August 28, the fifth year of Yongli, in the evening.

Just as Chen Wen used Qi Jiguang's glorious deeds to train the recruited civilians and captured regiments for advertising and marketing, in Dongyang County, the commander of the Qing army, Ma Sansheng, had just left the county government on the grounds of the deployment of defense.

Ma Sansheng clearly saw the battle in the afternoon. From the beginning to the end, the Ming army changed its formation many times, and the formation was so fast that it changed. The shooting speed of the firearm only seemed to be faster than that of other Qing troops using bird guns, but it did not attract his attention too much. However, the killer team of the Yuanyang Formation that appeared afterwards was too fierce. Not only did they easily suppress the Qing army several times its own since the battle, but also transformed the formation in advance into a more suitable formation for offense through the transformation of the formation during the advance, thus tearing the Qing army away effortlessly and winning the battle.

This Ming army is not comparable to the Zhenbiao camp under his command, and even the elites of Zhejiang Green Camp he had seen may not have the power to fight. Perhaps only elites of Qing army like the Eight Banners Army can win.

Thinking of this, Ma Sansheng couldn't help but curse in his heart. If it weren't for the dog Tian Xiong's concealing the truth, how could he be in such a situation? As for Ma Jinbao's report, it would be impossible to say that he did not resent from the bottom of his heart, but Ma Jinbao has always treated him very well, which also made Tian Xiong the best candidate for his heart to take the blame.

However, if you want Tian Xiong to take the blame, you must have a life to survive. Just now, the prefect of Jinhua has expressed his attitude. At present, there is a lack of Tongzhi and Tongzong in the city, and only one of the prosecutors is maintaining the situation, so he is preparing to return to Jinhua City to prepare for the war.

In this way, if Dongyang County can survive, then the prefect will allocate some soldiers, food, grass, civilians, etc. to support it. If it is not spared, it will be better to lose a county town than to lose a mansion.

This statement coincides with what Ma Sansheng thought, but he was different from the prefect who did not understand military affairs. If Chen Wen easily captured the county town, then the situation would be difficult to cure. In order to buy time for Ma Jinbao to return to defense, he still planned to use the manpower and material resources of Dongyang County to resist stubbornly, and this was combined with the magistrate of Dongyang County who would die if he lost the city.

After escaping from the bleakness in the county government, Ma Sansheng was not completely discouraged while shocked by the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Although the Ming army won, the problem of its weak force was undoubtedly revealed. At least the Ming army did not dare to divide its troops to siege the city at the moment. The key to this is that he actually had less than 200 infantry and a cavalry that had not suffered much loss.

He turned on his horse and dismounted his horse under the personal guards of his personal soldiers and rode his horse towards the east gate. It was the location where the main force of the Ming army gathered and the key to defending the city. Although it was said that the army did not attack the city at night, it would always be good to inspire morale. If he was not strong enough, he still had hundreds of cavalry in his hands. He left the infantry and left the city gate and asked the city not to go away, the Ming army would not stop him.

The Dongyang County town has been martial law here. There are no idle people on the roads in the city except for the soldiers of the Qing army and the civilians led by small officials and figures such as Li Zheng. But just as Ma Sansheng was riding his horse towards the east gate, more than twenty pairs of eyes were staring at the direction of his departure in a small alley, which was quite unwilling.

"This bastard Ma Sansheng actually brought so many cavalry out. He was afraid that he would be embarrassed to lead his troops to fight when he was afraid of death?"

Zhang Jun complained all the time, and most of the dozen people hiding in the alley showed a bitter smile as they watched the credit disappear.

Since Zhang Jun, Yu Li, Yang Kai and the special operations team members entered the city in batches, the defenders of Dongyang County were defeated in Hengdian Town first. They had the opportunity to seize the city, but according to the previous plan, they had to wait for the arrival of the Qing army's encirclement and suppression troops and then go on a dispatch. However, when the Qing army's encirclement and suppression troops arrived, the Qing army's troops were unexpectedly strong, which led to them having to temporarily give up the plan and continue to lurk in various parts of the city.

Waiting for today, the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army was defeated by the Ming army again. When the group of lurking people were about to go out to seize the city, they found that the Qing army's cavalry had suffered little loss, so they naturally did not dare to be entrusted. They had to gather at the home of an operation team member in Dongyang County and continue to stand by until this moment.

"Captain Zhang, then should we rush in and slaughter those two dog officials?"

The speaker was the captain of the special operation team that entered the city this time. Chen Wen trained a total of two special operation teams in the old camp of Tiantai Mountain. One was a team led by Lin Zhongxiao, composed of Taizhou people. Their mission was to cooperate in seizing Tiantai County; and this team was all composed of Jinhua people, and its goal was to be this Dongyang County.

The reason for this is mainly because of the accent and understanding of the terrain. After all, local people in the hometown are not easily suspected by the Qing army.

Although there were some minor accidents in the previous mission, the completion was pretty good. However, this team was the first time they were in action, so they naturally had to ask for the opinions of Zhang Jun and others. After all, they had done such a vote before, and their experience was richer than that of the personnel of this team.

"No, this mission is to seize the city. Those two dog officials are only attached and cannot touch them yet."

Everyone knew that what Zhang Jun said was just the truth, but the Qing army in the city was still not weak, and only this county government had few troops, so there were still some opportunities for them. However, in ancient times, the county government could be used as a fortress to resist after the city was broken, and the defense effect of the high wall was not comparable to the earth wall in this alley. If we could not win quickly, it would not only scare the two dog officials away, but also take their lives if we might be fine.

In the dilemma, everyone was unwilling to accept it. In fact, killing Ma Sansheng was the best way to seize the city. As long as Ma Sansheng died, the Qing army, who had been defeated by the Ming army before, was naturally unable to resist when they saw the Ming army entering the city.

However, Ma Sansheng is now protected by so many cavalrymen, and the number of Qing troops at the East Gate is not something they can deal with. Do they have to wait until tomorrow to attack the city? Then will this night be wasted?

Seeing that Ma Sansheng had already walked away, everyone had to go back temporarily to make plans, but at this moment, Yang Kai suddenly stopped and stood there thinking.

"I have a way."

Although this statement was light, it exploded in everyone's mind like thunder. Zhang Jun and Yu Li looked at each other and couldn't help but feel a little strange. Although Yang Kai was not stupid, he was not a person who liked to use his brain. He asked more questions, did more, and thought less. What's wrong today?

No matter what, it is naturally the best to think of a solution. "Brother Yang, do you have a way to break the city?"

"No."

Seeing Yang Kai shook his head, everyone showed disappointment. But at this moment, in the night, Yang Kai's eyes seemed to be moving forward along the way of thinking and becoming brighter.

"I think I have a way to prevent the main force of the Tartars from escaping this Dongyang County!"

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Less than two hours later, outside the military camp in the east of the city, a small official from Dongyang County led three monks and three masters with horseshoes and seven people to enter the military camp.

The Qing army, who was guarding the gate, knew that he had come to escort food several times before. After asking the officers, the Qing army, who was guarding the gate, divided up one person to walk to the stable with the minor officers and the several horseshoe-headed masters. The three monks who heard that the Qing army was defeated and called to perform rituals by the county government were bombarded out.

After the master of horseshoe nailing arrived at the stables with the Qing army, the owners of the war horses who needed to nail the horseshoe also stood by and watched. The so-called horseshoe nailing is nothing more than nailing a piece of horseshoe to the horseshoe, so that the horseshoe are more wear-resistant and less likely to be injured.

In fact, these green camp cavalry in Jinhua Prefecture are not without blacksmiths and horseshoe-nailed masters. This is the battle in our mansion. These supporting personnel are all staying in the mansion. There are not many cavalrymen in the county, and they have always been looking for masters who are working in such business in the city.

This time, the Qing army was defeated by the Ming army. Although Ma Sansheng always comforted him, it means that the army was insufficient and could not siege the city, if the Ming army was killed into the city, these Qing army cavalry did not intend to attack the forest composed of long spears and wolves. Fortunately, the magistrate was thoughtful and sent a horseshoe-headed master to come over. Although it was already night now, it would be better to do what needed to be done well. Even if the city was not leaving, it would not be possible to lose its way.

Everything was ready, and the three masters who were nailing horseshoe began to be busy. If these three people were divided, they should be one master and two apprentices.

The master led the war horse under a door-shaped rack and began to teach the two apprentices how to fix the war horse with a belt. When the war horse was fixed, the master began to take the apprentices to fix the horse's hoof that needed to be nailed to prevent being injured by the horse's hoof when nailing it.

After the horse was fixed, the master polished the shovel blade and then began to repair the horse's hooves after the two apprentices took down the old horse's hooves. The two apprentices went to tinker with the small stove and placed the new horse's hooves on it to heat it. After the horse's hooves were repaired with the shovel blade, the master pressed the new horse's hooves on the horse's hooves and fixed them with nails.

After nailing one hoof, the master began to take his apprentice to tinker with his second hoof. After nailing the first war horse's hoof, the Qing army's cavalry also felt relieved. Although the two apprentices looked clumsy, the master's skills were still very good. After feeding the night grass to the war horses, they went back to sleep one after another, leaving only one Qing army to continue staring at these people to work.

After the group of Qing soldiers left, the minor official who had been standing by the side also started to talk more and began to talk to the Qing army who stayed. The Qing army seemed to be tired of the repetitive work of the masters who practiced horseshoes, so they naturally talked with the minor official, and they regarded it as a relief to relieve the boredom in front of them.

The work of repairing horseshoes lasted all night before it ended. He left the Qing army's barracks in the morning light. After the Qing army, who was in charge of guarding, had to do it with his eyelids and grass to calculate the repaired horseshoes, he rushed back to the camp to sleep.

After leaving the military camp, the four of them walked through the streets and alleys, and finally arrived at the home of the little official. After entering the gate of the courtyard, the little official and the master who repaired the horseshoe rushed in quickly. After seeing that the family was safe, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I will report to the general the credit for you two, and after the army breaks through the city in the past two days, I will arrange rewards."

"The villain thanked the general for his great kindness."
Chapter completed!