The town of Jiangning was caught in flames.

The Qing army commander stood on the wall, and waves of smoke and heat hit him, and under the light of the fire, it was almost impossible to see the battle outside the wall. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong, a puff of smoke rose high into the sky in the southwest direction, and the sky was reflected red, but it seemed to be far away, not the fire of Jiangning Town.

"Stone Mountain! It's the stone mountain on fire! ”

The main general of the Qing army was shocked, and the fire in the direction of Stone Mountain could be seen clearly in Jiangning Town, indicating that the fire there was extremely large. You know, it's a rocky mountain, there aren't too many woods, and there's only one possibility that such a fire would have kindled......

The Qing army barracks in Stone Mountain were burned down!

After a long pause, he suddenly turned around and ran under the wall, giving orders loudly as he ran.

"Hurry up! Break through from the West Gate and go to the riverside pier to board the boat! ”

As a veteran of the battlefield who has experienced a hundred battles, this Qing army commander only saw the stone mountain on fire, and immediately sketched a complete battlefield map in his mind.

The burning of the Stone Mountain barracks indicates that Stone Mountain has been lost.

The loss of Stone Mountain also shows that the night attack on Jiangning Town is not accidental, and the Chu army has a complete set of battle plans, and at the same time as the night attack on Jiangning Town, it sent troops to capture Stone Mountain, cutting off the connection between the three mountains on the riverside and Jiangning Town.

Liu Hongyu of the three mountains by the river can't be counted on.

Zhang Tianlu of Moling Pass could not be counted on either—after the Chu army captured Shishan, it cut into the Qing army camp from the flank and sent a team of soldiers and horses nearby. can block Zhang Tianlu's reinforcements.

Big win? Dashengguan can't be counted on even more -- Dashengguan is in the rear of the Qing army's camp, and there are not many garrisons in the first place, so the Chu army must have been prepared. In other words. The big victory pass is that the mud bodhisattvas crossing the river themselves are difficult to protect, don't count on their reinforcements.

Run!

While the Chu army has not yet reached the dock, it is still too late to run!

The main general of the Qing army made a quick decision, abandoned the old town that was bound to be lost, led the remnants to flee to the riverside wharf, boarded a lifeboat, untied the cable and fled in a hurry.

After leaving the shore. The Qing army commander stood at the stern of the ship, staring at the fire in the direction of Stone Mountain. Studied but cannot comprehend.

Where did this group of Chu troops who attacked Stone Mountain come from?

It should be a painting...... Only Dangtu was stationed in the vicinity with a large number of Chu troops, including one infantry battalion and two cavalry battalions. The infantry battalion is a part of the Pingjiang battalion, and the main general is called Xi Baotian, and the cavalry battalion includes a part of the Jiang cavalry battalion and the West cavalry battalion, and the main general is called Wang Meng.

But it's still not right! Although Tu's group of Chu troops had a lot of troops, they were defeated by Liu Hongyu's subordinates, and they attacked the three mountains by the river several times and returned with a feather, at most in Ma'anshan and Siwang Mountain, and they were never able to attack the stone mountain, but Jiangning Town was attacked at night. Liu Hongyu, a Confucian general who won a hundred battles, collapsed on all fronts?

Could it be that when Tu Chujun was just deliberately showing weakness at the beginning, he was actually staring at the stone mountain for a long time?

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When Tu Chu's army captured Siwang Mountain a few days ago. and Liu Hongyu repeatedly competed for Ma'anshan, and you fought very fiercely.

In general, Liu Hongyu still had the upper hand, and when Jiangning Town was attacked at night, Ma'anshan was in the hands of the Qing army.

But Liu Hongyu never thought that when Tu Chujun was like Popeye eating spinach. Suddenly, it became infinitely powerful, and took two key passes of Ma'anshan and Stone Mountain overnight. Several Qing army camps were burned down, and Liu Hongyu had no choice but to flee to Moling Pass with the remnants of the defeated army to join Zhang Tianlu.

The three mountains on the riverside were lost, and the retreat from Moling Pass to Cihu Port was cut off.

Jiangning Town was lost, and the retreat from Moling Pass to Dasheng Pass was cut off.

Zhang Tianlu and Liu Hongyu were put in their pockets.

The Chu army then launched a fierce attack. At the same time as attacking Moling Pass, two pocket formations were placed in the direction of Jiangning Town and Hengshan.

Siege point reinforcement!

Ma Guozhu demolished the east wall to make up the west wall, and transferred troops and horses from Anhui and Nanjing City, and pieced together with the defenders of Dasheng Pass, and attacked under the cover of the naval division to try to rescue Moling Pass.

At the same time, Zhang Tianlu and Hao Shangjiu got in touch, and in his capacity as the governor of Jiangnan, he ordered him to immediately move closer to Moling Pass, support each other, and continue to hold on.

After Hao Shangjiu fled into the Hengshan Mountains, he suffered a defeat near Sijing Mountain, because he slipped quickly, so the loss was not too big, especially the four hundred personal soldiers were almost intact, and there was still a certain combat effectiveness...... But he lost all his grain, grass and baggage, and could not retreat on a long march, so he could only burn and loot everywhere, causing a lot of harm to several villages in Hengshan.

There are only a few villages in the Hengshan Mountains, and there is no robbery after robbing it again, Hao Shangjiu is facing the danger of running out of food, and he is also eager to break through the siege and join the friendly army, after receiving Zhang Tianlu's order, he immediately led his troops to advance in the direction of Moling Pass, and drilled into the pocket formation of the Chu army.

Almost next to the front and rear feet, the reinforcements on both sides were wiped out by the Chu army, and only the Qing army's naval division withdrew from the narrow Banqiaopu in time and fled into the Yangtze River to escape the catastrophe.

After Zhang Tianlu received the news that the reinforcements were destroyed, his head turned white overnight, he weighed and hesitated, but he still gave up the plan to break through, and ordered to dig a deep trench before and after Moling Pass, build a strong village, and prepare to wait for reinforcements.

There is no way to do it.

The Chu army has blocked all the retreat routes, and if it leaves the relatively strong Moling Pass, and is intercepted by the Chu army on the way, the Qing army, whose morale has declined, will collapse quickly. On the contrary, the Chu army that stayed at Moling Pass and waited for reinforcements, and the supply line was cut off, was also uncomfortable, and when the army of Jierharang and Tan Tai arrived, there was still a glimmer of life, and it was possible to turn defeat into victory.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will hold on to the Moling Pass, if the pass is broken and defeated, it will be difficult to escape death, if we can hold on until Prince Zheng arrives, we can make a contribution to the marquis......"

Zhang Tianlu desperately cheered up the generals, and encouraged the fighting spirit of the soldiers with ethereal glory and wealth, he also knew that this method was not clever, but after suffering a series of heavy defeats, the morale of the Qing army was strictly reduced, and no one believed it at all.

The generals were silent, Liu Hongyu's eyes flickered, he didn't know what he was pondering, and when Zhang Tianlu looked over, he hurriedly lowered his head......

Two days later, after a short period of preparation, the Chu army came to the front line to command, attacked inside and outside, and launched a general attack on Moling Pass.

The Chu army on the eastern road had made feints several times before, but this time it showed its real skills, and the offensive was extremely fierce, breaking through two peripheral defense lines one after another, and directly killing under Moling Pass.

The Chu army on the western route also made smooth progress, not only breaking through the outer defense line, but also occupying several hills on the north and south sides, and encircling Moling Pass...... The Chu army did not encircle Sanque Yi, but planned to completely eliminate Zhang Tianlu and Liu Hongyu.

The Qing army was compressed in Moling Pass and was in danger. (When Nanjing was not yet built, this place was called Moling County, so Moling Pass is not a pass in the traditional sense, and Shanhaiguan and Juyong Pass are different, but it is more like a small city, there is a certain space inside the city wall, and there are residents stationed in it.) ）

The Chu army built engineering equipment, dug tunnels, and while preparing to attack the city, it was customary to shoot books into the city and recruit the Qing army in the city.

This is just a convention, I didn't report much hope, but I didn't expect that on the night after shooting the book into the city, the Qing army in Moling Pass really raised the white flag and surrendered.

In order to save his life, Liu Hongyu designed to trap Zhang Tianlu and surrender to the pass. (To be continued)

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