The busy transport ships kept shuttled across the Qingshui Ocean (i.e., the Yellow Sea) ocean, transporting massive amounts of materials and personnel silted in Yuntiguan to other places.＠, and when this work was carried out to the end of August, the number of large-scale sailboats coming to transport suddenly increased to 21, with a staggering capacity of more than 24,000 tons. This made the speed of materials and personnel transfers suddenly increase. The "small hills" piled up inside and outside Yuntiguan City also began to melt rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Everything seemed to be developing in a positive direction, except for the news that the Qing army was pressing step by step...

Liu Fubo's naval gunboat troops have also retreated from Hongze Lake. The two 600 warships of King Lu and Zheng's family were active in the Yellow River, Hongze Lake, Huaihe River, Shushui, Shuxiang Lake, and Guanhe areas. The threats on the water no longer exist. They no longer need to stay there and waste their strength. It is better to go south to the Chongming Sha area and use this as a base to increase the blockade of the two sides of the Yangtze River, interfere with, and weaken the connection between the Qing army in Yangzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan Hongchengchou Laogou, which is of great benefit to alleviate the pressure on the east coast of the people in Huai'an Prefecture.

"The imperial guards in the Imperial Camp Hall of Jusheng are defeated again." Guo Puxia, wearing white gauze gloves, held up a telescope on a whistle tower on the south bank of the Guanhe River and said, "Now they are retreating to the Guanhe River. Huang Ting's navy has sent people to help him. It should be no big problem to pick up a thousand people back."

Tian Xing, who was grinding a short spear, said without raising his eyes when he heard this: "Jushen, the virtues of those under Pu Yan's command are not opponents of the Tartars, whether in field or street fighting, and they can defend the city. What about the imperial camp and imperial guards, all of which are of this kind. It's hard to imagine what kind of combat power the Korean local army is. Maybe it's at the same level as the regiment training."

After seeing more than 2,000 naval officers and soldiers using large-caliber muskets (this is the name of the East Coast people. The Ming people called it "cannon") and bows and arrows forced the Qing army that was chasing the most fiercely, and the retreating 1,5600 Korean imperial guards officers and soldiers finally escaped from Shengtian, and were transported back to the south bank by the navy in batches. At this point, the last stronghold of the East Coast people in Huize Town, the last stronghold on the north bank of the Guanhe River, was also lost. The one who "recovered" this place was more than 15,000 Qing army infantry and cavalry heading south from Haizhou, and the one who commanded Beizi Luotuo, who was said to have brought more than 4,000 "true Manchu officers and soldiers".

Since the materials at Yunti Pass have not been completely transferred (more than 200,000 people and more than 300,000 stones of grain and other things have been transported away by mid-September), the people on the east coast must continue to stick to Suqian-Shuyang-Guanhekou City (it has been basically completed. Only the internal buildings have not been completed yet) and the Qing army must not cross the line south, otherwise it will have a great impact on the material transfer work being carried out.

In view of this, Liao Xiaoyao, who is in charge of Huai'an City, has ordered the troops under his command to be transferred northwards and deployed defenses along rivers and lakes. Currently, the core East Coast Army troops in Huai'an City are only in the Qingjiangzha area. The two teams of the two teams of the stand-up team are less than 6,000 people. Fortunately, their mission is very light, mainly to maintain order, suppress the local area, and to defend the Qing army that may attack in Fengyang Prefecture in the west, which is basically enough.

In mid-September, the Qing army gathered in Xuzhou. The more and more troops in the Haizhou area were, and the east coast people were entrusted to the east coast people to cut off the water transportation. The Qing army raised supplies and gathered the troops seemed to be slower. Many plans were: General Anyuan, the Xuzhou led by the prince of Xin County, and the tens of thousands of troops south of Xuzhou (the people on the east coast could not reach 60,000 or 70,000). In addition, there were the troops led by Ezhenzhuobutai, Gushan, Gushan, which was headed from Haizhou south (the number of people was unknown, but it was suspected to be a partial division). Guanhe where Tian Xing, Guo Puxia and others were located

——Shuoxiang Lake front line. What you face is the troops of Zhuobutai. Judging from the battle situation in the first half of the month, the Qing army gathered was good in fighting spirit and brave in combat. Moreover, the so-called real Tatars ratio was extremely high. People on the east bank were deployed to defend the imperial guards of the Korean Imperial Camp on the north bank of the Guanhe River. The Lu Wangshi Lu army could not resist the enemy. They had lost several formations in a row, lost more than 4,000 troops, and completely lost all the strongholds in Hebei. At this point, tens of thousands of people in Zhuobutai's army had faced the Guanhe defense line directly, and the battle situation had entered a critical moment.

"The north bank of the river cannot be defended. At most, we can only delay the Qing army's offensive and buy time for the transportation of materials and personnel." After grinding a short spear, Tian Xing began to grind up a second one: "The Navy transported more than 5,000 elite soldiers from Hubei to Liu Guochang, Liu Shijun and others. These people, together with the more than 4,000 people from Liu Guochang (currently expanded to 20,000, but their combat effectiveness has dropped rapidly), and with the assistance of a small number of naval divisions in our army, they should be able to get along with the Qing army north of Yangzhou Prefecture for a long time. Now the battle in the Baoying area is becoming more and more intense. The Zhang brothers have been stabilizing the front line with the help of reinforcements, but they cannot completely defeat the more than 20,000 people brought by Junta. The two sides are in a stalemate, but this seems to be good news for us."

"Commander Liao has been waterproof several times. Now the two sides of the Yellow River are muddy and cannot drive the army at all. The Qing army conquered Miaowan Town from a horse team north of Yancheng, and then did not make any progress. Although the more than 2,000 independent regiment of Hu Xingbang was not strong in combat, it was not a big problem to block the two or three thousand horse teams through a large mudflat. In fact, it could also win reaction time for Yuntiguan. The navy warships could also make effective interceptions to ensure the safety of most of the materials and personnel stockpiled on the north bank. Therefore, the real danger is always our North Road, and the main force of the Qing army is also here." Guo Puxia said while putting down the telescope.

Now everyone can see that the Qing army has really put a lot of effort into mobilizing the army from Xuzhou and Haizhou to move south. Not only has the process of gathering troops been delayed, but the number of gathering troops is also quite limited, which is about 100,000 people, and may have been plundered from various provinces. From this, it can be seen that the Qing Dynasty was cut off by the east coast. After so many years, the battlefields in various places have been ignored, and the local forces have been exhausted to a certain extent. Among the 100,000 troops, the Eight Banners soldiers were no less than 20,000. The Qing court has indeed put a lot of money on it. It is estimated that the Eight Banners left behind in Ningyuan, Jinzhou and Beijing have all been transferred, and it is indeed quite a fight.

After grinding another short spear, Tian Xing wiped his hands, stood up, looked at the battlefield where the north bank had basically subsided, and said, "Anyway, Guanhekou City must be defended, and Guanhe defense line must be defended. The 4th Division of the new army had just arrived at Yunti Pass, and the 9th Division had entered Wugangkou Town, and the reserved second-line troops were sufficient. The situation in the south could only rely on Shunjun. We transported thousands of veterans who had experienced the Huguang War to them. If we could no longer resist the soldiers of the Qunta, what else could we say? Commander Liao had deployed the main force to the northern line. If the southern line could not be stopped, we would burn Huaian City and Yunti Pass to make this white land, otherwise wouldn't it be left to these wastes?"

After saying that, Tian Xing threw the short spear to the orderly soldier behind him, and held the guard railing with both hands, saying, "I guess our brothers and others will fight too. I want to go to the battle for a while."

Tian Xing actually went to the battlefield to kill. This former intelligence official who loved hand-to-hand combat had beheaded one level on the battle formation, but he killed a green camp traitor, but the real Tartars had not yet been captured. This time, tens of thousands of Qing troops pressed on the front line of Guanhe and came in full force. He could not say that he would have to go to the battlefield to work several times.

And in fact, it was the same. On September 19, a brigade of Qing troops attacked Guanhekou City. Yuan Bao, the general of Shun Army who was guarding the city, and He Daoning, with the help of artillery on the east bank, repelled the Qing army. However, this seemed to be just a firepower investigation by the Qing army. On September 22, a large number of Qing troops built floating bridges south of Huize Town, preparing to strengthen Guanhe River. More than 3,500 Zheng Navy members came to attack. The two sides fought fiercely for an afternoon and finally repelled the Qing army. However, the main general Huang Ting was slightly injured, and more than ten warships were burned down, causing great losses.

On September 26, a Qing army crossed the river at night without knowing where to cross the river. After dawn, it was discovered by the scout cavalry on the east bank and was immediately besieged by thousands of people mobilized. The Qing army on the north bank took advantage of the situation to respond to the rescue. The Zheng navy fought desperately to block it. The 9th Division of the New Army stationed in Wugangkou Town also rushed to rescue. After two days of fierce fighting, the Qing army, which had only been annihilated. At this time, the war on the Guanhe River had not yet ended completely. The Zheng naval warship was burned by the Qing army through arson ships during the interception. More than ten ships were destroyed by chiseling ships under the Shuigui River, and the blockade of the river surface decreased a lot.

In this battle, Tian Xing brought a group of mountain dan hunters to fight, killing Qingniu Luezhen, which is probably the first among the second generation of the stylists. He himself was slightly injured in this battle and was sent back to Yundi Pass for cultivation, and by the way he helped organize the transfer of immigration and materials.

On September 29, several ships descending from southeast Shandong anchored outside the Guanhekou, and two thousand Gao Qiao cavalry landed here. Commander Chang squeezed out to reinforce the troops on the Huai'an battlefield. After working hard, the cavalry trekked to the dry area on the south bank of Guanhe and became a strategic reserve. With this cavalry reserve team riding a tall horse and heavy armor, the battle situation on both sides of the Guanhe River was once again in a stalemate, which was undoubtedly beneficial to the people on the east coast.
Chapter completed!