Dolgon sent Gu Junen back to resume his life, and immediately began to send troops.

He ordered that the Qing Dynasty sent a total of 100,000 troops, including the Western Route Army, and ordered Prince Zheng Jierharang to be the main general, Duoduo as the deputy general, commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, going from the west to stationed in the Jinzhou area, specifically to attack the Tang army's transportation line from Shanhaiguan to Jintangcheng.

The reason why he only let his younger brother Duoduo be the deputy general is that Dolgon considered that Duoduo had previously lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the far fort, and the impact was too bad.

The East Route Army, with his brother Azig as the main general and Shuotuo as the deputy general, also commanded 50,000 soldiers and horses, all the way to the southeast, and the whole army went straight to southern Liaoning. After arriving in southern Liaoning, the whole army was stationed in the city of Gaizhou, and the local Zhishun king Shang Kexi joined forces, ready to rest here for a while, so together with the king of Sanshun, who had been stationed here in the previous months, he joined forces to attack Haoge stationed in Fuzhou.

In this early winter, Haoge, who was bored in Fuzhou City, suddenly received an urgent message from the Security Department, and suddenly felt cold from head to toe.

Well, I thought that the Qing court would let the king of Sanshun confront him for a long time, but he didn't expect that now they finally couldn't hold it back, and they actually sent a large army at this time, wanting to destroy themselves in one fell swoop.

What to do?

The Qing army's East Route Army has 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus the strength of King Sanshun, there are nearly 100,000 people, to deal with such a small force with only 3,000 troops, it is really more than enough, comparable to a lion preying on a rabbit.

The enemy is already approaching, and of course we cannot sit idly by.

Haoge immediately summoned his generals Ao Bai and Yang Shan to the room to discuss urgently, and now in such a situation, a decision needs to be made as soon as possible.

Ao Bai raised his voice and took the lead in speaking loudly: "Prince Su, Dolgon's fucking ruthlessness!" At present, the enemy's forces add up to nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and our army is only 3,000 defenders. In the opinion of the servants, we need to withdraw our troops as soon as possible, retreat from Fuzhou to Jinzhou, or return to Shanhaiguan to protect ourselves, which is the best policy. ”

As soon as Ao Bai finished speaking, Yang Shanlian claimed that it was. He took over the words and said with a sad face: "Aobai is right, now that the enemy army is strong, our army's strength is really unstoppable. In order to protect all his subordinates, they still have to return to Jinzhou or Shanhaiguan in order to save their lives. Otherwise, the enemy will besiege the city with heavy troops, and when I wait, I won't be able to retreat even if I want to. ”

Hauge was very unhappy when he saw that both of them were about to retreat. He snorted coldly and said, "They want to besiege the city? How can it be so easy, you don't know it, now our army has a powerful naval division town, and the west of Fuzhou City is the direct range of the naval artillery, and the enemy will definitely not be able to attack it. It's too much for you to wait for such sorrows, isn't there the slightest chance for our army to win here? ”

Ao Bai let out a long sigh, and then urgently persuaded: "Prince Su, if in the past, with the powerful artillery fire of the naval division, our army was stationed in Fuzhou City, and it could be held for a while, but now the weather is very cold, and the sea area of Fuzhou is about to freeze, and our naval division is bound to retreat to the southern sea area of Jinzhou before the freeze, so how can we still help us!" In case all the sailors retreated, but our army did not withdraw in time, wouldn't they stay and be buried together with this Fuzhou City? ”

"Yes, Prince Su, these 3,000 Manchurian soldiers are the only hope for the future of Prince Su and us, and the only capital for us to develop in the future. Forgive me for saying a damning word, if our 3,000 Manchurian soldiers and horses are all folded here, it is conceivable that even if we are lucky enough to escape with our lives, then in the Tang army, we will no longer be insignificant, and there will be no chance to turn over at all. ”

Yang Shan paused, and continued: "At such a time, Hugh said that Prince Su's dream of regaining the Qing Dynasty would be frustrated, and the slaves were only afraid that Prince Su would no longer have any room for upward development in the Tang army, such a bleak ending, is it really what Prince Su wants?" There is a way, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, although Prince Su temporarily lost Fuzhou City, but preserved his soldiers and horses, in the future to revitalize, Dongshan again, why not? ”

The words of Ao Bai and Yang Shan deeply pierced Hauge's heart.

He knew that what they were saying, though sharp, was very reasonable.

If he is just reluctant to give up this so-called Fuzhou foundation, regardless of the current situation in front of him is so sinister, then if he really loses all his soldiers and horses here, then even if he can escape his life in time, the final outcome will be as Yang Shan said, become an insignificant figure in the Tang army, and finally spend the rest of his life in obscurity.

This was by no means the outcome Hauge wanted.

It's just that he withdrew in such a gloomy way, and handed over the foundation of Fuzhou to others like this, and it was extremely difficult for Haoge to calm down.

What's more, he had no choice but to retreat, not only would Dolgon and others see a lot of jokes, but also hit the morale of the whole army, and thinking of the mocking faces of Dolgon Azig and others, Hauge felt an indescribable resentment in his heart.

Grandma's! Even if Lao Tzu wants to leave, he will bite off a large piece of your flesh and blood, so that you know that it is not easy and pleasant to grab land from Lao Tzu.

It's just that if he acts without authorization and is reckless, how should Li Xiao, the Tang King who is far away in Nanjing City, deal with himself?

Thinking of this, Hauge couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

After a little silence, he said to the two: "The opinions of the two of you, this king understands them. Do you think that this king does not know how dangerous it is to remain here? However, if you can really only withdraw like this, this king is really unwilling. What's more, this matter is very important, and Tang King Li Xiao has not been informed, and we act without authorization, I am afraid that there will be many people in the Tang army who will recite gossip, and this will also be detrimental to our future development. ”

"This ...... What does Prince Su mean? ”

"In the opinion of this king, it is necessary to report to the king of Tang first, even if it is to retreat, it must be agreed by the king of Tang. This order must not be misplaced. After all, behind us, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at us. Hauge replied in a deep voice.

As soon as he said this, Ao Bai and Yang Shan had no objections, so Haoge immediately quickly repaired a book, and then Feige sent a message to Li Xiao, who was far away in Nanjing, and reported it urgently.

In fact, when Hauge sent a message to Li Xiaofeige, the Qing army's actions were quickly reported to Li Xiao by the officials of the Tang Army's Security Department.

When Li Xiao received the information and Haoge's letter, he also felt that the matter was serious, so he immediately asked his two most trusted advisers, Jiang Yueguang and Chen Zilong, to come to the hall to discuss matters.

After Jiang Yueguang and Chen Zilong read the intelligence of the Security Department and Hauge's letter, both of them looked pensive.

Li Xiao saw that the two of them were silent, so he opened his mouth to ask: "In your opinion, how does our army need to deal with the current situation in Liaodong, so that it is appropriate?" ”

Chen Zilong was the first to speak: "King Tang, in the opinion of the students, if the Qing army is divided into two routes, the east and west, and separately attack the transportation line from Shanhaiguan to Jintangcheng, as well as the Haoge Department that guards Fuzhou. In contrast, the Eastern Front was far more dangerous than the Western Front. ”

"Oh, really?"

"King Tang, now the transportation line of our army's Shanhaiguan from Jintang City, all kinds of materials and craftsmen, long before the weather became cold, most of them were transported to Jintangduo. Due to the weather, there are very few goods on this transportation line, and there are few escort troops. Therefore, the Qing army sent the Jilharang Department to come, which seemed to have a very strong momentum, but in fact, the damage to our army was limited, so there was no need to worry too much. And the current situation, the situation of the Hauge people is much more dangerous. After the Qing army on the East Road converged with the local Sanshun King, the total number of soldiers and horses was nearly 100,000. It is extremely difficult for Haoge to defend Fuzhou. “

When Chen Zilong said this, the surface of his face became more and more solemn: "What's more, the weather is getting colder now, and the north is getting worse and colder. The waters of Fuzhou are about to freeze, and our army's sailors must not be stationed in the waters of Fuzhou for a long time, so they need to hurry to the waters south of Jinzhou before they freeze, so that the situation in Fuzhou will become more and more sinister. If the Haoge troops did not evacuate as soon as possible, they would only be wiped out by the Qing army. Even its subordinates may surrender to the Qing army again. ”

After Chen Zilong finished saying this, Li Xiao didn't feel it.

At this time, Jiang Yueguang next to him said: "King Tang, what Wozi said is indeed reasonable. It's just that just withdrawing like this without doing anything is too much for the enemy soldiers to look down on, and it also hurts our morale too much, so in the opinion of the following, we can use Fuzhou City as a base to lure the enemy soldiers to attack, and we will make them pay heavy casualties no matter what. ”

Li Xiao's eyes lit up: "Jiang Zanhua's good strategy, you can say it bluntly." ”

Jiang Yueguang smiled slightly, and whispered to Li Xiao and Chen Zilong: "Now that the Qing army is strong, and because it has just arrived, the momentum is flourishing, so it is very likely to attack the city as soon as possible to win." And in order to promote this move of the Qing army, our army should give them a plan to invite the king into the urn. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yueguang lowered his voice more and more, and described his strategy to the two, and Li Xiao and Chen Zilong were both happy after hearing it.

"Very good, Jiang Zan drew this plan, and it was very good." Chen Zilong said with a smile: "The Qing army probably would never have thought that our army would be able to have such a hand under such a disadvantage. The students believed that the Qing army would suffer great losses after being attacked and ambushed by the Haoge Department, and even if they finally took Fuzhou this time, they were afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses. ”

Li Xiao also smiled: "Well said, Gu agreed, and acted according to Jiang Zanhua's words." ”

Li Xiao and others have agreed, so they immediately sent a message to Haoge Feige, and three days later, Haoge, who was panicked in Fuzhou City, finally got a reply from Li Xiao.

Hauge quickly read the reply, and suddenly called it wonderful, and his heart was even more happy, and the original depression had already been swept away. He immediately gave the order and acted according to Li Xiao's instructions.

In Fuzhou City, Haoge only left 500 infantry, and Yang Shan commanded it. Tell them to plant flags all over the city, arrange for non-commissioned soldiers and soldiers to stand guard in turn, and pose as if there are many soldiers, so as to confuse the Qing army sentry outside the city as much as possible.

At the same time, the Tang Army Naval Division outside the city also quietly transported a large number of earth-shaking thunders, so that Yang Shan led his soldiers to secretly bury them in important streets in various parts of the city. In this late Ming Dynasty, this new method of use was as terrifying as super-powerful bombs and large-capacity mines.

Hauge told Yang Shan that he and the 500 soldiers must hold out until the enemy begins to attack, and then lure them into the city, and then gradually withdraw according to the plan. The whole army retreated all the way through the West Gate, and from there boarded the ships of the sailors and left. Yang Shanzi promised loudly that he would successfully complete the task.

Haoge and Aobai first transported all the ordnance and money and food in Fuzhou City, and then smoothly took away the other 2,500 Manchurian soldiers and quietly left on the ships of the naval division.

The place where they went was the sea outside Gaizhou City in the north.

According to Jiang Yueguang's concept, now that the 50,000 troops of the Qing court are gathering in the city of Gaizhou, the Shang Kexi Department that was originally stationed here can naturally only vacate one of the garrisons and let the armies of Azig and Shuotuo move in. And because the attack on Fuzhou City was about to begin, Shang Kexi and others would no longer deliberately build new barracks to live in for a long time. In this case, it is very likely that they will be temporarily scattered and stationed in the area of Gaizhou waters. Therefore, it gave the Hauge troops ample opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although there are only more than 2,500 soldiers and horses in the Haoge Division, they are all elite in a hundred battles, and although there are many soldiers and horses in the Shang Kexi Division, they are all defenseless, and the troops are scattered, more like a rare piece of fat, such a good opportunity for a surprise attack, An Ke easily missed.

The sailors of the Tang Army, against the cold wind, went all the way north, and after only a little more than a day, they secretly reached the sea outside Gaizhou City.

At this time, it was almost dusk, but it could still be clearly seen that about two miles away from the sea, there were a large number of scattered Shang Kexi troops and horses stationed here, and many Shangzi military flags, east and west, were hunting and fluttering in the sea breeze.

Hauge was overjoyed to see that the enemy was defenseless, and he immediately ordered the whole army to prepare and make a surprise attack as soon as the ships of the sailors docked.

So, on the vast sea, the Tang Army's sailors quietly acted. On a secluded stretch of shore, sailor ships quietly docked.

At this time, the 1,000 cavalry and 1,500 infantry under Hauge's command could no longer hold back, and like a tide, they surged down from the lowered gangway.

In the dim curtain, the soldiers of the Hauge Department who suddenly landed on the shore, the cavalry in front, the infantry in the rear, like the Grim Reaper who suddenly flew out of the night, smiling fiercely and rushing towards the Shang Kexi soldiers and horses who were about to enter the tent to rest.

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