The 80th Brigade attacked the ferry unfavorably, which affected the entire battle situation.

Within two days, the Qing army continued to send reinforcements, and a vanguard force of nearly 2,000 men had arrived by land and crossed into the county seat of De'an, and an unknown number of Qing troops boarded the boat from Xingzi County, followed Poyang Lake into the Boyang River, and then went upstream, reached the upper reaches of the Boyang River, and outflanked the 15th Division from the flank...... According to the information of the scouts, there are still several reinforcements from the rear of the Qing army transferred from various places, and they are rapidly approaching De'an County, with a total of more than 10,000 people, if the 80th Brigade is unable to capture the ferry, it will not be able to block these Qing reinforcements, and the balance of forces between the enemy and us on the battlefield will be reversed.

De'an County, just a peripheral stronghold of Jiujiang Prefecture, the battle of De'an, is only a local battle, Zhang Jiayu in addition to the 15th Division, there is no other follow-up troops, he originally wanted to quickly capture De'an, if the Qing army has more and more reinforcements, can only retreat to Nanchang.

Due to the continuous changes in the shape of the battlefield, the general attack on De'an County has been repeatedly postponed, the Qing army defenders in the county town have reached more than 4,000 people, and there is a support on the flank, Zhang Jiayu only has the 78th Brigade and the 79th Brigade in his hands, at this time the siege has no certainty of victory, so he took Xiong Lichun and several other generals to hurriedly rush to the Boyang River crossing, inspect the battle situation, and discuss the next countermeasures.

On the battlefield, the Qing army was more active than two days ago, no longer hiding in the walls and military villages, but sent more than 1,000 soldiers to line up in front of the military villages, and immediately supported wherever they were attacked, and from time to time scolded the Chu army for battle, although they did not dare to launch a counterattack on the camp of the 80th Brigade, but they had more than enough self-protection.

"Tartar is crazy enough, can you rush it. Defeat this gang of Tartars, and there will be hope for the destruction of the village. "Zhang Jiazhen is Zhang Jiayu's second brother. Known as General Xiaofei, he is currently the commander of the 78th Brigade. The combat style is very brave and full of sharpness...... In this small ferry, it is impossible to put too many troops to defeat the army formation of more than 1,000 people, the strength of the Qing army will be damaged, and the morale will inevitably drop significantly.

"I've tried twice, but it's not easy to fight. Instead, more than 200 brothers were lost. Bu Congshan's face showed a hint of red, the 80th Brigade has almost been defeated repeatedly in the past few days, although Zhang Jiayu did not blame him, he also felt ashamed.

"It's not easy to fight, it's not easy to fight, the Tartars put out this military formation, just to deliberately lure our army to attack." Xiong Lichun shook his head again and again, pointed to the Qing army formation on the opposite side and analyzed: "They are backed by the big battalion, and they can get the support of archers and artillery. The cavalry of the Eight Banners can also be killed from the battalion at any time, and if the battle is anxious, these barriers on both sides can also send troops to support and cut off the follow-up troops of our army. This is a tiger's mouth, and if 12,000 soldiers and horses kill it, they will definitely bite off a piece of meat. If you don't know it, you will even be swallowed in one bite, unless you launch a strong attack with five or six thousand soldiers and horses. Only by sealing off all the reinforcements around you can we kill this Tartar ......"

The Qing army sent more than 1,000 people to the front line of the barracks. You can get the support of the various strongholds on the two flanks behind, if the Chu army rushes up to fight, just the artillery bombardment of the walls on both sides will cause Yan zhòng's casualties, and there are a thousand fast-moving Eight Banner cavalry hidden in the military village, like a fist hidden behind, always hitting the key point of the Chu army at a critical moment, if Bu Congshan is not careful, these two attacks have suffered a big loss.

Of course, if Zhang Jiayu pulls all the 15th divisions over and forms a crushing force in strength, he will naturally be able to break this tiger's mouth array, you must know that no matter how big the tiger's mouth is, he can't swallow a mammoth, so he can only turn around and run away. But this is a static and rigid idea, basically wishful thinking, if the 15 th Division is all pulled to the ferry, the Qing army will not ignore it, the Qing army in De'an County and other places will rush to the rescue, the battle situation will become more complicated, as the Qing army reinforcements continue to arrive, sooner or later the 15 th Division will not be able to resist, and there is even a danger of rout.

"What about attacking from the flanks? The terrain on the west side is relatively gentle, and if you gnaw off these two barriers one by one, the Tartar military fortress will have no barriers. "Zhang Jiayu held a telescope, carefully observed the surrounding terrain, on both sides of the ferry, the Qing army built two barriers, compared to the east of the earthen hills, ponds and open land, there are patches of woods in the west, can conceal the attacking troops, the Qing army's walls do not have a condescending advantage, relatively easier to fight."

"No, my main battle in the past two days is the west, the cannons of the Tartars are too fierce, and the brothers rushing up are also disrupted, unless I am given ten days to build a batch of half-intercepted ships and siege vehicles, or transfer dozens of cannons to bombard, I can be sure to take these two barriers......" Bu Congshan carefully introduced the battle situation, he descended to the clear and the clear in the first half of his life, and the clear and the clear, which can be described as capricious, but because of this, he has been on the front line, and he has been given any dirty work and tiring work, and the hard bones have been touched many times, and he has accumulated rich combat experience. What Zhang Jiayu thought of, he had thought of it a long time ago, and tried hard, but it still didn't work, and he suffered heavy casualties.

Hesitating, he proposed another proposal: "This battle is not easy to fight, it is best to ask the sailor to help in the war, our sailor is near Jiujiang, and the strength of the Zhengjia sailor is stronger, as long as they send a hundred and ten warboats, they can take the ferry lightly." ”

From the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River, you can enter Poyang Lake, and then turn into the Boyang River to reach this ferry.

"No way!" Zhang Jiayu refused without hesitation: "The sailor still has to keep an eye on Shi Fu, and he can't enter Poyang Lake, in case the sailor who is blessed runs away, even if we take Jiujiang, we won't be able to sleep well, and we must not spoil Wang Junmen's plan." In addition, we are new to the city, there must be no artillery, Jin Shenghuan is eager to tear down Nanchang City and take it away, hundreds of thousands of people in Nanchang Mansion are still waiting for help, and the logistics department has no time to transport cannons to Jiangxi......"

Although Jin Shenghuan gave up the territory of Nanchang Mansion, but when he left, he desperately looted, there was not a single mouse left in the warehouse, and the cannons on the city wall were also dismantled.

This time, the Chu army was very passive.

This territory in Jiangxi is very important to the Chu army, and Wang Kefan is ready to build this place into a stable rear. We need a stable situation, and we need the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Their burden must not be increased any longer, and not only will they not be able to count on the next two years of taxation. I also had to pay out of my own pocket to help those poor people. In the past few days, the logistics department has been continuously transporting all kinds of materials to the area around Nanchang Prefecture, preparing for large-scale investment and reconstruction of this war-torn city, which has relatively squeezed the transportation of military supplies, and there is not a single heavy large-caliber artillery, at most only some three-pounder guns and four-pounder guns.

In Zhang Jiayu's hands, there is an artillery battalion, and according to the standard configuration of field troops, the artillery battalion at the division level can be equipped with a maximum of six pounders. However, the 15th Division had just been formed, and it was too hasty, and there were only some three-pounder and four-pounder guns, and these small-caliber guns were very powerful in field battles, and the firepower was insufficient to attack the fortified positions, even if they were transferred to the ferry, it would be useless, and in case the battle was unfavorable, it would be too late to retreat.

As for building half-cut ships and siege vehicles, don't think about it. This will take at least ten days, but after ten days, all the fighters will be lost, and the 80th Brigade will not face a formation of more than 1,000 Qing soldiers, but may be 5,000. It's 10,000, and all kinds of equipment are built, and they can't attack.

"This battle can't be fought. The Eighty Brigade was ready to withdraw from the battle, and the Seventy-Eighth Brigade. The 79th Brigade alternately covered and withdrew to Nanchang as much as possible. "Finally. Zhang Jiayu gave a summary order, but his mood was very heavy, the 15th Division went out for the first time since the formation of the army, but it only attacked a small county town, but it returned with seven or eight hundred casualties, which was really a loss-making deal.

"If you retreat from the army, the Tartars will inevitably chase and kill from behind, and there will be a plan in the end, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Xiong Lichun's eyes flashed, eager to try.

"Old bear, don't be stumbling, you have something to say." When Zhang Jiayu was destroyed in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was a Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and had the experience of surrendering to the Dashun army, so he was repeatedly excluded in the Southern Ming court, and was relatively tolerant of Xiong Lichun, who had renegade.

"Right now, everyone thinks that we can't beat De'an, and Tartar must think the same way." Xiong Lichun pointed to the Qing army on the opposite side and said: "We might as well plan it, launch a fierce attack at the same time in De'an County and the ferry, but secretly set up an ambush on the road to Nanchang, after the military horse attack in front was frustrated, fled to Nanchang in a hurry, as long as the play is like some, the Tartars will definitely believe it, and they will go out to chase, and our army ambush will suddenly kill, and they will be able to turn defeat into victory, and maybe they can capture De'an......"

"Good strategy!" Bu Congshan slapped his thigh, the haze of the past few days was swept away, and he smiled for the first time: "The most important thing is to use seven points of truth, three points of falsehood, fiction and reality, fiction and reality, fiction and reality are indistinguishable, when our army is in a dilemma, make an unwilling appearance and desperately bet, and flee in a hurry after defeat, no one can see the flaw!" ”

Zhang Jiazhen's eyes flashed, and he excitedly agreed: "This strategy is indeed feasible, the Tartars are shrunk in the turtle shell, we can't bite them, then lure them out and fight!" ”

Zhang Jiayu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Since you want to do it, let's make a big ...... It's better to pull the third division to do it together, Lu Renqing is now strong and strong, and if he comes to ambush, he will be able to wipe out De'an's Tartars. ”

In the old eight battalions of the Chu army, Lu Renqing's Puqi camp is relatively the most open, and there is not so strong mountainism and warlord spirit, this is mainly because Lu Renqing was born in poverty, and there are not too many henchmen available, and the members of the Puqi camp are also more complex, from Puqi, Daye and other counties, some of them are still miners of Daye Iron Mine...... Under the combined effect of many factors, the Puqi battalion became more energetic, and it was basically retained in this military reform, and the main force of the army was organized into the third division and stationed in Nanchang as a main division.

The battlefield in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is the main battlefield of the Chu army, and there must be a few troops that can fight to suppress the scene, if all of them are troops like the 15th Division that have undergone major surgery, if something goes wrong and the Qing army counterattacks and loses the provincial capital of Nanchang, that joke will be a big joke...... Lu Renqing's third division is in Nanchang, Zhang Jiayu's 15th division can rest assured that it can boldly launch an attack, now that Zhang Jiayu's attack has been frustrated, Lu Renqing cannot stay away from Nanchang and put the third division into the attack, but Zhang Jiayu takes the initiative to move closer to Nanchang, and Lu Renqing can come out to fight an ambush battle.

Asking the third division for help, the certainty of victory was much greater, but Zhang Jiayu's proposal did not get a response from the generals, and everyone looked strange and unwilling.

Zhang Jiazhen has a special identity, so he didn't have so many worries, and said directly: "Big brother, we have suffered a loss in the past two days, and then we have to feign defeat and lure the enemy, but in the end, we let the third division pick peaches, and it is all the incompetence of our fifteenth division, all relying on the third division to save lives, even if we defeat the Tartars and occupy De'an County, most of them must be counted as the credit of the third division." ”

Xiong Lichun, Bu Congshan and other generals nodded their heads and said yes, in their minds, the 79th Brigade and the 80th Brigade launched a feint, and then feigned defeat to lure the enemy, and the most elite 78th Brigade ambushed them, taking advantage of the losses, and the meat was rotten in the pot, so there was no need to call the Third Division.

"What so many small-bellied chicken intestines!" Zhang Jiayu showed an unhappy look on his face and reprimanded: "Our 15th Division did not capture De'an County, so we can only blame ourselves for not fighting well, are you still afraid of what others will say?" The order given to me by Wang Junmen is to capture De'an County and capture Xingzi County, even if the credit is given to the head of the Third Division, this order must be completed! ”

He ignored the generals who looked at each other, took the map and looked at it carefully, and finally picked an ambush location: "It's here, Xiushui River Jimingdu, our army took the west road to retreat to Jimingdu after the feint, the Tartars saw that they could intercept us on the north bank of the Xiushui River, and they would definitely chase desperately, the third division was ambushed in front of the Jimingdu, and the 78th Brigade cut off the Tartars' retreat from the flank, don't even think about running away!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Jiayu had made up his mind, all the generals of the 15th Division put away their small abacus, and only ambushed by the 78th Brigade, at most a rout battle, don't think about turning around and capturing De'an County, ask the 3rd Division to help, but it is possible to fight a clean and neat battle of annihilation, and then take advantage of the victory to march into the army, and in one go, it is not enough to take a De'an County.

"I'll come here at the ferry, I'll do it well if I lose hundreds of brothers, and I'll do a good job in this scene." Bu Congshan took the initiative to ask for orders, let the 80th Brigade launch a feint attack on the side of the ferry, and then feint to lure the enemy, as a general who repeatedly surrendered, he was always not trusted by his superiors, and this kind of thankless errand would definitely fall on his head. (To be continued......)