As in the previous battles, due to the absolute superiority of the opponent in terms of troops, the only remaining main force of the Zhejiang Ming Army commanded by Chen Wen was still moving slowly, and did not intend to expend too much physical strength in advance.

However, whether it was a quick march with some dry rations, or a slow march like Chen Wen, the Qing army's superiority in the number and quality of cavalry enabled it to always maintain an advantage in intelligence acquisition and concealment between Xiaoshun Town and Yiting Town.

A short time after Chen Wen set off from Yiting Town, the sentinels of the Qing army arrived close to observe and discovered the general movement of the Ming army, and when they quickly sent the news back, the main force of the Qing army located near the left side of Xiaoshun Town also quickly gathered men and horses, and advanced in the direction of the main force of the Ming army, trying to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

The general movements of the Ming army continued to be transmitted to the Qing army commander Ma Jinbao, and the distance between the two sides was also getting closer. The two battalions of the Ming army marched side by side, not as he had expected that the Nantang battalion would occupy the central part as the main force, and the new battalion head was distributed on both flanks.

Although compared with the Ming army, Ma Jinbao can always know the general movements of the opponent faster, but with the defeat of the standard battalion in the first battle, and this year's chaos in Taizhou and Jinhua has an indirect or direct relationship, the name Chen Wen is also a little famous in the circle of generals and commanders of the Qing army in Zhejiang.

Although Ma Jinbao has always been arrogant, but before this battle, his Zhenbiao battalion suffered a lot of losses under Chen Wen's conspiracy, except for the troops he brought to Taizhou, many of the troops left in Jinhua were completely disabled, and it was difficult to recover for a while. Therefore, in this operation, he still planned to use the advantages of cavalry and the strength of the Supervisory Battalion to defeat Chen Wen's new battalion head that had been newly built for more than a month in the intelligence, and then cooperate with the green battalion soldiers of the four prefectures of Jinquyan to surround the Nantang battalion, which was already quite famous in Zhejiang, so as to eliminate the main force of the Ming army that had fled here.

In this way, even if the Ming army was defeated. The most important merit of breaking the enemy is bound to be achieved by the Governor Battalion, but for Ma Jinbao, it can only be so.

Over the years, Ma Jinbao's filial piety to Chen Jin, Xiao Qiyuan and others, and even those Manchu high-level officials and courtiers that he was able to hook up with was unimaginable to other generals. Therefore, the chaos in Jinhua can be easily suppressed by relying on these friendships, but before the soldiers entered Zhoushan. This is not only the top priority of the Qing army in the southeast, but also the attention of the Manchu high-level, he may not have sent troops in time when the back road may be cut off, and the responsibility for this appointment is not so easy to get rid of.

Fortunately, the goods of these years have not been spent in vain, and the governor, the governor and even the governor have always protected him in every way. This time, Chen Jin appointed him as the commander of the Qing army on the southern front, which was nothing more than to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, so why did he take all the credit on himself and offend those Chen Jin's cronies and generals.

As the distance between the two armies gradually decreased. The battles between the sentinels on both sides became more frequent and intense, and during this period, Ma Jinbao changed the formation with the generals of the Qing army according to the previous plan to meet the Ming army. At the same time, due to the gradual approach of the distance, the general movement of the Qing army was gradually perceived by the Ming army.

Knowing that the Qing army was advancing in the direction of the Ming army, Chen Wen immediately ordered the preparations of the whole army before the battle. With the Qing army, the location of the flags of the generals was known to Chen Wen. His brow furrowed.

The army of this era basically still relied on flags and golden drums to command battles and figure out the position of the flags. Basically, you can figure out the position of each part of the opponent when they are arrayed.

The Ming army's sentinels were always in a state of suppression, so the Qing army could completely reline before the Ming army knew about its movements. Since the Qing army is now facing the Yiwu battalion on the north side of the battlefield with the superintendent battalion and the Nantang battalion with the green battalion of the four prefectures with Jinquyan, it is obviously holding on to the Nantang battalion as the main force with these weaker green battalion soldiers, and at the same time, pinning its hopes on the superintendent battalion that can take the lead in crushing the Yiwu battalion, a new battalion that cannot be perfected in terms of equipment and establishment.

And the problem is not only so simple, this place is much closer to Yiting Town than Xiaoshun Town, and the terrain is flat. A limited number of small knolls and a few shallow streams are also far apart.

Under such a terrain, it is no longer possible for Chen Wen to use natural or man-made terrain to hold the superior cavalry of the Qing army as before, and he can only face to face.

"Ma Jinbao, do you believe so much that the Supervising Battalion can crush my new battalion before the Nantang Battalion defeats you?"

At this moment, as far as Chen Wen's gaze could see. The main force of the Qing army is still only a gray-blue rendering on the horizon, and according to the previous training, it is not impossible to make a certain amount of adjustments before the Qing army enters the battlefield. Moreover, an army like the Qing Army, which is composed of multiple troops, is not coordinated by the Ming Army, which is all built by Chen Wen, the commander himself, and it is impossible to readjust faster than the Ming Army.

It's just that Chen Wen doesn't plan to play any tricks at this moment, since the Qing army wants to play that trick of Tianji horse racing, then let them play well. In war, with the help of objective factors such as time and geography, it is understandable to use trickery and deceit to gain superiority.

But in the final analysis, on the battlefield, who wins and who loses still depends on which side has more strength in the battle, which can tear apart the opponent's formation, so as to lay the foundation of the victory, and this is the fundamental reason for Chen Wen's hope to fight against the Qing army in Zhejiang that is in absolute advantage.

In winter, Jinhua Mansion was sunny and dry, and the Qing army's formation with infantry as the main force quickly completed its armor after entering the battlefield, and after making the final adjustments, it took the lead in attacking the Ming army by virtue of its absolute numerical superiority.

However, after thoroughly seeing the intentions of the Qing army, Chen Wen gave up the usual means of defensive counterattack, and directly ordered his two battalions to attack the Qing army they were facing, leaving only the cavalry and the infantry of that bureau as reserves.

Since it's just frontal, then just just the end!

Under the leadership of Lou Jiye, the commander of the Nantang battalion, and Wu Dengke, the deputy commander of the Yiwu battalion, the infantry of the Ming army advanced towards the Qing army with a firm pace in columns, and even the artillery gave up the previously excavated artillery positions, and moved the artillery of the Ming army forward with the help of artillery wagons or with the big hands of gunners and loaders, trying to keep up with the march of the Nantang battalion queue.

Let the artillery fire against the opponent's spear, this trick was used by Li Rong, and Chen Wen learned it without any scruples. It's just that at this moment, between the Qing army and Chen Wen, it is as if an apprentice was taught by a master, and they also rely on auxiliaries to push the artillery forward.

The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties all stepped into the battlefield with the belief that they would win, and at this moment, they showed the bloody fangs of both sides to destroy each other's strong positions without any scruples.

However, at this moment, the Qing army relied on the advantage of the number of artillery to disperse those artillery evenly among the various departments, trying to strike at the Ming army in all directions. The Ming army put all the artillery in the queue of the Nantang battalion, but the Yiwu battalion with the new number did not have even one!

If the Yiwu battalion can only rely on archers as infantry support at the moment, then the firepower gap between the two sides has begun to be infinitely close to the world's difference in this era, and as the distance between them gradually shortens, the resulting casualties will also become larger and larger.

Chen Wenwen planned to break up the front row of the Governor's Battalion with this, and then rely on the infantry of the Nantang Battalion to break the formation, and as long as the Commander's Battalion could be defeated, then those places that were just like chickens and dogs in his eyes would be no problem at all. However, as the Supervising Battalion was assigned to the northern front of the battlefield, the Nantang Battalion had to face the Qing army's subordinate with the same tactics, and the Qing army's upper siblings faced the lower siblings of the Ming army in their eyes after being equipped with chariots and horse artillery.

The sky above the battlefield can be described as clear, without a trace of clouds, but the sunlit earth is dull as if black clouds are pressing down on the city. The soldiers of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties continued to approach, but none of them carried out artillery bombardment at a long distance as usual, but only interfered with and suppressed the opponent's march after entering the range of bird guns and bows and arrows.

Soon, when the two armies approached to a distance of about 200 meters, the artillery of the Governor Battalion finally placed the artillery in front of the formation, and the loading work was completed. (To be continued.) )