The sun at noon was hanging high on the top, there was no cloud in the sky, the temperature of the air was rising, and the battle on the battlefield became more and more intense.

The Zhongyong Camp was quickly defeated under several attacks. The Ming army followed the footsteps of the defeated soldiers and appeared in the west of Yuanjiang City, and fought fiercely with the Qing army in the west. Before the Qing army in other directions came to reinforce, the defenders in Yuanjiang City had already come out. Xu Mingchen and Gao Yingfeng each led 3,000 troops to attack fiercely. With the help of the Tianwei Cannon, they defeated the enemy in the west of the city and captured the Qing army's camp blockade in the west.

Then, according to the instructions of the signal flag on the city, Xu Mingchen and Gao Yingfeng led their troops to defend the camp and block the Qing army from the north of the city. Zhu Yongxing led the army to rotate southward. The battle in the south of the city seemed to be a copy of the west of the city, and also attacked forward and backward inside and outside the city. This time, the troops led by Zhao Desheng in the city were led by the city.

They defeated each of them with their superior forces. Although they did not make an annihilation war, the Qing army suffered considerable losses, and the siege of Yuanjiang City was completely broken since then.

The situation took a sharp turn, and the Prime Minister of Xia Guo-Kun, who was blocked from the camp in the west of the city, realized that something was wrong. The besieged Yuanjiang City had become a hedgehog and could stab him again at any time. He hurriedly gave up the attack and led his troops to retreat from the north of the city, gathering troops in the east and north of the city to avoid being attacked again.

When the army led by Wu Sangui arrived in Yuanjiang, there were less than 40,000 soldiers and 70,000 auxiliary soldiers. After fighting at the city, more than 6,000 casualties were killed and 5,000 camps in Jiangbei, Wang Fuchen led another 10,000 to face Ma Bao. Jiangnan was commanded by the Prime Minister Xia, and only 17,800 auxiliary soldiers were 30,000 auxiliary soldiers. In addition to the five thousand soldiers who fought against Ma Weixing more than ten miles east of the city, there were only 12,000 troops left under Yuanjiang city.

Zhongyong Camp was defeated, the Qing army in the west, and the Qing army in the south of the city was defeated. Although it was not completely wiped out, it was lost nearly half. Now there are less than 8,000 soldiers in the hands of Xia Guojin, and only 20,000 auxiliary soldiers were left. Moreover, Yuanjiang City lies in the middle. However, the camera supports the Ming army to attack the north of the city, and the camps in the east of the city launched another attack. The entire war situation south of the Yuanjiang River became extremely unfavorable to Xia Guojin.

Unexpected reinforcements and attacks caught the Qing army around Yuanjiang City off guard, and from Zhongyong Camp was defeated to the west and inside and outside the city, the Qing army did not exert its normal combat power due to panic and psychological shock.

But in the afternoon, in the fierce battle in the north of the city, the Qing army had become much more stable in the face of the Ming army's fierce attack, which was also due to the coordinated command of the Prime Minister Xia. Moreover, Prime Minister Xia knew the importance of the position in the north of the city, so he had to shield and protect the river bank east of Yuanjiang City in order to build a floating bridge and re-communicate the connection with Jiangbei. In this way, the situation of the battle is still possible. Otherwise, the army in Jiangnan would be in a dangerous situation of being completely eliminated.

The artillery shells roared heavily into the Qing army's camp. After a moment, there were loud bangs, and black smoke rose. The Ming army attacking from west to east continued to fight forward under the cover of the bombardment of the sky-bombing cannons. It gradually approached the Qing army's north camp; the troops that came out of the city attacked fiercely from the south, and had approached the camp, using shells, arrows, muskets, and fired fiercely with the defending Qing army.

Although it is very tenacious, it will not last long, unless all the Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River come to defend. Zhu Yongxing did not think that the Qing army commander would do this, because Yuanjiang City lies in the middle of the battlefield and can send troops to attack and restrain the enemy troops in the east of the city at any time.

When siege the city, the city is like a cage; once the siege is broken, it is like holding a poisonous snake hibernating and awakening, and you must always be careful of fierce backlash. To put it simply, the current situation of war under Yuanjiang City is quite like a case of blooming in the center.

The telescope moved, and the scene changed again. The sound of cannons rumbling on the river surface and white smoke rose. A boat was hit. A big hole broke into the side of the boat and was tilting downstream. Several small boats were sailing and followed closely, preparing to provide personnel protection.

A ship's bombardment platform was sailing with a slow speed. It went downstream and fired a round of artillery shells towards the Qing army on the south bank, then sailed downstream to escape the bombardment of the Qing army's red artillery artillery.

Another ship was traversing upstream and sailing close to the north shore, firing a round of artillery shells, and also withstood the strikes on the shore. A sailor was hit by a crossbow shot from the raid, his body was taken away, and he fell from the boat into the river.

Zhu Yongxing's eyes twitched for a moment, and then shifted his sight. The floating bridge on the south and north banks did not even have a prototype. Under the unyielding blow of boats on the water, there were only a few lonely wooden stakes and large areas of casualties in the shallow water on the shore.

After the Qing army arrived in Yuanjiang, they also collected ships for building floating bridges. When the three floating bridges were built, there were only a few ships left. After that, Wu Sangui and others obviously believed that it was foolproof, or that the boats and the control of the river were not paid at all. Therefore, if they wanted to build floating bridges, they could only use simple wooden rafts, which was extremely difficult.

Although there was damage, the control of the river surface was still firmly in hand. Zhu Yongxing turned the telescope to the northwest, and a large number of auxiliary soldiers and local soldiers smashed piles and set up pillars on the bank of the river to build a temporary trestle so that the ships could dock and moor.

"The benefits of boats are so good!" Na Song expressed his sincere feelings beside Zhu Yongxing, "If there had been a navy force, wouldn't it be easy for the Qing army to cross the river?"

Zhu Yongxing put down his telescope, smiled faintly, and said, "The governor wants to build a navy? He is just afraid that there is no use of any other place on this Yuanjiang!"

Na Song pondered for a moment and smiled indifferently: "There is no need for large-scale construction, as long as there are more than a hundred ships on the river. In this way, Yuanjiang will be free of worries."

Since Song had settled his mind, Zhu Yongxing had no need to object. After all, this was a very solid guarantee for Song and Yuanjiang. If the Qing army came to attack again and there was a navy patrol along the river, it would be impossible for the Qing army to cross the river easily. Moreover, even if the Qing army crossed the river, they would be worried that they were cut off by the navy and repeat the mistakes they had today.

Zhu Yongxing was watching the battle situation again, frowned slightly, and called the messenger and said, "Sending orders to ships on the river does not have to shuttle so frequently. Just monitor from a distance. Isn't it a matter of building a floating bridge for a while? In addition, when bombarding the enemy, you can first let the fastest ship be bait, and wait for the enemy's artillery to be fired, and then close to the enemy's artillery to bombard. The enemy's artillery fires slowly, and you must seize this weakness."

The commander took the order and left, and Zhu Yongxing observed the battle situation under the city again. Although the Qing army was very tenacious, under the attack of the Ming army without hesitation of firepower, the camp was seriously damaged and would soon be broken by the Ming army and enter a close-killing battle. Relying on the advantage of military strength and entering a melee, the Ming army would have a steady chance of winning.

Although the river blockade and isolation were successful, the general attack still had to be launched after the arrival of the Eastern Route Army, mainly horse and Bao, arrived. Zhu Yongxing betted on the east side, and could already hear the sound of cannons. I guess the Eastern Route Army was not far away.

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"The benefits of boats are so good!" The same emotion as Na Song was Wu Sangui's think tank Liu Xuanchu. Who would have thought that such a seemingly normal battle of expedition and suppression was actually a obviously pieced together naval army in the end.

Not to mention the navy, the Qing army had never thought of fighting from top to bottom. It was not even thought that it would fight a water battle. It was not even mentally prepared at all.

But the situation of the battle was changing rapidly in a way that the Qing army had never expected. The isolation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the sudden appearance of enemy reinforcements. The internal and external attacks were as fierce as fire. Within three hours, the initiative on the battlefield had fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The Qing army on the south bank was in danger, with only the ability to resist and no fight back.

However, the actions of building a floating bridge to communicate between the two sides became extremely difficult under the bombardment of gunships on the river. In Liu Xuanchu's view, it was almost impossible to complete the task.

"The Emperor Ming royal family, is there any strange strategy of Wuhou and Taizu's heroic martial arts?" Liu Xuanchu's thoughts were turbulent, and he had already removed the word "fake" without realizing it. He looked at Yuanjiang City in Jiangnan, with a complicated expression on his face.

There is no controversy about Wu Sangui being a hard-core traitor. But his subordinates were not willing to surrender to the Qing court, and they even hated him deeply. Why did they serve Wu Sangui? Only the Han people? This is a very main reason. Liu Xuanchu had the biggest depression and contradiction in his heart, that is, "I hope that the heavens will be born as a saint to calm China."

In other words, Liu Xuanchu hoped that the Han people could produce a "saint" in his mind to restore the Han world, and Wu Sangui might be possible. The so-called illness and seeking medical treatment was a situation at that time. Even if Wu Sangui killed Yongli, when he was in a fight against the Qing Dynasty and called for "anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty", he still received many forgiveness and support from many people. Unfortunately, he was so vigilant that he changed his reign to be emperor, and was disappointed. Only his confidants and confidants were still fighting for his great cause.

At this moment, Liu Xuanchu's will was shaken, and Wu Sangui's furiousness did not attract his attention for the moment.

"The fake king Ma Bao was cunning and made a false camp, but suddenly led his army across the river." The bad news did not let Wu Sangui go. Wang Fuchen sent someone to repay him and gave the old traitor a heavy blow. "General Wang led his army to pursue him, but the floating bridge was burned and he could not catch up."

"Stupid, incompetent." Wu Sangui was furious and spoke without hesitation, cursing: "My army in Jiangnan is in danger, and this is all the fault of the king and ministers."

Of course, Wang Fuchen's mistakes did accelerate the defeat of the Qing army in Jiangnan, but it was obviously unfair to put all the blame on Wang Fuchen. Failure is inevitable. If you want to talk about responsibility, Wu Sangui and Liu Xuanchu are not there.

"Prince calmed down." Liu Xuanchu was a little awake at this time and hurriedly persuaded him, "The defeat is hard to stop. How can we get General Xia and others out of trouble for the present plan?"

Wu Sangui gasped for a few heavy breaths, suppressed his anger and asked, "Can you come out?"

Liu Xuanchu stretched out his hand and there were two small boats on the river bank closest to Jiangbei Daying. Without further ado, Wu Sangui already understood what Liu Xuanchu meant. It was difficult and dangerous. Ming army ships came and went back from time to time on the river. These two small boats snatched back important generals of Xia State - but if you don't do this, are there any other ways?

"Wait until night!" Wu Sangui sighed helplessly, turned around and looked at the south bank, praying in his heart that Prime Minister Xia could last until nightfall and ensure that a section of the river bank was in hand.

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On the battlefield, there were corpses everywhere, including Qing army, Ming army, flags, swords and guns, and military uniforms all over the ground, and wisps of blue smoke were still emitting the craters in the charred craters.

The Syrian stallion Ma Weixing sat on the wooden scepter, and the medical soldiers were applying medicine to him to wrap his wounds. Although he was so painful that he grinned from time to time, he looked west from time to time and smiled on his face.

This was a fierce battle. The situation of the Ming army was once critical, but with rapid reinforcement from Ma Bao's army, it finally turned into danger and defeated the five thousand soldiers led by the Qing army general Fu Wenyuan and Zhang Zufa.

Now, the road leading to Yuanjiang City has been opened, and the rest is a number of combined attacks to wipe out the enemy troops in Jiangnan in one fell swoop.

"Brother Ma, how is his injury?" Ruyang King Ma Bao hurried over and asked with concern. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and pressed down Ma Weixing who was about to get up to greet him.

"It's okay, a little bit of injury." Ma Wei smiled indifferently and said, "Is the team going to set off? It's too late to catch up with the final battle."

Ma Bao looked up at the six wolf smokes that were already visible to the west, smiled and said, "Don't worry, the siege of Yuanjiang City has been lifted, but the general attack still has to wait for us. It is estimated that the Qing army has been beaten by His Highness Min, the water and land, and we can get a bargain."

"Just don't be completely wiped out." Seeing that the bandage was finished, Ma Weixing stood up. He waved his injured arm, showed it to Ma Bao, and smiled and said, "How? He can still swing his sword and gun and kill the enemy general."

Ma Bao laughed and waved his hand. The guards immediately led the horse. The two of them rode on war horses and led the army toward the west.

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Fighting less is always the biggest tactic of winning, or it can be said to be a manifestation of lack of self-confidence. No matter which reason is, this is the principle that Zhu Yongxing has been working hard to implement. This is the counterattack in western Yunnan and the Yuanjiang Battle. After refining it to each battle, it is basically such a routine.

Isolate the Yuanjiang River and divide the Qing army into two sections. Thus, he gained the advantage of raiding troops in the south of the Yangtze River; he used local soldiers as bait and suddenly broke out from the interstellar road and defeated Zhongyong Camp with three times the force of his opponent; then attacked the west, south of the city, and north of the city, and attacked the army on both sides, and the troops were greatly surpassed the enemy.

After fighting like this, the more fight is the less, and the few are the less, but the advantage is getting bigger and bigger. At the moment of the decisive battle, with the arrival of Ma Bao's army, the Ming army's military advantage has reached more than four times, and the Qing army gathered together has besieged a region near the river in the east of Yuanjiang City.

Bac Yong was killed in battle, Zhang Zufa died in battle, Li Rubi died in battle, Liu Zhifu died in battle, and Deng Wanggong died in battle. The other guerrillas were countless. The seven or eight thousand Qing troops were complicated, and many of them were defeated and defeated soldiers who were beaten and lost.

The sun turned into a big red wheel, falling into the distant mountainside. The waves of the river and the clouds in the sky all turned into blood.

Xia Guoxiang watched the soldiers dragging away the Red Barbarian cannons on the shore, looking at the river, and felt sad. Maybe soon, there would be corpses everywhere and blood flowed into a river. At this point, no matter how hard he had, he could do nothing. It was meaningless to bombard the enemy ships in the river. If the Red Barbarian cannons were transferred to the enemy side, he would have more support.

Although it has been reorganized, the expressions on the faces of the generals of Xia State can show despair and sorrow. Fighting in death is to seek life in death; fighting is also to die, who can treat death as if you are home and fight in blood?

Moreover, seeing that the victory was decided, the Ming army began a political offensive to persuade surrender again.

"Give up your weapons and avoid death!" "Those who surrender will not kill!" "Those who kill the master and make meritorious contributions will be rewarded!"...

When these calls came to the ears of the Qing soldiers, the Prime Minister of Xia knew that the morale of the army would be even lower. The only way to die in the ages was to survive. Some people could do anything. Suspicion, fear, conspiracy... These dirty psychology are the easiest to grow wildly when facing desperate situations.

"Boom!" An explosion occurred from a distance. Xia Guoxian, who was already a little numb and indifferent, just raised his eyelids, and walked away with a few guards expressionlessly and continued to patrol.

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Should I attack overnight or fight after dawn? Zhu Yongxing fell into a brief thought.

After a day of battle, the Qing army in Jiangnan had become a turtle in the jar, but the Ming army was also very tired and suffered a lot of casualties. In particular, the two armies led by him and Ma Bao were all rushing to the road and fighting, and they almost didn't get a rest.

But there is another sentence that always circulates in Zhu Yongxing's mind, that is, "There are many nights and dreams". As long as the enemy has not been wiped out, there will be variables. Although this possibility is very small, it is not completely non-existent. Navy, well, let's call it that way, because there are not many ships, the river surface that can block and provide early warning is limited. Moreover, there are even fewer ships loading sky-bombing cannons, which can really completely stop the Qing army in Jiangbei from crossing the river from elsewhere?

There are still opportunities to take advantage of and loopholes to catch, so now is not the time to relax, so you can’t raise your glass to celebrate and rest assured.

"Attack, attack overnight." Zhu Yongxing suddenly raised his head, swept over the generals with a bright look, and said loudly: "Victory is right in front of you, and you must not relax your vigilance. There are many examples of success and failure in history, and we cannot make this mistake."

The king of Ruyang, Ma Bao, said with a gentle head, "Your Highness is wise. The Qing army is in desperate situation and its morale is already lost. Just plow the courtyard and sweep the caves, so he will not give him a chance to breathe."

"The night is long and there are many dreams. Although there are barriers between the navy, Wu Ni is a traitor, so the Qing army in Jiangbei must be worried about it." Na Song also agreed with this.

"Your Highness." Duke Chen Wu Zisheng bowed and said, "It is really hard to fight between the two armies. The general attack can be handed over to the defenders in the city. They will fight at night, so it is not appropriate to have complicated troops."

When the Qing army was told, Ma Weiguang, the prime minister of the country, hurriedly said, "Our Eastern Army won consecutive battles and their morale is strong. It is hard to do anything. The Qing army was already depressed and their morale was low. It would be possible for our Eastern Army to complete the general attack."
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