After an afternoon of bloody battles, the main force of the Qing army led by Prince Jierharang of Manchu and Shuo Zheng was defeated at the line from Hualing to Lishui in Lishui County. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the battlefield, the three divisions of the Ming army, Yongjia, Dalan, and Siming, under the leadership of Li Ruixin, Chen Guobao and Ma Xin, launched a ruthless pursuit of the main force of the Qing army according to the established plan.

On the east side of the battlefield, the cavalry battalion and mounted infantry battalion led by Chen Wenqin had already cooperated with the Jinhua Division and the Nantang Battalion of the Siming Division to complete the encirclement of the Eight Banners Army personally commanded by Jierharang.

Killed until dusk, from the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty Liaodong all the way to the last noble king, once became the regent of the prince of Heshuo Zheng Prince Jierharang was captured with all his strength, this up to 20,000 Manchurian, Mongolian, Han army The core of the mixed eight banners was killed by the Ming army in this land, together with the left wing, the middle army, the right wing and the Mongolian Eight Banners led by Ming Andali, it is likely that not even half of them can escape from the battlefield.

However, after breaking away from contact with the Ming army and fleeing from the battlefield, the pursuit of the Ming army had already begun, and after completing the siege of Zilharang's troops, Chen Wen also sent a large number of cavalry to participate in the pursuit. At least until visibility is not enough to continue the pursuit, it is unknown whether the Qing army will be able to escape back to Nanjing.

The cavalry battalion cooperated with the cavalry infantry battalion to break through the cavalry group of the Mongolian Eight Banners, and Chen Wen did not forget to pursue Ming Andali while encircling it.

In fact, there is no need for Chen Wen to chase after him in a hurry. Before the completion of the siege, Ming Andali always wanted to help Ji'er Harang break the siege from the periphery, but the Ming army was surrounded by a mixed battle formation of infantry and cavalry, unless Zi'er Harang broke out of the siege before the siege was completed, otherwise it was impossible to break through the strong formation with the light cavalry in the hands of Ming Andali.

However, the safety of Zilharang was very important, and Ming Andali did not dare to ignore it, so he had to keep taking the cavalry to find opportunities. It was not until the encirclement was completely completed and the iron cavalry of the Ming army turned their heads to clean up the Eight Banners Army, which was already inferior in numbers, that Ming Andali was carried north by the fleeing cavalry.

After losing the battle, where did they come from, they naturally subconsciously wanted to go where, Lishui was the advance base for them to go south to meet the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, so they naturally fled back to Lishui first and then talked about anything else. At least, when you arrive in Lishui, you will have the opportunity to cross the river and return north to Nanjing, which is better than falling into the hands of Chen Wen, the prince of Yama, who has always been called by the Manchus to never leave prisoners.

The rout fled north, the Ming army's infantry and cavalry pursued, and tens of thousands of people staged a long-distance run in the south of Nanjing.

Compared with the infantry, the cavalry is always easier to escape at the time, but the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies have never let the Qing cavalry flee.

As the cavalry of the battalion pursued a slightly smaller Qing cavalry northward, Li returned to his hometown and felt that his father's dream of returning to his hometown in Liaodong was getting closer and closer. Thinking that year, the Eight Banners Army was invincible in Liaodong, and their family was forced to flee into the Guannei, decades have passed, and they thought that Zhejiang would only be a dream, but now they are riding horses to pursue these Eight Banners Army who fled in the wilderness, and he realized that the original dream really came true one day.

The Xinchang Battalion of the Four Ming Divisions pursued closely, but the slightly smaller Eight Banners Army did not flee to Lishui, but headed to the northeast, apparently intending to flee to Zhenjiang in order to cross the Yangtze River from there.

The head and capture will be one of the proofs of future merits, the main force of the Qing army has been defeated, these things can be said to be readily available, and the battle is fashionable and life-threatening, not to mention at this time.

The cavalry pursued, fighting for horsemanship, and the Qing army that was being chased and killed was anxious to get rid of the Ming army as soon as possible, and the weight of the things was almost thrown away. The riding skills of these Mongolian Eight Banners are only stronger than the Ming army, and the chariot cavalry battalion chased them for a long time, but they still could only catch some unlucky eggs who accidentally fell off their horses, or fell down accidentally on their horses, or were shot by the Ming army.

As time passed, the sky became darker and darker, and it was not to mention being attacked by the Qing army on the road, even if it was too dangerous to gallop after dark, it was intolerable for the Ming army.

If this continues, the chariot cavalry battalion can only give up and continue the pursuit, once it is raided by the Qing army with mixed infantry and cavalry in Changzhou and Zhenjiang, it will be the chariot cavalry battalion that suffers at that time, just like how Chen Wen calculated Andali a few hours ago.

The Qing army was still galloping on horseback, while the Ming army couldn't let go of these upcoming military exploits, so they had to continue to chase forward. The sky was getting darker and darker, and the horses were galloping, and there were more and more cases of falling off their horses without seeing the potholes on the ground. The Qing army was like this, and the Ming army did not dare to let the horse run too fast, after all, this war horse was far rarer than the Qing army for the Ming army, and it was not the same.

The war horse was tripped up, even if the Qing cavalry took advantage of the situation to roll and did not fall, but in the face of the chasing Ming cavalry, there was only one way to die. However, the pursuit speed of the Ming army is also declining, and there is a chance that more Qing cavalry will escape this time, and it is unthinkable to encircle and annihilate them like infantry.

However, just as the Che Cavalry Battalion was about to give up the pursuit and return to the division to resume his life, Li Huixiang, who was chasing at the front, vaguely saw that the Qing army seemed to not only slow down in the darker and darker front, but even began to divert in the east and west directions.

"There's a Tartar in front of you?"

Li Huixiang's first thought was this, the infantry lined up to meet the cavalry, and the cavalry naturally had to divert around the battle formation and repair it behind or during the formation, which was normal, and he learned this when he was lecturing in the martial arts school. But listening closely, mixed with the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground, the ear skills he had developed in the Einsatzgruppen told him that it didn't seem to be the case.

"Tell the battalion officer that there is a river ahead, and that the Tartars are turning in both directions to the east and west."

The herald slowed down his horse and went back to inform the battalion officer of the chariot battalion, and the battalion officer knew that the cavalry captain under his command had come out of the special forces and had seen too many large and small scenes, and his judgment was rarely wrong.

"The order went down, and the 4th, 5th, and 6th Brigades went east, and the 7th, 8th, and 9th Brigades went west, and launched a volley against the Tartars. The others will continue to catch up with Ben! ”

The order was issued, and the cavalry of the Ming army was quickly divided into three parts, and the group of Ming troops who pursued the front continued to pursue, while the other two directly changed direction and intercepted the Qing army.

Between the two points, the straight line was the shortest, and the Ming cavalry, who was originally worried about not being able to catch up, quickly stopped most of the Qing cavalry, and cooperated with the main force that continued to pursue the Qing army to squeeze the Qing army directly on the bank of the river. The Qing army continued to ride their horses into this seemingly not too deep river, and then, the Ming army, which got what it wanted, would not let go of this great achievement like falling from the sky, and the attack was immediately launched.

Some of the formations have already been in chaos, even the cavalry is like a knife into the flesh, easily separating this Qing army into several pieces, eating away step by step, until the devouring is completed, only the leaders who turned one step earlier and the lucky ones who were able to cross the river ruthlessly and were not drowned.

The cavalry did not have the rule that the soldiers could not cut the head, especially in the pursuit battle, some of the Ming cavalry dispersed for early warning, and the Ming army quickly completed the work of cleaning the battlefield and embarked on the road back. At this time, the head of the Qing warrior who had escaped from him twice before was hanging on the horse of Li Huixiang, and he was dead.

Because it was a decisive battle with the Qing army in the afternoon, the sky became darker and darker, and the pursuing troops had to return to the main force of the Ming army when the visibility could not continue to support the pursuit mission in order to prevent it from being attacked by the Qing army.

The battlefield has been cleaned, the Qing army in Gaochun County, which is closest to the battlefield, opened the city and surrendered, and the auxiliary soldiers of the Ming army used this to build a camp for the left flank and repaired.

The pursuing Ming army returned one after another, and the gains were huge, and it was impossible to count them for a while, but according to the estimates of each battalion, there were not as many as 10,000 beheadings in this battle, among which there were many Manchurian and Han army Eight Banners, but the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners once again used the advantage of mobility to get out of the battlefield, just like the victory at Siming Lake.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty and Manchu and Mongolia were one, but if the Manchurian Eight Banners were weakened too much, they would not be able to balance the Eight Banners of the Mongol and Han armies, let alone use the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners to deter the huge number of green battalion soldiers.

The core population is too small, which is the biggest lifeline of the Manchu Qing, and every death of the Manchurian Eight Banners is weakening their hard power for the Manchus.

Chen Wen fought against the Manchurian Eight Banners, so far there have been three times, the first Siming Lake victory, Manchuria, Mongolia and Han army each two thousand, Manchuria and Han Army Eight Banners losses are more serious, Mongolian Eight Banners losses are less, but in the next Qiaosi Town victory and the subsequent recovery of Hangzhou, the Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners troops were almost completely wiped out, but Yue Le took the southward Eight Banners Army and fled back to Nanjing, among which Liu Liangzuo played a big role in defeating Zheng Chenggong.

However, this time Zilharang led the 20,000 Eight Banner Army to the south, but suffered another heavy defeat, and the Qing army had no heavy army group in the south of the Yangtze River, and all that remained was the fortified city of Nanjing.

In that case, there could have been no rush. However, there was no radio, and Chen Wen did not know the specific situation of Zhejiang's coastal patrol division marching into the Yangtze River, and now that he had achieved a great victory, he should recover Nanjing as soon as possible. Whether it is this ancient heroic city with great influence, or for the sake of more killing and injuring the living force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Early the next morning, the Ming army marched north and headed straight for Nanjing. As for the three prefectures of Ningguo, Taiping, and Chizhou in the upper reaches of Nanjing, or Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Suzhou in the lower reaches of Nanjing, Chen Wen was not in a hurry at all. As long as you take Nanjing, these places will be decided.

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The victorious Ming army went north to regain the lost territory, and Ming Andali fled all the way back to Lishui County under the pursuit of the Ming army. With the protection of the city, it is impossible for the cavalry of the Ming army to fly to the city, but the Qing army is not much better, after all, they cannot predict that Chen Wen will launch an attack on Lishui this night, and then march north, recover Nanjing, or set off again the next day.

These were all unknowns, and the army did not dare to stay for a while, so they had to escape from Lishui from the north gate overnight and march to Nanjing at night -- when they arrived in Nanjing, they could always find a boat to cross the Yangtze River, and with the Yangtze River as a ravine, the Ming army could not catch up with them for the time being. As for Nanjing, who cares about this.

The Ming army took advantage of the situation to recover the rout and fled overnight, and the local green camp was also like Lishui County, and at this time, Ming Andali, who fled at night, finally rushed back to Nanjing.

"Where's the prince?!"

As soon as Ma Guozhu saw these Eight Banners Army who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor, he immediately fainted to the ground, but when he was forcibly woken up by his subordinates, the first sentence was the safety of Jilharang.

Andari was not able to answer, and even when Ma woke up, Andari was no longer in the Governor's Palace. Next, Ma Guozhu received the news from the officers who fled back that Zilharang personally commanded the Eight Banners Army, but was besieged by the Ming army.

Knowing life and death is better than confirming death, and at least there is a glimmer of life. But before Ma Guozhu finished drinking a sip of tea, the news of Ming Andali's suicide in his residence came.

A fiasco of such a scale, not only Ming Andali, but many people will fall to the ground, there is no doubt about it. There is nothing abnormal about Ming Andali's suicide, but as soon as the news spread, the city now known as Jiangning became panicked. Especially the city of Jiangning, even more so.

Su Song's naval division was defeated by the Ming fleet at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the news of the death of the chief soldier Liang Huafeng had reached Nanjing, and the retreat route was cut off, and the Ming army's fleet from the Zhejiang coastal patrol naval division and the Jiangxi Poyang Lake naval division had already launched a blockade of the Yangtze River yesterday, and now even if they wanted to escape, it was by no means easy.

Ma Guozhu is the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, and the Jiangxi under his jurisdiction was recovered by the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies as early as last year. Just like the last governor Chen Jin who was forced to death by Chen Wen, Ma Guozhu can only live and die with Nanjing, and there is no other way.

However, the hearts of the people in the city of Nanjing, he was already powerless here, and the defeated soldiers, the men, women, and children in the city, as well as the Manchu officials who participated in the trial of the Tonghai case, all did not want to flee to Jiangbei, but the gentry and scholars in the city were like ordinary people who hoped that the Ming army could recover Nanjing as soon as possible. And Ma Guozhu has very few resources in his hands, and even the green battalion soldiers of the Supervising Battalion are not very controlled.

The Manchu rule in Jiangnan was about to come to an end, and this time, Ma Guozhu no longer had the confidence that the military discipline of Zheng Chenggong's army would collapse on its own like the last time, because the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian was completely different from the Ming army in Fujian, and the military dependents were all bound to the military achievements of Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and it was impossible to go out with their families.

The situation has reached the most critical juncture, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and there is very little Ma Guozhu can do. Seeing this, Ma Guozhu had to send someone to find Liu Cheng, which was the last hope.