When he discovered that the Ming soldiers in Dalan Mountain were empty, Li Rong firmly believed that the remnants of the Ming army must have taken the local people to Tiantai Mountain to join Yu Guowang, just like Wang Yi two years ago. Later, after exploring the horses to the south, he even firmly determined his idea.

Although this cunning Ming army did not choose the nearest road to move south, so he took many detours, so many personnel were transferred, it was impossible for them to leave no clues without deliberately creating props and traces to mislead the pursuers.

Soon, the horse probing from the Zuoying camp eliminated the misleading under the Ming army based on the traces of the ruts, and successfully embarked on the road to go south to pursue the people of Dalanshan.

It was at that time that Li Rong found a reason to assign Wang Sheng, who was sent by Tian Xiong to lead the way, to another place, and he had no intention of letting him divide the credit again.

After several days of chasing, the explorers who followed the army finally found the whistle cavalry behind the Ming army that was responsible for covering the Xingzang. However, if it weren't for the messy roads that were dug up, although he might have confirmed the route of the Ming army one or two days in the evening, it was precisely because of these roads that completely slowed down the pace of the Qing army.

In this era, there was no hard road paved with concrete and other objects like later generations. Although the escape route chosen by the Ming army was mostly not wide, the roads for rammed earth were still flat. However, since the Qing army went south, the Jiangnan region was in chaos, and these roads had not been repaired. In addition, there were many people and livestock, cars and horses that went south this time, and the roads were already overwhelmed. In addition, Chen Wen instructed the army engineers and civilians in the Nantangying camp to carry out a new round of destruction work, making the roads even more difficult to move forward.

Such bumpy roads are nothing to the Qing army's infantry, and cavalry are just not easy to let their horses go wild. It would be just an army, if it were that simple. It would be extremely difficult to move on such a road.

After more than ten days, Li Rong's Zuoying only traveled more than ten miles a day, which was achieved only by relying on the continuous advancement of auxiliary soldiers to repair the road. However, even so, the two large chariots each carrying a large 300-pound Bolang machine cannon could not keep up with the marching speed and had to move slowly.

However, for Li Rong, it doesn't matter whether these two cannons can keep up. The generals led by the Ming army could come up with such a devastating trick, and even if they exposed their paths, they would slow down the Qing army's marching speed. Obviously, they were full of fear of the Qing army. After catching up, although they would not surrender immediately, an opponent who had broken his courage would definitely not be able to stop the thunder attack of the left camp of the raising mark. After all this, he could bring the Ming army and the heads, wealth, as well as the officials of the Dalanshan Mountains and the captured women back to enjoy themselves.

So, the key now is to catch up with the Ming army, it’s that simple!

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On the sixth day of November, two days have passed since being put on by the Qing army's horse exploration. After Chen Wen conveyed the news that the Qing army was catching up, although it also prompted the people who evacuated Siming Mountain to speed up the speed, the Qing army was not slow, and the distance between the two sides was constantly shortened. Especially after the Qing army's horse exploration appeared, the destruction of the engineers and civilians became difficult to carry out, making the Qing army's movement faster.

In the past two days, although the central cavalry of the defender and the Qing army's horse exploration did not engage in too many confrontations due to road problems, they also used bows and arrows and muskets to share some respect. The respect from the warriors also made the smell of gunpowder between the Qing army's Zuoying and the Ming army's Nantang camp become more and more intense.

Just as it was approaching noon, Chen Wen, who was behind the team, was eating dry food, and also ushered in a new round of information.

"Report to the general that starting this morning, the Tartars' march speed suddenly accelerated. If we were not expected, at the speed of our troops, we would be caught up by the Tartars this evening."

evening?

If you are caught up in the evening, it may very likely mean an upcoming night battle, and night battle is definitely the worst choice for the Ming army.

The army of this era fought in the dark night when he was unable to see his fingers, and did not dare to fight with fire, because it would easily become a target for opponents, and a few soldiers had to endure the trouble of night blindness. Therefore, under normal circumstances, both sides of the war would try to avoid late-night battles.

However, compared with the Qing army, the Ming army is in a more dangerous situation. If they are caught up by the Qing army during the day and then fight, once the Qing army's cavalry bypasses the defense line, Chen Wen's Nantang camp, which has only less than 600 people but has to protect nearly 8,000 people, will definitely lose sight of one thing, and then the chaos of the people will inevitably lead to the collapse of the army.

But if there was a war at night, although the Qing army did not dare to let go, relying solely on the fear caused by the darkness and the sound of fighting during the war, the people would probably escape from the control of the officials of Dalanshan Mountain and flee in all directions. Even if the Qing army was defeated, the people would suffer less losses.

It seems that there is really only one choice.

"I passed the order of the general, and asked Chu Jiuru, the head of the old camp in Dalanshan, Sun Yu, the head of the Treasury Department, Wu Dengke, the thousand general of Nantang camp, Yin Yue, Li Ruixin, the captain of the Central Cavalry Team, the firearms team, the engineer team, and the chief of the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team to immediately go to the end of the team for a meeting, and no mistakes shall be made."

As the messenger ran away, Chen Wen continued to inquire about the situation with the whistle cavalry who came back to report the situation. After a while, the civil and military officials summoned by Chen Wen arrived one after another, and even Wang Jiang, who had just recovered his energy, rushed over.

"I will meet the deputy hero in the end."

Wang Jiang did not accept Chen Wen's courtesy calmly, but instead bowed to Chen Wen to the end in front of everyone. Seeing this, Chen Wen had to give in.

"Pseudonym, what are you doing?"

Chen Wen's surprise blurt out also reflected the questions of everyone present, but Wang Jiang's words later successfully resolved the questions of these people.

"This ceremony is not only for the people who cannot be in charge of the officials these days, but only for the people who have been able to escape the disaster by relying on Fu Ren's leadership. It is more for the time when the generals of Siming Mountain were excluded from you before, and I also agreed to Fu Ren and apologized to Fu Ren."

Apologize!

A civil servant apologizes to a military general?

A superior in a feudal society apologized to his subordinates?

A Confucian scholar with fame apologized to ordinary people who came here in white?

Although the sentence "echoed" still touched Chen Wen's heartstrings, it was no longer important. The past has passed. He was once wronged, angry, and regretful, but these have happened. The generals of Simingshan died rather than died in the internal struggle of the Ming army camp, just like other Ming troops in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

On the night when he was excluded before the war, Chen Wen suddenly remembered what his grandfather said to him before his death: The trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; the piles are piled on the shore, the flow will rush them; the movements are higher than people, and the people will criticize them. Unfortunately, this sentence rich in life philosophy was forgotten in his mind for a long time. It was like this when he was in school, when he was in the workplace, and when he came to this era.

Especially after coming to this era, Chen Wen always remembered the failure of the anti-Qing movement in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and how the Chinese were in dire straits and how they relied on the world's nations with their hard work, talent, and even bloodshed and sacrifice.

Whenever Chen Wen thought of this, he seemed to be transformed into a mechanical toy with a clockwork, and he was tirelessly thinking about how to rewrite this history. He worked tirelessly to complete the plan, and even tried his best to do so, or offended others.

But even so, he still failed to successfully rewrite the fate of the main force of the Ming army in Simingshan, and simply turned the defeat of each of them into annihilation of the traitors in a war. Perhaps the Qing army suffered greater losses than in history, but the Ming army had no way to get rid of the fate of failure, and this completely shattered the plan of "Zhejiang Anti-Qing Base Area Chain" he had formulated earlier.

However, this experience of being excluded by other forces in the same camp makes Chen Wen choose to be lost in everyone and wait for the arrival of the savior?

Absolutely impossible!

When a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it?

Then grow into a towering tree that can truly hold the sky with one hand. How can the strong wind destroy it?

If the pile comes out of the shore, the current will rush?

Then continue to pile up to the opposite bank of the river until the unstoppable river is completely blocked. Then, how can the water flow turbulently?

If one is superior to others, will it be wrong for the public?

Then let them criticize them. People in the world are so jealous of talented people. Is it impossible to stop working hard for their dreams because of their jealousy?

Looking at the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, a vigorous national anti-Qing movement against national oppression was caused by those pig-like teammates, and those heroes who were determined to turn the tide were also overwhelmed by these people who could only "not be wrong" and failed to complete the mission of saving the nation.

Since everyone will definitely misunderstand it, then develop alone until it becomes a towering tree that can shelter from wind and rain, until it becomes a majestic embankment that can cut off rivers, and until it becomes the writer who rewrites history.

It's that simple!

"Person Xian, you don't have to do this. This is just what Mo Jiang should do. As for exclusion, let them expose them. Even if only Mo Jiang is left, Mo Jiang will not forget the promise he has made."

Yes, since I am the only generals of the Ming army in Siming Mountain, I will never let these people slaughter the Tartars!

Seeing that Chen Wen had made up his mind, Wang Jiang just sighed and said nothing. Instead, he said that he would definitely abide by Chen Wen's military orders.

"According to the scout's report, the Tatars' large group of troops was nearly 4,000, and they should catch up with our troops this evening. If the night battle was held, the people would be damaged. But if the war started tomorrow during the day, the terrain south of this place would be easily by the Tatars' cavalry and raided the people. Therefore, I decided to fight the Tartars here and continue to cover the retreat after they were defeated in one fell swoop!"

"About the general's orders"!"

"Master Qian Li Ruixin."

"I'm in a humble position!"

"You immediately lead the cavalry team of the Nantangying Central Army to cover up the military situation and buy time for our troops to arrange the battlefield."

"As for the order!"

"Mr. Thousand General Wu Dengke."

"I'm in a humble position!"

"You lead the B, B, and D. The only two teams are lined up here to fight the Tartars."

Wang Yi took away a lot of weapons and armor from Dalanshan in order to fight the Qing army on the Northern Front. Since Chen Wen's troops had already been issued, there was no loss. However, a lot of armor in the arsenal were transferred. At this time, he could only barely guarantee the armor of the killer soldiers of the Yuanyang Formation, which are four whistles, A, B, C and D.

Moreover, although the road here is not very wide, it is not as narrow as the previous road. In addition, the road behind has become wider because it is about to come out of the mountain, Chen Wen had to line up here to prevent the Qing army from circumventing his defense line and striking the people.

"As for the order!"

"The Chief of Armored Sweat Lou Jiye."

"I'm in a humble position!"

"You will lead our troops as a reserve team and listen to the orders of General Hou Ben."

"As for the order!"

"Qian Zong Yin Yue."

"I'm in a humble position!"

"Ru led the Wu Ship, Ji Ship ambushed in the bamboo forest behind the stream, and commanded the six teams of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six of the ammunition team."

The terrain of Nantangying at this time stands north, and on the left is a steep cliff, which is only a few meters high but cannot be climbed. On the right is a stream, which is only two meters wide, and the deepest part is just beyond the knee, and the water flow is not very fast. After the stream, there is a dense bamboo forest, which can barely hide some people.

Such a water flow is enough to slow down the attack speed of crossing the stream, and the opposite side of the stream can attack the opponent's flank with projecting weapons, so Chen Wen chose to use six teams to conduct long-range side attacks to increase the coverage of firepower. This is also because Nantangying did not have artillery troops and was not enough to provide sufficient firepower support to be forced to do so.

But since it is enough to slow down the opponent's speed, it will also slow down the reinforcements. The Nantang Camp has weak troops, and the soldiers on these two posts do not have armor. Once the Tartars cross the stream, this partial division may be completely wiped out because the reinforcements are not arrived.

However, Chen Wen didn't care about this much at this time. There was no perfect solution on the battlefield, and it all depends on the performance of these subordinates.

"A humble duty will be a perfect mission!"

"The four teams, the seventh, eighth, nineth and tenth in the military firearms team, are here to provide long-range fire support to our main position in Nantang Camp."

"As for the order!"

"The Central Army Engineers set up battlefields, set up horse pits and caltrops to curb the charge of the Tatar cavalry."

"As for the order!"

"Chief Chu, Sun, assisting Wang Deputy Xian to lead the people to continue south."

"Sir, obey the order!"

The combat missions have been allocated, but the Gengshou and Xinshou of the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team have not been assigned any missions, which has made the two whistle commanders a little anxious. It is not easy for them to ask because Chen Wen did not speak, but they were surprised by Chen Wen's subsequent words.

"Gengshou, Xinshou, cover the people to go south."

ah?

The opponents were nearly 4,000, while the Nantangying had less than 600 soldiers in total. The strength was so different, Chen Wen still chose to divide his troops to protect the people, which made everyone feel incredible.

"General, we are willing to lead the headquarters here to fight side by side with our comrades."

"Yes, Fu Ren, I can recruit some civilians and soldiers who have fled back to protect the people, so that the frontline soldiers will not have any worries."

The soldiers who fled back from Wang Jiang's mouth were the defeated soldiers of the Battle of Siming Lake that Chen Wen had taken in before his departure. The number was as many as two or three hundred. However, the officers of Qian Zong, such as Ba Zhang, were almost dead. These soldiers no longer had the cohesion necessary for an army and had no combat ability.
To be continued...