The best thing about life is that accidents and surprises are everywhere.

In Wang Kefan's battle plan, Wuhu and Dangtu, which did not consider attacking the Taiping Mansion, attacked the Chizhou Mansion only to make a false shot to the north, and then prepared to turn around and march eastward, towards the final target Hangzhou...... If the Chu army pushes all the way from Guichi-Tongling-Wuhu-Dangtu, the Qing army will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to resist day by day, and the continuous battle will outweigh the losses for the Chu army.

Bu Congshan's accident brought a great surprise to Wang Kefan, and he immediately realized that this was an excellent fighter to capture Taiping Mansion......

In the afternoon of the same day, Bu Congshan led more than 400 men and horses to enter a small village called Lin Jiachong in the northeast of Guichi, only 20 miles away from Mantou Mountain...... Although they have been secretly anyway, they still pose as a confrontation with the Chu army under the banner of being a green battalion.

When Zhang Tianlu heard about it, he immediately sent a Chinese officer to Bu Congshan's camp and urged him to launch an attack on Mantou Mountain as much as possible, and not to delay time in Lin Jiachong.

Bu Congshan refused to carry out this unreasonable order, and solemnly pointed out that his troops were too small, and blindly attacking by brutality would definitely lead to failure, and only steady and steady and step-by-step tactics were the correct tactics.

The Chinese officer surnamed Kang sent by Zhang Tianlu had a very arrogant attitude at the beginning, as if he was deliberately looking for fault with the higher-level leading department, but Bu Congshan was neither humble nor arrogant, and was reasonable and responsible. Lay out the facts and be reasonable. He was speechless.

Finally, he nodded. Embarrassed, he said: "I understand Bu Shuai's difficulties, but the last general came with an order, if he goes back empty-handed like this, he can't explain it to Zhang Junmen......

"It doesn't matter! Kang Zhongjun only had to go back and tell the military gate that the last general was willing to make a military order, and within five days at most, he would use clever tricks to lure the enemy into battle, defeat him in one fell swoop, and then seize Mantou Mountain, if it could not be successful. Leave it to military law! ”

"There is no basis for words!"

"Well, bring pen and ink!"

Bu Congshan is a very bachelor, and he has no intention of prevaricating at all, so he picked up a pen and brushed a little bit, and really wrote him a military order......

After hearing that Guichi was lost, Zhang Tianlu stayed on the boat and did not dare to go ashore.

Although Nanjing is the most important town in the south of the Yangtze River, after many transfers, the troops have been very empty. The 3,500 armored soldiers under his command are all the mobile forces in Ma Guozhu's hands, and if they are wiped out by the Chu army, they can only retreat in the city of Nanjing. There is no longer any power to fight back.

Of course, Nanzhili has such a large territory, and it can also draw troops and horses from other places. Especially on the front line of Anqing Mansion and Huizhou Mansion, there are many Jiangnan green camps...... Due to the Chu army's single-handed attack, it suddenly entered Nanzhili and captured Guichi, the capital of Chizhou Prefecture. In order to eliminate or expel them as much as possible, Ma Guozhu and Zhang Tianlu have ordered an emergency mobilization of the whole province. Troops and horses were drawn from various state capitals to reinforce in the direction of Chizhou Prefecture together.

First of all, Anhui north of the Yangtze River (last reminder, there was no Anhui Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and this place name was used in the narrative to make it easier for readers to understand, and it would not appear in the dialogue), because there was a natural danger of the Yangtze River as a barrier, so there was no need for too many defenders, and Liu Hongyu, the governor of Anqing, transferred nearly half of the green camp garrisons from all over Anhui, and pieced together more than 8,000 horses, and was assembling on the north bank of the Yangtze River near Chizhou Prefecture.

As for the defense of Anqing Mansion itself, it was thrown to Tunbuer, and in Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion in northern Anhui, there were less than 10,000 green battalion soldiers left to guard Hefei, Fengyang, Suzhou and other relatively important cities, as well as military passes such as mountain passes, passes, and ferries in various parts of the territory...... In addition to the Yangtze River, the Huai River in Anhui is also a very important river, and Sizhou and other places along the route must be garrisoned for many years, otherwise if there is an anti-Qing rebellion, it will sweep all over the country and cause a catastrophe.

Liu Hongyu, born in Liaodong Shizi, turned out to be Zu Dashou's staff, after surrendering to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was abandoned by Nurhachi, but he was not willing to be lonely, and recommended himself several times, and after Nurhachi's death, he finally got the appreciation of Huang Taiji, and since then the official fortune has been prosperous, step by step to become the governor of Anqing...... In the early years of Shunzhi, the governor of Anqing was different from other governors, he had much more power, and he was in charge of half of Anhui and also served as the governor of Caojiang, so Liu Hongyu was the top boss of Xia Jianren, the general of the navy.

He was originally a civilian official, but as Zu Dashou's staff, he had fought with the Qing army for several years, and he knew a little bit about military affairs, and a bottle was less than half a bottle...... Last year, when Jin Shenghuan was just anyway, the anti-Qing volunteers from all over Anhui responded one after another, and the situation was out of control for a while...... If the lie is repeated a thousand times, it will be believed to be true, and under all kinds of sycophants, compliments, praises, and awards, he also thinks that he is a generation of Confucian generals, even if he is not as wise as Zhuge Liang, who is close to the demon, at least he has the level of Xin Qiji and Wang Yangming.

The governor of Anqing is also known as the governor of Anlu Chitai, and the Chizhou Mansion is under the management of Liu Hongyu, and the Chu army actually attacked Guichi, is it unbearable? Liu Hongyu mobilized more than 8,000 Anhui green battalions to assemble on the opposite bank of Dadukou in the east of Chizhou Prefecture, ready to cross the Yangtze River at any time and fight to the death with the Chu army.

In addition to the Anhui Green Battalion, other places in Nanzhili also sent reinforcements, among which the fastest and strongest combat effectiveness was Hu Maozhen's department, which had just returned from Zhejiang.

Hu Maozhen is the Manchu Qing Huizhou general army, a few days ago, the Chu army captured the Xianxia Pass in southern Zhejiang, cutting off the connection between Fujian and Zhejiang, Tan Tai mobilized all kinds of troops and horses to support, Hu Maozhen took his 5,000 men and horses into Zhejiang...... Because Li Chengdong's troops were also in Huizhou Mansion, Ma Guozhu did not object to this, but now that a fire broke out in his backyard, Ma Guozhu immediately sent someone to inform Hu Maozhen and immediately return to Nanzhili, and stop caring about the bad things in Zhejiang.

Hu Maozhen is also a native of Shaanxi, nicknamed "Hu Fool". He joined the peasant army in his early years, was a general under Gao Jie, and later followed Gao Jie to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, successively served as the general army of Fengyang, Ningguo, and Huizhou, and has been stationed in Huizhou Mansion for two years, and Jie Chongxi, Fu Dingquan fought many times, won more and lost less, until the Chu army entered the northeast of Jiangxi and occupied the Jingdezhen area, he was driven back to Huizhou Mansion.

Because he is the old foundation of the Dashun Army, Hu Maozhen's troops are also relatively capable of fighting, and he himself is rigorous in governing the army, brave in battle, and can use his brains in battle, so he can be regarded as a good general among the generals of the Green Battalion...... In history, Hu Maozhen's most famous record is to follow Tan Tai to defeat Jin Shenghuan and recover the entire territory of Jiangxi, and later follow Hong Chengchou to eliminate the Yongli regime in the southwest.

In the early years of Kangxi, Hu Maozhen became the governor of Huguang, and then returned to his hometown in fine clothes and died of illness halfway. A hundred years later, he was included in the "Biography of Erchen" together with Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Hong Chengchou, Meng Qiaofang, Li Guoying, Zhang Cunren, Zhang Tianlu, Wu Liuqi and others.

(The Biography of the Second Minister" is all brave and loyal and meritorious characters after surrendering to the Manchu Dynasty, although they are loyal ministers to the Ming Dynasty, they are loyal to the Manchus.) Like Qian Qianyi, who was not loyal to the Ming and Qing dynasties, was included in "Biography B", in other words, the characters in "Biography of Erchen" are all traitors who are desperate. ）

In addition to Liu Hongyu and Hu Maozhen, more than 3,000 reinforcements also came from Zhenjiang Mansion and Changzhou Prefecture, and Yangzhou Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, Songjiang Mansion (Shanghai) and other places were too far away, and the reinforcements sent would have to arrive in a few days.

Ma Guozhu wrote another handwritten letter to Tan Tai, discussing how the two armies should coordinate operations, and asked Tan Tai not only to focus on Fujian, but first to ensure the safety of Nanzhili. In addition, he sent 100,000 fast horses to Beijing to ask for help, the huge Nanzhili is now extremely empty, but Wang Thief led tens of thousands of troops to suddenly invade the border, even if he does not draw the Eight Banners from the Shanxi front line to reinforce, at least he can transfer some green rescue from Shandong and Henan.

Zhang Tianlu doesn't have to worry about these things at the strategic level, what he has to consider is to use the existing soldiers and horses in Nanzhili to fight the battle in front of him first...... After the thief captured Guichi, where would the next target be, Zhang Tianlu pondered repeatedly, but he was still a little uncertain.

In general, the first target of the Chu army was undoubtedly the Huizhou Mansion. Huizhou Mansion is close to Jiangxi, the Chu army has half of the home advantage, after capturing here, not only can be connected with the rear of Jiangxi, expand the territory of the Ming army, but also kicked open the east gate of the Anqing corridor (Huizhou Mansion is the mountainous area of southern Anhui around Huangshan City), like a nail embedded in the south of Zhili, east, west, north and south from all sides, the threat to the Qing army is great.

However, Zhang Tianlu has been a horse for half his life, and he has a relatively comprehensive consideration of the problem, and his sense of smell on the battlefield is also extremely keen. According to the information sent by the scouts, the Chu army only sent the Ji'an battalion to attack Qimen County, and the main direction of attack was obviously not in Huizhou Prefecture.

"In the past, the thieves have always been deceitful in their use of soldiers, and they cannot be justified by common sense." He said to the generals: "The territory of Huizhou Mansion is full of mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is reasonable for Wang Thief to deliberately bypass this difficult hard bone." ”

"Could this be a ploy by the thieves?"

A well-educated staff member frowned and pondered for a moment, and asked: "The soldiers are treacherous, the virtual is real, the real is false, Wang thief first ignored the Huizhou Mansion, marched along the Yangtze River with great fanfare, and then suddenly returned from Guichi to the south, and Jiangxi Wang Sheng and other thieves attacked the north and south, then the Huizhou Mansion was in danger......

"Probably not." Zhang Tianlu shook his head: "She County (where the Huizhou Prefecture is located) is surrounded by mountains, extremely dangerous, comparable to the strong city of Xiongguan, if the thief returns to the Huizhou Mansion, it will be difficult to conquer She County, and the morale of the army will inevitably be severely defeated, and we will wait for the army to chase after him, but it will be difficult for him to cope with the ......" (to be continued......)