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A large number of ministers such as Du Yinxi and Yang Tinglin went to the Ministry of War to urge He Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to transfer troops to rescue Chuzhou, but the words were fierce and almost did not fight.

Although He Liang had been prepared for this, but he was surrounded by twenty or thirty ministers and spitted saliva, Yang Tinglin was still the ruler of the country, He Liang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took out Qin Mu's will. He also stressed that he needed the approval of the cabinet to transfer troops.

At present, there are 100,000 garrisons in Jinling, and the command of the army is in the hands of Liu Meng, the governor of the Chinese army; The power to transfer troops is relatively complicated, and the nominal power to transfer troops is in the hands of the Ministry of War, but when the Ministry of War really wants to transfer troops, it needs to obtain the other half of the tiger charm in the hands of the cabinet before the order can take effect.

The cabinet does not have the right to transfer troops, but because it has the other half of the troop transfer tiger talisman, it can form a containment on the military department.

To be precise, half of the tiger talismans currently in the hands of the cabinet are usually in Qin Mu's hands. When Qin Mu left Beijing, he was handed over to Sima An for the time being.

He Liang took out Qin Mu's will, and at the same time brought out Sima An, there was really no way to do it, so he could only reduce the pressure he was under in this way, but Yang Tinglin and the others did not stop there after seeing Qin Mu's will.

In fact, Qin Mu's will was not to prevent Jinling from transferring troops, but the transfer of troops was not to rescue Chuzhou, but to catch turtles in the urn.

In this way, it is equivalent to letting the 8,000 men and horses in Chuzhou continue to bear the siege of Duoduo, Yang Tinglin and the others are naturally worried and naturally do not want to see Qin Mu in danger and not rescue.

Under the siege of twenty or thirty ministers, He Liang didn't listen to what he said, so he had to send someone to ask Sima An for help, Sima An hurried to the military department, and when he saw that the hall of the military department had become a pot of porridge, he immediately shouted: "Colleagues, if you continue to make trouble like this, King Qin will be really dangerous." Can you afford this responsibility? ”

Du Yinli immediately retorted: "As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if." In case there is a mistake in Chuzhou, can Lord Shoufu afford it? ”

"Chuzhou City is strong and full of food, and there is the King of Qin in person, there will be no loss for a while, you are in a chaotic position, Duoduo is asking for it. Listen to my advice, colleagues, first go back to the government to handle the official affairs of the headquarters, and don't delay the transfer of troops from the military department. ”

The ministers still wanted to theorize again, and Huang Lianshan suddenly rushed into the lobby of the military headquarters without receiving the command at night. shouted loudly: "The king of Qin has a decree, and all ministers should perform their duties, and they must not disturb the military department, and the military department shall immediately dispatch troops according to the will, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Someone immediately shouted, "Bold." You dare to be overbearing! ”

Huang Lianshan hurriedly took out a piece of paper with a seal and said, "How dare the lower officials be pretentious, please look at it, adults." This is not the will of the King of Qin. ”

The minister of Dachang looked at the paper brought by Huang Lianshan. I can't help but look at each other, could it be that King Qin has a thousand miles of eyes? Or did you anticipate the reaction of the ministers of the DPRK and China in advance?

After reading the note with the seal, everyone is concerned! Although Qin Mu was not in Jinling, everything could not escape his control.

This decree came so timely that the ministers were helpless, and under the persuasion of Sima An. They had to go back to the government to handle official business.

The military headquarters made rapid deployment in accordance with the order. Li Chen stayed in Jinling, and Liu Meng, the governor of the Chinese army, led an army of 50,000 and began to cross the river to the north.

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Li Jiu and Zhu Yijin led 6,500 cavalry together, braving the wind and snow, and flew past the west side of Huangfu Mountain. Then run south along the west bank of the Xiang River.

"Report, General Li, ten miles ahead, there are two million sons looting in Litang Town." The probe horse gallops in return.

Li Jiu didn't stop and said to Zhu Yijin: "General Zhu, you go west, I go east, let's copy the two of you, and don't let one escape." ”

"Yes!"

The six thousand men and horses were then divided into two, like two dragons tossing away, the wind and snow were miserable, and the hooves were like thunder.

The 300 Qing soldiers who were looting in Litang Town soon heard the thunderous hooves of horses, and there was no need to reconnoiter at all, and they could judge the size of the enemy from the sound of hooves.

What's going on, how could the Qin army suddenly have nearly 10,000 cavalry here?

Niu Lu Zhang Jing Bilong didn't think much about it, and immediately blew the horn of retreat, and one by one the Tartars carried the things they had snatched onto the back of their horses, rushed out of the town, and only ran out of two miles, Li Jiu's three thousand men and horses were like a black torrent, rushing from the wind and snow.

One to ten, the Qing army fought tenaciously, fought and retreated, Li Jiu bit to the death, the Qing army retreated three or four miles to the south, and ran headlong into the men and horses outflanked by Zhu Yijin.

Under the front and rear attacks, the Qing army was defeated, including Niu Lu Zhang Jing Bilong, none of the 200 Qing troops escaped. Eighty-two people were killed, and the rest were all captured.

After successfully annihilating this Qing army, Li Jiu immediately ordered: "General Zhu, you take 3,500 men and horses to stay in Litang Town, patrol the upper reaches of the Xiang River, and you can't let the Tartars cross the river no matter what." ”

"General Li rest assured, the upper reaches of the Xianghe River will be handed over to the last general."

After making arrangements, Li Jiu took the remaining 3,000 men and horses and continued to gallop along the west bank of the Xiang River towards Quanjiao County in the south.

Along the way, they destroyed two groups of Tartar rangers who crossed the river and plundered, and destroyed the pontoon bridges on the Xiang River, cutting off the east and west banks of the Xiang River.

It is only forty or fifty miles from Litang Town to Quanjiao County in the south, and there are 3,000 garrisons in the county town to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river on the west bank.

After Duoduo launched the first round of tentative attacks on Chuzhou to no avail, he sent Gong Acha to lead an army of 5,000 to attack Quanjiao County, but was blocked by the garrison of Quanjiao County on the east bank and could not cross the river for a while.

Li Jiu's 3,000 cavalry suddenly arrived, the Qin army was strong, and Gong Acha had no hope of crossing the river, so he had to temporarily retreat to Chuzhou.

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And on the east bank of the Lai'an River, Su Jin has been showing weakness, after the 6,000 cavalry retreated into the county seat of Lai'an, there has been no battle, the Qing army Xihan and Li Guohan 10,000 troops stormed the county seat of Lai'an, the city defense seems to be precarious, but it has not been broken.

In fact, Su Jin's 6,000 cavalry did not participate in the city defense battle at all, and they have been recuperating. Only the original garrison of 3,000 was defending the city.

Sihan came with confidence, but after three days of fierce attack, he lost more than 700 men and horses, but he still could not take it. This made him anxious.

When he went down to the south of the Yangtze River with Duoduo for the first time, where he passed, the Ming army fled in despair, and often connected several cities in one day, but he didn't expect that this time the 10,000 army was blocked under the small city of Lai'an, and it was helpless.

To capture An, not only to serve as a stronghold for them to attack Chuzhou, but more importantly, to plunder the grain and grass supply of the army. If you can't break the city, you can't solve the supply of food and grass for the army by plundering some villages.

Just when Xihan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he suddenly received a message from the reconnaissance cavalry: Ning Yuan, a Qin general who was originally stationed in Yangzhou, led an army of 15,000 to Liuhe County in the southeast by the Yangtze River waterway, and quickly advanced westward from Liuhe County, heading straight for Lai'an County.

When Xihan heard the news, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, the city was difficult to gnaw, but Xihan was absolutely confident that he would defeat Ningyuan's Qin army in one fell swoop, and he would immediately squeeze his troops and horses to meet Ningyuan.

If the Qing army can't quickly break through Chuzhou and capture Qin Mu, it will turn to the encirclement to send reinforcements, Ning Yuan led the army to come, which is normal, and the Qing army is also hoping that the Qin army from all walks of life will come to deliver food.

For Xi Han couldn't help but immediately go to meet Ning Yuan, the deputy general Li Guohan thought about it and dissuaded: "General, Ning Yuan has just left Liuhe County not far now, if we kill him immediately, maybe it will scare him back to Liuhe County, this is not good, we might as well wait for him to walk for another half a day, and then kill him when he is halfway through, so that he can't escape if he wants to." ”

"Well, that's right. Then leave a small number of troops to continue the feint attack, withdraw most of the men and horses to recuperate, and wait for Ning Yuan to get closer. ”

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In the camp of the Qing army under the city of Chuzhou, the news was summarized in Duoduo's big tent, and in Liuhe in the east, 15,000 people from Ningyuan came to help. In Jinling in the south, Liu Meng's 50,000 troops crossed the river and went north. In Quanjiao County to the west, thousands of Qin cavalry arrived.

It seems that Qin Mu is trapped in Chuzhou, and the Qin army is really anxious and has come to help, which is exactly what Duoduo wants, only in this way can he have the opportunity to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and break through in various field battles.

However, Qin Jun's quick reaction was much more than Duoduo expected, which made him quite surprised in his heart, and then thinking about Qin Mu, as the king of a country, was trapped in Chuzhou, Qin Jun must be very anxious, and it should be normal to come quickly.

The Qin army came quickly, in other words, it came in a hurry, and the preparation must be insufficient in a hurry, so it would be easier for the Great Qing Iron Cavalry to defeat them.

Duoduo quickly gathered all the generals to the Chinese army and asked, "Now, there are enemy troops coming to help in the east, west, and south, and you see which way we fight first." ”

Ning Wan frowned and said: "All the cavalry from the west are cavalry, if they avoid the battle, our army will be helpless for a while, and it is possible that they will be led away by him, and even if all the news of this force is known, it will not be able to cause heavy damage to the Qin army."

The enemy army in the east has Xihan and Li Guohan to deal with, which should be enough, and the minister suggested that Liu Meng in the south be attacked first. Liu Meng has the largest number of troops, and if he can successfully eliminate this Qin army, he will be able to break the Qin army, and the other reinforcements will definitely collapse without attacking. ”

After Ning Wan's suggestion was approved by all the generals, Duoduo no longer hesitated, leaving an army of 10,000 to continue to besiege Chuzhou to prevent Qin Mu from breaking through, and brought 20,000 horses and horses to the south to meet Liu Meng.

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