When night fell, Huang Xudong and his accompanying soldiers returned to the Ming army camp.

At this time, in order to create the strength of the Ming army, Wang Yan had already led the army to leave Yicheng and advanced to the north for a hundred miles, and the whole army pressed the Qing soldiers, which was only more than 60 miles away from the Qing army camp in the south of Xiangyang.

Wang Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that Huang Xudong had returned to the camp, and he asked the guards to take Huang Xudong to the big tent and greet him in person: "Mr. Keyuan risked his life and planned to clear the camp, please accept Yan's worship." ”

Huang Xudong replied: "Guogong doesn't have to be like this, I have to thank Guogong for giving me this opportunity to be famous in the world, haha~"

When Wang Yan saw Huang Xudong's expression, he knew that the plan had been successful, so he smiled slightly, "It seems that Azig and Wu Sangui will definitely retreat to the north bank overnight tonight with their bluffing strategy, so it will be a matter of time before the Qing army on the north road retreats to Henan." ”

Once the Qing army retreats to the north bank, then the previous efforts to attack Xiangyang will be wasted, and the morale will plummet, and the Qing army is trapped in the grain road for too long, so it can only retreat to Henan to eat.

Wang Yan took great pains to make the Qing troops retreat north, and then the main force was transferred to Jiangxi to deal with the crisis after Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

"I observed in the Qing camp, Wu Sangui did have the intention of retreating, my life is his best to save it, after all, as soon as the Guogong reinforcements arrived, it was difficult for him to defeat Xiangyang, plus Wuchang was lost, Xiangyang has become a chicken rib. Wu Sangui was afraid that Guogong would destroy the pontoon bridge and cut off his way back, so he let me come back, and pretended to answer the war letter, but in fact he was already preparing to retreat. Huang Xudong recalled: "However, Azig does not seem to be reconciled, although he agreed to Guogong's challenge, I am afraid that he may have other plans." ”

It stands to reason that the Qing army learned that the Ming army had a large number of warships and that the pontoon bridge on the Han River was in danger of being destroyed, so it was definitely safer to retreat to the north bank of the Han River, but Azig's surname was rude, and I am afraid that he would not play his cards according to common sense.

When Wang Yan heard this, he frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If he doesn't retreat, he will definitely think of burning our ships tonight, but I can't let him find out that there are no warships at all, they are all small boats transporting supplies, grain and grass." ”

The upper reaches of the Han River are relatively fast, and small boats and ordinary boats are difficult to travel quickly in the reverse current by relying on the power of oars alone, and even need a slender man to go upstream.

The ships in Wang Yan's hands, most of them are small boats that have been requisitioned, but they can't complete the task of attacking the pontoon bridge of the Qing army at all, only the wheel ships and big war ships can sail quickly in the countercurrent, but Huguang is inland after all, and the status is not very important, so it is rarely equipped with large warships, and the wheel boat technology is complicated, the production cost is too high, it flourished in the Song Dynasty, but it was scarce in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the Ming army did not have the ability to send ships to break through the blockade of the Qing army and burn the pontoon bridges of the Qing army in the upper reaches of the Han River.

"I think that if Azig really attacks, it may not be a good thing, as long as he hurts, then he will obediently stop the truce according to the wishes of the prince."

Hearing this, Wang Yan nodded slightly, and after thinking for a while, he called many generals in the camp to discuss and arrange strategies.

A moment later, a group of staff and generals came to the tent, and Wang Yan immediately told everyone about the situation, asking them to analyze the possible surprise attack strategy of Azig.

After listening to this, Jiang Yueguang stroked his long beard and pondered: "There is still General Gao's army in Xiangyang City, even if Azig raids, he will not use all his men and horses, and even he himself will not participate. I guess that his troops will not exceed 10,000 people, and the troops must be divided into two routes, land and water, and our goal, in addition to defeating the Qing soldiers and showing their strength, the most important thing is not to find out that we have not been able to break through the blockade and burn the pontoon bridge. ”

When Wang Yan heard this, his heart became clear, "Azig's purpose must also be to destroy the ships and eliminate the threat of the destruction of the pontoon bridge, so that he can continue to garrison the south bank with peace of mind." So how about we lay out the battle with ships? ”

After understanding the combat objectives, it was easy to formulate the specific tactical plan for the next step, and the generals and staff members gave advice one after another, and a big net was slowly opened, just waiting for the big fish to drill.

At night, more than 100 boats and rafts appeared on the surface of the Han River, which Wu Sangui built to attack the pontoon bridge connecting Fancheng and Xiangyang.

Now the Qing soldiers have repeated their old tricks, piling dry firewood and fire oil on the bow of the ship, but the target has changed, and it has become Wang Yan's boat parked by the river.

At this time, a Qing army general stood on the boat, carefully scanning the river, avoiding the possible Ming army sentry boats, and what he didn't know was that in the reeds on the bank of the river, there was also a small boat, avoiding them.

The generals of the Qing army were Gao Di, the soldiers of the Eight Banners and Guan Ning, who did not know much water, so they could only pull out the tall ones in the short ones and choose him as the main general of the sneak attack.

The naval tactics are complicated, but fortunately, Gao Di has the experience of burning bridges before, and this time he also went downstream, he only needs to ignite the ignition accumulated on the bow of the ship and crash directly into the Ming fleet, and the difficulty coefficient is not too great.

Gao Di's task is to destroy the warships of the Ming army, and as long as the river is on fire and Aobai gets the signal, he will lead the cavalry in ambush to attack Wang Yan's camp, not to mention the elimination of 80,000 Ming troops, but also to make Wang Yan defeated and return to Yicheng, and dare not easily come north to help.

At this time, Gao Di was still slightly nervous in his heart, he was actually unwilling to accept this sneak attack task, because these hundred small boats and rafts had no combat effectiveness at all, except for the sneak attack, once they encountered the Ming warship, they would almost definitely die.

The water system in the south is wide, so the water surface of the Han River is 30 zhang wide, and the fleet is in the middle of the river, and it is easy to hide it by the darkness, and they slowly go down the river, and soon approach the temporary water village of the Ming army.

On the bank of the river in the distance, there were countless Ming army ships moored, like hills in the dark night, and Gao Di suddenly became nervous when he saw this.

When he saw that there were no lights on the ship, he immediately rejoiced, thinking that the Ming army was not resting on the ship, which would undoubtedly make it easier for him to carry out fire attacks and burn more ships.

"General, look~"

At this time, a Qing soldier pointed to the riverside, but suddenly shouted.

Gao Di was thinking about how to attack the Ming army's water village, and when he heard the call of the soldiers, he suddenly looked up, but saw a big fire suddenly burning on the riverside in the distance, and he immediately turned pale with shock.

He just saw the Ming army's water village, but a fire rose on the riverside, he naturally would not think that it was done by the Qing soldiers, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and shouted: "Hurry ~ turn the bow of the ship~"

Outside the camp of the Ming army, the Qing army, which had been in ambush for a long time, saw the fire by the river, and Ao Bai was immediately overjoyed, "Gao Di has succeeded, Manchurian warriors, follow me to the Ming camp." ”

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