The Guanning army, which had just been assembled, saw that the Qing army began to retreat. Immediately came to ask whether to start the pursuit, Zhu Youdong said: "No, let them go back first, and wait for Hao Yongzhong to capture Xiangshui Pass." ”

Hearing this, Xia Guoxiang said: "What if the Qing army uses the city wall of Pingyi Wei to resist our attack in turn? Zhu Youdong smiled and said: "That's just right, I'm still afraid that the Qing army will run away." Then Zhu Youdong said to Anyang and Longsheng who had prepared: "You set off immediately, remember that if the Qing army does not stop at Pingyiwei, you will continue to move forward and go directly to the Xiangshan area to build fortifications and block the road for the Qing army to go north." ”

Anyang said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, we will not let the Qing army escape." After speaking, he set off directly with Long Sheng, Qin Yiming, Ma Wannian and others.

Zhu Youdong then said to the others: "You all go and prepare quickly, all the departments will start eating, and we will set off in half an hour." ”

Half an hour later, Zhu Youdong took 13,000 people and 7,000 Guanning troops in the pass to start out of the pass, chasing the retreating Qing army.

Seeing that the army had begun to retreat, Berhetu had no time to collect the corpses of the Manchurians who had died in battle, so he had to lead the army to retreat to Pingyiwei in a hurry. went up to attack the Han army banner of Shengjing Pass, and no one paid attention to them at this time.

Berhetu caught up with Luo Keduo and asked, "King of the county, I see that I am about to conquer the victory level, why did I suddenly withdraw my troops?" Ji Xiha said: "Now I can't continue to attack Shengjing Pass, I don't know that a group of Ming troops from there attacked from behind and occupied Qujing City." Our rear road was cut off, and without Qujing's grain and grass, our army would not be able to hold out at all. ”

Seeing that Berhetu still had to ask, Luo Keduo said: "Don't talk about this, hurry up and return to the army to recapture Qujing, if you can't do it, go south through Qujing, bypass Qujing, and go back to Kunming through Zhouwei." Ji Xiha immediately objected: "We can't go back to Kunming, now that the road back to Huguang is blocked, returning to Kunming is a dead end, we should send a message to the king of Xinjun, so that he can immediately lead the army from Yiliang to join us, and then return to Guangxi together." ”

Luo Tuo said: "Yes, now that the war has changed, we should immediately return to Guangxi and look for fighters." Hearing that Roto was preserving his strength again, Duran and Rocodo were immediately a little unhappy. Duran said: "The messenger also said that Qujing only has 10,000 Ming troops, as long as we return to attack, can't we defeat the victory pass, and we can't defeat Qujing." ”

Ji Xiha said: "It's not that we can't defeat Qujing, it's just that we have defeated Qujing now, and it has no impact on the entire war situation, not to mention that there is no grain and grass in Yunnan at all, which can supply the consumption of our army." Hearing Ji Xiha's words, Luo Keduo said: "Okay, let's return to Qujing immediately, and then go south."

Duran said: "Why don't we go south directly in Pingyiwei, isn't it faster?" Luo Keduo said: "You don't remember that you were ambushed the night before yesterday, since you were ambushed that day, it means that the Ming army has deployed troops in that area, and we are not blocked in the mountains by them now." ”

Ji Xiha said: "What King Pingjun said is right, we will first make a gesture of returning to attack Qujing, and then Qujing will suddenly turn to the south, quickly pass through Yuezhouwei, take Luoxiong Prefecture and return to Guizhou, and then directly enter Guangxi." ”

But Duran didn't want to return, he wanted to make meritorious contributions, after entering Yungui, the big battles were basically fought by the Han army banner and the green battalion soldiers, and Duran didn't get any credit at all. Then he said: "What if Yuezhouwei is also occupied by the Ming army?" We know that we can return from there, and the Ming army doesn't know? Luo Keduo said: "What are you doing with all this nonsense? Did the Ming army have so many troops? Besides, they can stop our Eight Banners army without a pass city? ”

When Duran and the others saw that Luo Keduo was angry, they immediately stopped saying more, and only urged the army to rush to Qujing.

As soon as Zhu Youdong came out of Shengjing Pass, a spy reported that Luo Keduo went to Qujing with a large army. Zhu Youdong immediately said to Lin Zhuang: "You immediately send someone north to inform Longsheng and them, and go directly to the vicinity of Xiangshan." Then he said to Tan Shuanghua: "Send someone to inform Luo Anmin and Luo Ren to immediately tighten the encirclement in the south, blow up all the trails, and block the road for the Qing army to go south." ”

Then Zhu Youdong said to the others around him: "We immediately set out to seize Pingyiwei, if we let the Qing army know that Hao Yongzhong captured Xiangshui Pass, the Qing army will definitely come back and reoccupy Pingyiwei." ”

Hearing what Zhu Youdong said, the generals who were traveling with him also urged the army to move forward. In just one hour, Zhu Youdong came to Pingyiwei with a large army, and there were indeed people going to the city here, and there was not a single Qing army. Seeing this, Zhu Youdong immediately began to arm.

At this time, the Qing army had already arrived in front of the Xiangshui Pass, which was originally a very small pass and could not attract the attention of the Qing army at all. But today, when Luo Keduo came to the pass with a large army, he found that there were troops stationed on the pass. And the flag was actually the banner of the Ming army, Luo Keduo was stunned and said: "When will Xiangshui Pass be garrisoned?" ”

At this time, no one could answer, only to see a person emerge from the pass, shouting loudly: "The Qing army under the pass, you listen well, you have been surrounded, if you want to live, put down your arms and surrender, we will consider giving you a way to live, if you want to resist to the end, you will only have a dead end." ”

The person who shouted was Hao Yongzhong, and An Chongsheng next to him said: "General Hao, can this be done?" Will the Qing army surrender? Hao Yongzhong said: "Of course they will not surrender, but as long as they can be delayed, Qujing prefect Dou Feijie is not saying that the grain and grass they sent to the Qing army camp are only enough for two days, and now as long as they drag on for a few days, the Qing army will be defeated due to lack of food." ”

An Chongsheng said: "But what if the Qing army returns to Kunming by going south to Yuezhouwei?" Hao Yongzhong said: "Don't worry, since the Marquis of Pingyu asked me to guard the Xiangshui Pass, the road to the south must be guarded to death." ”

An Chongsheng said: "Is this Pingyu Marquis really so powerful? I don't believe it. Hao Yongzhong said: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, as long as we guard the Xiangshui Pass, we will definitely be able to see you then." ”

Hao Yongzhong and An Chongsheng were talking, and after discussing with the Qing army, they had already begun to prepare to attack Dashui Pass. It is said that outside the Xiangshui Pass, the mountain is not dangerous, and there are several roads, and the Qing army will not storm the Xiangshui Pass if it says anything. However, the spies sent by the Qing army everywhere reported that all the paths were now destroyed. There is no problem in a nearby area, but after a short walk to the south, the road is completely destroyed in all dangerous places, and if you want to continue south, you have to abandon your horses and climb the mountain on foot.

After hearing this, the Qing generals unanimously agreed that they could attack the Kaishui Pass, and only in this way could they take their horses to the south. And Xiangshui Pass is not dangerous.

The first to strike was still the Han Army's banner, and this time it was Ma Jiaolin from Guangxi who took the lead in attacking. Many of their soldiers were recruited by Guangxi, and the servants of Guangxi have also lived in the mountains for generations, and their ability to climb mountains and mountains is no worse than that of the Miao people. When the wall is not high, it is more convenient to use Guangxi people to attack than other soldiers of the Han army.

With the horn of the attack, the Qing army under the pass began to attack, and behind the Han army banner army was the people of the Manchurian Eight Banners supervising the battle, and if there was a chance, they would rush up and directly break through the Xiangshui Pass.

Seeing this, Hao Yongzhong and An Chongsheng in the city had no choice but to lead the army to resist. Zhu Youdong, who has arrived at Pingyiwei, has known since the Qing army began to attack Dashui Pass, which is only seven or eight miles away from Xiangshui Pass, and the Qing army began to attack the city, and the Ming Army of Pingyiwei can directly hear the shouting and killing of the Qing army.

Zhu Youdong originally thought that after the Qing army sent Xiangshui Pass to be occupied, he would definitely return to Pingyiwei and rely on the city wall of Pingyiwei to defend it. Then the green battalion and infantry in Yunnan were mobilized to come to the rescue, and the Qing army directly attacked Xiangshui Pass without thinking about it. This move of the Qing army immediately messed up Zhu Youdong's deployment. If you don't send troops now, Xiangshui Pass will not be breached by the Qing army.

But now Zhu Youdong can't send troops, because he can't force the Qing army too tightly now, otherwise the Qing army will be desperate, so Hao Yongzhong of Xiangshui Pass will be even more unable to hold it, and he is waiting for Luo Anmin's army to rush to Xiangshui Pass. In this way, the Qing army can be completely blocked.

Although Zhu Youdong could not directly let the brigade march towards the Qing army now, he still took 5,000 Miao people and approached the Qing army from the mountains. Not long after, Zhu Youdong came to Changshi Mountain with the military land, which was already behind the Qing army, watching the Qing army pounce on Xiangshui Pass like ants.

Zhu Youdong said: "Seeing the situation of the Qing army, they must have known that the roads in the south were blown up, so they are so desperate." ”

Guo Li Ai said: "What Hou Ye said is that it is just the strength of the Qing army's attack, I don't know if Xiangshui Pass can be held." Zhu Youdong said: "I'm also very worried now. Then Zhu Youdong thought to Lin Zhuang and said: "You immediately send someone to give an order, so that the Guanning army will attack immediately, attack the rear of the Qing army, and reduce the pressure on Xiangshui Pass." ”

Tan Shuanghua on the side said: "You said before that you couldn't force the Qing army too quickly, so that if they don't want to attack Xiangshui Pass, Hao Yongzhong will not be able to hold it." Now you are transferring the Guan Ning army to directly attack the Qing army, and the Qing army has to desperately attack the water pass, so that Hao Yongzhong can still defend it? Zhu Youdong said: "Now the situation is different, now the Qing army knows that the road to the south has been blown up, and they are desperate now." Therefore, we can only attack directly now, and let the Qing army divide the troops to reduce the pressure on Xiangshui Pass. ”

Tan Shuanghua said "oh", and Zhu Youdong said again: "Give Luo Anmin an order and ask him to speed up, if the Qing army runs away, I will ask him for him." ”

At this time, Luo Anmin was already behind the Xiangshui Pass, and when he heard the shouting and killing sound on the Xiangshui Pass, Luo Anmin was also very anxious. If Xiangshui can't be guarded, then all the previous arrangements will be in vain. Luo Anmin shouted: "Quick, brothers, Xiangshui Pass has already started, if you want to take revenge, run quickly, as long as we block the Qing army that attacked Dashui Pass, the crimes they committed in Yunnan and Guizhou will be immediately retributed." ”

Luo Anmin's army was originally for the purpose of forming the Guizhou garrison, many of them were local people in Yunnan and Guizhou, and they had betrayed the scourge of the Qing army in the past year.

Luo Anmin with a large army in the desperate Xiangshui Pass, at this time the Qing army is also desperately attacking the Xiangshui Pass, Xiangshui Pass, the defenders are only 5,000 people, now the Qing army is desperately attacking, Manchuria Eight Banners are still behind the people who continue to drive the Han Army Banner to attack the city.

Xiangshui Pass is completely a life-for-life fight, Luo Keduo and others have received the Pingyi Wei occupied by the Ming army, and now the Guanning army that surrendered to the Ming army has set off, and it is estimated that in less than two quarters of an hour, the Guanning army will attack the back of the Qing army. Therefore, Luo Keduo was also a little panicked, and directly asked Berhetu to go forward to supervise the battle, and as long as he had the opportunity, he would directly rush to Xiangshui Pass, and occupy Xiangshui Pass to open the way for the army to walk together.

Berhetu also knew that the situation was urgent now, so he directly asked all the people of the Han army flag to press it up, and then he led people to supervise the battle behind. Anyone who dared to hesitate was beheaded by Berhetu, and in this way, the people of the Han army banner also rushed to Xiangshui Pass to kill them.

The pressure on Hao Yongzhong and An Chongsheng on Xiangshui suddenly increased dramatically, and the Han army banner that attacked the key was almost pressed to close the Ming Army, and the Restoration Army retreated again and again. Seeing this, An Chongsheng said to Hao Yongzhong: "General Hao, let's retreat, if this continues, our five thousand people will be wiped out in another half an hour." ”

Hao Yongzhong glanced at it, and the Qing army in front of him was pressed by the black, and he suddenly felt that his scalp was numb. But remembering that when he was reorganized, Zhu Youdong said that those who dared to retreat without authorization would not only be beheaded themselves, but also engaged in military law. Even family members will be implicated.

Thinking of this, Hao Yongzhong shouted: "We can't retreat, if we retreat, not only will we be dealt with by military law." Our family is not going to be better, they will not be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives in their hometown. If you think about it, your family members are now smashing Sichuan, and they can't run. ”

The officers and men of the Restoration Army, who were originally a little shaken, heard Hao Yongzhong's words, and their bodies were shocked. Hao Yongzhong said again: "As long as we persist, the Qing army under the city will definitely be finished." The Marquis of Pingyu will not let us all die here, and even if we die, our family will be taken care of by the Marquis of Pingyu and the Restoration Army. ”

After Hao Yongzhong finished speaking, the soldiers of the Restoration Army no longer had the fear they had before, and they did not speak at the moment, but directly rushed to the attacking Qing Army, and sang loudly the military discipline song of the Restoration Army. "All the sergeants who have restored their sight should keep in mind, and they should pay attention to the three major disciplines and six items."

Hearing Hao Yongzhong's hoarse throat, he sang the song that he was going to sing when he marched, and the other soldiers couldn't help but sing along, "First of all, all actions should be commanded, and only when the orders are unified can we achieve victory." Second, I don't take a needle and thread from the people, and the people support and like me. ”

When the soldiers of the Restoration Army sang this song, they couldn't help but forget all the distractions in their hearts, and their hearts were like mirrors, thinking only about killing the enemy. The offensive of the Han army banner was miraculously blocked by the Restoration Army. Other An Chongsheng's subordinates, who followed the Restoration Army for a few days, were also very familiar with the song, and now they heard the soldiers of the Restoration Army singing, as if they were infected, they also sang along, and then pounced on the Qing army without hesitation. onclick="hui"