The messenger sent by the national security has not yet arrived in Xinhui, and the Qiongzhou army that has captured Guangzhou has already arrived in Xinhui. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under Xinhui City, Shuncheng County King Le Kede, Heshuo Gekong Sizhen, Eyu Sun Yanling, Guangxi Governor Ma Xiong and others suffered heavy losses under Xinhui City, but they could not attack the city one step.

The Qing army, which had suffered heavy losses, confronted the Ming army stationed in Xinhui outside the city, and Luckard wanted to wait for the opportunity to act.

The Qiongzhou army, which had recovered Guangzhou, sailed down the river and arrived at Xinhui one after another. The first to arrive in Xinhui were the vanguard Wang [Fu] Chen and his 2,000 elite cavalry, and then Wang Zihao's 1,000 ironclad cavalry arrived in Xinhui. The troops that arrived later were centered on Liu Guoxuan's 3,000 elite ironclad soldiers, controlling 10,000 Fujian Han Eight Banners, Fujian Manmeng Eight Banners, and Fujian Green Battalion soldiers who had surrendered earlier, and then using these 10,000 Fujian troops to control the 15,000 Guangzhou soldiers who had surrendered not long ago.

Because there are more and more Eight Banner soldiers and Green Battalion soldiers who surrendered, Wang Xinyu wanted to control them, so he used his elite ironclad soldiers to control a group of Qing troops who surrendered earlier, and turned those Qing troops who surrendered earlier into the main force, and then used these people to control the Qing army that surrendered later.

In fact, there were more than 25,000 Qing troops in Fujian and Guangdong, so Wang Yuyou gave Geng Zhongge 10,000 horses, Shang Zhixin 10,000 horses, and Shang Zhixiao 5,000 horses, and let them select a group of more elite soldiers by themselves, and the rest of the Qing soldiers were incorporated into auxiliary forces. In the future, Geng Zhongge, Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao have made more military achievements, and their territory has expanded, so they will naturally be allocated more soldiers and horses.

In the Qiongzhou Army, even if he is an auxiliary soldier, his salary is higher than that of ordinary green battalion soldiers, so the Qing soldiers who have been screened out have no opinions.

The 5,000 elite flintlock pikemen of Gong Xiaoda, the 3,000 sword soldiers of Wu Zhudan, the 5,000 mountain soldiers of Jiang Zhiping, the 3,000 pikemen of Chen Python, and the 5,000 Zhongjun towns of Wang Yuyou were all the elite main forces of the Qiongzhou Army, and their main task was to cut off the retreat of the Qing army and strive to annihilate the Qing army in Xinhui in Guangdong.

Wang Yuyou will take this main force back to Gaozhou and set up an ambush on the retreat of the Qing army.

In the end, Luo Xiang's 3,000 lightly armed dragoons and 1,000 flying cavalry artillery arrived in Xinhui, plus the elite cavalry of Wang [Fu] and Wang Zihao's iron cavalry, a total of 7,000 cavalry gathered in Xinhui City. The task of the cavalry is to break the enemy and pursue.

More than 40,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, plus more than 30,000 auxiliaries, 20,000 naval divisions, a total of 100,000 Ming troops are ready for battle and ready to attack at any time.

The logistics force composed of 20,000 auxiliaries, 30,000 people-strong soldiers, and 5,000 retired soldiers remained in the city of Guangzhou, and they were responsible for the defense of the city and the maintenance of order in the city.

In Xinhui City, in the camp of the Ming Army, Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao, who had just arrived, stood in front of Wang Xinyu, and the two of them bowed at the same time: "Xiao Wang (the last general) see the big handsome!" ”

Wang Xinyu smiled and said: "The two of you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, it's really not too late for the prodigal son to turn back!" Today, the full dog will gather outside Xinhui City, to break the full dog, and the two generals need to make great contributions to my Ming Dynasty! ”

"Thank you for your love! Xiao Wang (the last general) is willing to sacrifice the work of dogs and horses! The two arched their hands.

Wang Xinyu nodded lightly with a smile on his face: "Okay!" Tomorrow morning, it will be the day of the decisive battle! It's still the old rule, the two of you are later, the Ming army attacked Guangxi Mangou, or you fought in the front, naturally there are General Wang [auxiliary] ministers to cooperate with the two of you, and there are Fujian firearms soldiers in the back, and they will attack head-on with 3,000 ironclad soldiers! ”

Shang Zhixin hurriedly bowed and said loudly: "Please rest assured!" Xiao Wang will definitely help you get the heads of Kong Sizhen and Luckde, two full of dogs! ”

Wang Xinyu turned his head to look at Shang Zhixiao: "General Shang Xiao, what about you?" This clan knows that your relationship with Kong Sizhen is not ordinary! If you see Kong Sizhen on the battlefield, I don't know if General Shang Xiao will pity the jade? ”

Shang Zhi sneered confidently and looked at his younger brother: Boy, are you fighting with Lao Tzu? Just because the relationship between you and Kong Sizhen is not clear, you will fall behind!

Who knew that Shang Zhixiao turned around and pulled out his waist knife, and cut off his sleeve with a knife: "If the last general shows mercy to Kong Sizhen's subordinates, it will be like this!" ”

"Hahaha! Good! Wang Xinyu laughed with satisfaction, "Since General Shang Xiao has this determination, this domain will also rest assured!" I wish that tomorrow on the battlefield, General Shang Xiao can make great contributions! ”

The Ming army arrived in Xinhui one after another, and the movement in the city made Luckard already feel uneasy. At this time, both Luck and Kong Sizhen were in a dilemma: it was too late to withdraw the army immediately, once one was careless, the withdrawal would become a rout of the whole army, and the Ming army would follow behind to cover up, and the Qing army would suffer heavy losses; If they do not withdraw, the Ming army will launch an attack, and the Qing army will not be able to resist it.

"Withdraw, withdraw in the early morning! Retreat before dawn! "Luckard finally made a decision.

The Qing army decided to retreat at four o'clock in the morning, trying to evacuate Xinhui ahead of schedule while the Ming army in the city had not yet launched a counterattack before dawn.

Coincidentally, the time when the Ming army launched the attack happened to be four watches in the morning!

At the time of the third watch, the Qing soldiers in the Qing army camp tent under Xinhui City had already gotten up, took advantage of the darkness to sell pots to cook, pulled out the camp, and prepared to evacuate before dawn after breakfast.

For the whole night, Lecset did not fall asleep, and he kept his eyes on the brightly lit Xinhui City in front of him. Every ten steps above the Xinhui city wall, a torch is inserted on the battlement; Every thirty steps, a bonfire was lit on the city wall, and a few large Kong Ming lanterns tied with ropes were placed over the city wall to illuminate the outside of the city to prevent the Qing army from sneaking up on the city.

However, the Ming army was brightly lit on the city wall every night, which also exposed their every move to the noses of the Qing army.

Although for the defending side, there is a wall to block the view of the attacker. However, the Qing army also built a lot of watchtowers and watchtower cars, if the Ming army in the city has signs of counterattacking out of the city, the Qing soldiers standing on the watchtower and watchtower can also find the movement in time.

Lucked and his Goshkhas stared at it all night, and when they didn't notice any movement from the Ming army in the city, he was relieved.

"Minggou won't do anything in the early hours of the morning! Let's finish our breakfast and leave before dawn! There must be no mistake in ordering the whole army! If it drags on until dawn, Minggou will inevitably chase after us when he finds out that we are withdrawing! "Luckard called all the generals into the tent of the Chinese army and gave them orders.

There was indeed no movement on the wall of Xinhui City facing the Qing army, and the Yuliang Road built by the Qing army when it attacked the city had also been destroyed, and it was impossible for the Ming army to send cavalry to use the Yuliang Road horse to set foot on the Qing army camp.

So everything looks normal, and the Ming army seems to be no different from usual, still focusing on defending the city, and has no intention of counterattacking and attacking.

But Luckard missed one of the most crucial things: the Sailor!

The Ming army had a powerful naval division, and there was no need to launch a counteroffensive from the front out of the city. The troops who went out of the city to attack left the city through the city gate with their backs to the Qing army, and went directly to the transport ships on the river to wait. The Ming army had already gotten up at the second watch, ran out of breakfast at the third watch, boarded the transport ship, and with the help of the cover of night, along the Jiangmen waterway, entered Yinzhou Lake, and then the sailor fleet went upstream, quietly moving to the flank of the Qing army.

Shang Zhixin sat on a transport ship, surrounded by his own soldiers. It is a medium-sized ship of about 200 materials and can carry more than 200 people.

The river is darkly lit and blind, but for the Qiongzhou military and naval divisions who are already familiar with the situation of the Pearl River channel, it is not a problem to turn off the lights at night and sail at night.

"Attacking in the early morning, landing by boat, and roundabout the flanks are indeed a mastery move! Kong Sizhen's stinky biao couldn't have imagined that we didn't attack from the city gate, but from the water! Shang Zhixin snorted, "If you can catch Kong Sizhen's stinky biaozi, the brothers can go on casually!" I must let her Yu Xian Yu die! ”

A pro-soldier almost drooled: "Little prince, don't say it, Kong Sizhen's stinky biaozi is really beautiful, although Yin is a little swinging, but it is strong enough!" ”

Shang Zhixin said: "That stinky biaozi and Lao Tzu's younger brother have a leg, and this biaozi thinks about Lao Tzu to death all day long!" If she falls into the hands of Lao Tzu this time, she will definitely enjoy it! ”

A pro-soldier said: "Sun Yanling, the green hat king, I don't know how many green hats there are on his head, Fulin sent one, Suo Etu sent one, little prince your brother also sent one, it is said that the second prince of King Jingnan also sent one, and Kong Sizhen's several coats were sent." ”

While he was talking, the flotilla had already come ashore.

"Title, get ready to disembark!" The sailors on the ship gave orders softly.

The soldiers of the Shang Zhixin Division, who were in charge of the attack, bit a piece of bamboo in their mouths one after another to avoid making a sound, and then with the help of the faint moonlight, they jumped off the boat one after another and jumped ashore.

This place is only a mile away from the Qing army camp, and after the army is assembled, it only takes a stick of incense to launch an attack, and it only takes a stick of incense to kill the unsuspecting Qing army.

At the time of the landing of the frontal attack of the Ming army, the Ming cavalry in the city ready to kill from the city gate had also been prepared. In order to avoid the surveillance of the Qing army's watchtowers and watchtowers, the Ming cavalry hid behind a block. In charge of taking the lead, it was Wang Zihao's 1,000 ironclad cavalry; The king's [auxiliary] ministers were covered by the wings of the fine horsemen; The light armored dragoons and flying cavalry artillery will also go out of the city later, and break the formation together with the heavy cavalry and elite cavalry.

At the fourth watch, the Qing army, which had eaten breakfast, began to retreat.

Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao's attack front has reached a hundred paces away from the Qing army's camp; The Fujian surrendered troops such as Zeng Yangxing, Geng Zhongge, Jiang Yuanxun, and Bai Xianzhong, who were in the back of the formation, followed closely.

"Beat the drums, attack!" Geng Zhongge suddenly gave an order.

Countless torches were suddenly lit, the archers opened their bows and arrows, and countless rockets were like locusts flying in the sky, shooting into the Qing army camp with the sound of "whoosh" wind. (To be continued.) )