"Giant deer?"

After hearing Yue Tuo's resolute tone, Dolgon hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you really sure to annihilate Pang Gang and Lu Xiangsheng in the Giant Deer Circle?" ”

Yue Tuo smiled bitterly: "How dare you say that you are sure? In my opinion, it's already very good to be 60% sure. ”

Duoduo, the owner of the white flag on the side, frowned, "Although Pang Gang must be eliminated, his threat to our Qing Dynasty is too great, but the question is how much we have to pay to wipe it out, you must know that the other party's firearms are very sharp." ”

Hearing Duoduo mention the firearms of the Qingzhou Army, everyone frowned. Before Pang Gang appeared, the firearms of the Ming army were a joke to the Qing army, with a range of only thirty or forty paces, coupled with cumbersome loading and the poor psychological quality of the bird-gunners, those firearms were no different from burning sticks in the eyes of the Qing soldiers.

However, everything has changed since Pang Gang came out, and the effective range of the firearms in the hands of this army has reached an astonishing 200 or even 300 paces, and the reloading speed has also increased greatly, and the salvo firing skills that the Qing soldiers have always been proud of have become a joke in front of them.

What frightened Dolgon's higher-ups even more was that, according to their judgment, it would take no more than half a year to train a qualified arsonist, but it would take at least seven or eight or even more than ten years to train a qualified Qing warrior, and the gap here was not half a point. Moreover, the population base of the Qing Dynasty is less than a fraction of that of the Ming Dynasty, if this situation continues, the decline of the Qing Dynasty is already within reach, which is what Dolgon, Yue Tuo, and other high-level leaders with high strategic vision are most worried about.

Although Yue Tuo heard that Duoduo was worried that the opponent's firearms would be too powerful and cause too many casualties on his side, he still insisted: "We have to admit that the opponent's firearms are indeed powerful, but it is precisely because of this that we want to destroy them. I don't dare to imagine that if the Qingzhou Army continues to develop, we will be able to set foot on this land. ”

Speaking of this, Yue Tuo stared at Dolgon and said, "Prince Rui, can you work with me to get rid of this first scourge of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Dolgon was a smart man, and he knew that Yue Tuo was afraid that he would preserve his strength in wartime and would not die in wartime, so he specially reminded himself.

Hahaha, Dolgon smiled: "General Yang Wu, don't worry, at that time, I and the fifteenth brother will never hold you back." ”

"That's good!" Yue Tuo nodded with satisfaction, everyone is a smart person, there is no need to say everything so thoroughly, Dolgon is so vague that he is satisfied.

At this time, a general took the opportunity to ask his own question: "Prince Rui, Lord Belle, there is one more thing that the slave is not clear, now that Gao Qiqian is so close to Lu Xiangsheng, what if he takes advantage of the fierce battle between us and Lu Xiangsheng and Pang Gang to stab us in the back?" ”

"Huh, high diving?" Yueto and Dorgon glanced at each other, and both saw the smile in each other's eyes, and then they couldn't hold back any longer, and they both burst out laughing, but the laughter was full of disdain......

After getting rid of Prince Rui, who was on an equal footing with him, the rest was easy to do, Yue Tuo immediately began to give orders, and one after another orders immediately came out of his mouth, although it was already late at night, but the seventy or eighty thousand troops also began to prepare in an orderly manner.

Just as Yue Tuo and Dolgon were preparing to fight to the death with Lu Xiangsheng and Pang Gang, Pang Gang and Yue Tuo also marched to a place called Jiazhuang in Julu and set up camp.

The night sky was dark, and an oil lamp was lit in Lu Xiangsheng's big tent, and the bean-sized flames emitted a faint light, reflecting the dim and dim in the big tent.

In front of Lu Xiangsheng sat the only three commanders under his command, Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanda, Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and Pang Gang, the general soldier of Shandong.

Lu Xiangsheng said with a calm face: "Everyone, although we have arrived at Julu, the person who sent the letter to Gao Gonggong has also returned, although Gao Gonggong is only more than fifty miles away from us, but he refuses to send troops, seeing that the Tartars are already approaching step by step, how can we be good?" ”

Pang Gang said proudly: "Why should Lu Dudu worry, it has long been in our expectation that Gao Qiqian will not send troops, although we only have less than 30,000 soldiers and horses now, but we have enough food and grass, enough to support the army to eat for more than 20 days, as long as we make arrangements around Jiazhuang, we are not afraid of Tartars even if they come." ”

"Well, Mr. Pang deserves to be the champion of the three armies, and he is full of courage!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded with satisfaction.

Hu Dawei on the side was not to be outdone, and raised his head and said: "Although there are not many soldiers and horses at the end of the general, I am willing to fight with the adults!" ”

"The last general will also die for the governor!" Yang Guozhu also stepped forward to hug his fist.

"Good, good!" Seeing that the three commanders under his command all expressed their cooperation with him, Lu Xiangsheng nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, with the strong support of the three generals, what is the governor of Pontus afraid of?" Let's die together for the country! ”

"Swear to follow the Governor!" The three of them bowed down to Lu Xiang in unison.

The next day, before five watches, Pang Gang's camp began to bury pots and make rice, and when it was just dawn, after breakfast, they began to dig fortifications around Jiazhuang. They first built a chest-high earthen wall outside their defense area, then sprinkled iron thorns all over the outside of the Zhuangzi, and then dug holes in the earthen wall, leaving a firing position for those artillery.

I was busy until noon, with the efforts of more than 10,000 people, these fortifications were finally completed, and after completing my own defense fortifications, Pang Gang went to watch the defense area of Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu's two general soldiers, and found that although the fortifications they dug were not as targeted as their own, they also called them decent, they used a chariot full of earth to make a circle around the perimeter, and then sprinkled with iron thorns, leaving only a passage in the middle, and digging a few wide deep pits around the mouth, It seems that they also took full account of the cavalry charge of the Tartars.

After returning to his own defensive area, Pang Gang began to arrange manpower to divide the defensive area. Jiazhuang is a rectangular village with a population of more than 1,000 people, and it is bordered by water to the south, and a Gaoding River flows behind the village, and the Gaoding River is fast and deep, and Yue Tuo and Dolgon will not choose to attack from here as long as their brains are not caught in the door panel.

To the north of the village was a rectangular flat land, which was the easiest place to break through, so Lu Xiangsheng handed it over to the Qingzhou army, which was the most powerful in battle. The east and west sides of the village are in charge of Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu.

Since the defense line is two miles long, and he doesn't know how long he will defend it, Pang Gang naturally won't put all his troops on it, he let Li Yuan and Da Zhuang's two battalions take turns to guard, Dong Guo's artillery battalion is placed behind the defense line, and the baggage battalion and cavalry are all left in Zhuangnei, although these people can also participate in the defensive battle, but until the last moment, Pang Gang of course will not let them go.

Pang Gang placed more than 30 Napoleonic cannons in front of him, and the remaining 30 or so were placed on his sides, so that they could support friendly troops on both sides at any time.

Lu Xiangsheng's direct superintendent battalion also had 15 Franc medium guns and 12 tiger squat guns, all of which were supported by Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's wings.

It was busy until noon that Jiazhuang's defense came to an initial end. Just as Pang Gang was about to go back to the camp for dinner, a warning sound of Mini rifles suddenly sounded in front, and the soldiers who were having lunch in the camp walked out of the barracks to watch, and even Lu Xiangsheng and the generals also walked out and came to the outer defense line to check.

Soon, groups of Ming troops ran back at night without retracting their horses, and then the lookouts who were looking out from a high place also called flags, and a large force of Qing cavalry was found in all directions outside the camp.

Immediately afterwards, the earth trembled faintly, and finally the Dao shook even more violently, and it seemed that at the same time, flags like an ocean appeared at the ends of the four sides of the sky. Countless Qing cavalry galloped wildly, the black pressure was boundless, they let their horses run wildly, and the sound of iron hooves shook everyone's hearts faintly.

Looking at the seemingly boundless Qing soldiers, everyone's faces changed color slightly, and Pang Gang took a deep breath and said, "The Tartars are finally here." ”

Seeing countless Qing soldiers approaching around Zhuangzi, Pang Gang's heart was both a little nervous and relieved, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "Because of his own participation, this battle of the giant deer should not be wiped out as in history, right?" As long as the troops of the Qing army that fell into the Guan Qing can be firmly consumed here, will the future Manchu Qing still be as arrogant as in history? After he led more than 10,000 Ming troops to join this battle, can he rewrite history, or how will the history of future generations write himself? ”

Shaking his head vigorously, throwing these unrealistic ideas behind him, Pang Gang turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng and the others, and found that they all looked solemn, the speed and scale of the Qing army had exceeded their expectations, it seemed that they would not be willing to destroy this only army in Hebei that could compete with them.

But since everyone is ready, there is nothing to say, the Tartars are coming, everyone is desperate to kill the enemy.

I don't know how long the sound of horses' hooves sounded, but it slowly weakened, and the large puff of smoke and dust that rose up also flew away, revealing the surrounding dense layers of various flags, as well as Qing soldiers and knights in various armors. They gathered several miles away, densely packed, and they did not know how much they surrounded Zhuangzi.

Dolgon and Yue Tuo also rode their good horses on a high slope two miles away from Zhuangzi, and behind them stood a huge gold-weaving pole, surrounded by a large number of Qing generals and soldiers.

They wore armor of different colors according to their own colors, and although the colors were different, they all had one thing in common, that is, they all stared at Jia Zhuang in the distance with murderous eyes.

(To be continued)