"I don't know how many real slaves there are among the more than 20,000 slaves."

Xu Yingwei continued: "But there are only two or three thousand at most. ”

Huang Zongxi shook his head when he heard this, and said: "More than a thousand at most, otherwise it won't go so smoothly." ”

"And the Eight Banners Han Army." Zhu Cijiong added, "There are at least 3,000 Han troops of the Eight Banners in various forts on the west bank. ”

"Oh yes, there are about 3,000 Eight Banners Han Army." Zheng Sen nodded, and said, "Nearly 60,000 border troops, facing more than 20,000 coats, one or two thousand real slaves, and three thousand Eight Banners Han Army, but fighting like this bear, this is really a bit disappointing." ”

"Disappointed?" Huang Zongxi said abruptly, "Why should Brother Damu save face for them? Such a performance is a real waste, and if there are one to two thousand more real slaves left behind, the outcome of this battle will probably be completely different. ”

When the scholars heard this, they immediately fell silent, although what Huang Zongxi said was a bit exaggerated, but it was basically the truth.

Just leaving one or two thousand more real slaves will definitely not change the final result, but the losses of the Ming army will be greatly increased.

If the number of real slaves in Duoliu exceeds five thousand, then the outcome of this counterattack is really unpredictable.

Chongzhen also sighed secretly in his heart, and said in his heart that when this battle is over, the matter of organizing and training the new army must be put on the agenda.

Otherwise, counting on such a border army, the Ming Dynasty would never look forward to the day of the Northern Expedition, and holding the Huanghuai defense line and ruling across the river from Jiannu would already belong to burning high incense.

……

In last night's battle, Chongzhen was very disappointed,

Duoduo on the other side was so angry that he vomited blood.

The reason is very simple, Jiannu lost more this time.

First of all, dozens of miles of blockade ditches on the west bank of the Yellow River have been filled, the same length of parapet walls have been torn down, and more than 100 walled forts along the line have also been destroyed.

Secondly, more than forty forts on the west bank of the Yellow River were also destroyed.

Without more than 40 forts on the west bank, the blockade of the Yellow River waterway is over, and from now on, the warships and boats of the Ming army's naval division can enter and exit freely along the west bank of the Yellow River.

Because the Hongyi cannons on the east bank batteries can't hit that far.

Even if it can barely reach the west bank of the Yellow River, its hit rate is outrageously low.

The maximum firing range of the Hongyi cannon in this era was only two thousand meters, and the effective firing range was less than one thousand meters.

And the narrowest part of the Yellow River is also five miles, so there is no way to block it with the Hongyi cannon on one side alone.

Therefore, as the forts on the west bank of the Yellow River were destroyed by the Ming army, the blockade of the Yellow River waterway came to naught.

Then, the five Niu Lu bannermen stationed in the walled fort along the blockade ditch were all wiped out, and more than 20,000 coats dressed as white flag bannermen were also scattered and fled, and in the end I don't know how much they could recover.

After that, the Han army of the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses, losing more than 1,000 Han troops and more than 100 cannons.

Among the more than 100 cannons, there are more than 50 Hongyi cannons and more than 80 Furlong machine guns.

In the end, all five pontoon bridges across the Yellow River were destroyed, and Dolgon's army and the blue flag were blocked on the south bank of the Yellow River, and it was feared that it would not be possible to return to the north bank in a short time.

This time it's troublesome, although last night's defeat actually has nothing to do with his command, but the rule of Jiannu is that whoever eats the defeat must be responsible, so this pot can only be carried by Duoduo.

As soon as he thought of this, Duoduo's head really became bigger, and this time he was afraid that the king of the county would not be able to protect him.

The best result is estimated to be only one Baylor title, and if you don't do it, you will be deprived of a few more cows.

But no matter what the result, Duoduo has to face it, and the top priority is to find a way to keep the wheat seedlings in Tuntian, because he has just seen Chongzhen release the old and young women and children in Xuzhou City, and they are harvesting the wheat seedlings outside the city.

Chongzhen, the dog emperor, is really black-hearted, he wants to cut off all the wheat seedlings outside the city!

At that moment, Duoduo asked Wa Xing'a with a dark face: "Have you sent the fast horses to Pei County, Xin'an Town, and Xiao County?" ”

Wa Xing said busily: "Back to the master, at the end of last night, the minions sent fast horses to Pei County, Xin'an Town, and Xiao County, and later sent two more groups. ”

"Really?" Duoduo asked with a dark face, "Why haven't the white flags, the red flags, the blue flags, and the blue flags been sent back to Xuzhou?" Could it be that they want to watch the wheat seedlings outside Xuzhou City be cut by Ming dogs? If the wheat seedlings outside Xuzhou City are cut off by Ming dogs, what will the Eight Banners warriors eat in the next year or so? ”

Waxinga was speechless, and said in his heart, "Ask me what you are doing, and ask them to go."

At this time, Shang Kexi was carried to Duoduo by his own soldiers, lying on a stretcher and pleading guilty to Duoduo.

"Ten kings, all blame the minions for being useless and failing to defend the West Bank." Shang Kexi said with a guilty face.

Duoduo was irritable in his heart, but he still had to be patient and relieved: "King Zhishun, I don't blame you for this. ”

Seeing that Duoduo didn't blame himself, Shang Kexi was ashamed and worried, and persuaded: "Ten kings, Minggou's large-scale attack this time is really abnormal, because it completely violates the law of using soldiers, and even without even tempting, he directly invested all his forces to launch a large-scale counterattack, which is really too abnormal." ”

"So, what do you want to say?" Dordor asked, frowning.

Shang Kexi said solemnly: "The slave suspects that Minggou has colluded with Pseudo-Shun. ”

"Huh?" Duoduo's heart sank, "Minggou has collusion with Pseudo-Shun? ”

"Hmm." Shang Kexi nodded, and said, "If this is the case, while Chongzhen ordered the Ming army in Xuzhou to launch a comprehensive counterattack, he would definitely let the Ming army in other directions fully cooperate, so the Zhengbai Banner stationed in Xin'an Town, the Zhenghong Banner and the Zhenglan Banner stationed in Pei County, and the inlaid blue flag stationed in Xiao County may not be able to return to Xuzhou in time." ”

Duoduo said in a deep voice: "This time, the Ming dog of Xuzhou can also harvest wheat seedlings unscrupulously!" ”

"Exactly." Shang Keyi said solemnly, "So we have to notify the regent as soon as possible and ask the regent to lead the army to return to help quickly, otherwise if it drags on for three or five days, more than one million acres of wheat seedlings south of the Yellow River will no longer exist." ”

"Chongzhen, this dog emperor is really vicious!" Duoduo cursed, and then shouted, "Waxing, hurry up and send flying horses to Kaifeng to report to the regent, and ask the regent to lead the army back to Xuzhou, and Tuntian may not be safe!" ”

"Huh!" Waxinga hurriedly found a Bayala and told him to go to Kaifeng to report to Dolgon.

Duoduo turned his gaze to the west bank, and saw that there were more women, children, and old in the wilderness.

These women, children, and old, few of whom carried sickles, mostly with their hands empty, came out doing only one thing, harvesting with the sickles or pulling the wheat seedlings with their hands.

Seeing this, Duoduo almost rushed out.

But it's useless to be in a hurry, you can't get over it at all.

It's useless to be able to pass, and now he has too few troops in his hands.

It was no problem to hold the river on the east or north bank, but it was not enough to cross the river to attack the women and children on the south or west bank.

……

The day passed quickly.

In the camp of Jiannu outside Kaifeng.

Dorgon was pacing back and forth in the tent, looking preoccupied.

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wan's eyes also followed Dolgon's figure back and forth.

After a long while, Dolgon suddenly paused and asked, "Three gentlemen, why don't you go back to Xuzhou first?" At present, there are only five cattle inlaid with white flags outside Xuzhou City, and the rest is more than 20,000 coats, once the Ming army goes out of the city to launch a large-scale counterattack, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Master, no." Ning Wan said, "No, no." ”

Fan Wencheng also echoed: "What Mr. Gongfu said is extremely true, not to mention that the Ming border army has been scared by my Qing soldiers, and they don't have the courage to go out of the city to fight in the field, even if the Ming army really dares to go out of the city to fight, it is impossible to invest all the troops at once, according to the usual practice, you must first send a small force to test, and then you will gradually increase the strength of the counterattack." ”

Ning Wan I continued: "If it is just a counterattack by a small Ming army, the five Niu Lu with white flags can be dealt with, even if it is a counterattack of thousands of people, you can also send the Eight Banners Han Army to fight back, and wait until the Ming army has tried several times, ready to launch a larger-scale attack, Xin'an Town, Pei County and Xiao County's Eight Banners are afraid that they have already arrived in Xuzhou, at that time, no matter how many troops Chongzhen uses to counterattack, the result can only be sent to death." ”

Fan Wencheng chuckled lightly and said, "This is simple. ”

Ning Wan also said: "Who said no, in this case, the Qing soldiers don't need to be in Xuzhou Tuntian." ”

Dolgon's gaze turned to Hong Chengchou: "Why doesn't Mr. Heng Jiu speak?" Do you also think that Xuzhou will be in danger? ”

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Only in one case will Xuzhou be in danger, that is, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng colluded together, if so, Li Zicheng found out that the main force of my Qing army has arrived in Kaifeng, he can send a messenger to inform Chongzhen secretly with an expedited eight hundred miles, and Chongzhen will invest all his troops without temptation to fight back. ”

"Chongzhen colluded with Li Zicheng?" Fan Wencheng smiled, "Mr. Hengjiu, do you think it's possible?" ”

Fan Wencheng also shook his head and smiled: "Even if Li Zicheng really sent someone to send a letter, Chongzhen didn't dare to believe it, right?" ”

"I don't think it's possible, either." Hong Chengchou shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said, "Chongzhen is mean, suspicious and self-serving, and he doesn't know how to be flexible, with his temperament, it is absolutely impossible to shake hands with Li Zicheng, a thief, and it is impossible to pull down his face to fight with Li Zicheng, not even the slightest possibility." ”

Ning Wan chuckled and said, "Mr. Heng Jiu also said that he missed an important point. ”

Fan Wencheng then said: "In fact, Daming was also stirred up like this by Li Zicheng, a thief, Chongzhen hates Li Zicheng, a thief, far more than he hates the Qing Dynasty, so it is still possible for Chongzhen to make peace with our Qing Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to make peace or even unite with Li Zicheng, a thief." ”

Ning Wan smiled and said: "If it weren't for that, we would never dare to let the master sing the empty city plan in Xuzhou." ”

Dolgon said: "But the empty city plan is an empty city plan after all, in case Chongzhen suddenly goes crazy......"

"No in case." Ning Wan said, "Master, just rest assured, Chongzhen will never have the courage to fight back." ”

However, before I finished speaking, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the big tent, and a faint mournful long howl sounded: "Urgent! Urgent! Xuzhou Urgent Report ......"

"Huh?" Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng, and Hong Chengchou's eyes turned to the outside of the tent at the same time.

Dolgon's heart also sank suddenly, Xuzhou is in a hurry? Did something really happen to Xuzhou?

In a moment, the curtain was lifted, and a stocky figure stumbled in.

Dolgon immediately recognized it as a white-flagged soldier named Turhey, one of the Bayaras who remained with Dord.

"Regent, Xuzhou is in danger!"

Before he could clap his sleeves, Tursea fell to one knee on the ground.

"Turhei, don't worry!" Dorgon said in a deep voice, "You speak slowly. ”

Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng looked at each other, this slap in the face came too quickly, they were just saying that Chongzhen didn't have the courage to fight back, and as a result, Xuzhou was in danger?

……

At this time, it was in Kaifeng City.

Niu Jinxing said to Li Zicheng: "Shengshang, the purpose of our troops in Kaifeng is not to attract the Jiannu army from Xuzhou and fight a decisive battle with it in Kaifeng, but now it is clear that the main force of Jiannu in Xuzhou has been lured, and now Chongzhen and the Ming army are relaxed, but we are in trouble." ”

"What's the trouble with this?" Song Xiance said.

"Huang Zongxi has returned to Xuzhou, and Chongzhen will soon know the news that we sent troops to return to Defu, so the Ming army in Xuzhou will soon launch a counterattack, and then Jiannu should withdraw to Xuzhou."

"Stupid." Niu Jinxing said angrily, "Do you really think that the Ming army in Xuzhou will fight back?" ”

After a pause, Niu Jinxing said with great disdain: "Even if Chongzhen wants to fight back, do those Ming troops in Xuzhou have the courage to launch a counterattack?" We have been fighting with the Ming army for so long, what kind of cowardice is the Ming army, and the left army division still doesn't know? Do you even have unrealistic illusions about them? It's stupid. ”

Li Zicheng frowned when he heard this, what the prime minister said seemed to be reasonable.

Song Xiance was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, but this time he actually let Niu Jinxing catch the key point, and he didn't know how to refute it?

Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing: "So, according to the prime minister's opinion, what should our army do?" After all, the Jiannu army has already arrived in Kaifeng City, and we can't give Kaifeng to Jiannu. ”

"Kaifeng must not be allowed." Niu Jinxing waved his hand and said, "But we can send an envoy to explain the reason to Jiannu outside the city, just say that we sent troops just to deceive Kaifeng Mansion from Nanming, and the previous troops were just for example, not really wanting to start a war with Jiannu." ”

"Hush." Song Xiance finally found an opportunity and said disdainfully, "Will Jiannu believe it?" ”

Niu Jinxing said angrily: "You haven't even tried it, how dare you assert that Jiannu won't believe it?" ”

"That's right." Li Zicheng nodded happily, "Whether you believe it or not, it's always okay to try, Prime Minister, then you can send an envoy to the Jiannu camp outside the city and persuade them to withdraw their troops back to Xuzhou as soon as possible." ”

"Commandment." Niu Jinxing gladly accepted the order.