723 Dolgon's tricks

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"General, it's really embarrassing for us to leave like this."

On the official road to the south of Yanmen Pass, Qi Wei's army was marching, and a guard followed Qi Wei's side and said a little angrily.

"What's aggrieved?"

Qi Wei didn't look angry at all, and asked the head of the guard with a smile.

"These generals in Yanmen Pass are simply a group of white-eyed wolves, if it weren't for us, they would have been killed by the Tartars a long time ago.

It's good now, it's too greedy to tear down the bridge when we cross the river, and to spy on our equipment. ”

The chief of the guard on the side was obviously very dissatisfied with the Ming army's behavior, and said indignantly.

"That's right, general, the lowly people can't stand it, I really want to teach this group of greedy Ming soldiers a hard lesson."

There was also a White Dragon Army general who was approaching immediately, and he echoed.

"That's right, and when the general left, he left them so many iron-shelled mines, which is really a waste."

Many of the generals of the White Dragon Army on horseback around spoke one after another at this time, and it was obvious that they were angry at the Ming army's behavior of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

"Haha, okay, don't complain.

It's just a few iron-shelled mines, our White Dragon Army will lack these things, it will be completely for the sake of Lu Dashuai's face, so he left those iron-shelled mines for them.

No matter what the other generals are, Ben Jiang still really admires Lord Lu.

Besides, this is also an order from our lord.

The lord doesn't want to see the Tartars cross the Yanmen Pass and spoil Shanxi too much, after all, this place will be ours in the future.

If we let the Tartars break in, plunder too many people, and rob too much money and food, it will be equivalent to our future losses! ”

At this time, Qi Wei smiled and joked to the generals.

"Haha, the general said it well."

The generals were also amused by Qi Wei's words, and at the same time, Qi Wei's words were indeed what these White Dragon Army generals wanted to see.

"General, where are we going now?"

"Yanmen Pass should be worry-free, this time the battle in Shanxi is smoother than the general and the lord thought beforehand.

As long as the Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass are not broken, the Tartars will not be able to go south to Taiyuan Mansion, so let them wander around Yanbei and Shuozhou for a while.

It is estimated that the helpless Tartars should withdraw from the army.

However, we are not in a hurry to leave Shanxi for the time being, and we will decide to retreat to the area of Wutai Mountain to rest and recuperate, and send someone to tell the lord about the situation on our side.

When the time comes, whether we continue to stay in Shanxi, or leave Shanxi and go to Shandong, we will have to listen to the arrangement of the lord. ”

Immediately, Qi Wei led the army to camp in the area of Wutai Mountain on the 7th to rest.

And in the past few days when Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Wei fought at Yanmen Pass, the battle on Li Zixiao's side in Shandong Province also changed suddenly.

Li Zixiao originally tried to build a defense line in Jinan through the strong wall and clear the field, like a chain, locking the east and west of the mountain and the north entrance.

If the Qing soldiers want to enter the hinterland of Shandong, they must gnaw on the defense line arranged by Li Zixiao in Jinan.

At that time, Li Zixiao can rely on the musketeers in his hands and rely on the defense line of the town here to slowly resist the strength of the Qing soldiers.

After a month or two of delay, the Qing troops will be exhausted and their strength will be reduced, and then they will enter the counteroffensive period.

Li Zixiao wanted to fight a defensive counterattack, and after Dolgon passed Li Zixiao's arrangement, he quickly understood this.

As a result, Dolgon's army rubbed in the Linyi area, but refused to continue eastward and reached Jinan.

At the same time, the men and horses of Jierharang in the north, and Shanghe, were blocked by Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong.

The Ming army in Liu Zeqing's hands, although the combat strength is weak, but fortunately, there are many people, and there are less than 20,000 Qing soldiers here in Jierharang, and they were finally blocked.

And on October 4, Li Zixiao suddenly received bad news sent back by Han Tong in Jinan.

"What, more than 10,000 Qing cavalry led by Duoduo have appeared in Liaocheng, and Liaocheng has been broken!"

After Li Zixiao received this piece of information sent back by Han Tong, he stood up on the spot and shouted loudly.

"Report, the Qing army in Linyi suddenly pulled out of camp this morning and is rapidly moving south."

"Report, the Qing soldiers of Dongchang Mansion, after conquering Liaocheng, captured a large number of people, and now they have entered Yanzhou Mansion and broken through Dong'e."

"Report ......"

In the following day, Li Zixiao did not receive a single good news in Jinan, and the Qing army did not move, and it was like thunder.

"Damn, he was deceived by Dolgon, he deliberately made a big move in Linyi, just to cover Duoduo's southward journey to Dongchang Mansion.

What a Dolgon, you are really arrogant enough, you really dare to continue to go south and go deeper, and even bypass the direction of Benjue's side and enter Yanzhou.

Don't you really take Benjue in your eyes, and don't worry that Benjue will cut you off! ”

Li Zixiao stood in front of a map of Shandong, looking at the red arrows on it, all of them clearing the route of the army's march south.

Through the arrows on the map, it can be clearly seen that the Qing army led by Dolgon passed by Jinan and did not attack, but continued to move south on the west side of Jinan, first entering Dongchang Mansion and then Yanzhou Mansion.

In this way, as long as Li Zixiao leads the army westward, he can directly cut off the back road of the Qing army and trap the Qing army in Yanzhou.

At this moment, Li Zixiao hesitated in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what the hell Dolgon was going to do.

But one thing is clear now, that is, the 10,000 Qing soldiers led by Duoduo avoided the scouts of the White Dragon Army, took a long detour, and then launched a surprise attack, broke Liaocheng, and entered Yanzhou.

It was precisely because the Tatar cavalry raided so fast that on October 5, when Li Zixiao was ready to personally lead the 'Flying Dragon Battalion' south to Yanzhou.

He got the news again, that is, the 10,000 Tartar cavalry led by Duoduo conquered several cities such as Yanggu and Shawan, and swept the entire northwest corner of Yanzhou, plundering the people and countless livestock.

"Damn, Dolgon, this dog, is really cunning to play sports warfare with Benjure."

Li Zixiao received this information, said with a gloomy face, and roughly guessed Dorgon's thoughts, forcing him to change his tactical play.

Immediately, Li Zixiao personally led Zhao Zilong's Feilong battalion south, and he couldn't sit back and watch the Qing soldiers really enter Yanzhou.

At the same time, Li Zixiao could not continue to defend the defense line here in Jinan, and he withdrew 10,000 White Dragon soldiers and horses from Jiyang and Yantou Town.

Let Li Tianba lead the direct westward march, and also enter the northern part of Dongchang Mansion, recapture Gaotang Prefecture, Linqing Prefecture, and then stay here, directly blocking the road to the north of the Tartars.

If the Tartars want to retreat north, they must go to the three official roads of Cheongju, Gaotang and Dezhou, otherwise their cavalry will not be able to take the wild path.

Just those people, money, grain, livestock and other materials looted by the Qing soldiers, if the Qing soldiers want to transport them back to the outside of the pass, they must take these relatively flat roads.

"Dolgon, since you have changed your moves, then Benjue has to adapt to the situation, since you dare to go south, Benjue dares to cut off your retreat.

Benjue wants to see what you are going to do next, Benjue doesn't believe that you can take those looted people, money and food, and fly back to the border. ”

Li Zixiao led the cavalry of the Flying Dragon Battalion, and after leaving Jinan, he handed over the defense of Jinan to Zhao Zilong, who had not recovered from his injuries.

"Drive, drive!"

More than 3,000 cavalry of the Feilong Battalion led by Li Zixiao galloped on the official road from Jinan to Yanzhou.

Li Zixiao led the Wyvern Battalion to the 10,000 Tartar cavalry of Duoduo, and Li Zixiao did not expect to rely on the Wyvern Battalion alone to defeat Duoduo.

But Li Zixiao couldn't let Duoduo continue to attack the city in Yanzhou Mansion, and at the same time, Shi Kefa, the newly appointed governor of Yanzhou, also urgently organized the Ming army in Yanzhou to prepare to defend Yanzhou City.

The 25,000 troops of Dolgon, who went south from Linyi, also acted quickly, and after entering Dongchang Mansion, they passed through Gaotang Prefecture, passed Boping, and killed Pingyin.

At this time, Dolgon and Duoduo looted a large number of fleeing people and money and food in Dongchang Mansion and the counties in the northwest of Yanzhou.

Most of these people are the people of Dongchang Mansion, including those from Gaotang Prefecture, Liaocheng, Guantao, Guanxian and so on.

They all heard the announcement of the government and knew that the Tartars were about to be killed, so they dragged their families and prepared to flee to Yanzhou for refuge.

As a result, they were only halfway through when more than 10,000 Qing cavalry led by Duoduo caught up.

This time it really saved Duoduo a lot of effort, and he plundered 100,000 people in Liaocheng, Yanggu, and Pingyin alone.

Originally, it was impossible for so many people to have in these places, who let the people who fled from Dongchang Mansion temporarily rest outside these counties.

Suddenly it was cheaper, and let him stew it directly.

"Lord Wang, the people of the Ming Court we have captured have exceeded 120,000 people, more than 50 carts full of money and grain, and countless livestock, and the soldiers are very happy."

On the evening of October 5, Duoduo's army did not continue southward for the time being, and after breaking through the county town of Shouzhang, he temporarily led his army to be stationed here.

On the one hand, it was because in the past two days, Duoduo's troops had captured too many people and plundered too much money and grain, which directly affected the march of their army.

On the other hand, the effect of Duoduo's surprise attack has been lost, and now the Ming army in Dongpingzhou, Yanzhou and other cities further east knows the arrival of their Qing army.

The Ming army was prepared, closed the city gates, and defended the city, so that Duoduo was no longer easy to capture, after all, Duoduo had cavalry in his hands.

It was for these two reasons that Duoduo simply stopped at Shouzhang Castle and waited to join the army led by Dolgon, who had caught up behind.

"From the capture of those Ming court people, find a group of cooks to come out, from the plundered livestock, slaughter a group of pigs and sheep, and treat the soldiers well tonight.

But remember, the cattle must be left behind, especially the cows and calves, and no one is allowed to kill them, otherwise military law will be involved. ”

Duoduo was ready to reward his Qing soldiers, after all, they had been running for several days in a row, and these Qing cavalry were also very tired and needed to relax.

"Ahhh

"Hahaha!"

Immediately, Shouzhang City on this night became a carnival place for the Qing army.

There is no doubt that the Qing soldiers in the excitement have made the people who were captured miserable, especially the young and beautiful women, who have become playthings.

Even, some murderous Tartars, in excitement, began to wantonly slaughter the people for pleasure, they are like a group of beasts, beasts, inhumane, wanton killing has become a habit.

This is not easy to do, even if it is strictly forbidden by Duoduo beforehand.

In the end, if it wasn't for Duoduo personally intervening and killing a few Mongol soldiers, he was able to deter those Qing soldiers and ease the traitors and killings in the city.

On October 6, Li Zixiao led the Flying Dragon Battalion into the boundary of Yanzhou and joined Han Tong, who was already waiting there.

With Han Tong leading more than 2,000 cavalry from the scout battalion, after completing the convergence with Li Zixiao, the number of cavalry in Li Zixiao's hands reached nearly 5,000.

"Well, there are still too few cavalry, and Dorgon is ready to give full play to the advantages of their cavalry and fight a sports war with Benjue.

In this way, Benjue only has less than 5,000 cavalry in his hands, which is really not enough!

When will Ben be able to pull up more cavalry!

Benjue now has musketeers in his hands, and the Tartars are not worried about attacking the city, but he lacks the means to take the initiative to attack.

If you want to take the initiative to attack the Tartar cavalry in the field, it is better to use cavalry.

The appearance of musketeers, although to a certain extent, shook the invincible status of cavalry cold weapons.

But cavalry is still an irreplaceable and important class of troops at this time!

Only by raising a large, elite cavalry team can Benjue be able to defend and fight in the war with the Tartars, and start fighting anytime and anywhere! ”

Li Zixiao looked at the cavalry team in his hand, which was less than 5,000 at this time, and said with emotion.

At this time, Li Zixiao controlled the musketeers in his hands, and he could defend it by relying on the city, but he lacked mobility flexibility.

Just like this time, Dolgon boldly ignored Li Zixiao's defensive line in Jinan, and chose to venture south to Yanzhou.

Let's not talk about it, how should Dolgon break it later, Li Zixiao's blockade on his way back to the north, just talking about the current situation in Yanzhou, made Li Zixiao passive first.

Li Zixiao calculated in his heart that if he wanted to win the war with the Tartars, in addition to continuing to vigorously develop musketeers, he would need at least 50,000 elite cavalry.

And now, the entire White Dragon Army under Li Zixiao has a total of three main cavalry battalions, 'Flying Feather', 'Flying Eagle' and 'Flying Dragon'.

As for the scout battalion under Han Tong, the positioning given to them by Li Zixiao is not the main battle cavalry battalion of the White Dragon Army.

After all, two-thirds of the scouts in the scout battalion were responsible for investigating intelligence, and only a large team led by Han Tong himself had been trained in large-scale cavalry team battles.

The three main cavalry battalions under Li Zixiao were all added up at this time, and they were only able to break through 10,000 people.

It is still a full 40,000 horses short of the ideal number of 50,000 people in Li Zixiao's mind.

"Han Tong, where is the Tartar now?" Li Zixiao looked at Han Tong and asked.

"Back to the lord, now more than 10,000 Qing cavalry under Duoduo are stationed in Shouzhang City, it seems that they are waiting for the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon to converge.

As for the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon, it is still in Pingyin and has not left for the time being. ”

Han Tong reported.

"Duoduo is in Shouzhang, and Dolgon is in Pingyin, the distance between these two places is only more than 150 miles in total, and the cavalry can reach it in one day."

Li Zixiao looked at the map in his hand at this time, frowned, and said.

(End of chapter)