Li Zicheng issued a military order, and Li Laiheng led 800 cavalry from his own battalion and 10,000 soldiers from the mountain warfare division, and set off tomorrow to attack Jiang Numiao.

Li Guo was the vanguard, leading 10,000 elite infantry cavalry, setting off at the time of the day after tomorrow and arriving at Funing three days later. Set up camp in Funing, await the arrival of the army, and at the same time prevent the enemy from attacking westward.

Liu Zongmin led 30,000 main infantry cavalry to follow, set off the morning after tomorrow, and arrived near Funing within four days. Li Zicheng and others acted with the main force.

Hao Shaoqi led 20,000 cavalry to prevent the use of mobile troops in the area from Beijing to Shanhaiguan; the north prevented the Manchu troops from entering the pass, and the south prevented Zuo Liangyu from going north; and was ready to wait for the dispatch of the eastern army at any time. The remaining cavalry infantry of Li Laiheng's army was on duty in Funingxi, and was also temporarily commanded by Hao Shaoqi.

Li Zicheng saw that Li Laiheng was so angry this time, especially whether he could come back this time, no one could say, so he couldn't help but obey what Li Laiheng said. Hao Shaoqi has not officially led the troops for a long time, and now with Li Laiheng's words, he has become the most powerful general. He glanced at Li Laiheng gratefully.

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Li Yan: "Li Yan, Beijing is our foundation, give you 10,000 troops, now the situation in the city is unstable, you have to patrol more, and kill those who gather in tandem." In troubled times, you should know this truth. ”

Li Yan knelt down and replied: "Remember the emperor's teachings, I will definitely guard Beijing and guarantee that nothing will go wrong." ”

In fact, Li Yan said so in his mouth, but in his heart he had another plan, he was ready to open the granary, relieve ordinary citizens, and let the people of Beijing feel the immensity of the emperor's grace. He will not listen to Li Zicheng's instructions in troubled times. His views are exactly the same as Li Laiheng, but he doesn't dare to be as outspoken as Li Laiheng.

Li Zicheng also arranged a lot of detailed work, most of which were the strategies he discussed with Song Xiance and Liu Zongmin before the meeting.

Li Zicheng said to Li Laiheng: "Laiheng, in case of setbacks in Qinhuangdao, you can adapt to the situation, go north and west, you decide for yourself, save your strength, don't act recklessly." ”

Li Laiheng thought that if the attack on Jiang Numiao failed, he would fight back at Shanhaiguan, and he would probably face the Qing soldiers head-on at that time. Therefore, in Li Laiheng's mind, there is no plan to go north, only a bloody and grand scene of a battle of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Li Laiheng looked around. Although his eight hundred elites in front of him were still so energetic, there was grief and indignation in their eyebrows, and now there was only one of their blades left, and the other two had disappeared forever.

The 10,000 mountain infantry divisions in the back also looked tragic. Lee Rae-hyung did not hide the task they were going to complete. Everyone understands that they are alone, and perhaps the enemy they face is the most elite troops of all these years. Whether it was Wu Sangui's Ming army or the Manchu Qing soldiers' horses, their combat strength far exceeded any previous time, not to mention that they only had more than 10,000 people and did not have any logistical support.

There is no retreat, no reinforcements, no logistics, everything is in your own hands. This is a fact that Li Laiheng's troops are well aware of.

Li Laiheng rode on his white horse and said loudly: "Death, how far away is it? How far are we from the enemy? At any point in our six hundred miles, we will kill six hundred miles from here and back from there, it will still be six hundred miles, and we will only have to finish these roads, and we will win and come back to life. Otherwise we will leave this team forever. Remember that you are Li Laiheng's army! Li Laiheng's army is you! Half a month later, we will return to Beijing City, and we will pay tribute to General Luo Hu at that time!"

"Tribute to General Luo Hu!"

"Tribute to General Luo Hu!"

"Let's go!"

At that time, there was only a glimmer of white light in the east, and Li Laiheng's troops opened the city gate and disappeared into the hazy morning light. A few dark shadows cleverly hide behind rocks on a hillside outside Beijing. They were counting the number of men, they were listening to the words of the soldiers, they were trying to identify the faces and flags of the leading generals. The black flag was not opened. They didn't have to guess to know that there must be a big plum character on the flag.

"Eleven thousand, all elite troops. "The people behind the rocks, after waiting for the horses, they were checking each other's information.

"The 1,000 or so cavalry is Li Laiheng's personal battalion, and the 10,000 infantry are Gu Kecheng's mountain warfare division, all of which are undefeated troops. ”

"Yes, tell the Lord Regent this information. ”

"They must have attacked Wu Sangui's baggage army grain depot. ”

"Mengjiang Women's Temple!"

"I must deliver the information tomorrow night!"

Several people whispered for a while, and they quickly went north, and it could be seen from their vigorous posture that these people were extremely rare reconnaissance talents.

Dolgon was only ready to stay in Montenegro for one day. He was going to arrive at Shanhaiguan on the same day as Li Zicheng. Early he was worried that Li Zicheng would flee west, and late he was worried about Wu Sangui's rout, so he had to pinch the time and arrive at the decisive battlefield almost at the same time as Li Zicheng.

Dolgon chose Shanhaiguan as the decisive battleground, and he felt that this was his wisest decision. And he was prepared to especially, he must annihilate the black army of Li Zicheng's subordinate Li Laiheng's troops. For this elite, Dorgon was prepared to use his own 5,000 Guards.

Dolgon had a little-known Guards of 5,000 men, and he used various means to carefully select these 5,000 men from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and after rigorous training, Dolgon considered himself an invincible elite army, and his 5,000 soldiers, more than 50,000 men. Dolgon was ready to use these 5,000 men against Li Laiheng's 800 men.

Before leaving Montenegro, he went to see the Queen Mother as usual. Everywhere she went, Empress Xiaozhuang knew that Dolgon would come to ask for important questions. After a day's meeting in Montenegro, of course he would come to ask the emperor, and Xiaozhuang listened to the regent's decision on behalf of the emperor.

"We are only four hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and we will meet Li Zicheng's main force of Dashun in Shanhaiguan, and we have studied several specific plans. Please ask the imperial sister-in-law and the queen mother to instruct. ”

When Dolgon said this, he was already staring boldly into the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, or rather, they were already very natural with each other, and there was no shyness like before.

Xiaozhuang's big eyes seemed to be able to speak, but her eyes were glued to Dolgon today: "Please let the regent decide." ”

"The Imperial Father, the Regent, the Father. "Dolgon corrects Hyozhuang's mistakes. Before he set out from Shenyang, he officially removed the word uncle and became the regent of the imperial father.

Xiaozhuang's coquettish face turned crimson, and he muttered softly: "Why bother?"

Looking at Xiaozhuang's crimson, Dolgon's heart fluttered, if it wasn't for something important, he would definitely carry her into the tent and keep her warm. But not now, we have to talk about the important things first.

At this moment, suddenly his own soldiers came to report: "Imperial father regent, there is an important military report." ”

Dolgon looked at the secret document, and his face suddenly became excited: "Ha! Okay, it's a good thing to fight a decisive battle in advance." ”

He looked at a military report about Li Laiheng's sneak attack on Jiang Nu Temple, and he was like a treasure. The 11,000 lone troops went deep in the depths, and it was the best chance to completely annihilate them. Hyozhuang was so happy to see Dolgon, and asked why he was so happy?

Dolgon told Empress Xiaozhuang that Li Laiheng was an elite division in Li Zicheng's army, and that he Dolgon was not afraid of anyone, but this army. This army fought with him twice, and both times it was completely annihilated, and Li Laiheng's army was almost unscathed, and if he did not clear this army, even if he entered the pass, he Dolgon could not sleep peacefully. Well, now, he purposefully culls this force, and the odds are basically 100% certain.

He didn't have time to save Xiaozhuang today, he had to go back and arrange his troops. Just as Dolgon got up to leave, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang called softly: "Regent!"

Dolgon turned around, only to see that the face of the first beauty of Manchuria was a little flushed, and there was warmth in her eyes, and Dolgon stepped forward and hugged her.

Dolgon decided that he himself would lead his 5,000 guards, 10,000 cavalry under the Zhengbai Banner, and 10,000 infantry under the Zhenghuang Banner, with a total strength of 25,000 men, to attack Jiang Numiao and kill Li Laiheng's troops. Azig and other main forces entered Shanhaiguan as originally planned, and completely annihilated Li Zicheng's main force.

Of course, according to Dorgon's prediction, the time of entry must be the second day after he completely annihilated Li Laiheng's army, or the third day. It is impossible for Li Zicheng to have such a fast speed to officially attack Shanhaiguan. After the meeting, Dolgon barely stopped, sneaking towards the Jiang Nu Temple. They were prepared to enter the area in advance and set up ambushes in appropriate areas. He was determined not to let Li Laiheng escape a single soldier.

Li Laiheng's troops bypassed Qinhuangdao and raided a small pass on the Great Wall, so that they reached the north of the Great Wall. Li Guo's forward fast follow-up was only a day slower than Li Laiheng's, so Li Guo's movements attracted the enemy's attention.

Li Laihenglai hid in Xujia Village, and the time when they arrived to tidy up was at the second watch in the evening. Li Laiheng decided to suddenly attack at dawn tomorrow morning, and at this time, Lao Jiu came in with a very solemn face.

"There is information that Dorgon has suddenly broken away from the main force and is rushing east! Lao Jiu said. Li Laiheng's heart sank: Is it here to ambush us?

"How many troops?"

"Close to thirty thousand. It is said that they are all the elite of the Three Banners, and five thousand of them are Dorgon's guards, and the troops that are rarely used seem to have come specifically for us. Lao Jiu said.

Lao Jiu's task at Shanhaiguan was given to his subordinates, because Li Laiheng went on the expedition instead of Luo Hu, and he couldn't help but act with Li Laiheng.

"Well, if that's the case, we're going to have a great deal of difficulty. ”