"How dare you speak out for the defeated general? At Qingliu Pass, Jiannu General Jirhalang threw away his helmet and armor, and fled to the pass. The 100,000 barbarians turned into ashes. After 80,000 Tartars survived, they escaped by chance. They were full of life like a dog that was lost. Unexpectedly, they dared to make a comeback today. They wanted to try their spears on their body, and they thought that my sword and arrow were not good..."

In front of Taoyuan County, Tang Yongkang, a young general of the Shuizi Camp, stood on a high place, and read the proclamation loudly. The three armies were in full swing. Amid the powerful proclamation, the Shuizi Camp left 30,000 people stationed everywhere in the vicinity. The remaining 80,000 troops headed westward and took the initiative to attack. The flags covered the sky, and the flags were rolling around. The swords and soldiers pointed out that it was Hong County where Jierhalang was stationed.

Jirgalang's 80,000 troops were preserved intact, all of which were his direct lineage inlaid blue flags. Every time the Qing soldiers fought with Hou Xuan, they would always be hit inexplicably, either setting fire to the mountains or the sky collapsed and the earth was broken. Jirgalang had to be cautious.

When the Qing army arrived at the border of Fengyang Prefecture, they stopped and stationed in Hong County, confronting the Northern Expedition Army in Taoyuan County with the Bian River.

The 80,000 troops were stationed in the suburbs of Hong County, looking across the Bian River with Jiergalang's camp. With such a large-scale army confrontation, the small city walls of Hong County are of no use, and no one would occupy the small city to trap themselves. If Jiergalang was really stationed in Hong County, Hou Xuanyan would not have to attack the city and set up a cannon to flatten the entire county.

The autumn wind is bleak and the grass is withered and yellow. In several mighty military formations, all the troops are matched according to the formation, including muskets, spears, swords, shields, and armor. In the distance, there are rows of archers in front of the Qing army camp, with arrows and crossbows pointing in the distance and waiting for the formation. There are only the neighing of war horses between heaven and earth.

Jiergalang stood in the observation car and looked at the formation of the Northern Expedition Army. A feeling suddenly surged in his heart. That was the panic that had never been seen since entering the pass. Does the Han people have such soldiers? If the Han people were so brave, how could their own tribesmen conquer hundreds of thousands of Han people? When a person who was so poor that he was about to starve to death and decided to rob his neighbor, all he thought about was filling his stomach. But when he occupied the magpie's nest and forced everything to his neighbor, he would look back. Before Jiannu entered the pass, his goal was to rob him so that he could survive the long winter. But now they wanted to occupy the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of this world of flowers, and they no longer had the cruelty of his life.

For Jiergalang, it was the situation he least wanted to see here. General Li Haoxian of the Northern Expedition Army had led his troops to Shandong. If he occupied Huaian in time and cut off the retreat of this vanguard army, then endless sources of supplies could arrive in Shandong continuously. No country in the world could compete with the Southern Ming to compete for national strength.

He had to defeat the Shuizi Camp as soon as possible to save the current predicament of the Qing Dynasty. But things went against their wishes. Not to mention defeating the Shuizi Camp, even the side that took the initiative turned into the opposite Northern Expedition Army.

Hou Xuanyan finally showed a smile on Gu Jing Wubo's face. War is cruel. When he just came to this era, every battle would make his blood boil. After the sound of the horn sounded, Hou Xuanyan felt a blood flowing straight into his head, and his eyes were red and his instinct to fight against the enemy. It was a person who had never experienced war, and his awe of life and death. After several wars, Hou Xuanyan gradually discovered that he had adapted to this endless battle. On the battlefield, he began to calm down. The situation in every corner was analyzed and the pros and cons were issued through his eyes.

After a tentative firefight, the Qing soldiers relied on the defensive and gained the upper hand. Both sides retreated. The clanging sound of golden sounds sounded, and the Northern Expedition Army retreated back to their camps. Hou Xuanyan looked at the orderly soldiers who were advancing and retreating with satisfaction. He had no need to fight desperately. Now he should be anxious about Jiergalang on the opposite side. The future is long, and as long as Jiergalang can't help it, he will definitely have flaws exposed.

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Li Haoxian, who returned to Shandong, was deeply moved. He fled from the sea to the south with Dengzhou defense Zeng Hualong. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was really arrogant and unstoppable. Li Zicheng, who swept the world, was beaten by them and abandoned his armor. In the counties in Shandong, the Qing court often sent an official with a few servants to take over a county town.

At the beginning of Huai'an, there were many remnants of the Qing Dynasty in the territory, and they often came out to harm the forest. At this time, the forest was easily found and they were scattered. Li Haoxian simply left a group of troops to be responsible for the extermination of them. He personally led the main force of the Huozi camp to Tancheng County, Yanzhou Prefecture.

Zhang Dezu, the county magistrate of Tancheng County, was originally the son of a big businessman in Jinan Prefecture. After the Qing army arrived, his father spent a lot of money to buy this official position from the Qing Dynasty. He originally thought that he could plunder the wealth and wealth here with peace of mind. However, Shandong had been in the end after many wars. Tancheng was close to Huai'an, and it was still a little popular. The county town in the north had been gone for nine out of ten years, and even the poor had eaten up all the grass. After Zhang Dezu came, he not only did not make any money, but also paid a lot of money to pay the county public. There was no way. If he didn't do this, no one in the county government would order it.

Hearing that the Huo-character army was approaching, he was covered in lice, and Zhang Dezu, who was farming in the backyard of the yamen runners, was furious.

"I'm so confused, and I'm going to attack? Is there any humanity?" Zhang Dezu touched his hoe and walked up to the city tower with a fierce look with a few yamen runners. He looked up at the sight of the soldiers and swords, flags like clouds, and the black armor shone brightly in the sunlight, reflecting on the city wall so that he couldn't even open his eyes. Looking into the distance, the soldiers and horses were endless, and the mountains and rivers were shaking as they walked.

Zhang Dezu squatted on the ground, his legs were filled with lead, and he could no longer stand up. The yamen runners also threw away the farm tools in their hands, and were scared to the point of being dissatisfied with dry lips and tongue.

The yamen runners who followed him were quite bloody. Thanks to Zhang Dezu's kindness for paying them out of his own pocket for monthly payments, he helped him up and said, "Mr. County Master, we can't defend, no one can defend, let's run away."

Zhang Dezu's mouth was trembling and unable to say a complete sentence, and a horn sound suddenly sounded in the military formation in the distance. Woo~ Woo~ Woo, the desolate and tragic sound was extremely contagious, and the heaven and earth seemed to be filled with a solemn and murderous aura.
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