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In the past six months, the Qing army attacked Jiaxing City many times, but they all had no results, and the two armies confronted each other near Jiaxing City and Jiashan County. However, in the past six months, Zheng Jun's control over Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou has been declining more and more. The 3,000 cavalry of the Qing army went to various places from time to time to sweep around, and the target was of course the Zheng army outside. Therefore, Zheng Jun's desire to collect grain has become a problem. Fortunately, this is the land of fish and rice, the grain storage is very sufficient, and there is a lot of food in the place, and only a part of it can be collected to allow them to spy until now, but it will definitely not work for a long time.

Many of the people in the city have already left the city and moved to the countryside to escape the war. Although the Qing army will also appear in the countryside, the Qing army has not dealt with ordinary people, of course, the premise is that you don't help Zheng Jun and Shi Lang. All the squires who clearly and vigorously support Shi Lang have indeed been killed by the Qing army in the past six months, and the crime is to support the anti-thieves and conspire against them, that is, there is no forgiveness for exterminating the nine clans. In addition, Liu Guoxuan lost nearly half of his warships and sailors, and the Taiwanese sailors stayed in Hangzhou Bay and never dared to go north again. The Taiwan side did not continue to send fleets to support, and with only the remaining warships and sailors, it was not the opponent of the Jiangning Navy.

But. Just a day ago. Shi Lang received a letter from Geng Jingzhong, the supreme commander of the Mawei Army. The content is that the two armies will join forces to attack the Qing army in Jiashan County, and the time is set for two days later, that is, tomorrow. There is not much that the Zheng army needs to do, that is, to feint the Qing army when the Mawei army and the Zheng army are fighting, contain part of the Qing army, and wait until the Mawei army crushes the enemy army in front, and then march on both sides on a large scale to completely swallow this Qing army. A fifth-class battleship of the Mawei Navy halfway turned to Hangzhou Bay and then entered the Qiantang River. Under the banner of the Mawei Army, he sent the letter to Shi Lang's hands

The army of the Mawei Army carried more than 400 troop carriers, of which nine were the ships of the original offshore formation, and each ship could only carry 30 people, and some of the large naval ships carrying more than 8,000 people had already disembarked at Gaojia in Shanghai County, and these smaller troop carriers sailed all the way to the town of Yonggang, which was only 100 miles away from Jiashan County, where 17,000 Mawei Army infantry disembarked. As soon as they got off the boat, the officers and men could not bear to get used to it, and Luo Cheng, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, which had 8th, 9th, and 13th battalions under the elite command of the 2nd Division, immediately sent a large number of scouts and meticulous work to investigate the surrounding situation.

The Mawei Army did not prepare to disembark and immediately marched into the army, although this group of army soldiers had been training at the beach for more than a month for this voyage, but they were sea ships these days. Even sailing along the offshore coast is really uncomfortable. You have to have a good day of rest. It was not until eight or nine o'clock in the morning that all the troops disembarked, and it was not until noon the next day that the whole army set out again. This time, the army's more than 25,000 men were all new troops, the 7th and 8th divisions, and 5,000 men to be transferred to the artillery division. The three battalions of elite veterans of the 2nd Division were responsible for serving as sharp knives.

The Mawei Army landed and assembled in the town of Yonggang, obviously intending to attack Jiashan County, and Jiashan County quickly got the news, and hurriedly ordered the troops in Pinghu and other places to shrink in the direction of Jiashan County, preparing to deal with the possible attack of the Mawei Army and the Zheng Army at the same time. Pingnan General Lai Ta was also frightened by the intelligence, hundreds of large and small ships, tens of thousands of people came down, and the specific tens of thousands of scouts are not clear, but it is overwhelming, Lai Ta also had to recall the various armies outside, especially the 10,000 people of the Zhejiang General Tulabu.

The temperature in mid-May was already very hot, but none of the officers and men of the Mawei Army complained, and walked seriously under the scorching sun. Zhang Wenliang, commander of the Second Brigade of the Seventh Division of the New Army, personally led the battalion commanders of the third and fourth battalions and several other brigade commanders, plus more than 2,000 soldiers, to walk in front. Looking further ahead, there were 500 cavalry soldiers of the cavalry division that had just been transferred to his command for the time being, and the task of the cavalry at this moment was also very simple, that is, to prepare for a rapid attack once the enemy was encountered on the road, covering the infantry and firearms behind the brigade.

Cavalry is still the most valuable branch of the Mawei Army, and it is also a very useful type of troops, but the Mawei Army is also available for these cavalry, and most of them are still in Jiangxi, so this time the army went north, and the whole army stopped bringing 800 horsemen. Originally, there was a way for the soldiers to think that the cavalry was of little use in the place where the water network was crisscrossed in the south of the Yangtze River, and this time it was definitely mostly a siege and siege battle, and it was useless to have more cavalry. Closely following the side of the army were the troops of the newly formed artillery division, a total of 118 large and small guns, most of which were drawn by horses and some by mules. However, the Mawei Army had a lot of artillery carriages, and the speed of running was not slow, so the marching speed was still okay, and it could completely keep up with the large troops.

The new army has gone into battle, and Luo Cheng of the elite second division will certainly not be willing to be left behind, so Luo Cheng took his guards and some of the main generals and began to walk quickly in front of the seventh division of the new army. Although it had just rained in this area a few days ago, the weather has been very good these days, the sun is very hot, and the dust on the road is really not small, many soldiers have not walked much to drink the water in the military kettle.

Fortunately, there are large and small rivers everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no water pollution at all in this era, and the river water is very clear. Almost every time they came to a river with clear water, soldiers and horses would crowd to the river to drink. People crowded and neighed, and there was a mess.

"Command all armies, keep in line, and go quickly!" Zhang Wenliang urged his generals. Don't let the soldiers linger too long by the river. so as not to disturb the procession. To prevent being attacked by the enemy by taking advantage of the gap, a small river a few meters wide or something, has already crossed three ways. However, the enemy obviously had no intention of making a surprise attack, and in such a high-risk state as the whole army waded across the river many times, the Tanma did not find any trace of the enemy's activities in the vicinity. The thirty scouts who were released kept sending back reports that they were safe on all sides, and Zhang Wenliang was a little relieved. "Continue to give orders to all armies without delay!" He commanded.

The distance between Jiashan County and this Yonggang Town was only a hundred miles, and it only took them eleven hours to reach the city of Jiashan County. Of course, this is also the Mawei Army, if it is placed on the ordinary green battalion soldiers, the normal travel time of this mileage of more than 100 miles is only afraid that it will be more, if the average green battalion soldiers walk at a speed of twenty or thirty miles a day, this little road can be walked for three or four days. Fortunately, it was the Mawei Army, and he also carried two days' dry food, and when the time came, Shangguan would order the gas to stop eating and drinking, and replenish the body. Zhang Wenliang instructed the generals to urge all departments to move forward as much as possible.

Zhang Wenliang himself rode a Mongolian horse with a sweaty BMW education. It looks like a miracle horse. The saddles, bridles, and stirrups were all made of brass, and the guards who had mastered them before setting out had polished them for him. It shines brightly in the sunlight. At this moment, Zhang Wenliang was holding the reins in his left hand and a whip in his right hand, staring at the steady stream of advancing people and banners around him, and a feeling of complacency filled his heart.

"Battalion Commander Wang!" He screamed.

"The subordinates are here!" The battalion commander named Wang Wanyu replied loudly.

"This place shouldn't be far from Jiashan County, right? The specific location will be reported. ”

"Back to the brigade commander, we are only halfway away, and we still have forty miles to go." Camp Commander Wang crossed his hands on his horse and said, "There is a mountain in front, although it is not high, but it can be a rare stone mountain here, so this place is also called Stone Mountain." ”

Zhang Wenliang glanced at this hill, which was about three hundred meters away from the avenue. It looks like a good place to control the road. If the Qing army ambushed people and horses here, the Mawei army would be miserable, and if they rushed up to hand-to-hand combat at close range, the new army of the Mawei army would have to go through a hard battle to get through. This new army has only been newly trained for half a year, and it is impossible to say whether it is hand-to-hand combat. But the scouts had already come to explore, and there were no ambushes here.

"Hehe, at this distance, the Qing army has already received the news, and it should have taken certain preventive measures, but it's a pity," Zhang Wenliang commented, "If that Tula sets up a camp here, send someone to guard it." Our Mawei army must first capture this mountain before we can continue to advance. ”

"What the brigade commander said is very true." Wang Wanyu's face was covered with dust, and his buttocks were grinding very painfully, but he still followed Zhang Wenliang's headquarters, he really didn't want to eat dust in the back and was willing to take the initiative.

"The terrain is important here. How about setting up a grain station here? Zhang Wenliang said to Liu Hong, the chief of staff beside him.

The supply of more than 20,000 people in the Mawei Army is now second only to the problem of the Mawei Army's continuous pulling, so it is a very urgent matter. When the Mawei Army went north, money and grain were of course the most convenient way to transport them by sea. The ships of the Mawei Army were not "strong ships and fast guns", which could transport enough rations for 10,000 people for ten days and a half months. Transporting grain by land is always quite troublesome regardless of the distance, especially the road conditions on the south side of the Yangtze River are really bad. If you learn from Wu Sangui or the Qing army, the Mawei army will not be able to stand it for a long time, and how difficult it is to send troops to rely on the people who have been requisitioned and sent to carry carts and drive hundreds of miles to receive food, you can understand it with just a little thought.

After receiving the information, Rabu did not all understand the meaning of the brigade commander, but this army is not in his hands, and he must quickly submit his opinions to the president Shuai Zeng Yang for review. This was still on the march, and Zeng Yangxing soon learned of it, and immediately ordered to start camping in this place. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)