As soon as the enemy cavalry began to divert to the left and right wings, Hou Xuanyan ordered the central army to retreat, and the Fengzi battalion on the left and right protected the flank infantry. The fire camp fought and retreated, and 100,000 people formed a moving fortress, with arrows like rain and muskets like wind. In the Liaodong army formation, people were on their backs and horses were overturned, and there were heavy casualties.

Wu Sangui finally realized that this army was not as unbearable as the Ming army in the past. The two sides had hundreds of small battles on the Jingzhou defense line, but they did not lose more troops this time. He did not want to lose more troops, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and wait for Ajige and Haoge's troops to arrive.

After retreating, the Ming army waving flags and retreated calmly. On the positions of both sides, only their artillery battalions were still bombarding each other. Hou Xuanyan made a quick decision, gave up the opportunity to chase and took the wounded soldiers to retreat south quickly.

Wu Sangui's face turned pale and scolded: "Why haven't the green camp come up yet?"

When Li Benshen heard this, he said something bad. Prince Pingxi couldn't wait for the rabbit to kill chickens, so he wanted to shirk responsibility. He hurriedly stood in a line and cursed: "This group of wastes are afraid of death. The fighter opportunity that the prince's personal army has won for the death battle was delayed by them." Li Benshen slapped his chest and said: "When Prince Su and Prince Ying arrive, we will tell them the truth and punish them for their timid battle."

Wu Sangui snorted coldly, his face calmed down slightly, and he said, "The enemy is numerous and I am few, follow them, and they are not reliable and close."

Li Benshen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his palms were sweating and he cursed in his heart: I have told you not to underestimate the enemy, but you have to hit more with less. After Hou Xuan's act, he was shocked and he would also harm others with a dark heart. In the future, if you follow such people, you will be more careful. Maybe a big pot will fall from the sky at any time.

Hou Xuanyan in the distance was also very scared. If Wu Sangui burst into blood and bite him tightly, he would be truly defeated when the Qing soldiers behind him caught up.

Fortunately, Wu Sangui was still the same Wu Sangui, and the Liaodong Army was also the Liaodong Army. They were destined not to fight to the death for anyone. Because in their hearts, they were a private army whose family was more important than the country, local warlords. In the Jiashen National Incident, Li Zicheng entered the capital. They betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Li Zicheng. Halfway through, they betrayed Li Zicheng and surrendered to Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty. During the Kangxi period, they betrayed the Qing Dynasty and rebelled.

While Hou Xuanyan led his troops to retreat south, he was working hard to clear the fields from Yuezhou to Changsha Prefecture.

The people nearby were driven into Changsha Prefecture. The Qing Dynasty flag soldiers were famous, and they only said that they had fought immediately. The people cooperated extremely well. They helped the elderly and the young to escape to Changsha Prefecture and further south. The Changsha city walls were already solid and were continuously strengthened during this period. At the same time, Zhang Wenxiu in the camp was also politely sent back by a guest. Hou Xuanyan told him the information that the decisive battle in Changsha soon and asked him to tell Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong is not a fool, and there is only one opportunity like this. If you don’t take the opportunity to take Hanzhong, the Qing army will recover from it in the future and he will have no chance.

Zhu Dadian from Yangzhou also received news that all the troops of Yangzhou Prefecture gave up the garrison of counties and gathered together. Zhu Dadian held troops in Huaian Prefecture, and the pseudo-Qing Huaian prefect hurriedly wrote a letter to Dorgon and requested reinforcements. Dorgon was upset recently and wrote letters everywhere, so there was no good news.

In the fourth battalions of the Northern Expedition Army, Yan Yingyuan's men were the most comfortable. King Sanshun had no idea what he was thinking, so he hid in the Dabie Mountains and ate wild game every day, but he didn't show his head. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming wrote a memorial a day, and reached out to take care of the Qing court's request for food and money. Dorgon never got tired of it. He sent people several times to condemn them for not sending a single army and urged them to enter Huguang to reinforce.

Kong Youde was very bitter, saying that Yan Yingyuan had bitten them tightly, and he would definitely lose if he retreated. Dorgon had no choice but to hold a grudge and dared not give him any money or food. The war was imminent, and if this team turned against him, it would be a big problem.

Only Haoge and Ajige, who were in the center of the storm, were happiest. They easily captured two important towns in Jingzhou and Yuezhou without any effort. By the end of the month, they had already reached Changsha Prefecture. At this time, the man Hou Xuanyan had just retreated to Changsha, less than three days.

Hou Xuanyan, who had always been extremely tough, suddenly retreated, and the Qing soldiers were suspicious. But they had no way out. Although they occupied the north, natural disasters and man-made disasters north of the Yangtze River have been decades and are unable to support 300,000 people to survive in Huguang for a long time. On the contrary, Jiangnan is rich, especially the place occupied by Hou Xuanyan, and there is countless money and food. Hou Xuanyan is eager to fight to the decisive battle, and the Qing Dynasty is even more urgent than him.

On the school grounds in Changsha City, Hou Xuan was the one who was in the middle of the stage, and there were many generals in the audience.

Hou Xuanyan stood in the wind, and his fatigue for more than ten days was wiped out, and he said loudly: "The terrain of Changsha is not suitable for cavalry. Qing soldiers entered Changsha because of their own shortcomings and attacked my strengths. I have decided to fight the enemy at this time. At this time, we will have a decisive battle with the enemy. The enemy and us will have a total of 500,000 troops, and the national destiny will be fought here."

The generals in the audience had known this decision for a long time. They had been preparing for half a month and were ready to go to war.

"Du Yinxi, Li Jin came out from the north gate, Zhang Huangyan, Li Haoxian came out from the east gate; Gu Yanwu, Zheng Zunqian, and Wu Shengzhao came out from the west gate. Today, there is a city that does not defend, and there is a river that does not govern, so take the initiative to fight the enemy!" If you defend the city and completely lose the initiative, the enemy can retreat easily. And hold the territory that you gave up firmly, and then you will be able to steal chickens and lose rice. If they cannot defeat Changsha and push it to Yuezhou, then Hou Xuanyan will be famous in history.

The Central Army's Zhongzhen Camp has 200,000 troops, and has been through a long battle formation; the Right Army is the recruitment of Suzhou and Hangzhou, with the smallest number of troops and relatively weak combat power, so it attacks from the side with the least enemy; Zhang Huangyan's Xiang Barracks and Li Haoxian's Fire Camp are the left army. After the three armies received the orders, the generals stood up and set off.

Hou Xuanyan bowed and said, "Please give me yours."
Chapter completed!