The battle in the northern city of Yingtianfu is still going on, and it is becoming more and more tragic.

Under the single-minded suppression of Xia Wanchun, the soldiers of the Ming army temporarily abandoned their grievances and concentrated on resisting the enemy.

And Nikan, having received a strict order from Dolgon, spoke of suffering.

God knows, opportunities come and go suddenly, and they go suddenly.

The victory that was clearly within his fingers slipped under his nose.

Nikan almost sighed, "There was a real victory in front of me, but I didn't cherish it, and I regretted it until I lost it, if God can give me such a chance again, I will definitely personally lead the army to break into Yingtianfu!" ”

In fact, the Qing army did have a chance.

Although Xia Wanchun arrived in time, if the Qing army was not greedy, no, to be precise, Nikan was too greedy.

When Nikan broke the city, he directly ordered the 8,000 Qing troops to go south, instead of wanting to meet the two Qing troops in the northwest, and the result may be two.

In fact, when Huang Daozhou sent a thousand forbidden troops to the Jinchuan River for reinforcements, the defenders of the imperial city were already empty.

Coupled with the panic of the people, needless to say the 8,000 Qing army, even if it is half, the 4,000 Qing army may be directly broken through when it enters Hongwumen.

Of course, this can't be blamed on Nikan, who would have thought that Yingtianfu, which has 120,000 defenders, will only have less than a thousand troops left in the imperial city?

And Nikan's train of thought was actually correct, at least Dolgon heard about it and praised him.

It's just that Dolgon didn't know at the time that the 8,000 Qing troops who broke into Jinchuan Gate were driven out of Jinchuan Gate in less than three hours.

If you know this, I'm afraid you should spurt blood again.

Nikan also knew at this time that if he couldn't break through the city gate again, he was afraid that his county prince would have to be reduced to Baylor, maybe it would be Beizi, or even cut bare.

Thinking of this, Nikan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Pass on this royal decree, those who dare to passively slack off will be killed!" ”

Nikan has the strength to say this, and he has two armies of 120,000 people, all the way to Jiangpu.

On the day of the war, both roads effectively broke through the Jiangpu defenses, especially the road under his personal command of Jiangpu, which basically crossed the river smoothly and overcame a great victory, and even almost achieved a "great cause".

So far, the loss of troops is not large, and the casualties of the 80,000 army are only more than 10,000.

Yizhen's casualties were a bit large, and in a battle with the prince of Xingguo, he lost more than 7,000, but the results were also great, and the Ming army's 16,000 sailors were almost wiped out.

It could have been possible to attack Tianfu on both sides, but unfortunately the Ming army was also tenacious, and when they heard that Longtan had fallen, 30,000 troops went out of Taipingmen to meet the enemy between Zhongshan and Xuanwu Lake.

Because Yingtianfu was also attacked from both sides before, the Yixing Dynasty built a fortification pass here, so Yizhen Qing soldiers clearly occupied Longtan along the way, but they were blocked by dozens of miles north of the Taiping Gate, and they couldn't cross the thunder pool for three days.

……。

When Nikan said this, it was already noon on the fourth day of the sixth month.

That is, the fourth day of the opening of this war.

The Qing army was still blocked from the five city gates.

In Yingtianfu, Lihaiwei Chen Sheng's department has entered the city.

Chen Sheng did not enter the imperial city, but sent someone to report to the imperial court, and he led his troops to bypass the Xuanjin Bridge and go north directly.

At the beginning of noon, Lihaiwei joined forces with the three armies of Jianyangwei and Jingwei.

This meeting is of great significance.

It established the invincible position of Ying Tianfu, at least, if the Qing army wanted to break through Ying Tianfu in the short term, it was already wishful thinking.

Looking at Chen Sheng, who was dressed in dust, Xia Wanchun, who was only nineteen years old, cried.

Hugging Chen Sheng, Xia Wanchun cried: "What about the general? Why didn't the general come? If the general reinforces Ying Tianfu, why is the situation like this? ”

Chen Sheng patted Xia Wanchun's shoulder and said with disgust: "Don't Hou Ye understand that if there is no general to contain another Tartar army, Ying Tianfu's situation will be even more unbearable. It's just that the general didn't expect a civil unrest in Yingtianfu...... Okay, no, has the lowly already led the army to reinforcements? ”

It's funny to say, a waiter hugged a commander and cried, and was patted on the shoulder by the commander, as if comforting a child.

Xia Wanchun was a little embarrassed, wiped the tears on his face, and said: "I'm really afraid, I'm afraid that I won't be able to support the general's coming, do you know that if I arrive a quarter of an hour late that night...... Hey, don't say it, it's uncomfortable! ”

Chen Sheng smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, if the Qing army breaks through Yingtianfu, the general can recover it once, and naturally it can recover it a second time." ”

Xia Wanchun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "That's right." ”

The two of them burst out laughing.

This is really true, in the hearts of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Wu Zheng is a god of war, a god of war who is omnipotent and victorious in a hundred battles.

This also includes Xia Wanchun, who was not among the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Xia Wanchun said: "Where is the general now?" When will you come to Yingtianfu? ”

Chen Shengdao: "I don't know the specifics, when I received the order, the general was marching into Taizhou to encircle and annihilate the Qing court's Dorobele Kar Chuhun department...... Thinking that at this moment, the Northern Expeditionary Army should have surrounded its troops, and victory was not far away. ”

Xia Wanchun said excitedly: "Okay! As long as the general annihilates the Khalchuhun Division, the two sides will flank Nikan, and maybe Nikan will be left behind. ”

Chen Sheng looked at Xia Wanchun, who was haggard, with a haggard face, and said: "Hou Ye has been tired for three days, it's time to go down to the city wall to rest, Jinchuan Gate is guarded by our department, Hou Ye can rest assured." ”

Xia Wanchun shook his head and said, "You are on guard, I am naturally relieved...... But even if I rest, I still have to rush back to the city and discuss with the first assistant about pacifying the people, then there will be General Lao Chen. ”

"People are in the city!" Chen Sheng replied solemnly.

When sending Xia Wanchun down the city wall, Xia Wanchun looked at the Lihaiwei soldiers who had changed guards, and the envy in his eyes could not be suppressed.

"General Chen, the general is too partial, the entire Lihaiwei has changed clothes, and he won't send some firearms to Jianyangwei."

Chen Sheng smiled and said: "Hou Ye is afraid that he doesn't know, except for Lihai, Hangzhou, Jinshan Sanwei and military academy recruits, the other guards haven't changed their clothes yet, there is no way, it's too late for the military workshop to make it...... But soon, with the friendship between Hou Ye and the general, it shouldn't last long to change clothes. ”

Xia Wanchun responded with "uh-huh", but he knew in his heart that he might not be as Chen Sheng said.

Because after all, Jianyangwei is the army of the imperial court, and the court can't afford to pay this silver for the change of clothes of the 20,000 army, and Wu Zheng probably won't be willing to fill this hole.

However, Xia Wanchun thought that the whole army couldn't change its uniforms, and it would not be a big problem to change a battalion of 3,000 people, right?

Chen Sheng suddenly asked, "Dare to greet the master, does Jianyang Wei have a war horse?" ”

Xia Wanchun was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Although Jianyangwei did not become a cavalry, the scouts of each battalion still have some war horses, adding up, three or five hundred...... What do you want to do with your horses? ”

Indeed, to defend the city, war horses are not needed at all.

Chen Sheng smiled and said, "If there is, please ask Master Hou to borrow a humble position for the time being." ”

Although Xia Wanchun didn't understand, he was not interested in asking, and replied: "Cheng, I will give an order to collect the war horses and send them to Jinchuan Gate." ”