In just a moment, Li Quan's soldiers who were responsible for carrying gunpowder were shocked to see a large fire on the north side, and hurriedly took water to put it out.

Hundreds of Ming troops near the place where the fire was started immediately followed Dai Xiuyuan's orders and fired arrows at the captives who rushed to put out the fire. For a while, the voices urging to extinguish the fire and shouting against the enemy shouted together, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

At the same time, Dai Xiuyuan took advantage of the chaos to take the remaining seven or eight hundred people from the west side to the gunpowder pile.

Although gunpowder is flammable, it is not so simple to burn all tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder with a single fire. In order to avoid danger, the Qing army only put sixty or seventy catties of gunpowder in a pile, each pile of gunpowder was far apart, and separated from each other by cannonballs. In this way, even if one place is not very ignited, all the gunpowder will not be lost.

Dai Xiuyuan stepped forward with a knife, led the soldiers to cut down the more than 100 Qing soldiers who stayed behind, and ordered the soldiers to put the dry firewood they carried in the gap between the piles of gunpowder, and then poured fire oil all around.

After a while, Liu Guangbi also saw the fire in the camp, and an officer brought a large group of men and horses to fight the fire.

Dai Xiuyuan saw a lot of Qing soldiers coming towards him, and it happened that Zhang Peng came to report that the ignition was almost ready.

He immediately commanded, "Withdraw!" Then he withdrew with his soldiers. After walking one hundred and forty or fifty paces away, he asked people to take out the hard crossbow that he had already prepared, put on the rocket, and turned around to shoot at the gunpowder pile of Jianyu.

In an instant, dozens of fire points arced in the night sky and flew into the gunpowder everywhere.

Twenty percent of the rockets landed directly on the tarpaulin covering the gunpowder, and in just a few breaths, the heat from the burning on the tarpaulin ignited the gunpowder contained in it through the sack. Immediately, a dazzling fire burst into the sky, and then, the gunpowder pressed on the bottom layer burst into flames, causing a loud bang.

More rockets hit the firewood and grass that Dai Xiuyuan piled up between the gunpowder. The north wind blows, the oil fuels the fire, and the fire has become raging in a moment.

From time to time, the flames ignited the nearby gunpowder, the explosions came and went, and the brilliant red and white light accompanied by the billowing smoke reflected the back of the Qing army camp as if it was daytime.

Some of the unlucky captives happened to pass by the gunpowder pile, and they were immediately burned to black coals, and those who were farther away covered their ears in horror and watched the tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder continue to burn and explode.

Dai Xiuyuan saw that it had been done, and immediately took advantage of Jianyu's still stunned efforts to lead the team to quickly retreat to the lower reaches of Guixi.

After walking six or seven miles, he suddenly turned around at a dry riverbed that had been prepared for a long time, and commanded his soldiers to kill and disperse the two or three hundred Qing soldiers who were following closely.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but when he looked up, he saw that the fire in the direction of Liu Guangbi's camp was extremely strong, burning half of the sky red.

The next day, Dai Xiuyuan led more than 1,000 recruits under his command to continue northward, one to avoid the pursuit of Jianyu, and the other to threaten Liu Guangbi's grain transport team from Huizhou.

In the evening, the general he sent to inquire about the situation brought back the news, saying that Liu Guangbi's camp had caught fire last night and had burned for a whole day, and the fire had just been extinguished when he arrived. It's just that it is unfortunate that the main force of the Qing army attacked the Baita River defense line at that time, and the men and horses have not yet entered the camp, so they did not burn many enemy troops. However, at this time, the camp was scorched and black, and the people were already impetuous.

"A fire in the camp?" Dai Xiuyuan was puzzled. It wasn't until the end of the battle in Guangxin Mansion that he learned that he had led people to burn Liu Guangbi's gunpowder that night, and several of the gunpowder happened to blow up the burning dry firewood and landed in the camp, causing flames.

At that time, there were only more than 1,000 people patrolling the enemy camp, and no fire was found in the air tents.

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"My lord, the enemy army has poured into the camp, please follow the general to the sandbank." Zhao Yinxuan was covered in blood, and said to Yang Tinglin with a single knife, "General Chen is leading the team to the rear of the palace, and the people of Yongning began to withdraw from the Baita River half an hour ago, and this is already a dangerous place!" ”

Yang Tinglin stood in place and opened his mouth, and he could already hear the chaotic shouts of killing in his ears. He never expected that Jianyu concentrated more than 20 cannons to bombard for two days and three nights, and as soon as he opened a little gap in the defense line he personally supervised, he rushed to the Ming army defense line as if he was dying.

Fortunately, there are 8,000 wolf soldiers from Guangxi who are brave and able to fight, and they held on to the captives in front of the battle for half a day, otherwise just after noon, this Baita River would already be Liu Guangbi's.

At this time, he was in a state of confusion, the strongest defense line of the Baita River had only lasted less than three days, and the fortifications on the sandbank had not yet been completed, even if he retreated to the sandbar to continue to hold on, he did not know how long he could hold out.

For a moment, he felt that if he had divided his troops to attack according to Dai Xiuyuan's strategy, he might not have been defeated so quickly.

"My lord, it's too late!" Zhao Yinxuan urged again.

Yang Tinglin sighed helplessly, so he had to retreat with Zhao Yinxuan first, and secretly said in his heart that even if he fought for this old life, he would also block Liu Guangbi under the new city, and he would not be able to live up to King Chen's trust.

However, when he was about to get on the horse, he suddenly felt that the shouting and killing in front of the formation was getting weaker, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and then threw away the reins and told Zhao Yinxuan to wait for a while.

Soon, some soldiers came to report that the Jianyu offensive was fierce, but somehow they all retreated.

After a while, the scout in front replied, saying that Liu Guangbi's camp had somehow burst into flames, and the Jianyu suddenly encountered a change, so he retreated.

In fact, at this time, there is no need for others to say, Yang Tinglin himself also saw the flames in the direction of the enemy camp.

Zhao Yinxuan immediately arched his hand and said: "My lord, take advantage of the chaos in Jiannu, and just attack it with the whole army!" ”

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"Rubbish! I can't even look at a little gunpowder! Liu Guangbi kicked Li Quan's shoulder hard, and the latter hurriedly got up and knelt down again, regardless of the pain.

"General," said one of Liu Guangbi's generals, "just now that the men and horses returned to the camp, it was reported that thousands of Ming troops had set the fire, and they had fled to the north. ”

"Northside?" Liu Guangbi immediately thought of the grain and grass from Huizhou, what did this Ming army want to do?

He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly told Chen Sheng to protect the grain road, but he still felt unstable, and asked a general to order 4,000 men and horses to reinforce Chen Sheng, escorting grain and grass along the way.

Another day later, Liu Guangbi slightly reorganized the camp and was about to attack the Baita River again, but he had to report that the Ming army that set fire went straight to the direction of Huizhou. He frowned suddenly, and then sent Li Quan to lead two thousand cavalry to pursue this Ming army.

……

In Futun Creek, dozens of people dressed in the uniforms of the Dragon Guards were struggling to prop up a wooden beam the thickness of a thigh. More than a dozen people on the side held hammers and nailed wooden beams to the wooden bridge piers in the middle of the river with long nails.

Subsequently, three other wooden beams were also nailed to the opposite position. By the time they had done what they were doing, the pier, which had already been somewhat broken, had been firmly reinforced.

Chen Yi personally inspected the bridge piers, got up and waved to the cavalry of the Dragon Guard Army in the distance and shouted, "The bridge has been repaired, you can pass it!" ”