The Wu army, who had never seen a "conscienceless", was like the Qing army that day, staring at the falling medicine packs in a daze. After the explosion sounded, Wu army woke up.

"Don't panic, follow me to rush out!"

General Wu Zhimao was born in the Guanning Army and followed Wu Sangui for more than 20 years. He had never suffered a defeat. After discovering that he was ambushed by the Qing army, he did not panic, but calmed down his command and rushed forward bravely.

The reason why Wu Zhimao did not choose to lead his troops to retreat was because he knew that the rear was pursuing friendly troops. If he retreated, it would inevitably cause chaos in the troops behind, and the army would likely collapse. So the best way now is to continue rushing forward, even if the Qing ambush in front of him, he had to rush forward. Only in this way can we buy time for friendly troops in the rear to avoid the result of annihilation of the entire army.

At that time, the Qing army fired a large number of "conscienceless" copper cannons and bird guns, and all the guns were raised. The Qing army was lying out under various banners. The loud explosion sounded so loud that people could not hear anything. Everything was seen in front of them was black smoke covering the sky, and the smell of medicine in the air was choking. Wu Zhimao led his troops forward to rush forward, which caught the ambushing Qing army off guard, but under the attack of various firearms of the Qing army, Wu Zhimao's troops also suffered heavy casualties. Along the way, there were corpses of Wu's army, and many of them looked soft, all of which were shocked to death by the "conscienceless".

Among the generals of the Wu army, if you want soldiers like your son, it is probably Wu Zhimao. Compared with other generals, Wu Zhimao took good care of the soldiers and rarely withheld food and pay, so he was very supportive of the soldiers. When he saw the general leading the way, his subordinates could tolerate the flying cannons and guns everywhere, and followed closely with explosions. The intercepted Qing army's Manzhou Zhenglan Banner was once forced to retreat by Wu Zhimao's troops, and a leader was killed on the spot.

In the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, Oboi saw that the Wu army surrounded was still rushing forward, and the soldiers in charge of blocking the Manzhou province were shaken by it. He was furious and ordered the retreating assistant leader to kill the spot. Then he transferred three Niulu who had newly formed the Zhengbai Banner to reinforce the Zhenglan Banner, so that the gap was blocked again.

After the explosion, Sun Sike, Zhao Liangdong and others realized that they were ambushed by the Qing army. Zhao Liangdong was even affected by a "conscienceless" not far away and fell off the horse. Sun Sike wanted to order the retreat when he hit the horse, but the admiral Wang Pingfan came to attack the horse and ordered all troops not to retreat, and organized counterattacks on the spot, and selected elite troops to pick up Wu Zhimao.

Wang Pingfan was one of the top ten generals under Wu Sangui, and was the second only to the Prime Minister of Xia. His orders Sun Sike, Zhao Liangdong and others did not dare to refuse to obey, so they immediately organized troops to fight back. Because the Qing army had a good geographical advantage and had the advantage of firearms, the Wu army's counterattack was delayed. In desperation, Wang Pingfan personally organized a team of death-deathed people to climb from the right hillside, trying to open a breakthrough from there.

After almost entering the encirclement, Prime Minister Xia, who almost entered the encirclement, was a little surprised to learn that Wang Pingfan did not withdraw, but after knowing that Wu Zhimao, who was rushing to the front, did not withdraw, he couldn't help but understand why Wang Pingfan did not retreat. The reason was mostly because Wang Pingfan was resentful of the death of Wu Zhimao's younger brother Wu Zhiming, so he refused to abandon Wu Zhimao no matter what he said.

The Prime Minister of Xia did not consider much, and he knew that the entire army could not be ordered to retreat, otherwise the losses would be too great. He mobilized troops and horses to block the Qing army at the western end of the encirclement to ensure that the Wu army entering the encirclement could retreat from this opening. The battle between the two sides lasted from morning to afternoon until the afternoon, and the sound of artillery gradually stopped. Although Oboi carefully deployed and equipped with a large number of "conscienceless cannons", in this battle, there were many Wu soldiers rushing into their pockets and the Prime Minister of Xia to respond, and half of the Wu army in the encirclement retreated. Afterwards, the Wu army killed and injured, while the Qing army suffered less than 2,000 casualties.

This result made Oboi very angry but helpless, because he was no longer facing the Ming army, who fled when he heard the arrival of the Eight Banners of Manzhou. More importantly, what he commanded was not the real elite of the Eight Banners of Manzhou. Although the large number of Han army and green camps raised the flags to supplement the losses of the Eight Banners of Manzhou, the consequences also seriously reduced the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners. The worst thing is that nearly half of the Eight Banners today have no battlefield experience, resulting in improper command, which led to failure to take advantage of the situation to expand the results of the Wu army in chaos. If it were the former officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, why didn't even let half of the Wu army go away, I'm afraid that even the Prime Minister of Xia, who was surrounded by the encirclement, would not be able to escape.

Although he was angry, no matter what, this battle was a victory. I think the Wu army would definitely shrink after losing so many troops. On a strategic level, Oboi at least should not worry that the Wu army would advance to Kaifeng again, thus making himself passively cope and running around.

In addition to killing and wounding the Wu army, the Qing army also captured more than 2,000 Wu army. The generals of Manzhou believed that these Wu army were originally soldiers of the Qing army, but they rebelled with Wu Sangui. They all had rebellions on their foreheads and should be executed to prevent future troubles. However, Oboi stopped killing prisoners and ordered these prisoners to be dispersed and added to various divisions. At the same time, some prisoners were sent back and asked them to bring messages to the former Qing generals in the Wu army. As long as they were willing to change their minds, the Qing Dynasty would not blame their "following the thief" behavior.

After suffering a great loss, Prime Minister Xia did not dare to continue to lose his troops alone. He gathered the defeated troops and retreated 30 miles to set up a camp. While reporting the battle situation to Guo Zhuangtu, he rushed to Zhengzhou to report the news.

Although he won a great victory, Oboi did not take it lightly. After the deployment continued, he rushed back to Kaifeng overnight, hoping to discuss the next move with Henan Governor Jia Hanfu. Before he could enter the city, the person sent by Jia Hanfu halfway brought him news of the emperor's death.

Yongcheng County north of Sui River is under the jurisdiction of Guide Prefecture. There are Dangshan and Mangshan in the north of this place, and the junction of Nanzhili in the south. The two major rivers of Sui River and Wushui are both located in the south of the county, which is considered a place that must be fought for by military strategists.

Now, Yongcheng is full of enemies.

Since Zhongzhen Camp entered southern Henan in September last year, Guide Prefecture has been in war, and the Ming and Qing dynasties have set aside here. Due to the lack of attacking power, Zhongzhen Camp can only capture weaker counties in southern Henan and eastern Henan, while larger prefectures can only be surrounded but not attacked.
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