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What a pity! Since the Qing army has no intention of fighting, if it can send troops in time to pursue, I dare not say that it will definitely be able to defeat these Tartars, but it is certain that it can give them considerable damage.

It's just that the Qing army, which abandoned the people and goods, withdrew very quickly, and it was too late to chase after them now.

"Chief Soldier Zu, let's transport the goods, money and grain back to Yanzhou first." Lu Huan pondered for a moment and said, "Next, I will send someone to immediately send a letter to Master Li in Jiyang, where he is stationed, to inform him of the latest movements of the Qing army and let him prepare." ”

Zu Dabi nodded, and let out a long sigh: "Alas, it can only be like this." ”

What Lu Huan and the others did not expect was that on the afternoon of the next day, Li Xiao led his subordinate Tang Army, together with the cavalry he sent to deliver the letter, to the outside of Yanzhou City.

Seeing Li Xiao suddenly leading the front of his troops, Lu Huan and Zu Dabi, as well as Ni Cheng, the prefect of Yanzhou, were all shocked and hurried out of the city to greet them.

"The last general, Lu Huan, meet Master Li."

"Zu Dabi, deputy commander of the Lower Liaodong Forward Battalion, has seen Tang Guogong."

"In Nicheng, the prefect of Xia Yanzhou, I have seen Tang Guogong."

"You don't have to salute, get up quickly."

Li Xiao turned over and dismounted, and helped everyone up one by one.

"Lord Li, yesterday morning, the Qing army had just withdrawn, and we suspected that the Qing army was cheating, so we didn't dare to pursue, so we let go of this Tartar, please punish Lord Li!" Lu Huan said with a look of shame.

Li Xiao sighed, and Wu Sangui on the side looked at each other with complicated eyes, and he was also emotional.

Okay, I hurried all the way, wanting to encircle and eliminate the Abatai tribe with the Yanzhou defenders, but I didn't expect that they escaped quickly, but let themselves pounce.

This Abatai, but he is an old traitor who has fought and fought old, and he knows that now that the main force of the Qing army in Jinan has collapsed, he will inevitably come to him. Therefore, before he arrived, he slipped away.

"Lord Li, can our army pursue quickly?" Wu Sangui asked softly on the side.

Li Xiao shook his head slowly. "The Qing army has withdrawn for a day and a night, and our army is too late to catch up. Passed on the order of the public army, temporarily rest in Yanzhou tonight, and tomorrow the whole army will pull out the camp and go to Linyi to besiege the Qing army Du Du Department. Li Xiao ordered loudly.

"Order!"

Subsequently, because of the huge size of the army, in order to avoid entering the city and disturbing the people, Li Xiao's entire army was camped outside Yanzhou City.

Li Xiao's whole army had just finished camping outside Yanzhou City, when a soldier came to report urgently, saying that Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu in Yanzhou City, personally led a group of servants and guards to go out of the city to work the army.

It turned out that after Li Xiao married the county king Zhu Yuyi, but in a year and a half, Zhu Shouhong, the former king of Lu, who was addicted to wine, died, and the throne of the king of Lu was inherited by his brother Zhu Shouyong.

And only two years later, at the beginning of this year, Zhu Shouyong also died of illness, and the throne of King Lu was inherited by his eldest son Zhu Yipai, that is, Li Xiao's brother-in-law.

When Li Xiaofang went out of the tent, he saw Zhu Yipai, dressed in a gown, wearing a solemn crown on his head, and a formal dress, surrounded by a group of servants, walking towards him with a flattering smile on his face.

"Li Xiao pays a visit to King Lu." Zhu Yipai got closer, and Li Xiao bowed down.

"I can't help it, it's all a family, why should Tang Guogong be so polite, please hurry up." Zhu Yipai hurriedly helped Li Xiao up.

Seeing this brother-in-law's bright flattering smile, Li Xiao felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.

Speaking of which, the county lord Zhu Yujiao has only returned to her parents' house twice in total since she married herself, and as her husband, because of her busy military affairs, she can only let her go home by herself every time, and she has never returned to Lu Wangfu once.

Therefore, Li Xiao deeply felt in his heart that he still owed a lot to Zhu Yujiao and the Lu Wang family.

"King Lu, Li has been a good man and busy with military affairs all these years, so it is rare to have the opportunity to come to Yanzhou, and please don't be surprised by King Lu." Li Xiao said with some resignation.

"Ahem, Tang Guogong is polite." Zhu Yipai waved his hand again and again: "Tang Guogong and Xiao Wang are a family of relatives, and when they say these words, they are a little out of sight." Over the years, Tang Guogong has been fighting for my Ming Dynasty, fighting in the east and west, fighting in the south and in the north, and he has not had to rest for a day. I only hate Xiao Wang for being incompetent and incompetent, and I can't help Tang Guogong, but I am ashamed to think of it. ”

Zhu Yipai paused and continued to smile: "Xiao Wang, today, I will come to Lao Jun to talk about my heart, and I hope that Tang Guogong will not be delayed." ”

Li Xiao also replied with a smile: "King Lu is full of hospitality, if he doesn't accept it, wouldn't he be concerned." Please also ask King Lu to enter the account and speak, please. ”

The two of them entered the account, and Zhu Yipai looked at Li Xiao and stopped talking.

Li Xiao understood, and hurriedly withdrew his subordinates, so that in this tent, only he and Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, were left to sit and talk.

"Tang Guogong, what are your army's plans next?" Zhu Yipai asked softly.

"Oh, naturally, it is to sweep away the Qing army in Shandong, and finally drive the Qing army out of the pass." Li Xiao responded.

At this time, he suddenly felt that Zhu Yipai's words seemed to have something to say, so he raised his head and looked at Zhu Yipai on the side with an inquiring gaze.

Zhu Yipai didn't dare to look him in the eyes, but turned his head away in a daze.

"King Lu, you are my brother-in-law, and there are no outsiders here, if you have something to say, you can just say it." Li Xiao said softly.

Zhu Yipai turned around, and plucked up the courage to whisper to Li Xiao: "Tang Guogong, Xiao Wang has a sincere word and wants to say it to Tang Guogong." ”

"King Lu, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Tang Guogong, this king hopes that in the future, all parts of Shandong will be arranged by Tang Guogong to arrange his subordinates to come and garrison, so as to ensure the peace and tranquility of my Shandong, and the people of Shandong can live and work in peace, then this king's heart is no longer worry-free."

Seeing that Zhu Yipai actually said such a thing to himself, Li Xiaodun was secretly happy in his heart.

It seems that since they occupy Shandong, even these princes of the Ming Dynasty have such ideas and are willing to support them, so the court should have more confidence to fight against it.

After all, it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled person. In this era of war and chaos, it is not only the most urgent desire of the common people to have a peaceful and happy land to survive, but even these Ming clan relatives who are rich and honorable in food and clothing.

Although Li Xiao was happy in his heart, he still pretended to be calm on the surface and said: "King Lu, our army and horses originally had to be stationed in Dengzhou. As for how to garrison other places in Shandong, it still needs to be arranged by the imperial court. ”

"Ahem, Tang Guogong, with all due respect, in this Shandong, in addition to your Tang army, where are there half soldiers and horses that can only fight! If the city of Jinan is not guarded by the traitor Liu Zeqing, but by your department, how can this Jinan city suffer such a catastrophe! Although the king is incompetent, he can still see clearly with this eye. In this land of Shandong, if you don't let your Tang army come to garrison it, I'm afraid that one day it will inevitably happen again, and it will repeat the catastrophe of today! “

After Zhu Yipai finished speaking, he let out a long sigh and looked at Li Xiao with an extremely helpless look.

Li Xiao had a smile on his face, and he nodded: "King Lu has a sincere heart, and he is also very moved. Then wait until the Qing army is driven out of Shandong, and Li will make a request to the imperial court. “

Zhu Yipai became happy, and lowered his voice and said to Li Xiao: "Okay, Tang Guogong, as soon as you say this, this king will be relieved." However, having said that, even if the imperial court really disagrees, several of our princes in Shandong will join forces to put pressure on the imperial court. “

Li Xiao laughed: "Okay, then Li will thank King Lu." “

When Li Xiao's whole army arrived in Yanzhou, another part of the defeated troops who escaped from Jinan finally rushed to the Qing army camp of Du Du's department outside Linyi County together with the sentinels sent by Du Du to Jiyang to report the news.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Du Du's face was like ashes.

What to do? The main force of the Qing army has been destroyed, and what is the point of holding on to this Linyi County again!

Perhaps, if you hold on any longer, you can only wait until the Tang army from Jinan, together with the Ming army in this Linyi county, to carry out a joint flanking attack on yourself, and wipe out all your 10,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Linyi.

Du Du slowly closed his eyes, his expression very painful.

Well, the main force of the 40,000 Qing army, these elites of the Qing army who have gone through many battles, are all lost in Jinan City, this, this is simply an unbelievable nightmare!

"Passing on the general's order, the whole army immediately gathered and retreated north, went to the outside of Wuding Prefecture, and went to join the general Dolgon's department, how to act next, and listen to the general's command."

"Huh!"

Therefore, when Li Xiao set out the camp the next day, led his subordinates directly, and rushed to Linyi County, Du Du's Qing army gave up the people and wealth taken in the vicinity, and almost simultaneously pulled out the camp and retreated north.

Seeing the Qing army outside the city roaring north, the generals in the city, such as Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan, as well as Song Xiyao and others in Linyi County, were all very surprised.

However, Cao Bianjiao, Zukuan and others, who knew that the Qing army's combat strength was powerful, were afraid that the Qing army would retreat at this time, and there would be many ambushes and conspiracies, so they still stayed in the city and did not dare to go out lightly.

Three days later, when Li Xiao led his subordinates to Linyi County, Du Dubu finally rushed to the Qing army camp outside Wuding Prefecture.

Almost at the same time, the Abatai tribe, which had withdrawn from Yanzhou, also rushed outside the city of Wudingzhou.

It turned out that after Abatai led his subordinate troops to withdraw from the west of Yanzhou City, after careful consideration, he led his troops to the north of Dongpingzhou and went straight to Wudingzhou City, so as to reduce the time of traveling on the road as much as possible. But he didn't expect that he came to Wudingzhou City almost at the same time as Du Dubu.

Hearing the cry of Dudu and Abatai, Dolgon was like five thunderbolts.

Finished.

The main force of 40,000 Qing troops was defeated, and the Yangwu generals Yue Zhen and Bei Zi Nikan were all killed in battle, which was a devastating blow to the Qing army that entered the customs!

In an instant, Dorgon thought of the fat man sitting on the dragon chair, the ugly and gloomy big fat face, and couldn't help but shiver all over.

In the Great Tent of the Flame Golden Dome of the Chinese Army, Dolgon, Hauge, Abatai, and Dudu gathered among them to urgently discuss countermeasures.

The candlelight flickered, illuminating the faces of everyone in the tent with a frightened expression.

Prince Su Haoge was the first to stand up, and he said sharply: "Everyone, our army has lost many soldiers and horses, and it has broken Yue Zhi and Nikan, which is really a big setback and a big loss of face!" In the eyes of this king, our army should immediately gather the remaining 60,000 soldiers and horses, turn around and go south, and go all out to capture Jinan City, so as to be ashamed of Yue and Nikan, as well as 40,000 soldiers, and avenge this sea of blood! ”

After Hauge finished speaking, he looked around, but found that he did not respond to him at all.

"Hey, you're talking! Could it be that the damn Tang army wiped out 40,000 soldiers and horses of our army, and destroyed the two clans of Yue Zuo and Nikan, and he still couldn't swallow his anger like this?! ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Hauge shouted urgently.

Abatai raised his head, and his face was full of confusion and anxiety. He said in a low voice: "Prince Su, now that our army has been newly defeated and the morale of the whole army is low, how can we go south again to compete with the Tang army whose morale is strong!" If we really ignore the status quo like this, and raise the division because of anger, I am only afraid that our army will only suffer another new defeat. ”

"Abatai is right. The 40,000 main forces of our army were lost overnight, and the damage to morale was too great! And we have retreated all the way to here, and the officers and men of the whole army have exhausted their strength, how can they regain their spare strength and go south to seize Jinan City. Du Du said coldly on the side.

"What do you mean?!" Haoge jumped up: "Could it be that we won't avenge Yue Zuo's great enmity with Nikan?" Those 40,000 elite soldiers died in the hands of Li Xiao in vain, and our army didn't even dare to take revenge?! ”

"Hauge, don't make a mistake, sit down and talk!"

Dolgon, who was in the officer's hat chair, gave him a cold answer.

Hauge glanced at Dorgon with a look of resentment, and then sat down in hatred.

"By my order, our army has suffered this great defeat, and its morale is low, and it must not fight again. The whole army packed up and assembled overnight, left Shandong, retreated to Cangzhou Mansion in the north, and then retreated to Yongping from Cangzhou, and then broke the border wall and returned to China. ”

After Dolgon finished the order, he collapsed in his chair as if he had exhausted his strength.

"What?! Just quit the army? Just go straight back to the Qing Dynasty?! Dolgon, you are a fucking disgrace to the Qing Dynasty, you damn coward! ”

Listening to Dolgon's orders, Haug jumped up again, pointing at Dolgon's face and scolding.

Dolgon was annoyed and ashamed, and his face turned red instantly, he also stood up from his chair and yelled at Hauge: "Hauge, you still dare to scold General Ben, do you want to rebel?!" Do you believe that I'm going to have your head cut off right now?! Do you think that the Tang Army wiped out my 40,000 elites and killed Yue Zhi and Nikan, and I, the general who was ordered, was not sad and hateful, and didn't want to avenge them?! Tell you, if there is a chance, Lao Tzu wants to take revenge more than anyone else! But what the hell do you fuck, open your eyes and take a good look, and see what motivation and courage our army still has after this great defeat, and then go to battle with the very sharp Tang army?! Isn't it enough to fold these 40,000 soldiers and horses, but also to eat all the troops entering the customs and all the Tang army that gave them to Li Xiao, is the best ending? ! ”

Dolgon's angry words made Haug stunned for a moment.

He stared at Dorgon with hatred, his throat throbbing, but he couldn't say anything more.

"In today's plan, the only way for the remaining soldiers and horses of our army to protect themselves is to take advantage of the fact that Li Xiao's Tang army has not yet arrived, and go straight back to the country, regroup, and try to cheer up again. After all, in the future, our army may not have the opportunity to defeat Li Xiao and revitalize its military strength in the future. ”

Dole muttered bitterly, sighed, and sat back in his chair.