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Not long after dawn, a group of scouts hurried back from the south, and entered the city non-stop to the county office, which was used as a temporary headquarters, to report to Pang Yue the latest situation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he saw this team of scouts, Pang Yue couldn't help but be taken aback. Detectives generally go out in units, and there are a total of 12 people, including the chief and the commander. At present, there are only six scouts left, and almost all of them are wounded, with large blood stains on their faces and armor.

"What's wrong?" Without waiting for the chief of the detective to speak, Pang Yue asked first.

Shi Chang turned over and dismounted, half-knelt on the ground, with a hint of pathos in his tone: "Lord Qiyu, there have been a large number of Tartar sentinels twenty miles south of Hengshan County, we have encountered an ambush, suffered heavy losses, and can no longer continue to explore the south, so we tried our best to rush back to report to the adults." And the king who went out with me, all of them were trapped in the encirclement of the Tartars, and all of them were killed, and not one of them escaped. The lowly rank is incompetent, and please condemn the adult! ”

Pang Yue sighed, personally helped Shi Chang up, and said, "The Tartars set up an ambush in advance, and I can't blame you for this." Now that I know the situation, you should first take your brothers to the medical department's tent and bandage them. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

This situation caused Pang Yue to be further vigilant, and at the same time, it also made him more sure of the judgment in his heart. The Qing army was unusual, shielding their whereabouts so tightly that they were going to turn back and kill themselves by surprise. It's just that at present, the channels for reconnaissance and cavalry reconnaissance are temporarily blocked, and Pang Yue can't figure out whether the Qing army wants to return with the whole army and completely solve the 30,000 Ming troops behind them, or just send a partial division to block and contain them, while the main force is still marching towards Hengzhou.

But no matter what, Pang Yue was not prepared to retreat easily, he was ready first, and then he would take this return from the Qing army. Calculating the time, they should be returning north at a rapid pace, not far from Hengzhou. If the Qing army really returned with all its troops. Then he basically achieved the purpose of going south this time, relying on Hengshan County to contain the Qing army, reduce the pressure on Emperor Longwu, and give him more time to react. If the Qing army only sent a partial division to contain them, they would wave their troops first to repel them or break through their obstruction. Continue south.

At all costs. Pang Yue didn't want to see any accidents happen to Emperor Longwu as in the original history. This is not because Pang Yue has that old-fashioned and unconditional idea of loyalty to the monarch in his mind, and a modern person will definitely not have these things in his consciousness, but because there is really no one in the current Ming clan who can provoke the burden of the emperor more than Emperor Longwu, such as Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, who is as timid as a mouse, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, who is arrogant and unrestrained, and Zhu Yuao, the younger brother of Emperor Longwu, is suspicious and mean....once these princes succeed to the throne. The situation of resistance to the Qing Dynasty will be even more unoptimistic.

After making up his mind, Pang Yue ordered the auxiliaries to hurry up and repair the city wall, and on the other hand, he sent another scout to choose a small road to continue to reconnoiter to the south, and prepared to send a herald to urge Zhu Dadian and them, asking them to catch up with him as soon as possible. Although the generals urged the superintendents to have a bit of a taste of disobedience and presumptuousness. But the situation is urgent, and Pang Yue can't care so much.

At this time, Ma Yuancheng hurriedly came to find Pang Yue and said that there was the latest military situation to report from the south.

This is the strength of the Intelligence Division, most of the spies on the periphery are locals, they are familiar with the terrain and their own goals are not obvious, they can easily cross the blockade line of the Qing army to transmit intelligence, and in wartime they can effectively supplement the military reconnaissance function of the reconnaissance cavalry, and in some cases can even play a greater role.

"Your Excellency. The latest news from the southern secret agents has cleared the troops and divided the troops! Ma Yuancheng's expression was serious, and there was a hint of eagerness in his tone.

The division of troops in the Qing army was actually one of the two scenarios predicted by Pang Yue, but Ma Yuancheng's next words surprised him a lot: "The Nu chief Duoduo sent the Wuchang Sailor and the Jiannu inlaid with the blue flag and the Zhengbai flag, with a total of more than 15,000 troops on land and water. Heading in the direction of Hengzhou, he personally led the remaining 34,000 or so main forces to turn around and come in the direction of Hengshan County! ”

This Duoduo still thinks a lot of about me! Pang Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly while being stunned. He also expected that the Qing army would divide its troops, but he originally thought that the Qing army would only send a partial division to block and contain him, while the main force continued to advance towards Hengzhou. But he didn't expect Duoduo to actually press the main force to Hengshan, and those who went to Hengzhou became a partial division.

"The spies were on the way to Hengshan County because they had to avoid the dense Qing army sentry horses. I had to take a small road, so I was delayed a lot. According to the speed of the Qing Dynasty's rapid march, it will probably take less than an hour for them to arrive at the foot of Hengshan City! The situation is urgent, so I hope you will prepare as soon as possible. Ma Yuancheng added.

Even without Ma Yuancheng's reminder, Pang Yue has already felt the current crisis. In fact, the situation was even more urgent than he had initially expected for the Qing army to turn back and press on the county seat of Hengshan.

If Duoduo was ruthless and the whole army returned north to kill a horse gun, although Huguang Town, Ma Jinzhong, and Chen Youlong's troops would suffer more pressure, it would at least play a diversion role and leave more time for Emperor Longwu to transfer. But at present, there is a Qing army of more than 15,000 people heading towards Hengzhou, which poses a great threat to Emperor Longwu and the princes and ministers.

Pang Yue knew that although the number of divisions in this Qing army was small, it was dominated by Manchurian soldiers, and its combat effectiveness was absolutely elite compared to the ordinary Ming army. What's more, at present, the regular Ming army in Hengzhou City is only more than 20,000 in total, which does not have much advantage, and the combat effectiveness is uneven. Even if Emperor Longwu had already led his ministers to leave Hengzhou a day or two in advance, under the drag of a large number of dependents and private property, the transfer speed would definitely not be much faster, which Pang Yue had deeply experienced when he went to Fuzhou to meet him. In this case, the Manchurian soldiers, who were mainly cavalry, could easily catch up with Emperor Longwu and his party.

Thinking of this, Pang Yue had already guessed Duoduo's general intentions, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the accuracy of his calculations and the viciousness of his means: as the commander of the Qing army in the southern expedition, Duoduo must have a good understanding of the Ming army in the city of Hengzhou and even in the entire southern part of Huguang, so he confidently and boldly sent this more than 15,000 land and water army to Hengzhou. This part of the Qing army is no more, no less, just suitable, if Emperor Longwu goes out of the city and does not leave, most of them will be caught up or even captured, if he stays in Hengzhou to defend the city, he will definitely be firmly trapped. In this way, Duoduo was able to free up his hands to deal with Huguang Town, as well as Ma Jinzhong and Chen Youlong. Moreover, Duoduo also pinched Zhu Dadian and his own mentality, knowing that once Hengzhou was besieged and Emperor Longwu was in trouble, Zhu Dadian and himself had some scruples in their hearts, and would not easily evacuate in other directions, but would only go to Hengzhou with fortification, which gave the Qing army the opportunity to calmly surround and severely damage the 30,000 Ming army. After succeeding, Duoduo led the main force to the city of Hengzhou, and joined the previous division that trapped Emperor Longwu's monarchs and ministers to attack together, and it was done!

"Come here!" Pang Yue gave an order to Ma Yuancheng and walked to the Eight Immortals table covered with a map.

Since he guessed Duoduo's general intentions, Pang Yue naturally would not sit still, and after thinking about it for a while, he made up his mind and said to Ma Yuancheng: "Point out to me the marching route of the Qing captives that the Intelligence Department has discovered!" ”

After Ma Yuancheng, who also came to the side of the map, pointed out the route, Pang Yue continued to look at the map for a while, then took the paper and pen on the side, quickly wrote a letter, stamped it with his general seal, and then called his personal soldier Jin Yong: "You take a few people, and quickly send this letter to the superintendent's camp." Tell him that the situation has changed, and ask him, General Ma and General Chen to change the original marching route, not to come to Hengshan to meet our town again, and to choose another way to Hengzhou. The reasons and the new route I have already written in the letter. ”

After speaking, Pang Yue instructed Ma Yuancheng again: "You draw a few people from the Intelligence Department who are familiar with the terrain and go to the superintendent camp together." ”

"Yes!"

"After bringing the letter, you will go to Hengzhou with the superintendent and the two generals Ma and Chen, you don't have to return to Hengshan County, and you will return when the situation eases!" Just as Jin Yong was about to leave, Pang Yue finally gave another order.

Jin Yong seemed to realize something, and hesitated: "Your Excellency, ......"

"What nonsense, this is an order! Are you going to disobey military orders? Pang Yuehu grimaced.

"Subordinate... Yes, sir! ”

Jin Yong and Ma Yuancheng both left after receiving the order, and Pang Yue looked at the map on the table and let out a heavy sigh. He also felt very bad in his heart when he made such a decision, the soldiers of Huguang Town had just suffered a lot of losses not long ago, and now they had to face the surging Qing army in this small city. With the Qing army having Hongyi artillery, this will definitely be another difficult battle, and I don't know how many soldiers will sleep after this battle. But he had no other choice, only by letting Huguang Town hold back Duoduo's main force, could Zhu Dadian lead Ma Jinzhong and Chen Youlong's troops to Hengzhou smoothly, and only then could the Qing army's threat to Emperor Longwu be lifted.

This task can only be completed by Huguang Town at the moment!

The real king's division will surely experience more and more tragic battles than the rest of the army, and the real king's division should also take the initiative to assume more responsibilities than the rest of the army! Pang Yue's mind suddenly had such a sentence, although he couldn't remember where he had seen this sentence in his previous life, but he felt that it was so clear in his mind.

If this is the case, what is there to regret? Pang Yue breathed a sigh of relief gently, put on his helmet, and strode out of the county office.