On the front line that lasted for several miles, the Western Army rushed down from both sides, intending to form a long snake-like army, divide and surround, and then eat it in one bite.

At this time, facing the Gan army all over the mountains, Ma Jinzhong led his men to break eastward, but the retreat road had long been blocked by the Western army.

The Western General Jiao Lian led thousands of troops, with swords and shields in front and muskets in the back, and fired guns in the back, and repelled the attacks of the Gan Army many times in succession.

Zhang Xianzhong captured Nanning, Qu Shisi, Zhu Youlang and a large number of civil and military officials in Guangxi were captured by the Western Army.

When Gao Huan became independent in the Ming Dynasty and ascended the throne as the emperor, some officials and civilians who were originally loyal to the Ming Dynasty surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong one after another and began to serve the Western Army.

Jiao Lian was a powerful general in the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, and now he has become a general in the Western Kingdom.

"The firepower of the Western thieves in the city is very strong and they can't rush out!" A military captain reported anxiously.

Ma Jinzhong watched the Western Army form formation on the road. If the situation cannot be opened up as soon as possible, Chu Yizhen might have to bear the biggest losses since its establishment, and even became the first military town in Ganchao to be completely wiped out by the enemy.

This was definitely an unacceptable shame. When Ma Jinzhong saw the brothers rushing up, he fell in front of the Western Army's positions, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Pull the cannon up."

The soldiers of the Gan Army quickly pushed five bronze cannons in the field, lined up on the road, aiming at the Western Army's front.

"Start a cannon and blast a gap!" Ma Jinzhong shouted loudly.

The Gan Army gunner quickly loaded the cannon directly in front of the Western Army formation, and then lit the lead.

"Boom boom boom" The five artillery retreated suddenly, and the smoke of gunpowder rose, and the shells roared out, directly smashing the Western Army front across the opposite side.

Jiao Lian was commanding the Western Army to shoot when he suddenly heard a loud noise and saw a shell flying towards him. A bunch of Western Army around him fell to the ground in an instant, and each of them was torn to pieces by the shells.

When the soldiers of the Gan Army saw the shells falling into the Western Army formation group, they immediately cheered. Ma Jinzhong immediately turned over and roared loudly, "Brothers, kill me!"

Hundreds of cavalrymen took this opportunity to gallop out. The infantry squatted on the ground and fired guns also picked up muskets, raised their bayonets, and followed the charge.

On the hillside, Li Dingguo heard the sound of cannons and saw the Gan Army cavalry breaking out of Jiao Lian's army and roaring out. He couldn't help but change his color slightly. Unexpectedly, the Gan Army could still stick out under the siege of heavy troops.

"Your Highness, a cadre army has emerged!" A Western Army general reminded urgently.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo pulled out his sword and shouted angrily, "Roar down and cut them off!"

After speaking, Li Dingguo personally led the guards to rush down and directly broke the Gan army that broke eastward.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong led his troops into the Western Army formation and killed the Western Army that were blocked on the road. The large army of soldiers rushed out, but the Western Army soldiers soon pressed up again from both sides.

The Western Army musketeers and archers stood on the hillside to fire guns and arrows. The infantry rushed down with their swords and spears. Soon, they closed the gap again and blocked the subsequent army in the encirclement again.

Ma Jinzhong looked back at the enemy formation and heard the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing on the battlefield. He gritted his teeth and could only continue to flee east with the people rushing out.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong realized that what he met was not the Western Army's partial division, but the main force of the Western Army.

Now the entire Hunan is the main force of his army. If it is destroyed here, the entire Hunan may be taken away by the Western Army.

In this defeat, there were not many troops stationed from Hengyang to Changsha. If they did not set up defenses and did not send people to inform Song Xiance, Hunan would change its situation.

The battle in the western suburbs of Hengyang was fought from morning to dusk, and then until the next morning, and the sound of gunfire on the battlefield gradually stopped.

With more than 30,000 Western Army and only about five or six thousand people broke out of the siege, the remaining troops finally collapsed under the attack of the Western Army.

Li Dingguo rode a horse and stood on the top of the mountain. His eyes were sharp, like a lone wolf, looking at the battlefield filled with smoke after the war.

The official road was full of bullet craters, scattered carts, and dead bodies. The soldiers of the Western Army were clearing the battlefield while they were walking.

This battle is one of the rare great victories for the Western Army since the war between Ganxi and Xi.

Although the tenacity of the Gan Army was beyond Li Dingguo's expectations and there were not many Gan Army annihilated, it successfully stimulated the morale of the Western Army and destroyed the arrogant arrogance of the Gan Army.

At this time, Li Dingguo was stationed at the top of the mountain, with people coming and going at the foot of the mountain, and the men of the chieftains were busy picking up equipment.

The Gan Army threw away their helmets and armor, leaving behind a lot of fun things. The battlefield was full of large baggage trucks, military tents, military iron pots, lunch boxes, dry food, flintlock muskets and ammunition. Two fire gangs of chieftain soldiers almost started to fight for a bronze cannon.

Mu Tianbo hurried over and pointed at the chieftain soldiers who were robbing the spoils at the foot of the mountain and said, "Your Highness, these local soldiers are in chaos and cannot fight. It is too unconventional to steal things!"

Li Dingguo waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let them go! Next, we have to rely on them to strengthen their momentum and sweep over Huguang, so that they can not get any benefits. How can we drive them?"

Mu Tianbo knew that Li Dingguo had his own considerations, but he still felt sorry, "Even my soldiers in the West can't do one for those iron helmets!"

In this battle, the Western Army lost 6,700 people and injured countless people. It is a pity that the ambush caused such war losses. However, the Gan Army also paid a huge price. The First Town of Chu was considered the elite of the local garrison troops, and its structure was basically destroyed. Deputy General Wang Yuncheng, a total of more than 24,000 people were killed or captured, and countless supplies, artillery, and muskets were lost.

At this time, there were no owner-owned war horses everywhere on the road, the saddle was empty, and the scene was very desolate.

The Western Army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and the Western Army soldiers standing on the top of the mountain immediately raised their weapons and cheered like tsunamis.

Many Western Army generals could not help but burst into tears when they saw this scene. Since the defeat in the war in Guanzhong, the Western Army has suffered humiliation and major losses, which makes them unable to raise their heads and breathe when facing the army.

Faced with the pressure of Gan Chao, all the generals of the Western Army were under tremendous pressure, but today, they finally defeated the Gan Army, achieved one of the rare victories in the Ganxi battle for hegemony, washed away the shame of the past, and straightened their backbone again!

"Your Highness!" A group of Western Army generals gathered beside Li Dingguo in cheers, and were so excited that they could not express themselves in words, and they all exhaled a sigh of anger.

Li Dingguo looked around the battlefield, sighed, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it is not the time to be happy. The most urgent thing is to repay His Majesty while asking the court to cooperate with our attack and give us greater support. While continuing to pursue the defeated troops and seize the important town of Changsha!"

"The general and others wait for your Highness's orders!" Mu Tianbo and others clasped their fists.

Li Dingguo focused on the head: "Send an order to pass on the isolated army, leave a unit to clean up the battlefield, jail prisoners, gather the main force, and send troops to Changsha!"

After Chu Yizhen was defeated, there was no main force in the central and southern Hunan areas, so Li Dingguo was given a chance.

As long as Changsha is captured and Gao Huan attacks the west in three directions, Huguang will basically be unable to make it.

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In the Hengyang ambush, Chu Yizhen suffered heavy losses, and Ma Jinzhong only waited for more than 6,000 people to break through and fled.

The Gan Army was chased by the Western Army, and was buried in the body for more than 40 miles and fled to the city of Hengyang. However, Ma Jinzhong felt that there were no reinforcements near Hengyang and was far away from the main force of the Gan Army. Once he was surrounded and could not wait for the reinforcements to arrive, he might be surrounded and annihilated by the Western Army.

Ma Jinzhong believed that Hengyang could not be defended, so he did not enter the city and retreated directly to the north, so that the soldiers who came to support the city of Hengyang could only follow the defeated soldiers to run north with no brains.

The officials in Hengyang City were extremely shocked when they saw the Gan army defeat. When they received Ma Jinzhong's notice, they knew that the Western Army was about to be at the city, so they didn't care much and had to give up Hengyang and retreat north in a hurry.

Ma Jinzhong and Hengzhou Prefecture officials led more than 10,000 people all the way north, and did not enter any prefectures and counties along the way. They fled into Changsha City in panic, and then closed the city gates and asked Song Xianke for emergency.
Chapter completed!