Aligon's crying did not enter the city of Beijing, Emperor Qianlong is now living happily while being heartbroken and alive in the two heavens of ice and fire, and the Fu Han army poured into Hubei, and sure enough, he set aside the land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoTherefore, Aligon will continue to defend the provincial capital of Wuchang, a city that has no great hope of defending. Just like in the city of Hanyang on the other side of the Yangtze River, Zhu Jue led more than 3,000 militia groups and a small 2,000 green battalion to garrison there, facing a hopeless war, the only difference between the two is that Zhu Jue can 'go' when he sees that the situation is not good, while Ali Gon must 'die'!

Chen Ming arrived in Huangzhou on the sixth day of the first month of March, and on the tenth day of the first month, he led the first part of the Chinese army to Huangpi, and entered Hanyang on the 12th. At this time, Ma Mingxun of Xiaogan had already led the army to flee to Anlu Mansion, and he didn't dare to stay in De'an. The number of Qing army horses from Xinyang south to Hubei has also been accurately estimated, about more than 3,000 horsemen. The Fu Han army, which was chasing the Sichuan army into De'an Province, blocked the northern part of De'an Province. It's just that because of the existence of this horse team, Chen Yongsheng taught Chen Yongsheng the task of controlling the three levels of Yiyang, and Chen Yongsheng did not complete it.

"Metropolitan Governor, you see, the layout of the Qing army outside Hanyang City is much greater than the layout of the First Battle of Huangpi, except that there are no pillboxes, and the position layout of our army in Yuncheng, Ruzhou, Xuzhou and other places is generally the same." At the position of the Fu Han army in the north of Hanyang Fucheng, Chen Yongsheng and others will accompany Chen Ming.

Chen Ming is holding a telescope and carefully looking at the position of the Qing army on the opposite side, Chen Yongsheng is not bad, the rugged road, one after another trenches, breastwork, large and small mounds, dense trenches, and criss-crossing communication trenches, this scale is not much worse than the current positions of the Fu Han army in Yuncheng, Ruzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and more complicated than the position of the Fu Han army when he left Henan. Except for the bunkers built without earth and cement, the Qing army really copied everything that could be copied.

"How's the battle going?"

"You can only fill in the ditches and potholes little by little, and bulldoze the breast wall of the mound little by little." Chen Yongsheng showed a touch of frustration on his face, such a method is the stupidest and most stupid method, and this is what the Qing army did when it gnawed at the garrison position of the Han army in Henan. It's just that the current Qing army is even weaker than the 'turtle shell' of the Henan Fu Han Army because of the lack of firepower support points on the position-pillboxes. "The Qing army is short of firepower, and we have never seen artillery fire in the city of Hanyang. However, the Qing army had more shotguns, small cannons and grenades. ”

The small artillery of the Qing army is the sub-mother cannon, the cupola cannon, and the large-caliber lifting gun, the sub-mother cannon and the large-caliber lifting gun can break the baffle in front of the shield car, and the cupola is a kind of curved artillery similar to the mortar cannon, and now it is also a flowering shell. Whether it is Huangpi or Hanyang at the moment, the Qing army defending the city is all showing a shrunken turtle being beaten. This largely offset the strong firepower advantage of the Fu Han army. They shrank underground, using nimble small cannons to bombard the shield wagons of the Fu Han army, and the snipers in their formation also came to shoot the soldiers of the Fu Han army filling pits and bulldozing the earth, which was to do everything possible to slow down the offensive pace of the Fu Han army.

Chen Yongsheng also tried a night attack. However, the Qing army prepared very carefully, they buried ropes on the position, and the ropes were tied with bells, arranged layer after layer, and it was impossible for the Fu Han army to completely avoid the ropes in the dark. And once the bell was touched, three or five grenades were thrown, and if the flames of the explosion showed a figure or screams, then a rain of grenades awaited them. Even those grenades were lit with open flames.

In addition, some of the Qing army's people also began to equip rattan armor, which is made of rattan soaked in tung oil, and the outside or take advantage of the leather, or decorate the key positions with iron plates, the protection power can not be compared with the real cotton armor or iron armor, but it gives the equipped people a very strong self-confidence, which is a kind of spiritual strength.

"You have been delayed for more than half a month in Huangpi, and do you want to delay for more than half a month in Hanyang? It's good to love the soldiers in war, but don't forget another sentence - mercy is not in charge of the soldiers. Chen Ming restrained his anger in his heart, this Chen Yongsheng was a little messy about playing the piano. Chen Ming cultivated him at the beginning, in addition to the fact that he was a child of the Chen family and trustworthy, the biggest reason was that Chen Yongsheng was resolute and resolute in fighting, why is he a little kind of woman now?

In Chen Ming's opinion, it is far more important to capture the current Hanyang as soon as possible than to kill a few fewer people, and if you want to capture it as soon as possible, night battles are necessary. Is it better to be afraid of the Qing army than throwing a grenade to restore the Han army? Compared with moving a little bit during the day, pushing up the heavy shield cart step by step, the fight at night is more effective, and the bleeding and death are faster. As long as the Qing army dares to fight, it will send troops to kill. How many Qing troops are there in Hanyang? Chen Yongsheng's subordinates alone are comparable to the Qing soldiers in Hanyang City and all the people's bravery.

No one knew what the Metropolitan Governor said when he called Chen Yongsheng into the tent after returning from the position, but seeing Chen Yongsheng's face a little stiff and withdrawing from the tent, everyone closed their mouths in amusement.

That night, the Fu Han army launched attacks on the Qing army's positions one after another, as should have been the habit of spending the night quietly. Chen Yongsheng personally supervised the battle, holding a knife and standing on the battlefield, his face was as cold as a piece of ice that had not been spent for a thousand years.

At this time, the Fu Han army, which had a large number of soldiers, showed its advantage, and launched a wheel war, especially the tank battalion that entered the battle at the last time, drove the exhausted Qing army out of the position after fighting in the middle of the night, and finally the Qing army retreated into the city helplessly.

The casualties paid by the Fu Han army were not small, and nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded in the battle, but the results it achieved were huge compared with the previous **** night and night. What's more, the casualties of the Qing soldiers are not light, twice as many as the Fu Han army. The most important thing is the momentum, and the momentum of the Fu Han army has risen. As soon as Chen Ming arrived at the front line, the banner of the Metropolitan Governor had just been erected, and the Fu Han army attacked Hanyang City, casting a rich shadow on the already not wonderful prospects of the Qing army.

At noon the next day, the Han army marched into Hanyang City, because Zhu Jue crossed the Yangtze River by boat with the remnants of his army in the early morning. Chen Ming also took the opportunity to send troops to seize Guishan, looking at the provincial capital of Wuchang on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it seemed that the troops were already under the city, but Chen Ming knew that there was still a real tough battle to be fought.

The arrangement of Wuchang City on all sides is even more exaggerated than that of Hanyang City. And they are equipped with more firearms and more troops. If Aligon defended Wuchang, the Fu Han army would gnaw this important town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the cost of casualties would be much heavier than the last time he conquered Wuchang.

A more detailed map of Huguang was spread on the table, Chen Ming laid a layer of iron plate underneath, and then a special red, black, green, and white small flag can be firmly glued to the map, and a small magnet is placed at the base of the small flag, and the flag and the base can be separated, so that it can be much more convenient when deducing the overall situation.

Small red flags are concentrated in the northeast of Hubei, and small black flags are scattered everywhere in the land of Jingchu. On the ground in Hubei alone, the strength of the Qing army was divided into five units. The horse team in the northern part of De'an Province is not of great use without Lu Yong's help; The Sichuan soldiers of Anlu Mansion and Jingmen Prefecture, Ma Mingxun may be difficult to raise their fighting spirit in a short period of time; There is also the Qing army in Xiangyang to focus on guarding against Chen Erbao's troops, and the limited number of troops is afraid that it will be difficult to mobilize; None of these three roads will be of great use. The fourth road is the Qing soldiers and militia groups in Jingzhou, Yichang, Shinan and other places, which are led by Shi Liangtidian, the deputy capital commander who was transferred back to Jingzhou from Xiangyang; Then the last way was to concentrate on the Aligon troops in the provincial capital of Wuchang, and after converging the remnants of Hanyang, the Qing army and militia in Wuchang were at least 15,000 people. These two Qing armies, together with reinforcements from Hunan, were the most important enemies of Chen Ming in the Battle of Wuchang.

The reinforcements of Hunan soldiers and horses to Hubei this time were very fast, Chen Ming heard the secret camp mention, the current governor of Hunan Fang Shijun asked for a lot of benefits in the process of rebuilding the Hunan green camp last year, and was denounced, it was Ali Gon who helped him.

Now that tens of thousands of people in Hunan have arrived in Yueyang under the leadership of Gong Zhaolin, the Hunan envoy and minister of regimental training, what if he will come directly to Wuchang Province next? Or do you first meet the Qing army in western Hubei in Jingzhou to practice bravery? Behind them was the Hunan Green Battalion Army led by Hunan Governor Fang Shijun.

In Yueyang City, Hunan, Gong Zhaolin looked at the news from Hubei and was shocked and angry, "This Ma Mingxun is so daring, he dares to do this." "There are still more than 10,000 people in the Sichuan army, if they retreat to Hanyang Fucheng after the defeat of Huangpi, and then retreat to Wuchang, then the Qing army in the battle of Wuchang will be greatly strengthened, and how easy is it for the Fu Han army to eat the fortified city garrisoned by 20,000 or 30,000 people in one bite? Or Ma Mingxun led his troops to join De'an's 3,000 horse team, which would also have a great deal of restraint on the north side of the Fu Han army. Or as long as Ma Mingxun led his troops to stop in De'an now, it will be of great help to the defense of Wuchang Provincial City, but now Ma Mingxun has gone to Anlu. This is a clear display of cowardice and avoidance of war. Isn't he afraid that the court will kill him?

Without the Sichuan army, the impact on the Battle of Wuchang can be described as significant.

Shi Liang, the deputy capital commander, was actively mobilizing the Qing army and the people in western Hubei, and Zhu Jue, who retreated from Hanyang to Wuchang, was also sent to western Hubei by Aligon, and his helper Shi Liang mobilized the people of the prefectures in western Hubei, but it has not yet arrived. After Shi Liang's troops were assembled, they were going to come to the aid of Wuchang. What is now in front of Gong Zhaolin is a multiple-choice question, is he following Fang Shijun's order to fire the army to aid Wuchang? Or wait until Shi Liang's army is assembled, and then join it before coming to the aid of Wuchang Mansion?

When Fang Shijun gave this order, he didn't expect Ma Mingxun to dare to lead the team to Anlu to see the scenery.

Ma Mingxun's 'picking' cowardice, clearly hiding to the side, set a very bad precedent for the Qing army in the Hubei battlefield, Gong Zhaolin can't help but think of his own team, although Hunan and Hubei are very close, but the Hunan people are also guest troops in Hubei. If the team stays in Honghu and does not move, will it also be classified by the Hubei people as 'avoiding war'?

At this moment, at Yueyang Wharf, ships are coming from the south. This is the Hunan governor Fang Shijun's marching grain station in Changde sent grain, gunpowder, medicinal materials, military tents, horses and livestock to the Zhaolin Department of Yueyang Palace. Because the time was a little tight, Fang Shijun set up the grain platform in Changde, in fact, if it was in time, it would be more appropriate to move the grain station to Yueyang.

Huxiang's soldiers bravely went north, and they all wanted to go to Yueyang.

Along with this batch of military funds, there was also a handwritten letter from Governor Fang Shijun, at the beginning of the letter, Fang Shijun thoughtfully expressed his condolences to Gong Zhaolin's physical health, but this was not the point, and then Fang Shijun said that he would 'do his best' in the army's military money and food, which was not the point, the point was that he wished Gong Zhaolin a meritorious career in the Battle of Wuchang.

Gong Zhaolin knew that Fang Shijun was desperate to contribute to Aligon, and when the green camp in Hunan was rebuilt last year, someone reported that Fang Shijun took the opportunity to ask for money and got 30,000 yuan in silver. It was Ali Gon who helped him press it down, and Fang Shijun was repaying the favor.

But no matter what, Gong Zhaolin knew what to do. The Honghu Lake in the north is really not a place where he can stay, so let's go to Wuchang Mansion honestly. (To be continued.) )