Although the Han army won and lost in this battle, after the battle, there were only more than 600 cavalry left, and the artillery battalion with the army was even more casualties, and even the main general Shi Lang almost lost his life, the musket battalion was originally more than 7,000 people, and there were only more than 4,000 people left after the war, and there were many wounded.

Fortunately, more than 3,700 elite cavalry were also collected, which made Lin Feng more or less comforted in his despair. Among the gloomy officers in the big tent of the Chinese army, only Zhao Guangyuan's complexion is a little better, this time the vitality of the whole army is greatly damaged, Wei Du he chose a cheap, after the war, the strength did not decrease but increased, but even so, he did not feel very happy, this time the two brigade commanders under him were all killed, and the grassroots officers were also killed and wounded, it can be said that the original old army was gone.

Seeing that his subordinates were all depressed, Lin Feng smiled strongly, turned his head to Sun Sike, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Sike, I don't understand something!" ”

Sun Sike jumped up from the chair like a spring, bowed down and said in fear, "Please speak clearly, the humble words are endless!" ”

"Don't, don't, don't," Lin Feng smiled bitterly and waved his hand, every time he felt the gap between each other in terms of values, in fact, in Lin Feng's heart, he had always regarded these generals as colleagues, but these people always put themselves in the position of slaves, "Sit down, sit down, don't be nervous," he turned his head and smiled at the generals, "Si Ke just joined our army, I don't know my temper, in fact, our side is not as good as the Qing Court, there is no superiority and inferiority, everyone is like brothers, you don't have to be too restrained!" ”

The generals in the tent cooperated with each other and put on smiling faces, but no one dared to speak, Sun Sike smiled shyly, played a thousand in a proper manner, and sat down cautiously sideways.

Lin Feng sighed, "I said Sike, I'm not interested in talking about the scene here, to be honest, I'm better than the above, we won this battle this time, but I'm a little luckier, if you talk about the real gun, you can do it!" ”

Sun Sike was taken aback, and said tremblingly, "The big handsome man is serious, and the humble position is convincing!" ”

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and waved his hand, glancing at the officers below, "Now I know that we are really fooling around with this expedition - Tuhai put down the sleeve and waited for us to jump, and what about our side, I didn't want to jump like this, and now that I think about it, I really sweat!" He turned his head and said, "Sike, you turned out to be a deputy general in the army, and you can be regarded as a high-ranking power, Tuhai's plan, you tell everyone about it, give us a long memory!" ”

"Yes, yes," Sun Sike bowed, "Tu Shuai...... Oh, no, no," he peeked at Lin Feng, and found that Lin Feng didn't care about his missteps, listening attentively, and his heart was a little calm, "Tuhai first marched into Zhili, and the pseudo-Qing Zhili Governor Tong Da outline let's ...... wanted Tuhai to attack the Jingshi immediately, but Tuhai thought that the Han ...... Our army has occupied the Beijing division for several months, twisting their hair and braiding to slaughter the nobles, reversing the discipline and bewitching the people, the people's hearts have been decided, and the defense of the Beijing division is strong, and it is difficult to attack it for a while, it is better to lure the enemy to attack, and ......" Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Feng and groaned slightly.

Lin Feng applauded and praised, "Well said, Tuhai is really talented!" ”

Encouraged by Sun Sike, Sun Sike was a lot bolder, "And the Han army was in a hurry, in addition to the troops not being suppressed, the people who led the army were also unfought generals, and they could be bullied......" The officers in the tent snorted in unison, their faces were extremely ugly, Lin Feng sank his face and reprimanded, "Hum a fart!" - Are people wrong? Leading the army to fight, we are all the first time, and people are telling the truth! Turning to Sun Sike, he said, "Go on!" ”

"So Tuhai added several places in Tianjin and Baoding to strengthen the city defense, and at the same time put the switch to drive the displaced people into Gyeonggi, he expected that the population of Gyeonggi was heavy, even if it was more grain and grass, it would be consumed sooner or later, so if our Han army did not want to sit still, it would lead the main force to attack, so it sent elite infantry to garrison Tianjin in advance, in order to rely on the strong city, consume and drag the main force of our Han army......"

Zhao Guangyuan frowned and interrupted Sun Sike's words, "How did he know that our army would definitely go to Tianjin?!" ”

Lin Feng and Zhou Peigong exchanged glances and shook their heads together, this Zhao Guangyuan was brave...... Alas, Zhou Peigong coughed lightly a few times and said with a wry smile, "General Zhao, Tianjin is directly choking my throat, and you can go to Beijing and Tongzhou by boat. ”

Sun Sike took the opportunity to slap it, "Mr. Zhou! At the same time, the army was exhausted, and the Great Wall of Raonei was sneaking on to standby, and after the main force of our Han army went out to Tianjin, he secretly ordered the spies to use grain as bait to incite the displaced people to make a rebellion, and at the same time, the army rushed to Beijing and Tongzhou with lightning speed, and sent scattered cavalry to strangle scouts, attack the people, burn the baggage, and cut off the connection between our Han army and the base camp of the Beijing division......"

"Brilliant plan!" Lin Feng smiled bitterly, "This is easy to say, but I'm afraid it's difficult to do, right?!" ”

"That's right, the marshal doesn't know, now there are many big landlords in all parts of Gyeonggi and Tong outline secret communication, this army attack, all along the way have already been arranged - all the armies and departments have familiar guides, there are villagers to cover their whereabouts, and many landlords' Zhuangzi has also pre-approved grain and horse feed, as soon as the war starts, there are locals to report the news, so the Tuhai army can be so easy to read!"

"I see," Lin Feng's face suddenly became extremely ugly, he was triumphant during this time, thinking that he supported the people, but he didn't expect to fall into the vast sea of the people's war as soon as he fought, and the whole thing was reversed, he glanced at Chen Menglei who was uncomfortable next to him with a dark face, and saw that he was sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Sun Sike hurriedly added, "I have already learned when I was in Baoding that the marshal treats his subordinates very leniently, and after the confiscation of the Eight Banners Granges everywhere, they are all distributed to his subordinates - those landlords have been in Gyeonggi for a long time, and the Eight Banners Granges ...... This exchange is frequent, so the Han army was unhappy when they confiscated the land, so their hearts were on Tuhai! ”

Lin Feng's heart is bright, most likely when he divided the field, his subordinates did a lot of "beautiful work", but at this moment he must not say it, it seems that the previous development direction has indeed gone wrong, and the foundation in the countryside is too weak. He patted Chen Menglei on the shoulder, "Old Chen, wait a minute, you can go, this matter will be handed over to you, collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion?!" Hehe, it just so happens that we are short of fields to reward meritorious soldiers!! ”

Chen Menglei's face was full of shame, he got up and took the order, Lin Feng turned his head and frowned, "Although this plan is very beautiful, it doesn't want Tuhai to come in person, right?" In the end, it is too dangerous to go deep into the hinterland of our army, can't you send a general?! ”

Seeing Lin Feng's kind demeanor, the officers listened attentively, Sun Sike's demeanor became more and more relaxed, and he smiled slightly when he heard the words, "The handsome don't know, Tuhai took the risk of coming out in person, in fact, there are three reasons," he paused, and stretched out a finger, "Tuhai has a prestige in Beijing, he personally goes out on horse, it is easier to win over the gentry, if the army wins a battle, he can call on the big households in the city to make chaos, if the luck is good, the Beijing division and Tongzhou may be able to fight bloodlessly; Second, our Han army exterminated the Qing court, such as the change of minds of people everywhere today, and the ambiguous attitude of the governors of the provinces, and these 8,000 cavalry are the elite of the Tuhai army, which is his last capital, in such a situation, how can he trust others? Third, the composition of these 8,000 elites is complex, a small part is the children of the Eight Banners, most of them are Han people, and there is a small group of Mongolian soldiers who surrendered from Chahar, except for Tuhai in the army, I am afraid that other generals will not be able to suppress the army's heart! ”

"Tsk...... Awesome, awesome, this old boy is not easy! Lin Feng shook his head and praised it, and sighed in his heart, if he didn't belong to this era, if he used a method similar to cheating to fight, and replaced someone else, Tu Hai would probably win this battle beautifully. 8,000 elite iron cavalry, against 10,000 infantry, this battle was really a fluke. He turned his eyes and cast an appreciative look at Sun Sike who was talking, this guy is indeed extraordinary, his eloquence is good, he understands it, his thoughts turned around, and he suddenly said to Zhao Guangyuan, "Old Zhao, how many people are there in your cavalry now?!" ”

Zhao Guangyuan calculated slightly, "With the undisabled soldiers, there are more than four thousand five hundred in total!" There are more than 7,800 war horses! Seeing Lin Feng's surprise, he explained, "Tuhai just came back from Chahar and looted a lot of Mongolian horses, this Mongolian horse has excellent endurance, this time he took a detour, so he brought a lot, this time they were all captured by us!" ”

"Okay, let's do it, I'm going to draw a thousand veterans from you to the Chinese army and hand them over to Sike to carry, what do you think?!" Seeing Zhao Guangyuan's sad face, Lin Feng walked down and hugged his shoulders affectionately, "You have made a fortune this time, you now have more than seven thousand war horses, which can be expanded to three brigades!" - Fuck there are still thousands of veterans this time, and they will be strong in a few months, so what's not to be satisfied with?! ”

Zhao Guangyuan grinned, "Respect the order of the marshal!" ”

Lin Feng pressed his shoulder, turned his head to the officer next to him, and said, "Brothers, did you hear what Sike said just now?" This thing is very mysterious, but it can't be won by just working hard, this time it's our luck, and next time it's not like this! ——I brought you here today, just to let the brothers show their knowledge and learn from both hands, in the future, our territory will get bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more people, everyone here must study hard, if he really has the ability, then sooner or later I will let him out and take charge of himself......"

Hearing this, the officers in the big tent all showed joy on their faces, exchanging excited eyes with each other, Lin Feng raised his voice, and shouted angrily, "You bastards, I said that you should learn to fight hard!" Did you hear that?! - Can't fucking catch your breath?! ”

The officers stood up and saluted one after another, and said in unison, "The handsome and wise, go to the soup and fire with humble duties, and swear to serve his life!" ”

It's really a bull's head and a horse's mouth, Lin Feng waved his hand in disappointment and signaled to dismiss.

The next day, the army returned to the camp in Tianjin, and the fast horses that set off overnight yesterday had already informed Beijing of the good news of the victory, and because of the fatigue after the war and the large number of wounded, Lin Feng had to slow down the march, and the Chinese army brigade took a leisurely walk on the official road between Beijing and Tianjin as if it were a tour. In the afternoon of the next day, the baggage fleet organized by Li Guangdi in Beijing caught up with the army when it arrived in Wuqing City, and in addition to replenishing the soldiers of a brigade, it also brought in a large number of supplies and carried away the wounded who were unable to move.

During the period of Lin Feng's departure, the Han army left on the outskirts of Tianjin maintained a very high vigilance, although Liu Laosi and ** Sheng were not cautious masters, but they basically remained calm in such an unstable and sinister situation. Here I have to admit that as a new army, the Han army has loopholes in the system in many aspects, especially the secrecy work, in fact, when Lin Feng set off to help, the news of the sneak attack on the base camp spread throughout the camp, and for a while rumors and rumors were spreading, and the army was panicked, if it wasn't for the Han army to execute Kangxi, there was no way out, and the whole army was afraid of the Qing army's retaliation and massacre, it is difficult to say whether it would be scattered in such a situation, I don't know whether it was the luck of the Han army or the caution of the Qing army, The Qing army in Tianjin was careful in the first two days and did not immediately go out of the city to counterattack, allowing the Han officers to gain time to reorganize the morale of the army.

** The character of the bandits played a huge role in the rectification, or this is also some kind of crooked beating, many years of pirate career made him accustomed to this kind of subordinate vacillation, in fact, the pirates are indeed facing all kinds of fire and disputes at any time, under his iron fist under the auspices of the Han army left behind the troops quickly set up a cruel military law team, any soldiers who dare to spread reactionary remarks are within the scope of their suppression, day and night, the Han army camp is bloody, ** General Sheng gave everyone a bloody lesson in military camp lifeNearly 20,000 soldiers understood the duties of a soldier in horror, and the morale of the army quickly stabilized in the massacre.

Due to communication technology reasons, the Qing army in Tianjin was not very clear about the schedule of activities in Tuhai, but after seeing that the Han army was desperately reinforcing the camp for three consecutive days and not going out, the Qing army commander immediately came to the correct conclusion, and the Qing army in large brigades came out of the nest and launched a fierce attack on the Han army's camp. For such a battle situation, the Han army obviously had long been aware of it, and had been preparing for it, although the momentum of the Qing army's assault was very fierce, but it still calmly resisted most of the attacks. In this four-day offensive and defensive battle, Shi Lang's artillery brigade played a decisive role, and it turned out that behind the strong fortress, the artillery bombardment was an absolute nightmare for the infantry, and the Qing generals lacked psychological preparation for this, and still blindly pinned their hopes on the bravery of the soldiers, and had to withdraw their troops after heavy casualties.

Due to the tension of the attacker's troops, this offensive and defensive battle ended with the victory of the Han army, the Qing army Tianjin garrison paid more than 5,000 casualties, and only captured the two peripheral forts of the Han army's camp, the only bright spot of the Qing army in the whole battle was on the second night of the attack, the Tianjin guerrilla general Zhao Liangdong sneaked in at night to sneak attack, and concentrated on using rockets to burn and destroy a gunpowder warehouse of the Han army, resulting in the Han army killed more than 400 officers and soldiers in the violent explosion.

When the Han army led the Chinese army and the cavalry brigade to reappear under the city of Tianjin, both the offensive and defensive sides had understood the outcome of the battle, the tall standard-bearer team held high the plain white "Lin" character flag, and galloped back and forth under the city of Tianjin, the morale of tens of thousands of Han troops suddenly swelled to the peak, and the cheers and tsunamis shook ten miles away, and the cavalry troops commanded by Zhao Guangyuan did not even enter the camp, so they were separated from the brigade and neatly arranged in two columns under the gaze of the Tianjin garrison in the Qing court. Bypassing the city of Tianjin, he went straight to Jinghai in order to completely cut off the retreat of the Qing army.

Thousands of war horses rumbled and shook the earth, arrogantly marching on the official road on the edge of the city wall, and the Qing soldiers at the head of the city suddenly recognized their former comrades-in-arms and looked at each other dumbfounded. In a matter of days, his former colleagues have become enemies of life and death.

Just when the Qing army was full of soldiers, a team of fierce Han cavalry rushed out of the camp like a whirlwind, rushed to the city, and then galloped at high speed, and struggled to throw Tuhai's head on the city in the rain of arrows.

A lonely banner stood pitifully between the two armies.

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers laughed in unison, and on the small hill facing the Tianjin city wall, dozens of red-coated cannons quietly raised their muzzles and suddenly fired in the confusion of the Qing army.

The huge cannonball whistled sharply in the air, slammed into the city wall, this time the Han army had experience, the target of the artillery bombardment was no longer the soldiers behind the female wall, but all the artillery was concentrated in one city wall and bombarded violently, the fierce cannon sound could not hear any gap, looking from afar, the artillery position on the small hill seemed to erupt like a volcano, and the red fire kept flickering in the white smoke, and even the scorching sun was eclipsed for a while.

Amid the cheers, laughter and scolding of the Han soldiers one after another, the fierce artillery fire bombarded for more than three hours, and hundreds of strong men ran around the mountain carrying buckets, trying their best to cool down the artillery. When the smoke cleared, the people were horrified to find that the thick mountain wall had burst into pieces, collapsing into a huge gap, and the gravel and mud that had slipped down from the wall actually filled a moat.

Lin Feng stepped forward and shouted loudly with all his might, "Tianjin...... To drop or not to fall?! ——”

Hundreds of big-voiced soldiers immediately stepped forward and gave orders in unison, "...... To drop or not to fall? - To descend or not to fall?! ……”

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers were silent for a while, and then they cheered, raised their weapons one after another, slapped the rhythm of the rich Han rhyme, and shouted in unison, "...... To drop or not to fall?! …… To drop or not to fall?! ……”

The Qing army on the city wall looked frightened, looking at the peak of the Han army in despair, and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were stunned, not knowing what to do.

Sun Sike suddenly jerked his horse's buttocks, rushed desperately to the bottom of the city wall, and ripped off his helmet, "...... Brothers, I'm Sun Sike! He cried out, "...... Tu Shuai is finished...... Finished...... Let's go down!! ”

Lin Feng saw from a distance, the city was suddenly in chaos, a terrible scream and curse, the sound of blade collision was sonorous for several miles, countless people desperately shouted and shouted, melee for a long time, the sound gradually fell silent, a string of heads were thrown off the city indiscriminately, Lin Feng hurriedly raised the binoculars, and vaguely saw the lightning rod helmet full of the flavor of the eight flags on the head.

After a while, the city gate was opened, and dozens of officers in bright armor walked out of the city gate with heavy steps, slowly took off their waist knives and threw them on the ground, and fell to their knees.

Lin Feng looked at the generals beside him proudly, raised his horsewhip, and pointed to this majestic city arrogantly, "Enter the city!" ”