Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 722
At the foot of Ma'an Mountain, the Qing army's camp was full of joy. They attacked the mountain for a few days and took down nine hilltops, but there were still two main peaks, one east and one west.

The soldiers of the Qing army thought that they would fight for another day or two and pay thousands of casualties, but they did not expect that a happy event would happen today.

The Ming army trapped on the eastern mountain actually defected. General Gao Jinku, guerrilla Liu Wuyuan, Liu Bolu and others under the command of Wuwei Youjun Wang Deren suddenly ran down the mountain with more than 2000 people and surrendered to the Qing army. .

For the Qing army, this is naturally a happy event, which indicates that the Ming army on the mountain is on the verge of collapse, but for the trapped Ming army, it is undoubtedly a disaster.

If it hadn't happened suddenly, the Qing army was unprepared, and Wang Deren reacted quickly, the Qing army would most likely take this opportunity to capture the mountain to the east.

The Ming army on the mountain began to turn against the water, which was tantamount to a very bad start.In a critical and desperate situation, this kind of thing happens twice, and the Qing army has already heard the breath of victory.

At the foot of the mountain, there are pieces of military tents that look like graves, countless. The river breeze blows gently, flags and flags flutter, and red-topped bamboo hats pass through the camp. Strict control.

At this time, in the Qing army camp, the Qing soldiers were holding weapons, in groups of three or five, a dozen or so nestled together, sitting in the shade of the tent, making jokes and jokes flying around, causing bursts of laughter from time to time. Obviously very optimistic.

In a large cowhide tent in the camp, the generals of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp sat on both sides, and there were pots of boiled meat and cut melons and fruits in front of them for the generals to eat and drink at will.

The people in the tent were all bare-headed and their foreheads were shining, only the few people sitting at the end had hair growing on their scalps.

Boluo was sitting in the middle, with two coats fanning behind him, while he showed his bald head, sitting obliquely, cut a piece of fat with a dagger and stuffed it into his mouth, his face full of arrogance.

A general in the armor of the Ming army in the middle was reporting to him the situation on the mountain. The Qing general in the tent laughed happily from time to time, and his faces were filled with joy.

Bo Luo heard that the food and water sources of the Ming army on the mountain were cut off, a large number of wounded soldiers starved to death, their morale had fallen to the bottom, and the collapse was imminent. He stuck the dagger in his hand on the pig's head and said with a complacent smile: "Wait for this king to clear up the blood." The enemy on the mountain has captured Zhu Lujian, no matter whether Wang Yan comes or not, this king will take the momentum of a big victory and swallow Chu and Jiangxi, haha..."

Most of the Qing generals in the tent let out a laugh. Although Boluo was exaggerating, if they really captured Zhu Yujian, even if they couldn't take advantage of the situation and eat Chu Gan, it would be no problem to bite off a large piece of meat. In short, it would be a big victory It is indispensable.

"Master Feng, who was on an envoy to Guangzhou a few days ago, said that under the management of Wang Yan, Guangnan is more prosperous than Jiangnan. Now that guy has moved the Xingyuan to Wuchang, the situation in Wuchang must be not bad. To be honest. , this guy Wang Yan is still quite capable, if he doesn’t grab it, he has already held hundreds of thousands of troops in four years, and the key is that he can still support it, which is not easy.” Shi Tingzhu said.

Bo Luo smiled and said: "No matter how powerful Wang Yan is, he still wants to make a wedding dress for this king. If he rushes over this time, this king will definitely make him suffer a big defeat. If he is captured alive or beheaded, it will be very satisfying. "

The generals burst into laughter again, and Bo Luo started to speak, and continued to laugh: "When Wang Yan is defeated, this king will take you to fight Wuchang. If he doesn't come and escape back to Huguang, then this king will take care of the people on the mountain." The enemy, then went south to wipe out Sun Shoufa, so that Jiangxi is at your fingertips, we occupy Jiangxi, and then press Zhu Yujian to attack Huguang, this king will see how he resists!"

"Yes, take down Wuchang, occupy Wang Yan's place, let's see how crazy he is!"

The atmosphere in the tent was extremely lively and full of cheers, as if a celebration banquet had already been held in advance.

At this moment, all the generals were eating meat and melons, but there was a sudden noise outside the tent. Boluo and the generals didn't understand why, did someone go down the mountain to seek refuge?
The corner of Bo Luo's mouth smiled, just at this moment there was a rush of footsteps, and a general came in through the curtain, causing all the generals to turn their heads to pay attention.

Bo Luo frowned slightly, but the general panicked and said, "My lord, let off smoke along the piers and towers along the river, and the navy of the Ming army is heading east. According to this, it's twenty miles away. I'm afraid Wang Yan has come."

After saying a word, the whole hall was silent, that guy Wang Yan really dared to come!
When Bo Luo heard this, he was not surprised but happy, he inserted the dagger on the desk, the handle vibrated, clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Well done, this king will tell him to come and go this time!"

Tong Tulai was a little surprised when he heard this, a question hung in his heart, he was ordered to investigate Wang Yan's movements, and the horses were sent out for more than 60 miles, but there was no movement of the Ming army on the official road!Why did the navy of the Ming army rush forward, his heart suddenly trembled.

Now that Wang Yan has come, it is a pity that he cannot continue to attack the mountain now, but it will be a matter of time before Zhu Yujian is captured, and Wang Yan was given away for nothing.

Boluo was about to retreat to Dasheng Pass according to the plan and weave bigger pockets, but Tong Tulai suddenly said with a pale face: "My lord, there may be something wrong with this matter..."

He didn't finish his sentence, another blue-armored cow broke into the tent, and fell down in the tent with a plop, everyone was stunned, but Tong Tulai rushed forward, helped the man up, and asked, "Why?" What's going on?"

Only then did everyone see clearly that there was a blood hole on the back of Niu Lu who came in, which should have been injured by the bird gun, and there were many other wounds on his body, and the blood had solidified on the armor, turning into a jet black color.

Tong Tulai's face turned cold. This is Niu Lu of the Han army under him. He waited for Niu Lu to answer, but he saw Niu Lu pointing to the southeast, panting like a cow: "My lord, the infantry of the Ming army is in the southeast. Fifty miles away, head towards Dasheng Pass!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked, and Boluo stood up suddenly.

Is Wang Yan going to bypass Ma'anshan and go directly to Dashengguan?Isn't he afraid that the king will copy his ass?But he soon understood that he had withdrawn all the troops on the front line of Dasheng Pass in Nanjing, and there were only more than 5000 people left.

If Wang Yan rushes to Ma'anshan, then Wang Yan's position is behind Boluo, and Boluo can calmly retreat to Dashengguan, use the pass wall to consume Wang Yan, and wait for Duoduo and Xiao Qi to close the net and tie their pockets , he is almost sure to win the battle.

But now, Wang Yan has already rushed in front of him. Although his cavalry can catch up, if he wants to enter the pass, he has to fight Wang Yan first. strategy.

Boluo kicked over the desk in front of him with a slap, his eyes protruded, he glared at Tong Tulai and said, "This king asked you to pay attention to Wang Yan's movements, how did you investigate, tens of thousands of people went around, and now you know! "

Tong Tulai has really suffered from blood mold recently. Zhu Yujian was besieged in Ma'anshan. He thought that Wang Yan would naturally come from the west to rescue the remnants of the Ming army in the middle, and attack the Qing army attacking the mountain with the remnants inside and outside. That's normal thinking, that's why he put the main force of the sentry cavalry to the west. Who knows how Wang Yan ran to the southeast of Ma'anshan.

(End of this chapter)