On January 10, 1652, Nikan led his army to Jingzhou;

Nikan is the third son of Chu Ying, the eldest son of the Qing Emperor Nurhachi, and has been with the army since he was a child.

In 1636, Nikan followed Prince Yu Duoduo to pursue the Korean king Yi Liang to Namhansanseong and wiped out all the Korean reinforcements.

In 1644, Nikan followed Dolgon to lead his army into Shanhaiguan, first defeated Li Zicheng's army at Shanhaiguan, and then followed Prince Azig to pursue Li Zicheng's remnants to Qingdu, and was named Baylor for his merits.

Then he followed the Prince of Yu Duoduo to lead the army from Henan to Shaanxi, and attacked the headquarters of Li Zicheng's Dashun army in Shaanxi, and the army from Mengjin to Shaanzhou, breaking the peasant army.

In May of the same year, Nikan followed Duoduo south to attack the Hongguang regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and soon broke through Nanjing, led the army to pursue and capture Zhu Yousong, the king of Mingfu who had fled to Wuhu.

Then he led the army to conquer Jiangyin.

In 1649, Nikan was awarded the title of Prince Jingjing.

It can be said that Nikan's titles were all taken down from the Han army, and he was completely disdainful of the combat effectiveness of the Han army.

Kong Youde, whom Li Dingguo defeated, was a Han general, and what he killed was only the Green Battalion Army.

Now of the 150,000 elite soldiers led by his Nikan, 30,000 are cavalry of the Eight Banners.

The Jurchen is less than 10,000, and the 10,000 cannot be reached!

Lao Tzu now has 30,000 elite soldiers in hand, who can resist!

On the 10th of January, Nikan left 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Mu Eryou and Gushan Ezhen Han Dai to stay in Jingzhou, and he himself led 120,000 troops to Xiangtan County, preparing to kill Li Dingguo.

After Li Dingguo won the great victory of Hunan and Guizhou, he divided his troops to take Yangshan and Lianzhou in the east. Take Changsha in the north and capture Changde and Yuezhou. East into Jiangxi, even Yongxin, Anfu, Yongning, Longquan, besieged Ji'an, an important town in western Jiangxi.

The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army were very scattered, and Ma Jinzhong, who was sent to attack Changsha, saw that the Qing army was menacing, and he only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so he did not dare to resist at all, and hurriedly led his troops to retreat to Baoqing.

When Nikan saw it, he did not rest, chased after him for several days, and on the 21st, he entered more than 30 miles away from Hengzhou Mansion (now Hengyang City).

At this time, Li Dingguo's 40,000 soldiers and horses had been scattered to various places to gather, in order to further paralyze Nikan.

Li Dingguo sent more than 5,000 soldiers to resist and block the Qing army, and after the two armies fought for a while, the Great Western Army pretended to be defeated and fled.

Nikan was proud of himself, thinking that the Ming army was vulnerable, so he "advanced on the night of the 22nd" and arrived at Hengzhou Mansion the next day before dawn.

Li Dingguo led 40,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to line up, shouting: "Ignorant children, don't you hear that it is the reason to roll up the armor, day and night, double the road, and fight for profit, then capture the three generals." Today is your time of death! ”

As soon as Nikan saw that the Onishi Army was waiting for him early, he felt that he had been tricked.

The other party is waiting for work, and Nikan is very worried.

But I saw that those soldiers were not well equipped, the queue was uneven, and they were extremely scattered. Before the fight began, these soldiers were already panting.

Where is this soldier, it's not even as good as mud legs!

Nikan immediately regained his confidence, rode on horseback and shouted: "Our army cannot have a retreat when attacking the Ming army, and I, as the clan of the imperial court, will rush to the front line." If I retreat, you will behead me!" ”

After saying that, Nikan rode forward bravely, wanting to inspire the already tired Qing soldiers by example.

Nikan charged ahead, and the soldiers of the most elite cavalry battalion of the Qing army behind him also let go of their horses' hooves in cotton armor at this time, and followed him closely behind him.

The huge cavalry formation came from the avalanche of white waves, wrapped in the power of crushing everything, like the sky falling apart, like the waves crashing on the shore, and swept towards the Great Western Army in front.

The sound of thousands of healthy horses striking the earth at the same time made the whole world tremble and tremble.

A bone of pride burned in Nikan's chest, burning his eyes.

"Who dares to fight!"

Nikan roared, and the big knife in his hand slashed down, stabbing straight at Li Dingguo's Chinese army.

"Kill!"

10,000 Qing soldiers responded with a bang, and the sound was like thunder.

Like chopping waves, the place where the Xiaoqi camp passed suddenly set off a rain of blood, and stumps and broken arms flew in all directions.

Seeing the arrogance of the Eight Banners cavalry, Li Dingguo screamed in horror, "Retreat, retreat, retreat!" ”

The soldiers of the Great Western Army could no longer support it, and they all tried their last strength to escape desperately.

"Kill, catch up!" Nikan shouted excitedly when he saw the defeat of the Great Western Army and fled. While swinging his sword, he also cut off the head of a soldier of the Great Western Army, and rode his horse to continue to chase the enemy.

Looking at Li Dingguo, who was fleeing in embarrassment in front of him, Nikan was full of spirits and hurriedly urged the soldiers and horses to speed up the pursuit.

The company pursued for more than 20 miles, and the Great Western Army in front was blocked by a large river and stopped the pace of rout.

Nikan secretly destroyed Li Dingguo and was about to make the army launch a final attack.

The soldiers of the Great Western Army, who were blocked by the river, were confused and uneasy, and Li Dingguo's loud voice rang out.

"All the soldiers, there is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind. If we don't fight to the death, we will all die here. If we die, the Qing army will definitely not let our relatives go. Soldiers! I am willing to fight to the death with the enemy! ”

The life and death of themselves and their families immediately aroused the fighting spirit of all the officers and men of the Great Western Army, and thousands of soldiers raised their arms and shouted in unison: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general!" ”

Led by Li Dingguo himself, 40,000 troops of the Western Army returned together to fight to the death with the 30,000 cavalry battalions of the Qing soldiers.

The soldiers of the Great Western Army were all fearless of death, and for a time, they actually blocked the charge of the cavalry of the 30,000 cavalry battalion of the Qing soldiers, and the situation became a stalemate.

Li Dingguo paid close attention to the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing the Qing cavalry stagnating, his eyes flashed, and he shouted: "The time has come, give the order!" ”

"Yes, General!" The herald listened to Li Dingguo's order, hurriedly took out a ringing arrow, shouted lightly, and bowed into a full moon.

"Squeak!" With the sound of the bowstring, the arrows rose into the sky, bringing out a sharp whistle that reached miles away.

Kill! The earth-shattering sound of killing sounded, and the 10,000 Great Western Army led by Ma Jinzhong came out from the left rear, and the 10,000 Great Western Army led by Feng Shuangli came out from the right rear.

The whole army of the Great Western Army attacked, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the momentum was surging.

A cavalryman who has lost its shock is not as good as an infantryman!

The soldiers of the 30,000 cavalry battalion were in a panic and were quickly surrounded and killed by the Great Western Army.

Seeing that his cavalry was heavily surrounded by the Great Western Army, and the army could not find a way to break through, Nikan hurriedly commanded the generals to charge and kill, hoping to kill a bloody way.

Li Dingguo, who had expected this situation, arranged for the soldiers of the Great Western Army to be killed from behind with long-pole iron guns.

The spears poked indiscriminately, and the Qing cavalry, who could not raise their speed in the crowd, were stabbed off their horses one after another, and were trampled to death.

Under the cover of his own soldiers, Nikan rushed left and right, but he couldn't kill him.

When he was desperately breaking through, suddenly the horse's hooves slipped, and Nikan himself fell off the horse.

It turned out that Nikan was in a state of confusion, panicked, ran to the river, and fell into the mud.

The slippery dirt cushioned most of the impact, and Nikan was unharmed, and he hurriedly got up and drew his sword to resist.

In the dirt, it was very difficult for Nikan to take a single step, let alone fight with a knife.

A bright soldier saw the opportunity and stabbed his spear.

I was shot in the chest, and under the pain, the speed of swinging the knife was also slow.

At what time, three or four spears stabbed at once.

Nikan, Prince Jingjin of the Qing Dynasty died in a mud pit like this.

Nikan's head was also cut off by the minions to make a contribution.

At the same time, the Great Western Army was killed by the First Class Bo Cheng Ni and Nikan Escort many people. (To be continued.) )