Fortunately, these three arrows didn't hit the vital point, but they didn't stop bleeding, and Fang Guoan didn't let him go on again.

The military doctor who accompanied the army came up to die and treated Wang Lanping's wound briefly.

At this moment, a group of men and horses came from behind the champion army, Wang Lanping looked at it steadily, and took a big banner as the head, 'Xu'.

"Kill!"

Xu Dingguo took the lead, and the three thousand troops behind him were killed together and joined the battle.

Wang Lanping was overjoyed and got on the horse again.

The middle battalion of the Qing soldiers on the hillside has been surrounded by the champion corps, attacking on all sides, and paving a road with their lives foot by foot.

The Qing soldiers had no way to retreat, so they had to fight the trapped beasts, and the army of nearly 40,000 people was scattered so that only Kong Youde, a lone army of less than 7,000 people, was left.

Governor Liu Zhiyuan was once again willing to beg Kong Youde, "Marshal, the matter has come to this, if you don't break through, you can only wipe out the whole army, Marshal, give an order quickly, don't stick to it, leave a few seeds for our brothers from Dengzhou."

Kong Youde was originally a general in Dengzhou, and his old brothers were all from Dengzhou, and there were few left after these southern expeditions and northern wars, but these people became the elite of the whole army, and with them, Kong Youde could straighten his waist in the Qing court.

Arrows flew everywhere, Kong Youde looked up to the sky and sighed, decades of hard work, once lost, this loss may be sluggish.

"Let's go, let's give an order, break through, Liu Dutong, where can I withdraw to Sizhou?"

Kong Youde was so confused that he didn't even know where to retreat, but an experienced veteran, who was defeated before the start of the war, was unexpectedly defeated, and could quickly clean up the mess after defeat, this is a truly qualified commander of the three armed forces.

Leaving this retreat to the direction of Sizhou, there are two roads to go, one takes the west Jinniu Mountain trail to pass to Xuyi, and turns to Sizhou. The other road is on the north side, which leads directly to Gaoyou through the official road of Zhaoguan, and moves closer to Duoduo's reinforcements.

But these two roads are not easy to walk, Jinniu Mountain was blocked by the 50,000 troops of the Ming army Dinghuai Marquis, and it was sad to plug in the wings, and Zhaoguan also had the men and horses of the champion army to defend. Backed by Zhaobo Lake, there is a fierce offensive of the champion army in the south, Kong Youde doesn't know where to break through if he wants to break his head, and there is nowhere to escape.

The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and the champion army is already approaching the camp, and if you don't pay attention, you won't even have any hope of retreating.

Kong Youde immediately decided, "Go west and rush through Jinniu Mountain." Order the whole army, concentrate your forces, and break through to the west"

Liu Zhiyuan thought that Kong Dashuai was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "Dashuai, there are 50,000 Ming troops in the west, isn't it self-defeating to go there, and there are only a few thousand Ming troops in Zhaobei in the north."

Kong Youde Dao. "Often the more dangerous the place, the safer, the Ming army defending Zhaoguan is the champion army. If we go from there, we will definitely fall into a bitter battle and not get out, haven't you seen it, although the Ming army of Jinniu Mountain has 50,000 people, but they have not participated in the war so far, they and the champion army are not the same heart. I expected that if I wanted to survive, there was only one road in Jinniu Mountain, and I would give the order to break through to the west."

There were more than 7,000 Qing soldiers. In order to survive, at all costs, he concentrated all his forces on one point, fought a bloody way for Kong Youde in the west, abandoned all supplies, and fled to Jinniu Mountain in embarrassment.

When Wang Lanping attacked the middle camp of the Qing army with a lot of scars, there were only dead corpses and mountains of silver grain all over the ground, and even Kong Youde's handsome banner was thrown down.

"Catch up, kill!"

Wang Lanping did not give up this opportunity to kill Kong Youde, and immediately ordered the champion army to cover up and kill him to the west, and kept chasing Kong Youde to death.

16,000 champions, 40,000 Qing soldiers were broken, and 7,000 were beheaded.

At this time, Wang Lanping could finally sit down and rest, his face was pale, his body was weak, and he was bleeding too much.

In Kong Youde's tent, Wang Lanping gritted his teeth and endured the pain to the bone, and the military medical officer removed three bloody arrows from his legs and back.

Half of the 200 soldiers outside the tent were also lost, and at this time, the army all pursued Kong Youde, and Wang Lanping also asked people to transfer the Fengzi Battalion and the Anyuan Battalion back from Zhaoguan, where there was no need to set up defenses.

As soon as Song Dali and Song Xian entered the tent, they saw that Wang Lanping's whole body was stained red with blood, and their hearts were shocked.

Wang Lanping endured some dizzy thoughts, and pressed his hand and said, "Don't make a fuss, the generals will inevitably die before the battle, what is my injury, don't worry, I can't die"

Song Dali was furious, crossed his waist, and snorted, "Kong Youde, this grandson, when he is caught, Lao Tzu will have to tear off his bones one by one and burn them as firewood."

Song Xiandao, "The commander is injured, don't move, the overall situation is determined, Kong Youde can't run far"

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and the commander of the Huaiyuan battalion hurriedly came in, "Commander, we have won a complete victory in this battle, Kong Youde only led thousands of remnants to flee to the west, and Cao Dingjiao, the commander of the Dingyuan battalion, is leading his troops to chase."

Wang Lanping struggled to support his body with his elbows, and Song Dali hurriedly stepped forward to support him, allowing the Governor to lean on his body.

"After this battle, our champion army is also greatly injured, 60,000 soldiers (including Shi Kefa's Yangzhou soldiers) are stationed in Yangzhou, and 40,000 heroic souls are buried in other places, brothers, my Wang Lanping is proud of you"

Chen Wanliang, the commander of the Anyuan battalion, said, "Only when the commander has a good command can this great achievement be achieved, and the soldiers will die well."

Wang Lanping nodded, his heart was warm, if he could succeed in the future, he would definitely make this group of brothers rich.

"Well, each battalion will write down the names of the soldiers who died in the battle, and they will have to pay a lot of money to their families in the future, the brothers died here, and they can't let their families have nothing to rely on, the brothers of the champion army are a family"

"Yes!" The generals are also full of emotion.

Everything seems to have settled, the champion army and Yangzhou soldiers annihilated 100,000 Qing soldiers at the cost of more than 40,000 casualties, more than 40 senior generals of the Eight Banners such as Aobai, and the captured armaments were innumerable, and hundreds of thousands of food and salaries were found from Kong Youde's camp, regardless of whether Kong Youde was alive or not, the elite of the Qing army in the Jianghuai area was completely lost, and the millions of dani grain, grass and grain money transferred from Beijing also came to naught.

But often things are always a hundred secrets, according to the plan formulated by Wang Lanping, Kong Youde will never have a way out, go west across the Golden Bull Mountain, 50,000 Ming troops are in charge, Kong Youde's remnants will be the enemy on their backs, and there will definitely be no return.

Then, the champion army will join the 50,000 Ming army of Jinniu Mountain to give Duoduo a head-on blow, and at that time, the army can calmly return to Jiangnan to rest.

The remnant sun sinks in the west. It was nearly dusk.

Wang Lanping can finally let the brothers sit down and rest for a while, many of the soldiers of the champion army who have not closed their eyes for a day and night fall to the ground and can't get up. The soldiers did their best, and they didn't pick the ground, just in this battlefield full of dead people, sleeping everywhere.

There are Malay reports that say that the vanguard army of Duoduo has approached Zhaoguan less than seventy miles.

At this moment, Cao Dingjiao, who went to pursue Kong Youde, came back, with an angry face.

The generals helped Wang Lanping out of the big tent.

Song Dali asked, "What about the thief?" Don't say that you beat him to death, Lao Tzu has to pinch him to death with his own hands."

Cao Dingjiao threw the big knife in his hand to the ground. As soon as he heard Song Dali's words, he became even more angry on the spot, pointing in the direction of Nanjing and scolding, "Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, what kind of dog officials do you raise?"

When Wang Lanping heard this, he secretly said in his heart, "Cao Dingjiao." What happened? ”

Cao Dingjiao arched his hand sideways, "Commander." I can't fight this battle, who are the people sent by the court, I'm so angry."

Seeing this, Song Dali's eyes sank, and he pulled Cao Dingjiao's arm and said, "What's the matter." You can't have chased the old thief back, have you? Yes! ”

"Chasing, how to chase, there is not a single Ming army hair in Jinniu Mountain, Kong Youde will pass there as easily as going home, where will I chase it." I inquired with the people around me, and as soon as Wang Yongji, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, heard that Duoduo was coming from Sizhou, he pulled out the camp and ran away early this morning.

Wang Lanping glared at the newly appointed Sentinel Cavalry Qian, and shouted, "How did you explore the battalion, didn't you say that everything is normal in the Jinniu Mountain camp?" ”

The thousand general soul did not possess the body, panicked to report the military situation, and the crime was punishable by death, "Governor, Commander, I, my soldiers reported that they saw with their own eyes in the morning that the banner in the Jinniu Mountain military camp was clear, no, there was no sign of running, Governor, spare your life."

"False report of military information, behead!" Wang Lanping didn't say much.

At this time, another sentry came to report.

"Report, Commander, the Qing reinforcements are approaching Zhaoguan, they have thrown down all their baggage, come on light horses, and they will arrive within three hours."

When Song Dali heard that Kong Youde had run away, he was so angry that he stomped his feet, turned around and ran to the side of the war horse, and scolded in his mouth, "Run, where to run, Lao Tzu has to bring him back and kill him even if he chases him to Sizhou."

Wang Lanping shouted, "Come back, after the Golden Bull Mountain, the avenue leads to the sky, you can't catch up, Kong Youde is so defeated, Duoduo will not spare him, the order, the whole army retreats quickly, Yangzhou City can't stay, the class teacher returns to Nanjing"

There are no more than 10,000 people left in the champion army, and they are not capable of fighting alone, so withdraw it, there is no need to defend Jiangbei.

The army withdrew, all the grain that could not be taken away was burned, and the Qing soldiers could only be fed if they stayed here, and all the baggage was thrown away, Song Dali looked at dozens of artillery, and was reluctant to get it, and finally got it, but these guys were too bulky, so they could only grit their teeth and blow them up.

Under the sunset, a ragged Ming army unit, hugging each other in front and back, supporting the wounded soldiers, quickly retreated to the Yangtze River, Wang Lanping was seriously injured and was carried by everyone on a stretcher.

When night fell, this gave the champion army a glimmer of life, and it took advantage of the night to travel a hundred and ten miles, and when it was dawn, it was only sixty or seventy miles away from the Yangtze River.

Wang Lanping's arrow was seriously injured and bled all night, and now the wound is inflamed again, coupled with the bumps of the night, the whole body is as hot as fire.

But at this time, the rear army quickly came to report, saying that the Qing soldiers had caught up, and the distance between the two armies was only twenty or thirty miles.

"Chen Wanliang, you, take 3,000 people, after this break"

Wang Lanping was so weak that he couldn't even speak, saying that it was after the break, but in fact, no one could go back alive after the break, and the rear army had 30,000 cavalry, and it was useless to keep any number of people, just hoping to buy more time for the army.

Chen Wanliang did not refuse, "Yes, Commander, brothers, take care"

Wang Lanping's lips were pale, and he smiled reluctantly, "Brother, I'm waiting for you by the river"

Chen Wanliang smiled bitterly, "Okay, if I don't arrive before dark, the general can go by himself."

At this time, another person said, "No, Governor Wang, I am Shi Ge Lao's subordinate, I am the garrison commander of Yangzhou City, I should stay here the most, Shi Ge Lao does not hesitate to die, why do I love this, the champion army is all heroes, I am old, give me one last chance to be loyal to the court, Commander, go away, I will stay"

The person who spoke was Xu Dingguo, the last remaining general of the Yangzhou soldiers, the veteran's eyes were bloodshot, but his expression was extremely firm.

Wang Lanping did not refute, thinking that as soon as Shi Kefa died, Yangzhou City was broken, the imperial court would definitely find a scapegoat, and General Xu was the commander of the Yangzhou garrison, he couldn't hide from this charge, and he couldn't end up well when he returned to Nanjing.

"Okay, General Lao Xu is good, thank you for your kindness, goodbye Nanjing"

After the champion army left, Xu Dingguo took the remaining more than 2,000 remnants of Yangzhou soldiers, cut down trees, piled up on the road that the Qing soldiers must pass, destroyed several bridges, lined up along the road, and waited for the Qing soldiers to come.

Sure enough, in less than an hour, the front of Xu Dingguo was covered with dust, and tens of thousands of Qing cavalry were killed like a whirlwind.

With more than 2,000 Yangzhou soldiers, where can they stop 30,000 Qing soldiers, the Qing soldiers stepped on with iron hooves, only a few charges, and half of Xu Dingguo's side fell.

Xu Dingguo looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, presumably the champion army and they were all safe.

At this time, Xu Dingguo had no way to survive at all, thousands of people were surrounded by Qing soldiers in the middle, and they were shot at will, although there were shield soldiers blocking arrows on the outer layer, it was just one more time or three more moments.

The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, but at this moment, the Qing army suddenly stopped attacking, and a Manchu general stepped forward, and this person was the famous general Aixin Jueluo among the Manchus. Nikan, the grandson of Nurhachi, was knighted as the king of the county.

Ni Kansheng rolled in his hand, and pointed at Xu Dingguo, who was wrapped in Yangzhou soldiers, with a horsewhip.

"Put down your weapons, shave your hair and surrender, and avoid death!"

Xu Dingguo separated the soldiers, squeezed out, and laughed, "I'd rather be a ghost of the Han family than a guest of the captive family."

The corners of Nikan's mouth rose, he smiled disdainfully, waved his hand, and saw dozens of Ming army prisoners being pressed out.

"If you fall, you can live"

Xu Dingguo gritted his teeth, "Don't think about it!" ”

The sharp knife fell, ten human heads rolled under the horse, and then ten more Ming prisoners were pressed in front of the Qing soldiers' broadswords.

"Fall or not fall"

At this time, the captives who were pressed to the ground cried continuously, "General, come down, save us"

"If you don't fall, the old man won't fall if he dies" Xu Dingding's eyes were like a fight, and he was about to cross his neck when he raised his sword.

"General, don't" His own soldiers pressed his hand to death.

Swish!

Ten more heads fell to the ground.

Nikan didn't say a word of nonsense, "You can live by shaving your hair"

"General, come down, stop fighting"

The soldiers around Xu Dingguo all knelt down, and they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

"Drop! Fall! Fall! The surrounding Qing soldiers shouted in unison, and the scimitar pointed at Xu Dingguo's hundreds of people.

"General, please, put down your weapons, don't fight"

Xu Dingguo closed his eyes, took off his helmet, his messy gray hair flew in the wind, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, and he knelt on the ground, "The general of the defeated army, I am willing to surrender, let my soldiers go"

(After Xu Dingguo surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he served as the chief military officer of Suizhou in the Qing court, and on the first day after his arrival, he died under the steps of the official office.) ）

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Zheng Hongkui, the naval division of the champion army, was waiting for the arrival by the riverside, and more than 100 warships had already been cleared, connected to the army, set sail and anchor, and rushed to Zhenjiang Water Village by waterway. (To be continued.) )