Jiangning General Fucha Fuqing woke up from his sleep. It was not dawn. Fu Qing walked out of the tent and felt mosquitoes flying outside and rushing towards him.

I wanted to wake up, but Fu Qing had to go back to the tent first. Last night, no one was sent to attack him at night, so Fu Qing could also go to bed. Looking at the curtains of the tent, Fu Qing was thinking about what to do next.

In fact, what can be done is clear. Since the Qing army in Jiangning cannot break through the city defense, they can only leave.

Although Jiangning is an extremely important city, it is just a key border area for the Chinese army. You can understand without thinking that the Chinese army is gathering forces and preparing to fight the Qing army when the Qing army was exhausted.

At this time, if the Qing army still has combat effectiveness, they will not be able to leave even if they want to leave after the group of people who have accumulated energy.

However, it is not easy to leave. More than 100,000 elite Qing troops could not take the lead against the 30,000 Chinese troops. Once the Qing army withdrew, all the land east of Nanjing would belong to Huo Chong.

Any force only needs to occupy Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then steadily occupy Jiangning. Even if it was the Little Southern Dynasty, the Chinese army still owned Shandong, Henan, and Anhui at this time. This is not a simple Southern Dynasty, but an imperial court. Fu Qingzhen did not want to take such responsibility.

As he thought about it, he saw that there was some light outside the curtain. Fu Qing walked out of the tent again and saw that the sky was already bright. Looking at Chaoyang that was about to rise east, Fu Qing suddenly wanted to scold his useless subordinates. Firearms were not as good as thieves, and he could also say that Huo Chong was good at this. He was beaten by the Chinese army in hand-to-hand combat, and his subordinates said that he could cut three of them before the battle.

When the Qing army beat drums and raised the tent, Fu Qing asked directly: "Who is willing to attack the city today?"

As soon as these words were spoken, no one responded. Fu Qing turned black, "Since no one took the order, I will call the general. The battalion that had not participated in the war before will attack the city."

When the Chinese army saw the Qing army coming again, they quickly prepared to fight. The Qing army was still the same and lit the straw first. Unexpectedly, the wind direction was originally blowing towards Jiangning City, but it slowly changed. When the straw burned out a lot of smoke, the smoke blew towards the Qing army array.

If the Qing army had not moved, they would have been wrapped in smoke like a god. However, the Qing army was not a god after all, and they were choked by the smoke, covering their mouths and coughing everywhere. There were a hint of ridiculous situations on the battlefield.

Fu Qing originally wanted to supervise the formation strictly, but when he saw this scene, he was already considering retreating, and he felt even more uneasy. Two days ago, the Qing army took advantage of the smoke. Could it be that the will of heaven had been transferred to the bandits' army this time?

Because of this gust of wind, the Qing army's attack was greatly delayed. When the wind stopped, it was already past noon. The Qing army could only eat.

In the afternoon, the wind rose again, but it was still towards the Qing army. Seeing that the sight of the attack channel was excellent, Fu Qing did not dare to let the Qing army advance with the firepower of the Chinese army. Seeing that the sun was setting a lot west, he could only order to withdraw the troops.

Another day later, correspondents from Jiangning City came. Lei Hu and other command personnel were very happy when they heard that the troops of about 50,000 were arrived in Yangzhou. When they learned that Qian Qing was the one who led the army this time, Lei Hu was even more happy, and the other senior officers were mixed.

However, Qian Qing did not plan to advance immediately, but instead sent a division to reinforce. Lei Hu and others also knew the overall strategic arrangement, which was to use Jiangning City to attract the Qing army and wait for the opportunity to raid the Qing army.

Two days later, the reinforcements arrived in Jiangbei opposite Jiangning City. Fu Qing quickly got the news that when he learned that the troops were only more than 10,000, the Qing army immediately proposed a suggestion to touch the reinforcements.

Fu Qing made up his mind and decided to give it a try. Although it is said that the Chinese army is invincible in the field, Fu Qing has never experienced it. Maybe it was just that the Qing army that had fought against him before made a big mistake?

After making up his mind, Fu Qing asked how the Chinese army came from and where the ship was parked. The probe immediately reported that the Chinese army was heading against the current.

"Where are their ships parked, and how many ships are there?"

"Report to the general, the thief used a large ship to hold many small boats and climb upstream. There were not many ships."

"Why are there not many boats when you go upstream?" Fu Qing didn't understand very well.

The horse was not clear, so he could only tell Fu Qing what he saw. Huge wheels were installed on both sides of the paddle steamer of the Chinese army, and the wheels were driven up against the current. Many flat-panel boats were towed with cables behind this large ship, and the Chinese army was riding on it. Therefore, more than 10,000 people did not take many boats separately, but arrived opposite Jiangning in several rows.

After hearing this, Fu Qing still didn't understand it. The ship was equipped with wheels and paddling with wheels. Although it was not common, it was not unavailable. However, what the horse was talking about was unheard of. Since ancient times, boats against the current in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River have to be paddled. I have never heard of the ship's own power going up against the current. Not to mention that there are small boats behind the big ship.

Before Fu Qing finished cursing the group of stingers, another stinger rushed into the tent and shouted in panic: "General, the traitor has crossed the river!"

Fu Qing didn't know what to say for a moment. It was just a few hours. The thieves said they could cross the river. Could it be that all the thieves were the legendary white sticks in the waves in the Water Margin?

After calming down, Fu Qing asked how he crossed the river. He then told a strange story with a gaze.

The big boat dragged the small boat and sailed toward the upstream of the river. As the river water washed away, it slowly crossed the river and landed on the river center slope. The Chinese army had already prepared a passage in the river center slope and easily picked up the Chinese army and crossed the Yangtze River.

The shocked and confused were not only the Qing army commander Fu Qing, but also the brothers of the Cau Gang who worked for the Qing army, who also witnessed the way the Chinese army crossed the river with their own eyes.

The so-called expert is aware of the tricks, while the layman watches the excitement. Fu Qing, a white neck who doesn't understand anything, can still feel the vibration from the description. These people who eat water and eat are already scared and hurried to Jiangning City to "please see the master."

Although Lei Hu was welcoming the reinforcements, he still met the heroes of the Jiancao Gang. These people knelt down when they saw Lei Hu. Lei Hu was happy and hurriedly ordered people to help them up.

The Cau Gang already understood the power of the Chinese Army. The ship boss tentatively asked Lei Hu how to deal with Cau Gang in the future.

Lei Hu smiled and said, "Everyone is eating this road, so we can't let our family take it alone. If brothers think of coming to us to do things in the future, we will not be happy."

The boss of the ship felt helpless after hearing this. If the Cau Gang came to work in the fleet of the Chinese Army, wouldn’t it be eaten by the Cau Gang unilaterally? The so-called giving everyone food is to allow the brothers of the Cau Gang to obtain ships and operate independently. This is called giving everyone food.

However, the ship boss also knew that things had reached such a point, and unless the Cau Bang jumped out to fight against the Chinese army, he could still win. Otherwise, he could only be obedient for the time being.

So the boss of the ship didn't dare to argue with Lei Hu head-on, so he could only listen to Lei Hu talking nonsense here.

Lei Hu just felt that he should try his best to pull everyone down, and he did not really have an understanding of canal transportation. Although he had heard of the food and clothing of millions of canal workers and knew what it meant, he was not really at ease. The key to fighting the war is now.

The reinforcements were arranged to rest in the city first, and Lei Hu strengthened his defense, for fear that the Qing army would launch a fierce attack while the Chinese army was relaxed.

However, Lei Hu still underestimated Fu Qing. The Qing army did make the suggestion to launch an attack while the night was falling, but Fu Qing flatly refused. At this time, Fu Qing knew very well the fate of his former general Hangzhou and Jiangning. Originally, Fu Qing looked down on the two of them a little, thinking that they were too timid.

But at this moment, Fu Qing didn't feel any respect for the two of them. The strength of the Chinese army was beyond imagination.

Ten thousand people said they were transported to the ship, so 350,000 troops would not be more laborious. Before this battle, Fu Qing knew very well that soldiers were the most important, and that they were quick to seize Jiangning by their military strength. Then he set out from Jiangning to launch an attack on Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, and Suzhou and Hangzhou to regain Jiangnan.

However, not to mention conquering Jiangning, it is a matter of whether the Qing army can protect themselves under Jiangning city. If the Qing army cannot conquer Jiangning, the purpose of this war will have been defeated.

If you cannot win, you still stay in place. The strategy of military destruction is to destroy yourself. However, if you fail to succeed in the battle, you will be punished. The former general of Hangzhou and General Jiangning escaped with nearly 100,000 people, but they were dismissed from office and imprisoned. What will happen to Fu Qing this time?

Thinking that his reputation might be ruined like this, Fu Qing felt a sense of dismay in his heart and felt a little disappointed.

He also thought that the family would be shamed because of himself... Fu Qing suddenly had some courage. If his parents and brothers wanted to survive, they had to save the Qing Dynasty first. If he used his own voluntarily and lost more than 100,000 elite troops here, then he would be the real sinner who destroyed the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Fu Qing calmed down his mind. Until now, the Qing army in various directions had nearly 10,000 casualties. And the casualties were the most elite Qing army.

At this time, it was not that we did not have the strength to launch a fierce attack, but if there were more than 10,000 more troops in the city, the chances of winning were reduced, and the casualties of the fierce attack would only increase. At this time, we could no longer siege, but we should first find a key place to resist the counterattack of the Chinese army.

Fortunately, there are not many natural dangers on the Yangtze River, and Ma'anshan and Wuhu will retreat westward. If it doesn't work, there are Jiujiang and Anqing, which can effectively defend and block the key areas of the Yangtze River.

If the Chinese army underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, it would be possible to defeat the Chinese army in these places. Moreover, the Qing army occupied the upper reaches after all, and going downstream was always an advantage.

Thinking of this, Fucha Fu Qing made up his mind and said to his subordinates: "All the troops are preparing to evacuate Jiangning City and go to Wuhu to station in Yutianmen and other places to defend."

All the generals were stunned when they heard this order. Fu Qing was ready to be opposed by his generals, but he saw that everyone was just surprised but did not. This surprised Fu Qing a little.

After a while of silence, someone from the general here asked, "Can the Heavenly Gate be kept?"

Li Bai has a poem called "Wangtianmen Mountain", which describes Tianmen Mountain in Wuhu.

Tianmen Mountain is located on the bank of the Yangtze River in the northern suburbs of Wuhu City. It is famous all over the world because of Li Bai's poem "Wang Tianmen Mountain". Tianmen Mountain is the East Liangshan, which is "confronting the river" and is known as the West Liangshan Mountain. Among the two mountains of Tianmen, the East Liangshan Mountain is the steepest, and is suddenly cut in the river, like a knife and axe, flowing in the middle of the pillar, causing the Yangtze River that has been pouring thousands of miles to turn north, forming a unique scene of "blue water flowing eastward to return here". For thousands of years, it has attracted celebrities from all ages with its unique mountain shape and rich historical and cultural heritage. The poets come to travel and write, but the most impressive one is still Li Bai's poem "Wang Tianmen Mountain": The Chu River breaks and the Chu River opens, and the clear water flows eastward to return here. The green mountains on both sides of the river are opposite, and the lonely sail comes to the sun. The artistic conception of "Smoke Waves of Tianmen" is here.

What Fu Qing wanted to retreat was to use Tianmen Mountain as the main defense location, but did not completely retreat here. Instead, he defended the front line in Ma'anshan between Wuhu and Jiangning.

When passing Tianmen Mountain along the way, both Fu Qing and Qing generals were impressed by this place.

The mountain of Tianmen Mountain is steep, like a knife cutting an axe, suddenly standing in the river, confronting across the river, which is truly "the sky gate interrupts the Chu River opens". Among the two mountains, the east Liangshan is the steepest, and the towering pillar flows in the middle, causing the Yangtze River, which has been pouring thousands of miles away, turning north, forming a strange scene of "clear water flows eastward to return here". At the distance between the water and the sky, various ships shuttle from the "Tianmen", allowing tourists to enjoy the magical scenery of nature; the boat passes through the "Tianmen" and goes down the river.

You can visit the poet Li Taibai River, Caishiji, where he rode a whale to the sky, and the tomb of Taibai in Qingshan. Not far down is Wujiang Town, Hexian County, and you can visit the Xiang Yu Temple, who was a hero who died and a ghost hero, and was defeated at Gaixia. There are many poems and songs about Tianmen Mountain, but the most powerful one is Li Bai's poem "Looking at Tianmen Mountain": The Chu River breaks and the Chu River opens, and the clear water flows eastward to return here. The green mountains on both sides of the shore are opposite, and the lonely sail comes from the sun. The artistic conception of "Smoke Waves of Tianmen" is here.

The Qing army generals all felt that defense here was based on an important juncture of the Yangtze River and Mountains. Controlling Tianmen Mountain could also effectively block the Yangtze River.

Fu Qing had already put his personal honor and disgrace aside at this time and immediately made it clear that he had to do so. Since he could no longer take over Jiangning, if the Chinese army gathered heavily, the Qing army would only suffer greater losses.

Even if the Qing generals may not be able to defeat the Chinese army, they are not incompetent. Everyone has their own judgment on the situation, and their judgment is exactly the same as that of Fu Qing. Now there is no need to expect to be able to capture Jiangning City in one fell swoop. The Chinese army will continue to send reinforcements to Jiangning. Since this is the case, there is nothing wrong with retreating directly.

Since we want to retreat, we must consider the Qing army that has arrived in Jurong. This Qing army was also fighting fiercely in the siege. If the entire army left them behind when retreating, the troops sandwiched between Jiangning and Zhenjiang would definitely not be able to escape.

Fu Qing also had his own ideas. When he heard his subordinates raise such serious questions, he said: "We don't need to retreat now, but instead want to attack Jiangning City. While Jiangning City is not aware of the arrangement of the official army, he mobilizes the troops in Jurong to bypass them."

Fu Qing decided on the battle in the future, and Qian Qing was also making his own preparations in Zhenjiang.

It was not only Fu Qing's men who attacked Jiangning. The Qing army in Guangdong and Guangxi did not move, but the Qing army in Fujian took action.

There is also a city in Fuzhou, with three or four thousand Qing troops in the city. I don’t know how many people there are in the Green Camp. Qian Qing sent people to Xianxia Ridge, striving to completely defeat the Qing army blocked here in one fell swoop.

Xianxia Ancient Road was originally a military passage, not wide, only 2 meters to 5 meters wide, and the road crosses mountains and ridges, which is relatively dangerous, but it is still the shortest, most convenient and safest "golden road" connecting the Qiantang River water system and the Minjiang River water system. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, countless Zhejiang merchants transported tea, silk and other goods to Fuzhou and Quanzhou seaports through the Qiantang River water system, Xianxia Ancient Road, and Minjiang River water system, and sold them overseas.

The Xianxia Ancient Road was born because of war and of course it has important military value. The Xianxia Ancient Road is located in the key transportation area of ​​Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi, and belongs to the "throat place" and has been a battle for military strategists since ancient times. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the Xianxia Ancient Road was "very bustling" and war will ignite every time.

Although the war is about to ignite this time, there is nothing strange about it.

At this time, Qian Qing still met female civil servants from all over the south of the Yangtze River. He heard that he was Huo Chong's eldest disciple and was also legendary Qian Qing, the spokesperson of Huo Chong, and the second-in-commander of the entire Chinese court. The female civil servants were very excited.

This meeting was not a good friend meeting, so there were more men than women. Saltman Chen Mingtai and his daughter Chen Tuiyi met the second-in-commander of the Chinese court together.

When Chen Mingtai saw Qian Qing, he had to look up. Chen Mingtai was not low in Jiangnan, but he had to be 165. However, Qian Qing was 170 and wearing military boots and a military cap, he looked even taller.

What surprised Chen Mingtai was that Qian Qing was not the fierce and fierce person he thought, but he was not a gentle and indifferent scholarly family. Although Gao Pang said that Qian Qing had a good knowledge, when he saw it with his own eyes, he was different from what Chen Mingtai imagined.

Qian Qing made Chen Mingtai feel familiar with what he had to say. Although this girl in her twenties was about to be married, she still felt like an unmarried woman. She was sharp and bold but calm. In her every move, many places were actually somewhat similar to Huo Chong.

If the two hadn't looked completely different, Chen Mingtai would even think that Qian Qing was Huo Chong's biological daughter.

Other locals in Jiangnan served Qian Qing carefully, but Chen Mingtai said nothing. Gao Pang once said that once Huo Chong announced his reign, he would be the king. Because Huo Chong only had one son now, although it was said that he was still considering more births, he did not see Huo Chong really working very hard in this regard.

Therefore, the first prince under Huo Chong was destined to be a king of a different surname. And he would be a female prince of the opposite sex who had never seen before.

Chen Mingtai felt that it would be better for him to say nothing at this time because nothing would be right.
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