Li Zicheng's use of troops this time was carried out along the path of matching and winning by surprise. Zhenghe is to fight with the main force of the Qing army in the area of Guguan - Jingcheng, and attract all the main forces of the Qing army here.

And Qisheng is a 40,000 cavalry deployed in Zezhou, commanded by Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo, waiting for an opportunity to pass through Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, and Shunde Mansion to Zhending Mansion in the north, threatening to attack the rear of the main force of the Qing army in Guguan!

Of course, the great detour of the 40,000 cavalry was not to fight a life-and-death battle with the main force of the Qing army, but to force them to retreat from outside the Great Wall of Guguan by threatening the rear of the Qing army.

Li Zicheng did not seek to annihilate the Qing army in large numbers, but only to force the Qing army back and keep the defense line of Guguan. In this way, the situation of the Dashun army in Shanxi was stable. Because the territory of the Qing army in the pass is not large, it is basically the area of Beizhili.

According to the information obtained by Li Zicheng, during the Wanli period when the Ming Dynasty was still prosperous, the total amount of land in Beizhili was less than 50 million mu, and the total amount of tax grain was less than 600,000 stone - this bit of land and tax grain was simply not enough to supply more than 100,000 Qing soldiers from the east and hundreds of thousands of millions of Eight Banners family members and clothed minions.

As long as Zhu Cihong is not brainless enough to marry Dolgon's daughter, he will give Donglu 4 million stone "tribute grain" every year, and Dongyu's Beizhili will soon have a famine! At that time, there will be no more strength left to fight Shanxi......

Li Zicheng's thoughts were interrupted by a rapid sound of horses' hooves, he looked up, and saw Chen Chuan, the deputy general of the children's battalion, galloping on horseback, and only turned over and dismounted at the foot of the mountain, and then walked up the mountain, and came to Li Zicheng to bow respectfully.

"Emperor, Uncle Tong Guan is supervising the battle in the old pass, and today he has repelled the Wu thief three times, and now he is fighting fiercely with the Wu thief who attacked for the fourth time."

Li Zicheng asked: "How is the morale of the Wu thief?" Can you fight? ”

Chen Chuan replied: "Back to the emperor, the morale of the Wu thief soldiers and horses is significantly lower than before. ”

Song Xiance, who was following Li Zicheng, said with a smile: "Emperor, the soldiers of the Wu thieves used to be fed with silver in the Ming Dynasty, and there were millions of grains and salaries a year...... Now it's okay, let's graze with the tartars! ”

Li Zicheng smiled, "That's what I said, it's time to make Wu Thief suffer!" ”

General Ruhou Liu Zongmin was also with Li Zicheng, and also said with a smile: "Emperor, the morale of the Wu thief has been lost, and it is an opportunity to send troops to attack, and I have trained 1,000 iron cavalry, which can be used to choose a front!" ”

Liu Fangliang, the general of the left battalion system, also immediately asked for battle: "Emperor, I have also trained 2,000 iron soldiers, the most elite, and I can steal the camp of Wu thieves tonight." ”

Liu Zongmin's iron cavalry and Liu Fangliang's iron man are all elite soldiers trained by Li Zi in the current decisive battle, so that the five old battalions under his command have been trained.

In addition, since the troops retreated from Shanxi in May, Li Zicheng has also vigorously expanded the old camp. The four old battalions of the Zhongquan pro-army, the left battalion, the right battalion, and the rear battalion that followed his eastern expedition were expanded to more than 25,000 people, and the total strength of the four battalions together reached 100,000.

He also appointed Chen Yongfu as the general, collected a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses from all over Shanxi and Chen Yongfu's old troops, and stayed in Taiyuan Mansion to prevent rebellion between Datong and the local gentry in Taiyuan Prefecture.

"Don't move the iron cavalry of the Yellow Tiger first, when Wu Sangui withdraws, we will give him a ruthless blow, and we must avenge the old brother who died on a stone!"

Liu Zongmin arched his hand and said: "The minister's order!" ”

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he turned to Liu Fangliang again, "Fangliang, tomorrow night will depend on your iron man's achievements." Remember, if you want to see good, you will accept it, and you must not fall in love with war. The soldiers and horses of the Wu thieves are not afraid, but there are still an unknown number of real captives behind the Wu thieves, which cannot be underestimated...... This is the first battle, and the first battle must be won, even if it is a small victory! ”

Liu Fangliang also arched his hand: "The minister will definitely be careful." ”

After a stone, the Dashun army hated Wu Sangui's subordinates, and was afraid of the Manchurian soldiers!

Now that the manager is afraid, it is inevitable that he will hold back when he takes command.

......

On one side is Li Zicheng, who has become shrinking, while the Qing army on the other side is at the time when he is extremely bold.

Whether it is the Dashun army in Taiyuan or the Ming army in Datong, they are not in their eyes!

And the only thing that made Dolgon, Duoduo, and Hauge feel that the Qing army leaders felt pricked was Zhu Cihong's soldiers and horses in Denglai.

Because the first warrior of Manchuria, Duolong, was folded in their hands, and the army of Deng Lai Ming had a fortified city of Dengzhou on land, and also built a walled city on many islands along the coast.

In addition, there was also a Beiyang naval division stationed in Dengju Water City, which made neither the Qing Dynasty nor the Qing Dynasty's vassal state Korea powerless...... Although this sailor has not done much out of the ordinary for the time being, he only blocks the road and collects fees on the Beiyang Sea, and forces the Korean kingdom to trade with them. However, for the Qing Dynasty, which did not have a naval division, the threat from the sea was always uncontrollable and uncertain!

However, Deng Laimingjun and the sailors of the Beiyang Sea are now not the turn of the Prince of Yu of the Great Qing Dynasty to worry about it. He is now not in charge of the war in the south and at sea, but leads his troops to the west and copy Li Zicheng's back road.

A large group of more than 10,000 Han troops composed of 20,000 Eight Banners and Kong Youde and Shang Kexi was traveling between the mountains connecting Yanshan and Taihang Mountain at this time.

The passage of their march is the Lingqiu Ancient Road of the Flying Fox, one of the eight Taihang Mountains, which starts from the Bauhinia Pass in the east and reaches the Pingxing Pass in the west. In the meantime, it is necessary to pass through five dangerous places, such as Futuyu, Shimenxia, Yima Ridge, Tiechai Ridge, and Lingqiu Mountain City, in order to reach Pingxingguanxia.

And these five dangers were all under the control of the Datong Ming Army before, although the Datong Ming Army was relatively wasted, as long as they held on to the danger, it was enough to give Duoduo a headache. It's not that it can't be defeated, but it will take a lot of time, and the news will be leaked, so that Li Zicheng can be prepared. As long as there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers of Dashun deployed on the Pingxing Pass, it is easy to block the Duoduo headquarters that did not carry the Hongyi cannon until the food is exhausted!

If the Datong Ming army could go further and join forces with Li Zicheng to set up an ambush in any of the five dangerous places, including Futuyu, Shimenxia, Yimaling, Tiechailing, and Lingqiu Mountain City, then the Qing soldiers who marched through the mountains and pulled out a long marching line that could not be seen from the end to the end would probably have to return with a feather.

If the Duoduo Division, which was a surprise soldier, was defeated on the Lingqiu Ancient Road, then it would be impossible for the Azig and Wu Sangui Divisions to achieve any victory under the Guguan Great Wall. This wave of the offensive of the Qing soldiers has been completely frustrated!

However, two hours ago, Duoduo's Chinese army had already passed through the Lingqiu Mountain City, the last dangerous point in the Lingqiu Ancient Road, and thirty miles ahead was the Pingxing Pass garrisoned by the Dashun army......

As the sky began to darken, Duoduo glanced back at the Lingqiu City in the afterglow of the setting sun, and let out a long sigh - these stupid Nikans had missed the best opportunity to thwart the Qing Heavenly Soldiers.

Now just wait for Kong Youde and Shang Kexi Ershun to lay a flat level, and then they can lay the victory......

A herald hurried from the front, found the large banner held high by Duoduo's side, and the white flag Bayala pro-army guarding Duoduo, and leaned in. He was stopped by a white-armored soldier on the perimeter, and after receiving the right command, he was taken to Dodor.

"Lord Wang, the brigade of the King of Gongshun has arrived at the Pingxing Pass, and found that the defenders of the pass were panicked, so they ordered the forward battalion to deploy and prepare to attack the city!"

Sure enough, unprepared!

Duoduo said: Those Nikans in Datong are also really honest, and they don't even give Li Zicheng a ...... It seems that Li Zicheng's torture and Juntian have indeed made them anxious!

"Rest on the spot and eat some dry food." After Duoduo conveyed the order to rest on the spot, the soldiers of the Eight Banners, who had worked hard for most of the day, did not say much, and sat down to rest one after another, eating the dry food they carried with them.

Instead of resting, Duoduo led his Bayala army and Pegasus forward, heading towards the Pingxing Pass. Before I could see the castle pass, I heard the sound of a fire bolt like fried beans coming from the front.

A white-armored soldier who followed Duoduo's side was lucky to survive from Dagukou, and when he heard the sound of the hammer, he was trembling, and said loudly to Duoduo: "Lord, there is danger ahead, Nikan's firecracker!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was whipped by Duoduo with a horsewhip, "Nonsense, that's Wu Zhenchao of the obedient king, it's our Qing Dynasty's fire gun killing Nikan!" ”