"It must be that Bu Congde, a barbarian, was disobedient and opened the city gate to fight by himself!"

Ka Lu Dai was anxious and angry, and his heart immediately pinched, in case Bu Congde went out of the city and was defeated by the Ming army, this was not a joke, and I don't know if he arranged enough soldiers and horses to guard the city when he went out of the city, and whether he closed the gate of the urn city.

He couldn't rest assured, hurried behind the female wall, stretched out his hand to untie the war horse tied to the pillar, and ordered Wang Tieba, who was standing next to him: "I'll go to the east gate, and I'll leave it to you." ”

"Yes!" Wang Tieba's voice was a little strange.

Kaludai subconsciously swept it with his peripheral vision, but saw Wang Tieba holding an iron rod in his hand, and he was smashing it towards him viciously.

With the conditioned reflex cultivated in hand-to-hand combat, he swooped forward, avoiding the key point of the top door, but he received a heavy blow on the shoulder, and just touched the handle of the tiger tooth knife in his hand, and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Wang Tieba, are you going to rebel?!"

Kaludai rolled on the ground, got to the opposite side of the horse's belly, and turned to the king and shouted at him. The shoulder on the right shoulder was not lightly hit, in addition to the severe pain, it was numb and numb, and this arm was useless in a short time.

"That's right! Dog Tartar, Lao Tzu has endured you for a day or two, and he will kill you today! Wang Tieba's iron rod was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, and while he was talking and disturbing Kaludai's mind, he beckoned to the back.

Behind him, hundreds of Green Battalion soldiers suddenly burst out, splitting several of Kaludai's henchmen into pieces, and two teams of Green Battalion soldiers were at a loss, standing by and watching stupidly.

(The basic establishment of the Green Battalion is a team, and a team ranges from about 2o to 5o people.) By putting the total moderation, it is roughly equivalent to a platoon...... Other words. The general manager is roughly a platoon commander or deputy company commander, and the foreign commissar is always the deputy platoon commander. The general general of the external commission is basically a squad leader, and in the early years of Shunzhi, there is no lower level, from the additional external commission of Jiupin. ）

"What are you doing? Bu Shuai is actually not dead, he is still alive and well! Kill Kaludai with me, take Dangtu City, and follow Bu Shuai to join the Ming army! As he spoke, he suddenly took off his helmet, drew his saber and cut off the braid at the back of his head. Then he pointed in the direction of the east gate: "If you don't believe it, just listen to the east gate, Bu Congde has already done it!" ”

The commanders of the two green battalions looked at each other, took off their helmets together, cut their braids, and led their soldiers to stand behind Wang Tieba, and surrounded Kaludai in the middle.

Frightened and angry, Kaludai was dumbfounded, and suddenly lunged forward. Stretched out his left hand to pick up the tiger tooth knife on the ground, and then rushed towards Wang Tie Rod, with a shout.

"Fuck you!" Wang's iron rod swept across his leg, and the stick hit him in the leg, with a clear and audible sound of fractures. Kaludai fell to the ground with a thud, and the tiger tooth knife fell far away.

"Exactly! It's not bad to catch a job, tie him up for me! ”

Wang Tie's stick is easy and heavy. It hit the knee of Kaludai's other leg, with a crispy cracking sound. Garudai let out a terrible howl, and fell to the ground and could not get up again......

Two days later. Wang Kefan led the follow-up troops to Dangtu.

In addition to taking Tongling, Wuhu and Dangtu one after another, other ministries are also frequently reported.

The Ji'an battalion on the east road not only conquered Qimen County along the way, but also set up an ambush on Wuting Mountain east of Qimen County with the help of local anti-Qing volunteers, and defeated the hastily arrived Qing reinforcements -- Li Chengdong's general Hao Shangjiu's subordinate Hao Shangjiu, killing a total of more than 200 people.

Wuting Mountain is also called Xiwuling, it is the traffic artery leading to the east of Huizhou Prefecture, the mountain is steep, the road is narrow, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising in later generations once gave birth to a fierce battle here, so it is called "Xiwu Xiongguan". After the Ji'an battalion occupied here, it was equivalent to holding the east gate of Qimen County, and Li Chengdong could no longer threaten the supply line of the Chu army before conquering the natural danger of Wuting Mountain.

The Puqi battalion on the west road also won the battle, but there were slight setbacks in the process.

Under Pengze City, the Puqi camp suffered a big defeat. Because the reinforcements of Tunbul came too quickly, and the Qing army water division of Xiaogushan gave full support, the Qing army defenders in Pengze County were very tenacious, not only defending the city very steadily, but also suddenly going out of the city to counterattack after the reinforcements from Tunbul arrived, so that the poorly prepared Puqi battalion suffered a defeat, with more than 300 casualties.

The reason why the Puqi battalion lost the battle was not only due to insufficient preparation, but also because of insufficient troops.

As soon as Lu Renqing set up a position under Pengze City, he heard that Tun Buer had sent 3,000 reinforcements, and he immediately led the main force of the Puqi battalion to turn around and turn westward to attack Hukou County, where the Qing army was empty, leaving only 1,000 men and horses outside Pengze City, bluffing in order to confuse and contain the main force of the Qing army.

Unexpectedly, the Qing army also chose to take the initiative to attack the Puqi battalion outside Pengze City, although the Puqi battalion division resisted stubbornly, but was outnumbered, and finally had to take the initiative to withdraw from the battle and retreat in the direction of Hukou.

Although a defeat was fought under the city of Pengze, but the east corner was lost, and the main force of the Puqi battalion attacked Hukou, not only captured the county town of Hukou, but also burned down the camp of the Qing army and the naval division at the mouth of the lake, and captured 140 large and small ships, including more than 30 naval warships.

After Lu Renqing occupied Hukou, he formed a confrontation with Peng Ze's Qing army, the strength of the two sides was about the same, and the combat effectiveness was basically at a level, no one could help anyone, and no one dared to attack lightly, especially the Qing army had a naval division to help in the battle, if Lu Renqing lightly marched to Peng Ze, he might lose Hukou.

In the battle report sent by the Puqi battalion, Lu Renqing took the initiative to ask Wang Kefan for punishment.

In addition to various objective reasons, Lu Renqing, as the commander of the first battalion, misjudged the enemy's situation and was not well prepared for unexpected situations, which was also an important factor.

The Puqi battalion first fought a defeat in Pengze, coupled with the normal losses in the Battle of Hukou, it had already suffered nearly 500 casualties, because there were too many attritions, the combat effectiveness of the troops had decreased, and it was no longer possible to solve Pengze's enemy alone, and it was in urgent need of friendly support.

Wang Kefan quickly replied and offered a commendation to the Puqi battalion, strategically speaking, although the Puqi battalion suffered a small setback under Pengze City, it successively captured Hukou County and destroyed the Hukou Qing Army's naval division camp, and the battle was generally won.

Wang Kefan had a detailed exchange of views on Lu Renqing's own command in this battle, affirmed his achievements, spoke bluntly about his mistakes, and encouraged him to put down his burden and concentrate on fighting the battle ahead...... Finally, he told Lu Renqing that the Puqi battalion would first hold its troops at Hukou, resting on the one hand, and waiting for reinforcements on the other, and that Wang Sheng's Chongyang battalion would soon go to Pengze and Hukou to support them.

The Puqi battalion occupied the mouth of the lake, and sealed the gate from the Yangtze River to Poyang Lake, so that the Chongyang battalion did not have to guard the rear of the Raozhou Mansion, but could enter the area of Pengze and Hukou, so that it could not only support the Puqi battalion, but also ensure the safety of the Anqing corridor.

The Dongguan camp, Changsha camp and Pingjiang camp on the middle road are also progressing smoothly.

Because Guichi and Tongling have been captured by the Chu army, Dongzhi County, Dongliu County and Huangshiji and other Qing strongholds at the front end of the Anqing Corridor have been attacked by the enemy, and the Yangtze River is dangerous behind them, and they are already in an unfavorable situation of fighting against the water. The Dongguan, Pingjiang, and Changsha battalions had an absolute superiority in strength, and after entering the Anqing corridor on the south bank of the Yangtze River, they swept all the way like a devastating block, uprooting more than 20 Qing army strongholds of all sizes, including Dongzhi County and Dongliu County, and opening a red passage in a green flag, all the way to Guichi.

The remnants of the Qing army were defeated and retreated, and were forced to move closer to the bank of the Yangtze River, some of them escaped from Huangshiji, and some of them gathered at Dadukou in Dongliu County, and they were still resisting stubbornly...... On the other side of Dadukou, Liu Hongyu, the governor of Anqing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had already put together half of the 8,000 men and horses in place, and with the support of this support soldier, the Qing army on the south bank of the Yangtze River had a little more courage out of thin air, and actually stayed at Dadukou, intending to threaten the rear road of the Chu army and cut off the supply line of the Chu army in the Anqing corridor at any time.

Wang Kefan gave an order to Zhang Jiayu, Wang Jincai, and Cao Zhijian to use the Changsha battalion and the Pingjiang battalion to defend the two counties of Dongzhi and Dongliu, and as long as the safety of the Anqing corridor was ensured, the task would be completed, and there would be no need to entangle with the enemy at Dadukou...... If the Chu army attacks with all its might, they will escape across the Yangtze River by boat, and in turn, if the Chu army has fewer troops, Liu Hongyu will cross the river to support, and the Chu army will fall into it.

Yangtze! The key is still in the Yangtze River natural insurance! The key is that the Chu army does not have a water division!

Therefore, the Chu army could only put Anqing aside first, take a defensive position in the two counties of Dongzhi and Dongliu, free up troops to go north, and march to the hinterland of Zhili in the south......

After careful preparation, the Chu army suddenly struck with a thunderous blow, and conquered Tongling, Wuhu, and Dangtu in one day, completely disrupting the deployment of Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu.

Ma Guozhu hurriedly dispatched troops and set up a defensive line on the periphery of Nanjing.

Zhang Tianlu is faced with a dilemma.

Nanjing is like the heart of Nanzhili, the Yangtze River is like the main artery of Nanzhili, the Chu army marched all the way north along the Yangtze River, especially after the attack on Dangtu, it can step into Yingtianfu at any time, not only like a sharp dagger inserted into the heart of Nanzhili, but also almost half of Nanzhili.

When Tu was lost, Ma Guozhu sent a messenger like a stream, urgently ordering Zhang Tianlu's troops to return to Nanjing, in order to prevent the Chu army from continuing to flee north. This is also the normal reaction of ordinary people, the enemy has knocked down the door, hurry up and block them.

Zhang Tianlu is not an ordinary person.

He is a veteran of the battlefield in the end, and he knows that when the two armies are fighting, the most taboo is to follow the enemy's baton, where the enemy hits, you will follow the ass to chase wherever he goes, and he will definitely become more and more passive, and in the end it will inevitably end in a fiasco.

Although the offensive of the Chu army was fierce, but the battle line was too long, after entering the Anqing corridor from Jiangxi, to the east - Guichi - Tongling - Wuhu - Dangtu this section, there are 500 miles of supply lines, at this time do not consider blocking the waist to cut it off, but to retreat to the passive defense of Tianfu, it is undoubtedly the next policy. (To be continued!)

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