In that year, Azig and Wu Sangui attacked Xiangfan, and the army looted and killed northwest Hubei, and also formed a huge wave of refugees.

After Wang Yan went south to Jiangxi, He Tengjiao asked him for advice, and he suggested that all the residents north of the Han River should be moved to the south of the Han River, so as not to recover and the Qing army would come to plunder again.

Last year, the king of Liangshun went south again, and the north of the Han River was already a barren place, and it became a place for the Ming army to graze horses. The Qing army did not get a grain of grain from this, so this time Azig went south to plunder, and his mind was rooted in the barren north of the Han River.

At this time, in the north of the Han River, between the foothills of Dahong Mountain and Dabie Mountain, in the vast expanse of snow, more than 35,000 Ming troops, wearing two pieces of cotton armor, and the generals will wear one more piece of iron armor outside, with a white cloak on their bodies, and the sled cart pulled by mules and horses is also covered with white cloth.

Heavy snowfall for several days, and the official road was already covered by weeds and trees, making it very difficult for the soldiers to walk.

Dai Zhifan led the war horse and trekked in the knee-deep snow, and from time to time a soldier behind him accidentally stepped on the air and fell into the ditch on both sides of the official road, but fortunately, the snow was too thick, and he was not injured, nor did he touch the water, and was immediately pulled up by his comrades.

"Where?" After walking for a long time, Dai Zhifan raised his head and looked at the sky, the snow had stopped, and a round of winter was hanging in the sky, but it was colder than when it snowed.

A personal soldier beside him hurriedly took out the map of the army, then took out the compass, looked at it for a while, and hurriedly caught up, and said: "Duzhen, the mountain in front is Yingshan, and you should be able to see the abandoned Suizhou City after walking twenty miles." ”

In order to prevent the Qing army from discovering their traces, the army did not go to the Han River Plain, and the Qing army wanted to explore, not only needed to cross the Han River, but also had to climb over the Dahong Mountain to find the traces of the Ming army, and the possibility of the Qing soldiers doing so was very small.

Dai Zhifan listened and frowned, "Just arrived in Suizhou?" That's not just halfway through. He stopped, straightened up, and looked into the distance, "Command!" The army hastened its march and must arrive at Zaoyang within three days. ”

Zaoyang is located in the east of Xiangfan, the south of Xinye, and it has also been deserted, and the Ming army can be left and right with Xiangyang when it arrives here, attacking the Xinye line and cutting off the retreat of the Qing army.

When the soldiers heard the order, they immediately shouted a few words backwards, and the soldiers who heard the voice passed the order back, and the more than 30,000 horses that stretched for several miles were really faster.

When the Qing army, Azig crisscrossed the south of the Han River for nearly a month, and swept towards Jingzhou, he wanted to force Jingzhou to surrender by virtue of his military might, so that the Qing army could make a lot of money, but he did not expect that Wang Guangtai, who galloped from Hunan to help, actually dared to go out of the city to line up and look for him to fight.

This made Azig very annoyed, and the difference between this invasion and the time when he broke the wall and looted Beizhi was really big.

In that year, he entered with Huang Taiji breaking the border wall, Guanning avoided the war, the Ming army was eroded everywhere, and the city could not be defended, not to mention what to say out of the city to fight, and this time his cavalry was still able to cross the field, but the city was not as easy as it was at the beginning, not only the villagers in the city defended themselves with the city, but the city was also broken and died, and the Ming army everywhere had no signs of rout and surrender.

This situation made Azig feel a little anxious in his heart, Wang Guangtai lined up with his back to the city, there was artillery cover in the city, and the horses were put on both sides, just waiting for the Qing army to rush to him, but Azig was not stupid, the cavalry tested it, and saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so the army turned to Wuchang.

Wuchang City is in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are Ming warships on the river, and the Qing army cannot threaten it. The reason why Azig still pounced on Wuchang was because Huguang was the base camp of the Chu Party, and Wuchang was the provincial capital of Huguang, and Wang Yan made great efforts to operate here, threatening Wuchang had a certain political significance, and could save some face for the successive defeats of the Qing army.

The original pattern of Wuchang City was too small, and last year Wang Yan built Hanyang New City in the north of the Yangtze River, south of the Han River, and at the intersection of the two rivers, and trained officials for the Chu Party, as well as the academies, martial arts, and various yamen, as well as the warehouses and warehouses of many businesses are here.

Although Wang Yan entered Nanjing, he did not give up the management of Huguang and other places, and he understood that his power was based on the support of Huguang and Guangnan, and without the support of these places, he would also be unstable in Nanjing.

Azig's goal is Hanyang New Town, if he can grab the best, if he can't, he hopes to make a mistake, and at the very least, he can also deter Huguang and hit the morale of the Ming army.

This is not comparable with approaching Beijing, or the army approaching Nanjing, but Wuchang is a provincial capital after all, and the Qing cavalry can always hit the prestige of the Southern Ming court, and also save a little face for the Qing court after losing Jiangnan.

Outside the new city of Hanyang, Azig personally led the cavalry to the city, Wu Jinxi, the governor of Huguang in the city, and Ma Jinzhong, the guard general, watched the battle at the head of the city, and the Qing army outside the city was in the hunting cold wind, and the dense layers of cavalry were placed outside the city like dark clouds.

The two of them looked at it, and they were all looking at the moving horses' heads, and I have to say that the momentum of the cavalry is really stronger than that of the infantry army, and 10,000 people can create the momentum of 100,000 infantry troops.

The Ming army on the city saw the scattered Qing army sentry horses, rushed directly to the city, screamed strangely, scolded the city in Manchu, provoked them, and the soldiers couldn't help but clench the bird gun in their hands indignantly.

Over the years, every year in the war, the rate of loss of soldiers and pawns is very fast, and most of the Ming army units will be replenished as gunners after replenishing new pawns.

Although at this time, there are still many deficiencies in the firecracker, and many times, it is not even used for the bow and arrow, but the training of an archer is too time-consuming and resource-consuming.

With the improvement of the Ming army's finances and the recovery of the workshop, the proportion of the Ming army holding firearms has slowly returned to six or seven percent, and it is still rising.

Ma Jinzhong's deployment was also supplemented on a large scale at the beginning of the year into the Wuzhong Army, and then all the people who were added were also bird-dead.

These soldiers, if they go out of the city to fight, may still lack a little heat, but if they put their guns in the city, then there is no pressure at all.

Several Qing cavalry provoked under the city, the city sergeant was angry, more than ten guns guarded under the command of the generals, lit the fire rope, came to the wall, raised the gun and robbed for a while, a Qing cavalry under the city immediately fell off the horse, and the rest of the Qing cavalry saw this, did not dare to shout anymore, immediately whistling and pulling the reins, and running back to the camp with a smoke.

The Ming army in the city was about to cheer, but the Qing soldiers who fell off their horses actually got up again, it turned out that the distance was too far, and this guy wore double armor, so the projectile failed to penetrate.

He got up and made an insulting gesture towards the city, a soldier in the city was angry, and wanted to shoot again, but was stopped by the thousand households next to him, if he couldn't fight again, it would be a little humiliating and would hurt morale.

The Qing cavalry remounted his horse, and did not dare to continue to stay in the city, so he followed the other Qing cavalry and ran back.

Wu Jinxi, You Youlun, Ma Jinzhong and others in the city couldn't help frowning when they saw the formation of the Qing army.

Wu Jinxi whispered to You Youlun on the side, "|This year, the imperial court seized Jinling and defeated the Dongyu, the government and the opposition all thought that the Dongyu was weak since then, but now the Dongyu and us are only separated by a wall, we still have to be vigilant and confidant, and we can't despise arrogance!" ”

"It has been more than ten years since the East Captives became powerful, and when you look at the cavalry under the city, you should know that the strength is still there." You Youlun also said.

On the side, Ma Jinzhong listened to the two civil officials talking about Qingqi, and was a little unhappy in his heart, "The strength still exists?" Then this time we will completely cripple them, break his four legs, and see if he dares to go south to fight in the future! ”

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