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As the name suggests, he is everywhere at night.
Now, in the cities under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, all the more important ones have Yebushou operating in secret. If I say that there is no Yebushou in Fengyang City, do you believe it? At least Aobai doesn't believe it.
He keenly felt that as soon as Duoduo's main force left, an undercurrent surged in the city.
Every time he rode through a street, he felt like someone was watching him from behind, but when he suddenly looked back, he found nothing.
But Aobai firmly believed that his feelings were correct and he was definitely not being overly nervous.
When the people on the street saw the Qing army passing by, they would try to dodge. If they couldn't dodge quickly, they would lower their heads and hunch their shoulders as much as possible, as if that would make them smaller and harder to see.
But no matter how afraid he was, Aobai could often see a flash of hatred in their frightened eyes. This hatred was like an invisible arrow that could be shot out at any time to take your life.
As soon as he returned to the capital, a horseman came galloping from the south gate. The sound of its iron hooves hitting the bluestone road surface was like dense drumbeats, which made people's hearts inexplicably tense.
"Report! General, Liu Meng's army has set out and is heading towards Fengyang."
Although the news brought back by the scouts was already expected by Aobai, it still made him frown unconsciously.
"Where are Su Jin's men?"
"General, many of our brothers were hunted down by the Eagle Guard in the southeast of Fengyang, and I almost couldn't come back..."
"Well, go down and rest first."
Aobai had tried to keep his tone as calm as possible. But he had a face full of whiskers, each of which was as sharp as a steel needle, and he was full of energy. His words were powerful without being angry, and always had a frightening tone.
Aobai walked quickly into the yamen with his personal soldiers. He felt as if a lead block was pressing on his heart. He swore secretly that if he could go back this time, he would not be a human being if he did not kill Ning Wan.
It was Ning Wanwo who suggested that he stay in Fengyang this time, although Ning Wanwo did not suggest so. Duoduo would do the same, but Ning Wanwo, a dog, dared to do the same. Aobai would not be able to relieve his hatred unless he killed him and cooked him.
When Duoduo's main force retreated north, he was left with only 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were leftovers. Duoduo said that he could only delay the battle for a day, and if he couldn't, he could break out. He seemed very tolerant, but with these 5,000 leftovers, once Liu Meng and Su Jin surrounded the city, would he still have a chance to break out
Duoduo is clearly trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife in order to prevent the status of his three brothers from being challenged.
"General, what should we do?" asked the personal soldier Duo Luo anxiously.
"Get ready, we will leave the city tonight and launch a surprise attack on Liu Meng."
"What? A sneak attack..." Duo Luo was shocked. Five thousand soldiers and horses in the city were left to die, and people were in panic. Now they wanted to go out of the city for a sneak attack. Are Su Jin and his 20,000 cavalrymen vegetarians
"What are you yelling about? The city is full of Qin spies. Are you afraid that others won't hear you?"
"General..." Duo Luo was about to dissuade him, but suddenly he seemed to be thinking about something. He was happy, and with a "yeah!", he retreated.
At the second watch in the evening, Aobai led 5,000 men and horses, with men holding grass and horses holding grenade, and carefully opened the south gate... ... ... ..
As soon as the bridge was lowered, there were three consecutive chirps in the city, and three red fireworks rose into the sky one after another, exploding in the night sky with brilliant colors.
The Qing army that was about to leave the city was startled, and some of them even cursed foolishly: "Damn it, it's not even New Year yet, why are you setting off fireworks..."
"Hurry! Get out of the city! Hurry!" Aobai shouted loudly. He was a man with strong limbs but smart brain. He would never be stupid enough to think that someone was celebrating the New Year in advance.
The whereabouts had been exposed, so there was no need to hide anything. Aobai urged his men to leave the city quickly, while he asked Duo Luo to lead the men to set fire.
Many Qing soldiers were confused. Aren’t they going to launch a surprise attack? Aren’t they coming back? Why set fire
Aobai didn't care what they thought. As soon as the 5,000 troops left the city, they immediately marched south. The scouts reported that Su Jin had indeed taken action and was quickly heading south from the Flying Eagle Guard.
Aobai immediately sent Niulu Zhangjing Wu Dong to lead a thousand men to continue southward, while he himself took the remaining 4,000 men and quickly headed west, disappearing into the night.
Wu Dong led Su Jin's troops to turn around again, and finally dispersed with a final blast, splitting into small groups to escape.
Su Jin realized that he had been tricked. He first chased northward. Various signs showed that Aobai's attack on Liu Meng was fake, and he was really trying to escape. The most likely way for him to escape was to go northward...
Su Jin rushed to the edge of Fengyang City and found that the south gate was wide open. The city was ablaze with flames shooting up into the sky. Many houses were burning fiercely. The people in the city were running and shouting, and the whole city was in chaos.
Su Jin was furious and quickly sent half of his troops into the city to put out the fire, while the other half continued to chase northward. However, when they chased him to the Huai River, they still couldn't find any trace of Aobai. Only then did he receive a report from the cavalry in the west that a group of troops were heading west.
Going west, there is only one possibility, to Shouzhou. Su Jin hurriedly asked Li Jiu to chase to Shouzhou.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops entered the city to put out the fire. Regardless of whether the people objected or not, all the houses around the fire were immediately demolished and a fire zone was cleared, which finally prevented the fire from spreading further.
Although the Qin army put out the fire in time, four blocks in the south city were still completely burned down. By the next day, many fires were still burning, and the entire Fengyang City was shrouded in thick smoke.
It was about two hundred miles from Fengyang to Shouzhou. In his haste to escape, Aobai arrived at the city of Shouzhou at dusk the next day.
Meng Ke and Li Guo's 30,000 troops advanced to Shouzhou during the day and camped in the south of the city. They had not yet started to attack the city, but Shouzhou defender Ashan had already felt the heavy pressure.
When Duoduo was defeated in Chuzhou before, a rebellion broke out in Shouzhou City. Now Duoduo's main force has retreated to Huaibei. The defenders in the city feel like abandoned children, and the morale of the army is very unstable.
Although Ashan was a member of Dorgon's faction, when he heard that Aobai was leading his troops to come, he was not surprised but secretly happy. He wanted to go out of the city to welcome him and carry Aobai into the city so that they could stay together for warmth.
But Irgen Jueluo Ashan was too happy too early. He wanted to hug Aobai to keep warm, but Guwalja Aobai did not want to hug him, a grown man.
Classmate Aobai is a ruthless man. The reason why he came to Shouzhou is because it is located in the upper reaches of the Huai River and it is easy to cross the river. There is also a ready-made floating bridge at the foot of Bagua Mountain.
Aobai led his troops across the Huai River overnight and fled to Yingshang in the northwest.
Even Meng Ke did not expect that Guwalja Oboi would escape directly without entering the city. Meng Ke had mostly infantry and was unable to stop him, allowing Oboi to escape across the Huai River unhindered.
After receiving the news from the scouts, Meng Ke regretted it deeply. After arriving in Shouzhou, he did not destroy the floating bridge under Bagua Mountain immediately. This was because he thought that once the bridge was destroyed, the defenders in the city would be cut off from survival, which would easily arouse their determination to fight to the death.
Ashan has seven or eight thousand troops. If they are determined to fight to the death, even if the Qin army can capture Shouzhou, it will pay a heavy price.
Keeping the floating bridge would be different. The defenders of Shouzhou would always miss it and would not want to fight. This is the same as the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open when attacking a city.
But I didn't expect that Aobai would get the advantage.
Meng Ke was very angry and immediately sent troops to destroy the floating bridge, and then surrounded Shouyang City overnight. Now Fengyang was taken, and Aobai had escaped. Only Ashan's few thousand soldiers were left on the south bank of the Huai River. I don't believe that he still has the confidence to hold on.
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Ashan was like a poor abandoned woman. After hearing that Aobai had abandoned him and fled across the river overnight, he smashed almost everything in the Shouzhou government office.
It is true that the falling flowers have feelings but the flowing water is ruthless. Ashan, who was relying on hugging Aobai for warmth, found it difficult to accept this fact for a while.
Now, he was the only one left in the entire Huainan. The pontoon bridge was destroyed, and the Qin army outside the city had surrounded all the city gates. It was over, it was all over.
The guards in the provincial government watched Ashan smashing things silently, their faces looking deathly pale.
The Tatars are indeed good at fighting and very brave, but in fact, the more such an army is, the less it can withstand failure and the less resilient it is.
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ps: There was a power outage this morning, which delayed the update. I apologize in advance.
When I logged in, I saw that I was one vote short again. It felt like someone was holding a gun to my head, and I had to worry about the sound of gunfire. I couldn't sleep or eat! So I had to beg you guys to give me 20 or 30 votes so that I could rush forward. I would suffer from heart failure if I stood on the cliff all the time.
Brothers, please give me a little more strength, please give me a monthly ticket! .
.(To be continued..)
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