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Such an insult made those Qing army sentry horses tremble with anger, except for the Jingbian army, they have been invincible in the Ming Dynasty over the years, and they can stop children crying at night wherever they go, both the army and the people are trembling in front of them, and they have always been majestic and arrogant.

These thieves in front of them swaggered and did not say anything, but also regarded them as lowly barbarians, and scolded them like slaves and maids, how could they endure this?

Maybe some of these people can't understand Chinese, but the expressions and movements of those old battalion soldiers can be seen at a glance, the kind of disdain, that kind of contempt, that kind of condescension, that kind of angry eyebrows, which makes them all angry and scream.

A baba roared, the bow on the saddle of the fierce horse was in his hand, and a heavy arrow in the quiver was drawn, and he pulled the bow at once, and the twelve-force bow rattled by him, and his iron armor rattled.

Then he drew the twelve-strong bow of more than one hundred and fifty pounds at his horse, and as soon as his bowstring loosened, the arrow whistled violently, and the heavy arrow pierced through the throat of the sentry, and a great arrow of fine iron, and the sharp steel of the arrowhead pierced through the back of his neck.

The old sentry was always surprised and incredulous in his eyes, and he was thrown from his horse by the great force of the arrow, and his horse was startled, and with a neigh, his hind legs kicked the ground, and a pair of front hooves were raised high.

The whistle always rolled down to dust, and the tip of the arrow that passed through his neck shone with a sharp, gloomy light.

A drop of blood slowly dripped from the tip of the arrowhead, and the two-foot-long birch arrow shaft still trembled in his throat.

The old battalion soldiers in the front battalion were startled, and before they could react, the arrows on the opposite side had already swished over, and in the screams, the old battalion soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and after the arrows, they were all numb, and then the powerlessness of rapid blood loss came to their hearts.

The arrows of the Qing army were large and heavy, with blood grooves, and their lethality was very amazing.

And at a distance of more than a dozen paces, they shot very accurately, and in the roaring sound of sharp arrows, the old soldiers of the front battalion were either shot in the face or in the throat, even if they were in the body, they were all unarmored or lightly armoured, and they could not block the shooting of heavy arrows at all.

Once the arrow is hit, it is a muffled fall to the ground, and even if he does not die on the spot, he will lose his combat effectiveness due to excessive blood loss.

Of course, these old battalion soldiers in the front battalion are also elite, after they reacted, they also immediately drew their horn bows to fight back, especially they use small bows, the bow is narrow and short, and the rate of fire is very amazing, usually three or four arrows are shot here, and only one arrow is shot on the other side.

The small bow is famous for its rate of fire, and skilled archers can even shoot two or three arrows in a second, while the Qing army mostly uses large bows, which are not short like horse bows used for riding and shooting, and it is not easy to open the bow immediately, but their bow is strong, that is, the horse bow usually has seven or eight forces.

Moreover, the sentinels on the side of the Qing army are well-armoured, and the most common of the twenty horsemen are also horse armor soldiers, all of whom have at least double armor, iron armor, cotton armor, chain mail, etc., and the protection is amazing, so after the old battalion soldiers reacted, although the rain of arrows on the split face passed, they had little lethality.

Unless the horse was hit by an arrow, many Qing cavalry were still safe and sound with three or four arrows inserted in their bodies, and the old battalion soldiers were almost hit by an arrow.

Seeing that their weapons were no threat to the other party, and that some of them were okay if they were even hit by four or five arrows, while their own men and horses kept falling, these old battalion soldiers finally panicked.

Because the outpost was killed at the beginning, the old battalion was leaderless, and they shouted and shouted, some wanted to leave, others wanted to dismount and fight, and the confusion became a mess.

At this time, the Qing army sentry shouted an order, withdrew his bow and arrows, drew his weapons one by one, and rushed towards this side.

The old battalion soldiers were even more confused, and one of the soldiers inside saw a horse rushing from the opposite side, his face full of scars and a hideous expression, his mouth opened and roared, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth, and drooling, reminiscent of a man-eating beast.

He was wearing thick and shiny iron armor, with a small flag on his back, and a long and heavy spear in his hand, which was quite peculiar, with an extremely long blade, and a sharp and fierce edge, which seemed to have two more pieces at the blade sleeve, sharp and fierce, and it was chilling to watch.

Seeing that the horse was rushing towards him, the old battalion soldier shouted, his superb archery skills were vividly played, the bowstring in his hand was ringing, and the arrows whistled at the strange knight who rushed in, and in this short time, in a short distance, he shot at least six or seven arrows.

Listening to the tinkling sound, the arrows shot by the old battalion soldiers kept bouncing off and falling to the ground, and Nabayala was dressed in extremely thick and fine iron armor, how could this kind of horse bow and arrow be easily pierced? Many arrows couldn't stand up at all, and they were barely plugged in, and they were also shallow, and they hung weakly on them.

Nabaya roared, rushed like a whirlwind, and with a tiger gun in his hand, a blood mist rose up, piercing straight into the heart of the old battalion soldier, until the antlers at the holster, and with a snort, the blade of the tiger spear came out through the body.

The horses intersected, and the old battalion soldier was also stabbed off the horse, and at the same time, Nabayara's wrist turned dexterously, and while riding his horse over, he had withdrawn the tiger spear from the old battalion soldier with his backhand.

He looked back, and the old soldier was rolling on the ground, blood gushing from his chest, his eyes wide open, and a look of horror on his face.

More than 20 cavalry Qing troops pounced, blood splashed in a blink of an eye, screams abounded, the remaining old battalion soldiers fought back passively, the more they fought, the more chilling they became, where did these so-called Qing national horse teams come from, how could they be so brave and sharp?

The hand-to-hand combat was bloody and brutal, and in the blink of an eye, there were only a dozen old battalion soldiers left in the field, and all of them were heartbroken, which was completely different from the previous arrogance.

As an old battalion, in fact, their life-and-death battles have always been very rare, and most of them have experienced low-intensity wars, how many cruel wars have they experienced? When you meet the real elite, you can't help but appear. In particular, the opponent's armor is still very fine, and your own saber and other weapons cannot break the defense at all.

Because they are used to running, especially after a month of leisure in Beijing, their combat determination is also quite inferior.

Looking at the short period of time before and after, there were only a dozen or so casualties among the more than 50 people on our side, and there was not a single person killed on the other side, only a few people were slightly injured, and a few people and horses were killed or wounded.

How can this be fought? They looked at each other, they were all terrified, and their souls did not possess their bodies, so it was better for strange soldiers to flee far away.

They shouted, rode their horses away, and then their light armor and unarmored equipment showed their superiority, especially because they were all skilled in equestrianism, needless to say, they soon ran away without a shadow, and only a slippery smoke and dust were seen in the wilderness, and they couldn't catch up at all.

Looking at their escape speed, the Qing cavalry in the field was all apprehensive, and this kind of speed was that the Mongols of all banners could not outrun them.

No wonder Nanban has never been able to exterminate the thieves, how can he chase them if he runs so fast?

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By the 18th, the battalions of the Shun army had gathered more on the front line of the Qinghe River, and the dense camp tents spread from the west mountain to the east side of the Qinghe River, and the huge flow of people also brought strong logistical pressure, and the battalions competed for grain and grass, water sources, and camps, and everything was a mess.

The special army has no fighting spirit, and when many battalions arrive, they are all big bags and small bags, and they do not look like they are fighting, but like rushing to gather.

There are constant disputes, there are a lot of bullshit, Li Zicheng only feels anxious, and everything can only be described as a mess.

In the distraught, there was another panic and worry floating in his heart, it seemed that there was a huge dangerous hidden danger approaching, and it seemed that an unknown force that was different from Wang Dou but was also very strong was lurking and snooping on the side.

It seems that the news from the east of the Beijing Division, Shanhaiguan and other places has been cut off for a long time, and the sentinels who went to the east of the Qinghe River have disappeared one after another in the past two days, and the people who escaped back by their luck have also reported, it seems that there is a military called the Great Qing Kingdom, which is stationed on the edge of Shunyi at this time.

Their numbers are unknown, but they are quite strong, and some even surpass their own old battalion soldiers, which makes some of the sentinels quite panicked, and brings some rumors in the battalions.

Earlier, after Taoyuan Bo Liu Liangzuo and others were stationed in Shunyi, Huairou, and Changping were taken away, they passed on their own advice not to act rashly for the time being, only when the army was attacking in battle, they also attacked from the flank, as if Liu Liangzuo and others did not reply.

All this made Li Zicheng feel bad in his heart, as if he was ignoring something, so in the afternoon of the same day, he summoned the generals of the old battalion, especially Yang Shaofan, the marquis of Qi, who seemed to have told him about the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Zongmin and others came late, although the old camp surrounded Qinghedian, Dongshengling and other places to camp, but Liu Zongmin and others were impatient, and they all ran to the lake and mountains, the beautiful scenery of Fuhai and so on. In particular, Liu Zongmin himself led some guards to occupy the Tsinghua Garden, which is known as the "No. 1 Garden in Beijing".

Yang Shaofan came very actively, his fame and wealth, and his future ambitions were all on Dashun, so when he practiced the fire gun camp, he had been doing his duty.

"Great Qing Kingdom?"

Liu Zongmin and others were full of ignorance, and the Mongolian Tartars knew that the Great Qing Kingdom was really inexplicable.

Of course, Liu Fangliang and others have not heard the name of the Qing army, it was the Qing army that entered the customs back then, and their own people were able to come back to life under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army.

Speaking of which, these Cypriot Tartars are still benefactors.

Gao Yigong also summarized the intelligence news, in short, dozens of miles away under the city of Shunyi, on the edge of the Shahe River, there was indeed a large army from outside the Saiwai, but the number was unknown. They claimed to have helped each other Dashun, and also said that they had been at war with the Ming State for decades, and the old grievances were deep.

Li Zicheng muttered, "Bad luck? The Ming Dynasty has died, all the old grievances have disappeared, my Dashun and their well water does not violate the river water, why did they enter the customs? And Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Yang Guozhu and others in Shanhaiguan and Jizhen? ”

Yang Shaofan was listening, he was surprised, after entering Beijing, Yang Shaofan didn't hear King Chuang and others talk about the Qing Kingdom, and thought that they were all in the chest, and they were disdainful of the Hulu outside the Saiwai, but they didn't expect that they had no concept at all.

He turned his mind, thought about it, and reminded Li Zicheng and the others that these Tartars should not be underestimated.

When Li Zicheng and others asked, he told him in more detail everything he knew, but looking at the expressions of Liu Zongmin and others, they all disagreed.

How many times have you entered the customs, and all the fortified cities you have passed? I also went all the way down the city, especially the Beijing division went down in two days, and how long did the so-called Qing soldiers surround the Beijing division, and how many times did they besiege and fight? After listening to the number of people in their country, Liu Zongmin and the others were even more unimpressed compared to their own Dashun.

Yang Shaofan didn't know what to say, he felt that he was playing the piano to the cow, and he finally said: "The slave thief has always been a fierce enemy, although they said that they came to help me Dashun, but be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and ask the king to be on guard." ”

Li Yan also said: "Yidi's human-faced beast heart is never credible. They said they came to help me, but why didn't they come to congratulate me openly, but sneakily and lurked around? How did they enter the customs, and where are Wu Sangui and the others now? If Wu Sangui and the others belong to these thieves, it will be even more terrifying. The king, these thieves have ill intentions and bad intentions, so we must be careful that they compete with each other, and the fishermen will benefit, and we must avoid causing the disaster of Weishui. ”

Li Yan doesn't know much about the Qing State outside the Saiwai, but he has read history books, knows that the Hulu outside the Saiwai have always been the fierce enemies of the Central Plains, and he has read the Di newspaper and knows how many Qing soldiers have entered the customs, and these Tartars do not seem to be as easy to deal with as imagined.

Li Zicheng also read some history books when he was free, and he knew that Li Yan said about the disaster of Weishui, but it was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the Turkic Shibi Khan took advantage of the fire to rob and forced Tang Taizong to sign the Weishui Alliance under Weishui, which can be said to be a great shame.

He nodded to show that he understood, but he had other thoughts in his heart, the more soldiers and horses gathered in Qinghe, the more discouraged the army, and the strength of Wang Dou on the opposite side was unknown, he was quite worried in his heart.

That Great Qing Kingdom said that he came to help Dashun, maybe he could use this generation to increase his chances of winning, and after defeating Wang Dou, he would clean them up.

But before that, it's best to know more, especially let this Great Qing State send an envoy to congratulate him, call him a minister, and he will be justified.

At that moment, he asked Li Yan to write a holy message, reprimanding the Great Qing State, and blaming him for killing his own soldiers? Without giving an explanation, Dashun decided to raise troops to crusade and let them taste the color. At the same time, he also said that the new Son of Heaven was on the throne, why not send an envoy to congratulate him, etc.

At this time, all the ministers stayed in Beijing, only Li Yan was such a literati, after he wrote the letter, Li Zicheng was quite satisfied, and the generals also felt that they were right, and they were very vigorous, so they picked a rather powerful messenger and sent more than a dozen horsemen to escort them.

On the 19th, the messenger came back and brought a reply from the lord of the Qing Dynasty, and then asked about the information he saw, but he didn't know anything, it turned out that the messenger did not reach the Shahe River, but he encountered a large number of Qing sentinels, and then the group was blindfolded.

Finally they were taken to a large tent, where they saw so few people that they could not see anything, and when they came out of the tent, they were blindfolded.

Although Liu Zongmin and others were furious, this so-called move of the Great Qing Dynasty was really insulting to the prestige of Dashun State, and they should send troops to fight and give them a little color.

However, Li Zicheng was more calm, he opened the letter to read, and the letter was written very politely, saying that he lived in Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty, and did not violate the river water with Dashun well water, but because of the deep grudge with the king, it was also related to the hatred of the previous king, etc., so he vowed to send troops to destroy the king.

They led 100,000 troops into the customs, and heard that Dashun sent troops to exterminate Wang Dou, so it seemed that they could work together to eliminate this thief. In order to show their sincerity, they can threaten the soldiers and horses of Jingbian on the flank, and at the same time wait for an opportunity to attack their rear.

As for the news that King Dashun asked Wu Sangui and others, they didn't know anything, because they entered the customs from Xifengkou and other places.

Liu Liangzuo, the Taoyuan Bo of the Great Shun Kingdom, also did not know about them, because they only passed under the city of Shunyi.

The reason why it was sneaky was also to avoid misunderstandings, no, as soon as the sentinels of the two sides came into contact, there was a dispute and a fight, but the soldiers of the Great Qing Kingdom were also legitimate defense, and it was purely helpless.

Li Zicheng became even more suspicious after seeing it, this so-called Great Qing Kingdom was still shrouded in a fog, and their origins, their purposes, and their military strength were unknown. However, the battle is imminent, and the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched.

He decided to ignore this so-called Great Qing State for the first time, and it would be better for them to threaten the Jingbian Army on the flank, and it didn't matter if they didn't come, and it didn't matter if they had malicious intentions.

Anyway, they have a lot of troops and horses, and the troops they can use are extremely abundant, and they arrange troops on the right flank at the right flank, and if those Qing soldiers are goodwill, they will attack the soft underbelly of the Jingbian army with them. If they are malicious, the soldiers and horses arranged are just right to guard them.

After defeating Wang Dou, he Dashun will come to clean up this so-called Great Qing Kingdom.

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On 19 April, the Shahe River and the Qinghe River were covered with war clouds, and the tide-like army was constantly gathered, and from the air, the dense camp tents of all kinds seemed to be able to spread all the way to the end of the heaven and earth, and the flags were like the sea, and the voices of Jin Ge resonated.

People shouted and neighed, and I don't know how many soldiers sharpened their knives and prepared to fight.

The three parties have all converged in place, and the curtain of the battle is slowly opening. (To be continued.) )