Li Shi made a Shigu Mountain worship in Hengzhou, and even with the creation of the "Stone Drum Three Feet" in the literary world, he also left a name in Hengzhou, and his selfishness has been satisfied. In his opinion, Hengzhou should no longer be a battlefield.

Unexpectedly, Yinzhen's plan to mourn Confucianism was shattered, but Yanxin still stayed in Huangshawan and did not leave, which made Li Xi very annoyed. To the north of Hengzhou, the terrain is narrow, and the further north is Hengshan, which is not an ideal place for a showdown. Li Xi wanted to advance the front to Xiangtan, Li Xi naturally didn't know, Yanxin had already wanted to leave, but Chen Wance didn't give up and wanted to continue to implement Yinzhen's plan. Li Xian went to worship Kong first, and threw out the theory that Huayi's distinction is more important than the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, which had too much impact, but allowed Yinzhen to create a greater opportunity. As long as Yinzhen can go to Shigu Academy to worship Confucius again, emphasizing the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, while stabilizing the hearts of the world's scholars, it also highlights the name of Yinzhen.

And to achieve this goal, the army not only cannot retreat, but also has to take Hengzhou City. When Yanxin and He Tenglin heard this, they looked at each other with dead faces, and said in their hearts that this Hengzhou is indeed an ominous place.

Chen Wance's opinion was already urgent, and Yinzhen, who was rushing from Jingzhou to Changsha, Yanxin naturally did not dare to withdraw his troops without authorization, but if he wanted to attack the city, he did not have the strength, so he had to continue to pestle in Huangshawan, which finally angered Li Xi.

"I want to make soy sauce, no way!"

With a wave of Li Xian's arm, the officers and soldiers of Huben let out a long breath, and finally started the war, and if they were idle, they didn't know how many catties of fat they would grow on their bodies.

On 18 March, the Tiger Battalion assault force crossed the river 10 miles west of Caoqiao, and as soon as the guns of the Hunan Green Battalion defending this place were raised, they were crushed by the Tiger Ben Army artillery on the south bank, leaving dozens of corpses behind and retreating in a hurry.

After the assault team occupied the north bank, the engineers transferred from the infrastructure department of the Qingtian Company built a pontoon bridge here, and a total of 4,000 people from the left battalion and the right battalion of the Huben Army plus artillery wings crossed the river and forced the Yanxin battalion in Huangshawan from west to east.

At the same time, the front camp of the Huben army crossed the Xiang River to the east bank, and went straight to the north to Hejiangtao, where artillery was set up to block the river. Then a fleet of ships came from the Leihe River, approaching the Qing army fleet anchored in Hejiangtao. Frightened, the Qing fleet braved the artillery fire and retreated north in a hurry, ignoring the Yanxin camp in Huangshawan.

The fleet was gone, and the Anglo-Chinese army was still pressed on three sides, and Yanxin and He Tenglin were shocked.

This is a sign that Li Shi wants to completely annihilate this army! The Xiangjiang River reached the foot of the southern foot of Hengshan Mountain, and then turned to the north after a big bend. The army wanted to retreat north to Xiangtan and even Changsha, one was to cross the Xiangjiang River, and the other was to take the ten-mile narrow road of Hengshan Dajiaoling. No matter how you go, thirty miles to the north is a bottleneck, if the Yinghua army blocks the Xiangjiang River, and then blocks the Dajiaoling, these 30,000 or 40,000 troops will all be explained here.

Even Chen Wance, a scholar, saw this critical situation, without the fleet, the food and grass supply of the big camp would be cut off. The British and Chinese troops bombarded on both sides, and then cut off the back road, so they didn't have to storm the camp, and after surrounding the camp for half a month, the self-army was about to collapse, so they had to nod in agreement with Yanxin's decision.

If you don't leave now, when will you stay!

On 19 March, looking north from the Zhanyue Gate of Hengzhou City, the Qing army's camp seemed to be unchanged as before. The flags were unfurled, and the smoke was rising, but Li Shi knew that the Yanxin army had already left the camp and rushed north, and this scene was just a suspicious tactic. If it was in ancient times, it might have been able to deceive the enemy, but under the strict monitoring of the Military Intelligence Department, the 30,000 or 40,000 Yanxin army retreated north, but it couldn't be concealed from Li Shi.

"It's good to chase after it, be careful, and the whole army is on top."

Li Shi explained this, Wang Tanghe excitedly handed over the order, and then waved to the cavalry under the city.

"The Rangers! Advance! ”

Of course, Li Xi wanted to annihilate Yanxin's forces, but his troops were insufficient. The Tiger Army, the Guerrilla Army, plus the Praetorian Guard Battalion he brought, even if you count the Hengzhou People's Army under Xie Dingbei, the total strength is only 20,000. To the north of Hengzhou, although there is Hengshan Mountain blocking the north, the west is an open field, and it is difficult to surround the other party's 30,000 or 40,000 people. If Yanxin wants to flee west to the Shaoyang area, he really can't stop it. It's better to let him escape back to Xiangtan and even Changsha, and then solve it together.

The previous means of encircling on three sides and forcing the Qing army fleet back were all to scare Yanxin and prevent him from nailing him to Huangshawan again.

If you can't completely annihilate it, it doesn't mean that you can let it go completely, and the guerrilla army that has just been formed is cavalry, and it is just right to use this heartless enemy army to train and train your hands.

"Leave the small group of soldiers and horses on the road! Keep rushing north! ”

Riding his horse onto the planks spread out by the sappers on the trenches of the Qing army camp, Wang Tanghe shouted loudly. Originally, he was born as an artillery soldier and has been encircled in Huanggang Mountain. After trying his hand in the battle of Yizhang, it was difficult to squat on Huanggang Mountain to blow the wind, and he looked for Li Xi several times, hoping to move his position, even if he was a wing commander.

Of course, Li Xi would not throw this leader of the Tang Dynasty to the position of wing commander, and seeing that he was eager to fight, and he was a man who jumped out of his surname, he handed over the newly built game army to him. Yang Tangcheng, who had been silent in the army since the Battle of Shaozhou, was pulled out and replaced Wang Tang to guard Huanggang Mountain. 【1】

Although the Guyi Army was a cavalry, it was different from the Qing Army's horse team in that it did not pay attention to horse combat, and riding horses was only convenient for rapid maneuvering. This is not that Li Xi deliberately positioned the guerrilla army as "dragoons", but that he ruled several provinces, and he really could not select officers and soldiers who were good at horse warfare, so he could only let the guerrilla army act as dragoons. It is not only used for rapid deployment and handling of emergency battle situations, but also for containing the Qing army's horse team in a large-scale battle array.

"Ouch...... This dead horse! Don't make such a big fuss with your hooves! ”

Wang Tanghe was on his horse, but the mount under him was jumping wildly, almost knocking him off the horse. While appeasing his mount and scolding, this cavalry general, who had only learned riding skills for a few months, was still full of confidence in his 3,000 horsemen to defeat 30,000 enemy troops.

The army of Yanxin, who was fighting soy sauce, was driven away, and the so-called battle of Hengzhou, except for a battle of hearts and minds in Shigu Academy, there was no major battle. And then the pursuit of the guerrilla army, because Wang Tanghe rushed all the way, made the whole army scattered, and only swept the tail of Yanxin's army. The Hunan Green Battalion, which killed three or four hundred palaces, captured a thousand people. Another gain is that Wang Tanghe led four or five hundred cavalry to approach the "bravery" of tens of thousands of enemy troops, but left a piece of material for the storyteller and the Anglo-Chinese army war history.

In the Guleitou sea area of Zhangpu, Fujian, there is also a group of soy sauce parties who have been implicated.

"Mr. Vinstrong, let your tongue man make it clear to the other party, we are just here to watch the battle! Just like the Britons and the French over there! ”

The sea was blazing, and hundreds of large green heads stretched out into a huge fan, swooping down the wind towards the eight high-masted and soft-sailed Galen ships, and seeing that more than a dozen of them had already washed up to less than half a nautical mile, the commander of the Dutch fleet, Koror, roared loudly at Vinstrong, the commissioner of the Dutch East India Company, with a pale face.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I told you a long time ago that we have not received a contract officially signed by the Qing Emperor, and it is best not to act with the Qing army. Now that you have gone your own way, you have come here with your fleet, and you are still rushing in front of the Qing Naval Division, and the rebels will not believe that we are here to watch the battle! ”

Vince retorted loudly, and his heart was also full of anger. It's all to blame for this Koror, who always feels that he has eight warships on hand, and the rebels are no opponent. Even if he didn't get a formal contract, he was instigated by the admiral of the Qing State surnamed Shi, and he followed Gu Leitou, wanting to take advantage.

When they arrived at the sea of Guleitou, they found that the rebels were simply targeting their Dutch fleet, and hundreds of large ships rushed towards their fleet, vaguely like the fireship sea tactics of the Ming army in the naval battle of Liuluo Bay, and Corolle was a little panicked.

If it was in the wide open sea, this hand would not be too afraid, but now on one side is a shallow bay, on the other side is a hundred warships pushed by the south wind, blowing downwind, and on the other side is blocked by more than a dozen clippers with the same high masts and soft sails, "Don't you also say that the rebels are insignificant at all, and even if we can't get benefits from the Qing Emperor, we can still get tacit benefits from the governor and admiral!?" ”

Krol was also so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, it wasn't Vince Strong's instigation, and he didn't have the heart to risk this fleet, but he didn't want to show a crisis, but Wen Sizhuang crossed the river and demolished the bridge.

"Hmph...... After all, Yangyi is a greedy person, and he fell for someone's plan to ignite someone! ”

Behind the Dutch fleet were dozens of Qing warships, and the admiral in the middle of the fleet was sitting in the boat, Shi Shibiao chuckled, despising the childishness of the foreigners' scheming. He secretly promised Wen Sizhuang that even if there was no Kangxi's will, as long as he defeated the Nanban Navy, Xiamen and Penghu, which he managed, would be open to trade with the Dutch, and at the same time allow Dutch merchants to settle in Xiamen.

This promise is sincere by Shi Shibi, the emperor will never personally conclude a contract with the Dutch, so he has to rely on their courtiers to come forward, and then the emperor can decide and judge his contract, anyway...... It is important to solve the Nanban first.

Looking at the battlefield ahead, Shi Shibiu's heart became heavy again, and the hand of the Southern Barbarian Sailor had already gone straight to his Shi Shibiu's vital point. He secretly made a contract with the Dutch, which was also quite risky, and he was always guilty of a crime, and he didn't know how the court Chinese iers wanted to impeach him, and Kangxi could protect him.

But he also had to be like this, his good subordinate, Xiao Sheng, who was in charge of the Southern Barbarian Water Division, was quite clear about his Shi Shibiu's weakness, that is, Taiwan.

This time, in the name of attacking Penghu, Xiao Sheng wantonly recruited civilian sailors and ships, many of which were the remnants of the former Guangdong sailors, and each ship was given 300 taels of silver, and the wartime reward was calculated separately, attracting countless people and ships to gather. Even if he knew that this was a strategy to lure the enemy, Shi Shibiao had to attack, this is a yang scheme, whoever makes your key point be in the clear.

Now it seems that Xiao Sheng did not take him Shi Shibiao in his eyes, but regarded the Dutch as the first enemy, Shi Shibiao was both relieved and disappointed, and at the same time very nervous.

The Dutch are about to be defeated, and there will be no other place for Shi Shibi to stand on this sea.

"Five-point plum blossom array plus fireboat tactics, they really learn the same thing."

Seeing the layout of the fleet ahead, Shi Shibiu's heart rose to his throat, and he didn't know if the Dutch could block this move again.

(To be continued)