Chapter Forty-Three: The Northern Expedition! Northern expedition! (iv)

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Chen Yonghua sat in Hankou, prepared military rations and ammunition, and organized Minzhuang to help transport supplies, and he was very busy.

He Wenxing led 60,000 troops to Guiyang to monitor the Great Western Army, and He Ming, the commander of the Eighth Group Army, led 30,000 troops to sit in Sichuan.

On April 25, the 11th year of Yongli, Zhou Quanbin led an army of 150,000 out of Sichuan.

In order to doubt the Qing army, Zhou Quanbin ordered Guo Ting, the commander of the Ninth Group Army, to guard the Suiding Mansion, and the Buqi soldiers were on two roads, entering the left and leaving the right every day, and the right entered and left exited, and the march was mysterious and abnormal!

Gushan Ezhen, Hahamu, and Han Dai were dizzy by Zhou Quanbin's suspicious tactics for a while, and they didn't know where Zheng Jiajun was preparing to attack.

Gansu? Shaanxi? Xinjiang?

Unable to judge the direction of Zheng Jiajun's attack, Gushan Ezhen Esai, Hahamu, and Han Dai did not dare to act rashly.

In the Xi'an Mansion, Gushan Ezhen stuffed the teacup heavily on the table, and the tea splashed everywhere.

His face turned pale and he drank angrily, "What the hell is the damn Zheng Jiajun trying to do, his mother's son has been cowering in Xi'an." I haven't had to live this day! If you want to talk about me, I should take the initiative to lead the iron cavalry to level the damn Zheng family's army! ”

"General, don't act rashly!" Han Dai, the general soldier of Shaanxi on the side, hurriedly spoke out to stop him. "Your Majesty, but you have been told thousands of times, you must not attack easily, so as not to break the Zheng family's army!"

He raised his eyebrows and shouted, "What, you're scared!" ”

"General! Xi'an is an important town in the northwest, and guarding Qinchuan is the frontier of resisting the Zheng army in Sichuan, and it cannot be lost! We should only guard the city, and we should not go out lightly. Once lost, Xi'an City will inevitably be difficult to protect! Han Dai persuaded earnestly.

Ha Ha Mu shook his head and said, "General, the last general does not agree with General Han's opinion. The reason why my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry is brave in the world is that it is riding and shooting. If you blindly retreat in the city, it is equivalent to putting the horse in Nanshan and losing the most powerful weapon of my Qing Dynasty. More importantly, the terrain of the 800-mile Qinchuan River is flat, which is most suitable for horses galloping. Coupled with the emperor's newly made horsetail grenade, our Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to attack Zheng Jiajun again and reproduce the victory of Baoqing. ”

The anxious forehead heard Hahamu's agitation and felt that it made a lot of sense.

He shouted, "We must not let Zheng Jiajun go on like this, I must let those Haikou see how powerful I am in the Qing Dynasty, and others in the province still think that I am afraid of them." As for what General Han said, it is not unreasonable. In this way, I personally led 8,000 iron horsemen to attack. You led an army of 50,000 to hold Chang'an. Since I left the city, the four city gates have been closed, and they cannot be opened without my military order! ”

When Han Dai still wanted to persuade, he drank, "I'm the boss, listen to my orders!" ”

"Yes!" Han Dai clenched his fists helplessly.

When Zhou Quanbin ordered Guo Ting to arrange surprise troops, he led the whole army to attack lightly.

500 miles in 3 days, 1,000 miles in 5 days!

When the people of Nanzheng City Gate entered and exited as usual, suddenly, they felt a slight vibration.

Just when he was vigilant, the Qing soldiers guarding the city noticed an anomaly, and a wave of earth dragons rolled up in the sky far away in the south.

Soon I saw countless Zheng Jiajun who were in strict queues, "Zheng Jiajun is here, close the city gate!" ”

The guards who reacted immediately rang the bronze bell, the war drum.

The sound of bells!

Countless Qing soldiers ran out of the camp and ran towards the city.

The general soldiers of the Qing army of Nanzheng also rushed out of the camp and came to the city to observe the enemy's situation.

Before the city gate was closed, the cavalry of the second group, led by Yao Guotai, took out a new type of horse pistol and aimed at the Qing army.

In an instant, thousands of carbines fired.

There was a crackling sound, and I saw that the Qing soldiers at the city gate suddenly hit the whole person, and fell down with a thud.

For a while, the entire city gate was full of screams.

The tragedy of the Qing soldiers is not over.

Light artillery, pulled by a carriage, was put down.

The brackets were erected, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the city gates. The gunner stuffs the explosive bag into the muzzle, puts in the iron ball, and ignites the flam.

Bang!

With hot cannonballs whistling straight towards the city gates.

The city gate, which had not yet been closed, was suddenly blown apart, and the Qing soldiers at the city gate were suddenly killed and wounded.

The cavalry screamed and rushed into the city on the Qing soldiers who had not yet died, their muskets put away, and their sabers were hoo.

As soon as the city gate was broken, the Qing soldiers in Nanzheng were no longer able to resist the Zheng army, and surrendered one after another.

Occupying Nanzheng, Zhou Quanbin did not stop at all, left the necessary guards, and continued to run towards the next city.

Zhou Quanbin knew that if he didn't take advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's lack of reaction now, he would occupy more cities.

Once the commander of the Qing army reacts, it will be difficult to capture the city so easily.

……

"What Nanzheng has been conquered by the Zheng family's army!!"

"Yes! According to the spies' report, it was the Zheng Jiajun who suddenly came out, and the soldiers defending the city rushed into the city for the Zheng Jiajun cavalry without warning. Loot the city! Ha Ha Mu also said with a gloomy face.

"Mother, mother...... Damn! These damn thieves, Lao Tzu will definitely not let them go! Esai drank with red eyes, "Hurry ~ Hurry!" Speed up, we're going to strangle those thieves! ”

For several days, unfavorable news came one after another.

"Xixiang City is broken!"

"The Zheng family thieves conquered Yangxian!"

"The Foping garrison surrendered, and the city was lost!"

……

Listening to the news of the fall of the city one by one, Esai, who was already irritable, was annoyed.

"Damn! If Lao Tzu encounters you, see how Lao Tzu kills you! ”

The fact that Nan Zheng was conquered by the Zheng family army earlier had already made Esai angry.

But he never thought that the Zheng Jiajun would intensify and conquer the city one after another.

Sun Ben, who was already a little anxious, could no longer contain the anger in his heart, and repeatedly ordered the Qing army to speed up and chase Zheng Jiajun.

When the Qing army was advancing at full speed, the spies sent by Zhou Quanbin also heard the news that Gushan Ezhen was leading the army to attack.

Zhou Quanbin was overjoyed when he heard the spies' return.

"Damn, just 8,000 soldiers and horses dare to attack. I really fucking look down on Lao Tzu. If you don't come, Lao Tzu still wants to meet you. It's good now, send it to the door by yourself, and save Lao Tzu's business!

Zhou Quanbin's eyes shot an eager light, and he shouted: "The whole army turns and kills Qinggou!" ”

"Kill the dog!"

"Kill the dog!"

Zhou Quanbin did not attack Fengxiang Mansion as originally planned, and turned to kill the Espriot army. (To be continued.) )