Chapter 394 The Final Battle (5) More updates please vote for me

Zhu Neng's face changed slightly after hearing this. He had personally experienced the disastrous defeat in Guangxi and immediately said: "The rebels may have more artillery than Guangxi. If the fight lasts long enough, the brothers will not be able to withstand it and they will easily collapse."

"I just want to make a bet with the traitor to see who is more powerful with his cannon or my brothers." Zhu Di had made up his mind and had no room for regret.

He is a born gambler, and Jing Nan's rebellion is also a gamble.

Zhu Di said that after three days, the entire army will attack together, and they can only advance but not retreat, or they must win and break through the rebel defense lines and destroy their artillery.

If the officers and soldiers can charge forward with artillery, Zhu Neng and others can lead 50,000 cavalry and suppress them with great force, and they have a chance to destroy all the rebel troops in Huguang in one battle.

If they lose, Zhu Di, Chen Zhi, Wang Cong, Tong Xin, and Tan Qing still have 100,000 elite troops under their command. Half of them will retreat in an orderly manner from the ten pontoon bridges. After crossing the river, they will immediately destroy the bridges and then retreat to the vicinity of the capital.

Half of it retreats along the waterway to Jiujiang.

Because the ten pontoon bridges cannot pass these soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and the ships in Jiujiang cannot carry so many soldiers.

The generals were helpless, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor was going to make a big gamble.

This time the bet was on who was braver, the 350,000 cavalry or Zhu Gaoxu's artillery.

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Song Meng, Dao Mengjiang, and Xu Xiaodao each held a knife. The saber was used as a hatchet. With a bang, they went down with the knife and split the thorns in front of them. Then they kicked it hard and stepped on the ground.

The Ming troops on the left and right behind him were all doing this.

On such a hot day, I am worried about lack of water.

Continue to rest and take a shower the next day.

Song Meng was overjoyed. He signaled to rest very early that day and asked the soldiers to take turns taking a shower on the other side of the mountain and river.

After walking for two days and two nights, we finally left this crossing.

Fortunately, less than two hundred steps after entering, a crossing appeared. I had no choice but to walk along this crossing.

Song Meng sent people to Jiujiang Prefecture to inquire about the situation. The entire army was still resting at the foot of Qinghuan Mountain to control the local villagers to prevent calling the police.

In Nankang Prefecture in front of Jiujiang, there were still 5,000 infantry camps. Zhu Neng asked the Nankang infantry camp to retreat to Jiujiang.

Li Yuan did not attack from Jiujiang, presumably because he was afraid of being defeated one by one by Zhu Di.

"Where's the messenger?"

On the third day, they were tired and thirsty. They brought food and a small amount of water because they knew that there were many springs in the mountains here.

Just kidding, after the defeat in Fuzhou, all the generals around Zhu Ping were gathered together from different guards. Many people now don't know who is standing opposite.

But Zhu Gaoxu chose the chieftain soldiers who could endure hardships and stand hard work, and the Yunnan soldiers who were stationed in Yunnan.

If the officers and soldiers knew about this, and attacked from both front and rear, only a hundred officers and soldiers could wipe them out in this passage.

When he walked to the bottom of the city, Zhu Ping at the top of the city was about to say: "Let your commander Zhou Chong come up and speak."

"Don't go, don't go, open the door, open the door." Chengtou shouted immediately.

There were no guards in the city, and the city guards didn't respond when they saw soldiers approaching. When Song Meng and others entered, they found out that they were from the King of Han. When the county magistrate found out, he was overjoyed and hurried over to greet them and reward them.

"In the back."

The crossing was rugged and full of thorns, so they usually cut their way through it.

But Zhu Ping did not dare to take it lightly, and still planned to defend Jiujiang.

The Ming army marched listlessly, as if they were defeated. At first glance, they looked like the officers and soldiers of Nankang Prefecture.

Zhu Ping was also afraid that the rebels would attack, but the news they received was that Li Yuan had brought people to support Zhu Gaoxu.

He calculated the distance between Jiujiang and Nankang Prefecture. The cavalry had gone to communicate with each other. It was almost time to come here at this time.

However, Jiangxi's soldiers and horses were defeated in Fuzhou before, so Nankang had many soldiers and horses of the guards. Mainly Anqing Guard had the most troops, and the commander was also the commander of Anqing Guard.

At the same time, he nodded back, and a wave of elite soldiers immediately followed.

Before dark, Song Meng's men and horses approached Jiujiang.

The little flag officer could only smile bitterly, as long as he could save his life.

There are some differences between the clothes of the Northern Army and the Southern Army of the Ming Dynasty, because the north is colder and uses more (dark armor) cotton armor.

Before dark, Xu Xiaodao came back and reported that he was about to go down the mountain. There was still about two miles to go. There was a village at the foot of the mountain, and there was a river at the foot of the mountain. Maybe it was the Penshui River in Jiujiang?

On the third day, Song Meng still didn't move. He let him rest until the afternoon before going down the mountain.

"Mom, it's not open, is it? Let's go, brothers, go back to Nankang. I want to get a copy of this piece of shit before His Majesty."

But he still wanted to be on the safe side: "Look at the flag clearly."

"What kind of guards are stationed in Nankang? Who leads the troops?" Song Meng asked.

"Absolutely. Early this morning I saw tens of thousands of officers and soldiers riding out of the city. After leaving the city, the city gate was closed."

Zhu Ping slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. With the Jiujiang garrison reaching more than 10,000, he would not be afraid even if tens of thousands of rebels attack the city.

Zhu Neng received the emperor's order and led 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry to support Taipingshan. He left his nephew Zhu Ping behind and led 5,000 infantry battalions to defend Jiujiang.

Song Meng and others had no choice but to rush in.

But these two mountain people only know that the stone monument is a road intersection, and they have not walked through the specific way.

There were also shouts of murder rising from the streets.

"After waiting for about half an hour, I was ready to come back to report the news. Suddenly the city gate opened again, and then a fast horse ran out."

Xu Xiaodao and Old Man Liu first came to Qinghuan Mountain, and then found the local mountain people and learned that there was a way to go down the mountain from the east, but there were officers and soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain to the east. If you wanted to go in other directions, you would need to find a way through the mountain.

"Does anyone know Zhou Chong?"

It is September now, and the weather is extremely hot. If it had been an ordinary Ming army, it would have collapsed long ago.

Many people prepare daggers, daggers and the like.

He was also very courageous, betting that Zhu Ping didn't know Zhou Chong, or was not familiar with him.

On top of Jiujiang City, Zhu Ping is looking into the distance.

At this time, the energy and spirit of the four thousand soldiers and horses have returned to the state before going up the mountain.

Squeak, Jiujiang City Gate slowly opens.

"Bring it here."

The soldiers were overjoyed and rushed over. Suddenly they saw a large piece of flat land on the right side of the passage, with a small pond in the middle. A large amount of mountain water flowed from the north to the pond, and then flowed down the mountain.

Song Meng turned around and left.

"Commander Zhou, I'm sorry, I'm sorry-" Zhu Ping laughed loudly and ran down from the tower with several of his troops.

"I thought it might be a messenger, so I waited on the official road and caught him just in time."

The mountain people took them around the mountains for a day, and then they found a stone tablet that was mostly buried in the soil and was almost invisible. The mountain people said that it was erected during the Three Kingdoms, I don't know how many years ago, and they heard from their ancestors.

According to the news below, when soldiers and horses passed here, when the Jin Dynasty attacked Wu State, they sent isolated troops to sneak attack Jiujiang from here.

During the crisis, Sheng Yong and Ping An split into two waves. As a result, Zhu Di defeated Sheng Yong first and then Ping An.

Xu Xiaodao said and handed over a dense letter.

They are relatively heat-resistant and adaptable to mountainous areas.

"..." Puff puff, two knives stabbed into Zhu Ping's heart.

Zhu Ping stared at it, and then remembered that he didn't seem to know Zhou Chong.

"Pu Chi Pu Chi." Almost at the same time, the soldiers swarmed up, the scene was filled with screams, and they were stabbed everywhere.

He turned around and wanted to ask if anyone knew Zhou Chong, but the army and infantry were all lost in the First Battle of Fuzhou, so no one knew Zhou Chong.

Penshui is connected to Jiujiang Prefecture. If there is Penshui at the foot of the mountain, it is indeed not far from Jiujiang.

"Who are you? Commander Zhou?" he asked strangely.

Zhu Ping looked up at the sky and saw that it was already dark.

After all, there are seven to eight hundred thousand officers and soldiers, and it is impossible for Zhu Ping to know every commander.

Ruichang County is about twenty miles away from Jiujiang.

The flag officer turned pale with fright and stammered: "It's mainly the Anqing Guards, commanded by Zhou Chong."

The subordinates looked carefully, and when they got closer, they saw clearly: "It's Commander Zhou."

Then counting the time, the whole army went to Jiujiang Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Song Meng from the city shouted: "Damn it, Zhu Ping, open the door quickly, I'm here."

No one has walked on this road for thousands of years. When Song Meng and others came in, they found it in a mess, with jungles and thorns everywhere.

Zhu Ping had actually met Zhou Chong, but at that time they fled back from Fujian in a hurry and had long forgotten about it. What's more, it was dark now and they couldn't see the city.

Now this letter was robbed by Song Meng, who immediately paid attention to it.

"It's coming, it's coming." At this moment, someone pointed in front and shouted, and saw a chaotic Ming army coming towards this side.
To be continued...