Although he commanded it so, in his heart, he actually lost hope!

Because in his opinion, the field battles between the Ming army and the Manchu Tatars basically required several times the strength of the Manchu Tatars. But even then, there are often more defeats and fewer victories, or simply put, there is basically no victory at all.

Now that Lu Xiang has only been promoted to a few thousand tired troops, since he has been surrounded by several times the Manchu Qing Tartars, can he still have hope for life? That's weird!

However, what Cao Huachun didn't know was that people were different from each other, and the Ming army and the Ming army were also different. When he was worried, Lu Xiangsheng was no longer in Artemisia Bridge.

In the early hours of the morning, when the sky was just bright, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to break through from the west, and he was really hit by him. In this direction, it is true that the army of the Mongol tribe is the most. Caught off guard, he was led by him and burst out. However, when Dolgon heard the news, he immediately mobilized his troops to chase after him.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's troops were exhausted from continuous battles, and the consequences were obvious. couldn't shake off the pursuit of the Manchu Tartars, and in the end, he hid in Julu Jiazhuang.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists at the few people in front of him and said: "Thank you Jia Lao for opening the door of the village, otherwise there will be no respite for the subordinates of this official, and I don't know how many dead and wounded!" ”

In the troubled times, Zhuangzi everywhere built high walls to prevent thieves and officers and soldiers. Generally speaking, in the event of such a big war, basically no Zhuangzi would open the door and let the officials and soldiers in. Therefore, it can be said that it is really rare for Jiazhuang to open the door of Jiazhuang to welcome the remnants of Lu Xiangsheng's army in.

Jia Lao is about fifty years old, his beard is gray, and he looks elegant, so he should also be a scholar. Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, he hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Lord Lu loves the people like a son, and his reputation is outside, and the grass people should open this village!" ”

Actually, there was one thing he didn't say. The reason why he opened the door was because he knew that when the Manchu army arrived in this vicinity, it would be impossible to hold it with this little strength in Zhuangzi alone. The reputation of the Manchu army is notorious, and wherever it passes, it burns, kills and loots, since Zhuangzi can't hold it, it is better to put Lu Xiangsheng's army in to defend it together, maybe there is still a chance to protect Zhuangzi.

Of course, he was right. Lu Xiangsheng's fame is outside, and he is also relieved to let Lu Xiangsheng enter Zhuangzi, if he changes to other Ming troops, it is very likely that he will not open this Zhuangmen.

After hearing his words, Lu Xiangsheng did not have a trace of pride, looked around, looked at his subordinates after entering the village, all of them were tired, he immediately turned around and went up to the wall, looking at the dust in the distance, the banner of the Manchu army fluttering, it is estimated that he will be able to get close soon.

He looked around the Zhuang people behind the wall again, and after looking at it for a while, he immediately turned around and said to Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu who were following him: "Immediately select five hundred soldiers who can still fight to help defend Jiazhuang." The other soldiers, rest immediately, and after an hour, choose a rotation! ”

"Yes!" When Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu heard this, they immediately clenched their fists and took their orders.

Before the two of them turned around to make arrangements, Lu Xiangsheng immediately added: "Resting soldiers, don't disturb the people, violators will be severely punished!" ”

Jia Lao and several other squires followed behind Lu Xiangsheng, and when they heard his words, they glanced at each other, and they all nodded slightly.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at them again, and said with a little apology: "Old Jia, these soldiers of this official are really tired from fighting with the Manchu Tartars yesterday on a hungry stomach, and I hope that the strong men of Jia Zhuang will take a top first, so that the officials can breathe a sigh of relief!" ”

"It should, it should!" When Jia Lao and the others heard this, they hurriedly responded, "The soldiers kill the enemy for the country and protect the country and the people, in such a cold day, you can't just find a place to sleep." The grass people will arrange this, and strive to let the soldiers have a room to sleep well! ”

At this time, he had already seen that some soldiers were about to fall asleep against the wall after turning over and dismounting.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was not polite, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then there will be labor!" ”

Later, he instructed his guards: "Order, choose two hundred horses, kill them to satisfy hunger, and give half to the people of the village!" ”

His cavalry army was deprived of food and grass, and many of the horses were starving, and after repeated battles, they were long gone. Because of this, he couldn't get rid of his pursuers. It's not that Lu Xiangsheng is ruthless, but a lot of war horses, basically helpless.

There are about 2,500 cavalry troops who fled into Zhuangzi, this Zhuangzi is not a city, how can there be so many horses to prepare, plus the Manchu army is surrounded here, it is definitely impossible to withdraw immediately, the fate of these war horses is basically doomed. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng also decisively killed the horse to satisfy his hunger.

But in the eyes of Jia Lao and others, this is another manifestation that Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want to disturb the people too much, and they can't help but admire it even more, so they said that they will let people hurry up and prepare food.

So, when Zhuangzi began to get busy, countless Manchu troops began to surround Jiazhuang. A group of Manchu cavalry troops, roaring around the village to demonstrate, and in the distance, there is no Manchu infantry army in sight, with a cloud of dust approaching Jiazhuang.

Zhuang Ding on the wall, looking at the countless Tartars outside the village, nervously holding the knives and guns in his hands one by one, looked very nervous.

To tell the truth, in the past, Jia Zhuang also had wars and repelled the invasion of thieves. However, what they saw in front of them was a very powerful tartar at a glance, which made them have no bottom in their hearts, and it was reasonable to be nervous and afraid.

However, they had no way out, and if the Manchu Tartars entered Zhuangzi, all the children in the family would suffer! In that case, there is only one battle!

At such a time, the selected 500 soldiers of the Ming Army played a very good role. Seeing that they were so nervous, he said something to despise the Tartars, analyzed the difference between the Tartars outside the city for these strong men, and showed off how many enemies he had killed with Lu Shangshu. Not to mention, the tension of these strong men was immediately relieved.

Lu Xiangsheng naturally knew that in order to defend Zhuangzi, the first thing is to have morale, so he immediately let people publicize: "The imperial army has come to the rescue, as long as we hold it, the Tartars will never dare to stay for a long time!" “

If there is no reinforcement from outside, let alone Zhuangzi, no matter how strong the city is, it will be breached. However, now that reinforcements are coming, this gives Zhuang Ding even more hope, and his morale immediately rises.

Outside the village, soon after the Manchu Tartar vanguard surrounded the village, Dolgon appeared. He looked at Zhuangzi, who was waiting for him, looked at the terrain of Zhuangzi, and couldn't help frowning.

He didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng would see the weak point of the encirclement, break through at dawn, and escape into Zhuangzi. In this way, if you want to kill Lu Xiangsheng again, it will take a lot of effort. I don't know if Lu Xiangsheng knows that reinforcements have come to save him, if he really wants to know, he should break through to the south! However, he was fortunate not to break through, otherwise he would have been over long ago if he bumped into the elite of the Qing Dynasty who he had arranged over there to intercept the Ming reinforcements.

Thinking so, he said to a Tartar general beside him: "Give you 10,000 horses, attack Zhuangzi before dark, and bring Lu Xiangsheng's head to this king!" ”