"Accurate!"

Zhu Cihong then said.

No one in the Ming camp was aware of Duoduo's true intentions.

This was followed by a few days of Duoduo and many divisions of troops.

Zhu Cihong also divided his troops one after another, Gu Yanwu and Yan Yingyuan also successively divided his troops to support various places.

The main force of the Ming army in Huai'an remained, and the new army of Huang Degong Tianwei Battalion was 6,000, plus 20,000 ordinary Ming troops and 30,000 Jingwei iron cavalry.

And the Qing army still has 120,000 soldiers and horses on its side.

Among them are all the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion elite.

The soldiers who were separated were all miscellaneous cards within miscellaneous cards.

And the elite Ming army, the new army of the Ming army, was almost all separated.

The elite of the Ming army only left Huang Degong's 6,000 new troops and Tang King Zhu Yujian's 30,000 Jingwei cavalry.

At this time, nearly a month had passed since the confrontation between the two sides.

Inside the big tent of the Qing army.

"How many people are there over there?"

Prince Yu Duoduo asked the Qing general in charge of intelligence work.

"There aren't many of them, only 56,000."

The general said.

"Hehe, Zhu Cihong is going! Just wait for the elite soldiers of the imperial court to arrive and join forces with me to attack Zhu Cihong! ”

When Prince Yu Duoduo heard this, he was overjoyed.

Two days later, in the night.

15,000 Guanning iron horsemen, galloping in, stationed in the Qing army camp.

Among the commanders of the Qing army.

A general in armor with a murderous face arrived.

"King Ping [West]! This king has finally waited for you! ”

Prince Yu Duoduo looked at the general in front of him and exclaimed.

"Ping [West] King Wu Sangui, I have seen two princes!"

Wu Sangui saluted the two.

"Ping [West] King, hurry up and be exempt! You and I are kings, and we don't need so much courtesy. ”

Prince Yu Duoduo hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, up.

Wu Sangui was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty, and then opened the mountain customs to let the Qing soldiers enter the customs, and the Qing soldiers together in a stone to break Li Zicheng hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, in the Qing court set the capital of the north [Beijing], Wu Sangui was named the king of Ping [West].

The 30,000 Guanning iron cavalry under his command were extremely brave, but after entering the pass, they fought with Li Zicheng and lost more than half of them in the process of pacifying the Central Plains.

Now only 15,000 remain.

Even if there are only 15,000 people, all of them are elite soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles.

And with firearms such as three-eyed guns, its strength is far above the Jingwei Iron Cavalry temporarily formed by Zhu Cihong.

"Prince Xie Yu!"

Wu Sangui got up and thanked him.

"The king of Ping [West] is here, this king will definitely be able to capture and kill Zhu Cihong this time!"

Prince Yu Duoduo said very confidently.

"Now that the Ming army is only 56,000 people, according to the opinion of the king of Ping [West], when will we start?"

Prince Azig asked.

"The Ming army didn't know that my Guanning Iron Cavalry had arrived, and it happened to kill him by surprise at this time, I think it will be tonight!"

Ping [West] Wang Wu Sangui said.

"Is the king of Ping [West] saying that he will launch a general attack on the Ming army tonight?"

Prince Azig said in surprise.

"That's right! That's what I mean! ”

Ping [West] Wang Wu Sangui said.

Azig secretly exclaimed in his heart, this kid is fiercer than me, and he will attack directly as soon as he arrives.

"Then according to the opinion of the king of Ping [West], launch a general attack on the Ming army tonight!"

Prince Yu immediately decided.

Only half an hour later, the Qing army attacked in five directions and outflanked the camp of the Ming army.

In the big tent of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty! The big thing is not good, the Qing army suddenly attacked from five directions, and it is outflanking our Ming army camp! ”

Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to come in and say.

Zhu Cihong hurriedly woke up from the bed, and instantly sweated profusely.

"Quickly pass on Huang Degong, Tang King Zhu Yujian."

Zhu Cihong hurriedly commanded.

"Obey orders!"

Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to hurriedly obey the order.

A moment later.

Tang King Zhu Yujian, the commander of the Tianwei Battalion of the New Army, made Huang Degong enter the tent.

Zhu Cihong was already wearing cotton armor, with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, a bow and arrows on his back, and a handcuff pinned to his waist, fully armed.

"Your Majesty, the situation is very critical now, please transfer all the artillery on the high ground outside the camp to the camp to avoid being taken away by the Qing army."

Huang Degong said.

"Good! Just according to Huang Aiqing! ”

Zhu Cihong immediately agreed.

Subsequently, Tang King Zhu Yujian and Huang Degong began to discuss the deployment strategy.

Soon the Qing soldiers were killed under the Ming army's walled city.

"Kill! ...”

"Bump...."

The Ming army relied on the inside and outside of the camp to fight with the Qing soldiers.

The fighting lasted until noon the next day, when the troops were withdrawn.

The Ming army had a total of 19 villages, lost seven walled cities in a row, lost as many as 20,000 people, and the Qing army suffered about 30,000 casualties.

Inside the big tent of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty! Our army has now lost seven camps, nearly 20,000 soldiers have been killed in battle, and more than 30,000 Qing troops have been killed or wounded. ”

Huang Degong reported on the battle situation.

"So, there are only 36,000 people left in our army, and there are still 90,000 in the Qing army?"

Zhu Cihong said in surprise.

"No, the Qing army had an extra cavalry last night, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry totaled 15,000 people, it is estimated that they arrived at the Qing army camp last night, and now the Qing army should have 105,000 people."

Huang Degong paused and replied.

"Guanning Iron Horse?"

Zhu Cihong was shocked.

That's the elite of the Ming Dynasty's former elite.

Now it's completely at a disadvantage.

Zhu Cihong was a little distracted in an instant.

At this time, he also understood that Prince Yu Duoduo had been dividing his troops in order to weaken his main force in Huai'an.

Then wait for Wu Sangui, the Guanning iron cavalry, to arrive, and attack himself in the combined army.

It's a pity that it's too late to understand.

"How many more do we have today... Chance? ”

Zhu Cihong almost gritted his teeth and asked.

"If you want to defeat the Qing army... I'm afraid it's hard! ”

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian said slowly.

"Tang Wang is right! If there are only Duoduo Eight Banners and Green Camp, then it is okay to say, the key is that Wu Sangui's 15,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry is not easy to deal with. ”

Huang Degong said.

"In today's situation, it is impossible to defeat the Qing army, and it has not been avoided that all the elite of the 30,000 Jingwei Iron Cavalry will be annihilated.

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian said.

"So... I've been generalized now? Must be resigned? ”

Zhu Cihong asked.

"Yes, it does! If we don't move our commander, our army can only be annihilated again, and Your Majesty Zhongxing Daming will also be completely defeated! ”

Huang Degong looked at Zhu Cihong and said.

"But I.... I just think... Unwilling! I'm afraid we will lose a thousand miles in this retreat, can the southeast still be saved? Li Zicheng was defeated in a stone, and Zhili, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shandong were captured by the Qing army one after another, and they had no power to fight back. ”

Zhu Cihong clenched his fists and said very unwillingly.

"You are not Li Zicheng, not as short-sighted as him, the Ming soldiers and the people are willing to support you, as long as you keep it, we can once again organize an effective defense line against the Qing army and resist the Qing army's southward advance."

Huang Degong said.

"In that case, let's break through!"

Zhu Cihong closed his eyes and said.

Originally, Zhu Cihong wanted to fight to the death with the Qing army, and the battle was decided, and the main force of the Qing army was eliminated in this time, so that he could go on the Northern Expedition to recover the country.

But who would have thought that because of a momentary negligence, he fell into Duoduo's plan to divide the troops, and even he was about to explain here.