Chapter 411: If you kill someone, you will pay for your life

On the canal boat, Chen Cao received an urgent war report sent from the Shuyang front overnight, after reading it for a long time, Chen Cao slowly closed the official document, and then closed his eyes and said: "Allow Liu Xiang's request, send Liu Jian's body back to Shanghai by boat for burial, enter it into the meritorious hero book, and enjoy the meritorious temple in the future, in addition, after the end of the Shuyang war, change Liujiazhuang to Liujia Town, set up Shuyang Martyrs Cemetery, bury all the 84 Brigade and the soldiers who died in this battle in the cemetery, arrange retired or disabled soldiers to guard the mausoleum, and sacrifice at four o'clock..."

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he looked at the ship's board: "Where are you?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I just passed Taoyuan, and there is still half a day's water journey from Suqian."

"Where are the You family brothers?"

"They are faster than our ship, I believe they are about to arrive in Suqian at this moment."

The three You Shiwei brothers can be reused because they belong to the early batch of officers and soldiers, and they are also proficient in cavalry warfare, You Shiwei's long-distance attack on Hangzhou is still reflected in Chen Cao, so this battle was led by 50,000 cavalry for their brothers, and the original cavalry in Yulin was used as the main force of 50,000 cavalry.

At this moment, You Shiwei's department has just arrived in Suqian, and the green battalion soldiers defending the city were frightened by the formation of the 50,000 army, and before You Shiwei ordered the siege of the city, the green battalion guerrillas defending the city immediately opened the city and surrendered.

You Shiwei disarmed them according to the usual practice, and then placed more than 2,000 green battalion men and horses in the school yard in the city, sent people to guard them, and rode out to inspect the local official roads.

You Shilu checked back and said: "According to the confession of the surrendered puppet army, ten days ago, nearly 20,000 Tartars from Xuzhou crossed Suqian to Shuyang, and no team crossed Suqian in the past few days. ”

You Shiwei touched his chin: "Your Majesty and the General Staff Headquarters all agree that Daishan's team will divide troops in Shuyang, and it is very likely that they will pass through Suqian, and now that it has been found out that no one has come, either they have not arrived, or they have not left Suqian." ”

You Shigong said: "No, Huai'an is full of waterways, they have so many cavalry, and the official road is only two days, and the official road of Shuyang has been verified to have Li Yan blocked in Shuyang, unless Li Yan's whole army is annihilated, otherwise it is impossible for Dai Shan to pass through Shuyang." ”

You Shiwei recognized You Shigong's words very much, so he nodded: "There are only two, one is Suqian, and the other is in the direction of Wang Haizhou, but the road in the direction of Haizhou is more difficult to walk than Suqian." ”

The judgment of the You brothers is very correct, and this is also the common belief of Chen Cao and a group of staff officers, tens of thousands of people retreated from Daishan, and there were three roads to Xuzhou in the north, one was Shuyang, one was Suqian, and finally the canal.

"At that time, the queen of the thief warehouse withdrew, and the ships at the canal wharf were requisitioned by our army, if Daishan evacuated from the fastest canal, it would be self-defeating, and the Shuyang official road was occupied by Li Yan, and I was Daishan, and I would never use cavalry to attack the city, so I could only choose Suqian and Haizhou;

Tens of thousands of men must be divided..."

This is the reason that Chen Cao analyzed for the generals, and this is also the reason why he chose to go north to Suqian, the pursuit of the Long Wu Army will definitely have a harvest, but the harvest will definitely not be big, so Chen Cao is also ready to try his luck to see if he can harvest big fish on the line of Suqian.

"Send men to dig trenches..."

You Shiwei thought for a long time, and then said: "The west of the city is the canal and waterway and wharf, Your Majesty's brigade will be able to arrive soon, the official road is divided into the northeast direction outside the city and the city, crossing the city means attacking the city, if I will never do this, then, the Tartars can only choose the northeast direction." ”

You Shilu had just come back from inspecting the four cities, so he interjected: "The official road in the northeast of the city passes through Huangdunji, and this is the only one, if the Tartar dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, it can only be drilled in the Waisiwu Mountain Range, and it is very likely that it will be trapped in it if it enters." ”

"Then it's decided, dig a trench in Huangdunji, bury the fierce fire oil deeply, stop the Tartars at all costs, and wait for Your Majesty's Chinese army to arrive."

Daishan's 30,000 men ran very hard, just because the official road from Shuyang to Suqian was full of small roads and mountain roads, and if it wasn't for Yue Tuo's previous obstruction in Shuyang, it would have been very easy for the infantry to catch up with them.

"Lord Wang, the northeast direction is Huangdun Lake, not far away, and more than ten miles in front is Suqian County."

After listening to Xin Shan's report, Dai Shan said directly: "You don't have to wait for Yue Tuo, immediately go to Suqian County and go to Xuzhou to meet Lao Qi." ”

Dai Shan also didn't know that Chen Cao had been hiding a cavalry team of 50,000 people, after all, he had not seen a cavalry of the Ming army since Yangzhou, and in terms of distance, from Huai'an to Suqian, the road on both sides of the canal was undoubtedly the fastest and the best.

So under his leadership, the cavalry swarmed towards Suqian City, because there were green battalion soldiers stationed there, which was also regarded as their own defense area, but when the Daishan army arrived at Suqian City, it was in place, although the head of Suqian City was planted with the banner of the Qing Dynasty, but the green battalion soldiers defending the city did not open the door.

You Shiwei is very smart, he is ready to capture the old man, put the Tartar into the city without the opponent's knowledge, and use the advantage of manpower to kill the enemy, just to see if the Tartar is not fooled.

Xin Shan stepped forward and shouted and scolded in front of the battle, You Shiwei pretended to be a personal soldier and stood on the side of the green battalion soldiers, and said in a low voice: "Bringing them into the city is a great merit for you, and I will personally protect you in front of Your Majesty, and all your past convictions are not to blame." ”

The guerrilla nodded with great joy, and then opened the city in person, took a few cronies out of the city, and nodded in front of Xin Shan.

Xin Shan rode back to Dai Shan and said: "Lord Wang, the green battalion soldiers are guarding Suqian, and there is no trace of the Ming army, so you can enter the city." ”

Dai Shan waved his hand, and immediately ordered the forward department to enter the city to rest first, and Xin Shan went down to arrange it.

The city gate of Suqian was wide open, when the first thousand horsemen immediately rushed into the city, and when they entered tens of thousands of people, the city tower suddenly burst into the air with an arrow, Dai Shan and Xin Shan happened to have just entered the city gate, and the green battalions on both sides of the city suddenly began to close the door.

Xin Shan was shocked, shouted 'protect the prince', and then got down and pulled the reins of Dai Shan and drove his war horse out of the city gate.

"It's a plan, there's an ambush, get out of the city quickly."

The sudden shouting of killing in the city shook the sky, thousands of people came out from different places, in addition to countless cavalry towards the city gate, Dai Shan's whole person was a little sluggish, until he saw Xin Shan is desperately slashing and killing the green battalion soldiers who want to close the city gate: "Quick, rush out." ”

You Shilu suddenly came out from the northwest with 10,000 cavalry, and rushed towards the troops of the Tartar cavalry who had not yet entered the city in a sharp formation, and his task was very simple, to break through the formation of the Tartars.

Since Salhu, the Jianzhou cavalry has not found an opponent in Liaodong, including after entering the customs, and until now, their contempt for the Ming cavalry has continued.

After the cavalry exceeded 10,000, the formation was very strong, and the sharp arrow formation was like a sharp knife, and the Tartar cavalry rushed into the opponent's formation before it could fully form a formation.

As soon as Dai Shan ran out of the city gate, a rain of arrows was thrown from the city, and he could only hide at the foot of the city gate, protected by a team of personal soldiers, and watched the Ming cavalry pass through the formation under his command.

After all, it is the elite of the two red flags, even if it is led by You Shilu through the formation, it can actually maintain the formation is not chaotic, and under the leadership of several Zhang Jing, he launched a counterattack against You Shilu, not only that, but also launched a charge towards Suqian County, and the banner lord Wang Ye is still trapped at the gate of the city.

The two sides launched a fierce battle in the city, and the battle outside the city was not ambiguous at all, Xin Shan covered the threat of Dai Shan's success in getting out of the city gate, and pursued towards You Shilu's cavalry, at this moment You Shilu was leading the Tartar cavalry in the direction of Huangdunji according to the predetermined plan.

According to You Shiwei's previous deployment, You Shigong and Zu Dashou will take 20,000 cavalry to ambush in Huangdunji, until You Shilu's 'defeated army' leads the Tartar cavalry over, and then charge the Tartar cavalry with the superior strength of 30,000 cavalry, because You Shiwei concluded that the defeated Tartar army will definitely not exceed 30,000.

In fact, Dai Shan, who was out of danger, chose to abandon the troops trapped in the city, and instead vented his anger on the Ming cavalry outside the city who dared to charge into battle, and he was ready to leave Suqian directly from Huangdunji after defeating this cavalry, and went straight north to Pizhou and entered Xuzhou.

Nearly 20,000 taels of red flag troops chased after them, and a volley of fire pursued and even killed and injured many of You Shilu's subordinates.

"Phew..."

The cavalry of the Ming army in front of him suddenly began to rein in their horses and turned their heads, and Dai Shanming saw countless cavalry who were preparing to go, not only did not make him frightened, but forced out the arrogance when he raised troops in Jianzhou: "Qing warriors, follow this king to break the enemy, kill..."

"Kill..."

Far from being intimidated, the opponent sped up his horse and charged.

You Shilu and You Shigong glanced at each other, then both nodded, and as soon as the horn and arrow sounded, nearly 30,000 cavalry also launched an attack on the rushing Tartar cavalry.

At the wharf of Suqian Xicheng, the huge building ship was docking, and Chen Cao on the deck had clearly heard the shouts and killings inside and outside Suqian City, and he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart: "Quick, the Dingwu army will get off the ship immediately and prepare to attack." ”

The first to get off the ship was Yan Chun of the 8th Division, the moment he stepped ashore, he personally led a regiment under his command to storm the West City Gate, the equipment of the Dingwu Army is the best in the whole army, all rifle divisions, and each division is equipped with thirty mortars, hundreds of tiger squat guns used in close combat, it can be said that they are armed to the teeth.

The west city gate had already been opened, just waiting for reinforcements from the canal, and the moment Yan Chun entered the city gate, the troops of the 8th Division were disembarking in a steady stream.

Chen Cao was dressed in a dark dragon costume and straddled a long knife, stepping into Suqian City under the escort of a group of brocade guards.