Three days later, the Qing soldiers had finished harvesting all the wheat in the area they controlled. The recovered wheat was transported to Uiju City, and then the husking and drying were carried out in Uiju City. The crops outside the city of Yiju were also ripe, and they happened to be carried out together, and the grain for most of the Qing soldiers for half a year was solved.

When the food is secured, there is only grass left for the war horses. So Dorgon ordered the camp to be demolished, and he retreated thirty miles to the rear to graze his horses. However, the encirclement of Jinzhou City has not been lifted, but it has only been slightly relaxed. He also sent troops south, constantly going to detectives to raid and harass the cities of Song, Xing and other cities in the south, so that the Ming army could not contact the north and south, and was ready to starve Zu Dashou and others in the city.

In the new camp, Hauge and Dudu whispered in the darkness of the night.

"Big brother, what do you think?" Hauge asked softly. Dudu is the eldest son of Nurhachi's eldest son, Zhuying, so he is the same generation as Hauge. Hauge was still able to say a few words to this eldest brother, although his father, the Qing Emperor, did not like Du Du. Haug was reluctant to associate with Dorgon and Dordor, both of whom were younger than him, but he had to respectfully call them uncles.

Du Du lay on the recliner and said lazily, "What can I think?" These big things are decided by you princes, and I'm just a little Baylor. Later, I should go home for the summer, which is much better than staying here. ”

Hauge smiled: "Don't you want to make a merit and mention the title?" ”

"Does it work?" Du Du said lukewarmly: "My credit is still less? Didn't you Ama even give me the title of the king of the county? ”

"That was before, maybe this time if you make a meritorious service, there will be a reward." Hauge whispered.

Du Du didn't speak, half-squinting his eyes and pretending to sleep.

Hauge continued: "At least he won't be guilty. ”

"Huh?" Du Du finally had a reaction. He's just a Baylor now, which is shameful enough, and if he is demoted again, he won't have a face.

"How about we take someone to the south to fight?" Hauge continued to bewitch.

Du Du frowned and said, "This Dolgonding, right?" ”

"Let's go to him, let's two come forward, he shouldn't object." Hauge said.

Du Du thought for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's go find him." "Actually, he also wants to upgrade his title as soon as possible, at least he has the title of a county king.

Hauge bounced up from his chair and said happily, "Let's go, go now." ”

The two went to Dolgon's tent together, and Hauge suggested to Dolgon: "Uncle Huang, we should send people to attack Song and Xing, so that the Ming army can't contact Jinzhou." ”

Dolgon shook his fan and said dissatisfiedly, "Didn't I arrange it?!" ”

Haoge said: "There are too few people arranged by the emperor, and now there are four general soldiers of the Ming Kingdom stationed in Xingshan, two in Songshan, at least thirty or forty thousand people." We have to send soldiers over and beat them up, so that they can stay in Song and Xing with peace of mind, and don't come to find hemp for us. Otherwise, we are far away, and if the Ming army from the south breaks in, it will be difficult for us to clean up. ”

Dorgon smiled, "Well, yes, it's growing. Then go and bring your own men. ”

Du Du finally spoke: "Then where is enough?" Songshan and Xingshan are all elite soldiers of the Ming Kingdom. We went to defeat them, not to bring shame on ourselves. At least half of the troops, and artillery. ”

Dolgon said resolutely: "I can let you bring 20,000 horses, but the artillery can't!" Artillery can still be used in a wilderness like Jinzhou, and it is difficult to gallop with soldiers and horses. You went for a quick battle, not a storm, and it was useless to ask for artillery! ”

Hauge immediately answered: "Okay, just 20,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Two days later, Hauge and Dudu set out from the camp with 20,000 soldiers and horses with low morale, bypassing Matsuyama Castle to the south and approaching Xingshan Castle further south.

The Ming army's sentinels in this area were quite powerful, and the Qing army's 20,000 troops were not easy to conceal their whereabouts, so that the scouts of the Ming army discovered the movements of the Qing army as soon as possible, and bought some time for the Ming army in Xingshan City.

As soon as the morning dawned, rumbling drums sounded in Xingshan Castle, and after the soldiers had come out of the barracks and assembled, the generals also came. The firehead army handed out the cakes that had been prepared long ago to the soldiers, and the soldiers gathered outside the city while chewing the cakes, preparing to meet the invading Qing soldiers.

The chief military officers of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Liu Zhaoji, and Cao Bianjiao, each lined up with their subordinates and lined up outside Xingshan City to meet the enemy. And the artillery on the head of Xingshan City is also ready, ready to strike at the invading Qing army at any time.

Wu Sangui rode on a horse, looked at the various flags and armor that slowly appeared from a distance, waited for nearly half an hour, and finally waited for the Qing army that was coming.

He instructed his generals: "When you engage in battle for a while, cheer me up!" Listen to me! The Chinese army there, don't care! ”

"The last general commands!" The generals clenched their fists in agreement.

The main reason is that he and Liu Zhaoji lost their troops in May and were just punished by the imperial court, and both of them were "demoted and guilty of merit". And Cao Bianjiao belongs to the guest army, so the commander this time is the Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke. And Ma Ke, Wu Sangui is still a little distrustful. In fact, he didn't trust anyone outside the Liaodong generals, these transferred generals were fighting against the Mongols and thieves, and had little combat experience with the Qing soldiers, so his performance on the Liaodong battlefield was not very good, and he didn't dare to trust it.

The Qing army had come to a distance of more than a mile from them, but there were many Qing soldiers, and they were still slowly stopping their advance, changing from a marching state to a battle formation. But Marco didn't have any orders, and he was still waiting.

Wu Sangui didn't want to wait, he drew his war knife and ordered loudly: "Beat the drums, march into the army!" Cavalry, charge me! ”

The war drums of "dong" and "dong" sounded, and the foot soldiers began to march forward to the beat of the drums, and Wu Sangui rushed out first with more than 1,000 cavalry. He wants to disrupt the position of the Qing soldiers, and he can't let the Qing soldiers line up to attack. He knew at a glance that there were more than 10,000 Qing soldiers, and if they set up a position to fight, even if they had the support of artillery fire from the city, they would not be able to take advantage of it.

And he is still gambling, he thinks that at least Liu Zhaoji will impact with him. Both of them were convicted, and if they could win a victory, they would be reinstated. In the face of the gong and the drum, Liu Zhaoji must have known that it was impossible to achieve a big victory, but in a surprise attack, the probability of a big victory is much greater.

There is also Cao Bianjiao, who is still a bit talented and bloody, as long as he and Liu Zhaoji rush up, Cao Bianjiao should also go up to help in the battle. In this way, they have at least 3,000 cavalry to participate in the raid, and it should be no problem for the Qing soldiers to mess up. As for Ma Ke, Wu Sangui didn't think about it, as long as he didn't hold them back.