Ao Bai endured the sharp pain like a tear between his legs, and pushed the commander of the Qing army, Azig, to the top of the mountain.

Azig was too tired by this time to go down, and was carried by a sturdy white-armored soldier on his back.

However, it was precisely because Azig showed his traces as soon as he went up the mountain, and Liu Xiyao, who was a hundred steps away from him, hurriedly raised his flintlock pistol and fired two shots in the direction of Azig.

One shot hit Azig directly in the arm, while the other shot was blocked by one of Azig's coated minions, which rolled down the hill.

Azig screamed, and rolled off the white-armored soldier and fell down the hill on the other side.

"Lord Wang!" Seeing this, Ao Bai was desperate and rolled down with a dry Qing army iron horse, and was busy rushing to save Azig.

Here, Liu Xiyao immediately chased after him with a cadre of Guards infantry, but when he reached the top of the mountain, the remnants of the Qing army who followed Azig also fled into the deep darkness with Azig.

Liu Xiyao glanced at Dong Zhining: "Leave a team of people here to pick up the other brothers, and the rest will come with me!" ”

Liu Fangliang and other cavalry of the Guards also led their horses to the top of the mountain, and after hearing that Liu Xiyao had led the infantry to chase after them, they also immediately led their horses down the mountain, and immediately chased after them as soon as they got off the mountain.

Wait until dawn the next day.

Liu Fangliang's cavalry was still searching for the vast wilderness at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain, pursuing the remnants of Azig's retreating army.

However, at this time, Azig and other remnants had already arrived in Suixian, and replenished the horses and military supplies here, and quickly headed towards Xiangyang City.

Suizhou is between Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain, but in the northwest of Suizhou is a vast plain, which is an alluvial plain belt formed by many tributaries of the Han River, so the speed of Azig and other cavalry riding on war horses from Suizhou to Xiangyang is naturally extremely fast.

However, Liu Fangliang also pursued in the direction of Suizhou towards Xiangyang at this time, and he also knew that Azig could only run in this direction if he wanted to, and if he ran in other directions, he could only enter the Tongbai Mountain Mountains again.

Once in Xiangyang, Azig did not stop for a moment, but followed the river valley in the direction of Shiyan to Shangzhou, Shaanxi, and arrived in Xi'an ten days later, and then entered Shanxi and returned to the capital.

From the beginning of last year to the present, after Azig went to Shaanxi and then went south to Huguang, bringing more than 30,000 Manchurian, Han and Mongolian iron cavalry, plus the soldiers who surrendered along the way, no less than 40,000 people, and now after returning to Beijing, there are only more than 3,000 iron cavalry left.

It can be said that it is not a big injury.

Liu Fangliang officially recaptured Xiangyang on the third day of the seventh month, and because he considered that the vast mountains of the Qinling Mountains in front of him were not easy to pursue, he also stopped at Xiangyang City.

At this time, Liu Xiyao's infantry was also ordered by Liu Fangliang to move south along the banks of the Han River to recover Chengtianfu.

Shang Kexi's artillery and infantry and part of the cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty had been annihilated by Huang Degong's troops, and even Shang Kexi was captured alive by Huang Degong.

Li Yan also began to order the exterminator army to go north to recover the lost territory.

On 15 July, the exterminators and Huang Degong's troops marched along the Han River and along the direction of Xiaogan in Suizhou, joining forces with Liu Xiyao's troops and Liu Fangliang's troops at Jiangling and Xiangyang, respectively.

At this point, the Battle of Huguang ended.

The battle ended in the crushing defeat of the Qing army's Azig division, with a total of more than 30,000 casualties among the exterminating army, and there are still more than 80,000 now, while Huang Degong's division suffered more than 500 cavalry casualties, and the Guards suffered more than 1,000 cavalry casualties and 30 infantry.

In general, the exterminators suffered the greatest casualties.

However, the Qing army also lost more than 30,000 troops, the most worthy of which is that the Qing army suffered more than 10,000 Manchurian iron cavalry, which are the essence of the Qing army, which means that Dolgon not only lost the arm of Duoduo, but now Azig's arm is also injured a lot.

Although Azig still brought back 3,000 iron horsemen, he could still guarantee Dolgon's status in the government and the opposition, but it was obviously difficult to completely suppress the forces such as Zilharang and even Hauge.

In addition, Shang Kexi, the Han king of the Qing court, was also captured alive.

This also means that the Han military landlords who were co-opted by the Qing court are now as long as Wu Sangui has not been captured by the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Fangliang officially transferred the defense of Xiangyang to the exterminating army, and his Third Army of the Guards would still be transferred back to the Fengyang area, and Xiangyang was still the forefront of the Ming Dynasty's battle against the Qing army in the Huguang territory.

To the north of Xiangyang is the Qinling Mountains, and to the south of Xiangyang is the alluvial plain of the Han River, so now Xiangyang is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, which still means that the Ming Dynasty can still firmly control the defense initiative of the Huguang area.

From the Shandong Peninsula in the east to the south of the Yellow River in Henan, and then to the south of Huguang and Xiangyang, and finally to the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, in addition to Sichuan and Hanzhong are still in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen today, in the second half of 1645 A.D. in the Western calendar, the Ming Dynasty still controls half of the entire south, and even part of the Central Plains, such as most of Shandong and Henan.

The Qing court now controls the land in Guannei and the land north of Shanxi, Shaanxi and the Yellow River in Henan, of course, if the land outside the Guanhai controlled by him is included, the land area is still larger than that of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the land of wealth is only Beizhili.

The so-called grain producing areas are almost non-existent except for Beizhili, and now the Sanjiang Plain outside the Guanxi has not been developed, while the main grain producing areas of Henan are in the hands of Daming in the south of the Yellow River, the main grain producing areas of Huguang are also in the hands of Daming in the south of Xiangyang, and then the main grain producing areas in the southwest Sichuan and Hanzhong are in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong.

Therefore, the future situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be said to be not optimistic.

But the Ming naturally didn't care about the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now that the Qing army's strategy of going south to dominate the world has been defeated, the Ming Dynasty itself has to start preparing for its own Northern Expedition.

"Blocking the platform, military advisor, there is no need to send it, Liu almost came one step too late, and almost wiped out the brothers of the exterminating army, it was Liu's fault, and I also asked the military advisor to convey Liu's apology to the brothers of the exterminating army again", Liu Fangliang said and rode away.

And Huang Degong also came over and patted the shoulders of Yinxi and Li Yan: "After this battle, although I don't know when the next big war will start, Huguang is still definitely the place where the Qing army must attack except Jiangnan, and everything has to rely on the two of them." ”

"Grandpa Guo, please rest assured, Your Majesty's entrustment, the humble rank has never dared to forget, if the Qing army dares to come again, he will be called back."

Du Yinxi smiled and said a few words.

Huang Degong smiled and whipped south, and rode towards Jiangxi.

And Du Yinxi and Li Yan also looked at each other and smiled, and each went back and began to write the secret recital of the Huguang War to His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen gave the two of them the right to play secretly, and the purpose was to let the two of them supervise each other.

At this time, Du Yinxi praised Li Yan in the secret recital for how to anticipate the enemy first, seek the overall situation for the imperial court, and do not hesitate to drag down the Azig Department with the future of the entire extermination army.

And Li Yan also praised Du Yinxi as the governor of Huguang in the secret recital, but he did not think of himself as a court official, and discriminated against the thief-born exterminator army, which can be said to be well aware of righteousness and humble as a valley.

(End of chapter)