Song Jiaxing and Yang Chengzu led more than 20,000 soldiers of the Tianwei Army before they arrived in Caozhou, and they saw the routs scattered by the Qing army one after another.

Song Jiaxing's heart was even more anxious, this is a soldier from Kaifeng Town, why is it so miserable?

"Come on, bring me a few people!"

Song Jiaxing shouted hurriedly.

The pro-army beside him hurriedly broke away from the team, and after a short time, they returned to the Chinese army with seven or eight routs.

"My lord, the rout has returned! Haven't you seen Lord Song and Lord Yang, the commanders of the Tianwei Army? ”

Song Jiaxing nodded and shouted, "What's going on?" Are you a soldier in Kaifeng Town? Why does it look like this? ”

"The small Zhou Biao saw Lord Song and Lord Yang, the small one is the captain of the Chinese army camp in Kaifeng Town, a few days ago Yuncheng was besieged by the Qing army, the situation is critical, Lord Yuan and Lord Liu led us to rush to help, I don't want to encounter the ambush of the Manchurian Tartars in Shuangqiao Town, thousands of troops were defeated by the Tartars, almost all the troops were wiped out, the small ones were scattered by the Tartars, and they fell here, just met the adults!"

Song Jiaxing's head buzzed, thousands of troops were attacked by the Manchurian Tartars, and the whole army was annihilated, Liu Fangliang, how did you deserve this general soldier, don't you know, a Yuncheng is not as important as a Caozhou? If Caozhou doesn't stick to it, run over to help Yuncheng? Don't you know that the Manchurian Tartars are best at cavalry raids?

"What about Liu Fangliang, what about Yuan Zongdi?"

Song Jiaxing shouted.

Zhou Biao hurriedly replied: "Lord Song, Lord Liu and Lord Yuan led the defeated troops all the way to Caozhou, two days have passed, and now they must have withdrawn into Caozhou......

Song Jiaxing heard this, his heart was a little more steady, as long as he could retreat into Caozhou safely, with the troops in his hands, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi held Caozhou for a few days, it should not be a problem, as long as his army arrived in Caozhou, at least Caozhou would be solid, at least half a month and twenty days, Caozhou would definitely not have any mistakes.

"You are temporarily arranged in our Tianwei Army to rush to Caozhou Mansion with us!"

Yang Chengzu on the side shouted, "Brother Jiaxing, we can't delay any longer, rush to Caozhou immediately!" ”

Song Jiaxing nodded, led the army to continue to move forward, just ran out of a dozen miles away, and encountered a remnant army, with dozens of people, more miserable than the rout just now, and went straight to see Song Jiaxing.

"Lord Song, Lord Song!"

Song Jiaxing took the war horse and shouted, "Which part are you from?" ”

"The small one is the pro-army commander of Lord Liu Fangliang in Kaifeng Town, Caozhou has completely fallen yesterday, Lord Yuan Zongdi was seriously injured and unconscious, and Lord Liu Fangliang has already led the remnants of the army to retreat to Lanyang......"

"Bastard!"

Song Jiaxing was furious and shouted, "What's the matter? You're all a bunch of rice buckets, rice buckets! A Kaifeng town, defended by the city, didn't even hold out for two or three days, and was beaten down by the Manchurian Tartars to Caozhou? What else do you have? What else do you have? ”

I can't help Song Jiaxing not be annoyed, Caozhou, the last barrier to march into eastern Henan, in the hands of Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi, they can't even hold on for two or three days, it's really a waste to the extreme, of course, what Song Jiaxing doesn't know is, where is there two or three days? In just half a day, Caozhou fell, the unlucky Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi were followed and pursued, and they didn't have time to retreat into Caozhou, so they were rushed to the city gate by the Manchurian cavalry, and broke through the city gate in one fell swoop, and even the soldiers at the head of the city did not react, the speed was too fast, He Luo would be a famous Manchurian general, how could he give Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi the opportunity to deploy calmly?

Dozens of people were silent, their legs trembling, and they were already scared stupid!

"Brother Jiaxing, what are you doing with so much nonsense now? Retaking Caozhou is the most important thing, we must not let Caozhou fall into the hands of the Qing army, the threat to the hinterland of Henan is too great, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion is completely opened! ”

Yang Chengzu on the side shouted urgently.

Song Jiaxing said hatefully: "Brother Yang, don't I know? However, thousands of Manchurian Tatars occupy Caozhou, and we want to storm it, how can we recapture Caozhou without five or six days or even longer? But will the later Azig give us that much time? They are only twenty or thirty miles away from our army, and a surprise attack will not even take an hour to be able to rush to Caozhou City, and when the time comes, we will be attacked by the enemy, and I am afraid that even the more than 20,000 people of the Tianwei army will be in danger! What's more, on the Yuncheng side, there are more than 20,000 troops of Wu Sangui! ”

Yang Chengzu was speechless, yes, this situation is too bad, a wrong move, all the games are lost, originally in Ningyang, his Tianwei army has occupied a big advantage, so that Azig lost the army, the casualties are not small, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the whole situation has been reversed, Caozhou Mansion has fallen, Yuncheng County has been besieged, and now the Tianwei army in Yuncheng is under the leadership of Gui Tianlan, what is going on I don't know, thousands of Tianwei troops are facing the attack of more than 20,000 Qing troops, and it is also a crisis, the whole Shandong, It's all stormy now!

"So, what are we going to do next? The location of Caozhou City is too important, it has fallen into the hands of the Manchurian Tartars, and they will be restless day and night, and they will not even want to sleep peacefully! ”

Yang Chengzu said astringently.

Song Jiaxing slowly closed his eyes, and only after a long time did he open his eyes and said: "Immediately give an order to Zheng Shouying of Puyang Prefecture, order Zheng Shouying to lead all the Puyang defenders south to Lanyang, protect the safety of the flank of Kaifeng Mansion, send fast horses, send a letter to Brother Yifan, and ask him to make plans early, Puyang, Zhangde, and Weihui are three-legged, and the strategy of mutual Olympic aid must be adjusted......"

"What about us? We don't go to Lanyang? ”

Yang Chengzu asked.

"Don't go to Lanyang!"

Song Jiaxing replied: "What are we going to Lanyang for?" Do you want to stick to Lanyang? It's just a small county town, it's not enough at all, all the troops in Shandong have withdrawn into Lanyang, we don't have any room for maneuver, we can only fight to the end with the Manchurian Tartars, once Lanyang is lost, we have no way to retreat, we can't do it! ”

"So where are we going?"

Yang Chengzu asked.

Song Jiaxing said in a deep voice: "Immediately send cavalry, look around for Gui Tianlan's traces, and order Gui Tianlan to lead the army to retreat towards Yanzhou immediately, the second and fifth towns of the Tianwei Army are all withdrawn to Yanzhou Mansion, as long as the elite of our two towns are still in Caozhou and Yanzhou, then Azig will not dare to attack the hinterland of Henan boldly with confidence, they want to end Kaifeng Mansion, and take the back road of Brother Yifan, hehe, I still want to take Caozhou in one go, close the door and beat the dog!" ”

(End of chapter)