Chapter 55: Don't Go Away from the Thief
Since Sun Degong had made a plan, after dawn, he divided his troops to pursue this group of thieves who had disturbed them all night, so naturally he would no longer care about Li Rui and others who were harassing in Nancheng.
He only ordered Sun Youguang and Lang Shaozhen to immediately order the two Niu Lu's foot cavalry to hurry up and rest, and when it was dawn, they would march into the army to chase the enemy.
Of course, this is also no way, if it is delayed like this, where will their cattle have the spirit to enter the army to collect food during the day, if it drags on for a few days, once the food is exhausted, I am afraid that I will have to lead the army back to the north, so how can I explain to Prince Rui.
Tossed all night, the sky has been bright at this moment, the Qing army is sleepy and tired, after seeing that there is no enemy army in the town of Zhouzuo, the Qing army in the town of Liu Lizhuang finally put down the heart of the carrying, and fell asleep.
After the time, Sun Youguang and Lang Shaozhen rode out of the east gate of Liu Lizhuang Town according to the original plan, with the two Niu Lu who had rested first, and then detoured to the south side of the town.
Lang Shaozhen is also an old man, through the traces on the ground, it is easy to judge that the number of this gang of thieves is not more than five hundred, the two no longer hesitate, that is, lead the army along the footprints on the ground all the way to the south pursuit.
Liu Lizhuang Town is not far from Mapengdian, only more than ten miles away, after the Lijiazhai Righteous Army retreated at night, Li Xingzhi took the Gangfeng Battalion straight to the Shishi area near the city, and ordered Li Rui to lead the fire camp to camp on the fishing boat, and asked him to attract the Dongyu to Yongcheng.
Regarding Li Xingzhi's military order, Li Rui thinks that there is no problem, anyway, he is in the water, and no matter how much he is interested, he can't do anything with himself.
In order to bite the thief who had been tossing all night, Sun Youguang entered the army very quickly, and in only two pillars of incense, he followed the traces on the road to the vicinity of Mapengdian.
"Brothers, lift the anchor, the Tartars are coming after you! Gunners prepare! ”
The rapid sound of horses' hooves obviously attracted Li Rui's attention, and under his order, more than a dozen fishing boats sailed away from the shore almost at the same time, and the tiger squat cannons erected on several slightly larger fishing boats were also stripped of their gun jackets, revealing a swarthy muzzle, glowing with a dim cold light in the sun.
The first to arrive at the lake was a Han army vest led by Sun Youguang, but looking at the "Ming Army" fleet that was close in front of him but close to the end of the world, Sun Youguang's heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
"Shoot an arrow to Ben!"
The angry Sun Youguang didn't even think about whether his vests could shoot arrows into the fishing boat hundreds of paces away, and at this moment he only wanted to vent the frustration in his heart.
The result is obvious, although the Han army vests are excellent in archery, but they are impossible to shoot arrows into the fishing boat that is constantly shaking in the water, even if a few arrows hit the boat, they are already weak and weak, and they can be easily blocked by the thieves on the boat.
However, you can't shoot them, but they can shoot you on the edge of the lake, and several tiger squat cannons set up on the fishing boat are ignited in turn, and six cannons are sprayed out in an instant, and the recoil caused by the cannon fire, the fishing boat that shook incessantly swayed.
One by one, the cannons roared into the horse team of the Qing army, and the two unlucky Han army vests did not have time to dodge at all, they were pierced through the chest by the cannons, and they died on the spot, and fell off their horses heavily, only to startle the Qing army's horse vests for a commotion.
Li Rui on the fishing boat also raised the iron horn in his hand in a timely manner and mocked: "Sun Degong, you dog traitor, are you here to give Lao Tzu a head?" Don't bother, grandpa is back tonight. With that, he ordered the fleet to sail south.
Sun Youguang roared again and again, angrily patrolling back and forth with his horse, but he had nothing to do with the "thieves" in the lake.
At this time, Lang Shaozhen, who commanded the infantry team, also rushed to the lake with Niu Lu of the rear team, and when he saw Sun Youguang's angry appearance, he said: "Young General, since the thief is in the water, we can only be beaten passively, why don't you go back to the division and join forces with Lord Zhang Jing, and turn around to attack Renqiu?" ”
Lang Shaozhen really didn't want to fight, originally the army was in Gyeonggi, like a bamboo, like a no-man's land, but since entering Baoding, first in Xin'an was burned by the Ming army to destroy the military rations, and then in Liulizhuang Town, he was harassed by a group of Ming thieves who came out of nowhere, and he couldn't even sleep.
Sun Youguang said angrily: "Lang Shenling, they are hiding in the water, but they have to eat, it is difficult to stay in the water for a lifetime, as long as we stare at them, we are not afraid that they will run away." ”
"Major General, the thief has moved south!"
A sharp-eyed vest pointed at the boat in the water and shouted.
"Chase, give Lao Tzu a bite to them, I would have to crush this gang of thieves to ashes!"
"Wow!"
The two Niu Lu who followed Sun Youguang hurriedly received the order, and then shouted out the soldiers under his command to follow the fleet in the water along the lake.
Lang Shaozhen immediately stepped forward and persuaded: "Young General, the fleet of the Ming thieves does not go to the center of the lake, but advances not far along the lake, the last general is afraid that this is their plan to lure the enemy, so we should first send scouts to follow, and then pursue with Lord Zhang Jing, so that it is safe." ”
"I think you were scared by the thieves, since we entered the Shuntian Mansion, did these brave thieves dare to touch our tiger whiskers? It's good that they've set up an ambush, so we can catch them all. "Sun Youguang is young and vigorous in the end, and since the Qing army entered the customs, he has almost swept through the prefectures and counties around Gyeonggi, and he is arrogant and arrogant, and he does not take the Ming army in his eyes at all.
"Sons, give Ben the fleet that bites the thieves, don't let them run." After scolding Lang Shaozhen, Sun Youguang raised his long knife and officially gave the order to pursue.
"Don't go away and kill the thief!"
"Don't go away and kill the thief!"
A group of white flag-flagged Han troops brandished long knives and rushed south along the lake.
Lang Shaozhen couldn't stop Sun Youguang, so he had to order his heralds to return to Liu Lizhuang Town to report the news, and at the same time chased after him on horseback.
Embrace the city, Huangjiawu Fort!
Wang Zhong, the commander of the Zhenying Battalion, was overjoyed when he received that Li Xingzhi had led the Gangfeng Battalion to the area of Shishi and Liangcun, and that the Qing army pursued Li Rui's troops to Yongcheng.
According to Li Xingzhi's meaning, but he wanted to flood the Seventh Army in the city, so he divided 200 men and horses to bury gunpowder at the embankments on the east and west sides of the city, and he personally led more than 100 people to pile up dry grass at the fort wall of Huangjiawu Fort, and set fire to block the enemy when the pigtailed soldiers broke the fort.
Burying gunpowder is also very simple, just dig the bottom of the embankment, then place the gunpowder in the coffin and fill it, and then connect the lead.
Three o'clock in the afternoon!
Li Rui's fleet slowly sailed into the Huangjia Wharf along the horse shed, and the 600 Han troops with the white flags that followed followed followed closely into the city, heading straight for the smoky Huangjiawu Fort.
Sun Youguang was already extremely angry, this group of thieves didn't take their two Niu Lu Han soldiers in their eyes at all, and actually returned to the hiding nest under their noses.
Do they think that this broken fort as high as this foot high can hold off their army?