He Tengjiao tilted his head slightly, his old eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his teeth were bitten, "Yes, you can't let those rogues run away," he turned back to the military general on the side and said: "General, you lead the troops to chase, you must block them, and at the same time let the cavalry drive the spies of the Huaxia Army to the escape route of the loyal camp." Let them dog-eat-dog, preferably bite to death together. ”

"The last general obeys," the general shouted loudly with his hands clenched into fists, bowed his head, and then turned and walked out with the sword at his waist in a figure-eight step.

He Tengjiao issued several orders in a row, dispatched several generals, and then said to the master: "Love, in your opinion, where will the loyal battalion go?" ”

The master who is called "affection" said: "Your Excellency, according to the humble position, there are nothing more than two roads, one way is to go to the four mountains, find the other way to meet the remnants of the Dashun army, and then they will deal with the Qing army in the four mountains, so that it can cover the Ming court in the southwest to the greatest extent, so that our Yongli Ming Kingdom will not have no available soldiers."

This is good for us Yongli Daming, but it is not good for us, we are now in a state of embattled and isolated, so it can be said that we are in a dead place. ”

The staff asked, "What about the second way?" ”

Master said: "The second way is to go back to Henan Mansion, when the Ming Dynasty is still alive, Dashun with Sun Chuanting, Yang He, and even Hong Chengchou and other provincial bandit governors have fought fiercely in Henan Mansion many times, where they are scattered a lot of old battalion generals, these soldiers will be hidden in the people, or for the people, or for the bandits, or for the bandits, or into the green camp, if they go to Henan Mansion, they only need to raise their arms and shout, great things can be done, and it is a powerful force that can fight against the Qing army, which can help us contain the threat of the Qing army. ”

He Tengjiao's eyes lit up again, "The feeling is that this is a chance for us to die and live later, right?" ”

The master stroked the goatee on his chin, "It stands to reason that they have a great chance of succeeding, because the Qing army has no time to estimate them now, they are likely to rely on the previous old bandits to rise again in Henan Mansion and disrupt Henan Mansion, which is easy for them to be rogues, it is their ability, but they need time, and it depends on whether Hong Chengchou's old thief agrees, if he doesn't agree......."

He Tengjiao asked in a deep voice, "So what?" ”

The staff interjected: "Lord Governor, think about it, do we dare to provoke that old thief Hong Chengchou?" In today's world, the soldiers are strong and strong, the first is the Huaxia Army, the second is the original Qing Dynasty, but the original Qing Dynasty is now divided into the Dajin State, the Qing Dynasty, and the Hong Chengchou Department who took refuge in the Lu State, and now, the second should count the dozen or so new military towns in Hong Chengchou's hands, not counting his continuous recruitment, continued to expand the army, and the strength of the extra troops during this period of time.

Therefore, if he doesn't agree, then one hand may kill many elite troops who had to lose in order to escape the siege of the Huaxia army, and now they are seriously injured and need a period of time to recuperate. ”

"What then?" He Tengjiao asked anxiously.

The master smiled: "Of course, I wrote a letter to the old thief Hong Chengchou, and then pleaded with him and asked him to go to Henan Mansion to develop, but we can't attack us and that old thief, and let Li go to trouble with the Great Qing Kingdom or the Great Jin Kingdom, maybe he can't deal with the Huaxia Army, and he can't deal with the old thief Hong Chengchou, but to deal with the Qing Dynasty or the Great Gold, this is their forte."

The more rampant their activities are, the more headaches the two Manchu countries will have, and the more Qing troops he will be able to attract to encircle and suppress him. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped, took a sip of herbal tea, smashed his lips, touched his beard, and swept his eyes around the hall.

There are still a few high-level generals left in the main hall, most of them are general-level generals, and there are military generals wearing the uniforms and armor of the generals of Yongli Daming who are different from the original Daming, and you can see that several of them are holding Jingai 1 arquebuses, standing left and right.

Since the strong rise of the Huaxia Army, the use of firearms to defeat the Qing army several times in succession, and gain a firm foothold in Zhejiang, firearms have become a powerful weapon chased by other forces, not only Hong Chengchou and Feng Quan saw the power of firearms, in fact, all forces saw the power of firearms, and introduced it as an elite weapon that must be equipped.

Most of the Southern Ming Army, which had close contacts with the Huaxia Army, had been redressed as firearms troops, and hired soldiers from the Huaxia Army to give guidance, training, and establish their own all-firearms troops.

Their army is equipped with a high-quality export version of the Jingai-1 arquebus manufactured by the Huaxia Army that the Huaxia Army sold to them, and the equipment of the cold weapon unit is not inferior to the equipment of the cold weapon unit of the Huaxia Army, and its combat power is already equivalent to the combat power of the garrison force of the Huaxia Army.

Moreover, having experienced the baptism of war of fighting against the Qing army and fighting with the firearms units of the Qing army, it can be said that if you talk about the ranking of combat power and the strength of the troops, the army of the Southern Ming Kingdom ranks third, the second is the Qing army led by Hong Chengchou, and the first is of course the Huaxia army.

And the fourth should be the capital Yanjing's Great Fresh Army troops, that is, the four new army troops sent to the capital by Hong Chengchou, which were sent to Dolgon at that time, to maintain the safety of Yanjing, and to suppress the Shunzhi Emperor who opposed Dolgon, but Dolgon died urgently, and the Shunzhi Emperor and his mother, Empress Xiaozhuang had a huge power, and soon collapsed and took over the command of these powerful new army units, so their combat power should be the fourth.

The fifth should be Li Dingguo's Yongli Ming Army, he has two firearms units supported by instructors sent by Nanmingguo, of course, the same as Nanmingguo, but most of the weapons and equipment are the muskets and artillery of the captured Qing Army that Tong Dawei sold to him, as well as some second-hand arquebuses retired from the Huaxia Army of Jinkai 1, as well as the arquebuses bought from the Huaxia Army by Nanmingguo, there are new arquebuses, and there are also arquebuses below the previous version 1.0.

The firearms are complicated, the models are not uniform, the old and the new are different, if Kong Youde's Qing army is still there, it will definitely go down one more, but Kong Youde was wiped out by Li Dingguo's elite Yongli Ming Army and the Ming Army of Nanmingguo, as well as a field brigade and two cavalry brigades sent by Zhang Qiang to help Nanming.

On strategy and tactics, it can be said that in this era except for the dead Dolgon, and Hong Chengchou, no one dares to compare with Li Dingguo, on the elite degree of soldiers, Li Dingguo's elite soldiers in a hundred battles, no one dares to touch, if he is given enough troops and weapons and equipment, troops, the important thing is that someone supports him, he will definitely be able to help a certain Southern Ming court to restore the country, but the Southern Ming Dynasty did not have a very determined, heroic, patient and eloquent emperor, so Li Dingguo can only be said to be born at the wrong time, a tragic figure.

Moreover, his personality and the era and region in which he lived, these factors restricted him, making him unable to exert his talents, and could only do some trivial things that he considered important, such as welcoming back the cowardly, cowardly, and imprisoned Yongli Emperor by a small vassal emperor.

No vision, no determination, is his weakness.

Therefore, he can only be excluded from the edge of the tide of the times, unable to lead the times, and climb to the peak of the tide of the times to create a new era.

The words turned, his eyes wandered, and the master's gaze was finally fixed on He Tengjiao, and then he said on the previous topic: "Our main opponent is the Dajin Kingdom, the foundation of the Dajin Kingdom is not strong, Haoge is reckless and brainless, and he can't really control so many Qing army generals, and he can't really encircle the real banner masters within the Qing army, as well as the Jurchen Manchu generals."

His internal contradictions are numerous, this contradiction will soon erupt, and lead to his defeat, the Great Qing State will still react quickly, Li used to contain the Great Qing State can delay this progress, let's quietly enter the place where Henan Mansion meets Shaanxi and Gansu, one can temporarily avoid the soldiers of the Huaxia Army, the other can recuperate, encircle the anti-Qing warriors, strengthen and supplement our strength, when the time comes, whether to develop to the northwest, or to fight back to Hubei, or to deal with the Huaxia Army in Shaanxi and Gansu, At least we won't clash with the Huaxia Army for one to three years. ”

After listening to the master's words, He Tengjiao turned to the staff and said: "Hua Feng, write a letter to Hong Chengchou in the name of the old man, in the letter, according to the analysis of the master and you just now, the old man will explain the benefits and disadvantages to Hong Chengchou, and let him let Li Guo go. Hong Chengchou should also understand that if he doesn't agree, he will be attacked on his back, and he will hold on to it knowing that he can't do it, this is not his character. ”

The staff nodded, "In this way, we will unite with Hong Chengchou and Li Guo's Dashun Loyal Battalion to form a common alliance to deal with the crisis and jointly deal with the threat of the Huaxia Army." Of course, Huaxia Jun is mainly looking for trouble for him, and we are just beaten by the grass and the rabbit, which hurts the innocent. ”

He Tengjiao touched his beard, sighed in a deep voice and said in a regretful tone: "If you want to say that the Huaxia Army is doing really well, it's a pity that Zhang Qiang has taken the evil way, learning from Li Zicheng, he has to be self-reliant, if he can join our dynasty and assist King Gui to recover the Ming Dynasty and mountains, he may also be a prince of the opposite sex in the future, and the iron hat is hereditary, just like Xu Da of Jinling Mansion, the descendants are treated preferentially by the imperial court, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

The night was thick and the situation was changing, no one would have thought that in the midst of this conversation, the fate of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty on the land of China would rise again and develop in another direction.

The city gate of Xiangyang Mansion was opened and closed in the night, closed and opened, messengers went in and out, soldiers and horses were mobilized, torches were shaking, scolding again and again, people were boiling, the residents near the city gate closed their doors and closed their doors, but the oil lamps flickered inside, the frightened faces in the lights, the packages on the kang were beaten up one by one, and they were carefully settled at the head of the bed, and the family was frightened, three times a night, anxious, and did not sleep all night.

And in Xuancheng more than ten miles of a hidden ferry, the soldiers and horses did not stop, busy all night, waiting for the east fish belly white, Li Guo has stood on the shore of the solid land, Gao Yigong's soldiers and horses have been far away for a hundred miles, a night of rapid marching, and overnight siege, occupied the border town of Henan Nanyang County, with the arrival of soldiers and horses, Nanyang County has become busy.

And in the Hanshui River, the small boats shuttling back and forth, as well as the warships that kept coming in groups, finally attracted the attention of the patrol cavalry of the Huaxia Army.

Naturally, it was a reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, and the cavalry of the loyal battalion who went up the river got down from the ferry, fought hard, and dragged the footsteps of the scout cavalry of the Huaxia Army, and the two sides left countless bloodstains and corpses, war horses, and weapons on the bank of the Baili River.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Huaxia Army fought fiercely with the cavalry sent by Xiangyang Mansion for a night, the cavalry of Xiangyang Mansion first entangled the cavalry of the loyal battalion who guarded the direction of Xuancheng, and later gave up the cavalry of the loyal battalion, but instead helped the cavalry of the loyal battalion to expel the cavalry of the Huaxia Army, and then the Ming army sent from the direction of Xuancheng to join the battle, and the Huaxia Army sent troops from Jingmen County, which had just ended the battle for a few days, and the cold weapon troops on both sides were in the wilderness, between the mountains and forests, by the river, by the river, fighting, fighting, dark battles, endlessly.

And this battle expanded to a certain extent, until the sky turned white, and it had developed into a cavalry regiment against the cavalry of Yongli Daming, a militia squadron, and about 3,000 people fought fiercely in the mountains with the enemy's infantry in the direction of Xuancheng.

After a night of fierce fighting, the Huaxia Army sent a militia brigade to pursue the landing troops of the loyal battalion on the other side of the river, and the two sides fought fiercely in the field, and then the cavalry arrived, and the two sides invested about 30,000 troops on both sides of the Han River, and fought on the battlefield for more than ten miles near Xuancheng.

During the day, the Seventh Field Brigade came, and the 21st Field Brigade with Merlin Fish directly surrounded Xuancheng, and when the sun rose from the east, Xuancheng was taken, and the Yongli Ming Army withdrew from the battlefield and fled back to Xiangyang Mansion in embarrassment.

And Li Guo has already led his troops to Nanyang County, and the troops that have been coming from behind have reached 10,000 troops, all of which are the elite veterans of the loyal battalion of the Dashun Army that he has brought out over the years.

The other soldiers and horses in the rear were entangled by the Huaxia army, and the Huaxia army continued to increase its troops, and finally even the second and third field brigades also rushed to the border, and directly annihilated and captured the soldiers and horses who had not had time to escape from Hubei Prefecture in the loyal battalion who tried to escape.

This is the end of the battle.

Under the cover of He Tengjiao's Yongli Ming Army, Li Guo's loyal battalion successfully escaped the encirclement of the Huaxia army, pursued, jumped out of the battlefield in Hubei Prefecture, and left behind more than 200,000 elite soldiers who were coerced by the people and 450,000 loyal battalions of the Dashun Army who had fought for several years.

From a tactical point of view, the Huaxia army won a victory, from a strategic point of view, the Huaxia army fought a defeat this time, so that Li Guo's loyal battalion escaped smoothly, and also caused subsequent changes, He Tengjiao made a decision in favor of the loyal battalion for the first time, and helped the Dashun army that he looked down on, and also reached a loose alliance plan with Hong Chengchou, who was originally a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

(End of chapter)