The bannermen below Yue Le in Hangzhou are planning and preparing intensively, although it is separated by the city wall, but the general situation inside is all in the eyes of Xu Xin and Xu Lei's uncle and nephew. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Ever since His Highness raised the army, the world has said that Governor Xiao is an incompetent mediocre talent. Now it seems that it is not that simple. ”

Xu Xin's emotion was immediately responded to by Xu Lei, their current position is very embarrassing, on the one hand, they are the defeated generals of the Raising Battalion and the Fubiao Battalion, and on the other hand, they are the generals of the Green Battalion that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has to rely on. In such a situation, it is natural to be more careful, and some things that cannot be seen at all on weekdays begin to look at them, only to realize that they have been living so confused all along.

"He is a vassal, and it stands to reason that he wants to live and die with Zhejiang. Cai Shiying and Yi Yonggui didn't run, and it was naturally impossible for him to run, and it would be fatal to run back, so he had to fight once. ”

Whether Hangzhou will defend or abandon is already doomed, but in this way, they are even more embarrassed.

"Second uncle, it's no fun for them to defend the city, and the last thing His Highness is afraid of now is attacking the city. However, in the field battle, although the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Manchurian and Han armies are not many, the field battle is also enough, and we should not be allowed to participate in the war again. ”

"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, didn't that Dasu dump the defeated black cauldron on Tian Shuai and their heads. If it weren't for the collapse of the Green Battalion after a while, they would definitely be able to defeat the Ming army led by His Highness himself. It's just a fart, is that highness easy to mess with? Four or five thousand people beat you and six thousand eight banners without many casualties, and there is still the face to blame us for it. Others don't mention it, if Tian Shuai hadn't taken us, King Lu would have raised troops at the beginning, Hangzhou would have been lost a long time ago, and they could still be today? ”

"Second uncle, be quiet, be careful that the wall has ears."

"It's okay, your aunt is watching from the outside."

Having said that, Xu Xin's volume still dropped a few degrees.

"Dasu, the bastard who faces forward when he uses people and faces backwards when he doesn't use people, this time it depends on whether Ao Baibao will protect him. But Prince An probably won't let us go into battle together anymore, for fear that we will drag them back from the Eight Banners Army. ”

Da Su got into the prisoner car, which Xu Xin saw with his own eyes. In fact, when Jin Li and Liu Zhiyuan were imprisoned and killed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, some people thought that the position of General Pingnan was unlucky, and naturally no one dared to take such a hot potato, only Dasu did not believe in this evil. Now it seems that this thing is really true.

As soon as these words came out, Xu Xin's sneer was immediately transmitted to Xu Lei, and the uncle and nephew laughed, but there was nothing they could do. In the battle of last year, the backbone of the lifting and lifting of the standard was completely broken. Most of the officers below Tian Xiong were killed by the Ming army, and the remaining remnants of the defeated soldiers fled back, supplementing the local forced Ding Zhuang, which was also called raising the standard and raising the standard, but the combat effectiveness is estimated to be even comparable to the city garrison, it is nothing more than a few people.

This time, when the Eight Banners Army sent troops, they must have acted alone, and even if they wanted to make meritorious contributions, they had no chance. Besides, what can be done after making meritorious contributions, and who belongs to the world now, it is really difficult to see clearly, as if everything has returned to square one.

"Now the situation in Jiangnan is made by the hard work of His Royal Highness, but Haikou came to pick peaches, and there must be dirt between the two. A few days ago, the Di newspaper said that Fan Jingluo transferred to the northern part of Huguang, and now the southern part of Huguang is in the hands of the western thief, and the royal highness and the western thief are said to be unable to pee in a pot. It seems that the Ming army is counterattacking, but when they start fighting themselves, they may really have to let Prince Jian take advantage of it. ”

"Who knows, now we still have to take a look at what is in front of us, if Hangzhou is gone, our uncle and nephew will not have a chance to see other people's jokes anymore."

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The next day, the entire Eight Banners Army led by Yue Le was dispatched, totaling 4,000 Manchurian Eight Banners, 7,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 2,000 Han Army Eight Banners. All the reinforcements from the south were dispatched, and 1,000 Mongolian soldiers stationed in Hangzhou to defend the Eight Banners were spared, totaling 13,000 troops.

Of course, this is only a soldier, and the auxiliary soldiers are still provided by Hangzhou locally, anyway, this city was also a giant city with a population of one million in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and the worst one was people. The defense of the city was handed over to the Green Battalion and the more than 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers who stayed behind, most of them were incomplete, and the Manchu Imperial Court had no spare strength to replenish for the time being, so it could only serve as the supervision team of the Green Battalion for the time being.

Out of the city, the army went all the way east, heading straight for the direction of the Jinhua division landing pointed out by Tanma. The Ming army divided its troops into two routes, and since it chose to use the inner line to annihilate the first road before the Ming army was encircled, then the decisive battle with the Ming army on the eastern front became the only answer. Because Xincheng and Fuyang still have fortresses and defense lines, they can always delay for a few days, and the Qing army here has no danger to defend, and only a victory in the field can have a chance.

Yue Le and they thought clearly, this side defeated the Jinhua Division, the next step is to turn in, or to hold on, leaving them more time and space to choose and operate, so now they must have a decisive battle with the Ming army as soon as possible.

The distance between Yue Le and Chen Wen is not far, and Yue Le also knows very well what kind of existence the opponent he is going to face - he has been rampant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for four or five years, and countless famous generals have died in his hands. From a guerrilla general who led 500 troops, he still started as a guerrilla, and gradually became the king of Huiji County, with no less than 100,000 armor under his command. With such a difficult role, he felt a lot of pressure, so the marching speed of the army was deliberately slowed down, lest he be ambushed by Chen Wen and end up in a fiasco.

In the same way as Yue Le's caution, Chen Wen's speed on his side was not fast. However, he is not a famous person who is afraid of Yue Le, but there is no need to approach Hangzhou too quickly - Li Ruixin's army is still on the way, and he can't surround the city if he arrives early.

The two sides were willing to approach slowly, but the distance was too close, and the scouts of both sides discovered the opponent's position that day and reported back to the front of the army.

"The Tartars still have the courage to fight."

The Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Manchuria fought once in total, and in places such as Siming Lake, although it was a fiasco, the Eight Banners army that fled back in order to get away with it all blamed the reason for the defeat on the unfavorable terrain. It would be impossible to say that just one fight would make them completely frightened. Besides, no matter how good the new generation of generals like Dasu is, they can't be the prince of the clan.

"Set up camp in place, it's not us who are in a hurry now, it's the Tartars under Yue Le's hands. In this hot day, it is natural to let them run a little more. ”

The Ming army now has an overall advantage in strength, and there is no disadvantage in some parts, and the more it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Qing army. This is true both in the general environment south of the Yangtze River and in the small environment of Hangzhou. Chen Wen naturally didn't need to be in a hurry with them. The only thing is that there is no mountainous terrain between the two armies to rely on. Although the cavalry could not maneuver on a large scale, the mobility on the battlefield was no longer as limited as in Siming Lake, and it was necessary to prepare more properly.

Finding that the Ming army was camped in place, Yue Le had to continue marching for a few hours before stopping and setting up camp. This distance is enough for tomorrow to launch an attack, and while sighing at the shamelessness of the Ming army, he had to immediately convene a final military meeting to prepare for tomorrow's battle, because they really can't afford to delay.

"According to the report of the horse scout, it has now been determined that the level of the division of the Zhejiang bandits is composed of three regular barracks plus one cavalry battalion, and the general in charge of the command also has a mixed army team. This division named Jinhua was led by the Dongyang Marquis Yin Yue, who had successively guarded the front line of Anhua Town, Jinhua Fucheng and Ningshao in the past few years, and was the best military general in Zhejiang. ”

The generals who are good at defending it, this result made the generals breathe a sigh of relief. In this era, generals who are good at defending are not inferior in attack, and most of the generals who are good at attacking have the same disadvantage in defense. The other party is a military general who is good at defending, and although it may lead to a long delay for them, it is no more dangerous than a general who is good at field warfare.

Once this kind of thinking is formed, it is often deep-rooted, but the following report surprised them immediately.

"However, the boss this time is not the thief surnamed Yin, but the leader of the Zhejiang bandits, Chen Wenzun, the king of the pseudo-Huiji County!"

Everyone exclaimed from the bottom of their hearts, although most of Chen Wen's generals were also quite famous, they had always grown up under his wing. Fighting against a subordinate general and fighting against Chen Wenwen himself is completely different. What's more, the commander of the Qing army is also a prince, and the duel between the two kings is a big battle that has not been fought after six years of Yongli!

It's just that this time, the Qing army lost the lives of two princes in a row, but it achieved the prestige of Li Dingguo's two famous kings.

"Zhu Chenwen, please take us to wash away the shame that those Han dogs have imposed on our Eight Banners Army."

Nikan's death was a great blow to the morale of the Eight Banners Army, and even Shunzhi said, "I have never lost this by using troops in our dynasty." Today, when the Four Banners of the Left Wing of Jiangning in Jiangnan have suffered a devastating blow, as the largest Eight Banner Army group south of the Yangtze River, they have the obligation to reverse this decline.

The morale of the generals of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and the soldiers below were also cheered up. On the next day, the Eighth Banner Army made food on the third watch, and the camp on the fifth watch, and the army rolled eastward, and soon encountered the enemy he had to face in Qiaosi Town.

Qiaosi Town, called Tangcun Town in the Ming Dynasty, set up the Salt Division here in the early Qing Dynasty, took the meaning of the Salt Division to move here, and changed its name to Qiaosi Town. And this is also where the Ming army camped in place yesterday.

"According to the original plan, put on armor and line up."

After seeing the battle formation of the Ming army, Yue Le immediately gave an order. This Eight Banners Army, the Mongolian Eight Banners are the real main force, and the Manchurian and Han armies together are slightly inferior in number, so the best way is to try to give full play to the advantages of the Mongolian Eight Banners in cavalry archery, and shoot the Ming army's battle formation to pieces, and the infantry or cavalry will break the opponent's battle formation, which will also lay the victory.

It's just that the ground in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the water network is vertical and horizontal, and the mountains and hills are dense, which is really not suitable for the cavalry to play a mobile role. Fortunately, although there are still some problems here, it is better to have a decisive battle with the Ming army in the mountains than in the mountains, and the lack of danger around it is not conducive to the Qing army's delay in time, but it also makes the Ming army have no terrain to rely on during the field battle, and can only fight a decisive battle with the Qing army in a dignified manner.

Because of this, they formulated the plan to have the commander Yue Le sit in charge of the Chinese army and personally command the Eight Banners of Manchuria; Liu Liangzuo was in charge of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, as long as he used the bird gun and artillery team as the help of the Eight Banners of Manchuria; As for the Mongolian Eight Banners, the 6,000 troops from the reinforcements were led by Yi Bai and gave full play to the advantage of cavalry and archery, and the remaining 1,000 people were led by the Mongolian Gushan Ezhen who garrisoned the Eight Banners in Hangzhou as the reserve of the whole army.

In this way, the advantages of the Manchurian, Mongol and Han armies of the Eight Banners were all brought into play. Yue Le sat in the Chinese army, and also avoided the risk of being ambushed and killed as a result of taking the lead in the charge like Nikan.

The Qing army began to put on armor and lined up, but the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang had already completed the array. Chen Wen's banner was set up in the compound of the Yanjiao Division in Qiaosi Town, the two battalions of the Jinhua Division's guards and Shentang were lined up in the south of the town, and the Dongyang and Qianying battalions were lined up in the southeast and southwest respectively to cover the flanks and rear of the two battalions. It's just that the two battalions south of the town are missing an infantry bureau, which looks a little weird.

Chen Wen put on the defensive, because he was not in a hurry, it was Yue Le who was in a hurry now, and the more anxious he was, the easier it was to make mistakes.

"Take the bureau as a unit, and line up the hollow phalanx."

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the Qing army began to put on armor when they arrived in front of the battle, but they still sweated all over. The warm and humid climate of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is really uncomfortable for them, and they don't want to stay longer even for a day. But the current situation is not at all a hot day can be withdrawn without fighting, and I have to endure it, just hoping to end the battle as soon as possible, so that I can take off my armor and pass the wind, even if there is still some hot air, it is more comfortable than a stuffy tank.

This Eight Banners Army was drawn from Beijing, since it was all kinds of elites, and the armor was quickly completed, seeing that the Ming army still had no signs of attacking, he secretly cursed shamelessly, Yue Le had to play the flag to Yibai.

Six thousand iron horsemen flew out from the two wings of the Qing army, divided into six teams, each team of thousands of horsemen spread out like wolves driving away a flock of sheep, and rushed at a very fast speed, apparently intending to completely surround the Ming army. At the same time, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which had long been dismounted, began to spread out to the two wings and slowly advance.

The speed of the infantry was much lower than that of the cavalry, and Yibai took this elite of the Mongolian Eight Banners to get closer and closer to the battle formation of the Ming army, and the deployment of the Ming army was soon in full view.

The two battalions of the Ming army in the south of the town were lined up in a hollow phalanx with bureaus as units, but they were not arranged in a flat line, but in a triangular arrangement - two bureaus in front, one bureau in the back, and between the two bureaus in the back was the south gate of the town, where Yin Yue's general flag and the troops directly under his division were erected.

In fact, they were the only ones who were close to the town, and the other troops were all at an equivalence distance from the town that seemed to have been calculated in advance, and even the distance of dozens of paces in front of the battle had wooden stakes inserted into the ground, which seemed to be to interfere with the advance of the Qing army.

The Ming army was obviously very well prepared, but the real victory or defeat still depends on the comparison of real swords and guns. Yibai swept the arrangement of the Ming army at a glance, the whining conch horn sounded, and the iron cavalry of the Qing army rushed towards the phalanx of the Ming army.