Since besieging the entire Daye City, Ning Yu has been standing behind the earthen fort at the forefront, looking at the bloody battle that lasted for several hours at the head of the city with a blank face, but after all, the environment at the head of the city is small, and it is impossible to invest a large number of troops at one time, and if it is a refueling tactic, the casualties will be too large, so Ning Yu finally chose Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

It is impossible to capture Daye in one go today, and there is no need, so let's let a group come down and rest.

Ning Yu told himself in his heart, but the breath in his heart was always in his throat.

Dong Ce walked over with a murderous aura, just in the final stage of the fight, he himself almost went to the city, but was stopped by the guards, and now he got off the battlefield, his face was a little heavy.

"Tell the privy envoy that the first regiment is fortunate to have killed and injured more than 1,000 Daye defenders, and has forced them into the city, and they will definitely go down to the city tomorrow!" Speaking of this, Dong Ce's face was a little gloomy, "Our regiment suffered four hundred and eighty-seven casualties, all of which were lost in the city. ”

The officers on the side gasped, and almost the entire battalion was reimbursed.

Ning Yu's face twitched slightly, and after taking a deep look at Daye County, he said in a condensed voice: "A group will be repaired tomorrow, and Daye County will be temporarily besieged but not attacked." ”

Dong Ce's face turned red, he was usually calm, but he was a little impulsive at this time, "Let my people continue to go tomorrow, tomorrow, I will be able to take Daye City tomorrow!" ”

Dong Ce couldn't tolerate Daye City continuing to stand in front of him, because as soon as he closed his eyes, he could think of those brothers who were bloodied with him, many of whom were brothers from the Eagle Camp.

"Privy Counsellor, I beg you... Tomorrow, let me take someone to rush back in person, just one time, if I don't take Daye by then, my brother and I will stay in the city! ”

Dong Ce, who has always been known for his toughness, couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, with pleading in his eyes.

Ning Yu waved his hand very dryly, "If you take Daye down now, what if those Qing troops in Huangzhou Mansion who finally came out retract again?" I don't have time to spend time with them in Huangzhou Mansion right now! ”

Under Ning Yu's strict orders, the entire Daye City was surrounded by regiments, but it did not launch a major offensive as on the first day, and only bombarded the city wall with artillery every day, so that the other party could not rest.

Just a few days later, Ning Yu's waiting finally had news that the Qing army in Huangzhou Mansion had begun to move, and it was suspected that they were rushing in the direction of Daye.

In fact, after Zheng Rong, the Xiedu Division of Huangzhou, received the news of Xu Mingyuan's request for help, he also hesitated to go, after all, for him, cross-border counterinsurgency is also a risk, but when he got the news that the entire main force of the rebel army was dragged under Daye City, his heart began to itch.

You must know that if you can quell the rebels, it will be a great merit, and you dare not say that you are knighted, but it is not too simple to raise a flag and promote an official. Especially at this time, there are nearly 4,000 Qing troops in Daye City, although the combat strength is not good, but it should not be a big problem to hold the city, and when their 3,000 people arrive to attack the front and rear, the enemy army is easy to collapse without a fight, which is almost a low-hanging fruit.

Thinking of this, Zheng Rong ordered the Qizhou battalion and the Taoist battalion under his command to prepare the military supplies and grain and grass in recent days, and planned to make a rapid march and raid, but what he didn't expect was that Daye City was now crumbling and almost about to fall, if it wasn't for Ning Yu deliberately keeping Daye City to attract him, I'm afraid he would have gone down the city.

In Zheng Rong's current judgment, there are at least more than 3,000 Qing troops in Daye City, and if they can cooperate with the outside world, it is not inconceivable to defeat the rebels. It was precisely because of this consideration that Zheng Rong finally chose to send troops to the rescue.

In today's Huangzhou Mansion, the Qizhou Battalion and the Taoist Battalion are both under the Huangzhou Association of the Green Battalion Qing Army, divided into two battalions on the left and right, with a total number of about 3,000, equipment and training are relatively average, and they are also the main goal of this time to break through the Huangzhou Mansion.

Just as the Huangzhou Association was leaving, the shadow who was ambushed in Qizhou City also passed on the news, and after some transmission, Ning Yu also learned the news.

According to Shadow's estimate, the 3,000 men of the Huangzhou Association would be able to reach the edge of the battlefield at the earliest tomorrow afternoon and the next day at noon, and this news greatly excited Ning Yu, who had already seen the dawn of victory.

"Order Wuchang, the second division can attack the line of Huanggang, Macheng, and Huang'an from south to north tomorrow, clean up the remaining Qing army, and occupy Huangzhou Mansion."

Cheng Zhien, the chief of staff of the division, was in a rather complicated mood at this time, and his views on Ning Yu gradually became admirable, the difficulty of this battle was not actually how to defeat the Huangzhou Mansion, but how to gather and annihilate the Huangzhou Association, if the Huangzhou Association was allowed to escape, the entire east would not be peaceful.

Thinking of this time, Cheng Zhien said softly: "Privy envoy, now that Daye has been surrounded by regiments, it is the top priority to eliminate the Huangzhou Association that came to help, but let the second regiment be ready?" ”

Ning Yu's fingers went all the way down the sand table, and in the middle of Daye and Daoist Shun were hilly terrains, and there was only one village called Xiaoshi Village, which occupied a favorable terrain.

"Pass my order, the fifth and sixth battalions should rush to Xiaoshi Village before noon tomorrow, build a position, and prepare to meet the enemy."

The smile on Ning Yu's face became more and more intense, and his fingers then crossed Qizhou and then Qichun.

"Order the 7th and 8th Battalions to bypass Daye Lake and go straight to Qizhou, and then attack back at Weiyuankou and completely wipe out the Huangzhou Association."

Cheng Zhien looked at the lines drawn by Ning Yu's fingers on the sand table, and couldn't help but nod secretly, and then added: "Then the five battalions and the six battalions, totaling 1,200 men and horses, will face the impact of the entire Huangzhou Association at the first time, it is better to allocate more artillery, which will be more certain." ”

Ning Yu thought for a moment and said: "Let the artillery directly under the division transfer eight six-pound guns over, but the twelve-pound guns are not necessary, and we must ensure that the troops arrive at Xiaoshi Village in advance as much as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to resist in the field." ”

Looking at Ning Yu, who was in high spirits at this time, Cheng Zhien nodded secretly in his heart, but he was completely convinced in his heart.

A young man who is less than 20 years old, when making plans, does not insist on going his own way, on the contrary, he can fully learn and accept external opinions, and the future is promising. To a certain extent, Cheng Zhien, as the representative of the Cheng family in the First Division, is not only to praise the military, but also to observe the future successor of this big faction. After all, the original Ning Yu only convinced the Ning family, but he didn't have much prestige on the side of the Cheng family and the Zheng family.

Ning Yu looked at Daye City with a complicated expression, now a group urgently needs a big victory to boost morale, but he is not willing to let a group sacrifice his life in vain, the best way is to wait until Huangzhou Association is defeated, and directly force Daye City to surrender, so as to reduce casualties.