When it was dark, the pontoon bridge that stretched out from both sides of the river finally closed, and the sampans were connected side by side, tightly strung together with iron cables, and as long as they were covered with flat planks, they could be used for horses and vehicles to pass through.

After a fierce battle, the Qing army finally captured the camp of the Ji'an camp this afternoon, driving them to the second line of defense behind, and there was only less than twenty miles left between the Qing army's forward and Luckedhun.

For Geng, it was a bonus.

The Qing army has been attacking the camp of the Ji'an camp for several days, but under the stubborn resistance of the Ji'an camp, it has not made much progress, and it seems that there is no end to the stalemate...... In order to cooperate with the main force to cross the river, Geng Zhongming ordered the Caoqiao side to strengthen the offensive again, but he did not expect that this attack was like the last straw that broke the camel's camel, the last steamed bun to eat a full stomach, and the Ji'an battalion suddenly collapsed.

It is not difficult to guess the reason for this, the Chu army is fighting in several directions at the same time, and the strength is insufficient, so it can only dig the east wall to make up the west wall, and the Ji'an battalion fights continuously, which is already very expensive, and there is no support and supplement, and the combat effectiveness is strictly reduced, so it will naturally lose the battle.

Finally pulled out this thorn in the eye!

When the good news spread, the officers and men of the three armies all shook their wrists and fists, and their morale was high.

After the Qing army occupied there, there were many offensive points and offensive means that could be selected in the next step.

"No, it's a three-sided attack!" Geng Zhongming waved his hand calmly, quieting down those overly excited generals. Pointing to the pontoon bridge in front of him, he said loudly: "The southern thieves can barely support it now, and when our new force goes up, they will definitely not be able to hold it!" ”

"The prince is mighty!"

"The southern thief will be defeated!"

"The last general is willing to be the precursor. Capture Wang Kefan and Zhang Kuang alive! ”

The process of this great war can really be described as ups and downs, twists and turns, the Qing army was once on the verge of defeat, but only after a short day and night, it suddenly launched a full-scale counterattack. Victory is beckoning not far away.

"This battle is a matter of great importance, and in order to win, the king will personally lead his army across the river. Meet Dorobelle! "Geng Zhongming's command is fixed, and orders are passed down one by one.

The main force of 30,000 Tianyou soldiers crossed the river from the pontoon bridge overnight, and made various preparations for a decisive battle with the Chu army the day after tomorrow.

The Kusahashi side continued to attack forward. Take advantage of the victory and pursue. Seize the enemy's favorable fighter opportunity that has just been defeated, advance in great strides, and strive to open a gap in the encirclement of the Chu army, and send urgently needed food, arrows, gunpowder, etc. to Luckedhun, who has been fighting fiercely for days.

The main force poured out, and the fence at home had to be tightened, and Zhaojiawan's mistake must not be made a second time. Geng Zhongming called several left-behind generals to his side and repeatedly admonished them.

Among the generals left behind, the more important thing is to strengthen the mountain and the real gold. His other son Geng Jichang, Xu Bin of Changsha Green Battalion, his deputy Sun Baian and others commanded the Eight Banners, Tianyou Soldiers and Green Battalion Soldiers respectively, Jin Li was the natural commander, and Geng Jichang represented Geng Zhongming and also had a lot of power.

"The soldiers and horses left in Hengyang are only five or six thousand, but they belong to various departments, and they do not command each other, so you should cooperate sincerely to ensure that the city is worry-free...... "In this kind of large-scale battle, five or six thousand people are really not much, but these five or six thousand people come from different troops, each has its own set of teams, and there may be problems in coordination and coordination.

Geng Zhongming repeatedly stressed that it is necessary to set up more checkpoints around Hengyang, carefully inspect the troops coming and going, and avoid being exploited by the Ming army, and Hengyang City is the most important thing, after the main force of the army leaves, martial law is directly implemented in the city, and the three city gates in the north and east and west are sealed, leaving only one south gate in and out, and the Ming army's meticulous work must not be allowed to mix into the city to make trouble.

The task of the water division is also very heavy, not only to cooperate with the army to cross the river, transport grain and grass, but also to monitor the dense water network around Hengyang, in order to prevent the reinforcements of the Ming army from coming by boat, Zhang Kuang's 5,000 people have already caused a lot of trouble, if there are more Ming army reinforcements suddenly appear, the battle situation will be complicated.

“…… In addition to the upstream of steaming water, Leishui and Xiangjiang can't be careless, Zhou Guodong is in Yongzhou Mansion, Zhang Jiayu is in Chenzhou Mansion, it is not good that they will go straight down the river and attack Hengyang, but as long as the sailor does not doze off, they will not succeed. ”

"Whoa!"

All the generals bowed down together to receive the order, Geng Zhongming nodded with satisfaction, and ordered the army to cross the river.

Thousands of troops and horses are on the side of the steaming river, countless pine torches are brighter than the stars in the sky, and a fire dragon composed of torches crosses the river and gradually converges into a bright light on the opposite bank.

The war horse under the crotch stepped onto the pontoon bridge, and the bridge deck shook slightly with the sampan, and Geng Zhongming's heart flickered.

Hengyang strengthened its vigilance, the pontoon bridge was heavily guarded, the Ming army in other directions was monitored by naval divisions, and the Chu army in front was caught in a three-sided attack...... The whole deployment can be regarded as a last resort, no matter how you look at it, you can't find an obvious loophole, but he is still faintly apprehensive, as if he has ignored an important matter, but he can't think of what it is.

Seeing that he suddenly stopped, the commander of the personal army hurriedly came up and grabbed the reins of the horse and reminded: "Lord Wang, it is dark at night, and the pontoon bridge is unstable, you should be careful." ”

"Well, let's cross the bridge." Geng Zhongming was stunned, his thoughts were suddenly pulled back to his eyes, nodded and urged his mount, and walked towards the opposite bank.

……

At the same time, the Chu army barracks, the musket team barracks.

Although Zhaojiawan defeated the Tianyou soldiers cleanly in the battle, the losses of the musket team themselves were not small, so there were no heavy combat missions in the past two days, and they have been deployed on the periphery to cover the friendly forces and rest at the same time.

This made Wang Kebin anxious, when Hengyang saw the decisive battle, a big drama finally entered the climax, but he could only be an audience next to him, which was even more uncomfortable than being tortured.

As soon as the bamboo curtain was lifted, Wu veteran walked in, and all the soldiers turned their heads to look at him, the team had a regular meeting every day after dinner, and the officers above the rank of chief had to participate, if there was any new order, Wu veteran would convey it to everyone at the first time.

"Brothers, pick yourself up, there is an urgent task tonight, and the top will soon come to pick people."

Before the old soldier Wu finished speaking, the soldiers began to talk nonsense.

"What the hell is an errand? Let's be clear! ”

"This big night, I must be going to rob the camp."

"Whatever, as long as it's a military merit, I think the job of robbing the camp is not bad, if you do it well, you can marry a daughter-in-law in two or three times, hey, Wu Tou, and then give everyone an explanation......"

No matter what everyone asked, Wu Veterans all deduced that they didn't know, but it seemed more mysterious, and Wang Kebin instinctively felt that this task must be very important, and even directly determined the outcome of the entire battle.

Even the veteran Wu himself, his quota of twelve people, one was missing before the war, and one was killed and two injured in the battle of Zhaojiawan, and there were eight people left at the moment, except for one auxiliary, the other seven people all cleaned up quickly, followed the Wu veteran out of the shed and lined up, and the musket team was all assembled.

After a short time, Wang Yi accompanied a few selected officers, led by an ugly-faced young guerrilla, with a dark complexion and a drifting gaze, it was a black fish with mild strabismus.

Blackfish has been an officer in the sailor division for a long time, although he is still not good at words, but his temperament is completely different from the original little water thief, the soldiers saluted him together, and he also calmly returned a military salute, and then said: "If you can swim, take three steps forward." ”

With the sound of neat footsteps, almost all the soldiers took three steps forward together, only a dozen people did not move, and almost everyone in the water town south of the Yangtze River could swim.

The black fish was silent for a moment, and said expressionlessly: "What I want is good in water, and I can go down to the river to fish empty-handed, and then take three steps forward." ”

This requirement is much higher, even if you can cross the Xiangjiang River back and forth, you may not be able to go into the bottom of the water to fish, and the soldiers who stepped forward again were less than two percent, Wang Kebin hesitated, and saw that Zhu Huaqi did not move, but Da Gu Niu and Wu veteran moved, and hurriedly followed.

Although there were less than twenty percent, there were seventy or eighty people, and the black fish turned his head to discuss it, and began to pick people together with the other two officers.

The officer in charge of Wu's veteran team had an ordinary appearance, standing behind Heiyu just now, almost no one paid attention to his cunzài, he was the kind of ordinary person who disappeared immediately when he was thrown into the crowd, standing in front of hundreds of soldiers at the moment, and he did not have the prestige of an officer, he looked from the front row of the team, selected one soldier by one, and sometimes asked two words, but there were few people selected.

Wang Kebin was eager to participate in this operation, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

The officer gradually approached, and when he arrived at the old soldier Wu, he first selected the old soldier Wu, and then the big bull was more obedient, and the officer didn't ask anything, so he waved his hand very casually to let him out of the ranks. Seeing that the omen was good, Wang Kebin was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly puffed up his chest and stood as straight as a javelin.

Unexpectedly, the officer only glanced at him, and walked straight to the next soldier, and Wang Kebin was defeated.

After the selection, the unwilling Wang Kebin found Wang Yi and asked about the inside story of the operation, Wang Yi knew the relationship between him and Wang Kefan, and picked up what he could say to tell him, this was a night attack, and the selected soldiers were going to disguise themselves as Qing soldiers and cross the steaming river to launch a surprise attack behind enemy lines......

Before he finished speaking, Wang Kebin turned around and chased out.

"Wait a minute!" Finally catching up, Wang Kebin panted and stopped the officer.

"Huh? What's the matter with you? The officer froze visibly, but was not angry.

"May I ask this chief, why didn't I get elected?" Wang Kebin asked reasonably, and the officer eliminated him with just one look, which was obviously unfair.

The officer's answer was unbelievable: "You are too handsome." ”

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In the last two days of the month, today's update is late, and tomorrow I'm going to try to break out and ask for a few monthly passes, thank you! (To be continued......)