Twenty miles north of Shagou set, Xia Village.

Dolgon's army of Jiannu and the Tartar cavalry of the Tushetu tribe were stationed here.

Dolgon was summoning Azig, Sakhalian and other Jiannu princes, banner owners, and Baylor to discuss the matter, and suddenly there was a return from the horse, and the Ming army had advanced to the south bank of the Shagou River.

"I know, step down."

Dorgon waved his hand, and the pony turned and walked away.

Dolgon turned his gaze to Azig, Sakhalian and other Jiannu princes, banner masters, and Baylor, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the Nanming barbarians have already entered the south bank of the Shagou River, and their marching speed is very fast, I thought that it would take at least two days from Hanzhuang to Shagouji, but I didn't expect them to arrive in only one day. ”

Azig said: "When I arrived at Shagou Ji, it was also in vain, the two stone arch bridges on the Shagou River have been destroyed, and the Shagou market town was also burned by us, plus there is no forest within a radius of 20 miles from Shagou Ji, what did the Nanming barbarians use to build a pontoon bridge?" Without pontoons, how could their baggage vehicles and artillery trucks cross the river? ”

"Nope." Dolgon waved his hand and said, "The Ming army will definitely find a way to cross the river, even if there is no pontoon bridge, they will still have a way to cross the river, although I don't know what kind of method they will come up with in the end, but I can have a hunch that they will definitely have a way to cross the river." ”

Sakhalian clenched his fists fiercely and said fiercely: "Then stop them!" ”

"Yes, this time we must block the Ming army on the south bank of the Shagou River!" Dolgon smiled slightly and said, "We can let the infantry of the Ming army cross the river, if Wang Pu wants to rush to Jining with the infantry, we will not embarrass him, but his baggage team and artillery team must stay on the south bank!" ”

Dolgon's words are equivalent to not saying it, everyone on the earth knows that it is impossible for Wang Pu to leave behind the baggage and heavy artillery team, and only take light soldiers to rescue Jining, if Wang Pu really wants to do that, his skull will be burned out.

Azig opened his battle robe, revealing his strong chest muscles, and said loudly: "Old Fourteen, just say it, how should this battle be played?" ”

Dolgon got up slowly, scanned the whole audience with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There is a strategy in the Han art of war called half-crossing and attacking, when the Ming army crosses the river, it must be the musket team that crosses the river first, then the baggage team and the artillery team, and finally the musket team responsible for the broken rear, we launched an attack when the vanguard musket team of the Ming army has just crossed the Shagou River, and their baggage team and artillery team have not had time to cross the river!" ”

"Half-crossed?" The Red Banner Lord Abatai struck the knot and said, "Good way. ”

Dolgon said: "At this time, the defense of the Ming army is the weakest, the musket team that has crossed the river is thin, and the protection of the baggage vehicles and pikemen is lacking, and the follow-up baggage team and artillery carriage have not had time to cross the river, especially the powerful artillery team, because they can't be launched in time because they are crowded together, they can't exert any power at this time, plus there are still half of the musketeers left on the south bank, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry needs to face only half of the strength of the Ming army's musket team, and it is also a musket team that lacks protection. ”

In Dolgon's view, the Ming army's musket team was terrible, not only because of its great lethality, but also because the Ming army had a strict set of protective measures against the musket team.

Even if it is a field battle, the periphery of the Ming army's musket team is protected by the spear array of pikemen, and after the spear array, there is a car formation formed by heavy vehicles, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry wants to break through the spear formation and the car formation, and finally cause damage to the Ming army's musket team, the cost is too great, which is also the main reason why the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry has not fought head-on with the Ming army's musket team until today.

Once the Ming musket team lost the protection of the pike array and the baggage cart array, Dolgon thought that the invincible blade of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was enough to crush the Ming musket team to pieces.

"Okay." Azig also shouted, "As long as there is no spear formation and chariot formation, the Ming army's musket team is simply vulnerable." ”

Dolgon said: "In order to ensure the victory of this battle, when the time comes, the four thousand iron cavalry with the red and red flags will launch a surprise attack from the front, and the three thousand iron cavalry with the blue and blue flags will be divided into two ways, detouring from the left and right wings, and the four iron cavalry will launch a fierce attack on the Ming army musket team on the north bank that lacks protection with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. ”

"What about after defeating the Ming musketeers on the north shore?" Azig said, "Did you take advantage of the situation to kill the Shagou River, and then defeat the Ming army on the south bank, and then capture Wang Pu alive and cut him with a thousand knives?" ”

"Nope." Dolgon shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "Don't underestimate Wang Pu, the Ming army on the north bank gave us an opportunity to take advantage of because of the lack of protection, but the Ming army on the south bank must be heavily guarded, Wang Pu will never give us any opportunity to take advantage of, therefore, after defeating the Ming army on the north bank, the whole army must immediately stop pursuing, otherwise it is likely to be defeated." ”

"But......" Azig frowned, "if they can't chase and kill across the river, even if the Ming army musket team on the north bank can't stop my Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, they can swim across the Shagou River and escape to the south bank, the Shagou River is no more than three or four zhang wide, no more than chest-deep, and they can't drown people at all." ”

Abatai, Sakhalian and others looked at Azig with disdain in their eyes, they all knew that Dolgon's attempt to raid the unprotected Ming musket team on the north bank of the Shagou River was just to establish authority, just to regain the confidence of the Qing army and the Mongol cavalry in the face of the Ming army, and at the same time to weaken the self-confidence of the Ming army infinitely strengthened.

An unavoidable fact is that since Wang Pu led a surprise attack on Liaodong, this guy has never been defeated against the Qing army and the Mongolian cavalry, which is a very terrible fact, because of this fact, the soldiers of the Ming army have an almost blind confidence in Wang Pu, thinking that as long as Wang Pu is there, the Ming army is invincible.

In turn, the Qing army and the Mongol cavalry also decided that they could not defeat Wang Pu because of this terrible fact, and now Dolgon's job is to overturn this fact, Dolgon does not need a complete victory, he only needs a narrow victory, and in this way, it is enough to change the mentality of the soldiers of the two armies.

Almost everyone knows Dolgon's intentions, but Azig, a reckless man, doesn't know, and he still stupidly insists on chasing the south bank of the Shagou River, isn't that forcing the Qing army to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army? With the current military spirit and morale of the Qing army, what good results can be achieved in a decisive battle with the Ming army, which is full of confidence and ready for battle?

If Wang Pu was so easy to deal with, how could Dolgon let him live to this day?

Dolgon's brows tightened for a moment, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Twelve, the strength of the Ming army is far stronger than you think, and Wang Pu is not a good stubble, don't forget the fiasco of Datong!" At that time, Wang Pu defeated our more than 100,000 Qing troops with less than 5,000 muskets and killed more than 40,000 enemies! Therefore, it is unrealistic to want to swallow the Ming army in one bite just by fighting a war! ”

With that, Dorgon waved his hand and motioned for Abatai, Sakhalian and the others to withdraw.

When only Dolgon and Azig were left in the line, Dolgon said earnestly: "Brother Twelve, do you remember the teachings of your father Khan? Father Khan once said that the Ming Dynasty is like a big tree, it is unrealistic to want to cut it down with an axe, we have to take our time, first find a way to cut off his leaves, and then cut off its trunk, this time the battle with the Ming army is the same, we have to find a way to weaken the strength of the Ming army little by little, and then concentrate our forces to destroy it in one go! ”

Azig stopped talking, but his face was not very good-looking.

Every time Dorgon praised Dorgon in front of others, Azig felt bad in his heart, he wanted to be respected by Dorgon like Dord, but unfortunately Dorgon always praised his suggestions, while his Azig suggestions were always rebuked by Dolgon.

However, resentment is resentment, Azig is still very supportive of Dolgon, he knows that if it weren't for Dolgon Hauge, he might already be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and if he really wants Hauge to be the emperor, the three of them are afraid that they have been dead for a long time, where can they still have today's prominent status?

Dolgon sighed faintly, and said softly: "Twelfth brother, I know that you are not happy in your heart, the fifteenth brother is younger than you, but I am obedient and trusting to him, but I have repeatedly scolded your twelfth brother in front of others, but have you thought about it, although the fifteenth brother is young, but his ability is far above you and me, if the Great Qing Kingdom wants to enter the Central Plains and sit firmly in the Han family, it will have to rely on the fifteenth brother in the future!" ”

Azig's head drooped, and he said in a low voice: "Old Fourteen, don't say it, they are all flesh and blood brothers, I know." ”

"It's good to know." Dolgon muttered, "They are all their own brothers, what's yours is mine, what's mine is yours, what's there to fight about?" ”

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Sand ditch set.

Zheng Chenggong had already led people to dig the embankment at the east end of the town, and the not abundant water in the Shagou River soon poured down the gap, flooding a large area of low-lying land and then flowing into the canal, and the water level below the gap in the Shagou River quickly dropped, from the original chest-high to knee-deep.

It was already dark, but the officers and men of the baggage battalion were busy on the riverbed.

Although the Shagou River is not wide, it is not an easy task to fill the riverbed, tamp the roadbed, and then pave a layer of bluestone slabs in one day, and if the work is not carried out overnight, it is impossible for Zheng Chenggong's third battalion to complete this huge project in one day.

Looking at the construction site of the riverbed in full swing, Wang Pu suddenly felt that it was not a good idea to let the baggage soldiers take care of the duties of the engineer soldiers all the time, and it seemed that the addition of the engineer battalion had to be put on the road.

Because with the increase in the rate of armament of the Ming army, especially the increase in the number of cannons, the army's requirements for roads and bridges are bound to be greatly increased, if there are no sappers to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water, the Ming army equipped with a large number of artillery will not be able to move an inch, which is undoubtedly extremely unfavorable to future operations.

In the light footsteps, Liu Qingyan and Liu Ru came behind Wang Pu together.

Wang Pu didn't need to look back to know who was coming, and asked indifferently: "Where is the main force of Dolgon's Jiannu now?" ”

Liu Qingyan said: "Twenty miles north of Shagou Ji, Xia Village." ”

Wang Pu said again: "In addition to Dolgon's main force of Jiannu, are there any Tartar cavalry nearby?" ”

Liu Qingyan said: "According to the investigation, there are about 10,000 Tartar cavalry stationed in Xia Village with the main force of Jiannu, in addition, there are about 2,000 Tartar cavalry stationed in Hanzhuang behind us, and there are also several thousand Jiannu and 30,000 or 40,000 Tartar cavalry are gathering in Hanzhuang, it seems that they want to copy our back road." ”

A cold smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Wang Pu's mouth, Dolgon wanted to copy his back road, why didn't he want to copy Dolgon's back road? As for who copied whose back road in the end, it depends on their respective supernatural powers, but Wang Pu is confident that he will copy Dolgon's back road first.

Wang Pu is not sure, but he still has considerable trust in the combat effectiveness of the Central Army.

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Off the coast of Dengzhou, near Sea Donkey Island.

Shi Lang's Zhenhai division was carrying Tang Sheng's mixed battalion along the coastline to the direction of Tanggukou, the bow of the flagship ship, Tang Sheng and Shi Lang stood side by side, although Tang Sheng was not the first time to take the sailor's boat, but he still felt dizzy, fortunately, most of the officers and soldiers of the mixed battalion chasing him were Jiangnan people, and most of the Jiangnan people were familiar with the water surname and would not get seasick.

Tang Sheng held the bow of the ship and asked in a muffled voice: "Shi Lang, I've been floating on the sea for so many days, where is this?" ”

Shi Lang held up the monocular to inspect it, picked up the nautical chart and proofread it, and finally said: "From the nautical chart, it should be near Haidonkey Island off the coast of Dengzhou." ”

Tang Sheng said again: "How far is it from Tianjin?" How many more days do you have to go? ”

Shi Lang replied: "There are about three or four hundred nautical miles, and it will take at least five days to walk." ”

"His grandmother's." Tang Sheng glared at the sails that were bulging high on the mast, and asked in a muffled voice, "Can't you hurry up?" ”

Shi Lang smiled bitterly: "General, as far as I know, the clipper ship of the Ming Dynasty is already the fastest sea ship, and the sea boat is not as fast as the land march, so I can't be anxious, so I can't wait for the surname to boil slowly, not to mention that it is still driving against the wind, and the speed is definitely slightly slower than that of the downwind boat." ”

"His grandmother's." Tang Sheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said hatefully, "When I arrive in Tianjin, Lao Tzu has to cut off the brains of more than a dozen Jiannu in a row to relieve his hatred." ”

Shi Lang smiled and said: "General, don't worry, the Jiannu in Tianjin City are waiting in line for you to cut off your head, hehe." ”

Tang Sheng's gaze suddenly turned to the western sky, and said leisurely: "I don't know how Master Hou is doing in Jining, has he started with Jiannu?" ”

Shi Lang said: "The general is too worried, who is the Hou Ye?" Since Hou Ye took more than a thousand Ding Qi to attack Shengjing, Hou Ye has never been defeated, I heard that Jiannu and the Tartar soldiers trembled when they heard Hou Ye's name, although our army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but Jiannu wanted to win but it was wishful thinking. ”

"That's it." Tang Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded again and again, "Dolgon is also prestigious in front of Li Zicheng, Jiang Ping, Wang Chengyin and others, and once he sees our Hou Ye, he will immediately wilt." ”

(To be continued)