"My lord, in five miles, we will be out of the mountain." Gu Yuesheng said to Zhang Qiang.

"Send sentinels and cavalry to investigate, you can't relax in the slightest, I'm afraid that the enemy will have most of the troops to guard the mountain pass," Zhang Qiang said to Gu Yuesheng.

"Yes, my lord." Gu Yuesheng rode away on a war horse.

From Gu Yuesheng's army, Zhang Qiang was not happy to get Pingnan County, he had already fought with the enemy, was besieged by the enemy's superior forces, and he was too busy to take care of himself, he was very worried about whether Tang Dianfeng could take on the heavy responsibility and keep the army in his hand.

It was his most elite unit.

Just when he was worried, suddenly there was a loud cry from the back of the team, and the team panicked.

Yang Yangyang's cavalry hurried to block it.

After a while, the commotion subsided, and Yang Yangyang rushed over, "My lord, it is the fifty cavalrymen who were sent out to ask for reinforcements before, they were sent back to look for us by Lord Gu, but they didn't know that we had defeated the enemy, got up and rushed back, they passed by us yesterday afternoon, returned to the place where we fought yesterday, and then turned back again." ”

Zhang Qiang saw the cavalry that had been running for a day and two nights, and there were only twenty-five people left.

"Attend the Governor." The cavalry leader knelt down in front of Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang had been canonized by Emperor Longwu as the chief soldier of Jinhua, the governor of Jiadu, which should have been called the chief soldier, but the Jinhua righteous army was used to it, and he was always called the governor.

The governor was self-appointed by Zhang Qiang.

Later, Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian added such a title to him, but it was a balancing measure, and it was also a strategy to suppress Zhang Qiang, and now Zhu Yujian has no territory, and he is worried, if Zhang Qiang makes meritorious service in the future, how to reward him, so he was not promoted to a high place at once, and he didn't want Lu Jianguo, Hongguang, Yongli and others, as soon as they met, they would be knighted and official, so that those generals of the Ming Dynasty would give them their lives.

Zhu Yujian was more shrewd, he thought about it, but he was still suspected of offending Zhang Qiang, and only gave Zhang Qiang the highest official position of a military general in the general army.

"My lord, we rushed back to the original Pinghu Town, and found that the Qing army of Yanping Mansion had arrived in Pinghu Town, after reconnaissance, the enemy's leading general was Liu Liangzuo, Liu Liangzuo led 7,000 troops, just last night, has passed Pinghu Town, at this moment, I am afraid that we have arrived at Changqiao Town, where our army once stayed, and followed our army."

Zhang Qiang's head immediately grew big.

He already knew that Zhang Cunzhe, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, should be Zhang Cunren, but Zhang Qiang was used to it in the return of a scout, so he always called this governor by the name of Zhang Cunzhe, and the Qing soldiers led by this person are said to have more than 30,000 troops, plus the nearby Qing soldiers and some anti-Ming squires and tenants, the township brave army composed of almost 50,000 troops.

It is the same as his previous strength in Pingnan County.

After defeating Ruan Jie's cavalry, Zhang Qiang knew that there was a Qing army of 15,000 people under the leadership of his old opponent, Fan Shaozu, who came from Wenzhou Mansion by a detour.

This time, Liu Liangzuo, a defeated general, led 7,000 soldiers to follow him.

At this time, the enemy once again used several times his own strength to besiege himself, think about it, at this moment the main force of the Qing army should be in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangzhou and other places to strike at the Yongli regime, and the Qing soldiers dominated by the original Ming army, but they attacked their own righteous army, when the Qing soldiers were fighting, these Ming troops were not so heroic, the Ming army changed its skin, and actually played a stronger rhythm than the Ming army.

It's like a mad dog, biting itself and not letting go, once it can't be, twice, three times, why are you so desperate.

"Speed up and attack Pingnan County before the enemy closes the siege." Zhang Qiang said to the generals.

On the side, Emperor Longwu looked at Zhang Qiang and said: "Aiqing, it's better to change the route back to Jinhua, we don't have to go to Pingnan County, I believe General Tang should be able to understand our painstaking efforts." ”

He Kai said: "Yes, General Zhang Qiang, it is important to protect the emperor at the moment." ”

Su Guansheng was silent, looking up at the sky and not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhang Qiang knew that these people, if it was himself, he would definitely plan for himself, knowing that the front was also surrounded and besieged by the enemy, why did he take the initiative to jump in?

But here and now, standing here, Zhang Qiang can't help but plan for his army, if he loses this time, what can he do even if he retreats to Taizhou Mansion?

There are still 3,000 self-trained elite infantry, 2,500 elite musketeers, and more than 1,000 garrisons in other places, for a total of 6,000 elite troops.

20,000 to 30,000 captive soldiers, plus the young and strong soldiers in the county, the righteous army, and more than 2,000 people, this is already the strength that he can take out at his peak.

This battle is lost, those captives return to the enemy, the enemy's strength will soar to eighty or ninety, one hundred thousand, in contrast, the combined strength of their two provinces is only more than 10,000 people, how to resist?

I will definitely destroy the foundation that I have just stabilized.

So this time you must inflict heavy damage on the enemy, even if you can't win, you can't make the enemy feel better.

"The whole army is marching," Zhang Qiang coldly ordered.

Zhu Yujian They have no choice, they just pity a few people, but they can't do anything with Zhang Qiang, who now has 2,000 troops in his hands, these troops are not the original Ming army, even if they are divided and collapsed, they can't do These people were trained and promoted by Zhang Qiang at the beginning, there is no Ming official in history, the Ming generals are here, they don't have the emperor in their hearts, only their lord, the governor.

Walking in front, Zhang Qiang said to Yang Yangyang beside him: "Send someone to bring a letter to He Jin and Mi Chun, and ask them to send troops to attack the county seat in the enemy's rear, and give me the state capital to cause chaos." ”

Yang Yangyang said: "I'll do it, my lord." ”

Gu Yuesheng said: "My lord, according to the itinerary, we may meet the enemy in Daxi Town, but the enemy has more than 10,000 troops and 900 Portuguese, which is not easy to fight." ”

Zhang Qiang thought for a while, "Staggered, let's enter the city and rely on the city to defend." ”

In the distance, separated by a river, a few small rivers, and a few mountain peaks, Fan Shaozu shouted to the generals around him: "Quick, fast, speed up, you must intercept the enemy." They don't have much troops, more than 1,000 people, and there are more than 300 people left, the key is where there is the Ming Emperor, catch them, catch the Ming Emperor first, and be promoted to three levels in a row, and reward 10,000 taels of silver, and those who catch the enemy's main general, the official will be promoted to one level, and the reward will be 1,000 taels of silver. ”

Hearing Fan Shaozu's words, the nearby Qing soldiers suddenly swept away their previous fatigue and ran, each with a red light on their faces, excited, all kinds of foul shouts and scolding echoed in the mountains, and the streams were over.

Approaching, approaching, Zhang Qiang's troops are constantly approaching Daxi Town, and Fan Shaozu's troops are also constantly approaching Daxi Town.

In Daxi Town, there is also a Qing army that has just defeated the ferry and the reinforcements out of the city, this force is organized by the local Ming Dynasty landlord and squire, and the 3,000-strong army led by a Ming guerrilla general is preparing to besiege Pingnan County.