"Quick! Assemble the whole army! ”

"The emperor has an order to prepare to break through."

“....”

The soldiers in the Ming army camp hurriedly gathered and lined up.

The Ming army soon divided into three routes and broke through to the south where the Qing army was weakest.

A Qing army sentry galloped in front of Wu Sangui, the king of Zhiping [West].

"Report! The Ming army was divided into three routes and was breaking through to the south. ”

The Qing sentry said.

"Do you know Zhu Cihong, where is it?"

Ping [West] Wang Wu Sangui asked.

"I don't know yet!"

The Qing army sentry told the truth.

"Order the Guanning Iron Cavalry to assemble and support the south with this king!"

Ping [West] Wang Wu Sangui hurriedly ordered.

The generals of Guan Ning said yes one after another.

Follow Wu Sangui quickly south.

In less than half an hour, Wu Sangui caught up with the Ming army all the way.

"Put!"

Wu Sangui pulled out the combat knife at his waist and ordered the Guanning Iron Cavalry to shoot.

"Bump...."

The Guanning Iron Cavalry held a three-eyed gun and shot at the Ming army.

"Ahh

In an instant, thousands of Ming soldiers all died under the three-eyed gun, and the morale of the Ming army plummeted.

"The Ming army has been intimidated, and the brave will win when they meet on the narrow road, kill!"

Wu Sangui pointed out the army and ordered the charge.

"Kill! ....”

The Guanning Iron Cavalry launched a charge against the Ming army.

"Bump...."

The Ming army collapsed in an instant, and some of the soldiers of the new army were killed by the Guanning Iron Cavalry just before they could shoot back with bird guns.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the Ming army on the left was completely annihilated.

"Report! Emperor! Oh no, the Ming army on the left was completely annihilated by Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry! ”

Jinyi Wei rode his horse and came to Zhu Cihong to pray.

"This Guanning Iron Cavalry is so fierce, fortunately, the emperor proposed to divide the troops into three roads, and the three roads are far apart, if we concentrate on one road, my army may be more auspicious."

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian said.

"Without further ado, if it is late, it will suffer, and it is necessary to quickly break through the encirclement of the Qing army in the south and withdraw from Huai'an, so that there can be a glimmer of life."

Zhu Cihong hurriedly said.

"There are 20,000 Qing troops in the south of our road, and there are more than 300 artillery pieces occupying the high ground, and it will be difficult to break through for a while and a half!"

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian said.

"Time is running out! For now, there is no other way but to fight to the death to break through, in order to boost morale, I want to go to the front line to supervise the army. ”

Zhu Cihong said his thoughts.

"Hooray, it's too dangerous!"

Huang Degong persuaded hard.

"If not, I'm afraid it will be difficult to force a breakthrough!"

Zhu Cihong immediately said.

A moment later, Zhu Cihong appeared among the front-line sergeants wearing cotton armor and embroidered spring knives around his waist, riding a tall horse.

"Hooray! It's Your Majesty! ”

"Long live Lord is here!"

"Your Majesty!"

“....”

The front-line sergeants said excitedly.

"It's been an hour since the army has been fighting, why can't we capture a mere 20,000 Qing troops for a long time?"

Zhu Cihong immediately glanced at the soldiers on the front line and asked sharply.

The soldiers bowed their heads in shame.

"The Qing army occupies the high ground, the artillery is firing a salvo, and our army has suffered heavy casualties, and it is really impossible to break through!"

One of the generals couldn't help but say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't blame you, I want to tell you that the Left Route Army has been completely wiped out, and if we don't break through, as soon as Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry arrives, we will all explain it here! From now on, please follow me, I will take a step forward, and you will take a step forward; If I take a step back, all the generals can escape and kill me. ”

Zhu Cihong said to the soldiers.

"Kill the Emperor? How can this be! ”

All the soldiers were dumbfounded.

This is the first time in history that I have heard of the saying that you can escape from the battle and kill the emperor.

"I'm being reborn again, if I take a step back, you can all be killed immediately, this is a military order! The soldiers must obey; If I take a step forward, please follow me as well! ”

Zhu Cihong reiterated the order.

At this moment, everyone's hearts are together.

The tiredness on his face disappeared in an instant.

The soldiers are united, right now.

"Please take a trip to Huangquan Road with me and go to Nai He Bridge once!"

Zhu Cihong said impassionedly.

Soon, the hearts of the soldiers were instantly twisted into a rope.

"Drive!"

Zhu Cihong rode his war horse and ran forward.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

"Brothers, kill!"

“....”

For a while, the voices were full of voices, and the soldiers used their lives.

Kill the Qing army in front.

"Peng...."

Hundreds of artillery pieces set up by the Qing army on the high ground were constantly bombarded.

"Huh...."

The archers of the 3,000 Qing army kept firing arrows.

"Ahh

Thousands of Ming troops fell in pools of blood.

But it still hasn't stopped.

The Ming army was hit by more than 30 arrows, but it still kept moving forward.

"Kill...."

The soldiers of the Ming army still kept rushing towards the Qing army on the high ground, going forward one after another, and none of them stopped.

"This is the first time this king has seen that the soldiers of our army are fighting so desperately! Soldiers use their lives, at this time! ”

Tang King Zhu Yujian was shocked by the scene in front of him, and immediately sighed.

Then Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, held a Yanling knife and killed the Qing army with the soldiers of the Ming army.

An hour later, after the Ming army paid a heavy price, 20,000 Qing troops were completely annihilated.

The Ming army captured the high ground and broke out of the encirclement of the Qing army.

All the way south.

Thirty miles after the breakout.

A dead and wounded sentry came from behind, walked in front of Zhu Cihong, and immediately fell off his horse.

"Lift him up!"

Zhu Cihong hurriedly said.

Two Ming soldiers helped him up.

"Your Majesty... The Middle Route Army... The whole army is annihilated! ”

After the sentry was helped up, he quickly knelt down and prayed.

"What!"

Everyone present was shocked.

After inquiring about the reason, he learned that Wu Sangui had once again annihilated the Middle Route Army.

If it weren't for the right army where he was located, he would have been encircled and annihilated by the Qing army.

Now there are only 10,000 Jingwei cavalry and 2,000 new troops of the Tianwei Battalion, as well as 1,000 ordinary Ming troops.

Thirteen thousand people in all.

"Tell the herald to throw away the baggage and speed up the south! Enter Yangzhou to defend it. ”

In order to avoid being overtaken, Zhu Cihong hurriedly ordered the whole army to speed up the southward journey.

The officers and men of the Ming army carried heavy burdens one after another and accelerated the pace of southward movement.

After more than ten days of marching, they arrived in Yangzhou.

In the city of Yangzhou.

Qi Li opened the city gate to greet the emperor.

"Ministers and relatives pay tribute to Your Majesty!"

Qi Li hurriedly saluted.

"Now that I'm embarrassed, I make Inspector Qi smile!"

Zhu Cihong said to Qi Li.

"How dare the minister laugh at Your Majesty!"

Qi Li hurriedly knelt down in fright.

"Inspector Qi, get up quickly! I still need to rely on you! ”

Zhu Cihong hurriedly helped Qi Li up and said.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Yangzhou now?"

Zhu Cihong asked Qi Li.

"After the last Yangzhou defense battle, the emperor transferred 20,000 soldiers from Fujian to replenish, and now there are 23,000 soldiers in Yangzhou City."

Qi Li told truthfully.

"Twenty-three thousand? Can there be artillery? ”

Zhu Cihong asked Qi Li.

"It's just that there is a lack of artillery, birds, and other equipment."

Qi Li said.

"Turning around, I immediately ordered the Nanzhili Firearms Manufacturing Bureau to replenish the bird gun artillery to the Yangzhou army as soon as possible."

Zhu Cihong said to Qi Li.

"Long live you!"

Qi Li hurriedly thanked him with both hands.

"Drive!"

Not far away, a man with a white iron spear in his hand galloped on a white horse.