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On the sixth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the weather still has no signs of warming, and the entire Jingfu land is everywhere because of the Tartars' entry into the Kou, and there is a desolate scene, a hundred miles of uninhabited people is no longer a legend, but a reality, walking for half a day or even a day, it is not strange to see no people.

In the area of Shunde Mansion, because of the entry of the Tartars, a large number of officials and soldiers arrived, except for some large forts and landlords armed to defend them, most of the villages were already empty.

In the south of Julu, the large camp of the official army seemed to be lifeless, and even the various flags standing in the camp seemed to be frozen, listlessly drooping, and seemed lifeless.

And the officers and men in the battalion were all holding their arms, their faces depressed, and there was a whisper chatting among themselves without a word, not knowing when the day would be over, and when they would be able to return to their station, and no longer have to suffer this kind of crime in the field.

When the high potential department came back from Zhangde Mansion, the 20,000 troops brought out, only a little more than 10,000 returned, and the rest were either killed or captured by the Xingtian Army.

These days, there have been many blind officers and soldiers who have touched his moldy head, and in the name of disobeying military orders, he has been beaten to death or his head cut off, so the people in the officers and soldiers are panicked, and their morale is much lower.

Judging from the news that was not received at night, it seemed that the Tartar continued to enter the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion to the south, but Gao Qiqian was not interested in this news, and at the moment he was most concerned about how to deal with such a crisis, so that he could clear his current charges.

Therefore, while continuing to send his cronies back to Beijing to exercise everywhere, he wrote a letter to the emperor to shirk the responsibility as much as possible, and pushed the responsibility to the generals under his command as much as possible, saying that they were not in good luck and caused this defeat.

At the same time, he also wanted to take advantage of this last opportunity to take some credit, to be able to turn the plate over, so that he would have to win a battle.

But who to fight, he was very hesitant, hit the Tartars, he was afraid in his heart, he was also afraid of dying when he beat the Heavenly Army, and he would not succeed if he didn't fight.

Just when Gao Qiqian was wandering around the camp like ants on a hot pot, there was a news that the Xingtian Army Brigade was moving in the direction of Qiu County, and it seemed that they were going to Qiu County to fight with the Tartars.

After thinking about it again and again, he felt that this might be his last chance, this time he could take advantage of the Xingtian Army to fight with the Tartars, and also rush over to take the opportunity to catch a handful, as for who to fight when the time comes, whoever loses the battle, he will take the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and take advantage of the situation to get a military feat, so that at least part of his guilt for the defeat in the Zhanghe River can be offset.

So Gao Qiqian immediately cheered up, and the generals were recruited into the big tent, and after some coercion and temptation, he ordered the army to raise the camp and began to move in the direction of Qiu County, and at the same time sent a large number of people to inquire about the military situation at night for him to make a decision.

Although the officials and soldiers pulled out the camp and opened the village, the officers and soldiers did not figure out who they were going to fight with this time, and they just followed in a daze, and everyone was a paste, so naturally there was no morale like a rainbow.

As for the sentry cavalry on the Tartar side, they also detected a cavalry of the Xingtian Army at the same time, and they were heading in the direction of Qiu County, but unlike in the past, they found that the cavalry of the Xingtian Army did not act with their main force as usual, but went far ahead, and there was a great distance between them and the main infantry army.

Through this period of research and judgment, Dolgon and other Qing generals have realized the source of the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army, that is, the absolute main force of the Xingtian Army on the battlefield, should be their infantry army, not their cavalry, the most difficult thing for the Xingtian Army to deal with is their infantry array, dense firearms, such as Lin's spear, long and short cooperation, far can attack and defend, but also have the ability to move on the battlefield, such a foot formation is really difficult to deal with, with the current tactics of the Qing army, face to face with it, Unless you have the absolute advantage of the long-range Hongyi cannon, it will be difficult to defeat the infantry of the Heavenly Army.

Therefore, they did not want to waste too much troops on the Xingtian Army, and during this time, they turned to avoid the war, avoiding the Xingtian Army as much as possible, and not having a large-scale battle with the Xingtian Army, so that during this time, they were suppressed very unhappy, and they had to continue to shrink their actions in the area of Jingfu, and gradually gathered their forces to the area of Qiu County, and Yue Tuo had already led the Zhenghong Banner and the Red Flag to the direction of Shandong, while Dolgon had the intention to continue to go south and loot in the area of the Daimyo's Mansion. And then it's basically time to wave back.

However, when they learned that a cavalry of about 2,000 men of the Xingtian Army was heading towards them, both Dolgon and his generals felt that their eyes lit up at this time.

"This torture thief doesn't take us seriously! We tolerated them like this, but they were not satisfied, and they actually sent people to catch up with them! If we don't try to clean them up, where will our faces be in the future? This time, it's better to kill the cavalry of the Heavenly Thieves first, and then it's not too late to go south to the Daimyo's Mansion! Anyway, this torture thief is their foot soldiers, and the cavalry is just average! Dorgon's brother Dodor said to Dorgon with an angry look on his face.

And Duoduo's words also resonated with many other Tartar generals, who asked Dolgon to fight, asking for this group of cavalry of the Xingtian Army to be eliminated before it was too late to go south to the Daimyo's mansion.

Dolgon was still relatively calm, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "The actions of the Heavenly Thieves this time are a bit abnormal, their commander should know very well in his heart, where is their strength, with their cavalry against us, it is not advantageous at all, and why send such a cavalry to break away from their main force and run to die?" ”

Naturally, others couldn't think clearly about Dolgon's doubts, but the news from the sentry cavalry allowed them to confirm that this cavalry of the Heavenly Army had indeed broken away from their main force, and the lone army was heading towards Qiu County.

"Could it be that the man surnamed Xiao was afraid that we had already gone south to loot the Daimyo's Mansion before they arrived, so he sent their cavalry over to hold us back first? Waiting for their main force to arrive? Dorgon thought about it for a moment and said to Dorgon.

"It's possible!" After hearing this, Dorgon nodded slightly, and even his heart began to heat up a little.

After all, for so many years, they have fought against the Ming army, which can basically be said to be repeated victories, but this time after encountering the Xingtian Army, they will fight more and more aggrieved, and they have to go around the Xingtian Army everywhere, this kind of thing is difficult for each of their Tartars to accept, and Dolgon also knows that if this continues, it will greatly affect their morale, and once the morale is low, then whether they can return safely outside the pass will become a problem.

So in dealing with the Xingtian Army, they also urgently need a victory to boost the morale of the army, and now the Xingtian Army has sent such a cavalry to rush forward alone, which can be said to be an excellent opportunity for them to repair and repair this group of Xingtian thieves, and let them know that they can't be bullied when they build a state!

So after discussion, Dolgon finally made up his mind, temporarily put aside the plan to go south to the Daimyo's Mansion, and went all out to kill this group of cavalry of the Heavenly Punishment Army first, as long as this group of Heavenly Punishment thieves was taken, then in the future, these Heavenly Punishment Thieves would not dare to be so arrogant as before.

A group of Eight Banners Tartars with white flags, inlaid white flags, and blue flags, as well as some Mongolian soldiers with eight Mongolian banners, began to act one after another, and greeted them in the direction where the cavalry of the Xingtian Army came.

On the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Situ Liang suddenly ordered to stop advancing, rode on horseback and took out a telescope to look at the east and the surroundings, and then ordered Lin Luo to come over to discuss the matter.

Lin Luo also led the scout team to act with Situ Liang this time, acting as Situ Liang's deputy, and learned that Situ Liang was looking for him, so he immediately rushed up.

"Brother Lin, the Tartars have already greeted you! Do you have any news from your fellow scouts? Situ Liang asked Lin Luo.

"There it is! Gao Qiqian really fell for it, taking advantage of the opportunity for us to rush over, he set up camp in the south of Julu, and also rushed over, Senator Li guessed well, this gelding is here, and the dog is going to jump over the wall in a hurry! I want to take the opportunity to come over and get a handful! Last night, the brothers under the command of the lowly came back with the news that they had now traveled more than twenty miles away from us, and had stopped, as if they wanted to wait and see the limelight! Lin Luo reported to Situ Liangyu.

Situ nodded with a hint of a wicked smile, and said with a smile: "This Senator Li is still quite accurate, in the end, he reads people, and this heart is more than us big bosses!" By the way, what is the situation on the Tartar side? ”

Lin Luo also laughed: "The Tartars really treat us as a piece of fat, Dolgon has already ordered the vest soldiers of the various banners under his control to assemble, and the soldiers are coming towards us in four ways!" It's not too far to run into them! At this point, it's time for us to turn around! ”

After hearing this, Situ Liang first nodded, then shook his head and said, "No, we can't turn around and leave now!" The Tartar soldiers haven't come up yet, if we turn around and run now, they may not catch up if they don't get it, so if one of them doesn't do well, we will be blind this time! Wait a minute! The order goes down, everyone dismounts, and let the horses have a good rest! We'll rely on them later! ”