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Datong Mansion, Yuzhou.

Yang Heng, the commander of the 1st Mobile Division of the Zhenming Army, stood on the city tower and looked at the Qing troops filling the mountains and plains outside the city.

After detecting that Dorgon's Qing army would invade Datong from the Yuzhou area, Yang Heng had ordered Brigade General He Xiaolei to lead a brigade of 6,000 troops back to defend Datong City to support the Datong garrison.

He himself led the remaining 14,000 troops to garrison Yuzhou, preparing to resist the Manchu troops.

He also urgently ordered more than 21,000 men of the Second Henan Combat Division led by Deng Hao to go north from Zhending Mansion, preparing to cut off Mantar's retreat.

But Dorgon was indeed one of the most cunning generals in the Qing army. He sent Duoduo to lead the 5,000 Eighth Banner Army and 5,000 Han Banner Soldiers, disguised as a Qing army, and attracted Yang Heng's attention.

He led the remaining 40,000 Qing troops, bypassed Yuzhou, and went straight to Hunyuan Prefecture in the rear.

Hunyuan Prefecture had few troops to defend at this time. Zhizhou Mao Chuanyi led a battalion of Zhenming Army and 2,000 Minzhuang. After resisting for two hours in blood, he died in the battle. Hunyuan Prefecture was captured by Dorgon.

It has been more than a year since the Zhenming Army occupied Hunyuan Prefecture. The governor of the state, Mao Chuanyi, was also an outstanding student of the Zhenming Official School in Jiazhou. He managed it well and was very popular among the people.

After the Qing army entered the city and saw that a border town was so wealthy, they immediately began bloody robbery, burning, killing and raping.

However, the desperate resistance of the people in the city also cost the Qing army a huge price. Dorgon became angry and ordered a massacre of the city.

More than 15,000 people in Hunyuan Prefecture were killed in just one day. Nearly more than 10,000 people were killed. Most of the others were captured. Only a few people escaped by chance.

Dorgon made statistics afterwards and found that the Qing army also suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

The Zhenming Army is not only powerful in its army, but its people are also so tough. Attacking the city in this way will not capture a few cities, and his Qing army will have to be exhausted.

Yuzhou official office.

Just after breakfast, the 1st Mobile Division came over with the army Zan Hua and reported: "Superintendent, something bad has happened. Dorgon's main force has bypassed Yuzhou and captured Hunyuan City. The Tatars ordered a massacre of the city and all the people in Hunyuan City There were many dead and injured, and Zhizhou Mao Chuanyi died heroically for his country."

"What!" Yang Heng stood up immediately.

"Bang!" He punched the wooden table so hard that his joints bled.

"Dorgon! Manta! If I don't avenge this, I swear I won't be a human being!"

"It's because I didn't think well. I feel ashamed of the prince and the people of Hunyuan Prefecture!"

Yang Heng was extremely angry and couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of the tragic sacrifices of the people.

Yang Heng had been serving as deputy general manager of the General Staff Department before. Although he had a clear mind and an overall view, his actual experience in leading troops in combat was still lacking.

"Supervisor, this is because the Tatars are too cunning. The immediate plan is to decide how to deal with it as soon as possible. Don't get distracted." Zan Hua advised.

Yang Heng came back to his senses in an instant. Now is not the time to be sad, nor can it be controlled by anger.

He immediately asked: "Where is Deng Hao's Henan Second Combat Division?"

"It's less than 80 miles away from Yuzhou. You can contact us using Bailitong."

After Lin Feng's last flight cabin upgrade, he found forty walkie-talkies. Zhenming Ordnance Factory also developed a simple generator, so it was equipped with important troops.

"Inform the entire army to prepare for war immediately. In two hours, they will leave the city to attack the Manchu Tatars outside the city. Order Deng Hao to lead his troops to outflank the Tatars' retreat, and be sure to annihilate all the Tatars outside the city." Yang Heng ordered.

"Yes!"

After lunch in the afternoon, more than 10,000 troops of the First Mobile Division had been assembled.

Yang Heng walked up the steps of the city wall with a sad face and said to the troops:
"Brothers, we just received an urgent report from Hunyuan City. Yesterday, the cunning Tatars bypassed Yuzhou and attacked Hunyuan. The governor of the state, Mao Chuanyi, led the soldiers and civilians in a bloody battle and died for the country!

In order to retaliate against the fierce resistance of Hunyuan City, the evil Tatars carried out a bloody massacre! More than 10,000 people were killed and injured, and the city was littered with dead bodies and insulted sisters! "

"What should we do with such a blood feud?" Yang Heng asked loudly.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The troops roared!
"Open the city gate! Attack the Tatars outside the city with all your strength. No surrender troops will be spared in this battle. Kill them all!" Yang Heng roared.

The city gate was opened, and in addition to leaving about 3,000 officers and soldiers to guard the city, 11,000 officers and soldiers of the First Mobile Division came out to kill the Tatars outside the city.

Outside the city, the 10,000 Qing troops led by Duduo were breaking out of camp. They had completed the task of containing the Yuzhou Zhenming Army and were preparing to meet at Hunyuan City.

"Prince Yu, the Zhenming Army came out of Yuzhou City and seems to be preparing to fight with us!" The sentry horse came over to report.

"Oh, it seems that the Zhenming Army was so angry at the massacre in Hunyuan City that they dared to come out to fight with our army. The whole army is ready to meet the enemy." Duo Duo ordered without fear. He had never fought against the Zhenming Army. I don't know how powerful they are yet.

The two armies soon collided head-on.

It was also the first time for the Zhenming Army to invest tens of thousands of troops in a field battle against the Tatars.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st Mobile Division began to attack with great anger.

Their front army consisted of more than 3,000 cavalry. Before approaching the Tatar army, they fired two volleys with breech-loading rifles. In an instant, nearly a thousand Tatars were knocked off their horses, which surprised Dodo.

Then the cavalry disengaged to both sides, revealing the infantry of the center. Duduo was overjoyed when he saw it. The cavalry killed the infantry in the field, which was not just cutting melons and vegetables.

He immediately commanded the Tatar cavalry to rush towards the middle infantry of the Zhenming Army.

Suddenly, a row of carriages drove out on each side, blocking the infantry.

One side of the vehicle wall opened, revealing the black muzzle of the gun.

Duduo saw that the situation was not good, but he could not turn back at this time. He ordered the Tatar cavalry to widen the distance, spread out the formation, and continue to rush towards the Zhenming Army quickly.

The Tatars approached about 200 meters away, and shotguns mounted on more than a dozen carriages fired, killing and wounding a large number of Tatars.

Then the Zhenming Army infantry relied on the carriage as a barrier and continued to shoot with breech-loading rifles.

This charging road of less than 200 meters has become the road of death for the Tatars.

After finally surviving the casualties during the charge, the Tatar cavalry plunged into the Chinese infantry of the Zhenming Army. However, the Zhenming Army did not collapse at the first touch like they did when they fought against the Ming Army. Instead, they all fought bravely with the Tatar cavalry without fear of death.

The Tatar cavalry still had an advantage against the Zhenming infantry, and slowly began to break down the formation of the Central Army of the 1st Mobile Division.

At this time, the Zhenming cavalry that had circled to both sides began to circle back and accelerate to attack the Tatar cavalry from the side.

They used breech-loading rifles when they were far away and sabers when they were close, and they soon caused huge casualties to the Tatar cavalry.

While Duduo took the lead in the charge, he was dumbfounded. When did the Han army become so powerful? It was indistinguishable from the Eight Banners elites in field battles.

"Commander, our Eight Banners warriors cannot withstand such casualties, so we should leave early and join Prince Rui and the others." The scribe who followed him suggested.

Duduo looked at the battlefield situation and felt that the Eight Banners soldiers would suffer too many casualties if they continued to fight like this. He immediately asked the Han army flag to be raised, and he prepared to lead the real Tatar cavalry to withdraw first.

This is also Manta's usual practice. They won't feel bad no matter how many Han army flags die. The number of true Tartars is limited, and it will be difficult to account for too many deaths.

The leader of the Han army flag had no choice but to push forward.

Yang Heng also saw the Qing army's intention and commanded the cavalry to bite the Tatars hard.

After arranging a group of several hundred Tatars to defeat them, Duduo led the remaining 2,000 Tatar cavalry to leave the battlefield. Just as they were preparing to head to Hunyuan City, the vanguard cavalry of the Second Henan Combat Division led by Deng Hao arrived. Without saying a word, he launched a charge.

The Qing army, which had just fought a fierce battle, was still an opponent and was quickly dispersed. The two armies launched a pursuit battle in the vast wilderness of northern Shanxi.

Under the desperate protection of dozens of personal guards, Duduo broke away from the interception and ran out.

He ran until his horse lost strength and then stopped helplessly.

After just a quarter of an hour's rest and a few sips of mare's milk, the pursuers led by Deng Hao had arrived.

Knowing that it was difficult to escape, Duduo immediately mounted his horse and charged forward with his saber brandished.

Deng Hao served as the coach of the personal guard division, and was often pulled by Lin Feng to train with him, and he also developed great arm strength.

Today, he took advantage of waiting for work. After fighting Dodo for dozens of rounds, he took advantage of Dodo's lack of strength, knocked his weapon away with a knife, and then beheaded him with another knife.

Dodo's personal guards saw their master dead and rushed over desperately.

The Zhenming Army on the side raised their rifles and fired a volley, quickly killing them all.

A battle raged from afternoon until the sun went down. The vast wilderness of northern Shanxi is full of dead bodies, blood, and broken flags.

Under the reflection of the setting sun, it looked particularly tragic.

Yang Heng rode his war horse and ignored the stab wound on his left arm. He checked the battle situation along the way, arranged for the battlefield to be cleaned, and treated the wounded.

Not long after, Deng Hao held the horse's reins in one hand and Duduo's head in the other, riding up.

When he saw Yang Heng, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Supervisor, fortunately we lived up to our trust. We stopped Duduo and chopped off his head!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Deng. Let's take a rest first. I'll finish cleaning the battlefield and then discuss it." Yang Heng replied.

"Okay!" Deng Hao replied.

After about an hour, it was completely dark, and Suijun Zanhua came to report.

In this battle, more than 4,000 Manchus were annihilated. No prisoners or wounded were left behind, and they were all killed with one last blow. Only about a thousand Eight Banners soldiers escaped. They wiped out all 5,000 Tatar and Han troops and captured 3,000 of them.

In terms of its own casualties, the 1st Mobile Division suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, and the 2nd Henan Combat Division suffered more than 2,000 casualties. It can be regarded as killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800.

However, about 1,780 people were actually killed, 300 to 400 were seriously injured, and most of the remaining 4,000 wounded soldiers were able to recover and return to the army.

(End of this chapter)