The Qing army slipped away, which Ning Yu didn't expect, and ran away even faster than when he came.

Just when the Ningyu army arrived in Xiantao Town, the Qing army camp five miles away began to retreat, whether it was Wang Wenhuan or Hengrui, they were already a little desperate at this time, these few days down, even a 500-person Fu Han army failed to gnaw down, let alone these thousands of people.

It can really be said that the general has no will to fight, and the soldiers have no will to fight, so when he saw Ning Yu's army from afar, there was no doubt that he was going to run away, Ning Yu saw the Qing army camp that had disappeared, and couldn't help but sigh for a while, if there was an elite cavalry in his hand, he could still bite a piece of meat on the Qing army that slipped away.

Cheng Zhien was also a little amazed, he was also a general in the green camp in the past, and said with a smile: "I know Wang Wenhuan, it is quite accurate to describe it as a wolf, when he encounters meat, he bites it and does not let go, but if he encounters hard stubble, it is estimated that he can run faster than anyone else, as for Hengrui, it is just a straw bag." ”

Ning Yu chuckled, "It's a pity that they bumped into the wolves in my Eagle Camp this time!" I think that in the Eagle Camp, Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang were called tiger wolves, Xu Chengliang was the domineering young tiger, and Dong Ce was a lone wolf! ”

Hearing that Dong Ce still has such a past, it makes Cheng Zhien a little admired, he admires not only Dong Ce, but also this legendary Eagle Battalion, because from these battles, it can be found that the officers who came out of the Eagle Battalion are all tough guys, without a single soft bone, thinking of this, Cheng Zhien said: "Division, although the Eagle Battalion system is good, but the current manpower is too small, and now that the scale of my Fu Han Army is expanding day by day, should this Eagle Battalion also go further?" ”

Cheng Zhien's thoughts actually represent the opinions of other families, they are not worried about the military power in their hands being taken away, because the current situation is that they are in power, and the current highest position of the Eagle Battalion is only a regiment commander, which will not affect their interests at all, but the existence of the Eagle Battalion can make the Fu Han Army stronger, which is a good thing for everyone.

Ning Yu smiled bitterly, this idea is not only Cheng Zhien, but he also has it, but it is not mature enough at the moment, and waved his hand at the moment, "When this battle is over, we will have at least a few months of breathing time, and then we can concentrate on this matter, and the urgent thing at the moment is to fight to Jingzhou!" ”

Cheng Zhien nodded and said: "According to the news from the Metropolitan Governor, I am afraid that the Metropolitan Governor will make a big move in the near future, and the 20,000 green battalion soldiers are not enough for the Metropolitan Governor to eat, and it may not be a problem to occupy Xiangyang at that time." At present, our army has occupied Wuchang, Hanyang and other places, plus Xiangyang, and the whole province of Hubei is only one Jingzhou. ”

Conquering Jingzhou not only took the initiative strategically, but also sent a signal to the whole world that the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not do it, which would implement the strategic goal of the original Metropolitan Governor's Office, so that more anti-Qing forces began to rise and attract the attention of the Qing court.

Ning Yu's fingers moved on the sand table, "Xiantao Town is only three hundred miles away from Jingzhou, all the way through Qianjiang, Haokou and Shashi and other places, according to the movement speed of the Qing army, I am afraid that it will be fortified layer by layer along the way, this road is not easy to fight!" ”

In the days that followed, Ning Yu followed the Qing army all the way, although he also conquered Qianjiang, Haokou and other places, but because these cities were unwilling to surrender, they had to bombard with artillery, and it was delayed for a long time, and more than half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

It was not until the end of the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi that Ning Yu's more than 4,000 horses surrounded the entire Jingzhou City and prepared to attack the city, and at this time in Jingzhou City, in addition to the flag camp of more than 3,000 people, there were also a full 8,000 green battalions, and more than 10,000 people shrank in the city and were unwilling to come out.

At this time, the Dadu Governor's Mansion also came with news, Hunan's 30,000 horses have been blocked under the Huangfeng Mountain in Hanyang Mansion, although the mountain is not tall enough, but the terrain is very steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the two sides have been fighting for a long time, but there is still no good way to take Huang Fengshan.

As for the direction of Ning Zhongyuan, it was also very smooth, 10,000 troops wiped out the entire 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion in Taiping Mountain, and the governor Man Pi was also hit by a flower bullet on the battlefield, and died on the spot, and the governor Xiande fled all the way back to Xiangyang, and was also surrounded by regiments at this time.

But the difference is that at this time, Xiangyang City is already an empty city, and there are still many people from Baihedao in the city, who plan to come out and join forces outside, so the day of conquering Xiangyang is not far away.

That is to say, the current three-way army is only blocked in the direction of Ningyu, although from the beginning his task is only to resist Wang Wenhuan and Hengrui's soldiers and horses, but he didn't expect that the battle of Xiantao Town was too exciting, and it scared Wang Wenhuan and Hengrui all of a sudden, and the two didn't dare to go out of the city to fight again.

Looking at the tall Jingzhou city wall, the corners of Ning Yu's mouth couldn't help but have a little wry smile, the city wall here is not comparable to other places, for a long time as a strategic place for the Qing court to control Huguang, not only the city is very tall and strong, but also both offensive and defensive, there are many cannons on the city wall, if you launch a strong attack, you may be able to knock it down, but the casualties are Ning Yu can not face.

The sound of several bursts of artillery fire crossed the sky, followed by the sound of several other artillery fires, this is the artillery battle between the soldiers of the Fu Han army and the defenders of Jingzhou, each other's shells crossed the sky and landed on the other side's position, the difference is that the artillery of the Fu Han army hit much farther and more accurately.

With the roar of artillery fire, a burst of snare drums also came out of the Fu Han army array, several large horizontal formations composed of Fu Han soldiers walked out, everyone wore red uniforms dyed the whole world red, this scene fell in the eyes of the Qing army but was frightened, before, they had called the Fu Han soldiers red-clothed ghosts, now they saw this scene, it was even more shocking.

The people in Jingzhou City also spread false rumors, saying that the soldiers of the Fu Han Army outside the city cut their braids, not to mention, and cut their hair short, and put on the big red clothes, how scary and scary they were, and also said that the soldiers of the Fu Han Army are ghosts who eat people and do not spit out bones, and even the imperial army can't beat them, these rumors spread everywhere, but they also better exaggerate the mystery of the soldiers of the Fu Han Army.

The soldiers of the Fu Han Army wore uniform uniforms, carried uniform flintlock muskets, walked over step by step with the beat of the drums, and then raised the muzzle of the guns and launched a round of firing at the Qing army on the city wall.

Not to be outdone, the Qing army raised their spears and bows and arrows to return fire, and every time they shot down a Fu Han soldier, there would be a burst of cheers from the city, as if they had defeated the Fu Han army.