Near Nanchang, it already belongs to the Poyang Lake Plain, the terrain on the east side of the chicken coop mountain is flat, a big road under the mountain divides into two forks, the small road connects several villages to the south, the big road goes straight to the new town wharf to the east, and the Ganjiang River is Nanchang City.

There was a mound covered with trees at the intersection, although the leaves of the trees had fallen in winter, it still looked dark and swarthy at night, and there were some sparse trees in the surrounding fields, and a few snowy moats were scattered irregularly.

Far along the avenue, suddenly appeared a long torch, between the torches slightly sparse, but there is no end in sight, followed by the sound of squeaking snow, and the sound of heavy breathing, the sound of the collision of weapons and armor leaves, the officers pressed their throats to issue a short order, in front of the team there was a red flag of the Ming army, four thousand Yunnan soldiers were marching overnight.

These 4,000 Yunnan soldiers are the representatives of Emperor Longwu sent to participate in the Battle of Nanchang, the main generals Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing, Hum Ha two generals, no one can do without anyone, they followed Wang Sheng to the Mufu Mountain, drilled in the ravine for more than ten days, and suffered a lot, but the Yunnan army has been used to living a hard life since childhood, Zhao Yinxuan and the army is strict, and the soldiers can still maintain good discipline.

Almost all of them were infantry, only Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing had more than a dozen cavalry around them, and the Yunnan horses were short and hard-working, so they could drill all the way into the mountains and take boats to bring more than a dozen war horses here.

As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing of course have horses to ride, Zhao Yinxuan is obese and can't go far, he has always ridden a horse, and he pities the old horse under his crotch, carrying a fat man of nearly 200 catties. Although the weather was cold, I was sweating.

Hu Yiqing had a horse but did not ride, he was born with a short stature, but he was a general who charged into battle. He cherishes horsepower the most, and always walks by himself, and only rides his beloved mount "Sand Rabbit" when he is fighting.

Many people are very strange, why Hu Yiqing's war horse is called such a strange name, and it dawned on him after seeing the "sand rabbit" with his own eyes, and the same rabbit order, the sand rabbit is much worse than the red rabbit. The horse's hair was not gray or white, and there was stray hair all over his body. As small as its owner, like a rabbit lying in the sand......

When he came to the fork in the road, the guide pointed around and introduced a few words to Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing. Indicate that this is the destination.

"It's a nice place. Let the sons and daughters stop, and do your best to ambush them. ”

Zhao Yinxuan grabbed the reins, looked around carefully, and nodded with satisfaction - it feels really good to have an internal response, the Dian army is not familiar with the place, and has just arrived at Jilong Mountain, and the third watch can find this excellent ambush position in the middle of the night, all thanks to the guide sent by Xiong Lichun.

"This moat on the side of the road is too close. You have to guard against the scouts of the Tartars, and you can't hide the soldiers. The latter one is much better...... You still have to hide an elite soldier in the woods, and if you suddenly rush out, you can crush the Tartars! "When it comes to specific military issues, Hu Yiqing commands.

"The ambush should be towards the main road, and some scouts should be sent on the side of the road." Zhao Yinxuan is the spiritual leader of this army, more like a political commissar, and the military side is completely delegated to Hu Yiqing, and it is very rare to put forward a specific proposal like this.

"There may be Tartar reinforcements on both roads, but it's not safe to just guard one way!" Hu Yiqing objected, but his tone was very tactful.

Zhao Yinxuan explained: "When I came, General Wang San said that at most two hours can conquer Jilong Mountain, and the Tartars on the small road are too far away to rush here, so don't worry about them." ”

Hu Yiqing frowned: "You can't take this seriously, right?" Although General Wang San defrauded two checkpoints, but the Tartar battalion will not be so negligent, Jilong Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, let alone two hours, even if it is four hours, it may not be able to take it, there must be more and more reinforcements from the Tartars after dawn, so you should be cautious......"

Jilong Mountain and Nanchang City are close at hand, in order to conquer Jilong Mountain, Wang Sheng sent the Dian army to set up an ambush here to intercept the reinforcements of the Qing army. After receiving this errand, Hu Yiqing was both happy and worried, happy that it was relatively easy to ambush, if the enemy was hit, he might win the battle unexpectedly, and he was worried that the Qing army sent too many reinforcements, and the pressure on the Dian army was too great, and it was likely to suffer heavy losses.

Zhao Yinxuan was much more optimistic than him: "Don't worry, I get along with General Wang San these days, and I know him a little, this person has never spoken Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, and he will not talk nonsense about things that he is not sure of, since he said that he will take Jilong Mountain in two hours, he will definitely not use four hours." ”

"Cousin, this is a war, why do you still have a face? I still don't think it's appropriate to abandon the path based on just one word! "Hu Yiqing and Zhao Yinxuan are cousins, and they have always respected this cousin, but in the face of the famous Eight Banners, he can't help but be imprudent, and every thought is related to the lives of hundreds of soldiers, and his tone of voice is a little anxious.

At his insistence, Zhao Yinxuan hesitated again and again, and finally gave in, and divided a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the small road, and the other main forces to guard the main road and the mounds at the intersection.

The soldiers were preparing when a sudden shout of killing came from their bodies, and when they looked back, they saw a raging fire burning on Jilong Mountain, reflecting the dark and dreary sky.

Zhao Yinxuan exclaimed in surprise: "General Wang San is moving so fast!" It was less than half an hour before the Tartar camp caught fire! ”

Hu Yiqing shook his head: "What is the fire, it's still difficult to say, although the Chu army is very capable of fighting, it won't break through the Tartar camp in half an hour, maybe it was the Tartars who lit the beacon tower, and we have to move faster in the new wharf." ”

Xinjian Town, in later generations, was a county below Nanchang, but now it is just a larger village and town, but Xinjian Town has an important wharf, and the Qing army has heavy troops there.

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The new town, the camp of the Qing army.

A fire suddenly broke out at Jilong Mountain, and the officer on duty immediately woke Ma Guozhu.

Ma Guozhu is a native of the Han Dynasty in Liaodong, and his article talents are all middle-class and upper-class, and he was a talent in the Ming Dynasty in his early years, and he defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty during the Tiancong period. In terms of personal experience, his official luck is particularly good, and wherever he becomes an official, he is a fruit-picking character, and he has soared all the way, but he has never been unlucky.

When he first took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Ma Guozhu was just a show talent, but he caught up with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the transformation from a primitive tribe to a formal country, and was in urgent need of literate management talents, so he was exceptionally reused, constantly promoted, and after entering the customs, he successively served as the governor of Shanxi, the governor of Xuanda, the governor of Jiangnan and other important positions.

Ma Guozhu was in charge of Shanxi, suppressed Jiang Jiu with one hand, and exterminated the rest of Li Zicheng's troops with one hand, with outstanding "political achievements", and was soon promoted to the governor of Xuanda, and after less than two years, he was promoted to the governor of Xuanda, and then transferred to the governor of Jiangnan, and the rank of secretary of the military department was added to a new level...... As soon as he arrived in Jiangnan on the front foot, Jiang Huang raised troops against the Qing Dynasty on the back foot, and the Manchu officialdom discussed, not saying that Ma Guozhu left a mess, but thought that only he could suppress Jiang Huang, which really deserved to be the cornerstone of the country, and set the sea god needle.

Tan Tai led a large army to conquer Jiangxi, Ma Guozhu as the governor of Jiangnan, half of the master, of course, to help, according to Dolgon's orders, he brought more than 10,000 Manchu soldiers and horses from Nanjing, all obeyed Tan Tai's dispatch.

Tan Tai looked at him very unpleasantly.

The reason is very simple, Ma Guozhu was promoted too quickly.

Although the "Liao people" won the trust of the Qing court, they were the servants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty after all, Ma Guozhu climbed to the position of the governor of Jiangnan, and presided over the three provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Henan.

(Jiangnan Province is Nanzhili, with Nanjing as the center, including modern Jiangsu, Anwei and Shanghai, so the territory of the Jiangnan Governor is the modern four provinces plus a municipality directly under the central government, and it is the richest area in the country, only the taxes of Jiangnan Province account for one-third of the country, to the Kangxi period, the Qing court also felt that Jiangnan Province was too big is a hidden danger, so it was split into Anwei Province and Jiangsu Province, this administrative division has been used to this day.) ）

The slave is more beautiful than the master, and the master is certainly not happy.

Tan Tai put forward various requirements for Ma Guozhu, the food, people and various materials needed by the army were provided by Jiangnan Province, and the troops he brought were dismantled into several teams, and Ma Guozhu himself was stationed in Xinjian Town, separated from Nanchang City by a Gan River, making it clear that he would be an audience, and after the city was broken, there was no merit or any benefit.

The master is not happy, and the slave is weak-hearted.

Ma Guozhu has become the governor of Jiangnan, and he has reached the peak of being an official, as long as he is not crazy and wants to enter the center of the imperial court, and compete for power and profit with ruthless people like Dolgon and Zilharang, there is no higher goal in his career. The so-called tree is a big move, Ma Guozhu also knows that he has been in the limelight too much in the past two years, and he has offended many people openly and secretly, and he doesn't want to compete with others.

Breaking through Nanchang and exterminating Jin Shenghuan, such a great achievement is enough to make a marquis a knight, but Ma Guozhu is not red-eyed, he followed Tan Tai's order, with more than 7,000 people from his headquarters, and An'an guarded the area of Xinjian Town.

Peace of mind is a good thing and a bad thing, although Ma Guozhu is more calm, but he has no goal to strive for, and the whole army is a little slack, just like resting on vacation. Anyway, he was destined to be an audience, and he stayed in the rear of the northwest of Nanchang, and he couldn't even see the shadow of the Ming army, so why bother being so nervous.

Suddenly hearing that there was a fire in the direction of Jilong Mountain, Ma Guozhu hurriedly put on his clothes, climbed on the roof and looked into the distance, and saw that the fire reflected half of the sky, and it was getting bigger and bigger, he immediately knew that this was not an ordinary fire, but a self-destruction procedure before the barracks was about to fall.

"Quick! Hurry up and gather soldiers and horses to support Jilong Mountain! Ma Guozhu was so angry that he accidentally fell when he came down from the roof.

(Inner ......,I'm sorry.,There was some accident yesterday.,Caused a break.,The specific reason isn't much to say.,Anyway, I'm very sorry.,I'll do my best to make up for it.。 (To be continued......)