Dashun Yongchang

Li Zhong, who was about to retreat to the gate of the camp, saw the malicious eyes of the surrounding soldiers looking at him, and subconsciously shouted: "Hack these Manchus to death, we surrender to Dashun, everyone is not satisfied People risked their lives..."

Li Zhong saved himself with a quick and wise voice, and these soldiers quickly turned their eyes of hatred to the surrounded dozen or so Manchus, shouting one after another: "Hack the Manchus to death and surrender to Dashun..."

The mutiny of the Qing army at the gate of the camp also attracted Qi Sansheng's attention. He ordered the firecrackers not to shoot at the gate of the camp, and made people shout to the Qing soldiers: "Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not be killed."

Chapter 408 Night Attack Part Three

Seeing the subordinates around him continue to fall, Gantai, who was surrounded in the middle, didn't feel fear, but was full of anger. He didn't understand that at this time, these Han people didn't go up to fight with the Shun army, but started internal strife coming.

"You bastard barbarians, since you don't want to live, why don't you rush up and fight with the Shun thief, what kind of a man are you to attack your comrades..." An exasperated Gantai cursed in full language, and stabbed to death a few who tried to squeeze in with a knife. The Han soldiers in the surrounding circle did not bother to distinguish whether these Han soldiers were defending themselves or rebelling.

However, his efforts did not wake up the Han soldiers who besieged him. Instead, the attacks of these Manchus on the Han soldiers around him aroused more violent attacks.Regardless of whether the Han soldiers in front of the Manchus participated in the mutiny actively or passively, they all regarded the elimination of the Manchus as the top priority at this time. The soldiers who tried to maintain neutrality between the two sides were almost all killed by the simultaneous attacks of both sides. .

Compared with the red-eyed Manchus, the Han people are still willing to accept the Han people who attack the Manchus together. Facing the continuous flood of people, the Manchus can hardly even hand out their knives or draw them back. , The Han soldiers who squeezed to them either grabbed their hands, hugged their necks, or grabbed their armor until they pulled the Manchu soldiers to the ground, and then the man disappeared.

Faced with this scene, the Manchus around Gantai tried to escort him out of the camp gate, but the flow of people blocking the camp gate blocked their retreat, so thirty or forty Manchurians, including Gantai, went In this way, it was swallowed up by nearly 200 Han troops blocking the gate of the camp.

The riot at the gate of the camp did not fail to attract Bo Hetuo's attention. Although he also tried to lead people forward to rescue the Manchus trapped in the gate of the camp, the Han soldiers blocking the gate at this time Already losing their minds, facing the Manchu cavalry trying to disperse them, although some of these Han soldiers chose to jump down the trench to make way, some Han soldiers mistakenly thought that the Manchu cavalry was trying to attack He himself took up arms to resist.

The ground in front of the Shun army barracks was dug with potholes, even if it was walking, it would be easy to step on the ground, let alone the cavalry advancing in the dark. If the Manchu cavalry did not advance along the road leading to the camp gate , It is easy to stumble and fall down.Faced with the resistance of these Han soldiers blocking the road, Bo Hetuo couldn't move forward when he was thirty or forty steps away from the camp gate. People were overwhelmed by the surrounding Han soldiers.

The guards standing in front of his horse also saw this scene, and one of them turned back to Bo and Tuo anxiously and said: "Master, Gantai and the others are finished, and the Han army is almost rebellious. Let's withdraw quickly. If things go smoothly If the army chases them out, no one will be able to leave."

Bo Hetuo did not answer the guard's request. He stared at the camp gate for a while, and then turned his head to look at the other two camps of the Shun Army. Those two camps were also lit up, but there was no fire Obviously, the other two night attack teams did not succeed.

"Withdraw. Order to go down, our army will withdraw to the north of the camp." Bo Hetuo raised his voice and shouted at the subordinates around him, then turned his horse's head and took the lead to retreat.Although some of his subordinates didn't understand why they withdrew to the north of the camp instead of returning directly to the camp, but the most important thing at this time was to leave this dangerous place, so no one asked Bo Hetuo aloud, everyone just followed Went to Bo and Tuo and stayed away from this chaotic battlefield.

Of course, Bo and Tuo were not the only ones who were forced to retreat. He Jinzhong who attacked the northeast camp of the Shun army was the one who retreated faster than Bo and Tuo.Because He Jinzhong led the Liaodong Han army, and in the eyes of the Manchus, they were relatively reliable Han people, so there was naturally less surveillance.

But the troops led by He Jinzhong, after fighting several battles with the Shun army in Suizhou, did not want to fight with the Shun army anymore.Indeed, as Han soldiers from Liaodong, although these people have fought against the Manchus for more than ten years, in terms of trust, they actually trust the Manchus more. There is always a gap between them and the Han people in the pass. .

However, their trust in the Manchus does not mean that they are really willing to die for the Manchus. After all, they are the last batch of Liaodong Ming troops who surrendered to the Manchus, and they have not yet established a sense of region as one with the Manchus.As for the Han army flags who supervised them, they didn't intend to die here, so when they saw the fireworks rising into the sky, He Jinzhong's generals immediately asked him to retreat, saying that the Shun army had been disturbed, and tonight's operation must fail. There's no need to die anymore.

Faced with these generals' proposals for withdrawing troops, He Jinzhong followed suit, and the supervising generals of the Han army did not dare to object, so before Bo Hetuo launched an attack, the group retreated back to the camp along the same route.When Bo and Tuo decided to retreat, He Jinzhong, a passerby, had already run halfway back.

Just running fast may not be a good thing. When He Jinzhong and his party ran halfway, they found that the Shunjun camp in the south was fighting loudly at this time, and the camp in the southwest was also on fire. People attacked the same.

Facing the scene he saw now, He Jinzhong immediately asked Niu Lu and Zhang Jing beside him.

Cai Shiying asked: "Lord Cai, where should we go now?"

Cai Shiying was the former garrison of the Ming army in Liaodong. In the seventh year of Chongde, he surrendered to Houjin with his ancestor Dashou. Because the time of surrender was short, he did not completely regard himself as a member of the Qing Dynasty. Emotionally, he was closer to He Jinzhong and the old Liaodong Army colleagues.This is also the reason why he half-pushed and half-agreed when everyone said they wanted to withdraw just now, because he didn't want to die here either.

Hearing He Jinzhong's question, Cai Shiying looked around and didn't answer immediately. He Jinzhong immediately asked his subordinates to take a few steps back. After watching the people around him walk away for three or four steps, Cai Shiying lowered his voice and said to He Jinzhong : "Sir Subai is attacking the southern camp, looking at the location of the fireworks, the person who set off the fireworks should be on their way.

If it was during the day, I would definitely persuade He Zongbing to go to rescue Master Subai, which can be regarded as a good relationship with Master Subai and the others.But tonight?I don’t know what Zongbing He thinks, can those Mandarins tell whether we are reinforcements or rebels? "

He Jinzhong pondered for a while, then lowered his voice and replied: "Brother Cai talked to me from the bottom of his heart, brother, I told the truth. It may not be a good thing for us to go back to the camp now. Look at the flames in the camp. The inner ghosts not only murdered Mr. Subai outside the camp, they also did it inside the camp, we don’t know who to listen to when we go back at this time.”

Cai Shiying nodded repeatedly and said in agreement: "He Zongbing's words have reached my heart, you come up with an idea, as long as you can avoid this chaotic battle tonight, I will listen to you."

He Jinzhong looked back at the team, and then said to Cai Shiying: "Since we saw Lord Subai being besieged, it is better not to do nothing. I am going to send a team to rescue Lord Subai, what do you have here? Is it someone trusted by Lord Subai?"

Cai Shiying was silent for a moment, and then mentioned a few names that he didn't trust to He Jinzhong, and He Jinzhong said: "Then let them lead the team to rescue Lord Subai, let's get in touch with the camp first, but look at the main gate It’s a mess, we still go around the camp from the north, and it’s better to enter the camp through the back door.”

Cai Shiying immediately agreed with He Jinzhong's suggestion, so the two quickly called all the officers in the team over, and then announced their decision to them. Both Cai Shiying and He Jinzhong's cronies supported them. The officer who was not close to the two had no choice but to turn southward with 300 small men to rescue Subai.

At the same time, Wu Sangui, who was with Azig, suggested to him in front of the commander's tent in the Qing army camp: "General, although there are some people in the camp who are in chaos, it is absolutely impossible for the entire Han army in the camp to be in chaos. The general allowed me to lead troops to quell the rebellion, and appease those Han soldiers who did not participate in the rebellion, so that the turmoil in the camp will soon subside."

However, Azig, who was standing there with his hands behind his back, looked at the growing fire in the south of the camp, but grinned and said, "Why are we going to quell the chaos? Even if we calm them down, can we take them with us and retreat together?" ?"

Wu Sangui couldn't react for a while when he heard this. I wonder if the general is confused. If the chaos is not quelled, wouldn't the camp be over?Just as he was thinking, Azig continued to say: "Because the Han people in the camp colluded with the Shun army, our army's night attack plan has failed. In order to preserve our army's strength, our country has decided to retreat in advance. King Pingxi, do you mind?" how?"

Wu Sangui looked around subconsciously, and found that his bodyguards were separated by Manchurians, surrounded by Azig's personal soldiers. He suddenly realized that the so-called night attack might be just a cover, and Azig In fact, they planned to retreat tonight.It's just that he didn't want to be accused of abandoning the army and fleeing, so he acted out this scene. God knows if the fire in the camp was set by the rebels.

Faced with Azig's questioning, Wu Sangui immediately changed his tone and said: "What the general said is that this is the right time to retreat, delaying it will only cause greater losses to our army. Please allow me to go back to the camp and salute. Then organize the army to keep up with the general."

Azig turned around, waved his hand at him and said, "Why bother, except for the few thousand horsemen in your hands, let them go. I'll call your men over, and you tell them to go back." Just call the horsemen to follow us. Now that the camp is full of soldiers and horses, it is safer for you to go with me. What do you think?"

Under Azige's gaze, Wu Sangui could only bend down to salute the other party and said: "The general loves me, so why don't I accept the general's kindness..."

Seeing that Wu Sangui was subdued, Azig nodded to the guards beside him, and soon two attendants beside Wu Sangui were brought over. Under Azig's watchful eyes, Wu Sangui didn't dare to play tricks, He took out the small seal beside him and handed it to the two, telling them to go back and gather troops to prepare to retreat with the army.

Chapter 409 Night Attack IV

When Azig urged the Manchu and Han cavalry in the battalion to retreat, the Manchus all the way in Subai outside the battalion were trapped by the rebels and the Shun army.The Han army that followed Subai was mainly [-] infantry led by Zhang Changke and Ning Zhen. Of course, this is not the entire force of the two men, but the elite of the two men. They have fought in Henan for many years. Veterans who survived.

These people may not be comparable to the Ming Dynasty Frontier Army in terms of organization, but they are obviously much more proficient than the Frontier Army in forming a small formation to deal with the cavalry who cannot charge in such a dark night, because this is basically what they fought in the past war.

Compared with Zhang Changji, Ning Zhen and others who have decided to revolt tonight, the Manchus are still in the stage of doubting these Han people, and they don't realize that these unreliable local tyrants have decided to betray themselves.Therefore, during the march, Subai only placed 50 cavalry in each of the two armies as surveillance, and he himself led more than 400 cavalry to monitor the entire army at the end of the team.

When he was about to approach the camp of the Shun army, Subai also ordered the army to stop advancing, and then divided the whole army into three groups from the left, middle and right, preparing to attack the camp of the Shun army at the same time, so as to contain the defense of the Shun army in the camp.At this moment of reorganizing the team, Subai and other Manchus could no longer concentrate on the movements of all the Han troops, thus giving Zhang Changleg and Ning Zhen a chance to launch a rebellion.

Zhang Changji and Ning Zhen lived on the left and right. After they arranged for people to set off fireworks, they immediately attacked the Manchu cavalry in the team who were watching them. The few cavalrymen who stood on the periphery with better luck were stabbed off their horses by the infantry who were besieged by the surrounding area.

After killing the Manchus who were monitoring them, Zhang Changke and Ning Zhen immediately led their troops to attack Subai in the middle, and the hundreds of Han troops who were originally driven by Subai also responded to the two generals and began to fight against them. The man around him attacked.It should be said that Subai can still retreat at this time. After all, Zhang Changke and Ning Zhen don't think they have the ability to eat the remaining 400 Mongolian cavalry at this time, so they just want to repel Subai.

However, those who followed Subai this time were all his subordinates who had followed him for many years. If it weren't for Azig's roll call, Subai actually didn't need to participate in such a front-line battle.But since Azig named him, he can only take these most reliable subordinates to the battle.Subai couldn't bear to leave these subordinates and flee by himself, so he insisted on taking all his subordinates to retreat together.

In this way, he himself fell into the siege of the rebels.Zhang Changji and Ning Zhen also knew that it would be difficult for their subordinates to prevent the Manchu cavalry from charging head-on, so they sent people to inform the Shun army in the camp and asked the Shun army to send troops to help them, and at the same time ordered their subordinates to attack Intercept loose cavalry in small groups, don't block the way of large cavalry.

Although the moonlight tonight is very good, it is obviously impossible to expect to command the army to fight like in the daytime.If Subai took the lead in fleeing, all the cavalry would run in one direction, and the cavalry brigade would be automatically assembled. However, Subai tried to turn around to rescue the cavalry trapped in the siege of the infantry, which made his subordinates more and more scattered. up.

Because the infantry of the Han army that the Manchus faced were all in groups of more than ten or twenty people, and the Manchus had to divide their troops if they wanted to deal with these groups of infantry, otherwise they would be flanked by these infantrymen.And the more the Manchus divided their forces, the more cavalry fell into siege by infantry.Although the combat effectiveness of these infantry is not comparable to that of the cavalry, these infantry are obviously familiar with this fighting method. After being dispersed by the Manchu cavalry, they will soon regroup to form another combat squad, and then continue to fight the Manchurian cavalry. The human cavalry fought on.

When Subai realized that such a scuffle was not good for him, there were only more than 200 cavalry around him, and the remaining nearly 200 cavalry fell into the siege of the peripheral infantry.At this time, the rebel infantry had already surrounded the area of ​​three to five hundred paces around the cavalry, and even if they wanted to rush out, they would have to waste a little effort.

And this is not the worst, the camp Zhongshun army seems to have established contact with these rebels, and began to open the gate, showing signs of sending troops to participate in the siege.Jueluo Guoke, who was directing his subordinates to charge the infantry, felt that something was wrong when he saw the gate of the Shun army barracks open, so he turned his horse and went back to Subai and said to him: "Master Subai, these Han troops may have been docile and obedient for a long time. The army has contacted, if we continue to entangle with them, we will bury everyone here, Lord Subai please go first, let the last general stay and end the heir."

It’s just that Subai looked at the western camp with a strange expression at this time, and didn’t respond to Jueluo Guoke immediately. It wasn’t until Jueluo Guoke repeated it again that he said quietly: “We fought so hard here. After a long time, the camp did not send anyone to meet us, has the disturbance in the camp become so serious?"

Jueluo Guoke didn't think much at first, but when he was about to speak to continue to persuade the other party, seeing Subai's blurry face hidden in the night, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately closed his mouth , dare not speak out again.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of drums from the direction of the Shunjun camp, and Subai and

Jueluo Guoke turned his head to look together, and found a group of Shunjun coming out of the camp in line.

Seeing this scene, Subai finally said to Jueluo Guoke: "You lead other people to rush out from the northwest, and then detour to the west of the camp to return to the camp, don't go directly to the east main gate, I will cut off the rear for you. "

What Subai said shocked Jueluo Guoke and the people around him, and they all spoke out to persuade Subai not to do such a move. They didn't die in battle, so how could it be Subai's turn to fight desperately.

It’s just that Subai seemed to have made up his mind, and he said something strange to Jueluo Guoke and his subordinates, “It’s a kind of luck for a man of my age to be able to die on the battlefield, and it’s better than dying on the bed.” You must be strong in prison or in prison. You go to prepare separately, save as many people as you can save now, and when the Shun army surrounds you, you won’t be able to leave..."

After all, Jue Luo Guoke could not overcome Subai's determination, and before the Shun army joined the siege, he rushed out towards the northwest with nearly 200 cavalry.Encouraged by the Shun army's march, the rebels, who were originally passive, became active at this time. Although Jueluo Guoke assembled a large cavalry, the rebels did not completely give up their intention of intercepting them. He stopped and launched an attack on the edge of the cavalry team.

Although he could hear the shouts coming from behind him, Jueluo Guoke didn't turn back to rescue this time, but just vented his anger on the infantry who stood in front of him.When the cavalry formed a charge formation, the infantry who did not form a phalanx would only be destroyed and trampled.Therefore, the farther they went to the periphery, the fewer infantry appeared in front of them. In the end, Jueluo Guoke successfully led the team out of the encirclement of the rebels.

When he looked back, he saw that the Shun army in the formation had engaged in fire with the remaining cavalry. Although Jueluo Guoke couldn't see where Subai was, he believed that if the veteran was willing to flee, he would still It was able to rush out, because these rebel infantry did not have the courage to fight them desperately.Therefore, he stayed where he was and did not leave immediately, and was also preparing to meet the fleeing cavalry team.

However, he waited on the spot for a long time, but he didn't see a group of cavalry rushing out. Although a small group of ten or twenty cavalry rushed out and was escorted by him, there was no sign of Subai among them. .As the sound of fighting in the distance gradually subsided, it was clear that the Shun army and the rebel army had won the final victory. Jueluo Guoke finally gave up waiting and turned to the north of the camp with more than 200 defeated soldiers.

Just after Hu Dan sent people out of the camp to meet Zhang Changleg and other uprising tyrants, and cooperated with them to eliminate the besieged Manchu cavalry, the reinforcements in the city finally arrived at the camp.Although Li Tong, who led the team, learned that the local tyrants had launched an uprising tonight, he still refused the request to send troops to attack the Qing army camp immediately, because the situation tonight was too weird, so he decided that it would be better to play it safe. Anyway, it was less than an hour before dawn.

At dawn, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin led a large group of troops out of the city, and then sent people to conduct a tentative reconnaissance of the Qing army's camp. Only then did the Han troops who were entrenched in the camp realize that the Manchus had all left.The Han army who participated in the uprising in the camp was naturally overjoyed, and immediately sent envoys to the Shun army outside the camp to express their position. Not interested in continuing to fight the Shun Army, they also sent envoys to the Shun Army, expressing their willingness to surrender.

Li Zicheng then ordered Li Tong and Chen Yongfu to send people to take over the camp of the Qing army and accept the surrender of the Han army in the camp.He also ordered Zuo Guang to send people to search the area around the camp to prevent any changes in the Qing army.

To be honest, last night's night attack on Li Zicheng was still understandable. It might be Azig's strategy to break the unfavorable situation.However, the local powerful rebellion surrounding the night raid and the disappearance of the main force of the Manchus is a bit strange.He didn't understand at all what Azig wanted to do. After all, with the power in Azig's hands, it was not difficult to suppress the rebellion of the local tyrants in the camp, because there were still a group of Han troops who were still loyal to the Manchus, and the tyrants Their strength is not so great.

It wasn't until noon that the accompanying staff officers synthesized all the information they had collected, and finally put together a general idea of ​​what happened last night.After listening to the reports of the staff officers, Li Zicheng thought for a long time before he had a basic idea of ​​Azig's thoughts. He then called Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu and other generals for military discussions.

In the big tent, Li Zicheng asked the staff officers to briefly describe the collected information to the generals, and then commented: "I originally thought that Azig would just give up the infantry and run away, or delay until our reinforcements arrived. Run away again, but now it seems that I still underestimated Azig.

Judging from the actions of the Qing army last night, Azig took a path that we did not expect.Taking advantage of the rebellion of the Han army, he took the initiative to get rid of the burden of the infantry who had become a drag on the cavalry.In this way, the retreat of the Qing army is no longer a fleeing of abandoning the friendly army, but a forced retreat under the betrayal of the friendly army. Then the retreating Qing army will not have too much shadow of failure, but will be defeated by the friendly army. Betrayal breeds rage, thus maintaining the morale of the army..."

Regarding Li Zicheng's judgment, some generals still raised doubts, "But there were also Manchus in the Qing army that participated in the night attack last night. Could this be part of Azig's plan? If Azig wants to use the Han army The rebellion ordered to retreat, why let these Manchus come out to die? Isn't it said that the Manchus are most concerned about the casualties of their own population..."

Chapter 410 Chase One

Li Zicheng took up the topic and responded: "Zhang Changke, Wang Yanbin, Ning Zhen and others who launched the uprising last night identified the Manchus who died outside the camp, and one of them was a Manchu general named Guerjia Subai, who belongs to the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria, joined the battle with the old slave at the age of 15, and is a veteran with extremely deep qualifications in the Two White Banners.

He also has an elder brother named Wu Bai, who is Dorgon's right-hand minister, so although Subai is second to Azig's army in Azig's army, he is actually Azig's deputy. He is also a confidant sent by Dorgon to Azig.

A general like him should not have died in last night's night attack. Azig sent him out, obviously not because he was the only one who could preside over last night's night attack, but because he was prepared to bear the burden of the night attack failure. Responsibility only.Subai's death on the battlefield was not without benefits for Azig. The two white flags had already lost a general, so naturally Azig couldn't be hit again.Come to think of it, this is the purpose of Azig sending Subai to attack last night.

Yes, the night attack plan last night did result in the death of hundreds of Manchus, but Azig took away all the main Manchus and horsemen under Wu Sangui, and delayed us for most of the day.Judging from this exchange, the deaths of these Manchus are quite worthwhile. If we retreat step by step, I am afraid that not only these Manchus will die. "

Regarding Li Zicheng's judgment, the generals were somewhat skeptical, but Liu Zongmin still said: "No matter what Azig thinks, the most important thing is whether we should pursue him or not? I think we should send troops to pursue Azige as soon as possible. Let Azig have a chance to stay and rebuild the team."

Chen Yongfu also agreed and said: "According to the situation reported by several staff officers just now, there seem to be two directions for the retreat of the Azig Army, one is to retreat to Xuchang, and the other is to retreat to Zhengzhou.

If Azig retreats to Zhengzhou, it will be beneficial to us, because Luoyang and Kaifeng were destroyed by the war, Zhengzhou is just an isolated city, and the villages around Zhengzhou have no spare power to support the Qing army in Zhengzhou and our army.So as long as our army encircles Zhengzhou, the Qing army will inevitably abandon Zhengzhou and escape across the Yellow River.

Once Zhengzhou returns to our hands, Kaifeng, which has no city walls and no population, will also return to our hands.Then Luoyang will become an isolated city south of the Yellow River for the Qing army, and our army can take it back calmly.In this way, we and the Qing army will confront each other with the Yellow River as the boundary again, and the newly defeated Qing army will turn to the defensive.

But if the Azig army is allowed to occupy Xuchang, then not only Luoyang and Zhengzhou will become the Qing army's side, but the Qing army will also mobilize the population and resources in the heart of Henan to continue to confront us, and several cities along the Yellow River In comparison, the population around Xuchang is quite dense, which is enough for the Qing army to support it until the summer, which is obviously not good for me, because the Qing army on the east road cannot stay still for a long time..."

The views of Liu Zongmin and Chen Yongfu were echoed by most of the generals. Everyone felt that Azig Army should be pursued and that he should not be allowed to stop to recover his strength. The remaining generals turned their attention to Li Zicheng, waiting for him to make a decision.

Li Zicheng glanced at the generals and said: "I just said Azig's thoughts, just to remind you of one thing, these Manchus are a pack of wolves, not beggars.

We should know that stray dogs do not dare to turn their heads to provoke the chasing crowd, but jackals are different. Although they failed once, if we think that they will only run away with their tails between their legs like the stray dogs, it is a big mistake.

Chasing must be pursued, but we need to be vigilant during the pursuit, and don't let the jackal bite back, then the situation will become complicated.

Therefore, I suggest that the pursuing troops should be divided into three parts, the first part is the cavalry group, the second part is the light infantry, and the third part is the main force.The goal of the cavalry group is to find the main force of the Azig army and restrain it from staying to harass the place, and cannot retreat with all its strength; the light infantry is the backing of the cavalry group, so that the Azig army cannot fight back against our cavalry, and they must fight back as much as possible. The main force is the backup of the first two parts of the army, and is ready for a decisive battle with the Azig army.The three parts must be kept in touch in real time, and they should not be too far apart to prevent them from being broken by the Azig army.

I want to remind everyone that the war has progressed to this point. Although Azig ran away with his cavalry, the Qing army's mission to go south on the west road has basically failed. Now we only need to force them to cross the Yellow River and recover With all the lost ground south of the Yellow River, our army's combat objectives in the Henan area have been achieved.

That is to say, as long as we maintain the pressure on the Azig army, then even if the cavalry unit led by Azig is not wiped out, we will win a phased victory, and we can turn our heads to deal with the East Qing army. The army is here.Therefore, I hope that in the next battle, everyone will act cautiously and not give Azig any chance of turning the tables. "

Li Zicheng's admonition to the generals calmed down the excited generals a lot, and the next discussion on sending troops was much simpler.Liu Zongmin led six full-staffed cavalry regiments as the pursuit vanguard, and Zuo Guang first led four regiments with nearly ten thousand people as their backing. The position of Azig's main force was reported by the troops, and then led the army to set off.

After lunch, Liu Zongmin took the lead with the prepared cavalry unit on the road, and after more than an hour, Zuo Guangxian's department, carrying a large number of mules, horses and vehicles, also set off.After Li Zicheng sent the two troops away, he met the local tyrants who rebelled last night in the camp, and expressed his condolences to them. Then, accompanied by Chen Yongfu, he went to inspect another part of the troops who surrendered.

Just as this day was about to pass, when Li Zicheng was about to return to the city, a small group of cavalry came around from the south of the city. The cavalry guards who guarded Li Zicheng immediately sent someone to stop, but after some negotiations, they brought the small group of cavalry back to the city. In front of Li Zicheng.

When the cavalry saw Li Zicheng, they immediately got off their horses and saluted Li Zicheng.Looking at the current young general, Li Zicheng smiled and said, "It's Zong Dao, where is your brother? When will he arrive? Get up and talk."

After Yuan Zongdao got up and saluted Li Zicheng again, he said: "Brother has arrived in Ningling, and is expected to arrive in Suizhou before noon tomorrow. In addition, the fourth division, Gu Kecheng, has arrived in Guide. Here we come. The Lu Yingbiao Division of the Fifth Division has formed an army and is currently stationed at the camp in Fengxian County. It is up to His Majesty to decide whether to go west to Guide or go north to strengthen the defense of Cao County."

After thinking for a moment, Li Zicheng said: "The whereabouts of the Fifth Division will be discussed after your brother arrives tomorrow. You can follow me back to the city and tell me what happened to the Qing army in the east..."

Yuan Zongdao agreed, then got on his horse and followed Li Zicheng, telling him the latest news about Dongmian that he knew.In fact, after the Battle of Cao County, there was basically no major movement in the Qing army in the east. The only bad news was that Caozhou City had been taken back by the Qing army.

The fall of Caozhou City was actually expected by the General Staff Headquarters. Although it had the support of the Yuyuan Army and the Manjiadong Army, it was obviously unrealistic to rely on a city without backup to fight against the main force of the Qing Army.Originally, Li Zicheng asked Tu Guobao to attack Caozhou City to confuse the Qing army and buy time for the main force to go west.

Therefore, Li Zicheng and Tu Guobao said at the beginning that after taking down Caozhou City and evacuating the population and supplies in the city, Caozhou City can be burned, so that neither side can use the city, even if he has completed the task.However, after taking down the national treasure of Caozhou City, he didn't want to give up Caozhou City at the beginning, because the Qing army hadn't returned to the army, and he and his subordinates didn't want to go to the countryside to be with the villagers in winter, so they stayed with a fluke mentality. In the city.

However, under the strict order of Duoduo, the Boluo and Ashan Departments of the Qing Army sent a team of hundreds of fine cavalry, led by Ashan himself, to the city of Caozhou day and night, and launched an attack against the hesitant Tu Guobao Department. Raid.Faced with the surprise attack of the Qing army cavalry, the Tu Guobao Department immediately fell into chaos. Except Tu Guobao led a small group of people out of the city, everyone else chose to surrender to Ah Shan.But after Ashan disarmed these people, he immediately massacred these Han people who had betrayed the Manchus, and Caozhou City returned to the hands of the Qing army.

With the arrival of the troops of Boluo and Ashan, the flanks of Nikan and Tongtulai were protected again, so the Qing army resumed its attack on Dingtao and Chengwu. The reason for being stationed in Fengxian County is that when necessary, they can go north to reinforce the Niu Chengcai Department.

Just when the Azig army withdrew from the city of Suizhou, the Qing army under the city of Chenzhou also encountered a major crisis.After Azig led the main cavalry northward to rescue the Suizhou camp, and the Qing army under Chenzhou City gathered the surrounding troops, they also retreated to Xuchang as planned to avoid being besieged by the Shun army.

Manchu general Luo Bi, Han Banner general Gan Yingju, and Wu Sangui's subordinate Ba Keyong were in charge of the Qing army camp in Chenzhou. However, the local tyrants in the Qing army camp failed to attack Chenzhou. Smelling the breath that the Qing army is about to fail.Therefore, they quickly got in touch with Liu Hongqi and other tycoons. They hoped to establish a relationship with the Marshal's Mansion through Liu Hongqi, and also hoped to form a group with Liu Hongqi to prevent the Shun army from liquidating their crimes of defecting to the Qing army.

After realizing that the Qing army might really fail, Liu Hongqi, who was originally ambiguous, immediately strengthened his willingness to cooperate with the Marshal's Mansion. He sent someone to inform Li Guo that the Qing army in Chenzhou was about to retreat, and at the same time sent someone to deliver the news For those hiding in the Dabie Mountains

Zhang Jinyan ordered him to go out as soon as possible to attract powerful people from all over the world.

Although the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty received Li Zicheng's order to recruit Liu Hongqi and the village owners in the Dabie Mountains, he did not do anything serious except to persuade Liu Hongqi to cooperate with the Marshal's Mansion in the capital. He just hid in the villages near the Dabie Mountains and toured I played in the water, and met with local scholars a few times, and held a few literary meetings.

Although Liu Hongqi looked down on this fellow from Henan, he also knew that at this time, only Zhang Jinyan could use the name of Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty to attract powerful men from all over the world to submit to him, and he would stand against Li Guo. Not to mention, it will also arouse Li Guo's suspicion of him, so Zhang Jinyan must come out of the mountain at this time.

Chapter 411 Chase II

On the third day when the Azige army marched northward, the troops of Liu Hongqi and Li Guo arrived at the city of Chenzhou. Break out in the direction of Xuchang.

However, that night, the local tyrants in the camp rebelled. Under the support of the Shun Army, the Chenzhou Qing Army completely lost its organization. Luo Bi, Gan Yingju, and Ba Keyong fled with a small number of cavalry. surrender.

When Li Guo rushed to Chenzhou City, Zhang Jinyan, who received the report from Liu Hongqi, also ran to Chenzhou day and night. Although Li Guo looked down on Zhang Jinyan, he was in charge of recruiting the local tycoon with the order of the Marshal of the capital. No loss of courtesy.

As Liu Hongqi expected, with Zhang Jinyan standing in front of him, Li Guo finally did not use his force to force the local tyrants to be completely subordinate to him.With the help of the order given to him by the Marshal's Mansion, Zhang Jinyan successfully obtained the power to appease the local area from Li Guo, and set up his yamen in Chenzhou, so he no longer had to hide in Tibet.

After Li Guo entrusted Zhang Jinyan, Zhu Guozhen, and Liu Hongqi with the tasks of collecting captives and pacifying the local area, he took the second division, Liu Tichun's department, and some local powerful teams to go up along the Jialu River to recover Xiangcheng, Shangshui, Zhoujiakou, Xihua, Fugou, Yancheng, soldiers came to Xuchang.

When Li Guojun regained Fugou County, Azig's army was also withdrawing to Tongxu County. Although Azig basically brought out the main force of the cavalry, after discarding the local tyrants, he soon discovered that there were many cavalry in the march. difficulty.

After crossing the Yellow River, because of the large number of local tyrants, the Qing army did not need to check the geography when it went south. There were local tyrants to negotiate, and the local villages did not dare not to supply the army with food, so the Qing army's actions in Henan were as fast as those outside the pass.

Now after evacuating from Suizhou, without these local tyrants to lead the way, not only wasted time in analyzing the geography, but also the villages along the way refused to open their doors to admit the Qing army, or provide young men for the Qing army to boil water, chop firewood, Cooking and other services.