Huangshagang Town, the camp of the Chu army.

After a night of fierce fighting, Lin Yonggang looked very wolf, covered with mud stains, his armor had two long holes, and there were several dark brown blood stains on it, I don't know if he was injured himself, or if he was splashed with blood from someone else.

When the battle was most fierce in the middle of the night, a group of Qing troops had already rushed to the camp wall, and they were about to break through the camp.

Taking advantage of the high morale, the Chu army continued to launch a counterattack, wanting to recapture the town of Huangshagang, but the follow-up troops of the Qing army continued to flow, and Lin Yonggang suffered too much loss, so he had to retreat to the camp.

After the Qing army cleared the town, they concentrated their forces to launch a continuous onslaught on the Chu army camp, but fortunately, the Chu army has always built the camp extremely strong, and Lin Yonggang was able to hold the camp without losing although his troops were at a disadvantage.

Ping Pong was fought from midnight to dawn, Lin Yonggang had already figured out the strength of the Qing army on the opposite side, about 3,000 cavalry, not carrying heavy weapons such as artillery, if the Chu army did not retreat, it should be able to hold out for another half a day. It's just that this camp is too thin, once the camp wall is broken through, there is no room for buffer depth, and the more than 1,000 Chu troops are afraid that they will be wiped out.

In order to prevent the Qing army from going around the back of the camp and encircling it, Lin Yonggang sent his henchman Lin Zhong to lead more than 300 elites to defend an unnamed hill behind the camp. Lin Zhong relied on the terrain to resist stubbornly, and repelled several attacks of the Qing army in a row, with heavy casualties on both sides.

The Chu army has few soldiers. If it goes on like this, sooner or later, he can't hold on, Lin Yonggang is looking forward to it, and is anxiously waiting for reinforcements.

The herald sent by Tan Xiao had already arrived, informing him that he must hold out until dawn, but he didn't know if the reinforcements would come. Lin Yonggang held on for more than an hour after dawn, waiting left and right and not seeing the shadow of reinforcements. But when the second wave of heralds came, he told him that there was a change in the Ganjiang camp, and Tan Xiao had already led his troops back.

The situation is complicated. This is a large-scale operation that the Qing army has been planning for a long time, and the soldiers and horses dispatched are far more than just Huangshagang, Tan Xiao and even Wang Kefan may have greater trouble, and Lin Yonggang can only face difficulties by himself.

The second wave of heralds made it clear. Tan Xiao has been authorized to Lin Yonggang. As long as he held out until dawn, it was up to him to decide whether to retreat or not according to the shape of the battlefield.

Since there are no reinforcements, the withdrawal will definitely be withdrawn, but the specific where to retreat, when to retreat, and how to choose the route of retreat need to be carefully arranged. The Qing army was all fast-legged cavalry, and the elite Bayala soldiers even had one man and two horses. If the Chu army simply retreated to the rear, it would be difficult for it to escape the pursuit of the Qing cavalry.

It's definitely not okay to go flat. Lin Yonggang planned to retreat to Hualin Mountain and hold on to the danger.

Hualin Mountain, belongs to the extension of the remaining veins of Jiuling Mountain in the eastern section of Luoxiao Mountains, the highest peak Hualin Village is more than 200 zhang high, backed by the Mufu Mountains and Luoxiao Mountains, facing the Poyang Lake Plain, since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has been a place where soldiers must fight, the famous Hualin Mountain peasant uprising broke out during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Hualin Mountain is not far behind Huangshagang Town, for such a strategic place, of course the Chu army will not ignore, Lin Yonggang has already sent two hundred people to occupy Hualin Village, since the Huangshagang camp can not be defended, of course it should retreat to Hualin Mountain.

The timing of the retreat is also very critical, we must enter the mountains as much as possible, otherwise this thousand infantry with hundreds of auxiliaries and baggage will be entangled by the Qing cavalry on the flat ground, and they will definitely not be able to escape much, but the Qing army's rangers are wandering around, and once the Chu army leaves the camp, it will immediately attract a large group of men and horses to chase and kill.

The only way is to attack the east and west, send a small force to attract the attention of the Qing army, and the main force takes the opportunity to withdraw into the mountains and forests.

During the interval of the battle, Lin Yonggang made up his mind, and during the interval of the battle, he ordered someone to call Lin Zhong back.

"Young Master, what's the matter with me?"

Lin Zhong has thick eyebrows and deep eyes, thick jaw joints, at first glance he is a powerful and ruthless character, he is Lin Yonggang's son, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and served as the guard of the Lin family.

"The camp can't hold it sooner or later, so you have to retreat to Hualin Mountain." Lin Yonggang asked, "How many people are left in your headquarters?" ”

"More than sixty have died, fifty more seriously wounded, and less than two hundred people can go into battle."

"Not a lot, I'll give you another two hundred infantry, thirty cavalry, and in two quarters of an hour break through to the northeast and lead the main forces of the Tartars away. How about it, do you dare to go? Lin Yonggang's eyes were like electricity, staring at Lin Zhong.

Lin Zhong raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Since the young master has a life, what should I not dare?" There is no need to give me any more troops, just rely on the two hundred men under my command to ensure that I will kill three in and three out in one go! ”

"Good, good!" Lin Yonggang nodded, and said in an accentuated tone: "Go, from now on, your old son and mother will be the same as my own father and mother, if something happens, I will give them a pension!" ”

Lin Zhong came from a humble background, his parents have been the slaves of the Lin family all his life, and when he heard that Lin Yonggang treated him so kindly, he couldn't help but be grateful: "My life was originally given by the young master, it's a big deal to fight with the Tartars, my old son is not so expensive, the young master doesn't let them starve to death, it's ......."

Time was pressing, and there could be no more superfluous words, so Lin Yonggang transferred 200 of the wounded and the old and weak among the auxiliaries, issued each of them a knife and gun, plus thirty cavalrymen who were not needed, and handed them over to Lin Zhong to lead. Since it is a sound to attack the west, it has to be realistic, with these four or five hundred people rushing out to kill together, the Qing army will inevitably mobilize troops to intercept, and Lin Yonggang's main force will have a chance to escape.

After hurriedly preparing for it, a cannon rang out, Lin Zhong led more than 200 elites to break forward to open the way, and the other auxiliaries followed behind, rushing out in the northeast direction, the Qing army's rangers did not dare to sweep its front, only harassed around, Lin Zhong quickly rushed through the open field outside the camp, and fled from a pond and rice fields.

Suddenly, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed out from the rear of the Qing army, divided into two groups to outflank him left and right, one sideways around Lin Zhong's front, and the other directly towards him.

At this time, the sun had risen overhead, the snow on the ground seemed to be melting, countless horses' hooves stepped on, and immediately turned into a piece of mud, thousands of Eight Banner soldiers howled, the tiger tooth knife in their hands flashed a piece of cold light, and the hideous faces showed excited looks, this battle seemed to have returned to the rhythm they were best at.

"Let's go!"

Lin Yonggang didn't care about it anymore, and ordered the Chu army brigade to go out of the camp from the back door, most of the flags and bulky materials were left in the camp, and only weapons and food were taken away.

After the group came to the camp, they hurried under the nameless hill, there were only a small number of Qing army rangers here, they saw the Chu army breaking through, and immediately blew the horn, and the Qing army in the distance soon sent another group of cavalry, rumbling towards this side.

"You go first, I'll take a look." Lin Yonggang personally postponed, calmly and calmly held a telescope to check, the Qing cavalry was too far away, and the Chu army was able to enter the mountains and forests in time.

Lin Zhong's side was encircled, but there were more and more Qing troops around, layer upon layer, and they couldn't see the situation inside, and there were weapons colliding and screaming from time to time in the distance, indicating that Lin Zhong was still struggling to kill.

Seeing that the Qing army was getting closer and closer, Lin Yonggang gave up the idea of climbing the nameless hill to check, turned his mount to catch up with the large army, and the soldiers also knew that when it was time for life and death, they all rushed forward with all their might, getting closer and closer to the dense mountain forest.

The Chu army entered the depths of the forest and finally got rid of the Qing army's pursuers, Lin Yonggang turned his head to look back, there were snow-covered trees everywhere, and he didn't know if Lin Zhong was out of danger......

At this time, Lin Zhong was also blocked in a forest.

This is a small forest on the plain, with two ridges on the side, a few ponds, and then a patch of rice fields, and the cavalry of the Qing army surrounded the woods, whistling back and forth, constantly intimidating and luring them to surrender. Obviously, Lin Zhong and the others had no possibility of escaping from the encirclement, and the Qing army did not want to have too many casualties, so they temporarily besieged it but did not attack.

"Nanban, hurry up and put down your sword and gun, come out and surrender, uncle will spare your life if he is happy!" A general urged his horse forward, shouting loudly.

"Fuck you!" Lin Zhong struggled to pull out a strong bow, and the wolf's tooth arrow shot out like a meteor.

The Qing general hurriedly raised his hand to protect the throat of the face door, and the arrow flew and shot at his right arm, piercing the cotton armor, and was immediately injured, he hurriedly fled back to his own position, and angrily complained to the main general, he must kill all the southern thieves in order to avenge this arrow.

The Qing general waved his hand, ordered him to retreat to the side, urged the horse to move forward more than 20 steps, and the soldiers came forward to protect them with shields.

"I'm Baya Lajia Lazhang Jingtun Bu'er, the Ming general on the other side listened, see that you are skilled in bows and horses, and you are also a good man, if you are willing to come out and surrender, you can let you live, and serve the Qing Dynasty in the future, glory and wealth are no longer a problem, how about it?"

The identity of the Qing general is not low, this promise is much more reliable, and he shouted twice in a row full of anticipation, but there was silence when he answered.

"In that case, then don't blame Ben for being unkind."

Tun Bu'er turned his horse's head and returned to his team, and with a cold wave of his hand, thousands of Eight Banner soldiers jumped off their horses together and rushed up towards the woods...... (To be continued......)