As early as July, when Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli won the Jingzhou victory, and then began to attack the city in the southern part of Huguang. At that time, Zheng Chenggong's siege continued, and it seemed that there was no great hope of breaking the city. Chen Wen even began to stop his troops. The situation in the southeast battlefield generally eased again, but the Qing army successively lost a large number of prefectures and counties on the southwest battlefield, and Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xu Shun, who was responsible for Huguang military affairs, was even more defeated.

After receiving such news, Shunzhi was shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Southwest Ming Army, which was mainly composed of the Western Army, and also made up his mind to send the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, led by Prince Jingjin Nikan himself to the south.

It has been the ninth year since the Qing army entered the pass in the first year of Shunzhi. Most of the noble kings who had rich experience in leading troops at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty had passed away.

At this moment, except for the terminally ill Prince Wakda of Doroqian and Prince Zheng Jirgalang, who had not been concerned about the matter for a long time, only Prince Jingjin Nikan had enough experience to lead the army to destroy the country.

On July 18th, the Qing Dynasty decided to lead the troops south by Nikan. On the 20th, the army set off from Beijing. According to the plan, Nikan led his army through the southern part of Huguang into Guizhou, and joined forces with King Pingxi Wu Sangui and General Dingxi Melgen Guard Li Guohan to siege Guiyang, where the Qin Palace of Sun Kewang, and eliminated the power of the Ming army in the southwest in one fell swoop.

But not long after, as King Kong Youde of Dingnan died in Guilin, the Ming army led by Li Dingguo began to sweep Guangxi, the Qing court was forced to order Nikan to change the direction of the march on the fifth day of August, occupy Baoqing Prefecture in Huguang in advance, and then head south to Guangxi. Even strategically, it was forced to change from destroying the Ming army in the southwest in one fell swoop to recapture Guangxi, and unified command of the troops of the two vassals of Pingnan and Jingnan in Guangdong to prevent the Ming army from converging in the southeast and southwest. With Chen Wen's fighting in Zhejiang, the situation in the southeast became increasingly unfavorable to the rise of the Qing Dynasty, and this thought became even deeper.

After receiving the news that Nikan went south, Sun Kewang was threatened by the power of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and ordered Li Dingguo to give up Guangxi and go north to Hengyang to wait for Nikan's army. He sent 50,000 troops to be led by Bai Wenxuan to attack Chenzhou Prefecture, which was closer to Guizhou.

On November 19th, Nikan's army arrived at Xiangtan County, Changsha Prefecture, and the Ming army stationed in Changsha was forced to retreat to Baoqing. On the 21st, Nikan set off from Xiangtan, and the next day his troops were only more than thirty miles away from Hengzhou Prefecture.

As the only remaining prince who is still in charge after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, Nikan not only had the title of Prince Jing Jin, but also one of the three kings of governing the government in the early Qing Dynasty. Although Shunzhi tried to strengthen the imperial power after he ascended the throne, this did not have any confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Since entering the pass, he followed Dorgon to defeat Li Zicheng at Shanhaiguan, followed Ajige and Duoduo to pursue Li Zicheng's troops, and went south to destroy the Hongguang court. Later, he followed Haoge to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. In the event, Jiang Xiang, Shanxi, also followed Dorgon to suppress the troops.

Over the years, Nikan has had confrontations with the Southern Ming government army, the Dashun army, the Daxi army, the Qing army, and even the anti-Qing rebels in Jiangyin and Tianjin. Although they occasionally resisted very strongly and even touched the troops of the Qing army, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were generally invincible. There was no need to fight wherever they went. Just hit the banner and send a verbal debater to surrender the army that was far more than one. Even if they could not surrender, the army would be invincible.

At the beginning of entering the pass, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of Manchuria was indeed better than that of most Ming and Rebels. Over the years, every green camp in various places had the power to resist or were difficult to destroy the Ming and Rebels, and would definitely ask "real Manchuria" to come to help with the war. For example, General Xu Yong, the General of Chen Chang who is trapped in Chenzhou Prefecture, once said, "In short, the rebels are afraid of the whole army, but are not afraid of the southern army, and the southern army is like clouds, how about a brigade full of flags?"

Years of experience and long-term flattery have made Nikan increasingly believe in the theory that "the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible".

At this moment, what he led was an astonishing number of "real Manchuria", and his opponent was just the remnant of the defeated general Zhang Xianzhong of his former subordinates. His follower Haoge even killed Zhang Xianzhong, so naturally he would not be afraid of Zhang Xianzhong's godson who had "not even the courage to face the real Manchuria" back then. Whether it was Sun Kewang, who was besieging Chenzhou or Li Dingguo who was standing in the road, in his opinion, it was all like this.

The Ming army, which was less than 2,000 people just now, began to flee after a brief confrontation. In Nikan's view, it was naturally the powerful combat power of the Eight Banners of Manchuria who scared away the Ming army. At this moment, he was supposed to make a concerted effort and take advantage of the opportunity to catch up and completely annihilate it.

If he could use this to encounter the main force of the Ming army, it would be even better. He would destroy the Ming army in Huguang in one breath, and then some partial divisions were separated to Guangxi, and he could lead the main force to continue to implement the previous plan, break into Yunnan and Guizhou, and completely destroy the power of the Ming army in the southwest. As for the Ming army in the southeast, they did not have the power to take the initiative to join the Ming army in the southwest. Even if they came and had a large army of Eight Banners of Manchuria, he would naturally not be afraid, and he would just kill the southeast again.

In his opinion, the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible anyway, so they should have taken advantage of the sharpness of the founding country to completely take over this fertile land, so that all the billions of people on this land will become slaves to their Aisin Gioro family. And this southward move is the final blow, how can we give such great achievements to others?

"Send the whole army to chase after them and kill all the Han dogs!"

With Nikan's order, the Eight Banners of Manchuria immediately stopped resting and set out for Hengyang 30 miles away. No matter where the small Ming army fled, it was also the place where the city of Hengzhou Prefecture was located, it should be the main force of the Ming army. As for the planned Baoqing Prefecture, Beiletunqi has sent general Dasu to divide his troops, and there is no need to work on his great power for the time being.
Chapter completed!