Kapok Head Ferry is located in the southwest of Sanshui County, here, the control of the choke water road to rush, the Ming army to Zhaoqing by water, or down the river, here are the only way. ◢ With * dream * small ◢ .1a It is precisely because of this that a ferry will be formed for the people to cross the river.

Lian Decheng set up an ambush here according to the order, and waited for a few days, and sure enough, the Ming army really came. It's just that this time it was not the Ming army sailors who went up the river by water, but a Ming army foot cavalry, coming from the direction of Zhaoqing, as if they were going to pick up someone.

"No matter which thief comes, we must not let them succeed!"

Lian Decheng thought so, and immediately ordered his soldiers to continue to ambush, until the Ming army was halfway crossed, and then the cavalry assault was exhausted, and at the same time, he made a noise in the reeds and other places, making a posture of ambushing thousands of troops here.

The Ming army here was originally a small army, about 1,000 people, more than the troops that could be completed, but the army was half-crossed, and it was the weakest time, the Qing army was all cavalry, and there were thousands of troops on the side behind it, even if it was a mess. The army has no fighting spirit, and what follows is naturally a one-sided massacre. After Lian Decheng took the hundreds of cavalry to kill hundreds, the rest fled back to Zhaoqing in disgrace.

Blocking the eastward division, Lian Decheng continued to wait here for the Ming army sailors who came from the coast. The good news was sent directly to Zhaoqing Fucheng, because Shang Kexi set off at the same time as him, and he was already presiding over the overall situation in Zhaoqing Fucheng at this moment. And when Shang Kexi received this good news, he was relieved.

"Breaking Li Dingguo is disbanding oneself!"

This is Shang Kegming's original words, because in his opinion, the local anti-Qing forces in Guangdong, even Chen Kai did not have the strength to overthrow the Qing court's rule in Guangdong alone. Only Li Dingguo's tens of thousands of troops, once they break through Zhaoqing, can quickly approach the city of Guangzhou, and at that time, with the soldiers of the two feudal domains, even if they are completely unharmed, it will be difficult to hold on to that giant city. Because, the city of Guangzhou is too big, and if it is fortified step by step, the troops will be dispersed, and once Li Dingguo appears there, other Ming troops will immediately flock to him, and his military disadvantage will expand indefinitely until the moment when the city is broken and he dies.

Li Dingguo came from Guangxi, and there was a lack of water divisions in his department, so the waterway became the lifeline of Zhaoqing. Shang Kexi came to help, but also with the water division into the city, but once the Ming army's water division arrived, Zhaoqing became a dead city, as long as Li Dingguo continued to increase the offensive, the Qing army became a turtle in the urn, all had to be buried here.

At this moment, Lian Decheng defended the Kapok Head Ferry, just like Geng Jimao in history in the battle of Zhaoqing, which finally made Shang Kexi worry-free.

"Now I can deal with the old thief with all my might."

The situation in front of them is very clear, the Ming army launched an attack from the two angles of tunnels and city walls, and the Qing army will lose one or the other, and the damage will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

This is a dead end, because the strength of the Ming army is too much, Rao is Shang Kexi gathered the main forces of the two feudatories, but only 20,000 soldiers, which is still far from being in front of Li Dingguo's 40,000 army. Therefore, the war of attrition was absolutely impossible for the Qing army to fight, and only by coming up with a way to thwart the Ming army's attempt could it be possible to win. There is no other way.

Among the three kings of the Dongjiang River, Kong Youde is the most martial and brave, even among the Han generals in the early Qing Dynasty, there is only one Wu Sangui who can be compared. Shang Kexi is far inferior in martial arts, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't have his own strengths. As a Han prince who was canonized as the king of Zhishun by Huang Taiji immediately after the Qing Dynasty, Shang Kexi is not afraid of using his brains, whether it is politically or militarily!

On the eighth day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Yongli, after seeing the current battle situation, Shang Kexi already knew it in his chest, and even ordered the auxiliary soldiers to cut the side door from the inside of the city for the Qing army to attack. The specific location is in the east and west forts.

Choosing these two places, the first thing is that these two places are not visible to the Ming army who broke into the city at all. The auxiliaries were still working hard to break through the fortified city from the inside, and Shang Kexi gathered a large army in another place where the Ming army could not see, first boosted morale, and even took out a bounty.

"There are those who can go out of the city and seize the thieves, and the reward is fifty taels of silver!"

Fifty taels, this reward for the Qing army probably means two years of true color and discounted military salary, which is really a lot. The Qing army was surrounded by Li Dingguo's regiments, and it was difficult to get out, only to fight to the death. At this moment, Shang Kexi threw out a huge bounty again, even if it was a success.

The Ming army outside the city was still shooting at the Qing army at the head of the city, and the two armies in the tunnels and trenches were still fighting bloody battles. Everything was as always, and at this time, the side gates of the east and west forts were already only the city bricks outside, and only waiting for the Shang Kexi banner to move on the city, the Qing army even pushed away the two city bricks, and rushed out with a shout.

The entrance to the tunnel is in between, in the shape of an isosceles triangle with the city walls. The Qing army suddenly attacked and avoided the city gate closely monitored by the Ming army, which did have the effect of a surprise attack. In contrast, the Ming army guarding the earthen wall also reacted, and while turning the target of attack to the Qing army that was rushing wildly, he appealed to Li Dingguo and asked for reinforcements.

Due to the need to put enough pressure on the Qing army in the city, Li Dingguo had gathered a large number of artillery, muskets and crossbows behind this stretching earthen wall. The Ming army struggled to block it, and the Qing army completely interpreted the truth that "there must be brave men under heavy rewards". At this moment, holding a card, covering his head and chest, the Qing army struggled forward with a knife, and before the main camp of the Ming army could react, he had already killed behind the earthen wall.

Next, the shooters face to face with the hand-to-hand combat class is nothing more than a massacre. However, the Qing army did not chase after the Ming shooters who fled the way, and killed all the Ming troops at the entrance of the tunnel, so they immediately piled up all the combustibles they brought and collected at the entrance of the tunnel, and then threw a fire at the entrance of the cave that had been blocked.

The flames rose into the sky, and the smoke billowed out, and at this time, even if there was no messenger in an emergency, the Ming army could react. The Ming army hurriedly attacked, trying to disperse the dead soldiers behind the earthen wall as quickly as possible, but soon, even the city was billowing smoke, and it was already too late.

In the tunnel, the Ming army was smoked by the smoke and countless people died, and those who were lucky not to be smoked to death also rushed into the city, but they were soon killed by the Qing army.

The troops of the main battalion of the Ming army attacked and dispersed the commandos of the Qing army, but the method of breaking the city through the tunnel was no longer successful, and Li Dingguo had to choose to withdraw for the time being and then make plans.

"The old thief has retreated, Lord Wang, the old thief has retreated!"

After many days of hard work, and several times almost broke through the city defenses by the Ming army, Xu Erxian was under heavy pressure in these short twelve days. At this moment, seeing Li Dingguo temporarily withdraw from the army, even if he was excited, but compared with Xu Erxian, Shang Kexi's consciousness was obviously clearer, and when he ordered the main force he brought to blatantly attack from the city gate, he directly took Li Dingguo's commander's camp in Longdinggang.

"Bring up the prepared guys, and this time I will fight to the death with the old thief!"

The Qing army made a big move, led by Shang Kexi himself. On the side of the Ming army, they had just retreated to Wuli Xiazhai, and it was when their foothold was not stable. Li Dingguo didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly sent troops to meet the battle.

The two armies duel under the Longding Gang, the feudal soldiers lined up, the cavalry of the brigade harassed on both flanks, and the Ming army was waiting for the battle, not daring to have the slightest slack. The two armies kept approaching, artillery, bows, muskets, javelins, throwing axes, until hand-to-hand combat, even if the fight was inextricable.

In the field wave battle, this Qing army showed far more strength than in the defense of the city, which made Li Dingguo frown. The other troops had retreated, but he sent people to regather the troops, but the number of soldiers and horses in his headquarters was too small compared to the Qing army, and the other troops still needed time, so it was likely that he would not be able to hold out at that time.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo waved his hand, and a group of men with canvas wrapped around their heads and their feet wrapped in felt and milled feet behind the formation rushed into the formation with a strange tone and loud screams.

These people are Yi warriors recruited by the Southwest Ming Army from Yunnan, also known as Luo Luo, who are the most combative and easy to kill. I saw that these Luo Luo threw three rounds of javelins at the gap in the battle array, which can be described as very accurate, almost every shot can nail a Qing army to the ground, even if it cannot be killed directly, it can often cause a certain degree of damage to it, so that the Ming army in front of it has a good opportunity to kill it in one fell swoop.

After three rounds of javelins, Luo Luo pulled out the waist knife with a brush, the knife was long and straight, and the handle of the knife almost had a round or annular tail, not like the lancet commonly used by the Ming and Qing armies, and they were all double knives in hand. Since ancient times, those who fight with two swords have been warriors. With swords in both hands, they quickly rushed to the front of the battle, and the Ming troops who were fighting fiercely were all under the orders of the officers to give them their places.

The next moment, Luo Luo rushed to the front of the formation, and the two knives immediately swung like flying, and a knife slashed at the round shield and blade of the Qing army. In response to the overwhelming attacks, the waist knife flew up and down in the hand, and the frequency of such frequent attacks was completely unbearable for the Qing army, even those who were holding swords and shields to break the formation, they only had the ability to parry, and they had no power to fight back.

Since the Great Western Army entered Yunnan, two types of troops have been added, one is the war elephant, and the other is this Luoluo. Like war elephants, Luo Luo has always been a sharp weapon for the southwest to break the formation, and in the early tunnel hand-to-hand combat, he inherited the advantages of such sharp soldiers in order to suppress the Qing army. At this moment, the crazy attack with offense and defense, and the blessing of the martial arts passed down from generation to generation in the village, made these outlaw fighters immediately suppress the arrogance of the Qing army as soon as they appeared.

Luo Luo took over the battlefield, the Qing army was in decline, and Li Dingguo was in the chest. Unexpectedly, at this moment, on the side of the Qing army, the handsome banner of Shang Kexi moved, and a group of Qing troops with strange weapons quickly entered the battle formation.

The weapons held by the Qing army were about one and a half feet long, and the front end was a sharp spear head with a hook that extended completely backwards. After entering the battle formation, this length and just standing in the second or third row can easily attack the Ming army in front of the formation. Raising the spear and stabbing directly, I saw that Rollo dodged the blow by twisting the wolf's waist lightly, and just as he was about to get close to the fight, the spear pulled back, and the hook hooked Rollo's shirt from behind, but this time it was a stumble.

On the battle array, there must be no negligence, especially this kind of extremely emphasis on individual martial arts, the slightest interference, because there is no guard, and they will fall into the predicament of having no room for turn.

Luo Luo was taken down, and before he could react, the Qing army rushed forward in front of the battle, stabbing straight with spears, slashing with waist knives, and splashing blood, even if he was not alive. And such a scene is not limited to this, the central battle formation of the Ming army into Luo Luo can be seen almost everywhere, even if the Ming army is taken by surprise.

The tactics relied on to break the formation were dissolved by the Qing army, and it was impossible for the Ming army not to be touched by the Qing army's indiscriminate swords and slashing to death by those brave warriors. Next, the Ming army had no way to turn things around, its momentum was weakened, and it collapsed in a short time.

The Ming army was defeated, and the Qing army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, but fortunately, it didn't take long for the reinforcements of the Ming army to arrive. But even so, it was no longer possible to change the outcome of the battle of Longdinggang, but it was just a slight stop loss.

At the end of the battle, the two sides disengaged, and Li Dingguo recounted the casualties. Earlier, the Qing army seized the entrance of the tunnel, and the Ming army guarding the wall killed hundreds of people with the Ming army in the tunnel, and this battle was hundreds. Soon, Li Dingguo received a report from the receiving force that was advancing eastward, and it still lost hundreds of soldiers.

Together, the Ming army lost less than 2,000 soldiers, and the 40,000 army was just a drop in the bucket. However, they were defeated and retreated one after another, and as far as they could see, the morale of the army was low, and they were no longer as high as they were when they first arrived in Zhaoqing. Moreover, bigger problems are becoming more and more apparent, forcing him to reconsider.

"Your Highness, the military rations are less than half a month."

Jin Gongzhi and Gong Ming are the most trusted staff members of Li Ding**, and at this moment, the two of them looked embarrassed, and Li Dingguo couldn't help sighing.

In February, he rejected Sun Kewang's Jingzhou military proposal, and Sun Kewang did not hesitate to cut off his supplies. And with the Qing army occupying Yongzhou Mansion, even Sun Kewang's desire to restore his food supply became a fantasy. What's more, with Sun Kewang's temperament, now is the time to hate him for not dying, how can he continue to "raise tigers"?

From the end of February to the present more than a month, the use of nothing more than the accumulation of military records and the seizures along the way to Hexian, Wuzhou, Kaijian, Fengkai and Deqing Prefecture. There are only a few, and the 40,000 troops under his command are just barely maintained.

Originally, he heard that Shang Kexi's martial arts were far inferior to Kong Youde, and he only thought that he would be able to capture Zhaoqing in a battle, and then go down the river to Guangzhou. With the capture alone, it can last until the capture of Guangzhou. And Guangzhou was the capital of a province of Guangdong, and with the garrison of two feudal domains, the grain and grass must have been enough for his army. But now, just a Zhaoqing has ended up losing consecutive battles, although the damage is minimal, but it is impossible to win quickly.

"Retire."

This little bit of food is barely enough if you go back, but if you continue to hold on, you can only lose if you don't win. As soon as Li Dingguo's words came out, he quickly infected Jin Gongzhi and Gong Ming.

They knew Li Dingguo's plan best, and they thought that Shang Kexi's martial arts were inferior to Kong Youde, and they should be devastated. His Royal Highness the King of Xining didn't expect the reinforcements from southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong to be of much effect, he was very confident in his own troops - just a cooperation, with the basis of cooperation, they could work together to contain His Royal Highness the King of Qin, so that he would be afraid of it, and not make a big rebellion that would harm the Son of Heaven.

Originally, the plan was perfect, but unexpectedly, this Shang Kexi was far more difficult than Kong Youde, not only came up with a way to break the city wall to attack suddenly, but also created a new weapon to defuse Luo Luo's offensive, this time it was indeed careless.

"Go back to Guangxi first for the army to eat. Accumulate food and grass and fight again next year! ”