Consciously supported by the fame of the Manchu Dynasty, the son-in-law of the Feng family saw off the guerrilla general in the city, so he hurried home, returned to his parents, and comforted his wife, who had been crying and crying since he got the news, leaving only Feng Qi to lead the way for the guerrilla general.

For Hengdian Town, the guerrilla general had not been there because of the encirclement and suppression of Zhou Qingui, so he just asked a few casual questions after hitting the road and then ignored Feng Qi, and just moved forward at a fast pace.

It was already the evening of August 22, and the Qing army, after a day's march, had finally arrived at a small village on the left side of Daqiao Mountain between Dongyang County and Hengdian Town. In fact, the Qing army marched locally, and was accompanied by a large number of auxiliaries and people, so it could have been faster, but in the eyes of the guerrilla general, it was completely unnecessary.

It has been a day and two nights since the gang of thieves surrounded the town, although the scouts sent out earlier reported that the group of thieves had set up camp in the east of the town, and heard from the people near the town of Hengdian that the group of thieves said that it was left for the mayor of the town to consider, but in the eyes of the guerrilla general, it was clear that this group of thieves had the intention of taking advantage of the town, and they did not intend to slaughter the town. And as long as he accelerates to Hengdian Town tomorrow before this group of thieves discovers, he can easily defeat them, and then launch a pursuit, and the credit will be in hand.

Although it is far from being as good as rushing to the town when the thieves capture the town, there is nothing he can do about it.

"When you catch the bandit leader, you must ask clearly, is it worthy of being a thief like this?"

After driving out all the people in the village, the Qing army camped directly in the village, which also saved the effort of setting up camp. After dinner, the guerrilla general went to sleep with the courtesan in his arms. As for the things I love to do on weekdays, I am still free today, who will let me see the battle tomorrow.

At nightfall, the fields outside the village were filled with the muffled cries of people who had nowhere to go. It was only near a field of crops next to the village that several men with cloths on their heads disappeared into the darkness of the night after observing the situation in the village from a distance.

Early the next morning, the guerrilla general instructed the officers and his own soldiers to wake up the soldiers and people, and then set off to speed up to Hengdian Town to prevent the thieves besieging the town from escaping.

Under the whipping of the officers and personal soldiers, the soldiers and people of the Qing army traveled much faster, until noon, they crossed the Jitou Mountain in the north of Hengdian Town.

After marching for most of the day, even in the morning they only ate some dry food, and not only the people, but also the soldiers were a little hungry. The guerrilla general thought about it and decided to use the method that Qi Shaobao had used in the mouth of the storyteller when he was listening to a storyteller in the county seat a few days ago.

"Inform the whole army that the thieves are in Hengdian Town, two miles away, kill all the thieves, and Ben will go to the town with you to eat."

While fighting on a hungry stomach, the generals who came on horseback all the way also claimed to share weal and woe, but because of the military law and the prestige of Ma Jinbao's oppression of the people, the soldiers and men of the Qing army did not dare to say much, so they had to continue the march with their heads stubborn. Fortunately, they didn't go far, and the group of thieves did not flee after discovering that the Qing army was coming, but stepped forward to meet the battle, blocking the road between the Qing army and Hengdian Town.

Looking at the Qing army that was forming the whole team from afar, whether it was Chen Wen or the officers and soldiers under his command, the word disdain was written all over his face.

The location of the Qing army in front of him did not choose to form outside the firing range of the artillery as the Qing army had encountered before, and then attacked, but was in a place where only bows and arrows could not be hit. In addition, the speed of the whole team of this Qing army was also far slower than expected, and even at the urging of the officers, it did not get any faster.

Chen Wen knew that the Qing army clearly looked down on these "thieves" who were wrapped in various colors of cloth on their heads, dressed in people's clothes, and had all kinds of weapons in their hands. It's just that the speed of the whole team is really embarrassing, not only can it not be compared with the standard promotion battalion that Chen Wen once faced, but even the Shaoxing Green Battalion feels stronger than them.

"Dashuai, do you want to attack first while the Tartar is not stable, and the last general is willing to take the lead in the charge!"

It was Chen Guobao who spoke, since joining Chen Wen's command, he did not hesitate to hand over the military power of the cavalry of his headquarters, and Chen Wen also reciprocated by giving him the rank of general, ordering him to assist the cavalry commander of the Nantang Battalion in the formation of the Chinese cavalry team Li Ruixin.

With such merit and identity, Chen Guobao successfully became Chen Wen's direct general. However, he has only been in the Nantang camp for a short time, and naturally he cannot be compared with Wu Dengke, Li Ruixin and Yin Yue, the three deputy generals appointed by Lu Jianguo, and even Lou Jiye, who is also a general.

Chen Guobao knew that as a martial artist, he had to fight side by side with his comrades on the battlefield and show his ability before he could be recognized by others, so at this moment, he was extremely eager to get the opportunity to prove himself.

"General Chen, there is no need to be in a hurry, let them slowly form the team, even if such a group of local chickens and dogs are well organized, they will not be able to be the power of my Nantang battalion."

Chen Wen knew that in the history of the early Qing Dynasty, Ma Jinbao was not a good general, and his troops were not only far from being able to compare with the elite such as supervising the standard, raising the standard, and raising the standard, but also the Zhenbiao battalion in Zhejiang, including Zhang Jie, the general soldier of Dinghai, and Ma Xin, the general soldier of Taizhou, was also stronger than the army under his command.

In the previous battles that Ma Jinbao participated, those who won the victory either had a golden thigh, or the opponent was only a rebel army, and the combat effectiveness was even weaker, otherwise they would either play soy sauce all the way, or they would be pressed to the ground and beaten. During the siege of Zhangzhou by Zheng Chenggong in history, Ma Jinbao once led his troops to help, but after being put into the city by Zheng Chenggong, he was killed back after only breaking through the city once, and he did not come out of the city until Jin Li defeated Zheng Chenggong, and his combat ability can be seen.

However, the ability to command and train the army is not the only criterion for promotion and wealth, Ma Jinbao not only commanded the military affairs of Jinhua, Quzhou, Yanzhou, and Chuzhou for many years in Jinhua's general army, but also climbed to the position of Susong Commander, and was even edicted into the flag.

Although he is an average ruler of the army, he has one advantage, that is, he is good at scraping the ground and is even better at settling with officials. In history, before Ma Jinbao lost power, every Shangguan favored him, and even protected him.

When Chen Wen went to Dalan Mountain, Ma Jinbao was ordered to besiege the rebel army of He Zhaolong in Wenzhou, but just before that, Zhejiang was spreading the news that Ma Jinbao colluded with Zhou Hezhi and He Zhaolong to prepare for the event. It is reasonable that such a suspicious person could not have been sent to attack the person who was rumored to have colluded with him—if he really colluded with him, he would naturally be able to command the army anyway, or even attract more Ming troops to attack the coastal Wenzhou Prefecture; But if he doesn't plan to do so for the time being, he can also kill people and kill people, or create false evidence to exonerate himself.

But even so, Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, still sent him to fight, and even Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, and the governor of Zhejiang at that time, regardless of the possible risks, were always defending him to the Qing court.

In addition, in history, before Ma Jinbao became the governor of Susong, he went to Beijing to meet the slave chief Shunzhi, and it is said that he carried "more than 20 treasures, millions of gold and silver, and he was incalculable, stretching for hundreds of miles" on the way to Beijing, and this was only used to bribe the Manchu magnates and officials in the court.

At that time, there was a military department Shangshu called Liang Qingbiao, just because he reprimanded Ma Jinbao in person for asking for exemption from the rules of kneeling in the old practice, he was greatly praised by Shunzhi as "Liang Shangshu is worthy of the minister's distance". From this point of view, Ma Jinbao's actions during his stay in Beijing can be seen.

In fact, Ma Jinbao's town standard camp is not as unbearable as Chen Wen estimated, it is always better than Shaoxing Green Camp. It's just that these soldiers get up early in the morning and march, and they haven't eaten at noon, and all this is just because their generals have a light on Chen Wen, a group of "thieves".

The Qing army finished the whole team slowly, and it was very big-hearted to take the lead in attacking. In this regard, Chen Wen did not intend to continue to be polite, and directly ordered the first bureau of the Nantang Battalion, which was still dressed as a bandit, to send the killer team of the four outposts that had been lined up to meet him, and only some of the firearms team with bows and arrows provided support for them.

Almost all the teams in the first game of the Nantang Battalion are composed of veterans, and these have been trained for about a year, and after the elite battles of the Zhejiang Green Battalion such as the defeat of the Zuo Battalion, they are naturally not comparable to the Qing army in front of them in terms of combat effectiveness.

On the battlefield, the Qing army fired a round of shots at the Ming army with bird guns, and after the Ming archers returned fire, they also began to scramble until the hand-to-hand infantry of the two armies completely collided.

There are more than 300 people in this part of the standard battalion in Jinhua Town, counting the part that is besieging Luochengyan with the regimental training troops, as well as the Qing army guarding the city gate in Dongyang County and the garrison of Yiwu and Lanxi counties, which is exactly the establishment of a battalion.

The tactics used by these Qing troops were no different from those of other Qing troops, but they were far less elite than those of the Raising Battalion. At present, facing the Nantang Battalion Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team, which is difficult to compete with even the standard battalion in hand-to-hand combat, these soldiers of the Jinhua Town Standard Battalion are not opponents.

After paying dozens of casualties, the Qing army began to retreat, and when the Nantang battalion launched a charge, this retreat also completely turned into a rout.

To the north of Hengdian Town, the Qing army of the standard camp in Jinhua Town was beaten by a group of bandits dressed as thieves, and even the auxiliary soldiers and people who came with them also joined the ranks of the rolling northward escape, and the people in Hengdian Town were dumbfounded, and no one could imagine that the arrogant and very standard camp of Jinhua Town was so easily defeated by a group of thieves on weekdays.

The Qing army that came to the aid had been defeated, and it seemed that Hengdian Town was not spared. Just as the mayor was thinking about countermeasures, the group of thieves in front of them no longer surrounded the town, but pulled out their camp and headed north. Master Feng, who was still anxious about whether he could survive the disaster, couldn't help but start worrying about his daughter and son-in-law in the city, God knows if this group of thieves would take advantage of the chaos to capture the city.

A day later, the Nantang battalion arrived at the city with some of the Qing troops and people who had escaped back to the city. Since the guerrilla general in charge of the city defense was nowhere to be found in this battle, the magistrate of Dongyang County called on the people to assist the remaining Qing troops in defending it, and at the same time asked Jinhua Mansion for help.

After receiving the letter of request for help, which was exaggerated several times, Ma San Province, who was in charge of the guerrilla affairs of the middle battalion and was also the general of Jinhua Mansion, after discussing with the prefect, was afraid of causing a large-scale chaos like Xu Du and Yin Can, so he hurriedly mobilized the Qing troops from Lanxi, Tangxi, Wuyi, Yiwu, Yongkang and other counties, and rushed into Dongyang County in a mighty manner, trying to extinguish this spark that had not yet burned the prairies.