"Please stop going south!"

Xu Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Jianchang Town, looked at Yue Zhongqi, who was sitting in the handsome tent, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Now that the Chu rebel army has started to encircle, going south will only lead to a dead end, and there is still a way to return to Sichuan....... And the soldiers are homesick, and ask the commander to make a clear decision. ”

In the final analysis, there is no absolute conflict of interest between the big guy and Yue Zhongqi, and this series of military connections is just to make Yue Zhongqi change his mind and not continue to go south to Sinan Mansion, so they are also quite polite and dare not be disrespectful in the slightest.

The other commanders, deputy generals, and staff generals in the tent also looked like this, but a few of them were Yue Zhongqi's henchmen, looking at these colleagues with a full face of anger.

Yue Zhongqi looked at the green camp generals with awe-inspiring faces, but sighed softly.

"Speaking of homesickness, which of you is homesick with me, a Sichuan person?"

One sentence tore off the mask of camouflage on everyone's faces, because among the people at the moment, the other commanders, staff generals and deputy generals, due to the "promotion of generals" system and "avoidance system", are not real native Sichuan people, but generals from other provinces.

As for Yue Zhongqi himself, he is really a high-ranking official in Sichuan, because his father Yue Shenglong was awarded the governor of Sichuan as early as the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, because of the military merits of Zhao Moduo's great victory, and the whole family has been living in Sichuan, and even naturalized in Sichuan.

Therefore, when a group of non-Sichuan people say that they are homesick in front of the real Sichuan Yue Zhongqi, isn't it a big joke?

No one chose to refute it, because this matter was untenable from the beginning, and even Xu Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Jianchang Town, looked ashamed at this time.

The reason why I say this is just because everyone doesn't want to fight with the Fu Han army anymore, they are not only afraid of death, but also afraid that they will die in vain.

If it weren't for the prestigious Yue Zhongqi himself who led the army, I am afraid that others would have really chosen to join the Fu Han Army a long time ago, and everyone was paid as soldiers, how could they be desperate to serve the Qing Dynasty? They are not Eight Banners.

Yue Zhongqi decided that he still wanted to have a good talk with the generals, and he said softly: "Are you unwilling to return to Sichuan?" There is actually no point in going south to Guizhou now, because Ortai has been captured, and there is no hope for the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, and there is nothing to be done by going south at this time. ”

"If Lord Governor understands in his heart, then why?" Xu Mingzhen was a little suspicious, he was not a raw melon and egg who had just come out of the rivers and lakes, and he would naturally learn to distinguish some things clearly.

"The reason why we continue to go south is because you don't see our real hidden crisis."

"Please also ask the Governor to give me advice."

Yue Zhongqi sighed softly, walked to the map, and said in a condensed voice: "Our opponent in this battle is Chu Chief Ning Zhongyi, this person is upright with his soldiers, and he is wrestling to win, if the strength of our army is not lost, maybe we can also use this to compete with it, but it is a pity that the Ortai army was destroyed too quickly, and we no longer have such a chance." ”

"However, don't forget, the current divisions of the Fu Han Army in Guizhou have not really shown up until now, do you think they must be in the Sinan Mansion area?"

At the end of the words, Yue Zhongqi's expression was a little solemn, he glanced around at this group of panicked generals who were being chased, and couldn't help sighing, before he could do anything, he was already frightened out of his courage, just looking at the quality of the generals, now it is far inferior to the Fuhan army opposite.......

Xu Mingzhen heard this, but he was a little shocked, "Duxian, isn't the road back to Sichuan the real dangerous road?" ”

"Hmph, haven't you noticed that you have almost never encountered the Chu Rebellion army along the way? If it is said that their main forces are all shrunk in Sinan Mansion and do not move, do you believe it? ”

Yue Zhongqi sneered, "We must go back to Sichuan, but we can't just go back like this, otherwise the army will not be spared under the heavy siege of the front and back." ”

At this point, everyone was barely convinced....... If it is just to avoid the possible ambush of the Fu Han army, it is not impossible to choose to go south, but how can you be sure?

Before anyone asked, Yue Zhongqi took the initiative to reveal his thoughts, his finger pointed at Sinan Mansion on the map, and then pointed at Chongqing Mansion, and said in a low voice: "If we want to make this clear, we will directly lead the army to Sinan Mansion, if the strength of the Fu Han Army here is insufficient, there will definitely be an army from Chongqing Mansion to help!" ”

"Once there is a reinforcement from the Fu Han army, it means that there is a loophole in their encirclement, and then we will start from the direction of Zunyi Mansion, pass through Gulin, enter Xuzhou Mansion and Jiading Mansion, and then go north to Chengdu Mansion."

"But my lord, what if it turns out that Sinan Mansion is the main force of the Fu Han Army?"

When Xu Mingzhen heard this, he actually believed it, but he couldn't hold it on his face a little.

Yue Zhongqi smiled, "If that's the case, let's just go north immediately, in terms of distance, we are much closer than them, even if we can't fight a war, can't we run away?" ”

"In that case, obey the orders of the commander."

On the ninth day of August, Yue Zhongqi finally led his army to arrive outside the city of Anhua, Sinan Prefecture, after eliminating the internal turmoil. At this time, the defenders stationed in Anhua City were the second regiment of the 3rd Division of the Fu Han Army.

As early as a few days ago, the Third Division had arrived at Tongren Mansion, and the Fifth Division had arrived at Xuyong Hall, and the First Division led by Cheng Ming personally occupied Guiyang City and dispatched from it. Therefore, while the Fu Han army was pressing in many aspects, only one regiment was placed in Anhua, which was at the forefront, in order to cut off the retreat of the Qing army.

Therefore, when the Qing army arrived at Anhua City, after learning about the defenders in Anhua City, those generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and expressed their admiration for Yue Zhongqi's judgment, because Anhua City is indeed not the main force of the Fu Han army, so it is easy to judge that the main force of the Fu Han army has been placed on the line from Xuyong to Chongqing.

It's just that it is admired, but it makes everyone feel a little hopeless, because the current performance of the Fu Han Army also shows the fact that their back road has been completely cut off, which is the worst result.

Even Yue Zhongqi felt a little dizzy after judging correctly, he understood what the current situation represented, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the Qing army was in a state of turmoil, because if no adjustments were made, then the demise of this Qing army would really be just around the corner.

"According to the original plan, attack the city first!"

Yue Zhongqi was also very helpless, no matter how powerful his wisdom was, in the end, on paper, it would have to be attacked by the Qing army, if not, the situation would not have become so passive.

When the Qing army arrived in Anhua, Gao Yunxiao, the commander of the second regiment of the third division stationed in Anhua City, also cheered up, and the main force of the Qing army, which everyone was looking for, rushed to Anhua like this, which really made him feel sad and joyful, and it was difficult to describe.

The joy is naturally the traces of the main force of the Qing army, a battle feat must be indispensable, and the sad thing is that his second regiment is only about 2,000 people, compared with tens of thousands of Qing troops, it is really a bit shabby, therefore, Gao Yunxiao did not dare to delay, and arranged several teams of spies to report to Guiyang Mansion as soon as possible.

For Gao Yunxiao, the biggest purpose of this battle is naturally to gather and annihilate the main force of the Qing army, so his position will be very critical, and there must be no retreat, if they retreat, then the Qing army may choose to slip away again, as for when there will be a chance to gather and annihilate this Qing army next time, I don't know when.

Therefore, Gao Yunxiao did not dare to delay, he arranged several teams of spies to report to Guiyang Mansion as soon as possible, on the other hand, he arranged soldiers to defend the city, and dragged more than a dozen artillery pieces of the regiment onto the city wall to strengthen the garrison capacity.

...........

Anhua City is not a strong city, just a small county town, and the outside is a low earthen wall, so Yue Zhongqi will have a certain confidence in attacking Anhua.

After all, as long as the Qing army besieges Anhua City, the nearby Fu Han Army will definitely choose to come to the rescue, so that the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain can be realized, so as to tear a hole in the current encirclement, he can choose to evacuate through another direction, and at most it will be a batch of cannon fodder.

Especially the 10,000 Tusi soldiers who belonged to them, their current position is very embarrassing, after all, they joined in the role of auxiliary operations, plus the Tusi soldiers under Ortai collectively rebelled, which led to the destruction of the army, and now it has also been transmitted to Yue Zhongqi's army, so it has also been alerted by many people.

Toast is unreliable, this has become almost everyone's consensus, for them, not only to use, but also to be a little more guarded, otherwise it will be backfired.

Therefore, at this time, Yue Zhongqi had already thought about the role of cannon fodder, and he was ready to let the Tusi soldiers serve as the army of the palace to delay the pursuit of the Fu Han army, and when the time came, he would lead an army of 50,000 and kill another horse gun.

Under this consideration, Yue Zhongqi did not send someone to intercept and kill the messengers sent by the Fu Han army, and he didn't even bother to stop it, the purpose was to mobilize the nearby Fu Han army.

Although the Qing army is no longer so focused on attacking Anhua, but when it really started, it was still the same old way, first the infantry artillery moved to the city, and then the artillery fired, and the Qing infantry began to attack the city, and then was blown up by the artillery of the Fuhan army on the head of the city.

Although those Qing soldiers also had bird guns and artillery, their power was too limited, and the soldiers were not well trained when they used them, so they did not cause large casualties to the Fu Han army on the city wall.

Although the Qing army's siege rhythm was not very fast, after more than two hours, except for throwing hundreds of corpses under Anhua City, it did not achieve greater results, and there was not even a chance to get close to the city wall.

On the contrary, the defenders of the Fu Han army in Anhua City still have some dissatisfaction, after all, the Qing army attacked like this, almost giving them war exploits, and their own casualties were very small, so everyone was able to attack the Qing army.

Just looking at those embarrassed Qing troops, Gao Yunxiao seemed to sense something, he could feel the pressure of the Qing army's attack, it can be said that he was almost pretending, and he had no determination to die at all, which had to make him question the purpose of the Qing army this time.

However, looking at the endless Qing army tents under the city, Gao Yunxiao had no way to further verify, he could rely on the city to defend himself, but if he went out of the city to attack, it would be a self-defeating death.

For Gao Yunxiao's feelings, Yue Zhongqi naturally didn't understand at all, he was holding a clairvoyant mirror, staring at the Anhua City in front of him, the expression on his face was very cold, he almost seemed to imprint everything in his mind, because Yue Zhongqi found a very serious problem, that is, even if he fought very hard regardless of casualties, I am afraid it would be difficult to knock down the Anhua City in front of him in a short time.

There is no doubt that this is a very shocking result, because the current Qing army has nearly 60,000 people, and the Fu Han army has 2,000 people, and the thirty-fold gap has brought a result that cannot be attacked, and Anhua City is not even a strong city, more just a low and narrow earth city, what does this mean, Yue Zhongqi knows very well.

This result also means that the current strength gap between the Fu Han army and the Qing army is even larger than the gap in Anqing that year, simply put, the average strength of the Fu Han army has increased, while the average strength of the Qing army has decreased, and its combat power is not as good as the Qing army a few years ago.

"Could it be that the sky is going to kill me?"

Yue Zhongqi had a trace of sadness on his face, this battle seemed to be even more sad than when he was in Anqing City, and it also wiped out the arrogance and unwillingness in his heart, and the emotion of defeat completely enveloped Yue Zhongqi's heart.

However, when Yue Zhongqi looked back at the Qing soldiers around him, he had to sigh again, no matter what, these people were the people he brought out, including his fellow villagers, his old friends, and the children of his Yue family.

Thinking of this, Yue Zhongqi mustered up all his strength again, summoned the general soldiers of each town and the deputy generals and staff generals of each battalion, and waited until everyone had arrived, and then sighed softly: "Do you have any other ideas about the current war?" ”

Xu Mingzhen had a look of shame on his face, through the battle during the day, he also discovered the problem, and immediately shook his head, "The lowly rank no longer knows what to do, everything is under the orders of the commander!" ”

"In this case, all the military orders of the Governor must not be questioned by the generals, otherwise they will be killed!"

Yue Zhongqi had a bit of a solemn look on his face, and then said softly: "We must continue to fight, otherwise Chu Yi will not be fooled....... The governor needs one person to lead his soldiers and a Tusi to continue the siege of Anhua City and attract the main force of the Fu Han army to help. ”

When they heard this, everyone's faces changed, there were no stupid people present, of course they understood that the person who stayed behind had no other way but to die, and they had to die willingly, thinking of this, everyone was a little afraid, and their eyes looked at Yue Zhongqi with a bit of evasion.

Seeing everyone's evasive eyes, Yue Zhongqi also understood everyone's thoughts, so he had to sigh in a low voice: "It's a pity, Zhang Guangsi is not here, otherwise why would this governor ask you?" ”

So far, due to the lack of information channels and the deliberate blockade of the Han army in Chongqing Prefecture, Yue Zhongqi still does not know that Zhang Guangsi has been killed in battle, nor does he know that Chongqing Mansion has completely fallen.

"Governor, I'm willing to stay!"