It is said that after Wang Yan left Yuezhou, Zhang Kuang summoned the generals to advise on the strategy of defending the city, and then commanded Wang Jiyan in the Yong battalion, "The enemy is strong and I am weak, without him, I can only fight to the death." ”

Zhang Kuangzhuang said, with the construction of a wooden official in the city, placed in the city tower, he also moved the office to the city, day and night not to go down the city tower, in order to show his determination to live and die with Yuezhou.

Before the Qing soldiers Nankou, Ma Jinzhong, Wang Yuncai, Lu Ding, Wang Jincai four tens of thousands of horses, heard the wind and fled, and Ma Jiaolin, the deputy general of Yuezhou who stayed in the city, did not have the heart to resist, but sold Yuezhou City to the Qing army, so that the people of Yuezhou were bullied.

The people were forced to shave their hair, their belongings were also seized by the Qing soldiers, and even their wives and daughters were humiliated and thrown into the wells, so the people of Yuezhou hated the violent Qing army, but they also had no good impression of the Ming army that sold them easily.

Since the Liao Incident broke out, the imperial court collected heavy taxes on the people, and the Ming Dynasty did not have much popular hearts left.

At first, the people of Yuezhou were not enthusiastic about the Ming army defending the city, because the people did not know when the official army would suddenly run away and leave them in the city, but this time the official army's actions seemed to be different from before.

First of all, the military discipline of Wang Yan's army is very good, since the recovery of Yuezhou, there has never been any disturbance to the people, and the reorganized green battalion has also been under the control of the officers, and many problems have been changed, which makes the people of Yuezhou deeply feel that the difference of this Ming army has saved a trace of people's hearts for the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Kuang is an upright official, incorruptible, and has a reputation in Chudi, and is the third in command after He Tengjiao and Plug Yinxi, he is a servant of the imperial court and an important minister of the country, and his act of carrying the coffin to guard the city has let the people see the attitude of the government towards Yuezhou, that is, he will never give up.

When the people of Yuezhou saw him, they ran around the city every day, and the governor and army really wanted to defend Yuezhou this time, and the people couldn't help but be moved.

The people in the city of Yuezhou actively participated in the defense.

Seeing this, Zhang Kuang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Wang Yan only gave him 10,000 troops to defend the city, and now with the support of the people, he was slightly relieved.

At this time, he ordered the people outside the city to cross the Xinqiang River south to avoid the disaster of the army, and on the other hand, he gathered 20,000 people from inside and outside the city, distributed weapons, strengthened the city defenses, and prepared sand and stones, ready to block the four gates.

This was originally a method that Zu Kefa came up with, but when he used it, the city immediately mutinied, and Zhang Kuang used it, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Why is there such a difference? It's all because of people's hearts!

The people of Yuezhou City, now just cut off their braids, as soon as the Qing soldiers come, they will inevitably be killed, they see Zhang Taifu, carry the coffin to guard the city, and block the city gate, they all see the determination of the Ming army, so the people naturally support.

After the Houyong battalion was cut and reorganized, the officers were almost replaced, everything was oily, and those who did not obey discipline were all imprisoned, and the command power was almost completely controlled by Wang Ji and Xie Kuang.

Although the combat strength of 10,000 people is definitely not good, it should not be too much of a problem to defend the city.

At this time, Yuezhou City, with Zhang Kuang's actions, every day passes, it will be stronger, as long as it is given a little more time, it can become a strong city that makes the Qing soldiers fall into sand.

However, it was said that Wang Yan led the troops to Wuchang, and it was expected that Tong Yanghe had already asked for help from Luck Dehun, and ordered the whole army to stop, and only ordered Man Dazhuang to lead 2,000 troops, and slowly advance to Wuchang.

Man Dazhuang gladly accepted the order and continued eastward with the fleet, while Wang Yan abandoned the ship and landed on the shore, day and night, and headed west.

The popular saying is that the Yangtze River is thousands of miles away, and the danger is in the Jingjiang River, which is the section of the river from Jingzhou to Jiujiang, with nine bends and ten bends.

At that time, the north bank of the Yangtze River had already fallen into the hands of the Qing court, and Wang Yan was afraid that the Qing army would find his traces, so he walked along the curved riverbank.

At this time, the army marched to the boundary of Jiangling, only more than 100 miles away from Jingzhou, Wang Yanzheng wanted to take advantage of the Qing army without noticing, straight to the city, into the city of Jingzhou, but the sentinel sent suddenly came to report, ten miles ahead, there was a Qing army of tens of thousands of people, was going down the river, as if to attack Yuezhou.

When Wang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, he wanted to attack Jingzhou, but Leke Dehun wanted to attack Yuezhou.

This Qing soldier is really cunning, if he really leads the army to attack Wuchang and is attacked by it in front and back, it will inevitably be another big defeat.

At this time, Wang Yan couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he was cautious, and when he was marching, he went ten miles ahead of the horse, so that he could learn the news of the Qing soldiers, otherwise he would suddenly meet, and he would have more than 17,000 horses, and he might not be able to beat the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers who came on.

Now Wang Yan discovered the traces of the Qing soldiers first, but gave him time to prepare, so that he would not rush into battle, and he could also discuss the strategy with the generals.

At this time, he first asked the sentry cavalry to continue to investigate, to find out the number of Qing troops, which part of the men and horses, and whether there were any elites of the Eight Banners, and he ordered the army to hide in the dense forest, and then unfolded the map to discuss with the generals.

Dai Zhifan looked at the map for a moment, frowned and said: "Grandpa Guo, this place is too close to Jingzhou, once the battle is fought, the defenders of Jingzhou will definitely be aware of it, and the general will think that it is better to let them go." ”

Wang Yan listened, thought slightly, but shook his head and said: "Our army's strength in Yuezhou City is too small, originally I wanted to drag the main force of the Qing army to Wuchang by shaking a shot, and buy a few more days to prepare for Yuezhou." If the governor lets this army and horses go over, it will go down the river, and it will be able to reach Yuezhou in two days, and Zhang Taifu will not be able to defeat it. If the city of Yuezhou is broken, the governor will defeat Jingzhou and lose Yuezhou, and the Qing army can calmly cross the river and support Changde, then the governor's previous plan will be a complete failure, and even his back will be blocked in the area of Changde and Jingzhou, but the passage to the south will be cut off and trapped in northern Hunan and western Hubei. ”

When the generals heard this, they were silent for a while, and Dai Zhifan said: "Then there is only fighting." ”

Wang Yan nodded, "Wait for the sentry cavalry to find out the situation of this Qing army, and this governor will formulate a strategy with you and the others." Anyway, this time the enemy is in the open, and I am in the dark, as long as I plan properly, I can kill him by surprise. ”

After a short time, the sentry sent out by Wang Yan rushed back and came to meet him, "Qi Yu Guogong, the former enemy is eight miles away from here, and the banner is Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun of the Qing court, and his department has more than 7,000 people in the Yellow Armor Eight Banners, more than 20,000 soldiers in the green battalion, and a total of about 30,000 horses. ”

Wang Yan's army came along the river, leaving a lot of traces along the way, Geng Zhongming, as an old thief, has been killed for a long time, and it is easy to find the traces of the Ming army once he passes.

At that time, the advantage of the enemy's light and my darkness will be gone, but Geng Zhongming, who may be able to make a plan, induce him to rob the camp at night, and then set up an ambush to wait for him to enter the urn, so although Wang Yan discovered the Qing army, there is not much time left for him to prepare, and he does not have much choice.

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