Weidu led a large army, and did not dare to light torches, so he had to let the whole army advance in the dark. Within two hours, they had to rush to a predetermined location twenty miles away, so the guards kept urging the army forward. Because it was too close to the Qing army camp in Jinshazhou, the Restoration Army could no longer ride horses, and all the soldiers of the Restoration Army advanced on foot.

Under the constant urging of Weidu, the army finally arrived at the predetermined location before the fourth watch. Just when the guards wanted the soldiers to rest, suddenly the Yangtze River shook the sky. Suddenly, all the Restoration Army looked around, and no one knew what was going on.

Wei Du was also busy asking the soldiers to inquire, and the person who went to inquire just turned around. Qianhu Wu Liming came over and said, "My lord, what's going on?" Wei Du said: "It's not clear yet, listening to this movement, it is estimated that there is a war on the other side of the Yangtze River." I just sent someone to inquire, and I haven't come back yet. Has the army arrived in the back? ”

Wu Liming said: "When we arrived, we had just crossed the Rainbow Bridge when I heard someone marching from behind. The soldiers I left behind came back and reported that the troops of the Twelfth Army had arrived. As soon as Wu Liming finished speaking, he saw a lot of soldiers hurrying away. Passed the team of Wei Du and others, and continued to Wuchang City.

After a while, a general came over and conveyed to Wei Du and the others. They were the troops of the Anyang Division of the Twelfth Army, preparing to continue to ambush outside the city of Wuchang.

Weidu also wanted to meet with the generals of the Twelfth Army, and at this time the soldiers sent to inquire about the situation on the other side of the Yangtze River returned. The soldier said, "General, it's night, and I can't see what the situation is on the other side through the Yangtze River." But it seems that the Qing army attacked Hanyang City again, because the besieging army had artillery firing. When the First Army set out, for the convenience of the march, it did not bring artillery. ”

Wei Du said: "In this way, it should be true, even if the First Army later captured the artillery of the Qing army, but for the convenience of the march, they will not carry the cannon." The army in Hanyang City should be our people, and it is very likely that Gou Xingwang is in Hanyang City. The soldier said, "Yes general, but at this time, it is estimated that the people of the First Army will not have a good time." Although Hanyang Fortress is still in the hands of our men, I seem to see that there are many people fighting on the city wall. ”

Wei Du was shocked and said, "What? Has the Qing army attacked the city wall? No, we have to find a way to help Gou Xingwang and them, otherwise they will be ruined and defeated before dawn. ”

Wu Liming said: "My lord, but how can we help them?" We are now so far away from Hanyang, and we are separated by the Yangtze River in between. Wei Du walked back and forth twice, and suddenly stopped: "We must start attacking Wuchang immediately, as long as something happens to Wuchang City, the Qing army on the opposite side will no longer have the intention of attacking Hanyang." In this way, it is possible for them to hold on to Gou Xingwang, otherwise it is impossible to help them at all. ”

Wu Liming said: "General, no, it is not yet the scheduled time to attack." If we attack rashly and without the cooperation of others, it is very likely that the entire attack plan will fail. If that is the case, then our army will be exposed. It is very likely that we will be surrounded and suppressed by the vast army of Hu, and we will have nowhere to live at that time, and there will be no food and grass, so the army will be in danger. ”

Wei Du waved his hand and said, "Can we just watch and let our comrades fall into a desperate situation and die without saving them?" No, if Gou Xingwang dies in battle, it will be too great a loss for our Restoration Army. He is the commander of the First Army of our Restoration Army, do you know what this means? And he is also the first general since His Highness started the army, so we will sit back and ignore it, if His Highness will blame it in the future. You and I can't afford it, not to mention that the relationship between him and our commander is not ordinary. ”

Wu Liming also knew that what Wei Du said was reasonable, but he still said: "My lord, but we attacked rashly, and it will also lose a lot of our entire plan." ”

Wei Du said: "No matter, come here, send someone back first, and report the situation here to Commander Zhou and His Highness." He also told them that we were going to launch an attack in advance, hoping to immediately transfer the Anyang Department and secretly bypass Wangshan Gate and attack Wenchang Gate. Change the back of the Longsheng Department to attack and hit the goal. Directly abandon the ambush and go out of the city to aid the Qing army of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and our department will send people to drag them down. ”

Listening to Wei Du's words, the people around him were startled, and Wu Liming said: "General, this is a little inappropriate, just our five thousand people, we have to sneak attack the Qing army's Eight Banners Camp in two ways, and we have to drag the Qing army out of the city to reinforce the troops." Can we fight it? ”

Wei Du said: "Now that the military situation is urgent, it is not the time to discuss this, and we have no way out." There is only one way to go forward bravely and defeat the Qing army, if you don't want to, even if I am the only one, I will no longer hesitate. ”

Wu Liming saw that Wei Du looked down on himself, and suddenly said: "The general looks down on people, is it true that I, Wu Liming, am I greedy for life and afraid of death?" I am also the one who followed the army all the way, how can I retreat from the battle? We took on this task. ”

Other generals also expressed their demands to fight. Wei Du said: "Okay, let the soldiers go back immediately to report, and send messengers to Anyang and Longsheng, hoping that they will immediately cooperate with the transfer, and then attack." "As soon as everyone finalized the plan of attack, the heralds began to give orders to all parties.

At this time, Zhou Dazhu was already almost in the area of Changhongqiao, and after listening to Weidu's intelligence, he immediately agreed to Weidu's plan, sent people to urge all departments, and immediately cooperated with the new plan to launch an attack in advance.

Just after Zhou Dazhu sent people to leave, there were already shouts of attack from the front. However, Wei Du saw that the other troops did not reply, and the scouts who observed Hanyang came to report that more and more Qing troops were pouring into Hanyang City. The resistance of the Restoration Army in the city became weaker and weaker, and it was obvious that Hanyang City had reached the final moment.

Wei Du immediately said: "Don't wait, anyway, it's only a quarter of an hour away from the fourth watch, even if we attack now, it's not too early." Set off and immediately attack the military camp of the Manchurian Eight Banners. Wu Liming, you lead people to attack from the northeast, and I will lead people to go around the Yangtze River and attack in the northwest direction, and then everyone will meet in the Qing army camp. ”

As soon as Weidu gave the order, Wu Liming no longer objected, and immediately set off with the army. Wei Du led the army to the direction of the Yangtze River for a while, detouring to the northwest corner of the Qing army camp. Then send someone up to check it out. It didn't take long for the soldiers to come back and say that in the Qing army barracks, patrols were not very strict. A lot of patrols are not serious. Moreover, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were accustomed to cavalry combat, and the land was soft because it was located on the edge of the Yangtze River, so the Qing soldiers did not build the wooden walls on the periphery of the camp at all.

When Wei Du heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Quick, after all the archers entered, they immediately set fire to the camp everywhere, and the others followed me and rushed directly to the middle of the camp." In the large camp, not a single Qing soldier remained. Then Wei Du stood up and took the lead in rushing into the camp of the Qing army.

When the other soldiers of the Restoration Army saw that Wei Du was taking the lead, they immediately roared angrily and rushed into the camp of the Qing army. The archers behind pulled their bows and shot rockets, and suddenly the arrows flew into the Qing army camp like locusts. After many Restoration troops rushed into the camp of the Qing army, they directly knocked down the torches in the camp on the tent, and the camp of the Qing army immediately caught fire everywhere.

The Qing army patrol soldiers, who were weak just now, suddenly came back to their senses. Seeing the ferocious offensive of the Fuming army, he didn't dare to step forward to block it, so he turned around and ran directly, shouting loudly while running: "Enemy attack, enemy attack." "But the Restoration Army came too quickly, and in an instant, five or six camps were on fire. Many of the Restoration Army rushed directly into the camp tent and hacked the Qing army to death while they were still asleep.

Tonight's Kabush Xianzhang Jingnara Muzhan, who was in charge of defending the camp, is also known as the forward leader. During the day, Mu Zhan went out with the army to rob the people, and also captured a few young and beautiful women. This was in the barracks, and Mu Zhan didn't dare to be too obvious in the first half of the night. Now that he has just arrived at the third watch, it is impossible for Yue Le to come to check the camp at this time, so he asked people to bring two women over.

The appearance of the two women constantly begging for mercy made Mu Zhan even more unstoppable. Just now on the two women, a dark and happy meal was when Mu Zhan was most tired. In a daze, Mu Zhan fell asleep. In the whole tent, only two women were left sobbing.

Suddenly, the shouts of the Restoration Army's attack came. The two women were too frightened to make a sound, and hurriedly curled up in a corner together. Suddenly, I saw two Qing soldiers running in, and saw Mu Zhan sleeping Zhengxiang. When he went up, he gave a hard push, and then shouted, "General, wake up." ”

When Mu Zhan was sleeping Zhengxiang, he was woken up by his subordinates so rudely, and immediately said angrily: "That Wang Ba Lamb, disturb Lao Tzu's sleep, I cut him." The Qing soldier immediately said: "General, get up quickly, the enemy is attacking." ”

Only then did Mu Zhan hear clearly, and the barracks were already full of shouts and screams. Mu Zhan was taken aback and said, "The enemy attack from there? Wasn't the Ming army in Jiangbei? As soon as he finished speaking, the slogan of Da Ming came from the barracks again. In this way, Mu Zhan didn't have time to ask in detail.

Said to the two Qing soldiers: "Quick, immediately organize a large army to fight back, when will the Ming army dare to take the initiative to attack our Eight Banners." After saying that, he didn't wear armor, but walked out of the camp with a steel knife. Who knew that as soon as Mu Zhan walked out of the door of the camp, he was hit by a Qing army.

Mu Zhan saw it, but it was Meler Zhangjing Shu Lihun who was in the yellow flag, and he saw Shu Lihun in disheveled clothes and covered in blood: "Mu Zhan, what are you still doing here?" The Ming army has already attacked. Mu Zhan hurriedly asked, "Where did the Ming army come from, and how many people are there?" ”

Shu Lihun said: "I don't know, there are Ming troops everywhere, several armies. I came here from the rear army, and on the side of the rear army, at least two Ming troops attacked it. ”

Mu Zhan said angrily: "Bastard, it was attacked by the Ming army, and I don't even know who it is and how many people there are." Shu Lihun said: "Mu Zhan, you are embarrassed to say that I am the one who is responsible for tonight's defense." I haven't said anything about letting the Ming army attack the camp directly. ”

Mu Zhan said: "Okay, I won't quarrel with you now, what is the situation now?" The Ming army came so fiercely. Shu Lihun said: "The Ming army that came here is strange, it's not that our sons are not strong, nor are our soldiers incompetent. There is quite a rule between the advance and retreat of these Ming armies, and they are extremely brave and brave when they fight, and they are definitely elite soldiers who have been in battle for a long time. Mu Zhan, let's hurry up and find a way, it's too late. ”

Mu Zhan said: "What else can be done?" It's good to fight back directly, can we Manchurians still let the Ming army be defeated? Seeing that Mu Zhan was not panicking, the Qing troops gathered around him gradually calmed down. Mu Zhan said loudly: "Just a Ming army, why panic. The army of the Ming Dynasty has always been afraid of our Qing army, how can it be confused by them? ”

At this time, there were more and more soldiers of the Qing army, and when they heard Mu Zhan's words, many soldiers suddenly calmed down. Mu Zhan took the opportunity to say: "Everyone, immediately line up, anyone who dares to run around again, will be killed." ”