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No one thought that the first thing Pan Qiliang, the front-line commander-in-chief who had entered Pukou, did was to persuade the people of Pukou to temporarily evacuate outside the city, and at the same time order all units to immediately rush all kinds of seized materials to the fleet of the Heavenly Army on the riverside.

"You can't leave a little food for the Qing Demon!" Such shouts are everywhere in Pukou.

The Red Army did not pay as much attention to the defense of the city as the previous Celestial Army, apparently not wanting to hold on to Pukou any longer.

The people were at a loss, which was a phenomenon that had never been seen before.

In order to rush to transport the baggage and evacuate the people, Pukou except for a regiment of the 18th Red Division and a special battalion of the teaching brigade to stay and garrison, and the other troops will soon be withdrawn. Not to mention that the common people did not understand, the Red Army soldiers who had just entered Pukou with the blood of their comrades did not understand, and even the generals who were kept in the dark could not accept this fact.

The recovery of Pukou directly endangered the rear of the Qing army in Chaohu on the southern road, and it was impossible for the Qing army to ignore it. Once the Qing army returns, under the enemy, it will be difficult to resist the siege of the Qing army with the strength of a mere regiment. Since you have laid it and you don't stick to it, why bother fighting in the first place?

"Pukou, don't we want it?"

Faced with the reproaches of the generals, Pan Qiliang's answer was very clear, "Yes, who said no?" Absolutely! However, the duty of a soldier is to obey, and when His Highness orders this, we must follow it scrupulously. ”

In fact, Pan Qiliang knew in his heart that what he had done was not far from the superficial things, and the special battalion had begun to secretly plant a large amount of explosives in various predetermined sections of the Pukou city wall.

Chaohu Lake, artillery fire is endless, and the sound of killing is endless. Liu Naixin commanded the only less than 20,000 soldiers and horses to engage in a hard battle with the Qing army besieging from all sides.

The Qing army's firepower is strong, and it is several times that of the heavenly army, coupled with the tiger power that won the power a few days ago, Ruilin has the mood to swallow Chaohu in one bite.

"These damn traitors, they just don't care if they live or die!" After two days, Ruilin's ears were filled with the angry scolding of the generals who still returned without attack, and even did not understand.

Ruilin also couldn't figure it out, he originally designed it very well, from Chuzhou, he arrived at Chaohu City non-stop, and the army did not take any rest, and did not wait for the men and horses of the southern line to come, so he was completely engaged in the battle. Obviously, his action still achieved the effect of the surprise attack he expected at the beginning. In the case that the Celestial Army was not fully mentally prepared, the Second Association once broke through the defense of Chaohu East City. Who would have thought that the long hair in the city would actually fight back against the assault troops of the Second Association with flesh and blood.

He didn't need to "clairvoyance" to clearly see that the gap in the city wall that had been blown down had been refilled with the corpses of soldiers on both sides that had been piled up. He saw the soldiers of the Celestial Army lighting the gunpowder cylinders one by one, some pushing them down the city wall, and some of them simply pushed the gunpowder and their own soldiers who rushed to the gap. The most daunting thing was the fire at the last critical moment.

The strength of both sides is obviously almost exhausted, and whoever is holding on may decide the outcome in an instant. The second assistant replaced the almost half-crippled siege general with a new target behind him, and launched another onslaught. After all, it was a new force, and the soldiers were rushing to the city with stacks of corpses and various defensive weapons scattered from them.

Good job, it is worthy of these loyal and brave soldiers that the Queen Mother has spent all her efforts to build! Ruilin was quite excited at that time, he always liked to imitate the elegant style of the literati commander, and at this time, he couldn't help but immediately inspire his soldiers loudly from a high place, "Break Chaohu Lake, slaughter the city for three days, and the official soldiers will vent your qiē to your heart's content!" ”

He really thought at the time that this was both the beginning and the final blow that heralded the end. Unfortunately, he thought too soon. He didn't know whether it was because of the explosion of gunpowder or something else, but in short, a huge gap several feet wide suddenly ignited a raging fire. The flames soared into the sky, enveloping the entire gap, and nearly a thousand meters away, he could smell the strange stench of the charred corpses lying on the gap.

The flames formed a natural barrier, burning countless of his officers and soldiers to roll down the city. What is even more unimaginable is that the other party's soldiers can still burst out of the flames, with a body of flames, and pounce on their own men who are fleeing from the wolf.

In the face of such a group of opponents, Ruilin only has helpless resentment left.

Liu Naixin is desperate to stick to Chaohu. According to the instructions of the king of the north, he rushed to Chaohu to mobilize the men and horses of the two armies to urgently support the direction of Luzhou, and then stayed here to guard the back door for the king of the north. He did not expect that the Qing army would come so quickly, and when he learned that a small part of the Qing army's advance team appeared outside the city, although he began to send additional defensive forces and defensive equipment to various places, he did not consider that a large number of Qing troops would follow closely immediately, and immediately attacked the city without any preparation.

Dongcheng's tightness made him sober up immediately. Chuzhou was really lost, could it be that Li Zhaoshou was not entered into Luzhou by the Northern Wang? Originally, he still didn't understand the North King's parting words at first, but after careful thinking on the road, coupled with his understanding of Wei Changhui, he finally figured out that the North King had an intention. As long as Li Zhaoshou can value power as much as usual, Li Zhaoshou will definitely be fooled. Even if it is to surrender to the Manchus and be able to control Luzhou, it will bring greater benefits to this traitor, and in order to get more capital for himself in front of his new master, Li Zhaoshou should not give up this good opportunity.

However, because he could not get the exact news from Luzhou in time, Liu Naixin's judgment at this time could only be that Li Zhaoshou really gave Chuzhou, but he was still completely in the dark about the changes that happened in Pukou and other places. Despite this, he already has deep self-reproach.

Blame yourself for what? Liu Naixin suddenly thought of Zhou Degui. Recalling Zhou Degui's words and deeds in the past, he couldn't help but be drenched in cold sweat. This Zhou Degui does not seem to have a grudge against a certain system of the Celestial Empire, and it is very likely that he is a deeper and dangerous enemy. If he had reported the situation he had obtained privately to the Northern King earlier, if it hadn't been for the Northern King sending Zhou Degui to Chuzhou, maybe things would not have developed to such a passive level as they are now.

As a confidant of Wei Changhui, Liu Naixin can be said to be willing to sacrifice his heart and soul for the sake of his northern king. However, in the treatment of Zhou Deguide, he had the idea of protecting himself wisely, and he was unwilling to go with this person who was regarded as a confidant by the North King, and he also had the intention of cultivating strength for the future cause of the North King and winning over heroes from all walks of life. In those times, he regarded some people who were disgruntled with the Celestial Empire as confidants.

Thinking about it now, in addition to self-blame, Liu Naixin also has a lot of sorrow. At this time, he can no longer have any other distractions, if the battle situation is out of control, the king of the north will lose his due prestige, not to mention the great cause, even the current position may be difficult to preserve. It was because of these psychology that he stirred up all kinds of brains, came up with all kinds of tricks, and used a spirit of ending up together to keep Ruilin out of Chaohu City.

Wei Changhui's initial battle situation in Luzhou was not bad, due to the successive investment of the second-line army, Lu'an and Luzhou were firmly controlled in his hands. Especially in Luzhou, the flames of war are still only burning at various support points outside the city. But as soon as Zhang Lexing's report about Chuzhou arrived, he had a hard time in the following days.

Although Li Zhaoshou was solved, Chuzhou was still lost. This only proved that his secret doubts about those whom he had trusted before were correct, and also disrupted his entire strategic deployment. The key points of the Heavenly Army east of Luzhou are now facing the threat of the Qing army from the front and rear directions, and if they persist like this, not only will they not be able to play the role of defending Luzhou, but they can only be broken by the opponents. Especially the Chaohu Lake behind him, which is his supply land, once it falls into the hands of the opponent, the consequences will be even stricter.

In desperation, Wei Changhui shrank his forces in Luzhou on the one hand, and urgently dispatched Zhang Lexing to command the Self-Defense Army and the last three armies to return to Chaohu.

Zhang Lexing's army was still dozens of miles away from Chaohu Lake, and it was blocked by the Qing army camp that had been waiting in front of it. Although he was killed several times, he was not able to succeed in the end.

What's going on with Chaohu? Wei Changhui is now unable to get definite information, and he has completely lost the channel to contact Chaohu. All he knew was that Chaohu Lake was under siege. At the same time, from the situation that Zhang Lexing found on the battlefield, he told him that not only Chuzhou betrayed the Celestial Empire, but Pukou was the same, because Zhang Lexing got the news of Xue Zhiyuan's rebellion from the captured Qing soldiers.

Wei Changhui's face became even more gray after a few days of recovery, and the last thing he wanted was cruelly turned into reality.

At the temporary residence of the king of the north, Wei Changhui gathered the generals again and began to deal with the current predicament.

"What's the matter, you're a little bottomless?" In the face of the confused and even somewhat uneasy gazes of the generals, Wei Changhui swept away the gloom on his face, looked very relaxed and smiled, and his hand was scorned, and he was secretly α×involved in the three battlefields of the three battlefields. Not only that, in the mountains of northern Hubei Province, Luo Outline is also leading the three associations of the Qing Demon to save the ** in the grinding mill. They mistakenly thought that it was still the main force of Luo Outline who was chasing them, but in fact, there were only a few thousand heavenly troops in front of them who were acting as bait, and the main force of Luo Outline had already gone back to rest and wait. ”

Seeing that the generals still didn't seem to understand his words, Wei Changhui made a comparison on the map, "The Qing Demon originally wanted to concentrate his forces to solve our army in Su and Anhui, and he would devote all his resources to the 500,000 army to the battlefield of Su and Anhui. However, we did not ask them to get their wish, and the bait operation in northern Hubei forced part of the elite Qing army into Suzhou and Anhui to move westward. As for this, you may not understand it, but we are actually a bigger bait. The main force of the Qing Demon was extremely elite, and all of them pounced on us, which happened to win the best fighter for northern Jiangsu, that is, our eastern Anhui. As everyone knows, the elite regiment of our Celestial Empire, composed of all the students and soldiers of the Red Army University, has taken most of the coastal areas of eastern Anhui with great momentum, and the Red Navy of the Celestial Empire has also dealt a heavy blow to the Russian foreign hairs at sea. Now, it's time for King Ann and them to do it. The expansion of the battlefield just gave King An's army a favorable opportunity to find the weakness of the Qing Demon. To this end, we must firmly guard these strategic points, hold back the Qing Demons, and not give them any respite. ”

The generals present here are all generals who have gone through the previous Luzhou crisis, and now, Wei Changhui's words just inspired the tenacity in their hearts.

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