As early as July, when Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli won a great victory in Jingzhou, they then began to attack the city in the south of Huguang. www.biquge.info At that time, Zheng Chenggong's siege was still continuing, and it seemed that there was not much hope of breaking the city, and Chen Wen began to rest his troops, and the situation in the southeast battlefield tended to ease again, but the Qing army in the southwest battlefield lost a large number of prefectures and counties in a row, and Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, who was in charge of Huguang military affairs, was even more defeated.

After receiving such news, Shunzhi was shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Southwest Ming Army with the Great Western Army as the main body, and at the same time, he also made up his mind to send the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, led by Prince Nikan himself, to the south.

It has been the ninth year since the Qing army entered the customs in the first year of Shunzhi, and most of the noble kings who had been in battle for a long time and had rich experience in leading troops at the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had passed away.

For example, Prince Yu Duoduo died of illness in the sixth year of Shunzhi, Prince Regent Rui Dolgon died of illness in the seventh year of Shunzhi, Prince Su Haoge died in prison in the fifth year of Shunzhi, Prince Ying Azige died in the eighth year of Shunzhi for plotting the position of regent, Prince Xun Man Dahai died of illness in February of the ninth year of Shunzhi, King Luo Luohun of Yanxi County died of illness in the army in the third year of Shunzhi, King Le Kedehun of Shuncheng County died of illness in March of the ninth year of Shunzhi, Raoyu County King Abatai died of illness in the third year of Shunzhi, and his son Duanzhong Prince Bolo, that is, Ma Jinbao's backstage died of illness in March of the ninth year of Shunzhi.

At this moment, except for the terminally ill King Wakda of Doroqian County and Prince Zheng Zierharang, who had been indifferent for a long time, only Prince Nikan of Jingjin was left with enough experience to lead the army to destroy the country.

On the 18th of July, the Manchus decided that Nikan would lead their troops south, and on the 20th the army set out from the city of Beijing. According to the plan, Nikan would lead his army into Guizhou through the southern part of Huguang, and join forces with the Sichuan Qing army led by Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and Li Guohan, the general of Dingxi, to besiege Guiyang, the seat of Sun Kewangqin's palace, so as to eradicate the power of the Ming army in the southwest in one fell swoop.

However, it did not take long for the news that the Ming army under the command of Li Dingguo began to sweep through Guangxi with the death of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, and the Qing court was forced to urgently order Nikan to change the direction of the march on the fifth day of the eighth month, first occupying Baoqing Mansion in Huguang, and then moving south to Guangxi. Even strategically, they were forced to change from destroying the Ming army in the southwest in one fell swoop to recapturing Guangxi, and commanding the soldiers and horses of the Pingnan and Jingnan feudatories in Guangdong in a unified manner to prevent the Ming armies in the southeast and southwest from converging.

After receiving the news of Nikan's southward movement, Sun Kewang was in danger of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and ordered Li Dingguo to abandon Guangxi and go north to Hengyang to wait for Nikan's army, while he sent an army of 50,000 led by Bai Wenxuan to attack Chenzhou Mansion, which was closer to Guizhou.

By November 19, Nikan's army marched to Xiangtan County, Changsha Prefecture, and the Ming army Ma Jinzhong stationed in Changsha was forced to retreat to Baoqing. On the 21st, Nikan set off from Xiangtan, and by the next day, his troops were only more than 30 miles away from Hengzhou Mansion.

As the only surviving prince who was still on the council after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Nikan not only had the title of Prince Jingjing, but also one of the three kings of the early Qing Dynasty.

Since entering the customs, he followed Dolgon to defeat Li Zicheng at Shanhaiguan, and successively followed Azig and Duoduo to pursue Li Zicheng's headquarters, and went south to destroy the Hongguang court, and later followed Haoge to march into Sichuan to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

Over the years, Nikan has clashed with the Nanming government army, the Dashun army, the Daxi army, the Qing army anyway, and even the anti-Qing rebel army in Jiangyin, Tianjin and other places. Wherever you go, you don't even need to go to war, as long as you beat the banner and send a man of tongue to surrender the army that is far larger than you. Even if it is impossible to surrender, the army is invincible everywhere.

At the beginning of entering the customs, the combat strength of the Eight Banners of Manchuria was indeed superior to that of most of the Ming army and the righteous army. Over the years, every time the green battalions in various places have the Ming army and the righteous army that are unable to resist or difficult to exterminate, they will definitely ask the "real Manchuria" to come to help in the war, such as Xu Yong, the general soldier of Chenchang who is currently sitting in the capital of Chenzhou, once had the words "In short, the rebels are afraid of the Manchurian soldiers, but not the southern soldiers, the southern soldiers are like clouds, how can they be like a brigade with full flags".

Years of experience and long-term praise have made Nikan more and more convinced of the theory that "the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible".

At this moment, he is leading an astonishing number of "real Manchurias", and his opponent is only the remnants of his former defeated general Zhang Xianzhong. Back then, his follower Hao Ge even killed Zhang Xianzhong, so naturally he would not be afraid of Zhang Xianzhong's godsons who "didn't even have the courage to face the real Manchuria" back then. Whether it is Sun Kewang, who is besieging Chenzhou, or Li Dingguo, who is blocking the road, in his opinion, it is all the same.

The Ming army of less than 2,000 men just now began to break and flee after a short confrontation, and in Nikan's opinion, it was naturally the strong combat effectiveness of the Manchurian Eight Banners that scared the Ming army away, and at this moment he should be in a hurry, taking advantage of the situation to catch up and completely annihilate it.

It would be even better if it could be used to encounter the main force of the Ming army. Wipe out the Ming army in Huguang in one go, and then send part of the partial division south to Guangxi, so that he can lead the main force to continue to implement the previous plan, enter Yungui, and completely annihilate the power of the Ming army in the southwest. As for the southeastern Ming army, they don't have the strength to take the initiative to join the southwestern Ming army for the time being, even if they come, sitting on the Manchurian Eight Banners army, he Nikan will naturally not be afraid, it is nothing more than to kill to the southeast again.

In his opinion, anyway, the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible in the world, and he should have taken advantage of the sharpness of the founding of the country to completely pocket this anointed land, so that the hundreds of millions of people in this land will become the slaves of their Aixin Jueluo family. And this southward journey is the final blow, how can you give such a great deal of merit to others?

"Order the whole army, catch up, and kill all those Han dogs!"

With Nikan's order, the Manchurian Eight Banners army immediately stopped resting and set off for Hengyang, thirty miles away. No matter where the small Ming army fled, it was also the capital of Hengzhou Prefecture, and it should also be the location of the main force of the Ming army. As for the planned Baoqing Mansion, Bel Tunqi has already sent his subordinate general Dasu to divide his troops to attack, and there is no need to work on his big driver for the time being.

On November 22 of the sixth year of Yongli, Nikan personally led the army to the south day and night, and the target was the capital of Hengzhou Prefecture - the location of the main force of Li Dingguo's army. (To be continued.) )