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The mountains south of Chaigou Fort are not high, but the progress of the battle is quite unexpected by Hou Dagui.

Hou Dagui's one-chong battalion, dominated by Sichuan soldiers, attacked first, and climbed to the Qing army's position on the mountain in the rain. The moisture is damp and it is not easy to use firearms, but fortunately, the soldiers of the Yichong battalion mostly use crossbow machines, but seeing that the machine is bouncing in the rain curtain and the short arrows are back and forth, the Qing army's position is slightly disturbed, and they quickly erect large wooden planks and large regiments along the hillside to block the short arrows.

The Chinese officer Lang Qigui shouted loudly and struggled to advance, but after a short time, the Qing army formed several platoons and counterattacked with short bows. Although the crossbow machine is powerful, it is time-consuming to reload, and the bowstrings of the Qing army are taut, and the feather arrows are like notes. In addition, the Ming army attacked from the back, and most of them were splashed with rain to blur their sight, so they were soon suppressed by the Qing army in the confrontation.

At this time, the rain became heavier, and the loose loess mountains were full of mudflows, and many Ming troops were unstable in their footing, or were shot or slipped and fell, and many rolled down the slopes.

Commander Min Yiqi personally supervised the battle at the foot of the mountain, rejected Lang Qigui's request to retreat several times in a row, and strictly ordered Lang Qigui to seize the mountainside position for the follow-up troops and horses to advance, if he went down the mountain in vain, he would be dealt with by military law.

"Turtle son." Lang Qigui cursed in his mouth, and he didn't know whether he was scolding the Qing army who resisted fiercely or the impersonal Min Yiqi.

The muddy water was flowing under his feet, Lang Qigui tried his best to identify the enemy situation in front of him, but the white light flashed in front of him, and the first two arrows shot straight towards the door. He reacted quickly, turned his head to dodge, and looked at it to see that six Qing soldiers were touching the hillside. Judging from the reflective effect, the helmet is iron, the top of the helmet is a gourd-shaped iron leaf, the helmet is red, and other helmet accessories such as dancers, helmets, treasure covers, and helmets are all made of iron. Like the helmet, its body armor is also made of iron, consisting of a top, shoulder pads, a lower garment, a front crotch, and a left crotch. The whole person is wrapped from top to bottom, and it is extremely tight.

"This is the elite of the Tartars, and it should not be underestimated." Among the soldiers on the left and right, who had gone to Liaodong to fight, reminded Lang Qigui in a low voice.

Lang Qigui scolded: "Lao Tzu has also been to Liaodong, I want you to remind me!" ”

As the front of the Ming army to attack the hillside, Lang Qigui had dozens of people left and right, and the Qing army Aliha Chaohajia Lazhangjing sent the only six Baijia Bayala under his command to take the lead, intending to give the Ming army a blow to the head and hit morale. Each of these six Baijia Bayalas was required to have a bow, seventy arrows, a saber, a sword, a short axe, a sickle, a short spear, a hook whip, forty hemp ropes, two velvet ropes, and four steel drills. In addition, the two men have a spear, the former holding a gun, and the latter accompanying each other in short arms.

In addition to these six white-armored Ba Yala, there were more than a dozen armored soldiers behind them. Some of these armoured soldiers are account holders, and some are household members.

Eight Banners household registration, divided into the main household, another file person, account holder and household person. The status of the Zhenghu is the highest, including the yellow ribbon that means the clan, the red ribbon that means the side branch clan, and the Zhengshen banner people of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army. In addition, there are a large number of archivists, who are middle-level banner people, whose status is inferior to that of the main household, and they have a lot less privileges. The status of the account holder is recorded as a file person, which belongs to the category of "lowly", and most of them are slaves, and most of them are the identity of the account holders who serve under the high-ranking bannermen. The status of the household is the lowest among the Eight Banners, and they can freely buy and sell or give away to their owners, and they are not allowed to enroll, take examinations, donate money, etc. In addition, the people who are not registered in the Eight Banners have a low status, which can be imagined.

Banner people do not produce, there are only two ways to be an official and join the army. After the flag person becomes an adult, he can participate in the "picking", the vest is better than the step armor, only the main household, another file person is allowed to choose, and the account holder and the person under the household can only pick the step armor. At present, there are six white-armored Bayala and more than ten Qing army armored soldiers, many of whom are clothed and slaves who went to the battlefield with their masters.

Lang Qigui has the advantage of troops and is quite calm. The flag waved, and dozens of Ming troops all drew their swords to face the battle. The spear of the white armor bayala is one foot three feet three inches long, and the six people set up their guns in front, instantly forcing away the Ming army who tried to besiege and kill at close range, and at the same time roaring continuously, beckoning the follow-up more than ten armored soldiers to quickly approach, with the six white armor bayala as the core, to develop a relatively stable combat formation.

"Kill the Tartars—"

The Ming army approached and soon fought with the Qing army. Lang Qigui raised his sword behind, and the Qing army on the mountain was full of arrows, which brought a great threat to the Ming army.

"Wave the flag, please support!" Lang Qigui shouted.

Min Yiqi, who was watching the battle, told Hou Dagui about the situation of the battle, and said: "Our army is fighting with the Tartars for the mountainside position, and the Tartars occupy a favorable location to attack our army, so we can quickly send follow-up troops and horses to help." ”

Hou Dagui's face was like a mountain, and then Zheng Shixin's Jing and Zhongying were outflanked uphill in two ways, and Min Yiqi added troops to the front.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, the mist on the hillside dispersed, and people in the periphery only heard the sound of waking up and fighting endlessly.

About half an hour later, several people approached through the heavy rain, and Hou Dagui looked at it, and there was Lang Qigui covered in blood on the stretcher. Looking at it again, his left arm was completely broken, and his right shoulder blade was missing a large piece of armor and flesh.

"The Tartars are tenacious, and it is not good for our army to attack the mountains head-on!" Min Yiqi, who came in a hurry, replied.

"Rubbish!" Hou Dagui said angrily, "What about Zheng Shixin? What about Zhang Jingchun? "Jinghe and the middle battalion soldiers were divided into two roads, with Zheng Shixin taking the right road and Zhang Jingchun, the middle officer, taking the left road.

"It should ...... It should be ...... okay," Min Yiqi said with a dodge in his eyes.

After another half of the day, the fog became thicker, Hou Dagui stood upright in the rain and almost became a water man, at this time, a Tang soldier suddenly came back, reporting that the outflanking troops on both sides had suffered a heavy setback, and were retreating to the main formation.

Hou Dagui frowned, twisted his face and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Tartars were cunning, and let my soldiers climb the mountain, but they quietly went down from behind the mountain and rode horses around the flanks of our army. Our army was attacked and harassed by the strong enemy, and the advance and retreat were lost. ”

Commander Li, who was following Hou Dagui, listened to it and persuaded: "The rain is too strong, it is really not suitable to storm the mountains, the Tartars are resistant to war, and it is not in a hurry to go down, it is better to go back to Huai'an first." ”

Hou Dagui's face was displeased, and he said, "It can only be like this." ”

Not long after, Min Yiqi, Zheng Shixin, and Zhang Jingchun were all defeated, and Hou Dagui immediately ordered a slow retreat. The Qing army was small and cautious, and did not pursue, Hou Dagui led the army back to Huai'anwei, counting casualties, and nearly 100 people were killed and wounded.

After a lot of fighting, Hou Dagui was depressed. Zheng Shixin said: "The heavy rain is not conducive to our army's attack on the mountain, and it is not conducive to the Tartars attacking Chaigou Fort, our army can rest in Huai'anwei, and when the reinforcements from Datong Mansion arrive and the clouds disappear from the rain, it is not too late to fight the Tartars." ”

Hou Dagui was silent.

That night, a horse galloped past the periphery of Huai'anwei.

In the past, the Ming army must have been cruising outside the city, but now because of the heavy rain, all of them shrank in the Huai'an Acropolis, which happened to give Zhao Yuanheng a gap to pass smoothly.

After Zhao Yuanheng left Datong Mansion, he worked day and night, taking small roads and hurrying. When I arrived in Ulzhou this morning, I heard that the Qing army had soldiers and horses from Beizhili to Xuanfu, so I kept an eye on it. Because when he and Chen Hongfan were on their way to Beizhili, they heard that a Qing army was being transferred in Beizhili, which seemed to include Wu Sangui's department, so he temporarily changed his route to the north to find out.

In the early morning of the next day, the rain fell as before, Zhao Yuanheng inquired all the way, and learned that the main force of the Qing army was besieging Sun Chuanting's army in Chaigou Fort, so he turned west from the left guard of Wanquan. But the whereabouts were kept on track by the rangers of Xuanfu, and halfway through, the two horsemen caught up. He did not panic, but approached a forest, tied his horse to the outside of the forest, and laid an ambush in the bushes opposite.

The two horsemen chased after him, but there was no trace of Zhao Yuanheng, one of them dismounted and went into the forest to search, and the other looked at the horse outside the forest. Zhao Yuanheng took the opportunity to raid and slashed down the person outside the forest with a knife, and the people in the forest heard the sound and hurriedly ran out, and they were also knocked to the ground by Zhao Yuanheng with three strikes and five divisions.

"Who are you, tell me honestly!" Zhao Yuanheng grew up in the mixed camp when he was young, and he had no shortage of intimidation methods, and the tip of the knife drew a circle in mid-air, which scared the person to the point of urine.

"Uncle spare his life, the villain is the sentinel of the Xuanfu Dingxi Hou Army."

"Dingxi Hou?" Zhao Yuanheng sneered, "The Tartar plus official Jin Jue is really generous." ”

When the man heard Zhao Yuanheng say this, he hurriedly said: "It's Tang Tong's guy who wants to surrender the Tartars, and the villain has no choice, if the villain is Dingxi Hou, phew, Dingxibo, he will kill and surrender the Tartars!" ”

Zhao Yuanheng put the knife on his neck and asked, "Is Wu Sangui here?" ”

"Wu Sangui?" The man was stunned for a moment, and then nodded like pounding garlic, "King Pingxi is here, and he just came from Beizhi a few days ago." He was accompanied by two Tartar soldiers, Bahana and Shi Tingzhu. ”

"It's really good, now you don't have to go to Beijing with a lot of trouble." Zhao Yuanheng nodded secretly, "They are all besieging Chaigou Fort now?" ”

"Not bad...... No, no......"

Zhao Yuanheng put the blade on the top and said angrily: "Shao and Lao Tzu are poor, where is Wu Sangui?" ”

The man replied: "Bahana, Shi Tingzhu and Ye Chen and other Tartars are in Chaigou Fort, and the king of Pingxi, Bah, Wu Sangui and Tang Tong are stationed in Xuanfu Town. ”

"The smell is similar, hum, it seems that Tang Tong will surrender to the Tartars, and it has nothing to do with Wu Sangui." Zhao Yuanheng said with a calm face, "Let me ask you, why didn't Wu Sangui go to Chaigou Fort?" As he spoke, his hand was heavy again.

The man trembled with fear, and hurriedly said: "The villain really doesn't know, Wu Sangui originally went to Chaigou Fort, and returned to Xuanfu Town yesterday. The villain only knows this, and the rest of the considerations are the thoughts of their adults, where can the villain guess it! ”

"What else is there to say?"

The man thought that Zhao Yuanheng was going to release him, and said repeatedly: "No, no ......"

"Okay." Zhao Yuanheng didn't wait for him to finish, and pulled hard, and the blood gushed from the man's neck, and he quickly fell to the ground and died.

Zhao Yuanheng took off his soap suit and put it on, took the waist card for the body examination, dragged the two corpses into the forest to hide, and went straight to Xuanfu Town from the horse.

In the evening, Zhao Yuanheng arrived at the west gate of Xuanfu Town. At this time, some blood stains on his clothes had already been washed away by the rain, and in the chaotic season, there were countless sentry horses coming and going inside and outside the city, and the officer in charge of guarding the gate saw that he had a waist card, and he didn't bother to distinguish it when it was dark, so he waved his hand and let him into the city.

As it turned out, it was wise for Chen Hongfan to entrust the heavy responsibility of negotiating with Wu Sangui to Zhao Yuanheng. Zhao Yuanheng was both wise and brave and cautious, not only could he get rid of the pursuit and mix the city defense, but after entering the city, he relied on his extraordinary skills and quickly touched Wu Sangui's residence.

"Lord Wang, someone asks to see you."

Wu Sangui has been upset recently, and has been instructed by a senior monk in Beijing's Tanzhe Temple to meditate every day to eliminate his demons. Tonight, as usual, I was burning incense in the wing room and meditating with my eyes closed, and suddenly heard Wu Guogui speaking outside the door, and he was a little unhappy, and said: "If Tang Tong's guy asks me to eat and drink, you can send him away." ”

"It's not Tang Tong, it's ...... It's the people of the imperial court......"

"Imperial Court ...... of people. Wu Sangui's slightly closed eyes flickered, and he could hear Wu Guogui's hesitant tone, and keenly realized that this court might not be the other court, so Lisuo got up and blew out the incense, "Please." ”

When Zhao Yuanheng entered the room, Wu Sangui recognized him and said in surprise: "Brother Zhao, why are you here?" Saying that, he gave Wu Guogui a look, Wu Guogui understood, and quickly closed the windows and doors tightly.

"I'm here for a short time, and I'm just going to say one thing." Zhao Yuanheng exhaled softly and adjusted the speed of his speech, "Your concubine, Chen Gong has already found it." Chen Hongfan told him that was all he had to say, and he didn't say much.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he was overjoyed.