Hengyang, set up in the Han Gaozu five years, to the Ming Dynasty is the capital of Hengzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 InfoHistorically, in the rebellion of the three feudatories, Wu Sangui was once proclaimed emperor here, and renamed this place Yingtianfu in the same way as Shangqiu in the Song Dynasty and Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Battle of Hengyang, which resisted several times its own Japanese army and held out for 47 days, also took place here.

Nikan defeated the small Ming army that retreated on its own after a little resistance at the boundary of Hengshan County, and then marched south day and night, and approached the city before dawn the next day, and the vanguard of the army encountered the Ming army under Li Dingguo's command.

It was not yet dark, but according to the report of the Tanma, the Ming army in the distance was clearly under the banner of Li Dingguo. Nikan knew that this was the Ming army marshal who forced Kong Youde to death, and he also knew that this person was the commander of the Ming army in the Hengzhou area, although the specific strength of the opposite side was not very clear, and the soldiers behind him had already shown fatigue after this day and night, but Nikan was full of confidence in the Manchurian Eight Banners under his command, and he never thought that the "invincible" Eight Banners would not be able to break the Ming army in front of him.

"Defeat the main force of the Ming army in the field, and then start a pursuit, it is best to kill Li Dingguo in one fell swoop, break the courage of this group of rogues, and the next battle will be easier, and the casualties will naturally be less."

With Nikan's military orders, the Qing army, which was already quite tired, had to accumulate physical strength through the efforts of the array, but before the physical strength was too much accumulated, the order to launch an attack had already been issued.

"Kill the Han dog on the other side, the children of Hengyang City, you can take it yourself!"

The military law of the Qing army is extremely strict, and the rewards are quite rich, although the big head will still fall into the hands of the magnates, but the burning and killing of the slaughter of the city all stimulate the **** of the Qing army, making these Qing troops roar like when the wolves gather after finding their prey on this winter night and the edge of dawn.

The Qing troops in the brigade began to roll forward in a strict queue, and the artillery of the Ming army seemed to be frightened and let out a deafening scream.

Solid shells sporadically blasted into the thick formation of the Qing army, but they did not stop for a moment. Soon, between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the arrows shot at each other also began to stagger in the air.

The tactics used by these two armies are not as different as they are on the battlefield in Zhejiang today, and there is not much difference in general. The archers of the two armies exchanged fire for a moment while on the march, only to see the Qing saber and shield soldiers on the attacking side rushing out of the line with a shout, throwing throwing axes, knives and other throwing weapons in their hands towards the battle formation of the Ming army. At the same time, the Ming army did not hesitate to put up the shield to reduce the damage of the Qing army's projected weapons as much as possible.

The torches had already been raised, and the flying axes and arrows embedded in the shields were removed, and the infantry of the Ming and Qing armies unsurprisingly broke out into fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The Qing army came from the Eight Banners Force, and has always regarded itself as the pride of the sky, and has always maintained a psychological advantage over the Ming army in front of him; And those Ming troops from the Great Western Army defeated Shen Yongzhong with the victory in Jingzhou, and the victory in Guilin killed Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Qing army was not as afraid of the enemy as the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers who were mostly beaten in the southwest battlefield in the southwest a few years ago, the Qing army was nothing remarkable, and the same was true of the traitorous vassal army of Kong Youde in Dingnan, and the same was true of the Eight Banners Army.

The infantry of the two armies fought fiercely, the shield blocked the spear thrust and the waist knife slash, and then slashed the waist knife in the other hand at the opponent, accompanied by the stabbing and slashing of the comrades behind him.

The battle continued on this winter night, and for a time it was so difficult to distinguish between them, and there was no sign of victory on either side. However, a moment later, the commander of the Ming army fled backwards with Li Dingguo's personal guards, and all this was accompanied by the exclamation of "defeated, defeated".

The rout spread as quickly as a flu, and the Ming army, which was still fighting with all its might, lost the courage to continue fighting in an instant, and began to flee in all directions.

The Ming army was defeated, although it was faster than Nikan expected, and the surrounding environment was still hidden under the night, but out of extreme confidence in the Eight Banners and contempt for Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, he still did not hesitate to order the army to pursue, and he took the lead.

"Whoever kills Li Dingguo will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the official will be promoted to three levels!"

The reward had been dropped, and the Qing army in the brigade began to howl and rush to the direction where Li Dingguo's banner had fled, and only a few Qing troops pursued the Ming troops who had fled in all directions. It's just that Nikan, who had already led a large group of light cavalry to rush to the direction of Li Dingguo's banner, did not notice that some Ming troops did not forget to throw away some silver coins in front of the Qing army in addition to throwing away torches when they fled, as if they were afraid that these small things would be weighed down and affect their escape.

In fact, as early as October 30, Li Dingguo had already led the main force of the Southwest Ming Army south to Guangxi into Hengyang to prepare for this upcoming battle.

Originally, Li Dingguo was not at ease about handing over the huge Guangxi to those miscellaneous armies with pitiful troops. Especially when the remnants of the Dingnan Domain, who had fled to Guangdong, were received on the way to return to Guangdong and occupy the vital Wuzhou Mansion, this anxiety was even deeper.

However, his brother-in-law Sun Kewang received news that the Manchu Qing had sent an army of Manchurian Eight Banners from Beijing to the south, intending to destroy the Ming army in the southwest in one fell swoop. Out of the collective interests of the Ming army in the southwest, Li Dingguo had no choice but to obey the orders of the righteous brother who increasingly disregarded him as a brother, gave up Guangxi, which could become a stable base as long as he was held for a period of time, and led the army back to the Huguang battlefield to meet the main force of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners.

Ma Jinzhong's unit, which had withdrawn from the Changsha border into Baoqing, had previously followed him to recover Guangxi, and according to reports, a small force of small troops had already moved towards Baoqing. At this moment, as long as Ma Jinzhong and Feng Shuangli come to converge, he can complete the encirclement of this Manchurian Eight Banners. However, before that, Li Dingguo seemed to have seen an opportunity to rub the enemy army a little.

"The two armies were no more than thirty miles apart, and the enemy was in full array, but he did not spare the physical strength of his soldiers, and pursued a small force day and night. His people are arrogant and scheming, and I will take them! ”

The small force of less than 2,000 people on the boundary of Hengshan County was sent by Li Dingguo before, intending to lead the main force of the Qing army to the battlefield he had arranged. But who knew that Nikan would go south to Hengyang day and night. This Qing army is light on the enemy, but there are some deviations from the plan, but at that time, the Qing soldiers will inevitably be exhausted, and they will set up an ambush to defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop.

As Li Dingguo expected, as the pursuit unfolded, the distance between the cavalry and infantry of the Qing army became farther and farther, and the Nikan ran for twenty miles.

The night began to dissipate quietly, and the first rays of dawn had already sprinkled on the earth, the infantry of the Ming army had already fled without a trace, and only the cavalry of the guards was left around Li Dingguo. He grabbed the reins of his horse and dragged the sweaty horse to a neighing roar, but he had to turn around at his will, facing the smoke and dust that were billowing in the distance.

The Ming cavalry of the brigade had turned, and the banner was re-established, Li Dingguo raised the big knife in his hand, and then shouted violently.

"Wave the flag, and the whole army will attack. Target: Slave Chieftain Nikan! (To be continued.) )