On September 20, Fang Guoan led 8,000 elite troops and rushed to Dongxi.

As a general under the command of King Lu, Fang Guoan knew the terrain of eastern Zhejiang, especially the Lu Jianguo took Shaoxing as a temporary residence. He remembered every river, stream, trees, mountains and forests around Shaoxing Prefecture.

Eight thousand Zhejiang soldiers rushed all the way. After reaching Dongxi, Fang Guoan quickly investigated the terrain. Eight thousand men and horses were divided into left and right armies, with bows and arrows and bird guns, setting up ambush on the hills on both sides of the road, preparing to attack Li Rutai's army head-on.

At the same time, King Lu led more than 30,000 troops from the rear army and would join the battlefield shortly after the battle began, and faced 10,000 Qing troops with an army of 40,000.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as the ambush is successful, the Zhejiang soldiers still have a great chance of winning.

In the early morning of the 20th, eight thousand Zhejiang soldiers were arranged properly, but no trace of the enemy was seen.

At noon, the road was still silent and there was nothing unusual.

This made the generals of Fang troops start to worry. Did the Qing army not have any insights or had already gone there in advance?

For a moment, the soldiers seemed very anxious, but Fang Guoan was very confident about this.

As a commander, you must first know the geography when fighting. In terms of distance, the distance from Fuyang to Shaoxing is twice that of Xiaoshan to Shaoxing. From Fuyang to Shaoxing, there are mostly mountains and hills, and the Qing army must have not yet passed.

Sure enough, just after noon, a scout reported and found the traces of the Qing army.

Fang Guoan immediately ordered the scout to continue to investigate, and ordered the army to hide quickly and wait for the enemy to arrive.

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Shaoxing Prefecture is an ancient Yue area, with Kuaiji Mountain in the south, located in the northern Zhejiang Plain, the junction of mountain hills in western Zhejiang and mountain hills in eastern Zhejiang. The terrain is tilted from southwest to northeast. Except for the monotonous terrain of the northern plain, the other directions are hills and hills with complex terrain.

In late September, the weather in eastern Zhejiang became cooler and the sun shone on its body. It was not as hot as in June and July. Instead, it made people feel very gentle. They had the urge to lie on the ground and bask in the sun, which was really not suitable for war.

At this time, a army came from the west, and the team was winding among the hills, stretching for miles in front and back.

Calculate the time, Li Lutai's troops should have arrived in Shaoxing long ago, but they suffered from the loss of unfamiliar terrain, so they walked slowly.

Marching in hilly areas, the terrain was complex, and the Qing army drove mountains and waded in the water, and was very tired all the way.

At this time, most of the Qing soldiers lowered their heads and walked on the ground with weapons. The cavalry riding on horseback looked at the surroundings from time to time.

"Tong Li, there is Dongxi in front. After this area, it is the plain. The cavalry can drive directly to Shanyin and under Kuaiji City." A green camp general suddenly pointed ahead and said.

Li Rutai was the Han army's Zhenglan Banner Meilezhangjing, also known as the deputy commander. Li Rutai was born in Tieling, Liaodong. His first name was Li Yanling. When he was twelve years old, he served Nurhaci and was given the name of Rutai.

Among the traitors who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Li Lutai can be said to be the earliest, but the ranking was not because of him, but because his father Li Yongfang was the first border general to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

Because of his seniority, Li Shutai was highly valued by the Manchu rulers. He married Nurhaci's granddaughter as his wife at the age of sixteen. It can be said that he had already left the Han Dynasty and entered Manchu and was a man of Manchu.

Li Rutai heard the words of Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen next to him, and his eyes showed joy, "Send the order to speed up the front army, and the army will spend the night in Shanyin!"

Zhang Bingzhen smiled and said, "The Zhejiang soldiers are all in Hangzhou, and the commander troops are coming to Shanyin and Kuaiji, just like a divine weapon descending from the sky. You can get out of the two cities without fighting!"

Zhang Bingzhen turned out to be a Ming minister. When the Qing army headed south to Hangzhou, he and the rebel Chen Hongfan persuaded Lu Wang to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Lu Wang followed their advice and handed over Zhejiang to the side. As a result, Lu Wang was cheated by him. Shortly after he took to Beijing, he was slandered by the Qing army with An Zong, Jing, Heng and others, while Zhang Bingzhen was soaring and had just been appointed as the governor of Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty.

This time Li led Tai to the expedition and needed a guide, so he volunteered to lead five thousand mats and follow him to the expedition.

The two were talking, and a sound of hooves roared, but the Zhenglan Banner cavalry left the brigade and went forward to reconnaissance.

After Li Rutai interspersed into the area controlled by the Ming army, he broke off contact with Duoduo, not knowing that the Zhejiang soldiers had withdrawn to the south bank in advance.

At this time, he thought that the Zhejiang soldiers were still on the front line of Hangzhou and there would be no Zhejiang soldiers in Shaoxing Prefecture, but he still sent scouts to investigate.

The Eight Banners Cavalry left the brigade and ran on the path between the hills. The terrain on the left and right was not steep, but it was very complicated. The road for the Qing army to advance was between the hills, and there were low hills and terraces on both sides of the road, so there was nothing unusual.

There is no need to investigate at all. The Zhejiang soldiers are all in Hangzhou, so I would not have thought that they would go directly to Shaoxing.

The Eight Banners soldiers had this kind of terrain all the way. Seeing that they were about to enter the plain, Niu Lu didn't care much about it. He tied the reins of the horse, looked at both sides, and lifted the reins, and fought the horse and rushed to the east.

The forward whistle cavalry was the same as before and did not warn. The Qing army continued to advance along the road.

Li led Tai to ride on the horse and followed the army. He looked up at the surroundings and suddenly frowned slightly. Why didn't there even be birds on both sides of this section?

"What about Li Dutong?" Zhang Bingzhen couldn't help asking when he saw Li Lutai suddenly looked solemn.

Li Rutai said alertly: "There is something wrong here, and he ordered the army to pass through this place quickly."

The military order was passed, and the soldiers on the road trotted at a speed, but at this moment, a "boom" fired a cannon blew up the ground.

The Qing army on the road was slightly stunned and looked around. Li Lutai's expression changed instantly. He immediately understood what was going on. He immediately roared, "No, retreat quickly!"

It's too late!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Swoosh swish swish!"

On the hills on both sides of the road, the melee guns were sounded, and white smoke rose in the forest, and orange-red gun flames were sprayed out from the muzzle, and the projectiles roared out.

The Ming army archers bent their bows and shot sharply, and the sharp arrows broke through the air. The arrows rushed towards the heads of the Qing army like locusts. A large net formed by arrows was falling down quickly. The Qing army, who were shocked and unsure, were shot and arrows, and fell in an instant.

On the hills on both sides of the road, countless figures appeared instantly. The Ming soldiers fired coercion guns in an orderly manner and shot sharp arrows. The Qing soldiers on the road suffered heavy casualties and were in chaos.

Seeing this, Li Lutai was shocked and hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse, waved his knife and roared, "The back team changed to the front team and retreated!"

When the Eight Banners Qing soldiers heard the order, they quickly assembled...

More than ten miles north of the cave stream, 30,000 Zhejiang soldiers trotted forward. This was a cavalry who rushed to Zhu Yihai against the flow of people.

The cavalry flew off the horse and saluted on one knee, "Report to your Highness, the general ambushed the Qing soldiers and is fighting fiercely with the Qing soldiers!"

Zhu Yihai was excited and activated his war horses, shouting urgently, "The army moves forward at full speed!"
Chapter completed!