Brother Wang Meng knew that the strength of the three bandit armies in the city was not weak, and their combined numbers were equal to his own. If they fought based on the city, it would be difficult to capture the city.
So I planned to make a surprise attack at night.
In order to prevent the bandits in the city from knowing the news, he seized all the ships entering the port. As a result, he accidentally ran into Shen Qianqian's cargo ship and allowed her to dock and escape.
After Wang Mengge sent people to pursue him, he received no news for a long time. Knowing that the situation was not good, he stopped waiting and immediately organized his army and headed towards Jiangdu.
When he arrived at the Hulu River, the water was shallower than usual, only half a man deep. In order to speed up his advance, he did not let the army cross the bridge and walked directly across the river.
Unexpectedly, just as the five thousand troops passed by, the sound of water surging upstream was suddenly heard. Looking up, I saw the river rushing forward with such force that hundreds of soldiers crossing the river were swept away in an instant.
When the water slowed down a bit, a sound of fighting could be heard from the other side of the river.
Only then did Brother Wang Meng learn that someone had blocked the flow of water upstream, and only opened the gate to release the water after they crossed the river.
The person who released the water was Xu Baisheng.
When he led his army to the Hulu River, he saw that the enemy army had not arrived yet, so he ambushed 2,500 troops on the bank.
Send another 500 people to the narrow place upstream to block the river water, and release the water after listening to the order.
Although this plan was good, Xu Baisheng did not have enough troops, so he still had some advantages at first. After fighting for more than half an hour, Brother Wang Meng saw that he was weak and led the army across the river himself.
An hour later, more than half of the three thousand soldiers were dead or wounded. Xu Baisheng himself was dripping with blood and had seven or eight wounds on his body. He rushed to the front and refused to retreat.
Brother Wang Meng watched the battle from behind for a while and saw that the enemy army was not a veteran of long-standing battles. It was only because of the bravery of the leading general that the soldiers were inspired to fight.
"Bring the bow!" He ordered to the left and right, preparing to shoot the enemy general with his own hands.
The soldier handed over the bow and arrow. Wang Mengge picked up the bow and arrow, and aimed sideways.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a cry of killing in the distance, and a cavalry rushed over. The number of people could not be seen clearly in the darkness.
Brother Wang Meng was secretly worried: "Could it be that this man and horse are just bait, deliberately leading me across the river?" He hurriedly issued an order for the army to deploy a defensive formation and prepare to meet the enemy.
Soon Brother Wang Meng realized something was wrong.
After the opponent's horse hoofbeats approached, it seemed that there were only a few hundred cavalry. Wang Mengge sneered: "How dare such a small number of people come to die, let me surround them!"
However, he had just given the defense order, and then it turned into an encirclement. The army was delayed for a while. The opponent's cavalry took the opportunity to join the infantry and escaped through the gap together.
Wang Mengge immediately ordered five thousand cavalry to pursue him, and he led the Chinese army to advance steadily.
At this point, there is no point in making a surprise attack. The only option is to move forward at full speed, maybe we can attack the city in one go.
However, not long after, sentry horses came to report that the fleeing enemy troops did not return to Jiangdu, but went directly towards the nearby mountains. It was difficult for the cavalry to pursue them.
Brother Wang Meng frowned secretly. The opponent's tactics were too weird. They only sent 3,000 people when they ambush him, and only a few hundred people when they reinforced him later!
With many years of experience in leading troops, he felt that the enemy's troops were insufficient and Jiangdu must be empty at this moment. So he ignored these people and ordered the army to march at full speed!
When the army arrived ten miles south of Jiangdu City, the sentry horse came to report that a cavalry of more than a thousand people appeared in front and rushed towards them quickly.
Brother Wang Meng was stunned. He had never encountered such a weird fighting method in his whole life of leading troops.
Although there were only 3,000 people in the first ambush, the timing was excellent, and the soldiers were quite brave, which really made him sweat.
However, the two cavalrymen that followed were confusing, and they were almost like dying.
He thought about it and suspected that the other party wanted to use this method to delay time, so he ordered the army to crush the thousand-man army in front without stopping.
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West bank of Mawei River, valley to the south.
The valley has two exits, the north and the south. The north entrance is guarded by Zhang Yangquan, so Huang Boyan can only try to rush out through the south entrance.
However, several times they rushed to kill, but they were blocked by Geng Si's two thousand troops.
Although Huang Boyan has more than 8,000 people, the exit of the valley is narrow and only dozens of people can rush out at a time. However, they have to face several times the enemy at the same time, creating a situation of fighting more with less.
Later, after Zhao Desheng's thousand reinforcements arrived, the defense became even more impregnable. Huang Boyan was injured during a charge and was carried back to the valley.
Seeing wounds all over his body, Lu Qing sighed and said, "Master of the Dazhai, we can't escape, why don't we surrender?"
Huang Boyan lay on his side on the stone and said angrily: "Didn't you keep saying that you could help me capture Jiangdu, and now you are urging me to surrender? I really shouldn't have listened to you in the first place!"
Lu Qing's face darkened, he struggled to stand up, and walked slowly towards the north.
Huang Boyan only thought that he was about to surrender and did not stop him. He shouted: "Come here, get some wine!"
A member of the household took off the wine bag from his waist and handed it to him.
Huang Boyan bit open the stopper with her teeth and took a big gulp of wine.
Just after finishing the bag of wine, a soldier ran from a distance and shouted: "Master of Dazhai, the military advisor hanged himself!"
With a "pop" sound, the wine bag in Huang Boyan's hand fell to the ground. He seemed to have lost his soul and sat on the stone in silence.
"Master of Dazhai, what should we do now?" asked the hundred households who gave him the wine bag.
"How about surrendering?" Another Baihu asked.
"Get lost! Anyone who talks about surrender will be executed immediately!" Huang Boyan roared angrily. He is now like a person who has just woken up from a sweet dream, and is still immersed in the dream and unable to extricate himself.
Seeing this, the other hundred households whispered a few words to each other. Two hundred households from Xuan'er quietly approached Huang Boyan from behind, pounced on him together, and tied him up.
At the north exit of the valley, Zhang Yangquan received news from Zhao Desheng that Huang Boyan failed to break through again and was seriously injured.
At present, the Nanmen Army is already in a shackles, but the Yuan soldiers are approaching Jiangdu City.
Zhang Yangquan really didn't have the patience to waste time here. Just when he was about to send someone in to ask for surrender, he saw a Nanmen sergeant walking out of the valley.
The man had no weapons and took off his armor. He knelt at the entrance of the valley, waved back, and several generals dragged out a bound man. Who is it if it's not Huang Boyan?
"We are willing to surrender, and we ask the general to accept it!" All the sergeants bowed down in unison.
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Although Zhang Yangquan was happy in his heart, he still felt a little wary when he saw Lu Qing. He ordered people to bring Huang Boyan closer and examined him carefully. He found out that it was Huang Boyan himself. Only then did he clear up the suspicion and ordered the army to collect the surrendered troops.
The battle at Mawei River has progressed to this point, and it can be said to be a complete victory. Counting the surrendered troops captured by Qin Lingsi before, there are more than 10,000 surrendered troops and countless ordnance.
Zhang Yangquan ordered Zhao Desheng to lead 2,000 people to guard them, and asked Geng San to lead 1,000 people to collect ordnance, and then led more than 3,000 people back to Jiangdu.
These three thousand sergeants were all infantry, and they fought hard again, and the march was very slow.
Zhang Yangquan was worried about the situation in the city, so he asked Geng Si to take them slowly, and returned to Jiangdu with a dozen of his own soldiers on flying horses.
When we returned to Jiangdu City, it was already midnight. It was May, the night sky was bright, and under the cold stars, we could see the blue flag hanging high on the wall of the north gate.
The city gate was blown up by gunpowder, and several carpenters were repairing it.
The person guarding the north gate was a member of the Baihu family. After seeing Zhang Yangquan, he hurriedly welcomed him into the city.
When Zhang Yangquan asked about the situation in the city, the hundreds of households said excitedly: "The masters of Dazhai and the second village have driven Zhang Mingjian out of the south gate. Military advisor, this city belongs to our Longtan Village!"
Zhang Yangquan asked again: "Where are Yuan Bing?"
"I didn't see Yuan Bing."
"Where are the village master and Li Er?"
"They're all at the south gate!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded, patted the man on the shoulder and said: "Repair the city gate as soon as possible. When Geng Si comes over later, ask him to guard the north gate."
After finishing speaking, he rode his horse towards the south of the city.
When passing by Shenji Inn, I suddenly heard a voice coming from the second floor of the inn.
Looking up, I saw Shen Qianqian calling out to him through a window on the second floor.
"Zhang Qianhu, please wait below for a moment!" After saying something, she retracted her head.
After a while, the door of the inn opened, and Shen Qianqian ran out holding her skirt.
"Zhang Qianhu, you, did you defeat the Nanmen Army?" she asked breathlessly.
Zhang Yangquan saw that her hair was messy and her eyes were red. It was obvious that she had not slept all night. He turned over and dismounted and said with a smile: "We won. I am really sorry for disturbing thousands of girls."
Shen Qianqian said anxiously: "The Red Scarf Army is also in the city, did you know?"
Zhang Yangquan touched his nose, coughed, and said: "Actually... those Red Scarf Army are also my people."
Shen Qianqian's eyes widened, and she said after a long while: "I understand, Sesame Li's rebellion was fake, it was all a show you put on!"
Zhang Yangquan bowed to Shen Qianqian and apologized: "It's a very important matter. I can't disclose it. Please forgive me, Miss Qianqian."
Shen Qianqian turned her anger into a smile and said: "Forget it, you shouldn't have told me this kind of thing in the first place. By the way, are you already in control of Jiangdu City?"
Zhang Yangquan said solemnly: "The Yuan army will arrive soon. It is too early to say this now."
Shen Qianqian smiled and said, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Zhang Yangquan thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow morning, if Miss Qianqian has time, she can help me appease those businessmen."
Shen Qianqian's eyes flashed and she said, "Can I use your name?"
"Of course."
Shen Qianqian smiled and said: "That's no problem. They should all be frightened by Zhang Mingjian. Seeing you coming, they might all be celebrating at home!"