After the spring ploughing was over, Zhu Youlang could finally start a war against Jiangxi.

The soldiers were well rested and all were ready.

His Majesty the Emperor gave an order, and the army marched towards Jiangxi.

Huguang is fully bordered by Jiangxi, of which Huangzhou Mansion and Wuchang Mansion in the north are bordered by Jiujiang Mansion and Nanchang Mansion in Jiangxi.

Yuezhou Mansion borders Jiangxi Ruizhou Mansion, and Changsha Mansion borders Yuanzhou Mansion.

The strategy formulated by Zhu Youlang was to divide the troops into two routes.

All the way from Wuchang to attack Jiujiang, all the way from Changsha to attack Yuanzhou, Ruizhou, and then to capture Nanchang.

Starting from Wuchang was the thirteen Kuidong families that were transferred, and the number of troops was about 30,000, which was due to the situation of the garrison in the north of Huguang, and it was necessary to leave sufficient troops.

As for Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo, he led an army of 50,000 to kill Yuanzhou Mansion.

The army took a boat through Lushui all the way to the east, and crossed the Lingling Pass to the boundary of Yuanzhou Mansion.

To Zhu Youlang's surprise, the Qing army did not set up a heavy ambush here.

The Ming army went all the way to Pingxiang before they were really blocked.

There were more than 10,000 Qing soldiers who blocked the attack, all of whom were green battalion soldiers.

They took advantage of the terrain to carry out artillery bombardment of the Ming army.

This is what Zhu Youlang didn't expect, the Qing army actually transferred artillery, it seems that it has been prepared for a long time!

On the whole, this section of Pingxiang is a gourd mouth, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In order to break through the resistance of the Qing army, it is necessary to regain control of the gorge.

Li Dingguo ordered a detachment of divisions to disembark and march along the cliff in an effort to destroy the Qing army's artillery.

As long as the Qing army does not have the blessing of artillery, the Ming army can easily break through.

After the chaotic battle in Huguang, Hong Chengchou obviously changed his strategy, he no longer hoped to completely crush the Ming army in a big war, but hoped to consume the strength of the Ming army by setting up cards layer by layer.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was strong, the gap between the main force and the auxiliary forces was extremely obvious.

And people have to be flesh and blood, once they are consumed too much, it is difficult to present a perfect state in the Armageddon.

I have to say that Hong Chengchou made a wishful thinking.

However, Zhu Youlang is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the division of troops can greatly make the Qing army puzzled, not knowing which direction the Ming army will attack. This is a big test for their formation.

What's more, Zheng Chenggong of Nanjing came from the east, so the Ming army was a three-front attack.

This is actually a general battle, and both the Qing army and the Ming army will press all the old capital.

Because for both the Ming and the Manchus, this battle cannot be lost.

Pressing these and not showing them, it shows that the army also set up field light artillery to return fire on the Qing troops at the mouth of the gorge.

It's just because of the angle that the power of the Ming army's cannonballs is greatly reduced, although it can also threaten the Qing soldiers, but the lethality rate is inevitably a little too low.

Under such artillery fire, it would be unwise to attack rashly. Zhu Youlang decided to maintain this situation of confrontation and shooting, and waited until the partial division sent by Li Dingguo succeeded before attacking on a large scale.

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"General, the thief is nothing more than that."

In the mouth of the gorge, Liu Fugui, a personal soldier, flattered the main general Liu Ze.

"Haha, I'll just say, this gorge should be closed for ten thousand people. Not to mention the thief, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't get by. ”

At first, Liu Zefeng was a little resistant to come to Yuanzhou Mansion to garrison. In his opinion, the thieves are menacing, and even Wuchang and Changsha can be beaten down, isn't a mere Yuanzhou Mansion a meat sent to his mouth?

However, Hong Chengchou coordinates the overall situation and says the same.

Even if Liu Zefeng was reluctant, there was no way, but he still had to come in the end.

In desperation, Liu Ze retreated and chose to ask Hong Chengchou for enough ordnance and firearms.

The most important of these is naturally the redcoat cannon.

There are only a dozen of these things in Jiangxi, and Liu Zefeng alone asked for three.

There are also some small cannons, Liu Zefeng is as many as he wants.

Just kidding, do you want Lao Tzu to desperately not equip Lao Tzu with enough firearms? It's letting the horses run and not giving the horses grazing.

After arriving at Yuanzhou Mansion, Liu Zefeng immediately led his cronies to reconnoiter everywhere to find a suitable ambush point.

In Liu Zefeng's opinion, staying in Yichun City, Yuanzhou Mansion, is waiting for death.

Look at the battle between Wuchang and Changsha, if you really want to let the thieves open a battle and attack the city, few people can stop it.

So he decided to ambush and beat the thief without a firm foothold.

Later, he found this canyon near Pingxiang.

This canyon is in the shape of a gourd, which is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as a few cannons are erected on a high place, the path of the thief can be blocked.

Of course, this is just an assumption, until the moment when the thief attacked, Liu Zefeng still felt a little bottomless in his heart.

It's just that he didn't expect the effect of the actual battle to be so good, and the thief was blocked at the mouth of the gorge, and he didn't dare to go deep at all.

His task was to delay as much time as possible and buy time for reinforcements from King Shang Kexi of Pingnan and King Geng Jimao of Jingnan.

The two princes are both tigers guarding one side, and there are countless elite soldiers in their hands.

As long as Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao can lead their troops to Jiangxi and join Hong Chengchou, the Qing army will be so strong that the Ming thieves are terrified.

At that time, the Qing army wanted to kill the thief as simple as killing an ant. Just a mouthful of spit on everyone can drown the thief.

So Liu Zefeng doesn't need to take the initiative at all, he just drags on.

Dragging the Qing army is a victory.

"With the posture of the thief, we will have no problem delaying it for another ten days and a half months."

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Just when Liu Zefeng secretly congratulated himself on his wise decision, a detachment of 500 people slowly moved forward on the cliff.

They are the elites carefully selected by Li Dingguo, and they are the best at walking on the cliffs.

When they were in Yunnan, they often carried out special tasks, and compared with the Dachang soldiers, who were good at flying eaves and walking walls, they were not inferior at all.

Don't look at them, there are only 500 people, but the execution is extremely strong.

They barely make a sound when they walk on top of the cliffs, and they don't kick the rock walls apart.

Each of them carried some grenades with them, which they could throw directly at the Qing army at the critical moment.

Their aim was to cause as much chaos as possible, preferably to destroy the Qing artillery.

In this way, His Majesty and the King of Jin could enter the gorge from the front, thus breaking through the Qing army's defensive line.

Shouldering heavy responsibilities, each of them did not dare to relax, and even held a wooden coin in their mouths to ensure that they would not make any sound.

The speed of walking on the cliff was not too fast, and it took them nearly an hour to see the Qing army not far away.

The flag of the Qing army was planted at the mouth of the gorge, and the cannon was erected on the high post at the mouth of the gorge, which was only more than 200 steps away from them.

This distance is within reach for those of them who are good at flying cornices and walking walls!

The leading officer pressed down with both hands, signaling everyone to calm down.

What they're going to do next is a big thing. Whether the main force of the Ming army can continue to advance depends on them.

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