The world knows how brave and invincible the Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is, in fact, the real Jiannu Tartars outside the gate are stronger in foot combat.

The prestige of the Manchu cavalry was mostly played by the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, and Kong Youde Geng Zhongming's men and horses, mostly cavalry, rushed into the formation and slashed left and right.

The battle formation of the Fire Word Battalion was slightly shaken by the impact of the cavalry, and the Wind Word Battalion was constantly looking for fighters on one side. The battle formations of the two sides showed a tendency to expand, although the battle situation was stalemate, and it looked like two torrents colliding, but their respective rules were not chaotic.

Kong Youde looked at the situation on the battlefield in the Chinese army, and said in surprise: "I can't see that this team is a little interesting, it is an opponent, and the Ming army that has been encountered since entering the customs is the most difficult to deal with with this one." ”

Geng Zhongming's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "We only have 30,000 people, if we fall into a stalemate, we can't fight." They have a cavalry harassing them on both sides, and if they are defeated, we will be pursued by this cavalry when we retreat. ”

Hou Xuanyan, who was in charge of the Chinese army in this formation, was already completely immersed in the command of the battlefield. Whichever battalion or which team has been badly wounded must immediately direct the others to make up for it. Otherwise, once the hole is torn open, it will be the fate of rout. The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and the immediate command on the battlefield is actually the best test for a general.

Hou Xuanyan was engrossed, his hands were already wet and full of sweat. And Kong Youde opposite him was no better, seeing that the battle was getting more and more intense, flesh and blood were flying, and horses were neighing. The two sides met in the early morning, and the battle had reached the middle of the day, Geng Zhongming finally collapsed his face and said: "Lao Kong, the Ming army is too numerous, let's withdraw." After fighting for the Tartars, you and I will not be able to return to Beijing to a good point. ”

Kong Youde shook his horsewhip hatefully and scolded: "This time I underestimated the enemy, and I stepped into Huguang with the vanguard, anxious to take Hou Xuanyan's first rank and snatch the first credit." Damn, we wrote down this Liangzi, and passed the order down, and the front army became the rear army to resist the pursuit of the enemy's cavalry. The other brothers withdrew to Hanyang. ”

Kong Youde Geng Zhongming's army is really worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, and they resist every step of the day when they retreat. Seeing the enemy's withdrawal, Hou Xuanyan's nervous cheeks turned red, his voice became sharp, and he shouted: "Chase!" Fengzi Battalion, don't let go of a clear dog. ”

The Fengzi battalion, which was constantly harassing on both sides, pursued on horseback, but found that the enemy was different from the defeated men and horses in the past, and turned back to counterattack while retreating. These men were skilled in arching and horses, and many of them chased after them and died under their horses.

When Kong Youde's army retreated to Hanyang, Li Haoxian and Xia Wanchun packed up their men and counted the losses.

Although Hou Xuanyan was dissatisfied that most of the Qing soldiers had fled, but looking at the soldiers and horses who had won the battle, he still pulled out his sword and said loudly: "The Northern Expedition of the founding army is invincible." ”

"Invincible! Invincibility! ”

Hou Xuanyan blew his palm, felt the coolness, turned to Qin He and said, "I want to know what kind of person this is, and find out immediately." ”

Qin He clenched his fists and took the order, turned his horse's head and went to check the details of this Qing army.

Li Haoxian carried the horse rope, walked quickly, and said, "Commander, do you want to take advantage of the situation to fight Hanyang?" ”

Hou Xuanyan immediately made a decision and said: "If we don't fight, Hanyang can't be defeated, and even if we can beat it, we can't withstand such losses." There are hundreds or thousands of this kind of small city Jingxiang, which is useless, and the overall situation is important, and the gains and losses of one city and one place are not taken into account. ”

Li Haoxian nodded and asked, "Then where do we go next?" ”

Hou Xuanyan pondered for a moment, closed his eyes and said: "Divide the troops to hold Wuchang, and the others will follow me to Chengtianfu, and they must go to Jingzhou to move around, I am afraid that if Yinxi can't hold on, we will become turtles in the urn." ”

In Hanyang City, Kong Youde listened to the earth-shattering shouts outside the city, and slammed his fist on the city tower angrily: "What the hell is the Northern Expeditionary Army, when our army arrives, I will definitely slaughter them all." Geng Er, you speak. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Geng Zhongming pinching his chin, his small eyes were rolling around, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were fellow villagers, how many years of experience in fighting side by side, at a glance, he knew that he was calculating people.

"Geng Er, what do you have in mind, hurry up and say it."

The corners of Geng Zhongming's mouth hooked, and he smiled wickedly: "This bone is teeth, it is better to let Wu Sangui gnaw it, Hong Chengchou is dead, and Wu Sangui is the only one who can fight with us in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty." Several Han princes, you and me and the surname Shang, are all from Phi Dao. Only Wu Sangui is the Guan Ningjun who is rooted in the red, and it is difficult for us to have the same heart. ”

Kong Youde shook his head and looked left and right, and saw that it was all henchmen, so he said, "What do you mean?" ”

Geng Zhongming lowered his voice, raised a hand to his mouth and said softly: "Our soldiers and horses have arrived, don't fight with the surnamed Hou and block them to Jingzhou." Wu Sangui is besieging Jingzhou, let's give him a way to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Hong Chengchou is dead, and the Guanning forces have lost one of the main generals, as long as we weaken Wu Sangui, the future world, hehe. ”

Kong Youde rolled his eyes, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Just listen to you!" This flower and country are defeated, and it can't be cheapened by Nurhachi, the descendant of the old slave. Speaking of this, Kong Youde's face turned dark, and he said: "Shang Kexi, his father and his mother were all killed by Nurhachi, but this person and we are not of the same heart, and they are loyal to the Tartars." At the beginning of Phi Island, his grandfather attached great importance to him, and after the Qing Dynasty, he did not dare to participate in the tribute to his grandfather. I get angry when I talk about him, what a coward. ”

Geng Zhongming let out a long sigh and said, "Although Shang Kexi is not of the same mind as us, most of his subordinate generals are from our Phi Island. A few people from Phi Dao are willing to follow him and oppose us, hmph, as long as we take advantage of the general trend to kill Zhu Ming's group of thieves, hundreds of thousands of people, how can we be our opponents. Shang Kexi is used to seeing the wind and rudder, and he is not afraid that this kid will not know the current affairs when the time comes. ”