Listening to the messenger's retarded words, Ao Bai sneered: "Temporary transfer of 400,000 people? You can figure it out! How easy is it to mobilize 400,000 people? Not to mention that more than seventy percent of them are rabble! Those peasants who were still holding hoes yesterday and only picked up knives today to defend the city are okay, let them attack? Not to mention attacking, when they get to Yuezhou, I'm afraid it will take a month! ”

The messenger said: "Tomorrow, the sailors of Shijunmen will arrive!" If Xiang Ye is willing to mobilize his troops and take the naval warship, he can reach Yuezhou within two days. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"How many people can a sailor bring? Up to 50,000! Don't say 400,000 people, let's just say how much silver, grain and grass will be spent to mobilize 50,000 people! Shi Junmen's water battle is good, but he can only be the commander of the water division! I don't know anything about land warfare! I can't imagine that Prince An is such a shrewd person who can listen to Shi Lang's fools! Ao Bai snorted.

The messenger replied: "Maybe it is also a godsend, Prince An is too anxious!" ”

This is really a bit wronged Yue Le, in fact, Yue Le does not advocate a desperate effort to press the troops to Yuezhou, after all, in a hurry and temporary transfer, insufficient preparation, those are taboo soldiers. In the early years of Kangxi, Yue Le was a famous general second only to Aobai and Tuhai, and although his military talent was not as good as Aobai, he was still much stronger than others.

In fact, Yue Le had already expected that Ao Bai would send troops, but Ao Bai could not be desperate.

Ao Bai said: "The heavy rain from the sky is indeed a godsend, but there is no need to take this risk!" Let the old man send troops, yes, 10,000 banners can't all go, go to 5,000 people; 50,000 infantry can't all go, go to 30,000! In the past, fight them first. Even if it's raining, thieves are not so easy to deal with! If you make a desperate bet and press all your troops up, then there will be no one left, who will defend Wuchang! ”

In the evening of the same day, Ao Bai began to make an emergency move, ordering the 5,000 and 8 Banner cavalry who were about to set off to prepare war horses and dry rations, one person and two horses, and carry three days' worth of dry rations; 30,000 infantrymen, ready with weapons and armor, one carrying three days' dry rations. In addition, he organized all the transport ships anchored in Wuchang and ordered Zhang Changgeng to prepare 50,000 people with a month's worth of grain within five days, load them on the ship, and prepare to send them to Yuezhou.

Ao Bai called Prince Kang Jieshu over: "Prince Kang, the 30,000 Lu Shi will be handed over to you to bring!" The old man hurried first and rushed to Yuezhou. Although it may not be possible to win if it rains, we still have to fight! It's just that the old man has reserved a back hand, and he can't make a desperate bet! You take Lu Shi over, if the situation is not good, immediately let Shi Lang withdraw his troops! Don't be in love! Yuezhou can't hold it and give up! The decisive battle was held in Wuchang, not in Yuezhou! ”

"Wow! Xiao Wang obeys! Jie Shu arched his hand.

Ao Bai touched his beard and nodded lightly: "If the war is unfavorable, you can let Shi Lang take your Lu Shi to retreat first!" Also, the soldiers in the city were also taken away, as for those Hunan brave and strong, let them stay in the city to defend the city! ”

"Wow!" Jie Shu bowed.

Ao Bai returned to the Eight Banners camp, ordered five thousand elite Manmeng Eight Banner cavalry, and gave them an order: "Prepare dry food for three days overnight, inspect the war horses, one person and two horses; Everyone goes to bed immediately, gets up on the fourth watch, and sets off before the fifth watch! ”

Early the next morning, before dawn, the lights in the camp of the Eight Banners were brilliant, the men were busy, and there were pots of steaming hot porridge boiling in the big iron pot. At about a moment's notice, the five thousand Eight Bannermen had already gotten up. At three o'clock in the morning, that is, at half past four in the morning, the sky was still dark, and the Eight Banners set off with torches.

Ao Bai took the Eight Banners and went south along the official road. After dawn, Ao Bai saw Shi Langshui Shi who was flowing down the Yangtze River.

"Xiangye!" Tong Guowei rode a horse and chased after him, pointing to the river, "On the river is the sailor of Shi Junmen, do you want them to come to the shore to say hello?" ”

Ao Bai said: "The soldiers are fast! No need! We'd better hurry as soon as possible! Wuchang's side has already been arranged! After Shi Junmen went, when he saw Prince Kang and Zhang Zhitai, he naturally knew what to do! ”

Shi Lang also saw the Eight Banners cavalry rolling away on the shore, standing on the battlefield of the Chinese army, only to see that on the official road on the shore, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was one person and two horses, and when he saw his fleet, he didn't stop, just hurrying away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. So Shi Lang did not let the ship dock, but gave the order and continued to hurry.

The Qing fleet went down the river, and before noon, it had already reached Wuchang.

On the Wuchang side, Ao Bai has already arranged for Prince Kang Jieshu to board the ship with 30,000 troops.

"The prince only took 30,000 people to Yuezhou? I didn't bring enough soldiers, even auxiliaries, Minzhuang, and Xiangyong? Shi Lang was very surprised and asked Jieshu.

Jie Shu glanced at him, and replied angrily: "It's Taishi's idea!" If you dog slave are not convinced, when you see Master Ao, you can ask him yourself! ”

Shi Lang was choked by Jieshu's words, and he didn't dare to say anything. He knew that this Jieshu was not very easy to speak, not like Ao Bai and Yue Le. Ao Bai and Yue Le are relatively good to Han officials, and they are also good to the common people. But this Jieshu has never taken the Han people in his eyes, and even a naval commander like Shi Lang, Jieshu will not look at him squarely.

Zhangtai pointed at Shi Lang and said, "Dog minion! The prince said whatever he wanted! Do you still have an opinion, you dog minion? ”

Shi Lang knelt down on one knee and slapped a thousand: "Chirp! Minions, thank you for your advice! ”

At noon on the same day, Jie Shu took 30,000 soldiers and boarded the ship of Shi Lang's sailors, sailed upstream, and sailed to Yuezhou. At this time, the southeast wind is blowing, belonging to the crosswind, before the typhoon rain is coming, the wind is not small, the speed of the fleet sailing against the current under the action of the wind is not slow, it originally took two days and two nights to arrive in Yuezhou, but looking at this appearance, it is estimated that it will only take two days and one night to reach Yuezhou.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Ming army land division that was rushing to Yuezhou set up camp.

Wang Yuyou pointed to the sky in the distance and said, "Dashuai, it's about to rain!" Heavy rain is expected to fall tomorrow afternoon! Are we just here, let's camp a little stronger, and then rush to Yuezhou after the rainstorm in the past few days? ”

"yes!" Wang Xinyu raised his head, "Look at this look, it should be a typhoon, the wind is already very strong!" Tomorrow it will definitely rain! But even if it's raining, we're heading to Yuezhou! Even if we set up camp, the Tartars will come to us for trouble! It's better to continue on the road tomorrow morning and camp outside Yuezhou City at noon! Didn't the Tartars try to take advantage of us on rainy days? Then let them see, we can fight on a rainy day! ”

Wang Yuyou said: "It is estimated that it will rain in the afternoon, and we only have one hour to set up camp, can we have time?" (To be continued.) )