It turned out that after receiving the news of Li Dingguo's defeat of the Qing army, Yang Xuan personally led the escort town, the cavalry association, and the 3rd, 10th, 11th, and 13th towns from Guiyang to Yuanzhou.

In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Tartar iron cavalry, two battalions were drawn from each town to disperse and march, one to guard against the other party's sneak attack, and the other to conceal their own whereabouts.

Who would have thought that the Tartars were familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and thought that the volunteers were camped for hundreds of miles, just like the battle of Liu Bei's Yiling back then.

Along the way, Yang Xuan was cautious, afraid that the Tartars would not come out of the city, so it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to break through Yuanzhou City.

In order to achieve the effect of luring the enemy deep and ambushing on all sides, in addition to Liu Weiming leading the 6th town to escort grain in the rear, the town lords will rush to the front line with the town's pioneer battalion in the past few days to find the best ambush location.

Last night, Guo Chonglie and Wang Zhibang led the main force of the department to come to 20 miles away from the city, and everyone used the deep mountains and old forests as a cover, and the main force was hidden in it.

This morning, Liu Wenxiu led his troops to kill in the open, and the Tartars saw that it was profitable, so they sent troops and horses to attack, and after a hard battle, they crushed the volunteers, but they undoubtedly fell into the trap of the volunteers.

Seeing Liu Wenxiu's troops retreating, Guo Chonglie and Wang Zhibang had already led their troops to hide hundreds of meters away on both sides of the road, and now they saw the wolf smoke burning in the rear, and they led their troops to kill.

Some occupy the high ground on both sides of the road, desperately throwing rocks into the valley, or tying piles of weeds into a ball, pouring flammable materials and throwing them down.

Or you can fight your way out of the forest, shoot at the tartars in the road, cut them in the waist, and then kill them from the front and back, from the left and right.

In less than half a pillar of incense, the soldiers and horses of the Manmeng Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, who were desperately pursuing, were like a long snake that had been cut into several sections, and now they were fighting separately.

Standing on a hillside twenty miles away from the city, Yang Xuan led a staff to command and observe the battle, and everyone saw that the Qing army had no ability to resist, and was now divided into several sections of stubborn resistance, one by one, they were overjoyed, especially Qian Bangqian saw Gong Ayao lead hundreds of cavalry to escape, and seemed quite anxious, and repeatedly urged to send cavalry to assist in pursuit.

Yang Xuan picked up the binoculars again and looked at the Yuanzhou City in the distance, then shook his head and said: "Dujian Army, the situation on the battlefield is changing instantly, my really melancholy Yuanzhou City, Luck Dehun still has two thousand Manmeng iron cavalry, and thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses.

Now that the news of the attack on the Qing army has already spread, in addition to being shocked, it is expected that Luck Dehun will definitely concentrate his forces in a vain attempt to go out of the city to rescue.

I am now leaving behind to guard the town and the cavalry association, so that I have enough reserve forces to deal with any danger. ”

Wu Yanghu, the commander of the army, pointed to the soldiers and horses behind him and said, "Lord Wang, we still have a town of infantry and cavalry, which can deal with any danger. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Although wealth and wealth are in danger, as the saying goes, you often walk by the river, where you don't get your feet wet, the guard town is specially prepared for Luckedhun, and the cavalry association is to deal with possible changes." ”

What else do you want to say, suddenly you saw a raging beacon fire burning on the hillside ten miles away, and you came to report that Luckedhun led three thousand steps out of the city, and was now killing.

Yang Xuan nodded, and sent a signal for each town to leave a fortification in case Tartar reinforcements came to the rescue.

Wang Zhibang led the 11th town to be responsible for closing the gate, taking advantage of the chaos to kill from the forest two or three miles away, quickly eliminate the enemy troops on the hillside, and occupy the fortifications built by Liu Wenxiu and others this morning.

If Liu Wenxiu Zhen pulls his head, Guo Chonglie Town will cut his waist, and Wang Zhibang Town will clip his tail.

After occupying the fortifications built in Liu Wenxiu Town this morning, Wang Zhibang led the escort battalion, cavalry battalion, and supplementary battalion in the camp to block the reinforcements, while the staff generals Zhou Dingchang and Luo Li Lianfang led the two bidders to continue the task of cutting off their waists.

Now seeing the Tartar reinforcements out of the city, Wang Zhibang looked full of confidence, and pointed to the Tartar iron cavalry in the distance and said: "Lucke Hun is menacing, if it is in the plain area, we can't resist it, but Xiangxi is steep and steep, the mountain roads are staggered, and the Tartar cavalry comes to rescue, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky." ”

The staff officer next to him pointed to the infantry who had just escaped in the distance and said: "Adjutant General, these dog traitors are really desperate, they have just been killed by us and are flying around, and now they are actually regrouping, and it seems that they are ready to take the lead for the Tartars." ”

Wang Zhibang laughed and said, "Take the lead? Whoever is afraid of who is the grandson, as long as they dare to kill them, Lao Tzu will definitely kill the other party without leaving a piece of armor. ”

The soldiers next to him pointed to the battlefield behind him and said: "Adjutant General, now that our army has an absolute advantage, we must no longer transfer a standard." ”

Wang Zhibang shook his head and said, "If I can't resist it in the plains, now the mountains are steep, it's okay if Lucke doesn't come, if I dare to come, I will definitely let it go and never return." ”

Everyone applauded loudly, but the battlefield was very strange, and although the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses of the green battalion who had fled just now were regrouped, they had no intention of attacking the mountain at all.

What's even more incredible is that the opposing cavalry, after walking for half an hour, the opposing iron cavalry did not kill at all, the dust was billowing in the distance, and the Tartar momentum was too loud, but it was difficult to see the Tartar cavalry.

Wang Zhibang felt that something was wrong there, if the Tartar Iron Horse came to the rescue, why was it so loud?

Suddenly, the sound of killing from the rear shook the sky, Wang Zhibang turned his head to look, and more than three hundred horsemen suddenly appeared behind him, they didn't know when they came out, and now they were killing from the rear.

Since there was no consideration of the possibility of the Tartar cavalry detouring to the rear to attack, everyone had no precautions at all, and now that a large number of Tartar cavalry appeared in the rear, the 11th town immediately fell into the unfavorable danger of being flanked by the front and rear of the Tartars.

Wang Zhibang was born in Liukou, and followed Zhang Xianzhong and others to fight for many years, just like Zhang Xianzhong and Ainengqi were shot by the other party in front of the battlefield, Wang Zhibang also inherited the fine tradition of Liukou, that is, every time he encounters danger, he must be the first to rush to the front.

Now when he saw the Tartar detour behind him to kill, he immediately stepped on his horse and led the cavalry battalion to rush over.

The two sides fought together, one vowed to delay time, delay time for the army to come to help, and the other wanted to succeed in a surprise attack and turn the tide.

Wang Zhibang tried his best to resist despite the disparity in numbers, but at this moment, the soldiers and horses of the green battalion that had been feint rushed up, and the front was broken through by the Tartars, and Wang Zhibang's cavalry battalion was attacked on both sides and fell into a heavy siege.

The generals exhorted to retreat, Wang Zhibang raised his saber and said: "The two armies will fight, and the situation will depend on the fortune of the country, although we cannot complete the beheading task, we must also entangle each other to the death and win the opportunity for the victory of the army." ”

Immediately led the only dozens of horsemen around him to rush left and right, hoping to drag the other party and win the first opportunity for the army.

However, due to the rugged road, the war horse's legs were broken and he fell into the battle, and finally saw that the Tartars were gathering more and more, and he did not want to be captured and committed suicide (in history, Wang Zhibang defected to Wu Sangui and became one of his ten general soldiers).

After the successful sneak attack, Luck Dehun led the Manchurian Red Banner, the Mongolian Red Banner Iron Cavalry and the Green Battalion soldiers and horses to rush up, covering from the front.

Zhou Dingchang and Luo Lianfang, the generals of the 11th town, who were commanding the troops to encircle and annihilate the Tartars, fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy before and after, and led their troops to retreat to the nearby mountains to hold on, so the Tartars were greatly invigorated.

Unlike everyone, Luck Dehun complained bitterly, although he successfully lifted the siege and rescued thousands of Qing troops, but the roads in Xiangxi were rugged, the mountain roads were staggered, and the deep ravines were high, which was very unfavorable for the cavalry to fight, and dozens of war horses and horses broke their legs in less than an hour.

In addition, except for a panic in the 11th town, Liu Wenxiu Town, who was responsible for hitting the head, and Feng Youqing Town, who was in charge of hitting the waist, did not have any panic, and everyone desperately rushed to the distant valley, rushed to the flat ground, and fought with the besieged Qing army.

Many Qing troops were divided and surrounded, and although some soldiers and horses knew that Luck Dehun had led his troops to rescue, due to the disparity in strength, they simply did not have time to hold out to the end.

More importantly, Yang Xuan quickly adjusted his deployment, led the guards of the town and the cavalry association to all press on and came to the rescue.

Du Jigui led the cavalry association to the battlefield first, borrowing the tactics of the Tartar flank attack, rushing to the front of the battle and raising the flintlock cavalry gun in his hand, and after a round of shooting, either rushed up to kill the enemy army, or took advantage of the speed advantage of the horses to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, reload the gunpowder and charge again.

The opponent's horses were not as tall as the Tartar cavalry, but they were more suitable for mountain walking, and the harassment tactics of the opposing cavalry obviously succeeded, and after receiving support, the soldiers of the 11th Town of the Volunteer Army, who were still in chaos just now, slowly stabilized from their uneasiness, and under the command of the squad leader, squadron leader, brigade leader, and general commander, everyone occupied the surrounding hillside to resist.

Of course, the most headache is the two infantry associations of the Volunteer Army Escort Town, unlike other departments, the Escort Town has completely realized the establishment of a town, and Wang Mingchen and Wang Gao led the two infantry associations to launch a counterattack.

Unlike the other divisions, which are heavily equipped with bird guns, the guard town basically has a flintlock pistol in hand, which can form a dense volley formation, and then often rush up when the opponent is panicked, and use the guns to assassinate and scatter the opponent and achieve victory on the battlefield.

The soldiers and horses of the green battalion were panicked, how could we have encountered such a uniform, dense infantry volley, and how had we encountered a dense spur charge, often after a round of impact, the formation was scattered, and the whole army was rushed to the ground.

Lucked felt that his heart was dripping blood, and he had been thinking about how to turn things around in one fell swoop, capture the thief and capture the king first, and the banner of the volunteer army appeared on the hillside a mile away, and what was surprising was that there were only three or five hundred people under the handsome flag.

Leke Dehun felt that the opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, raised the horsewhip in his hand and said: "Eight Banner warriors, those who advance live, those who retreat die, and the brave win when they meet on the narrow road, and the opposite side is Yang Xuan, the king of Shu."

Ladies and gentlemen, this king knows that everyone has been fighting for a long time, and the war horses are tired, so we will rush out from this direction, and if we can kill their leaders, we will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to three ranks. ”

The crowd rejoiced, and everyone shouted, and Luckard rushed to the front with his horse, and rushed away into the distance.

Luckedhun repeated his old trick, and three hundred paces before leaving the battle, he suddenly rushed to one side of the hill, leaving the front to the infantry of the Green Battalion who followed closely, and led the Manchurian Eight Banners to rush to both sides.

After running five or six hundred paces, seeing that the road ahead was open, he waved his whip and pointed ahead, and the soldiers behind him swarmed in.

Looking into the distance, the volunteers were hurriedly arranged, and a smile appeared on the corner of Luck's mouth, everyone in the world thought that the volunteers had sharp artillery, in order to ambush the Qing army, coupled with the rugged road, they probably didn't carry any firearms.

Everyone became more and more emboldened, and many people took their bows and arrows, swords and spears from their horses, and just as they were about to fight, the defenders lit a swarm of bees, and thousands of rockets shot into the sky, and then rained down.

A swarm of bees is like a tiger squatting cannon, scattered in a large space, the momentum is large, but the lethality is limited, after a round of shooting, dozens of horsemen turn on their backs, slightly blocking the opponent's attack, and the cavalry behind them rushed up after a period of panic.

Niu Dayong led a battalion of infantry to guard the position in front of him, and the musketeers had already finished reloading, and opened fire when the enemy cavalry charged fifty paces away.

Although the distance was very close, the enemy rode too fast, and there were not many real hits, and after a round of shooting, only thirty or fifty people were shot, and the hit rate was less than 1 percent.

After escaping the catastrophe, the riders behind either took their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot, or prepared to fight in close combat, but at this moment some of them felt that something was wrong, and the horses in front of them were suddenly attacked, and some fell down the hillside.

As originally stated, the Volunteers defended the cavalry with no more than chariot formations, trenches, and thistles.

Seeing that the Tartar iron cavalry was preparing to sneak attack on the left side, when they were arrayed, the grenadiers threw the thistles one by one in the middle of the road, so that the horses were injured, and some riders even fell off their horses.

Although there were a few fish that slipped through the net in the middle and rushed into the formation, the momentum was sharply reduced, and the number of people was small, and the volunteers guarding the town were mostly equipped with flintlock pistols equipped with spurs, facing the iron cavalry that rushed into the formation, and under the leadership of the squad leader, they met and blocked the opponent's momentum.

This bought time for the musketeers to reload, and after the reload was completed, the effect was more pronounced this time, killing more than 30 people.

After two rounds of firing in a row, the Tartar cavalry behind was terrified, and some began to retreat.

Leke Dehun killed a rider next to him, shouted loudly, commanded everyone to rush up, and the two sides fought together, but the volunteers gathered more and more, especially after seeing that Leke Dehun was preparing to sneak attack the Chinese army's big tent, Du Jigui, Wang Gao, Niu Dayong and others led the main force back to reinforce and form a counter-encirclement of the Tartars.

Due to the continuous battle under the crotch of the war horse panting, Lucked had no choice but to look at the volunteers on the top of the mountain in the distance with hatred, regardless of the fatigue of the war horse to lead the troops to retreat.

The cavalry of Luckdehun came and went very quickly, and even though the infantry was difficult to slow down in the mountains, his infantry was completely different, and they were surrounded by the Volunteers, and finally they were completely annihilated.