Du Xing'a had the intention to take down this bastard who took the lead in escaping, but he also remembered that he gave up his war horse to himself at a critical moment, and he couldn't bear to do it, so he just reprimanded Duolonga fiercely.

"Why hasn't Shorthair retreated? Do you want to annihilate us? Duxing Ah saw that the Han army was arrayed five miles away, and the second monk was puzzled, so he could only ask to the left and right.

Wang Guocai was shocked: "It's bad, Tianjia Town is in danger!" ”

Du Xing'a hurriedly turned around and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"Report, Deputy General Shi Qingji asks to see!"

Duolonga stepped forward and asked Shi Qingji, "Aren't you defending Tianjia Town?" How did you get here? ”

Shi Qingji cried with a sad face, and said astringently: "Your Excellency, less than two hours after you led the army to leave, most of the short-haired people attacked Tianjia Town, and they were outnumbered, and only led the army to break through the siege, and 1,000 soldiers and horses died in 600. ”

Wang Guocai's two eyebrows were about to wrinkle together, and he hugged his fists at Du Xing'a and said: "General, now it has been confirmed that there are indeed tens of thousands of people in the short hair, and there are only three thousand green battalion soldiers stationed in Wuchang City, I am afraid that the governor still does not know the news of the invasion of Hubei by the short hair, in case the short hair marches towards Wuchang at night, how can this be good?" ”

Du Xing'a scolded loudly: "Anti-thieves are hateful! I have never seen such a cunning and fierce thief, and the whole army returned to Wuchang with the camp, that's right! Sent someone to report to Governor Hu, saying that tens of thousands of short-haired people suddenly attacked Hubei, and our army killed 3,000 enemies after fierce fighting. ”

Looking at the rolling Yangtze River in front, Chen Yucheng was in a good mood, the first battle of Tianjiazhen was the first time he led his troops to fight, annihilating 5,000 Qing troops and capturing 500 war horses. The Qing army left tens of thousands of loads of supplies in Tianjia Town, enough for the new army to eat and drink for a year. The most important thing is that the Qing army built a fort here, on which there are more than 100 large and small artillery pieces.

Liu Lichuan completely convinced the sixteen-year-old young man in front of him. Secretly sighed: You still need to have talent to fight!

Chen Yucheng retracted his agitated thoughts, turned around and said: "Zhong Lin, you lead 3,000 men and horses to stay in Tianjia Town, and allocate you 1,000 foreign guns, the terrain here is dangerous, and we must not lose the retreat of our army back to Jiangxi!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhong Lin thought to himself, this can be regarded as a one-man situation.

Liu Lichuan asked in a low voice, "The general intends to continue to attack Wuchang?" ”

Chen Yucheng smiled confidently and pointed to the northwest. Loudly announced: "This time I have to turn Hubei upside down!" ”

Hu Linyi did not expect that the Han army had already prepared for his attack on Anhui, and the Taihu Lake area gathered more than 8,000 people to wait for work, and he sent troops to attack for seven days in a row, but he could not advance an inch, so he could only camp outside the city.

Zhou Fengqi and Liu Changyou heard that the Han army had invaded Hubei, and hurriedly found Hu Linyi to report: "My lord, it's not good, the short-haired army has invaded Hubei, and Tianjia Town has fallen." Our army's rear road was intercepted! ”

When Hu Linyi learned of the movement of the Han army, he was shocked, and this time the Hunan army had already brought all the main forces to Jiangxi. At this time, the total number of troops in Wuchang was less than 10,000, and if Wuchang fell, he, the governor, would not want to go now. After a pause, the frustration of the unfavorable war in the past few days came to my heart. Wen Crepe said: Anhui and Hubei are bordered, and all roads are roads. It is impossible to prevent it, to defend it in the province, it is better to seek Anhui, to fight abroad, not to seek Anhui, it is difficult to protect Chu, not to protect Chu, and to seek Anhui! Now that the anti-thieves have entered the country, my army is outside, what can I do? ”

Zhou Fengqi and Hu Linyi are old acquaintances, relying on their intimate relationship, they complained repeatedly: "My lord, I don't understand what you said, whether you can return to help or not, you should give a letter!" ”

Hu Linyi's face was ugly, and he commanded loudly: "Now we are holding back a large number of enemy troops in Anhui, if we trade and then withdraw, I am afraid that all the enemy troops in Anhui will chase us into Hubei, since Jiujiang cannot be quickly defeated, let Li Kehui lead 5,000 elite soldiers to come back to help, and the short-haired thieves will not be helpless, as long as they are driven out of Hubei, the situation will be in our favor." ”

Zhou Fengqi also looked expectant: "I hope Kehui can complete the task and keep Wuchang City." ”

On December 17, Qizhou fell, on December 18, Tianjia Town, a key place in Hubei, fell to Tianjia Town, on December 23, Qishui fell, and the county ordered the family to commit suicide, and on December 30, Luotian County fell, and all the officials in the city fled, and Macheng fell on January 5......

"Smack! Did Hu Linyi send reinforcements back? Guanwen's eyes were red and swollen, he hadn't rested for more than two hours a day in the past half a month, and he was in a daze at the funeral report all day long, or he sent someone to Jiangxi to ask for reinforcements.

Because of the loss of Tianjia Town, Du Xing'a lacked confidence, and replied in a low voice: "Li Kehui personally led the troops back to help, and now he should be in Ezhou Mansion, and he can rush to Wuchang tomorrow afternoon." ”

Guan Wen's heart, which was beating to his throat, finally fell back, held his chest with his hand, and asked again: "Where is the short-haired thief attacking now, and how far is it from Wuchang?" ”

Since taking office as the governor of Huguang, Guan Wen doesn't know how many times he has been worried about the war, after all, the first two governors died because of this, and he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps.

Wang Guocai frowned at the mention of Shorthair, and said with a wry smile: "Every time this Shorthair captures a place, except for Tianjia Town, he does not send troops to stay behind, and now he has wandered into Hanyang Mansion. ”

In front of his own people, Guan Wen sat on the chair regardless of his image, and sighed: "As long as the short hair does not fight Wuchang, even if my black gauze hat is saved, the order will go down, before the arrival of reinforcements, no one is allowed to attack without authorization, and the violators will be dealt with by military law!" ”

Liu Lichuan looked at the well-defended Hanchuan, and said to Chen Yucheng: "General, this place is the Wuchang barrier, the Qing army has always stationed heavy troops here, the last general guessed that the Qing army reinforcements have arrived, we still return to Macheng, if they suddenly kill from behind when our army attacks Hanchuan, our army will be attacked by the enemy in the back, and it will be easy to be defeated!" ”

Chen Yucheng lowered his head and thought for a moment, nodded slowly, suddenly straightened his whole body, and ordered loudly: "The army immediately rushed to Hannan and collected all the ships nearby!" ”

Liu Lichuan was shocked, thinking that Chen Yucheng was going to attack Wuchang, and persuaded: "The city of Wuchang is tall, the defenders are more than 10,000, and we are alone in the depths, the non-commissioned officers are all worried, and the generals think twice." ”

"Master Liu guessed wrong!" Chen Yucheng pointed to the south and said, "Yueyang City! I followed the emperor to fight once, this Yueyang is the throat of Hubei and Hunan, facing south can attack Changsha, north can attack Hubei, is the Qing army must rescue the place, if we capture Yueyang, the Qing army can sit idly by, and then will be able to contain a large number of Hunan troops. ”

The tired people of the Hunan army under Wuchang City turned their horses on their backs, and they galloped to the aid of Wuchang from the Jiujiang front day and night, just to enter Wuchang City as soon as possible, but they did not expect the defenders in the city to refuse the entry of the Hunan army. (To be continued......)

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