It's still a big chapter

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From February to September of the sixth year of Yongli, due to the annexation of Guizhou Province by Xiying the previous year, the troops entered the southwestern part of Hunan and the southern part of Sichuan, and the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties soon clashed in Sichuan.

First of all, in February, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan, and Li Guohan, the general of the Han army with the blue flag of Gushan and Zhendingxi, led the Qing army of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces to the south, sweeping western and eastern Sichuan; Subsequently, due to the huge military threat of the Qing army from the north to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the base of the Ming army in the southwest, Sun Kewang once again sacrificed Liu Wenxiu, led by Liu Wenxiu to the north, and soon achieved a series of good news, effectively killing and wounding a large number of Qing troops, forcing Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo and Li Guohan to flee north in a hurry.

By September, the Qing army had retreated to the last stronghold in northern Sichuan - Baoning Fucheng, once there was a loss here, Shaanxi would open the door, Wu Sangui, Li Guoying and Li Guohan, who had been beaten by Liu Wenxiu, had to choose to defend this city under the repeated insistence of patrolling the imperial history Hao Yu, and even under the persecution of "not to die as a thief, but to die in the law".

At the same time, the Ming army led by Liu Wenxiu quickly recovered other lost territories in Sichuan and quickly launched an offensive against Baoning.

On the second day of October, Liu Wenxiu led more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, including the general Zhang Xianbi, the general of Yuanguo, Wang Fuchen, the general Wang Ziqi, Li Bengao, Qi Sansheng, Guan Youcai, Yao Zhizhen, Zhang Xianzhen, Wang Jiye, and Yang Chunpu, to approach Baoning.

Liu Wenxiu entered Sichuan, a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses, more than 60 war elephants, of which only Zhang Xianbi's 8,000 soldiers and horses are the old Ming army, the others are all the troops organized by the West Battalion, this attack on Baoning has gathered almost all the main forces that can be assembled in Sichuan.

Because Baoning Mansion City is surrounded by water on three sides, the west and south sides face the Jialing River, and the east side is the East River, therefore, Liu Wenxiu ordered to build a pontoon bridge to help the division, and the main force was deployed in the north of Baoning City. In addition, Liu Wenxiu even transferred a part of the army to "North Saijiameng Pass, East Sailiangshan Pass" to prevent the Qing army from breaking through and entering Shaanxi after conquering Baoning, and made it clear that it was to completely annihilate the Qing army in Sichuan, and strive to complete its work in one battle!

The Baoning Mansion City is 330 steps around the 12 miles, which is slightly larger than the scale of the Chaozhou Mansion City. Except for the southwest convex part, it is basically a square shape, and because the shape is like a boot, it is known as the "boot city". The height of the city is 11.7 meters, the upper width is 5 meters, the lower width is 11.7 meters, open four gates, the east is called Wangying, the south is said to be Yingxun, the west is said to be Zhanyue, the north is said to be arched, there is a moat of ten meters wide and five meters deep outside. At the top of the city wall, a rectangular pier protruding outward was built every 60 steps, making a total of 81 enemy platforms, which allowed the defenders to attack the enemy from the flank, and it was not a fortified city.

"Your Highness, Boryeong is surrounded by water on three sides, and now the road to the north of the captives is cut off for our army, and it is possible to block the way for the captives to flee north, but it is also a taboo for the soldiers......"

"Wu Sangui is just a defeated general, you don't need to say much, this king has his own plans."

In siege warfare, the art of war pays attention to the encirclement of three and missing one, which gives the defenders a way to escape, and the defenders generally may not resist desperately. Wang Fuchen was worried, but Liu Wenxiu was full of confidence and couldn't persuade the coach to change his mind, so he had to follow the order.

At dawn on 11 October, Liu Wenxiu waved his army to attack the city, and tens of thousands of Ming troops "covered the mountains and descended, and the sound of artillery shook the sky", "from the river bank in the south to Shagouzi in the north, and lined up for 15 miles, the front line of war elephants, and the second use of artillery, bird guns, cards, flat knives, bows and arrows, and spears, cascading lixu, swarming to attack the city."

The fierce attack of the Ming army put great pressure on the Qing army defending the city, and Li Guoying observed the magnificent momentum of the Ming army a few days ago, so he hurriedly asked the green battalion soldiers under his command to change the banner of the Eight Banners Army. In this way, one is to increase the confidence of the defenders, and the other is to deter the Ming army outside the city, but especially so, the fierce offensive of the Ming army still makes it difficult for the defenders to parry, and several times the Ming army almost attacked the city wall.

By the time the siege had become fierce, the defenders were gradually unable to support, and the city was broken in an instant. At this time, Wu Sangui personally led the troops and horses of the headquarters to open the arch gate and go out of the city, regardless of others, and directly attacked Zhang Xianbi's department.

Zhang Xianbi is a native of Yunnan, and the Chongzhen Dynasty was recruited to encircle and suppress the Liukou, and his department was called the Dian Qi Battalion, which was quite capable of fighting. The Qing army went south, Huguang became a battlefield, Zhang Xianbi and Liu Chengyin competed, blindly expanded the army, and expanded the original 3,000 soldiers and horses to 50,000 or 60,000 people in one go, but the combat effectiveness was diluted by those peasant rebels. Later, with He Tengjiao, until He Tengjiao died, Zhang Xianbi was based in Yuanzhou, seized the people's fields to cultivate, and killed the local Miao people in a vendetta, becoming increasingly tired.

This unit has a lot of soldiers, but it is the worst fighting force in the Ming army in Sichuan. Wu Sangui has been fighting for many years, and the wealth of combat experience is by no means comparable to that of ordinary generals, as early as a few days ago, he had already seen the situation of the various departments of the Ming army from a high position, and set tactics for this, Li Guoying and Li Guohan defended the city to the death, and insisted until the time of the day, and then he personally led the troops and horses of the headquarters to attack after the siege battle entered the white heat, and attacked the only weakness of the Ming army.

As Wu Sangui expected, in the face of the former Guanning iron cavalry, Zhang Xianbi's troops could not resist and fled one after another, and the defeated soldiers were driven by those cavalry to rush the formation of Wang Fuchen and other Ming troops into a mess.

The Ming army outside the city was in chaos, and the Qing army took advantage of the situation to go out of the city and storm fiercely, and by noon the Ming army had collapsed on all fronts. In this way, Liu Wenxiu could only order the whole army to retreat, but Zhang Xianbi's brother Zhang Xianzhen cut the pontoon bridge in a panic, so that a large number of soldiers could not cross the river, and were chased and killed by the Qing army or fell into the water and died.

Baoning was defeated, the Ming army's strategy of advancing the whole Sichuan failed to be achieved, not to mention, including the general Wang Fuchen, the general Yao Zhizhen, Zhang Xianzhen, Wang Jiye, Yang Chunpu, including more than 30,000 Ming troops were captured and killed by the Qing army, losing three war elephants, more than 2,300 horses and mules, and even Liu Wenxiu's Funan Wang Jinyin was captured by the Qing army. As the winner of this battle, Wu Sangui couldn't help but sigh in addition to the narrow victory: "I have never tasted such a strong enemy in my life, so I owe it to my ears." ”

After losing more than half of the army, Liu Wenxiu had to flee back to Guizhou with the remnants of the defeated army, and handed over the good situation in Sichuan. However, Wu Sangui's sigh did not fight for him too good treatment, Sun Kewang was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Liu Wenxiu to be relieved of his military power and sent back to Kunming to live idlely, and Zhang Xianbi, who was the first to be defeated by the Qing army and his brother cut the pontoon bridge, which led to a large increase in the losses of the Ming army, was beaten to death by Sun Kewang.

The situation in Sichuan has improved for a while, and if Liu Wenxiu can take deep roots and restore the livelihood of the people in Sichuan while restricting the Qing army with the terrain around Baoning, he will be invincible. However, in a hurry for quick success, the result was that after a fiasco, the overall situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and he sighed in vain.

In the sixth year of Yongli, the great counteroffensive of the Ming army in the southwest, according to the division of labor, was to drive the front army to sit in Guizhou, and the east route army went out of Huguang and Guangxi, and restored Sichuan with the north route army.

The three-way army, the front army was personally commanded by Sun Kewang, the king of Qin, with Bai Wenxuan as the deputy commander, under the jurisdiction of Zhang Hu, the general soldier Hei Bangjun, the general soldier Wang Aixiu, He Jiuyi, Zhang Mingzhi, Zhang Yue, Liu Zhenguo, Guan Youcai and other generals. There are 100,000 troops, and there are more than 100 war elephants.

The East Route Army was presided over by Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, with Feng Shuangli, the former military governor, and Ma Jinzhong, the prince of the Hubei State, as the deputies, and the subordinate generals under the jurisdiction of Jin Tongwu, the governor of the left camp, Wang Zhibang, the governor of the right camp, Wu Zisheng, the governor of the Tianwei camp, Gao Wengui, the governor of the Xisheng camp, Liu Zhijiao, the governor of the Jinwu camp, Liao Yubiao, the governor of the Wuying camp, Chen Tongneng, the governor of the Wu'an camp, Gao En, the governor of the firearms battalion, Guo Youming, the governor of the strong crossbow battalion, Wang Hui, the governor of the iron cavalry battalion, Bu Ning, the governor of the left of the iron cavalry battalion, and Lu Yongming, the governor of the elephant camp. There are 80,000 troops and more than 100 war elephants.

The Northern Route Army is based on Liu Wenxiu, the king of Funan, as the main commander, with Wang Ziyong and Zhang Xianbi as the deputies, and subordinate to the generals Wang Fuchen, Lu Mingchen, the general Di Sanpin, Yao Zhizhen, Zhang Xianzhen, Wang Jiye, Yang Chunpu, Yin Sansheng, Wang Ziqi and other generals. There are 60,000 troops, including more than 60 war elephants.

Among them, the former army once divided some generals led by Bai Wenxuan to reinforce Liu Wenxiu, and later Chongqing was recovered, Bai Wenxuan led his troops back to Guizhou, and also left Guan Youcai and other generals to assist Liu Wenxiu in Sichuan to fight, but only one lost army and lost generals.

At the same time as the defeat in the Sichuan battlefield, the Qing army was led by the main force of the Eight Banners Army led by King Nikan of Jing Jingqin to the south, and Sun Kewang requisitioned Li Dingguo, who had just recovered a province in Guangxi, to return to the Huguang battlefield, and at the same time led those who were still in Guizhou to launch a fierce attack on the capital city of Chenzhou.

Chenzhou Mansion is located in the south of Huguang, the north of Jingzhou, the west of Baoqing Province, and adjacent to the east of Guizhou. In the fifth year of Yongli, Feng Shuangli captured Yuanzhou, which was in the territory of Chenzhou Prefecture, but only holding a Yuanzhou was not enough to ensure Guizhou's peace of mind, so Sun Kewang hurriedly led the army to attack Chenzhou after receiving the news that Nikan was going south.

Xu Yong, the chief soldier of Chenchang of the Chenzhou garrison, is Zuo Liangyu's old department, and his combat effectiveness is quite strong, since the Qing Dynasty has repeatedly broken the Ming army, and he has blocked Feng Shuangli in Yuanzhou for a year, so that he can not advance an inch.

However, in the face of the fierce offensive of the front army, first the deputy general Zhang Pengxing led the troops to fight for the Ming army artillery fire, and then Xu Yong vainly tried to resist the city, but on the second day, that is, November 22, Bai Wenxuan broke through the east gate with the war elephant as the forerunner, and Xu Yong was hacked to death by the Ming army in the melee.

Chenzhou victory, the Ming army killed Chen Chang general Xu Yong, deputy general Zhang Pengxing, and a large number of civil and military officials such as Liu Shengzuo, Chen Changdao, and Wang Renqi, the prefect of Chenzhou, almost completely annihilated the Chenchang town standard, and recovered this strong city that was enough to serve as the gateway to Guizhou.

The soldiers and horses of the headquarters of the Ming Army in the southwest have been recuperating in Yunnan for many years, and once they are released, the power of Jingzhou, Guilin, Xuzhou, and Chenzhou should not be underestimated. Especially after the defeat of Baoning, the Qing army was not comfortable. Of course, there are also some other factors in this, such as changes in tactics, such as the Qing army's light enemy, such as the outnumbering of the many on a single battlefield, but compared with those old Ming troops, these new Ming troops from Yungui are obviously sharp and unstoppable.

At the same time as the victory in Chenzhou, the main force of the Eight Banners Army under Nikan was also approaching the boundary of Hengzhou Prefecture. The Eight Banners Army was famous and should not be underestimated, and the Ming army quickly abandoned Changde, Changsha and other prefectures that had been recovered earlier, and retreated to the front line of Hengzhou and Baoqing.

On November 19, Nikan led a large army to Xiangtan County, south of Changsha Province, and Ma Jinzhong's unit, which had been stationed there, withdrew to the boundary of Baoqing Province according to the plan of Li Dingguo, the commander of the Eastern Route Army. On November 21, Nikan's army set out from Xiangtan and arrived at Hengzhou 30 miles the next day, where it encountered a force of more than 1,800 Ming troops, which hurriedly retreated after a little resistance to the Eighth Banner Army.

Nikan was the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and before serving as the Three Kings of the Imperial Government, he also went on many expeditions with famous generals in the early Manchu Dynasty, such as Emperor Taiji, Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig, and Haoge, and it was the most common thing to win in battle. The Ming army resisted a little before fleeing in a hurry, and in his eyes he could already be regarded as a strong soldier with great courage, and it was very much in line with the standard of killing Kong Youde's minions. Seeing this, he continued to lead his army southward, and did not stop even at night, but "advanced at the same time", and arrived near the left side of the capital of Hengzhou when it was dark, and encountered Li Dingguo's troops.

This time it was the main force of the Ming army, the banner of Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, was faintly visible in the firelight of the night, Nikan shook his spirit, and led the Eight Banners Army to shout a fierce battle, and the result was also a little resistance, and the commander of the Ming army who forced Kong Youde to death actually took the lead in retreating, which was not at all the prestige of the Eighth Banner Army.

"The thief surnamed Li is nothing more than that."

Li Dingguo's army fled, Nikan hurriedly launched a pursuit, chased for more than 20 miles, and when he easily caught up with Li Dingguo's cavalry, a trumpet sounded, and the Ming army swarmed out from the ambush point near the left, and in an instant, the forward troops led by him surrounded a tight one.

"Hit the mark!"

This was the first thought that sounded in Nikan's mind, and it was also the most correct thought. From the Ming army's abandonment of Changde and Changsha, to the retreat of the small battle thirty miles outside Hengzhou Mansion, to the escape of the team led by the commander of Fangcai, everything was Li Dingguo's awakening of Nikan's disdain for the Ming army. And this disdainful underestimate of the enemy finally threw it into the encirclement of the Ming army.

As the deputy marshal, Dorobele Tunqi was still leading the main army to hurry over, and soon exchanged fire with the reinforcements of the Ming army. On the other side, Li Dingguo had already noticed that he had caught a big fish, and hurriedly collected the net, Nikan took those Eight Banners to fight hard, but he was outnumbered, and was soon killed by the Ming army, and even the head of His Royal Highness the Prince was picked by Li Dingguo on the tip of the gun.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

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The Jing Jing Prince Ai Xin Jue Luo Nikan, one of the three kings of the Qing Dynasty, is an unprecedented honor since the Cheng Liao incident. For a time, the Ming army thundered with joy, and it resounded in the sky.

The Ming army cheered and thundered, even if only Nikan entered the encirclement with a small number of cavalry, the number of injuries was not even a dime a dozen for the main force of the Eight Banners Army, but the commander died, and Tunqi, as the deputy marshal, did not dare to stay for a long time, and hurriedly retreated to Changsha with his troops.

In the cheers, Li Dingguo was also very aware of the current situation, and knew that with the size of his own troops and horses, he could not ensure a complete victory, so he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but just followed, because this was only a very small encirclement, and in the outer and wider areas of this encirclement, he also left two other troops to block the return of the Qing army - the two partial divisions of the Eastern Route Army led by Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong respectively.

However, Li Dingguo soon discovered that Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong's troops did not appear at the intended location as originally planned. This is not the appointment date, but from Changsha to Baoqing, and then back to intercept, such a large area for mobile operations, the delay is inevitable, Li Dingguo saw this and had to return to Hengzhou with a large army.

Back in the capital city of Hengzhou, through the identification of the captives, the identities of the beheaded Qing army officers were also identified. From Heshuo Jing and Qinqin Wang Nikan, the first-class Bo Minister Guarjia Chengni, the first-class light car commanders Okzhuot and Kartala, the second-class light car commanders Ese, Imatu, and Kenzhe, the third-class light car commanders Mahin and Mang Yilu, the commander of the escort army Dubei, the escort army staff Darbu and Sudan, the guard school Fake, Guohun, Zhangkushan, Shaozhan, the forward school Haizhu, the Xiao cavalry school Molehong, Yinda Huqi, the first-class guard Huise, Kara, the first-class guard Shabu, the third-class guard Mulan, and the agency staff Liu Guofu, etc.

The lieutenant of the light car is the title of the Qing court, the sixth class, located under the prince and uncle, such as Hong Chengchou and He Shen, and he is a third-class lieutenant of the light car until his death.

After the First World War, two first-class light car captains, three second-class light car captains, two third-class light car captains, and the rest were all officers and guards and escorts of the third to sixth grades. Similarly, there were also great victories in Guilin, but they were only Han military flags. And this time, not only are they all Manmeng Eight Banners except for Liu Guofu, but also the two big fish Nikan and Cheng Ni, especially Nikan, the Manchu prince was killed by the Ming army for the first time, even if the final encirclement of the Qing army was not realized, the influence caused by it is by no means a joke.

Li Dingguo became a famous king twice, and even in the Huguang area, it caused a great shock. For example, Zhou Kangeng, the squire of the Ministry of Labor of the Chongzhen Dynasty, who was awarded the secretary of the household department but did not arrive at the beginning of Hongguang, Guo Duxian, the governor of Jiangxi of the Chongzhen Dynasty who was awarded the secretary of the military department but did not take office, and the Huguang squire of Tao Runai, who later cut his hair and called himself Rentoutuo, but his descendants were persecuted by the literary prison, also responded to the call. As for the scholars and righteous men who came to serve, there are too many to mention.

With the disappearance of Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong, Li Dingguo, who was alone in Hengzhou Mansion, had to abandon this mansion in Layue and retreat south to the boundary of Yongzhou.

This is due to the fact that the main force of the Qing army has not been lost, only one commander has died, and the senior officers of the Qing army, including Dorobelle Tunqi, are still in control of the troops, and it is difficult to compete with Li Dingguo's troops alone.

After the victory in Hengzhou, Li Dingguo hurriedly launched an investigation into the situation of Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong, and soon found out that Feng Shuangli was the first to withdraw from the scheduled ambush site, and Ma Jinzhong also chose to act like him after discovering Feng Shuangli's evacuation.

If Li Dingguo's plan was followed, even if the Qing army could break out of the encirclement, it would at least lose tens of thousands of troops, which could almost be said to be a fiasco of breaking the backbone for the Manchurian Eight Banners, which had only tens of thousands of bannermen. But the plan did not come to fruition, and the actions of the two of them were losing Li Dingguo and the tens of thousands of Ming troops who followed Li Dingguo to the Eight Banners Army. If it weren't for Li Dingguo's careful planning, coupled with his luck to kill Nikan, I am afraid that even if he wins, it will be a disastrous victory.

Anger was inevitable, but soon Li Dingguo discovered a bigger problem. That is, Feng Shuangli was just instructed by others, and the initiator was not someone else, it was his brother-in-law, the now powerful Qin King Sun Kewang!

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