Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 714
On July [-]th of the fourth year of Longwu, Wang Yan led Zhongzhen, Zhongyong, and Dubiao, and defeated the Qing army that retreated from the front line of the Qingge River. After a little reorganization, he continued to advance eastward.

On the outside battlefield, because the Qing troops from all walks of life knew that Wang Yan was also rushing to Dashengguan, they realized that Boluo's troops were insufficient, so they moved closer to Dashengguan, intending to trap Wang Yan in the net, but the Ming army left and right The two wings changed from offense to defense, and frantically blocked the Qing soldiers from approaching Dashengguan on the periphery, so it is still confusing and unclear who will win the battle.

At this time, Sun Shoufa led 3 troops from the right, and blocked nearly [-] people from Xiao Qihui, governor of Zhejiang Province of the Qing court, on the front line of Ningguo Mansion.

When Li Guo learned that Duoduo was going south and wanted to follow Wang Yan's rear route, Li Guo immediately changed his course and turned eastward to stop Duoduo. The two armies met in Hezhou.

After the emperor and Jin Shenghuan captured Wuhu, they were eager to seize Nanjing, but they never thought of the strategy of the Qing army to lure the enemy deep. Therefore, no heavy troops were left in Wuhu, only a thousand households were stationed, and their strength was very limited.

After Tong Tulai intervened, the Wuhu defenders knew that something was wrong, and they were so frightened that they quickly closed the city gate.

Suddenly a group of people came through, who knew that the Ming army passing in front was in danger.

The guard hurriedly sent spies out of the city to inquire, but the rest they brought back was not optimistic. The defenders and gentry in the city began to panic. Now that they have regained the southern crown, are they going to take off the clothes of the old country again?

As far as the defenders were concerned, although Tong Tulai's Qing soldiers did not attack Wuhu, they were still worried and even a little desperate.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, hundreds of Ming soldiers stood sparsely on the city wall with a circumference of more than ten miles, all of them were worried, worried about their own fate.

Several soldiers were standing guard on the city wall, and suddenly one of them pointed at the bottom of the city and exclaimed, "General Banner, look!"

An officer with a helmet flag heard the sound and looked out of the city, only to see a cloud of dust rising from the west. With years of battle experience, he knew very well that only cavalry had such momentum.

Zongqi's face immediately changed, and the first reaction in his mind was, it's over, the Qing army who had been interspersed a few days ago came back.

The few defenders in the city looked at the smoke and felt the shaking of the earth, and fear was born in their hearts.

After a while, the defenders on the city saw a blue-armored cavalry galloping out of Yang Qi's smoke, but they didn't go straight to the bottom of the city, but galloped around the city and ran to the east.

Seeing this, the defenders on the city were slightly taken aback. Not long after, groups of Green Battalion infantry ran out from the smoke and dust. Their condition was much worse than that of the cavalry. Looking back from time to time, it seems that there is something terrible behind.

"General Banner, what is this?" the soldiers on the city asked with some uncertainty.

Seeing this, Zongqi hurriedly said: "Look, I'll invite Qianhu over here."

When Qianhu came to the city, he just caught up with the tail of the Green Battalion soldiers to bypass Wuhu City.Looking out from the city, there are banners and weapons discarded by Qing soldiers along the way.

It was obvious that the Qing army had suffered a defeat when they ran like this, but there were too few Ming troops in the city, and the city walls were not enough to stand, so they did not dare to act rashly.

At this moment, more smoke and dust rose from the west of Wuhu, and a large crowd of people surged, with thousands of elite cavalry in front and countless plate helmets behind.

The defenders on the city saw a three-foot-high Phnom Penh King's Banner banner, surrounded by many banners, moving down the city. Xuanwu vertical water map, hunting against the wind.

Qian Hu's face changed, and he was completely solemn, "Quickly open the city gate, that's the big banner of King Hengyang!"

After finishing speaking, the thousand households hurriedly turned around and went down to the city to greet them.

Although the defenders of Wuhu belonged to Wang Deren and Jin Shenghuan and did not belong to the Five Loyalty Army system, the defenders in the city realized that the front line might change drastically after Jin Li's Qing army made a detour, and they had lost their backbone. Seeing Wang Yan coming over at this time, it was naturally the same as seeing relatives and elders.

A moment later, the gates of Wuhu City opened wide, and Wang Yan, who was dressed in golden armor, was surrounded and entered the city, but he did not plan to stay in Wuhu for a long time, so the army was still stationed outside the city.

After the battle of crossing the river, the army was a little tired. On the one hand, he ordered the horses to rest for a while, to clear up the gains, and to count the losses. On the other hand, he sent scouts to the direction of Dasheng Pass to inquire about news.

Fighting can't be reckless, he must figure it out.

Although Wang Yan ran in, he was not blindly rushing in. If the emperor and Jin Shenghuan were finished, then he would go in deep and seek death for himself. He had to organize the army to retreat immediately, but if the battle was not over, he would immediately mobilize the army and go forward. to rescue.

Wuhu government office, Wang Yan listened to the report of Li Suiqiu and others, and had placed the wounded soldiers in the city for treatment, and listened to the report of Liu Shun and others on the casualties.

The first battle just now took place in a very short time, less than two hours before and after, and Jin Li took the initiative to retreat before the main force of the Five Loyalist Army crossed the river, so the casualties were not very huge.

The losses in this battle mainly came from the frontal attack of the Guangwu Battalion. Nearly a thousand people were killed and more than 500 were injured. The Iron Man Army lost less than 20 people.

On the side of the Qing army, the cavalry lost relatively little. Except for the more than 400 cavalry who were hacked to death in the previous battle, the rest of the cavalry slipped away like rabbits. However, the green battalion infantry was not so lucky. More than one thousand, the most important thing is that Jin Li's 3000 horses and artillery, all fell into Wang Yan's hands.

Overall, the gains from this battle are quite impressive.

After the generals and staff reported their affairs, Mr. Qian, who stayed behind in Wuhu, was called into the hall again.

This general's name is Zuo Mengchang, he is seven feet long, he is burly, he is a member of Zuo Liangyu's side branch, he has been in Jin Shenghuan's army, Jin Shenghuan is anyway, he will follow anyway.

This person still has some abilities, but because of Zuo Menggeng's relationship, he has been excluded all the time. Many generals feel uncomfortable seeing him, but Jin Shenghuan trusts him more.

"See, Your Highness!" Zuo Mengchang entered the lobby and saluted on one knee.

Wang Yan waved his hand to make him stand up, then sat up straight and asked, "Zuo Qianhu, how long has it been since Your Majesty set off from Wuhu?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it has been eight days since His Majesty and Jindu Town set off."

Seeing the worry on Zuo Mengchang's face, Wang Yan felt a bitterness in his heart. Eight days are enough for many things to happen.

Wang Yan's heart skipped a beat, he leaned forward, and asked, "Is there any news?"

"Three days ago, [-] Qing soldiers bypassed Wuhu and went to the front line of the Qingge River to deploy defenses. I knew that there must be a major change on the front line, so I sent scouts out of the city to find out some news."

Wang Yan frowned, and urged: "How?"

Zuo Mengchang took a deep breath, "The scouts went to the direction of Dashengguan to investigate, and learned from the people nearby that a few days ago, there was a Qing army marching westward from Lishui County. The team spread for tens of miles, and the momentum was very large. "

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