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At this time, in addition to more than 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, there were also more than 1,000 Han cavalry under the command of Xian Guoan, which was originally subordinate to the Southern Domain, bringing the total number of cavalry to 6,000. In terms of infantry, there are 9,000 green battalions led by Li Benshen, the commander of Zuobiao, these battalions are Beizhili and Xuanda soldiers, and most of the officers are from the Ming Xuan border army.

The right standard commander Daniel Zhang's command only has more than 2,500 soldiers, but in terms of elite, it is more courageous than Li Benshen's department, and the reason is that Daniel Zhang's battalion is a former soldier of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Gugu. Guyuan was one of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, and fought against the Mongols all the year round, so the essence of the soldiers was even greater than that of Xuanda. When the Qing army entered the battle of Guizhou, it was this Daniel Zhang who led his troops to rush to the forefront, and his merits were no worse than those of Li Benshen. There is a saying in the Qing army that the Shaanxi and Gansu soldiers are the strongest in the green battalion, which has been confirmed in many battlefields. When Roto was ordered by Doni to go north, he asked Doni for Daniel Zhang, hoping that these Shaanxi-Gansu green battalion soldiers under Daniel Zhang could make great contributions for him.

Four of the generals of the southward Qing army were from the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, and the other three were Zhao Liangdong, the deputy general of the supervision standard under Hong Chengchou's account, Wang Jinbao, the guerrilla on the right, and Sun Sike on the left. At present, except for Daniel Zhang, the other three are all under the tent of Hong Chengqian in Yunnan and have not come with the army.

Line Guoan collected more than 5,000 defeated troops in Hechi, plus the 4,000 soldiers brought by Guangxi Governor Chen Weixin from Duyun, the available military strength in Luo Tuo's hands was nearly 30,000, and there were thousands of soldiers and civilians, most of whom were Guizhou Zhuangding.

On 17 May, the banner of the Blue Banner Cavalry, the vanguard of the Qing army, appeared over the Yiyang Post west of Qingyuan Fucheng. At the same time, the Qing army also discovered the red flag raised by the Taiping army.

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Luo Tuo did not expect that the Taiping army did not defend the city, but the whole army went out and put on a posture to fight him in Yiyangyi.

The Taiping Army's Guangxi Field Corps were all commanded by Yu Shizhong, who had long been determined to annihilate the Luotuo Department entrenched in Hechi, and he was originally going to wait for a batch of granules of gunpowder still on the road to arrive and then burst open the Hechi city wall like Qingyuan, but the Qing army suddenly went out to Qingyuan, which made Yu Shizhong feel a little surprised, but before he could think about it, he passed down the general order and ordered all the soldiers of the four towns under the Guangxi Field Army to assemble in Qingyuan.

Yu Shizhong chose the battlefield in the wide Yiyang Station, which was a battlefield that made the Taiping army unable to obtain geographical advantages, and even facilitated the cavalry of the Qing army to charge into battle. All the towns to which the legion belonged had doubts about the commander's choice of the battlefield in Yiyangyi, which was beneficial to the Qing army, but Yu Shizhong insisted on a decisive battle with the Qing army at Yiyangyi.

Yu Shizhong promised the commander Zhou Shixiang that he would report to Guangdong in seven days, and he would send the heads of Luo Tuo and Xian Guoan, so this battle was not just as simple as defeating the Qing army, but to annihilate them completely. Therefore, Yu Shizhong must let Luo Tuo feel at ease about the battlefield, and rest assured that he will throw all his troops up, only in this way can he defeat the enemy in one fell swoop in the field battle and reap all the credits, instead of letting the line Guoan and thousands of Qing troops flee like in the first battle of Qingyuan.

It was a bold campaign deployment. Since the establishment of the Taiping Army, there has never been a precedent for field battles with tens of thousands of Qing troops. The Battle of Chaohui was more of a battle of defense lines, not so much that Jidu was defeated by the Taiping army, but that he was defeated by hunger. The only two large-scale field battles with the Qing army and victory were the Battle of Shenwan and the Battle of Songjiawolou. But whether it is the battle of Shenwan or the battle of Songjiawolou, it is not a simple field battle, and the Taiping army can win without geographical factors. If it weren't for the quagmire of Shenwan that made it difficult for the Manchurian cavalry to move, it would be difficult to say whether the battle would have been won or lost. In the first battle of Songjiawolou, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties did not expect the existence of the other party in advance, and with the cover of night and the surprise of the C Brigade of the Fifth Town lying on the mountain, the Taiping army was able to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

More importantly, whether it is Shenwan or Songjiawolou, the strength of the Qing army is no more than 10,000 at most, and this time there are nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Luo Tuo department, and there are 6,000 cavalry in it. This strength is no worse than Jidu, which went all the way from Chaozhou. For this reason, it is inevitable that the towns will have doubts, and Wang Youxi, the general of the fourth town, Shang Keyuan, the general of the thirteenth town, and Geng Zhongde, the general of the fourteenth town, all expressed their worries to Yu Shizhong.

Yu Shizhong told them with great confidence that the Taiping army would definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Moreover, Yu Shizhong emphasized to them, "We are the Guangxi Field Army, if we can't fight in the field, what kind of army are we." This battle is to let the Qing army know that our Taiping army can fight in the field! ”

Yu Shizhong had the support of two generals in the field battle between Yiyangyi and the Qing army, one was the blind Li of the Iron Man Guard, and the other was the "Horse Harrier" Wang who led 2000 cavalry and was transferred to the command of the Guangxi Field Army. Auxiliary.

The blind man shouted that they should see how powerful the blind man was, and the horse harrier relied on not only his own horse skills, but also the 2,000 Mongolian cavalry under his command. Now one of these two people led 800 iron guards to sit on the ground and wait quietly, and the other took out the wine bag on the horse and drank the wine with several Manmeng generals around him.

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The information that a large number of Ming troops appeared in Yiyangyi was soon sent to Luo Tuo, and Luo Tuo, line Guoan, and Arzin were stunned at first, but then they were overjoyed. If the Taiping army held on to Qingyuan, it would still be quite difficult for the Qing army to succeed in a quick battle, but now the other party is out of the city to fight in the field, isn't this abandoning the long and promoting the weak, don't these Taiping Kou know that the Qing Dynasty has come to thousands of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry this time!

After the orders were issued, Luo Tuo took Line Guoan and Arzin and them to Yiyang Station, looking at the wide battlefield in front of him, Luo Tuo had a smile on his face, Line Guoan was also relieved, and Alzin laughed out loud.

Li Benshen, the commander of the left standard, and Daniel Zhang, the commander of the right standard, who arrived later, also expressed the feeling that the generals of the Taiping Army seemed to know the soldiers, and they really did not know why the previous line of national security was so badly defeated.

The horn of "woo" sounded, and groups of Manchurian, Mongolian and Han cavalry rushed out from different directions and rushed to Yiyang Station. The order given by Roto to the cavalry was to outflank the Taiping army from both flanks and surround it.

Yu Shizhong, the commander of the Taiping army on the opposite side, hoped that Luo Tuo would not leave a back hand, and Luo Tuo really did not leave a back hand, and his desire for victory was even stronger than Yu Shizhong.

After all the 6,000 cavalry were dispatched, Luo Tuo sent out a battle with the left commander Li Benshen to deal with the Taiping army's central army, the right standard commander Daniel Zhang and the Guangxi governor Chen Weixin's department to deal with the Taiping army's right flank, and the line state security department to deal with the Taiping army's left flank.

More than 28,000 Qing troops divided into several large formations and advanced towards the Taiping army in Yiyangyi in the incessant sound of horns, only waiting for the cavalry outflanked from both flanks to surround the Taiping army, and the Qing army was going to kill the Taiping army and turn it on its back.

After a large number of Qing cavalry came from both flanks, Yu Shizhong waved the flag and ordered the fourth town on the left flank and the thirteenth town on the right flank to stretch the battle line, so that the Qing cavalry was also forced to lengthen the battle line. Immediately after the flag was raised again, the fifth and fifteenth towns of the Chinese army formed a battle formation and stepped forward.

Flags were waving and dust was rising. Yiyang Yi Jin Ge Iron Horse, the war is about to break out.

Luo Tuo frowned, he found that the Taiping army did not seem to have less troops than him, and there were cavalry in the rear of the opponent.

No wonder the thieves dare to fight me in the field here, because they have something to rely on, Luo Tuo said in his heart.

Ilder looked at it for a moment and reminded Roto: "General, the enemy's wings are stretching!" ”

Luo Tuo nodded, and ordered the cavalry to ignore the Taiping army and attack directly on their two flanks, making sure to attract the attention of the Taiping army to both wings. He also ordered Li Benshen to prepare that once the Taiping army had withdrawn troops from the Chinese army to return to the two wings, they would immediately take advantage of the situation to kill them. The right and left wing Qing troops also received the order of the great general at the same time, and Daniel Zhang looked at the formation of the Taiping army on the opposite side, and suddenly there was a sense of pride in his heart.

The big husband should be a fierce rival! (To be continued.) )