"What did you say?"

"The slaves and others are besieging the intruder Yuan Zongdi, and have forced him to the river. It is not far away to completely wipe him out. Who would have thought that the navy from Shandong was approaching, so he opened fire on the slaves and others without any explanation. The terrain along the river is open and flat, and there is no way to kill him.

Hiding everywhere, the slaves and others suffered heavy losses and had to retreat."

Hearing the brazen attack of the Imperial Navy, both Azig and Dodo changed their minds.

They hurried to the riverside, but they could only see that Yuan Zongdi's troops had disappeared without a trace.

Only on the river, the empire's warships are endless like a wall.

The gathered corpses of the Qing soldiers were piled up like a hill, and most of them were missing limbs and arms, which was too horrible to look at.

Azig's eyes were bloodshot, and he really wanted to order an attack immediately.

However, looking at the vast misty river, he was really powerless.

"Prince Yu, do you think Shandong is taking action?"

Dodo was in as bad a mood as he was.

But he didn't know that the battle in front of him was just an illusion.

In desperation, the Qing army could only continue to hide, hoping that the National Defense Force would launch a hand-to-hand fight when they approached.

That's checking the watch.

When they heard that Shangcheng and Yinshan Pass were lost, the two of them thought about immediately sending their troops northward, maybe they could recapture them.

Especially the sight of rockets piercing the night sky is of unparalleled beauty.

All they could see were the imperial warships crossing the Yangtze River. Other than that, the entire battlefield had become quiet.

"Operation...begin!"

Their steps were neither fast nor slow, their formation was strict, and they attacked forward with a fighting attitude.

It is conceivable that once a person falls into it, he will definitely die and cannot die again.

But after hearing that the strength of the National Defense Force was over 80,000, and the dangerous passes, even if they joined forces, there was not much hope of recapturing it.

Artillery fire roared and ammunition exploded, turning the entire land into a sea of ​​flames.

When crossing the border, the engineering troops took the lead in showing off their power.

The joy of defeating Dashun and killing Li Zicheng was gradually dissipating.

It turned out that due to the lack of terrain advantage, the Qing army was the one that suffered the greater disadvantage.

The crazy knight came from the north, running wildly and shouting all the way.

The Qing army, which had already entered a defensive state, was really helpless in the face of such an attack and could not use its strength.

This was a hollow area in the Qing defense line, so it did not attract attention.

"What does Dong Alai do for food? I gave him my escape, but he lost it so easily."

But they didn't expect that the mantis was chasing the cicada, and the oriole was behind, and their retreat was blocked by the National Defense Forces.

As long as the Qing troops rush out, they will immediately be wiped out by the Wehrmacht's muskets with a longer range.

Standing on top of Cangzhou City in the rear area, watching such a battle, Sony almost wanted to vomit blood.

They didn't even have time to carefully clean the battlefield and search for loot, so they hurried on the road, even faster than when they came.

"The military situation is urgent. Please get out of the way quickly and take me to see the two princes."

He suddenly discovered that the National Defense Forces in the plains were far more difficult to deal with than the Xia Army in North Korea.

Dorgon and Hauge, who were far away in the capital, saw the relevant military information and had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. Azig and Duduo, who were on the front line, were even more confused.

Just as the Second Division attacked Cangzhou and the Ninth Division attacked Guangping, two other powerful troops also moved into action.

When the hour hand pointed accurately at eight o'clock, Wang Siyi was also a little excited.

It was from here that Duduo went south and blocked Li Zicheng.

The walls of the Qing army's camp were ruthlessly destroyed. Houses, tents, stables and other buildings were blown up and burned with raging fires.

"If Shandong takes action, why is there no movement?"

After a while, with continuous roars, many large craters were blown out of the ground that originally looked normal.

With a long whistle, the soldiers of the National Defense Force began to move out.

The feeling given to the Qing army was that the artillery shells here seemed endless, and they would not stop until they had leveled all places.

The order was issued, and all the Qing troops who were still celebrating their victory were frightened.

But after entering one thousand meters, the Wehrmacht infantry stopped again and established a stable defense line.

The First Cavalry Division and the Second Cavalry Division, led by Wang Yan and Zuo Shi, quietly left Dezhou and headed northwest with the cover of the Second Division.

"The prince does not know that there are more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Shandong, and Lord Dutong cannot resist them at all. He has now led the remaining soldiers and horses to retreat to Xinyang and defend Xiangyang. Lord Dutong asked his servants to report to the two princes that they must do it immediately

Retreat, otherwise you will not be able to return to the capital."

Because the National Defense Force did not give them the slightest chance, the formation was always rigorous.

They removed the long wooden tubes from their backs, lit the fuses, threw them forward, and then quickly lay down on the ground.

The engineering troops broke through the obstacles, clearing the way forward for the infantry.

After a while, the exhausted messenger was dragged in front of Azig and Duduo.

Azig was also a little confused by this question.

As soon as he finished speaking, two hundred heavy artillery pieces began to pour ammunition crazily towards the Qing army's position in the distance.

The sand vibrated and rolled up endless dust, as if an earth dragon had turned over.

Shangcheng and Yinshan Pass were still in the hands of the Qing army not long ago.

Some of these pits are as deep as a person's height, and the bottoms are densely covered with spikes.

They are almost all doing the same action.

The slow advance of the National Defense Forces made him feel more at ease.

After arriving in Xiangyang, no matter whether you evacuate to Shaanxi or pass through Henan, you can return to the capital.

Fortunately, he had already received the news and knew that Hauge was on his way with reinforcements.

The passage due north has been blocked by the National Defense Forces, and the only way Azig and Duduo can retreat is through Xiangyang.

It's eight o'clock in the evening on a summer day, and the sky is not completely dark yet. It should be a good time for people to cool off, but the suffocation in the air makes it hard to breathe.

"Instruct all ministries to set off immediately and withdraw to Xiangyang."

But this incident cast a shadow on Azig and Dodo's hearts.

Although the Qing army had been well prepared for a long time, under such artillery attacks, they were still like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, and could only passively endure the harvest of death in fear.

The artillerymen pushed up small and light artillery pieces and bombarded all suspicious places ahead.

The messenger explained the reason.

"Your Majesty, Shandong soldiers and horses from Lianghuai suddenly dispatched. Now they have captured Shangcheng and Yinshan Pass, and are approaching Xinyang."

All generals in the central strategic cluster are waiting at their posts.

With the reinforcements, the hope of holding the Cangzhou defense line has greatly increased.

In fact, there is no need to listen to these words. Azig and Dodo also understand that their current situation is extremely dangerous.

Duduo was furious.

After Wang Yan and Zuo Shi captured Hengshui, they began to divide their forces.

Wang Nan led the First Cavalry Division to Xian County, Hejian Prefecture, and went straight to Qing County.

His mission was to outflank Cangzhou's retreat and at the same time fight against the approaching Hauge.

Zuo Shi's mission was to attack Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion, wait for an opportunity to leave the capital, and threaten the center of the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!