At the same time that Li Xingzhi was preparing for the Northern Expedition in Lushun, the puppet Qing Dynasty Red Flag Banner Master Khalchu and the Mongolian Ezhen Namutu met at Nanguan and the two Niu Lu of the Blue Flag Jialazhang Jing Yierden Department and rushed straight to Lushun.

Nanguan is only more than 50 miles away from Lushun, and more than 10,000 Qing troops are dispatched, so naturally they can't hide Li Xingzhi, who is stationed in Lushun.

According to the establishment of Jiannu, although there are about 300 people in each Niulu, there are only 100 real armored soldiers, including 10 white-toothed lassiers, 40 red-toothed cavalry and 300 black-armored heavy infantry, that is to say, the more than 10,000 troops led by Karchu this time only have 1,300 cavalry and 1,600 heavy infantry.

This made Li Xingzhi particularly puzzled, although the Manchurian army claimed to be invincible in the field, but with such a military horse with no artillery and no siege equipment, it was impossible to capture Lushun.

"Marshal, this time it is the puppet Qing Dynasty with the Red Flag Eight Banners, it seems that they want to avenge the Prince Yue Tuo, our Lushun is backed by the sea, the artillery of the naval division can cover the east and west gates of Lushun, the only thing that the Tartars can attack is as long as the north gate, and the last general really can't figure out why Khalchu dared to send troops with only more than 10,000 people."

In the military marshal's mansion, Li Rui, who had just been appointed as the governor of the third town and the new third town, asked Li Xingzhi about the current situation with a suspicious face.

"General Li doesn't have to be confused, the Donglu with more than 10,000 troops and horses will dare to come to Lushun, that must be relied on, according to the distance, the Tartars are either from Nanguan or from Jinzhou, and Lushun is the Great Black Mountain and the Little Black Mountain can ambush the army, if the official is not bad, the East Captivity ambush is in Lushun, and Kharchu is just an army to lure the enemy."

Xu Yixian followed the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong to the east and west for more than ten years, and as soon as the Khalchu army moved, he estimated the deployment of the Qing army.

"Ah, if it is according to what Mr. Xu said, then wouldn't we be able to immediately send a message to Li Dingguo of Guanglu Island, so that he can seize Jinzhou and cut off the road to the north of the east, then wouldn't Liaonan be at your fingertips?"

Zhang Wu, the general of the fifth town, Daniel Zhang, the general of the new fifth town, and Hui Dengxiang, the general of the new third town, were all shocked by Xu Yixian's judgment, if Xu Yixian expected it to be good, as long as this Qing army was encircled, it would be a smooth road to attack Shenyang.

Xu Yixian laughed: "General Zhang only knows one thing, I don't know the other, there are many cavalry in the east, the walls of Jinzhou and Nanguan have long been destroyed by the Tartars, if General Li Dingguo launches it now, it is impossible to say that the Tartars will withdraw the army, so what we have to do is to hold off the Qing army for two days, as long as General Li digs the trench well, so that the Dongyu is the turtle in the urn of our army." ”

"Then lay out the carriages and horses, when the Khalchu soldiers come to the city, we will make an appointment with him to fight in the field, if he refuses to send the whole division, we will stick to Lushun, and then send a message to Li Dingguo, Lushun can lead the army to attack Jinzhou directly, regardless of whether the Tartars have ambushes or not, it is always right to eat them first."

In Li Xingzhi's view, the current strength of the Qing army is still stronger than that of the Jingbei army, and if it can eat one, it will eat one, and with the population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can the potential of the war be the opponent of the Han people?

"Mr. Xu, you issued a war letter to Khalchu on behalf of Ben Shuai, which means that when the sun comes, Ben Shuai will hunt in Lushun with him, if he doesn't want to die, he should quickly transfer all the ambush soldiers hiding nearby, otherwise the battle will start, I'm afraid it will be too late to escape."

"Whoa!"

Xu Yixian bowed down to receive the order, in his opinion, he could go to Shenyang to fool Huang Taiji, so it was naturally nothing to fool Karchu outside Lushun City.

On August 14, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the puppet Qing Dynasty inlaid with red flag banners, Dorobele Karchu led 32 Manchu and Mongolian soldiers to arrive in the north city of Lushun.

It's just that what puzzled Karchu was that his army and horses had just been stationed and had not yet set up a camp, and the envoy of the Jingbei Army came to his horse.

"Xiao Li thief sent you to the war letter?"

Kalchu looked at Xu Yixian, who was standing tall, with a puzzled expression.

Xu Yixian arched his hand and said: "Yes, my Penglai Hou said that he was able to break the more than 10,000 troops of his brother Yue Tuo's department in Laizhou with 3,000 soldiers, and today your army came to Lushun to die, and my Shandong army will naturally not let go of such an opportunity." ”

"You...... You're looking for death! ”

Karchu drew his knife abruptly and pointed at Xu Yixian in front of the horse.

"Hehe, Dorobelemo is in a hurry, my Jingbei army has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Lushun, and there are Lushun cities and naval fleets to rely on, your army has trekked here, and there is no artillery and other siege equipment, my marshal said, your army does not need to use any tricks to lure the enemy, if you are willing to fight with our army in the field, my marshal is about to learn the tiger power of the Manchurian soldiers, otherwise, our army will stick to Lushun, or march to Yaozhou with a boat division."

"Ugh! Listen to the battle book and Ben will listen! ”

Karchu was stunned, and there were many thoughts in his mind, his father Daishan ambushed troops in the Great Black Mountain, and Xiao Li Thief could actually guess that the siege of Lushun was obviously unrealistic.

According to Ilden, there are no less than 1,000 artillery pieces of Xiao Li Thief, including 100 Hongyi cannons, such a firepower configuration is by no means something that the two red flags can contend with, and such a field battle is also a safe way, in Khalchu's view, there are already 25,000 Manchurian and Mongolian and Han troops, as long as they are far away from the range of the Jingbei Army's firepower, they will never lose to Xiao Li Thief in a field battle.

Xu Yixian was openly not afraid, and read aloud: "Xi Yongfang was in turmoil, Sun was rebellious, the land of Liaodong was overturned, the old slaves were rampant in Liaohai, and the Han thieves were destined for it.

You and other Tartars, a little bath in the Han style, then the matter is fettered, pedantic and small, can not be self-consolidated, so forced to coerce, against the face of the enemy, the Gong Gong all forget the righteousness. Take the rebellion as the positive, the greedy husband, and the timeliness is loyal. The captives are dying, arrogantly sucking the fat of the people outside the customs, but the way of heaven is constant, although the Tartars can wreak havoc for a while, but the people of the Han family, everyone has the heart of defending the land and serving the country, the handsome Penglai Hou Li Xingzhi wants to declare the righteousness in the world, and now the unified army of 100,000 wants to hunt in Lushun with the feet of the pseudo-Qing Dorobelle Karchu, the day the book arrives, I hope you are self-appropriate. ”

"Good, good, good ......!"

Kalchu laughed loudly, since Sarhu, no one has dared to give such a war letter to Manchuria, even Hong Chengchou, who aided Liao this time, according to internal intelligence, is also to relieve the siege of Jinzhou as the ultimate goal, this little Li thief actually wants to pacify Liaodong, really don't know whether to live or die.

"You go back and tell Xiao Li Thief, let him wash his neck and wait, tomorrow, he will be in the southern end of the Great Black Mountain Wuli array, waiting for Penglai Hou."

The rest of Namutu, Yilden, Tezu and others also laughed more than once, the thieves gave up the strong city and the powerful sailors, and the field battle with the side, wouldn't it be to attack my strengths with their own shortcomings, in their opinion, with the two red flags as the main force, it is easy to defeat the tens of thousands of Jingbei troops in Lushun City.