On the position of the Tiger Division, the soldiers of the Tiger Division roared with joy when they saw the defeated Qing army, and the soldiers of the Tiger Division thundered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The soldiers shouted "Wan Wai! He shouted for a few minutes before stopping.

Xue Sanku, the deputy head of the Xuanfeng Regiment, found Li Zhi and said excitedly: "Division commander, while the Qing army is now in a big rout, our cavalry will rush up and kill for a while, we will definitely be able to win a lot!" ”

Li Zhi looked at the fleeing Qing army in the distance and shook his head.

"Can't chase!"

Xue Sanku sneered and said: "Division commander, the Qing army has all collapsed into a large area!" ”

Li Zhi said lightly: "The soldiers of the Qing army are brave, and now they are fleeing because they are afraid of our artillery. But our numbers are too small, and if the cavalry rushes out to engage the Qing army in close combat, and the Qing army fights back with a little morale, we will not be able to bear it. More than 40,000 people behind the Qing army did not participate in the battle, suffered minor losses, and although they were defeated, they could regain their morale at any time and turn around to engage us. ”

"At present, we are still too weak, and we can only defend but not attack when we encounter the main force of the Qing army. There is more than enough rules, but not enough offense. If you want to eat the main force of the Qing army that has been scattered in one bite, you have to wait until we are stronger. ”

Xue Sanku smiled wryly and said, "Senior Commander Gao Jian! ”

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To the south of Maligou, the defeated Qing army fled all the way to ten miles away, and saw that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses had never chased them out, so they gradually stopped.

There was only one direction in the valley from north to south, and the routs of the Qing army did not run away. There were no other Ming troops nearby who dared to attack the scattered Qing army, and the Qing army suffered no losses on the way out. Dolgon and the Manchu nobles rode their horses to gather the stragglers, and gradually reorganized the remnants of more than 50,000 soldiers.

Dolgon led more than 50,000 remnants of the army to re-encamp five miles away from Li Zhi's fortress, and confronted Li Zhi's soldiers and horses from afar.

On 18 February, the soldiers of the Qing army had been repairing for two days. Seeing that Li Zhi had never attacked, the soldiers of the Qing army gradually calmed down, and their morale recovered slightly. The soldiers are no longer the same as when they first closed a few days ago, and they have also restored military discipline when they are cooking in the camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army of the Qing army, the generals argued again about why they went.

Having just experienced a great defeat, all the nobles of Manmeng were a little discouraged and could not speak in good spirits. But the army was blocked by Li Zhi outside Qingshankou and couldn't get out, and the predicament faced at this time made the nobles have to worry. They sat around Dorgon on either side of the tent, arguing about what to do next.

Yibai said: "The soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu of the Ming Kingdom, Datong, and Shaanxi are all in Tianjin, and the defense in the west is empty. We might as well abandon Qingshankou and go west, find a pass at Xuanda to attack down, go out of the pass to Mongolia, and make a detour back to Shengjing. ”

Abatai shook his head and said: "This strategy is not appropriate, we are not clear about the deployment of troops in the Xuanfu of the Ming Kingdom and Datong, and it is too risky to travel thousands of miles to the past." Not to mention that we don't know which pass can be captured with loose defense, and the chaotic attack is a situation of losing troops and losing generals, let's just say that from here to Xuanfu and Datong have to pass through the capital of the Ming Kingdom, which is a place where the Ming Kingdom is strictly defended. In case Li Zhi and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops chase after us from behind and surround us, we will be finished! ”

Du Du also said: "We can't withdraw the camp like this, if we let the Ming army know that we were defeated by Li Zhi, and now there are only more than 50,000 people left, the Ming army will definitely surround it." With Li Zhi taking the lead, the Ming army may dare to fight a decisive battle with us! ”

Yibai said: "Stay here and confront Li Zhi, what should we do if the Ming army surrounds us and Li Zhi attacks us back and forth?" ”

Du Du said: "We can't enter the Qingshan Pass if we stay here, and Li Zhi's men and horses can't get out of this Mali ditch." The people of the Ming army did not get the news of Li Zhi and did not know that we were defeated, so how could they dare to come up and challenge us? ”

Blocking the entrance to the valley can seal the news of the defeat, and when the nobles heard Du Du's words, they felt that it made some sense.

Haoge gritted his teeth and said: "We can't attack Li Zhi's fortress, but Li Zhi doesn't dare to attack us out of the village." Li Zhi only brought a few months of food at most, and we blocked him in the valley and starved him to death! ”

Hearing Hauge's words, everyone's eyes lit up, and they carefully considered the feasibility of this strategy.

After all, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are too strong, and he takes the initiative to fight, so he can be said to be the number one henchman of the Qing Dynasty today. If Li Zhi can be blocked in the valley and starved to death, it will be a good ending for the Qing army. In fact, the Qing army entered the customs this time and robbed a large amount of grain and livestock, if those looted Nikan were killed, the grain and grass would be enough to support more than 50,000 soldiers and horses to spend a year in Maligou.

As long as Li Zhi is dead, the soldiers and horses of the Qing army will not enter the customs at will to plunder in the future, and many Nikans can be caught.

The nobles were silent for a moment, pondering the feasibility of Hauge's plan.

Dolgonsu was conceited, but because of the defeat the day before yesterday, he was hit hard mentally, and he has been a little disheartened for the past few days, and he has not said a few words for two days together. But when he heard Haoge's words at this time, he still cheered up and said: "This plan doesn't work, there are more and more soldiers and horses of King Qinwang of the Ming Army, and now there are more than 100,000, if you wait until June, I am afraid that there will be more than 200,000." ”

"The weather in Sene is hot, and in June and July there will be a large number of people in our army suffering from heat stroke, and if other Ming troops come to attack us with artillery, our situation will be even worse than it is now."

Hearing Dolgon's analysis, the crowd was disappointed.

Ibai took a breath and said, "I can't attack it, I can't defend it, so what should I do?" ”

All the generals looked at Dolgon.

Dolgon closed his eyes, shook his head, and said, "I can't help it now. ”

When the generals heard this, they were very disappointed and spread out on their chairs one by one.

Dolgon opened his eyes and said, "But when I was in Jinan, I asked the emperor for help, and the emperor was also leading his army towards Qingshankou. When the emperor arrives at Qingshankou, we will definitely have a way to get out. ”

When the nobles heard Dolgon's words, their eyes lit up.

The emperor is coming.

The emperor must have a way.

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On 25 February, Li Zhi sat in the tent of the Chinese army's camp, frowning and silent.

Li Laosi looked at Li Zhi and said, "Boss, the Tartars are camping five miles away, and they have been blocking us for almost ten days, so they don't want to besiege us for a few months, right?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said: "The Tartars can't get out of the plug, and there will only be more and more soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty in Gyeonggi, and the Tartars are also people, and they will also be afraid of the Ming Dynasty's crowd tactics, so they will definitely not be empty here with us." ”

Li Laosi asked, "Why are the Tartars blocking us?" They don't go anywhere else to attack other passes? ”

Zhong Feng shook his head and said, "I think Tartar seems to be waiting for something?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng asked in surprise: "What are you waiting for, will the Tartars still send reinforcements?" ”

Zhong Feng said: "I don't know, I just have a feeling. ”

While the people were discussing there, they saw a lookout running into the big tent in a panic and shouting, "General, the Tartar reinforcements have come out of the green mountain pass!" ”

Li Zhi was stunned, glanced at Zhong Feng, raised the telescope and ran out, and climbed the watchtower in the middle of the fortress.

Li Zhi raised his binoculars on the watchtower, and sure enough, he saw reinforcements from the Qing army.

In the valley to the north, a mighty team was slowly moving towards Li Zhi's side. Li Zhi took a closer look and felt that there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Some of this team wore dragon flags with red edges, and some wore dragon flags with blue backgrounds, probably soldiers and horses with yellow and blue flags in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There are also some soldiers and horses, waving the banner of the Han army and the red flag.

In the middle of the horses, a strong man held a huge golden umbrella, and under the umbrella covered was a fat middle-aged man. Li Zhi took a closer look with a telescope and saw that the middle-aged man had a square face and a high nose, a two-petal mustache on his lips, and he was wearing gorgeous dragon armor. The armor has yellow lines on a black background, and the momentum is extraordinary.

Tattooed dragon armor? The emperor of the Manchus?

Huang Taiji is coming? (To be continued.) )