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Wu Sangui now has 400,000 soldiers and horses, occupying the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hunan, and these 400,000 soldiers and horses can be regarded as elite only accounting for one-fifth, less than 80,000. The rest are basically ordinary troops, among which the vast majority of the troops captured and integrated by the Wu army and the troops that voluntarily surrendered are the original local defenders, local patrol troops and ordinary green battalion soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is really limited. These armies are fine in normal times, and they have no problem fighting a tailwind battle, but once they encounter a strong opponent, they may be quickly defeated.

Such a problem was not only in the Wu army, but also in the Qing army. The Qing army had more troops, totaling 700,000, but he also faced many enemies, and the troops were scattered, and the Wu army confronted only more than 500,000, and the others defended the Beijing division and dispersed to defend Wang Fuchen in Shaanxi and Gansu, and Geng Jingzhong in the south, but now there is Zheng Jing in Taiwan. The Qing army was 700,000, and the proportion of elite troops was not much higher than that of the Wu army.

Among the 20,000 troops of the Wu army that were preparing to attack Ji'an Mansion, there were only 5,000 elite Wu troops, and most of the others were the original Hunan local green battalions. These people were originally low in combat effectiveness, and they couldn't even arrest the mountain bandits in the mountains, but they were very good at bullying the common people. What's more important is that the Wu army that came this time also had a 600-strong army converted from mountain bandits. The slaughter of the village discovered by Cai Qiang and others was carried out by them, and the cruelty was rare.

When he joined the army, his life was different from the days of the original mountain bandits, and there were many more rules. It's not so free anymore. The bosses up there are fine. I'm an official. I don't feel anything about some constraints, but the small bosses and minions below have big opinions, and this time the mountain village was slaughtered, or because they wanted to make money privately and find a woman to vent. This village is located at the mouth of the western valley of the gorge between Yongxin County and Ji'an County, which is 30 miles long from east to west, and the Rongjiang River, a tributary of Heshui, is here, but it is convenient for small boats but there is no road to walk, so it is relatively remote. This part of the Wu army leader is really difficult to be discovered. If it weren't for Cai Qiang and the others taking a shortcut to find out the news, it is estimated that no one would know until the bones decomposed.

The Wu army of 20,000 besieged Yongxin County, and the county commander knew that if he resisted, he would die without a place to be buried, so he immediately opened the city and surrendered. It can be said that the Wu army took Yongxin County without much effort, reorganized in the county seat for a day and a half, waited for the logistics troops behind to follow, and then set off towards Ji'an Fucheng. The straight-line distance between Yongxin County and Ji'an Fucheng is only 100 miles, but the mountains and rivers are blocked between them, so the Wu army must advance to the northeast, and the whole journey is more than 200 miles. It took two days from Yongxin County to start from Yongxin County, and it had just finished the general road. And this time. Bai Xianzhong had already gotten the news and reported it to Geng Jingzhong. They walked around the city of Ji'an for more than a month, and the food in the city was basically eaten, and in the next few days, there may not be any need for Bai Xianzhong to send someone to say anything, and the soldiers in the city will take the initiative to surrender. But at this time, Wu Jun actually came to intervene, but Bai Xian's loyalty was not light, and Wu Jun arrived in Ji'an Mansion, he must have given them a good look.

Not to mention that Bai Xianzhong prepared such a generous gift to the Wu army, even Cai Qiang's reconnaissance team had already approached Yongxin County, which was occupied by the Wu army, after a rapid march. Yongxin County is also an important county in central Jiangxi, and it can barely be called an important town. Although its walls are not too bad, they are not as strong as other ordinary county towns. The city wall of this Yongxin county town is not more than a zhang high, three miles long, it is not a high wall and a deep city, but in the era of cold weapons, it is not easy for anyone to capture this kind of city wall, and they have to leave a lot of corpses. It's just that the number of Wu troops exceeds the defenders is too much, and the defenders in the city don't have the courage to fight to the death, so it is natural to lose the city.

Cai Qiang and others came to a hidden place outside the city of Yongxin County, and secretly observed the movement at the city gate with binoculars, and found that almost no one entered or left the city, and the guards guarding the city gate were also very lax. They wore the military uniforms of the Wu army, that is, a popular mandarin duck battle jacket in the former Ming Dynasty, which was still new. With a spear or a sword in his hand, he sat lazily at the foot of the city wall basking in the sun. There are also a few Wu soldiers who are guarding the door, but they are exploiting the people who have passed by.

Seeing the lazy and half-dead appearance of Wu Jun defending the city, Cai Qiang showed joy on his face: "These guys are really bold, if the city defense is so lax, we only need to send people to climb the city wall at night to open the city gate, and it is easy to take such a small city!" ”

Yuan Bin also echoed: "Yes, it is said that Wu Sangui is good at managing soldiers, and his subordinates are all brave and good at fighting, these are really Wu Jun in front of you?" But the clothes are right, just like that, our reconnaissance team can easily kill him by one or two hundred! ”

"Don't move, although the brothers behind us are all following, but after all, there are only fifty people. It seems that there are at least four or five hundred defenders left in the city, even if the opponent's combat strength is not strong, but the number is here, the brothers are all exhausted, and they will not be able to take this county seat. Besides, what are we going to do now to take this small county town? Take it down and guard it everyone, don't worry, send a brother back to the general to report the situation, I think, this Yongxin county just blocked the return of the Wu army, if the general sends a battalion of soldiers and horses to guard here, then the Wu army will be difficult! Cai Qiang put down the binoculars and said.

"Hey, yes, it's just a pity that this opportunity was taken. However, I still don't understand why Wu Jun is like this. I have also seen Wu Sangui's army before, especially the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but it is much stronger than before our Mawei army was formed. Except for Guan Ning Tieqi, the other soldiers and horses under Wu Sangui are not wasted like this? If the Wu army that went to attack the city of Ji'an was like this, I am afraid that they would not even be able to touch the city gate! Yuan Bin said with some doubts.

"It's not hard to understand. Obviously, this is not the elite under Wu Sangui, I am afraid that it is halfway to the past. The Wu army let them defend the city here, they must not be prisoners, but they can only be soldiers and horses who take refuge on their own initiative. And the leader of Wu Jun is really a little overconfident, and he left such a small number of troops behind, and he really thought that as soon as he arrived, Ji'an Mansion City would fall in one go! Hmph, this Wu Sangui collected so many soldiers and horses regardless of it, but he didn't reorganize and train from the new, and he used it when he caught it, which really burned out his head. ”

"Hey, hey, isn't this just cheaper for us! Squadron Leader, I don't think we can storm the city, but we can still destroy some of the defenders in secret. The general got the news, and then sent troops to come to take a shortcut, how to take a day and a half, during this time, are we slowly consuming the strength of the Wu army defending the city? A grim smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Bin's mouth, and he said at the same time.

Cai Qiang also responded with a smile: "Listen to you!" Our brothers have been itching for a long time! (To be continued......)