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Chapter 292: The Road Encounters an Ambush


On the north bank of Lianshui, more than 40,000 Zheng troops, thousands of white-armored banner soldiers, and many elite Qing troops who did not have time to cross the river fell into chaos.Although the Zheng army, who had experience of being captured, saw that the situation was not right, Duoduo led the main force of the Qing army to flee and left them on the north bank, so he did not resist much to surrender in pieces, but there were eight banners and green battalion soldiers in it, but they were still resisting.Needless to say, the Eight Banners are very determined to fight, and most of the green battalion soldiers who entered Fujian were northerners, and no one wanted to stay in Fujian, so they were still fighting and wanted to escape.Zhao Ming saw that the Lianjiang battlefield could not end for a while, and he was worried that Zheng Hongkui would not be able to withstand it, so he decided to lead his subordinates to go first and let Zhu Yihai clean up the Lianjiang battlefield.At that moment, as soon as Zhao Ming pulled the reins of his horse, he galloped to the southwest direction, and behind him Ding Weiyue raised the Daxu flag, followed by the Ming army soldiers in Donghai Town, immediately abandoned the slaughter of the Qing army in front of them, and hurriedly gathered, and the people and horses of all departments looked at the Daxu banner and chased in the direction of Daxu.Fujian is mountainous, Duoduo led the army to run wildly, the soldiers played torches, the night wind blew the flames in the dark night, and the faces of Duoduo and the Qing soldiers flickered under the firelight, and they couldn't see what expressions they were."

Where?"

Dodor reined in the reins of his horse, his face wary.The surrounding Qing army generals looked around, and one person squeezed forward in the middle of the sound, but it was the Zheng army general Shi Fu, and saluted: "Lord Qiqi, this should be more than 30 miles northeast of Min'an Town." ”The battle was fought well, Duoduo suddenly fled, and the Zheng army still didn't understand what was going on.Most of the Zheng army surrendered, but before they could escape, they were captured by the Ming army, and only a very small number of them ran fast and followed the Qing army across the Lianjiang River.In this battle, most of the Qing army was still in an inexplicable state at this time, and they didn't understand at all why the Qing army was defeated in a daze.In the eyes of many people, the Qing army obviously has an advantage in strength, even if it can't break the Ming army, but the Ming army doesn't take them to the right place, and it's really inexplicable to run.Of the 90,000 Qing troops, only more than 40,000 people managed to escape, and half of them were lost.For this result, Duoduo was more satisfied, the Qing army's grain route was cut off, if he didn't run, and he couldn't defeat Zhao Ming, the result would inevitably be the annihilation of the whole army.Although only 40,000 people escaped from Lianjiang, they were all the elite of the Qing army, and the losses of the Qing army he brought into Fujian were not large, and the main casualties and captures were the Zheng army's soldiers.Duoduo 60,000 horses drove into Fuzhou, leaving 10,000 Qing troops to guard Fuzhou, 50,000 elites advanced to Lianjiang, and the loss of the main Han army was 6,000 people in the white banner, as well as some green battalion soldiers who had no time to escape, the main force of the Qing army did not suffer much losses, and then he could bear the range.Min'an Town is located near the mouth of the Minjiang River, about sixty miles south of Fuzhou, that is to say, after Min'an Town, you will soon arrive in Fuzhou.Duoduo immediately whipped his horsewhip and shouted, "Keep going!"

Be careful, the traitors should be nearby!

”The city of Fuzhou is thick and thick, there are more than 10,000 Qing soldiers stationed, Zheng Hongkui's remnants of the defeated general, after taking Mawei Port, it is unlikely to attack Fuzhou, most of them will choose to fight with Zhao Manzi to attack the main force of the Qing army, so Duoduo has a hunch that Zheng Hongkui's soldiers and horses are nearby.In the dark night, the night breeze blows, the trees swing, and the shadows in the moonlight are as hideous as demons.The Qing soldiers held weapons and looked around vigilantly, looking for the enemy who might suddenly kill.At this time, there was a roar of horses' hooves, and the Qing cavalry left the brigade and went to the front to reconnoitre, but the black light was blind, and the torch not only could not illuminate the sides of the road, but exposed its own position, and there was really nothing to investigate.Marching in the dark, it was extremely dangerous, and it was not the Eight Banners who opened the way, but the five thousand elite soldiers of the Green Battalion.The night wind was howling, and the Qing soldiers were walking very slowly, and the soldiers were holding their weapons and moving forward cautiously, and the officers looked around on their horses from time to time."

Min'an Town!"

A green battalion general wearing a red-topped hat, a waist knife, and iron armor suddenly said.The Qing general next to him immediately clenched the hilt of his sword, "It's not far from Mawei, everyone be careful," As he spoke, the cavalry galloped, rushed past the green battalion soldiers, and went to reconnoitre, while the infantry sergeants all stopped.At this time, the cavalry galloped for a distance, reined in their horses, looked around, and shot a few arrows into the darkness, but there was no movement.Seeing this, the cavalry of the Qing army shook the torch in his hand, and the generals of the Qing army behind him saw it, and immediately laughed, and the person at the head waved his hand and said with a smile: "Keep going!"

”The Qing army's infantry slowly lifted its footsteps, and as soon as the team moved, there was a sudden "boom" cannon sound in front of them, followed by the sound of "bang, bang, bang" muskets.The advancing Qing soldiers raised their heads alertly, and saw the flames flickering in front of them, and the projectiles that flew out shot out of the darkness were intertwined with each other, and the red projectile tracks were intertwined, and the cavalry exploring the road in front of them was shot off their horses in an instant, and the rubble on the side of the road was splashed."

Not good, there is an ambush!"

The generals of the green battalion in front immediately understood what was happening, and immediately shouted, "Quickly retreat!"

”As soon as he finished speaking, the whistling sound of projectiles and arrows breaking through the air hit like a storm, and the Qing army on the road was immediately shot down, and a terrible wail rose to the sky.In front of Min'an Town, as well as in the woods on both sides of the road, torches were suddenly raised, and countless figures appeared, "Quickly change the rear team to the front team, withdraw and retreat!"

”The Qing generals on horseback brandished their swords and roared wildly, but their voices were soon muffled by the sound of firecrackers and the exclamations and wails of the soldiers, and the five thousand green battalions instantly fell into chaos.After the strike, the cannon rang out, and Dodor waved his hand back, and the army behind him immediately stopped, and several groups of cavalry hurriedly broke away from their own formation and galloped forward to investigate the situation of the forward.Duoduo's face was gloomy, and after a while, the cavalry rushed back, turned over and dismounted, and reported urgently: "Lord Wang, the front army has been attacked and suffered heavy losses!"

”"Humph!"

Duoduo snorted coldly, "As expected, Zheng Hongkui's men and horses are around here!"

”"Lord Wang, the front army has been attacked, is the army pressing up and reinforcing it!"

Qing general Bayan asked.Duoduo glanced back at the Qing army that was forming a formation behind him, and said coldly: "It is inconvenient to command the battle at night, and the information is not clear, and it is very easy to form chaos.The army is not pressed properly, you lead a thousand men, and go to reinforcements at once. ”Bayan led a thousand men and horses to leave the brigade, and Duoduo immediately ordered: "All the armies are in formation, some leave their posts without permission, and some are close to the army and beheaded!"

”The most taboo chaos at night, if the establishment is chaotic, there is no way to command, Duoduo has a gloomy face, and he drinks orders again and again, at this time, a gallop comes, hurriedly turns over and dismounts, and reports loudly: "Lord Wang, there is a Ming army chasing after you in the rear!"

”(The update is late, and the next chapter will be about eight o'clock late.) )()