Around mid-afternoon, twenty miles north of Dingjia Village

Vast expanses of smoke and dust rose from the vast wilderness, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves and the sound of neat and powerful steps rose into the sky like muffled thunder rising from the flat ground, and under the banners of various colors like forests and seas, an army of more than 10,000 people was coming from north to south. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the forefront were thousands of cavalrymen, most of whom were black helmets and red tassels, their armor and banners were all white and red-edged, and they were well equipped with two horses, and their bodies and horses were hung with various weapons of length and shortness. A small number of them wore green flags and red hats.

The cavalry was followed by thousands of foot soldiers, most of whom were soldiers wearing red hats, armed with swords, shields, spears, birds, and other weapons, and the ranks were still neat.

The last two or three thousand men of the whole army did not even have a uniform uniform, most of them were dressed in leather robes, their bare scalps glowing blue, their slender pigtails hanging down from the back of their heads, or on horseback or on foot, carrying one or two rudimentary weapons, escorting grain and grass and baggage, and a dozen artillery pieces to accompany the brigade.

In this sea of flags that cannot be seen at a glance, a gold-woven large pole in the cavalry ranks stands out as if it stands out from the crowd. One of the Qing generals was burly, about forty years old, with cold eyes, and was surrounded by elite horsemen of the Bayala camp wearing mercury and bright armor. This person is the Han Army, inlaid with a white flag, Gushan, and Ezhen Tong Tulai.

Tong Tulai is the third son of Tong Yangzheng, the former deputy general of Fushun in the Ming Dynasty. In the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619 AD), the old wild boar Pinurhachi waved his army to attack Fushun City, and after Tong Yangzheng's army was defeated, he surrendered to Houjin with his brother Tong Yangxing, and became the right-hand man under the old wild boar skin. When he grew up, he inherited his father's succession. He also made great contributions to the Later Jin Dynasty and the later "Great Qing Dynasty", and was promoted to the Han Army with a blue flag and a solid mountain in less than forty, and was later transferred to the Han Army with a white flag and a solid mountain and a true spirit.

But. At this moment, Tong Tulai was gloomy and in a very bad mood. In the morning, he encountered the defeated Jialazhang Jing Sai Shangbin and others, and learned from the mouths of these remnants of the defeated generals that the outpost troops sent out earlier encountered the Ming army and almost completely annihilated. When he first heard the news, Tong Tulai was immediately angry, and even wanted to cut Cezannebin on the spot. But seeing the pitiful appearance of this slave begging and crying bitterly, and considering that he wanted to give Ning Wan a few thin noodles, he forcibly suppressed this thought, and ordered Cezanne and others to be whipped dozens of times, and then tied them up and sent them to Xiangyin to be dealt with by the head coach Duoduo.

Although Cezannebin and others unanimously claimed that they had encountered one or two thousand Ming troops. Tong Tulai is still angry at the incompetence of these minions, why were hundreds of Eight Banners Iron Cavalry plus hundreds of Green Battalions wiped out by one or two thousand Ming troops!? When did the Ming army become so powerful?

After dealing with Cezannebin and the others with anger, Tong Tulai continued to move forward. Although he was in a bad mood by those minions, he still did not change his previous plan: to sweep away the remnants of the Ming army. Strive to reach the city of Changsha as soon as possible to clear the obstacles before the general attack for the follow-up army. If it goes well, he will directly wave the army to take the city, and make new contributions after conquering Xiangyin!

After continuing to travel a few miles south, Tong Tulai ordered a temporary rest.

Unexpectedly. As soon as the whole army stopped, several horsemen came from the south, wrapped in billowing smoke and dust. Running all the way to the edge of the defensive circle formed by the Weaver and the Baya Lama soldiers, the leader turned over and dismounted with a body covered in dirt. He knelt half-kneeling at Tong Tulai, panting heavily, and was speechless for a while.

Tong Tulai fixed his eyes and saw that these people who came were one of the several teams of sentry horses he had sent out before, but why were they so embarrassed, and what kind of changes had happened? Thinking of this, Tong Tulai frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Qiyu," said Zhuangda, who was kneeling on the ground, after taking a breath, "I encountered a large number of Ming army sentry horses not far ahead, and we lost many warriors due to being outnumbered, and we could not continue to explore. ”

Hearing this news, Tong Tulai's heart suddenly became suspicious, this is not the first time he has received such a return. Since yesterday, several sentry cavalry have reported that they have been blocked and pursued by the Ming army's sentry cavalry, and several sentry cavalry have not been heard from so far. What the hell is the Ming army doing?

After thinking for a moment, Tong Tulai sent the Bayala soldiers around him to the rear team to send a few people. These people have just shaved their hair, and they are members of the Ming Army Qianzong and several low-level officers such as General General and Bai Zong, who surrendered in Xiangyin not long ago.

After these people were reported, Tong Tulai asked them about the terrain on the road from Xiangyin to Changsha. Although the general situation has been inquired through many parties before, this time Tong Tulai asked more carefully, barely letting go of any details, and said in a loud voice that if they found out that they had half a lie, they would not be forgiven!

Almost all of these generals were locals, and they had been stationed nearby for many years, so they were of course well aware of the surrounding terrain. They said that there were no mountains and ravines on the road from Xiangyin to Changsha, and at most there were some gentle hills, and a large number of troops could never be hidden.

Subsequently, Tong Tulai called for a local guide who was traveling with the army and questioned him again, but the results were almost inconsistent. At this time, he was slightly relieved.

Just as Tong Tulai was about to send more sentry cavalry to investigate, the smoke and dust rose again in the south, and several previously sent sentry horses rushed back, and this time the news they brought back was more urgent: "Report to your lordship, a large number of Ming cavalry are coming in the direction of the army a few miles ahead, and the number is about two thousand!" ”

Tong Tulai did not panic at all after hearing this, but smiled coldly, more than 2,000 cavalry of the Ming army dared to come forward to cause trouble, are they impatient?

This time he went out with Duoduo, and Tong Tulai brought almost all the essence of the Han army's white flag. The banners of the Eight Banners of the Han Army were the same as the banners of Manchuria, and most of the soldiers in the banners were unified into three battalions: the Bayala Battalion, the Aliha Chaoha Battalion, and the Gebush Xian Battalion.

At present, Tong Tulai has more than 400 soldiers from the Bayala battalion and more than 2,600 soldiers from the Aliha Chaoha battalion, each of whom is equipped with two horses, as well as the same number of cavalry auxiliaries and more than 1,000 cavalry under the command of Xu Yong, the general soldier of Huangzhou, and there are more than 7,000 cavalry forces that can be dispatched, not including those cannon fodder such as Baoyi Aha who have prepared horses.

Therefore, hearing that more than 2,000 cavalry of the Ming army were attacking, Tong Tulai felt that they were no different from sending them to death, and with a hint of mockery, he ordered all the cavalry to prepare for battle, ready to teach those Ming troops who did not know how to measure their strength a painful lesson.

Soon after, the smoke and dust on the south side became thicker, and the rumbling of horses' hooves intensified. In the smoke and dust, the fiery red military flags of the Ming army appeared one after another.

Seeing this scene, Tong Tulai and the rest of the generals of the Han army with white flags, and even Xu Yong and other green battalion generals showed a murderous light and pre-war excitement in their eyes.

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When he led the army to run more than a mile away from the Qing army's main array, Shi Youliang ordered the whole army to stop and began to look at the movements of the Qing army on the opposite side.

Looking at the dense white and red borders and green flags and the black pressure of the Qing cavalry, even Shi Youliang, who has always been known for his bravery, frowned slightly, looking at the Qing army opposite, I am afraid that there are seven or eight thousand cavalry alone, and if the two thousand cavalry under his command fight hard, they will definitely not be able to fall well. Fortunately, before leaving, Pang Yue had said to him: There is no need to entangle with the enemy too much, just lure his pursuers to Dingjia Village.

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Seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side seemed to be timid, and they no longer dared to step forward, all the Qing generals couldn't help but show a smug smile: Do you know now that you are afraid? I'm afraid it's late!

"My lord! The last general is willing to lead the army to attack the puppet Ming army first! "Xu Yong, the chief soldier of the green battalion, took the initiative to come forward to ask for help, he has always fought bravely, likes to charge ahead, and now he has the master's brigade of soldiers and horses as the backing, how can he not behave well at such a good opportunity?

Tong Tulai naturally would not refuse the cannon fodder sent to the door, and readily agreed to Xu Yong's invitation to fight, and then transferred 1,000 cavalry from the Alaha Chaoha battalion, and 200 cavalry from the Bayala battalion, led by Baya Lazhang Jinggang Lin'a, and launched an attack on the Ming army together with Xu Yong's troops. The rest of the soldiers and horses waited still, ready to step forward for reinforcements at any time.

With nearly 3,000 cavalry on his side attacking the 2,000 cavalry of the Ming army, Tong Tulai felt that there was no suspense at all. As long as the two armies come into contact, it is only a matter of time before the Ming army breaks up, and he has encountered similar cases like this countless times before, and I believe there will be no surprises this time.

The green battalion cavalry and the Han army flag cavalry who were transferred out of the large formation quickly lined up in formation, and then urged the horses to come in the direction of the Ming cavalry, first jogging, and then began to accelerate with all their strength after running for a while, and the thunderous sound of iron hooves gradually converged into one, making people no longer able to hear the rhythm clearly, with the sea of flags that hunted and hunted, it seemed quite imposing.

Looking at the Qing cavalry surging like a tide, Shi Youliang was not afraid, raised his broadsword and pointed at the sky, and led his two thousand cavalry to hedge over.

"Kill all the Tartars and recover the rivers and mountains!!" More than 1,500 cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion let out a mountain of shouts in unison during the charge. Even the more than 500 cavalrymen of the Governor's Battalion were quickly infected by this atmosphere and shouted together.

The shouts of the Ming army made Xu Yong, who led the team to rush to the front, be stunned, he had not encountered such a high morale of the Ming army for a long time! But this distraction flashed in his mind only slightly, and was replaced by the excitement of the pre-war period.

With the wanton flying dust, the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, and the cavalry on both sides could already see the faces of the enemy troops in the front row, and the shouts were higher and higher.

Soon, the two high-speed iron streams finally collided together, and the moment they met, blood splashed on the contact line... )