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The Yangtze River is close to the Wuchang section, the sail shadow is like a cloud, Han Xiu's 8,000 men and horses are riding down the river from Yueyang, the river is flowing mightily, and the boat is fast, but Han Xiu is still urging;

The 8,000 soldiers had both the apprehension of being about to enter the big war and the longing for military merit, and their feelings were complicated.

In Makou Town, near the Han River, Ningyuan's 8,000 men and horses were marching in a hurry, and in order to speed up, all the soldiers only brought simple swords and bows, and even the arrows were supplied after they arrived in Wuchang.

All the grain and grass were set up by the logistics department in advance along the route, and as soon as the soldiers arrived at the supply point, they had hot food and hot water to drink, and after a short rest, they immediately had to set off again;

Even though the speed of the march had reached the limit, Ning Yuan kept galloping his horse in front of the army and roared: "Hurry up, damn it, the Governor is fighting with the Tartars, and the brothers over there in Chizhou are also using their lives to call us time, the blood has flowed into a river, and the corpses have accumulated like a mountain, you only sweat a little, and you are still grinding, are you worthy of the brothers who are working hard?" Hurry up! Hurry up and run! ”

In Yunmeng County, Li Jiu's three thousand iron horsemen galloped by, the sun was scorching, the yellow dust was rolling on the ground, and the lips of the hungry soldiers had cracked one after another, and they were still galloping desperately;

The victory of the Qin army on the side, coupled with the bloody battle between Qin Mu and the Tartars, in exchange for the opportunity to encircle Azig, made the Qin army's morale high, and the generals were willing to die.

At the bottom of Ba Shui, Liu Fangliang led 20,000 cavalry and was holding a war horse to rush across Ba Shui.

Although they are still wearing the uniforms of the Dashun army, the banner has been replaced with the black flag of the Qin army, which is less than 100 miles away from the water, and there are 10,000 Pingchuan between the two rivers.

The only difference is that these Li Zicheng's old troops were probably killed by the Tartars, and they should have reached the battlefield the fastest, but they were too cautious. Now it has only crossed Ba Shui, and it is still hundreds of miles away from the temple;

Zhao Han, the new commander of the army, has urged many times, and explained the benefits and disadvantages with Liu Fangliang;

However, it is difficult for the soldiers to be afraid of their hearts, and Zhao Han also knows that in this case, there is no other force to cooperate, and it is too dangerous to advance too fast, and it is not good to use it too strongly.

The 50,000 horses led by Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tiren and others, who were eighty miles behind them, were also marching in a hurry.

With Liu Fangliang's 20,000 cavalry in front, they did not delay, and there were Liu Meng's 25,000 Qin troops to assist in the south; Forty or fifty miles between the two armies, messengers galloped each other, and scouts and horses were staggered. Wherever the army passed, the sky was covered with yellow dust, and the flag covered the sun.

Less than 100 miles further east, Meng Ke's 30,000-strong army was racing against time to dig trenches and lay mines in the gap between the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains and the Yangtze River, seize strategic passes, and strive to tie the mouth of the bag tightly to prevent the Azig dogs from jumping over the wall to the east.

In the partial hall of the Wuchang General Staff, the lights are completely bright. A tense and suspicious atmosphere was almost suffocating, and information flew like snowflakes, and orders were issued like water.

Qin Mubu played a big game of chess. But now that he has been trapped in the east bank of the water, dispatching people from all walks of life to encircle Azig, this step requires the General Staff to issue orders and coordinate.

The battle. There are 200,000 troops invested, and the supply of food and grass and the deployment of weapons alone are a huge and complicated matter.

For the first time, the Qin army faced such a vast and urgent campaign, both in terms of the army's combat capabilities. It is also a major test for the logistics supply system.

Sima An and the others not only had to decide on Fanhao's battle order, but also always worried about whether Qin Mu could support it, and if he couldn't support it, whether Qin Mu could successfully escape the west bank of the water.

What Sima An was worried about had nothing to do with Qin Mu anymore, and the bloody battle on the top of the hill made him not even bother to think about it, and he tortured the captured Tartars to the fullest, once again provoking Azig into a rage;

The wrath of the horseman, the blood spattered five steps, although the emperor Azig is not an emperor, but his anger is also enough to make the blood flow like a river.

Although it is not a city, but the terrain is special, it is sandwiched between two rivers, forming a special "U" shaped terrain, Qin Mu dug a lot of trenches at the top of the narrow "U", and fifteen cannons, hundreds of tigers rushed to help the battle, which formed a fatal obstacle to the Tatar cavalry;

To take this position, it is not much easier than attacking the city, Qin Mu is taking advantage of this to deliberately provoke Azig, in order to achieve the goal of a large number of water conservancy Qing troops, even if it is to fight out 20,000 people, as long as Azig is disabled, it is worth it.

This time Qin Mu did not hesitate at all, first pulled out two hundred Tartar captives to cushion the people's backs, and then resolutely ordered the cannons to be fired.

For the first time, he had done his best, and now the remaining 15,000 men and horses were exhausted after repeated bloody battles, and with more than 20,000 men and horses from Wu Sangui, it was impossible for the Qin army to attack again, and it was not easy to rely on trenches and artillery to hold the position.

Qin Mu gritted his teeth and watched as clusters of firelight erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and the barrage of barrages would fill the trenches and kill the corpses everywhere, and the people who were coerced by the Tartars would inevitably be injured;

The soldiers of Qin looked at it in their eyes, and they were somewhat unbearable, after all, they were some unarmed people, and some soft-hearted soldiers quietly turned their heads and tried not to look at such a scene.

However, everyone knows that this must be done, otherwise Azig will definitely be endless, and even if these people can be saved, more people will be plundered by Azig as human shields.

Qin Mu was desperate to save the people for the first time, and the rough and unscrupulous Azig misjudged that he would not fire this time. So a lot of troops were thrown in order to fill in the trenches as quickly as possible;

However, when the dozen or so cannons in front of the Qin army roared together, and the trench-filled Tartars were swept away by the terrifying barrage, Azig was so excited by boundless remorse and anger that he spurted a mouthful of blood.

The first time, he was not sure whether Qin Mu would open artillery, so he only sent a small number of troops to hold the people hostage and get close to the enemy position, Qin Mu did not open artillery, but sent troops out to save the people; This time, there were more people he sent to fill the trench, and Qin Mu immediately opened fire, which was clearly an insidious deception. At least that's what Azig thought.

No matter how heavy the casualties are, the trench must be filled, otherwise not to mention that the horses will not be able to rush through, and even the infantry will not be able to climb through with both hands and feet.

Azig, who was so angry that he couldn't care about it anymore, he only knew that if Qin Mu was not destroyed, the Qing army would probably have to go around when they saw Qin Mu in the future.

It took an afternoon, paid a huge price, and finally filled in the trench, it was already night, but Azig refused to give up, launched a fierce attack on the Qin army overnight, the two sides killed the sky dark, the Qin army's defense line was compressed a little bit, and there was no way to retreat in the middle of the night, because there was a mile behind the Jushui River.

In the midst of this life-and-death melee, some Qing soldiers who were captured by the Qin army last time fled back with their wounds, staggered to the high slope where Azi was, and reported to Azig: "Lord, it's not good, Wu Sangui and Qin Mu have colluded, Lord, be careful of Wu Sangui"

"What?" Azig was shocked, Wu Sangui was in charge of the main attack in the north, he was in charge of the attack in the east, this night was vast, in case Wu Sangui really colluded with Qin Mu and outflanked him, the consequences would be unimaginable, "Tell me clearly, how do you know." ”

"We were locked behind, the Qin army retreated repeatedly, Qin Mu's tent was squeezed not far from us, Qin Mu put all his troops into the battlefield, no one guarded us, we took advantage of the chaos to cut the rope and escaped, the small few saw everyone fleeing to the east, afraid that the Qin army would not be able to escape after finding out, so they reversed the south and crossed the river from the water to escape, when passing through Qin Mu's tent, he heard that one of Qin Mu's generals was anxiously persuading Qin Mu, saying that the army was about to be unable to resist, so that Qin Mu immediately agreed to Wu Sangui's conditions, Qin Mu only hesitated, Immediately agreed, when the little one fled, Qin Mu was writing a letter to Wu Sangui"

"Come on, what conditions did Qin Mu promise Wu Sangui?"

"Little one doesn't know, Qin Mu didn't mention what the conditions for Wu Sangui were?"

"Lord Wang!" Azig's aide Fan Luo was so anxious that he slapped his thigh and said, "No matter what the conditions are, if this matter is true, it means that Wu Sangui and Qin Mu must have colluded a long time ago." ”

"Wu Sangui's attack today is also considered hard, not like"

"Oh, Lord Wang, why didn't Qin Mu agree to Wu Sangui's conditions before, so he worked so hard. Lord, isn't Qin Mu writing a letter to Wu Sangui, let's quickly send someone to hide outside Wu Sangui's tent, and see if there is really a messenger from Qin Mu to find Wu Sangui, can't everything be determined, if you can rob the messenger, it would be better, Lord Wang, this matter is urgent, I can't hesitate! ”

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(To be continued......)