Outside Baoding City, Liu Liangzuo camp.

The latter was holding a letter in his hand, frowning, his face full of hesitation and wavering. The nephew Liu Zehong and his son Liu Zehan beside him all pursed their lips tightly and looked at him.

This is already the second letter of persuasion sent to him by his brother Liu Liangchen.

Earlier, Liu Liangchen was subordinate to Zu Dashou, serving as a guerrilla and guarding the Daling River. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the battle of Daling River was defeated and did not keep the courtier's festival, and he rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with his ancestor Dashou. However, Zu Dashou fooled Huang Taiji and ran back to Daming alone.

In order to escape, he didn't even want his own son, let alone Liu Liangchen. The latter could only stay outside the gate and became a slave to the Tartars.

The two brothers had not been in touch for many years. It wasn't until the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and it wasn't until not long ago that he received the first letter from Liu Liangchen.

At that time, Cao Bianjiao and other armies had not yet been defeated, the Northern Expeditionary Army was like a bamboo, and the general trend was still clear, Liu Liangzuo's mind was full of revival heroes, and he scoffed at Liu Liangchen's letter.

But who would have thought that in just a few days, the situation would be very different.

The momentum turned into a defeat.

Yesterday, Cao Bianjiao and others fled to Baoding in embarrassment, and there were only more than 1,000 horsemen left around the general soldiers of the three routes, and the 50,000 troops under his command either died or surrendered, or they were scattered as birds and beasts, and fled.

And the Manchu iron cavalry was about to be killed again, and at this time Liu Liangzuo received Liu Liangchen's second letter of persuasion, and the meaning and weight were naturally very different.

But Liu Liangzuo still felt that it was a little inappropriate to reduce the Qing at this time.

"Although the Northern Expedition failed, the strength of the imperial court is still there, and the Li thieves in Shanxi are also there. At this time, go and surrender to the Qing Dynasty......"

Liu Liangzuo couldn't make up his mind.

This is not a matter of scolding or not, nor is it a matter of praise and disparagement in history. It's a matter of whether eggs can be put in one basket or not, and it's a matter of whether the Jinling court will be destroyed.

Emperor Chongzhen is not the Hongguang Emperor in history. As long as he is alive, Daming gives people a different feeling. The Manchus could defeat the Ming army on the Northland Plain, but what about in the water kingdoms of the south?

Liu Zehong and Liu Zehan glanced at each other, and neither of them could speak on this matter. Approval is not, and opposition is not.

Otherwise, you will have to face the torture of 'whether you have a father in your heart' and 'whether you have family affection in your heart'.

Liu Zehong lowered his eyes, carefully planned his words in his heart, and said: "Even so, the current trend lies in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Once its iron cavalry arrived, the soldiers and horses under the city of Baoding fell into danger. Uncle is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he must protect the soldiers and horses in his hands. ”

After many years of war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these generals have a hundred treasures for the soldiers and horses in their hands.

Look at the beautiful Zheng Zhilong and Zuo Menggeng who defeated the rooster, and then think about Wu Sangui in the north and He Renlong who was cut off, these good or bad examples make them all vigilant.

"Yes, father. The royal courtier is Hong Jinglue's confidant, obviously with few soldiers, but he can always overpower his father. And Huang Degong is the general of the imperial camp, and he is the master of Jane in the emperor's heart. If the situation is not good, this will be a dispatch after the army is broken......" Liu Zehan said worriedly.

Liu Liangzuo's cheeks twitched, and the mention of Wang Tingchen and Huang Degong's roots made the look on his face suddenly turn into dissatisfaction. Among the 30,000 Ming troops under Baoding City, it is clear that there are many soldiers and horses in his army, and there are only 10,000 Wang Tingchen, but it is Wang Tingchen who is in charge. There is no one behind this, Liu Liangzuo knows it very well. "Then what do you mean......"

"Thirty-six plans to go up!"

"Yes. It is better to go early, and save the future wax. ”

Liu Liangzuo didn't speak for a while, and finally punched the table, "Okay, thirty-six plans are the best." Let's get out now! ”

Between self-preservation and offending Wang Tingchen and even Hong Chengchou behind him, Liu Liangzuo did not hesitate to choose the former.

"Father doesn't need to worry. That Xu Dingguo caused a big disaster, and the child saw that he was going to vote for Tartar in eighteen or nineteen. In this case, the area around Guide has become a terra nullius. My father can completely garrison troops there, if Jinling really wants to cut off my father and son's way of life, then raise troops to serve the Qing Dynasty. If it's just a painless job like cutting officials and dismissals, my father will be able to protect Daming again. ”

Liu Zehong went down to do things, and only Liu Liangzuo's father and son were left in the tent, Liu Zehan said. made Liu Liangzuo's eyes light up, and he felt a sense of sudden opening. "Good, good, good......"

This son has really grown a lot. Although there is still a lot of consideration for things - the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty failed, how could the Ming and Qing dynasties still maintain the status quo? Even if he didn't fight, Jinling didn't know how much land he would have to throw away to make the Tartars angry.

It is very likely that Guide is one of them.

However, this idea can be used for reference.

Liu Liangzuo felt even more stable in his heart.

Tan Tai had already led his troops to the outside of Baoding City, but the news he received made him a little incomprehensible.

Why didn't you do it yourself, so Liu Liangzuojun was in chaos first?

The sudden situation made Tan Tai stunned.

But then he reacted, no matter why Liu Liangzuojun was noisy, this was a good thing, a great thing. It just so happened that he was going to make a move on Liu Liangzuojun, isn't it the right time now?

Liu Ruquan shook his head, how did he hear the sound of horses' hooves? Stop and listen carefully, but you can't hear anything. The noise of Liu Jun in the camps behind him was too loud.

He simply lay down and pressed his ear to the ground, and the faint sensation made his heart skip a beat. It's the sound of horses' hooves, and there are quite a few of them.

Liu Ruquan immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.

They're too unlucky, aren't they?

Liu Liangzuo just wanted to create chaos in the camp and find a plausible excuse for the withdrawal of the army, if the horse army that ran into the Tartars at this time was killed, they really did not live by themselves.

"Prepare for war, prepare for war—"

As Liu Liangzuo's personal general, Liu Ruquan led the army behind, as a barrier, so as not to let someone run north in a daze, this is an insurance. There were 5,000 men.

However, at this time, even these 5,000 soldiers were laughing and laughing, and there was no proper shape. A lot of people untie their armor, just for ease. How could Liu Ruquan get them in order immediately?

"Raise a torch and rush ......"

There are still five or six miles away from Liu's barracks, and the Qing army will no longer hide its tracks. The speed of the war horse slowly accelerated, and the torches also lit up.

Liu Ruquan has already informed Liu Liangzuo that he is shouting loudly and doing his best to straighten out the soldiers and horses. I could see a torch rising in the flat ground to the north, and my face still became ugly.

Judging from his years of experience in fighting, the horse army on the opposite side also had 3,000 horsemen. At such a time, where can his soldiers resist?

"The Tartars are coming!"

"The Tartars are coming......"

Just as the iron fist easily smashed a large ripe watermelon, Liu Jun's only resistance was crushed, and one by one he ran around like headless flies.

And the gregarious nature of the people, let them run towards the place where their own army assembled, Liu Liangzuo didn't care about scolding his mother after receiving Liu Ruquan's urgent report, and immediately led his own Chinese army to organize troops and horses, but several efforts were washed away by his own rout. In the end, even his Chinese army was unstable.

Tan Tai led people to chase after these routs unhurriedly, and he would not show mercy to his subordinates. Even if Liu Liangzuo has a secret affair with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Liu Liangzuo has not changed his banner for a day, he will not show mercy.

This game of riding and slashing lasted for an hour, and when the last Liu soldier who dared to resist was also hacked to death, only nearly 10,000 trembling soldiers were left in front of Tan Tai.

Tan Tai laughed, this battle was fought without effort.

Although Liu Liangzuo ran away with a group of people, because Wang Tingchen sent troops to meet him. Lao Wang is still very kind, even if he doesn't dare to launch a counterattack against the Qing army, this black light is blind, who knows how many people are coming from the Tartars. Although I know if the Qing army in Baoding City will be moved?

But to cover up Liu Liangzuo's defeated soldiers and include them in the camp, he still dared.

Tan Tai was not dissatisfied, but the current results were already very fruitful and beyond his expectations.

……

In the big tent of Wang Tingchen, Liu Liangzuo, who bowed his head and frowned, sat in a chair decadently.

20,000 troops, his original nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, now there is no one left in three stops, it is really a defeat. What made him vomit blood even more was that he did it himself. Thinking about the reason inside, Liu Liangzuo couldn't wait to slap himself a few times.

Of course, in the face of Wang Tingchen and them, Liu Liangzuo insisted that he didn't know why there was chaos in the army, and now that he thinks about it, it should be the Tartars secretly making it bad. Otherwise, how could they have come at such a good time?

It was indeed a coincidence that the Qing army came, and Liu Liangzuo said this, but it also blocked the mouths of Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao.

But it's one thing to keep your mouth gagged, it's another thing to fight next.

The main force of the front army was defeated, Xu Dingguo fled, and Cao Bianjiao and their 50,000 troops only had a few Jiading soldiers fleeing back. Hong Chengchou was counting on the 30,000 people under Baoding City to be able to block the Tartar army.

And Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo and others also counted on Huang Deyun to arrive early, and the 30,000 imperial battalions under his command were a powerful force. And now, not to mention that Huang Degong has not yet arrived, even Zuo Guangxian has not yet arrived, and only half of their 30,000 people are left.

The disadvantage of the Ming army was even greater.

Gao Jie was not in the big tent, and I don't know what he was delayed by. The other chief officers were there, and Liu Zhaoji was still hanging on his arm.

There was an extremely oppressive aura in the tent.

Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zhaoji, they have to face a cruel reality, just now their remnants of 16,700 people are defeated, and when the large force of Tartar cavalry arrives, can they really accept Huang Degong and Zuo Guangxian?

Huang Degong is now in Bazhou, which is between Zhuozhou, Jinmen and Baoding, and is very far from Baoding. Even Huang Chuangzi immediately retreated to Baoding after receiving the letter, and he would definitely fall behind the Tartars' brigade and horse army.

Zuo Guangxian is the same, Zhending Mansion is also some distance from Baoding.

And the Tartar horse army rushed from Zhuozhou to Baoding, which was not much closer than Huang Degong and Zuo Guangxian, but they were cavalry. Just talking about hurrying, the cavalry is much faster than the infantry. Not to mention that the Tartars are not logistically dragged down yet.

"Report to the marshal, the tall marshal led the troops to run away......"