"Report, Marshal Qi, nearly 10,000 people of the Hunan army left the camp in the evening, and the small ones sent people to follow them, and found them going in the direction of Jingdezhen."

Li Xiucheng was shocked: "Where is the Hunan army?" How long do I have to get to Jingdezhen? ”

The spy replied, "It has been two hours since we set off, and it has already passed Longtan. At the speed of their march, it is estimated that they will be able to reach Jingdezhen tomorrow morning. ”

Li Xiucheng said to Li Chunfa: "I didn't expect the Hunan army to dare to divide the troops as soon as it arrived, and the defenders of Jingdezhen have been transferred to the vicinity of Nanchang by Zhao Dudu, and there are only 3,000 militiamen in the city to defend it. ”

"The last general commanded" Li Chunfa did not dare to slack off and immediately resigned.

Early the next morning, the First Fleet had just transported Chen Yucheng's army to the opposite bank, and when it returned, it was besieged by the Hunan army's naval divisions.

"Formation! Formation! The whole army immediately drove to the shore battery! "Without the 'Nanjing', Wang Xin was reluctant to confront the Hunan army, and planned to use the fort to get out of the predicament.

"Boom Boom"

Peng Yulin commanded the fleet to keep up with him, and today he finally caught the opportunity of the absence of the 'Nanjing', so he did not want to miss it, and more than 200 warships were divided into two routes, one on the left and one on the right, to surround the Han army's naval division.

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Where to shoot!" Peng Yulin was shocked when he saw that cannonballs kept falling from the sky.

"My lord! It was a fort on the shore, and Shorthair built a fort on the high ground on the shore, and our army could only reach the opposite bank by advancing two hundred zhang. The battalion officer in charge of the lookout post replied loudly.

"Two hundred zhang? Evacuate! Peng Yulin saw that the short-haired fleet also turned back to bombard them, and the warships suffered serious losses. Hastily commanded the fleet to retreat.

"It's a failure! It's going to make Yang Jae-bok laugh again! Peng Yulin slapped the railing unwillingly.

Since Hu Linyi drank blood wine with Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin under Wuchang City, it was observed that they still did not agree with each other. The Hunan Army Naval Division was simply divided into two branches, the Inner Lake Water Division and the Outer River Water Division, and Peng Yulin commanded the Outer River Water Division. Yang Zaifu commanded the Neihu Water Division, the two armies did not interfere with each other, and cooperated with each other, but he did not expect that the helpless move made the Hunan Army Water Division expand rapidly, and Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu competed with each other vigorously.

Chen Yucheng saw the retreat of the Hunan army sailors on the other side, patted his chest, turned around and shouted: "Go!" ”

The army marched rapidly in the morning and entered Hubei in the afternoon.

"Commander. There are a thousand Qing troops blocking the way in front, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard. Tan Shaoguang finally won the opportunity to go on the expedition, and he had long wanted to perform with all his strength.

"Accurate!"

On a slope ten miles ahead, twenty-five or sixteen-year-old Li Yuncong smiled proudly.

The master complimented: "Your Excellency is wise, there are only hundreds of stupid thieves in front of you, and your lord will definitely be rewarded by Lord Futai for reporting his merits to Lu with the head of the anti-thief, and the word acting will immediately become a real teaching, and it will be more convenient for the adult to search for silver." ”

Li Yuncong said with a smile: "I didn't expect my father to donate the title to me." There is also some use, these townships are brave enough to come and go, it is not easy to exterminate a thief, and the governor of Jiang, who died in Luzhou, was just an acting magistrate when he made his fortune. Ha Lu Ha ...... Is this God planning to let me be Jiang Zhongyuan's second! ”

"Lord Zhixian, no, it's not a little thief ahead. It is the main force of shorthair, densely packed with tens of thousands of people! A village leader ran to the heights out of breath. When he saw Li Yuncong, the magistrate, he shouted in a panic.

When Li Yuncong heard that there were more than 10,000 rebels, he immediately lost his heart. The idea of making a contribution in his heart disappeared, and he didn't ask anything, so he shouted loudly: "Withdraw!" Evacuate! Carry this old man and quickly retreat. ”

The master helped Li Yuncong and asked, "Where is the lord retreating?" Do you want to go back to the county office and make plans again? ”

Li Yuncong patted his master's forehead and scolded: "Stupid, there are tens of thousands of short-haired people, can that small county town withstand it?" Hurry up to the city, not the provincial city! Lao Tzu had to personally report the military situation to the Governor. ”

The master rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized: "Your Excellency is wise, Shorthair must have quietly entered Hubei, we were the first to get the news and report it to the Governor, and the Governor must look at you differently from the magistrate......"

Li Yuncong saw that the master was still chattering, so he hurriedly jumped up and knocked his forehead hard, and scolded: "Don't go quickly, you can't run away when the short hair catches up, don't go straight, turn around and take the waterway!" ”

Tan Shaoguang stepped on the banner and uniform on the ground, and scolded: "Damn, I thought there was something powerful about this Qing army, daring to block the way of the army, but I didn't expect it to be just a bunch of fools, running faster than rabbits." ”

"Commander, what should I do next? Do you want to pursue? Wang Lung asked cautiously.

Tan Shaoguang waved his hand: "Go!" Let's occupy the county seat of Qizhou and give the army a place to stay. ”

"That's still fifty or sixty miles away! I'll send someone to talk to the commander. Wang Lung gave a few words to one of the heralds, and then went northwest with the forward.

Shao Lun, the prefect of Huangzhou, heard that Qizhou had fallen, and thought that it was just a general civil uprising, and planned to send people to appease, since Changmao repeatedly crossed the border, civil uprisings occurred from time to time, and every time the garrison was troubled, he had to pay a pulling fee of 30,000 taels first, and then Shao Lun thought about it, and used 10,000 taels to buy some food to go to appease, which was faster than the garrison expedition.

Tianjia Town is located in the upper reaches of the Jiujiang River about 150 miles, 300 miles downstream of Wuhan, about 70 miles southwest of Guangji County, the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is narrow, and the opposite bank of Banbi Mountain and Fuchikou are each other's horns, is the gateway of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi and the throat of Wuhan. Its terrain is dangerous, the river is locked by mountains, the lakes are connected, the east is the Huangni Lake, the west is the Makou Lake, and there are three or four miles wide and six or seven miles long hills in the middle. To the north of the hill is the Songshan Heights, the highlands stretch for more than 10 miles, the relative height is only three or four hundred meters, but it is very steep, and the dense vegetation is sometimes exposed with gray-brown rocks, which is the support of the north of the fortress. It is known as "the first gateway of Wuhan" and "the key to the Chujiang River", and the terrain is dangerous. Because of the confrontation between the two mountains, the Yangtze River suddenly narrows here, and the distance between the two banks is only about 500 meters, so there is the saying of "rowing a boat across the river with eighteen oars".

Jiangning general Du Xing'a, deputy capital commander Duolong'a, the two led the green battalion of 8,000 and garrisoned Tianjia Town, originally thought it was an advantage, but did not expect the Han army to march into Hubei from here.

The deputy commander Duolonga was reluctant to fight hard: "General, it is clear that Qizhou was captured by the short hair, and there are more than 14,000 troops before and after. ”

Du Xing'a was dressed in military uniform, the armor on his body was scorching in the sunlight, and he slowly spoke: "Before the battle is fought, he will lose the important land of Tianjia Town, retreat to Wuchang, the governor is still good to explain, we are all full of people, but Hu Linyi is a jealous and hateful person, if he folds the bullet and plays us, Su Shun that bastard will use the topic to play again!" ”

said that Sushun Duolonga also came to the fire: "Is this Sushun born by stealing a man!" Everyone is full of people, why bother to be full of people, he has a salary, and there are people who are filial, and they can not take the annual bonus salary, but what about those of us, we have to drink the northwest wind when we eat, and he also cut half of the salary, what a bastard! We are full of people who have won the country not for their own enjoyment! Is it to make life better for the Han people? ”

Du Xing'a turned around and shouted: "Presumptuous! Just say this kind of thing in front of your own people, don't spread it to the ears of the Han people, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

Duolonga said carefully: "Then the lowly position to lead people to fight with Shorthair? Our brothers all went out to train with the Hunan army, and it stands to reason that there is no gap between them and the Hunan army. ”

Du Xing'a nodded while listening, and immediately changed his mind: "It makes sense, or this official personally annihilated the short-haired in Hubei, and you immediately mobilize all the soldiers and horses, then the kingdom can fight!" Let him lead a thousand people to stay in Tianjia Town, and send someone to talk to the stupid prefect to prevent him from dying in a daze, and let us be reprimanded for nothing. ”

"Humble Command"

Qizhou

"Report, General Qiyu, the defenders of Tianjia Town are coming in the direction of Qizhou early in the morning, and there are only more than 1,000 people guarding Tianjia Town."

Tan Shaoguang was overjoyed and complimented Chen Yucheng: "The army commander is really like a god, we have captured Qizhou, the defenders of Tianjia Town really can't stay, the last general is willing to be the striker, please give the army commander an order!" ”

Chen Yucheng smiled: "No, Shaoguang, you lead the troops to attack the nearby counties and towns, even Ezhou Mansion and Huangzhou Mansion, you also have to fight a dozen, and transport all the captured cannons to Tianjia Town, I want to build a fort from now on, this place is the necessary place for the Hunan army and naval division, as long as we capture here, the Hunan army will definitely send troops back to help, and the pressure on Jiujiang can be greatly reduced." ”

"The last general understands" Tan Shaoguang led his 4,000 soldiers and horses out of the city and continued north.

Liu Lichuan saw that the sixteen-year-old Chen Yucheng spoke reasonably, and gave orders in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but be amazed, the day before yesterday when he was in Pengze, he was hurriedly assigned to Chen Yucheng's command, he was complaining, and was led by a little doll who didn't have any hair, he felt ashamed, he didn't expect this doll commander to really be outstanding.

Chen Yucheng continued: "Division Commander Liu led 2,000 troops to attack Tianjia Town, and the rest of the men and horses followed me out of the city to fight. ”

"Compliance"

As soon as the army came out of the city gate, Chen Yucheng had an idea, remembered the emperor's deeds in Guangxi, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "The Qing army has more than 10,000 enemies, and the commander of the first regiment, Zhong Lin, led 3,000 people to fight with the Qing army. ”

"Obey the order" Zhong Lin led 3,000 people and gradually distanced himself from the army.

Duxing Ah was not fooled, and deliberately sent all the army scouts to Lu to inquire about the military situation, and led the army to slowly approach Qizhou, intending to retreat at any time.

"Report, there are enemy troops ten miles ahead, wearing short-haired clothing, and there are only more than 3,000 people." (To be continued......)