Immediately afterwards, news came that Shaoyang had fallen, and Sun Kewang was also a generation of heroes, but he was beheaded by Wang Sheng to show the public, and the Chu army marched across the river to the north, pressing towards Hanyang from several directions at the same time.

Not good! Evacuate!

The movement of the Chu army was too fast, which greatly surprised Tan Tai, and when he felt bad, tens of thousands of Chu troops had already crossed the river, and he immediately withdrew from Hanyang with Tun Bu'er and retreated to Henan.

But at this time, Jin Shenghuan had already captured Xiaogan and blocked Tan Tai's way, Tan Tai launched a fierce attack on Xiaogan, and fought fiercely for several days, Jin Shenghuan couldn't support it, Lu Renqing and other elite troops of the Chu army arrived, and Jin Shenghuan turned the corner. Tan Tai saw that this road was impassable, and turned to Huangpi to bypass Xiaogan, but Lu Renqing and Jin Shenghuan stuck it up like a rubber plaster and stopped Tan Tai from a fierce interception.

This road still doesn't work.

If he opened up a posture and fought with Lu Renqing and Jin Shenghuan, Tan Tai felt that the chances of winning were still relatively large, but the follow-up troops of the Chu army continued to cross the river, and every day of delay, more reinforcements came, and if they continued to fight with Lu Renqing and Jin Shenghuan, they were likely to be bitten to the death, and finally fell into a heavy encirclement, so he and Tun Buer withdrew from the battle in time and no longer went to Henan, but turned to Huangzhou Mansion and retreated along the north bank of the Yangtze River to Anhui.

Anhui is just ahead.

The "Four Generals of Hexi" is just ahead.

Wu Sangui is just ahead.

As long as you pass the Huangzhou Mansion, you can get out of danger.

Among Tan Tai's troops, the main force was 30,000 Eight Banner soldiers transferred from Beijing, in addition to the troops of Tun Buer, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde died in the hands of Li Dingguo not long ago, and his remnants were temporarily led by Geng Zhongming, as well as the green battalion soldiers in Zhili, Anqing and Wuchang, the total number is still more than 70,000, of which there are about 40,000 in the Manchu and Han Eight Banners alone.

If it weren't for the two successive defeats under Li Dingguo, and the loss of some troops in other battles, Tan Tai's troops would have reached the scale of 100,000 people.

Kong Youde is dead, and it's useless to complain about him, but fortunately, Tan Tai's main force is still there, and he can still be called a strong force, you must know that there are a lot of 40,000 Eight Banners, isn't there such a sentence - the Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible, and the 40,000 Eight Banners are four invincible strong armies, if they were placed a few years ago, they would be enough to sweep the world.

Now that time has passed, the era of the Eight Banners sweeping the world has become a thing of the past, but Tan Tai, Tun Buer and Geng Zhongming and others are still full of confidence in the successful breakthrough, the Chu army is indeed getting stronger and stronger, and the 40,000 Eight Banners not only dare not say victory, but also retreat as soon as possible, escape as soon as possible, but as long as they return to Anhui and enter the vast North China Plain, they can return to the home field of the Qing army, so that the Chu army can taste the power of the Eight Banners.

The northerners ride horses, and the southerners ride boats, this sentence makes too much sense.

Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er have talked many times about why the invincible Eight Banners soldiers in the world have been defeated repeatedly as soon as they encounter the Chu army, so that the situation has deteriorated to such an extent...... Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er finally came to the conclusion that the Eight Banners were not suitable for fighting in the mountainous areas of the water network in the south, and that they could only give full play to the mobile advantages of the cavalry on the great plains in the north, and that if they continued to fight the Chu army in the south, they would have to lose all the 40,000 Eight Banners soldiers sooner or later, so the two of them suggested to Dolgon that they abandon Hanyang and Hubei as soon as possible, and withdraw all the 40,000 Eight Banners to the north.

How many people did the Manchus have? For the Qing court, these 40,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners are already the last reliance, except for the dead, disabled and captured in these years, almost all the young and strong children of the Eight Banners are in the army of Tan Tai and Tun Buer, as long as they are withdrawn to the north of the Yellow River, even if the Chu army makes a large-scale northern expedition, the Qing court also has the capital to protect itself.

Because of the desperate interception of the Chu army, Tan Tai's plan to retreat to Henan was frustrated, and he retreated to Anhui, so that although the road was farther, it was safer, and he could get the "four generals of Hexi" and Wu Sangui's response.

Convinced that there was no problem with his strategic choice, Tan Tai led his troops to leave Huangpi and head east into Huangzhou Mansion.

The Yangtze River turned a bend in Wuchang, flowing from the northeast to the southeast, Wuchang therefore faces the river on three sides, one faces the lake (Liangzi Lake, Axe Lake and so on a large lake area, not Dongting Lake), the terrain is very dangerous, the Huangzhou Mansion on the north bank of the Yangtze River also has many rivers and lakes, all of which are tributaries of the Yangtze River, but there is no big river like the Han River.

Soon after Tan Tai entered the Huangzhou Mansion, he was intercepted and killed by Li Guo at the Baoshui River, and after a fierce battle, the Qing army easily broke through Li Guo's defense line and crossed the Baoshui River.

Immediately afterwards, he was intercepted and killed by Teng Shuanglin in Jilong Town, and Tan Tai made persistent efforts to break through Teng Shuanglin's defense line, and the casualties of the Qing army increased slightly.

Not far out, and met Zhang Jiayu in the Ba River, Tan Tai shook his spirits, forcibly broke through Zhang Jiayu's blockade, and successfully broke through, but in the process of crossing the river, Zhang Jiayu was beaten by a half, and the casualties of the Qing army increased significantly.

Just crossed the Ba River, Jin Shenghuan chased after him from behind, Tan Tai suddenly returned to Luotian, and fought fiercely with him on the bank of the Guandu River, Tan Tai, Tun Buer and Geng Zhongming came out together, attacked on three sides, and finally rushed to repel Jin Shenghuan before the Chu army reinforcements arrived.

After this battle, the Qing army was obviously a little tired, four fierce battles in a row within ten days, and the rest of the time was also a rapid march, the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion were a little unbearable, Tan Tai had to rest in Luotian for a day, and then continued to retreat eastward.

Just walked to Xishui, Li Guo chased up again, saw that this subordinate defeated general came to take advantage again, Tan Tai was overwhelmed, set up a pocket formation by the Xishui River, deceived the enemy, lured Li Guo's troops into an ambush, ready to wipe him out in one fell swoop, the two armies were fighting fiercely, Teng Shuanglin and Lu Renqing arrived one after another, in response to Li Guo's breakthrough, Tan Taigong was defeated, and the Qing army had thousands more casualties.

Ignoring Li Guo, Tan Tai continued to retreat towards Anhui, and just after crossing the Xishui, Zhang Jiayu caught up again......

This battle can't be fought!

Only then did Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er realize that retreating to Anhui might have been a mistake.

The Chu army relied on the convenience of the water division, and the mobility far exceeded that of the Qing army, they were not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with Tan Tai, but the blunt knife cut the flesh and slowly pulled, weakening the strength of the Qing army little by little, Huangzhou Mansion had just reached the halfway point, Tan Tai's 70,000 army suffered two and a half casualties, and if it continued to develop like this, the troops were scattered before entering Anhui.

"The morale of our army is high, if the southern thief fights with me in a dignified manner, he may not be able to win the battle, but I hate Wang San's slippery and unsparing hands, I really can't do it!" Tan Tai's hateful teeth itched, but he was helpless.

If the Chu army surrounds the Qing army at this time, Tan Tai is confident enough to break through the encirclement and defeat the Chu army, but whether it is Zhang Jiayu or Jin Shenghuan, they are all one and the same, and they do not fight hard with Tan Tai, and they have not done their best in several battles, and the threat to the Qing army is greater.

In this case, it should have made a detour and avoided the Yangtze River, but to the north of Huangzhou Mansion was the continuous Dabie Mountain, and if the Eight Banners cavalry entered the mountainous area, it would be tantamount to tying their hands and feet, and the situation would be even more unfavorable.

"Now I can only leave the Huangzhou Mansion as soon as possible, and then let Wu Sangui and Daniel Zhang come to pick up, and there is no other good way." Geng Zhongming, the king of Zhishun, suggested that his plan was mediocre and not particularly clever, but it was the only feasible way at the moment, Tan Tai had no choice but to accept it, and ordered the troops to throw away the excess baggage and materials, and advance as lightly as possible to speed up the march, and at the same time sent several waves of messengers to rush to Wu Sangui and the four generals of Hexi to ask them for help.

Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er went hand in hand, using all their might, and finally broke through Zhang Jiayu's defense line, the Qing army left Xishui, detoured to the Yingshan Mountain at the junction of Anhui and Hubei, Yingshan County belongs to the remaining veins of Dabie Mountain, although it is also a mountainous area, but you can enter Anhui by crossing the mountain, and you can avoid the second half of the eastern part of Huangzhou Mansion.

"The southern thieves thought that our army would not dare to enter the mountain, so I went into the mountain instead, which was called a surprise, but it could have miraculous results."

Marching in the northeast direction for three days, Yingshan County was already in sight, Tan Tai's face finally showed a smile, the Chu army took advantage of the geographical advantage, and wanted to block him in the territory of Huangzhou Mansion, but he just found the only flaw in Yingshan, and he was about to break through smoothly, but the Chu army had not yet reacted, according to the scout report, they ran to Qishui east of Xishui, blocking the way of the Qing army in advance, but did not expect Tan Tai to have turned to Yingshan.

"Speed up and go to Yingshan County for dinner tomorrow night." Tan Tai's order was conveyed, and the officers and men of the three armies were thunderous, fighting outside for many days, and the Manchu and Han Eight Banners and those green battalion soldiers were looking forward to returning to the north, even if they couldn't return to Beijing for a while, at least they could eat fragrant steamed noodles and noodles, and they didn't have to gnaw old rice all day long.

At this time, the scout suddenly came to report that the road to Yingshan was cut off by a large army, and the other party's company camp was boundless, I don't know how many people there were, but there were at least 100,000 people, and the banner was Li Laiheng and Yuyuan Army who were entrenched in Dabie Mountain.

"Oops! Why did Lee Lai Heng come? ”

Tan Tai was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the front army with the generals to observe the enemy's situation, only to see that on the distant mountain range, the Yuyuan army camped on the mountain, sealing the road to Yingshan, and the camp could not see the end at a glance, and it was built very strongly, and the defenders in the camp saw that the Qing army was coming, and they did not mean to go out of the camp to fight, but just closed the gate and guarded the camp wall, looking like they were holding on to the danger.

"Our army has come here, let's take a dozen, the Yuyuan thieves are all grass robbers, vulnerable to a single blow, although there are 100,000 people, maybe they can be broken with one blow."

Tan Tai hesitated for a moment and ordered an attack on the Yuyuan army, it took three days for the troops to come here in one fell swoop, and if they turned around and went back, they would waste six days back and forth, and the situation would become even more unfavorable.