On the shore of Dongting Lake, the Ming army won a great victory in the water battle, advancing by land and water, advancing to Yuezhou City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sky was not yet fully bright, and at the entrance of the Admiral Yamen of the Guangshui Division of Yuezhou Chenghu, Jackie Chan and Sun Zaifeng, who had been released back by the Ming army, hurriedly ran to the Yamen. The Qing soldiers who were guarding the door recognized the two and let them in.

At that time, people got up very early, at this time, it was equivalent to five o'clock in the morning in later generations, people had already gotten up, especially now it was wartime, early in the morning, a group of civilian officials and generals gathered in the Huguang Water Division Admiral Yamen to discuss the war, because according to the report of the Qing army spies, the Ming army could arrive at the city of Yuezhou tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

Less than Jackie Chan rushed into the hall quickly, and when he saw Yue Le, he knelt in front of him and cried silently: "Lord Wang, Shi Junmen!" I'm saved! Heaven help the Great Clear! God help me to clear up! ”

Yue Le was very surprised and asked: "Zhenjia (less than the word Jackie Chan), why did you say this?" ”

Less than Jackie Chan replied: "Lord Wang, Shi Junmen!" According to the students' observations, the summer rain is coming! I'm afraid this rain won't stop for three or five days! ”

Sun Yanling, who was standing on the side, sneered again and again: "The art of crooked and evil ways!" You say it's raining, it's raining? It's a clear sky, why can't you see that it's going to rain at all? ”

Kong Sizhen secretly pinched the softest part of Sun Yanling's waist: "You don't know how to learn, Zhenjia is a rich man, what do you know!" ”

Shi Lang said "oh": "It's going to rain?" Wait for sunrise and let's go to the city! ”

As soon as the sun rose in the morning, Shi Lang, Yue Le and others climbed to the head of Yuezhou City.

The fiery red sun rose over the eastern horizon, and a golden ray of sunlight shone on the city walls, casting the castle tower with a pink glow. Shi Lang raised his head and saw the red morning glow in the sky!

"Morning glow! It's the morning glow! I'm saved! The heavens have eyes! The Qing Dynasty is saved! Shi Lang suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the sky again and again.

Several civil officials on the side also realized something, knelt down one after another, and shouted: "The sky has eyes!" The Qing Dynasty is saved! ”

Less than Jackie Chan and Sun Zaifeng also knelt on the ground, bowed to the sky and said: "The sky has eyes!" It is about to rain heavily, and the thieves are nothing more than sharp with firearms! When it rains, the thieves will surely be defeated! ”

Shi Lang nodded and said: "When I was a Haikou in Fujian, because I paid special attention to the weather when I went to sea, I would observe the sky before going to sea every morning, if there was a morning glow, it would mean that it was about to rain!" ”

Yue Le said: "I entered the Central Plains in the Qing Dynasty, which is orthodox!" Naturally, God helps! ”

Shi Lang asked: "Lord Wang, Lord Ao has stationed 50,000 soldiers in the Wuchang area, including more than 10,000 elite Eight Banners. Since it's going to rain, do you want Lord Ao's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry to come to help? ”

Yue Le thought for a while and said, "There are still two days before Minggou comes, and I will go to Wuchang for more than four hundred miles." We have sent a messenger to Wuchang with an expedited dispatch of 800 miles, and we will leave now, and we will arrive this evening. Ao Zhongtang received an urgent letter from us, and if it set out overnight, it would take four days for the cavalry to arrive at a speed of 100 miles a day. If you can increase the speed, you can arrive in two days! In other words, our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry can arrive in Yuezhou as soon as the evening of the day after tomorrow! ”

Shi Lang said: "The last general's sailor can also transport troops!" The sailor goes down the river, day and night, and can travel 400 miles in a day and night, if you set off immediately, you can arrive early tomorrow morning. After the arrival of the sailors, they transported the infantry from Wuchang and went upstream, traveling more than 250 miles in one day and night. If you set off from Wuchang at noon tomorrow, the night after tomorrow, the infantry will be able to arrive! ”

Yue Le frowned slightly: "But our decisive battle location is in Wuchang, Ao Zhongtang is not preparing for a decisive battle in Yuezhou, if our army can't win, there are no fortifications in Yuezhou, how can we outrun the thief cavalry?" Shi Junmen, marching and fighting, still ask for a stable word, don't be desperate! ”

Shi Lang arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, how much is this Wuchang willing to send troops, it doesn't matter if the last general says it, it doesn't count if you say it, only Lord Ao can decide!" The last general still led the sailor to Wuchang to see what Lord Ao said! ”

Yue Le nodded and said, "That's fine!" This is a godsend, and if you miss it, I'm afraid it's hard to have a chance! ”

Since the start of the Huguang War, there has been a rainy season, but in the rainy rainy season, the Ming army is cowering in Changsha City motionless, relying on the city fortifications to rest, the Qing army does not dare to attack the city in the rainy season. On rainy days, the firearms of the defending side can be used, but the firearms of the besieging side cannot be used.

Now, it's different again, the Ming army is on the offensive and preparing to attack Yuezhou City. According to the judgment of less than Jackie Chan, it will probably start to rain when the Ming army arrives at Yuezhou City tomorrow evening! In this way, the Ming army had no fortifications to shelter from the wind and rain, but the Qing army could take advantage of the heavy rain to launch an attack.

Moreover, this rain is likely to be a typhoon rain, and when the time comes, the firearms of the Ming army in the attack cannot be used, not to mention, the storm will also make the camp tent of the Ming army flooded, even if it is hidden in the camp tent, the firearms cannot be used. At this time, the Qing army attacked, so the two sides were simply competing for cold weapons.

In terms of total strength, the Qing army obviously had much more troops than the Ming army.

At this time, in the city of Yuezhou, the Qing army had 20,000 soldiers, 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, 50,000 Xiangyong, and 40,000 people; Once the rainstorm comes, Shi Lang's more than 10,000 sailors can also go ashore and use them as infantry. If Ao Bai transferred troops to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in the rain, 60,000 soldiers, 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, more than 100,000 people, and 80,000 training warriors formed by the gentry could be dispatched from Wuchang. At that time, the total strength of the Qing army can reach a staggering 400,000 horses!

Although there are only 80,000 real soldiers in the so-called 400,000 troops, the auxiliaries, the people and the brave can also kill people with knives! In the case that bows and arrows cannot be used, firearms cannot be used, and cavalry is not easy to run, let alone 400,000 horses, even 400,000 peasants without any training are enough for the Ming army.

But this is only less than Jackie Chan's own estimate, in fact, the two armies are fighting, those auxiliaries and people are really a rabble, even if the same weapons are used, it is not a problem for 50,000 Ming troops to fight 330,000 rabble, and it is more difficult to deal with the 80,000 soldiers of the Qing army.

The messenger sent by Yue Le hurried his horse and whipped his horse, and rushed to Wuchang with 800 li and 20 li for horses. At the same time, Shi Lang's sailors almost went to Wuchang to pick up people.

In the evening of the same day, the messenger arrived in Wuchang.

"You said it was going to rain over there in Yuezhou?" Ao Bai was overjoyed when he heard the news.

"Back to Xiangye, it's about to rain! In these two days, heavy rain is coming! The messenger replied.

Ao Bai thought for a moment before he slowly spoke: "It's just that my tens of thousands of troops are completely unprepared, if I go out in a hurry, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to our army!" ”

The messenger said: "Xiangye, all the soldiers, auxiliaries, people and warriors of our army are combined, there are 400,000 people! Even if we exchange ten people for a bright dog, we are a good deal! (To be continued.) )