Seeing the 10,000 soldiers and horses in the front, ambushed by the Tang army in the White Wolf Valley, the commander Duoduo sighed again and again in his heart, and on a mountainside in the White Wolf Valley, Li Xiao, the commander of the Tang army, had a smug smile on his face, and then took a long breath and slowly put down the clairvoyant mirror.

Well, my own careful ambush has finally been a great success.

Li Xiao looked at the 10,000 Qing soldiers and horses who were pushed down to cut off the way of retreat, and the happiness in his heart could not be said.

It turned out that after capturing Yaozhou, Li Xiao received a message from Tunqika that night, saying that on the night of the arrival of the Tang army, he had sent a sentry to Liaoyang City to report to Dolgon, begging him to send reinforcements as soon as possible to prevent Yaozhou City from falling.

Hearing the news of Tunqika, Li Xiao, who originally planned to press Yaozhou and stick to his territory, was like a fox with a keen sense of smell, and suddenly discovered a wonderful opportunity.

He immediately chatted with Tun Qika, and roughly grasped the current situation of the defense of Haicheng in the north, so he asked him to go down first. Immediately, Li Xiao quickly summoned Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng and asked them to hurry to discuss the matter in their own room.

As soon as the two entered the room, Li Xiao smiled and said: "Two generals, this king now has a good deal, I don't know what the two generals think?" ”

Hearing what Li Xiao said, Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng were stunned for a moment, and then asked together: "What good business do you have, please tell me." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Tunqika told this king that he sent an envoy to Liaoyang last night to urgently ask for help, and Dorgon is estimated to go to Yaozhou immediately after getting the news." ”

"Your Excellency thinks that Dolgon will immediately send reinforcements to rescue Yaozhou, so we just have a plan to encircle and send reinforcements?" Tian Wei blinked and interjected.

Li Xiao chuckled lightly and said in a low voice: "Surround the point to send reinforcements, you are right." It's just that the location chosen by this king is not Yaozhou, but Haicheng. ”

"Huh? Haicheng? Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng were both shocked, and then Liu Guoneng asked anxiously;" Lord Li, didn't you say that I had been staying in Yaozhou City because of the heavy snowfall, why did I suddenly want to go to Haicheng? “

Li Xiao smiled coldly, but said in a low voice: "National energy, that Dolgon, is a rare figure in the Qing court who has both wisdom and martial arts, he will know that now that our army has broken through to Yingkou, this Yaozhou city has few soldiers, and it must be difficult to defend, so the reinforcements he sent are definitely not here to save Yaozhou, but to save Haicheng in the north, so as not to prevent our army." “

"What do you mean, do you mean that Dolgon urgently sent reinforcements in order to prevent our army from attacking Haicheng after taking Yaozhou? It's just that now Haicheng is said to be guarded by Balama, who is a red flag, and we are in a hurry, aren't we afraid of exposing our whereabouts? Tian Wei was still full of doubts, and he was very skeptical of Li Xiao's statement.

Li Xiao glanced at the two generals under him, smiled slightly, and said: "Two generals, do you think that now that the heavy snow is blocking the road, Dolgon is going to send troops to come, how can it be so fast, and where will you get accurate news immediately." This king can tell you clearly that as long as our army is not afraid of difficulties and moves quickly, it will definitely be able to rush to Dolgon's reinforcements before they reach Haicheng, first surround Haicheng, and then surround the point to send reinforcements, so that it is just a time lag with Dolgon. “

"My lord is right, as long as our army can take the lead in surrounding Haicheng, the soldiers and horses sent by Dolgon are just in the pockets of our army. Then, seeing that the reinforcements were destroyed, the sea city lord general Balama was very likely to be frightened, and he no longer had the will to fight against our army, and maybe it was also possible to surrender the city obediently. “

Hearing this, Liu Guoneng suddenly realized, he looked appreciative, and immediately praised Li Xiao's opinion.

Tian Wei also stomped his foot here, smashed his fist on his thigh, and said loudly: "Lord Li is right, damn it, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!" Anyway, this battle will be fought sooner or later, and now it is time to fight him, if we can really wipe out the Qing army's reinforcements, and at the same time take Haicheng down, even if a stalemate is formed, our army will firmly gain a foothold in the vast area from Haicheng to Yingkou, and Dolgon wants to drive us away, but he can't. “

After listening to the statements of the two, Li Xiao nodded and said: "Very good, since the two generals have reached a consensus with this king, then let's discuss it in detail, and how to act if we want to besiege Haicheng next." “

Subsequently, after an hour-long study, Li Xiao and Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng finally discussed a plan of action that everyone agreed.

The whole plan can be briefly described as follows: This evening, the whole army will rest and prepare. Then, early tomorrow morning, except for leaving all the artillerymen and musketeers and half of the auxiliaries to guard the prisoners of Yaozhou, the whole army was dispatched to try to rush to Haicheng as soon as possible, so as to surround Haicheng and then take the opportunity to find and destroy the reinforcements of the Qing army.

And the reason why he didn't bring heavy artillery and firecrackers was because it was snowing heavily now, and it was difficult to shoot heavy artillery and firecrackers, and Li Xiao didn't want to pay the price of dozens of heavy guns to blow up and defeat the enemy. In addition, because of the heavy snowfall, the roads were seriously blocked, and it was difficult for ordinary infantry to march, especially for heavy artillery units. Because of these two points, Li Xiao decided to leave the heavy artillery troops and musketeers, as well as half of the auxiliary soldiers, in Yaozhou City, and let them be responsible for guarding the city and guarding the prisoners.

At dawn the next day, Li Xiao's pro-general army set out, with all the soldiers and horses, about 40,000 people, forming a column, brave the wind and snow to march forward.

It is extremely hard to march and fight in such extremely cold weather. The cold wind was like countless tiny knives, carving out small small blood cuts on the faces of all the soldiers, including Li Xiao, so that people tore their lips with a big mouth, and blood flowed. There is also a snowstorm in the sky, which makes it almost impossible to fight for direct eyes, and the nasal cavity is completely frozen, and the whole nose has completely lost sensation. And the whole long snake-like procession, trudging in knee-deep snow, marched at a speed that was not even half as fast as usual.

Originally, under normal circumstances, two days was enough time to rush from Yaozhou to Haicheng, but now, Tang Jun hurried all the way and spent four and a half days to see the Haicheng City that appeared in front of him from afar.

Naturally, they were greeted by the sound of a piercing siren in the distance, and the entire Haicheng City had begun to quickly begin to take precautions.

It turned out that when Yaozhou City sent an envoy to Liaoyang that day, he passed by Haicheng and also urgently reported the landing of the Tang army at the entrance of the camp to the Haicheng garrison general Barama.

Barama, who heard the news, was taken aback, and was deeply shocked by the Tang army's choice to land and attack from Yingkou. At that time, he also thought about whether to go to Yaozhou immediately to rescue, but, considering that there were only 4,000 defenders in Haicheng, he hesitated again and again, did not send reinforcements, but only ordered to strengthen the city defense, in case the Tang army would attack Haicheng after seizing the Yingkou area.

It was not that he had not considered sending envoys to Liaoyang, but because there were already sentinels sent by Yaozhou, Balama thought that it was enough for them to report the enemy's situation, and there was no need for him to send people there.

Barama would never have imagined that this negligence would bring him irreparable regret and regret for an eternal life.

After receiving the alarm, the defender of the sea city, Balama, rushed to the head of the city as fast as he could.

When he saw from the clairvoyant mirror the Tang army team that came from the south, only to see its head but not its tail, he couldn't help but gasp, and his face turned pale in an instant.

The Don Army finally came.

He had always been lucky, thinking that the Tang army would stay in the Yingkou area for a while after conquering Yaozhou, but he didn't expect that they would finally come, coming from a long journey in the wind and snow, and still arrived in a completely unexpected way.

Perhaps, this is the so-called misfortune that cannot be avoided......

Almost at the same time as Barama was thinking wildly, the sentry cavalry patrolling outside the city also hurried back to the city, and then quickly reported to him: "Oh no, master, there are tens of thousands of Tang troops, they have already been killed, they have reached the south of Haicheng, looking at this, there is no doubt that the city will be attacked." “

Barama's teeth clenched, and after a slight groan, he immediately said: "Even so, we can only block it with troops, and the water will cover it." Pass on my order, the whole army should go up to the city wall to organize defense, and be sure to block the Tang army under the city. “

"Hey, the minion obeys."

Barama thought about it for a while, and said hurriedly: "Quickly send someone to Liaoyang to report the latest battle situation, and tell the regent that the Tang army has come to Haicheng from Yingkou and is surrounding our Haicheng in order to capture it in one fell swoop." The situation in my Haicheng is extremely critical, and I ask the regent to send reinforcements to rescue it! “

"Huh! Minions understand. “

When Barama had given the order, he hurriedly handwritten a letter asking for help and asked the two sentries to take him out of the city. And when these two sentry horsemen were galloping out of the north gate of Haicheng, the Tang army in the distance was already roaring. At a glance, the dense Tang army team, with iron armor and a forest of swords and guns, is terrifying. And the cavalry of the Tang Army, which rushed to the forefront, their horses' hooves flew up chaotic slush, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was already clearly audible.

Seeing these Tang cavalry getting closer and closer, Barama's face became more and more ugly, and he shouted: "Everyone, listen well, when the Tang cavalry approaches, shoot them immediately, and be sure to stop them from approaching!" “

"Hey, the minion obeys."

Soon, the Qing army at the head of the city stretched out their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at the Tang cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and the squeaky sound of drawing the bow sounded, like a strange concerto.

However, what made Barama very strange was that this group of Tang troops, after rushing to the south of Haicheng only an arrow away, quickly divided into two parts, one heavy cavalry with heavy armor and like steel monsters, stopped at a stone's throw away from the south of the city, and the other part of the light cavalry of more than 1,000 people was divided into two parts, roaring across the east and west wings of Haicheng, looking straight to the north and outflanking.

Barama was suspicious, and soon understood why Tang Jun did this.

The purpose of these light cavalry was undoubtedly to quickly intercept their own retreat, so that they could not abandon the city and flee. On the other hand, it is very likely that they have seen the messengers they have sent for help, and it is very likely that they are trying to catch up with them, so that the two messengers will not be able to report successfully.

He could imagine that these two defenseless messengers would definitely fall into Li Xiao's hands, but their life and death could be imagined.

Thinking of this, Barama hated in his heart, and he slammed his fist on the pheasant, gritting his teeth and swearing.

However, he scolded and scolded, and a familiar Manchu voice sounded in the city.

"This one at the head of the city, but is it the Balama Zhangjing who is in the red flag?"

Barama was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look through the falling snowflakes, but saw that among the heavy cavalry of the Tang Army, a man dressed in a thick cotton suit and looking like a messenger was shouting to himself.

This voice made Barama inexplicably familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember who it was, he couldn't help but be suspicious, he looked down carefully, and suddenly found that this person not only sounded like a voice, but also a little familiar, and was thinking about it, when a deputy general next to him had shouted in a surprised tone: "Hey, master, look, isn't this person the Karamu who betrayed his master Tan Tai and surrendered to the Tang Army's Zhenghuang Banner Department when he entered the customs before?" ”

Barama was shocked in his heart, and when he looked closely, wasn't this the person?

At this time, he suddenly thought of Tan Tai, the main general who was captured alive by the Tang army in the border city of Mingguo Town, and then killed by digging out his heart and liver alive, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Hmph, such a villain who betrays his lord and seeks glory, first betrayed Tan Tai, and now he has come to earn me to invite credit, it's really shameless!" Barama whispered a curse, and wanted to ignore it, but then heard the messenger under the city shouting, "Barama, why don't you answer the question of a certain family, but why?" Now you are trapped in a lonely city, the situation is already in danger, if our army attacks, you are about to be destroyed, why such an embarrassing situation, can you listen to the advice of a certain family? ”

When Barama heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, he took a step forward, held on to the wall with one hand, and yelled at the Karamu below: "Phew! Karamu, you traitor seeking glory, you bastard who is inferior to pigs and dogs, did you just persuade Yaozhou City to surrender, and now you are here to earn me! “

Hearing Barama's angry shout, Karamu sighed in his heart, but said with a cold smile on his face: "Balama, you thief listen up! You are now trapped in a lonely city, with no reinforcements outside, and surrounded by our army on all sides like an iron bucket, there is no possibility of escape at all! In such a mortal realm, you are still so hard-mouthed and pretending, which is really stupid. The city lord of Yaozhou will swallow Qika, but he is smarter than you and knows how to surrender as soon as possible to save his life, you don't even have this brain, right? Tell you, I came here with good intentions to persuade you to surrender in time, you don't want to bite Lu Dongbin, you don't know the hearts of good people! ”