Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Decisive Battle of the New City

The next morning, the Qing army began to pull out the camp, at this time, the generals at the head of the capital city first couldn't believe it, and then saw that the Qing army really retreated, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked people to report to Yang Su.

Although it was just defending the city yesterday, it was able to defeat the Qing army so quickly, which was already a great victory in the eyes of the Ming army. The people of the whole capital began to cheer and celebrate the repulsion of the Qing army's attack!

Only after Yang Su learned the news, he felt quite regretful in his heart, and sighed that the Qing army general Azigeyanguli was too decisive, if he was an ordinary person and led the army to attack the enemy's capital, he would not give up easily.

However, of course, Yang Su would not hurt the interest of his people, and hurriedly ordered the food supply in the capital to be released, no longer controlling the food eaten by the people every day, and ordered the military department to reward the three armies with the Jinyi Guard, and pay the land in public.

On the other side, Azig and Yanguli led the Qing soldiers straight to Xiong'an, and at this time, Lu Xiangsheng, Qin Liangyu, and Gao Qiqian had also come to Xiong'an New City according to Yang Su's orders.

At this moment, outside Xiong'an New City, inside the tent of the large military camp.

"Two of you, please see, the city wall of the new city of Xiong'an has not yet been built, and there is no danger to defend at all! Besides, there are still hundreds of thousands of craftsmen near the new city, plus nearly a million people, I intend to avoid the edge of the Qing army, first protect and transfer the people, and then fight a decisive battle with the Qing army! I wonder what the two of you think? Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the map and looked at Qin Liangyu and Gao Qiqian and asked.

The migration of more than a million people is not a trivial matter, it will definitely not be completed in a short period of time, and there are so many kinds of equipment in the new city that they cannot be discarded at all. The most important thing is that the new city designed by Yang Su is huge, and the city wall has not been repaired at all, Yang Su thought that the Qing army would only enter the customs next year, and he never thought that the internal changes in the Ming Dynasty would cause such a big change.

"Our army has 20,000 Tianxiong troops under the command of Governor Lu, 20,000 white pole soldiers in our department, 20,000 forbidden troops under the command of Gao Gonggong, plus 10,000 forbidden troops stationed near Xiong'an New City, a total of 70,000 soldiers and horses, which is slightly inferior to the Qing soldiers in terms of strength, but it is not invincible, and Xincheng is related to the emperor's great cause and cannot be abandoned!" Qin Liangyu hesitated.

"What does Grandpa Gao mean?" Lu Xiangsheng looked at Gao Qiqian.

"Our family is the same as Qin Shaobao, if we give up the new city directly, won't the emperor's hard work be ruined?" After Yang Su's carrot and stick training, Gao Qiqian has put away his careful thoughts, at least when facing Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng, he has an absolutely correct attitude.

"The Qing army is not terrible, it's just that we are fighting with the Qing army in the field, and I'm afraid we won't be able to protect the people of Xincheng!"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought, of course it is the best policy to lose land and save people, but Xincheng is the emperor's painstaking place, the emperor smashed tens of millions of taels in Xincheng, and they have heavy troops at the moment, if they directly abandon it and leave it to the Qing soldiers, they are afraid that they will be impeached by the courtiers in the future.

At this moment, the soldiers outside the tent suddenly opened the curtain again, and clenched their fists to Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Governor Qiqi, Angel Yang Gong has arrived, and he has arrived outside the camp at this moment!" ”

"It's actually Yang Gong! Quick, take me out to meet Yang Gong! Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, and sighed to Qin Liangyu and Gao Qiqian: "The emperor really knows about my difficulties!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng, Qin Liangyu, and Gao Qiqian came out of the big tent, and they were not allowed to ride horses in the camp, so they naturally would not take the lead in violating military regulations, and hurriedly walked towards the gate of the camp to greet Yang Su.

Lu Xiangsheng saw Yang Su dressed in black clothes from a long distance, with a surprised smile on his face, strode out of the camp, and bowed to Yang Su: "Lu is tired of Yang Gong for a long time, please forgive Yang Gong!" ”

"Governor Lu is polite, the army has military regulations, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the camp without reason, as it should be. In the past, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty couldn't enter the Zhou Yafu military camp by the Son of Heaven, let alone my angels? Yang Su exclaimed.

After greeting Qin Liangyu and Gao Qiqian, Yang Su followed into the camp.

As soon as Yang Su entered the big tent, Lu Xiangsheng first personally poured tea and water for Yang Su, and then couldn't wait to ask Yang Su: "Does Yang Gong come here this time because of the will of the Son of Heaven?" ”

"The emperor's message!" Yang Su paused.

Lu Xiangsheng and the three of them hurriedly knelt down.

"Xiong'an New City must not be abandoned, the Qing army entered the customs to rob my Ming people, if the loss is too great, they will definitely take the initiative to retreat, the three Aiqing should work together, we must repel the Qing army, in order to protect Xiong'an!" After Yang Su finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng again and asked, "Is Governor Lu confident?" ”

"Minister Lu Xiangsheng is the commander and swears to retire from the Qing army!" Lu Xiang raised his voice to lead the order.

"Three of you, please!" Yang Suxuan helped him and smiled at the three of them.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others stood up, pointed to the map on the table and asked Yang Su for instructions: "Yang Gong, please see, there are only two sides of the city wall of the new city, I intend to build another battalion in the new city and send a small number of troops to guard it, in case the Qing army crosses our army and attacks the new city." And our army is preparing for a decisive battle with the Qing army thirty miles away from the new city. ”

Yang Su nodded when he heard this, and then preached to Lu Xiangsheng: "I am a layman when it comes to military affairs, so I don't need you. How to fight this battle, you are directly in charge, and you don't have to think about me. ”

"Yang Gong is polite, last time he was able to kill the old and come back, and take Luo Rucai lightly, it all depends on Yang Gong's strategy to build this miraculous feat!" Lu Xiangsheng was polite on his lips, but he was relieved in his heart. There are no two commanders in the army, and there will be no two masters. If Yang Su wants to command the army as an angel, Lu Xiangsheng is helpless, so it is the best.

It's not that Lu Xiangsheng likes to fight for power and profit, but in the face of the Qing soldiers, he is not as good as the previous rogue, he is under great pressure, if he is commanded by Yang Su again, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers, but they are afraid that they will lose one point first.

The Qing soldiers entered the customs this time, all of them were one person and two horses, and they acted very fast, that is, they continued to divide their troops and plunder the people of all directions along the way, and they also rushed to the outside of Xiong'an City on the third day.

At this moment, looking at the Ming army's large array not far away, Azig and Yanguli were not surprised, they were not afraid that the Ming army would go out of the city to fight, they were afraid that the Ming army would shrink into the city and hold on to it with the sharp weapons of the city.

"Duke, you see that the Ming army in front of the formation is really the white pole soldier led by Qin Liangyu!" Azig Tsema looked up at the banner in the Ming army's formation, and said to Yanguli quite fearfully.

Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers were listed in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, in the battle of the Hunhe River, Qin Liangyu's 4,000 white pole soldiers plus the last 3,000 Qijia army, 7,000 infantry troops faced tens of thousands of gold soldiers led by Nurhachi, and fought for ten days, except for a few soldiers who were spared to kill back to Liaoyang, the rest of the more than 100 generals were all martyred. Killed more than 4,000 people in the Eight Banners, severely damaged Nurhachi's descendants of the Yellow Banner and the White Flag, and finally because the Liaodong soldiers betrayed their teammates, Nurhachi was able to achieve a crushing victory.

This can be said to be the battle in which the Ming Dynasty inflicted the greatest loss on the Qing Dynasty! Azig is not afraid.