At dawn, Sanxiang, the appearance of a group of Qing troops broke the silence before dawn.

From time to time, the horses that acted as strikers galloped forward from the road, carrying up pieces of mud the size of a palm and shooting towards the grass by the roadside.

Compared with the horsepower of the horses, the Qing troops who came from the brigade all dismounted and led the horses forward, everyone walked sweating profusely, and the feet were also deep and shallow, and the knees were full of mud, and the top was also a piece of mud. The boots under my feet were so heavy that it was hard to lift them.

The overnight rush made the Qing army cry bitterly, and the vision was not clear at night, and the road became extremely difficult to walk because of the rain, and if you were not careful, you would slip and fall to the ground. In order to speed up the march, the Qing army left behind the baggage and the people, and tried to travel lightly, only carrying two days' rations on horseback. But even so, after walking for most of the night, the Qing army only drove ten miles.

General Jingnan's brows were deeply locked, he was very dissatisfied with the speed of the march, when did Baqi Erlang become so unbearable, thinking that when he followed Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong to fight, it was a cold and snowy night to travel a hundred miles and never called half a bitterness, and even immediately fought with the Ming army, so that they lost their armor and collapsed!

Now these children have only walked for more than ten miles and shouted bitterly and complained, they are really not angry, how can they have half of the appearance of Manchurian warriors, compared to their fathers, they can't be worse, and the face of the Eight Banners is really embarrassing!

Hahamu was annoyed in his heart, and ordered to speed up the march.

"Hurry up. Hurry up! ”

The officers below the leadership level did not care about getting tired, and ran back and forth, restraining their subordinates. Urging them, but the effect was not good, only a little faster.

Seeing this, Ha Ha Mu's hand holding the horsewhip trembled a little, trembling angrily, and after a long time, he sighed helplessly. He had to admit it. After more than ten years of entering the customs, the Manchurian soldiers did become lax on the territory of the Han people, and even his physical strength was not as good as before.

Over the years, there have been wars with the Ming Dynasty army. Most of them relied on the Han army and the green battalion, and the newly-born Manchurian children went to the battlefield less and less, and more were used to deter the Han army. After the defeat of Prince Nikan in Hunan, the imperial court no longer dared to easily use the children of the Eight Banners to fight with the main force of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Only let the Han army and the green battalion bear the heavy responsibility of fighting against the Southern Ming army. This strategy was indeed able to preserve the vitality of the Manchurian children. After all, there are too few people in Manchuria, and compared to the huge population of the Han Chinese, the population of Manchu is frighteningly small. But the more reluctant the court is to go to the battlefield for the Manchurian children, the more the Manchurian children will not be tempered, and when those who can fight are old and dead, the children below who can't endure hardships can still go to the battlefield, and can they still shock the Han army that was killed from the blood and rain of corpses?

If it's weak at all, the branches will be anti-customer-oriented!

Hahamu was worried about the imperial court's decision-making. I am worried that in the future, those strong Han troops will see through the reality of the Manchurian children and create a rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court did not know what to use to suppress them.

Thinking a little far, Ha Ha Mu sighed again, and glimpsed from a distance that Kalai Daoga was whipping a few children who walked slowly, and he smiled bitterly, the whip can't pull out a hero.

Fortunately, although the speed of the march is not fast, no matter from which point of view, the Taiping army has no reason to attack at this time, after all, the Qing army has three routes, no matter which way the thief Xiucai chooses to attack, his lair will be wiped out by the other two Qing troops. With the loss of the nest, the Taiping army has nowhere to live.

Looking at the direction of Xiangshan County, which was dozens of miles away, Hahamu estimated that the thief Xiucai was still desperately urging his subordinates to repair the city wall in Xiangshan City, preparing to defend it, and wanted to repeat the miracle of Xinhui.

It's a pity that Xiangshan is not a Xinhui, and the thief Xiucai is difficult to fly this time. Under the encirclement of the three-way Qing army, the Taiping army had no possibility of reversing.

It was precisely because he did not dare to lead his troops to attack based on the thief show, and there was no trace of the Taiping army found along the way, that Hahamu concluded that the main force of the Taiping army was entrenched in Xiangshan, so he dared to march at night and rushed to Xiangshan at all costs, and even used the elite personal soldiers only as sharp soldiers to explore horses, rather than staying by his side as the most elite mobile force.

Hahamu has only one purpose, that is, to besiege the Taiping army under Xiangshan City, so that they cannot escape, and when the left and right sides arrive, it will be when the Taiping army and the thief Xiu are destroyed.

The scouts in front of them spread out for a few miles, and the response of a journey led the Qing army brigade forward, and every time they reached a junction, they would stop to search for the guard, and hand over the road in front to the scouts behind, so that the brigade could pass safely.

In view of the fact that the Taiping army had used the terrain to set up ambushes on two occasions, this time Hahamu was fully prepared and was not worried about repeating the tragedy of Tayinbu.

Brigades of Manchurian cavalry passed by the road. The path was rough and muddy, and the men and horses were inevitably crowded together, and from time to time there was confusion, which seriously affected the speed of the march, and the leaders were so anxious that they jumped to their feet.

While waiting for the front team to pass, many exhausted Manchurian soldiers behind simply pulled the horses to the side of the road, or leaned against trees, or sat on the grass, took out the water in their skins and drank it heavily. If there happened to be a pond of stagnant water nearby, they would wash the four hooves of the horses to lighten the burden of their lovers. Only then will they wash their boots, which makes Hahamu a little relieved, no matter how lax the Manchurian children are, they still know the importance of war horses. Although the ghost place of Xiangshan is not conducive to cavalry action, he has no intention of wielding the mobility of the Manchurian cavalry, as long as he can shock the opponent and dare not go out of the city.

At an intersection a few miles ahead, more than a dozen Manchurian soldiers who were used as horses were standing at the intersection, they were all the personal soldiers of the Jingnan general Hahamu, and they were much stronger than the Niu Lu in the back. Although they were waiting, they did not slack off at all, maintaining a high posture of high alert to observe the movements around them.

One of the Manchurian soldiers in the team suddenly felt a little urinating, and he said to his companion that he was going to urinate in the forest. As soon as he walked to the edge of the forest, he heard a sudden sneering sound behind him, and he turned to look at it suspiciously, only to find a bamboo tube spitting sparks out of nowhere and thrown among his companions.

What is it?

In the event of a sudden change, Etricillin just stared blankly, his mouth was open, and before he could say anything, he heard a "boom" explosion, and the sound of countless iron nails breaking through the air flew straight from the bamboo tube!

There was a thud and a muffled sound, and an iron nail passed through the neck of a Manchurian soldier, and the words that his throat was about to shout turned into blood rushing out from both ends. He subconsciously raised his hand to hold down the wound, but the blood couldn't stop, so he could only squat on the ground with his neck covered in vain, and then fell to his knees with weakness, and then leaned forward, his head fell to the ground, and he knelt on the ground, but he saw blood spurting from his neck, making a "snort" sound.

"Enemy attack!"

Etacillin reacted, screaming as he hurriedly took out the horn on his waist and blew it into the sky.

The horn sounded, and the Qing army at several intersections all responded, turning over and getting on the horse under the horse, drawing the knife and opening the bow on the horse, and blowing the horn at the same time.

"Woo!"

"Blowing the trumpet ahead, there is an enemy attack!"

The Qing army brigade that heard the sound of the trumpet immediately took action, and the whole team rolled like a dragon from front to back

I'm still in the city, so I'll catch up with one chapter first, and I'll release another section right away, and I'll change two more sections when I go back in the afternoon. (To be continued.) )