Zhang Tianlu was careless, lost 500 elite soldiers in Guichi, and the Pingjiang battalion and the Dongguan battalion pursued the victory, and chased to the bank of the Yangtze River in one go, so frightened that the warships of the Qing army's naval division hurriedly cut the cable, and avoided the indiscriminate artillery in the center of the river, and never dared to approach the south bank of the Yangtze River again.

Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, but the loss of this battle is too much, the five hundred armored soldiers are Zhang Tianlu's descendants, well-equipped, well-trained, most of them are veterans who have followed him for many years, but they were eaten by the Chu army, and they didn't even hear a sound when they were thrown in, which made Zhang Tianlu very distressed.

After losing 500 elite soldiers, the only gain was to confirm that Bu Congshan had "defected", Zhang Tianlu simply hated this despicable guy, as long as he heard his name, his eyes would be on fire and he would be furious...... There was an open-eyed staff member who wanted to persuade Zhang Tianlu, and scolded Bu Congshan in front of him for being two-faced and capricious, but he didn't notice that Zhang Tianlu's face was getting more and more ugly, and his face was red and almost dripping blood, ashamed and annoyed!

The horse's fart slapped on the horse's leg, this staff, pawn.

No one dared to mention Bu Congshan's name anymore, and even Bu Congde and Wang Tieba became sensitive words, and the scouts who reported the military situation to Zhang Tianlu were always trembling, for fear that the moody Zhang Junmen would suddenly turn his face.

Zhang Tianlu killed people and established his authority, suppressing gossip and various discussions in the army to cover up his mistakes.

At this time, he actually knew very well in his heart that the reason why Bu Congshan would "rebel" was that he was forced to rebel by himself, and so on, he was also mainly responsible for the loss of Tongling, Wuhu, and Dangtu...... At this point, it is useless to regret it. The basin could only be buckled on Bu Congshan's head, and Zhang Tianlu desperately covered the lid. Whoever dares to mention this matter again will definitely die.

Since the Dongguan camp and the Pingjiang camp entered the Chizhou mansion. The Chu army in the Guichi area has exceeded 20,000 people, but Zhang Tianlu's men only have 3,000 soldiers left, and it is not cheap to continue to stay in Fujian.

As soon as he returned to Nanjing, Zhang Tianlu received news that he had just walked on his front foot. Wang Jincai and Zhang Jiayu also left Guichi with their hind feet, and the 20,000 army went all the way north and arrived at Dangtu to meet Wang Kefan, while Guichi was only guarded by the general Bu Congshan.

The deployment of the Chu army in this way greatly surprised Zhang Tianlu.

After entering Nanzhili, the Chu army has been advancing northeast along the south bank of the Yangtze River, occupying a long snake formation, and this snake is a typical copper-headed iron-mouthed tofu body.

When Tu is a snake head. Gongyi Battalion, Jiangqi Battalion, Xiqi Battalion, Dongguan Battalion, Pingjiang Battalion, Firearms Battalion and Engineer Battalion...... Tens of thousands of hedgehogs under Wang Kefan gathered here, opening their mouths to Nanjing and Yingtianfu.

From the east to - Guichi - Tongling - Wuhu is a snake body, the Chu army is relatively weak, and only occupies a few important strongholds such as county capitals. But it is not possible to guarantee the safety of the entire supply line...... You must know that the Qing army controlled the Yangtze River waterway, and there were many landing sites to choose from. It is completely possible to avoid those county towns and towns, and it is easy to cut off this snake body.

Zhang Tianlu fought a battle for half his life. I have seen a lot of various situations, but I have never seen such a bean sprout formation as Chu Jun. This top-heavy bean sprout array violated the common sense of the soldiers, which made him puzzled and couldn't guess Wang Kefan's intentions.

Because the attacking side has the initiative, there are relatively many tactics to choose from, but everything remains the same, and there are only so many kinds of big strategic ideas......

Either take it one step at a time, take it steady, and every time you push a step forward, you have to stand firm, clear the flanks of threats, and then push forward again.

Either seek a decisive battle, strike with a thunderbolt, first completely defeat the enemy's defensive forces, and then you can easily capture the city.

Either they attack from multiple ways and cooperate with each other, which can not only support each other and cover, but also have the effect of attacking the east and west and confusing the enemy.

Either a surprise attack, smashing the Yellow Dragon, occupying the enemy's capital or military town, thereby destroying the enemy's command center, and the entire defense line will collapse without a fight......

Chu Jun's strange bean sprout array does not match the above items.

Step by step, there is no need to mention the multi-way attack, and the Qing army must cooperate to seek a decisive battle, and the most reliable is to smash the Yellow Dragon and capture Nanjing. Nanjing is the heart of Nanzhili and the most important city in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

However, in this situation, it is definitely impossible for the Chu army to capture Nanjing by surprise attack, could it be said that Wang Kefan plans to make dangerous moves and storm Nanjing?

It doesn't make sense!

The city of Nanjing is strong, and the surrounding terrain is dangerous, even if there are only a few thousand defenders in the city, the Chu army should not think of capturing this fortified city lightly. Wang Kefan is also a good general who knows how to fight well, why would he take the risk of storming Nanjing, isn't he afraid of being trapped under the fortified city and ending up with the annihilation of the whole army?

It doesn't make sense, the posture that Chu Jun is putting on now is indeed such a strategic intention, Zhang Tianlu and Ma Guozhu discussed it repeatedly, and they both felt incomprehensible, and in the end, it was Ma Guozhu's staff Su Jin who broke the ground.

"From the student's point of view, there is nothing strange in this, but Wang Thief is too arrogant and thinks that I am vulnerable to Nanjing."

Su Jin's words were amazing, and he suddenly became the focus of attention, and he smiled reservedly at the moment, and explained: "Wang Thief has won many battles in recent years, defeating several famous generals of our Qing Dynasty, and the Eight Banners Brigade does not dare to directly sweep its front, so naturally he does not take my Jiangning Green Battalion in his eyes, thinking that our army is cowardly before fighting, and can go down to Nanjing with one drum...... Hehe, the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this Nanjing city is the place where the thief died! Ma Dufu and Zhang Junmen might as well lure the enemy deeper, wait for Wang Thief's army to be exhausted, and then cut off his grain route with a surprise soldier from the water division, and they will be able to break it in one battle! ”

Makes sense!

Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu thought about it carefully, it is true that only this explanation is the most reasonable, Wang Kefan is a hairy young man in the end, if the experience of young people is too smooth sailing, they will be self-inflated, hot-headed, and do not know the height of the sky...... He defeated strong armies such as Kong Youde, Luck Dehun, and Tan Tai, of course, he didn't take Jiangning Green Camp seriously, so he chose to storm Nanjing.

Rush one's fences!

It's too easy to think about!

It is not difficult to win a battle, but the victorious general has never been, Su Jin is right, the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this time Wang Kefan will be bled out!

Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu figured out this truth and became more and more serious, the two discussed carefully, and decided to hold Nanjing and Yingtianfu first, and wait for changes.

If troops are sent to cut off the grain route of the Chu army now, Wang Kefan will inevitably return to the rescue, and it will still be difficult to destroy the Chu army. Therefore, according to what Su Jin said, it is better to brake quietly, wait for the Chu army to spread out outside Nanjing, and other Qing army reinforcements also arrive one after another, and then use this killer weapon to wipe out the Chu army in one fell swoop...... Anyway, the Qing army has a sailor to help in the war, and it can send surprise soldiers at any time, so there is no need to rush to attack.

After some mobilization and deployment, the Qing army set up three internal and external defense lines outside Nanjing, waiting for the Chu army to attack.

The first outer defense line is at the junction of Yingtianfu and Taipingfu, with Jiangning Town-Moling Pass-Lishui County as the core, this defense line does not have many troops, except for Lishui County, most of them are putting on a show, waiting for the Chu army to attack, and then retreat to lure the enemy deep.

The second line of defense is in the far suburbs of Nanjing, with Dashengguan - Zhuohua Town - Jurong County as the core, the strength of this defense line is not much, but the area of Dashengguan is related to the water source in Nanjing City, so the defensive force is strong, and Zhang Tianlu personally guarded it.

The third line of defense was on the outskirts of Nanjing, mainly relying on a few hills outside the city, building strong military camps and strongholds, and stationing heavy troops, waiting for the Chu army to attack. This line of defense is about to move in earnest, and the defensive forces are strong, so they can't be lightly beaten by the Chu army to the city of Nanjing, set up cannons on the Purple Mountain, and bombard the city casually.

As soon as the arrangement was established, Ma Guozhu sent a fast horse to send an order, urging Hu Maozhen and other reinforcements to come as soon as possible and fight to the death with Wang Thief......

As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing has a very special topography.

It is said that Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Jiangdong that year, and after observing the topography of Nanjing, he left the comment of "Tiger Standing on the Dragon Pan", which was the most suitable for the emperor to build the capital...... The so-called tiger is on the dragon plate, Stone Town is a tiger squatting, and the Yangtze River at the turn of Nanjing is the dragon.

To the north and northwest of Nanjing is the surging river, and to the south and east there are many low mountains and hills of the Ningzhen Mountains, such as Maoshan Mountain, Qixia Mountain, Purple Mountain, etc. (Purple Mountain is Zhong Mountain, "Zhongshan Wind and rain turn yellow, millions of heroes cross the river" that Zhong Mountain), there are barriers in all directions, which is very rare in the plain area of the Yangtze River Delta.

Located in the Ningzhen Mountains south of Nanjing, there are no tall mountains, but they cover a wide area, and during the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, Su Yu led the New Fourth Army to establish the Maoshan base here.

Between this vast mountain range, there are several roads leading to Nanjing, so there are Moling Pass, Dasheng Pass these passes. Among them, Dasheng Pass is on the bank of the Yangtze River, which is the only way to go to Nanjing along the bank of the Yangtze River, and Moling Pass is at the foot of Fangshan Mountain, which is the throat point that passes through the Ningzhen Mountains and goes to Nanjing.

If Tu's Chu army wanted to go to Nanjing, in addition to Dasheng Pass and Moling Pass, there was a third way to choose, which was to go around to Lishui County in the east and take a boat along the Qinhuai River.

Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu were very clear about these three routes of march, and they were prepared-for-tat.

Sure enough, the Chu army soon launched an attack, and the troops entered Yingtianfu in three ways, and launched a fierce attack on Jiangning Town-Moling Pass-Lishui County at the same time.

According to the predetermined plan, after a little resistance, the Qing army retreated to the second line of defense and lured the enemy into depth. (To be continued......)