On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Shang Kexi has been cold for twenty-four hours, but Li Dingguo, Luo Hu and the 45,000 soldiers under their command are like fire in everyone's hearts.

Because another big win is already within reach!

Because the Ming army that invaded Hanzhong had as many as five routes, after the end of the battle of Chuxian on the 30th, Li Dingguo did not care about letting the troops rest and recuperate, so he ordered the troops to fight again. He divided the remaining army of about 50,000 or several thousand people after the battle of Chuxian (Li Dingguo had concentrated a total of 60,000 troops before the battle of Chuxian, of which 10,000 did not participate in the battle as a reserve, and of the 50,000 people who participated in the battle, more than 3,000 were killed or wounded) was divided into two parts. Chen Yongfu led more than 10,000 people to pursue the defeated army led by Kong Tingxun and headed towards Luoyang. He and Luo Hu led the rest of the 45,000 or so men, marched fifty or sixty miles, and arrived at the east bank of the Bao River, more than ten miles northwest of Hanzhong Fucheng, waiting for the Wu Guogui troops from Maling Pass.

Different from the previous battle in formation, this time Li Dingguo scattered 20,000 of the 45,000 men he brought to more than a dozen very fortified villages and towns on the east bank of the Bao River. Later, an army of 25,000 troops was placed in the rear of these dozen villages and towns, and they were secretly deployed. thus creating a false impression that the Dashun army was ready to resist and defend the city of Hanzhong.

Wu Guogui brought as many as 20,000 troops to the south of the city of Hanzhong, and the infantry divisions of the three Guards under the command of Yan Yingyuan were arriving through the Baochuan Road, the Meridian Road, and the Fu Luo Road. If the four armies can converge, the total strength can reach as much as 65,000!

In addition, he didn't know that Shang Kexi was already cold, and he thought that General Shang Da was fighting in the area of Chu County, and he would soon rush to the vicinity of Hanzhong Fucheng.

Therefore, when Wu Guogui saw that the Dashun army put on a posture to defend Hanzhong Mansion, he naturally thought that the advantage was mine. Immediately, a plan was drawn up to advance along the Baoshui attack, seize the villages and towns held by the Shun army, and open up the passage to attack Hanzhongfu.

The battle between the two sides began in the early morning of the second day of the second month of February, and Wu Guogui's troops felt very good and had high morale because of their successive victories and the enthusiastic support of the working people of southern Shaanxi along the way, and they were able to fight night battles like the Guards.

Under the cover of a small number of 3-pound guns, Wu Guogui sent 20 battalions of infantry, divided into three teams, and began to attack the three villages and towns heavily guarded by the Shun army. At the same time, he also sent cavalry to guard his left flank, and also sent seven battalions to fortify along the Baoshui to prevent his left flank from being attacked by surprise.

The battle began at three o'clock on the second day of the second month of February, and under the cover of artillery, the Ming army with high morale first entered the Li family camp next to Baoshui - look at the name of this place, you can know that this is a village where soldiers and households gather, and it is built like a military camp, which is very difficult to gnaw. There are ditches and earthen walls on the periphery, and a chessboard layout on the inside, which has to be fought for one grid at a time.

At the same time as the fierce battle of Lijiayingzi began, Shijiabao and Hewan Village were also attacked by the Ming army! Among them, Shijiabao is also a military village, which is very strong and difficult to gnaw down. However, Hewan Village is the village of local farmers in Hanzhong, and when the Ming army invaded, there were still many ordinary people living in the village. Seeing that the Wang Shi who had been looking forward to for 20 years finally came, he was so excited that many young people who dreamed of being soldiers in the army were fortunate to defend the Dashun army, and the result was a great chaos on the side of the Shun army, and the village was quickly occupied by the Ming army.

Seeing the victory in the first battle, Wu Guogui's mind became even hotter, and he invested six more infantry battalions plus eight of the nine battalions that had just broken through Hewan Village, and then divided into two routes to attack the other two villages. One of those two villages was Fubing Village, and the other was a village where poor peasants lived in Hanzhong. So the Ming army quickly seized the village where the peasants lived, and got into a bitter battle in another village of Fubing. And the victorious Ming army soon fell into a bitter battle in a village called Anding Battalion.

The fierce battle on the front line continued until the early morning of the second day of February, and the commanders of both sides threw in reinforcements. Li Dingguo put in ten battalions, while Wu Guogui had limited troops at hand, but he still cobbled together three battalions and put them into the Li family camp that was the first to start. And his investment was finally rewarded at noon on the second day of the second month of February, relying on the absolute superiority in troops, the Ming army of the 11th battalion finally drove Dashun, who was far less numerous than them, out of the Li family camp.

But Wu Guogui's victory ended here!

When he ordered the victorious 10th battalion of infantry (leaving one battalion to defend the Li family battalion) to carry 6 3-pound guns and launch an attack on another village held by the Dashun army, what awaited them were 10,000 Dashun infantry and 9 6-pounder guns under the command of Luo Hu himself!

The two sides launched a decisive battle on the plain on the east bank of the Bao River, and the Ming army, which was small in number and did not receive cavalry support, backed the Bao River, set up a circular defensive formation, relying on arquebuses, flintlock pistols (of which flintlock pistols accounted for 20% of the total number of rifles) and grenade javelins, repelled the three attacks of the Dashun army, but could not break through and evacuate.

Wu Guogui, who already knew that the enemy was far outnumbered by himself, gathered the seven battalions of infantry and the three battalions of cavalry covering the flanks at this time, and went to reinforce the ten battalions of infantry who were fighting the enemy in a decisive battle. As a result, he was only halfway through, and was blocked by 15,000 foot cavalry led by Li Dingguo himself!

Faced with an enemy three times his size, Wu Guogui had no choice but to order his troops to abandon their positions, break away from the enemy in front of them as soon as possible, and then retreat to Baocheng - he also wanted to hold Baocheng and wait for Yan Yingyuan's guards.

Even if there is a division, no, half a division of the Guards can arrive, Hanzhong Fucheng is still within reach!

However, Li Dingguo would not give Wu Guogui the slightest chance, and when he saw that the Ming army began to retreat, he immediately decided to invest all his troops and launched a pursuit. At the same time, he also ordered Luo Hu, who had trapped four or five thousand Ming troops on the banks of the Baohe River, to let the other party have a "way to live", so as to completely defeat them in the pursuit battle!

At the time of the second day of February, the battle of Baohe had already been decided, and the shouts and cheers of Shaanxi accents resounded in the sky over the entire Baohe battlefield. Looking north from the high place where Li Dingguo, the king of the Jin Dynasty, stood, he saw the blue Dashun officers and soldiers rushing towards the red Ming army like a flood, and scattered and fled.

"Lord Wang, Baocheng has been reclaimed!"

"Lord Wang, the remnants of Zhu Rebellion's department are fleeing towards Jitou Pass!"

"Lord Wang, capture one of the general flags of Zhu Wei's general soldier Wu and one of the three armies' command flags......"

The good news also reached Li Dingguo's ears like a stream, which greatly relieved the stuffiness in his chest after being aggrieved on the battlefield in Shaanxi for several years.

Who is subordinate on this day, it seems that it is not certain!

Luo Hu, who had just led his troops to recover Baocheng, also came over with dozens of personal soldiers Pegasus and climbed the high slope of Li Dingguo's horse.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, it's another big victory!"

Luo Hu hasn't been so happy for many years, he seems to have returned to the era when he followed the old Long Live Li Zicheng to fight the Ming army in the east and west.

"What about the casualties in the various departments?" Li Dingguo's question was like a basin of cold water, which suddenly made Luo Hu sober up a lot.

"The casualties are not small," Luo Hu said, "This Ming army is a descendant of Wu Sangui, and it can fight more than the Shang Kexi troops encountered before, and the casualties of our army will probably not be less than six thousand!" ”

In the previous battle of Chuxian, the Shun army lost more than 3,000 people, and with this battle of Baohe, the loss is afraid to exceed 10,000!

Although the losses on the side of the Ming army were greater, the gains of the people were not small!

The two battles of Chuxian and Baohe were fought in the Hanzhong Basin!

This means that the entire Sanguan Road and the entire Qishan Road will be occupied by the Ming army, and the situation of the Baochuan Road, the Meridian Road and the Fu Luo Road is unknown, and most of them will also fall into the hands of the Ming army.

In other words, the tactical victories in the two battles of Chuxian and Baohe were won in exchange for the abandonment of five strategic passages and the stronghold in the Guanzhong Plain.

Even if the 30,000 Ming troops could be eliminated in these two battles, Dashun's side would still lose.

Because of the loss of Qishan Road, Sanguan Road, Baochuan Road, Meridian Road and Fu Luo Road, the Hanzhong Basin will not be guarded sooner or later, and once Hanzhong is lost, Yunyang Mansion will also be lost!

"Lord Wang," Luo Hu said, "who are we going to fight next?" ”

There are four more targets next, the three enemy forces from the Bao Shu Road, the Meridian Road and the Fu Luo Road, and Wu Sangui who stayed in Luoyang - through the interrogation of the prisoners, Li Dingguo and Luo Hu already knew that Wu Sangui had arrived in Luoyang!

"Of course Wu Sangui!" Li Dingguo had a calm face, "It's Wu Sangui's turn next!" Luo Hou, you lead the troops to chase the current remnants of Zhu Wei to attack Maling Pass, cut off Wu Sangui's retreat, and this king will go to Luoyang! ”

"Lord Wang, what about Hanzhong?"

"Don't be afraid, there are two fortresses of Dingjun Mountain and Nanzheng to defend, and the enemy troops who come from Baochuan Road, Meridian Road and Fu Luo Road can't help Hanzhong for the time being!"