In the Battle of Western Zhejiang, the Qing army lost nearly 50,000 people, and tens of thousands of people were killed or injured in the Eight Banners, which injured the Qing Dynasty's vitality.

After Dorgon dispatched more than 20,000 elite Qing troops and went downstream, the Qing army in Huguang captured Yuezhou and stopped on the banks of the Leiluo River north of Changsha.

The autumn rain was continuous, and a rainy weather of half a month saved the Ming army in Huguang.

It was raining heavily, and the bead-like rainwater fell from the eaves, and raindrops were everywhere in ponds and ditches. In a few days, the water level of rivers and ditches in central Hunan increased, water accumulated in the rice fields, and roads became muddy, making it difficult for the Qing cavalry to move.

At this time, the two Chuhuer of the Khalkha tribe in Mongolia were invading the border, and Dorgon once again dispatched 20,000 cavalry to head north, so that Duoduo could only rest in Yuezhou for the time being.

Nowadays, the Qing Dynasty's troops have a total of 950,000 after excluding the foreign vassals. However, due to its vast territory and unstable place, it seems that there are many soldiers and horses, but the Qing Dynasty can actually mobilize less than half of them.

Among these 950,000, 500,000 were Green Camp soldiers with extremely low combat power. They were divided into various prefectures and counties and maintained the rule of the Qing Dynasty. They could only undertake the task of maintaining public order and assisting in defending the city. They could not rely on field battles, and even were unable to fight the bandits.

The remaining 450,000 were the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the other 300,000 were the elite green camp soldiers such as Wu Sangui, Jin Shenghuan, Jiang Xiang, and Tang Tong.

Among these 450,000 elite soldiers, 60,000 were stationed on the front lines of Hebei, Shanxi, northern Shaanxi, and Gansu to guard against the Mongols. There were 20,000 banner soldiers who wanted to stay outside the pass, 40,000 banner soldiers who wanted to sit in Beijing, and another 30,000 banner soldiers who wanted to defend the capitals of each province and shock the localities.

This is the 15th army, with 300,000 troops left, used to fight in the four theaters of Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. On average, there are only more than 70,000 elite soldiers on each battlefield.

At this time, opposite the Qing army, there were more than 200,000 Western troops in Yunnan and Guizhou, and there were countless Ming army defeated and rebel troops in Sichuan. There were still more than 200,000 Ming army in Huguang, 600,000 to 70,000 Ming army in Jiangxi, 130,000 Ming army in Fujian, and 80,000 Ming army in Zhejiang Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming.

Although the combat power of the army and the Western Army was far lower than that of the Qing army, most of them were farmers and fishermen a year ago, but their large number also made it difficult for the Qing army to defeat for a while.

After the continuous attacks, the Qing army gradually became weak in attacks and lacked momentum. Starting from August, the Qing court began to change its own strategies.

Previously, the Qing Dynasty relied on its strong military strength and was unstoppable. It launched an attack in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and Sichuan at the same time, which was a comprehensive attack.

Now that western Zhejiang has lost and Huguang has been temporarily blocked, Dorgon has changed his full-scale attack as a key attack, and has transferred part of his energy to consolidate the rule of the north and the newly occupied land, as well as clearing out the anti-Qing armed forces in the territory, and starting to replenish the lost Eight Banners.

At this time, the Qing army in Jiangnan changed from offensive to defensive, and fought against the Ming army in Zhejiang. Hong Chengchou had troops and cleared the Restoration of Ming armed forces and bandits in the area controlled by the Qing Dynasty.

Tianmu Mountain, at the junction of Hangzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang and Ningguo Prefecture in Nanzhili, is active in a rebel army of nearly a thousand people. The leader is a black-faced man named Zhang Yida. He turned out to be a strong man on the road, quite brave and cunning. He took advantage of the tumultuous Jiangnan to pull up a group of people, both soldiers and bandits.

After Zhao Ming stroked it, most of Ma Guanghui's supplies were transported from northern Zhejiang and south of Jiangnan.

Not long ago, a team of Qing soldiers were escorting grain trucks, but Zhang Yida discovered that they were found, so they brought their men and horses to ambush, robbed the Qing soldiers of the grain, and killed more than ten Qing soldiers.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was preparing to encircle and suppress the Taihu water thieves, and wanted to first remove all the strongholds of the rebels outside Taihu Lake, and then completely deal with Wu Yi's army.

Zhang Yida jumped out and attracted the attention of the Qing army. Liu Liangzuo, who was in charge of the encirclement and suppression of the south of Taihu Lake, decided to attack Zhang Yida first.

Tianmu Mountain extends, but the terrain is not high, with an average altitude of only two or three hundred meters. The mountain is covered with trees and the scenery is very beautiful.

At this time, a Qing army of more than a thousand people set out from Hangzhou and arrived at the foot of Tianmu Mountain.

When the eyes and ears of the mountain village heard the news, they saw more than a thousand Qing troops coming to encircle and suppress them, and immediately returned to the mountain village to report.

Zhang Yida's mountain village is located at the main peak of Tianmu Mountain. It is more than 400 meters high. It is steep on three sides and tilted on one side, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Outside the parable hall, a plaque was hung with three big characters written on it with Juyi Hall. Inside, there was a tiger-skin chair in the main hall, and a stout black man was reading a book with relish.

"Report, the boss!" The spy stumbled in and knelt on the ground in panic.

Zhang Yida showed bad looks, "Why are you panicking?"

"The master, Qinggou is here to encircle us!" The spy said anxiously.

Zhang Yida was shocked, "How many people have come?"

The spy said, "There are nearly a thousand people!"

"Thousands of people dare to come and suppress me!" Zhang Yida was furious, "Yu Qian's Wang Mazi was not defeated!"

After saying that, Zhang Yida stood up and threw the book on the table, with three words "Water Margin" written on it.

In Tianmu Mountain, a Qing army with more than a thousand people advanced along the mountain road. The Qianzong Wang Mazi of Yuqian County nodded and bowed to the side of a Qing general, kindly reminding him: "General Liu Shen, Zhang Yida is extremely arrogant and very difficult, and forced his humble position to stay in the county and dare not come out. The general led more than a thousand people, and it is probably difficult to wipe out Zhang Yida's village."

General Liu's name is Liu Zehong, and he is Liu Liangzuo's nephew. He sneered repeatedly, "It seems that the Regent's decision is really wise. These local gangsters dare to block the Qing soldiers in the city. If they don't wipe them out, they will be really against the will of heaven."

Liu Zehong said, looking at Wang Mazi with contempt, thinking of this grandson in his heart, throwing away the Qing soldiers' faces, but he said coldly: "That Zhang Yida is nothing but a local gangster. I led a thousand people over here to kill the chicken with a ox knife!"

As he was talking, Wang Mazi's face suddenly changed, he pointed his finger forward and exclaimed: "No, Zhang Heizi is here!"

Liu Zehong hurriedly looked up and saw Yu Qianqing's Qing army who was cutting the way forward, as soon as he entered the woods at the foot of the mountain, running out with no chance. While running, he shouted, "Bandits are coming, run away!"

Hundreds of figures followed Wang Mazi's men and emerged from the woods. The leader actually rode a strong war horse and chased the Qing army.

Zhang Yida held a snake spear in his hand and galloped around the horse, chased the Qing army, poked several people to death in a row, and finally threw the snake spear out directly, nailing a running Qing army to the ground.

When Liu Zehong saw the black-faced man, he ran up, pulled out a spear from the body, and stood up. Countless figures surged out of the woods behind him, and his eyes widened, "My mother, you must be a gangster."
Chapter completed!