Go up the river and rush back to Nan'an Fucheng from Tanxi Town, then take the land route to Nanxiong Fucheng, and then go down the river.

The size of the two towns, the four battalions of Guangdong Fubiao plus the directly affiliated battalion A, and the three battalions of Huqi Town, together amounted to less than 4,000 soldiers. For the army that continued to advance towards Ganzhou Fucheng and the troops huddled in Ganzhou Fucheng.

For the Qing army, it was not enough to change the balance of power.

This is exactly what Chen Kai needs, but for him, if he goes south with less than 4,000 soldiers to fight against Hong Chengchou's tens of thousands of Southwest Meridians, he will obviously face a more difficult and even dangerous situation. However,

, Chen Kai still did this without any hesitation. This was not because he really relied on it, because he knew Hong Chengchou's purpose very well, and he knew even more what he could do at the moment, and how much power he could muster.

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Marching in the hinterland, Chen Kai rushed back to Nanxiong Mansion ahead of the reinforcements. This place was guarded by the troops guarding Chen Kui in the back town. Chen Kai mobilized the Zuo Xie troops who guarded the back town and waited for him to continue.

When we went south and arrived at Shaozhou Fucheng, we left Zuo Xie who was guarding the back town to guard the city, so that Xiao Gongchen's guard Zuo Zhen could be freed up.

There were another two thousand soldiers, and the scale of less than six thousand soldiers and horses was still at a serious disadvantage. When they arrived at Shaozhou Fucheng, there were no troops nearby that could be mobilized - either there were ongoing military missions, or they were captured by the Qing army.

However, for Chen Kai, the bigger problem is time, because they don't know how long Yingde County can hold on to it.

Shaozhou Fucheng and Yingde County are two hundred miles apart and connected by the Beijiang waterway. The Ming army's troops in these three towns can arrive faster than Hong Chengchou through the Huangshui waterway. The Qing army controlled Gukou, but

However, it did not completely block the Beijiang waterway, but it controlled the docks on both sides, making it still difficult for the Ming army's grain ships to pass through.

"The purpose of Chen Kai's aid is to expel the army and reconnect the Beijiang waterway with military supplies. Therefore, if the army seizes the city and completely blocks the Beijiang waterway for a long time through shipwrecks, iron ropes, etc., he will

He will choose other routes to transport grain and grass, even if it costs more. But now, as long as the official army is expelled, the grain road can be re-opened, so he will definitely come to fight the official army and try to drive them back..."

"Hong Chengchou wanted to besiege the city and bring reinforcements because he knew that I would try to expel the Japanese troops. So they will definitely try to cut off the connection between our army and Yingde County. As long as the two armies cannot join forces, our army will always be at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

At a disadvantage. Even if the two armies join together, as long as they control Gukou, they can still achieve their goals..."

Without waiting for even an hour and a half in Shaozhou Fucheng, Guangdong Fubiao and Huaqi Town arrived one after another. Next, the soldiers and horses of the three towns went down the river, and the boats were speeding on the river. In a blink of an eye, they disappeared from sight.

End. On the fourth day of the Qing army's first attack on Yingde County, the army disembarked at the pier near Hang Hau Tsui and set up camp. Here, so close to Yingde County, you can see the Qing army's cavalry lingering nearby, seeming to be waiting.

their arrival.

The two sides faced each other far away in the north of Yingde County. Hong Chengchou and Chen Kai held final military discussions in their respective Chinese army tents. Through the waterway, Chen Kai had established contact with the Ming army in the city, and the city was still under the control of the Ming army.

This is a great blessing. However, Chen Kai could also see that the Qing army did not intend to spend too much effort on siege. They were waiting for his supporting army. This was almost obvious.

It's superficial, but the problem is that his purpose is to restore the military supply channel, which must be solved as soon as possible.

After half a day's rest and exhaustion, the Ming Army's reinforcements from the three towns set off south early the next morning and headed straight for Yingde County.

At this time, Yingde County was already besieged. There were Qing troops patrolling the river. The west and south sides of the city had already been surrounded by Qing troops, and there was already a large army blocking the Ming army in the north.

On the road. Judging from the scale, it was even much larger than the Qing troops in the other two directions.

Hong Chengchou's banner is still in the west of the city, a few miles north of the city. The three armies of Jingbiaoyou Town, Jingbiaohou Town and Youxiaying camp gathered here. Zhang Yong, the admiral of Jingbiaoyou Town, Hu Maozhen, the admiral of Jingbiaohou Town and Youxiaying.

The commander-in-chief of the shrimp camp, the three commanders of the imperial guard Wang Fuchen, had already assigned their respective tasks according to Hong Chengchou's plan, and were only waiting for reinforcements from the Ming army to arrive.

The cavalry of both sides tested each other between these two places and suppressed each other's military intelligence gathering. Scenes of light cavalry and dog fights could be seen everywhere. After years of accumulation, the Ming army's cavalry has formed a scale, although this scale is only small.

It is the proportion of an ordinary green camp. For example, Guangdong Fubiao and Guard Zuozhen both have four hundred cavalry. They are formed according to the proportion of two steps and eight cavalry of the Guangdong Green Camp. However, they have already tied the Qing army in many places in the south.

Here, the scale of the two sides' horse explorations was almost the same. It seemed that the Qing army was more elite, which made it difficult for the Ming army's sentry cavalry to continue to expand the boundaries of the general's intelligence shield. It may be possible to achieve this to ensure that the army can advance without interference.

, it is already very different from before.

As the Ming army continued to advance, the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer. The space belonging to the cavalry of the two armies was constantly compressed, compressed, and compressed again, until the two sides were one mile apart. The light cavalry and dog fights continued, but the Ming army

But he stopped and began to reorganize his formation.

During the constant testing, the Ming army knew very little about the movements of the Qing army's formation. However, the formation status of several armies was still presented in Chen Kai's mind through the constant adventures of exploring horses.

"When we come to the two towns and one association, the Tatars have a larger organization than ours, which is already more than 7,000. Hong Chengchou, you think highly of me."

There are only less than 6,000 soldiers in hand, but the proportion of cavalry is relatively large - 1,500 cavalry in Hussar Town, plus 400 cavalry in each of the two towns, and here are 2,300 cavalry.

On the Qing army's side, the proportions of the two towns were set according to the standards of the Huguang side. They were also like the Guangdong green camp with two steps and eight horses, which was 1,200 cavalry. In the right shrimp camp, it was Hong Chengchou.

The guardsmen of the Qing Dynasty were all cavalry and numbered more than a thousand. In total, the size of the cavalry of both sides was basically the same, while the size of the Qing army's infantry was superior.

The formation gradually formed, and the Ming Army's Qiaoqizhen and the Qing Army's Youxia Camp were hidden behind the heavy infantry. The left wing of the Ming Army going south was Guangdong Fubiao, and the right wing was guarding Zuozhen; while the Qing Army was like that.

, the right wing facing Fubiao, Guangdong is Jingbiaohou Town, and the left wing is Jingbiao Right Town.

Seeing the Ming army appear on the other side of the battlefield, the Qing army began to put on armor and form a formation. At the same time, the Ming army on the opposite side began to put on the standard cotton armor on the soldiers, just like a mirror.

.The only thing is, after they finished putting on their armor, the war drums suddenly sounded, and with the slightly slower drum beat, the Qing army's formation moved directly.

They were waiting for work, obviously not wanting to give the Ming army any chance to breathe. The one-mile distance was to prevent them from being exposed to the range of the opponent's artillery. In this field battle, both sides came in a hurry, and they were just small cannons.

There was a huge pressure here, and Zhang Yong, who was in charge of the command, had no scruples.

The Qing army was like this, and everything was in Chen Kai's eyes. They continued to put on their armor, and then stayed put. Most of the soldiers of the Ming army were veterans who had been fighting for many years. They had been in Chaozhou, Huizhou, and Qiongzhou over the years.

, in Guangzhou, in Shaozhou and Nanxiong Prefecture, and even in Fujian, there are many battles that have been fought. I know very well that every bit of physical strength, no matter how little it is, cannot be wasted easily, because it will be the difference between life and death.

difference between.

The Ming army seized every moment to accumulate strength, but the Qing army, on the other hand, advanced in an orderly manner, pausing at intervals to level the formation again, and then continued to advance.

Through the telescope, Chen Kai clearly observed every move of the Qing army. He estimated the time with his fingers and looked at the shrinking distance between them. He couldn't help but frown, and turned to look at Xiao Gong, who had not yet returned to the formation.

Chen, the latter seemed to have seen the same thing, and also showed a little worry like him.

"The rhythm is so well controlled, which shows that he is well-trained."

From the exchange of news with Yingde County, Chen Kai already knew that he would be more difficult to deal with his opponent. He could see that even though he thought about it, he did not say it out loud. As for Xiao Gongchen, it was originally his.

The chief general under his father-in-law had rich combat experience. Seeing Chen Kai like this, he did not express his thoughts in words. He just bowed his hand and rode back to guard Zuo Zhen.

The distance between the two sides is constantly getting closer, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters. The marching Qing army and the Ming army arrayed on the spot, the infantry archers on both sides seemed to have thought of the same thing, and moved forward.

The arrows were placed on the bows, and they only waited for the orders of their respective officers. They raised their bows diagonally and pulled the bowstring. Then the hand holding the bowstring loosened, and the arrows soared into the sky like a frightened bird in the forest.

Then it swept through the opponent's battle formation like a violent storm.

Bows and arrows do not require a long time to reload like fire blunderbuss. Once an arrow is shot, the next sharp arrow can be drawn from the quiver and the bow can be ready again. From time to time, there are frightened birds and hail falling, and from time to time, there are arrows.

The soldier fell, and the soldiers behind filled the gap while the auxiliary soldiers pulled the wounded behind the formation.

The distance between the two sides kept getting closer, and soon, the fire cannons came in handy. But unlike those of the walking bows, the fire cannon players finished loading behind the formation, and then came out more and more, until they fired the blow in front of the formation and then immediately retreated.

In the formation, their attacks did not come from diagonally upwards, but directly hit the opponent's front row.

The space was constantly compressing. When they reached about fifty steps, the Ming army's war drums sounded, the formation slowly started, and then they strode forward. The distance between the two became closer at a faster speed, and the density of shooting increased with rapid speed.

The issuance of the shooting order immediately reached a new level. After walking for another twenty steps, the Ming army sword and shield soldier in the front row drew his javelin from behind with his backhand, and then fired at the Qing army who was not far away.

Voted it out directly.

The arrows were still drawing high and falling parabolas in the air, and the javelins were already flying rapidly in a smoother arc. From a distance of thirty steps, the javelins were thrown straight, and they arrived in a blink of an eye. The sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army were already ready.

There was a crackling sound, and the shields were marked with javelins. The sword-and-shield soldiers who could block all the javelins were not the lucky ones even if they relied on years of experience. More often, it was those who

The javelin pierced the shield and then stuck in the Qing army's hand, or rubbed the edge of the shield, or simply pierced a part that the shield could not take care of. Just one javelin was enough to make a Qing army lose its combat effectiveness.

He even died on the spot.

A group of them fell sparsely, and the formation became gnawed by canines. In an instant, the Qing troops in the back row filled up, and the formation returned to order. At this time, the Ming army in front of them was already drawing the next javelin.

You want to throw it out after a short run-up just like before. However, at this gap, a batch of javelins and flying axes flew over from the Qing army, and they swept over the Ming army in a daze.

battle line.

There was another burst of painful wails, which gradually grew louder from the moment the first arrow was fired from both sides. There was no moment of peace. The Ming army was swept away, and part of the Ming army that was about to throw the next javelin was killed during this period.

Falling to the ground, even the next round of throwing became much sparser. However, after the Qing army's throwing was completed, before they could raise their shields again, the Ming army's throwing came again, and the casualties were actually more than before.

very.

In this way, the two sides exchanged blows for three rounds, and the distance had been shortened to less than ten steps. With the help of the remaining power of the run-up, the leading warriors rushed through the narrow distance and rushed together in an instant. Crazy

The fighting started instantly, and the ferocity of the Qing army immediately knocked down the Ming army warriors. This was just a blink of an eye. The battle formations of both sides made the final adjustments through this moment, and then they collided together.

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Fighting in formation, once the Ming army's three-man shield formation is formed, facing a single Qing army, both offensive and defensive, it will immediately make the opponent tired of parrying - when attacking the left, go out with the right, and when attacking the right, go out with the left.

Occasionally, the Ming army in the middle was attacking with swords. The long-term training made them cooperate with each other tacitly, just like one person. To the Qing army, they were facing the same monster with three heads and six arms.

Caught off guard for a moment, the Qing army's front line suffered a large number of casualties. However, before the Ming army could continue to press forward to expand the victory, the Qing army's spearmen invariably crossed over the front row of sword and shield soldiers and attacked the Ming army.

The sword and shield soldiers of the army stabbed fiercely, and immediately contained the Ming army's offensive. Immediately, the Qing troops in the front row also began to form a dense formation in small groups, and started fighting again with the current Ming army. After the collision,

The Ming army's advantage at the beginning was immediately eliminated.

"These Qing troops are indeed veterans selected by Hong Chengchou. They are really different."

The telescope showed the fierce battle ahead in front of Chen Kai's eyes. Zheng Chenggong's new tactics had been used for many years, but they had never been like this before against the Qing troops in Guangdong and Fujian. He knew very well that these Qing troops

The army is undoubtedly the most powerful green battalion soldier in this era.

"Tell Lin Dezhong that the trump card should be placed at the most appropriate time."

Suppressing his temper, Chen Kai spoke to the messenger, but he was actually speaking to himself. However, as soon as he finished speaking, there seemed to be new movement behind the Qing army's formation. Obviously, the Qing army had no plans.
Chapter completed!