The drums of war were beaten, and the Qing army launched a fierce attack.

The Eight Banners knew that as long as they defeated the Yuyuan Army, they would be able to escape back to Anhui, so the attack was very brave, but the mountain battle was not their strong point, and the battle in the mountains was even more tragic Meat Grinder, the Qing Army attacked until dark, and only then conquered the three camps, but the Yuyuan Army retreated and resisted steadily, although it lost three camps in a row, it was very calm, and retreated to the fourth camp, and it was not as Tan Tai imagined that it would collapse at one touch.

"There is a master among the thieves in Yuyuan, could it be that Li Laiheng?"

Tan Tai was worried all night, it is said that the rabble of the Yuyuan Army does not have such a high tactical quality, there must be someone to help them command, if such a camp is slowly pushed over, in the face of dozens of company camps built by hundreds of thousands of Yuyuan Army, I don't know how long it will take to reach Yingshan.

There was no turning back from the bow, Tan Tai knew that the current situation was very dangerous, so he could only continue to fight, hoping that Wu Sangui and Hexi Si would come as soon as possible and attack the Yuyuan army on both sides, and there was still a great hope of escaping. His brain was booming, and he didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night, and he was woken up by his subordinates just after falling asleep, and Yuyuan Army and Li Laiheng had just launched a night attack and recaptured a camp.

When did the Yuyuan thief become more powerful!

Tan Tai was furious, beheaded the Qing generals guarding the village, and ordered the troops to counterattack overnight, and must take the camp back.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Qing army gradually adapted to this kind of battle, and when it was dark, Tan Tai broke through the seven camps of the Yuyuan army, which was much more efficient than the first day, and according to this progress, it would be possible to break through the defense line of the Yuyuan army in another three or four days.

But at this time, the scouts came to report, and the main force of the Chu army finally caught up, in addition to Lu Renqing's department, this time there was also a new face - Ti Zhaorong.

Ti Zhaorong's troops are all cavalry, which can offset the advantage of the Eight Banners cavalry, and Lu Renqing's troops are the reserve of the Chu army, except for the last time Li Guo fell into the encirclement and rushed to the rescue, he did not participate in the battle at any other time, and he is also a fresh force that is recuperated, in addition to these two troops, other Chu troops are also rushing to Yingshan, Tan Tai knows that something is wrong, and the hope of the whole division retreating has been dashed.

Divide your forces and break through!

Tan Tai ordered, Geng Zhongming led the troops of the Han Eight Banners to stay here, and the Green Battalion continued to attack the camp of the Yuyuan Army, striving to break through from Yingshan, he and Tun Buer led the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners to the southeast, still retreating from Qishui, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners are all cavalry, after getting rid of Geng Zhongming and the Green Battalion, these infantry, the mobility ability has been greatly enhanced, and there is still a chance to break through.

If you can't fight, you can run, which is the advantage of cavalry.

In order to ensure the safety of the Manchurian Taijun, Tan Tai ordered Geng Zhongming and the Green Battalion to hand over all the war horses, and play the banner of Tan Tai to attract the main force of the Chu army as much as possible.

After getting Geng Zhongming and the war horses of the green battalion, the Manmeng Eight Banners not only guaranteed one man and one horse, but also some spare horses, and the troops set off at dawn, only under the banner of Tunbuer, disguised as a partial division that broke through separately, and quickly advanced towards Qishui.

Qishui is one of the larger of the five rivers in Huanggang, hundreds of large and small tributaries in the basin, the water is deep and the river is wide, it can not be easily crossed like several other rivers, only in a few shallow rivers, the cavalry can barely wade across the river, Tan Tai and Tun Buer rushed to Datong Town on the west bank of Qishui at dawn, in order to seize the ferry, launched a surprise attack on Datong Town, and captured this town in just a quarter of an hour, and even Tan Tai himself was a little surprised.

The defender of Datong Town is Zhang Jiayu, a famous old-fashioned scholar in the Chu army, has always been known for fighting in a hard village, he did not lazy live in Datong Town, but built a camp by the Qishui River, and sealed the ferry to prevent the Qing army from bypassing Datong Town and escaping directly from the ferry.

After Tan Tai captured Datong Town, he immediately rushed to the ferry, but was resolutely blocked by Zhang Jiayu, using the camp to hold on and not retreat, the cavalry did not have any advantage in attacking the fortifications.

In the area of Baiyun Mountain downstream, Tan Tai and the Chu army fought fiercely, and finally crossed the Qishui, at this time, Jin Shenghuan, Li Guo, Teng Shuanglin and other departments caught up one after another, and re-staged the scene of interception and breakthrough and then interception and killing, Tan Tai now has become more mobile, and the impact of the cavalry is also greater, after several fierce battles, the defense line of Jin Shenghuan and others was broken through in turn, and a bloody road was killed to reach the area of Chidong Lake in Guangji County, but there was no cover and cooperation of the infantry, and the green battalion cannon fodder that could be used as a substitute for the dead ghost, The casualties of the Eight Banners increased significantly, and when they rushed to Chidong Lake, Tan Tai and Tun Buer had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and there were only more than 10,000 troops left.

"Let's break through separately, I'll drag the main force of the southern thieves, you still have a chance to escape." Tan Tai was resolute and had the will to die.

Actually, he didn't want to die, but he couldn't help it.

The battle is like this, it is already a big defeat and loss situation, even if there are one or two remnants can break through, so many children of the Eight Banners are lost in Huangzhou Mansion, Tan Tai will return to Beijing, and he will be torn apart by those Manchu nobles, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now difficult, this time in order to raise an army of 30,000, many families have sent the only male to the army, including many children of princes and ministers, when the time comes, in order to appease the anger of the Manchu family, Tan Tai is likely to become a scapegoat, and if he dies in battle now, at least he can keep the peace and wealth of his family and children.

"If you want to go together, we will never leave the handsome!" Tun Bu'er refused to admit his feelings, just kidding, everyone has to break through separately, why are you a righteous and awe-inspiring warrior, but I have become a deserter who lives secretly, in case you don't die in the end, under the finger of Qianfu, the black pot of this defeat may be detained on my Tun Buer's head.

Break through together, life and death have their own destiny!

In order to escape home, although the soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered heavy casualties, their morale has not fallen, seeing that the Chu army has surrounded them from all directions, Tan Tai and Tun Buer set off again, advancing towards Huangmei County in the southeast of Huangzhou Prefecture, and after Huangmei County, it is the boundary of Anhui, and the hope of breaking through is at hand.

Kill, kill, kill!

Rush Rush!

The advantages of the cavalry were vividly exerted by Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er, rushing left and right in the encirclement of the Chu army, and finally fought a bloody way, rushed through Huangmei County, and entered Anhui!

Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er were greatly relieved, the troops around them were now less than 10,000 people, but no matter what, they were finally out of danger.

Immediately after the scout came to report, Jin Shenghuan's troops appeared in front and blocked the way.

"What a ghost!"

Tan Tai came back to his senses, the provincial border is just a line on the map, the Chu army has been chasing to Anhui, and it can't be said that people are foul, the Chu army's sailors are down the river, and the infantry can rest when they are on the boat, but the Eight Banners cavalry needs to eat and sleep, so Jin Shenghuan's infantry is faster than the cavalry.

Since it's here, let's fight.

Another pitched battle.

It was the Qing army that won again and broke through Jin Shenghuan's interception.

Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er were not happy at all.

After fighting one battle after another, the troops were too tired, and their morale also fluctuated, and the casualties in this battle with Jin Shenghuan were very serious, with more than 1,500 dead and wounded, so that Tan Tai only had more than 7,000 Eight Banner soldiers left, and the strength was further reduced.

Where is Wu Sangui?

Where will the four generals of Hexi?

Tan Tai fled all the way and fought hard, and had lost contact with the outside world, in his mind, even if Wu Sangui did not have time to arrive, Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong and other four generals of Hexi should also arrive, but they have not yet appeared, is there any accident?

What Tan Tai didn't know was that Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong and others had actually rushed to the border between Hubei and Anhui, but the battlefield situation was too chaotic, Tan Tai and Tun Buer were rushing back and forth to kill, their whereabouts were uncertain, Daniel Zhang and others did not know their specific location, several times intercepted and divided by the Chu army, missed, Tan Tai just rushed through Huangmei County, less than twenty miles away from Daniel Zhang's vanguard troops, and then went further and further.

At this time, Tan Tai and Tun Bu'er encountered another huge trouble, and the troops ran out of food.

To be precise, it is to cut off the forage first and then the grain.

After dividing the troops with Geng Zhongming, Tan Tai broke through lightly, carrying not much grain and grass, the amount of food of the horses was much larger than that of the people, and there was no supply for the baggage troops, so it would definitely not last for a few days, Tan Tai was counting on fighting along the way, grabbing some grain and grass to maintain, and the four generals of Hexi could be replenished, but this road was a series of fierce battles, the Qing army had no time to fight for food, the forage for the war horses was first exhausted, and the Eight Banners soldiers used their rations to feed the horses, and then killed the horses for food, barely supported, or could not fill this huge gap, When all the rations were exhausted, the physical strength of the horses dropped significantly, and many horses were no longer able to ride.

If this continues, the whole army will definitely be wiped out.

In desperation, Tan Tai once again proposed to break through separately, but he was no longer pretentious about who would cover whom, the seven thousand Eight Banners soldiers were divided into seven thousand teams, and the other hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled formed another team, a total of each team broke through in eight directions at the same time, covered each other, and escaped separately.

Tun Bu'er agreed to this plan and volunteered to break through to the northeast, which was closest to Wu Sangui, but it was definitely the direction of the Chu army's key encirclement, while Tan Tai chose the northwest direction, intending to raise his general flag high to attract the main force of the Chu army as much as possible and cover the other Eight Banner soldiers.

It was easy to escape to Anhui, but he turned his head and ran in the northwest direction, no matter how he looked at it, it was like a suicide choice, Tun Buer knew his intentions, and he no longer persuaded him, and after a full meal of horse meat, he and Tan Tai hugged their fists and said goodbye, and set off separately.