Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 708
"Quick, quick, quick, run!" On the east bank of the Yangtze River, the embankment was crowded with people, and the armor of the soldiers was rattling as they ran. The soldiers were sweating profusely, but the officers were still not satisfied. The soldiers cheered up and urged the army to move quickly.

After Wang Yan learned that the emperor was rushing to Dashengguan in Zongyang, he divided his troops into two and asked Li to rescue Dai Zhifan. Jumped to the east bank.

Along the riverside, soldiers carried banners, spears, and gun carts, rushing for tens of miles.

At this time, Wang Yan and a group of generals stood on the river embankment, looking down at the army moving forward like a giant python.

"Your Highness, we will be close to Wuhu after another [-] miles. As long as our army goes down the river, it will take less than five days to reach Dasheng Pass." Gao Yigong said while riding on a horse, pointing his whip in the east.

Wang Yan stared at the east, seeing that the army stretched and there was no end in sight, he frowned slightly. There were nearly 25 Qing soldiers in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and it was impossible to fight so passively. , it is impossible to be unprepared.

Wang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he summoned Wang Shixiu, the commander of the Hengchong Horse Army, and ordered: "The horse army marched twenty li ahead, check carefully, don't fall into an ambush by the old bandits."

When Wang Shixiu heard the order, he immediately held his fists in his arms and took the order. After a while, he saw groups of cavalry with bright armor breaking away from the marching group, galloping out, and galloping away to the east.

Chen Bangyan on the side said casually: "The emperor's 4 troops are all elite soldiers. Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren are long-time generals. Even if they fall into the tricks of the Qing soldiers, they are expected to support them. They should not collapse quickly."

Wang Yan shook his head, "Not necessarily. The change of mental state from a big victory to a big defeat is enough to motivate a person with strong will. If this is really a trick deliberately set by the Qing soldiers, the emperor will have a fierce battle to fight."

This is still a conservative estimate by Wang Yan, assuming that the emperor thought that victory was in sight, but ended up being caught in the conspiracy of the Qing army, the general would suffer such a blow in his heart, and the army would inevitably fall into panic. Bad, not the worst.

At this time, Wang Yan could no longer care about his inner pettiness. If the emperor died in battle or was captured, the momentum of the Ming army in the past few years might fall to the bottom again.

This situation will inevitably lead to the collapse of the people's hearts and the army's morale, and may even repeat the devastated situation at the beginning of the Qing army's entry into the pass.

Wang Yan pulled the reins, clamped the horse's belly, and urged the horse to walk slowly, "Let's go, we should go faster, if we don't catch up with the emperor, I will feel uneasy."

Just as Wang Yan urged his horse to leave, under the embankment, a horse galloped against the direction of the army, and the horse's hoof trampled on it, causing the mud to splash.

"Report~" the cavalry shouted loudly as they were far away, whipping their horses, and shouted loudly.

Wang Yan's war horse didn't take a few steps, and he pulled the horse aside again, and reined in the reins. After a while, the cavalry rushed to the front and hurriedly dismounted to report: "Your Highness, fifteen miles ahead, along the Qingge River, we found A large number of Qing troops set up positions along the river and blocked our army's way."

After the cavalry finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed!This means that King Hengyang's worries have been fulfilled, and a Qing army has detoured behind Longwu to stop them. This intention is already very obvious.

Wang Yan thought to himself, sure enough, the battle will not be so simple, how could Hong Bandit be so easy to deal with.

"Have you checked clearly? How many people are there?" Wang Yan asked with squinted eyes.

The cavalry clasped their fists together, "Reporting to Your Highness, the general banner of the humble position encountered enemy cavalry, killed one, and the enemy cavalry retreated, but the humble rank and others did not dare to pursue them. There are [-] people."

Wang Yan was silent after hearing this, and then asked again: "Can you see the flag clearly?"

The cavalry immediately replied: "There are more than 20 dragon flags with a blue background, and the rest are green flags."

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan at the side said to Wang Yan: "Your Highness, it is estimated that Tong Tulai led the Zhenglan Banner to block it."

Tong Tulai followed Duoduo to attack Wuchang last year. Because Duoduo voluntarily withdrew from Chu, the loss of the Zhenglan Banner led by Tong Tulai was relatively small, and he still retained considerable strength.

Wang Yan was silent for a while, and the generals surrounded him. After a while, he said to the knight: "You continue to investigate and find out the enemy's situation." After speaking, he said to the guard: "Go, get the map Bring it!"

Not long after, the soldiers took out the map, and Wang Yan called all the generals to get off their horses, squat on the ground, and spread out the map to examine it carefully.

This map was secretly drawn by the Jiangnan gentry in the Ming Dynasty. The mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River were drawn in great detail. It also marked many Qing army stations in the south of the Yangtze River, and the strength of each city was marked.

Everyone looked at it, and Wang Yan pointed to the map and said: "Sun Shoufa was blocked in Xuancheng of Ningguo Mansion, and now Tong Tulai blocked us again. The intention of the Qing army is obvious, that is, to eat Jin Shenghuan who is advancing forward. , the emperor's situation is in danger."

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Liu Shun asked, scratching his head.

Wang Yan pointed his hand on the map and drew a circle on the line of Dasheng Pass, "Tong Tulai was able to bypass Jin Shenghuan and insert himself into the Qingge River, which shows that the main force of the Qing army has been hiding on the side."

Wang Yan looked at the map in thought for a while, and then slid his finger to Lishui County, east of Dasheng Guandong and south of Nanjing.

"If the main force of the Qing army hides here, the Qing army at the Dasheng Pass will continue to attract and consume the central army, and the Qing soldiers will attack from the side and surround Jin Shenghuan at the Dasheng Pass, then the situation will be dangerous." Wang Yan paused. , Then said: "However, the Qing soldiers chose to keep this fan out of the encirclement, which also shows a problem. The Qing soldiers' strength is not sufficient. No way, he will wait for this fan to plunge in, and then surround them together."

Generally speaking, for the lone army to go deep, it is to set up an ambush, and then encircle and wipe them out. This is like a thief in the house, so naturally they have to close the door and beat them hard, but now the Qing army does not let Wang Yan in, but blocks the door. .

Not letting in, it can only be that there are too many thieves coming, the owner is weak, and dare not let them all in, lest they will be blasted, so I want to solve them one by one.

At this time, Wang Yan stood up, and all the generals also stood up. He looked around the general and said, "Since the Qing army doesn't want Benfan to enter, then Benfan wants to enter. Tear open this encirclement net for him, and give him Break."

Wang Yan was estimating that the strength of the Qing army was not sufficient enough to eat Longwu's central army and his [-] army in one go. After that, he decided to go straight into the Qing army's ambush circle, bring the emperor out, and send the emperor out. The encirclement net of the Qing army was opened.

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan understood what Wang Yan meant, and he hurriedly asked: "Do you need to contact the people on the outside line?"

Wang Yan thought for a while, then nodded, "At present, we have more troops than the Qing troops on the front lines of Nanjing and Wuhu. We can contact several outside lines, so that they must restrain the other Qing troops from moving towards Dasheng Pass."

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