The Second Mixed Brigade of the People's Army fought with the Fujian Ming Army from noon to afternoon, or the People's Army pursued the Ming Army from noon to afternoon, until the remnants of the Ming army fled into Jieyang County, the People's Army stopped and surrounded Jieyang County's west, north and south sides, leaving only the east side for the Ming army to escape.

In a night attack, there were 9,000 Ming troops left in 10,000. In a pursuit battle, there were less than 4,000 Ming troops fled into Jieyang County. Including the Ming troops originally stationed in Jieyang County, the number of Ming troops in the entire Jieyang County was about 5,000.

Five thousand Ming troops guarded a city, even if there were not many artillery, even if many Ming troops threw away their weapons when they fled, even if the Ming troops were very poor.

But if the People's Army wants to capture so many Jieyang County cities defended by the Ming army, the number of casualties will be as high as thousands.

In the previous pursuit battle, the number of casualties in the Second Mixed Brigade had exceeded 1,000, and thousands of casualties were killed or injured in the battle against Jieyang County. Then the combat effectiveness of the Second Mixed Brigade would be weakened.

What's more, eight thousand people surround a city with 5,000 defending people. On average, two thousand people can be allocated per side of the city. If the 5,000 Ming army rushed directly to one side, it would be difficult for the People's Army to reach. When the People's Army rushed over from other sides, the Ming army was likely to rush through the People's Army.

It is better to encircle three and one missing one, so that the Ming army can escape. The People's Army can easily capture Jieyang County and continuously consume the Ming army's strength during the pursuit.

Although the People's Army has now surrounded Jieyang County on three sides and the strength of both sides has been reversed, Cao Yun has no idea to evacuate Jieyang County for the time being, but just sent people to ask for help from the rear.

Cao Yun thought: "The thieves are so strong, at least they have to block the thieves in Jieyang County, so that they will not have much sin. If other Lu Ming troops were defeated, that would be even better."

A general of the Ming army actually hoped that other Ming troops would be defeated. What an unimaginable thing is that Cao Yun thought in his heart. There was no worst, only worse. Only other Ming army was defeated, and the defeat was even worse than Cao Yun. Then Cao Yun would not have many crimes, and even if he was punished, he would be lighter.

The People's Army outside Jieyang County often launched a wave of attacks on Jieyang County with firearms. Hu Zhuang had ordered the troops behind to bring all the artillery and ammunition dropped by the Ming army, and then use artillery seized from the Ming army to bomb the Ming army.

In less than two days, the occupation of Chaozhou Prefecture actually made breakthrough progress. Under the rule of the People's Army, there was no need to worry about the Ming army attacking in the east. Instead, the People's Army could continue to expand eastward.

However, the Ming army in Fujian was only the second time that the Ming Dynasty encircled and suppressed the People's Army. There were only 10,000 people, and the other three routes were fighting against the People's Army.

Back in the morning, Xiong Jian, deputy commander of the First Mixed Brigade, led half of the brigade to fight with the Ming army in Huguang in the area bordering Huizhou Prefecture and Shaozhou Prefecture.

At the beginning of the battle, the People's Army severely damaged the artillery troops of the Ming army in Huguang with firearms, and then severely damaged the Ming army, killing and wounding nearly a thousand people.

However, the Ming army in Huguang was relatively strong in fighting spirit. When nearly a thousand people were killed or injured, they continued to charge and hundreds of people died or injured. The distance between the two armies was only more than twenty meters.

At this time, Xiong Jian ordered the firearms troops to retreat quickly, the cold weapons troops forward, and the two armies were in close contact.

At this time, the shortcomings of the People's Army's many new recruits were revealed. Even if there were those who dared to fight and fight first, the number of people who first entered the camp was too small. In a short period of time, the People's Army suffered more than a thousand casualties, and the Ming Army had only more than five hundred casualties.

When the two armies were in close contact, the firearms troops quickly came to the edge of the battlefield and continued to fire at the Ming army rushing from afar. After the Ming army paid thousands of casualties, Cui Zhengxin, the commander of the Ming army in Huguang, had to order a retreat.

Looking at the retreating Ming army, Xiong Jian did not order the pursuit, but just asked the firearms troops to continue firing until the Ming army retreated beyond the range of the People's Armed Forces.

After a big battle, the Ming army in Huguang, which originally had as many as 10,000 people, had less than 7,000 soldiers to fight, including the minor injuries. The Ming army lost one-third of its combat effectiveness and could no longer fight.

The People's Army, which originally had more than 8,500 people, had only 7,000 troops left after the battle.

During the battle, the People's Army's weak melee strength has been revealed. Once the cold weapon troops pursue, they are attacked by the enemy with a backhand, and the two sides fight together, the firearm troops cannot open fire on the melee crowd, and the People's Army will eventually be defeated.

The battle stopped, and they went back to lick their wounds, and then continued to fight again the next day.

On the other hand, half of the brigade led by Wang Shengrong, the commander of the First Mixed Brigade, launched a harassment battle against the Ming army in Jiangxi.

Wang Shengrong personally led the firearms troops, and under the cover of the mountains and forests, they continued to attack the Ming army in Jiangxi. They retreated back to the forest after a few rounds of gunfire. The Ming army in Jiangxi could not catch up with them.

Half of the brigade's cavalry that was arched and arrow-like, the cavalry team also harassed the Ming army in Jiangxi.

In this day, more than 400 Ming army in Jiangxi died and injured, but they were helpless in the harassment of the People's Army. Liu Yuanji, the commander of the Ming army in Jiangxi, had the idea of ​​leading the army to retreat to the Dingnan County area.

Whether it is the Ming army in Fujian, the Ming army in Huguang, or the Ming army in Jiangxi, it is not the main enemy to the People's Army. Each of the three Ming armies has 10,000 troops, and the People's Army can stop it.

The key is that the main force of the Ming army led by Guo Cheng was as many as 25,000, which was the real enemy of the People's Army.

After a day and a half marching, on the afternoon of December 14th, Guo Ze's army finally met the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army in the eastern part of Boluo County. The 25,000 Ming army fought against the 22,000 People's Army, and the two armies combined had as many as 50,000 troops.

The battle of 50,000 troops still occurred within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was already a very large-scale war.

The war is coming. No matter how confident Guo Cheng is to defeat the People's Army in front, Guo Cheng is now serious. The gap between the two sides is not big. The People's Army still has sharp firearms. If you are not careful, you may not be able to defeat the People's Army in this battle.

The People's Army has sharp firearms. It was very difficult for the Ming army to defeat the enemy with their firearms. Guo Cheng put the key to the victory or defeat of the battle on the cavalry unit of nearly 1,500 cavalry in his hand.

This cavalry unit had a deep hatred for the People's Army. When Ren Jianxiu led the army to attack Guishan County, the cavalry unit was beaten and lost hundreds of cavalry.

After returning to Huizhou Prefecture, He Yan led his troops to crippled, leaving only more than 400 cavalry.

As Guo Ze became the new general, more Ming troops gathered in Huizhou Prefecture City. Guo Ze drew cavalry from each battalion, increasing the number of cavalry in the cavalry battalion to nearly 1,500.
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