At the same time that Xu Yifan and Li Dingguo encircled and suppressed Zu Dashou, more than 20,000 elite cavalry led by Azig had already rushed all the way from Mengjin to the vicinity of Taiyuan.

However, the situation in Taiyuan is not as serious as imagined, but it was surrounded by the army led by Sun Chuanting, and it was beaten twice if it was okay, anyway, it attracted the Manchurian elite cavalry.

Azig rushed all the way, and in eight or nine days, he rushed from Mengjin to Taiyuan, and saw that Taiyuan was still in the hands of the Qing army, so he let out a long breath, and finally saved Taiyuan Mansion.

However, seeing that Azig's elite cavalry pounced, Sun Chuanting also did not show weakness, and with a wave of the banner, he only used 5,000 people to defend his back road, and the armies of the three military towns all turned around and went south, directly attacking Azig's Manchurian elite cavalry, and the two sides met head-on in Qinzhou, south of Taiyuan Prefecture.

One is an army of 60,000 with a strong force, and the other is 20,000 or 30,000 Manchurian elite cavalry, whose combat power is equally strong, and a big war is about to break out.

Sun Chuanting's face was solemn, these days, he just defeated Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong, although it is said that the momentum is like a bamboo, it is because the opponent's strength is not strong, the Manchurian elite cavalry in front of him is different, this is the main force of the Manchurian Eight Banners, the combat power is strong, not inferior to the Tianwei Army, and even slightly better than the three towns of Nanjing, if you want to defeat Jierharang, but it is not so easy.

"Master Inspector, do you want me to take Nanjing Houzhen to try the depth of Manchurian Tartar?"

Gao Jie on the side asked in a deep voice.

Sun Chuanting glanced at Gao Jie and said indifferently: "You? Forget it. Although the combat power of Nanjing Houzhen has improved a lot, but in the face of Manchuria's elite cavalry, you are still not enough to see, wait honestly, we are not in a hurry to fight, now the momentum of Zierharang is flourishing, at this time to attack, we can not bargain, want to contend with these cavalry, and only Nanjing Qianzhen has such strength, you other two military towns are not good, the key to this battle must not have any negligence, once the emperor built a strategy flawed, then the entire war situation will collapse, What we have to do now is to hold the door tightly, so that Ji'er Harang has no chance to take advantage of it, it won't take a few days, there will be news from Mengjin's side, I want to use the ability of Yifan and Li Dingguo to defeat Zu Dashou and lead the army to surround it, it is not a difficult thing, when the time comes, the four military towns, together with eighty or ninety thousand people, will eat Ji'er Harang in one go, and we will have the certainty of total victory! ”

Sun Chuanting has full confidence in Xu Yifan, as long as Xu Yifan personally goes out, it is not difficult to get Zu Dashou, the problem is that it is two days earlier and two days late, and now Sun Chuanting is already in control, in the hinterland of Shanxi, Jierharang is a lone army like himself, there is no strong support around, compared to himself with the support of Shaanxi, and at the same time, the fourth town of Tianwei Army is coming, Zierharang's strength is even weaker, and for a year, the Qing court's control of Shanxi is weak. There is no power to strengthen control at all, and there is no spare strength to strengthen control, a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, the rule of the Ming Empire is deep-rooted, far from being as weak as imagined.

Zhong Yue said in a deep voice: "My lord, are we just going to wait like this?" The battle situation in Jianghuai is getting more and more severe now, and we must fight a quick victory......

"Zhong Yue, what are you afraid of? The governor is not worried, you have not followed the emperor to fight, naturally there is no bottom, but the governor has followed the emperor all the way, from the time he just rose to see him rise step by step, slowly said that now there is still the Tianwei army in Huai'an Mansion, even if there is no Tianwei army, the emperor still has a way to deal with Azig, Azig wants to take Nanjing City, but I am afraid that it is still far away, only tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to succeed! ”

Sun Chuanting replied.

Gao Jie on the side said with a smile: "That's it, Lao Zhong, let me tell you, you only need to think about the war in Taiyuan now, as for the emperor, there is absolutely no danger, who is the emperor?" It's really a rare genius in three or five hundred years, what are you worried about? Don't talk about an Azig, I'm afraid that Dolgon and the three brothers are all under the city of Nanjing, and they may not be able to take the south! ”

Zhong Yue said dissatisfiedly: "If you want me to say, then it is better to launch an attack on Jierharang, my Nanjing Qianzhen is the vanguard, Nanjing Houzhen and Fengyang Town are left and right, we have 60,000 male soldiers, and if we eat more than 20,000 cavalry in one go, the problem will not be much!" ”

"Zhong Yue!"

Sun Chuanting shouted: "You think too highly of our combat strength, haven't you heard that the Jurchens are not full of ten thousand, and they are invincible?" What's more, there are more than 20,000 Manchurian elite horsemen here? The combat power of Nanjing Qianzhen is enough, but Nanjing Houzhen has not yet been elite enough to be able to compete with the Manchurian elite cavalry, as for Mrs. Li's people Fengyang Town has just formed an army, a group of rabble, although we have the advantage in strength, but there is absolutely no certainty of victory, Jierharang has been famous for 20 years, but he is a famous general, we can't be careless, and no one can fight without my order! Wait, at most, it will be five or six days, and Li Dingguo's fourth town will catch up, and at that time, the fourth town of Tianwei Army and the former town of Nanjing alone will be enough for Jierharang to drink a pot! ”

Sun Chuanting suppressed the posture of the two people asking to fight, and the more he reached this moment, the more he asked for stability, because he had already gained the upper hand, and there was no need to take a risk.

At this time, Jierharang is also dignified, the Ming army on the opposite side has fifty or sixty thousand people, these troops have just passed the baptism of Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong's battle, even if it is not as strong as the Tianwei army, but it is definitely a strong force, and the strength is more than twice as much as his own, facing such a strong enemy, even if it is Jierharang, he also has no confidence in his heart.

However, there is no way out for Zierharang to retreat, Taiyuan City must not fall into the hands of the Ming army, this place can threaten the capital and the Daimyo Mansion at the same time, and an unprecedented decisive battle is about to be staged here.

However, before the decisive battle began, Zilharang was first beaten by the blow, and a fast horse galloped into the camp of Zilharang, and came to the handsome tent, and the man turned over and rolled off his horse, howling in his mouth: "Urgent war report, urgent war report!" Report, report to Prince Zhuang, Mengjin is lost, Mengjin is lost! ”

Zilharang, who was sitting upright in the tent, was really startled, and roared angrily: "Bastard, what kind of person is making noise outside!" ”

The person who came had already entered the tent under the support of the guards, and knelt on the ground: "The slave with the blue flag Niu Lu Zhangjing said goodbye to the prince, three days ago, our army suddenly encountered the surprise attack of the main force of the Tianwei army led by Xu Yifan on the north bank of the Mengjin Ferry, and at the same time, the fourth town of the Tianwei Army began to forcibly cross the river, and our army fought unfavorably, and the Mengjin Ferry fell!" ”

(End of chapter)