At this moment, I saw a guard rush into the tent and report to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng stood up with a smile on his face and said to everyone: "Another holy decree is coming, all the generals, this will follow the governor to greet you!" ”

Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, another eunuch read the holy decree to Lu Xiangsheng and others, this time, in addition to exhortation, it was to urge Lu Xiangsheng to lead the troops to Zhending immediately.

This was already in Lu Xiangsheng's expectation, but to his surprise, behind the holy decree, it was also mentioned that the military situation in Shanxi was urgent, and Lu Xiangsheng was asked to divide a part of the soldiers and horses, so that Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, led his headquarters to immediately return to Shanxi to solve the Taiyuan crisis.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, but after a while, he still received the order. Wang Pu also received the holy decree, and there was a letter from the Ministry of War, when he received the holy decree, his expression was very strange, and then he came over sadly, bowed to Lu Xiangsheng and said goodbye, he choked up and said: "Governor, the last general is gone, but unfortunately I can't saddle the horse and follow the governor to kill the enemy." ”

Tears faintly appeared in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, and he personally helped Wang Pu up, and Wen Yan said to him: "The general doesn't have to be like this, when you return to Shanxi, you will also serve the country, but you don't have to follow the governor." ”

He confessed to Wang Pu and said: "No matter where the general goes, he must remember the principle of serving the country with loyalty and righteousness." ”

Wang Pu choked up and said: "The governor's teachings, the last general has written them down." ”

Then Wang Pu and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei parted, and the two were also full of sighs, no matter how much they looked down on Wang Pu before, who spent money to buy official positions, but these days of fighting side by side, there was some comradeship, and when they parted, they were reluctant.

When parting, Wang Pu also patted Liu Yan on the shoulder and sighed: "It's a pity that I can't fight side by side with the general anymore, after this battle, if the general arrives in Datong, the brothers will definitely greet each other." ”

Liu Yan solemnly said goodbye to him, no matter how unbearable Wang Pu was in history, at least in the current war, he behaved well and deserved his respect. Of course, if the situation deteriorates in the future, it is still difficult to say what Wang Pu will do in the future with Wang Pu's temperament.

At the same time, Liu Yan's heart also floated a shadow, everyone only said that Shanxi was in danger, and it was reasonable for the military department to transfer Wang Pu back to help, only Liu Yan knew that this matter might be Yang Sichang's ghost. Judging from historical records, Yang Sichang was able to do such a thing.

Yang Sichang is quite politically and militarily talented, but he is short-sighted, narrow-minded, and extremely vindictive. He and Lu Xiangsheng just have different political views, so they are so deliberate, and they don't care about the overall situation because of their personal ambitions? It's a pity.

On that day, Wang Pu led the army out of the camp and left, leaving a large empty camp, and the sergeant Xuanda saw that there were several thousand fewer brothers in the army, and the originally high morale could not help but drop a part. Lu Xiangsheng also recruited the soldiers of the whole army to motivate them, so that the morale of the fallen ones could be restored.

After Wang Pu led his troops away, Lu Xiangsheng led only Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, Liu Yan, Zhang Yan, the general of Xuanfu and others, with about 11,000 or 2,000 soldiers and horses.

Early in the morning of the second day, under the farewell of the gentry and people of the whole city led by Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to leave Gaoyang.

On the way out, Liu Yan frequently looked back at Gaoyang County, and this time he left Gaoyang to go to Zhending, and the future was unpredictable. However, what comforted Liu Yan was that at his solemn request last night, Sun Chengzong was finally willing to leave Gaoyang City and go to Baoding, which relieved Liu Yan of a hidden worry in his heart.

In history, before the Qing army besieged Gaoyang City, Sun Chengzong's friends Cai Ding, Mao Yuanyi and others persuaded Sun Chengzong to take refuge in Baoding, or simply go to the south, but Sun Chengzong politely refused.

After Gaoyang was besieged, Sun Chengzong led his whole family and nephews and the people of Gaoyang to resist the Qing soldiers at the age of 80, and the last six sons, two nephews, and twelve grandchildren and nephews were all martyred. Perhaps it was the emotion of the siege of the Qing soldiers, Sun Chengzong couldn't bear to refuse Liu Yan's kindness, and finally agreed to Liu Yan's request to save this useful body.

Liu Yan finally left Gaoyang with confidence, although his strength is limited, but the loyal and righteous people of the Ming Dynasty, he can save one by one.

Nearly 300 miles from Gaoyang City to Zhending Mansion City, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others led their troops all the way to the south.

At this time, the Qing soldiers had already penetrated into Hengshui, Zaoqiang, Zanhuang, Lincheng, Gaoyi and other places in Zhending Mansion. Although they encountered many large and small groups of Qing soldiers along the way, they were afraid of the prestige of this army, and those Qing cavalry only watched from a distance and did not dare to get close. So along the way, although there were some small contact battles from time to time, the overall march was quite smooth.

Remembering that there is a large amount of grain and grass in the army, Lu Xiangsheng and others have had the experience of suffering and starvation, and they know that the army is in chaos, and it is extremely difficult to prepare grain and grass, and there is no place to buy silver, and the grain and grass carried in the army is the lifeline of this army.

Therefore, although the Tang newspaper of the military department was very urgent, Lu Xiangsheng still listened to the advice of Yang Guozhu and others, and it was better to march steadily, and the whole army marched 60 to 70 miles a day, and then began to set up camp and no longer continued.

A few days later, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and his entourage arrived under the city of Zhendingfu.

At the same time, Hengshui.

Around the city, densely covered with Qing army camp tents, all kinds of flags fluttering, even in Hengshui City, are flying with the banner of the Qing soldiers' white flag.

Since December, the Qing army has successively captured Hengshui, Wuyi, Zaoqiang, Julu, Jize, Yuanshi, Lincheng and other cities, and their troops have spread throughout Zhendingfu, Shundefu, Guangping and other places. Countless people's homes were destroyed, and their children's wealth was plundered.

The original Daming Hengshui Prefecture Ya, at this time has been inserted a huge woven gold dragon flag, the wide hall, full of Qing army generals in gilt armor, everyone will take off the helmet, all iron blue forehead scalp, the back of the head is also flung a slender money rat tail pigtail, extremely ugly.

Densely packed with white flag soldiers in mercury armor patrolled outside the hall, and in the hall, there were bursts of loud voices. If it were the Ming people, of course, the people would not understand those words, because they spoke all Manchurian. An Altaic language family, originated from the Mongols and transmitted from the Westerners, is completely different from the Han people of the Central Plains in terms of language and writing, and is also different from the Han square characters of the Jurchens of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was not originally a Chinese language family.

Among the Qing generals, Dolgon, the owner of the white flag and the general who was ordered, and Yue Tuo, the owner of the red flag and the general of Yangwu, sat on both sides. On the lower left side, the owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the owner of the white flag Duoduo, the owner of the red flag Dudu, the owner of the blue flag Zierharang and others sat proudly. On the lower right, the eight banners of Mongolia are seated separately.

"My Qing Dynasty soldiers and horses are invincible, since entering the customs for a few months, thousands of miles deep into the Ming Kingdom, capturing dozens of Ming prefectures and counties, killing the Ming garrison, more than 1,000 generals and hundreds of people, capturing hundreds of thousands of people and wealth, such a great victory, since the first year of Chongde has been rare, this time my Qing warriors can return with plunder."

It was Dolgon who spoke, and his words caused a howl from the generals.

Yueto, who sat to the right of Dolgon, also smiled reservedly. There is also the blue flag owner Zilharang, who thinks he is old, so naturally he can't be as happy as the little hairy head here, and he also stroked his whiskers and nodded slowly.

"Taking advantage of this great victory, my Qing warriors need to continue to go south!"

Dorgon's words made the crowd happy again.

Then Dolgon's words quieted everyone down: "What is worrying is that Lu Xiangsheng, the secretary of the Ming State Military Department, has led the army south, and Gao Qiqian, the Ming State Supervisor, has also led tens of thousands of Guanning troops to gather in Zhending Mansion City. ”

"There is nothing to worry about, but Lu Xiangsheng is quite good at fighting, and our army must be cautious."

At this time, there was silence in the house, when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to Gaoyang last month, even Dolgon didn't dare to touch its edge and take the initiative to avoid it, how could the rest of the people take the initiative to fight?

In the silence, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the White Flag Belle Abatai suddenly stood up and said to Dolgon, Yue Tuo and others: "I have ordered the great general, the great general Yangwu, the princes. Lu Xiangsheng led the army south, and the last general thought that it must be taken very seriously! ”

He said with a straight face: "The last general thinks that Lu Xiangsheng must be removed, otherwise it will be difficult for my Qing warriors to transport them out of the customs." ”

Duoduo, the owner of the white flag, also said: "What Rao Yu Baylor said is extremely reasonable, Lu Xiangsheng's department has arrived in Zhending, and it is expected that he will soon go south, they are looking at the side, and they are following step by step, when will they strike a blow, this situation ...... It's really worrying. ”

Duoduo used to be dismissive of the Ming army, but after the defeat of Dingzhou, he still has lingering palpitations. The importance of Liu Yan and other Xuanda armies can be said to be more than that of Abatai.

The two of you and I both think that Lu Xiangsheng led his troops south and needed to be cautious. Hearing them say this, even if the remaining banners have not fought with Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates. But with this lesson in the past, they have to be careful if they are not careful.

Dolgon said slowly: "As you say, Lu Xiangsheng of the Ming Kingdom is leading his troops south, and we all need to be cautious. This man will be removed by this king! ”

Then Dolgon glanced at Duoduo and said, "Prince Yu, you have fought with Lu Xiangsheng's department, how do you think you should start against Lu Xiangsheng's department?" ”

Duoduo thought carefully for a while, and said: "Back to the general, the firearms equipped by Lu Xiangsheng's department are extremely sharp, and their military discipline is strict, so their firearms can be used to the maximum. When the last general was fighting against his troops, the warriors under his command couldn't get within a few dozen steps of his subordinates, and they only lost their soldiers in vain

Later, Duoduo suggested: "When my Qing troops entered the pass, they captured a lot of Ming artillery, and they could use the captured artillery to attack Liu Yan's position." It's just a pity that King Gongshun didn't enter the customs, otherwise he would have a lot of guns and artillery in his army, and he would be able to fight against Lu Xiangsheng's troops. ”

Dolgon's brow furrowed, and he said, "You can elaborate on it. ”

Duoduo said: "Lu Xiangsheng's firecrackers are extremely sharp, and their firecrackers have a long range and great power. Especially the battle formation is strict, and their firecrackers can wait for our warriors to enter the range before fighting, and my strong bow and arrows of the Qing Dynasty have no room to play at all! ”

"In addition to the musketeers, their spearmen, sword and shield bearers are also extremely brave, and the heavily armored warriors in our banner are fighting in formation, and they can't break their battle formation at all!"

Everyone was in a state of silence, and after a long time, Dolgon said thoughtfully: "It seems that to fight with Lu Xiangsheng's department, we can only try to avoid its frontal edge and attack the two wings of its allies. In the end, he defended the battle of the Hunhe River of Emperor Taizu Gao, and used more chariots and artillery, and attacked endlessly with ten times the number of troops, so that he had a chance of victory. ”

At this time, Dolgon was determined to make up his mind, looked around at everyone and said: "Lu Xiangsheng must be eliminated, sooner rather than later, this general is determined to meet all the troops in the south, and choose an appropriate time and terrain." With tens of thousands of elite soldiers and the momentum of thunder, Lu Xiangsheng was wiped out in one go, what do you think of the princes? ”

At this time, Dolgon naturally didn't know that the main force of the Battle of Dingzhou was the new army of Xiahezhai led by Liu Yan, but directly put the target on Lu Xiangsheng.

I saw Dorgon's eyes blazing, just glancing at everyone. Dudu, Abatai, Doduo, and others all stood up, impassioned, and agreed with the opinion of the general who had been ordered.

Anyway, it is impossible for them to be the main force attacking Lu Xiangsheng in the future, so why not? The owners of the Mongolian banners of the Eight Banners are cannon fodder for the new annexed army, and there is naturally no room for them to intervene in such strategic and tactical events.

The Blue Banner Banner Master Zilharang was a little hesitant, but when he saw Dolgon's gaze sweeping, he still got up and agreed.

Perhaps because of the tragic fate of his father and brother, Zilharang is extremely careful in his daily life, and he seems to give people a feeling of weakness and obedience. In the face of an aggressive, power-hungry Dorgon, he always chooses to obey.

Huang Taiji had already snatched the two yellow flags of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and also let his son Haoge serve as the owner of the blue flag. Seeing that several banner masters who entered the customs agreed with their opinions, Dolgon showed a satisfied look on his face, and finally looked at General Yangwu Yue Tuo and asked, "What does General Yangwu think?" ”

Seeing that Dorgon was so arbitrary, and that things had decided to listen to his own opinion again, Yue Tuo was a little displeased.

At this time, Yue Tuo, as a general of Yangwu, was in charge of the right wing of the Qing army. However, a few years ago, because of his arrogance and rudeness in front of Huang Taiji, Yue Tuo was deprived of Baylor's position, demoted to Beizi, and fined 5,000 taels of silver. Although Huang Taiji restored his position as Baylor a few years ago, Yue Tuo was still much more stable, and he had a taste of joy and anger.

In the face of the aggressive Dolgon, he is also unwilling to go head-to-head and worsen the relationship between the two. In addition, he Yue Tuo is Baylor, and his title is lower than Dolgon's second-class, and the Qing soldiers who entered the army this time are actually respected by Dolgon.

Although Yue Tuo was unhappy in his heart, his face did not show it, and he said slowly: "What the general said is very reasonable, Lu Xiangsheng can be said to be a problem for my henchmen of the Qing Dynasty, get rid of this person, it is better to get rid of this person sooner rather than later, and this general also agrees!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......