The meanders of the river and the west pass of the meanders were originally easier to defend and difficult to attack, because of the Yellow River.

After the Yellow River flows through the Hetao area, it originally followed Tuoketuo, entered Wanjiazhai in Shanxi Province through Lamo Bay, and then flowed through the partial pass, and then semi-circled and flowed through the meander.

The west pass of the meandering river is the bend that guards the Yellow River.

However, in recent years, the Yellow River has been diverted, and the river flows directly from Tuoketuo to the meander, to the original bend of the Yellow River, which is the west of the Xikou Pass. In this way, the meandering of the river is no longer a meander, and the front of the west entrance of the meandering is no longer a river.

Therefore, the Houjin soldiers can now not have to cross the river, but can directly drive the team directly in front of the Xikou Pass.

Houjin's Eight Banners soldiers and horses rushed to the vicinity of Xikou Pass at dusk.

Li Guo looked at the formation of the Eight Banners, and estimated that there were about 20,000 people. People who are familiar with the Eight Banners and Soldiers and Horses saw Houjin's handsome banner and told Li Guo that it must be Dolgon.

Dolgon in history is also a great figure, he is a person who carries the fate of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even the Qianlong Emperor himself commented in the later period, saying that Dolgon is "the foundation of the country, the cause of unification, and the most famous".

This is an important affirmation of Dolgon, and it is also a manifestation of Dorgon's ability.

After the Jin Manchu Qing Dynasty, ** Hachi laid the foundation for the founding of the country, and Huang Taiji made it prosperous and strong, but Dolgon was extremely good, he judged the situation and led the Eight Banners to kill the Guannei, sweep the heroes, and finally unify the country.

Therefore, after the shrewd and resolute Dolgon arrived outside the West Pass, he first ordered people to set up camp and was not in a hurry to attack. Dolgon knew that although he was not familiar with the Ming army here, the Ming army, which had almost completely annihilated nearly 10,000 Azig, must be a strong army.

But what about a strong army? How could they defeat me? Dolgon thought proudly, rest well, and attack the city in the future!

When Li XII saw that Houjin had stationed a camp, he came to ask Li Guo for his life and prepared to attack Dolgon at night.

Qi Laohan didn't wait for Li Guo to speak, and retorted, "After that, the Jin soldiers have already been defeated once, and the defense must be tight, and a sneak attack is already impossible." ”

Li Guo agreed with Qi Laohan's statement, but it doesn't have to be a sneak attack, can it also be harassed. So, Li Guo called Li Twelve and instructed him in his ear, you can be like this, Li Twelve took the order and left.

Qi Laohan asked, Li Guo told his strategy, Qi Laohan said with a smile, the strategy is good, but the etiquette is not good, but it is in line with the art of war, but it is very good.

Besides, Dorgon, although brave, was very cautious, and after setting up camp, he ordered people to take precautions to prevent the Ming army from coming to rob the camp. After arranging a qiē, Dolgon went to sleep, he was ready to nourish his body and wait until tomorrow to fight again!

But Dolgon had not slept for half an hour, when suddenly there was a gong on the left side of the camp.

Dorgon immediately put on his horse and prepared for battle. Azig and Dordor were also fully dressed and ran out of the tent.

But outside the camp, only the gong sounded, and there was no enemy in sight.

Dodor tried to chase after him, but was stopped by Dorgon.

Dorgon smiled and said, "The enemy is a harassing ploy, ignore him, go back to sleep!" With that, Dorgon went back to his tent, took off his armor, and fell asleep again.

But after less than half an hour, a violent gong sounded on the right side of the camp.

Dolgon, who had been fighting all year round, was very vigilant, and although he was aware of the enemy's harassment, he was afraid that the enemy would make a false show and really attack. Therefore, Dorgon did not dare to slack off, and immediately got up again and walked out. The same is true of Azig and Dord.

Dordort was choked and prepared to leave the camp, but was stopped by Dorgon. Dorgon didn't say a word, but waved his hand, meaning to let everyone sleep.

But after a while, there were gongs in all directions, and it was annoying.

Dorgon had to get up, listen to the noise everywhere, and ordered Dorgon to take the men to look around the camp and not go far. Then, in order to prepare himself, he ordered the soldiers to go to the rescue in the event of an attack on Dodor.

But Duoduo led people out to chase and kill, and the sound of the gong had already stopped, and Duoduo turned around, and he didn't even see a ghost.

Dolgon looked at the angry Duoduo and laughed, "This is the enemy's plan, don't pay attention to him!" The next time he knocks on him, let's sleep ours, and we can't be angry. ”

So, Dolgon made up his mind and went to sleep!

But after a while, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the camp.

Dolgon jumped up, no, the enemy is coming! The first few times it must have been a ploy to disrupt the troops, but this time it's true! Because the sound of the horse's hooves is urgent!

With the sound of the horn, all the soldiers in the battalion woke up from their sleep, took their weapons and began to prepare for battle.

But he only heard the sound of the horse's hooves from left to right, ran around the camp quickly, and ran back again. There is no intention of attacking at all.

Dolgon scolded angrily, and in the dark night, he went out of the camp to chase the enemy, but he was afraid that he would not know the truth and truth, so he chased far away and fell into an ambush. But there was nothing to be done at the moment, and Dorgon had to order, no matter what the movement, just sleep!

Just after falling asleep, Dolgon suddenly heard shouts of killing, and Dolgon cursed, and was blindfolded on his head, not wanting to listen. Dolgon thought to himself, let you have a thousand clever plans, Lao Tzu will ignore them, what can you do with me.

But the shouts of killing were fierce, the clashing of weapons, and the screams of being slashed and killed, as if there was really a war.

Dolgon lifted the quilt and listened carefully, no, there was a real fight. Dolgon immediately dressed himself up and rushed out again. But when he saw that the tents around the camp were on fire, the shouting of killing had stopped.

It turned out that Li Twelve, according to Li Guo's instructions, led people to beat the gong everywhere first, and then ran around Dolgon's camp for a round of horses. When Dolgon and the others were already paralyzed, they quietly approached the camp, shot a burst of rockets into it (rockets are flammable materials tied to the arrows), and killed more than 100 tortured Houjin sentinels, and then ran back to Xikou Pass, never to come out again.

After Li Twelve went back, he followed Li Guo's instructions and went to sleep and rest.

But Dolgon couldn't sleep, and Dolgon was angry and wary of the movements around him. If the gong sounded again, Dolgon might ignore it, but if there was no movement, Dolgon would not be relieved.

Seeing that the sky was a little shiny, and the soldiers of the whole battalion were struggling, Dolgon thought to himself, sleep first and then say, it will be dawn, and the Ming army dares to attack?

But after a while, the rumbling of horses' hooves sounded again, and thousands of war horses rushed towards Houjin's camp like a wind!

Li Guo took Gu Ying, Niu Decao, Li Qiang, Xi Keten, Bal Hu and others to kill Dolgon's camp.

Dolgon was unprepared for a while, and was attacked by Li Guo into the camp. The Eight Banners soldiers who were responsible for guarding were tossed by Li Twelve for a night, that is, they were tired and sleepy, and their vigilance was not high. Quite a few were killed in the hasty resistance.

When Dolgon was reorganizing his troops and horses to prepare for battle, he only heard the sound of Mingjin, and Li Guo led the people, but he whistled and turned around.

Dolgon couldn't figure out the strength of the Qing army, so he didn't dare to catch up, and he couldn't catch up. Just busy counting the casualties and sorting out the camp. In this period alone, more than 1,500 soldiers of the Eight Banners were cut down.

With a wave of Dolgon's hand, Azig and Duoduo rushed forward and asked, "Siege?" ”

Besiege? Dorgon shook his head.

Dolgon jumped on his horse and said, "Withdraw the troops, retreat ten miles back and camp!" ”

Seeing Houjin's soldiers and horses retreating, the defenders of the Great Wall at the West Entrance cheered. Everyone's morale is very high, and the Houjin soldiers are nothing to blame, no, they retreated!

Li Guo was not happy, he couldn't help but admire Dolgon, in this case, he was able to do it without being in a hurry or angry, but to withdraw the men and horses to a safe place, which is indeed worthy of his reputation!

But Dorgon had no choice now, he sat in the big tent with Azig and Dord, three men with six eyes, you look at me, I look at you, big eyes staring at small eyes.

Azig and Dordo had no choice but to ask Dolgon, who was laying the felt, "What now?" Don't you go on the expedition? ”

Dorgon looked at the two of them, fell headlong on the freshly laid felt, and said, "Sleep!" ”

Also, I was tired all night and didn't get any sleep. The original intention was to hit the rabbit, but the rabbit took a bite.

But now the two saw that Dorgon was asleep, and they had no good idea, so Azig and Dodor saw it, and they had to go to sleep.