The Chu army was on the other side of the Gan River, and Jin Shenghuan was extremely eager to join them as much as possible, and did everything possible to repair the pontoon bridge.

Although the Ganjiang River is not as good as the Yangtze River, the water surface is also very wide, only a dozen broken boats found from the camp of the Qing army's sailors, it is impossible to build such a long pontoon bridge, Jin Shenghuan transferred hundreds of craftsmen from the city, drove wooden piles, tied bamboo rafts, temporarily built some simple sampans, and used the original iron chains in the river, the pontoon bridge extended forward little by little.

However, the Qing army's naval division immediately rushed over, fired artillery and arrows, and even rushed to jump in front of the gang to fight hand-to-hand, destroying the pontoon bridge again, and the Ming army tried several times in a row, but all returned in vain.

Despite this, Jin Shenghuan has never given up, at this critical moment, it is nothing to die some soldiers and craftsmen, there is hope if you persist, if you give up, there is no hope at all.

But he also knew that he could not pin all his hopes on this pontoon bridge, and that while the Qing army was in chaos, he should continue to launch an offensive and firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

After discussing with Wang Deren, Jin Shenghuan adjusted his tactics, and the two divided their troops to act separately, Jin Shenghuan stayed in the camp in front of the dock and monitored the movements of Zhu Mala, while Wang Deren led 20,000 horses and horses, turned back into the city, and then fought out of the north gate and attacked the north gate camp of the Qing army.

The northern part of Jiangxi was occupied by the Qing army, so the troops at the north gate were the least, Jin Shenghuan's tactics were simple and effective, as the saying goes, the old lady eats persimmons, first pick up the soft pinch, since it is temporarily impossible to meet with the Chu army, first break the encirclement of the Qing army.

Like a beast that fell into a trap and was eager to get out, Wang Deren led 20,000 Ming troops. A fierce assault was launched on the camp at the North Gate. In previous battles, the Qing army at the North Gate had drawn forces several times to reinforce friendly forces. When he was suddenly attacked, he found that the Nanban was as terrible as he was desperate, and the North Gate battalion was insufficient and could not hold it at all.

Wang Deren stepped on the company camp and broke six camps of the Qing army, and the Qing soldiers who were killed scattered and fled, and some fled into other Qing army camps. Some fled northward, fleeing for more than 20 miles before stopping, gathering the remnants of the defeated army.

Separated by a Nanchang city. Zhu Mala was unable to rescue, and watched the North Gate Battalion fall, once again fully realizing the rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, far exceeding his expectations.

"How is this battle fought?!" Juma kicked over the table angrily.

If only it had been three or five years ago. The brave and good soldiers of the Eight Banners can be one and ten. Although the Qing army at the North Gate was insufficient, it was able to hold the camp lightly, and even defeated the 20,000 Ming army...... It's a pity that time has passed, and today's Eight Banners soldiers have degenerated into veteran soldiers, and there is an extreme shortage of generals who can fight habitually.

The besieged companies and battalions of the Qing army were distributed in a circle. After the North Gate camp was lost, the encirclement of Nanchang City had actually been broken. The remnants of the Qing army camp were even more thin, full of flaws, Jumala gritted his teeth and ordered to abandon the camp at the east gate, shrink the defense line, and gather all the troops in the area of the south gate.

As a result, the pressure on Jin Shenghuan's side increased sharply, and the focus of contention between the two sides returned to the banks of the Ganjiang River. Zhu Mala's intention is very clear, since the encirclement has been broken, he must first ensure his own safety, and then strictly guard the natural danger of the Ganjiang River, prevent the Chu army and Jin Shenghuan from joining forces, and wait until Tan Tai returns to Nanchang, so that the situation can be restored.

In the chaotic battle, time flies, Zhu Mala did not care about the new town on the other side of the Gan River, only occasionally heard his officers say that the flag of the Qing army has been hanging on the wharf of the new town, indicating that the wharf camp has not been lost.

"Ma Guozhu this time, I guess it's over!"

Zhu Mala felt a little guilty, Ma Guozhu fell into such a field, a big reason was caused by his betrayal of his teammates, but he didn't expect Ma Guozhu to have no regrets, and fought for the Qing Dynasty until the last moment: "In the end, the Liao people are still reliable!" The old horse scholar is a scholar, but he can hold the dock until now, if he is lucky enough to escape, he must help him say a few good words......"

After Jin Shenghuan broke the camp at the north gate, the food shortage in the city was temporarily alleviated, although the people nearby were looted by the Qing army, but the world is big, there are always villages in the corners and corners that the Qing army has not been to, plus some captured grain, it is not a problem to eat for more than ten days.

However, Jin Shenghuan knows very well that the situation is only temporarily improving, and the improvement is still limited, and after Tan Tai returns to the army, the Qing army may come back at any time and re-encircle Nanchang City.

Unlike the Eight Banners who fed the war with war, the Ming army had to ensure logistics to fight, Jin Shenghuan did not have enough military rations, and was unable to launch an attack on Jiujiang in the north, and Poyang Lake blocked the road in the east, and it was not possible to abandon the city and escape, although he broke the encirclement under the city of Nanchang, he was still in a larger encirclement.

The only way to survive is to join forces with the Chu army on the other side of the Gan River and completely defeat Tan Tai and Zhu Mala.

Therefore, he ordered Wang Deren to return to Nanchang immediately, and only sent some small troops to the north of the city and the east of the city to collect grain, but the main force was consumed with Zhu Mala, and constantly launched attacks, and divided his troops to the lower reaches of the Gan River to find other ferry terminals. As soon as Jin Shenghuan's troops appeared by the river, they immediately came up to harass and attack to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, with nearly 10,000 casualties, Jin Shenghuan tried his best to break through the blockade of the Qing army's naval division, and in desperation, he had to pin his hopes on the Chu army. He sent people to cross the river one after another, and sent three handwritten letters to Wang Sheng in succession, begging the Chu army to try their best to cross the river, and his attitude was more sincere than the other, and his tone was more urgent than the other.

Wang Sheng's reply soon arrived, a wax pill secret letter, named and sent to Jin Shenghuan to personally open, except for Wang Deren, the other generals did not know the specific content of the letter, but according to Jin Shenghuan's personal soldiers, after reading this secret letter, Jin Dashuai jumped up from the chair, accidentally hit the corner of the table, and fell on his head......

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In the evening, the Chu army attacked the dock camp in Xinjian Town.

The so-called backwater battle, Ma Guozhu's green battalion was blocked in the newly built wharf, behind the Ganjiang River, there was no way back, could only resist desperately, causing a lot of trouble to the Chu army, Zhou Guodong was a bad temper, commanding the troops to attack vigorously, and must wipe out all the Qing troops, but it was delayed for half a day.

After Wang Sheng arrived, he immediately corrected his mistake and made a hole in the encirclement, giving Ma Guozhu a way out. Sure enough, seeing that there was a chance to escape, the Qing army immediately gave up resistance and fled through the gap in a swarm, and the Ming army then covered up and annihilated most of the Qing army, only Ma Guozhu escaped with hundreds of people under the protection of his henchmen.

"Ma Guozhu ran to the northwest, do you want to catch up?" Teng Shuanglin, who served as the defender, intercepted for a while, and came back to report to Wang Sheng: "Xiong Lichun is in front of him, and he will definitely not be able to run away." ”

"No need, we have more important things, we don't have time to pay attention to him." Wang Sheng said with a smile: "Ma Guozhu, this guy, the war is messy, and it is a good thing for us to keep him as the governor of Jiangnan." Besides, Xiong Lichun has also mentioned to me several times that he can't explain to the Manchus, and I hope we can give him a credit for rescuing Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan, this credit is enough, right? ”

"Hehe, Tongchengying just played a scene with him, Xiong Lichun already has a credit, and if he rescues Ma Guozhu, I'm afraid he will have to be promoted!"

Teng Shuanglin left a thousand men and horses the day before yesterday, and fought a battle with Xiong Lichun, the two sides made a big fanfare, a vicious battle, the Tongcheng camp "retreated without the enemy", Xiong Lichun won countless pieces, and the captured banners and ordnance were piled up into a hill.

This is Wang Sheng's condition for agreeing to Xiong Lichun, originally thought that this would be cleared, but he didn't expect Ma Guozhu to bump into it by himself again, which was cheaper for Xiong Lichun.

"Ignore them, we have to cross the river as much as possible." Wang Sheng pointed to the map and said: "Jin Shenghuan is desperate this time, wrapping Zhu Mala tightly, and giving us the conditions to cross the river to create zào, but the new town is too close to Nanchang, and there is no way to avoid the Qing army's sailors, so we have to find another ferry, let's discuss, where is it appropriate?" ”

Zhou Guodong thought about it for a while and said: "I think we should go to the lower reaches of the Gan River, not only to avoid Zhu Mala's ears and eyes, but also to meet Jin Shenghuan immediately after crossing the river." ”

He was a veteran general in the Chu army, and since he had spoken, it was not good for others to raise objections, Chen Youlong opened his mouth and swallowed his words back.

Teng Shuanglin smiled and said: "It's not bad to go downstream, but it's too far away from the battlefield, and it's not much of a threat to Jumala, so I think it's better to insert it behind his buttocks, and after crossing the river, I will attack him from both sides, and guarantee to defeat him at once!" ”

"Huh? It's a good idea! Zhou Guodong was stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously, Chen Youlong saw that he didn't think of the pestle, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

I heard that Zhou Guodong was not easy to get along with, but now what I see is completely different, Teng Shuanglin obviously refuted his face, but he looked reasonable, what is going on?

Wang Sheng, Zhou Guodong and others were accustomed to it, and began to discuss specific tactical plans, with Wang Kefan, the invincible commander, the generals of the Chu army had long been abused when discussing the military situation, and it was normal to be rejected after the plan was proposed, and no one cared.

In addition, Zhou Guodong is not an unreasonable person, although he has a little bad temper, as long as what others say is reasonable, he can accept it with an open mind.

"Here, this is it, raw Mito!" Wang Sheng clicked on the map and finalized the target of the attack.

Zhou Guodong and Teng Shuanglin looked at it carefully and nodded together: "Yes, this place is well chosen, it is forty miles south of Xinjian Town, not far or near, let's go over overnight, build a bamboo raft, build a pontoon bridge, and cross the river at dawn." (To be continued......)