Jiang Hao asked Ling Jingyang to withdraw the military order, he thought that the Qing army was not so fast, and when the Ming army retreated to Bailu Mountain, the Qing army was still on the way to come, and the number of cavalry corps was not large, just these hundreds of people could not contain the pace of the Qing army's advance.

Ling Jingyang humbly accepted his suggestion and asked the cavalry corps to retreat with him, and tens of thousands of Ming troops retreated towards Bailu Mountain in an orderly manner.

On another road to Bailu Mountain, Li Benshen led his troops to retreat westward in a hurry, and after retreating to the twenty-mile road, he suddenly encountered an army coming from the direction of Zezhou.

Gao Jie saw Li Benshen walking back, and threw a whip angrily.

"Li Benshen, cowardly?"

Li Benshen looked at his uncle Gao Jie embarrassedly, Gao Jie went over with a whip again, and Li Benshen didn't dare to move.

"Go back, go back."

Gao Jie gave up the defense of Zezhou this time and led the whole army to support Weihui Mansion, it was his wife who persuaded him that if Weihui Mansion lost the battle, Zezhou would be the next offensive target of the Qing army, it was better to have the right to be on duty to the Ming army of Weihui Mansion, if he won, he could still survive, unfortunately he was defeated by the Qing army, and he could also take the troops south to Huguang and defect to Zuo Liangyu.

Mrs. Gao Jie's words made Gao Jiemao pause, he led the whole army to hurry to Weihui Mansion, and after seeing Li Benshen on the road, he forced Li Benshen to return to the battlefield with him.

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Gao Jie led the troops to the battlefield, and Ling Jingyang also led the troops to deploy in Bailu Mountain, as Jiang Hao said, the speed of the Qing army was not so fast, only a few scouts kept up with the pace of the Ming army, and found out that the Ming army was deployed in Bailu Mountain.

The Qing army was still walking on the road, and Duoduo brought more than 2,000 artillery units this time, with fifteen Hongyi cannons, and dozens of chariots, and his subordinates were also in high spirits and wanted to fight with the Ming army in the field, instead of carrying their heads to attack the city.

The scouts of the Qing army sent back the information of the Ming army's deployment in Bailu Mountain to Duoduo, Duoduo came to the spirit, he was really afraid that the Ming army would passively avoid the war, and he needed to spend a lot of effort to conquest, since the Ming army was deployed in Bailu Mountain, he was busy asking his generals to go back and report to Dolgon, and the Ming army from Shanxi to reinforce was concentrated in Bailu Mountain, Weihui Mansion.

Ask Dolgon to increase the attack on Bailu Mountain, continue to besiege without attacking Xinxian County, and wait for the annihilation of the Ming army of Bailu Mountain, and carry the head of the Ming army of Bailu Mountain to Xinxiang City to surrender, and you can break through Xinxiang City without blowing your strength.

Dolgon received the military information from Duoduo, and immediately ordered the 60,000 Qing troops under Xinxiang City to prepare for combat reinforcements, leaving only 30,000 people to garrison outside Xinxiang City, and all other troops to support Duoduo in the battle.

Most of the Qing army withdrew, so that the Ming soldiers in the city cheered, Leng Rutie summoned Murong Tu, Niu Guangtian, Jiang Xuan and other generals to surround together, and decided to go out of the city to raid the Qing army.

Niu Guangtian, Murong Tu and Jiang Xuan did not agree, but Leng Rutie insisted on going out of the city to fight, he thought that the Qing army suddenly retreated, it must be to attack the Ming army to support Xinxiang, at this time the turtle retreated in the city, did not dare to go out of the city to fight, let the Qing army destroy the friendly troops who came to support, Xinxiang City will be completely surrounded by the Qing army.

In fact, everyone didn't have much confidence in the decisive battle with the Qing army, and they all thought that they could keep the enemy out of the door with the protection of the city wall, but when they heard Leng Rutie say, everyone suddenly became enlightened and launched a bold march towards the Qing army outside the city

Attack.

In a village outside Xinxiang City, Dolgon leisurely looked at the beautiful scenery of the Central Plains, which would be full of people in the future, and his heart was very comfortable, and Hong Chengchou, who witnessed it with him, was even more flattering.

"Regent, only the Qing Dynasty is worthy of this beautiful scenery."

"Well, I have worked hard outside the Manchu Dynasty for decades, and finally entered the land of the Central Plains, this time I came, I won't go back, and we will be the masters of the Central Plains in the future."

The surrounding flag guards also showed smug smiles, Hong Chengchou did not feel the slightest guilt, and also laughed proudly with Dolgon.

Suddenly, a guard hurriedly came and reported to Dolgon, the Ming army of Xinxiang City suddenly went out of the city and was attacking the green battalion camp in the east of the city.

Leng Rutie gathered all the cavalry forces and stormed the weak green battalion barracks in the Qing army, and the other infantry troops guarded on both sides with shields, preventing the Qing army from supporting from nearby, among which Murong Tu and Niu Guangtian led their subordinates to escort the cavalry on the east and west sides to attack, Leng Rutie commanded the battle on the city wall, and Jiang Xuanbu followed behind the cavalry and entered the green battalion barracks.

The green battalion barracks attacked by the Ming army are the largest green battalion barracks in the Qing army, as long as this barracks is pulled out, the Qing army can become lame, and the green battalion under the command of Dolgon is outstanding, not a broken military household, but an elite soldier carefully selected from the green battalion soldiers from all over the country, in the face of the impact of the Ming army, the green battalion soldiers at all levels under the leadership of generals at all levels, withstood the repeated impact of the Ming army.

After the cavalry entered the barracks for a short distance, they could not attack, Jiang Xuan personally went into battle, and took his own soldiers into the barracks, after a hard fight, he was surrounded by the green battalion soldiers, most of his subordinates were killed and wounded, and he was still defeated by the Qing army, Jiang Xuan was forced to lead his subordinates to break through, and finally broke out, but also lost a large number of cavalry and infantry troops.

Guarding the left wing on both sides, the right wing troops were also fiercely attacked by the Qing army, the two troops had a large number of recruits, in the face of the attack of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion soldiers, they only resisted for a while, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and the soldiers of the Ming army were hacked to death by the Qing army, Niu Guangtian hurriedly led the troops to shrink the battle line, and wanted to gather together with Jiang Xuan's department, leaning on the city wall to resist the attack of the Qing army.

Murong Tu also resisted the Qing army's attack, his subordinates asked to withdraw from the battle, and if they continued to fight, the whole army would be annihilated by the Qing army, Murong Tu did not order a retreat, but led his subordinates to fight and retreat, he was the same as Niu Guangtian, he also wanted to retreat under the city wall with his troops, relying on the bows and arrows of the defenders on the city wall to resist the Qing army.

Leng Rutie watched the Ming army being pressed and beaten by the Qing army on the city wall, and he was in a hurry, but unfortunately the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not as good as that of the Qing army, he and Lao Mantou ordered to open the west gate and retreat from the west gate.

The old steamed bun was injured in the previous battle, and the wound had not yet recovered, so he was frightened and said coldly: "Commander Leng, do you want to give up the brothers outside the city?" ”

Leng Rutie didn't answer him, and continued to watch the battle outside the city, under the onslaught of the Qing army, the Ming army's formation was in chaos, and it wouldn't be long before the Qing army was completely defeated.

"Old steamed bun, I want to leave some seeds for the Central Army, you lead the troops to retreat, and I will go to the city to meet them."

Leng Rutie did not abandon the left flank that was still fighting outside the city, the right flank and Jiang Xuan's three soldiers and horses, the old steamed bun wanted to go with him, but the injuries on his body made him really powerless, so he had to break through from the west gate with a few troops.

Led by the leader

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Central Army rushed out of the east gate and plunged into the Qing army's formation, fighting for a glimmer of life for the precarious Ming army's defense line.

Dolgon looked at the Ming army's desperate fighting style, admired the bloody nature of the Ming people very much, and said to Hong Chengchou: "It would be good if these Ming people could serve me." ”

Hong Chengchou figured out what he meant and flattered him.

"Regent, the minion is going to surrender for the prince."

"Well, that's what I want, go and surrender."

Leng Rutie felt that he was going to die, he found Jiang Xuan in the battle and asked him to retreat quickly, and then found Murong Tu and Niu Guangtian, and asked the two to retreat as well.

As soon as he rushed out of the West Gate, he saw Lao Mantou and hundreds of soldiers of the Central Army blocked the way by a group of Qing troops, Jiang Xuan didn't say a word, waved his hand, and the remaining subordinates rushed up to support Lao Mantou, and then Niu Guangtian also took his subordinates to support, and the three armies combined amazingly broke through a gap in the Qing army, and thousands of Ming troops retreated north from the mouth.

The Qing army pursued relentlessly, and only the city was as cold as iron in the entire Xinxiang City, Murong Tu and his subordinates continued to resist, but their resistance was useless, and the Qing army squeezed the Ming army under the city wall like a bulldozer.

In the end, there were hundreds of Ming troops left, facing the Qing army surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, the Ming soldiers were almost desperate, Leng Rutie and Murong Tu said: "Brother Murong, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I have to fight with the Qing army, and tens of thousands of brothers are killed and injured, and I will make you cattle and horses in the next life, do you fancy it?" ”

"Hehe, what are you talking about, if you don't rush out, you will be starved to death by Jiannu, don't say that, fight?"

The two were determined to die for their country, but the Qing army suddenly stopped attacking, and a middle-aged man with a warm hat came out of the crowd, he looked at Leng Rutie and other Ming soldiers kindly, and said in official words: "Warriors, you have done your best." ”

Murong Tu and Leng Ru Iron Experiment, and the middle-aged man scolded: "Who are you? ”

"I, Hong Chengchou is also."

Murong Tu scolded: "You thief, you recognize the thief as your father, and your majesty will set up an altar for you to worship in vain." ”

With a resolute face, he decided to shed the last drop of blood and kill Hong Chengchou in front of the battle, but the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners stood in front of Hong Chengchou one after another, so that the two had no chance to get close to Hong Chengchou.

Leng Rutie wanted to surrender, but Murong Tu was unwilling to make a living, and Leng Rutie said softly: "Leng Commander, I will fight." ”

Leng Rutie hadn't come back to his senses yet, Murong Tu listened to the big knife and killed Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou looked at this person with pity, he was a fierce general, but it was a pity that it was an elm head, and he didn't need to give an order, hundreds of Qing archers shot at Murong Tu is wild.

Leng Rutie watched Murong Tu's body like a hedgehog, full of arrows, Murong Tu fell to the ground weakly, his body was covered with arrows, and the Qing soldiers didn't bother to cut off his head to receive the reward.

Hong Chengchou once again said to Leng Rutie and other remnants of the Ming army: "Everyone, don't learn from this person, if you die, you will die, and you will never have the opportunity to eat a full meal, and you will not have the opportunity to take a look at this world, as long as you return to the Qing Dynasty, eat and drink, and go home to marry a wife and have children, isn't it beautiful?" ”