The sudden retreat of the reinforcements of the Southern Ming Army puzzled the men and horses of several parties, but Zhang Qiang had already seen the situation from the air.

The melee is very unfavorable to the Southern Ming army, which is less than the enemy, not to mention the large casualties, and it is not possible to exert the power of firearms, Li Chengdong, who is leading the army, is a character, he has seen, or he has not thought of making the enemy collapse through a surprise attack, although from the situation, the enemy is actually very panicked, and has shown signs of collapse.

The Qing army that attacked Yongfu County was scattered and fled, thousands of people jumped into the river, desperately attacked and tried to escape to make peace with the enemy, there were tens of thousands of prisoners, they had to put down their weapons and be prisoners, because the place was too small, by the bridge, on the battlefield on this side, even the ferry boats by the river were controlled by the enemy, the big camp on the other side of the river had been broken, and there were more soldiers who fled, but those soldiers had a place to run, and they did not, in the face of the enemy surrounded from all sides, they could only surrender.

In the battles of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is not a shame for the defeated soldiers on both sides to surrender to each other, especially those who are accustomed to surrendering veterans, maybe it is not good to surrender as a prisoner, maybe they will be abused or killed for no reason, but there are always most people who can survive, serve as coolies and cannon fodder, but they don't have to die at the moment and lose their lives, which is something everyone knows.

The county town of Vinh Phuc was soon occupied by more than 10,000 reinforcements, and the tired soldiers defending the city could retreat and rest.

Li Guangdi also came out of the county office, quietly tidied up the scattered clothes due to panic, climbed to the top of the city, greeted the leading generals of the Southern Ming Army soldiers who came to support, and then stood at the head of the city and watched the development of the battle situation.

It's not yet time to say who wins and who loses, and he hasn't gotten rid of the defeat of the army.

Over there, Gao Zhixiang, who fled back to Guilin Mansion, also climbed to the top of the city with anxiety, watching his subordinates flee back one after another, the latest result, he went out of the city with more than 30,000 troops, and only 6,000 troops fled back, and more than 3,000 soldiers and horses heard that they were intercepted by Mang Gurtai.

He has nothing to say, the other party is a clan relative of the Qing Dynasty, one of the banner owners of the Eight Banners, and the largest responsible official of the Qing army here, even when Kong Youde is there, he has to kneel and lick the existence, he is a general of Kong Youde, what can he say, let alone intercept his 3,000 deserters, is to take off the head on his neck, he has no choice.

Anyway, he still has 15,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and there are cannons at the head of the city, plus the 2,000 left-behind troops in the full battalion, and the 5,000 left-behind troops of Mang Gurtai near the palace, and 28,000 soldiers and horses.

Now he is looking at whether the other party can turn the tide, and maybe he will discuss his guilt in the future, but with Kong Youde's protection, at least he will not lose his head, the main thing is that he can't lose Guilin Mansion, this is Kong Youde's nest in recent years, if he loses Guilin Mansion, he will really be finished, as for Mang Gurtai, and his 200,000 troops, whoever likes to take care of it will take care of it.

However, he still hopes that Mang Gurtai will win, at least if he wins, the Qing army will take the initiative, if the Southern Ming army wins, they may cut off his head and become a stepping stone for them to move up.

From the telescope, he also saw the abnormal behavior of the reinforcements of the Southern Ming Army, because it was too far away, he was too flustered when he fled, and he didn't know what the Southern Ming Army meant, so he could only send a probe horse to inquire about the specific battlefield situation.

On the battlefield, with the rapid convergence of the large army, Li Chengdong and Tong Dawei, Wang Deren's generals slowly approached, and eventually merged into a huge Chinese army, and then each unit quickly returned to the building, under the command of the herald, put out a defensive formation.

Due to the sudden movement of the reinforcements of the Southern Ming Army, Mang Gurtai is not a stunned young man who does not understand, maybe his writing is really not very good, maybe he has a single muscle, but he is one of the famous generals of the Houjin Jurchens, and he is still very rich in battlefield experience.

He quickly made adjustments, and his forces quickly converged, and finally brought back the forces that could still stand up to his side, but he did not withdraw the encirclement of Su Zhengqing's troops, nor did he give up the occupation of the middle ground and divide the enemy.

The Southern Ming Army was divided into the Su Zhengqing Division, the Su Zhengqing Division resisted the rear troops, and the Southern Ming Army reinforced several large pieces.

The Qing army was divided into the remaining 50,000 main forces to surround the Su Zhengqing army, and at the same time divided their troops into 10,000 troops, and the 80,000 remaining troops of the Southern Ming army troops that were divided by the riverside assault.

In terms of total strength, it is clear at a glance that the Qing army still has the upper hand, 140,000 troops, while the total strength of Su Zhengqing's troops at the moment is only 15,000, plus the 5,000 remnants of the surrounded, he lost 18,900 troops.

Lost all the artillery, most of the arquebuses have lost or lost the ability to shoot, and have turned into pikemen, because they have short swords hanging on their heads, and the sound of gunfire close to two meters plus a short sword several feet long, isn't that a pikeman?

There were not many of his cavalry, but now they were only about seven or eight hundred.

On Li Chengdong's side, the Qing army of 40,000 captives turned into more than 12,000 troops was left, and it was divided into several phalanxes, and a phalanx of 3,000 troops turned around and entered Yongfu County, and from Yongfu County, a part of the cavalry elite, a part of the arquebusiers elite, and a part of his elite soldiers were transferred, and these forces had 6,000 people.

Six thousand troops joined the battle phalanx.

A part of the army was 3,000 men, 1,500 men, plus 500 soldiers, and 100 arquebusiers, and mastered the crossings on both sides.

Maybe in the end they can't beat the enemy and need to flee from the ferry.

Three thousand troops plus five hundred cavalry divided into two parts to master the two bridges, that was also their most important retreat.

There were also 3,000 troops plus 1,000 soldiers, and 500 cavalry went to the riverside camps on both sides to collect the corpses and clean up the battlefield, where the battle was over, and the fleeing enemy did not pursue, they occupied the camp, and then strengthened the camp, defended the camp, and prepared for a long-term battle with the enemy.

After separating 3,000 soldiers and 2,000 cavalry, the losses of his and Wang Deren's main force were not very large, but more than 3,000 troops, so that their main force still had more than 30,000, as well as more than 10,000 reinforcements sent by Longwu Nanming, 8,000 new troops plus 4,000 soldiers.

Previously, this army also lost a lot, 1,000 new troops, 2,000 soldiers, so that in the end, the main force of Li Chengdong, Tong Dawei, and Wang Deren had more than 42,000 main forces that could fight, and in the face of the enemy's 80,000 panicked, the two armies of the Qing army guarding the camp were suddenly hit by a sudden blow.

After 2,000 soldiers and 500 cavalry escorted the captured Qing army back to the barracks on Li Chengdong's side, his total strength was still 40,000.

"Knock knock," the war drums on Li Chengdong's side sounded again.

The 40,000 troops were mainly arquebus troops, with artillery units on both flanks, cold weapons troops following behind, cavalry units pressing on both flanks and flanks, and the large battalion in the middle slowly following and pressing towards the enemy.

Mang Gurtai finally made clear about the enemy's plan, and the enemy was taking advantage of his large number of firearms and soldiers, and was ready to fight with him in a battle similar to the one he had fought with Su Zhengqing at the beginning.

The muscles on his face twitched constantly, he really didn't want to fight like that with the Southern Ming Army, he was good at horseback and foot combat, for such a firearm battle, he felt that what they gave him was complete humiliation, because only the enemy suppressed you and beat you, but you couldn't get close to the enemy and hurt the enemy, they took the distance war to the extreme.

But he had to fight an even more brutal battle with the enemy, because he had no choice.

(End of chapter)