After Zheng Chenggong entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, he first took Changshu Fushan, then took Nantong Wolf Mountain, Lianke two Qing army river defense fortresses, captured more than 30 cannons, eliminated hundreds of Qing troops, and broke through the second coastal defense line of the Yangtze River estuary in one fell swoop, and the soldiers pointed directly at Zhenjiang Mountain, that is, the last coastal defense line in front of Nanjing (Fushan, Wolf Mountain and Yuanshan are all low mountains on the bank of the Yangtze River, in order to prevent Japanese invaders in the Ming Dynasty, cities and forts were built on the mountain, and later became the coastal defense fortress of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Mingzhen, Taiping Army, The Eight-Nation Alliance, etc., have fought in these places).

At this time, Ma Guozhu in Nanjing City woke up like a dream, and hurriedly dispatched sailors to meet the battle, most of the sailors in Jiangnan Province were in the area of Anqing Mansion, only there were some ships in the Jiangxinzhou Sailor Camp near Nanjing, led by the deputy general Xia Jianren, and set sail and anchored to kill Yuanshan.

In front of Zierharang, is such a situation, after Zheng Chenggong entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, the Qing army can no longer send reinforcements from Jiangbei (in fact, there are no soldiers to send), but the Ming army has a strong new force, it is said that the Zheng family naval division has nearly 1,000 large and small warships, including more than 2,000 materials, more than 10 zhang long giant ships, enough to transport 100,000 troops, although there will not be so many in reality, but it is completely possible to transport 350,000 Ming troops.

With 350,000 Ming troops, plus Zheng Chenggong's "Marine Corps", the Ming army suddenly became the side with the advantage of troops, and a huge danger was approaching the Qing army.

In order to be the commander and make no last resort, Zilharang must consider the worst-case scenario and prepare for the worst, if Zheng Chenggong really brings tens of thousands of Ming troops, and then land near Nanjing. The shape of the Battle of Ningzhen was immediately reversed, and the city of Nanjing would even be threatened.

The possibility of Xia Jianren defeating the Zheng family's sailors. Zilharang didn't think about it at all, the Qing army's sailors were all old foundations of the Daming sailors. The foundation was already weak, because the water keeper was too expensive, and the Qing court had invested very little in them in recent years, just like the stepmother raising a child, they couldn't eat enough, and it was impossible to defeat the fierce Zheng family sailor, at most it could only delay their marching speed.

Among the Qing army's sailors who can fight with Zheng Chenggong, it is Shi Fu and other troops who surrendered with Zheng Zhilong, this sailor is also from the Zheng family's sailors, and Zheng Chenggong is on a par. However, in Huguang, the sailors of the Chu army became more and more active. Jin Shenghuan also continued to launch fierce attacks, and the sailors of Shi Fu's department were in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and they had no time to transfer back to Nanjing for the time being.

The only way is to fight quickly in the land battle and defeat Wang Kefan's Chu army first.

Let's fight a decisive battle, just a decisive battle in Bazhang Cave Mountain!

Zilharang did not hesitate any longer, and ordered Tunqi to lead 10,000 elite soldiers. Immediately rushed to Bazhangdong Mountain to reinforce Zakana.

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The Chu army camp, in the tent of the Chinese army.

Wang Kefan was discussing the military situation with Chen Youlong, who had just arrived, and several staff officers were on the top. Tang King Zhu Yulu sat with him to listen, and from time to time whispered a few words to Jingliang.

"Is he Chen Youlong? Such a small person, not like a fierce general? ”

"General Chen's nickname is 'King of the Five Yamas'. He has always been known for his ferocity and good fighting, and His Highness should not be underestimated. ”

"Oh ha? He is the 'King of the Five Hades'. That's the prince of the underworld, just like the lonely king......"

Tang Wang Zhu Yulu just said halfway. Outside the tent, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded, with a few short shouts and reprimands, seven or eight court officials poured into the Zhongjun tent together, the expression on their faces was either cold and solemn, or very excited, the head of the Eastern Expedition Prison Tang Laihe's face was pale, and Zhang Hanru followed closely behind, with angry flames dancing in his eyes.

"Mr. Nandou, you can't just break in......" Li Yushi and several sentries followed and chased in, the sword was unsheathed and aimed at Tang Laihe, Zhang Hanru and others, Zhang Hanru looked at the bright sword and gun as if he was nothing, strode in front of Wang Kefan, looked directly into his eyes with a sharp gaze, and opened his mouth like a bell, extremely loud.

"Wang Junmen, I heard that you sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Wang Sheng, but is there such a thing?"

"This ......" Wang Kefan looked at him, shook his head and said, "This is a military secret, and I can't sue you." ”

"You!" Zhang Hanru was speechless for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "What's the use of you denying it now?" We all saw with our own eyes that another army and horses were heading northeast under the banner of the Pingjiang battalion. ”

"Since you have seen it with your own eyes, you have come to ask me what to do?" Wang Kefan said coldly: "Although you are an angel of the court, you can't point fingers in front of the army, we are discussing the military situation, if anyone dares to roar the military tent again, don't blame the ruthless military law of your country." ”

“……”

The civil official has the most important face, and was scolded in public by Wang Kefan in front of Tang King Zhu Yulu, Zhang Hanru immediately felt that his face was hot, and he was about to get angry with his purple face, but Tang Laihe said in a deep voice: "What Wang Junmen said is good, Zhang Hanru should not have asked about this matter, but this official is the overseer of the Eastern Expedition, can he ask the military gate a question or two?" ”

"If Mr. Nandou asks, I should answer, but my country respects Mr. Nandou as a righteous man and a gentleman, and I don't want to lie to deceive him, can I wait until two days before replying?" Wang Kefan's tone turned flat, and he was more respectful of Tang Laihe.

"Wang Kefan! At this time, how long are you going to hide it from your own official?! ”

Tang Laihe suddenly broke out, and said bitterly: "Since you divided your troops to cut off the grain road of Jierharang, I have persuaded you many times that you should first take Yanling Town to prevent internal troubles, and then return to the army to fight a decisive battle with Jierharang...... That's it, that's it, it's just that, even if it's already difficult to get the whole thing, as long as you do your best to gather the strength of the whole army to capture Yanling Town, the battle of Ningzhen can still end in victory, but you are paranoid and obsessed, and throw all the soldiers and horses to the 177 Heights, which is very unwise, and it is the way for the soldiers to lose! ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly lifted his robe and knelt down, Zhang Hanru and others also knelt down with Qi Shushu, and pleaded loudly to Wang Kefan with tears: "The country's luck is fighting here, and the Ming Dynasty is fighting here, please Wang Junmen read it in front of the people of the world, and give the order to capture Yanling Town, and you must not be greedy for merit, so as to delay the great battle situation......"

The bigger the officer, the more he cherishes his feathers. There is no shame in the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty in front of the emperor, and they can even invite names. But in front of the noble generals, they are more reserved, and they have always been calm and subtle in their words and actions. It is rare to adopt a direct way that leaves no room for maneuver, but Tang Laihe and others went against common sense, suddenly kneeling and crying, and the tragic and generous Xiaoxiao spirit suddenly rose.

Zhu Yulu stood up at a loss, took two steps forward, and wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but he coughed twice but didn't know what to say, Tang Laihe and Wang Kefan seemed to be good, they were both good officials who were conscientious. I don't know which one to help speak.

Wang Kefan's eyebrows were slightly raised, and his body, which was originally sitting upright, suddenly leaned back, changed a comfortable posture and leaned on the back of the chair, in an excited cry and pleading, he glanced at Tang Laihe and others expressionlessly, and there was some commotion outside the tent at this time, and the personal guards brought by Tang Laihe and others came to the front one after another, and had a quarrel with the sentry guarding the door, and also probed his head to look into the Chinese military tent from time to time.

Wang Kefan retracted his gaze. said lightly: "As I said just now, if anyone dares to roar about the military tent again, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law." Come on, invite Mr. Nandou and them out. Sent to confinement. ”

What is the confinement room, Tang Wang Zhu Yulu has already heard of it, and saw that Wang Kefan really turned his face. was about to open his mouth to persuade him, but Tang Laihe suddenly shouted: "Wang Kefan! Thou shalt kill me today. must also return to the army to fight Yanling Town first, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be ruined. It will be stinking for 10,000 years! ”

Wang Kefan didn't look at him, waved his hand and asked his soldiers to take him out.

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Li Laiheng and Zhang Nai collided in Henan, and from time to time they entered Shandong and Anhui.

Li Laiheng's twisted army relied on the horses, and at the beginning held the initiative in this chase battle, but under the bitter struggle of Bambulshan, the wounded soldiers of the twisted army continued to increase, and the war horses also lost a lot, and the speed gradually slowed down, and they were almost bitten by Bambulshan several times, and finally although they successfully got rid of it, they were all a thousand shots, dangerous and dangerous.

The Qing army was also very tired at this time, but they were easy to get logistical supplies, and the placement of wounded soldiers and horses was not a problem, and the stamina was more than that of the twisted army.

Li Laiheng and Ban Bushan chased one by one, went around a few circles between the three provinces of Shandong, Henan and Anhui, crossed the Yellow River back and forth many times, the Qing army finally fought a decent victory in Shangqiu, defeated the 500 cavalry of the Twist Army, captured and killed more than 300 horses, Li Laiheng crossed the Yellow River in a hurry after the defeat, and fled to the Shuitao area around Yuncheng, Shandong, which is the so-called Shuibo Liangshan.

Bambul pursued the Twisters without giving them any respite, intending to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

The Twist Army didn't seem to be able to run anymore, and they didn't dare to fight with the Eight Banners, so they camped near Shuibo and built a village, taking advantage of the terrain to hold on...... This is not far from the Yulin Forest in Caozhou, more than 10,000 Yuyuan troops have long been ambushed around, Li Laiheng feinted defeat to lead Bamburshan to the vicinity of Shuibo, they swarmed from all directions, and the Twist Army also came out of the camp and started a fierce battle with the Qing army.

Although the Eight Banners were brave and good at fighting, they were tired at the moment, and suddenly the army was in turmoil after the ambush, and was defeated by the Twist Army and the Yuyuan Army, and the Chinese army of Bamburshan was surrounded. After falling into the siege, Bambulshan led his troops to resist and killed hundreds of soldiers of the Yuyuan Army and the Twist Army, but seeing that the encirclement was getting tighter and tighter, he had to retreat into a small deserted village and hold on.

The Qing army's bows and arrows were very lethal, and Li Laiheng, Zhang Qi, Ren Qi, Liang Min and other generals of the Yuyuan Army were reluctant to attack, so they only guarded all around, surrounding the small villages in this small land.

The Eight Banners pursued them all the way, carrying only a small amount of dry food and fodder, unable to hold on for a long time, and Bamburshan knew that it was difficult to arrive in a hurry, and if the Ming army launched a strong attack at any cost, it would be difficult to hold this small village, so he led hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers to break through in the second half of the night.

He deliberately avoided the stronger Twist Army, broke through from the direction of the Yuyuan Army's defense, and was stopped by Zhang Qi between the two waters, and a dark night battle was defeated, Bamburshan's troops were scattered, and there were only dozens of the most brave Eight Banners soldiers left around him, desperately fighting a bloody road, and it seemed that he was about to break out of the encirclement.

There was a forest not far ahead, and as long as you bypassed that wood, it was a flat place, and Bamburshan saw the hope of escape, and urged the horse to rush forward...... Suddenly, a black horse rushed out of the oblique thorn, and the general with a spear in his hand stabbed at Bambulshan, striking him right in the ...... Steed.

Shandong Eighteen Heroes - "Lin Chong"!

Their gang of horse thieves are all strong in martial arts, especially led by "Lin Chong", and there may be a little gap between Lin Chong in the Water Margin, but it is not far behind, the Zhangba snake spear suddenly stabbed out like a poisonous snake, Bamble urged the horse to flash quickly, but was stabbed in the horse's ass with a fierce shot. The war horse immediately neighed, rushed forward, and had turned into an uncontrollable startled horse, and Bamburshan was fighting with his sword, and was caught off the horse.

Eighteen heroes from Shandong swarmed up, maces, axes, spears...... Stabbing down at Bambulshan, "Li Yuanba", whose weapon was too short, even threw a sledgehammer at his head, and Bambulshan suffered several fatal injuries at the same time, killing him instantly.

In the first battle of Yuncheng, the Twist Army and the Yuyuan Army joined forces, killed more than 700 Eight Banner Soldiers and their main general Ban Bushan, eliminated the threat that had been chasing behind for a long time, and captured hundreds of good horses.

In order to support the Battle of Ningzhen, Li Laiheng and Zhang Nai's troops went south and entered Fengyang Mansion in Anhui Province from Caozhou-Shangqiu-Bozhou, and the Yuyuan Army also made a feint to attack Xuzhou with great fanfare and cooperate.

After many transfers, the Qing army in central and northern Anhui only had thousands of green battalion soldiers, scattered in various strongholds and important cities, and did not dare to come out to meet the battle, so they had to shrink back to defend and rely on the Huai River to pull out a defensive line, but this defensive line was very thin and may not be able to block the twisted army. Just when the Qing army was uneasy, in the hinterland of Anhui south of the Huai River, more than a dozen anti-Qing divisions of all sizes appeared overnight, raising banners to rebel, echoing the Twist Army and the Chu Army from afar.

The backyard suddenly caught fire, the Qing army hurriedly dispatched troops to kill them, these green battalion soldiers can't fight the army, it's no problem to fight the anti-Qing righteous division composed of these ordinary people, and they won two battles in a row in Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, and captured the main leader of the anti-Qing righteous division.

During the interrogation, the leader of the anti-Qing righteous division couldn't stand the torture and confessed a big fish! (To be continued......)