Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 589 Reinforcements Arrive, Hundreds of Riders Run Through the Battalion
In the city of Wuchang, the soldiers of the Ming army paid nearly half of the casualties, fought desperately, and defended Wuchang, a city with an extremely important position in the thoroughfare of nine provinces.

The main force of the Qing army outside the city had retreated, and the siege of Wuchang was over, but the Ming army inside the city didn't know it. After more than a month of siege, they had gotten used to passive defense.

It rained for two days, and stopped in the middle of the night. In the morning, the morning glow rose, and the soldiers came out of the barracks one after another and climbed up the city wall.

The soldiers have never hated the sunny day so much. It has just stopped for two days, and as soon as the sun comes out, the birds outside the city will definitely attack the city again.

When the soldiers went to the city, groups of soldiers wearing coir raincoats and standing all night on duty went down to the city to rest quickly. .

At this time, half of the sun had leaked out, and the soldiers on the city had already prepared their defense equipment, but the Qing army, which used to start tossing when the rooster crowed, remained silent today.

The soldiers from the gang brought steaming hot broth and rice, and the soldiers on the city hurriedly ate them, but after the meal was finished, the Qing soldiers still did not line up, so why not fight?

Chen Youlong came to the city with a waist knife, and a hundred households greeted him, pointing to the outside of the city and saying: "General, the grandson outside the city, today is very abnormal, the weather is so good, and he didn't come to Koucheng."

Chen Youlong looked at the Qing camp, but it was too far away to see clearly. He only saw people coming and going in the camp. From time to time, there were patrols with long guns walking between the white-bag-like military tents, and nothing could be seen. abnormal.

Seeing that the Qing army did not show any signs of attacking the city, Chen Youlong frowned slightly. Could it be that the Qing army changed their strategy and decided to besiege the city?
This is obviously impossible. With Fu Shangrui here, the Qing soldiers should know that there are a lot of supplies in Wuchang City. Attack all the way.

Chen Youlong felt that something was wrong, and ordered: "You continue to monitor the movement outside the city, and you were going to report to the supervisor."

After speaking, Chen Youlong turned around and went down to the city.

In the camp of the Qing army, Fu Shangrui hated sunny days even more than the soldiers of the Ming army. When the sky cleared and the Qing army did not attack the city, it was easy for the defenders to notice the abnormality.

At this time, he could only let his 4000 men and horses try his best to maintain the situation, so that the Yingzhong civilians would not be seen by the defenders on the city.

Now as long as he gets through today, tomorrow is the deadline for the third day. He doesn't care whether it's early morning or evening, anyway, he will hide on the boat early tomorrow morning, then set fire to the boat, and immediately flee north across the river.

At this time, on a hill to the east of Wuchang City, a cavalryman suddenly climbed to the top of the hill, then reined in the reins, followed by another ride, and slowly the entire hill was filled with cavalry, nearly two hundred riders. .

After Geng Zhongming's death, the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han army was almost completely wiped out by Wang Yan. In order to restore the strength of the Eight Banners, the Qing court transferred Ma Guangyuan to Gushan of the Huangjia Han Banner, recruited bannermen, and selected elite soldiers from the green battalion to rebuild the Huangjia Han Banner.

Man Dahai of the Southern Route Army was killed. He was not only Baylor of the Qing Dynasty, but also the two red flags of his father Daishan. The newly promoted Zhenghuang Banner Gushan fell into the hands of the Ming army.

As soon as the Qing soldiers under the Wuchang city crossed the Yangtze River, Duoduo immediately sent someone to inform Ma Guangyuan that Ma Guangyuan, who learned that Duduo had retreated, would dare to stay at Sanjiangkou, and led his troops to flee north that night to chase Duduo.

When Jin Shenghuan's army attacked during the day, they found that the Qing soldiers had withdrawn. Wan Ji estimated that the Qing soldiers would flee, and immediately urged Jin Shenghuan to advance to Wuchang.

At this time, the infantry was still behind, and the outpost cavalry of the Ming army galloped to the back of the Qing camp.

"There wasn't a single sentry horse of the Qing army along the way. It seems that the Qing soldiers have indeed withdrawn." Yan Keyi said riding on the horse.

Li Yuanyin handed him the binoculars, "After clearing the camp, Duoduo should have fled north."

Yan Keyi took the binoculars and looked at the Qing camp, and saw that there was no one in the big camp behind, but the banners were flying in the front camp, as if the army was mighty.

"What's going on here? Could it be that Duoduo still has tens of thousands of people left behind? There are also many people in Wuchang, why don't they defeat them and hunt down Duduo?" Yan Keyi put down the binoculars and asked doubtfully.

Li Yuanyin pulled the reins, "It should be a trick, Wuchang may not know how to clear the soldiers before leaving."

Speaking of which, Li Yuanyin clamped the horse's belly, held the lance, and urged the horse to take a few steps forward.

"Uncle Yuan, what is this?" Yan Keyi frowned when he saw him urging his horse forward.

Li Yuanyin pointed at the Qing camp with a gun, and said with a smile: "The Qing camp is just a bluff, and the camp is empty. Don't you dare to charge me?"

All the cavalry listened and looked at the camp in the distance. They couldn't help but gear up and were eager to try. The flames were shining in their eyes. It could be seen that they were all full of fighting spirit. They all said in unison: "Why don't you dare? Kill him!" Seven in and seven out."

Li Yuanyin immediately mobilized his horses, pointed his spear, and two hundred cavalry roared and rushed down the hill. Not far away was the company camp of the Qing army. Gallop straight to clear the camp.

Under the city of Wuchang, there were still nearly [-] peasants and [-] green battalion soldiers left in the Qing army camp. Rush forward to the battalion.

At this time, the Qing soldiers panicked when they heard the movement, but there were still four or five hundred green battalion soldiers trying to block them, but Li Yuanyin and others came and immediately hung their cavalry guns on the victory hooks, took down their bows and arrows, and the Qing army infantry hadn't stopped yet. When forming an formation, dozens of people were shot to death, and they couldn't form a formation at all. When they got closer, everyone rushed with their lances, and the infantry immediately collapsed.

These two hundred cavalry entered the Qing camp, and it was as if they were in no one's land in a company of 10,000+ people.

The battalion was full of peasants, and the 4000 men left by Doduo to die were naturally not elites, and their will to fight was weak, so the two hundred cavalry had no opponents at all.

If it was really among the [-] troops, the cavalry of the Ming army naturally did not have this kind of performance, and they would not be able to kill this kind of feeling, but now the knights of the Ming army seem to be like Changshan Zhao Zilong, it feels really sour.

With the rise of Li Yuanyin's killing, he took the lead, stabbing arrows and killing many Qing soldiers who blocked the way. Two hundred cavalrymen set fire to the camp while killing, and countless tents were lit. Thick smoke billowed, and the civilian husbands and the Qing soldiers were in a mess.

On the top of the city, He Tengjiao and Chen Youlong were wondering why the Qing soldiers did not attack the city, when they suddenly saw black smoke rising from everywhere in the Qing army camp outside the city.

Seeing a group of cavalry in the Qing battalion rushing to kill and blending into the uninhabited land, they couldn't help but stare blankly.

Of course they didn't know that the big camp was full of mobs, and they could still kill seven in and seven out.

Seeing this, Chen Youlong felt that there was a ghost in the Qing camp, and immediately asked for orders to go out of the city for support, and to cooperate with the outside, but He Tengjiao was not sure, this was too weird and not allowed.

The people in the city watched for a few quarters of an hour, and the cavalry finally got tired of killing, and rushed down the city covered in blood.

"The general will be given a name." Chen Youlong shouted.

"So-and-so, Wuwei Zuojun, Li Yuanyin also!" Li Yuanyin answered loudly with his gun raised.

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