As the saying goes, whoever drowns knows how to swim.

The Chu army launched a continuous onslaught on Moling Pass, the battle was extremely fierce, Zhang Tianlu's men and horses suffered heavy casualties, and in only three or four days, more than 700 people were killed.

At the same time, Dangtu's Chu army attacked again and launched a fierce attack on the three mountains on the riverside, obviously wanting to cooperate with the Chu army at Moling Pass. Liu Hong did not retreat in the face of a death battle, relying on the superiority of troops and the repeated tug-of-war with the Tu Chu army, Shishan and Ma'anshan changed hands several times, and only the last line of defense of Siwang Mountain was still firmly in the hands of the Qing army.

The more this is the case, the happier Zhang Tianlu becomes.

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Zhang Tianlu, who has experienced a hundred battles, has always been like a fish in water on the battlefield, and his level of "swimming" is very high; whenever the enemy has the slightest disturbance, he can see through the enemy's main general's intentions and adjust his tactics-for-tat...... But some time ago, he couldn't understand the deployment of the Chu army, so he was cautious and did not rush to make a move, until he sent troops to capture Moling Pass, and the Chu army hurriedly returned to the army and desperately counterattacked Moling Pass, and the development of the war situation finally returned to his familiar rhythm.

Now that's the right reaction!

The more fiercely the Chu army attacked, the more it showed that they had panicked. How can there be immortals in a war, as long as the Chu army can be trapped and killed between the mountains of Ningzhen, even if all the 3,000 Zhenjiang soldiers are exhausted, it is worth celebrating.

He had long thought in advance that the battle of Moling Pass would definitely be a life-and-death battle, so he put the three thousand Zhenjiang soldiers in front as cannon fodder, but his three thousand descendants guarded the back. Although the battle was only four days old, the Zhenjiang soldiers fought out more than 700 people, but they did not hurt Zhang Tianlu's vitality. is not distressed at all, as for Liu Hongyu, he also suffered heavy losses. He didn't care even more.

The Chu army is now trapped in a trap and has no way to escape. In this battle, victory is in sight!

A few days ago, I really scared Lao Tzu a lot!

"Mr. Duanmu, there is an idiom that you say? I haven't seen a donkey anywhere, and suddenly a donkey came, and the tiger was scared......"

"This is a poor donkey!" Duanmu stroked his goatee and dropped his book bag: "There is no donkey in Qian, and there are good deeds to carry into the ......."

"That's right, it's the poor donkey skills. Mr. Duanmu is really knowledgeable! Zhang Tianlu was full of interest, and when he heard the happy and interesting place, he couldn't help laughing.

The Chu army is like that ridiculous donkey, it looks like an invincible behemoth, but in fact, it is full of flaws, especially not sending heavy troops to guard Moling Pass, which is a very, very fatal mistake...... Zhang Tianlu originally thought that this was Wang Kefan's deliberate sale of a flaw, and there were some tricks and ambushes in secret. Now it seems that he really neglected this place.

And there's nothing surprising about that. In a large battle, there are often mistakes between the two armies, and the comparison is who makes fewer mistakes. Who can catch each other's mistakes in time. The Chu army was either in a hurry, or there was an internal problem, or it was just Wang Kefan's sudden convulsions. It's normal to make low-level mistakes. Zhuge Liang was careless about losing the street pavilion. Why can't Wang Kefan, this kid, make mistakes......

When the battle came to this point, Zhang Tianlu felt that the victory was decided. As long as he holds the Moling Pass, the Chu army has no chance of turning the tables at all. He wrote another handwritten letter, sent Duanmu back to Nanjing, urging Ma Guozhu to prepare and launch a thunderous blow against the Chu army after reinforcements from all walks of life arrived.

The advent of a new weapon often leads to a new revolution in tactics. This new tactic, which had never been seen or heard of, was so unbelievable that it was far beyond the level of knowledge of the people at the time that even a military genius could not guard against it...... Dolgon and Hong Chengchou are probably not military geniuses, but at least they are much higher than Zhang Tianlu's level, and even they can't see the risks in the mountains of Ningzhen, let alone Zhang Tianlu and others.

Risk? What are the risks?

Zhang Tianlu is full of confidence in his judgment.

Like him, after the reinforcements of the Qing army from all walks of life rushed to the area around the mountainous area of Ningzhen, their main general also felt that now was the perfect fighter to annihilate the Chu army. Since everyone is of the same opinion, there is nothing to hesitate, under the coordinated command of Ma Guozhu, the Qing army divided into three routes and launched an attack on the Chu army trapped in the mountainous area of Ningzhen.

Nanjing was the first main direction of attack, with Mulima's 5,000 Eight Banners as the main force, Wang Wenkui's 6,000 "Caobiao" green battalion and a small number of Yangzhou green battalions as servant troops, plus Xia Jianren, the general of the Qing army's naval division who assisted in the battle, advanced by land and water, and advanced south along the Qinhuai River...... Their goal was to take Lishui all the way and divide the mountainous area of Ningzhen in two, so as to realize the battle plan of dividing, encircling, and annihilating the main force of the Chu army.

Changzhou was the second main direction of attack, with 15,000 men and horses from Zhumala as the main force, and 4,000 Suzhou Green Battalion and Songjiang Green Battalion as servant troops, and again divided troops from Changzhou and Yixing, and launched simultaneous attacks on Liyang County and Jintan County...... Wang Kefan occupied five counties in the mountainous area of Ningzhen, and had more troops in the three eastern counties, and the main forces of the Gongyi battalion and the Pingjiang battalion were in this area, and the task of Zhu Mala was to deal with the main force of the Chu army.

In the third direction, with the main force of Hu Maozhen, the general of Huizhou, and Hao Shangjiu, the general of Li Chengdong, as the partial division.

The Puqi battalion held the "Xiwu Xiongguan" Wuting Mountain, Li Chengdong was unable to capture Qimen County, and under the order of Ma Guozhu, he divided into 2,000 men and sent Hao Shangjiu north to support the general decisive battle in the Ningzhen Mountains.

Hu Maozhen and Hao Shangjiu launched an attack from the south, Hu Maozhen was responsible for attacking Lishui County, forming a north-south attack with Mulima, and at the same time sending Hao Shangjiu's partial division to attack Hengshan. Hengshan is located in the southwest of the Ningzhen Mountains, next to Moling Pass, and if Hao Shangjiu's partial division can capture Hengshan, they can support Zhang Tianlu and Liu Hongyu, who are struggling to support.

In addition, Ma Guozhu repeatedly sent fast horses to Xuzhou, urging Jierharang to lead the army south. Although they were thousands of miles away, it was very convenient to transport troops through the waterway of the Grand Canal, so as long as Zilharang marched at full speed, they would soon be able to arrive.

After the Qing army launched an attack, the Chu army resisted and retreated.

The 30,000 horses of the Chu army were distributed among the mountains of Ningzhen, and the number of defenders in each city stronghold was limited, and the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to travel, so there was no time to rescue each other, but the Qing army was only divided into three routes. Absolute superiority was formed in each direction, so that all three were overwhelming. Killed into the hinterland of the Ningzhen Mountains.

Jumala was the first to succeed and captured Jintan County. As a result, the connection between Danyang County and Liyang County was cut off, the Gongyi Battalion and the Changsha Battalion of the Chu Army were in Danyang County, and the Pingjiang Battalion was in Liyang County, and the north and south could not take care of each other, and the shape was very beneficial to the Qing army......

Mulima also progressed smoothly, although the Qing army's naval division galloped freely on the Qinhuai River, and his land division was also invincible. The section of the Qinhuai River just out of Nanjing is a rare flat place in the mountainous area of Ningzhen, and the cavalry of the Eight Banners can ride along the embankment and gallop along the riverbank. The feeling was similar to that on the plains, and after fierce fighting, Mulima conquered Zhuohua Town, an important stronghold of the Chu army, and opened the door to enter the hinterland of the Ningzhen Mountains.

At this time, there were two routes in front of him, one was to continue south along the Qinhuai River and attack Lishui County, and the other was to attack Jurong County to the east. In accordance with the battle plan formulated in advance, Mu Lima did not hesitate to abandon Jurong County. Leaving a garrison of 1,000 men in the town of Zhuohua, he led the main force to continue the march south.

At this time, he had already penetrated deep into the mountainous area of Ningzhen, and the terrain on the banks of the Qinhuai River began to narrow. However, the embankment on the bank could still be used by cavalry to pass guò......

Hu Maozhen ran into some trouble here.

At the beginning, his progress was smooth, and he conquered the outlying strongholds of the Chu army. It entered the southern part of the Ningzhen Mountains, but when attacking the county seat of Lishui. But there was no progress for several days.

He only had 5,000 green battalion soldiers under his command, and there were not many troops. The combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Mulima and Jumala, but the Chu army used the city wall and city fortifications to defend the county seat of Lishui, and Hu Maozhen suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, but he didn't even touch the head of the city.

What worries him even more is that since Hao Shangjiu entered the Hengshan Mountains, he has lost contact, as if the world has evaporated......

In history, Hao Shangjiu is a very important figure, especially with Zheng Chenggong, who is a mortal opponent, let's introduce it.

Hao Shangjiu is Li Chengdong's general, and no one is a bird except Li Chengdong. Soon after Li Chengdong captured Guangdong, he returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and Hao Shangjiu, who was stationed in Chaozhou, of course, followed suit. At this time, he suddenly received an order from Li Chengdong that a group of rebels who did not want to return to Ming wanted to flee back to Fujian, led by Shi Lang, who was about to enter your defense area and eliminate him immediately.

Hao Shangjiu immediately started working with Shi Lang.

Shi Lang is a rebel who is eager to escape, but Hao Shangjiu occupies the home advantage, has more troops, and has the support of the local people...... But the key to the victory or defeat of the battle between the two armies depends on the combat effectiveness of the troops, compared with the famous general Shi Lang, Hao Shangjiu's troops are more than one grade behind, and they have surrounded Shi Lang for more than a month, but they have not been able to eat him.

Shi Lang's casualties were also very large, and he couldn't be replenished, and he was about to run out of ammunition and food, but Zheng Chenggong suddenly fell from the sky...... No, it didn't come from the sky, but came by boat from the sea and rescued Shi Lang and brought him to Xiamen, so Shi Lang became Zheng Chenggong's subordinate.

If Hao Shangjiu had not stubbornly resisted and Shi Lang had run back to Fujian, he would definitely continue to be a Qing army, and there would have been no intersection between him and Zheng Chenggong.

Li Chengdong was defeated and died, and the Qing army entered Guangdong, Shang Kexi besieged Guangzhou, and was about to attack Chaozhou. Hao Shangjiu was actively preparing for war, but Zheng Chenggong stabbed him in the back, and sent troops to attack Chaozhou from the direction of Fujian on the grounds that Hao Shangjiu was "unclear and unknown", Hao Shangjiu suffered from the enemy in the abdomen, surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and drove Zheng Chenggong back to Fujian with the Qing army.

Two years later, Li Dingguo attacked Guangdong for the first time and launched a fierce attack on Zhaoqing, Hao Shangjiu once again raised the banner against the Qing Dynasty, responded to Li Dingguo, and sent people to contact Zheng Chenggong to send troops to restore the entire territory of Guangdong...... After Zheng Chenggong received the letter, he first stood still, and then led the army to Jieyang, "levying and losing grain, and each village was happy to lose", and returned with a full load after collecting all the local summer grain.

Li Dingguo attacked Zhaoqing for a long time, retreated to Guangxi, the Qing army surrounded Chaozhou, Hao Shangjiu committed suicide on the day of the city, the Qing army immediately slaughtered the city, about 100,000 victims.

Zheng Chenggong, like his father Zheng Zhilong, has always wanted to develop his power to Guangdong, especially when he was trapped in the land of Xiamen, although he made a lot of money through the sea trade, but the military rations were always insufficient, so he always wanted to occupy Chaozhou, a grain-producing area close to Fujian, and did not hesitate to fight a civil war with the Yongli court.

Judging from modern values, Zheng Chenggong is undoubtedly a national hero, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he was first and foremost a big warlord who divided one side. (To be continued......)