Wu Sangui sat in the camp of the Chinese army, he knew his old opponent Li Dingguo very well, the two had fought for many years, Wu Sangui lost a lot of troops in the hands of Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo also lost a lot of generals. If Li Dingguo was so easy to eliminate, how could the Qing army let Li Dingguo be active all year round in the area from Bamo to Mengla. Li Dingguo is good at using the terrain to hold on, as long as he guards the mountain pass, it is difficult for the Qing army to break through, Li Dingguo is also good at launching a rapid attack, often a single blow, and then calmly retreat, making it difficult for the opponent to capture his whereabouts. If the opponent pursues, he will often be ambushed and suffer heavy losses.

In the battle of Mopanshan more than two years ago, if it weren't for the defection of Ming general Lu Guisheng, Wu Sangui might have died in ambush.

Seeing that Wu Sangui was depressed, Wu Guogui stepped forward and said: "Lord Father-in-law, the handsome flag on the opposite side is in white characters, and the pseudo-Gongchang King Bai Wenxuan is your father-in-law's defeated general, and it is not Li Dingguo, what is the father-in-law worried about?" ”

"There is a Qiongzhou Admiral Wang Yu on the other side, although we have not fought each other, but he can defeat Gao Jinku, and he can make trouble in Guangzhou City, and the Guangdong Navy Division is completely destroyed! This person should not be underestimated! In addition, according to our spies in Burma, the puppet Jin king Li Dingguo did not go to King Qin in Awa City, but stayed in Yunnan to deal with us! The siege of Ava City was besieged by the thief army of this king. So since Li Dingguo is in Yunnan, why didn't he come to stop us? Where will he hide? This king has a very bad premonition that there may be danger to the two people in our north! Wu Sangui frowned and said worriedly.

"Marshal, since this is the case, then we will quickly dispatch fast horses to inform Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong, and let them withdraw their troops quickly! We should not stay here for long, we must withdraw our troops immediately! Xia Guoxiang proposed.

Gao Dejie snorted: "That Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong are not from our Pingxi Palace!" Those two are dead, they are dead! ”

"But Wang Fuchen's heart is for us. There are also Ma Bao and others, all of whom are from our Pingxi Palace! We still have tens of thousands of elites on the north side, have they all been lost in vain? Let's do what the Admiral says. Xia Guoxiang said.

Wu Sangui raised his head and looked around, his eyes were full of yin and ruthless: "This king wants to return to Kunming, but can General Pingxi outside?" Dejie was right. Then Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong are dead! Even if the old man is dead, he can rest assured! The old man also wished they were dead! Save yourself the annoyance of seeing the two lackeys of the old thief Hong all day long! But we still can't let them die now, if this battle is a fiasco, the blame from above will be down, and our lives will not be easy! ”

"What does that mean?" Wu Guogui, Xia Guoxiang, Gao Dejie, Hu Guozhu and others asked in unison.

"Send fast horses to hurry to remind them to be careful, and not to fall for the tricks of the puppet king of Jin! As for us here, we can't withdraw our troops for the time being! If the army is withdrawn, then Ai Xing Ah will suspect that we are colluding with the puppet Ming court! What's more, the above holy decree is that we must send troops to Burma to capture the puppet emperor! We have to fight whatever we say. Wu Sangui said helplessly. That's it. Even if he knew that there was fraud, Wu Sangui had to prepare to attack the city.

Later, Wu Sangui called two messengers and asked them to rush to Ruilijiang and Mubang in an expedited manner of 800 li, reminding Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong and others to be careful, and if they saw that the situation was not good, they would immediately give up the attack and march south. Rendezvous with Wu Sangui's main forces.

After the messenger's order, he immediately took Wu Sangui's letter and set off.

On the mountain road. The two messengers hurried to Ruilijiang and Mubang at a speed of 800 miles.

However, it was too late to catch up with the messenger of Ruilijiang, and he had not yet arrived in Ruilijiang to inform Wang Jinbao that Li Dingguo's main force had arrived in Ruilijiang, of which Gao Wengui's 2,000 men and horses had hurried overnight. By the time Wang Jinbao reacted, his back road had been cut off by Gao Wengui's 2,000 Ming army.

Wang Jinbao was Nala, the general of the Eight Banners? Mu Zhan was forced to attack the mountain for a whole day. As a result, there were heavy losses but no achievements.

So Nala? Mu Zhan came up with a poisonous plan: set fire to the mountain.

Although the Ming army had already cut down a barrier without vegetation on the hillside in order to kill and injure the enemy with rolling wood and stones, the Qing army piled up a large amount of firewood at the bottom of the mountain, lit firewood, and the raging fire rushed straight to the top of the mountain with billowing smoke. Under the smoke and fire, Ma Jiugong at the top of the mountain was invincible and led the troops to withdraw from the back mountain path. The Qing army found the Ming army retreating and pursued it closely.

Seeing that the weapons of the Ming army were very poor, but the Ming army with these inferior weapons actually stopped them for a whole day, Nala? Mu Zhan felt a little tricked, so he angrily ordered the Qing army to pursue with all his might.

Ma Jiugong fought and retreated, using the terrain to maneuver with the Qing army, and gradually introduced the Qing army into the Jedi. Although the Qing army had cavalry, it pursued under the complex terrain of the mountainous area, and Ma Jiugong's infantry was still able to use the mountains and forests to get rid of the pursuit of the Qing army again and again, and also set traps on the way, causing certain losses to the pursuing Qing army.

The Qing army pursued for two days, and the more Wang Jinbao thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He repeatedly advised Mu Zhan to leave, but the Manchurian Lord insisted on refusing to leave, and he did not dare to leave the Manchurian Lord and flee without authorization.

"Your Excellency, this place is dangerous, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time! The rear road of our army is a narrow mountain road, and if the thieves detour to the back road of our army and cut off our retreat, our army will be in danger along the way! Wang Jinbao, who felt that something was wrong, walked into the Chinese army camp and reported to Mu Zhanyu.

"Hahaha!" Mu Zhan looked up to the sky and laughed, "If the puppet Jin King Li Yi has the troops to surround us, General Zhao's army can outflank and attack his lair!" When the time comes, we will attack in two ways, and Li Wei will definitely be defeated! General Ben is not afraid of Li Zhilai, but he is afraid that he will not come! As long as he dares to come, this Ruilijiang is the place where Li Yi is buried! ”

While he was talking, a spy came to report: "Report to your lord! Li Reverse is here! ”

"Li is here? Tell me, how many thieves are coming? Mu Zhan was overjoyed, "The thief is here, it is a good opportunity for my sons to make contributions!" ”

"About five or six thousand centaurs!" The Qing army spies replied.

Wang Jinbao frowned, and said very worriedly: "My lord! We must withdraw our troops immediately! Li Wei has five or six thousand men and horses, plus the two thousand thief army on the mountain, a total of seven or eight thousand people, and we only have more than six thousand people left, and the troops are insufficient! Moreover, our army has been consumed here for many days, and its morale is not high, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that our army will not be able to win. ”

Mu Zhan sneered: "General Wang, you're too timid and afraid, right?" Although Li Wei has seven or eight thousand men and horses, the thieves have been starving for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is low, and their weapons are even more inferior. What's more, there are more than 300 of my brave and invincible soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manmeng! ”

"But adults ......"

Mu Zhan rudely interrupted Wang Jinbao's words: "General Wang Hugh wants to say more!" I, Mu Zhan, fought all the way from outside the gate to inside the gate, which battle was not won with less? Everywhere I go, the thieves are descending from the wind! Now give me the order, immediately form a formation, and see how I, Mu Zhan, can break the enemy! ”

Seeing that this Mu Zhan was very light on the enemy, Wang Jinbao had no choice but to sigh, but it was difficult to say anything. This Mu Zhan is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Sutai, who was originally the three blessings of Lin Dan Khan, and after the death of Lin Dan Khan, he became the successor of Zilharang. Mu Zhan's status is much higher than Wang Jinbao, and Wang Jinbao can't say anything at all. This Mu Zhan only came to Yunnan last year, this person is more than brave, but his mind is very simple, and he has never seen Li Dingguo's power.

Li Dingguo's army of 8,000 had already arrived, and the Qing army formed a formation to meet the battle. The two sides chose to fight in a relatively open basin in the valley. Seeing Li Dingguo's formation along the open river valley, and then seeing that there were very few cavalry in Li Dingguo's army, most of them were foot soldiers, Mu Zhan was overjoyed in his heart, and roared: "The thieves gave up the valley terrain and chose to fight a decisive battle with our army in the open field, this is their own death!" Our sons and daughters who are full of eight flags will go with the general! ”

The Qing army formed a formation, with a large group of green battalion infantry in the middle, and several tiger squat cannons in the formation. The Lu soldiers, who were good at mountain warfare, detoured through the hills on both flanks, waiting for the infantry to face off against the Ming infantry, and then the Lu soldiers came out of the hills to give the Ming army a surprise blow.

The cavalry led by Mu Zhan waited for an opportunity on the flank, and once the time was ripe, they immediately rode their horses and rushed into battle, breaking through the infantry formation of the Ming army, and killing the Ming army in one fell swoop.

The Ming army on the opposite side formed a formation, and the Ming general, who was the leader of the golden helmet and golden armor, pointed his spear in the direction of the Qing army and shouted: "Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, is here!" Tartars dare to fight! ”

Seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side had poor weapons, lacked bows and arrows and firearms, and the armor on their bodies was incomplete, and there were many foot soldiers who did not even have a spear in their hands, only a wooden stick, the "Li" character banner in the Ming army was also outdated, and the soldiers were even more ragged. Mu Zhan was overjoyed: "Such a thief, come to send him to death!" Boys! It's your chance to make a difference! When our infantry defeats the enemy, the sons and daughters will attack with the general! ”

Even Wang Jinbao saw that the Ming army was so equipped, he immediately burst with confidence and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Wang Jinbao had long heard that Li Dingguo's army was poorly equipped, but now that he saw it, he felt that his opportunity to make meritorious contributions had arrived, and when he was provoked by Mu Zhan, he was even hot-headed and lost his due judgment.

The war drums of the Qing army were beating, the horns were sounding, and groups of Qing soldiers formed a formation and slowly advanced towards the formation of the Ming army on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom, boom" several tiger squatting cannons spewed fire, solid cannonballs flew out of two hundred steps, drilled into the crowd of Ming troops, ploughed open several blood marks, and the flesh and blood of the Ming soldiers who were shot flew sideways and fell.

The infantry of the Qing army advanced slowly, approaching the Ming formation step by step. The archers in the middle and rear of the Qing army fired a volley of arrows, and the feathered arrows flew into the sky, shooting towards the formation of the Ming army like locusts flying in the sky.

The Ming army raised the wooden cards and rattan cards, most of the arrows were blocked by shields, and a small number of arrows drilled into the crowd of the Ming army, and the Ming army who were hit by the arrows let out a scream and fell.

As soon as the infantry on both sides fought, the Ming army was immediately defeated, Li Dingguo was the first to turn his horse's head and run, and the Ming army's infantry also retreated.

Mu Zhan was overjoyed when he saw this, and pulled out his saber and pointed forward: "Sons, charge with Ben!" Kill the southern dog! ”

"Kill!" More than 300 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry galloped on horseback, brandishing sabers to kill the Ming army. (To be continued.) )