Qingjiangpu, originally just a small city, belongs to Shanyang, the capital city of Huai'an, because it is close to the canal and continues to develop and prosper, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the status gradually surpassed Shanyang, Xianfeng simply moved the Caoyun Governor's Office over, the two cities are different from the host, Qingjiangpu has become a big brother.

Qingjiangpu during the Shunzhi period was not as beautiful as later generations, but it had already emerged. The city to Caoyun, salt transport, river engineering, Yuguan, post post as the economic pillar, and derived a variety of thriving related industries, the city has more than 200,000 people, the scale even exceeds the general county, there is one of the largest shipyards in the country, every year to build hundreds of boats, here is known as the world's granary of Changying warehouse, the most prosperous time, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places of the grain should be concentrated in Changyingcang, a total of more than 1.5 million stone, now most of these places are occupied by the Chu army, Changyingcang is also rare to see the bottom, But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and when it comes together, there is still a flowing water of three and a half hundred thousand stones.

"Alas, alas! Now that winter has arrived, the grain in Changyingcang has already been transported. Wang Jincai looked very sorry, and it seemed that he had not yet made up his mind to attack Qingjiangpu.

"The granary is empty, and most of the defenders have been transferred to Shanyang, otherwise, this bargain will be kept and waiting for you to pick it up?" Ti Zhaorong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if there is more grain or less grain, let's burn down Changying Cang and the shipyard, and if the Tartars want to build it again, the silver spent will go to the sea, in my opinion, it is better to destroy the entire Qingjiangpu, the boatwright, Cao Ding, and the river workers should be killed, and they should be caught, and they will not leave an inch of grass for the Tartars, and the Cao Yun will be cut off from the roots." ”

"This ......" Wang Jincai looked ahead, in fact, he had already moved his mind to attack Qingjiangpu. But when he heard that Ti Zhaorong had such a desperate plan, he was a little hesitant. The Chu army made a big move to reorganize the army this time. Not only has there been a change in the establishment, but military law and discipline have also become stricter. Attacking the people of Qingjiangpu, once there is any chaos, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

"Lao Wang, you have become a military commander, and you haven't figured out the trick of being an official yet."

Ti Zhaorong said with a smile: "The military gate is a person who does big things, how can he care about small sections?" Even the pot to end Qingjiangpu has a hundred benefits and no harm, but the reputation is not good, the military gate is in a high position, and cherishes feathers. We will never be explicitly instructed to act like this, but you and I should share the worries of the military, and bear this infamy! Don't worry, if we can return to Nanjing with tens of thousands of shipwrights, Caoding and rivermen, the military gate will definitely be overjoyed, and there may be punishment in order to hide people's eyes, but it will be re......used again in a short time."

Under his persuasion, Wang Jincai's eyes gradually became cold: "Okay, listen to your old posts." The amount is small and not a gentleman, non-toxic and not a husband, whether this deal is lost or earned, our brothers did it! ”

After Wang Jincai joined the Chu army. Although he is reused, he is still a layer of window paper away from the core high-level, no matter how hard he fights. I can't always go further, compared with the descendants of Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong, Teng Shuanglin and other descendants of the old Eighth Battalion. He always seems to be outside the circle and does not have Wang Kefan's real trust. After the Chu army reorganized the army this time. Tian Jianxiu and a large number of generals who broke into the camp were reused, and they were Wang Jincai's top bosses back then, which made him feel a strong sense of crisis, and it was not until today that he was awakened by Ti Zhaorong, and he had a feeling of enlightenment, knowing what the difference between himself and those descendants of the generals was...... Subordinates who don't dare to stand up to the thunder and carry the black cauldron, no matter how hard they work to death, don't want to become a real descendant.

It was not too late to make amends, Wang Jin wanted to understand this truth, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately summoned his generals to adjust the next battle plan......

In the afternoon of the same day, the Second Army of the Northern Expedition continued to launch a feint attack on Shanyang, but secretly dispatched the elite to the east of Shanyang, and rushed straight to Qingjiangpu from the flank in a rapid march...... At the same time, Ti Zhaorong's 1st Cavalry Division made a detour west of Shanyang and launched a surprise attack on Wujiadun at dusk.

Anything called XX pier, often has a dam and a bridge, close to the river, and water conservancy projects have a close relationship, Wujiadun is no exception, there are huge sluices and dikes built here, regulate the amount of water between the Huai River, the canal and the Yangtze River, if destroyed, the Grand Canal will lose its water source, because the relationship is heavy, the Qing army also stationed heavy defense.

Generally speaking, Wujiadun has little oil and water, far less than Shanyang and Qingjiangpu, and the Qing defenders knew that the Chu army was attacking in a big way, and they were not too nervous, thinking that Wujiadun would not be attacked...... At the beginning, Wang Jincai's soldiers and horses really went straight to Shanyang, ignoring Wujiadun, who knew that just a few days later, suddenly a large group of Chu cavalry launched a surprise attack on Wujiadun, if it wasn't for the cautious Qing army guarding the door, they almost took the door in.

The fierce battle immediately began, Ti Zhaorong led the army to attack overnight, although the cavalry was not good at attacking fortifications, but Wujiadun was not a strong city, the strength of the defenders was less than the other party, morale and combat effectiveness were incomparable, and they broke through a wall at dawn and killed into the town.

The messengers asking for help wave after wave, rushed to Shanyang and Qingjiangpu, although the Qing army commander was defeated, ordered the troops to close the defense line, and Ti Zhaorong started a street battle, a town with the size of the samurai dun, the streets were extremely narrow, the cavalry did not have any advantage in the street fighting, Ti Zhaorong and the Qing army fought until the morning, but they have not been able to defeat it, and the speed of implementation is extremely slow.

At the beginning, when they received Wujiadun's urgent request for help, the Qing troops in Shanyang and Qingjiangpu were hesitant, afraid of falling into the Chu army's strategy, such as transferring the tiger away from the mountain, such as encircling the point to send reinforcements, etc., but unexpectedly, the Qing army in Wujiadun was extremely tenacious, and the vicious battle was fought for two hours in one night, and the street battle was fought for two hours, and it never collapsed...... I heard that the Chu army attacking Wujiadun were all cavalry, and the Qing army in Shanyang and Qingjiangpu suddenly realized that the Chu army attacked Shanyang and returned, so they had to send cavalry to harass and attack Wujiadun, which clearly reached the point where the donkey skills were poor, as long as the reinforcements arrived in time, not only could they hold Wujiadun, but they might also be able to inflict heavy losses on the cavalry of the Chu army and relieve the siege for Shanyang.

Wang Wenkui, as the governor of Caoyun, knew the weight of Wujiadun best, and the Chu army knew that this was a chicken rib without oil and water, but he sent thousands of cavalry to launch a fierce attack at any cost, obviously mad, wanting to destroy the sluice gates and dams of Wujiadun and destroy the Caoyun of the Grand Canal in one fell swoop.

"They must not be allowed to succeed!"

Wang Wenkui urgently ordered the Qing army to reinforce, sent troops from Shanyang and Qingjiangpu at the same time, went straight to Wujiadun, and attacked Ti Zhaorong on both sides. (To be continued......)