However, Li Zicheng's focus was on Huguang, and he heard that Chongzhen's army was attacking Zuomengeng's department in Henan, and mobilized the available troops to fully support Bai Wang in Huguang.

Liu Zongmin and Liu Fangliang respectively led the two battalions of the middle battalion and the left battalion to the Huguang battlefield, waiting for the Chongzhen court to pull out Zuo Menggeng's troops, and then attacked Wuchangwu.

Zuo Liangyu was in the mansion of Wuchang Mansion, seriously ill and did not enter, the general reported the military situation to him, when he was sober, he ordered Zuo Mengeng to withdraw, when he was not sober, there was almost no ordinary thinking, and the generals under his command saw him like this, so they had to return to the defense area and prepare to resist the attack of the Dashun army.

The war in the Huguang area was about to break out, in Runing Mansion, Zuo Mengeng and Zhang Luofu were still facing each other on the border line, neither army dared to take the lead in attacking, and the Qing court envoys were also happy to see the Ming army continue to consume grain and grass, but in mid-May, Huang Degong's department, which was in a stalemate with the Qing army in Beizhili, suddenly retreated.

Throughout the first half of the year, Huang Degong's troops have been fighting against the Qing army in the south of Beizhili, Dolgon and the Manchu high-level uphold the defensive strategy, and because of the implementation of the shaving order, a large-scale rebel army rises, the main force of the Qing army suppressed the rebel army in the occupied area, exhausted, in the face of the Ming army's attack, the Qing army has always been on the defensive.

In order to maintain a large army, the Qing army leaders decided to use war to feed the war, gather troops and horses from all over the country, and wave their troops to the south.

This time, the target of the Qing army was not Shanxi, nor Shaanxi, nor the Central Plains, which had been beaten to pieces, but the rich Jiangnan region.

Dolgon held a swearing-in meeting in the capital, and the Qing army was divided into two roads, one way with Duoduo as the general of the expedition to the south, Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou as the auxiliary, leading 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners and 200,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion, attacking from Baoding Mansion in the north.

On the other hand, Hao Ge was the general of Pingxi, Turai, Ao Bai was the deputy general, Shang Kexi, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Sanshun Wang were supplemented, leading 30,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners and 250,000 soldiers from the Green Battalion, and went south from Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong.

Dolgon gave Bolo 10,000 more troops, ordered him to hold Datong Mansion, an important town in the northeast of Shanxi, and transferred back to Zilharang to guard the border between Beizhili and Shanxi.

The Qing army's offensive was like a bamboo, and Huang Degong's troops were defeated by the Qing army in Beizhili, and Huang Degong personally led 80,000 soldiers and horses and Duoduo to fight a decisive battle in Guangping Mansion.

In this battle, the Qing army mobilized the main force, with the green battalion of Wu Sangui as the vanguard, and the Ming army fought a bloody battle, just like the battle of Shanhaiguan, when the Ming army and the green battalion fought fiercely, the Eight Banners quietly killed and defeated the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Huang's troops were defeated like a mountain, Huang Degong was wounded by an arrow, most of the generals under his command surrendered, Huang Degong was forced to retreat to the Daimyo's Mansion and stabilize the defense line in the Daimyo's Mansion, but was broken through the defense line by Wu Sangui's troops, and Huang Degong's troops collapsed on the whole line.

The general risked death to cover Huang Degong's retreat, retreated to Henan, Huang Degong's department left more than 10,000 people, and these more than 10,000 people were also frightened birds, Huang Degong continued to retreat, and after retreating to Kaifeng Mansion, Zhang Luofu and Zuo Mengeng's two troops were shocked.

No one thought that the Qing army would go south again, or mobilize the main force to go south, and defeat the strongest combat force of the Hongguang Imperial Court, Huang Degong's troops, in the first battle.

Zhang Luofu immediately reported to His Majesty in Yicheng that the Qing army was moving south, and after Zhu Youzhen got the information, he was not angry but happy, he seemed to see the hope of a counteroffensive, just like Li Zicheng broke through the capital a year ago, he could also lead the troops north to the capital and stew the Qing army's high-level leaders.

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Zhu Youzhen calmed down this time, but he had to wait, wait for the Qing army to go south, and then lead the troops to attack the capital, so that it was too late for the Qing army to come back to help.

He ordered all troops and horses to strengthen drills, and at the same time issued a holy decree to Ling Jingyang, He Zhen, and Jiang Xuan, ordering the three to reorganize their armies and fight, and go north to attack Datong Mansion in the near future.

Ling Jingyang scoffed at Zhu Youzhen's holy decree, his attention was on the Fusang people, after the Fusang people entered Lingshi County, they seemed to become puppets, honestly making a living in Lingshi County, Ling Jingyang was puzzled, did these Fusang people come to Lingshi County to provide free labor?

It wasn't until Zhu Youzhen's holy decree and the information sent by Jiang Jiu that Ling Jingyang knew that it was the Qing army that went south again, and the forces of all parties fought again in the Central Plains, killing rivers of blood.

The Fuso people did not need to assassinate him to provoke war with the Qing army.

Ling Jingyang no longer hesitated, ordered Wangbao to exterminate the Fusang people, and asked Mei Shaozuo and Zhou Yuan to capture the Fusang leader together.

Wang Bao was full of confidence and Ling Jingyang said that they would definitely annihilate the Fusang people in Lingshi County in one fell swoop, Mei Shaozuo and Zhou Yuanfeng rushed back from Fenzhou, and when they returned to the city, they were scolded by Wang Bao, saying that the two of them were fools, and they didn't know what to do in Fenzhou?

Mei Shaozuo and Zhou Yuan were also confused, the two of them came and went in the wind and rain in Fenzhou, just to find the shadow of the Fusang people, but in the end they found that the Fusang people had infiltrated Lingshi City, and they were still under the nose of Lingdu Governor.

The two of them were ashamed and embarrassed, and Wang Bao told the two that the governor of Lingdu had long known that the Fusang people had come to Lingshi County, and they only needed to take people to eliminate the Fusang people when they acted tonight.

Zhou Yuan admired Ling Jingyang very much, it seemed that he still needed more tempering if he wanted to become Ling Jingyang's eyes and ears, but Mei Shaozuo suddenly said to Wang Bao: "General Wang, how many people are you bringing tonight?" ”

Wang Bao touched his chin and beard, quite disdainful: "Two hundred strong men are enough." ”

"General Wang must not, this Fusang people are all good hands, the last general thinks that to mobilize the soldiers of the Iron Fist Army, it is best to bring more shield soldiers, so that the Fusang people's sword skills can not be played, so that our army can have an advantage and attack the shortcomings of the Fusang people."

"Get out of the way, I have two hundred strong men, and I can't destroy dozens of Fusang people?"

Wang Bao was very arrogant, he gave Mei Shaozuo twenty soldiers, told him to kill Major General Mei tonight, and he led his troops to destroy the other Fusang scattered in the city.

Mei Shaozuo saw that Wang Bao didn't listen to him, and hurriedly came to Ling Jingyang's mansion, but today Ling Jingyang did not spend the night with Wen Yuanyang, and the soldiers standing guard at the door told Mei Shaozuo that Ling Dudu spent the night in the military camp tonight.

Mei Shaozuo took Zhou Yuan to the barracks, and Ling Jingyang was doing physical training in the barracks, because the Qing army raised troops to the south, and Ling Jingyang couldn't sit in Lingshi County to watch the Qing army attack the city, he wanted to lead his troops and give the Qing army some color.

To fight with the Qing army, it is inevitable to travel a long distance, Ling Jingyang has been eating, drinking and having fun with Wen Mandarin Duck these days, his body has been a lot weaker, and he came to the military camp to practice frantically, Mei Shaozuo looked for her, and Ling Jingyang was still doing pull-ups.

Mei Shaozuo saw Ling Jingyang sweating like rain, and after he stopped, he talked to Ling Jingyang about Wang Bao leading troops to eliminate the Fusang people tonight, Ling Jingyang nodded, Wang Bao was going to carry out his order, why did Mei Shaozuo still object?

"Dudu, when I was on the side of the Fusang people, I knew about Fusang in Shanxi

At the top level, there is a ninja army, all of them are masters, and these strong men led by General Wang tonight are afraid that it will be difficult to encircle and annihilate this Fuso ninja. ”

Ling Jingyang didn't know this news, he received information from Wangbao that there was no special place for the Fusang people in Lingshi County, but listening to Mei Shaozuo's words today, Ling Jingyang felt the need to increase troops to Wangbao.

He immediately mobilized the four commanders of the Iron Fist Legion and ordered them to lead troops to support the castle, and he personally led twenty personal soldiers and fifty sword and shield soldiers to supervise the battle in the city.

The sky soon darkened, and Wang Bao was mobilizing him before the battle, and he promised to kill a Fuso man tonight, and he would reward him with a roast chicken.

Most of his subordinates are ordinary people, where have they eaten how much meat, I heard that there is roast chicken, all of them are very excited, Wang Bao mobilized the emotions of his subordinates, and immediately issued a general attack.

Two hundred strong men from all over the city launched an attack on the Fuso ninjas, Wang Bao thought that he could win a big victory tonight, as soon as he fought, Wang Bao complained bitterly, this Fusang people are not good-looking, how can they be so ruthless.

In the battle, the soldiers under his command seemed to be all clay figures, and they were hacked to death by the Fusang people as soon as they fought, without saying a word.

How can he swallow this breath, he pulled out his waist knife and killed with the Fuso people, he can fight, and the ninja has come and gone, but his subordinates have been beaten to the ground, and the speed of this Fuso man's knife is too fast?

Fighting in the alley again, the city defense army of Wangbao was taught to be a man by the ninjas, and after more than half of the casualties, Ling Jingyang led troops to reinforce in time, and hundreds of sword and shield soldiers of the Iron Fist Legion came up, so that the city defense army with heavy losses was able to withdraw.

Under the command of officers at all levels of the Iron Fist Legion, the sword and shield soldiers approached step by step with their shields, and the ninja knife men were useless, no matter how fast they slashed and how hard they slashed, they had no effect on the strong shield.

Seeing that the slashing had no effect, some ninjas wanted to fly away, but found that the nearby houses were also full of Ming soldiers, and most of the ninjas were dismembered by random knives after slashing at the sword and shield soldiers, and finally there was only Major General Mei and a ninja still alive.

Major General Mei regretted it very much, he continued to lurk in Lingshi County, because he wanted to have many Ming people here, and there were many beautiful women living in the city, and the living conditions were also good, and he wanted to establish a secret base here, sleeping with Ming women in his arms during the day, and secretly developing his forces at night, even if the Ming army launched a surprise attack, he was sure that the driver would retreat.

It seems that tonight, the Ming army should have come prepared, he should have withdrawn from Lingshi City a long time ago, and should not continue to lurk in Lingshi County, he watched hundreds of Ming troops step by step After all, he roared loudly: "Dare to duel with me?" ”

Suddenly, a familiar Fusang language came out of the Ming army, and it was Mei Shaozuo who greeted him in Fusang language again.

"Duel your mother?"

Major General Mei couldn't believe it and watched Mei Shaozuo come out of the Ming army, he was surprised that Mei Shaozuo hadn't died a long time ago, why did he suddenly appear in front of him, Mei Shaozuo and Ling Jingyang introduced this person, who was the supreme commander of the Fusang people in Shanxi, codenamed Major General Mei.

Ling Jingyang was also curious about this Fusang spy, why did he go to such a code name, he and Major General Mei said: "As long as you surrender, spare you from death." ”

Major General Mei burst into bruises, and once again shouted for a duel.

"Do you dare to duel me?"