Dolgon was really unbelievable, the Three Guards actually appeared on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, and the more than 10,000 cavalry of the two white flags were exhausted after being destroyed by the fire and the river, and they were not only a little stunned and at a loss in the face of the sudden ambush.

At this moment, Dolgon already knew his plan, and he no longer had a fluke mentality, and in his current form, his only choice was to break through the Three Guards in front of him in a strong battle and cross the Daling River to realize his original vision.

But in the flash of lightning, Dolgon suddenly calmed down, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind, perhaps Li Xin was expecting him to give the order to attack. So, since you don't attack, can you break through the gap between Xiaolinghe and the Three Guards? After all, they were infantry and the two white flags were cavalry, so they had no advantage over the speed of the three guards, and they had no weapons other than artillery to get the two white flag cavalry. According to Dorgon's experience, in addition to intimidating the enemy in terms of momentum, the lethality of artillery is almost negligible.

The order to break through from both wings was already swirling on his lips, and another thought jumped into Dorgon's head. Li Xin is good at firearms and calculating, since he has been deployed so carefully, and even calculated that he will be here to survive the Xiaoling River, how can such an obvious loophole be missed? Then, Li Xin must have hoped that the cavalry of the two white flags would make a detour.

Dolgon's current state of mind is like an iron lock across the river, up or down, extremely uncomfortable, but he can't help but make a choice. In the end, he resolutely decided to send a few hundred men to the flanks to make a detour to test the flanks. If it was found that the two wings were really safe, the infantry of the Three Guards would definitely not be able to catch up with them while advancing in a big way.

The hundreds of cavalry who explored the road went to the east and west along the Xiaoling River, and Dolgon stared closely at the cavalry heading west, his heart hanging tightly in his throat, for fear of some accidents. The cavalry's horses were very fast, advancing westward at dozens of paces, and the expected accident never appeared. Just when Dorgon was a little relieved, the explosion suddenly appeared, and a ball of fire reflected in Dolgon's eyes, straight like a sharp sword, and swung it with lightning speed, leaving him with a blow. The same happened to the cavalry heading west, and the explosions made all the horsemen tremble.

Li Xin set up an ambush at the key point, and Dolgon sat upright on his horse, holding the saddle tightly with both hands so that his shaky body did not fall from the horse.

Boom Boom!

At the same time, the artillery of the Three Guards on the frontal front opened fire, and the whistling shells smashed on the side of the Xiaoling River and stirred up bursts of mud, startling the front row of war horses and snorting.

Dolgon hesitated for a moment as never before, whether to fight or not, whether he would suffer heavy losses if he fought, and whether his plan to return to Shengjing quickly would be ruined because of this, a series of worries were infinitely amplified in his heart with the rumbling of artillery.

Just opposite Dolgon, Li Xin and his battalion officers and generals were equally uneasy.

"Brother Thirteen, do you think Dolgon dares to raise troops to charge into battle? In case he rushes up hot-headed, we'll just"

"The dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth, our general has won a hundred battles, and there has not been a single miss in the grasslands of Shanxi, Hebei, and Desert, so Dolgon can be an exception? Hugh wants to increase the prestige of others and destroy his own morale, I Shi Datuo gambled ten taels of silver, no, five taels of silver, Dolgon will never dare to attack my three guards army head-on! ”

Lu Jiu was robbed of Shi Datuo for a while, rolled his eyelids and glanced at him, and did not argue with him, the Three Guards are now singing about the empty city plan, in fact, after several battles in the grassland, the gunpowder consumption of the Three Guards is very strict, and although it was replenished later, it was only enough to last for the three wars at best. When fighting Jinzhou, a lot of ammunition was consumed by both a feint attack and a strong attack, and now it is already stretched thin when it is really going to fight against the Tartars, but it should still have the strength to fight, which is why there is today's drama of fire attack and flooding.

But in the end, people are not as good as heaven, when crossing the Xiaoling River, due to the shock of horses, the baggage team fell into chaos, most of the gunpowder soaked in water and could not be used, so the follow-up supplies could not be issued before the battle, and the musketeers could only rely on a small part of the gunpowder they carried with them to fight, it was obvious that these ammunition could not take the opportunity to completely destroy the two white flag cavalry and Dolgon. What's more, even when there were sufficient weapons and ammunition and full morale, Li Xin did not dare to say that he was sure to defeat the most elite Eight Banners cavalry of the Tartars, let alone the current situation of lack of ammunition.

But now that he was ready to send an arrow, he had no choice but to retreat and force Dorgon to negotiate with the Three Guards again. This is to buy enough time for Miyan's activities in Shengjing, as long as there is enough time, even if Dolgon's army enters Shengjing, it will only further complicate the already complicated situation. And this is also the greatest benefit that Li Xin is determined to use the death of Huang Taiji to obtain, the benefit to the Ming Dynasty.

The two armies were tense, and the artillery battalions of Heisenberg and Kong Youde were firing shells one after the other, rumbling one after another, and the sound was extremely terrifying. Although the Dolgons were demoralized by fire and flooding, they still maintained a high level of vigilance and prepared for the battle that would come at any time.

I saw that between the battle lines of the two armies, several groups of cavalry with two white flags were galloping across it, as if they were demonstrating, and as if they were trying to get close to the reality of the reconnaissance of the Three Guards, as well as the intention of temptation. There were even several groups of 100-strong cavalry that reached the close range, and the horizontal line of the three guards was less than thirty paces away. was so arrogant that he was no longer polite when he became famous, and ordered the musketeers to open fire, and immediately bombarded the cavalry that was showing off their might and approaching to reconnoitre, and fled.

After learning from the previous experience, the Tartar cavalry relented a lot, and no longer dared to approach within fifty paces of the Three Guards Army, but only cruised around the periphery.

Dolgon, who was on the beach of the Xiaoling River, couldn't help but sigh when she saw this, she couldn't fight and break through, and the only option left for her was to negotiate. But the negotiation also needs to be fierce, and the conditions that are not painful and itchy will be rejected by Li Xin, and at this moment, the strange goods in his hand come in handy

"What? Who? Hong Chengchou? Wasn't he already dead in the battle of Quang Ninh's Qiantun Guard? ”

"General Hui, this person is really not dead, the previous rumor that Hong Chengchou was killed was deliberately done by Dorobelle, and today in order to show the sincerity of the negotiations, Dorobelle specially sent this person to the general!"

The Qing soldier with the tail of the money rat shook his head, shook his head, and even took out a copper seal.

"This is Hong Chengchou's seal, if the general doesn't believe it, he can check it himself!"

Li Xin asked: "Hong Chengchou is just a general of the defeated army, what does Dorobelle want?" ”

"Dorobelle has long heard that this thief has plotted against the general several times, and now he has handed it over to the general to deal with, which is also to vent his evil anger and seek justice for the general. What's more, Dorobel said, so that he appeared to be sincere in the negotiations. ”

Li Xin knew that Dolgon had kept the news of Hong Chengchou's life a secret, and he must have had a bigger intention, but now he even gave up this attempt, and instead used it as a bargaining chip for negotiations, and even said that it was a tool to show his sincerity to himself, it is conceivable that he has forced Dolgon to a situation where he is almost desperate.

Take 10,000 steps back and think about it, Dolgon is telling Li Xin, if you let me go, I will send Hong Chengchou to you, waiting for the miserable fate of this person, with the methods of those ministers in the center of the Ming Court, he will definitely be ruined, and life is worse than death. As for the despicable things that Hong Chengchou had done to Li Xin, both of them tacitly agreed.

In this way, even if there is a worry that Dolgon will not fulfill his promise after returning to Shengjing, he should have a deposit.

Of course, Li Xin is not only thinking about Hong Chengchou, his purpose is to at least drag Dolgon until tonight, so that he can achieve his goal, as for Hong Chengchou, even if it is an addition, he has to come over first, as for whether to fulfill his promise, Dolgon has the intention of repaying the debt, what can't he Li Xin do?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Xin shouted to the Qing soldiers: "In that case, let Dorobelle first bring the Hong Thief Gang to meet Ben Shuai, and then you can let go of the road and let you cross!" But there is one thing to say, before Dorobelle agreed to the request of the commander, he is not allowed to go back, otherwise he will not talk about it, you and I will raise troops to fight and decide the winner! ”

When the Qing soldiers saw that Li Xin was relieved, they were immediately relieved, for fear that Li Xin would stay for a while longer, and after beating a thousand, they confessed their guilt and retired, and went back to present the good news to Dorgon.

Hong Chengchou is a rare chess piece, if it is used well, there may be unexpected results, Li Xin is also very much looking forward to Hong Chengchou's return, but I don't know if Dolgon is willing to hand over this strange goods so lightly

Daming Mountain Customs, Liu Yuliang, who had been worried, finally settled down, because the half-dead Sun Chengzong came, and resolutely came to Shanhaiguan to supervise the battle despite the fatigue of the boats and cars. For a while, the panic was unexpected, and it was stable in just one day. In addition to the generals, even the soldiers defending the city were secretly glad that with Sun Ge Lao here, Shanhaiguan was saved. What makes Liu Yuliang even more strange is that since Sun Chengzong came, Zu Dashou, who has been listed as the object of suspicion by him, actually smiled, and he stayed in Sun Chengzong's house day and night without knowing what the two were discussing.

However, in one day, there have been earth-shaking changes in Shanhaiguan City, and Liu Yuliang, who watched it, sighed again and again, these big living people with all beards and tails are not worth a paralyzed man who is half-dead and about to see the king of Hades.