Encirclement and reinforcement is one of the tactics that our party and our army are best at in later generations, and there are many classic examples in the War of Liberation, which Wang Kefan is extremely familiar with.

There are two key conditions for the success of the tactics of encirclement and reinforcements. The first is that the bait must be of sufficient weight, and the enemy must be reinforced, otherwise the enemy will break his wrist and not send reinforcements, and all his efforts will be in vain. The second is to be able to encircle and move, not to let the bait run away, let alone let the enemy reinforcements really break through the encirclement, to prevent being attacked by the enemy inside and outside, but to lose the battle.

The Chu army abandoned Jurong County in order to lure Mulima into his pocket to increase the weight of the bait.

There are nearly 10,000 Qing troops under Zhu Mala, plus thousands of Qing troops under Mulima, including thousands of elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, such a large group of elite troops of the Qing army are trapped in Yanling Town...... Then next, it's time for Chu Jun's performance.

By choosing the mountainous area of Ningzhen as the battlefield, the Chu army could take advantage of the favorable terrain and give full play to its advantages, surround Jumala and Mulima, and defeat Jierharang and Tan Tai.

Of course, with the existing 30,000 troops of the Chu army, it is almost impossible to complete the combat missions on the internal and external fronts at the same time, so it is necessary to send reinforcements from the rear. At this point in the battle, including Wang Kefan, he did not expect in advance that the battle in the Ningzhen Mountains had developed into a strategic decisive battle related to the success or failure of the entire Eastern Expedition, so the rear did not need to spare any more strength, but sent more troops to the Ningzhen Mountains as much as possible.

Since the beginning of the Eastern Crusade, Jin Shenghuan and Fu Dingquan have been relatively idle, and the two of them have sent troops to help. Strengthening the defense along the Anqing corridor will liberate part of the forces of Wang Sheng, Lü Renqing, and Wang Ding. If you put it together from somewhere else, you can almost make up 15,000 new troops. There are a dozen of these battles.

The scale of the Battle of Ningzhen suddenly expanded, and in addition to sending additional reinforcements, more and a large number of military supplies were needed, so opening up the supply line of Moling Pass became a top priority...... The Chu army made a feint attack on Moling Pass a few days ago, originally to lure Zhu Mala and Mu Lima, and since Zhu Mala and Mu Lima had fallen into the trap, the time had come to eliminate Zhang Tianlu.

In addition to Zhang Tianlu, Liu Hongyu and Hao Shangjiu also have to be solved together. Otherwise, it would be too much of a threat to the long supply lines of the Chu army.

In contrast, Hao Shangjiu was trapped in the mountains of Ningzhen, and the Chu army could eat him at any time, without much difficulty. Liu Hongyu had the support of the Qing army's sailors, and he was in a hurry and might get on the boat and escape, how to eliminate it cleanly and completely, you need to use some brains.

The plan of the Chu army was very simple, that is, to start a small encirclement point to send reinforcements. Liu Hongyu was transferred from the bank of the Yangtze River and put into the mountainous area of Ningzhen to be eliminated again...... This "point" of encircling the point to send reinforcements is Moling Pass.

If you want to encircle Moling Pass, you must first cut off Zhang Tianlu's back road. The Chu army aimed at the town of Jiangning.

Jiangning Town was originally garrisoned by a Chu army, and when Zhang Tianlu attacked Moling Pass, this Chu army took the initiative to retreat. Get out of the way to Moling Pass. Some time ago, they had been lurking in the mountains west of Jiangning Town. Now it's finally time to retake the town of Jiangning.

In order to cooperate with their actions, the nearby Chu army units took action one after another.

The first part of the Chu army near Moling Pass was interspersed with Niushou Mountain in the northwest. Build blocking fortifications, ready to intercept the Qing reinforcements heading to Jiangning Town, and the other department launched another fierce feint attack on Moling Pass, so as to cause panic in Zhang Tianlu's troops and interfere with Zhang Tianlu's judgment.

At the same time, Fangshan's Chu army rushed through the vicinity of Zhuohua Town and attacked the outskirts of Nanjing to attract Ma Guozhu's attention, so that he did not dare to send reinforcements to Dasheng Pass and relieve the pressure on the north of Jiangning Town.

The Chu army of Dangtu did not move, so as not to disturb Liu Hongyu.

There are 1,500 green battalion soldiers stationed in Jiangning Town, and there was a wall outside the town in the early years, but because of its unique geographical location, the population here has been growing rapidly, and the scope of the town has long exceeded the wall, and there are large houses around the wall.

Jiangning Town is located between Dashengguan and Moling Pass, with the Yangtze River in the west and the Ningzhen Mountain in the east.

This complex water network terrain can also be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Jiangning Town is Moling Pass in front of it, and Dasheng Pass is behind it, not far from the bank of the Yangtze River, and you can get the support of the Qing army from all walks of life at any time...... But it was precisely because of these reasons that the Qing army stationed in Jiangning Town was on loose alert, and the Chu army could surprise and win.

The Chu army that attacked Jiangning Town belonged to the firearms battalion, led by Wang Yi, the chief officer of the musket team, with a strength of 1,200 troops. Wang Yibing was divided into two routes, sending a blocking force of 400 people to maintain vigilance in the direction of Dasheng Pass, and the other 800 people were responsible for attacking Jiangning Town.

The attacking force of 800 men would not rush forward together, but would only select capable personnel to form an assault team in "teams", equipped with flintlock pistols and "General Lei", as well as tools such as short axes and ropes, and select some civilians who were familiar with the terrain to serve as guides to lead the way. This kind of combat deployment gave full play to the characteristics of the Chu army's flintlock pistol as the main battle weapon, and the combat units were broken up as much as possible, and each unit acted separately to form a multi-point breakthrough, and they were able to cooperate with each other.

"General Lei" is an earthen bomb made by the arsenal, which is mixed with black powder and a large amount of iron sand lead bullets to ignite and explode. After a few years, in addition to the increase in the power of black powder, there is no essential difference between the current "General Lei" and the original, and the Chu army commando brought General Lei, mainly to use its thunderous sound and dazzling explosion effect to create chaos, or in the vernacular, it is used to scare people......

Wang Kefan also tried to make grenades in the modern sense, but could not solve the problem of the firing device, plus the power of black powder is too small, more like a cannon battle, so it is more practical to be like a watermelon General Lei, you must know that the charge of a General Lei is equal to more than a dozen grenades, if it really explodes at the enemy's feet, it still has a certain lethality...... Of course, when ordinary people see a strange thing sparking under their feet, they will try to hide as far as possible, so General Lei, who uses the fuse, is definitely not as good as a grenade, and more of a scare.

It's enough to scare people.

The Chu army was a surprise attack this time, each commando team only had thirty or forty people, and the strength was a little thin, and after rushing into the town, it could cause great chaos with General Lei's random bombing, and at the same time deter the enemy, it also gave itself a strong momentum by the way. (To be continued......)