On August 27, the fifth year of Yongli, as Jinhua Town divided the counties and the Qing army from each flood gathered in Dongyang County, and the county towns and villages near the county town also became uneasy.

The Biaoying in Jinhua Town had a total of more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry. When the horses were in Bao, they took half of them away when they went to Taizhou. They also recruited some soldiers from Yanzhou, Quzhou and Chuzhou. In addition, the water camps in Taizhou and Wenzhou formed the Qing army on the southern front to attack Zhoushan.

A few days ago, the advance troops of Nantangying disguised as bandits defeated hundreds of Qing troops stationed in Dongyang County in the north of Hengdian Town. Even the guerrilla was caught up and killed by Chen Guobao, who had been raising horsepower for a long time, and thus could not return to Dongyang County to provide the military information he observed upward.

In addition, when Nantangying was pursuing the next day, he tried his best to choose Qing army soldiers to chase them, so that almost all the auxiliary soldiers and civilians could escape back to the city. This also led to the Qing army in Jinhua Prefecture still not getting any useful information for this advance unit of Nantangying. It was only from the civilians who were lucky enough to escape back that the bandits' weapons were very messy and did not look like the regular troops they had seen.

It is impossible to imagine that the Qing army, which had previously set out as a lion fighting against a rabbit, was completely defeated by such an opponent. The magistrate of Dongyang County immediately sent a messenger to the Fucheng because the bandits had followed and camped several miles east of the city.

The news reached the city. In the eyes of Ma Sansheng, who was in charge of the guerrillas in the Central Camp of Jinhua Town, the magistrate of Jinhua Prefecture and the Supreme Commander of the Qing army, the troops of the Zhongnantang Camp Advance Team at the letter of help were changed with a huge change after being turned into three or four thousand people by the magistrate of Dongyang County, who was eager to ask for help.

Although this group of bandits who have never given their banner call themselves heroes on Weihu Mountain, the remaining troops of Yin Canyi's army, who had previously traversed several palaces, are still in Luochengyan, Dongyang County. If there is any connection between these two groups, or if the two choose to merge, in order to achieve the current Jinhua Mansion that has been overly bullied by Ma Jinbao, the consequences will be unimaginable.

If you think about it further, according to Ma Jinbao's plan to inform Ma Sansheng of the Qing army to attack Zhoushan before leaving, the Qing army's southern line formed by the main forces of the green camps of Jin, Qu, Yan, and the Qing army should still be participating in the Battle of Zhoushan. If these two groups of bandits merge, or if this group of bandits captures the county town, relying solely on the support of the people, it will turn into a chaos that swept the four governments.

Once such a situation really occurs, with the rules of the Qing Dynasty, if they die in the chaos, it will be the best result, at least not too much to implicate their families.

In the concept of preventing problems before they happen, Masansheng, who was ordered to command the Qing army in Jinhua Prefecture, immediately issued an order to assemble to Dongyang County to the garrisons of each county. While reporting, the prefect of Jinhua immediately began to summon the group to train troops to assist in the war, and to collect civilians and escort food and supplies, and personally led the team to Dongyang County to supervise the war.

The threat was imminent. The military and political parties of Jinhua Prefecture completed the mobilization at an unprecedented speed with the whipping of military orders. In just a few days, they arrived at Dongyang County with the advantage of water transportation in Dongyang River. Only the Qing army in the three counties, Tangxi, Pujiang and Yongkang, was still on the road.

Ma Jinbao is not here, and Ma Sansheng, who has been under his command for a long time, dare not play too much. Now there are thousands of soldiers and 700 or 800 regiments to train. There is no need to wait any longer. To kill pigs and sheep tonight to boost morale and send troops to attack this group of bold bandits tomorrow morning!

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Since the Yiwu Qing army, the closest to Dongyang County, arrived in Dongyang County, the Nantangying Advance Force, which still disguised as a bandit, retreated eastward for several miles and set up camp outside Lizhai Town.

The arrival of the advance troops in Nantangying really scared the residents of Lizhai Town. Even though they found that the bandits dressed by ordinary people did not disturb the people and did not intend to attack the town, the villagers still surrounded the town under the organization of the respected fellow villagers in the town to prevent the bandits from attacking suddenly.

After nightfall, Lizhai Town lit a bonfire and torches to illuminate the people guarding the town. The camp one or two miles away in the town was also brightly lit, but there was no noise and chaos in the bandits or the rebel camps they had ever seen. Instead, it felt a serious and quiet feeling in the army.

News came from the horse exploration that the Qing army had gathered a lot of people. After the military camps in the city were crowded, they simply set up another military camp outside the city, where pigs and sheep were slaughtering to reward the entire army. It is estimated that the attack will be launched tomorrow.

This information was not easy to come by. Ma Jinbao participated in the besiege of Zhoushan this time, so he did not take away many cavalry. Although Chen Wen brought most of the cavalry team of the entire Nantangying Central Army this time, the cavalry with less than 100 people was really unable to compare with the more than 300 cavalry of the Qing army in Jinhua Town. If the Qing army in Jinhua Town were not used to being arrogant here, they would have been a little embarrassed about the fact that the cavalry should always keep the intelligence blocking, which allowed the explorers to find out some military information.

He was unable to complain about the abstraction of the map. Chen Wen, who was still in the literacy stage of the officers under his command, could not make any contour maps, and could only draw a specious map according to his feelings for combat. Fortunately, from here to Dongyang County, it was almost flat, with only one Dongyang River extending eastward from the north, plus several interlaced streams and larger ponds, so there was no special terrain.

Looking at this information, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh. Since his first battle, it seemed that his cavalry would be at a serious disadvantage every time he encountered the main force of the local Qing army. This time he was even more speechless. Not only the cavalry, but the Qing army actually had a water camp. Although it was only used to transport supplies, food and soldiers, this army that was still in a blank state under his command still gained some advantages in mobility for the Qing army, such as the previous assembly.

However, from the beginning of training, Chen Wen decided to use infantry as the main force, which was decisively related to Zhejiang's terrain. Qi Jiguang did indeed rely on infantry training the Yuanyang formation to crush the Japanese pirates in the south. Before he found a better and suitable method, borrowing the successful cases of his predecessors was a common trick of modern people.

Fortunately, Qi Jiguang's military book battle formation brought great advantages to Chen Wen. The Yuanyang Formation showed strong suppression ability when facing even the infantry of the High-Ball Battalion, which has a great relationship with Chen Wen's feudalization of the army that has always suppressed. However, if more resources cannot be obtained to speed up the modernization process, the army will sooner or later be separated from control by brainwashing alone.

Judging from the battle in Hengdian Town North, the Qing army in Jinhua Prefecture was still far inferior to the Tibiao Battalion. Although he learned from the prisoners how much the Qing army underestimated the enemy, Chen Wen believed that based on the infantry battalion he was organized when Qi Jiguang defended the border in the north, the newly formed troops would never disappoint him.

From attacking Tiantai County with great fanfare but only besieging a city wall, to Taizhou, which quietly disappeared into chaos, to quit the flag and disguised as bandits to lead the Qing army to defeat him but seized the speed of the journey and did not seize the city, Chen Wen prepared for this battle for a long time, because he knew that if he could not win the entire battle, his plan to enter Jinhua would be completely ruined.

After reconfirming the combat plan with several officers, Chen Wen took a break to welcome tomorrow's crucial battle.

The next morning, after dinner, the Qing army came out of the county town and the barracks outside the city and headed straight for Chen Wen's camp. The cavalry commanded by Chen Guobao kept a distance from the Qing army, completely surveillance. The Qing army did not care, because the distance between the two places was not far, and it would take long to reach the camp outside Lizhai Town.

Halfway through the march, the Qing army stopped to make rice. Ma Sansheng had interrogated the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who had fled back, and learned that the guerrillas were eager to attack because of underestimating the enemy, so that the soldiers could attack hungry before they could fail. While doubting whether there was any big deal here, he also decided to learn from the lessons and let the soldiers eat in advance, so that they could have plenty of energy during the battle.

After dinner, the Qing army continued to set off and arrived a mile away from Chen Wen's camp in the afternoon. Seeing that Chen Wen's subordinates had already left the camp to prepare for field battle, the Qing army also used artillery, bows and arrows to suppress the formation corners in order to fight in a formation.

After setting up the battle formation, the Qing army did not wait. Even after he was spared from shouting, he began to steadily advance towards the group of "bandits" who were at a disadvantage in their military strength a mile away. But at this moment, the bandits in front of him suddenly appeared.

Just as the Qing army completed the array and began to advance, the bandits on the opposite side pulled off the cloth from Baotou at the command of the thief, revealing the top of their hair. Then they actually took off the messy coats that were covering the outside in front of the formation, and then put on a hat and helmet, thus showing their original appearance.

"Ming Army!"

The Qing army, which was advancing, stagnating, staring at the series of changes, all of which were filled with shock and confusion. Didn’t this mean to encircle and suppress a group of bandits? How did this become the Ming army? And it seems that it is not as simple as the rebel army, but a real official army.

At this moment, not only were they, but even Ma Sansheng, who was under the general flag, was quite shocked, especially after seeing the three large flags raised behind the Ming army formation, he could no longer suppress the shock in his heart.
Chapter completed!