Peter is leading the middle lane sailor to approach Huai'an!

Wuyun's new Huaihe trunk line is close to Huai'an!

Yang Xiuqing's East Road Corps hit the east side of Huai'an!

The three-way army will gather in Huai'an in an instant!

The tens of thousands of troops who lost the defense on the eastern front of the Manchu Qing are also retreating to Huai'an!

The battle of Huai'an is imminent!

Huai'an guards, civil and military officials, are now standing in the city tower, trying to find a solution to the dilemma.

Huai'an is located in Jiangsu, Huai'an is located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province, in the east of the Jianghuai Plain.

Located in the Yangtze River Delta region, it is the intersection of the ancient Huai River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and there is Hongze Lake, one of the five major freshwater lakes in the country.

Huai'an is the hub of Caoyun and the key point of salt transportation, and there is the Caoyun Governor's Mansion and the Jiangnan River Governor's Mansion.

Huai'an is located in the Huanghuai Plain and the Jianghuai Plain, there are no lofty mountains and mountains, the terrain is flat, the topography is mainly plain, only Yuyi County in the southwest of the city has hills and hills, and the terrain is higher.

The rivers and lakes in Huai'an are staggered, the water network is vertical and horizontal, and several large rivers such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the Yellow River, the Liutang River, the Salt River, and the main stream of the Huai River run through the territory.

Hongze Lake, one of the five largest freshwater lakes in the country, is mostly located in the city, and there are small and medium-sized lakes such as Baima Lake, Gaoyou Lake, and Baoying Lake.

Huai'an set up a mansion, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Huai'an Caoyun flourished again, and Qingjiangpu began to rise.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River flowed all over the Huai, the floods in the territory intensified, agriculture declined, and the prosperity of the land of fish and rice was no longer there.

Both the Ming and Qing dynasties appointed large officials to station in the Huaizhi River.

With the axis of the Qingjiang and Puhe rivers, the two Huai cities choke the transport, salt transport, river engineering, Yuguan and post posts, entered the heyday, and Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Yingzhou are called the "four major cities" on the canal line.

Yang Dianbang, the governor of Caoyun, was responsible for coordinating the canals, rivers, and naval ships, and was ordered to confront Peter of the Heavenly Army.

Although this was arranged at the Imperial Council in which the Great Sect of the World participated, he waited for him to hurry up and stay there. After putting his ships in order and picking out three or four ships large and small that could fight, the news of Peter's sailors attacking him in three ways reached him.

These three sailors were not only good at the troops, but also made rapid progress, and in two hours, they had already occupied many cities and villages. The altruistic station of Huai'an is not enough for half a day by water!

Now he is standing on the wall of Huai'an, looking at the waterways that extend in all directions, which used to be his great convenience, he can attack with big ships everywhere, and he wants to become a mortal threat to him again, and the heavenly army can rush in from anywhere to kill him!

Standing with him was Han Jixin, the leader of the local gentry, dressed as a literati, and the other was his younger brother, Han Jiyong. Samurai style.

These two brothers are the descendants of Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and they complement each other with one article and one martial arts, making the gentry foreman of the entire Huai'an, and Han Jiyong is the general leader of the regimental training.

Although the two of them watched the defense of Huai'an City with Yang Dianbang, they also learned the news that the Heavenly Army's sailors were coming together, and they also paid attention to the other Heavenly Army. It is Yang Xiuqing's East Route Corps.

After the East Route Corps won ten battles and ten victories, it urgently needed to move westward. Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, was defeated repeatedly, lost his troops and abandoned his armor all the way, and fled in this direction.

Although there was unfavorable news from the Zhulu Water Division Army, the Han brothers and sons were not timid, and they were full of confidence in their resourcefulness and martial arts.

The other is the local officials and defenders, among whom is the prefect Liu Yuan. All the thousand commanders of the local garrison, a total of fourteen members, and one member of the Great River garrison.

In addition to the city of Benfu, Huai'an is also connected with Hexia Town, Banzha Town, and Qingjiangpu to form a huge belt city that stretches for dozens of miles.

Those thousand totals. Each of them led at least 2,000 troops, some of which could have three or four thousand, and the total number of troops was about 40,000.

It seems to match the mood of the people, the dark clouds in the sky are rolling, gathering from all directions, and it doesn't take long for the sky over Huai'an to be covered with dark clouds, adding a little bit of solemn taste to the dull atmosphere.

Han Ji looked at the sky with his head in his head, and wondered in his heart, it would not rain at this time in previous years, and the entire Jianghuai region was a summer when everyone was concentrated, and it was also one of the reasons why the rivers in the region swelled and flooded.

However, if it rains a little bit, after all, it will add a lot of difficulties to the Celestial Army that marches and fights in the field, and they have to hold on in the mud and rain.

Although Yang Dianbang has the largest official position in this group, a first-rank official, followed by the prefect Liu Yuan, and the fourth rank, the right to overall command was handed over to Han Jixin.

At the moment of the handover of life, Han Jixin was not polite, and immediately picked up this heavy burden.

Therefore, the defensive array of this chain city is Han Jixin's masterpiece.

At this time, there was a noisy sound from the east, which turned out to be a burst of shouts and killings, and the killing sound was not large, and the killing sound exploded like a landslide.

In Wangdongkai, countless soldiers came from the east, like the Yellow River pouring into one side, and ran over one after another.

Everyone longs for their father and mother to give birth to two more legs and take out all the strength to breastfeed.

Just behind them, more people chased after them, it was the Eastern Route Corps of the Heavenly Army.

"Pick them up and enter Qingjiangpu!"

Qingjiangpu is the general headquarters of Caoyun, and it is the light season, so there are a large number of venues, which are enough to accommodate these retreating troops, and can also prevent the army from following in case it mixes in and disrupts the defense of other places.

Although Yang Dianbang, the governor of Caoyun, was unwilling, he said that the commander-in-chief would be handed over to Han Jixin, so he did not interfere.

Fortunately, Lu Jianying used his troops well, and there was still a way to block the pursuers, and after Han Jiyong led three thousand Han soldiers to rush to respond, the heavenly army did not chase too closely, and the cut off was eaten up, so he stopped fighting.

is all like this, this tail also choked Lu Jianying's heartache.

Not only are there more than 10,000 people, but many of them are elite parts, otherwise they would not be left behind.

But fortunately, they finally ran back, but the army of the people had lost more than half, and now there are still more than 80,000 people, and they can immediately go to the battlefield to charge and kill the enemy.

In response to the recent 80,000 assistants, Han Jixin is happy and worried.

The good news is that these 80,000 men have greatly helped to increase the defense, but the sad thing is that the enemy's pursuers have also followed, and the number of people is much larger in an instant.

It seems to be two or three times more than Lu Jianying's number.

Han Jixin's estimate is basically reliable. Yang Xiuqing's troops are now 250,000!

That is, he fought for three hours, and not only did not decrease in numbers, but also increased by 50,000 people!

This is also a unique skill of Mai Ke! This is why he especially encouraged the capture of the enemy.

These enemy captives not only immediately reduced the enemy by one, but also increased the celestial army almost one-on-one.

Because these captives saw the fighting and living conditions of the heavenly army. I was so envious that I couldn't be one of them right away!

Even if there are a very small number of stubborn ones, as long as they are not particularly stupid, as long as they are not particularly stupid, they will know that the single person will not suffer the loss in front of him.

As for once entering the Heavenly Army, it is impossible to create two hearts and create some chaos for the Heavenly Army, and at most one such soldier will be added to a squad, and he will find that he has fallen into a vast ocean.

The other eleven pairs of eyes were staring at him.

Yang Xiuqing's 250,000 people immediately surrounded Qingjiangpu. can also divide the people and horses to cut off the land routes around Huai'an.

Peter's army of land and water then arrived, and directly blocked the waterway at Huai'an's front gate.

The front blocked the waterway of the Yellow River, and the fleet behind made a turn, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the only way to be transported, was blocked!

As a result, the two main waterways fell directly into the hands of the Heavenly Army.

And Yang Dianbang's fleet, although extremely numerous, did not dare to fight with Peter's sailors on the wide water.

He already knew that Peter's ships were all steel battleships. As for his, there are very few ironclads. The main fleet is all wooden sailing ships, and it's okay to join in the fun, but you can't count on it if you really fight.

Now that Peter and Yang Xiuqing are standing together, they have decided to attack immediately.

It was about ten zhang from the moat from the Yellow River, and although the warships could not climb the city walls, they could take cover.

Under the cover of the guns and bows under construction. Yang Xiuqing's troops began to charge!

The Qing soldiers' city guards and crossbows are also very strong, and it turned out that this was the center of Caoyun, and in order to protect this economic artery, the city defenses and weapons they prepared over the years were the most advanced.

The two sides fought fiercely. Yang Xiuqing's troops were suppressed for a moment and could not raise their heads.

Peter was furious and ordered Jonah to open a passage between the Yellow River and the moat, and then the warships approached the city wall and opened fire

Finally suppressed the enemy's fire!

The fleet of the Qing soldiers also sneaked out of the waterway and launched an attack on the warships of the Celestial Army, trying to relieve the pressure on the defenders of the city wall, but they were soon discovered by the fleet of the Celestial Army, and the enemy ships that appeared were smashed with a few shots! The rest of the ships quickly retreated.

This time, the Qing army's sailors not only did not help, but provided the heavenly army with clues to enter the city on the water, and then chased in.

In this way, the amphibious group was suppressed, and Yang Xiuqing's troops became more and more courageous, and finally broke through the south gate!

A fierce battle has begun on the tower of the south gate!

Although the Heavenly Army's ascending troops were heroic, the passage to the upper city had not been opened, so they were always in a situation of fighting more with less, and they had never taken an overwhelming advantage!

In the end, those Jonah big fish started from the moat, opened the waterway to the south gate, and directly smashed the gate open, so that a large number of heavenly warriors rushed into the city gate!

These people climbed from inside the city gate to the tower, and worked together with the warriors who fought there to deal with the stubborn Qing soldiers.

Later, they learned that these people were not Qing soldiers, but descendants of Han Xin, and they were all fearless of death.

At this time, the heavenly army behind came in one after another, originally thinking that Huai'an City would be successful, who knows, there is another sub-city here, they just broke through a sub-city!

It turned out that they did not know this characteristic of this Huai'an City, and the complexity of this city exceeded any city that the Heavenly Army had previously conquered, and the descendants of the Marquis of Huaiyin, who were famous for their ambushes on all sides, were not idle!

Instead of winning the victory, these heavenly armies that entered the city fell into a great crisis!

They were marching in the direction of the city, and suddenly they heard the sound of bangs, and on the high-rise buildings in front of them, on the houses and shops on the left and right, there were dense figures standing, all of them holding bows and drawing bows, aiming at these people who were surrounded by them!

What is even more terrifying is that from the walls of the stratum, many cannon barrels protrude and open their mouths to them hideously!.

(To be continued......)