Chapter 420: Taking Yourself as Bait

In the city of Xuzhou, Abatai was commending Sun Degong's merits and giving a banquet to Jilharang.

Because of his adoptive father Nurhachi, Zilharang was promoted all the way from Beile until after the enclosure of Beijing, after being ordered to go south, he was named Prince Heshuo Zheng, although his title was higher than that of Abatai, but under the Manchu system, which focused on the relationship between the Eight Banners, Zilharang still had to listen to his seventh brother, even if he was only a county king.

And Zilharang is the sixth among the heirs of Shulhaqi, so Abatai calls Zilharang the sixth, and he calls Abatai the seventh brother.

"Sixth, you came at the right time, why, that kid didn't let you go to Dangshan?"

Zilharang shook his head: "Seventh Brother said the opposite, it was Hauge who asked me to come." ”

"Also, you are going down from the southeast of the mountain, all of them are firearms troops, I am worried that there are not enough firearms in the city, I don't know if the dozens of shells before hit Chen Cao, if you can kill him directly, it is best if I can kill him directly, lest I go out of the city to fight with him again."

Zierharang said disapprerovingly: "Seventh brother may have thought too much, if Chen Cao has any mistakes, they should take the initiative to attack at this moment, and then retreat in an orderly manner, instead of staying where they are and fighting with us, and even a decent charge will no longer be sent." ”

"Mr. Wang, what do you think?"

In the face of Abatai's inquiry, Wang Shi arched his hand: "Lord Wang, the students also think that Prince Zheng's words are reasonable, and the soldiers are treacherous, even if Emperor Chen Cao really has any mistakes, our army must not act rashly." ”

"Our advantage has been obvious since the start of the war for two days, and it seems that Chen Cao didn't see what we thought."

As soon as the words fell, the herald interrupted Abatai, who was speaking: "Lord, official documents." ”

After Abatai saw it, he laughed out loud, and then said: "Sixth, that kid from Haoge sent He Luohui to bring 30,000 cavalry from the Yellow River to Xuzhou by boat, and now the large army has landed and assembled in Yanjiakou. ”

Zilharang hurriedly took the official document, and after reading it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, as long as there are cavalry with yellow flags and white flags to help, the purpose of encircling the Ming army on the flanks can be achieved." ”

Abatai suddenly frowned and said: "Don't be careless about the sixth child, according to the spy report, Chen Cao still has a group of cavalry under his hands, I heard that in Suqian, it is these cavalry who cut off the second child's back road, and 30,000 people is not too much of an advantage." ”

You Shiwei's cavalry has not moved until now, and the purpose is to deter Abatai.

"It's better than nothing, I believe that the Ming army still doesn't know how many people we came, and where these people landed, otherwise, they will definitely move."

After hearing this, Wang Shi immediately bowed his hand and said: "Congratulations to the prince, I will definitely be able to win a big victory in Xuzhou in this battle." ”

Someone patted on the back, but Abatai was still more useful, so he said: "Since He Luo will come, can we continue to act according to the plan?" ”

Wang Shi became serious: "Yes, the students thought that they could go out of the city to fight with the Ming army, and then invite the cavalry of Lord He Luohui, who came over, to attack the Ming army together." ”

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"The Tartars can't afford to fight a war of attrition, and once the warships of the naval division go north, it will only be a matter of time before the Yellow River breaks through the city defense of Xuzhou."

At most, Chen Cao had just received an urgent report, and Pang Zhifan's sailors had one more day to return to Xuzhou and continue to bombard Xuzhou City.

"Newspaper..."

"Report to Your Majesty, the Qing army is out of the city."

"Do they have to give up Xuzhou City?"

A senior staff officer frowned: "Your Majesty, if Abatai knew that our sailors would return, and then abandoned the city defense of Xuzhou, and turned out of the city to fight with our army, then our sailors and artillery would not be able to extend support." ”

Chen Cao stood up and thought for a while: "It seems that there are many smart people from our Han people under Abatai's account, come here, let Huang Degong also move, otherwise the people in their 4th division will be moldy." ”

Huang Degong couldn't wait for a long time, since the first defeat in Yan Chun, he privately expressed many times in front of Chen Cao that he wanted to take over the task of the 8th Division, but he was rejected every time, until now, he and Lou Xingye's men have not moved.

"It's all for Lao Tzu to listen to, the Tartars are outside the camp, they do all kinds of evil after entering the customs, our court officials and soldiers have also failed repeatedly, Chongzhen Xiao'er hanged himself on the coal mountain, Lao Tzu said so much nonsense, the purpose is one, wait for the next war, if any of you dare to be afraid of death to stagnate or retreat, Lao Tzu doesn't matter who you are, how big your official position is, all of them will be shot, do you understand?"

"Yes..."

Such a playful and powerful pre-war mobilization, looking at the entire Dingwu Army, only Huang Degong can say it, even if he has been educated in Huangpu, but every time before the battle, he can't help but swear and swear, and sometimes even his own family members don't let go, as it is.

After answering the call, the cadres of the brigades and regiments under his command rushed to their respective units one after another, preparing to fire the first shot since the start of the 4th Division.

The charge of the Qing army was very scattered, not only scattered, they also carried a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel cars and caravans, from the experience of previous battles between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Wuhan Iron and Steel cars and the covered iron cars could effectively resist the firearms of the Ming army, and their bullets or lead bullets could not penetrate the iron defense of the Wuhan Iron and Steel cars and the car.

'Knock knock...'

The sound of artillery from far and near rang out, and both sides fired a large number of artillery at the opponent's position at the timing of the simultaneous attack, and it was obvious that such a highly mobile infantry artillery coordinated the operation, all of which came from the foreign embassy in Shanghai.

The 33rd Regiment, as the main attacking force of the 4th Division, saw more than 1,000 cavalry charging towards him at the same time, the regiment commander Li Suyan immediately ordered the grenadiers to wrap the prepared cluster grenades and ammunition with wooden sticks, and prepare to give this group of cavalry a big one.

But what Li Suyan never expected was that this group of sub-cavalry turned their horses' heads and left on the right side a hundred paces away from them in the danger of a rain of bullets, but hundreds of black spots flew in the sky.

"Be careful, the Tartar threw the fire oil canister..."

Sure enough, this group of cavalry was not to charge into battle, but to create a visual obstacle for the defenders in front of the formation, and the fierce burning oil accompanied by the black smoke from the explosion caused a chain of visual and reaction obstacles to the soldiers in front of the formation, although the Qing army lost two or three hundred cavalry, but it created a great opportunity for the infantry behind.

After the soldiers covered up the fire with mud, the bulletproof car formation composed of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles and the armored car was only less than 100 paces away from the front of the 33rd Regiment.

"Shoot..."

"Shoot..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The two sides exchanged fierce muskets within a hundred paces, and there was even a dense rain of arrows and patches of throwing weapons in the sky.