Finally, Liu Xulei reported that a large number of Qing troops from Shaowufu in Fujian Province were moving towards the area around Shanguanling, and that their forwards had tried to attack Shanguan several times, but they were all repulsed by the main force of the third battalion guarding the pass.

However, the third battalion did not take advantage of the victory to kill in Fujian according to the order, according to Lin Xiao's meaning, they only need to hold the pass.

Liu Xulei's second regiment, after all, is also a lone army in the deep rear, the battle line is long enough, Lin Xiao doesn't want to put pressure on him anymore.

For Fujian, Xianxia Pass and Shanguan are like two gates, this gate is closed, the Fujian Qing army has no way to go except Guangdong, no matter how many people are just pigs to be slaughtered, just hand it over to Xia Bomin, who has many soldiers.

"How many mobile troops do you have at hand?"

After listening to Liu Xulei's report, Lin Xiao asked with a dark face while looking at the map.

"My three main battalions have all been scattered, and now there is a reconnaissance company, two machine gun companies, a multi-company of the baggage battalion, and the last independent battalion in Fuzhou...... A thousand people in total,"

Liu Xulei had roughly guessed the captain's thoughts, and said calmly: "Captain, give an order, I will resolutely carry it out!" ”

Liu Xulei's six independent battalions have been scattered all the way to various county towns and key roads along the way, and there are only more than 2,000 main forces in Fuzhou who have arrived in Fuzhou.

Moreover, the independent battalion of more than 600 people was not only infantry, but also very backward in weapons, and the soldiers had broadswords and spears mixed with a small number of shotguns, and there was no artillery or anything.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao gave him a cannon battery of Duan Zhenghong at the beginning, and he kept it with him and didn't use it.

"Good! Listen, you left the baggage battalion and the independent battalion in Fuzhou, and personally led the reconnaissance company and two machine gun companies to rush north to help, move quickly, don't fall in love with the war along the way, and be sure to hold the Qing army reinforcements behind Jiao Lian! ”

Lin Xiao groaned slightly, and said loudly, "In addition, order the main force of the baggage battalion to return to Fuzhou immediately, we must ensure the safety of Fuzhou, and send the grain to Xianxialing in time." ”

"Yes, understood! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Liu Xulei's voice on the other end was still calm, although the three companies together were only more than 300 people, but there were two machine gun companies, Liu Xulei was full of courage, as long as the ammunition was guaranteed, it would be no problem to deal with more Qing troops.

The reconnaissance company and the machine gun company are all cavalry, and Nanchang is only more than 100 miles north along the Fu River.

After ending the call, Lin Xiao frowned, raised his head and sighed: "Jiao Ruiting, you must withstand at least one day and night!" ”

Then, Lin Xiao leaned over the map again and pondered for a long time......

Depending on the situation, the Qing army transferred troops from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian in an attempt to support Jiangxi, and the reinforcements on the north road had already slipped past the south bank of Poyang Lake before Liu Xulei closed the door.

Under the city of Nanchang, there will be a fierce battle!

From Liu Xulei's mouth, Lin Xiao didn't get the situation of Feng Suqin's Dayao Mountain Independent Battalion, I don't know if she is in Nanchang, if she is okay, if she is not, then the pressure on Jiao Lian will be even greater.

The two-way team attacking Jiangxi only appeared in Jiangxi after Zhu Yujia's Hunan campaign began, but he didn't expect Hong Chengchou's reaction to be so fast, and he dared to let Hunan and Zhejiang and Fujian go unattended, and sent troops alone to besiege Jiao Lian's army in the direction of Nanchang.

"This old fox, with such a good sense of smell?"

Lin Xiao frowned and said secretly, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, did he know that the Ming army attacking Nanchang was the weakest?

From the defender's point of view, isn't it more threatening to attack Liu Xulei's army in Raozhou, which borders Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces?

……

Lin Xiao's worries were correct, Hong Chengchou did learn that Jiao Lian's Ming army was a weak brigade, but Hong Chengchou was not as good as Lin Xiao imagined, and his deployment did have a hint of coincidence.

When he first learned that the Ming army was attacking Hunan and Jiangxi respectively, Hong Chengchou was shocked and hurriedly ordered Chen Tai, the general of Jingnan, to go south to occupy and defend the line of Xinyu County and Fuzhou on both sides of the Ganjiang River.

However, when he learned that Wu Sangui's attack on the Western Road had failed and his troops had been lost, he had already smelled the end of the defeat on the whole front.

Although he immediately ordered Wu Sangui to defend the line of Luzhou and Chongqing along the river, and strictly ordered the green battalions from all parts of Sichuan to quickly move forward and seize the Yangtze River defense line, he already knew that this might be just a futile effort.

Only a few days later, an urgent report came from Jiangxi, Chen Tai, the general of Jingnan who was ordered to go south, delayed the military plane because he was waiting for the large army from Huizhou, Jingdezhen and other places to come to rendezvous, and had just left Nanchang Mansion and had been attacked by the Ming army's iron cavalry, and hastily withdrew to Nanchang City to wait for reinforcements.

After the news arrived, Hong Chengchou finally collapsed, and he was in a panic all day, sighing in the governor's palace all day.

However, when the next two good news came, he woke up from his extreme pessimism as if he had found a life-saving straw.

The first news is indeed good news, more than 10,000 horsemen stationed in Anqing Mansion, under the leadership of the Eight Banners generals, the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Jinli, have arrived along the river to Jiujiang, and can go directly to Nanchang from the south of Poyang Lake to stop the enemy at any time.

The second news is actually not good, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian Chen Jin moved quickly, ordered his general soldier Zhang Tianlu to quickly gather more than 10,000 green battalion soldiers with more than 1,000 full cavalry, from Quzhou to the west, only three days to arrive in Raozhou Prefecture Anren County (now Yingtan City), but here encountered a group of defeated retreat from Ganzhou, it is reported that another Ming army is going north along the Xujiang River, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village, has now occupied Shanguan, there is a great way along the Fu River to the north, close to Fuzhou City.

According to the rout, the Ming army was not many in number, but it was extremely powerful, and the hands were full of guns, after getting this news, Zhang Tianlu immediately flew to Hong Chengchou, asking whether to go south to Fuzhou, or north to Nanchang.

Hong Chengchou was shocked after receiving the report, "Why did a Ming army come out again?" Where did the Ming army come from so many people? ”

If Shanguan is lost, then the reinforcements from the Fujian direction cannot be counted on, and it will not be a matter of time before Fuzhou is lost?

Just when Hong Chengchou had no master, the mysterious Mr. Ding asked to see him in time and sent extremely valuable military information.

For several months, although Mr. Ding continued to send all kinds of information, he still could not stop the rout of the Qing army in Guangxi, Hong Chengchou was so anxious that he even asked Mr. Ding to order his men to assassinate Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang or Lin Xiao, the head of the mysterious new army, but was refused.

According to the agreement between Hong Chengchou and their head in advance, the main task of these people is to go to the Liangguang area to inquire about the military situation, and when the time is favorable, they can take risks and engage in small actions such as rebellion, but they did not agree to directly participate in assassination, kidnapping, and other actions.

After all, if such a thing is extremely moving, the possibility of being able to retreat with all his body is extremely small, and sending his disciples to death in order to improve the status of his own sect is an extremely costly deal.

After many threats and inducements by Hong Chengchou, Mr. Ding had already ordered various local groups to carry out many assassinations and arsons, but if he was asked to directly assassinate the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, who was protected by heavy troops, or the leader of the New Army, who was obviously unable to do it, Mr. Ding did not dare to give the order, no matter how bold he was.

Now, this Mr. Ding has finally figured out the accurate information about the mysterious new army.

This person is really timely rain Song Jiang!