Dominate the Country

Zhao Yongji gathered a full two thousand defeated troops in Xinyang City these days. This number was quite astonishing and exceeded his and Yongrui's expectations. It can be predicted that when all the defeated troops gather in Xinyang, the number will definitely exceed 3,000.

This frightening Xinyang City inspired the defeated soldiers who were heartbroken. It is a pity that neither Zhao Yongji nor Yongrui investigated the reasons in detail. They did not find that all the defeated soldiers came from Shangcai to Ruyang, from Ruyang to Queshan, or directly from Xiping after passing Shangcai. Mountain, they never found Chen Jiajun's cavalry again.

…

"Boom -" the Crouching Tiger Cannon exploded, and countless iron pellets flew out amidst the roar, quickly killing a wave of panicked Anhui Qing soldiers. In the distance, Chen Ming saw blood splattering in his telescope. After seeing the explosion of cannons, the prancing horse rushed towards the cavalry and smiled contentedly.

The completely unprepared Anhui Qing army was caught off guard by his sudden killing.

With a bang, there was a panicked scream from the crowd of Qing soldiers in the distance, and an explosive package tumbled into the crowd. The explosive shock wave and the flying broken iron projectiles were devastating. The entire militia team of two to three hundred people broke up and fled in all directions.

After the second Battle of Yancheng, the morale of the Qing soldiers and militia in Anhui was completely low. When Chen Huizu received the news of the Qing army's defeat in the Battle of Gunhe and hurriedly led his troops to retreat to Chenzhou, the remaining The Qianlai militia group fled halfway. Now they were caught off guard and attacked by Chen Jiajun, and the rear team collapsed immediately.

Chen Ming only had a team of five or six hundred horses, and the quality was really worrying. Running all the way from Shangcai to the boundary of Chenzhou Prefecture, the horse power was almost exhausted for hundreds of miles. Otherwise, he would have dared to chase the defeated soldiers and penetrate the entire Anhui Qing army. .

Li Tai avoided a small group of cavalry carrying cannons, gasped and ran wildly with dozens of his own soldiers and confidants, and fled into the grove on the side of the chaotic battlefield. Although it was unclear whether the thin forest could block the flying shells, it felt safer psychologically. When he got here, he could finally stop and take a breath. He turned around and looked at the close soldiers and confidants around him. Many of them had lost their weapons and were staring at him in panic. There were groups of fleeing Anhui green battalions and militia groups all around. There were no wounded on the ground. People understand.

"Damn it!" Li Tai cursed fiercely. Chen Jiajun's firepower is too strong. The battalion head he led rushed under the city of Yan for a while. They had already been hit by Chen Jiajun's firearms. Now it was not surprising that they were caught off guard and were knocked down by Chen Jiajun's cavalry carrying small cannons. Not to mention fighting at close range, just a burst of artillery fire and a series of grenade explosions completely collapsed the head of his battalion. Then Li Tai saw that the entire rear group of more than a thousand people quickly followed in his footsteps.

Li Tai calmed down and looked for a chance to escape.

"Boom..." The three flying thunder cannons roared again, and three huge explosive packets drew three arcs and fell towards the Qing army 70 to 80 meters away. Chen Ming's cheeks twitched when he saw the Qing soldiers who were unusually unresponsive. The morale of this team was too low, and the officers were even more incompetent. They were always hesitant. They wanted to escape, but they didn't dare to run away, and they wanted to fight but didn't dare to fight. Holding the team almost motionless is not looking for a bomb.

Chen Ming led the cavalry to defeat the Qing army. It seemed that it took a very short time, but no matter how short it was, it still took a quarter of an hour or two, right? The current camp head is still standing still? But when he saw the Qing soldiers scattering before the explosive packs landed, Chen Ming wondered if they stayed where they were without escaping or attacking. Is it because they still lacked an excuse for one more shell?

The Qing soldiers who seemed to be running very fast were still unable to completely escape the coverage of the flying thunder cannons. After three huge roars, three plumes of yellow dust and smoke rose from the ground, and all the Qing soldiers around the impact points of the three explosive packages were covered. It was blown to pieces, with broken limbs and arms flying everywhere.

The Qing soldiers fled faster. They didn't even look at the wounded soldiers who fell on the ground. Each of the wounded soldiers had broken arms and legs, or exposed pale bones, torn bright red muscles, and blood gurgling from the wounds. gush.

The hoarse screams continued, and another explosive package fell in the Qing soldiers' ranks, once again adding a pile of mutilated limbs and flesh and a shower of blood to the earth.

Chen Huizu was very close to Chen Ming's location, definitely not more than five miles away. He was extremely hesitant at the moment. The first moment when the sound of fighting came from the rear, Chen Huizu asked his team to return immediately for rescue. However, a very unexpected but reasonable situation happened. Chen Huizu's men did not obey the order. Chen Huizu They can no longer be commanded. The front army and the middle army combined into one body, about 3,000 people, just watched helplessly as the rear army was easily defeated by Chen Jiajun.

Back in Yancheng, Chen Huizu cold-bloodedly watched hundreds of Anhui Qing soldiers charge to Yancheng again and again as if they were dying. What Anhui Green Camp is doing now is a reward for Chen Huizu's previous good deeds. Of course, there must also be the Anhui Qing soldiers' fear of Chen Jiajun. Their morale is low and they have no fighting spirit. As infantry, they are naturally afraid of cavalry...

That's why Chen Ming was able to see the Qing troops who were still staying in place after the battle broke out for such a long time, and then he could see the Qing troops in the middle and front who were even more vulnerable than the rear troops.

Chen Huizu escaped.

Under heavy pressure and not wanting to die, he led his men to escape before the Chinese army collapsed, and then the entire Qing army fled.

Chen Ming fought this battle very easily. Even though he overestimated the endurance of his own cavalry, after hundreds of miles of raid, the poor condition of the cavalry battalion's mounts when they caught up with the Anhui Qing soldiers could be seen with the naked eye. But the result was extremely wonderful. Chen Ming didn't care about the unusualness of the Anhui Qing soldiers, as long as they collapsed.

There were more than 4,000 Anhui Qing soldiers who withdrew from Yancheng, but Chen Ming killed and captured less than 2,000.

Chen Ming was also satisfied.

He led the cavalry battalion to Chenzhou. After the cavalry battalion, the various troops that returned from the pursuit had already set out towards Lushan after a little reorganization. Compared with the Anhui Green Camp, the battle in Nanyang Prefecture was more important.

Chenzhou Prefecture, Zhoujiakou.

A father and son lived in a corner of the land temple. The father was about 40 years old, with a clean face. He leaned against the wall and coughed from time to time. He was covered with a thin blanket and had a lot of work in front of him, which made his face red. The son was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a gentle look between his eyebrows, looking after the medicine pot that was gurgling and steaming.

The father and son came from Chongde, Zhejiang, and traveled thousands of miles to Zhoujiakou. Because of the heavy rain, both of them had a fever. Fortunately, the father and son were not delicate people, and they had traveled thousands of miles north, and they had been sick more than once or twice. The experienced father and son settled down in the land temple. The old temple priest who looked after the temple was very kind and allowed the father and son to stay and use firewood at will. The father and son stayed in this land temple for four or five days. The son's illness had been cured, and only the father's illness had not been eradicated.

"Dad, when I was buying rice on the street just now, I heard that the Fu Han army won a great victory in Gunhe, and the Qing soldiers who attacked Yancheng had retreated to Chenzhou..."

"Haha, good, haha..., good, good. The Grand Commander-in-Chief is a god in using troops, a god in using troops..." The father suddenly became excited when he heard the news.