Chapter 93: Ambushing Daniel Zhang

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, go and investigate again, and report the movements of the Qing army in time." Then Zhu Youdong said to the Miao leaders who had gathered near Yang Yisi: "Ladies and gentlemen, the news of our withdrawal from Yangchang Pass should not have reached the Qing army. I estimate that the Qing army is very likely to go from Yang Yisi to the official road, and then turn back to the southeast and go straight to Maha Prefecture. Therefore, I ask you to immediately launch an attack on Yang Yisi and occupy Yang Yisi. ”

Those Miao leaders now also knew that they could not let the Qing army run to Yang Yisi, otherwise it would be difficult for their rabble to stop the Qing army in the field, so they immediately went out and returned to Yang Yisi. Zhu Youdong made arrangements for the Ming army in the Yangchang Pass area, and then asked Yang Jiafu to lead a team to harass the Qing army, delay the Qing army's marching speed, and help the Miao people capture Yang Yisi.

After the Miao leaders returned to the vicinity of Yang Yisi, they immediately launched an attack on Yang Yisi. Yang Yisi was originally only garrisoned by more than 1,000 Qing soldiers, and he was a person who surrendered to the Ming army, with poor combat effectiveness and a very loose military spirit. Now seeing that the Miao people were attacking in all directions, he was immediately flustered, and he didn't resist for long before abandoning the city and fleeing to Pingyuewei.

Daniel Zhang gathered his troops in Pingyuewei, and just set out from Pingyuewei in the afternoon, and had just walked less than ten miles when he found a group of defeated soldiers running in front. When Daniel Zhang asked, he learned that this was Yang Yisi's defenders, and now Yang Yisi had been occupied by the Miao.

Just when Daniel Zhang didn't know what to do, Zhao Tingchen sent someone to send news that the Miao people in Yangchang Pass saw that they could not launch an effective attack on the Qing soldiers, and now they automatically withdrew from Yangchang Pass, asking Daniel Zhang to directly change the route to Yangchang to close the official road, and then go to Maha Prefecture.

Daniel Zhang repeatedly confirmed that the Miao people in Yangchang Pass had retreated, and changing the route of the march was indeed an order passed down by Zhao Tingchen, so in desperation, he had to change the route to Yangchang Pass. Due to the back and forth, it was not until the evening that Daniel Zhang led the army to Yangchang Pass, which was defended by only one hundred and ten Miao people, and was dispersed by the Qing army, and Daniel Zhang also occupied Yangchang Pass.

Seeing that it was so smooth, Daniel Zhang occupied the Yangchang Pass, and such a dangerous pass was abandoned by the Miao people, and determined that the Miao people had retreated. Early the next morning, Daniel Zhang set off with a large army. Yesterday, there was no harassment or attack by the Miao people on the march of dozens of miles, but now it is only five miles away from the sheep farm and the official road, and it has been attacked by more than ten Miao people.

The Miao people who came to sneak attack this time did not show their heads at all, but only shot the Qing army with various bows and arrows and poison darts, and left after dropping a few stones in a dangerous place, regardless of whether they hurt the Qing army or not. Daniel Zhang was even more convinced that this was the Miao brigade that had retreated, and all that remained was a few guerrilla scattered, which could not pose any threat to the army at all. So he told the army not to care about the harassing Miao people.

Five miles away, the Qing army walked for an hour and went to the official road. Daniel Zhang was relieved to see that the army had all gone to the official road, and the scattered Miao people who attacked him before did not dare to launch any more attacks on the Qing army on the official road. After crossing the official road, the south side is a relatively flat terrain, without any dangerous terrain.

Daniel Zhang led the Qing army all the way forward with confidence, and as soon as he arrived near the dog cub cave, the Miao attacks began to increase again, and they became more and more powerful, and before they could reach a mile, the Qing army suffered nearly hundreds of casualties. As a result, the Qing army was suddenly panicked, and no one dared to go any further.

When Daniel Zhang saw this, he had to stop first and sent people to chase the Miao people who attacked the Qing army. But these Miao people are like fish in water between the mountains and forests, and when the Qing soldiers chase them out, they can only look at the swaying branches, and they can still see Miao people there. Seeing that he couldn't catch up with the Miao people, he had to let the archers of the Qing army shoot random arrows into the surrounding woods.

In this way, the Qing army did a lot of damage to the Miao people who were ambushed around, but now the Miao people who were ambushed around were Miao people who had been trained by the Restoration Army, and even if someone was injured, they gritted their teeth and held back, refusing to make the slightest sound. Just quietly hid under the branches and watched the Qing army slowly move forward.

Yang Qiwa led a group of Miao people to ambush in the woods of Daluben, seeing that the Qing army's random arrows had injured five or six Miao people, but now they did not hear the order to attack, and the Fuming army lying under the leaves did not dare to move in the slightest. At this moment, a long and two short cuckoo calls suddenly came from the woods in the distance, and Yang Qiwa knew that this was an order to attack, so she immediately waved her hand.

The Miao people who were lying on the ground just now quickly got up, shot the javelin in their hands and the poisoned arrow at the Qing army, and then regardless of whether they shot the Qing army or not, they turned around and retreated.

At this time, on the other side of the road, there was a group of Miao people who got up to attack the Qing army, and the Qing army was busy coping with it and had to return to the brigade. In fact, there were only more than 300 people ambushed around the Qing army, but the Ming Restoration Army relied on the Miao people's ability to familiarize themselves with the terrain and cross mountains and mountains, so that the Qing army was not at peace all the way.

When Daniel Zhang arrived at Zhongbao with his army, the casualties of the Qing army had already reached three hundred. This forced Daniel Zhang to consider whether to move forward or retreat to Yangchang Pass. Just when Daniel Zhang had not yet made up his mind, the rear army suddenly heard shouts of killing, and the Fuming army of about 600 people attacked the Qing army. When the Qing army reacted and wanted to set up a formation to block the Restoration Army and send troops to surround both sides to keep these Restoration Army, they scattered and fled to the back.

When Daniel Zhang came to the rear army and looked at the wounded soldiers and the Qing army who were killed, he was immediately furious, and said to the adjutant general beside him: "This group of enemy troops has more than 600 people, it must be the main force of the Miao people, you immediately bring a thousand soldiers to pursue, and you will definitely destroy it." ”

The deputy general also held his breath all the way, and when he saw Daniel Zhang say this, he immediately chased out with a thousand Qing soldiers. As a result, the deputy general led his troops out of two miles, only to find that the Ming army, who was still fleeing just now, was now waiting for him there. Seeing that the situation was different, the deputy immediately wanted to retreat. At this time, in the woods and grass on both sides of the road, there was a sudden movement, and countless branches and weeds pounced on the Qing army, and the Ming army that had fled just now also fought back. For a while, the Qing army screamed continuously, coupled with the trees on the side of the road, the grass suddenly became dynamic, and the frightened Qing army even forgot to fight back.

Fortunately, the deputy general had been in battle for a long time, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and form a formation, those are all pretended by the Ming army." By the time the Qing army reacted and wanted to form a formation, the Qing army had already killed nearly 400 people, and now there were only 600 Qing troops left. The lieutenant general had no choice but to slowly retreat in the direction of the army with the rest of the Qing army.

Ta Tianbao took the Restoration Army to chase the Qing Army all the way, and the Qing Army could retreat in an orderly manner at first, but with the continuous attacks of the Restoration Army ambushed on both sides of the road, and the onslaught of the Ming Army with the Ming Army in the back, after a while, the Qing Army evolved into a comprehensive rout. At this time, the adjutant general of the Qing army could not control the situation, so he could only flee to the Qing army brigade with more than 100 people around him.

Daniel Zhang received an ambush from the Qing army chasing out, and immediately went to the rescue with a thousand Qing soldiers, but as soon as he set off less than a mile, he saw the adjutant general who had just led the army fleeing back with more than a hundred people.

As soon as the lieutenant general saw Daniel Zhang, he cried and said, "Lord Admiral, the last general has lost a thousand troops, and now there are more than a hundred people left." Daniel Zhang said urgently: "Say, what's going on." It's been less than half an hour since I chased it out, and it's gone. The deputy general explained the matter as it was, and Daniel Zhang suddenly took a big breath.

Daniel Zhang looked at the lieutenant general and said, "Just six hundred people can make you a thousand troops, and only a hundred people are left who are beaten in just half an hour?" The lieutenant said, "Lord Admiral, they first relied on a sneak attack, and then the ambushes on both sides of the army to break down, otherwise they would not have been able to defeat me." ”

Daniel Zhang said: "Defeat is defeat, it seems that they blocked our back road, this is to force us to go forward, there must be an ambush on the front road, where should we go now?" The lieutenant said, "My lord, or we will hold on to the ground and wait for the governor to come to the rescue." ”

Daniel Zhang said angrily: "Bastard, now that we have been ambushed by the Ming army here, the Inspector doesn't know the situation at all, how can he come to rescue us." The lieutenant said, "Then what should we do, aren't we dead?" Daniel Zhang said, "No, we have to rush out, how many people did you meet in the back road just now?" ”

The lieutenant said, "There are only more than 600 people blocking us from behind, but there must be no less than 1,000 people in the pits lying in ambush on both sides of the road." The adjutant general didn't dare to say too little, so he would have a great responsibility, so he directly reported that there were thousands of Ming troops ambushed on both sides.

Daniel Zhang frowned and said, "How can there be so many Ming troops?" To the south is the high mountains and valleys, and I see that we should break through to the west and go around from Angu to the back of Yang Yisi before returning to the official road. The lieutenant general agreed: "The general is a god." After Daniel Zhang finalized the plan, he immediately returned to the garrison with the army, and then threw away all the weight, and rushed to the west lightly and quickly, preparing to break through.

At this time, Zhu Youdong, who had been staying in Wotian, received the situation of Daniel Zhang's breakthrough, and immediately rushed to Angu with a large army to set up defenses, and then informed the Ming army of Lei Dapo to immediately attack and attack the rear army of the Qing army. Daniel Zhang led the Qing army all the way, and as soon as he reached the Sifang slope, he heard a cannon sound on the mountain, and then a large number of Ming troops rushed down the mountain.

At the same time, Zhu Youdong, who was defending in Angu, also led a large army to surround from the front, and Daniel Zhang saw that there were ambushes here. Daniel Zhang found that the terrain here was very unfavorable to him, so he wanted to retreat to an open place to set up a defensive formation, and then wait for an opportunity to break through. Who knew that at this time, there was also a sudden sound of killing in the back, and it turned out that the Ming army in the rear rushed to block the road for the Qing army to retreat, so that the Qing army was completely surrounded in the canyon.

Seeing this, Daniel Zhang shouted: "Now there are Ming troops all around, and I can only die to serve the country, and all the soldiers will rush to kill with me." After speaking, he first rushed to Zhu Youdong and the others who were blocking in front with the guards. Originally, Zhu Youdong still wanted to trap the Qing army for a period of time and reduce some casualties of the Ming Army, but now that the Qing army has launched a direct attack, he has no choice but to lead the army to fight.

A battle unfolded in the mountains like this, and the various departments of the Restoration Army were a little better, and the armies cooperated with each other with the order, but those Miao people who had not been trained didn't care about this, they killed the Qing army in order to take revenge, and they just rushed up with their lives. In order to break through, the Qing army was also fighting the trapped beasts, and it was also desperate at the moment. For a while, the Restoration Army seemed to have become a peripheral observer, and seeing this, Zhu Youdong asked the Restoration Army to directly use bows and arrows to cooperate with the Miao people to attack.

The Qing army was constantly killed, not only to guard against the Miao people who attacked them, but also to watch out for the bows and arrows constantly fired by the Fuming army in the distance, and they were busy and tired for a while. Under the desperate attack of the Miao people, the Qing army held out for an hour, and gradually became overwhelmed.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong directly asked the Restoration Army to charge the Qing Army again. The Qing army was already in a hurry to attack the Miao people, and they had been fighting for an hour, so they were already very tired. Now that it was rushed by the Restoration Army, the defense line was suddenly breached. The Qing army was divided into several pieces by the Restoration Army and the Miao people, and they fought separately.

Daniel Zhang's armor was almost scattered, and the helmet didn't know where it had fallen. His own soldiers framed him, and looking at the Qing soldiers who were constantly retreating, Daniel Zhang wanted to cry without tears. Zhu Youdong saw the very brave Daniel Zhang, and stepped forward and said: "You are a Qing general, to be honest, I don't want to surround your life, but now that your army is surrounded, the big battle has been fought like this, and if you continue to fight, it will only increase casualties." As long as you are willing to surrender and persuade your soldiers to surrender, I can give you a chance. ”

Daniel Zhang laughed miserably: "Opportunity, do I need such an opportunity?" The Ming Dynasty has perished, and surrendering now is not the same as a dead end? Zhu Youdong said: "The Qing army has occupied almost all of Sichuan in Sichuan, I can drive them out of Sichuan, and now the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing army attacking Yunnan and Guizhou have been cut off by me, and they can still jump for a few days?" When I destroy Zhao Tingchen, will there still be a large army in the whole of Guizhou that can stop me? As long as the Han people don't die, the resistance to the Qing Dynasty will continue, so why is it a dead end? ”

Daniel Zhang was shocked: "What? You're from Sichuan? Aren't you in Zunyi? Why did you suddenly run to Duyun. Zhu Youdong was also overjoyed and said: "Did the conquest guard hit Zunyi?" That's great. Then Zhu Youdong saw that the army was still fighting, and said to Daniel Zhang: "What, now that Zunyi has also been captured by us, who said that Daming will die?" You have always been just a slave in the Qing court, will the Manchurians treat you as a human being? Why do you need to be the dog with the broken spine? ”

Daniel Zhang was also a little touched when he heard Zhu Youdong's words, plus if the Ming army could really reoccupy Guizhou, the Qing army that invaded Yunnan would have no way to retreat. Daniel Zhang was indeed a little moved, and immediately said: "Okay, I surrender, but I want the general to guarantee our safety." ”