"What do you say? What chances? Gonzalez was a little confused.

"Then I'll say it again." Mr. Zheng Qian's attitude was quite arrogant, "My family leader appreciates you very much, as long as you vote over, how much your family adults will give you, my family leader will give you double." If you agree, then we will be brothers in the same boat, and I will take you to Yizhou in a boat immediately. ”

"Bang!" Gonzalez pulled out his waist knife, "You dare to say it again?" See I don't kill you! You have insulted me, you have insulted the honor of a knight! ”

"It's a brainstorm!" Mr. Zheng Qian shook his head, as if he was blind to Gonzalez's threat, "Your family is too big to protect themselves, they are all dizzy, and they want to go north to fight with the Qing Kingdom?" To put it mildly, it is more than lucky. You might as well follow my faucet. ”

Huang Qiqi suddenly grabbed Gonzalez, who was about to get angry, and said to Zheng Qian with a calm face: "Leave a line for people, and he will see you in the future." Mr. Huang Qian, let's see! I don't send it! ”

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Seeing the Zheng family's fleet sailing away, Gonzalez blamed Huang Qiqi: "Why did you let him go?" How do we cross the Yangtze River? ”

"Can a living person be suffocated to death by urine?" Huang Qiqi's tone of reply was also very unkind, "Hurry up and find a civilian boat!" Strive to cross the river as quickly as possible. ”

It wasn't until winter, when the Zheng family's fleet was free, that they sent Huang Qi and them to Songjiang Mansion. But as soon as they landed, Huang Qiqi learned that Wu Shigong ordered their whole army to go north, and even Gonzalez, who was waiting at the dock, did not go to Taiwan. This immediately provoked Zheng Qian, the commander of the Zheng family's fleet.

It is not surprising that Zheng Qian was reluctant to send the Marine Corps across the Yangtze River, and also plotted against Huang to inspire them, asking them to switch to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has long coveted this group of sailors and marines, he has a lot of sailors and water combat experts, but there are very few land combat experts. So I have long wanted to take the Marine Corps into my pocket.

Originally, because of the cooperation with Wu Shigong, Zheng Zhilong's appearance could not be too ugly, but after learning that Wu Shigong went north to King Qin, Zheng Zhilong couldn't hold back, because Zheng Zhilong also did business with the Manchus by sea, and he understood the powerful power of Manchu cavalry and archery, so he was very optimistic about Wu Shigong's prospects this time.

And on the way back, Mr. Zheng Qian has been persuading and seducing Huang Qiqi, but Huang Qiqi categorically refused. That's why today on the Songjiang Wharf, such a good show was staged.

The reason why Huang Qi wanted to persuade Gonzalez to live. Mainly because he doesn't want to turn his face with Zheng Zhilong, after all, Wu Shigong still has a lot of business mixed with Zheng Zhilong, and without Wu Shigong's consent, Huang Qiqi doesn't want to cause trouble for Wu Shigong.

Huang inspired 1,300 of them to cross the Yangtze River on December 13, and then began a long journey of thousands of miles.

December 10, 11th year of Chongzhen. In the Ruzhou Army Camp in Cheng'an County.

"My lord! It is only a dozen miles away from the county seat of Cheng'an. Grit your teeth and rush over! Zuo Yin suggested.

Yu Zilian shook his head: "Tartar is just waiting for us to go to the county seat." As soon as we pull out the camp, the Tartars will charge with cavalry. There's no way to resist it. And they expect us to do so. ”

"So what to do?" Zuo Yin asked.

"Static braking!" Yu Zilian smiled and said, "Defend the camp to the death, strengthen the big camp, if the Tartars come to attack, the cavalry will not be afraid to dismount." As the Tartars want us, we will do the opposite. ”

Zuo Yin thought for a moment. He also nodded in agreement: "That's true, our food can last for more than twenty days, and the Tartars will never besiege us for such a long time." Otherwise, other officers and soldiers will also come. Wise adults! ”

"I'm not wise. Tell me what I want to say. In fact, I don't know much about fighting, and the reason why I have been able to support it until now is nothing more than to follow it all the time: what the enemy wants, I abandon. Yu Zilian said with a smile.

"Laugh at it!" Zuo Yin immediately showed an expression of disbelief.

Seeing Zuo Yin's expression so exaggerated, Yu Zilian couldn't help but hahadaxiao. While laughing, he also thought, "Why is it that no one believes me when I tell the truth?" ”

Looking at the Ruzhou army digging trenches and building earthen walls from afar, Yue Tuo shook his head with a smile and said to the left and right: "I didn't expect the Ming army here to deal with it well, and I didn't rush to Cheng'an, otherwise, we would have gone down in one go." What a pity! ”

"Lord Belle! Then let this Ming army go? One of the staff members asked.

"What if you don't let it go? We only have more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, and we are only a partial division, so we can just take care of this Ming army. Prince Rui is the main battle. Yue Tuo replied.

"But this Ming army is only about 10,000 people, and it can't stop us athletes." The counselor asked for war again.

Yue Tuo's face suddenly became serious, and he scolded: "You have all tried it, and you know that this Ming army firearm is very fierce, and it is difficult to get close at all. Now that they are in a strong camp, if they attack, how many Manchurian athletes can squander? Hugh mentions this, and the whole army dismounts and rests! ”

After listening to Yue Tuo's words, except for sending some spies to observe the camp of the Ruzhou army, the rest of the people dismounted far away and began to rest.

After several successive pursuits to no avail, Yu Zilian also came to his senses and knew that the Qing army was leading him by the nose, so Yu Zilian became vigilant and wanted the whole army to approach the nearest Cheng'an county first, rest first, and then make plans after resting.

But at this moment, a Qing army of about 2,000 people appeared on the way to Cheng'an County, and an encounter immediately broke out between the two armies.

It should be said that the beginning of the battle was very unfavorable for the Ruzhou army. Although they outnumbered the Qing army six times, they were on the march and could not deal with the Qing cavalry that had already lined up in a timely manner. Of course, this is also where the infantry should suffer from the cavalry, and it is the inevitable result of the Ruzhou army not being able to send reconnaissance cavalry, because the Ruzhou army does not know the dynamics of the Qing army!

If it weren't for the desperate counter-charge of the Ruzhou Army led by Liu Guqian, which bought time for the Ruzhou Army to line up the array, maybe the Ruzhou Army would have been cut into several sections and completely defeated. However, Liu Guqian's counter-charge also caused the Ruzhou army to lose more than half of its cavalry.

But the loss was worth it. The Ruzhou army quickly unfolded its troops, and the whole army charged like a madman. This unexpected move left more than 500 cavalry soldiers. It seems that the two sides fought to a draw.

But at this time, the Qing army came with several teams of more than 2,000 cavalry horses, and the sky was nearly dusk. So the Ruzhou army also retreated some distance and began to camp on the spot.

However, on the second day, the Ruzhou army was surprised to find that the 4,000 Qing troops had moved out of the way to Cheng'an County, and instead cruised in the other three directions of their camp, as if they wanted to give the Ruzhou army a way out.

In fact, this was the trick of Yue Tuo, who commanded this Qing army. He just wanted to give the Ruzhou army the illusion that there was a way out, and in a panic, the whole army fled to Cheng'an County. If the Ruzhou army does that, as long as the Qing army takes advantage of the chaos and presses, the Ruzhou army is likely to collapse, and then take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, even if a part of the Ruzhou army can escape, but this tricky Ming army will no longer pose a threat.

But Yu Zilian saw through Yue Tuo's tricks. Yu Zilian's reason is also very simple, just like Napoleon once said: on the battlefield, as long as the enemy wants us to do it, we will never do it. Instead, he strengthened his camp and wanted to confront the Qing army for a long time.

This made Yue Tuo a little at a loss. However, what made Yue Tuo a little comforting was that his army was only a partial division after all, and he did not necessarily have to defeat this Ming army. As long as the Ruzhou army is contained, the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon can completely solve Lu Xiangsheng's department.

Since Emperor Chongzhen ordered Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qi to make meritorious contributions, the two armies continued to advance southward and maneuver around the enemy. However, it is very strange that the two armies did not cooperate with each other, nor did they cooperate with the suppression.

The reason why they did not join forces was because neither of them wanted to take the initiative to join the opposing forces. Because whoever takes the initiative is a sign of weakness, then the commander of this coalition will have to give it to the other side. It was at this time that Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian were still intriguing.

The fact that they did not clamp down was again due to the difference in operational concepts. Lu Xiangsheng believes that the loyal monarch should not hesitate to himself, even if the whole army is annihilated, he must fight with the Qing army and die vigorously.

But Gao Qiqian believes that the difference in strength between the two armies is too great now. Moreover, the Ming army has no fighting spirit, and the defense in the city is better, but if it fights with the Qing army in the field, then it is likely that the whole army will collapse.

You must know that with Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and Gao Qiqian's Guanning Army, although they still dare not fight against the Qing army, they can at least play the role of paper tigers, scaring the Qing army from doing whatever they want, and can also ensure the safety of some big cities. If there were no two Ming armies, the Qing army would really be in a no-man's land.

In fact, the reasons for these two people, one is hot-blooded, the other is reasonable, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. But in this case, the two of them can't sit down and talk calmly.

Because Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang's political views are close, Lu Xiangsheng also counts Gao Qiqian as a "money and faction", he thinks: Gao Qiqian is still dreaming of negotiating with the Qing army.

How deep do you see this preconception? Therefore, the two armies do not get along with each other. There is another point: these two people didn't know that there was Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army nearby. Of course, Yu Zilian didn't know that there were these two Ming armies nearby.

As a result, in November, Lu Xiangsheng's troops clashed with the Qing army several times at Qingdu (present-day Wanxian County, Hebei) and other places, and the two sides killed and injured each other. And the high diving part is completely passive and avoids the war.

Moreover, the situation faced by Lu Xiangsheng's department is becoming more and more dangerous. (To be continued......)