At this time, the commander from the direction of the city wall shouted loudly without stopping in front of him: "Report to the general, the enemy has sent out cavalry and is detouring towards the West Gate..."

The Lu Domain was stimulating, then drew a knife and shouted loudly: "The personal guard camp... Where is my personal guard camp? Follow me to reinforce the West City..."

The deputy general hugged the legs of Lu Zhiyuan tightly and cried, "General... General... can't fight anymore. Let's retreat while the south gate has not been blocked by the enemy yet!"

Lu Zhiyuan raised his other foot and kicked the deputy general over, "Dog, don't block me... Ximen only has a thousand defenders. If you are attacked, everything will be over. If you are afraid of death... Get out!"

As he said that, Lu's robe was slid, stuffed it around his waist, and shouted: "It is better to die in battle than to escape from military law... Men, let the Tartars see the blood of our Han people... and follow the general to reinforce Ximen!"

The crowds surging towards the north gate, after a brief chaos, were divided into two waves, one to the north and the other to the west.

The kicked deputy general got up, stared blankly at the back of Lu Zhiyuan, stamped his feet, picked up a spear from the corpse of a victim on the side, held it in his hand, and chased the direction of Lu Zhiyuan, "General... Huang is not a timid and afraid of death..."

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Huang Jiyan died in battle at the Ximen City Wall.

As he said at the end, he is not a timid person who is afraid of death.

Huang Jiyan, the eldest son of Huang Dachun, the commander of the 7th battalion of the First Army of the Northern Expedition Army (the Northern Expedition Army was organized to continue the old military system and used the battalion as the recruiting unit, which was equivalent to the division organization of later generations), and the grandson of Huang Yuqi, the commander of the Imperial Army of Yixingchao.

He was the deputy general of Wusongwei at that time, and made many contributions in the previous Haizhou defense battles and the attack on Andongwei.

In the family of Huang Yuqi's generals, Huang Dazhan, Huang Dachun, Huang Dahong, and eldest son Huang Dazhan were calm. After taking over his father's position as the commander of the imperial guards, he ordered the imperial guards to encircle and suppress Wu Zheng, and had to make a big mistake because Emperor Zhu Cilang made a mistake.

Huang Dachun and Huang Dahong have followed Wu Zheng since then and have been active in the Northern Expedition Army.

Huang Jiyan was sent to Wusongwei as the third echelon of the Huang family.

But unexpectedly, I didn't stick to the end.

If Sun Jiaji had not led the 5,000 vanguard of the First Army to Ximen in time, I am afraid that the Lu Domain would have died on the spot.

But even so, it still cannot stop Yue Le's troops from coming out.

When Sun Jiaji arrived, the north gate had been broken and all the defenders were gone. After Sun Jiaji and Lu's territory joined forces to temporarily repel the enemy troops attacking Ximen, he had to take the initiative to make tactical retreat in the direction of Ganyu.

When Wu Zheng led his army to Haizhou,

Sun Jiaji and the Lu territory have retreated to Ganyu, and Ganyu is just a small city, and the city defense is even worse than Andongwei. In other words, the only line of defense is Haizhou City.

After receiving Qian Qiaogong's cavalry could not go west to reinforce as ordered, Wu Zheng had to change his tactics and ordered Sun Jiaji and the Lu Region to take the initiative to retreat to Haizhou for rest.

At the same time, temporary security defense was carried out in Haizhou City.

Three days before and after, the Qing army conquered Andongwei and Ganyu cities, and Yue Le's army headed straight to Haizhou City.

As a result, the eastern battlefield temporarily entered the silence period before the war.

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Compared with the failure of the first battle in the Lu region in the east, the battle situation in Yanzhou is not easy.

Boluo, Prince Duan Chong who had been imprisoned by Wu Zheng for more than three years, is actually not as he thinks he is already able to break through the world. After returning to the capital, as power gradually returns, his original ambitions gradually recover.

Nowadays, after gathering Dorgon's remnants and consolidating it, Boluo has become the third largest force in the Qing court beyond Jirgalang, and even tends to replace it.

The new army he led at this time had three soldiers, a small number of Manchus, 20% Mongols, 30% Goryeo, and the rest were actually Han people in the north. Unfortunately, these Han people had no idea of ​​being Han people, and they only thought they were Han people of the Eight Banners.

Such a force composition, coupled with the newly formed new army, has no old forces, made Boro's command like an arm and a finger.

In other words, such an army is terrible, and regardless of the morale, morale and centripetal force, it is beyond the reach of ordinary Han flag troops.

Most importantly, they know why they fight.

Qufu had two consecutive battles within three days.

The new army of Chen Zhiyuan's troops suffered heavy losses. Although Chen Zhiyuan's troops were also new firearms, their artillery was far inferior to Borodo.

For small cities like Qufu, the Red Cannon is the king of the battlefield.

Chen Sheng of Ziyang had to order a retreat because if Shen Zhiyuan's new army was allowed to fight for light in Qufu at this time, then there would be no troops to defend Ziyang.

The original moat did not play the role of blocking the enemy when it was long-range cannons.

With the thousands of people in Chen Sheng's hands and Song An's Ruishi camp, which had less than 2,000 people, it was impossible to resist the enemy's encirclement on three sides like an ant colony.

It can be said that in the first few days of the war, both battlefields were retreating, and the Northern Expedition Army suffered the most severe test since its establishment.

Whether it is Ziyang or Haizhou, it is not strategically critical, and the real strategic support points are Xuzhou City and Huai'an City.

As the war progressed, the Jianxing court and the General's Mansion began to do their best to concentrate their manpower and material resources on Yangzhou Prefecture.

For a time, thousands of boats competed for the current, and the sails were filled with shadows on the entire long river.

The decisive battle suddenly started when everyone was unexpected.

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But the battlefield in the north is not without highlights.

On the ninth day of the war, Qian Qiaogong led the Fenglei Cavalry and launched an assault from Ningyang to Tai'an Prefecture.

The Qing army was caught off guard and the transport team heading south from Jinan Prefecture was easily defeated by the Fenglei Cavalry, killing more than 3,000 soldiers and burning tens of thousands of stones of food and grass.

But this was just a small episode and could not change the situation at this time. The Fenglei Cavalry could not capture Tai'an Prefecture and defend it. After the war, Qian Qiaogong quickly ordered the Fenglei Cavalry to turn westward to escape the siege of Boluo's main army.

But as a result, the Fenglei Cavalry lost contact with Ziyang. Qian Qiaogong's last messenger sent before he turned around was reported to the results of the assault battle and his judgment on the situation, explaining his reasons for his transition.

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Li Dingguo did not violate his promise.

On the seventh day after Wu Zheng left the mall, the same day when Anton Wei lost.

With the cooperation of Xia Wanchun Jianyang Guard and Liao Zhongping Zuoying, the Daxi Army of the Shangcheng launched a large-scale attack towards Ruyang.

In this battle, Li Dingguo used 36,000 people, divided into two left and right routes. Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing led 10,000 people as the left route to attack Guangshan and Luoshan, while Li Dingguo personally led the main force to attack Guangzhou and Xixian.

Then the two armies met outside Zhenyang City and concentrated their efforts to attack Ruyang City.

Liao Zhongping Zuoying, Xia Wanchun and Jianyang Guards moved troops to Xincai and Xiangcheng, from east to west, and attacked Ruyang City.

The scale of the western battlefield is far greater than that of the northern battlefield. The forces invested by both sides reached more than 100,000 at the beginning.
Chapter completed!