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Tianchang is a small county, which was originally a special county set up by Tang Xuanzong Li Longji to commemorate his birthday.

For thousands of years, its ownership has changed from time to time, and it was under the jurisdiction of Sizhou, Fengyang Prefecture.

Such a small city can not even accommodate more than 3,000 people.

It is even more impossible to defend the city to resist the menacing army of Azig.

Therefore, the more than 1,000 soldiers named "bandits" who were left by Chen Sheng, after the battle was unfavorable, had no choice but to turn in the direction of Dongchengmen Township and Bei'e Town.

Chengmen Township and Bei'e Town are located at the junction of Fengyang Mansion and Yangzhou Prefecture, that is to say, after these two places, this remnant can enter the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture and escape from danger.

And Azig also had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army, and his attention was more focused on Dingyuan, which was occupied by Li Guo.

The retreat of the remnants of this "bandit" made Azig complacent.

In his opinion, the recovery of Tianchang is not only a tactical victory, but also a merit, an achievement to invite merit to the Qing court.

Therefore, Azig did not mean to order all the killings, but on the battlefield, the commander's order may not necessarily be the general's order, otherwise, there would be no such sentence as "the general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it".

The Qing army did not stop pursuing, not only did not stop, but clenched like crazy, if it were not for the many waterways and complex terrain, with the speed of the Qing cavalry, this remnant would have been served long ago.

Then why did the Qing army hate this remnant so much that they had to kill them all?

Actually, it's very simple, it's time to get angry.

The troops left behind by Chen Sheng, because they had to disguise themselves as "bandits", were not equipped with the standard muskets and artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army at this time, and their weapons were chaotic, with knives, swords, bows, crossbows, clubs, as well as a lot of guns and gunpowder, and even a few rusty artillery.

Most of these weapons were the trophies of Chen Sheng's troops cleaning up the battlefield and the enemy captured during the war, but the Northern Expeditionary Army definitely couldn't use them, so when Chen Sheng's main force retreated, he left it to this army.

Chen Sheng didn't do it intentionally at the time, but these bastards didn't bring it back, and he didn't know, as a result, these guys used these "garbage weapons" to almost cripple the 3,000 Qing troops who came to attack.

The main generals and deputy generals of this army left behind are brothers Huang Dachun and Huang Dahong.

Speaking of these two brothers, we have to talk about their father Huang Yuqi.

Huang Yuqi is a famous anti-Qing general, especially in Jiangnan, and has a great reputation.

The Yixing Dynasty was established, and the elderly Huang Yuqi was included in the imperial court, although he was not reused and given a real position, but the imperial court reused his three sons, which was not a disadvantage.

Huang Yuqi's eldest son, Huang Dazhan, was awarded the command of the forbidden army, and Huang Dachun and Huang Dahong served under the eldest brother.

was originally a loyal martyr, but it can be regarded as a good story in troubled times.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, Yixing Emperor Zhu Cihong broke out in Yingtianfu rebellion, Wu Zheng was chased and killed by unknown circumstances, he chose to make a mistake, and ordered the forbidden army to command Huang Dazhan to lead the army to chase and kill Wu Zheng.

In this way, Huang Dazhan is in a dilemma, on the one hand, the king's order cannot be violated, and on the other hand, he is the great benefactor of the Huang family, how to choose?

So I was busy and went back home before setting off to ask my father.

No, Huang Yuqi said to his eldest son, "...... There is nothing to blame for eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the king, and you don't have to be embarrassed, just do it according to your will. As for the survival of the Huang family, it is all in the will of heaven, and it cannot be forced! ”

Huang Dazhan, who was instructed by his father, pursued Wu Zheng.

And after Huang Yuqi left his son, he exchanged tears, knelt down and cried in front of the north, "...... Before the enemy army still occupied the Great Victory Pass, His Majesty began to eradicate dissidents and kill heroes...... It is conceivable that as soon as the general dies, civil strife in the Yixing Dynasty will inevitably arise, and the military strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army is unmatched by the Beijing Army. And I, the Huang family, kill the king of the dynasty and the general, and I will be at the top of the Northern Expeditionary Army's killing list...... The minister is ashamed, the prince recovered the heavenly mansion and rescued the minister from the Tartar prison, but the minister actually let his son kill him, what kind of world is this...... The minister did his best, and he did his best, the first emperor, the minister came to see you. ”

A trouser belt is thrown against the beam.

Huang Yuqi, a famous minister who resisted the Qing Dynasty, committed suicide by hanging a beam at three o'clock that day, at the age of seventy-one.

Over there, Huang Dazhan didn't know it, and was still leading the army to search for Wu Zheng, but his two brothers, Huang Dachun and Huang Dahong, did not agree with their father and brother's decision and stood on Wu Zheng's side.

The Huang family was torn apart from this.

In the end, the pursuit failed, and Huang Dazhan flew into the knife for the sake of the Huang family and his brother to get rid of the crime, and chose to commit suicide.

And Huang Dachun and Huang Dahong were officially assigned allegiance under Wu Zheng.

In the past three years, the Huang brothers have been serving as deputy generals in the Northern Expeditionary Army, not that Wu Zheng deliberately gave them small shoes, but their qualifications are far inferior to those like Chen Sheng, Li Ruhai and others, let alone Zhang Guowei and others.

And this time, they took the initiative to ask Chen Sheng for his life to stay, in fact, the reason is very simple, wealth and danger are sought!

If a person in the army is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will definitely not be able to go on in the army, especially an army with lofty goals like the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he will not support idlers.

Before the Qing army attacked, the Huang family brothers, who had been operating around Tianchang for a long time, did make some defensive preparations for Tianchang, not only in Tianchang City, but also in the vicinity of Yeshan Mountain south of Tianchang.

Therefore, when the Qing army came to attack, after a fierce battle between the two sides, the Huang brothers would definitely not be able to withstand it.

can retreat, but it is far less fast than the clear horse.

With the pre-arranged Huang family brothers, they led the remnants to retreat south.

The Qing army could not figure out their intentions for a while, because the Qing army believed that this rout army should retreat eastward and enter Yangzhou Mansion in order to get out of trouble.

Because of this hesitation, the Huang brothers were given time to distance themselves from the enemy and turn in the direction of Yeshan.

It was also during this period of time that the Qing army not only lost the best opportunity to annihilate this remnant, but also fell into an ambush.

The Huang brothers are veterans of a long war, and the soldiers they lead are the original Lihaiwei under Chen Sheng, and they have done some tricks on the road to Yeshan.

The few captured cannons left by Chen Sheng before were melted by them to find a blacksmith, and the iron cannons of several hundred catties were melted into countless iron thistles, because they were in a hurry, the workmanship was unusually rough, but was there a problem with the roughness? No, the rougher it is, the more lethal it is.

Originally, according to the tactics of cold weapons, to deal with the cavalry, it was to sprinkle thistle terrestris on the road, and then apply floating soil on it to cover it, and when the cavalry came, as soon as the horse's hooves stepped on, the war horse was out of control.

But now, they dig shallow ditches on both sides of the road, tamp the bottom of the ditch, spread oiled paper, fill it with gunpowder, and then press and sprinkle thistle terrestris on it.

It's a pit, a pit!