The sky is clear and the wind is howling.

Li Dingguo led more than 50,000 soldiers of the Ming army to advance slowly to the south, although the soldiers of the army had marched for half a day outside the middle of the night, but they were still in good spirits, and almost no one was left behind.

Although nearly 100,000 soldiers of the 150,000 Ming army were killed in this battle, and the general Liu Wenxiu was also martyred in the fierce battle, the soldiers of the Ming army fought bloodily and successively inflicted heavy losses on the two white flags of the Han army and the red flag and the blue flag of the Manchu army, as well as one of the two blue flags of Mongolia; The battle beheaded the Han army's two white flag owners, Shang Kexi, and the Manchu army's blue flag owner, Jierharang, and destroyed a total of more than 60,000 Qing elites, which can be regarded as comparable to the Qing army.

Therefore, although the officers and men of the Ming army were forced to retreat to the south, the morale of the officers and men of the army did not decline at all, but the morale was high under the continuous encouragement of Li Dingguo, and the officers and men of the whole army were full of fighting spirit, ready to return to the Acropolis of Fuzhou and join the main army, and then continue the bloody battle with the Qing army and the Tatars.

Towards the end of the afternoon, Li Dingguo led his army to a hilly area with sparse woods and two small rivers flowing through it.

Li Dingguo observed the terrain on a higher hill in Mama, and ordered the army to be stationed on the spot, so that the soldiers could bury their pots and prepare for a rest.

An hour later, more than 50,000 soldiers of the Ming army set up a simple camp around a higher hill and began to cook according to the camp where they were located. And Li Dingguo also sent a lot of night guards to the periphery of the army about 20 miles away to investigate the enemy's situation.

"Whew!"

Li Dingguo sat on a blanket and drank a sip of steaming broth, which was blown away by the cold wind. At this time, Li Dingguo looked at the surrounding soldiers of the army, only to see that the soldiers were eating and drinking soup, the whole army was very orderly, after the bloody battle of Yongning Prison City, these Ming soldiers seemed to be the rest of their lives, whether it was combat power or willpower had a qualitative leap. From now on, these tens of thousands of soldiers can be called the real elite division!

At this moment, the voices and smiles of Liu Wenxiu and the 100,000 soldiers who died in battle suddenly appeared in Li Dingguo's mind, and the heroic soldiers who fought to the death made Li Dingguo's heart stir, his eyes gradually turned red, and a tragic feeling suddenly hit his heart.

"Brothers, go on your way with peace of mind! I and the whole army will continue to fight, and we will pay tribute to your souls in heaven with the heads of dogs! ”

Half an hour later, Li Dingguo saw that the time was not early, so he ordered the whole army to assemble and continue to rush south, striving to arrive at the Fuzhou Acropolis as soon as possible to join the main army led by Li Laiheng.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums in the Ming army camp sounded, more than 50,000 Ming soldiers began to assemble quickly, the soldiers formed a strict military formation under the leadership of their respective officers, Li Dingguo led 200 personal guards in front of the horse formation, after inspecting the formation of the army, he led more than 50,000 Ming soldiers to the south.

Less than an hour after Li Dingguo led his army south, Azig led 15,000 Manchurian troops with red flags and iron cavalry to the hilly area where the Ming soldiers had stayed before.

"Immediately report to Your Majesty, find the traces of the Ming army, our department is pursuing, please Your Majesty fire the army to come and meet!"

As soon as Azig gave the order, a group of scouts full of red flags rushed out to the north. After that, Azig led the 15,000 Manchurian army with red flags and iron cavalry to continue south, following the traces left by Li Dingguo's army.

It is said that after Li Dingguo led 50,000 soldiers of the Ming Army to march for a while, it was already in the afternoon. Suddenly there was a roar, and the earth began to shake violently, and the birds in the distant woods flew up in terror and scurried in the air.

"The Qing army is coming! Fight on the spot! ”

Seeing this, Li Dingguo immediately pulled out the war knife on his waist and roared loudly, and more than 50,000 soldiers of the Ming army also acted quickly and began to form a circle formation on the spot to defend with Li Dingguo's Chinese army as the core.

At this time, Li Dingguo could already see the Red Banner Iron Cavalry Army of Azig's Department that was killed from the north, and the boundless Iron Cavalry Army was like a dark cloud, quickly attacking towards the Ming army.

Li Dingguo mobilized most of the pikemen in the army to the north of the large array, preparing to stop the Qing army's iron cavalry that was running at high speed at the first time. However, the Manchurian army with red flags and iron cavalry led by Azig came too quickly, and did not give the Ming soldiers any time to react.

The entire circle of the Ming army has not yet been fully formed, Azig led the iron cavalry army to kill in front of him, only to hear a loud "boom", Azig led the army from the circle formation that has not yet formed a spear array to rush in, 15,000 Qing army iron cavalry began to rampage in the Ming army array, killing all directions.

Li Dingguo was furious when he saw this, and immediately led the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army to meet him, and constantly gathered the defeated Ming soldiers into the queue along the way, trying his best to maintain the integrity of the large array.

Soon, Li Dingguo led thousands of soldiers to meet the Qing army's iron cavalry army, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce battle.

Most of the soldiers of the Chinese army led by Li Dingguo were pikemen, and some of them were armed with long knives to chop horses, which could be described as strong, and at this time, the soldiers marched forward in formation under the leadership of Li Dingguo, and used their own flesh and blood and sharp blades in their hands to intercept the Tartar iron cavalry army.

"Kill!"

Li Dingguo roared, stabbed forward with the spear in his hand, and stabbed to death a soldier with a red flag in one fell swoop, but then the Qing army's iron cavalry rushed over, and it was about to hit Li Dingguo. Seeing this, the two Ming soldiers on the side pounced violently and threw Li Dingguo to the side, so that he could dodge.

Li Dingguo stood up and looked around, only to see that the iron cavalry army led by Azig was still charging at high speed, although the Chinese army soldiers led by himself fought bravely, but the formation of the soldiers was very scattered, and the troops were insufficient, the main army had begun to retreat, and it was impossible to stop the iron cavalry army that was charging in formation!

Li Dingguo knew very well in his heart that if he couldn't turn the tide of the war as soon as possible, the fate he and his 50,000 soldiers would face could only be a one-sided slaughter!

Li Dingguo angrily got up and fought again, and led the officers and men of the Chinese army to fight and retreat, preparing to stay behind to block the Qing army's iron cavalry army, so that the soldiers of the main army could withdraw some and have time to re-form and defend themselves.

At the same time, Li Dingguo also ordered people to go south to the Fuzhou Acropolis and ask for help from Ai Nengqi, who was defending the city. Although far water can't quench the thirst of the near, what if a miracle happens?

After Li Dingguo sent a messenger for help, he led his army into a fierce battle, and there was nothing else in his heart but a strong hatred.

The battle went on until the evening of this day, Azig had already led the Manchu army with red flags and iron cavalry to successfully defeat the Ming army's large array, and the Chinese army led by Li Dingguo had lost most of them, and finally could not support it, and broke up with the main army to the south.

At this time, Li Dingguo could be described as embarrassed, running south in the boundless defeated army, full of hatred in his heart, and he wanted to die directly on the side. Although the surrounding Ming army soldiers are very heroic, but in the case of losing the tight formation, no matter how heroic it is, it is useless, in the face of the group charge of 10,000 thousands of Qing army iron cavalry, the Ming army soldiers who have been dispersed can only flee for their lives, and are slashed to the ground one by one by the Qing army iron cavalry on the road to the south.

Li Dingguo ran violently for a while, only to feel that the strength of his whole body was almost exhausted, and he was out of breath, very embarrassed.

However, the Qing army iron cavalry chasing behind them followed unhurriedly, slashing and killing the backward Ming soldiers from time to time, or rushing in groups of three or five, driving the Ming soldiers to run non-stop, consuming the last bit of strength of the Ming soldiers.

Li Dingguo knew very well in his heart that the Qing army was trying to let himself and the soldiers of the whole army run to death, and once the soldiers fell to the ground from exhaustion, the tens of thousands of Qing army iron horsemen who followed behind would pounce on them like vultures and kill the soldiers of the whole army effortlessly.

"Am I going to die here today?"

Li Dingguo lamented in his heart, despair and unwillingness filled his heart, he hadn't followed Liu Yunwei to sweep Liaodong and restore the homeland of the Han family, was he going to die here!

Suddenly, on the east side of the battlefield, on the endless field, countless banners appeared, and then, countless Ming soldiers appeared on the horizon, gradually converging into a red ocean, almost filling the entire heaven and earth.

Li Dingguo was overjoyed when he saw it from afar, and immediately shouted loudly: "Reinforcements have arrived!" Reinforcements have arrived! The soldiers are fighting back! Kill Hu! ”

The soldiers of the Ming army, who had been on the run for half a day, saw the arrival of the reinforcements with strong troops at this time, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they stopped retreating one after another, and formed a formation on the spot, standing in a group with the Manchu army with red flags and iron cavalry that caught up.

Although the soldiers of the Ming army under Li Dingguo were at an absolute disadvantage at this time, and the casualties of the army increased sharply, when the reinforcements arrived, the soldiers were not afraid of life and death, and rushed forward with a roar, and started a fight with the Qing army's iron cavalry.

Azig was furious when he saw this, and a battle achievement that had already been in hand flew away in a blink of an eye, how could he not be annoyed?

However, Azig is also a veteran, and he knows that the most important thing at this time is to immediately lead the army to retreat, first disengage from the Ming army in front of him, and immediately reorganize the formation. Otherwise, surrounded by the Ming army reinforcement corps that I don't know how many thousands, I and my 15,000 Manchurian army with red flags and iron cavalry will be trapped on the battlefield.

"Retreat immediately! Retreat to the west! ”

As soon as Azig gave the order, the Manchu army of red banners and iron cavalry marched towards the west, trying to open the gap and rush out.

Li Dingguo discovered the movement of the Qing army, glanced at the reinforcements that were approaching, and immediately shouted loudly: "The soldiers rushed up and entangled the Qing army!" Entangled the Qing army at any cost! ”