Chapter 57: The Elite Strikes First

There is only one point to be taken into account: the Qing army will send more Hou cavalry to reconnoiter on the way before they retreat, and the Hebei area is mostly plain, with very few deep mountains and hills, and it is very difficult to hide 10,000 people. What can be done is to first hide one, and then the main force is not far away, and when the battle situation is together, it will immediately attack the Qing army.

The Hou cavalry of the Qing army were all monitored, because this was the Ming realm, and every Ming person hated the Tartars, and they would report as soon as they had the news of the Tartars, and Zhang Biwu also sent many people to pretend to be refugees, or ordinary people, and also paid close attention to the Qing army's every move.

Abatai was leading his men forward, and he asked Hou Qi to keep him informed of the latest news.

Hou Qifei reported: "Report to the general, there are scattered cavalry of the Ming army thirty miles ahead." "Since the Qing army entered the fortress, there will be scattered cavalry of the Ming army around them, and the Ming army does not dare to get too close to the Qing army, but only patrols around to monitor the Qing army's every move.

Therefore, it is normal for the Ming army to scatter and ride, and Abatai doesn't care much, they come all the way, since the defeat of Bai Guangen, the Ming army has not dared to fight them all the way! And the latest news, Zhang Biwu is still squatting in Miyun, and he wants to build a defense line with the officers and soldiers of the Eight Towns, trying to prevent the Qing army from leaving the fortress.

Abatai sneered, if it was only Zhang Biwu's army, he might be afraid, but with the Ming army of the eight towns, the Ming army of the eight towns would not only not help Zhang Biwu, but on the contrary, it would also play a role in dragging his feet. It's better to have than to have!

Abatai waved his hand and shouted, "Forward! Everybody go home! Then the Manchu phrase "go home" resounded throughout the world.

Originally, Abatai also made the team tightly together, because there was no Ming attack along the way. The most terrible enemy is still in the clouds! Therefore, the chariots and horses of the Qing army, the people on foot. It is thirty miles long, not only the 100,000 soldiers of the Qing army. There are also hundreds of thousands of Ming people who have been taken captive.

Because the line is too long, then the Qing army is like a long snake, and it is also like a loose palm, which cannot become a fist, if someone suddenly throws a heavy punch! Then if the Qing army does not clench its fists, it will suffer a big loss if it is unprepared!

"Kill!" "Gotcha!" The Ming army is all up at once! They just want to cut off the waist of the Qing army! The Qing army was subjected to the combat strategy of cutting off the waist, beheading, and shooting the tail.

"Report! General, no! Suddenly, our middle lane is under attack by enemy troops! This enemy army is like falling from the sky! "When Hou Qi came to report. Abatai gasped.

Abatai kept saying, "Impossible! Didn't Hou Qi find out that there was no large Ming army nearby except for a very small number of Ming army scattered horses? And which Ming army would dare to fight us? ”

Hou Qi replied: "General, this enemy army is under the banner of the Volunteer Army, and they want to rescue the captive compatriots!" There are not many people, only 2,000 people! ”

Abatai calmed down when he heard this, and said, "Volunteers? Giggle! I think it must be the volunteers of Shunde and other three prefectures, how many people can there be? And it's not a regular army, it's not terrible at all! Just send a detachment to defeat the Volunteers! ”

"Yes!" The heralds immediately went to herald that they would defeat the heroes who had attacked them with a detachment.

But they didn't know that Lu Dao was just a ploy planned by Zhang Biwu and Xuan Jianhao. Because this is the plain, there are many rangers for the Qing army to reconnoitre. Even if they have a common people's base, and the people hide for them, Zhang Biwu's men and horses are far away, and the army sneaks in by night. It also takes time.

This army is an elite division, and it first charges the Qing army in the name of the volunteers. The Qing army must have been negligent and unprepared, and only attacked this army with a partial division. Its entire army is still on the march. In this way, Zhang Biwu was given time and opportunity, so that he could quickly lead the army to annihilate the enemy.

Bai Guangen's army. Bai Guangen was waiting for news. He also sent more Hou cavalry to spy on the war report, his capital is not big, if the war is unfavorable, he will not move forward, he depends on the war and decides to act.

At the same time, Bai Guangen was also very anxious, he had lost several times in a row, and he really wanted to atone for his credit with a victory. He looked forward to the success of Zhang Biwu's strategy more than anyone else.

Hou Qi has already reported to him: "Lord Zhentai, Zhang Biwu's men and horses have turned into righteous and brave soldiers and are fighting fiercely with the Qing army!" When the Qing army heard that it was righteous and brave, they didn't think so, they just fought with a partial division, they didn't expect that this was a strong force of Zhang Biwu, and the Qing army's partial division could not win! ”

Bai Guangen waved his hand to signal Hou to ride down, he thought to himself: "Zhang Biwu, the Qing army is cavalry, they are fast, you are mainly infantry, the Qing army can quickly surround your army disguised as a volunteer, what can you do?" With so few of us, can we really defeat the Qing army? I'll have to look at it again and make a decision! ”

Bai Guangen gave the order, but he still marched slowly, he was afraid that he would be pulled to be cannon fodder.

Zhou Yuji's army, they were assigned to rescue the people, Zhou Yuji couldn't help but look from afar, and said: "Did Zhang Biwu's army really fight the Qing army first?" ”

Hou Qi replied: "Yes! Lord Zhentai! Zhou Yuji said: "Hurry forward!" If we want to resist the Qing Dynasty, we can't always let Zhang Guoxiong be alone! It is also time for us to let Ning Wujun be in charge! ”

It can be said that Zhou Yuji is a tough guy! He is a rare general in the Ming army who can fight to the death against the enemy without fear of difficulties.

The army dressed as a volunteer was led by Han Runchang and Lin Xiangfeng, and most of the troops they led were formed by Zhang Biwu's training and bravery, and this army can be said to be Zhang Biwu's elite division.

Although the number was not large, only 2,000 people, but the surprise attack of 2,000 people was still very long, and the Qing army, which was not concentrated, took the lead, and when the Qing army sent a partial division out, they immediately formed a square circle array, in order to protect themselves, even if they were surrounded by the Qing army.

And at this time, the three thousand volunteers led by Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao also came over, don't underestimate these three thousand volunteers, because Yao Dongzhao is a person with a high reputation in the Shunde Mansion, and Lu Xiangsheng made the people happy and convinced of him when he was stationed in the three mansions, and some people knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, and they would fight even more desperately, just because this was to defend their homeland.

Lu Xiangsheng has a hand in training soldiers, and he has trained volunteers into strong soldiers, and these volunteers are stronger than the regular army that the Ming army neglected to train. In this way, as soon as the volunteers set out to fight the Qing army, the volunteers would be regarded as the main force of the Ming army, rather than the volunteers who spontaneously organized by the people. It seems that this can deceive the Qing army and give Zhang Biwu's main force a chance.

Now Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao are leading 3,000 volunteers to come quickly, and they want to fight with Han Runchang and other 2,000 people. As for the other 2,000 volunteers, they were assigned to attack and escort the captive Qing army, but this was a matter of later.

Because Lu Xiangsheng was healed by Yuan Ti'an, his eyes were already better. Originally, he and Han Runchang and others were already connected, but now they are first attacking with Han Runchang and other 2,000 men, and then they 3,000 people suddenly attack, so that they can defeat the Qing army from both sides.

There is no doubt that such an operation was successful, and the Qing army did not expect that the attacking enemy army would be divided into two groups and suffer a big loss, plus they despised the righteous bravery. thinks that even the regular army of the Ming Dynasty is no more than Erer, what can the righteous and brave people do?

Under the light enemy, he will definitely suffer a big loss, and the news of the disadvantage of the division and the battle soon reached the ears of Abatai.

Abatai couldn't help but get angry, his fiery temper was ignited again, the dignified Qing soldiers, they couldn't even clean up the righteousness, so what was it? Abatai had already led an army to quickly move towards Lu Xiangsheng and Han Runchang, and they had to destroy this group of volunteers.

As soon as Abatai left, FjΓ€nagoe felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that if they were attracted by the righteousness and courage of the army, they would be in great trouble.

Fiyango's hunch was not wrong at all. Zhang Biwu had already led the army to the flank of the Qing army, looking at the long Qing army all the way, and the attention of the Qing army was attracted to Lin Xiangfeng's side, and if he led the army to fight suddenly, it would work.

Hou Qi came to report that Zhou Yuji was about to come. Zhang Biwu immediately asked the herald to tell Zhou Yuji that after he launched an attack, Zhou Yuji launched an attack on the enemy army from the other side.

The battle is on! First of all, the impact of the cavalry, the Qing army was still dreaming of their big dreams, and there was a row of Qing soldiers on the far side who had died unjustly.

However, the Qing soldiers were well-trained soldiers, and they quickly organized resistance.

Rushing to the forefront are the veterans of a hundred battles, originally these veterans who have been with Zhang Biwu for several years have become small leaders, and now Zhang Biwu has organized them all, plus some hundreds of people who can also fight together, a total of 500 people, let them become a sharp knife, quickly cut off the Qing army, and let the Qing army be in chaos.

"Whoosh" The Qing army shot arrows at the first 500 people who rushed to the front, and these 500 people rushed to where they saw the fiercest arrows and the most enemy soldiers.

"Long live Daming!" A roar! Five hundred people rushed straight to the front of the 1,000 Qing troops that had been organized.

"Shot!" A Qing soldier couldn't help but shout excitedly, he shot the Ming horse, but the Ming horse still had an arrow stuck in his cheek, he held the saber high, and his feet clamped the horse's belly hard, so that the war horse galloped quickly.

"Shoot him!" This time, more than one Qing soldier shot him, but several Qing soldiers shot arrows at him together.

"Whoosh" more than a dozen arrows shot at him, five arrows hit him, and another arrow in his forehead, even so, the cavalry urged the valley to slap the war horse, let the war horse gallop, the war horse felt the will of the master, it let go of the hooves and run wild! (To be continued......)