When Li Guohan led his men and horses to march eighty miles along the south bank of the Han River, they crossed the Han River on a pontoon bridge not far upstream from Nanzheng. When they were about to enter Nanzheng City, the forward Tangqi hurried back.
"Nanzheng City, the sun and moon flags are already on the city!"
"Ming army, Ming army captured Nanzheng."
Still sitting on the mat on the south bank of the pontoon, Li Guohan, who looked tired, was following the military advisor to discuss how to report the battle to Beijing. He was stunned on the spot when he heard the news.
"They are obviously still upstream, can they fly?"
Li Guohan thought it was Zhu Pengfei who sent troops to seize Nanzheng, but Tang Qi told him that it was another Ming army. The banner they flew was Sichuan Guixing Camp, and the general's flag was Zhang.
Li Guohan was silent.
He didn't understand what was happening.
"Explore again!"
There was no way to write down the question anymore, so Li Guohan stood up and urged the whole army to cross the river quickly.
He rode across the pontoon bridge and asked people to quickly set up formations on the north bank.
Sure enough, Tangqi of the Qing army appeared at the gate of Nanzheng City, which quickly attracted the Ming army to stay at night.
A group of night riders arrived from afar and stopped in the distance to look at them.
Dozens of eight Manchurian cavalry rushed forward, but the group of Ming cavalry actually did not run away. They started mounted shooting two miles away from the military formation on the north bank. Both sides chased and attacked each other. After a while, they actually suffered casualties on each other.
Finally, the Mingqiu flew away.
The Qing cavalry lost more than ten of its cavalry, but they were somewhat disgraced.
When Ao Bai heard the news and led his cavalry to arrive, Li Guohan had already led his troops to a few miles away from Nanzheng City and formed a military formation again.
The Ming army in the city was not afraid and actually sent a group of troops out of the city to form an array.
When Li Guohan, Ao Bai, Xu Yong and others looked at the flags on the opposite side several times, they couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Except for the eye-catching sun and moon flag.
Many flags appeared in front of the Ming army formation, for example, some were written with the name of the imperial camp Sichuan Guixing Camp, and some were written with the name of Admiral Zhang of the Sichuan Guixing Camp. There were also flags such as Qin, President of the Five Provinces.
"That red-armored general seems to be a woman. Is it really Qin Liangyu?"
"Maybe it's her."
The Ming army had its back against Nanzheng City and its left side against the Han River.
Nanzheng City in the Ming Dynasty was renovated and built on a large scale during the Jiajing period. However, the general layout of Nanzheng City in the Ming Dynasty was laid down during the major renovations in the early Hongwu period.
During the Jiajing period, it was heavily renovated during the Wanli period. During the Tianqi period, the palace of Prince Rui was built and expanded a lot to the north.
The moat surrounding the city wall was rebuilt during the Wanli period. It is ten feet wide and one foot eight deep. Water from the mountain river weir is drawn in from the north of the city, and reeds are planted on the riverside.
The four city gates, Chaoyang, Zhenwu, Wangjiang, and Gongchen, were all built with bricks and reinforced during the Jiajing period, and new large and small forts were added. The city gates are double gates with an additional urn.
There is a suspension bridge and an observation deck at the corner of the city.
Due to the large population of Hanzhong Fucheng during the Jiajing period, a large residential area was formed in Dongguan outside the city. Later, Dongguan Tucheng was added to the city, which was both exterior and interior and echoed the Fucheng.
It can be said that the entire Hanzhong Fucheng Nanzheng is actually very large and solid.
Previously, He Zhen was guarding Hanzhong, but Li Guo and others retreated from behind. He Zhen surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and used the city to block the attack. This made Li Guo and others very sad, and finally had to turn to northern Sichuan to borrow a road south to Huguang.
However, He Zhen was defeated in Chang'an, but when he returned, Ma Ke surrendered to the Qing army again and refused to defend the city. He Zhen was not convinced and attacked, but also suffered many casualties, and finally had to leave angrily.
But at this time, this big city had actually fallen into the hands of the Ming army.
The bright flag is fluttering on the city.
The Ming army also sent troops to the west of the city and set up military formations.
Li Guohan had a gloomy face and was so angry that he could not speak.
Just like Yangping Pass, the Qing army lost big cities and dangerous passes because they transferred their troops to Dingjun Mountain.
Who would have thought that the Ming army would suddenly come and kill them.
There were still some garrison troops and strong people in Nanzheng City, so how come they were captured without even the slightest resistance?
Zhang Xianzhong was not completely annihilated and allowed them to break through and run away. As a result, both the pass and the city were lost, but they were now in an extremely difficult situation.
Looking at the city, looking at the military formation.
The Ming army was at its peak.
On the contrary, the Qing army was very depressed at this time.
"The old woman Qin Liangyu is here. I'm afraid this battle will be difficult. It will be difficult for the white-pole soldiers to fight."
"There is also Zhang Shipeng of the Sichuan Guixing camp. He is Zhang Guowei's son. He has thousands of troops and is said to be very elite. He had leveled all the Ming troops in central Sichuan before. Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to fight them."
I looked left and right, but couldn't see any flaws. On the contrary, the more I looked, the less confident I became.
The most terrible thing is that they were fighting a big battle at this time, with a lot of casualties, and the soldiers and horses were exhausted, but the Ming army had already seized the city and had the upper hand.
In addition, there was a Ming army upstream that was trying to rob Mian County, which made them extremely passive.
"Since they came out of the city to fight, then fight them. I don't believe that these Ming troops suddenly became good at fighting. They are all defeated generals. Are you afraid that they will fail?" Obai said very rudely.
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None of Xu Yong wanted to fight.
You can tell by looking at the morale of the soldiers that it is so sluggish that many soldiers have not even had time to bandage their wounds.
Moreover, when they besieged Dingjun Mountain, both Yangpingguan and Jiamian County of Nanzheng City had stored a lot of grain, grass, equipment and military supplies transferred from various places. The Dingjun Mountain camp did not have much grain and grass.
At that time, we also considered that there would be good storage in the city, but now we have a shortage of food and grass.
In front of the Ming army formation opposite.
The people and horses were in full force. Although they had just arrived, it took little effort to capture Nanzheng City. In the early morning, the people in the city should respond in advance. Before the traitors had time to react, the city was already on fire and in turmoil. Then the city gate opened
Being controlled in the hands of insiders.
The forwards of the Ming army lurked outside the city. When they saw the signal, they immediately rushed to the city and rushed into the city. They quickly took control of the situation in the city.
Many of those dog officers were assassinated, controlled, and the young men were not even organized into groups.
"Fortunately, we caught up. If it had been half a day later, we would have missed this good opportunity."
Qin Liangyu, a veteran in armor, looked at the Tatars with a sense of joy.
Zhang Shipeng looked at the Qing army, but he was vaguely excited. In fact, after Zhang Nengqi borrowed the road to pass by, they had already followed closely. However, the road was difficult, and they were not in a hurry.
They sneaked into Hanzhong like ants moving, and gathered more than 20,000 people, waiting for the opportunity.
Zhang Xianzhong lasted longer than the Ming army expected.
Fortunately, they arrived in time and took advantage of the opportunity to seize Hanzhong Fucheng.
"Calculating the time, I don't know if Mr. Guo Xing has arrived."
"It shouldn't have arrived yet."
The two of them chatted while riding on the horse, very calmly.
Behind them were eight thousand soldiers, including those from the Sichuan Guixing camp, the President's pacesetters, the Zhongyong Zhenbai pole soldiers, Yang Zhan, and Qin Yiming, all of whom were elite and had high morale.
What's more, on the city behind them, there was also the governor of Wen'an, and there were 8,000 men and horses in Tucheng and Fucheng. There were even many ships hidden in the bend of the Han River downstream, and there were 2,000 men and horses as surprise troops.
Although they couldn't bring the big guns, they still had a lot of small cannons.
There are also many musketeers in Jianzhi's army, and they are eager to try this battle.
"Please ask the Duke of Shu to return to the city to hold down the battle for the last general, and leave it to the general's command here!" Zhang Shipeng said to Qin Liangyu.
"It would be good if there is a Wen Jing Lue in charge of the city, and I, the president, will be commanding from the front line."
Although Qin Liangyu was over seventy years old, he refused to accept old age. Seeing the Tatars at this time, he became even more unwilling to retreat. During the bloody battle at Hunhe River, the Tatars had not repaid the blood debt they owed them to the white-pole soldiers.
"In the bloody battle of Hunhe River, the Sichuan and Zhejiang armies had a firefight in Tongzhou before the war. As a result, they failed to cooperate with each other to cover the Hunhe River battle, and were eventually defeated by the Tatars one by one.
Today, we, the white-poled soldiers of the Sichuan Army, are working side by side with your imperial camp from eastern Zhejiang again. I hope we can cooperate well this time and avenge the great vengeance together!"
Zhang Shipeng banged his chest and his armor clanged, "Please don't worry, Duke of Shu. This battle will not be divided between the imperial camp and the Sichuan army. We will fight hand in hand. Please take charge of it, Duke of Shu. I will be the deputy general."
The camp was not subject to the control of the governor, governor, etc., but now Zhang Shipeng took the initiative to hand over the command to Qin Liangyu.
At that time, Qin Bangping had 3,000 white pole soldiers led by Ma Qilin, plus 4,000 Youyang local soldiers, Wu Wenjie and other Sichuan soldiers, and Zhou Yuji and other soldiers, a total of more than 15,000 soldiers. They were defeated in the bloody battle of Hunhe River.
For Qin Liangyu, this is an unforgettable blood feud.
On the banks of the Hun River, the three armies of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the Sichuan Army, and the Zhejiang Army were supposed to be working hand in hand, but as a result, there was already internal strife when they were still in Tongzhou, within the pass. Both sides fired guns and artillery, and fought fiercely, causing numerous houses and shops in the city to collapse.
The Zhejiang army and the Jizhen army did not get along, so during the subsequent battle, the Sichuan army crossed the river to set up their formation, while the Zhejiang army set up camp on the other side. The two armies were deployed across the river, which was in itself motivated.
Qin Liangyu was very grateful for Zhang Shipeng's trust.
If the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers had such trust back then, they would not have been defeated.
"Since our army has robbed Nanzheng City, it is only to defend the city in formation. Admiral Zhang's imperial camp is on the left, and I lead the Sichuan army on the right. They respond to each other on the left and right and support each other."
As long as there are enough troops in the city, the defenders should not passively block themselves in the city. They must go out of the city to rely on the city, or even build strongholds and fortresses outside the city. Only in this way can they have a better chance of winning and take the initiative.
Qin Liangyu is a veteran general. She strongly advocates going out of the city to fight, and Wen Anzhi fully supports it.
Wen'an's 10,000 troops were divided into two routes, stationed in Fucheng and Dongguan Tucheng.
Qin Liangyu and Zhang Shipeng each commanded 4,000 soldiers and formed a formation in the west of the city. Governor Zhang Dai led 2,000 strange soldiers to ambush in the river bend downstream.
The Ming army, with 20,000 troops, obviously had a great advantage.
As long as they don't waste time and can cooperate with each other, they will be invincible.
Although they didn't know yet, Zhu Pengyi had also successfully captured Yangping Pass and rushed to Mian County.
The core of Qin Liangyu's battle is to lean against the city and back the water, and form a formation to fight.
If the Tatars dare to come, they will defend and counterattack; if they don't come, they will defend.
Eight thousand men and horses, organized into battalions, formed a military formation, with spears and shields in front, bows and blunderbuss in the back, and a light cavalry on each wing.
The distance between the two armies was several miles.
Li Guohan and Ao Bai waited and watched for a long time, feeling unsure but a little unwilling.
After all, although Qin Liangyu was famous, he was also defeated by their Eight Banners, and the white-pole soldiers were defeated by them more than once.
Moreover, they had just defeated Zhang Xianzhong, so although they were tired at this time, they were still relatively confident.
I felt that the Ming army had taken advantage of the situation to seize the city. They had just captured Yangping Pass and now they were seizing Nanzheng City. I was very angry.
"The Ming army has only seven or eight thousand men in formation outside the city. Excluding the wounded, our army has at least twice as many capable fighters as them. I think these troops can be divided into two wings, each with seven or eight thousand men."
"After the shield chariot, cotton armor, shields, etc. are in place, the shield chariot is in front, the infantry is behind, cover with bows and arrows and muskets, and the cavalry is on both wings to support."
The Qing army's shield chariot tactics are still very strong in attacking and breaking formations. The shield chariot and the shield with cotton armor have strong defensive capabilities. Coupled with their powerful bows, heavy arrows, fire blunderbuss, and artillery, the frontal field is
In a battle, the Ming army could rarely withstand this offensive. As long as they broke the formation and the cavalry rushed over, they would win a complete victory.
Outside the Pass, Guan Ning's army could not withstand such an offensive.
After a brief discussion, it was finally decided that Gushan Beizi Tunqi would lead the 2,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, Gushan Ezhen Han Dai would lead the 2,080 Manchurian Banners, Zhao Guangrui would lead the 2,088 Han Army, and Zhang Yong would lead the 2,000 Shaanxi Green Camp.
, a total of 8,000 men and horses formed the right wing and took the lead in launching the attack.
Li Guohan led the left wing to respond, while Obai still led a group of Manchurian elite cavalry in preparation.
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Han Dai was from the Manta clan, and although his title was not high, he was still a brave general among the younger generation. He returned to the front of the battle and immediately ordered a strong attack to tear apart the Southern Barbarians' front in one fell swoop.
"The shield carts are still behind, not all of them have crossed the river, and some of the large shields are still behind." An officer told Han Dai that the shield carts were not in place yet, and it would take about half an hour for the shield carts, large shields, etc. to arrive.
Everything is in place.
In addition, he suggested that if the soldiers were tired, it would be a good time to let them rest before attacking.
But Han Dai couldn't wait. He felt that these Ming troops were no different from Zhang Xianzhong's Western bandits, and they might even be worse than the Western bandits who had dominated the world for many years.
"Haven't some shield cars in the army already arrived? These are enough. Why wait for all the shield cars to cross the river? Just leave the remaining shield cars to the left wing."
Han Dai gave the order.
Let the Han army go forward, push a few shield chariots in front, use shields behind to make up for it, cover the infantry with bows behind, and press directly over.
This tactic was used by the Qing army before and after entering the Pass. Especially after entering the Pass, it basically never failed.
Even though there were not many shield vehicles, the cotton armor on the Qing army had very good defensive capabilities.
Just put on all the armor.
"They won't be able to withstand our arrows for long!" Han Dai shouted confidently. Tunqi was responsible for commanding the Mongolian cavalry, covering both sides. Facing Han Dai, who was also from the clan, he did not object to this arrangement.
The horn sounded.
The Qing army launched the attack without waiting for a moment.
Li Guohan frowned when he saw the dispatched right wing, but did not send anyone to stop it.
"Go and unload the shield cart at the back and transport it across the river quickly. Also, everyone should put on their cotton armor."
An assistant leader said, "A sudden charge from the right wing can beat the shit out of these southern barbarians. We may not need to wear armor at all, otherwise we have to take it off as soon as we put it on. It's such a hot day and everyone is rushing."
I’ve been traveling for two days and I’m exhausted.”
Li Guohan glared at him, but the Manchu leader was not very afraid.
Li Guohan knew that this was because he was the Han Army's Gushan'er Zhen with a white flag, and he was also Dorgon's confidant. In the past, he, the Han Army's Gushan'er with the Han Army Flag, naturally had a high status. Hauge, Wu Sangui and others left one after another
Later, it was appropriate for him to temporarily take over as the head coach.
But Dorgon suddenly died of illness, and his two brothers died. Although Dorgon was still posthumously named emperor, everyone knew that Li Guohan was now a dog without a backer.
How could those Manchu nobles obey him?
Just like Tunqi, Han Dai, and Obai, they didn't take Li Guohan seriously, so Li Guohan clearly asked the right wing to prepare a shield chariot and put on cotton armor before attacking.
But Han Dai attacked directly. Not only did he not wait for the shield car behind him, but many Qing troops even rushed forward without even wearing cotton armor.
They had run all the way, it was too hot, and the cotton armor was heavy, so they didn't even wear it. Now that they were suddenly attacked, it was too late, so they simply didn't bother to wear it.
Everyone felt that one impact was enough to defeat the Ming army's formation.
Why go to all that trouble and suffer that pain?
When the time comes to attack a city, it's not too late to put on cotton armor, hold up a shield, and huddle behind a shield cart.
"kill!"
The right-wing cavalry shouted and charged towards the Ming army.
The two thousand Mongolian light cavalry that were supposed to be the flank cover for the infantry, under the leadership of Beizi Tunqi, relied on the speed of the horses to actually run to the front, and then simply did not wait for the infantry, nor did they notify Han Dai.
The Eight Banners cavalry charged directly towards the Ming army array.
There is a strong intention to seize the credit and be the first.
These Eight Banners Mongolian cavalry, led by Manchurian officers, rushed straight down the Ming army like a tide.
Thousands of cavalry galloping wildly.
The earth shook.
This momentum is indeed captivating and frightening.
Ming army defense line.
Zhang Shipeng rode his horse to the front of the formation, "Raise your gun!"
"Raise the gun!"
"Archers and musketeers are ready to meet the enemy!"