"Luo Dingshan played well!"

The great man who led the troops into Pei County, Xuzhou, soon got the battle report from Kaifeng.

Luo Dingshan defeated the enemy army in the first battle, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, captured 780,000 or 80,000, and sent troops to chase and kill, and beat the 300,000 army of Yao Zhifu, the martial king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to the point that only 10,000 or 20,000 fled north in embarrassment.

"It's just that in this way, will Liu Zhixie still go south?"

Zhu Daohua couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

This battle was fought too beautifully, what if Liu Zhixie was frightened and returned directly to Tongguan?

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of people under Liu Zhixie's command, and they are uncountable, if he returns in vain, I am afraid that his position as the king of heaven will not be stable."

Tao Biquan said.

"The minister judges, Liu Zhixie may not give up so easily, and now we have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses on hand It is too tempting for him!"

"What if he really resisted the temptation and went straight west?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

"Then our army will go through Henan and go around to the west of Luoyang to intercept and kill him, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is mostly foot soldiers, and there are many people, how can Liu Zhixie drag such a huge army to go easily."

Zhu Daohua nodded slightly.

"Where is Qianlong now?"

Zhu Daohua turned his head and asked, and a staff officer hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the 170,000 troops of the Qing Tartars are going south in three ways, the west road has reached Luancheng, and the east road has arrived in Anping. ”

"Okay, Luancheng, Anping, Zhengding, this is Jinju surrounded on three sides!"

Zhu Daohua said.

After several years of training, his ability to lead troops in battle has also improved.

It didn't take long to come up with a countermeasure.

"Can't let Qianlong be so comfortable, send an order to Zhao Si, let him make a gesture of leading the troops south, look for an opportunity to defeat the Qing Tartar army all the way in the process of going south, if there is no opportunity, don't worry, lead them to the south as much as possible!"

After Zhu Daohua finished speaking, he paused and said: "Order Luo Dingshan, let him not nest in Kaifeng Mansion, it is enough to leave an infantry brigade in Kaifeng, he led the 7th Dragoon Brigade and the First Brigade of the Army to make peace, and the 10,000 people of the two brigades are under his command, go north to find out where Liu Zhixie's Chinese army is, and drag the opponent as much as possible, waiting for the arrival of the main force of our army!" ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Daohua pointed his finger at the area of Handan.

"Our army doesn't need to wait any longer, let Liu Zhixie play any conspiracy and tricks, sooner or later he will realize that in the face of absolute strength, the game he played is useless!"

"Our army just goes straight to Handan and goes straight to Liu Zhixie's army!"

"In this battle, we should defeat the Taiping Army with absolute superior firepower, absolute superior speed, and thunderous momentum! Go north to Yanyun, conquer Beijing, and return to the old capital! ”

Inside the General Staff.

When the generals heard this, they immediately stood solemn.

"Go north to Yanyun, conquer Beijing, and return to the old capital!"

The sound rang out.

North! North!

The land of the Central Plains.

A large army with the banner of the sun and moon, the 1st Brigade of the Ming Army, and the 7th Brigade of the Dragoon of the Ming Army is riding a horse rumbling north.

The endless North China Plain is supposed to be the most densely populated and economically developed region in the world.

But at this time on the land of Quang Binh Province.

Along the way are barren, overgrown abandoned farmland.

The crowds are no longer visible.

The whole Great Plains seemed to be a barren wasteland.

Luo Dingshan is now on a horse.

Now he has his own old army, the 7th Dragoon Brigade, and the 1st Brigade of the Army, known as the First Brigade of the Ming Army.

Although the 1st Brigade of the Army did not have the number of dragoons.

But as the 1st Brigade of the Ming Army.

The 1st Brigade of the Army also has a horse for everyone.

That is, now Luo Dingshan has returned to his old job.

Now there were less than 5,000 troops around him, and most of them were scattered out as scouts.

With the mobility of the dragoons and the firepower of rifled guns.

Although the strength of the two brigades is only 10,000, they can be used as 20,000 or 30,000.

If you scatter, the sky will be full of stars, and if you gather, you will be a fire.

"Hurry up, I'm going to arrive in Linzhang tonight, I guess Liu Tianwang shouldn't have crossed Zhangshui yet!!"

Luo Dingshan said loudly, urging his subordinates to speed up their pace.

Right now.

A horse came in front of him.

"In the general town, Zhang Baozai, the commander of the third battalion, discovered the Tianwang Banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is south of Cheng'an and north of Zhangshui!"

Luo Dingshan was overjoyed when he heard this.

South of Cheng'an County, north of Zhangshui.

It's only fifty miles from here!

With the mobility of the first two brigades at hand.

Get there before dark!

As long as Liu Zhixie's Chinese army tent is bitten, then the other party will not want to get out of the sight of the Ming army.

When the main force led by Emperor Zhu personally arrived and bombarded it with heavy artillery, how could the opposite side resist?

This Taiping Heavenly Kingdom actually tried in vain to rely on the superiority of troops to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

It's ridiculous.

When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated and the army under the command of Qianlong was dragged by Song Guogong, don't want to get away easily!

Defeat two opponents in one battle.

The prospect of a complete recovery of the Central Plains is at hand.

And with this feat, the future of the marquis is also beckoning to Luo Dingshan.

Thinking of this, Luo Dingshan's heart was hot, and the fatigue caused by the two consecutive days of rapid marching seemed to be swept away.

The black beard that stuck into his chin like a steel needle couldn't help but tremble.

The pair of red eyes under the sunken eye sockets also burst into fine light.

The loud order was conveyed.

"Zhang Baozai did a good job! Let him not rush in, just keep an eye on the other party's movements and wait for the army to arrive! ”

"Send a signal, send scout horses out to gather the army, and march east along the Zhangshui!"

"Yes!"

The army rolled forward, and the horses stepped on the Central Plains.

To the south! To the south! To the south!

Quang Binh Mansion, south of Cheng'an County.

The armies of heaven are rolling in.

The 20,000 soldiers of the palace led by the Heavenly King Liu Zhixie, the 60,000 old brothers of the old battalions of the princes, and the 100,000 inner battalions with countless cannon fodder soldiers from the outer battalions rolling southward.

The vanguard of the army had already passed Cheng'an, and even began to wade through the Zhangshui.

However, the tail of the army has just left Handan.

Baggage, grain and grass.

Mules, horses, and oxen hauled artillery of all kinds ran over the dilapidated official roads.

The Heavenly Cavalry Corps led by Hou Ran Tianyuan of Tongzhou was on guard back and forth in the Chinese army of the Heavenly King.

Liu Zhixie was also sitting on a Mongolian horse at this time, the tiredness in his face was very obvious, but his eyes were full of spirit, with an army of this size.

This world can fight no matter what!

Right now.

Ride south.

"Heavenly King, I found a small group of Ming army mule soldiers approaching!"

Hearing this news, Liu Tianwang couldn't help frowning.

This way to the south.

The harassment of the mule soldiers was everywhere.

These mule soldiers rode Mongolian horses, usually one man and two horses, and were armed with rifled guns that were far and accurate.

Specifically look for the weak strength of the army to harass.

If you shoot a few shots from a distance, you dare to ride a horse and leave, if you are pursuing, it is easy to encircle the line, and if you don't pursue, you will be overwhelmed.

It's really annoying.

"Heavenly King, let your subordinates lead the cavalry to drive him away."

By Liu Tianwang's side, Tongzhou Hou Ran Tianyuan said.

Liu Zhixie shook his head and said: "It's just a small group of mule soldiers, why bother with the Marquis of Tongzhou personally going out and sending light cavalry to disperse." ”

Liu Zhixie's voice fell, and the thunderbolt rang out.

"Not good!" Ran Tianyuan's face changed, "Listening to this gunshot, I'm afraid there are at least hundreds of mule soldiers!" ”

"They are coming for the big tent of the Chinese army!"

The faces of everyone present changed.

"Is there any news of Emperor Zhu?"

Liu Zhixie asked with a solemn face.

Zhang Hanchao, the king of Wen next to him, shook his head slightly.

"Since I found out that Emperor Zhu left Xuzhou and went north, I haven't found any trace of him."

Whew.

The north wind howled by.

Liu Zhixie looked up.

I saw only an array of marching troops that had just been connected from end to end and could not be seen at a glance.

"The 20,000 soldiers under Emperor Zhu's command are all horses." Zhang Hanchao muttered in a low voice.

Liu Zhixie was taken aback,

If there is a cavalry attack at this time, he will take his own Chinese army tent.

At that time, I am afraid that I will be beheaded before I even gather my troops.

"Stop moving! Gather the front army and the rear army, and set up camp on the spot! ”

Liu Zhixie frowned.

"Isn't it that Emperor Zhu wants to take the initiative to attack, and he wants to use 20,000 horsemen to rush straight to the Chinese army?"

Liu Zhixie stood up from the horse, the sky was overcast, and the north wind was calling.

On the horizon of the flat North China Plain, it seems that there is a giant beast that chooses people to devour at any time, completely engulfing Liu Zhixie's million-strong army.

Liu Zhixie's face changed slightly.

The apprehension in his heart made him uneasy.

Distance.

The chase has begun.

I saw the cavalry of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rushing forward.

And the mule soldiers of the Ming army retreated all the way, and suddenly.

Dense gunfire rang out from both sides, after shooting the cavalry of the pursuing Taiping army.

The Ming army's mule soldiers turned back and pulled the corpses of the Taiping cavalry with ropes to provoke in front of the battle.

Only this time.

But there was no cavalry of the Taiping army pursuing alone.

Thousands of cavalry were gathered to chase forward, and the Ming army's mule soldiers threw away the corpses of the Taiping cavalry in one place and left.

Right now.

Another scout returned.

Brought back a piece of news that made the high-ranking Taiping Army leaders present feel like falling into an ice cave.

Luo Dingshan, the general of the Ming army, led more than 10,000 elite soldiers and went straight to the Chinese army.

"Hahaha! Sure enough, it was Liu Tianwang's Chinese army! ”

Luo Dingshan stood on the horse board, and saw Liu Zhixie's Tianwang Banner from a distance with a telescope.

"Zongzhen, it's easy to find where Liu Zhixie's Chinese army is, it's not difficult to defeat them, the key is how to encircle and annihilate them as much as possible!" Ren Jiangliu, chief of staff of the Western Route Army Staff Department in Luo Dingshan, said with a smile, "Our task is to nail Liu Zhixie to this Zhangshui edge, and then it depends on the strength of the emperor's army, it will take one day for us to pass the news, and it will take at least two days for the army to come, that is, three days!" ”

'Three days.'

Luo Dingshan pondered for a moment and said, "In the past three days, we can't beat Liu Zhixie too badly and let him turn around and leave, nor can I let him take too much advantage." ”

"It's really difficult to play this scene."

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to play it well, it's best to attract the Qing Tartar army together, and wipe them all out in a battle, then the world will be decided!"

Ren Jiangliu said with emotion.

"If one war can't determine the world, then fight two wars, whether it is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom or the Qing Tartars, how can they be my opponents! Kill a little more enemies on this battlefield now, and it will be easier to clear the place in the future! ”

Luo Dingshan said with a smile.

"The army continues to move forward and camp through Zhangshui, let's put out a turtle shell and let Liu Tianwang fight it himself!"

(End of chapter)