When Shen, Sun Shoufa, Hou Shijie and Tie Biao arrived at the three foot towns, and the Datong Army immediately adjusted its deployment, Ma Xianglin, Ma Ke and the Shun Army withdrew from the battle, and the Tie Biao Department went up to contain the Qing army head-on with Ma Jinzhong and Hu Dawei, Sun Shoufa and Hou Shijie flank attack, Zhang Ding and Liu Wenxiu cut off the enemy's rear road in a roundabout way - Ma Guangyuan was ruthless to eat the Qing army, but the Qing army was not vegetarian, and Cherge also made adjustments, ordering Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to pull up all the people who could move, including the remnants of Wu Sangui who had just fled back, Set up a dense infantry formation to attack the front of the Datong army, and about 7,000 cavalry from various divisions were also gathered and handed over to Wu Bai to deal with the attack of the Datong iron cavalry.

The battlefield was even more tragic, the sound of shouting and killing, the sound of guns and cannons soared into the sky, dense arrows and guns covered the sky and the sun, and the soldiers on both sides fought to the death with attack against attack, and the corpses of the dead soon covered the earth. After a hard battle for an hour, Sun Shoufa and Hou Shijie, who had strong attack power, succeeded in attacking the flank of the Qing army's infantry formation, Wu Bai's miscellaneous cavalry was struggling to deal with the cavalry of the three towns and the Chu army cavalry association, and found that the situation was not good, and immediately withdrew to the formation to dismount and fight, and the Qing army's strength suddenly increased, regardless of the danger of the flank, and continued to attack forward.

The Tiger Dawei Department in front of the Datong Army was the first to instigate, threw down the artillery and ran backwards, Ma Jinzhong only had two associations in his hands, and the strongest left association He Dazhong was still in Xingyang, and the outnumbered people were also beaten back step by step, and the Tie Biao Department was surrounded on three sides - Ma Guangyuan was so angry that he scolded Hu Dawei and Ma Jinzhong for being wasted, and ordered Zhang Ding and Liu Wenxiu to rush to rescue Tie Biao, and after the reorganization, Ma Xianglin, Ma Ke and all the units of the Shun Army also entered the battle together.

The sky was approaching dusk, the Qing army's attack was blocked, and the flanks were violently attacked by Sun Shoufa and Hou Shijie, and began to retreat slowly, and at this time, the Qing army led by Azig was less than twenty miles away, Li Dingguo was ineffective in blocking the enemy, and retreated into the mountains to hide - the success was successful, Ma Guangyuan shook his head helplessly, and ordered the whole army to retreat.

Ma Guangyuan retreated in time, and Azig then arrived, and when he entered the camp, he praised the soldiers with crooked armor, especially to Wu Sangui, who was particularly affectionate, and promised to report his great achievements to the regent, Wu Sangui squeezed out a few tears and swore that he would never forget the great kindness of the Qing emperor and the regent, and was willing to serve the Qing court to death.

"King Pingxi will return to Ningyuan to rebuild the new army, it will definitely be useful in the future, don't worry, my dynasty attaches the most importance to faithfulness, and the covenant of splitting the land and sealing the territory will not change." Azig finally said with a smile, this time Wu Sangui really cried, his life was finally saved, but there were only two thousand Guan Ning troops left in his hands.

Sent everyone away, Azig immediately became sad, the old fourteen gave him a secret order, the Henan War should not only hurt the Datong army, but also not provoke Erlu - the strength of the Qing Dynasty is not good, and he does not dare to completely tear his face with Datong, this truth Azig understands, but the scale is too difficult to grasp, the more his brain thinks about it, the more headache he has, and he brings the generals to discuss overnight, how to fight tomorrow's battle?

In the Xiangcheng camp, the lights in the big tent of the Chinese army were bright, Ma Guangyuan sat on the handsome chair with a gloomy face, and his eyes were so staring at the generals of the Datong army that they did not dare to raise their heads, but Li Zicheng and the generals of the Shun army were radiant, and looked at Tuoyangkun alone with a smile on his face and shouted and scolded - this guy was sent by the Senate to supervise military discipline, and everyone was in awe of him.

"Since the establishment of the army in Fengzhou, our army has never advanced or retreated, invincible, so the great military power is all lost today, the president is a good man, you may be fooled, but the Senate is not a vegetarian, it is easy to send a few people to the Great Law Division, if you don't believe it, try it!" The more Tuoyangkun spoke, the more angry he became, he stood up and pointed at Ma Jinzhong, Hu Dawei, Ma Xianglin, Ma Ke and others and shouted, "Look at the battles you fought, you actually learned to escape from the battle, it is better to obey the army, and say what crime you should be guilty of." ”

Hu Dawei and Ma Ke's faces were pale and they didn't dare to speak, Ma Xianglin lowered his head and whispered in defense: "There are many recruits in the Sichuan army, and it's very good to be able to fight like this." ”

Ma Jinzhong was also a little unconvinced: "Buba Town has never been cowardly, but this time there is a serious shortage of troops, and there is still an association in Xingyang, how can I fight this kind of battle?" ”

"Dare to quibble, if you are hard to resist the Qing soldiers, our army will definitely win this battle." Tuoyangkun became even more popular, and slapped the table vigorously and said.

"It's obviously a mistake in the judgment of the military situation, we thought that Duoduo only sent Geng Zhongming's troops, who would have thought that the Qing army that went to fight Nanjing would be overwhelmed." Zhang Ding muttered quietly.

Ma Guangyuan found that the fire was about to burn on him, so he hurriedly got up and persuaded Tuo Yangkun, who was so angry, that he squeezed out a few smiles and said to the generals: "Today's matter is here for the time being, how to fight tomorrow, whether to defend or attack must be agreed as soon as possible, do the generals have a plan?" ”

"Of course, it is to attack and fight, when will my Datong army shrink its head and be beaten, please order the troops to be sent to Buyi Town." Hou Shijie clenched his fists and said.

"Give me some people, and Buba Town is willing to take the lead." Ma Jinzhong shouted immediately, but his eyes glanced at Li Zicheng.

"Eleven Towns is not cowardly, and I dare to take the lead in making up for the people." Ma Ke also shouted, his eyes also glancing at Li Zicheng.

The Datong generals shouted and shouted and killed, but Li Zicheng was shocked, these people must be beating his idea, and sure enough, Ma Guangyuan said with a smile on his face: "King Chuang, there are a lot of shortages in all departments of my Datong Army, and more than 4,000 people have been lost in battle today, and the troops are insufficient, I think I will draw some elite from your department to supplement, and I promise that after the war, I will reward the brothers of the Shun Army." ”

Li Zicheng ignored this guy, his eyes swept to his subordinates, but the generals of the Shun army were calm - eating Datong's food, wearing Datong's clothes, and taking Datong's salary, and finally being annexed by Datong, this is a matter of time, to be honest, compared to the dry stream when Kou held a knife and fired at each other, Datong was interesting enough, and he could only blame himself for not having the ability to come to this point.

"It's all a family, and we should help each other, so be it." Li Guo sighed and said.

The generals of the Shun army all agreed, and the fate of the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Shun army who lived for the rest of the war was decided.

"Okay, our army will go out of the camp early tomorrow morning for a decisive battle." Ma Guangyuan high-fived and laughed.

The genius was bright, and the hurried military horn sounded, and the former Shun Army Governor Ma Lao Wu rubbed his eyes and got up, gobbled up breakfast, and took a few pieces of bread, and ran to gather with his own sentry brothers - last night, Ma Lao Wu's gang was brought to this camp in a daze, and a Datong officer announced that from now on they were incorporated into the Datong Army, and the number was the Eighth Town Left Association Deputy Army of the Infantry Army, Liu Fangliang, Deputy Commander Wu Ruyi, Ma Lao Wu didn't care about this, more than 3,000 people in the whole association were in addition to hundreds of volunteers in the army of Western Henan, Everyone else is a Shunjun brother, no matter what banner he plays, whoever pays him will do it, and besides, he also got a sentry officer.

Liu Fangliang and Wu Ruyi walked to the front of the queue, and invited a guy with a full face to come forward with a few simple words, Wu Ruyi introduced to everyone, this is Li Wanqing, the deputy commander of the town, and our old-timers shot Li Ye.

Li Wanqing cleared his throat and began to speak: "Sons, do you know why you want to fight Dongyu? Because they are as bad as the Ming court, instructing the black-hearted dog officials to bully the good, chase the grain tax, and fatten themselves by eating our meat and drinking our blood, and if they are not defeated, the people will not have a good life, and my Datong Army is to create a new world for the people of the world without corrupt officials and corrupt officials, without bullying and oppression, and it is your blessing to be able to be integrated into this team, work hard, and don't lose the face of your hometown fathers......"

After talking for a while, Li Wanqing finally waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Sons, puff up your chest and sing, and the master will take you to teach the dog a lesson." ”

"There is a widow Zhang at the head of the village, with a round buttocks, a thin waist, and a pair of big black eyes, which fascinates my brother and my heart ...... panic" - the northern Shaanxi song sounded again, and Li Wanqing hurriedly shouted: "Don't sing obscene words, sing Datong military songs with me." ”

"The red flag is raised under the barbarian mountain, and my soldiers are mighty and strong; The general is gracious to the people, and his comrades are in good spirits; The desert smoke rises from the side wall, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse is in a hurry; The blood is heroic, the country is dead, and the captives have been extinguished. The soldiers sang and strode to the battlefield.

The Datong army entered the battlefield, with Ma Jinzhong's department in the center in the front, and Hu Dawei and Ma Ke were connected to form a line to control the front, Tie Biao and Ma Xianglin protected the two wings, and the strongest Hou Shijie and Sun Shoufa were placed in the second line, which was obviously a defensive formation. The Qing army then arrived, Azig only observed the opponent for a while and then ordered the attack, more than 10,000 green battalion Qing troops dispatched, but these guys were still wearing the Ming army uniform, which caused the Datong army to laugh, the green battalion soldiers may feel embarrassed, walking to grind, if it is not for the eight banners behind the battle, I am afraid that the gang will break up halfway.

This gang of rotten soldiers is easy to deal with, a few rounds of guns and artillery hit the past, and the soldiers of Ma Ke and Hu Dawei came to the spirit, they were not afraid of this kind of former kind, shouting and rushing out to cut off the head. The cavalry of the Qing army immediately pressed forward, regardless of the enemy and me, the Datong soldiers immediately fell, and Zhang Ding, who commanded the front, was furious, and strictly ordered Hu Dawei and Ma Ke not to move, and at the same time dispatched Xiao Sigui's cavalry to drive out the enemy cavalry. The cavalry of the Qing army and the Datong iron cavalry soon fled along the edge of the formation, Xiao Sigui followed to the flank of the Qing army's large array, the Qing infantry suddenly retreated, several Wuzhen Chao Harbin army banners appeared, and then the dense cannon sounded, and the right battalion officer who rushed to the front fell with more than 200 cavalry and horses, and the Qing cavalry also stopped running away and began to turn around.

"Don't stop, speed up and rush up, and crush the Wuzhen Chao Harbin army!" Xiao Sigui knew that he had been fooled, but he did not hesitate to lead the team to rush to the enemy formation, and the trumpeters also blew the trumpet and called for help at the same time.

The cavalry of the Qing army turned a little slower, and the Wuzhen Chao Ha army, which was being reloaded, lost protection, and was swept by the Datong iron cavalry like a whirlwind, and hundreds of corpses were left in a moment, and the commander Tong Yangjia saw that the situation was not good and shouted "protect the artillery", and drew his sword to meet the Datong iron cavalry that rushed over, and was swept by the knife of Zhang Nai, the deputy battalion officer of the right battalion, and his arm was cut off together with the big knife, and he fell to the ground in pain.

The cavalry of the Qing army fought back and Xiao Sigui's iron cavalry, Bao Rongge's Zuo Xie soon came to support, and the Qing army immediately called for reinforcements, the battle became more and more intense, and the two sides invested more and more troops, which soon evolved into Zhang Ding's cavalry three towns and Wu Bai's cavalry battle.

The iron cavalry of the Datong army was dragged down, and the infantry formation was also tested, the strength of the two sides was about the same, and it was impossible to eat each other, but the three towns in front of the Datong army seemed to be weak, which could give some ideas, Xu Dingguo had already carried his nationality to Beijing to enjoy the blessings, and his surrendered army could not fight a hard battle, so it was used as bait - Azig thought for a moment and ordered Xu Dingguo's troops to be put into a frontal attack one by one.

The attack is weak, but it has a very luring effect, the eleventh town team is the Shanhaiguan Ming Army, and the first town team of the Chu Army is the Baoding Ming Army. Ma Ke and Hu Dawei were itchy by the officers, and said hello to Ma Jinzhong, who commanded the front line instead of Zhang Ding, and led the army to attack, Ma Jinzhong, who was born as a thief, couldn't control the two former Ming army commanders, so he had to follow them together - the battle line of the Datong Army suddenly wavered, and Ma Guangyuan was so angry that he stomped his feet, but there was no way for a while, and the formation of seventy or eighty thousand people could not be adjusted immediately.

The fight was really happy, Ma Ke and Hu Dawei left Ma Jinzhong behind, chased the soldiers and rushed to beat them violently, advancing five or six miles in one breath, beheading thousands of levels along the way, and even Shang Kexi's department who came to block it was also beaten violently, Shang Kexi couldn't resist and quickly sent out a distress signal - Azig applauded and laughed, the plan to lure the enemy succeeded, and he waved his hand and ordered Han Dai to lead the Han army of Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong to attack.

Fifty or sixty thousand Qing troops came like a tide, the eleventh town and the first town of the Chu army were frightened, turned their heads and fled, Ma Ke and Hu Dawei were angry and hateful, and led their own soldiers to supervise the battle with red eyes, but no matter how they beat and scolded and killed the deserters, they couldn't stop the defeat, Ma Jinzhong found that the situation was critical but was very calm, and immediately ordered Buba Town to prepare for defense in a dense formation, and at the same time called for friendly rescue.

"This is a battle of life and death, those who have made meritorious deeds will be rewarded, those who retreat will be beheaded, brothers, the opportunity to kill yourself to serve the country has come, all the artillery, firearms, bows and arrows will be set up and beaten fiercely, and anyone who rushes to this formation will be shot and killed, whether it is a Qing soldier or a deserter from this army." Ma Jinzhong gave a murderous order, and the front of Buba Town was immediately filled with gunsmoke, and the dense rain of bullets and arrows knocked down the deserters one by one.

The momentum of the rout was temporarily contained, Ma Ke shouted "Brothers, there is no way to retreat, there is a kind of follow me, and fight with Dongyu", holding high the sword and rushing towards the Qing army, "fighting" He Zhen followed closely with the enthusiastic brothers, at the same time, Hu Dawei also reflexively killed back, and the Qing Han army also had no way to retreat, relying on the strength of the people and the Datong army to fight together.

The middle road was critical, the two wings of the Datong Army took action, Ma Xianglin's department and Kong Youde's department collided head-on, the two sides were equal in strength, and they could not distinguish the winner or loser in a short time, and they bit each other in a bloody battle; Tie Biao also collided with Geng Jingzhong, Bujiu Town was adapted from the elite of the Ming army in the northwest towns, the army has been well-trained for a long time, Geng Jingzhong could not withstand the opponent, Cherge immediately led more than 10,000 Qing soldiers to intercept Tie Biao to fight, Geng Jingzhong took the opportunity to get out and meet with Shang Kexi to attack Ma Jinzhong, Ma Ke, Hu Dawei three towns - the battlefield was a scuffle, Ma Guangyuan was powerless, he still had the strongest Bu Yi Town, Bu Er Town and Chu Army Cavalry Association, but this is the last hole card, do not dare to shoot easily until the critical moment, Azig also has the same concerns, the Datong army still has two strong soldiers in the town, and the Datong iron cavalry that has harassed him all the way has not yet appeared, so he can't help but be guarded, and the more than 20,000 elites of the Eight Banners in his hands must not act rashly.

After noon, Ma Ke and Hu Dawei finally couldn't stand it, but the soldiers had shown their courage and did not flee as before, but retreated to Ma Jinzhong's flanks while fighting to continue to resist - the frontal strength of the Datong army increased, Ma Jinzhong regained confidence, and ordered all departments to launch a counterattack against Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong's troops, and the Datong army and the Qing army launched an attack.

"Brothers, don't die, kill me!" Ma Ke simply bandaged the wound, and re-stepped on the war horse to kill the enemy group, there were too many Qing troops, cut to one after another, all of them were freshly shaved Han troops, Ma Ke gritted his teeth and fought hard, was shot off the horse by the Qing army's random arrows, Eleven Towns was unable to fight again, and He Zhen was forced to lead the remnants to retreat.

Hu Dawei is also fighting hard, dancing two big hammers invincible, the Qing army is so frightened that he hides when he sees him, Geng Zhongming is furious and personally fights, almost smashed by Hu Dawei's brain, this guy escaped with his life and became angry, gathered a group of archers and shouted "shoot this thief with arrows", the arrow rain poured down, Hu Dawei even led the horse to fall, and the soldiers rushed up and lifted him to run.

Ma Ke was killed, Hu Dawei was seriously injured, the remnants of the two towns regathered under the banner of Buba Town to fight hard, the soldiers shot out dense arrows and guns to kill the Qing army, stabbed out like a forest of spears to stab the Qing army, and the infantry formation of Buba Town was unbreakable. The battle became more and more fierce, the infantry formation of Buba Town was constantly attacked by the Qing army, the spearmen were replaced one after another, the Hu Yingxiang Department of the Right Association suffered heavy casualties and retreated, and the new deputy army of the Left Association came up again. Li Wanqing was not worried about the new army, personally went to the front line to kill the enemy to boost morale, and was killed by the fire gun in the chaotic battle, Liu Fangliang was furious, and led a team of selected soldiers to rush to Shang Kexi's Daxu, the Qing army could not stop this group of brave men, and was killed to open a bloody road, Shang Kexi was so frightened that he rolled off his horse and hid in the crowd, gritted his teeth and commanded the Qing army to besiege, Liu Fangliang and his warriors fell one after another.

Ma Lao Wu has been working among the thieves for more than ten years, and he has always been able to fight and run, and this kind of tragic scene that he has never experienced frightened him, but the more he is afraid, the more unlucky he is, Shangguan sent one of his sentries to the front to block the Qing army. Both sides were red-eyed, stabbing each other with spears, and killing each other with arrows at close range, and Ma Lao Wu's two hundred and fifty men soon left more than a hundred.

Kill, do it alive, die - Ma Lao Wu gradually became numb, only to listen to the whistle and keep stabbing forward, the spear stabbed into the stomach of a person opposite, but the spear of another enemy also pierced his breastplate, Ma Lao Wu trembled in pain, but his hand clutched the spear pierced into his chest until the brother next to him stabbed the other party down.

It's in vain to suffer in this life, the fellow township official Meng Jindu met said that the villagers in his hometown have something to eat, and the deputy town commander also said in the morning that he would take us to a new world without corrupt officials and corrupt officials, without bullying and oppression, if the mother-in-law and the doll have a good life in the future, it is worth it to die-Ma Lao Wu looked up at the sky and closed his eyes with a smile.