After the war, Yuezhou City was full of devastation, and every family had filial piety, some of which paid tribute to the dead relatives, and some of them were for the martyrdom of the servant Zhang Kuang.

In the first battle of Yuezhou, the entire Yuezhou suffered heavy losses, and nearly 20,000 young men were killed in the battle, which required compensation from the imperial court, but Wang Yan only had 600,000 taels of silver left, but he was already stretched.

At this time, he wanted to reward the army, and Luck Dehun did not return to Wuchang, but went down to the village at the confluence of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River thirty miles away from Yuezhou, and there must be a big battle next, which requires the support of money and food.

The reason why Lek Dehun was willing to retreat from Yuezhou was that Wang Yan had already conquered Huarong and the army was about to rescue Yuezhou, that he was worried that the grain route and back road would be robbed.

Yuezhou was originally closed with four gates, and only more than 2,000 people from Man Dazhuang roamed outside, which could not pose much threat to the Qing soldiers, but after Wang Yan defeated Huarong, tens of thousands of Ming troops were free, and they could completely cooperate with Man Dazhuang, and use warships to transport men and horses to the rear of the Qing soldiers through the Yangtze River, attack and disturb the grain road, and even cut off the connection between Le Ke Dehun and Wuchang, so he retreated for 30 miles, and built a simple fort on the south bank of the Yangtze River to prevent the Ming warships from slipping to his rear.

In fact, after several successive defeats of the Qing army in Huguang, the situation has been tilted in favor of the Ming army, and it would be unwise for Le Kedehun to continue to storm Yuezhou.

He retreated thirty miles according to Wang Yan's request, and let Wang Yan calmly cross Dongting Lake, although it seemed to be a head lower than the Ming army in terms of momentum, but if he did not retreat, Wang Yan could also go ashore at other places, but it would make the Qing soldiers defenseless.

As the saying goes, "take a step back and open the sky to the sky", and this retreat of Luckedhun can not only allow his long-fought soldiers to breathe and recuperate, but also turn the passive into the active and bring the advantages of the cavalry back into play.

If the Ming army wants to force him back to Wuchang, then he needs to give up the fortified city and come out to fight him in the field, so the retreat of Luckedhun seems to be forced, but it is the best choice, not a helpless move.

Wang Yan also saw through Elekdehun's intelligence, and after he reminded him, he would inevitably choose to retreat, so he wrote the war letter.

The reason why Wang Yan wrote a war book and was in a hurry to cross the lake, in addition to worrying that Yuezhou would be broken by the Qing army, was because he had no money.

In addition to the competition of military strength, the most important thing in war is money and food, and even money and food are more important than the army.

Historically, hundreds of thousands of troops, because of the cut off of money and food, birds and beasts scattered, there are countless examples, although Wang Yan fought several victories in succession, but there was nothing captured, he could not rely on the spirit and national righteousness, let 70,000 or 80,000 people forget to die.

As far as the 600,000 taels of silver in his hand are now only enough to give pensions to the soldiers who died in battle, he has no silver, and he supports the Qing soldiers even if he fights for another month, so Wang Yan urgently needs a battle, so he will drive Luck Dehun back to Wuchang, and then hurry up to rest and raise food.

In fact, whether it is the old pawns around Wang Yan or the Ming army adapted from the Shun army, they are all tired troops, they have experienced one battle after another in just over a month, and they are already tired mentally and physically.

If the battle continues to drag on, once the Qing army has a new force to join, it will inevitably change again, so no matter what, Wang Yan urgently needs to fight with Luckedhun.

The death of the servant Zhang Kuang made Wang Yan very sad in his heart, but it also gave the Ming army an opportunity.

On the one hand, Wang Yan wrote a report and a letter to report many recent affairs to Fujing and Changsha, and on the other hand, he held a grand memorial ceremony in Yuezhou City, making a sacrificial text and worshipping Zhang Kuang.

Seven days later, the Ming army stranded in Huarong all crossed Dongting Lake and came to Yuezhou, and after recapturing Changde, the plug Yinxi and Gao Yigong troops also rushed to Yuezhou to help in the war.

More than 80,000 Ming troops, the whole army was vegetarian, buried Zhang Kuang in Jinju Mountain, and then drove towards the mouth of the lake.

At noon, the spring sun shines on people who are drowsy.

70,000 Qing soldiers had already been outside the camp, lined up in formation, ready to fight to the death with the Ming army, on the plain, the stretching Qing army array, banners were waving, swords and guns were lined up, war horses neighed, and the murderous atmosphere was all over the sky.

Wang Yan sent someone to send a war letter again, about to fight a decisive battle today, compared with the attack on the fortified city, Luckedhun naturally couldn't ask for it.

He rode on his war horse, looked up at the noon sun, and couldn't help frowning slightly, and couldn't help but worry about whether Wang Yan would keep his word.

At this time, he couldn't help but pick up the clairvoyant mirror and look forward, and after a while, several puffs of dust and smoke appeared in his sight, which was the sentry horse he sent out, and after the sentry horse, a Ming army dressed in silk appeared all over the mountains.

The Qing army sentry rode all the way back and reported to Luckdehun, but without his words, all the Qing soldiers could see that tens of thousands of Ming troops were rolling in, as if laying a white carpet on the ground.

Seeing this, Luck's heart couldn't help but stir, this will be the largest field battle in which the Qing army has invested the most elites since the Battle of Yishi.

Wang Yan took up 80,000 soldiers from Yuezhou, and before coming to the Qing army, he saw the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake on the left, a small hill on the right, and the Pingchuan wilderness in the center, which was a good battlefield.

At this time, 80,000 Ming troops met with 70,000 Qing soldiers and held their positions with artillery.

Wang Yan was wearing armor and standing on a tall building car with the governor Du Yinxi, who could overlook the entire battlefield.

At this time, Wang Yan first ordered the sentry to ride out in all directions, exploring the land within a radius of twenty miles, and then ordered the flag officer to wave the order flag, and ordered all troops and horses to arrange the formation according to the battalion number.

Half an hour later, a member of the scout horse rushed back from behind the hill, went straight into the formation, came to the building car, turned over and dismounted, saluted on one knee and said: "Grandpa Qiyuguo, there is no Qing army ambush within a radius of twenty miles." ”

Hearing this, Wang Yan nodded, waved the cloak behind him, and said solemnly: "Investigate again, if there is any change, report it immediately." ”

"Nuo~" The sentry rode and saluted, then turned over and rode away again.

Seeing this, Du Yinxi smiled slightly, "It seems that Luck Dehun really wants to fight with the Duke of the Kingdom in a dignified manner." ”

Wang Yan looked at the Qing army stretching in the distance, and couldn't help but sneer: "He, like Bendu, can't afford to drag it out." The Qing army suffered successive defeats at Huguang, and if the news reached Beijing, Dolgon would inevitably send a war-experienced prince to take over the command of the Qing army. In today's battle, he has the advantage of cavalry, he has no reason not to fight, and this battle is also his last chance, he is afraid that Bendu will not fight with him, so he should not cheat. ”

Hearing this, Du Yinxi nodded, "How sure is the prince of this battle?" ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he looked at the more than 40,000 Mongolian cavalry in the wilderness, and said with a somewhat heavy face: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, but it is difficult to say.

The Governor sent the sentinels out in all directions, and what they asked for was a word of stability, and in this battle, the Governor also sought stability first, and then sought victory. ”

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