For Yuan Zongdi, who wanted to ambush the Qing army, what he was most worried about was to let the enemy spies run away, or the battle lasted for too long, which led to the enemy's chance to send a signal to the police, resulting in his ambush completely failure. However, even so, Yuan Zongdi would not be afraid, because he brought thousands of soldiers, and even if he had a head-on confrontation with the Qing army, he was not afraid, let alone that he had a group of reinforcements coming.

When commanding the soldiers to chase forward, countless birds were seen soaring into the sky, followed by a large number of shouts. The jungle opposite was full of people, as if hundreds of enemies were rushing towards him.

The eight hundred armored soldiers were in the south, and the remaining troops were spinning and sweeping across the north. Yuan Zongdi knew very well that the opponent was rushing over to him could not be his own people: "Good!" Yuan Zongdi shouted loudly. It seemed that the enemy's reconnaissance team did not scatter and fled, but instead tried to forcibly cross the Ming army's front and return to the river from the shortest way. In this way, Yuan Zongdi could eliminate the enemy soldiers behind him as fast as possible, and at the same time minimize the leakage of intelligence. Even if the enemy was alarmed by this voice, he still lacked understanding of the strength of the Ming army.

Thousands of soldiers under Hu Wenke launched an attack. Although they had formed a close formation, their formation still covers a considerable area. Three years ago, when Deng Ming ambushed Tan Hong by the river, the terrain was similar to today. However, due to the lack of command and tacit understanding, the formation was very scattered. As a result, the Qing army, which was panicked by the river, exaggerated the strength of the Ming army.

"The thief's formation is very scattered." He casually looked up at the startled bird, and then referred to the range of shouting, Yuan Zongdi came to the conclusion: "A hundred people charge in such an evacuated formation? This is simply a bluff and there will be no impact. He probably wanted to rush over in the chaos, or a few."

"The thieves are completely unaware of my troops and deployment, and they will be defeated in one breath." Yuan Zongdi still had steadily controlled 1,200 battle soldiers, and thousands of auxiliary soldiers helped fill the front line. The entire front line had formed a dense formation; hundreds of people wanted to rush over, but they were just dreaming. Although they were still looking ahead, Yuan Zongdi's mind had begun to turn south. He needed to turn back as soon as possible to deal with the Qing army on the riverside, which had been alerted. Yuan Zongdi felt that this was almost for him.

People insulted - Yuan Zongdi was one of the eighteen cavalry of Shangluo. He was once responsible for the Dashun attack on Huguang. He had bad luck in recent years and his strength continued to shrink. Now, there were several deputy generals, guerrillas and hundreds, and thousands of people dared to make trouble on Tai Sui: "Even if my fortune is not good, I am the second largest prince in Sichuan. When I went to Chongqing last time, your master Li Guoying didn't dare to come out to fight me. Today, you don't even have names, but you dare to play wild around my Wanxian!"

I am not afraid that these ignorant guys will beat you up, and Yuan Zongdi will find it difficult to extricate the anger in his heart.

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"The formation of the thieves is loose and chaotic." The Qing army formed a close attack formation. Hu Wenke from the center personally directed his beloved personal troops. The vision ahead was blocked by hills and woods, but when you looked up, you could see the flying birds, and you could hear the voices coming from: "The other party didn't know the general's strength at all. Maybe he thought that the general was only the few people around him, but he actually pulled hundreds of soldiers so scattered! Okay, let's see the strength of a certain family!"

"Yuan Zongdi was originally a bandit. If it weren't for the lack of food and supplies over the years, the Governor would have come to the door long ago." He felt confident that he had won, and Hu Wenke's mood improved a lot. He actually bumped into Yuan Zongdi. The other party separated from the main force, and misjudgment further dispersed his guards: "In the past, it was because Admiral Deng was protecting you. We didn't look at the monks and the Buddha's faces, and we didn't have the knowledge of you, an immortal. Today you dare to go against me with hundreds of people? Can you fight a bandit? Humph, the Eighteen Cavalry of Shangluo sound a little scary. Today is the time for me, Hu Wenke, to become famous!"

The two armies suddenly collided with each other. Both the Ming and Qing dynasties entered the battlefield with confidence of ten to one. Bypassing the two trees, Hu Wenke jumped to the front under the escort of the guards.

"Where can you run away?" Through the gaps of the forest, it seemed that he could see a red flag shaking from afar. Hu Wenke roared murderously, waved his sword repeatedly, urged his personal soldiers to kill, break through the "sparse" defense line of the Ming army and take down Yuan Zongdi.

"Catch Yuan thief alive!"

"Don't let Yuan Thief go!"

The personal soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the direction of credit, but after a while, Hu Wenke felt something was wrong. There were more and more Ming troops in the direction of the red flag, and enemy soldiers in helmets and armor continued to rush out of the forest, completely resisting the Qing army's assault. Moreover, Hu Wenke saw that the Ming army was still surging out of the forest, and there were hundreds of people behind them.

"Encircle the two wings, encircle them!" Hu Wenke urged his personal soldiers to fight, and nervously issued a new order. It seemed that Yuan Zongdi reacted in time and concentrated his troops to withstand his assault head-on. Since the battle has been going on, Hu Wenke's evaluation of Yuan Zongdi's strength has risen to a higher level, believing that the guards left by the other side are probably equivalent to him, but Hu Wenke still has thousands of unarmored soldiers to help in the battle, and Yuan Zongdi will have a large number of troops being restrained by friendly forces in the south.

"Those who capture Yuan's thief alive will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver!" In order to boost morale, Hu Wenke did not hesitate to give a heavy reward.

"Catch Yuan thief alive!"

"Catch Yuan thief alive!"

Stimulated by the heavy reward, the morale of the Qing army was boosted, and for a moment, there were shouts of capturing Yuan Zongdi alive everywhere.

Yuan Zongdi was also so angry that his nostrils were smoking. Now he had confirmed his opponent's identity. Yuan Zongdi had also heard of Hu Wenke's name. He knew that the other party was just a new guerrilla under Li Guoying. When Yuan Zongdi was dominating the world, Hu Wenke didn't know where to beg for food. Now all kinds of cats and dogs are thinking of defeating him.

However, the number of Qing troops was beyond Yuan Zongdi's expectations. Now the two armies were fighting fiercely in the forest. Although the Ming army was gradually gaining the upper hand, the Qing army used the terrain to resist step by step. The Ming army could not see the other party's deployment clearly, and its communications were also disturbed by the terrain. Although Yuan Zongdi knew that the other party could not control the army outside his field of vision, and he also knew nothing about the deployment of the Ming army, if he knew that the other party had such strong strength, Yuan Zongdi would never choose to fight in this terrain. The interference of the terrain here was too powerful, and the troops could easily lose contact. A Qing army broke into the flanks and would probably not be able to find it in time, and he would lose the battle in a confused manner.

The most dangerous thing is that the battle has been dragged down for too long. I thought it would be an overwhelming advantage, so Yuan Zongdi pushed the entire army without thinking and wanted to fight quickly. But now he was fighting everywhere, and thousands of Ming troops were all dragged down. Resisting in the woods, the Qing army could hold on for a long time than on the plains. After all, Yuan Zongdi also had a threat from behind. Because Yuan Zongdi carelessly sent out all the troops at hand, he now had no ability to respond to the attacks from behind.

"Duke, should you slow down first and remove some of the men?" A personal guard ran back from the front line, and the knife in his hand was still dripping with blood. The Ming army relied on the advantage of the number of people to suppress the Qing army slowly retreated, but the battle had been delayed for too long. Now the Qing army by the river must have heard the shouts of killing here.

Yuan Zongdi was also very hesitant. He could not let the 800-armor troops in the south launch an attack because he could not tell how long it would take to solve Hu Wenke and withdraw his troops to reinforce the front army. If the front army acted rashly now, he would face the siege of the main force of the Qing army alone. But if the troops in the south were not moved, the Qing army might directly attack Yuan Zongdi's back and attack him with Hu Wenke. In that case, the Ming army would suffer greater losses and might even be defeated immediately.

"Yeah." Yuan Zongdi nodded with difficulty. Although he failed to achieve a decisive victory, he had at least suppressed the opponent's momentum. The Qing soldiers who were clamoring to "capture Yuan's thief alive" just now have been silent and are concentrating on fighting to save their lives.

Although it was a bit regretful, in order to avoid greater losses, Yuan Zongdi planned to withdraw some of his troops and gather again at the edge of the flag to prepare for emergencies. As for Hu Wenke's journey, Yuan Zongdi felt that it would be enough to drive them north farther north.

It is very dangerous to retreat across the line. Yuan Zongdi plans to come step by step, first of all, the center with the strongest control. After successfully withdrawing some of its troops here, Yuan Zongdi will order his subordinates to rush to various fronts and draw some troops back to the center.

When Yuan Zongdi started to shrink, Hu Wenke's situation was already in danger. Up to now, the Qing army had already paid the price of hundreds of people. After the front line was forced back by the Ming army, the wounded soldiers who were behind were probably killed by the enemy. There were not many armored soldiers on the left and right wings, and they were basically unarmored. Under the heavy pressure of the Ming army, they had already been seriously bent backwards. Shortly after Hu Wenke's order to encircle both wings, he found that both wings were encircled.

"It's bitter, it's bitter!" Hu Wenke had already called it bitter hundreds of times. Fortunately, this was a forest and hilly area. If it were a plain, Hu Wenke would probably have collapsed, but even so, the Qing army might collapse at any time. Even if it were Hu Wenke's personal command, the morale began to fall.

"The Yuan thief ran away!" I have to say that Hu Wenke has good eyesight. When he discovered that the Ming army's offensive rhythm was slowing down, he immediately shouted and tried his best to boost his shaky morale: "Admiral Zhang, General Wang is here to kill him, Yuan thief is about to run away!"
Chapter completed!