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Chapter 549 Recapturing Yan City
The various units of the Wei Wu Army had already entered the position of combat readiness in southern Henan. Gao Yihuan gave an order, and the army moved.

However, what moved before the army was that the Ming Dynasty wanted to marry the princess to Gao Yihuan in exchange for the news that Gao Yihuan sent troops.

When the news reached Shangqiu, Duoduo's face was full of regret, but at the same time, he was secretly happy, ready to meet Wei Wujun who came to rescue him.

It was a little later for Nanjing to receive the news, but after the young Zhu Cihong learned that Gao Yihuan was preaching everywhere, he was angry and wanted to kill.

Gao Yihuan's publicity like this was actually a blow to the prestige of Zhu Ming's royal family. He deliberately raised his status to make people feel that he was on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty.

This marriage made Zhu Cihong lose face, but thinking that Gao Yihuan's reinforcements, coupled with the spread of the news, could boost the morale of the Ming army and distract the energy of the Qing army, Zhu Cihong could only swallow this breath.

When Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi from northern Henan heard the news, they secretly laughed at Gao Manzi's stupidity, and they planned to surprise Gao Yihuan from behind as soon as Gao Yihuan's men and horses moved.

When the news spread, Gao Yihuan made a decision after discussing with Kim Shenghuan, Zhao Daxian, Wu Shizhao and others.

The army was divided into two groups, starting from Xiangcheng, attacking Xuzhou, cutting off the connection between Yancheng and Zhengzhou, going north from Runing, recovering Yancheng, Linying, Xihua, Fugou and other places, and controlling the central part of Kaifeng. area.

The goal of this operation is to establish a buffer zone to the north to prepare for the following battles.

After all, there are 8 Qing troops in Zhengzhou, plus Luoyang and other places, there are about [-] to [-] Qing troops in northern Henan. .

In this battle, if the Qing army in northern Henan went south for reinforcements, then Gao Yihuan would take the opportunity to fight a big battle and severely damage the Qing army in northern Henan. If they did not come, the Wei Wu army would not go north, and beware of being outflanked by the Qing army in Shangqiu.

On November 2th, Gao Yihuan sent Wu Shizhao to lead Wang Chang and Wang Guangen with a total of [-] troops to take Xuzhou, cut off the connection between Yancheng and Zhengzhou, and ordered Wu Shizhao to lead Wang Chang and Wang Guangen. Jin Shenghuan led Huang Bingzhong, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun and other generals with a total of [-] people to attack Yancheng. eastward.

More than two years ago, Gao Yihuan adopted the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness in northern Henan, which left a large area of ​​land north of Yancheng in a barren state.

In the past two years, because this area is located at the junction of the Wei Wu army and the Qing army, the two sides did not take much care of it, so many people and bandits fled here.

Now in this area, there are thieves, local bandits, rebels, and tartars, making a mess.

Wu Shizhao's soldiers and horses all the way, first set out from Xiangcheng, and once they entered the Kaifeng mansion, they made a big publicity that Wei Wujun's commander-in-chief took care of Zhongzhou and personally raised 20 soldiers to drive out the Tartars.

As soon as Wei Wujun came, the Qing army fled upon hearing the news, and many local bandits and volunteers rushed to seek refuge first.

Geng Zhongming from Zhengzhou realized that Gao Manzi was heading towards Yubei.

Most of the counties in the central part of Kaifeng were in a state of desertion, bandits were rampant, and the county towns were destroyed. The Qing army did not send any troops to garrison them. There were only more than 100 people in each city, so it was not difficult to fight.

The most critical city is Yancheng, which is located at the junction of Kaifeng, Runing, and Nanyang. It is the north gate of Runing. It was originally in the hands of Gao Yihuan. After the last Runing war, it was occupied by Duoduo. take back.

The gain or loss of this city is related to who can take the initiative when the south of Henan and the north of Henan are fighting.

Yancheng is in the hands of Wei Wujun. Wei Wujun can block the passage of the Qing army going south, and can also send troops to northern Henan.

Yancheng is in the hands of the Qing army, and the Qing army can enter Runing and attack Nanyang.

Therefore, the main goal of Gao Yihuan's attack this time is to recapture Yancheng, which was occupied by the Qing army.

Now the defender of Yancheng is Sun Long, a general of Kong Youde, who belongs to the Zhenghongqi of the Han army.

After Kong Youde was captured and killed, his son Kong Tingxun inherited the title.Because he was young, had no qualifications, and could not speak much in the Qing court, he was basically emptied. The Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army lost its backing, so he was a little bit depressed, and his status began to be lower than other banners.

Yancheng is close to Gao Yihuan's territory, but its strategic location is very important, but it is a dangerous place, and it may fight Wei Wujun at any time.

Therefore, the other banners were unwilling to garrison, and Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi did not want their own people to guard, so they sent Sun Long to guard Yancheng.

This Sun Long was not famous, but his son Sun Yanling was somewhat famous, the one who later adopted Kong Youde's daughter Kong Sizhen.

Kong Youde was able to betroth his daughter to Sun Long's son, which shows that he is Kong Youde's confidant, but his background is gone, so he can only take over the terrible task of guarding Yancheng.

This time Gao Yihuan was going to encircle and wipe out Sun Long's troops stationed in Yancheng, so he first sent Wu Shizhao to capture Xuzhou, and then let Jin Shenghuan lead the troops to rush to Yancheng.

At the head of Yancheng City, Sun Long, wearing a red armor and a saber hanging from his waist, stood by the wall, frowning and looking at the Wei Wujun camp outside the city.

Sun Long was in his 40s, with a rather mighty appearance. He was more than seven feet long, holding the handle of the knife with one hand and the wall with the other, with a distorted expression.

Damn, I knew that Wei Wujun's troops would come, but I didn't expect them to come so soon, I just got the news, and they were already approaching the city.

On the city wall, the generals of the Qing army gathered, all of them looked unlucky.Didn't Gao Yihuan want to be the son-in-law of the old Zhu's family, to save his uncle, why did he come here?

Who is Gao Yihuan?The Qing army in Henan was a character whose liver would tremble when he heard his name, and all the Qing generals suddenly burst into tears.

"Damn, don't be afraid! This Yancheng was built by Gao Yihuan himself. There are ten thousand enemy towers. It took a lot of effort to take it down. I didn't believe that Gao Yihuan could easily take it down." Sun Long cursed suddenly .

"General, because the city was built by Gao Yihuan, he must know the shortcomings of the city! There are only 5000 people in the city, so I'm afraid they won't be able to handle it!" A green battalion general next to him panicked when he saw thousands of Wei Wu troops entering the city.

Sun Long turned his head sharply, and glared at his subordinates fiercely, "I'm afraid of eggs, Zhengzhou has 10 soldiers from King Huaishun, and Xuzhou has [-] troops from the county prince. Before Gao Yihuan can eat us, the reinforcements will arrive. Now we can't hold on, Wait for help with peace of mind, if anyone has second thoughts, I will kill him immediately!"

Under the city, Jin Shenghuan led the main force to join Hao Yaoqi's troops under the city.

"General Jin, the letter of surrender was shot, but the city has no intention of surrendering, and is preparing to defend instead!" Inside the big tent, Hao Yaoqi introduced the situation in the city to Jin Shenghuan.

After hearing this, Jin Shenghuan picked up the helmet that had just been placed on the table, and walked out, "Look at those lifeless things~"

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