Chapter 880: Containment

The little eunuch in the mountains has suffered a lot, Jia Waixiong in Qingzhou City, King Heng and others are uneasy, but Dolgon on the bank of the Beiyang River dozens of miles away is leisurely, it can be said that these two days are the most comfortable days after he entered the customs, and he slept until he woke up naturally, and he didn't want to take a cool look at the scenery under the tree.

He originally planned to pull out the camp last night or early this morning to advance all the soldiers and horses outside Qingzhou City, but at this time he changed his mind.

Just because he found that the baggage place could actually contain the reinforcements of the Ming army, the Ming army in Linzi City has been staring at this place from yesterday to now, and from time to time they come to attack and disturb it.

Hey, wouldn't this be great, hanging the reinforcements of the Ming army here, it is still gratifying, and Nikan and others can attack the city with all their might.

Just last night, Shang Kexi has sent someone to report that the defenders of Qingzhou City have a posture of not shedding tears without seeing the coffin, at this time, the siege baggage is not ready and does not have the ability to launch a comprehensive attack, but they can first bleed Qingzhou City, maybe they will not continue to be stubborn when they see blood, of course, if they are still lucky, it is not too late to take a general attack in one fell swoop.

Dorgon approved the plan: at sunset, if the defenders did not surrender, let him see the blood, and he could take the best in one fell swoop, and let him know that it hurts if he can't take it.

To this end, Dolgon ordered the captives to hurry up and cut down trees to make siege equipment, and allocated 3,000 cannon fodder to help Shang Kexi fill the pit, and then enjoyed the scenery under the trees by the river and waited for the evening good news.

And his subordinate man Kong Youde is not so idle, from the capital to here, he is in charge of the palace all the way, almost never won a battle, but he has never let the Ming army approach, no merit but no less scolding.

I thought that when I got to the ground, the Ming army would also turn around and go to other places, and I should always be able to be lazy and enjoy the leisure, who knew that Li Yan would not let him live in peace, only yesterday he sent two fierce generals under his command to attack and disturb, and the two armies did not want to start fighting and confronted each other in the wilderness for an afternoon.

When it was dark for the Ming army to withdraw, Kong Youde breathed a sigh of relief, scolded and returned to the camp to communicate with Dolgon, and then got some wine, just wanted to find a girl to have a good time, but was surprised to hear that the Ming army was coming again.

As a last resort, Kong Youde hurriedly put on his armor and helmet and led his troops to intercept him, but he didn't know that the Ming army was flirting and leaving, and he hated it so much that he really wanted to kill it, but he didn't dare to chase it because it was dark.

This night, the Ming army attacked and harassed at least four times, and the generals under Li Yan took turns to do it, but the poor Qing army was on Kong Youde's side and resisted the gun alone, and he didn't sleep all night!

Until Dolgon got up and found that the eyes of this thing were bloodshot, he also frowned after asking, because the generals were all transferred to Qingzhou City, and the generals of the camp did not take the scene out of the town except for Kong Youde, so they had to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army would not have anything to do with it and let him sleep quickly, and ordered Man Dahai to make a spare tire for him.

Man Dahai is the seventh son of Dai Shan, and the fourth son Wakda has gone to the front line with Nikan, and now he can handle the big camp except Kong Youde.

Young people are all unruly, they always feel that they are awesome and coaxing, and if they are not satisfied, they can't look down on Kong Youde's cowering appearance, and the Ming army has come to wander around six or seven times, but they haven't fought once, which is really cowardly.

Dolgon could see that he was about to move, so he warned him that if the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, it would not be killed, which made Man Dahai extremely puzzled, but Dolgon did not explain to him why, this requires him to understand, and if he realizes it, he can be a general who can be alone, and if he can't realize it, he can only be a stunned young man who is a sword man.

In these years, there are not a few angry young people under his hands, Tu Yuan, Hao Shaoqi, including veterans, which is not a hot temper, but when Li Yan sent them to fight, they were all instructed by thousands of instructions, mainly to attack and disturb, if you can run, don't fight, it is meaningless to fight with them here, and keep your strength to see the high and low under Qingzhou City.

It is also strange to say, in terms of being born in Li Yan's thief army and surrendering to Cheng, in terms of qualifications, he is not as good as Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji is a veteran, but Chang Yu is not among the generals and he is particularly obedient to him.

It stands to reason that the officers and soldiers who are rooted in Miao Hong have always looked down on the surrendered generals, but Li Yan is so different, his good strategy can stand alone, and he can strategize no less than Chang Yu.

Li Yan also stayed awake all night, in addition to being disturbed by the pain, he was still worried about the situation outside, after all, as soon as the little eunuch left, the Qing army unexpectedly sent troops to Qingzhou City, obviously impatient.

In order to let his soldiers and horses take a breath, he did not immediately send troops to Qingzhou, but he also knew that he didn't take too much breath, and the Qing army would launch a full-scale attack once it was ready within three days.

Linzi is also foggy weather, gloomy but not rainy, the pressure is quite irritable, Li Yan was carried up to the city to look at the lakeside military camp, and then looked at the southeast reckless mountains, thinking about where the little eunuch went, whether the march in the mountains was smooth, don't be serious with the bandits.

"Dolgon can calm down, yesterday he sent a large army to Qingzhou, but he didn't move," Zhou Yuji walked slowly from Nancheng.

"Send an army to scare first, it's not too late to scare if you can't go over, it's an old trick" Li Yan smiled faintly, Zhou Yuji turned his head and glanced at him: "What if he doesn't go over?" ”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, and nodded slowly: "Then he just wants to hang us here."

"So, by tomorrow morning at the latest, whether he leaves or not, we all have to go" Zhou Yuji looked into the distance with a solemn face, Li Yan nodded: "Nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses are enough to break through Qingzhou City, but Dolgon is absolutely reluctant to let his headquarters soldiers and horses be damaged, and he still has to transfer the cannon fodder in the rear to fill the pit, once he mobilizes the cannon fodder in the rear, it means that he has to move seriously."

As soon as the words fell, a scout came to report: After detecting that the Qing army drove thousands of captives towards Qingzhou, Zhou Yuji was surprised: "You did it in such a hurry?" ”

Li Yan frowned, asked the scout to make sure that there were only two or three thousand people, and said, "Maybe it's possible to start in advance, maybe it's just a test."

Now that the Qing army has moved, Li Yanzi also has to respond, and then ordered Tu Yuan and Hao Shaoqi to be the vanguard, and raise 3,000 troops to Qingzhou but not to cross the Beiyang River.

The purpose is very simple, Dolgon, don't you want to hang me, then I will divide your forces! Don't you want to test the defense of Qingzhou, then I will also test you, once the Qing army finds out that the Ming army is opening the direction of Qingzhou, it will inevitably send troops to intercept it.

It was still a confrontation, but the battle line was pulled to the Beiyang River between Qingzhou and Linzi.

Sure enough, when Dolgon, who was blowing the wind and enjoying the scenery, heard that the Ming army had been sending soldiers and horses from Linzi to the direction of Qingzhou, he immediately frowned, surprised that the Ming army reacted so quickly.

The back-handed man Kong Youde was woken up again in a daze, and Dolgon ordered him to lead two thousand cavalry to cross the river and then go south along the east bank of the river, to the west of Qingzhou City to stop the Ming army and prevent it from crossing the river.