It was already afternoon when he discovered the wolf smoke in Zhengjiawu Town. Before that, Chen Wen planned to end the battle on the northern line in one to two hours, return to Zhengjiawu Town to rest in the evening, and then return to Quzhou to fight the main force of the Qing army there. But unexpectedly, this series of changes completely disrupted his plan.

In fact, from the various strange stories revealed by the Qing army in Quzhou, Chen Wen and his staff members had already realized the possibility of Hong Chengchou's stalemate waiting to break the deadlock.

If the Ming army wants to break the deadlock, it must use the advantages of inside combat to defeat the Qing army on these multiple lines. In contrast, if the Qing army wants to liberate from the stalemate, it must try to break through at one point. The Qing army on the southern line in Quzhou direction can no longer advance due to the existence of Qujiang and Ming army water camps, and the presence of the eastern line is almost zero, so there is only the heavy army group on the northern line. Especially after receiving the information that the Qing army used the epidemic to attack the defenders, Chen Wen and her staff officer determined this possibility even more.

After all, the banner of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou was placed there, and the large-caliber red barbarian cannon used last time also appeared on the battlefield, causing Chen Guobao on the Northern Line to Chen Wen in Quzhou, Lou Jiye and others, from top to bottom, from near to far, no one in the Ming army had suspected that this would be adulterated.

To this end, Chen Wen chose to build a plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang to quickly turn to Anhua Town Lenbuo, striving to defeat the Qing army on the northern line in one fell swoop. After lifting the pressure on the northern line, he gathered all his forces to return to fight the main force of the Qing army on the Quzhou defense line. However, along the way, the final answer was that the Dinghai General's Ballot Battalion disguised as the Eight Banners of Hangzhou, and with the upgrade and stroking the ball, he left almost all the baggage and things that could not be taken away, including heavy artillery.

The Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou, both the Qing army and the Ming army, all agreed that their combat effectiveness was far superior to those Green Camp soldiers. Even the four towns of Jiangbei led by Tian Xiong and Zhang Jie from Huang Degong, Li Benshen and Hu Maozhen from Gao Jie may not be able to do anything. The Eight Banners of Han were basically not the Dongjiang Army, the Guanning Army and other Liaodong Han people who survived the suffering, the other soldiers from the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty and the elite troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty from the north. The combat effectiveness may not be comparable to those of the Sexy Tartars of the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

Youdao is good steel for use on the edge. Because of this, Hong Chengchou will definitely use this as the key to breaking the deadlock. But what Chen Wen did not expect was that Hong Chengchou did not place all his hopes on the bacterial war that he still did not know whether it was effective. Instead, he took a different approach and used the Eight Banners and their reinforcements in other directions. There is no doubt that this direction can only be Jinhuafu, because only there is enough strategic value!

"I marched back to Zhengjiawu Town and passed the order of my general to prepare water for Zhengjiawu Town. After entering the camp, I used supper, left all my supplies and returned to Jinhua City at full speed!"

The beacon was lit in the afternoon. If nothing unexpected happens, the Qing army would have threatened it to arrive there shortly. Zhengjiawu Town is 120 to thirty miles away from Jinhua Mansion. I hope it is still time...

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Lanxi County is located at the intersection of Lanjiang, Dongyang River and Qujiang River. Its city is located east of Lanjiang River, only more than thirty miles apart.

Under normal circumstances, it would take two days to walk, but at this moment the Qing army had already controlled the waterways in this area. Although it seemed that the Qiantang Navy was not very smooth, the troop transport ships transferred from there and the Taizhou Navy were still intact. The Qing army spent half a morning to reload the troops attacking Lanxi County, and slowly sailed towards Jinhua against the water flow of the Dongyang River. Only those cavalrymen continued to advance under the guidance of their guides because they were inconvenient to board the ship.

Like the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, the Han Eight Banners Army, as reinforcements, also drew several Niulu from each banner. Their respective Jiala Ezhen followed Shi Tingzhu and set off from Beijing. After entering Hangzhou, they were stationed in the city of Hangzhou. They were not allowed to step out of the city until everything was ready.

Wu Zhenchaoha, which means heavy troops. It was originally used as an artillery unit in the Qing army, and it was only the most supplement to the eight banners of the Manchus in terms of military services. The first Wu Zhenchao, the Zhangjing of Ha'ang, was called Tong Yangxing, an old traitor, and his deputy and his successor after his death were Shi Tingzhu, who came from the commander army this time.

Later, with the surge in the Han people in the Qing army, Wu Zhen Chaoha continued to expand. He first divided it into left and right wings, and then divided it into eight, with a Gushan Ezhen set up for each two banners, and finally became the current Han Eight Banner Army.

Compared with Shi Tingzhu, Liu Zhiyuan's qualifications are much less expensive. Wu Zhen Chaoha is divided into eight, Huang Huang, and Huang Yingqiu Gushan Ezhen Ma Guangyuan was later seized from his post and became Gushan Ezhen, which is far inferior to Shi Tingzhu's veteran figure.

Shi Tingzhu was the first to join the Manchu Qing Dynasty, one of the eight major families of the Han army flag. He had a great influence in the Han army flag and the Manchu Qing court. Although he only led reinforcements this time, Liu Zhiyuan, who was sealed by the Pingnan General, was far from fighting with him. He was headed by Shi Tingzhu along the way, but he only warned him about things that Shi Tingzhu was not clear about in Zhejiang geography.

After several hours of driving, the army arrived at the expected landing point in the afternoon, a small pier several miles away from Jinhua Fucheng, and then began to land. Until the afternoon, the elite troops with the eight thousand Han army and Eight Banners completed the landing, quickly advanced to Jinhua Fucheng, and soon approached the city.

Yin Yue, the general of Jinhua Town, was not ignorant of the arrival of the Qing army. It was just that it was difficult to figure out how much the Qing army had arrived just by relying on the beacon. Today, when the messenger sent by the Lanxi County defenders arrived here with rushing horses, he quickly notified Guo Zhigang, who was acting as the prefect of Jinhua, to organize civilians to come to the city to assist in defense, and also brought in the hundreds of new recruits who were still training in the new recruits in the east of the city.

Giving up outside the city is an inevitable choice, because there is only one Dongyang camp, more than 200 defenders and various yamen and warehouse guards. Even if these new recruits are brought in, they will not reach 3,000 combat soldiers. What they have to face is the banner of Hangzhou's eight banners, which is said to be no less than 6,000 troops.

At this moment, Yin Yue could only rely on these combat soldiers. As for the auxiliary soldiers and the civilians who were guarding, they could only throw rolling wooden stones at the top of the city to help the Ming army transport guards and wounded soldiers. Chen Wen's army, as the general of Jinhua Town, knew the general trends, but was not very clear about the specific progress.

The only thing he could do now was to stick to it and try to wait until Chen Wen returned to his army. But when he noticed the movements of the Qing army, he immediately fell into an ice cellar.

In the distance, the Qing army of the brigade began to appear within the range of vision. The cavalry of the brigade dispersed in sequence, tightly controlling any direction, but the total number of cavalry dispatched was much less than the green camp he had seen before. Immediately afterwards, the main force of the Qing army began to push the cannon carts slowly coming. In Yin Yue's glasses, a Green Camp officer seemed to be directed straight to Tongyuan Gate. After they set up their formation under the city, they pointed the muzzle at the side of Tongyuan Gate without exception.

Yin Yue knew very well that it was the gap where the Qing army entered the city during the Jinhua Massacre. Although it was repaired in a hurry, it was far less solid than other city walls. The Qing army obviously had learned about this in this move, but what he did not expect was that the Green Camp officer was from the tent of the Jiangxi Admiral Liu Guangbi, and Liu Guangbi was one of the accomplices of Boluo's slaughter of Jinhua with Ma Jinbao!

After the Qing army arrived, they did not even conduct the minimum persuasion to surrender and directly ordered the siege. Although there were no large-caliber red artillery, there were quite a lot of artillery in the Qing army.

With that order, the artillery that had just been loaded made a roar that shook the earth. In a blink of an eye, the Qing army's position was completely shrouded in smoke, while the Ming army guarding the city wall felt a storm.

A large number of shells hit the city walls, and they can use the angles of the convex corners to remove some force, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting the walls. The walls of Jinhua Fucheng are still the old-fashioned city walls. Facing the bombardment of artillery fire, I felt that the city walls under my feet began to shake under the series of impacts. When the first round of shells ended, except for most of the shells that did not reach the range, the rest left traces of large or small on the walls.

A moment later, the second round of shelling began. This time, the Qing army's gunners grasped the angle of the muzzle and the medication much better than before. They quickly hit most of the shells on the city wall and bombarded large patches of bricks, revealing the inner wall where tiny particles had begun to be shaken off.

After a while, the third round of artillery fire of the Qing army began. Since the wall bricks were no longer there, the tiny particles that were shook down this time were no longer. More large or small pieces of soil began to be hit by the bombardment of the gun again and again. Even the soldiers above felt that the shaking of their feet became larger and larger.

Knowing that the city wall would be difficult to bear, the Ming army officers began to call on the soldiers and civilians on the city wall to retreat, and even the civilians behind the city wall were quickly evacuated to the nearby area.

Next, with rounds of shelling, the city wall became more and more broken, and the vibration was getting bigger and bigger. Until a long time later, there was only a loud bang, and the city wall began to collapse in a shaking manner. The flying dust instantly submerged hundreds of meters around. After that, the Qing army was even more cheering. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!