Since the Ming army sent troops from Yiwu five days ago, they soon entered the area of ​​Yiting Town. After arriving in Yiting Town, Chen Wen did not rush to the city.

The Ming army had certain disadvantages in both cavalry and navy. The only geographically able to get some help was the direction of Dongyang River. Therefore, he did not intend to go deep into the Qing army occupied area too quickly, but acted as the backing of the Ming cavalry who had already entered here, steadily expelled the Qing army's scouts, and pushed the front line towards the direction of the city little by little.

In the previous test with the Qing army scouts, although the Ming army had the advantage in the number of cavalry, most of them were slightly inferior in cavalry and other aspects, they could only repeatedly compete with the Qing army for control of the surrounding areas of Yiting Town. Since Chen Wen led the main force to arrive, the Ming army finally successfully expelled the Qing army with the cooperation of infantry and cavalry.

Xiaoshun Town is only 20 miles apart from Yiting Town. After the Qing army arrived one after another, they camped in the east of the town. Therefore, relying on Xiaoshun Town to the west and Goutou Mountain to the south, they sent more scouts to Yiting Town for observation and harassment.

Although Chen Guobao led some of the left and right remnants of the Ming army of Hiraoka and the Ming army on the left and right in the Dalanshan Mountain in the first half of this year, coupled with Yang Kai's inspiration when attacking Dongyang County, and Yu Guowang sent his only dozens of cavalry before departure, Chen Wen, who originally had only dozens of cavalry under his command, also had a cavalry team of nearly 400 people.

However, these cavalry were mostly far from those of the cavalry in the Qing army that had been fighting for a long time in terms of cavalry, so in the end they could only use the coordinated combat of infantry and cavalry to expel the cavalry of the Qing army. However, after the main force of the Qing army entered Xiaoshun Town, as the number that had originally had an advantage was overtaken by the Qing army, the cavalry of the Ming army had to move closer to the main force of the Ming army in Yiting Town and shrink the defense line to avoid greater casualties.

However, as the defense line contracted, the Ming army obtained less and less information by relying on scouts. When they learned that the main force of the Qing army had arrived in Xiaoshun Town one after another, Chen Wen, who had not had much food and clothing, did not intend to continue waiting. After summoning the accompanying generals to conduct a military discussion, it was convenient for him to send troops from the military camp outside Yiting Town early this morning and move towards Xiaoshun Town.

It was the sixth day of November of the fifth year of the Yongli period. It had been a whole year since the battle behind the Simingshan Palace where the first battle of Nantangying won. However, there was a civil servant and military supervisor before, Chen Wen couldn't estimate Wang Jiang's tolerance, so the commemorative activity of the "Simingshan Palace Palace Anniversary" that he had originally planned could only be temporarily put aside.

This time, since the Qing army brigade arrived at Xiaoshun Town at this moment, Chen Wen naturally did not intend to miss this day that would help boost morale. When he learned yesterday that the Qing army had completed the assembly in Xiaoshun Town the day before yesterday and began to rest before the war, he decided without hesitation to set off in Yiting Town today and fight the Qing army.

On the sixth day of November, this day had a good reputation for the Ming army. When I learned that the Ming army had set off from Yiting Town early in the morning, as the commander of the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, Ma Jinbao also came up with another story to inspire morale when gathering generals for military discussion.

"I have been in Jinhua for a while and I have some knowledge of some of the stories here..."

This time, the Qing army's southern line had more than 7,000 troops alone. This was the order of magnitude, and while the Super Biao Battalion was accompanying, the Fu Biao Battalion also put pressure on the northern line. It was originally supposed to be coordinated by Chen Jin as the head coach.

However, the Zhoushan war has just ended, and the finishing work has not been completed. Although the main force of the Zhoushan Ming army fled from the Zhoushan area, he entered the former residence of Pingyi Hou Zhou Hezhi, Sanpan, Wenzhou. The Qing army that continued to pursue has been sent. However, taking into account the wars between the two aspects, Chen Jin seemed to be a little helpless.

Considering the prestige of Lu Jianguo in Zhejiang and the fierceness of the Dalan thief Chen Wen, Chen Jin decided to stay in Quzhou to facilitate the coordination of the Qing army in both sides. The only way to the "Boy of Sancai who attracted wealth and treasure" was to do it. He also sent Zhang Guoxun, the deputy general of the Central Army of the Supervisor Battalion, to assist, which was also considered to give Ma Jinbao a chance to make meritorious contributions.

"At the end of the eighth year of Chongde, a scholar named Xu Du in Dongyang County rose up and rebelled. By the beginning of the second year, more than 100,000 people had gathered and marched towards the Fucheng. When Xu Du's army arrived at Xiaoshun Town, the Ming army had completed the preliminary assembly and quickly rubbed Xu Du's troops. However, because Xu Du's troops were too large, they gradually retreated to the Fucheng. During this period, reinforcements from all over the country also arrived at the Fucheng. They defeated him in a battle under the city and quelled the chaos."

"At present, Chen Wen, a thief, has only a few thousand people under his command, and the area occupied is only two counties of Yiwu and Dongyang, which is far from Na Xu. The officers and soldiers of our Zhejiang Green Camp are twice as good as those of the enemy, and there are also Fubiao. Shaoxing Green Camp is restrained on the northern line. This battle will surely eliminate the Dalan Mountain bandits and kill Chen Wen in a formation. At that time, the two counties of Dongyang and Yiwu will be shared by me and everyone."

At this moment, the story of the Xudu Rebellion told by Ma Jinbao quickly aroused the response of the generals of the Qing army, especially the last sentence "At that time, Dongyang and Yiwu counties, I will share with you all." This inspired the slaughter and robbery of the Qing army.

Over the past few days, any reinforcements who came here have collected a lot of money from Ma Jinbao. Coupled with the income from looting the local people in Jinhua and the harvest during this march, they have made a fortune. Since Ma Jinbao has already given up his words, he will naturally massacre the city after defeating the Ming army to punish the local gentry and people, and to deter potential rebels.

Another large amount of wealth is about to be recorded, and the morale of the Qing generals naturally increased. The ones in front of them were only the Ming army with strong troops exceeding half of the Qing army on the southern front, and it is said that most of them were new recruits. Except for the Ming general who was led, he was a little brave, but he might not have the power to fight in front of the superior Qing army.

There are still two months left before the New Year. At this moment, we can defeat the Ming army and wait until the aftermath is completed to catch up with the return of the garrison to celebrate the New Year. When the scout heard the news that the Ming army had set off, the Qing army quickly mobilized its subordinates to fight, striving to defeat the Ming army in one battle.

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At the same time, with the high morale and the assistance of the civilians, Chen Wen led the Ming army to head towards Xiaoshun Town at an extremely fast speed.

It was noon now and the journey was nearly halfway. If nothing unexpected happened, you could reach Xiaoshun Town in the evening. In Chen Wen's view, the Qing army, which had the advantage of troops, would inevitably send troops to fight to shorten the distance with Yiwu County and facilitate them to complete the subsequent clearing work after defeating the Ming army.

However, since the number and quality of the Qing army cavalry were superior, the Ming army's scouts could not be dispersed and could only use sporadic information to infer the movements of the Qing army. This feeling of blindness made Chen Wen feel very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the terrain was relatively flat and there was almost no terrain to set up ambush, which also eliminated Chen Wen's slight unnecessary worry.

Like the soldiers under his command, he drank dry food with water from the gourd. After resting for a while, Chen Wen led his army to continue to advance towards Xiaoshun Town.

This time, Chen Wen dispatched two combat camps, Nantangying and Yiwu camps, as well as some reserve troops. Among them, Nantangying camp had more than 2,000 troops, while Yiwu camp was just a new battalion composed of purely four infantry teams, with only more than 1,600 troops. In addition, the four hundred infantry as reserve troops and less than 200 bird gunners sponsored by Yu Guowang, the Ming army's troops also exceeded 4,000.

However, since the scouts inquired, the Qing army dispatched one battalion of Quzhou, Yanzhou and Chuzhou, as well as more than half of the remaining Biao camp in Jinhua Town, Ma Jinbao, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Biao camp in Zhejiang and Fujian Governors, which should be between 6,500 and 7,000. The Qing army, including the two hundred green camp soldiers guarding the road in Jinqu, left behind the counties in Fucheng and the Qing army occupied the area to make a plan.

Four thousand against seven thousand, the Ming army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. However, Chen Wen had long been used to this. For more than a year, he seemed to have only had the experience of having superior military strength with Yu Guowang when he besieged Tiantai County. Almost every battle would have to face the Qing army with the superior military strength.

The current situation does not allow Chen Wen to mobilize too many troops to participate in the southern front operations. The disadvantages of no strategic depth are revealed here, so he has to do so.

The march continued, and the main force of the Ming army was moving very fast, but because the cavalry was at a disadvantage in terms of quantity and quality, Chen Wen had to prohibit the scouts from fighting with the Qing army to reduce unnecessary casualties. In this way, the Ming army could only rely on the power of the main force to maintain a certain amount of intelligence collection and cover the scope for the main force to wear armor before the battle.

However, as the Qing army advanced, the scout confrontation between the two sides became increasingly intensive. Realizing that the main force of the Qing army was not far away, Chen Wen immediately ordered the entire army to stop and start pre-war preparations.

Arrange, wear armor, check weapons, fire boxes, load bird guns and cannons, and dig trenches and bunkers for artillery positions...

When the Ming army began to inspire the last wave of morale, the main force of the Qing army also appeared in Chen Wen's sight. As the scouts kept sending news, Chen Wen analyzed the deployment of the Qing army through the positions of the flags. However, when he clarified the clues, he couldn't help but frowned.
Chapter completed!