Chapter 398: Turning to War (5)
The Qing army was chasing after him, Xu Sheng and the others were not in a hurry, Fang Xiaoyan told him that in the border area between Shuoxian and Ningwuguan, there were three hundred light cavalry led by Li Dudu, as long as the Qing army was introduced into the border area, this group of Qing soldiers would be a group of dead people.
Xu Sheng asked curiously, "Isn't Governor Li in Ningwu Pass?" ”
"Li Dudu couldn't stay idle, he had to take the troops to find out the enemy's situation, so Ling Dudu asked him to lead the cavalry to wander along the border, and when we came to Shuo County, we also told him and asked him to answer at the border."
"If he doesn't answer, this Jiannu can't catch up with us."
"Brother Xu, let's lure Jiannu to the border, isn't it good to kill Jiannu a lot?"
Thinking that he could kill dozens of more Qing soldiers, Xu Sheng still followed Fang Xiaoyan's advice, and took his subordinates and prisoners to pretend to be weak and unable to run fast, and was gradually caught up by the Qing army.
was about to retreat to the border line, Xu Sheng pretended not to run, ten people and eight horses walked slowly, and Niu Lu and more than fifty cavalrymen behind him, seeing that the Ming army could not run, they were extremely excited, and they couldn't wait to fly over and cut off the heads of this group of Ming soldiers.
The Qing army plunged into the ambush circle of the Ming army, Li Rufeng did not warm up for a long time, saw that there were Qing soldiers sent up, his blood was boiling, and he rushed to kill the Qing army with three hundred cavalry, the Qing army only had more than 50 people, and ran for a little more than half the night, and was killed by the sudden Ming army.
The Qing army Niu Lu was brave, one person killed three Ming cavalry in anger, and was shot by Xu Sheng, stabbed a hole in the throat, and was killed on the spot, and the other Qing troops could not stop the Ming army's attack, either killed, or threw down their weapons and surrendered, Xu Sheng felt that it was not enjoyable, and the battle was over before he was happy.
In this battle, more than a dozen Qing soldiers were captured, Fang Xiaoyan took the prisoners back, and he suggested that Li Rufeng also go back together, but Li Rufeng wanted to fight for a breath and had to continue to lurk here.
Fang Xiaoyan didn't dare to face Li Rufeng, and returned to Ningwu Pass with the captive, Xu Sheng thought that he was going to return to Ningwu Pass, so he started to torture the captive, but Wang Qiu couldn't help it halfway.
He tortured more than a dozen Qing army prisoners, and before he reached Ningwu Pass, these prisoners begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother that this time the Qing army's strength and food were fed
Grass, commander-in-chief, etc.
Back at Ningwuguan, Fang Xiaoyan reported to Ling Jingyang again, and Ling Jingyang learned that this Qing army was led by Duoduo, and all the soldiers of the army were from the Shangsan Banner and the inlaid white flag, and he no longer had the idea of fighting with the Qing army.
At this time, the Azig army broke through the Taiyuan defense line, and ordered Ao Bai to lead 30,000 troops to continue fighting with Jiang Hao in Taiyuan City, and he led the main force to kill Pingyang Mansion, and the blade pointed directly at Yicheng.
Wu Sangui in Zezhou also regained his strength, but their direction was not Yicheng, but south to Henan to reinforce the Qing army in Henan.
Wu Sangui led his troops south, but it was also a last resort, because Li Dingguo of the Great Western Army was unstoppable, attacking Xiangyang Mansion from Yunyang Mansion, all the way like a bamboo, and the Qing army lost its armor along the way, Zhang Xianzhong was also happy to see Li Dingguo move forward, and deliberately transferred back to Sun Kewang, so that Sun Kewang escorted grain and grass for Li Dingguo and maintained the supply of Li Dingguo's army.
Li Dingguo penetrated Xiangyang Mansion and went north to Nanyang Mansion in Henan, where the Qing army did not have many soldiers and horses, and was so frightened by the Great Western Army that he hid in the city and did not dare to be an enemy with it.
The Qing army adopted conservative tactics, but Li Dingguo was not conservative, this way to attack the city and land, with the support of the righteous army from all walks of life, when besieging Nanyang City, there were already more than 100,000 horse infantry, most of these more than 100,000 people were rebels against the Qing army, the number was large, but the combat effectiveness was very low.
Li Dingguo's combat strength of the troops is still the Great Western Army's cavalry battalion and the Tiger Camp, the Qing army in Nanyang City swore to resist, Li Dingguo attacked under Nanyang City for three days, failed to break the city, immediately changed tactics, led the troops north to Henan Mansion, and opened up the channel between the Great Western Army and the Chongzhen Imperial Court.
The Qing army was beaten to death by Li Dingguo's fists and feet, not only Wu Sangui entered Henan, but Dolgon also ordered Nikan to lead his troops to reinforce Henan, and the two armies of the Qing army attacked the Great Western Army, wanting to crush the Great Western Army to death in Henan.
Li Dingguo led the army to fight fiercely with the Qing army in Chongyang Town, Henan Prefecture, the Qing army had more than 60,000 people, all of whom were professional soldiers, Li Dingguo had more than 20,000 soldiers, and the remaining more than 80,000 people were righteous soldiers carrying hoes, flat shoulders and kitchen knives.
After the war, Wu Sangui and Nikan thought that they would win the battle, but when they really fought, the two of them were in pain, this Western Army was not a soft persimmon, and the Xiaocai battalion and the Tiger Ben battalion withstood the attack of the Qing army, eight
The Wan Yi army frantically gnawed at the Qing army in the back.
On the first day of the battle, the Qing army lost more than 2,000 people, and the Great Western Army lost more than 3,000 people.
Many of the rebel soldiers sang loudly at night, enjoying the victory, and that night, Nikan led 10,000 Qing troops to launch a surprise attack, pulling out twenty rebel barracks in one go, until they rushed to the Huben camp barracks, and were repulsed.
After dawn the next day, Li Dingguo came to the uprooted rebel barracks, last night the Qing army raided, resulting in 10,000 righteous soldiers killed and wounded, 30,000 righteous troops wounded and scattered, the battlefield forces changed instantly, and the Great Western Army was inferior to the Qing army in numbers.
General Li Dingguo suggested that he temporarily retreat, but Li Dingguo resolutely did not retreat, he wanted to lead his troops north to Shanxi, and join forces with the Ming army of Pingyang Prefecture, which was also a task that Zhang Xianzhong repeatedly told him to complete.
Li Dingguo's determination to persevere to the end inspired the courage of the officers and men of the Great Western Army, and Wu Sangui and Nikan thought that the raid on the camp of the Great Western Army last night had caused serious losses to the Great Western Army, and that today they could concentrate their forces and eat the Great Western Army in one fell swoop.
The two mobilized the whole army of soldiers and horses, launched an attack on the Great Western Army, Li Dingguo personally led the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to meet the enemy in the front, some Xiao Cavalry Battalion soldiers were killed, the righteous army immediately made up, the Qing army stormed for a day, still did not break through the Great Western Army.
In the evening, Li Dingguo's other main force, the Huben battalion, finally launched an attack, cutting in from the weak defensive point of the Qing army, and the Xiaocai battalion and the righteous army that were facing the Qing army head-on also burst out with the last energy, and the Qing army was stunned and fled.
Wu Sangui and Nikan saw that the Great Western Army was strong, and they also hurriedly retreated with their own soldiers, and Li Dingguo finally won the battle, but the Great Western Army only defeated the Qing Army, and the Qing Army's vital strength did not suffer much loss, and the Great Western Army did not have the strength to pursue the Qing Army.
Li Dingguo also knew that there were a large number of righteous troops in the army with average combat effectiveness and needed to recuperate in time, and after waiting for Sun Kewang to send supplies, Li Dingguo led the troops to continue north.
The Great Western Army went all the way north, approaching Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, where Wu Sangui and Nikan also gathered soldiers and horses, intending to fight with the Great Western Army again.