The three-day deadline has arrived, Dolgon ordered Yue Tuo to launch an attack from the front, leading his troops to carry out the final blow to Lu Xiangsheng, and he himself led his troops to hold the northeast line, blocking Chen Xinjia from leading troops to help, cutting off Lu Xiangsheng's retreat, preventing Lu Xiangsheng from escaping, this time, Dolgon made up his mind to eliminate Lu Xiangsheng, he did not want to leave a strong potential opponent for himself.

In fact, Yue Tuo was already impatient, thinking that Dolgon gave Lu Xiangsheng three days to surrender and think about the time was purely meaningless, he didn't want the army to stagnate in Julu, but to seize the time to plunder, but he had just come out of the confinement room, and Dolgon was still a prince, so he didn't dare to disobey, after receiving the order to attack, he couldn't wait, he made up his mind to eliminate Lu Xiangsheng within half a day, he was about to pull out his waist knife, and was about to launch a general attack order, just at this time, there was a report from Tanma, and from the direction of Pingxiang, there was a large Ming army coming towards Julu, Obviously, he came to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, and it is estimated that he will be able to reach the Julu Plain in half a day.

Yue Tuo heard this, overjoyed, since this entry, except for the previous battle with Lu Xiangsheng was a little difficult, almost no opponents, these people also came to the Julu Plain, in this place, the Qing army iron cavalry just gave full play to its strong and flexible advantages, the Ming army has been firmly blocked by Dolgon on the northern front, in the southern front, there is no main force of the Ming army. Wherever the Qing army's iron cavalry went, they were invincible, and they were not afraid of death, so they took the initiative to send them forward.

Thinking of this, Yue Tuo asked curiously, "Whose soldiers and horses are they?" Dare to take the initiative to face the battle? ”

Tanma replied: "The red flag of the blue sky and white cloud Taiji diagram should be Yuxiang's new guard." ”

Yue Tuo heard this, overjoyed, this expedition, is to eliminate Yuxiang, because the new guard army in the Central Plains, this time the Qing army is afraid of the lone army to go deep, originally did not plan to hit Henan, that is to say, this expedition, the purpose of the purpose of the attack is to knock the mountain and shock the tiger, by the way to loot some property, I did not expect the new guard to take the initiative to come to the battle, with Yu Xiang's character, it is estimated that he will personally lead the army to the battle.

Thinking of this, a plan was formed in Yue Tuo's heart, and he ordered Tanma: "Probe again, confirm whether Yuxiang personally leads the troops." ”

The probe horse was ordered to go.

Yue Tuo decided to put the general offensive on hold for the time being, and he gathered his generals to discuss how to deal with the new guards.

Yue Tuo said: "Yuxiang Xiao'er doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he actually dares to send troops to fight my Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry as an enemy, and this time he will definitely let him have no return." ”

Julu is the terrain of the plains, very suitable for cavalry combat, this is also the reason why the original selection was in Julu to encircle and annihilate Lu Xiangsheng, the Qing cavalry, known for its bravery, flexibility and mobility, in recent years, expeditions everywhere, few opponents, in Julu, the Qing soldiers took advantage of the geographical advantage. Therefore, Yue Tuo was full of confidence and vowed to wipe out the new guards who came to the rescue, and if Yu Xiang dared to personally command in front of the battle and capture or kill them alive, it would be a miracle. Huang Taiji will definitely be very happy, not only can he be exempted from his previous crimes, but he may also be added to the ranks.

After consulting with his subordinates, he decided to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and raised the siege of Lu Xiang without annihilating him, focusing on the annihilation of the new guards who rushed to help.

After the battle plan was formulated, he quickly reported to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji also received the news of the new guard's reinforcements, he also came up with a strategy to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and was about to issue an order, but he didn't expect Yue Tuo's idea to coincide with him, Dolgon was overjoyed, and immediately agreed to Yue Tuo's battle plan, but Huang Taiji was experienced and serious after all, and he repeatedly told Yue Tuo not to underestimate the enemy's advance, and not to be sloppy with the new guards.

Yue Tuo got Huang Taiji's instructions, his face showed excitement, and he thought to himself: Huang Taiji raised Lu Xiangsheng to catch a big fish, and now he still cares about the front and back, do you still want to surrender Yu Xiang, this time you can't give Huang Taiji a chance, you must kill with one blow, and then make miraculous achievements, Huang Taiji put aside his advice and ignored it!

He immediately summoned his subordinates to deploy a combat strategy. He ordered the firearms battalion of the Han Army's Red Banner Kong Youde to use the tiger squat cannon to block the New Guards who came to help, and then used the Mongol cavalry to cover the kill, planning to defeat the New Guards in one fell swoop.

Because Yu Xiang was rumored to be a god, this was a relatively conservative combat method adopted by Yue Tuo, if he followed his usual style, he would not use artillery at all, and would directly use cavalry to solve the battle.

Just after arranging the battle plan, the Ming army surrendered to the former Xinhe County garrison Zhang Tairi and asked to see him.

Yue Tuo frowned, he was disgusted from the bottom of his heart for these generals who were afraid of death, but at the moment of the big war, he still said patiently: "Let him in." ”

Zhang Tairi knelt down in the tent and shouted: "The slave knocks to see the commander!" ”

Yue Tuo said: "Zhang Tairi, what is the important thing you want to see Ben Shuai?" ”

Zhang Tairi said: "This Yu Xiang is not an ordinary person, in Daming, as long as this person is mentioned, no one does not give a thumbs up." ”

When Yue Tuo heard this, he stared at him, drew his sword with a sigh, and shouted: "You dog slave, don't grow the ambition of others!" ”

When Zhang Tairi saw it, his face turned pale with fright, trembling, sweating like rain, kowtowing like a chicken pecking rice and begging for mercy.

Yue Tuo is a famous general, but he is not an ordinary reckless man, he said patiently: "Zhang Tairi, you go on, if what you say is reasonable, this handsome will spare you from death, otherwise, you will be cut by a thousand knives." ”

Zhang Tairi trembled and said: "If the big handsome wins with one blow and takes Yu Xiang's head lightly, it will be the best." If the battle is unfavorable, I suggest that the captured Ming people be used as the front formation, and if they can be disrupted, the Qing Iron Cavalry will cover and kill from behind. No matter how fierce the firearms Yu Xiang relied on, they could not exert their power at close range, they would become lambs to be slaughtered, and the Qing Dynasty would undoubtedly win. ”

After hearing this, Yue Tuo felt reasonable, thought for a while and asked, "What if they shoot at the people and fail to charge the battle?" ”

Zhang Tairi said: "If they shoot and kill the people, if the charge fails, first, they can consume their ammunition, and second, even if Yu Xiang escapes in the future, he will not escape the responsibility of killing innocents, and will become the Ming Qianfu, and Yu Xiang is in the court, there are many political enemies, all eager to cut off his flesh, if he falls into a charge of indiscriminate killing of innocents, there will definitely be many officials to impeach him, as long as the court catches his handle, he will become Yuan Chonghuan's second, without the marshal in Fei Zhouzhang, he can be cut off, It's a two-pronged solution! ”

After hearing this, Yue Tuo felt reasonable, and thought: This Ming man, the ability of dogs to eat dogs is indeed admirable, this idea is vicious enough! Yu Xiang is such a capable person, not only can he not be reused, but he is also hated everywhere, and the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, which is really just around the corner!

So he said to Zhang Tairi: "Get up, and let you lead the Ming people to take prisoners and rush in front of the battle, and after the deed is completed, there will be a lot of rewards." ”

Zhang Tairi thanked him for leaving the big tent and went to the concentration camp where the refugees were held.

After Zhang Tairi left, Yue Tuo made a second deployment according to his suggestion.

The Han army is the Red Banner Kong Youde artillery battalion is the Qing army second only to the Mongolian cavalry in the most effective unit, by the Huang Taiji heavy, Huang Taiji allocated a large amount of silver for the tiger squat cannon and red cannon upgrading, it can be said that Kong Youde artillery battalion represents the highest level of iron cast tiger cannon, they are very confident in this, Kong Youde artillery battalion, in the Qing people siege the city and plunder the battle, repeatedly performed miraculous feats.

Because the Qing army's red-coated cannons were too heavy, they only carried two with the army, which were mainly used to attack the city gates. The Qing soldiers' battle plan this time was a quick battle, and they did not make a long-term plan, so they only brought two red-coated cannons, one in Dorgon's army, and the other in Yuetuo's army.

The Tiger Squat Cannon relied on by the Qing army had been improved from the original range of 400 meters to 500 meters, and what they didn't know was that Yu Xiang's pure steel Tiger Squat Cannon had been improved to 600 meters, so when Yue Tuo was full of confidence, he didn't know that their risk had quietly come.

Let's talk about Lu Xiangsheng.

In the past few days, he led his subordinates to dig trenches, strengthen earthen walls, and strengthen military defenses, even so, they knew that it would be useless, because they simply did not have the weapons and strength to compete with the Qing soldiers. All he did was do what he knew he couldn't do.

When the three-day time limit was up, Lu Xiangsheng put together the last bit of food, made gruel, and replaced wine with water, held it high, and said to the soldiers: "Today, I have made up my mind." If you, who are willing to surrender, I Lu Xiangsheng will never blame, and those who are willing to fight to the death will drink this bowl of water and wine. ”

After speaking, he raised his neck and drank a bowl of water cleanly. Then the porcelain bowl was slammed to the ground and shattered.

A group of old and weak soldiers under his command, with a resolute look in their eyes, raised their necks, drank the water in the bowl, and slammed the empty bowl to the ground, and the sound of broken bowls resounded one after another on the ground, but none of them were willing to surrender.

At this time, someone sang Yue Fei's Man Jianghong in a tragic voice:

Angry hair rushed to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad! Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing. When the courtiers hate, when will they be destroyed! Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky.

An old soldier sat against a wall of earth with a spear in his arms, and beside him sat a recruit who was no more than sixteen years old, with a round head, and everyone called him Stone Egg. Child. The veteran said to the recruit, "Stone eggs. Son, are you afraid? ”

Stone eggs. Zi shook his head and said, "Don't be afraid, my father and mother were killed by the Tartars, and I want to avenge my father." ”

The veteran squinted his eyes and said: "Fighting, the common people suffered, the confused emperor brought disaster to the country and the people, I shouldn't have worked hard for this damn court, but for the sake of our children and grandchildren, I have to sprinkle my blood on this homeland no matter what, I am old, and I don't want to steal my life." Stone eggs. Son, you are still young, if you really can't fight, run farther if you can, go to Henan to find the new guards, where there is food, clothing, and money! The veteran said, his words full of infinite yearning.

Stone eggs. Zi said: "I have heard about it, but I will not escape from the battle, I must let the Tartars taste the power, and I will fight with them if I say anything." "Stone eggs. Zi said resolutely.

The veteran touches the stone egg. The head of the child said: "Good boy! If we live, we will go to the New Guard. The veteran said a little excitedly, a little loudly, and the veterans next to him also listened, and some of them burst into tears.

They are all people who have been abandoned by the imperial court, let them go to the battlefield, do not give them food, do not give ammunition, and simply let them die in vain. I don't know if it is considered to sacrifice my life for the country after death, so I don't know if I am cannon fodder, they are unwilling, but their homes have been trampled on by the Qing people, and their relatives have been ravaged by the Tartars, so for the sake of dignity and integrity, they would rather die than surrender.

They used to be, and they were also members of Lu Xiangsheng's invincible Iron and Blood Army, once upon a time, how glorious it was, however, now they have become outcasts.

Lu Xiangsheng sat alone in the big tent, holding the case with both hands, tears streaming down his face, waiting for the last moment to come.