The reason why Ao Bai is so cautious is that Ai Xing Ah was killed from a distance and taught him a lesson. Ao Bai wants to be a powerful minister, and he also wants his son to take over his class, but he doesn't want to die here inexplicably.

The Qing army began to kill the scouts in Zhejiang and the Qiongzhou army at night, making Liu Peng's actions more and more difficult. In the past three days, the Zhejiang army has lost more than 50 scouts, and the elite of the Qiongzhou army has also lost seven people.

"The Tartars of Soshan are here again!" One of the people who was lying in ambush on the other side didn't send out the code at night.

Liu Peng poked his head out to take a look, and found that the mountains were full of Qing soldiers searching the mountains, and the hillsides were densely packed with countless heads, and he didn't know how many Qing soldiers there were.

There are so many enemies, and hard fighting is definitely not an opponent.

"Set up the traps and retreat to the back!" Liu Peng gestured and gave the order.

After the Ming scouts set up the traps, they retreated deep into the jungle. But when he arrived at the back mountain, Liu Peng found that a small road in the back mountain was actually blocked by the Qing soldiers!

"These gourds! How did they find the path of the Hereafter! Liu Peng scolded.

"Big brother, what should we do now?" A Qiongzhou soldier asked.

Liu Peng gritted his teeth and gave an order: "You go to the cave over there to hide, and I'll lure away the tartar!" ”

Seeing that his two companions and five Zhejiang army scouts were hidden, Liu Peng turned around and hid in the grass, picked up the electric bolt and aimed at a Qing army commander who was walking in the front.

When the Qing army walked within fifty steps, Liu Peng pulled the trigger.

A puff of white smoke erupted from the "bang" electric gun, and the commander of the Qing army fell to the ground.

"Minggou is over there!" The Qing scouts were like hornets that had blown up their nests, roaring and chasing after Liu Peng. As soon as they rushed out a few steps, two Qing soldiers fell into a trap and were tied into a sieve by bamboo.

Liu Peng turned around and ran a few steps, only to hear the sound of "whoosh" feathered arrows breaking through the air, and more than a dozen sharp arrows pierced through the woods and pierced into the fallen leaves behind him. Tie to the trunk of a tree. Liu Peng turned around, hid behind a big tree, aimed at the nearest Qing archer, pulled the trigger, and killed the guy with one shot.

The Qing soldiers who suffered a big loss were in hot pursuit, and Liu Peng fought and retreated, killing the Qing soldiers who were chasing him one after another, and using traps to kill many Qing soldiers.

"Ammunition is out!" Liu Peng smashed the electric bolt that had exhausted the sub-guns, threw the parts off the cliff, and pulled out the waist knife. Prepare to meet the Qing soldiers who are about to catch up.

"Minggou is over there! Catch it alive! The Qing soldiers shouted and rushed up.

A meritorious Qing soldier rushed to him and was cut in two by Liu Peng. The second Qing soldier came up and was killed by Liu Peng. At this moment, a Qing soldier from the side came up and slashed at Liu Peng's right arm.

Blood splattered, and the steel knife fell to the ground.

Liu Peng took out a blow arrow with his left hand and aimed it at the Qing soldiers who were close at hand. A poisonous arrow that sealed his throat with blood was fired, and the Qing soldier who attacked only felt as if he had been bitten by a mosquito and fell into the fallen leaves.

A large crowd of Qing soldiers surrounded them. Surround Liu Peng.

In the vanguard camp of the Qing army, Liu Peng's two arms were tied behind his back, his body was scarred, and blood was constantly oozing from his injured right arm. Cai Yurong, a general of the Qing army, stood in front of him. Personally interrogated the captured Ming soldier.

"Which Ming army are you? Zheng Reverse? Zhang Rebellion? Or is it Wang Reverse? How many of you are there? Cai Yurong asked.

"Phew! Gourd tartars! Fake Tartars! Liu Peng sprayed a mouthful of bloody saliva on Cai Yurong's face.

Cai Yurong wiped the saliva off his face, pulled out a short knife, stabbed it into Liu Peng's injured right arm, and turned the handle of the knife fiercely. Viciously roared: "Say! Say it and give you a good time! Otherwise, your life is worse than death! ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Pengqiang endured the severe pain and raised his head and laughed. "Gourd tartars! Fake Tartars! Your dog deserves to ask your grandfather and me? Hahaha! ”

"Dog brute! You're still hard-mouthed! Cai Yurong pulled out a knife and stabbed Liu Peng in the leg.

Liu Peng yelled: "Lao Tzu killed dozens of you fake Tartars, and it's enough to die today!" ”

Cai Yurong pulled out the knife and immediately stabbed Liu Peng in the shoulder.

"Gourd tartars! Dog traitor! Come! It's kind of killing your grandfather! Liu Peng yelled.

Cai Yurong was furious and was about to kill Liu Peng with one sword, but heard a loud roar: "Slow! ”

"The minion has seen Lord Totong!" Cai Yurong turned his head and saw that it was Zhuo Butai, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted.

Zhuo Butai ignored Cai Yurong as if he didn't see it, walked straight to Liu Peng, looked at Liu Peng indifferently and arrogantly, and said after a while: "General Ben sees that you are a warrior and gives you a chance!" As long as you are willing to surrender, General Ben guarantees that you will be promoted and make a fortune, and you will be indispensable to money and women! Well done, General Ben can still raise the flag for you! ”

"Raise the flag? What does it mean to raise the flag? Liu Peng raised his face covered with mud and blood, and asked as if he didn't know.

"Raising the flag is to let you be the general's coat first, as long as you behave well, you will be the same as our flag man! You enjoy all the treatment that our banner people can enjoy, you have hardcore crops, you go out to be an official, and from now on there will be endless glory and wealth waiting for you. Zhuo Butai patiently explained.

"Hahaha!" Liu Peng laughed, "The clothed slave is, right?" Lao Tzu is a human, not a dog, he wants to find a master! Wagging his tail and begging for mercy just to let the master enjoy a bite to eat! ”

Cai Yurong was poked in the sore spot, his face changed greatly, and he slapped Zhuo Butai and said: "Lord Dutong, this Ming dog is stubborn, don't talk to him in vain, please let the minions kill him." ”

Liu Peng laughed: "Dog traitor! Lao Tzu is dead, and the name will be on the Ming Martyrs Monument! And you dog traitor who has forgotten your ancestors, forgotten your courtesy, righteousness and shame! Sooner or later, there will be retribution! Killed like a dog! ”

"Someone! Pull this southern dog out and cut it off! Cai Yurong roared.

"Get your people out of the way! You are not qualified to kill such a warrior! Let's fill it up! Zhuo Butai yelled.

Cai Yurong was so shocked that he had to retreat from his subordinates.

Zhuo Butai turned around and said, "Give this warrior a drink!" Then send him on his way! ”

A soldier of the Eight Banners came up with a wine glass, Liu Peng did not refuse, took the wine and drank it all, turned his head to look at Cai Yurong, and sneered: "Cai thief!" It's a good taste to be a dog for a tartar! Your grandfather went first! When my army arrives, I will definitely kill all of you dog traitors who fight for tigers! ”

The two Eight Banners took Liu Peng outside to be beheaded, and Cai Yurong also retired with interest: "Lord Dutong, the slave will retire first!" ”

Wait until Cai Yurong walks out. Zhuo Butai sneered at his back, turned his head to Asiha and smiled: "Thanks to such a many!" Otherwise, how will I lay down this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Qing Dynasty! ”

Liu Peng's shout came from outside: "In the next life, Lao Tzu will kill the Tartars!" ”

The Eight Banners soldiers raised and fell, the cold light flashed, and a stream of blood splashed on the bluestone.

Countless Ming troops fought with the Qing army in the mountains, eliminating a large number of Qing army scouts. These Qiongzhou army did not collect at night and the scouts of the Zhejiang army used their blood and lives to buy precious time for the main force behind.

The main forces of the Min Army and the Qiongzhou Army had already left Changshu and arrived in Hangzhou. At the same time, the Nanyang Navy's inland river fleet, which was originally operating far away in the Irrawaddy River, also came to Jiangnan.

The Burmese river flotilla that arrived in Jiangnan consisted of thirty 100-ton gunboats. Eighty-six fifty-ton gunboats. This inland river fleet sailed as close to the coastline as possible, avoiding the strong winds and waves of the open sea, and it took a lot of effort and three months to rush to the south of the Yangtze River to participate in the decisive battle against the Qing army. With the addition of the Nanyang Company's inland river fleet in Burma, the Ming army's naval divisions that entered the Yangtze River and Jiangnan river network areas were like tigers.

The inland river warships made by the Westerners were of excellent quality, and their firepower was much stronger than that of the warships of the major naval divisions along the Yangtze River of the Qing Army, and they were reasonably designed. It also makes these ships particularly suitable for inland river operations.

Before the departure of the main army, Wang Xinyu quietly arranged for Albert to lead the naval fleet into the Taiwan Strait. Keep an eye on Zheng Jing in Xiamen in case Zheng Jing sends troops to attack Taiwan after Zheng Chenggong's sudden death. Wang Xinyu told Albert that if King Yanping had any three strengths and two weaknesses, it would be the time for a showdown with Zheng Jing!

Fight in the Yangtze River. There is no need for those far-sea warships with large drafts and tonnage, it is enough to have various small boats and inland river warships.

Zheng Chenggong's health has been poor for this time, and he was carried onto the boat while lying on a stretcher. After arriving in Hangzhou. Zheng Chenggong was carried into the governor's yamen.

Zheng Chenggong asked both the left and right to retreat, leaving only Wang Xinyu before saying to him: "Virtuous nephew! This king is not in good health, and this battle is up to you! Zheng Jing's rebel son is not sensible, and this king also intends to cultivate Cong'er. When this battle is over, this king will have to think about the establishment of another son! ”

"Brother-in-law?" Wang Xinyu was taken aback, thinking that Zheng Chenggong already knew about Zheng Jing.

"There are some things that the rebel did to think that this king does not know! After this king left Xiamen and went to Dongfan, this rebel has been squeezing out dissidents and cultivating cronies! Hum! Sooner or later, he'll not even listen to me! Zheng Chenggong said indignantly.

After listening to Zheng Chenggong's words, Wang Xinyu relieved himself: Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong didn't know about that incident! In this way, Zheng Chenggong should be able to support until the end of the decisive battle. So he bowed his hand and said: "Please rest assured, the little nephew and Master Zhang have joined forces, and Wang Junshi is here, plus Shibo's elite soldiers, we will definitely win this battle!" ”

After the main army arrived in Hangzhou, it immediately marched to the mountainous area of southern Anhui. Wang Yuyou took the first step and rushed to the mountainous area of southern Anhui to personally survey the terrain.

A spy had already come to report to Wang Yuyou: "Report to Lord Wang, the Aobai army is advancing steadily and steadily, step by step, and we have lost a lot of brothers!" That dog thief is simply leaky! ”

Just before the arrival of the main force of the Ming army, the Qing army had just crossed Tongxi from the Changhua area.

Relying on the terrain of Changhua City, Huangniling, and Xijiaojian, the Zhejiang army arranged defensive positions on the east bank of Tongxi to block the enemy one after another. More than 5,000 Zhejiang troops relied on the terrain and city defense to engage in fierce battles with the Qing army, so that the vanguard of the Qing army and the reinforcements of the rear troops, a total of more than 8,000 people, were blocked under the small city of Changhua for four days and four nights.

Wang Yuyou came to Changhua City with his own soldiers, which is a small city, surrounded by water on both sides, and backed by mountains on both sides, this city firmly guards the official road from Guichi to Hangzhou.

Under the city wall of Changhua, the corpses of the Qing soldiers were piled up, the city wall and the city tower were all devastated by the fierce artillery fire of the Qing army, and the Zhejiang army in the city suffered very heavy losses after a hard battle.

"Your Excellency!" Luo Zimu, who was in charge of guarding Changhua, stepped forward and said, "The last general has seen my lord!" ”

"How's the battle going in Changhua?" Wang Yuyou asked. Although this Changhua city is very small, it is extremely important, and the west of Changhua is a mountainous area in southern Anhui with complex terrain. After Changhua, to the east, although it is also a mountain, it is all low mountains and hills, and there is no natural danger to stop the Qing army.

Luo Zimu arched his hand and said, "Go back to your lord!" As long as the last general is here to stop the enemy, he will never let the Tartars take a step over Changhua! Unless it is the last general who will be martyred! ”

Wang Yuyou said: "I don't need you to be martyred!" I want you to survive well! Only by surviving can you kill more Tartars! Let's go up to the city! ”

As soon as the two of them reached the top of the city, the Qing army under the city once again launched a large-scale siege battle.

The war drums rumbled, the trumpets sounded, and groups of Qing troops crossed Tongxi. The walls of this small city reached the river embankment, and the beach on the edge of Tongxi was within the fire coverage of the city, so the Qing army did not dare to camp on the east bank, so they could only temporarily cross the river to attack the city.

On the creek, rafts and bamboo rows of the Qing army rowed over, stepped on the east bank, and launched a fierce attack on the city.

Because the Qing army crossed the river to fight, it was unable to build large-scale siege weapons, so it could only use simple cloud ladders and ants to attack the city, and as a result, the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city fell, arrows and projectiles were splashed down like rain, and the fire oil was poured down, and the Qing army besieging the city suffered heavy losses. The Qing archers and bird gunners who crossed the river pressed towards the city, firing a dense barrage of projectiles and arrows.

On the other side of Tongxi, the Qing army set up cannons and bombarded the small city of Changhua.

The walls of the small city were not high or very strong, and under the bombardment of the Qing army's artillery, large areas of the city walls cracked, and in some places the walls were blasted open a gap.

The Zhejiang soldiers in the city met the enemy at the gap, and launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Qing soldiers who poured into the gap. The soldiers on both sides brandished big swords and axes, slashing each other, shouting and killing at the gap shook the sky, flesh and blood flew in the shadow of the sword, and the soldiers on both sides continued to fall. The Zhejiang army auxiliaries in the back immediately blocked the gap with bricks, wood and stones. As the Qing soldiers who poured into the city were driven out by the Zhejiang army, the gap opened by the Qing army's artillery was also blocked by the auxiliaries.

After asking Luo Zimu about the situation, Wang Yuyou learned that in the past few days, the Qing army besieging the city has lost more than 3,000 people, and the Ming army in the city has also lost nearly 2,000 people.

Wang Yuyou said: "This small city of Changhua only needs to hold on for two more days!" Two days later, we voluntarily gave up! ”

Luo Zimu was shocked: "My lord, if we give up this small city, there will be no natural danger in the east to stop the enemy!" The Tartars can drive straight into the city of Hangzhou for a long time! ”

Wang Yuyou said: "When our main force arrives, we want to let go of a road and introduce Aobai into Lida!" As long as the Tartars come in, there will always be loopholes! We can wait for an opportunity to surround the most prominent enemy and eat that tartar in one bite! ”

However, at this time, what Ao Bai thought about was that after breaking through the small city of Changhua, the Qing army entered the low mountains and hills in the east, spread out more than 100,000 troops, controlled all the main roads, and camped everywhere, covering and supporting each other, and steadily advancing. (To be continued.) )