Time passed, and there were only 5,000 new troops in the simple camp, and with the captured Houjin war horses, the number of war horses reached 7,000.

But that's all there is to it.

Tang Xidong waited, Houjin's trace, Hong Chengchou's pursuit.

But in the continuous waiting, Tang Xidong did not wait for the arrival of both sides.

Tang Xidong began to think about what went wrong.

What Tang Xidong didn't know was that the problem was in him.

On the way northeast of Tangxi, Yue Tuo had already taken fifty remnants of horsemen and rushed day and night to find more than 5,000 gold-inlaid blue flags led by Jierharang and Dege.

When Azig was hit by artillery, Yue Tuo took a hundred horsemen back to the rescue, and Yue Tuo, who was twenty paces away, saw Azig screaming and wailing.

So, he confirmed that Azig was not dead at that time.

And after Zilharang learned that after 5,000 years, the gold-inlaid yellow flag cavalry was completely annihilated under the evil axe mountain.

I was shocked.

It's like hearing a fantasy, it's a joke.

After the Jin and the Ming Dynasty have been fighting for many years, how could there have been such defeats?

But it was impossible for Yue Tuo to lie to himself, because he and himself were both Huang Taiji's people.

Then the matter is serious.

Compared to others, Zilharang thought more.

He is the closest person to Huang Taiji, because he grew up with Huang Taiji under Nurhachi's upbringing.

No one knows better than him what Huang Taiji thinks.

Huang Taiji was very jealous of the three of his mother's compatriots, Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo.

The three of them are compatriots, their hearts are united, and more importantly, the eight flags led by the three of them are the original white flags and positive white flags that Nurhachi personally led back then.

Now among the Eight Banners, the military strength of the three is still the most powerful.

Azig was captured, and more than 5,000 yellow flags were defeated, which was both a good thing and a bad thing for Huang Taiji.

The good thing is that it weakens the three brothers, but the bad thing is that you need to consider the emotions of the other two.

So, it must be saved.

The more jealous you are, the more you have to show generosity.

But how to save the way still needs to be carefully considered.

Zilharan was very sorrowful.

But at this moment, Derge said a word: "Azig has been captured, and Dolgon in Zhangjiakou should be notified immediately at this moment, after all, he is a fellow mother." ”

Then Derge lowered his voice again: "The fifteen thousand Ming troops who came this time are amazingly combative!" ”

Zilharang instantly understood the meaning of Derg's words.

I have to admit in my heart that the strategy and calculation of the Derge class are really second only to Huang Taiji, but fortunately he is also his own person.

When Dolgon learned that his brother had been captured, he would lead his army south, and at that time, it would be the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit.

So Zilharang sent troops to Zhangjiakou to send a message to Dolgon, while quietly waiting for Dolgon to go south.

But on the third day, when the Houjin cavalry, which had been captured by Tang Xidong, returned to the camp.

Zilharang learned again that Azig was beheaded and dismembered by Tang Xidong in Pingyang after he was taken prisoner.

This time, even Zilharang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

This is a provocation, and the person who provoked it would not have imagined that it would be a Tang thief in Pingyang, Daming.

Zilharang can even imagine that when Dolgon led his army south, he would be undying in the face of the Tang thieves in Pingyang.

And Zilharang also knew that this time the calculation of taking advantage of the fisherman had failed, because this was no longer the hatred of Dolgon alone, it was the hatred of the entire Houjin Nuzhen.

On the other side, Hong Chengchou fell into a contradiction.

When the flying army felt that Hong Chengchou of the Evil Axe Mountain learned that Tang Xidong led the army north.

It is conceivable that he was angry at that time, regardless of the dissuasion of his generals, he directly overstepped his authority to take down the Cao family's father and son, imprisoned him in the army, and at the same time incorporated the surviving 10,000 Shanxi Ming troops into the army.

Then, Hong Chengchou faced Tang Xidong, who was heading north, and was in a dilemma.

Do you want to go north, or just set up a defensive line here and wait.

Going north, in case you encounter the Houjin cavalry, how is it good?

Set up a defense line here, in case the Tang thief is directly annihilated by the Houjin, wouldn't it still be impossible to get the credit, and the Houjin annihilation of the Tang thief will inevitably have to go south, and then he will have to lead the army to dodge.

After thinking about it for a long time, Hong Chengchou decided to wait for the 30,000 trilateral Ming troops to arrive, and then he had 100,000 soldiers in his hands, so he would have enough confidence to go north, even if he encountered Houjin, he would not put himself in danger if he couldn't beat it.

So Hong Chengchou began to camp at Evil Axe Mountain, waiting for the 30,000 border troops led by Zhang Zongheng, the governor of the three sides of Fenzhou, to go north.

So Tang Xidong, who was waiting for both sides to come, could only wait silently outside Taiyuan City for unknown reasons.

The three parties make their own calculations.

Although Tang Xidong didn't know why no one had come at the expected time, he was very sure of one thing, that is, no matter what the reason, Houjin and Hong Chengchou would definitely come.

Because he used his body as bait.

Both Houjin and Hong Chengchou have reasons why they must kill him, so that's enough.

A day passed, and Tang Xidong estimated that Zhang Liangzi must have arrived at the designated place.

On the third day after arriving outside Taiyuan City, Tang Xidong finally received information from the scouts.

Dolgon led an army of 10,000 to the south to join the 5,000 Houjin cavalry stationed in Dingxiang, all the way south.

At the same time, after converging the 30,000 border troops led by Zhang Zongheng, Hong Chengchou began to come towards Taiyuan City, because he was afraid of encountering the Houjin cavalry, he slowed down all the way, so the marching speed was not fast.

But even so, Tang Xidong still considered that Hong Chengchou came too quickly.

What Tang Xidong needs is a sudden encounter between the two sides, not one after the other.

So Tang Xidong began to think about how to make Hong Chengchou and Houjin fall into the pit at the same time.

In the evening, Tang Xidong, who had received the scout information again, finally began to act, and Hong Chengchou could be killed early tomorrow morning at the latest, but more than 10,000 Houjin cavalry led by Dolgon had just passed Xinzhou.

Because Hong Chengchou was cautious and unwilling to march at night, Tang Xidong expected that the time for the two sides to arrive here would be about the same, but there would still be a time difference.

"I ordered a thousand men to stay, and the rest of the soldiers all went with me." Tang Xidong issued a military order for the cavalry to attack.

He was going to lure Dolgon himself to come, at the moment when Hong Chengchou arrived.

Suddenly, the cavalry mounted their horses, prepared forage, and galloped to Yangqu in the starry night.

He had to wait on the way to Dolgon, and then he had to rest and chase him back to the camp, which must be controlled until Hong Chengchou led the army to arrive.

Leaving 1,000 men to guard the empty camp, make a posture of strictly guarding the camp, and light a fire day and night.

After that, Tang Xidong took the cavalry brigade all the way north.

Starry night rushed to Yangqu.

At that time, Tang Xidong led his army to Yangqu and got stuck on the mound of the official road.

By this time the scouts had reported that Dorgon was thirty miles away.

He ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, feed the war horses, and then hastily ate dry food, and at the same time lay mines and set up triphorse ropes, just to stop the Houjin cavalry for a moment.

In the distance, torches were revealed, and the galloping sound of war horses trembled.

Tonight is a rare good day without rain, and the sky is starry.

The Houjin cavalry was less than ten miles away.

Tang Xidong ordered the whole army to transfer and load ammunition.

Then he ran diagonally down the hill and got stuck on the official road.

Light the torches and meet the enemy with great fanfare.