The Battle of Nanchang has been fought for half a year, and for Tan Tai, whether he can conquer Nanchang is the key to victory or defeat, and launching a counteroffensive against the Chu army is more about hoping to delay time through a tug-of-war.

Although he did not expect to destroy the Chu army in one fell swoop, since it was a tug-of-war, there would be victory and defeat, Tan Tai hoped to fight a decent victory and drive the Chu army back to the south of Zhangshu Town, and by the time Wang Kefan reorganized the second attack, the Qing army should have occupied Nanchang.

The development of the battle situation was in line with his expectations, the offensive of the Chu army was too fierce, and soon it ran out of stamina, and the Qing army was just preparing for a counteroffensive, and it happened to catch up with the snow for several days in a row......

After the counteroffensive began, the progress was very smooth, and the Eight Banners cavalry took advantage of the weather to lightly intersperse into the hinterland of the Chu army, conquering the relatively weak Huangshagang stronghold, and creating a strict threat to the advancing Yuezhou, as long as Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong's green battalion soldiers put a nail in front of Zhangshu Town, they could form a situation of division and encirclement, forcing the Yuezhou battalion to leave the strong camp and fight in the snow and the Eight Banners cavalry.

As long as this battle is won, the victory of the entire Nanchang Battle can be guaranteed, Tan Tai's appetite is not too big, and he is satisfied if he destroys or defeats the Yuezhou battalion.

Whether they can win this battle, the key lies in Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong, if they can't withstand it, let the main force of the Chu army and the Yuezhou battalion meet, and the Eight Banners will occupy Huangshagang It will be meaningless.

It was not very reassuring to hand over such an important task to the Green Battalion soldiers, but Tan Tai's main force still had to besiege Nanchang City, and the precious Eight Banners cavalry could not be used in this kind of war of attrition. Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong made their debut and undertook this arduous task.

Cannon fodder has to have the consciousness of cannon fodder, and it is tiring to encounter this kind of dirty work. Of course, the Green Battalion had to be the first to go up.

In the Jiangning Green Camp, Lin Guangyuan was just a small character, much less senior than Li Chengdong and others, and he was suddenly trusted and reused by Tan Tai, the general of Zhengnan, and he couldn't wait to die to revenge. Anyway, he only has more than 4,000 horses, as long as he can exchange it for a red top. Even if it is gone, it is not distressing, so the table is very positive, and after setting off from Fengcheng County, he kept urging the water division. As far as possible, he rushed to land between Yuezhou Camp and Zhangshu Town.

The Eight Banners are good at mobile warfare, and the ideal result is to transfer the Yuezhou battalion out and destroy it in the field, so they can't be pressed too hard. Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong went all the way to the south. I found a flat place near the town of Zhangshu and landed on the shore. Then he unfolded his troops and put on a defensive posture towards Wang Kefan.

If Tan Xiao leaves the camp, he will have his own Eight Banners soldiers to deal with him, and Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong don't have to worry about the back of their butts.

It took a full two hours for nearly 10,000 Green Battalion soldiers to all land, and the Qing army's sailors said hello, turned around and headed north, they were going to transport more baggage. At the same time, the Ganjiang River was blocked to prevent the Tongcheng Battalion and other troops on the east bank from supporting Tan Xiao. Can't stay here forever.

Lin Guangyuan didn't expect that Xia Jianren walked out less than ten miles, so he quietly separated some warships and parked nearby.

Lin Guangyuan ordered Li Chengdong to stand in front and camp at the intersection, while his descendants were placed on a hill behind, which was relatively safer...... He thought that Li Chengdong would resolutely oppose it, and even refused to carry out the order, and was ready to turn his face on the spot, but Li Chengdong was extremely deferential, accepted the order very happily, and led the troops without any conditions.

Looking at Li Chengdong's gray back, Lin Guangyuan was a little proud: "Li Chengdong, I want to be so beautiful back then, but now I am a general of the defeated army, so I have to be at my mercy!" ”

Although it was a fox and a fake tiger, this feeling of power in his hands also made him flutter for a while......

At dawn, Wang Kefan received reports in succession that the Eight Banners were divided into several groups and rushed into the Chu army's defensive area, Huangshagang and several other strongholds were attacked, and a huge fleet of the Qing army's naval division also moved south along the Gan River and approached Zhangshu Town.

What did the Qing army want to do? This is the first problem facing Wang Kefan, if he does not understand the enemy's strategic intentions, he will make a wrong decision.

The staff quickly made a judgment that the Qing army either wanted to surprise attack Zhangshu Town and defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop, or wanted to divide and surround the Yuezhou battalion, except for these two possibilities, the others did not need to be considered for the time being.

How to deal with two possibilities that will lead to completely different results?

There was a time lag in the feedback of front-line intelligence, and the shape of the battlefield was still unclear, so Wang Kefan ordered the troops to urgently mobilize and prepare for battle, and did not act rashly.

The difficulties are relieved, and now we have to wait for a while, when the Qing army itself shows its fox tail.

He sent a large number of scouts to keep an eye on the Qing army's sailors, to see where they had landed and what they were going to do after they landed. As soon as Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong set up camp at the junction, he came to the conclusion that the purpose of this roundabout landing of the Qing army was to cut off the connection between the Yuezhou camp and Zhangshu Town.

It's eyeing the Yuezhou camp!

Zhangshu Town should not strengthen its defense, but take the initiative to attack!

When the two armies confront, before the battle began, the initiative was undoubtedly in the hands of the attacking side, and they could calmly pick the weak links of the other side to attack, but once they made a move, the initiative shifted to the defending side, as long as they had enough reserves, they could concentrate superior forces, launch a counter-charge against the enemy forces in front of them, stabilize their own defensive lines, and even turn defeat into victory.

The problem is that Wang Sheng took away part of his troops, and the previous offensive of the Chu army was too full, and Wang Kefan did not have enough reserves in his hands.

There are more than 10,000 Chu troops in Zhangshu Town, but most of them are baggage troops with limited combat effectiveness, and the other Chu army units are far away and cannot arrive in a short time. On the one hand, Wang Kefan sent people to inform them to move closer to Zhangshu Town, and on the other hand, he sent the only 5,000 soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion to launch a fierce attack on Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong.

This is undoubtedly an adventure -- after sending 5,000 soldiers, Zhangshu Town is already very empty, if the Qing army's naval division suddenly appears at this time, and then sends a reinforcement to launch a surprise attack on Zhangshu Town, the Chu army is likely to lose this important stronghold, and a large amount of grain and grass will fall into the hands of the Qing army.

Wang Kefan decided to take a risk - how can there be a war that does not take risks, and the decision to win or lose is often not who is more correct, but who makes fewer mistakes, unless, like Zhuge Liang in the romance, he is wise and close to the demon, and he is almost a last resort, so that he can complete the complex preparations before the war and seize the fleeting flaw of the Chu army.

Tan Tai is also a famous general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he definitely does not have this ability.

If, in order to be safe, wait for the reinforcements from all parts of the Chu army to arrive before launching an attack, Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong will gain a firm foothold, the difficulty of the battle will increase exponentially, and Wang Kefan will send 5,000 soldiers from the Gongyi battalion to maintain sufficient pressure on Lin Guangyuan and Li Chengdong.

Negative and negative are positive, all kinds of favorable and unfavorable factors are superimposed, and the 5,000 soldiers of the Chu army and this green battalion are just evenly matched, and the fierce battle is difficult to solve.

(I'm sorry, this short chapter is made up for last night, and there will be a normal update tonight.) (To be continued......)