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Time passed quietly.

When the soldiers have recuperated their spirits, the night will come quietly.

In the valley, 3,600 cavalry were ready to go, and the three generals Li Dingguo, Zhang Mu, and Chen De were all armored and fully armed.

At this time, almost as soon as it was approaching, a faint mist floated in the sky, and the first spring rain of Chongzhen's fourteenth year came quietly.

In a moment, several horses galloped over outside the valley, and the leading soldiers turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said: "General, no Qing army scouts have been found outside the valley, and no Qing army movements have been found within a radius of ten miles!" ”

This valley is adjacent to the county seat of Wuqing, and there are more than 100 miles away from the range of the Qing army's strength, and the main sight targets of the Qing army are all gathered in the northwest of the Jingshi and the nine-sided Tongzhou camp, which has become a blind spot.

Li Dingguo nodded slightly, motioned for the pro-soldier to probe again, and turned his head to look at Zhang Mu and Chen De, "Two brothers, it's almost time!" ”

Zhang Mu and Chen De glanced at each other and nodded in unison, "Brother Li, in this case, let's go!" ”

Li Dingguo couldn't hold back the blood in his heart, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and shouted in a low voice: "Open the road in front of the Wuqing camp, and the army will set off~~!" ”

On the same day, outside Xiangyang City, Li Dingguo gathered more than 3,000 troops under Zhang Xianzhong, but there were only more than 600 cavalry, but at this time it was against the Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, and it was difficult for the infantry army to play any role, and he could only rely on these 600 cavalry.

However, although the sparrow is small, it still has all kinds of organs.

Although Liu Ruyi did not give them a number, Li Dingguo took Wuqing County, where he was located at this time, as the number of his headquarters, hoping to use this battle to correct the names of these sons under his command.

In a moment, the six hundred cavalry rushed out of the valley like a gray whirlwind, and galloped all the way to the east.

Zhang Mu and Chen De glanced at each other, and at the same time took out the steel knife at their waists, and shouted loudly: "Sons and daughters of the Caishi Army, go!" ”

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The light rain kept falling, hitting the person's body, like a girl's soft little hands without bones, gentle and moist.

The 3,600 cavalry galloped all the way east, crossed the Grand Canal, and soon came to the control zone of the Qing army.

It is now the middle of April of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and the entrance of the Qing army is at the end of the first month.

At this time, the Grand Canal can almost be used as the dividing line, in the east of the canal, Tianjin Wei to the north, and continue to the Shanhaiguan this large area, the city has basically fallen, in the actual control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, due to the need to fight against the Ming army, most of the main forces of the Qing army at this time were stationed on the front line of Pinggu and Xianghe, and they always maintained pressure on the Ming army.

Perhaps because of the weather, 3,600 cavalry came all the way east and traveled more than 100 miles, but no trace of the Qing army was found.

But Li Dingguo and the three did not dare to be careless, and the army marched to a small river and quietly stopped the horse's hooves.

Li Dingguo ordered his soldiers to lay out the map, and together with Zhang Mu and Chen De, they discussed the specific route of the next march.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Chen, where we are now, is between the Xiang River and Baodi, this waterway should be a tributary of Bao Qiushui. I estimated that if it was from here to the north, no more than seventy miles, it would be the county seat of Xianghe. We have two options at this point! ”

Li Dingguo pointed to the map, and the thumb and little finger of the big hand were stuck in two lines.

"First, we can continue to the east, bypassing Bao Qiushui, from the west, approaching the Xianghe River and Pinggu line, the advantage of this road is that the risk is small, and it is not easy to be discovered by the Qing army, but it is impossible to have too good chances! The second line is that we go directly north from here, approaching the Xianghe River, although this road is dangerous, but the opportunity is also greater! Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with coldness, and his tongue licked his chapped lips slightly.

Although he is majestic and strategic, he is considered a fierce general in the world, but at this time, he only has 600 cavalry under his command, and the equipment is not very sophisticated.

Zhang Mu already had a plan in his heart, but the stakes were very high, and he couldn't engage in 'Yiyantang', he looked up at Chen De and said in a low voice: "Brother Chen thinks so!" ”

Chen De couldn't help but smile, "Since the two brothers have already made a plan, then what are we hesitating about?" Since the general has given us this opportunity, if we don't seize it well and get a big vote, how can we be worthy of the general's good intentions? ”

Li Dingguo and Zhang Mu couldn't help but be overjoyed, they didn't expect that Chen De, who was low-key and excessive on weekdays, would be filled with this kind of palpitating rage in his bones.

"So good! Since all three of us brothers have this intention, then let's do it! Zhang Mu immediately made a decision and looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo hurriedly explained in detail: "Brother Zhang, Brother Chen, in the past few days, the scouts under my command have investigated the situation near the Xianghe River clearly. At this time, stationed in Xianghe was the headquarters of the Manchu Zheng Prince Jierharang, but on the edge of the city, there were still 15,000 Mongolian cavalry, as well as more than 3,000 elites with yellow flags under the command of Haoge, a total of no less than 40,000 people. The easiest thing we want to do is the three thousand elite ...... under Hauge."

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At this time, in Qiaojiadian Town, thirty miles southeast of Xianghe County, the Yellow Flag Jialazhangjing Zha Gurtu was in the prisoner camp, selecting a Han woman to spend the night with him tonight.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty did not go all out to the south when they entered the customs this time, so there were not many Han slaves captured, only less than 100,000.

And the Zagurtu department is the last batch to enter the customs, and the oil and water are even less pitiful.

He finally found an opportunity to go out to Duzhen, but he only captured the small town of Qiaojiadian, and only six or seven hundred prisoners were captured.

Still, that's enough for him!

I'd rather be the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix!

If you stay in the Pinggu camp, don't say that this kind of opportunity is a mare, it is rare to find one.

"Hey, hey! Han woman, really enough water spirit! Compared to my Qing girls, I don't know how many times stronger than the road! Zagurtu smiled and walked past dozens of Han Chinese women.

These Han women were all residents of Qiaojiadian, and because they fled late, they had to fall into the hands of the Qing army and thieves.

At this time, seeing this fierce man with a black beard, they were powerless to resist at all, huddled together, trembling.

"Hey, hey! This is good! This one is not bad either! Kindness! It's just the two of you! Go, hurry up and wash up, and come to the lord's big tent! Zagurtu carefully selected two petite and plump Han women and shouted loudly.

"Please, let me go, let me go!" A Han woman knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately, and kept retreating.

Zagurtu couldn't help but be furious, and slapped the Han woman in the face with a hard slap, "Damn, my lord has taken a fancy to you, that's your blessing, why is there so much trouble!" One more word, the master cut your tongue! ”

"......" The Han woman was so shocked that she didn't dare to say a word, her big eyes were full of tears, and she was dragged aside by a few goshha and thrown to the side of the river.

Zagurtu nodded with satisfaction, carrying the wine jug, singing a little song, and walking slowly towards his big tent.

In fact, this is the first time that Zagurtu has entered the customs, otherwise, he would not have seen this little pomp and circumstance, and he would be so happy that he could not find the north!

He was originally a servant under the command of Yue Tuo, the owner of the Red Flag Banner, and after Yue Tuo's death, the Red Flag Banner was disheartened, but Zagurtu was quite clever and eager to find a way.

His luck was really good, and after spending thousands of taels of silver, a noble man really pointed out a clear path for him.

Although this guy was born with a bad appearance, covered in hair, like a wild bull, but his sister-in-law was born extremely bewitching and watery, under the guidance of that nobleman, his sister-in-law entered the mansion of Prince Su Haoge.

Soon, his sister-in-law was promoted to Haoge's concubine, and then, and then promoted to a favorite concubine, Zagurtu also rose from this, first for Niu Lu Zhangjing, and then promoted to Jiala Zhangjing, if this entry can make some achievements, then after going back, I am afraid that the post of Gushan Ezhen with a yellow flag will fall into the hands of this guy!

In fact, at the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nepotism was centered on marriage.

Although the red and yellow ribbons at the end of the Qing Dynasty were unsightly, and all of them were images of smokers, but in the early days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these people, as long as they could reach a certain position, were all good people.

However, like Zagurtu, who is completely on the basis of nepotism, is also an outlier among the odds.

That is, Hauge, this kind of rough character, will make this kind of mistake!

If it were Huang Taiji and Dorgon, even if it was Zilharang and Duoduo, this kind of thing would never happen.

Thinking of the bright future, and with a beautiful woman tonight, Zagurtu's heart was sweeter than eating honey, humming a little song, three times five divided by two, then stripped off his clothes, lay down on a comfortable woolen carpet, and waited for the two little lambs to come to the door.

But for a long time, there was still no movement outside, Zagurtu couldn't help but feel a little hairy, naked, strode out of the tent, and said to the soldiers on duty: "Damn, what's going on?" Why is it so slow? ”

The soldiers didn't dare to slack off, "Master, stay less, the slave will go over there and have a look!" ”

"Hurry, hurry! Delay the master's Yaxing, and the master will send you to Ningguta tomorrow! ”

"Wow!" The soldiers hurried away.

Dissatisfied with this, Zagurtu kicked open the door of the tent and walked back into the tent.

But after waiting and waiting, another quarter of an hour passed, and there was still no movement, Zagurtu couldn't help but be furious, picked up the steel knife, and wanted to rush out of the door to kill.

But as soon as he rushed out of the door, he saw the direction of the river to the east, the flames were everywhere, the earth was trembling, and some Qing soldiers shouted loudly: "Oh no! The Ming army attacked the camp! The Ming army attacked the camp! Sons, prepare for war! ”

Zagurtu was shocked, and was about to ask, but saw his own soldiers go and return, "Master, something is wrong!" We are surrounded by the Ming army! Their firearms are sharp, and our sons have been crushed in front of them! You, you'd better make a decision early! ”

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