On the south bank of the Qingge River, it was still a battlefield for half an hour, and it had become a temporary camp in the blink of an eye, the newly surrendered thief army, Wu Sangui's border army, Ma Ke's Changping army, the third battalion of Dongchang and Lu Daqi's Nanjing pioneer each occupied a corner within a radius of several miles to rest, and they only discussed with each other and did not interact with each other.

Under a big camphor tree on the riverside, Chang Yu stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the river in a daze, the situation had changed a lot in just a few hours, and he had to make it clear.

Li Muxian, Lu Daqi, Xu Hongji and a few others were drinking horse broth under a tree not far away, and when they saw the little eunuch in a daze, they knew that he was thinking and no one dared to disturb.

"I thought it would be difficult to go to the sea of blood in Daoshan this time, but I didn't expect that in just a few days, I had captured Wuhu City, and I also surrendered Bai Wang's generals, if Wu Sangui hurried up to occupy Chizhou Mansion, this time it would be four or five hundred miles back" Zhu Guobi drank the hot soup and sweated.

"It's not our job, if it weren't for that little lady...... "Governor" Xu Hongji looked at Li Muxian next to him and hurriedly changed his words: "If it weren't for the little overseer leading the team, we are afraid that we would be surrounded by thieves in Dangtu."

"Hey, it's rare for Grandpa Guo to be so humble" Zhao Zhilong said with a smile, and glanced at Li Muxian next to him: "Of course, it is also a loss to this Taoist master's clever calculation."

Li Muxian smiled: "Don't be too optimistic about the poor road, this is just the beginning, and it can even be said that the training stage, now fortunately Wang Tizhong has surrendered, otherwise we will cross this Qingge River, and every time we enter a city, it will be the price of thousands of lives" Seeing that Xu Hongji's faces became solemn, he continued: "As the poor road expected, starting from Chizhou, you have entered the real battlefield, you take advantage of these days to practice and train the soldiers."

Everyone nodded, and Lu Daqi was about to say something, when Chang Yu walked over from there: "Daoist Yi, do you think Bai Wang is on the way or back to Anqing at this time?" ”

Li Muxian sighed slightly: "Something that the king can't be sure of, and Poor Dao can't be sure, but if Bai Wang hears that there are officers and soldiers sent to Anqing on the west bank to go back, doesn't the lord say that he seems to have sent troops to Nanjing, but in fact he is only to run Anqing."

Chang Yu was silent when he heard this, squatted down and pulled on the ground with a branch, and everyone drew a few points on both sides of the river in order to surround him.

"This is Anqing, the diagonal bank is Chizhou, and Bai Wang must guard Chizhou for security." Chang Yu muttered in a low voice, and Zhao Zhilong frowned: "How can you see it, why should he divide troops to defend on both sides of the river, can't he just run Anqing and gather heavy troops to defend Anqing."

Chang Yu glanced at him and said: "The reason is very simple, first, we are using troops on both sides of the strait at the same time, if he does not defend Chizhou, he will be surrounded by a pinch, and second, and most importantly, if he does not defend Chizhou, he will be cut off, De'an is on the east bank of the Yangtze River, as long as he holds Chizhou, even if Anqing can't hold it, he can still return to De'an's old nest, so holding Chizhou is guarding his retreat!" ”

Everyone suddenly nodded their heads, Li Muxian previously felt that Chang Yu didn't need to transfer all Wu Sangui's men and horses, after all, there were more than 30,000 troops here, which was enough to deal with the situation on the east coast, and now he knew Chang Yu's intentions, Bai Wang would defend Chizhou to the death in order to hold the retreat and disperse the pressure of Anqing, it would be a tough battle, but what are the officers and soldiers on the east coast, the newly surrendered ones are unreliable and can fight back at any time, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Nanjing are tired and out of breath, fighting a tough battle?

Therefore, it is necessary to transfer a strong army and horses to the command.

Wu Sangui and the three battalions of the Mako Jiadong Factory can protect this side, and they can attack and retreat, and they can defend!

As for the terrain on the Anqing side, it is very superior, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although Gao Jie's three more than 10,000 cavalry can't bargain over there, but as soon as Li Yan's army arrives, it will have enough strength to attack the city.

Chang Yanling and Tang Guozuo hurriedly crossed the river to see each other, it was difficult to hide their surprise, saying that they were the most relaxed, especially Chang Yanling had been postponed because of his private relationship with Chang Yu from Nanjing, and he had never been on the front line, had never seen blood, and had not even suffered any crimes, Tang Guozuo at least led his troops out of the city on a rainy day.

Seeing the arrival of the two, Xu Hongji and the others hurriedly got up to greet him, this is usually impossible, Chang Yanling is not social, and his identity is not as noble as him, and the reason why he is like this now is because he has seen some clues.

The little eunuch respects Chang Yanling more than any of them, and they take care of them openly and secretly, they are not blind or stupid, although they don't know the specific reason, but they have to give face to the people that the little eunuch respects.

"I heard that it surrendered, then, do you still want to fight?" As soon as Tang Guozuo came ashore, he was babbling, and everyone laughed.

While everyone was laughing, Chang Yanling pulled Chang Yu aside and praised him endlessly, what kind of glory and glory of the ancestors, the little eunuch actually blushed rarely, and had to divert the topic and ask how the soldiers were doing, how their morale was, and how the logistics were supplied.

Chang Yanling said that Shi Kefa's logistics support in Nanjing was no problem at all, and the soldiers were just tired from the march and were unharmed, and I heard that in a short period of time, they first won the first battle of Dangtu, and then they attacked Wuhu City and then fought the thief general Wang Tizhong surrendered, and now the morale is very high.

Chang Yu nodded and said to Chang Yanling: "This Qingge River can be attacked and defended, it is a very important strategic place, and there must be a trustworthy person in this Wuhu City to sit here......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chang Yanling: "Do you want me to guard Wuhu?" ”

Chang Yu nodded: "There is Uncle Lao" Chang Yanling frowned: "Don't you know what I think in my heart?" How can you go out of the city to fight and hide behind all the time? Don't you let others laugh at me, I'm a descendant of the Jiangmen family, and I often meet the descendants......"

Seeing that he was a little excited, Chang Yu hurriedly persuaded: "It is difficult to cross the south of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult to protect it now, although it is difficult to retreat, Wuhu has Qingge River, which can be used as a transit base for grain and grass in the rear......"

"No, I don't want to stay behind" Chang Yanling was categorical, Chang Yu looked at his expression and knew that no matter how difficult it was to persuade him, it was not good to press him with a military order, so he had to give up.

When Shen, when the departments were still resting, the more than 1,000 cavalry originally stationed in Wuhu City crossed the river and attracted the envy of countless people, this cavalry led by Jin Shenghuan in the first battle of Tu performed unsatisfactory and even could not be on the table, but then became famous in the battle of defending the city in Wuhu, but they aroused envy not because they held the city, but heard that a lot of rewards were shared!

The banks of the Yangtze River in the west were also lively, and Lu Zhenfei organized ships to transport the war horses of Wu Sangui and others one after another, and sent people to ask Chang Yu: Where are he and Zhang Liang going?

Chang Yu originally wanted Lu Zhenfei to guard Wuhu, but he thought that soon Li Yan's army would be very difficult as soon as he arrived there, and Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang had recently cooperated well and performed well, so he asked the two of them to be in charge of logistics preparations in Luzhou Mansion. It is unbelievable that the two governors of the Ming Dynasty were sent to engage in logistics, but so what, isn't the Ming Dynasty's dignified military department Shangshu also engaged in logistics in Nanjing now.

Besides, they are civil officials, and this kind of thing needs to be professional, if Chang Yu has no generals in his hands, he can take them to the top, but at this time, almost all the most capable generals in the Ming Dynasty are here, so they have to go to the back kitchen to help.

Half an hour later, Wang Zamao was the first to pull out the camp and go south, and after the selection of the troops, there were 6,000 casualties, and the rest were homeless, these people Chang Yu would not take in, he didn't need to use homeless people as cannon fodder and had no extra food to feed them, and he wouldn't even give them severance pay.

Jiangnan is not as natural disasters as the north, the wind and rain have always been smooth, in fact, now the entire Ming Dynasty's food supply depends on this side, if there is no military disaster, the people's life is actually relatively nourishing.

Although it is now left to wander and lose its place due to the disaster of the thief army, it is still far better than the people in the north, because at this time, the policy of the thief army has changed, and almost does not plunder ordinary people, but many people are actively coerced, as long as they go back home, they are still on the ground, and they can still live by borrowing from the east and the west to make up for their lives.

Later, Wu Sangui and Ma Ke's cavalry also began to pull out the camp, and Chang Yu asked them to go to Tongling as fast as possible, along with the third battalion of Dongchang and the 1,000 Nanjing cavalry led by Jin Shenghuan.

The main army led by Chang Yanling also began to cross the Qingge River, and it was destined that the journey would not be fast because of the baggage of carrying grain, grass, and siege equipment.

Chang Yu and Li Muxian discussed for a long time, and finally decided to let Tang Guozuo sit in Wuhu City, and only left him 500 troops, in addition to defending the city, he also had to patrol the surrounding Yangtze River Qingge River and take care of the wounded in the city, the task was not risky but extremely cumbersome.

Tang Guozuo happily agreed, after all, after hearing that the front was going to attack the city and fight bloodily, how could there be stability and comfort in the rear, but he didn't want to suffer the kind of rain march and stay in the field at night, it was too difficult.

………………………………………………………………

Develop a good habit of automatic voting, don't always urge me