Geyang County, Wang Sheng's headquarters, there are constantly messengers sending the latest intelligence from the front line.

"The Pingjiang battalion blew up the city wall with mines, but the Tartars had already prepared, and the death squad suffered more than 200 casualties......"

"The Qing army transferred red-coated artillery, and the death squad was forced to withdraw from the gap ......"

"Lei Hong, the battalion officer of Battalion A, was slightly injured, and Wang Jinbao, the battalion officer of Battalion C, was seriously injured, and his left arm may have been scrapped......"

"The Pingjiang battalion blew up another gap, and Wang Jincai personally led the troops to attack the city, pressing 3,000 people at a time, and they were fighting fiercely......"

The atmosphere in the courtyard was very depressing, although these officers looked down on the Pingjiang battalion, but the battle situation on the front line was so fierce, and the casualties of the Pingjiang battalion were so large, everyone had a little respect, and no one said anything strange.

"Didn't I ask Wang Jin to stop the siege? How did you do it, didn't you give my warrant to Wang Jincai? Why did they fight again, and they pressed 3,000 people at a time! Wang Sheng's expression was very strict, and two sharp eyes stared at Ma Hualong's eyes, looking at him and lowering his head, not daring to look at Wang Sheng.

"I handed it to him with my own hands. General Wang said that if the general is not subject to the order of the foreign monarch, he must take Shangrao. ”

Ma Hualong is Wang Sheng's lieutenant officer, who has just run back and forth from Geyang to Shangrao, and then from Shangrao to Geyang, standing there sweating profusely, like a steaming steamed bun that has just come out of the cage.

"Bastard! What will be subject to the order of the monarch outside, I am the main general, Wang Jin will not obey the general's order, you should cut off his head! Wang Sheng has always been calm on weekdays, but now he lost his temper and kicked Ma Hualong on the heel.

Adjutant General He Shanyong and several officers hurriedly stepped forward to stop and persuade them. Wang Sheng was still very annoyed: "Daring to fight a tough battle is not the same as fighting hard, Wang Jincai is simply a two hundred and five, and he doesn't know how to turn back when he touches his head and bleeds." Do you really plan to cripple the Pingjiang camp? ”

The jade is not a weapon, the Pingjiang battalion does need to fight a few tough battles, but the premise is that it cannot be defeated, especially not a defeat with too much loss, otherwise it will hurt the sharpness, and the Chu army invested a lot of money in the Pingjiang battalion and was disabled in the small place of Shangrao. Wang Sheng couldn't explain to Wang Kefan either.

"I guess I'm in a hurry." He Shanyong said: "Sometimes the casualties are too large, and if you fight for a breath, you have to get a result, and the main general is afraid of demoralization even if he wants to withdraw." I had to fight hard. ”

"This doesn't work! You go to Shangrao now, and let Wang Jincai stop the siege immediately, and if he doesn't obey the order, he will be dismissed on the spot...... No. Never mind. I'll go for myself! ”

The soldiers went to prepare the mount saddle, and when they were waiting, Wang Sheng said to He Shanyong again: "Zhang Cunren, who defended Jinzhou with Zu Dashou back then, his Wuzhen Chao soldiers have seen a big scene, and the city wall will not be chaotic if it explodes two holes, so a strong attack is to touch the stone, and you have to find a way to transfer him out and beat ......."

An official road on the bank of the Xinjiang River. Connecting Shangrao and Geyang.

A few days ago, it had just rained, and the official road had not yet dried up. The war horse galloped over and only brought a few pieces of half-dried mud, and Wang Sheng took Ma Hualong and a team of personal soldiers to gallop upward.

A total distance of 100 miles, the war horse galloped at full speed in less than two hours, Wang Sheng and his entourage soon arrived at the White Duck Mouth Barracks, and happened to meet the Pingjiang Battalion Brigade who had withdrawn from Shangrao.

It was still attacking the city just now, and it is definitely not a good sign to withdraw so quickly, but the team of the Pingjiang battalion is quite neat, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers are also there, so it seems that they have not suffered any big losses...... Wang Sheng was puzzled and stopped an officer of the Pingjiang battalion to inquire, only to learn that at the beginning of the general attack just now, Wang Jincai was injured by the flying stones blown up by the Qing army's artillery shells, and the Pingjiang battalion withdrew and did not continue to attack the city.

"Is Wang Shuai seriously injured?" Wang Sheng asked.

"That stone is so big, my Wang Shuai almost fell off his horse, and the brothers were shocked. But I heard that ......, I heard that Wang Shuai was also strong, and after withdrawing, he couldn't ride a horse, and he had already changed to a big car, and he seemed to vomit blood. "The officer didn't know about it.

So strict?! Wang Sheng was startled, raised a finger and made a silent and confidential motion, turned the horse's head, and hurried to the back of the team.

When he came to the Chinese army, a military academy led Wang Sheng to Wang Jincai's car, and Wang Sheng didn't wait for him to report, so he picked up the curtain and got into the carriage. In the carriage, Wang Jincai held a roast chicken and gnawed it fragrantly, raised his head when he heard the movement, and just took a look at Wang Sheng, both of them were stunned, the corners of Wang Jincai's oily mouth moved, and a chicken bone came out silently.

What a good appetite! Wang Sheng frowned and asked, "Wang Jincai, what kind of ghost are you making a name for?" Isn't that good? Why do you let it off and say that you vomited blood and were seriously injured. ”

"Alas, it's really uncomfortable, the Pingjiang battalion suffered so many casualties, I was so sad that I wanted to vomit blood...... This, I haven't eaten seriously for two days and two nights, and I just got some delicious ...... When I was a child, I was probably hungry and scared, and I was very hungry when I had something in my heart, and I just wanted to eat meat, and I was very greedy...... Third general, why don't you have a ...... too" Wang Jincai chattered, as if he had not recovered from the excitement of the war, and some nervously pestle the roast chicken under Wang Sheng's nose.

"It tastes good."

Wang Sheng sat down opposite him, took the half-bitten roast chicken, broke off a thigh casually, and put it in his mouth to eat it in two bites, and then nodded: "I was afraid that you would hurt your sharp spirit just now, and the seven-foot master pouted and pretended to be aggrieved, like a bullied little daughter-in-law, since you still have the heart to eat chicken, I am relieved." Let's talk about it, which one of you are making trouble, hiding in the car in the middle of the day and blocking it tightly, do you learn from your aunt in northern Shaanxi to be confined? ”

General Wang San smiled, how can there be immortals in the war, in the battle of Wangtong Pass, only eighteen horsemen were left to flee into Shangluo Mountain...... Well, let's not talk about that, I'm pretending to be seriously injured, and I'm using a trick. ”

Wang Jincai said: "When I retreated down just now, I secretly ambushed two teams of men and horses, just waiting for Zhang Cunren to go out of the city to chase and beat him. Day, I didn't expect this cowardly to be a rabbit spirit, and Leng didn't send troops to chase him. Since I'm already acting, I'll just play to the end, and after I return to the camp, I'll release a message that I died violently, General Wang San, do you think this trick can work? ”

"Clever, foolish."

Wang Sheng scolded, turned around and jumped out of the car.

……

Zhang Cunren's troops were limited, he couldn't afford to win or lose, and when the Pingjiang battalion retreated, he was in a hurry and did not send troops to chase him.

On the one hand, he blocked and repaired the city wall, on the other hand, he sent troops out of the city to cut wood and collect grain, and set fire to the camp of the Pingjiang camp, and sent 3,000 elite main forces to the north of the city to drive Cao Zhijian's Changsha battalion back to Lingshan.

Repelled the attack of the Ming army, the crisis in Shangrao City was temporarily lifted, the Qing army was relieved, and the scouts soon sent an exciting piece of information, Wang Jincai, the commander of the Pingjiang camp, died in the camp that night after returning to the camp. The generals of the Qing army asked for war one after another, asking for a surprise attack on the White Duck Mouth Military Camp, but they were scolded by Zhang Cunren.

"A bunch of idiots, haven't you heard of "Three Kingdoms"? Wang Jincai was cheating on death, trying to lure us out of the city to fight. Just wait a few days to see, if he really dies, the Pingjiang battalion will definitely retreat, so why risk it. ”

After three days, the Pingjiang battalion really did not retreat, and the scouts went to investigate, and the White Duckbill military camp did not show any signs of chaos. The Qing generals looked ashamed and admired one by one, and were slapping Zhang Cunren on the back, but the scout reported in a big way that the Pingjiang battalion had dug several trenches in the area of Balipu and blocked the roads to the east and south.

Suddenly cold.

The generals looked at each other, no one spoke, and Zhang Cunren frowned suddenly.

"What does the trench look like? Can a small group of centaurs get around? ”

"The trench is eight feet wide, there is water in it, there is a sentry every three hundred paces, and there is a soldier pond for two miles, and the sentry of the southern thieves is very close, and there are rangers patrolling back and forth, and the lowly duty cannot get close, so I can't find out the depth." The leader of the scouts said: "I took ten of my brothers and searched forward from several directions, but the trench was not one, and it was built very strangely, and if we didn't get around one after another, we got lost, and we couldn't find a way around, and we lost seven brothers, and only three of us came back......"

"Hiss......"

Zhang Cunren subconsciously gasped.

Balipu in the south of the city is located in the main road of transportation, connecting Fujian to the south and Zhejiang to the east, the Ming army dug a trench in just a few days to block the area of Balipu, and the connection between Shangrao and the rear of the Qing army was completely cut off.

Shangrao was left alone in Jiangxi, it was a lonely city far from the rear, and looking at the appearance of the Ming army, it was clear that it was intended to be besieged for a long time. At present, it is the spring famine season, and the grain stock in the city is limited, and if it is not surrounded for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to the Qing army.

He was not afraid of the Ming army attacking the city, he was afraid that it would drag on like this.

If the reinforcements from Fujian and Zhejiang come, the area around Balipu is the only way, if Shangrao Mountain abandons the city and escapes, Balibao is also the only way to retreat, even if you go out of the city to get food, you have to pass through Balipu if you go a little farther, and the trenches of the Ming army are blocked there, like a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and Zhang Cunren who is stuck can't breathe.

What to do?

Zhang Cunren's gaze swept over the faces of the generals one by one, and he only saw a pair of confused eyes.

……

A hundred miles away, Raozhou Mansion.

It had just been sunny for two days, and suddenly it was drizzling again, and the rain fell on the body, and the clothes were not wet at all, but it just made people feel bored.

Wang Kefan has been locking himself in the house for the past two days, suppressing his anxiety with busy work, although Tan Tai continues to divide troops to Zhejiang and Fujian, but the speed is still too slow, his main force is still on the line from Jiujiang to Anqingfu, and the Chu army cannot launch an attack on Nanzhili.

Seeing that it is about to enter April, if it drags on like this, Shanxi Jiang Jiu doesn't know how long he can last. (To be continued......)