan is not far. Our side ambushed, Mandahai has the advantage of cavalry, and it will not take long to arrive, while the Qing soldiers How do we deal with the main force?"

Huang Keyuan was sent to Jiangxi by Du Yinxi, and the Huguang Ming Army pointed out that Jiangxi could make a comeback, and then pulled Hubei a hand, so Huang Keyuan cared more about the war situation in Jiangxi than everyone in Jiangxi.

Sun Shoufa listened, stroked the beard under his lips, and laughed, "Mr. Keyuan can rest assured." He pointed to the sand table proudly and said, "The 3 horses in Jindu Town have reached ten thousand years, just wait Mandahai enters the urn, we are here to ambush, if Mandahai comes to rescue, he will just enter the narrow strip between Changjiang and Xinjiang, then we will bear it first, Jinduzhen will charge from the side, at least [-]% chance of winning .”

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