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Genius to remember the address of this site in one second: (Top Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! Just when the officers of the 1st Infantry Regiment were worried about the fifth or even sixth storm of the Ming army, the Ming army at the foot of the mountain But it retreated!

When a large number of Ming troops began to retreat, many Tang soldiers on the top of the mountain burst into cheers!

In the face of nearly 30,000 people in four waves of wheel battles, this forward force of only 4,000 people paid a lot for the 1st Infantry Regiment, but in the end it was blocked.

And the commander-in-chief of this vanguard unit, the First Army Chief of Staff Chao Hong also showed a smile!

As a senior general, he knows better than ordinary soldiers that the victory of this battle is not only about defending the position and killing five or six thousand Ming troops, but there will also be a series of reactions behind it!

He defended the fort by himself and successfully forced the Hengyang Ming army to abandon the ship and land on the shore, and then had to travel to Changsha from the land with a lot of baggage!

For such a long distance from here to Changsha, there is no way for them to escape the interception of the main force of the First Army!

At present, the main force of the First Army is intercepting, and then there are its own and the third mixed regiment to pursue. The remaining 20,000 Hengyang Ming Army is difficult to fly even with wings!

When the Hengyang Ming Army is annihilated, the main force of the First Army will be able to go north to Changsha and join the Second Army, and then take Changsha with an absolute advantage. Once Changsha, the southern part of Huguang, which is south of the Yangtze River, will be all over the place. Into the hands of the Tang Dynasty!

In the future, the main force of the first army and the second army can be integrated further along the river eastward, sweeping Wuchang and Jiujiang all the way to Jinling City in Nanzhili!

The impact of this battle is far more far-reaching than the surface reflects!

And Wang Chaohong also believes that His Majesty can see this, and can see the credit he has made. Maybe it won't be long before he will be able to sit on the command of a certain main infantry division, and then he will continue to work hard. In a year or two, the size of the Datang Army will be expanded, and there is hope for him to be a commander.

Wang Chaohong was in a good mood. On the one hand, he ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, mainly to bury the fallen soldiers of both sides and to treat the wounded on both sides!

Even if most of them were the dead and wounded of the Ming army, but since this battle was won, as the victor, I didn't want to see their dead corpse in the wilderness, so it was better to let them go to the ground.

And the wounded can be treated as soon as they can be treated!

After all, there is respect for the opponent, that is, respect for yourself!

It is a pity that although the Ming army failed to attack, it was still very methodical when retreating. Except for a few artillery pieces that exploded, no other field artillery was left.

On the contrary, there were a lot of light weapons such as shotguns, muskets, swords, spears, armor, shields and other light weapons carried by the Ming army who participated in the attack before!

The shotguns and muskets are naturally to be recovered, even if the quality is lower, they can still be used.

As for swords, spears, armor and shields, it is a matter of choice. Good quality is used directly, and ordinary ones are not taken away. They are directly stored here and left to the troops behind to take over.

With the capture of Hengyang without blood, the current Datang has completely opened up the river channel of the Xiangjiang River, and a large number of civil officials have begun to station in Hengyang Prefecture. At the same time, they also had to clear up some broken soldiers and bandits of the Ming army.

The third mixed group is going north along the Xiangjiang River day and night!

It is a pity that the ships on the Hengyang side were taken away or burned by the Hengyang Ming Army at that time, and there were not many ships of the Datang Army in the rear, and most of them had to be used to transport supplies. Otherwise, the third mixed The regiment can also go directly north by boat.

Even at Shenjiadukou, the ships that the Ming army in Hengyang were on were set on fire by themselves before the Ming army withdrew. Alleviate the dilemma of the shortage of ships in the Xiangjiang River by the King of the Tang Dynasty.

When cleaning the battlefield, Wang Chaohong was already the first cavalry detachment in the vanguard and ordered them to follow and harass the Ming army, delaying their retreat. Of course, if they could take the opportunity to eat part of the Ming army, it would be natural. It couldn't be better!

However, although there are not many cavalry in the Hengyang Ming Army, the number of the retreating Hengyang Ming Army is still very large, and there are also hundreds of cavalry. , I am afraid it is difficult.

As for Wang Chaohong himself, after letting the troops rest for a long time, he also followed with the 1st Infantry Regiment and the artillery baggage. Of course, he did not follow too close.

If the distance is too close, if the Hengyang Ming army kills a carbine, it will be in big trouble.

There are still more than 20,000 people, and he has only 4,000 people under his command. If he really wants to face off in the field, even if he can barely win, I am afraid that his forward force will be completely crippled!

Now that the situation is very good, he will naturally not take risks again!

The task of intercepting and even annihilating more than 20,000 people in the Hengyang Ming Army was the task of the main force of the First Army, not the task of his forward force, Wang Chaohong.

When the two troops headed north one after the other, in the northwest direction, the main force of the First Army was also speeding up their journey!

Since receiving the information that the Hengyang Ming army fled north, Hao Bainian has changed the direction of the march. Instead of heading directly towards Changsha, he went directly east to try to intercept the Hengyang Ming army.

Hao Bainian couldn't let this Hengyang Ming army also enter Changsha City. In that case, the battle for Changsha would not be easy to fight.

And Hao Bainian, who was on his way, received news from Wang Chaohong again today. He learned that the vanguard led by Wang Chaohong had already repelled the attack of the Ming army in Hengyang, forcing them to abandon their ships and land on the shore, and rushed to Changsha by land.

Hao Bainian said with a smile on his face: "This Wang Chaohong has finally lived up to His Majesty's painstaking care for him!"

The Ming army of Hengyang could not go down the river quickly by boat, which meant that his first army could stop them!

Calculating the distance, it is estimated that the two armies will be able to contact in two days. When the main force of the first army of his own is exhausted, he does not think that the Ming army of Hengyang will be able to break through his interception and go north!

And the fact was exactly as he expected. The next day, the reconnaissance cavalry of the First Army contacted the First Cavalry Detachment and learned the exact location of the Hengyang Ming Army.

But then this Hengyang Ming Army also seemed to have discovered that there was the main force of the First Army intercepting ahead, and then turned to the east!

Looking at the map, Hao Bainian knew what the Ming army was planning to do. They wanted to cross the Xiangjiang River and get rid of the interception of the main force of the First Army!

If we calculate the distance, we are still far away from them, and there is no way to stop them before they cross the river, so Hao Bainian immediately ordered to continue eastward, and then directly cross the river!

At the same time, he also personally ordered Brigadier General Lu Yuzhi of the 1st Cavalry Detachment, asking the cavalry detachment to delay their crossing the river and buy time for the main force of the 1st Army to set up an interception circle!

Lu Yuzhi, a veteran cavalry general in the Tang Army, did not act recklessly after receiving the order. Instead, he played a big circle and got rid of the entanglement of more than 500 cavalrymen in the Ming Army. The Ming army crossing the river made a raid!

Although the attack this time was blocked by the rear troops of the Ming army, it also successfully disrupted the rhythm of the Ming army crossing the river, forcing the Ming army to slow down the speed of crossing the river and deploy more troops in the rear to guard against Lu Yuzhi's Cavalry raid.

At the same time, the vanguard troops and the third mixed regiment who were chasing behind also received orders to cross the river directly!

As a result, this battle turned from the west of the Xiangjiang River to the east!

Although the armies on both sides are still dozens of miles apart, there are a large number of reconnaissance cavalry on both sides, and the armies on both sides are not hundreds or thousands of people, but tens of thousands of people who can't hide it, so whether it is the Ming army Or Tang Jun, who can already know the situation of the other party.

Cheng Hongan almost watched helplessly as a huge encirclement gradually formed on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River!

And the road to Changsha in the north was blocked even more!

Continue to go north, that is courting death!

At this time, Cheng Hongan was decisive enough~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He directly abandoned almost all the field guns and ammunition that slowed down the speed, and in order to prevent these artillery and baggage from being tried by Tang Jun, he was very straightforward. Abandon these heavy field guns and ammunition directly in the Xiangjiang River!

Then continue to flee east with a large army that is not burdened by baggage!

He is going to Jiangxi!

Although going to Jiangxi is also dangerous, it is better than being surrounded like this now!

Knowing that the Ming army in Hengyang abandoned all the artillery and luggage and escaped lightly, Hao Bainian snorted coldly: "The officer who brings these artillery should be afraid of three points, but now!"

Soon he called the adjutant: "Order the troops to pursue lightly, the infantry marches quickly, and the artillery and baggage will follow!"

"Send fast horses to send a letter to the forwards, and let them follow suit!"

"As for the third mixed regiment, it's too late for them, let them go directly to Changsha with the artillery and baggage of the vanguard troops."

After that, he looked up and murmured in the southeast direction: "If you want to run, you have to see if I agree or not!"

After the order for the rapid march was issued, the four infantry regiments and two five-jin field artillery battalions in the main force of the First Army only carried five-day rations and light weapons and ammunition and began to speed up. In addition, an infantry regiment was left to cover the heavy artillery, baggage, etc. The troops continued to pursue.

The pure infantry troops under the rapid march can only reach 30 kilometers in one day!

Although this will consume a lot of physical energy for the soldiers, the Datang Army will give the soldiers a full meal every day, and then carry out physical training. Isn't it just for today!

Four infantry regiments plus some auxiliary troops, nearly 14,000 people ran all the way, 100 kilometers in three days, and finally blocked in front of the Hengyang Ming Army!

Cheng Hongan's dim eyes were full of despair when he learned that a large group of counterfeit Tang thieves had appeared several miles ahead of the report from the reconnaissance cavalry.