Hong Chengchou is naturally not a fool, knowing that Xiangfu, as the southern gate of Kaifeng City, is related to his strategic plan of successfully advancing westward to Germany and then occupying Fengyang.

Therefore, when Hong Chengchou opened the blockade, he had already let Gushan Ezhen, Liu Zhiyuan and Guanning general Zu Zerun lead 30,000 people to enter Xiangfu.

However, Hong Chengchou sent 20,000 horses of Li Guohan, a third-class man, to Xiangfu the day before the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army arrived in Kaifeng City.

"Since the main force of the Guards is in Huguang and Shandong, the first-class Gong Tan Taibu and He Luohui are afraid that it will be difficult to resist, now it is time for us to help them, pass the order, two days later, the army will withdraw from Kaifeng City, enter Defu from Xiangfu, and Li Guohan, Liu Zhiyuan, and Zu Zerun will occupy Lanyang, Ningling, and Shangqiu respectively."

Hong Chengchou's sudden order surprised the main generals of the Qing court present.

"Hong Zhongtang, what's going on with you, didn't you say that you would bloody Kaifeng City in three days, why did you suddenly evacuate Kaifeng, do you want this Kaifeng anymore! My brethren are waiting to go into the city to get rid of the evil spirits, but would you better play us like monkeys? ”

Luckedhun was furious first.

"Lord Baylor is angry, and listen to the explanation of the lower officials, this road Zhenfei is hateful, but the city of Kaifeng is thick with high walls, because we threatened to slaughter the city so that the soldiers and civilians in the city have the heart of fighting to the death, if we attack the city in three days will be difficult, it is better to evacuate suddenly, enter and occupy Guide and then occupy Fengyang, and then slaughter Fengyang is not too late, Fengyang is much richer than Kaifeng in the land of the four wars, and it is Zhu Mingzhongdu, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb, when the time comes, it will be dug together, won't it be more intimidating to the courage of the Ming people?"

As soon as Hong Chengchou said this, Luck Dehun didn't say anything more, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

And Henan Admiral Zhou Ze couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, and said in his heart: "This Hong Chengchou suddenly changed his strategy, not to slaughter Kaifeng, but to slaughter Fengyang, it can't be said that it is not cunning, you have to find a way to pass it on to the imperial court, otherwise it will not be good if Fengyang is really lost." ”

Just when Zhou Ze was secretly thinking about how to find an opportunity to pass on this change, a Qing army general had already rushed in: "Zhongtang, a large number of Ming troops have appeared outside Xiangfu City, with a scale of no less than 70,000!" ”

……

The 70,000 Ming troops outside the city of Xiangfu reported by the Qing army were naturally the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

At this time, the Second Corps of the Guards only hastily ate some dry food, and launched an attack on Xiangfu City after resting for half an hour.

The only heavy cannon brought played a role, and the twelve catties of iron bullets hit the gate of Xiangfu County City heavily, directly blowing up the gate of Xiangfu County.

Liu Fangliang personally led two cavalry battalions to kill them.

At that time, bows and arrows were already raining down on the county town of Xiangfu, and there were a large number of firearms.

But in order to rush into the city to prevent the Qing army from blocking the city gate, Liu Fangliang and the two cavalry battalions of the Second Corps still rushed inside.

Although many cavalry soldiers of the Guards were shot or shot and fell, because of the rapid mobility of the cavalry and the personal leadership of Liu Fangliang, the chief officer, the two cavalry battalions still rushed into more than 8,000 Guards cavalry.

However, as soon as he rushed in, there were countless Qing army firearms aimed at Liu Fangliang.

"Put!"

Li Guohan in the Qing army camp smiled coldly, and suddenly shouted.

And Liu Fangliang of the Guards shouted, "Kill!" He rushed over desperately, and at the same time threw the earth-shaking thunder into the Qing army's firearms camp.

The firearms of the Qing army were mostly bird guns, that is, arquebuses, mixed with Chongzhen's seventeen-style flintlock pistols, so the range of firepower was poor, but the blocking of shooting at the city gate also posed a great threat to Liu Fangliang and other cavalry of the Guards.

However, Liu Fangliang skillfully threw out the earth-shattering thunder first, and at the same time ordered the two cavalry to break through from the side.

The earth-shattering thunder exploded in the middle of the Qing army's firearms battalion, making the Qing army's firearms battalion a little chaotic, and Liu Fangliang took advantage of this to rush over from the flank of the Qing army's firearms battalion and directly killed three Qing army's firearms soldiers on the spot.

The rest of the cavalry also rushed into the Qing army's firearms battalion and began to slash and kill.

Many of the firearms soldiers of the Qing army did not have time to light the fire rope in a hurry, and they could not aim accurately in a hurry, and after a while, the entire firearms battalion of the Qing army directly blew up the nest and began to run in all directions.

Li Guohan also immediately rode his horse and fled.

At the same time, Liu Xiyao also took the four infantry battalions of the Second Corps of the Guards Army and began to shoot at the Qing defenders on the city wall around the city wall of Xiangfu City, and two infantry battalions followed and rushed into Xiangfu City.

"The first battalion of infantry immediately came to the aid of the marshal, the second battalion entered the county office, and the other two artillery battalions went to the city wall with their own officers!"

At the same time as Liu Xiyao gave the order, Li Guohan also fled back to the county government and found Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan and the chief soldier Zu Zerun: "Ezhen, the attack on Xiangfu is really the main force of the Ming army, there are no more than 10,000 cavalry alone, and the cavalry has occupied the southern city gate, my people are not blocked, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

"What, it's really the main force of the Ming army, doesn't it mean that the main force of the army has gone to Shandong and Huguang?"

Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan said.

"Where do you know, but there are indeed tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city, and all the troops are neat, I shoot with such a dense firearm, these Ming troops dare to rush, almost the same as my Manchurian iron cavalry, it seems to be a well-trained cavalry, this is not the main force, quickly withdraw, whether you withdraw or not, I will take my people to withdraw first!"

Li Guohan hurriedly ordered to gather his soldiers and horses to prepare for the evacuation.

And Liu Zhiyuan and Zu Zerun saw that he was going to withdraw, so they had to take their soldiers and horses to prepare to evacuate Xiangfu City.

……

"Can't let the Qing army of this auspicious talisman easily return to Kaifeng, which will inevitably lead to Kaifeng being easier to break, all the officers and soldiers of the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army immediately chased after it, and bit the Qing army in Xiangfu City to the death!"

Liu Fangliang immediately gave the order to pursue, so the officers and soldiers of the Second Corps of the 70,000 Guards Army gritted their teeth and chased after them, and surrounded nearly 50,000 horses of Li Guohan, Liu Zhiyuan and Zu Zerun in Baliwan Town.

In addition to leaving two artillery battalions to garrison Xiangfu City, the Guards who participated in the encirclement of Li Guohan, Liu Zhiyuan, and Zu Zerun had a total of 60,000 guards.

Li Guohan, Liu Zhiyuan, and Zu Zerun The three Qing armies were trying to break through the encirclement of the Second Corps of the Guards at this time, but they were also quite desperate, and each of the three families let their own 500 elite cavalry join forces and directly kill the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

This total of 1,500 Qing army iron cavalry rushed to the north of the Guards when they encountered Liu Yuanxi's infantry battalion, Liu Yuanxi's infantry battalion is actually a B-class battalion, but it is also equipped with Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistol, but most of the soldiers are recruits who have been in the army for one year, although these recruits have not undergone actual combat, but after long-term training, they can calmly shoot this 1,500 Qing army iron cavalry.

Liu Yuanxi's infantry battalion ran like two pincers of a crab and shot at the Qing cavalry who were trying to break through the encirclement of the guards in a wedge, and the cavalry on both sides and in the front of the Qing army were immediately shot to the ground and rolled far away directly on the ground.

The dense barrage formed by Chongzhen's nineteen-style flintlock pistol made the 1,500 Qing army iron cavalry lose more than 800 cavalry at once, and the remaining 700 cavalry did not dare to rush back again.

(End of chapter)