In fact, Shi Kefa didn't know at all that when he led his troops south, they were also watching him in Abatai. He seemed to be leading a mighty army of tens of thousands across the river, but in fact he only led more than ten thousand troops.

They are just plundered people.

And this is why he generously agreed to the people in Nanjing and gave them five days to delay.

Abatai had his eye on Shi Kefa's Ming army early on. In fact, the reason why he dared to fight 20,000 against 100,000 was because in the past period of time, when the two sides encountered each other, the Ming army was often defeated in one battle.

The Ming army in southern Zhili was far behind the frontier army. As long as this Ming army was defeated, everyone in Nanjing would be able to stop thinking about it.

After leaving Dingyuan, everything he saw along the way was devastated. The villages, towns and markets along the way were all reduced to a ghost land, with corpses everywhere on the ground. Seeing this tragic situation, Shi Kefa was always in pain. He was afraid that Nanjing would fall, and he wished he could immediately

Lead the troops to Nanjing.

Under Shi Kefa's supervision, the large group of troops immediately accelerated their march. The original march of sixty or seventy miles a day became a march of a hundred miles a day. For a time, the officers and soldiers in the army complained.

"Junmen, this won't work! If we keep driving like this, if we encounter Donglu along the way, our brothers won't have the strength to kill the enemy! We can't keep driving like this!"

Ma Degong, who was riding on the horse, saw his brothers panting from exhaustion and persuaded the commander in chief.

"Yes, yes, Junmen, if we keep driving like this, we will exhaust Shibutang to death before Donglu kills us!"

Listening to the complaints of his subordinates, Huang Degong shouted loudly.

"The Superintendent has an order, how can we disobey it?"

After saying these words, Huang Degong, who was suffocating in his heart, took out the wine bag from the saddle and took a deep drink. In the past, whenever he was about to rush to the battlefield, he would drink several buckets of wine and go deep into the enemy's camp, regardless of life or death.

Because of this, people call him "Huang Chuangzi".

But in the past two days, he was really holding back his heart. He rushed to help Nanjing. He had no objection. But from the time when the ministry chose Dingyuan, Quanjiao and then to Xijiangkou, he felt that the ministry would not use troops, so he immediately persuaded the troops

Tang, you should go to Liuhe first, join forces with Prince De, and then rush to Nanjing.

But Shi Kefa replied to him by saying, "Rescuing soldiers is like putting out fire, never abandoning the near and seeking the far away." Now speeding up the march, it is also "rescuing soldiers is like putting out fire." If he continues to save others, he may die first without waiting to save others!

Although he knew it in his heart, he did not dare to say it openly. After all, Shi Kefa had Shang Fang's sword, but he had one thought in mind - to provide a back-up for the army - if something unexpected happened, it would be easier to withdraw.

"With this use of troops, Shi Kefa will have to lead this hundred thousand army to a dead end!"

Just when Huang Degong carefully prepared the army, the army safely passed through the Qingliu Pass in Langya Mountain. It seemed to be exactly what Shi Kefa said - the main force of the Eastern captives were all in the south of the Yangtze River, and only a small group of soldiers in the north of the Yangtze River. It seemed that this was also the case.

When they passed Quanjiao County, they met the Donglu and fought a victory, beheading more than ten people. Although this was not a great victory, it made him very happy. The fear that had existed among some of the soldiers for many days

The enemy's timid mood began to change a little.

Two more days later, the army, which rushed all the way under the starry night, finally arrived at the Xijiang estuary on the riverside. But here, Shi Kefa was dumbfounded again - there were no boats on the riverside, so he could only order the army to camp at the Xijiang estuary while ordering

People went to the other side to look for boats.

Staring at the Yangtze River filled with a layer of river fog, Shi Kefa felt a little confused and very anxious.

"There must be ships on the other side! The ships must have moved to the other side!"

Before news came from the other side, spies were hurriedly reporting that thousands of Qing soldiers were approaching nearby.

"Quick, gather your troops and horses immediately and form a formation to fight!"

The Ming army, which was originally preparing to set up camp, immediately began to prepare for the battle. It seemed that there was no problem with Shi Kefa's deployment. However, when every move of the Ming army fell into Abate's eyes, they were met with contempt.

"Being at a loss in battle, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty took him as his supervisor. There was really no one in the Ming Dynasty..."

After shaking his head and sighing, Abate sneered.

"After a while, after the Ming army has formed its formation, let Cao Eryu destroy it with the red cannon!"

The formation put up by this Ming army was different from the three-fold formation used by the Ming army with "normal field combat capabilities" that Abatai encountered in Liaodong and North Zhili. It was an extremely dense formation. The Ming army in the south had always been known as rogue bandits.

As a combat target, for a large number of rogue bandits, if the camp is too sparse, the enemy will take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in. Therefore, when fighting rogue bandits, they always respond with a close formation. The same is true now, and they obviously ignore that there are not many rogue bandits.

There are not many firearms, bows and arrows, and there are not many cavalry, and the Qing army is more of a heavy infantry equipped with mounted infantry and artillery.

One wrong step, one wrong step!

From setting up camp against the water, to hastily gathering, to tactics... But as the supervisor, Shi Kefa was not aware of all of this.

"The Donglu are all cavalry, we need to form a close formation to meet the enemy!"

Observing the Qing army in the distance, Shi Kefa ordered again.

"Send a detective horse to contact the two generals Huang Yang and ask them to march here quickly and join me to surround this captive!"

Because the troops led by Huang Degong were in the rear, and the 30,000 troops led by Yang Yupan still had not arrived, so he only had 50,000 troops led by Mou Wenshou and Wang Xian. He sent a messenger to Shi Kefa

At the same time, he said to the generals around him.

"Generals, now is the time for everyone to make contributions to our Ming Dynasty. As long as we wipe out all these captives here, the imperial court will definitely not be stingy with the reward..."

There are only a few thousand Donglu!

Shi Kefa thought secretly in his heart, but for no reason, he thought of the "Song of Righteousness" hanging in the hall. This seemed to be an ominous sign, but then he took a deep breath, standing on the mound by the river, holding his hand

He pressed the sword on his waist and stared at the battlefield. Although it was his first time on the battlefield, he was very calm, but he thought with some pity in his heart:

"I don't know how far away the two generals Huang Yang are from here. If they could come at night, they might be able to attack the captives from both inside and outside. That would be great!"

As the river breeze blew, the sky and the earth seemed to be very quiet. Suddenly, there was movement on the side of the Qing army! Clouds of white smoke rose from the rear flanks of the Qing army, and the billowing white smoke had the momentum to cover the sky and the sun.

The next moment, the sound of cannons came!

Gunshot!

The rumbling sound of cannons broke the tranquility between heaven and earth!
Chapter completed!