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Chapter 283 Forced Crossing the Yangtze River (6)

Zhu Yousong's imperial camp arrived in time, which was like sending charcoal in the snow.The participation of the imperial cavalry in the battle trampled to pieces the hope that the prince of the Qing court, Boluo, had just raised.

This trump card master rushed over from De'an more than an hour ago at the behest of Zhu Yousong. After more than two hours of supply and recuperation last night, the arrow arcs of these imperial cavalry are now full of arrows. Rejuvenated again, they rushed to the bank of the river, first loaded their bows and arrows, and then changed to all long spears and charged into the Qing army's ranks.

The Qing army's buttocks bloomed, and they were attacked from the front and back. Zhu Yousong's imperial battalion showed its power again. Many Qing soldiers became ghosts with swords and guns before they understood what was going on.Over there, Zu Keyong, Li Quan and other Ming army soldiers saw that His Majesty sent reinforcements, and their morale was immediately boosted. Therefore, they attacked back and forth or called inward and external cooperation, which suddenly turned the tide of the battle. The advantage of the Qing army immediately turned into a disadvantage. In a scuffle, [-] to [-] Qing troops were defeated, most of them were beheaded and killed on the bank of the river, some of them were forced to jump into the river, and only a small number fled, led by Boluo. Defeated to Jiujiang Prefecture.

On the way, a horse flew over, and the scout slapped the dust on his sleeves and knelt down on one leg, saluting Boluo: "My lord, our army was defeated in the battle of Poyang Lake, and all [-] sailors were buried at the bottom of the lake. Zuo Shaoshuai has all been defeated and returned to Jiujiang Mansion, Zhu Yousong's brigade has already crossed Poyang Lake, and De'an has fallen."

Misfortunes never come singly, Boluo is completely sluggish, he has failed, even Nikan has failed, the southern and northern battlefields have suffered consecutive defeats, how did this happen!

Before that, Bo Luo thought that Nikan and the others must have succeeded. Isn't it easy for 20 sailors to settle Zhu Yousong's two or three thousand sailors?Then 100 of them crossed Poyang Lake and more than [-] miles above the lake was Hukou. After taking Hukou, the false emperor had no way to escape, but now all hopes were shattered.

Boluo was so anxious that he threw his head. The prince of the Qing court couldn't figure it out at this time, and even couldn't accept it. It is understandable that he himself failed, but Nikan and the others even counted the navy. Wan, how many troops does the false emperor have?Nikan's prestige these years is not for nothing, all of them were fought with real swords and guns, what happened now, the war that was sure to win has failed, and the defeat has been so miserable that there is almost no possibility of reversing the original!

Boluo fell asleep in the city. He didn't expect such a big accident to happen one after another. The defense line of the Yangtze River was breached, and Poyang Lake was defeated again and again. After passing, Boluo was also speechless, or he understood.

We can't blame Zuo Menggeng for being a loser, and we can't blame Nikan for his vain reputation and improper command. It's really because the kung fu emperor Zhu Yousong's use of troops is too weird, and all the failures that he couldn't imagine have come to them now, Bo Luo For the first time, I felt the strength and fear of the opponent.

In the end, this Dorobele Boluo returned to Jiujiang with his remnant soldiers dejected. Nikan and Zuo Menggeng, whose buttocks were not yet warm, opened the city and brought Boluo's remnants into the city. Handsome, the three of them met each other tacitly, apart from being silent, they just sighed.

"What, what?" Nikan and Bo Luolian shook their heads and shook their hands, and finally asked Zuo Menggeng, Young Marshal Ji.

Zuo Menggeng smiled wryly and shook his head speechlessly. Now he is also at the end of his talents, and more of a loss, or confusion. He began to suspect that he had voted for the wrong master. Huang Shu, Ma Shixiu, Xu Yong, Zu Keyong, Luo Dai , Daoxing, etc., these are his arms, and they are also the rare talents left to him after his father Zuo Liangyu died of illness.

But now he is dead and surrendered, he is now in chaos, 35 troops and less than [-] soldiers and horses are left after these few battles. It turns out that most of the troops are fighting these days. He sheltered him from the wind and rain, but he didn't expect that the invincible Tartar would still lose in front of Zhu Yousong. Now he regrets taking this move, but he has already shaved his hair and changed his clothes, and there is no turning back.

Not only Zuo Menggeng regretted it, but Nikan and Boluo also regretted it. What they regretted was that they underestimated the enemy. The children of Wanbaqi, but they only brought 1 horses. At that time, they thought that this was more than enough. Don’t they have a team of hundreds of thousands of traitors?But I didn't expect that these traitors were so unbearable. You must know that with tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry, can Zhu Yousong's imperial camp be an opponent?

The second king attributed the defeat to the fact that there were too many real Tartars and Zuo Menggeng's generals were too weak in fighting power. It is not wrong for them to excuse themselves in this way. After all, they began to value Zhu Yousong's imperial camp, the trump card. teacher.

But bewilderment and regret can't solve the problem. The very serious problem before them is that Zhu Yousong's brigade has already crossed the river, and will soon attack Jiujiang on a large scale. There are nearly [-] troops in Jiujiang City, but there is no navy. The artillery battalion also lost all casualties, and there were only a few city fire artillery. How to retreat the enemy was the top priority, and they had to think about it if they couldn't think of a way.

However, three cobblers arrived at one Zhuge Liang, and the three of them racked their brains and finally came up with a note: stick to the dangerous city and not fight, but it's not a death blow. The second king gave a memorial to the little emperor Shunzhi in Beijing. Er Gun played, begging to send reinforcements, and on the other hand, he asked Zuo Mengliang to transfer tens of thousands of defenders from Wuhan and Yichang to relieve the crisis.

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After the war, there was a lively scene on the riverside. The first batch of soldiers of the Ming army successfully crossed the Yangtze River and won another big victory on the riverside. Luo led the reinforcements, but the Ming army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, because Zhu Yousong had an order that his troops would not be able to attack Jiujiang if he did not arrive. These Ming troops had to stop to deal with post-war affairs and welcome Zheng Hongkui's follow-up troops to cross the river. They are also waiting for their majesty's brigade.

Just after midnight, Zhu Yousong's 2 troops arrived.He already knew the battle situation here through the scouts.Liu Zhaoji, Zu Keyong, Li Quan and others came to see him and reported their respective battles. Then the naval battalion transported more than [-] people from Zheng Hongkui across the river. Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai, Zheng Damu and others came to see Zhu Yousong , report the battle situation.

Zhu Yousong was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear, and praised these generals a few words, especially Li Quan and Liu Chunhong made their first contribution this time. Successfully crossed the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yousong called the [-] Death Squad to assemble. Li Quan and Liu Chunhong stood in front of the team as leaders, each with their heads held high.

There were 500 of them before departure, but now there are not so many. After swimming in the middle of the night, and then destroying the fort and fighting fiercely with the Qing army, hundreds of people were killed or injured. Now there are only 390 people left. Zhu Yousong patted them on the shoulder and praised them. They are the backbone of the navy, including Li Quan and Liu Chunhong. They all recorded their first meritorious service, rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and increased their salary for half a year. To the [-] heroes who died in battle, a monument was erected by the riverside. Zhu Yousong wrote an inscription, And passed a decree to pay a lot of money to compensate his family members.

Li Quan, Liu Chunhong and other [-] soldiers fell to their knees and thanked each other with tears of gratitude...

(End of this chapter)