In the Xinfeng Mansion, Li Chengdong recruited all his subordinates.

Li Chengdong said: "Everyone, the right scouts have reported that the 20,000 troops of the Qing army have already killed Xinfeng, I don't know what your plan is?" ”

Hearing that the Qing army had arrived, everyone in the hall was a little flustered. After all, when he attacked Ganzhou not long ago, he was defeated by the Qing army.

Li Chengdong was a little disappointed when he saw that his subordinates were timid before they fought. However, for the sake of the overall situation, Li Chengdong gestured to his adopted son Li Yuanyin with his eyes.

Li Yuanyin saw that he hurriedly stood up and drank: "Since the Qing army has come to send us to death, we can also go out to meet the enemy." Father-in-law, I am willing to lead the army to attack the Qing army, please give permission! ”

Jiang Ningbo Du Yonghe persuaded loudly: "Huiguo Gong, now that our army's morale is low, it is not a good strategy to go to war!" ”

Li Yuanyin retorted: "It is precisely because of the low morale of my army that we need a victory." The Qing army will inevitably be tired from afar, and if our army waits for work and fights head-on, it will win! ”

For a while, the Ming army fell into a quarrel again, and Li Chengdong fell into deep thought.

If the battle is defeated again, not only will the remaining morale of the soldiers be exhausted. At that time, even if you want to fight again, it will be impossible.

But if you don't fight, can you stick to the Lord? If there are no reinforcements, it will be lost for a long time.

Where are the reinforcements? You don't have to think about it in Zhaoqing, just don't make trouble!

Zheng Chenggong's child in Fujian has only 30,000 or 40,000 horses, and it is not of much use.

After thinking about it, Li Chengdong opened his eyes and drank: "Enough, there is no need to say more." I have made up my mind, I personally led the army out of the city to meet the Qing army! ”

Under Li Chengdong's prestige for many years, his soldiers did not dare to refute, and they hurriedly drank it.

"Honorable Order!"

"Good! The generals immediately returned to the camp, cleaned up the army horses, and prepared for battle! ”

Everyone in the hall got up together, saluted Li Chengdong and left one after another............

On the one hand, Li Chengdong sent additional scouts to probe the enemy's intelligence, and on the other hand, he mobilized his subordinates, intending to boost the morale of the soldiers.

At noon on 29 February, fifteen miles outside Xinfeng City, Li Chengdong led an army of 40,000 to wait for the arrival of the Qing army.

Li Chengdong sat on the horse, turned his head and asked, "Yuanyin, are the others ready?" ”

Li Yuanyin hurriedly replied: "Father-in-law, rest assured, everyone else has already prepared according to the plan!" ”

"Well, this is very good, this battle must be won, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"

If this battle is lost, the Ming army will no longer have the ability to attack.

At that time, whether you live or die, you can only rely on others.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, our army will win this battle!" Li Yuanyin comforted.

Li Chengdong looked at the dusty distance in the distance, and after a long time on the battlefield, he could see at a glance that this was an army no less than 10,000 cavalry, and their speed was very fast.

When Li Chengdong saw it, he hurriedly raised the command in his hand and drank: "The whole army is ready, ready to fight!" ”

In a short time, the Qing army led by the rubber merchant had already run to a distance of only 400 meters from the Ming army.

Under the order of the rubber merchant, the Qing army stopped abruptly.

The rubber merchant rode out of the battle, and when he saw Li Chengdong, he shouted: "Li Chengdong, you capricious villain." My Qing Dynasty is not thin on you, you actually rebelled and did not measure your own strength to fight against my Qing Dynasty, which is really self-defeating! If you dismount and surrender at this time, I can also ask the Qing Dynasty to spare your dog's life, otherwise I will punish your nine clans! ”

Under the command of Shi Guan, the Qing army hurriedly shouted in unison: "Dismount and surrender, spare your dog's life!" ”

Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers shouted in unison, and their momentum was huge.

In the face of such a momentum of the Qing army, Li Chengdong's subordinate Ming army panicked.

After the defeat of Ganzhou, in order to replenish the soldiers and horses, Li Chengdong temporarily recruited many new soldiers.

These recruits had only been recruited for less than a month, had never experienced war, and were terrified by the momentum of the Qing army.

Seeing this scene, Li Chengdong waved the handsome order in his hand and shouted angrily: "Kill!" ”

With the rumbling of war drums, the 40,000 Ming troops suddenly killed the Qing army like a tide.

The glue merchant also shouted without hesitation: "Kill! ”

With a bowl of tea, the two armies collided heavily.

More than 60,000 soldiers and horses are fighting to the death, swords and swords, and blood is dancing all over the sky.

Although the Qing army was elite, it was a little tired from far away.

Although the Ming army waited for work, there were many new recruits and they were not strong enough.

For a time, the two armies were in a state of stalemate, and no one could help anyone.

Li Chengdong, who had been watching the changes in the battle situation, saw this situation, and hurriedly waved his hand, and three arrows pierced the sky with sharp whistles.

After a while, Hao Shangjiu shouted, "Kill, everyone kill with me!" ”

The left formation of the Ming army suddenly killed 10,000 cavalry, and was killing the Qing army's flank in a conical charging formation.

Du Yonghe, the right side of the Ming army, with tens of thousands of infantry, also killed the flank of the Qing army.

Under the attack from three sides, the Qing army suddenly couldn't resist it, and the killed retreated step by step.

When the glue merchant saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

As soon as the Qing army heard the sound of retreating, they immediately pulled away and ran wildly towards the north.

Li Chengdong saw that the Qing army was defeated, and hurriedly urged the Ming army to chase down the defeated Qing army.

The Qing soldiers who were killed all the way made Li Chengdong see the hope of defeating the Qing army. As long as you can destroy this Qing army, you will definitely be able to hold on.

Li Chengdong shouted to the Ming army to chase and kill, not paying attention to the fact that the army had already chased for nearly twenty miles, far away from Xinfeng City.

Li Yuanyin, who had been leading the army to chase after him, suddenly rode to Li Chengdong's side and said urgently: "Father-in-law, something is wrong with the situation!" ”

Li Chengdong hurriedly asked, "Yuan Yin, what's the situation?" ”

"Father-in-law, this Qing army seems to have been wondering about our army's pursuit, and this is a basin, the child thinks he doesn't want to chase anymore!"

When Li Chengdong heard this, he hurriedly opened his eyes and looked around, and sure enough, this was a low-lying basin with many small hills around.

Li Chengdong is also a veteran of war, and he knew that it was not good, and he was about to order the army to stop pursuing.

Suddenly, an earth-shattering drum sounded, and the hills not far away were filled with countless flags.

General of the Expedition to the South - Tan

King of Pingnan - Shang

King of Jingnan - Geng

General Jingyuan -- Ho

……

The rubber merchants who had been retreating also stopped and turned to face the Ming army.

Li Chengdong looked at the flags pouring out around him, and his face turned pale.

Hit the plan, ambush on all sides!

Tan Tai gave an order, and countless arrows rained down from Gaoqiu to the Ming army, causing thousands of casualties to the Ming army in an instant.

With the rain of arrows, the 20,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners on both sides rode their horses and galloped wildly, carrying the power of crushing everything, like the sky falling apart, like the waves crashing on the shore, rushing towards Li Chengdong's Ming army.

Thousands of healthy horses struck the earth at the same time, and the earth trembled and trembled.

The front row of cavalry pressed down the spears in their hands, and tens of thousands of sharp spears pierced all the men and horses that stood in their way.

The cavalry of the Eight Banners instantly collided with the front army of the Ming Army like a rolling iron stream, and continued to sprint forward.

Amid the earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, the Ming army, which had a large number of recruits, was terrified to the extreme, and the shadow of death ruthlessly eroded almost everyone.

"Ah~!" Amid a scream of terror, one of the recruits first broke down and turned and fled.

The deserters had a huge negative impact on the Ming army, which was struggling to support, and many recruits fled with their lives.

The remaining Ming troops could no longer support it, and they all tried their last strength to flee desperately.

Li Chengdong, who was besieged by the Qing army, was no longer able to make any countermeasures;

I could only shout angrily, "Kill me out!" "Lead the guards to fight out of the siege and flee to Xinfeng.

In the blink of an eye, the situation reversed, and the pursuer became the pursued.

The Qing army pursued and killed the Ming army all the way, only to the city of Xinfeng, and was forced to retreat by the defenders of the city with a rain of arrows, and the defeated soldiers led by Li Chengdong retreated into the city.

Back in Xinfeng, the 70,000 army before the dispatch of troops is now only 28,000 people.