From the Changshan River upstream, Chen Wen and the two battalions of Nantang and Shentang soon arrived in Changshan County, and sent a probe horse to explore the direction of Yushan County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fortunately, according to the report of the exploration horse, the Qing army either decided that the victory was in hand, perhaps because they did not want to lose too much combat power in the siege war, and only surrounded Yushan County but did not fight, and the auxiliary soldiers dug trenches and built simple fortifications, but they paid great attention to the northeast direction where the Ming army was located.

"Hong Chengchou is waiting for me to go over and send him to death."

Since Hong Chengchou was not in a hurry to attack the city, Chen Wen calmed down, and the army stayed in Changshan County for two days before setting off and slowly marching towards Yushan County.

Between Changshan County and Yushan County, there is a Jinsha Creek, which flows out of the northern mountainous area from north to south, and the upstream has to turn a bend to the east, but the general direction remains the same. It didn't turn southwest until it flowed through an area one or two miles from Yushan County, but when she crossed Yushan County, it was renamed Xinjiang River, and it all the way to Poyang Lake in the hinterland of Jiangxi.

If Chen Wen wanted to reach Yushan County, it was obviously unrealistic to cross Jinsha Creek not far from the county seat in front of the Qing army, and he could only cross the river upstream of Jinsha Creek.

It's just that the upper reaches of Jinsha Creek are on the side of Yushan County, which is the area covered by the Qing army, and since the beginning of the siege, the Qing army has not been idle.

In the northern part of Yushan County, the Qing army drove the people out of the country and burned all the villages and towns along the Jinsha River near the side of Yushan County to the mountainous area, in order to prevent them from being used by the approaching Ming army. In order to cause more trouble to the Ming army, the Qing army even organized the people to demolish all the bridges on Jinsha Creek, but they did not strictly defend it, but stayed in the camp under the city of Yushan County to wait for the Ming army to arrive.

In the large camp, the attacking Qing army is making its final rest. Tanma reported what he saw and heard, and Hong Chengchou also roughly estimated Chen Wen's strength, with more than 10,000 soldiers, which was really far from the Qing army. However, he did not despise it in the slightest, not only did he besiege Yushan County in the past few days but did not fight to prevent the loss of combat strength, but also gave the Ming army great attention in the set battle sequence.

"In this battle, Jingbiaoqian Town, Jiangxi Biaobiao and Jiujiang Zhenbiao continued to besiege Yushan County. In the other four towns, follow the old man to face the traitor Chen Wen. ”

Jingbiaoqian Town had fought with the Ming army a few days ago, and suffered a lot of losses, so it was embarrassing to fight, so it was natural to stay and continue to besiege Yushan County, so as to monitor and prevent the merging of the two Ming armies. As for the other troops, although they also trained the Spanish phalanx, after all, they were different from each other, Jingbiao Wuzhen was Hong Chengchou's direct subordinates, and Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie's men and horses were still under the control of the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, and the great achievement was about to be completed, so naturally he still had to take care of these old subordinates he transferred from the north.

Moreover, Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie were both defeated by Chen Wen, and it was inevitable that they would be three points cowardly when they faced each other with a clear sword and a clear gun. Daniel Zhang and the others were all his old subordinates when he suppressed the Liukou, and it was inevitable that there would be differences in terms of trust.

This is greasy, and everyone knows it. However, Hong Chengchou is very ruthless, Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie naturally don't dare to do anything, and Hong Chengchou has also informed him before that when the main force of the Ming Army in Zhejiang is broken, the follow-up will attack the eight prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, and naturally there are places to rely on them, and the benefits of merit and looted goods and children are of course indispensable.

In the last encounter, the Qing army has improved its confidence a lot, although it failed to win the battle, but at least it was not like in the previous years, with more fights and less to win. Now with the same number of troops, if they can tie, for an army of their size, the chances of victory in the next will be greater, and naturally their confidence will be doubled.

The big war was imminent, and Hong Chengchou, who was on the front line, returned to the big tent to rest after the military discussion, accumulating more energy for the decisive battle. After all, he is also sixty years old, and he will be sixty years old after his birthday in a few months, and the last time he was on the front line like this was more than ten years ago.

It's just that lying on the bed, Hong Chengchou couldn't fall asleep for a while. The last time he went to the front line to command the operation, it was the Battle of Songjin that year, he led the elite of the Ming Dynasty to gamble with the Houjin at that time. And today, more than ten years later, he changed to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and led the most powerful green battalion to fight against the Ming army in Zhejiang, for the same national fortune between the two.

This feeling of déjà vu made him a little hesitant, but as he got older, he naturally knew that it was time to gather his mind and rest, so he emptied his mind and soon entered the dream.

However, not long after Hong Chengchou fell asleep, he heard an argument outside the tent. got up and called the soldiers in, only to know that there was a military intelligence delivered.

"Delay the military situation, pull this guy out and cut it down."

As soon as these words came out, the personal soldiers around him hurriedly dragged the personal soldier who was afraid that he would be noisy to carry out the execution. And he summoned the trembling probe in and told him to tell him what he had seen and heard.

"Tell the boss of Jingluo, the villain and others are ordered to monitor the movements of the thieves on the bank of Jinsha Creek. Half an hour ago, I saw the thieves on the other side of the river starting to cross the river, so I hurried back to report. ”

Crossing the river at night?

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but not frown, originally according to his experience, how could the Ming army start to build pontoon bridges after dawn, and cross the river in turn, and the army would have to toss for a few hours at the earliest. By that time, the Ming army was tired, and the Qing army's chances of victory were naturally further improved.

However, this was the best solution for the Ming army, not only because the river crossing speed was faster during the day, but also not easy to be attacked by the Qing army. More importantly, being able to rest for a night at night is far better for the energy of the soldiers than tossing and turning for a night of mental tension, and facing the Qing army the next day.

But now, the Ming army is doing the opposite, this hour, all the Jinsha Creek has been crossed, how can it be until dawn. In the past ten miles, there is simply not enough time to raid the Qing army, and it shouldn't be like this at all.

"Reward."

The reward was issued, and Hong Chengchou repeatedly ordered and admonished the horses, and the movements of the Ming army, no matter how big or small, must be returned. He also sent orders to all departments that secret posts and patrol camps must pay strict attention to the surrounding movements in case of a surprise attack by the Ming army. Only then did he settle down and go back to bed.

However, an hour later, Tanma ran back and told Hong Chengchou that the Ming army was crossing the river at a fast speed. It was only an hour, not only the pontoon bridge was built, but also a large number of sergeants were transported over and a simple camp was built on the other side of Jinsha Creek.

"Can you see how they crossed the river?"

It is impossible to swim all of them, not only whether they can swim or not, but also the physical energy, armor and many weapons such as bows and arrows and firecrackers that swim cannot be submerged, and the only possibility is to build a pontoon bridge. However, the speed of the Ming army was a little too fast, which was completely different from his perception of the speed of crossing the river.

"From a distance, we can see that the thieves are quick with their hands and feet, and they perform their duties, obviously they have been trained in advance. And ......"

"And what?"

"And the villain looked at it from afar through the moonlight, as if the thieves were still using a lot of wooden poppies."

"Wooden poppy?"

This kind of river-crossing tool is not uncommon along the Yellow River, and it is also recorded in historical books such as "Historical Records * Huaiyin Marquis Liebiography" that Hong Chengchou once presided over the work of encircling and suppressing Liukou in the northwest, and he has naturally seen this kind of river-crossing tool, and it can even be said that he still remembers it vividly. It's just that he couldn't imagine how the Zhejiang Ming Army knew about this thing and made it in large quantities in advance.

The doubt dispelled the sleepiness, and Hong Chengchou couldn't sleep when he landed. At this moment, more and more Ming troops have crossed Jinsha Creek in the upper reaches of Jinsha Creek more than ten miles away, and with the full cooperation of several battalions of engineering teams, especially with the more reasonable number and specifications of pontoon bridges and marching sequences planned by the army staff team, this crossing of the river can be called orderly. Even, the troops who had crossed the river in advance had already begun to pitch their tents, ready to squint for a while in the second half of the night.

The engineer team of the Ming Army in Zhejiang was professionally trained, not only digging trenches, trapping pits, tunnels, laying defensive facilities, or using the collapse method, but also being proficient in manufacturing siege equipment, building pontoon bridges, and camping. The army carried a large number of tools on the expedition, and the wooden poppies used by various engineering teams to cross the river were translated from Mao Yuanyi's "Wubei Zhi" and manufactured, in order to race against time.

Under the background of the moonlight and torches, the Ming troops of the brigade silently stepped on the pontoon bridge and crossed the Jinsha Creek, and then went to the area designated for various departments under the command of officers and staff officers to set up tents on their own. So that we can have a more energetic spirit tomorrow.

During the night, the army crossed Jinsha Creek and built a simple camp for rest. Such a camp has a limited defensive role for the raiding army, but the scattered Qing army attacks can provide effective protection and early warning.

By the next day, the Ming army had scattered the tanma early in the morning and expelled the Qing army's tanma, while the infantry continued to rest, and according to the staff officer's calculations, they did not get up until an hour later under normal circumstances to enjoy the meal that the cook in the army had just cooked. On the contrary, the Qing army, after getting the Ming army to cross the river at night and take a rest, became a little stunned.

"Master Jingluo, the thieves have crossed the river, what should we do?"

He didn't sleep well all night, Hong Chengchou's mood was a little unhappy, but it was a fact, and it was only a negligible error compared to his original prediction, and it didn't affect his judgment in the slightest.

"According to the original plan, bury the pot to make food, and go north to fight the thieves."

"The last general and others will obey the orders of the old man."

As planned, the Qing army buried the pot to make rice, and after eating, left Jingbiaoqian Town, Jiangxi Tibiao and Jiujiang Zhenbiao and other departments together with most of the auxiliary troops to continue to besiege the city. Hong Chengchou, on the other hand, personally led the army north. Jingbiao four towns traveled only two or three miles, and soon got the news that the Ming army had also left the simple camp and marched south.

The two armies' tanma began to clash more and more frequently, and the Qing army's cavalry was obviously more and more experienced, and soon the Ming army's Tanma could no longer move forward to find out the details of the Qing army.

However, with the shortening of the distance, the Qing army still inevitably appeared in the sight of the Ming army, especially for holding a large number of telescopes, the Qing army wanted to do something that the Ming army could not see, but it also took more effort.

From Jinshaxi to the mountainous area to the north, it is only a few miles, the more you go to Yushan County, the wider it is, but the more you go to the direction where the Ming army is located, the narrower it is.

The Ming army of the brigade lined up along the flat terrain from Jinsha Creek to the mountains, and the same was true for the Qing army. Hong Chengchou looked at the Ming army from a distance, although he couldn't see it very clearly, but he could hear the horse's return one by one, and he also had a general understanding of the situation of the Ming army.

"The thieves unfolded, from right to left, they were the Flying Bear Battalion, the Shentang Battalion, the Nantang Battalion, the Lishui Battalion and the Chun'an Battalion, and there was a team of about 2,000 infantry and a large number of cavalry behind them, and Chen Wen was in the rear formation."

The Ming army from right to left, the Qing army on the top is from left to right, the same as the Ming army, the Qing army is also the strongest combat effectiveness of the Jingbiao battalion in the middle, near the mountains and forests is the right town of Jingbiao, near the Jinshaxi side is the right wing is the left formation of the Jingbiao and the town after the bidding.

The terrain is like this, and both sides obviously have the same intention - since the riverbank on the side of Jinsha Creek is muddy and not suitable for outflanking, then in addition to the battalion head with the strongest combat effectiveness in the middle, the generals with a stronger desire to attack will be close to the side of the mountain forest. On the side of the Qing army, it was naturally Hu Maozhen, the vanguard general of Gao Jie, and on the side of the Ming army, it was the Flying Bear Battalion, a mounted infantry battalion that was more convenient for the cavalry to pursue.

opened the formation of each other, and Hong Chengchou was much more relieved. In the last battle, the Qing army performed well in hand-to-hand combat, and it was able to achieve a better exchange ratio in front of the Ming army in Zhejiang, which had always been famous for hand-to-hand combat.

In war, strategy is just used to prepare for real battles, and Hong Chengchou naturally understands this truth. Now he has in his hands a troop that is not inferior to the Ming army in hand-to-hand combat, and the number is enough to complete the wheel war, like a meat grinder, the Ming army will be crushed by attrition, this is his simplest and most direct tactical idea this time. And now, apparently, the time has come to make it happen.

"What does Mr. Zhan think?"

"Mr. Jinglue, although the formation of the officers and soldiers is much inferior to my Taixi, it is still easy to use it to eliminate some thieves."

The Jesuit monk had repeatedly stated that the Green Battalion under his command was inferior to Tessie, inferior in personnel, inferior in system, inferior in combat effectiveness, and even firearms were still light arquebuses such as bird guns, which were not at all comparable to the regiments he followed when he was a mercenary in his hometown.

However, this cliché, Hong Chengchou did not have the slightest interest. His original intention of training the Spanish phalanx was nothing more than to exterminate the Zhejiang Ming army with strong combat effectiveness, and whether this army was disbanded after completing this mission, or whether it was retained depends on the meaning of the master. This is a taboo, and if you make an exception and finish this experience, it will be over, so why bother yourself with mediocrity.

Gathering his mind, Hong Chengchou prepared to give the order to attack. At the same time, Chen Wen held a telescope in his hand and watched the battle formation of the Qing army from afar, but he was quite mixed.

Most of the soldiers under his command have only been in the army for two or three years, and many of them are even less. However, the opponents they need to face this time are the elite from Ganshaan, Xuanda, Guan Liao, and the generals are all from Ganshan, where the strongest green battalion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is located, and the commander is Hong Chengchou, the most prestigious civilian commander in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

"The strongest green camp in history!"

This title, there is no doubt that this is the opponent he has to face.

"Beat the drums, march!" ——Whether it can break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly depends on what happened today. (To be continued.) )