Chapter 352: A Thief Is a Thief After All (Five Watches)
"***What's going on now?"
"If you go back to your master," Wang Chengen said, "according to the information obtained by the battalions and Yang Wanli, after the defeat of Dolgon, he retreated thirty miles to the camp and is resting his troops and horses."
"Well, let them rest well, and send someone to monitor the movements of the army at any time, and report to me quickly."
"Yes."
"By the way, what happened to the thief Li Zicheng and the traitor Wu Sangui now?" Chongzhen thought of these two enemies again.
"Master, let the old slave play in detail......" Wang Chengen told the story.
Although Chongzhen fought in Shanhaiguan these days, he wanted to control the overall situation, and the Ming army sent hundreds of miles at night to track and transmit military information, and timely grasp the movements of the Dashun army, the Qing army and the Wu army.
Since the defeat in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng's Dashun army retreated to Luanzhou and Fengrun, and suffered two defeats in a row, losing many generals.
Because the general Liu Zongmin's injuries have not yet healed, the shadow of the battle of Shanhaiguan is still lingering, and the morale of the Dashun army is slumping.
Among the martial arts masters invited, Zhao Gang, a martial arts Taoist, and Shaolin monk Void had not healed from their internal injuries, and Ouyang Changgeng, the left envoy of the Heaven and Earth Sect, also had injuries.
They couldn't resist the mixed yuan white bone claws of Ding Dehai, the protector of the White Lotus Sect invited by Wu Sangui, and now Ding Dehai has become a fragrant bait in Wu Sangui's camp.
There are only two White Lotus disciples who helped Wu Sangui now, and in addition to Ding Dehai, the Mixed Yuan Thunderbolt, there is also a shadowless Zhao Jin in front of the lamp.
This is the three apprentices who chase souls without shadows.
He wanted to avenge the death of his master and brothers, so he did not return to the White Lotus Sect and followed Wu Sangui all the time.
Ouyang Changgeng, Zhao Gang and Void couldn't resist these two, let alone the other people.
Therefore, Li Zicheng's men and horses were defeated again and again, and now they have retreated to the Yutian area.
Li Zicheng was angry, and at this time, three Shaolin monks came outside the camp gate, and the law names were Kongwen, Kongtian, and Tiantian, and their heads were brighter than the other.
Li Zicheng took people out of the camp gate.
The empty monk was happy at first glance, the four famous monks of Shaolin were gathered, not to mention dealing with the White Lotus Sect, even if they were dealing with Chongzhen, it was foolproof.
At this time, the Qing-Wu coalition forces of Duoduo, Azig and Wu Sangui pursued the Fengrun area.
The three masters will come together to discuss countermeasures.
Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and advocated that he should continue to chase and kill Li Zicheng without stopping, and he must not give the thief a chance to breathe himself.
Prince Yu Duoduo stroked his palms in agreement, and the long braids behind him flicked away, eager to chase to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Now of these 30,000 horses, Prince Azig is undoubtedly the boss.
They now have a sense of crisis that there is no root, no source of water.
Because of the final outcome of the Battle of Shanhaiguan, they still don't know that the regent Dolgon is their backer and their commander-in-chief behind the scenes, and all the soldiers, horses, and food are supplied by Dolgon.
These days the supply is not available, they can only rely on robbery along the way, but this is not a long-term solution after all, the people along the way heard the wind and fled, who do they rob?
The countryside is barren, the villages are empty, and not even a dog can be found.
Therefore, Azig pondered and asked his subordinates, "How is the battle at Shanhaiguan, and where is the regent now?"
"If you return to the British Prince, the regent will lead an army of 50,000 people, with 18 red-clothed artillery soldiers from Wuzhen Chaoha, and the cannon sound in the area of Tashan outside Shanhaiguan yesterday shook the sky, and my Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers are still camping on the bank of the Xishi River in the south of Shanhaiguan, and the dog emperor Chongzhen must be more auspicious."
"Hahaha......" Wu Sangui, Duoduo and Azig all laughed on their backs, and now they all had the bottom in their hearts, "Chase, continue to chase and kill Li Zicheng's Dashun army......
"Hahaha......" Chongzhen heard this, and the generals under him laughed even more enthusiastically......
"Master, Wu Sangui and the rebellious ministers and thieves surnamed Fang are pretentious, and there are Duoduo and Azig who have no one in their eyes, but they were tricked by the master, and they don't know it, the miscellaneous family really likes them a little, haha......" Wang Chengen laughed a little out of shape.
Chongzhen restrained his laughter, "Wang Daban, Yutian is not far from my Daming Jingshi."
"Lord, please relax, the thieves are now too busy to take care of themselves, the prince is in charge of the country, the prince is brave, and there are the scheming and warlike Jin Xuan and Wang Jiayan and other assistants, 5,000 soldiers will guard the palace and the imperial city."
Chongzhen shook his head, "I'm not worried about this, the thieves will soon be defeated and return to the capital, and the battle of Shanhaiguan must end as soon as possible."
Wang Chengen thought that the two of them would fight for a long time, with wins and losses.
Hearing Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen's eyes immediately widened, and he said incredulously, "Master...... The thieves are so vulnerable, aren't they powerful, claiming to have millions of soldiers, occupying a large area of territory in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, etc., can they really not defeat these tens of thousands of Qingwu coalition troops?"
Chongzhen smiled, "Wang Daban must have forgotten that they are thieves, and no matter how many soldiers and horses and territory they have, it is difficult to achieve great things."
Wang Chengen said: "What the master said is that a thief is a thief after all, and if Li Zicheng is defeated and flees the capital, the prince and them will be in danger. But sir, although Dorgon has suffered another defeat, but his vitality is not injured, how can he solve the battle quickly?"
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen