The Ming army entered the city to rest for a while, but urgently assembled, so that the people in the city were slightly frightened, the squires looked for Li Yan to hear the news, Li Yan did not hide it bluntly, the Tartar army was about to come to the city, the squires were shocked: "If the Tartars are coming, who will protect us......" begged Li Yan not to go.

"If the general is in the city, the Tartar will inevitably slip away and miss the Governor's plan, this must not be, and all the villagers do not have to worry, the Tartar has no time or intention to break the city this time, you just have to close the city gate and hold on......"

After some detailed explanation, it was possible to stabilize the people's hearts, and Li Yan left the wounded soldiers to take care of the people in the city, and these wounded soldiers could also help the township to defend the city, and the people gladly accepted it.

At the end of the day, Li Yan led his troops out of the city and went straight to the south, and at the same time scattered a lot of scouts, keeping an eye on the movements of the Qing army in the north, he had made preparations to defend the defensive line, and he must drag it until the little eunuch and Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses surrounded and annihilated the Qing army, otherwise the preparation for most of the month would be a joke, and all efforts would be in vain.

The determination is firm, the reality is extremely cruel, Li Yan's command can fight at this time with only a few thousand, there is no danger to defend near the Xianghe, how to resist the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry of the Qing army?

Although the life of the turtle shrinking Xianghe City can be saved, but the Qing army can swagger out of the encirclement, this move not only spoils Chang Yu's plan, Li Yan will eventually fall into fear, and he will be imprisoned for the crime of fleeing without a fight.

Do you really want to fight all the soldiers and horses under his command at all costs, but even if you fight hard, you may not be able to stop the Qing army, Li Yan, who has always been resourceful, has a headache at this time, he can only do his best to obey the fate of heaven, hoping that Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji can come early.

Maybe don't fight hard!

Li Yantu's mind flashed, the little eunuch often said that the Tartar is strong and cannot be touched, this time the disparity in strength, he is by no means the opponent of the Tartar, under the hard touch, he may be crushed by the Tartar in one face, not to mention the heavy losses, it has not played a role, it is better to give him a dog skin plaster that the thief army is only good at: do not fight head-on, but stubbornly entangled, so that even if it can't be stopped, it can be delayed, just wait for the little eunuch and Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses to arrive, then everything will be fine, although it is inevitable that tens of thousands of people will be entangled in tens of thousands, but the effect is the same.

After making up his mind, Li Yan told his two generals Qin Songwang and Gao Qi about the plan, and the two listened carefully, nodding again and again, but their expressions were very solemn, because they all knew that no matter what Li Yan could, he would not be able to avoid a bitter battle, and it might even be a bitter battle with no return.

"General, I'm afraid that we have never encountered such a grim situation when we were thieves, and we have never had such a determination to fight to the death."

Gao Qi smiled bitterly, Li Yan reprimanded: "Hugh nonsense, this time and that time, when he went astray and brought disaster to the country and the people, now he is an officer and soldier, he should do his best to save the people and the country is also regarded as atonement, you must remember, what you are doing today is not only for the country and the people but also for us, Li Yan is not talented and will inevitably fight side by side with all the kings to live and die, I will not live up to the kings, and I hope that the kings will not live up to me, even if this war horse leather shroud is not regretted!" ”

The generals under his command were all moved when they heard this, and they hugged their fists and said: "Live and die with the general!" ”

The generals are united and determined to fight, then what tactics are used to entangle the Qing army, Gyeonggi is located in the plain, Pingchuan is extremely good cavalry combat, the Qing army can give full play to its cavalry advantages, Li Yan wants to use thousands of soldiers and horses whether it is to stop or entangle, it is not so easy.

Still having to take advantage of the terrain, when dawn Li Yanbu returned to the place of the previous ambush, that is, on the bank of a dense forest river more than ten miles south of the city, and began to discuss the layout under his command.

Although the topography of the Xianghe River is not dangerous to defend, there are many rivers in its territory, and the large rivers and small ditches cross horizontally and vertically...... It can also cushion the advantage of the Qing cavalry......

Li Yan, who had spied on Dolgon's intentions here, beat gongs and drums and began to arrange various early warnings to deal with it, while Dolgon, who had spied through Chang Yu's plan dozens of miles away, pulled out the camp and hurried, with Nikan as the vanguard, Shang Kexi as the deputy to lead 8,000 elite cavalry to march lightly and quickly, and the rest of the troops to protect the heavy palace, and at the same time urgently ordered the troops of the various departments that were plundering on the periphery to urgently return and join forces to go south.

At this time, Chang Yu was still sleeping dozens of miles away, not knowing that Li Yan had replaced him at this time and was wrestling with Dolgon!

The summer dawn is fast, the Qing army pulled out the camp overnight and hurried, the vanguard soldiers and horses are even faster horses, with Dolgon guessing that the Ming army had previously defeated Azig, at this time it is very likely to enter Xianghe City to rest, if you take the opportunity to besiege it in the city, everything will be fine, and you don't even have to fight and jump out of the circle directly, so you strictly ordered Nikan monk to march in a hurry.

But said that the two led the troops all the way to gallop, ran for nearly twenty miles in one breath, the war horse was slightly tired, at this time the sky was slightly bright, although the clouds were covered with drizzle, but it was clear at a glance from a hundred meters away, but they were not worried about any ambush, after all, the Ming army was not iron-clad, and they were tired of a night battle just now, and the horse had reported that the Ming army had entered the city.

"As long as the Ming Dog is blocked in the city, there will be no worries, and the dog eunuch will have no last resort" Nikan looked around, and looked sideways at Shang Kexi next to him: "Ming Dog was good at fighting in the past, but now it is ridiculous to only play some intrigues and tricks, and any conspiracy and tricks are decorations in front of strong strength...... Think about how brave King Zhishun was at that time, and then look at the Ming dog today, tsk."

Shang Kexi was furious when he heard it, how could he not hear Nikan's finger Sang scolding Huai to take the opportunity to humiliate him, although Nikan was only a Baylor, and he was one of the dignified Sanshun kings of the Qing Dynasty, but as a second dog, he was always looked down upon.

"Lord Belle still doesn't play tricks and keeps his mind on business" Shang Ke snorted happily, Nikan is a child, he is not used to him.

Nikan sneered, but he dared to go too far, and coughed lightly: "When you get to the siege of Benbele, how about King Zhishun going south to open the way?" ”

"If the Ming army is not in the city, what will you do in the siege of Baylor?" Shang Kexi rolled his eyes, and Nikan was stunned: "Where can the Ming army go if they are not in the city, not to mention that the previous exploration of horses has reported that they have entered the city, is it possible that they still dare to go out of the city to block the road and stop my thousands of troops?" ”

"If everything is as you expected, our army will not fall into such a dilemma, didn't Lord Belle just now explain that the army will only play conspiracy and trickery? How do you know that they don't play an empty city trick and let us go around stupidly? As for whether you dare to block the way, that's another question."

Nikan was slightly annoyed by the embarrassment of Shang Kexi, so he instructed his subordinates to explore the horses to confirm whether the Ming army had entered the city, and traveled several miles to explore the Malay report, earlier they did see the Ming army entering the city from a distance, but then the Ming army sent a large number of patrol posts around the perimeter to set up defenses, they withdrew ten miles away, at this time the Ming army was even more light and dark sentry around the Xianghe, and the Qing army Tanma fought several times to forcibly intercept it and not let it approach, so it was impossible to confirm whether the Ming army was still in the city at this time.

Nikan was furious and scolded a group of wastes, but Shang Kexi sneered: "It seems that the Ming army is no longer in the city at this time."

"How can King Zhishun be sure that the Ming army has left, he will also pinch his fingers," Nikan teased. Shang Kexi ignored his sarcasm and said lightly: "If the Ming army is still in the city, why should it be so strong to prevent our army from approaching the horses, and just shrink into it, do you think that with a few spies, you can stop the footsteps of the army......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by you: "It has been said that Ming Dog is good at conspiracy and tricks, and the truth and truth should be seen to be believing, maybe deliberately, if Ming Dog really left the city, why bother to make this set to lead us to doubt, why hide your ears and steal the bell."

Shang Kexi laughed: "The Ming army's move is not to cover up their ears and steal the bell at all, let alone to make a trick, just to delay time!" ”

"Procrastinating for time? What time is procrastinated? Nikan was stunned.

"Delay the escape of its main force, or delay it in order to dig a pit for us!" Shang Kexi sneered constantly, and looked up to see that the sky was already bright, but the drizzle in the air made him wet and uncomfortable.

Nikan was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said that Jiang was still old and spicy, but he was not very convinced: "If Minggou escapes the old paper, he will slaughter Xianghe City, if he wants to dig a pit, he must see who dug the pit!" ”

"Slaughtering the city?" Shang Kexi looked at him coldly: "Jumping out now is the most important thing, how can you have the heart and time to let you slaughter the city, is it so difficult to distinguish the severity of Lord Belle" Nikan's face turned red: "If you don't slaughter back at this time, you will also step on him" said and beat the horse to take the first step: "I don't know if the dog is in the city before I get to the ground, and now it's useless to guess p, so let's go and take a look."

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Is the pace getting faster and faster, like it or not, happy or not, the ticket is up!