Chapter 187: The Heart of Death

It was going to rain soon, and the cannon was not good at traveling in the rain, and it was too easy to sink into the mud puddle.

"Order, the army is encamped on the spot!" Dorgon ordered with a blank face.

Soon, the Qing army set up camp on the spot and marched after the rain cleared.

By the time Dorgon walked into the tent, it had begun to rain.

A scout came to report that the 30,000 Manmeng iron cavalry led by Ao Bai had been blocked by a team of Ying Long's army for nearly half an hour, and had broken through and continued to pursue the Ming army.

"Fourteenth brother, why don't you send more iron cavalry to intercept it, you will be able to annihilate the 100,000 Ming army in Shandong in one fell swoop." Azig frowned, asking Dolgon, a little inexplicable.

"I have my own arrangements in my heart, the 100,000 Shandong Ming army in front of me except for the 20,000 Ying Long army, all of them are vulnerable rabble, even if the Ying Long army is only relying on sharp firearms to get into the eyes, this heavy rain down, I am also worried that the Ao Bai attack is too fierce and destroys my plan." Dorgon said meaningfully.

Dolgon never intended to exterminate the 100,000 Ming army in Shandong, and even he thought that the 100,000 Ming army in Shandong should not disappoint him too much, if it could hit the yellow flag of Aobai hard, it would be better, so that it would kill two birds with one stone, not only gave the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty a little sweetness and the courage to conquer in person, but also weakened the strength of the two yellow flags, lest the auxiliary ministers who supported Shunzhi feel that they have two yellow flags to rely on, and many times they are always not so willing to listen to him as the regent.

"You and the fifteenth brother always speak so profoundly, hum!" Azig didn't understand it at all, let alone analyze the meaning of Dorgon's words, flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and returned to his big tent.

Azig and Dolgon and Duoduo are three brothers of the same mother, of which Azig is the largest, Dolgon is the second, Duoduo is the most related to the three of them, and Dolgon is the most intelligent and capable, Duoduo is also the famous general of the Qing Dynasty second only to Dorgon, although Azig is the most brave, but he is also the most stupid, a typical reckless man with a strong brain.

As the eldest of the three brothers, but was suppressed by the two younger brothers from all aspects, Azig's mood was extremely unhappy, and he never gave the two younger brothers a good look on his face, but he was not stupid enough to be helpless, knowing that the glory of the three brothers was related, so many times, Azig was still able to put down the boss's face and obey Dorgon's arrangement.

Heavy rain hit the basin and became heavier and heavier.

This heavy rain disrupted almost all the plans of the Ming Dynasty in Shandong, Xie Zepeng's 5,000 Ying Long Army had the heavy task of holding back the Manchu Iron Cavalry, and the originally conceived several favorable blocking points were all lost because of this heavy rain, the musket could not be used.

"Drive!" Nearly 5,000 Ying Longjun rode on their horses, their hooves galloping on the rain on the ground.

Soon, because the speed of the war horse was twice as fast as that of a human runner, Xie Zepeng's 5,000 Ying Long army went all the way down, almost catching up with Ji Feng's main army, and also reached the second blocking point originally planned, they had to block the Manchu Iron Cavalry for at least half an hour to buy enough time for Ji Feng's main army to reach Dawenpo.

Dawenpo is a key road crossing leading to Yanzhou and Jining generation, the road is narrow, there are many hills and valleys, the woods are dense, it can limit the charge of the Manchu iron cavalry to the greatest extent, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Manchu people just want to detour, at least need to go around more than 100 miles, according to the original plan, Ji Feng and others plan to set up an ambush here, and try their best to kill and injure the Qing army.

"General, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, although the muzzle of the gun is wrapped in oiled paper, the rain can't enter temporarily, but it is only one round of ammunition available, which is not enough to stop the Qingyu Iron Cavalry, what to do, you can get an idea." A Ying Longjun Qianzong asked Xie Zepeng, and the other Qianzong next to him also looked at Xie Zepeng.

"Tell you, I don't have any ideas, but we must stop the Qing captives here for at least half an hour, even if we die here, we must not let the Qing captives iron cavalry catch up with the main force of the army, otherwise the more than 50,000 troops led by the military seat are in danger!" Xie Zepeng spat out the rainwater in his mouth.

"There is no doubt that the waiting meeting will be a bloody battle of nine deaths, everyone here must be ready to die at any time, and if you are afraid of death, get out of me immediately!" Xie Zepeng looked around at the soldiers, his voice was very loud and full of resoluteness.

"Don't have such words, our Ying Long Army is the emperor's pro-army, from the moment we become Ying Long Army, we are ready to die at any time, we are not afraid of death, we are willing to defend the people of the Ming Dynasty with their lives! I am willing to be loyal to the emperor! A Ying Longjun replied.

"Defend the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the emperor!" All the soldiers of the Ying Long Army raised the barrels of their guns in their hands.

Ying Longjun's training has been responded to at this moment, several months of training, almost every day to shout hundreds of times to defend the Ming Dynasty, defend the emperor and the like, has long formed a hint in the hearts of all Ying Longjun, as if it is natural to die for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, no one feels that there is anything wrong.

"Good! After firing the ammunition in the gun, we will abandon the gun to meet the enemy! See what you see, what you see is that they are full of people and eight banners, or our Yinglong Army is powerful! Xie Zepeng smiled freely, full of pride, this is the arrogance of Ying Longjun's several battles.

In Anqing, their more than 30,000 Ying Long troops faced Zuo Liangyu's army ten times larger, fearless, and were defeated with one blow, causing Zuo Liangyu's rebels to vomit blood and die. In the next battle in Tai'an County, their 15,000 Yinglong army directly entered the camp of the Qing army, and they were stunned to kill a bloody way from the more than 100,000 Qing troops, killing the Qing army. Outside Wuchang City, it is also based on the Ying Long Army, killing Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 army, although they did not participate in this battle, but this is the honor of the Ying Long Army, which is worthy of their lives.

Five thousand war horses, each of which is equipped with a horse chopping knife, which has been prepared for a long time, is expected to be used to fight face-to-face with the Manchu iron horse, after all, riding on a war horse, the bayonet is really not good to chop.

"Kill! Kill! All the soldiers of the Ying Long Army shouted in unison, murderous, they were ready to die in battle as early as when this blocking mission was arranged, and there was no fear in their hearts.

About ten miles away, Ji Feng led more than 50,000 foot soldiers, including the remaining 15,000 Ying Long troops, to this place, which was about twenty miles away from Dawenpo.

Ji Feng seemed to feel something, wiped the rain on his face, and looked at the direction where Xie Zepeng and the other five thousand Ying Dragon troops in the north were located, and his heart was dripping blood.

"Hateful heavy rain, Xie Zepeng and the others are afraid that it will be difficult to come back, don't worry, you really can't come back, Lao Tzu will definitely avenge you!" Ji Feng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

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