On the 28th of February, Dolgon sat anxiously in the tent of the Chinese army, discussing the military situation with the Manchurian and Mongolian nobles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Now the emperor has arrived at Qingshankou and is stationed opposite Li Zhizhai's fortress. However, the middle of the gorge was occupied by Li Zhi, and Li Zhi's cannons blocked the canyon two or three miles wide, making it impossible for Huang Taiji and Dolgon's messengers to communicate. Even at night, Li Zhijun lit a matchpile in the valley under the deterrence of artillery fire, and forcibly cut off the communication between the two sides.

The day before yesterday, Dorgon sent a detachment of thirty dead men to rush to the emperor's side. As a result, as soon as they entered the range of Li Zhi's cannons, they were bombarded by ten cannons, and more than 20 of these dead soldiers died, and they were defeated, and they did not dare to rush forward again.

The emperor was a few miles away, but he was unable to communicate, much to Dorgon's concern. If this continues, even if the emperor comes, he will not be able to take Dorgon's army out of the customs.

Dorgon began to figure out how to climb over the cliffs on either side of the valley, but the scout went out to study for two days without much results. This Li Zhibu obviously studied the terrain when he went down to the fortress, and chose to set up his camp in this tricky place.

Looking at the generals in the account, Dolgon said: "Now that the news is cut off, and the emperor's letters are not communicated, and the emperor can't help us when he comes, what can you do?" ”

The Mongol banner lord Ibai said: "General, here and now, you can only go out to attack other passes. Even if there is no detailed cooperation and no intelligence, it can only attack. ”

Abatai shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that we will attack Xiongguan, and when we can't attack for a long time, Li Zhi will lead the main force of the Ming army to attack us from behind..."

When everyone heard Abatai's words, they all took a breath of cool air. Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are so strong, if he gets the cooperation of more than 100,000 Ming troops, I am afraid that he will really attack the Dolgon army of more than 50,000 people. When the time comes, it will be attacked from front to back under the pass of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be a big defeat.

Then there is no way to spend it in this Maligou with Li Zhi? Spend him half a year and a year?

The generals look at me, I look at you, and they can't come up with an idea.

The crowd was anxious, but they saw a soldier running outside the tent, ran to Dolgon, said goodbye, and said, "General, the messenger of Lord Dodor is here!" ”

Duoduo is the younger brother of Dolgon, the banner owner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the White Flag, known for his military exploits.

Everyone was stunned and a little surprised when they heard the words of the soldiers. Hasn't Duoduo been following the emperor to contain the Ming army and Ning soldiers and horses in western Liaoning, the emperor's messenger can't pass through the Mali ditch, how did Duoduo's messenger get in? Did you get in by detouring through other passes? However, since the messenger of Duoduo has come in, even if the communication with the emperor is connected, everyone is happy when they hear it.

Dorgon waved his hand and said, "Let the messenger in!" ”

In the middle of the night, three Qing soldiers wearing white lacquer scale armor walked into Dolgon's big tent, which was the elite tooth swinger in Dorgon's army. The three Qing soldiers came in and bowed their knees to Dolgon, stood up and said loudly: "General, my master Duoduo has captured Huangyakou according to the emperor's arrangement, please lead the army out of the pass from there." ”

Hearing these words, the eyes of the Manmeng nobles in the big tent lit up, and they stood up excitedly one by one.

Dorgon stood up and asked, "How did Dorgor capture the Yellow Cliff?" ”

The swinging tooth speaker said: "The emperor has already spied on the emptiness of the Yellow Cliff Pass, and bought the fine work to ambush it. My master cooperated with the fine work inside and out, and let the people in the city open the door. As soon as the door opened, our Qing soldiers swarmed in and occupied the Yellow Cliff Pass. ”

When the Manmeng nobles in the big tent heard this, they knew that Huangyakou had really been taken, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. The generals secretly said that they could finally get out of the customs smoothly and get rid of this devil-like Li Zhi.

Dorgon stood in the tent and thought about it, and was also overjoyed.

Huangyakou is in the west, four hundred miles away from Qingshankou, and Dolgon led his army all the way to the west, which can be reached in ten days. Even if the Ming army in Tianjin caught up with the news, they would not be able to catch up with themselves.

I was finally able to get out of the customs smoothly. Although the entry into the customs suffered heavy losses, after all, more than 200,000 people were plundered. With these population supplements, there is still something to be done in our Qing Dynasty.

Yibai said excitedly: "General, let's go to Huangyakou and get out of the customs from there!" ”

Dolgon nodded and said loudly: "Bazhai, the whole army will go west and exit from the Yellow Cliff Pass." ”

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Li Zhi stood on the lookout platform and watched the Dolgon army and the Huang Taiji army on the south and north sides pull out of the village at the same time, and marched into the distance.

Zheng Kaicheng asked in surprise: "Division Commander, why did this Dolgon retreat, they are going to attack other passes?" ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid not, since Huang Taiji is here, the Qing army has the ability to spy on the truth of the passes of the Great Wall." Maybe the Qing army has already laid a pass that I don't know where and is ready to get out! ”

Xue Sanku said: "Commander, should we follow?" Waiting for the right moment to hit him? ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "In the field battle, our 10,000 people can't defeat Dolgon's army, let them go, our contribution this time is also big enough." ”

Zheng Kaicheng said leisurely: "The Qing army has entered the fortress many times, and they have all flaunted their might. It's the first time you've escaped so badly, right? ”

When the surrounding officers of the Tiger Division heard Zheng Kaicheng's words, they all burst into laughter, and they were very happy.

Li Zhi also smiled and said, "Send a good report to Hong Chengchou and repay your merits!" ”

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Hong Chengchou was standing on the wall of the Tianjin Acropolis on this day, looking at the scenery of Jingu from afar.

The Grand Canal runs through the west of Tianjin. Although because of the Qing army's invasion and plunder, there were very few boats on the canal. However, the rows of teahouses and post stations on both sides of the canal can still make people feel the prosperity of Tianjin in the past.

This time, these canal ancillary facilities outside the city were saved.

When the Qing army passed through Tianjin, it did not attack the cities of Tianjin, where the army gathered, but directly crossed Tianjin to Qingshankou, which also made Hong Chengchou breathe a sigh of relief. Now the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight with the Qing army, nor did they dare to support the city surrounded by the Qing army. If the Qing army and the Ming army in Tianjin were dead, Hong Chengchou would not be able to guarantee that all the prefectures and counties would not lose all the forts.

If Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia had an army of more than 100,000 people, but still abandoned the city and abandoned the land, the Son of Heaven might be angry and might hold Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia responsible. The Qing army went directly across Tianjin, which was the best result.

However, Li Zhi, a reckless man, volunteered to go to Qingshan Pass to intercept Dorgon's army.

The combat effectiveness of the Ming army scouts was far inferior to that of the Qing army, so they did not dare to rush to the front line to spy on intelligence. A few days ago, the scouts of the Ming army near Qingshankou came to report, saying that there were still many slaves and horsemen near Qingshankou, and it was obvious that the Qing army had not yet left the customs. Hong Chengchou secretly said that the Qing army was against Li Zhi, and I was afraid that Li Zhi's 10,000 soldiers and horses would be more auspicious.

Hong Chengchou was thinking there, but saw a small school running up in a panic.

The little colonel rushed to Hong Chengchou, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Governor! Good news, good news! ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, thought about it for a while, and really couldn't think of where there would be good news at this time, and asked, "Where is the good news?" ”

The little colonel raised his head and said loudly: "The good news of Li Zhi, the chief soldier of Tianjin, captured and killed 11,000 Qing soldiers, a great victory, governor!" ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand, put it down again, and was stunned for a long time without speaking. (To be continued.) )