Kong Youde led an army of 100,000 to the south, and the Qing army had an absolute advantage in Huguang, and the Manchu Qing were full of confidence in the prospects of this battle, believing that Kong Youde would definitely be able to destroy the withering and decaying and defeat the Ming army lightly.

Dolgon frowned: "I'm afraid of this, although this kid is brave, he loses his youth and vigor, and he suffered a big loss in Huguang the year before last, although I let Kong Youde look at him, I am afraid that he will be stubborn and disobedient." ”

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, the two Pingnan generals worked together, Dolgon always felt that it was inappropriate, although Kong Youde was the nominal boss, Luck Dehun was Baylor of the Aixin Jueluo family, if these two people did not get along, the battle would not be good.

According to Dolgon's original idea, before the Battle of Huguang began, Leke Dehun should be transferred back to Beijing, and the Qing army in Huguang should be handed over to Kong Youde for unified command, but Kong Youde is a Han general after all, and the Wuzhen Chao Ha soldiers of the Han Army Banner can barely listen to his orders, but they can't command those unruly Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, and Leke Dehun has tens of thousands of elites under the Eight Banners, and he must stay in Wuchang Mansion to sit down.

If it had been left behind, Azig or Duoduo could be sent as the commander, and the Qing army of all departments in Huguang would have obeyed his orders honestly, but Dolgon was preparing to deal with Hauge who had returned victoriously, and Azig and Duoduo were his right-hand men, and neither of them could leave.

Xiaozhuang asked casually: "I heard that Luck Dehun is going to be the king of the county?" ”

Dolgon nodded: "There is this plan, depending on the outcome of Huguang's battle, if it is a light victory, this matter will be pressed again, if the war is unfavorable, I have to cheapen this kid." ”

What is the rationale for this? Xiaozhuang's eyebrows were raised, and after thinking for a while, he understood, and said with a smile: "The way of the old fourteenth emperor is really clever, and the concubine is admired tightly!" ”

Luckedhun was picked up by Dolgon. If he wins the battle, the Dolgon faction will be more stable, and everything in the court will be arranged, and when Hauge's class returns to the court, he will quietly cut his military power, and then cook the frog slowly, and surrender the army without a fight, whatever you want to clean him up. In this case, there is no need to rush to promote Luckedhun, pressing is the way to employ people. It can also reduce the stimulation of centrists like Zilharang, so as to facilitate the stability of the court.

If Huguang loses the battle, the Hauge faction is likely to take advantage of the situation to fight back, and even have a face-to-face showdown with the Dorgon faction, which is the final decisive battle between you and me. The competition is the political strength of the two sides, and Dolgon can only fight head-on. Strong force. Instead, he wants to promote Luckedhun, who has lost the battle.

This qiē is not known to Luckdehun, who is far away in Huguang.

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Luckedhun led a large army and slaughtered Xianning with great momentum, encountering no resistance along the way, and occupied Puqi without bloodshed. He then sent 5,000 men and horses to raid Chongyang, according to the information of the scouts. The Chu army had abandoned Chongyang, which was now an empty city.

Occupy Chongyang first, and then open up the city, outflanking Yuezhou Mansion from the side. Luckedhun will not make the mistake of Borhui again, and will protect his flanks first. At that time, Bolhui advanced lightly and was blocked by Wang Kefan, who was entrenched in Chongyang, and only then did he have a fiasco in the Yanglou Cave behind, and 5,000 men and horses were annihilated, including 1,000 elites of the Eight Banners.

After dividing the troops, he himself took the main force to kill Yanglou Cave, which is surrounded by mountains and mountains, and only this official road can be used by the army, so he is very cautious, and the speed of the march every day is controlled within fifty miles, which is quite slow for the Eight Banners soldiers, who are mainly cavalry. At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to scout horses, and constantly probed the front and rear roads to prevent him from being ambushed by the Ming army again.

In addition to being cautious, he has a more far-reaching plan, but I don't know if Wang Kefan will take the bait. He went to attack Yuezhou Mansion with great fanfare, hoping to transfer the Chu army out of the Mufu Mountains, and then suddenly return the army with a blow, and converge Geng Zhongming, Tong Yanghe and the three-way attack to encircle and eliminate the Chu army, in order to avenge Boerhui's revenge.

What disappointed him was that until he passed the Yanglou Cave, the Chu army in the Mufu Mountain still did not move, but Wang Sheng of Yuezhou Mansion became more and more active, constantly sending small forces to intercept in front, digging traps, building high walls, two or three hundred people to hold a mountain pass, the Qing army scouts could not pass, transferred large troops from behind, set up cannons to prepare for the attack, these Chu troops scattered in a hurry, fled into the mountains on both sides.

This is a deliberate attempt to stall for time!

Not long after passing the Yanglou Cave, Luck Dehun received information from the rear that the loyal battalion of Jingzhou Mansion was retreating across the river, and only then did he realize that the Chu army had plans to abandon Yuezhou Mansion, and they sent a small force to harass them, just to slow down the Qing army's advance.

Luckedhun was very angry, he has always been known for his ferocity in battle, and the enemy was often routed before he could react, but this attack on Yuezhou Mansion changed the norm, looked ahead and backward, and delayed the fighter.

Speed up!

Under the order of Luck Dehun, the Qing army killed the Yuezhou Mansion at full speed, and the small forces of the Ming army that met the blocking on the road did not hesitate to defeat it, and saw the wall broken and the ditch filled in the ditch, which was unstoppable, and just three or four days later, Le Ke Dehun occupied Linxiang County, and the vanguard also saw the wall of Yuezhou Mansion.

On the bank of the Yangtze River in the northwest of Linxiang County, it is an important stronghold of the Ming army's naval division, Chenglingji Water Village, and the Qing army's naval division went upriver from Wuchang Mansion and launched a fierce attack here.

The Chu army sailors held on to the village, there were hidden piles outside their stockade to block the channel, just like the antler array under the water, the Qing army sailors did not understand the hydrological situation here, and failed to succeed in several consecutive attacks, but on the night after the loss of Linxiang, the Ming army sailors secretly evacuated the Chenglingji water village at night, avoiding the Qing army sailors and retreating into Dongting Lake, leaving an empty water village.

Hearing that the Chenglingji Water Village was occupied, Luck Dehun was very happy, and did not hold the Ming army sailors accountable for escaping, and after pulling out the nail of Chenglingji, the Qing army had already controlled the Yangtze River waterway in the area of Yuezhou Mansion, and could go up the river to attack Jingzhou Mansion.

On the one hand, he sent someone to inform Kong Youde to transfer troops to take the Yangtze River waterway to outflank the back road of the loyal camp, and on the other hand, he organized a large army to attack Yuezhou Mansion, and put up a slight resistance to Wang Sheng, who was guarding Yuezhou Mansion, and evacuated Yuezhou Mansion before the Qing army encircled it, and crossed the Miluo River into Xiangyin.

At this point, the Qing army was in good shape in the Battle of Huguang.

The door of Hunan is wide open, and He Tengjiao is in a panic.

Jingzhou was under attack, and the loyal battalion was retreating in a hurry.

Mufu Mountain was under siege, and the Chu army was trapped in the mountains and did not dare to take their heads.

Lekede raised his eyebrows and was full of ambition, it was his idea to attack the Yuezhou Mansion, Kong Youde did not agree at first, but now the facts have proved that after the capture of the Yuezhou Mansion, the Huguang Battle will be full of life, and the elimination of the Chu army and the loyal battalion is just around the corner. (To be continued......)