The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 166
Shi Fu could already see the city wall of Pucheng from a distance, probably only four or five miles away.

He was about to order to form a team to rush to the Ming army's defense line again, trying to join forces with the people in the city today, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.

A moment later, a guard carried a messenger who was covered in mud and pale, and said that the horse he was riding was exhausted.

Shi Fu stepped forward to ask, but the man couldn't say a word for a while.He simply asked people to search the messenger, and found a sealed letter from his arms in a short while.

Shi Fu hurriedly opened it to read it, and was immediately stunned by the contents of the letter—a group of Ming troops suddenly appeared at the foot of Jian'an City yesterday morning, with a number of about [-], and they have now blocked the north-south passage of Jian'an.Dahasu led his troops out of the city to fight, but failed to defeat the enemy, and now retreated into the city to hold on. Jian'an's grain and grass could not be transported south to Yanping for the time being, so he urgently asked Shi Fu to return to Jian'an for reinforcements.

Shi Fu's heart tightened immediately. He knew that Dahasu had only [-] men. He said that he "had not defeated the enemy", but he must have suffered at the hands of the Ming army, otherwise he would not have retreated into the city. persisted.

Jian'an is the place where General Boluo's tens of thousands of horses store grain. If the grain and grass in the city cannot be transported out, at most seven or eight days, the army will be in chaos.He, Shi Fu, has now tied his wealth and life to the Manchus. If the Minqing army is defeated, he will not escape death!
He tried his best to calm down his frightened mood, and was about to greet the generals to come to discuss the rescue of Jian'an, when suddenly there was a loud noise shaking the mountains from the north side, which made him tremble all over, and even dropped the letter of pleading for help. on the ground.

cannon? !Shi Fu stared at the enemy's position with wide eyes, and then there were repeated roars.Only then did he realize that he had ordered the vanguard to approach the Ming army's front three or four hundred steps away, within the range of the cannon, and hurriedly ordered the front army to retreat for a mile.

A moment later, soldiers came to report that the Qianfeng battalion was suddenly shelled, and they fled in panic. More than [-] people were killed by shelling or trampling.

Shi Fu frowned. This Ming army had been retreating blindly before, seemingly vulnerable to a single blow, but they never used cannons. There must be deceit in it.

But he didn't want to think about it right now. He summoned his generals and made a simple deployment. After leaving [-] infantry, the rest of the main force discarded their luggage and rushed back to help build Ancheng.The only food and grass left there must not be lost again.

Shi Fu was riding on the horse, looking back at the mighty troop heading south, he felt an unknown fire churning in his chest—if he had been stationed in Pucheng before, why would there be so many troubles?
Ten days ago, Shi Lang was ambushed by the rebels, and he was asked to return to Jian'an for help.As a result, after going back, he didn't even see a shadow of the rebel army, but the Ming army took advantage of the emptiness to attack Xianxia Pass.

Then, under Shi Lang's suggestion, he went north from Jian'an to Pucheng to relieve the siege.Now that he has just achieved some results, he is asked to return to Jian'an for reinforcements again.

In the past ten days, he did not have a serious confrontation with the Ming army, but he led the army to run four times between Pucheng and Jian'an!Is this a war or a walk? !

In addition, the original intelligence indicated that the main force of the army was only 7000 to [-], but now the number of enemy troops surrounding Pucheng was no less than [-]. Where did the [-] Ming troops in Jian'an come from?How many Ming troops are there in Jianning Mansion?

While Shi Fu was bowing his head in thought, he heard people in the rear team neighing, as if they were fighting the enemy.

He hurriedly ordered the army to stop advancing and turn around on the spot, and a scout came to report that the more than [-] people who stayed in the rear of the temple in Pucheng had been defeated by the Ming army. recede.

Shi Fu was shocked again when he heard the words. He repeatedly observed the Ming army besieging Pucheng in the past few days. Their combat effectiveness must be very weak, and they retreated every time they came into contact with each other.

He originally thought that leaving 600 people would be enough to hold back the Ming army for two or three days, but unexpectedly, they were defeated by the Ming army in less than an hour and a half.

He was worried about the situation in Jian'an, and he was afraid that the Ming army would attack the city if he was too late to rescue, so he didn't dare to send the main force back for a decisive battle, so he had to leave a small team of hundreds of people behind, while the big team continued to move south.

Zhen Zhen saw that Shi Fu's main force started to retreat at the foot of Pucheng City, so he reckoned that Gu Yanwu had already succeeded.

According to the plan Chen Wang made a few days ago, her siege of Pucheng is just for show, as long as Shi Fu can be rescued, it will be a success.His Royal Highness Chen Wang gave her instructions to avoid fighting as much as possible, and to procrastinate first.

The siege of Pucheng by soldiers was actually just a tactic to suspect the enemy, but the real "point" to encircle and fight for aid fell on Jian'an.Long before she besieged Pucheng, Gu Yanwu had led the Polu Battalion with [-] soldiers and horses to detour along the foot of Wuyi Mountain to build An'an.At the same time, His Royal Highness Chen Wang has also brought the main force of the Dragon Guards southward.

Since there will be a decisive battle with the tens of thousands of Jianlu's main force in the near future, His Royal Highness Chen Wang does not want to lose a single soldier on Shi Fu's nearly ten thousand horses.Now it seems that Shi Fu has stepped into the trap set by His Highness for him step by step.

To be on the safe side, she only watched Shi Fu retreat and remained motionless.She waited until Gu Yanwu sent a letter, and then she ordered Deng Shan and Tie Dake to lead a total of 3000 cavalry to pursue the Qing army, leaving Yu Zhen to lead more than [-] people to continue to encircle Pucheng.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Polu camp were a bit depressed by the way of steadily dragging the enemy for the past few days. As soon as she passed on the order, the three thousand people surrounded the Qing army behind the palace without even a phalanx. Finally, hundreds of enemy soldiers were wiped out with firecrackers and spears.

After that, she followed Shi Fu's main force all the way, but kept attacking the rear team with cavalry, but never fought.

If you see that the enemy army has separated a small group of troops into the rear, you are not in a hurry to attack. You have to wait until all the main forces are gathered before encircling and annihilating them.

Therefore, there were more than ten battles along the way, and the Polu camp had almost no losses. It just ate off 700 people from Shifu in one bite.

And Shi Fu received several urgent reports from Dahasu, so he had to swallow his teeth. Not only were there heavy casualties and suffering, but also because all the soldiers in his troops were worried that they would be sent to the rear, so everyone was in danger. , Morale has been extremely low for a few days.

A few days later, Shi Fu's troops arrived at a place fifty miles away from Jian'an, and ordered his subordinates to count the number of people, and there were only more than [-] people left.

Finally arrived in Jian'an, although he was extremely distressed, he also let out a sigh of relief, at least the city is still in his own hands.He also sent cavalry to Jian'an to contact Dahasu, and led his troops out of the city at about the next day to attack the Ming army inside and outside the city with himself.

After the envoy rode away on horseback, he ordered the Chinese army to hurry to the lower reaches of Nanpu River.

During his stay in Jian'an, he was very familiar with the surrounding terrain, and he knew that there was a narrow gap seven or eight miles wide between Huanghua Mountain and Nanpu River not far ahead, which was the only way to go south to Jian'an.

If we set up a formation here and force the Ming army that is constantly harassing behind us into a decisive battle, then we can free up our hands to solve Jian'an's difficulties.

When his troops were approaching the lower reaches of the Nanpu River, a scout suddenly reported from the front and found thousands of Ming troops in the lower reaches.

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