Du Du's battle was unusually smooth, he took the three cities of Dingxing, Laishui and Yizhou, and plundered a large amount of money and grain, part of which had been transported to Yanqing City and handed over to Dolgon, in order to maintain the cost of the army, according to the original plan, Du Du should have taken Ansu and then attacked Baoding City, but the news he got from Kong Youde made Du Du also change his original decision.

After Kong Youde took the new city, he went straight to attack Gaoyang County, at first Du Du didn't understand why Kong Youde would go far and near, but after looking at the map and thinking about it carefully, he found that Kong Youde still had ideas.

When he decided to attack Baoding Mansion in advance, Du Du made a decision again, that is, to continue to divide the army, after the 30,000 army took Baoding Mansion City, it was divided into three routes, all the way south to continue to attack Mancheng, Wanxian, Tang County and Qingdu and other cities, all the way to the southwest to take Qizhou, Boye and Lixian, these places should have been Kong Youde was responsible, as for the other 10,000 soldiers, they could enter Zhending Mansion along the southwest direction to plunder, after these days of attack, Du Du has been aware that most of the cities in the north are directly subordinate, They are all undefended cities, and you can attack and plunder boldly with confidence.

Kong Youde led only 10,000 Han troops, all of which were able to take Xincheng effortlessly, so there was no need for him Dudu to lead an army of 30,000 to attack, so it was a waste of troops, and he could continue to divide his troops, break through more cities, and loot more money and grain.

Du Du also knew about Turai's way of fighting, and he was a little dissatisfied, so he wrote a letter to Turai, asking Turai to divide his troops to fight and capture many cities in a short time, and he didn't need to be so cautious, and he could attack with his hands and feet.

In Du Du's view, the Ming army was completely vulnerable, and he remembered that when he defeated the army reinforced by the Ming army, the captured Ming army sergeant said that the army under the command of Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces. still has good combat effectiveness, and has repeatedly defeated the Liukou, but unfortunately the so-called Ming army with good combat effectiveness is so vulnerable. It took more than half a day to be completely defeated.

At this time, Du Du's confidence was completely inflated, even if he met Zheng Jiajun, Zheng Jiajun, whom Huang Taiji emphasized many times, he would not care. Dudu did not doubt the bravery of the likes of Dord, Azig, and Abatai. He didn't want to think about why Duoduo and the others lost to Zheng Jiajun, he just believed that as long as he had the opportunity, he would be able to completely defeat Zheng Jiajun.

With such a combat belief, after taking the city of Yizhou and plundering wildly, Du Du issued an order, and the army quickly marched in the direction of Baoding Fucheng, Yizhou is only two hundred miles away from Baoding Fucheng, according to the marching speed of the Manchurian Eight Banners and the soldiers of the Mongolian left and right battalions, it can be reached within one day.

However, many soldiers in Dingxing, Laishui and Yizhou were plundered. The harvest is not small, the pockets are bulging, and the money belongs to the sergeants personally, and it is also one of the main sources of the Eight Banners sergeants' conquest, so in this case, it is not particularly realistic to ask the army to speed up the march.

As for the plundering population, women, etc., there are special sergeants who are responsible for taking care of the money and food.

The 30,000-strong army took the county seat of Dingxing on the 15th, and stayed overnight. pounced on Laishui, and took Laishui City on the same day, and then took Yizhou City on the 17th, which is counted as one city per day. The speed was amazing, Du Du's battle plan changed, a little delayed, 30,000 troops rushed to Baoding Fucheng early in the morning of the 18th, Du Du's plan was to start attacking Baoding Fucheng early in the morning of the 19th, since it was Fucheng. There must be a lot of money and women, and the army can stay in the city for a day or two, and then divide the troops and start fighting.

During the march, Du Du also sent a lot of scouts, but for many days, the scouts did not detect any information, and the Ming army did not find a trace of the shadow, but only assumed the responsibility of detecting the route, which made Du Du more assured.

On the 18th, the army set out from Yizhou and headed for Baoding.

The army of 30,000 is divided into two groups, Du Du personally led 25,000 people to gallop all the way to undertake the task of attacking Baoding City, and the other 5,000 soldiers are responsible for taking care of the money and food and looting the population, their speed is not very fast, after all, those who were robbed of the population, it is impossible to have a very fast speed, maybe the army took Baoding City, after the plunder, the sergeant responsible for escorting has not yet arrived at Baoding City.

Of course, most of the people in charge of the care task are the sergeants of the Mongolian left and right battalions, and Du Du trusts the most Manchu Eight Banners, which is their nature, and it is also the nature of the Manchu nobles of the Qing Dynasty.

When the army set off from Yizhou, Du Du rode a horse and watched, surrounded by many personal soldiers.

The team that set off was very large, in front of them were soldiers full of eight banners, their movements were neat, each sergeant was holding his head high, as if he was being inspected by Du Du, and the five thousand people who escorted money, food and population in the back were not so neat, maybe they knew that they would not participate in the fighting, and the mood of these sergeants was a little lazy.

The fate of the men and women who were escorted was very tragic, they could not ride horses, they could only follow the large group of men and horses on foot, if the body could not bear it and fell, they would be mercilessly killed by the Houjin Tartars, who had always robbed the population, and they thought that people with physical strength were useful.

There are also differences, that is, to treat beautiful women, some carriages are to transport these women, you must know that in the Qing Dynasty, beautiful young women are also wealth, can be sold for money, if there are more beautiful women who loot, they can be escorted back to Shenyang, can be exchanged for a lot of silver.

But these women are basically owned by officers above Niu Lu Ezhen, and ordinary sergeants are not treated so well.

With the sound of crying and sobbing in his ears, Du Du frowned and looked at the Han captives who were tied with ropes in their right hands, in his eyes, these captured Han people were not human beings, and after these people were escorted to Shenyang, they were either enslaved or traded as livestock.

If it weren't for Dolgon's request and the fact that these Han people could become slaves and sell for money, Du Du would not have had the heart to escort so many people, and he would have been killed all of them.

The speed of the front army was very fast, and the scouts were also sent out to explore the way, and after admonishing the sergeants who were escorting the money, food, and people behind, Du Du raised his horsewhip and accelerated towards the front.

Zheng Jiajun also marched in the direction of Baoding Fucheng.

Both armies are moving in one direction, but one of them is unaware of the existence of the other.

Zheng Xunrui's mood was not very good, the sudden appearance of Qin Liangyu and the white pole soldier made him a little worried, based on his understanding of Qin Liangyu, and because Qin Liangyu rushed to the capital in the third year of Chongzhen and was rewarded by the emperor, Zheng Xunrui knew that Qin Liangyu would vigorously carry out the emperor's holy decree.

The general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, this is originally the common sense of the war, but in the Ming Dynasty such a thing is rare, not to mention the emperor, even the military department likes to meddle in the deployment of the battle, without understanding the situation of the battle in front, rashly issued the order of the combat attack, the battle of Songshan in history, the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou was defeated, and almost all the Houjin Tartars were annihilated, which was caused by the direct intervention of Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department at that time.

Zheng Xunrui never fought according to the requirements of the imperial court, nor did he obey the emperor's holy decree, he relied on his own analysis of the battle situation, and finally made a decision, saying that this time the Zheng family army sent troops to the north of Zhili, so far the emperor and the imperial court did not know at all, Zheng Xunrui did not plan to report to the emperor immediately, when he defeated Du Du and marched in the direction of Yanqing Prefecture, Zheng Xunrui would write to the emperor.

As for how to fight against Dolgon and how to arrange the deployment, that is also Zheng Xunrui's own concern, and he has nothing to do with the emperor and the imperial court.

Zheng Xunrui has such confidence, Zheng Jiajun will only obey his orders, and it is useless for anyone else to command or give orders.

The marching speed of the Zheng family army is very fast, in order to avoid the trouble of transporting grain and grass, most of the grain and grass are carried by the soldiers, and the captured war horses are mainly allocated to the artillery battalion to transport the Hongyi cannon, which is too cumbersome, and a Hongyi cannon often needs more than ten war horses to transport, and after transporting a certain distance, adjust the war horses.

Such an extravagant transportation of Hongyi cannons, except for Zheng Xunrui, who can make such a decision, no other commander of the Ming army will agree, in the eyes of some commanders, war horses are more valuable than people.

After a large amount of grain and grass is distributed to individuals, the grain and grass that need to be transported is not particularly much, but it is also necessary to arrange a special person to be responsible for escorting, and the reserve of grain and grass is something that no one dares to neglect, and every commander understands that the biggest enemy of the army is hunger, no matter how strong the army, once there is a lack of grain and grass, the combat effectiveness will decline rapidly.

The location of the battle with the Houjin Tartars has been mapped out by the scouts, and Zheng Xunrui still wants to go to the battle site if possible, so that he can know in his heart.

He was silent all the way to the march, and like many soldiers, he rode fast on horseback.

Zheng Xunrui rode the Akhal-Teke horse, which is commonly known as the sweat and blood BMW, and the entire Zheng Jiajun only had five sweat and blood BMWs, of which Zheng Xunrui had two, one was jujube red, one was black, Zheng Jinhong was one, and the remaining two sweat and blood BMWs were kept in the stable and guarded by special personnel.

The speed of the sweaty BMW is indeed very fast, and the acceleration process is also very fast, but the sweaty BMW is more expensive than other horses, and it is definitely not possible to fight in a sweaty BMW, Zheng Jinhong has never ridden a sweaty BMW to fight, so that it is obvious to tell the opponent his identity and attract everyone to attack you.

From this point of view, sweat and blood are indeed much more expensive than human life. (To be continued.) )