Outside the fort, in the camp of the Qing army, he was discussing and waiting for Zhao Ming to run out of food, and then he killed Azig in the fort, and suddenly received a report from his subordinates, and his expression changed immediately.Seeing this, Fan Wencheng put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Azig, and asked suspiciously, "Lord Wang, what's the matter?"
”Azig's expression was gloomy for a moment, then he regained his composure, and sneered at everyone: "It's nothing, it's just that the Ming army in Jiangnan has begun to cross the river!"
”Fan Wencheng was shocked when he heard this, "Zhu Yujian and Zhu Yihai sent troops across the river, this is to save Zhao Zamao!"
”Azig nodded, "Zhao Zamao is Zhu Yihai's general, it is impossible for him not to save him."
However, Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian did not contain each other because of Nanjing, but instead sent troops across the river to rescue Zhao Zamao, which still surprised the king. ”Seeing that Azig was so relaxed, Fan Wencheng couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Lord Wang, this time we finally trapped Zhao Zamao, no matter what, we can't let him run away!"
”Azig stood up, but he was not worried, "This time the king carried out careful planning, after Zhu Yihai raised troops, the Jiangnan battalion retreated to Jiangbei in an orderly manner, took over the Jiangbei defense line, and deployed defenses around Yangzhou, and when the Jiangnan Ming army broke through the defense line and rushed to Shibao, Zhao Zamao's body was already cold!"
”When Fan Wencheng heard this, he still said: "Even so, the prince still needs to step up his attack!"
”Azig bowed slightly, and then immediately ordered: "Shi Tingzhu, you lead the men and horses, immediately go south, and assist Bolehe to stop the Ming army in Jiangnan!"
”Shi Tingzhu immediately stood up and saluted, "Hey, take the order!"
”When Shi Tingzhu left the big tent, Azig immediately picked up the wine glass and said to the remaining generals in the tent: "Everyone drink this cup, and I wish to capture Shibao and kill Zhao Zamao!"
”In the tent, the Qing army raised their wine glasses, echoed loudly, and drank with their heads up.Seeing this, Azig couldn't stop laughing, and threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and the generals in the tent also followed suit, laughing in unison, "Break the time fort, kill the miscellaneous hair!"
”Zhu Yihai went to Dasheng Pass, welcomed Zhu Yujian into Nanjing, and persuaded Zhu Yujian to send troops to reinforce Jiangbei.When he learned that Zhu Yujian appointed He Tengjiao as the supervisor, Zhu Yihai and Zhejiang's hearts were half cold, and they knew that the imperial court might not be able to count on it.This made Zhu Yihai hesitate for a while, although the court agreed to send troops, but Zhu Yujian made it clear that he didn't want to save Zhao Ming, so if he wanted to save Zhao Ming, he had to rely on Zhejiang's own people.In this way, the Zhejiang system will inevitably suffer huge losses, and Zhu Yihai was worried that instead of rescuing Zhao Ming, he would take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so he would not have the capital to fight with Zhu Yujian.At the critical moment, Xia Wanchun came out and asked Zhu Yihai, "If there is no Donghai Town and Zhao Guogong, can His Royal Highness compete with the imperial court?"
”After hearing this, Zhu Yihai made up his mind and sent Li Chengdong, Zhang Mingzhen, and Wu Zhaosheng to cross the Yangtze River with more than 90,000 people, and joined the 20,000 people of Wang Chaoxian and Wang Yi, the generals of Donghai Town, and advanced in the direction of Gaoyou.At the same time, He Tengjiao was also ordered to lead the army that had just arrived in Wuhu to cross the river and occupy Hezhou, Jiangpu, Liuhe and other places.Although He Tengjiao did not rush to Yangzhou with all his might, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses crossed the river, which still contained the strength of the Qing army in Yangzhou, and shared a certain amount of pressure on the Zhejiang army and Donghai Town to advance forward.In order to rescue Zhao Ming, after receiving reinforcements from the Zhejiang army, Wang Chaoxian and Wang Yi and other generals acted as the vanguard of the emergency, Li Chengdong and Zhang Mingzhen also worked hard, and the army continued to move forward, advancing to the vicinity of Xinghua County, thirty miles south of Shibao Town.When the Ming army in Jiangnan crossed the river, Wang Yi and Wang Chaoxian in Jiangbei had already found out the news that the remnants of Donghai Town were trapped in Shibao, and Zhao Ming sent the dead soldiers for help to Taizhou, which made the Ming army confirm the news that Zhao Ming was trapped in Shibao.Not to mention, the Zhejiang reinforcements bravely rushed forward, but it was said that in Shibao City, the patience of the nearly Wanming army had reached the limit.As soon as the Ming army repelled the attack of the Qing army, the soldiers lay on the fortress wall, and many of the wounded had starved to death because they could not get food.In recent days, Zhao Ming has found a way through the swamp, but the Qing army is heavily besieged and guards important passes, and Zhao Ming has organized several breakthroughs without success.This made the thousands of remaining soldiers and horses in the city, as well as Zhao Ming, feel a little desperate.In the dark night, the trapped Ming soldiers crowded the city, hunger made it difficult for them to sleep, Zhao Ming leaned against the fortress wall and beckoned several subordinates to discuss."
You can't go on like this, if you want to survive, you still have to rush out!"
Zhao Ming said in a deep voice.Li Benshen, Tang Tong and others were silent, and even Wang Deshun lost confidence, "Dashuai, I rushed no less than seven times, and each time I was blocked back by the Qing army, not only did I not rush out, but I also lost many brothers." ”Zhao Ming saw that everyone's eyes were full of despair, and said with some sadness and indignation: "If you rush one last time, you can't rush out, everyone will die here together!"
”As he was talking, a voice suddenly sounded at the head of the city, "Look, fire!
”Zhao Ming stood up when he heard this, and asked urgently, "What fire?"
”There was a commotion among the Ming soldiers on the fort wall, and someone replied again: "Dashuai, there is a fire in the south!"
”"South?"
Zhao Ming suddenly strode towards the fort wall, and when the generals of the Ming army saw this, they immediately got up and hurriedly chased after them.After a short time, Zhao Ming climbed the fortress wall, and when he stood at the head of the city, due to hunger, his eyes were almost black, and he fainted at the head of the city, but the belief of leading the brothers to fight out of the siege made Zhao Ming stabilize his body and walked to the fortress watchtower.This watchtower is used to observe the movement of the Qing army camp outside the fort, and there is already a person standing on it, but it is Gao Yuanzhao, who saw Zhao Ming and immediately shouted at him excitedly: "The fire is in the direction of Xinghua." ”Zhao Ming hurriedly climbed up the watchtower and looked south, and sure enough, he saw that in the far distance of the south, there was a flash of fire, and there was such a movement, obviously something big had happened."
It must be reinforcements!"
Tang Tong and the others could not hide their excitement on their faces, and their bodies trembled slightly with excitement.Wang Deshun's excited tone was out of shape, "Dashuai, this must be coming for us, it must be the reinforcements who rescued us." ”Many generals and soldiers were excited, shaking hands and hugging each other, wanting to vent the joy in their hearts.Zhao Ming's face also leaked joy, he didn't expect someone to come to save him, but he was relatively calm, he looked at the direction of the fire, his eyes narrowed, it was estimated that the fire was at least twenty or thirty miles away, and it was still far away from Shibao.There are more than 100,000 Qing troops around Shibao, and most of Zhao Ming's army has lost its combat strength and cannot receive reinforcements.()