The rumbling of footsteps didn't seem to slow down for a moment. The four model divisions of the new army, except for the cavalry who were in charge of the sentry, all wore leggings and advanced on foot...... Among them is Zhu Cihong, the prince of the Ming Dynasty!

The troops of 50,000 men rolled forward like a stream of iron. After leaving Dingyuan County, their march was like flying.

After about a year of hard training, coupled with a fairly good diet, coupled with the "unreasonable" elimination of the last place, and the benefits of dividing the land and money, the new army has now had the appearance of an elite iron army.

From Jiangbei Ying, 2oo miles from Chuzhou to Dingyuan, and then from Dingyuan County to sixty or seventy miles near Shigu Mountain in Chuzhou, it is really nothing to them.

And Zhu Cihong was really young and strong, and he also paid attention to exercise on weekdays, and ran around the Wenhua Hall when he had nothing to do, so he was quite able to walk, but he didn't carry the same weight as ordinary officers and soldiers.

However, leading by example to such an extent is enough to motivate officers and men to speed up their pace.

After passing the pond, the troops marching in the night could see the flickering fires in the sky above the Big Gun Ridge in the distance.

Hauge's army set up a bright camp at the Great Gun Ridge, which was brightly lit, and several bonfires were lit to illuminate the surrounding area of the camp. It also let the Ming army, who was approaching quickly, know their specific location.

In the early morning of the 22nd, while the army was resting for breakfast, Zhu Cihong convened another military meeting.

Wu Sanfu, Li Yan, and Shi Ruien were all called to him, and the four of them sat in a circle, while nibbling on the hard naan cake (this kind of naan cake is the marching food that Zhu Cihong chose for the new army, just a little salted fish and salted meat, it is a very good meal), and discussed what to do next.

"Your Highness, look here......" Li Yan used a few small stones to lay out the general terrain of northern Chuzhou, "This is Dagunling, this is Shigu Mountain, this is Qingliuguan, and this is Chuzhou City...... Now the Tartars have set up a formation at the Big Gun Ridge, and we have come from afar, and we are very tired, so we can't immediately pass directly from the bottom of the Big Gun Ridge to Qingliu Pass. Therefore, we can only set up a large formation in Shigu Mountain first, set up a defensive position first, and confront the enemy. Then find an opportunity to move to Qingliu Pass, as long as the main force reaches Qingliu Pass, the Tartars will not be able to continue south. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Shi Ruien suggested at this time, "the area around the Great Spear Ridge is not dangerous, and the former military division can attack the Qing army there!" As long as we carry out a surprise attack at night, we can be sure that we will drive the Tartars down the mountains. ”

This foreign devil's courage is really not small! Zhu Cihong nodded, thinking: There are at least 15ooo Tartars on the Big Gun Ridge, right? Is it really possible to use 14ooo people to get them down?

"It's too risky!" Wu Sanfu immediately raised a different opinion, "It's better to go to Shigu Mountain first, and then find an opportunity to move the camp." ”

Shi Ruien shook his head, "What about Fengyang City?" It is under siege...... If lost, the Tartars would be able to gain a large stronghold south of the Huaihai. ”

"Don't worry," Zhu Cihong smiled, "Zhu Chunchen is not so easy to fight...... Let's calm each other's Tartars on the Big Gun Ridge! He paused, "Let's go to Shigu Mountain to set up a formation first, and confront the Tartars for a few days." ”

......

Shang Kexi put on his armor, crossed his arms, and stood on the edge of the fort. Three miles in front of him was the city wall in the northwest corner of Fengyang Mansion.

Although Fengyang City is the residence of the Left-behind Division of the Ming Dynasty, for some reason, no reinforcement projects have been carried out. The city wall is still rammed earth, because the part that was still destroyed in the Fengyang Battle in the eighth year of Chongzhen was only barely repaired, and the project was carried out sloppily. So after just a few years, there were cracks everywhere, and they could collapse for a short time when it was windy or rainy. Now that it has been bombarded by twenty Hongyi cannons for two whole days, can it still be good?

Just in front of Shang Kexi's position, a large section of the city wall collapsed from the waist, revealing seven or eight grinning holes in the porcelain teeth, no more than three feet above the ground, and the collapsed rammed earth also piled up a gentle slope that could be climbed without a ladder.

The ditch in front of this section of the city wall was originally very wide, and the water of the Huai River was led into it, surrounding Fengyang City on all sides. But for more than 200 years, no one has cleaned the moat, and the sediment brought by the Huai River has continued to silt up, and when Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng came to attack last time, the moat almost had no effect.

And Zhu Chunchen didn't pay attention to the moat of the city after staying in the central capital, everything was the same. Just when Kong Youde commanded the artillery to bombard the city, Bai Guangen also led the green battalion soldiers to block the river connecting the Huai River, so now the moat outside Fengyang City has dried up for most of it, and it can be crossed by stepping on it.

Looking at the city defense in front of him, Shang Kexi couldn't help laughing.

"Fourth, what are you laughing at?"

A middle-aged uncle who was a few years older than Shang Kexi, a little smaller, with a baby face but a big beard, came up. This uncle is Shang Kexi's second brother, named Cute...... I don't know if he was particularly cute when he was a child? It got such a name.

Maybe it's because the name is bad, and the appearance is not a deterrent. So this Shang Cute has always been a soy sauce character, first followed his father Shang Xueli, and after Shang Xueli died in battle, he followed his brother Shang Kejin, and after Shang Kejin was martyred, he was happy with his younger brother Shang Kexi. Shang Kexi later fell into the water and became a traitor, and he also followed suit.

"Second brother," Shang Kexi said, "I am laughing at the little prince of the Zhu family, although he is treacherous, he can't use people." actually let Zhu Chunchen stay among the children of Zhu Chunchen...... Da Ming's qi is nothing more than that. ”

"Alas," Shang Kawaii just shook his head, "where does he not know how to use people?" Who else is available in the Southern Dynasty now? Useful people call him daddy to the pit gone! ”

Shang Kexi smiled: "That's what I said...... Is there any news from King Su's? ”

"Yes!" Shang Kawaii nodded, "The order that just arrived...... King Su's 20,000-strong army is confronting the 30,000 or 40,000 people of the little prince of the Zhu family in Dagunling. ”

"The soldiers of the little prince of the Zhu family? Did he take it personally? ”

Shang Kawai smiled: "The decree said that Prince Zhu personally led it...... So King Su urged us to hurry up and defeat Fengyang, and then go to join him and fight to the death with the little prince of the Zhu family! ”

Zhu Cihong has his own transfer of the "Taizu Gao Emperor Reincarnation" flag and six dragon flags, so after Haoge set up a formation in Zhu Cihong's department, he knew that the prince was personally out of the battle.

Hauge was overjoyed now...... Zhu Cihong is now the prince of Fujun who is in power! If he is killed, the Qing Dynasty will probably be able to dominate the world!

What a credit!

With such a contribution, if the little emperor had collapsed earlier, shouldn't Hauge go in?

So Haoge hurriedly asked people to come to Fengyang to urge.

"Hehe, it seems that Da Qing has a destiny......" Shang Kexi glanced back.

The troops of the first wave of attack were already carrying bamboo and wooden ladders and were ready. This team is all Green Battalion soldiers, led by Shang Kexi's little brother Shang Kele - this Shang Kele is Shang Xueli's adopted son. Shang Xueli was only eight years old when he died in battle, and later followed several older brothers. Now he is a fierce general under Shang Kexi's hands!

At this time, the Hongyi cannon, which had been roaring for two days in a row, was silent, and the entire battlefield suddenly became quiet, but the atmosphere was extremely depressed.

Shang Kexi took a breath of air filled with the smell of gunsmoke, then pulled out his waist knife and slammed forward.

Shang Kele's biological father, who is less than thirty years old, is a member of the Shang family, who saved Lao Shang's life, inherited his biological father's tall and burly, and has a horizontal face, coupled with a messy beard, which is particularly cruel. Seeing Shang Kexi swinging his knife forward, he immediately shouted: "Drumming!" Enter! ”

The drum beat remembered that the green battalion general, who had only received two taels of silver rewards in 3ooo, shouted loudly and moved forward. Their position was less than three miles away from the straight-line distance of Fengyang Mansion City, and with less than half a burnt of incense, they had already stepped across the moat, rushed all the way to the front of the city wall that had collapsed into many gaps, and quickly put up bamboo and wooden ladders.

And on the city wall of Fengyang Mansion, there was no movement at this time!

Fengyang Mansion City seems to have been breached like this!