Prince Zheng Zierharang couldn't help but get up to the case, until now, half of his body still didn't feel the slightest feeling, and he had to wither in the soft couch all day long, being carried around by four cronies and attendants. He is already a handful of years old, and his body is like this, what is he working so hard for, not for the sake of this Qing world!

He Luohui was ordered to take charge of the military affairs in Liaodong, but he was unusually cautious and cautious in the use of troops, firmly adhering to the creed of "no fault is meritorious", and concentrated the soldiers and horses in the large and small cities on the first line of Tianshui Station and Lianshan Pass, and could not hold on.

Zilharang naturally understands the significance of defense for Liaodong today, but blindly sticking to it has a long-term plan from time to time. Li Dingguo's army of 60,000 people advanced north from the Fuzhou Four Guards, and most of them were still infantry soldiers, and their movements were naturally slow, which could not compare with the mobility of the Qing cavalry. At this time, it is even more necessary to take the initiative to attack with cavalry, constantly harass the main force of the Ming army along the way, and seize the opportunity to pounce on it and bite it hard.

Although Li Dingguo is a general under Zhu Ping'an, he has also made the Qing army suffer in Liaodong over the years, but he is young after all. According to Zilharang's judgment, the sudden dispatch of troops this time was precisely because of Dorgon's unprecedented victory in Huguang, which put great pressure on the Ming court. In order to alleviate the predicament in the south, Zhu Ping'an hastily ordered Li Dingguo to go north, trying to encircle Wei and save Zhao and attract the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners in the pass to return to aid outside the pass.

Although He Luohui agreed with Zilharang's opinion, he was unwilling to take the initiative to meet the Ming army. In his opinion, being able to hold Liaodong is the greatest support for the main force of the Qing army in Guannai. Anything else is out of the picture.

In addition, the Manchu rebels in Dejiha and Kali were already active in various parts of Liaodong. These scum are full of people, for a little money. They actually betrayed their ancestors and constantly instigated bankrupt Manchus to join their ranks, causing wind and rain in various places, so that the garrison Qing army could not be at peace for a moment.

There is also Liu Fu, the descendant of Liu Xingzuo, who made the Manchus unable to sleep at night when he was alive, and now Liu Fu is haunted in the area of Gushan Fort under the banner of revenge for Liu Xingzuo. stirred up the Qing army's day and night.

Jierharang's construction is insightful, but He Luohui is afraid that if the troops are dispatched, Dejiha, Gali, and Liu Fu will make any big moves in Liaodong, and the soldiers and horses dispatched will fall into a dilemma.

Just when the two were arguing and refusing to give in to each other, the Ming army began to attack the city. Lianshan Pass line, in the original Liaodong Town and Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Gaizhou, Yizhou four guards junction, after the Qing army occupied Liaodong Town, once and the Ming army in this long-term confrontation, therefore. Even near Shanguan, there is also a large fort, forming a chain-type defensive system.

The Ming army's attack on the Lianshanguan defense line began with the uprooting of these forts. The superior artillery fire of the Ming army made these fortresses of the Qing army have no power to fight back at all. The red-coated artillery of the Qing army was concentrated on the city pass of Lianshan Pass, and these forts were not even able to fight back in the face of the artillery fire of the Ming army in addition to occupying the advantage of the terrain. In two days, eight forts, including Changding Fort, Anding Fort, and Anping Fort, have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Holo and Zilharang were shocked. Fortunately, Ninggutamel, Zhangjing, Wu Bahai's soldiers and horses arrived in time and finally stabilized the situation. The other thing is. More than 40,000 people from the coalition forces of the Haixi Jurchens also got rid of Cao Bianjiao's entanglement and rushed to the battlefield.

Just when He Luohui and Zilharang breathed a sigh of relief, there was shocking news. The cavalry of the Ming army Cao Bianjiao and the cavalry of Pu Youzhou of North Korea, taking advantage of the Ming army's attack on the defense line of Lianshan City, had already crossed the gap between Lianshan Pass and Gushan Fort under the leadership of Liu Fu's department, and attacked Benxi and Liaoyang in the starry night.

This made He Luohui and Zilharang almost faint. The two of them knew better than anyone else. What does the hinterland of Liaodong look like today? The garrison could only suppress the rebellion of the people, and if it were not for this, the Shunzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager would not have been forced to accept Dolgon's construction and move the capital to Beijing. Cao Bianjiao and Pu Youzhou have a total of 30,000 people, which will be if they attack the heart of Liaodong. And what troops to garrison?

There was no way, and under the consultation between He Luohui and Zilharang, he could only send the Haixi Jurchens and the Mongolian Korqin tribe Badali and his brother Temur to lead the army back to help.

After Emperor Shunzhi ascended the throne, he also adhered to the consistent tradition of nurturing his maternal grandfather's Mongolian family. The Mongol tribes are now the Chahar tribe, Ezhe and the Horqin tribe Badali are considered to have some strength, and the Horqin tribe has gradually overshadowed the Chahar department in recent years under the deliberate support of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Therefore, this time, He Luo will mobilize the Mongolian tribes to rescue Lianshan Pass, and Badali is the most active one of them. However, Ezhe of the Chahar Department did not come to his illness.

And the Haixi Jurchen is only a nominal term until now. With the original four Haixi tribes, Yehe tribes, Hada tribes, Huifa tribes, and Ula tribes being destroyed by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji father and son, the current Haixi Jurchens have all been included in the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners. Although there are tens of thousands of armor, they are not considered to be a faction with roots in the Eight Banners, so they have been living in the bitter cold land near the Ash River for so many years, guarding the northern territory for Manchuria.

This time to support Lianshan Pass, it was Dr Geler, the son of Jin Taishi, the leader of the Yehe tribe who died at the hands of Nurhachi, who led 30,000 Haixi Jurchen light cavalry to reinforce him.

At the sound of Holo's order, Badali and Delgrad each led their tribesmen and horses back to the north in pursuit.

According to Zilharang's plan, Badali and Delgrad led troops to chase Cao Bianjiao and Pu Youzhou respectively. However, He Luohui thought that Park Youzhou's Korean soldiers and horses were vain, and their combat effectiveness was inferior, and this time the in-depth penetration of Liaodong was just a cover to attract the Qing army to divide its troops. And Cao Bianjiao's 20,000 cavalry is the real henchmen, they are the elite soldiers that Li Dingguo spent two years piling up with a lot of money. Therefore, we must concentrate superior forces to encircle Cao Bianjiao's department. Therefore, He Luo would insist on ordering the Horqin Department and the Haixi Jurchen's soldiers and horses to gather together to chase Cao Bianjiao. As for Park Youzhou, as long as Cao Bianjiao is dealt with, the North Korean soldiers and horses will naturally retreat.

He Luohui firmly believed that on the flat land of Liaodong, Li Dingguo gave up his most advantageous firearm attack, and actually dared to use cavalry troops to run long distances. This is the mistake he exposed. Such an opportunity must be seized tightly.

Badali and Delgrad were also very excited, on the grassland, the cavalry of the Ming army could only die when they encountered their own soldiers and horses, so after receiving the military order from He Luohui, the two couldn't wait to pursue the road with their soldiers.

Badali is currently the Prince of Tushetu of the Horqin Department, in charge of the Horqin Right Wing Central Banner. He once accompanied the Qing army under the command of Wu Keshan to fight in the east and west, as the right-hand man of Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin Zhuo Liketu, this time he also led the elite cavalry of Horqin to participate in the battle of Lianshan Pass. Although Delgrad is a Manchurian, his identity is too far from it, so he naturally has to listen to Badali's dispatch.

After two days of non-stop pursuit, the outpost had already found traces of the passage of the large group of men and horses, and looked at the terrain, and had reached the vicinity of Dingshan Fort. Along the way, all the places where the Manchu people lived. The Ming army actually killed all of them, except for the corpses and burned houses left everywhere, and they couldn't see a single living person, which made Badali grit his teeth with hatred. It was immediately ordered that the whole army should speed up and be sure to intercept the Ming army before they reached Dingshan Fort. Because, Dingshan Fort is the largest military grain storage place and transit station in Liaodong Town. If it was captured by the Ming army first, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Running wildly. The formation of more than 40,000 light horsemen became a little scattered, not far away. It has arrived at the Majiaying south of Dingshan Fort. This is the horse yard of the defenders of Dingshan Fort, the surrounding water and grass are abundant, and the terrain is slightly undulating, which is very conducive to cavalry grazing training.

The grass river runs through the camp of the Ma family, and on the other side of the river is a dense forest, and through the woods is the walled city of Dingshan Fort. At this time, the defense line of Dingshan Fort in the distance was already full of wolf smoke, and the sound of fighting could be faintly heard. Badali was overjoyed and finally caught up with Cao Bianjiao's soldiers and horses.

But the cavalry in front was crowded by the river and hesitated. This made Badali immediately furious, there was an enemy army in front of him, as long as he crossed the river, he could reach Dingshan Fort when he rode his horse and galloped for a cup of tea, why did he not move forward here.

When they reached the river, Badali and Delgrad gasped. On the surface of the Cao River, there are densely covered wooden boxes of different sizes, connected by ropes, covering the entire Cao River tightly. The grass river is not deep, and horses can gallop across it, but now, none of the soldiers dares to wade through the river.

The Mongol cavalry followed the Qing army and fought with the Ming army for many years, and the Ming army had countless firearms, including the black iron bumps contained in the wooden box in front of them, which was called "landmines". The Ming army often arranges it on the road that must be passed, buries it with soil, when the soldiers and horses pass by, as long as they step on it, it can cause an explosion, but the Ming army of that year is trapped in the defense of the city, this thing is inconvenient to carry, so it is often used to defend the city, the Ming soldiers set it on fire, and threw it from the head of the city to the Qing army troops besieging the city, and the lethality is not small. But it is used as a "10,000-strong enemy".

Now, when they suddenly saw that the river was covered by these things, Badali and the others were shocked. But you can't just wait here and watch Dingshan Fort fall, right?

Dragler finally came up with an idea, and the soldiers and horses withdrew backwards, and ordered the lit torches to be thrown at the wooden boxes, and the mines in them were detonated, which was equivalent to clearing the river.

Badali agreed, and immediately asked people to act according to the law, and sure enough, after hundreds of torches were thrown, several of the mines were ignited, and the explosion caused huge waves in the river, but the power was indeed too far from imagined.

After thinking about it carefully, Badali and Delgrad suddenly understood the intention, it turned out that most of these mines were just decorations, and the Ming army simply had no ability to carry so many mines for a long run, and they were bumpy all the way, and I am afraid that many of them had already exploded, and the seemingly numerous mines on the river surface were actually just a cover to scare and block the pursuers.

Looking at the other side again, sure enough, there were many Ming soldiers who were hiding and waiting to light the fuse and jumped out and ran into the woods in a panic.

Badali was furious, immediately raised his sword, and ordered his subordinates to ride horses and wade across the river to kill the Ming army on the opposite side. (To be continued......)