Chapter 33: Ambush and Battle Are Unfavorable
"Huh?" Yuan Zongdi looked at Zhang Biwu, and didn't know what Zhang Biwu meant when he said that there was a strange army that wanted to penetrate into the heart of the enemy? However, seeing Zhang Biwu's confident appearance, he was also relieved.
Zhang Biwu said again: "Hanju, can you write a letter and send someone to bring it to King Li Chuang?" Let him stop fighting Nanming! Attack behind Azig first! And Liu Fangliang also gave him a letter and asked him to help us too! ”
Yuan Zongdi nodded and said, "As soon as the emperor receives my letter, he will definitely raise troops as soon as possible!" And Liu Fangliang has a very good relationship with me, he sees that I can't go back, he must find a way to help me, and my subordinates, they are also anxious to know the situation of my envoy this time, it seems that it will be much easier! ”
Zhang Biwu shook his head, he didn't say it, so as not to let Yuan Zongdi have a bad attitude towards him.
Zhang Biwu looked very mysterious, and he stopped talking. Yuan Zongdi asked, "What's wrong?" Kunixiong, just say what you have! Zhang Biwu said truthfully: "Hanju, let you play the banner of Dashun, is it okay?" And it's directly to attack the newly arrived Azig! ”
"What! Under the banner of Dashun, let me attack the Azig who moved to the army? Yuan Zongdi looked at Zhang Biwu, and didn't know what Zhang Biwu's purpose was for doing this.
Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Hanju, if you lead the army to attack Azig under the banner of Dashun, then it will show how strong the relationship between me and King Li Chuang is!" The most important thing is that the soldiers of the Dashun army are afraid of the Qing army like a tiger, and their confidence will increase because you defeated Azig! What the Dashun army lacks most now is the confidence and courage to fight against the Qing! ”
"That's right! That's it! If only we could defeat the Qing army in the name of my Dashun army! It is a great encouragement to the morale of our army! Yuan Zongdi was very happy, he knew that Zhang Biwu's men were not afraid of the Qing army. On the contrary, they enjoyed fighting the Qing army. Now let him lead such an army. He is sure that he can defeat the Qing army!
Zhang Biwu nodded and said, "I will let Huang Qi, Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng's young soldiers all go with you!" Although the number is not very large, 2,000 people, but 2,000 people are the elite of our army, and with them, at least they can thwart the forward army of Azig! ”
Yuan Zongdi's eyes widened and said, "What about you?" If you take all the elite soldiers and strong generals away, you will be attacked by Lei Xing and Li Qifeng! How do you stop it then! And the Qing army in Qindi He Luohui will also attack you! Your army was only 8,000. Two thousand backbones are taken away, and all the fierce generals are also taken away, you ......"
Zhang Biwu motioned to Yuan Zongdi not to say any more, he smiled and said: "As long as you can thwart Azig's vanguard Eight Banner soldiers, don't you still have to return to the division?" If you can catch up, you can give Lei Xing and Li Qifeng's Han Eight Banners an internal and external attack! Ha Lu Ha! Actually, I don't have 6,000 people on hand right now! ”
Yuan Zong didn't understand it when he heard it for the first time, there were no six thousand people? Zhang Biwu gave 2,000 out of 8,000 to Yuan Zongdi, he is not enough for 6,000 now, and there are other people and horses, where is he assigned? What kind of medicine is sold in Zhang Biwu's gourd?
Zhang Biwu smiled. Say, "All right! Hanju, Zhengli, they are all waiting for you! Hurry up! Under your command. I'm sure I'll win this one! The person who is the guide is the person who has a lake! ”
Zhang Biwu believed that Yuan Zongdi was okay, and Yuan Zongdi knew the situation around Xiangyang very well, because he had been guarding Xiangyang for a long time, and he also recruited many locals in Xiangyang as soldiers. Let him go, and he can succeed.
Yuan Zongdi didn't say much, he knew that the situation of Li Zicheng and Zhang Biwu was dangerous, don't look at Li Zicheng's many soldiers, but the place was too small to be unleashed, and the strong enemy was waiting, he really had to win this one! Not only to repay Li Zicheng's grace, but also to be worthy of Zhang Biwu's trust and affirmation of his own ability.
Zhang Biwu watched Yuan Zongdi pull the men and horses away, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "Guoxiong, our army only has 4,000 people!" 4,000 people have to carry the attack of tens of thousands of Han and Eight Banners, is it okay? They have already surrendered to the Manchus, and there will be no mercy for us in the slightest! ”
Zhang Biwu sighed and said, "I can trust Hanxing's strategy!" Even though there are only 4,000 of us, all we can do is not take a step back and build an iron wall with corpses! Let Lei Xing and the others know that they are not worthy of their blood! What should the blood of the Han people be! ”
"Click!" When Zhang Biwu said this, his fists clenched, one after another. In fact, he wanted to face the Eight Banners more than Lei Xing's Eight Banners, and the reason why Azig let Lei Xing's Eight Banners bear the brunt was that he wanted to consume Zhang Biwu's strength through the mutual fighting between the Han people, and when he arrived, his Eight Banners would not have to sacrifice so many people.
Azig led the army to Zhang Biwu, and also told Li Zicheng that he would not attack Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng could take the opportunity to have a good fight with Nanming first.
The arrogance in Li Zicheng's heart came up, most of the battles he fought with the Ming army could be won, why couldn't he gnaw it this time? So he was still fighting fiercely with He Tengjiao and others, and he didn't know how to repent at all.
Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu and Song Xiance have repeatedly persuaded him, but to no avail. The internal friction between Dashun and Nanming continues. Liu Fangliang and the others are eagerly watching the situation on Zhang Biwu's side, and they will know immediately if there is any trouble.
In fact, when Azig went north, although he left some men and horses to closely follow the dynamics of the Dashun army, as long as Li Zicheng quickly raised his troops, he could occupy a lot of territory, and Song Xiance also reminded him, he still didn't do it, and he was bent on destroying Nanming.
He didn't care about Yuan Zongdi's life or death, which disappointed the people who had followed him for a long time, they all felt that Li Zicheng had changed, and they didn't know him anymore, if Li Zicheng had been before, he would never have been like this!
Yuan Zongdi ambushed the outpost army of Azig and engaged in a fierce battle with it, and this news will soon come out. However, Azig's outpost army is fierce, with a strength of 3,000 people, more than Yuan Zongdi, but Yuan Zongdi is fighting under the banner of Dashun! This battle particularly attracted the attention of everyone in the Dashun army.
Yuan Zongdi raided the three thousand Eight Banner soldiers, but these three thousand Eight Banner soldiers only calmed down in the chaos all of a sudden, and they all said one after another: "Don't be afraid! The prince will soon lead his troops to rescue us! ”
E Shuo wanted to wash away the shame of the defeat of Song County, and he took the lead. Even Zhang Biwu's men and horses for Yuan Zongdi were also powerful, and they were on a par with the children of the Eight Banners, which aroused E Shuo's pride even more, and he had to destroy this elite division.
Another point, the Qing army shouted in Manchu: "Look! This is the banner of a thief! Not Zhang Biwu's army! Everyone! Don't be afraid! They are defeated under their men, go up and kill them, and the thieves of the Li thief are easy to destroy! If you have made meritorious service, you can receive merit in front of the prince! In such a situation, the Qing army was even more courageous.
The worst thing is that the forward army will raid, and the follow-up troops will soon come, and the Qing army is cavalry, at that time, Yuan Zongdi and his 2,000 men and horses will be wrapped in dumplings.
Yuan Zongdi looked at the fierce battle situation, and he also had to admire Zhang Biwu's soldiers for being able to fight and fight, even if the army he commanded would soon collapse, but Zhang Biwu's army did not, on the contrary, it became more and more courageous.
The battle continued, and the situation became more and more unfavorable to Yuan Zongdi, and Yuan Zongdi frowned......
Not only is the situation on Yuan Zongdi's side unfavorable, but even Zhang Biwu's side has suffered a very serious test!
As soon as Lei Xing and Li Qifeng heard that Zhang Biwu had sent an army over them to attack Azig's outpost, they knew that Azig would blame them and let the enemy army cross, so they could only redeem their merits and attack Zhang Biwu.
What's more, when Azig raised an army to join them, he constantly sent people to let them quickly attack Zhang Biwu! They must not slacken and must immediately reinvigorate their teachers.
Zhang Biwu divided a group of men, and he had even fewer men, so it was very easy to attack him. In addition, He Luo will gather the army in Tongguan, and even restrain Lingbao's Zhang Biwu army and prevent his army from going south to support.
Lei Xing and Li Qifeng's men and horses have 30,000 people, and it is okay for them to extinguish Zhang Biwu if they want to.
30,000 people gathered together and quickly came towards Zhang Biwu's army, many of which were Ming Dynasty surrenderers, who had fought side by side with Zhang Biwu before, but now they turned around to attack Zhang Biwu.
Although these people are helpless, they have to listen to whoever they are fed when they are soldiers and eats food.
"Boom! Boom! "On the horizon, the dust and fog protruded, and teams of enemy soldiers were coming towards Xinye County, Dengzhou, where Zhang Biwu was stationed.
Xinye County is famous because Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period and defected to Liu Biao, Liu Biao asked him to garrison Xinye to prevent Cao Cao from going south.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, Xinye was a subordinate county of Dengzhou and belonged to Nanyang Mansion, and Nanyang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty was very large and was a super mansion. The city of Xinye County is not high, and it is not strong, and it is difficult to withstand the attack of Lei Xing and others.
And Dengzhou is occupied by Lei Xing and others, Zhang Biwu can't retreat, once he retreats, he will lose all his situations, what he can do now is to use this time to repair Xinye County in order to block the attack of Lei Xing and others.
Lei Xing and the others only had two Hongyi cannons, and they pulled the Hongyi cannons outside the city, Lei Xing looked at Xinye County, and said to Li Qifeng with confidence: "General Li, our 30,000 people besieged Zhang Biwu, who has only a few thousand, Xinye Town, should be able to break through it soon!" (To be continued......)