Chapter 1273

Where did the officers and soldiers get the reinforcements, at this time Chang Yu had not yet arrived in Fanchang County, and the main army led by Chang Yanling was even far away in the Zhanghe River.

After entering the city last night, Ma Ke immediately divided his troops to guard the city gate, worried that the more than 100 troops in the king's body would be unstable and would cause trouble, so he ordered him to go up to the city to inspect and not come down at will without an order, and then anxious to appease the squires in the city.

At dawn, the people in the city suddenly found that the city head changed the banner of the king, and after a sleep, the officers and soldiers recovered Fanchang County, some people were happy and some were worried, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers did not have any attack, Ma Ke issued the strictest military order, and those who disturbed the people were immediately killed!

Fanchang is small but the strategic location is important, Ma Ke in the city after a few inspections, then out of the city will be far and near dozens of miles of terrain to feel through, back to the city when the sky is dark, but there is no news of Wu Sangui guessed that it can enter Tongling City, secretly glad that a few people this time as a pioneer wind and rain.

It wasn't until late at night when the men guarding the south gate came to report that Wu Sangui's people came to ask for help, he was taken aback, and hurriedly put people in and asked carefully, and couldn't help but stomp his feet in pity, if he could enter the city one step earlier, but the reality is not so much, at the moment the two armies can't help each other to confront each other outside the city, each waiting for reinforcements from the rear, the thief army doesn't know where there are many reinforcements, but Ma Ke knows very well, something is not good!

First of all, he was ordered to garrison Fanchang, and he couldn't leave the city easily, and secondly, what could these 800 cavalry do, there were more than 800 people from the thief army casually, and it would be half noon tomorrow to go to help at the earliest, but I was afraid that the reinforcements of the thief army would arrive early, and Wu Sangui had already retreated......

Ma Ke was very hesitant to pace back and forth in the room, if he sent reinforcements, he might be derelict in his duties and prosperous, and his troops were weak and he could not even run in vain...... As soon as Ma Ke gritted his teeth, he immediately ordered the troops and horses to be summoned.

He decided that no matter what the outcome was, he couldn't die without help! Because he has done this kind of thing, during the Songjin War, he and Wu Sangui have both seen death and escaped without saving, and the two of them are also responsible for the defeat of Songjin, and now since he intends to be reborn in Nirvana, he must throw away all the darkness in his heart in the past, and now even if he dies in battle, he must be vigorous, because there can be no third chance in life, the little eunuch gave him a second time, and he must grasp it.

Ma Ke left 300 cavalry to garrison Fanchang County, but took away more than 100 people in the king's body, and more than 600 people took advantage of the darkness to gallop south to aid Wu Sangui, and at the same time sent people north to upload information to Chang Yu.

At dawn, Ma Ke has led his troops to the bank of the Shun'an River, which is only thirty miles away from Tongling, looking up at the sky gloomy and foggy in the distance, he did not dare to be careless and ordered his subordinates to repair on the spot and send a reconnaissance of Ma to cross the river, this night Wu Sangui no news came, so that Ma Ke could not guess what the situation was in Tongling, and it was still in the confrontation? If the reinforcements of the thief army have arrived, Wu Sangui will be defeated and retreat, and he should also encounter it.

Tanma quickly returned, and Yan Zhi encountered a thief army ten miles away, and Ma Ke hurriedly asked how to determine that it was not a person from the king's body? After all, the people in the king's body are thieves and newcomers, and they are all dressed the same.

"The subordinates originally thought they were people in the king's body, but when they first saw us, they immediately hit the horse and turned around and ran, it stands to reason that if they are people in the king's body, they shouldn't run......" As soon as the horse was analyzed, Ma Ke understood, and raised his eyebrows and said: "Wu Sangui is playing big."

His subordinates didn't understand and hurriedly asked him what he meant, and Chief Ma exhaled: "At this time, there are only two possibilities, either Wu Sangui has entered the city, or the thief army reinforcements have arrived to defeat him or be captured!" Everyone was shocked, and some didn't believe it, if they were defeated, they would have fled north.

"Maybe it was cut off at that time" Ma Ke turned his head to look east: "The mountains there are reckless, maybe they fled to the mountains" and sighed: "He only has a few hundred horsemen, and if he is besieged and captured, of course he will not rule out entering the city."

"General Wu is brave and good at fighting, even if he is surrounded, it is still okay to fight a bloody way with the Guanning Iron Cavalry, so that the whole army will not be wiped out......" His subordinates were a little incredulous, and Ma Ke snorted: "What if the king is on the verge of rebellion" Everyone stopped talking.

"These are just speculations, how specifically, let's find out!" Ma Ke's eyes narrowed into a slit and looked at the mist on the other side of the river, his face gradually became solemn, and he ordered his soldiers and horses to enter a state of readiness.

Half an hour later, Tan Ma hurriedly came: "General, the thief army led more than 2,000 troops to come and is already ten miles away!" ”

Ma Ke's face immediately became solemn: "Can you find out where is General Wu?" ”

"Back to the general, there are thieves everywhere for ten miles outside the city, and it is difficult for us to get close to ......"

Outside the city? Ma Ke frowned and smiled: "Wu Sangui has entered the city!" ”

This is the speed of the veteran's brain, if Wu Sangui is defeated or captured, regardless of whether the king is in the battle or not, those in the city will surrender immediately, and the thief army should have entered the city, and there is no need to set up such a strict blockade outside the city, let alone send troops for thirty miles to intercept the reinforcements of officers and soldiers, plus there is no news that Wu Sangui entered the Shiniu and the sea, and it is speculated that he was besieged after entering the city, and I don't know how to enter the city.

After listening to his analysis, his subordinates were overjoyed: "Since General Wu has entered the city, there is no need for us to fight hard with the thieves, why don't we retreat to Fanchang and wait for the rear army."

Ma Ke hesitated a little, raised his eyes and looked at the formation of the thief army was vaguely visible in the south, according to the spy, the thief army had two thousand troops, and more than half of them were cavalry, and he only had six hundred horses, do you want to fight? Although there is no need to fight this battle, he always wants to be a little itchy, and he has come here to shake the prestige of the thief army and promote his prestige, otherwise the vanguard will make a wedding dress for Wu Sangui.

Just hesitating, suddenly heard that there was something wrong behind him, turned his head to look and saw more than a thousand horses galloping a few miles away, and the generals under his command panicked and warned in all directions, Ma Ke's heart was shocked, it was not that he was hit by the front and back, and when he was about to deploy troops to deal with it, the scouts who went to visit reported that he was his own people!

Not only his own people, to be exact, the three battalions under the command of Dongchang, the most elite and combative troops of the Ming Dynasty who are comparable to the Guanning Army!

That's right, Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu led the troops here.

It's just that the three of them didn't go with Chang Yu, how could they come here, couldn't it be that the little eunuch also came, Ma Ke was a little excited in his heart and hurriedly hit the horse and went forward.

Chang Yu didn't come, after crossing the Zhanghe River, he still hurried slowly, but he could make Tu Yuan and a few people anxious, and he went south to make contributions, but the wolf had more meat and less meat, and he always couldn't take his turn, he wanted to be a pioneer but was robbed by Wu Sangui to Ma Ke, and the three of them were not convinced, so they pestered Chang Yu to take a step forward to see the situation, maybe they could help him.

The little eunuch couldn't stand the entanglement of the three of them, and he also felt that the troops in front were too thin, although he wanted to vent the anger in Wu Sangui's heart, but he couldn't hurt his roots, so he agreed to the three battalions to go, and he was still waiting for the rear army slowly and leisurely behind.

Tu Yuan and the three of them were eager to make contributions, and they rushed all the way to approach Fanchang County in the middle of the night, but they met Ma Ke's herald, and after asking about the situation, the three of them were excited, and they chased after Ma Ke despite their fatigue, and arrived at the Shun'an River with a difference of more than an hour in the middle.

While the four of them were talking, the bandit army on the other side was already lined up three miles away, and after listening to Ma Ke's speculation, Lao Jiu directly shouted: "Since Wu Sangui has entered the city, we don't have to worry about it, just fuck it!" ”

"That's it, but there are only more than 1,000 cavalry with only 2,000 people, and the four of us will join forces to slaughter his mother's sheep" Jia Waixiong also clamored to start a war immediately, but Tu Yuan hesitated slightly: "First, we are tired of soldiers and horses after a long journey, and second, once we cross the river, the other party suddenly sends reinforcements and increases troops, and we are greatly disadvantaged."

Everyone thinks about it, the Shun'an River is easy to cross but difficult to retreat! It's okay to cross the river and defeat the opponent, if you haven't beaten the opponent's reinforcements and come again, then you will have to lose a lot if you want to retreat to the riverbank, unless you bring the thief army on the other side, so that no matter whether there are reinforcements behind the opponent, they can advance or retreat with ease, but how to lure them over?

"What good way can you have besides scolding and returning your mother, you can't take off your clothes to lure them in" Lao Jiuyi shouted, everyone laughed, and decided to provoke on the other side of the bank and lead the thief army across the river to fight.

The leader of the thieves on the other side is not Wang Yien, but Yuan Sanzhong, one of the five tiger generals under Bai Wang, it is said that his father's original intention of giving him this name is to be loyal to heaven and earth, two loyal to the king, and three loyal to the ancestors, but it is obvious that this thing has no loyalty to the king at all, and he has rebelled since the thief, and he has become quite famous.

Bai Wang was preparing to attack the city in the east of the city, and when he heard the news that the officers and soldiers scouts were found in the north, he knew that the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers were coming, and after careful investigation, he learned that there were only hundreds of troops on the other side of the Shun'an River thirty miles away, so he asked Yuan Sanzhong to lead two thousand troops to intercept it, and if he crossed the river, he would defeat it, and if he did not cross the river, he would hold the river bank line to buy time for him to attack the city. Bai Wang believed that this small Tongling City, as long as he was fully prepared, it would be able to be destroyed in two hours at most, and he would hurry up before the army of officers and soldiers came.

The thief army outside the city dispatched troops to attract the attention of Wu Sangui and Wang Tizhong in the city, and the two looked at each other and immediately smiled, knowing that reinforcements were coming!

But soon he frowned, Bai Wang was about to prepare to attack the city!

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