The Qing army marched north along the Gaoyang River without any hindrance.

At a distance of more than ten miles from Tongkou, the Qing army met the Tianwu army that was galloping to the aid of Gaoyang, and saw the dragon flag of the Tianwu army waving, the Qing army did not dare to meet the enemy last time, and the vigilant array met the enemy and confronted each other from afar.

Not long after, the Tianwu army suddenly retreated in a hurry, and more than 10,000 horses ran away.

Duoduo couldn't help laughing, and said, "What kind of Tianwu Army, there are no warriors who see my warriors with white flags fighting in a battle, and Zilharang will be defeated by this group of cowardly men and horses, it's really ridiculous!" ”

Dordor ordered the march to continue, and to take the same mouth.

The advance of the Qing army was very smooth, and the Tianwu army seemed to really dare not fight, and retreated all the way to Tongkou.

The Tianwu army returned to Tongkou, and the generals were indignant along the way.

"Master Shuai, why don't we fight, there are more than 10,000 Tartars on the opposite side, and they will be killed directly!"

"Look at the arrogance of the Tartars in the back! Lao Tzu really wants to shoot their dog's head with one shot! ”

Zhou Yuji said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is His Royal Highness's order, obey the order!" ”

Knowing that this was the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, everyone didn't say more, the crown prince was like a god in their eyes, and everything he said was right.

A dragon Xiang rushed to his horse at night, and reported loudly: "Report, Your Highness ordered that the army withdraw from Tongkou, continue to retreat north, and retreat to Xinzhuang!" ”

"Xinzhuang?" Zhou Yuji opened the map and looked at it, then frowned and said: "It's a dead end there, is Your Highness going to fight against the water?" ”

Zhou Yuji didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the army to retreat into Xinzhuang, and along the way he was still thinking about why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince let the Tianwu Army go there.

Xinzhuang is backed by the south side of Baiyangdian, where the terrain is like an inverted bowl, there are lakes on three sides, the maximum range of activities in it is only four or five miles, once it is blocked by the Qing army, the Qing army concentrates cavalry to rush randomly, and it is not good to have a big incident.

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In Xinzhuang, Mao Yuanyi commanded the Tianwu army to build a position around the lake, and the sergeants dug soil and filled bags, drove piles and stones, and worked in full swing.

The Tianwu army had already dug a long trench along the three sides of the lake, and on the north side of the trench, piled up bags of dirt about three feet high, neatly and neatly, and in some places there were still gaps exposed, blocked with horses.

Lu Xiangsheng followed behind Zhu Cihong, curiously looking at the deployment of the Tianwu Army, the trench Lu Xiangsheng can understand, defending against the Qing cavalry charge, he can also understand the sack containing the soil, which is equivalent to the city wall, which can defend against the bow and arrow of the Qing army.

But within the scope of his military knowledge, he didn't understand why the Tianwu Army built its defense by the lake, was this preparing to emulate Han Xin's backwater battle?

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, this terrain is surrounded by lakes on three sides, and it is advantageous to Yu Dongyu, once our army is blocked in it and runs out of ammunition and food, it will not be good." ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Even Lu Qing can't see the danger of Jiannu in this, and the palace is relieved." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said in surprise: "What is Your Highness's plan?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "What will happen if the Tartar army comes in? ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked around, made some deductions, and suddenly his face changed slightly, and said, "There is death and no life!" ”

Zhu Cihong laughed and said, "Not bad! This place is like a bowl, our army is ambushed around, or there is no ambush, as long as Duoduo dares to come in, with the suppression of the firepower of our Tianwu army on three sides, a thousand cannons are bombarded, and the palace will let him come and go! ”

With these trenches, the Tianwu army can completely withstand the impact of the cavalry of the Qing army, and without the advantage of cavalry rushing, aren't the Tartars who are surrounded in the middle waiting to be shot?

The firing range of the large-caliber Hongyi cannon is only two or three miles, and the terrain here is four or five miles wide, and hundreds of Hongyi cannons are placed in a counter-bombardment, which can cover the entire Xinzhuang, but it will never hit their own people on the opposite side.

The terrain here is a natural encirclement, especially if you use firearms to surround the enemy with cold weapons, which is no different from a pit kill.

Now Zhu Cihong's main thing is to attract Duoduo in, and then send people to block the mouth of the bowl and present a fire attack from all sides, once the plan is successful, the more than 10,000 Qing troops will be completely cold.

Lu Xiangsheng said worriedly: "The minister is worried that Dongyu will not come in easily. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "The terrain here is only seen on the map, which is not good for our army, how can we know the crisis if we don't come in?" Besides, the lord of the East Captives will be Duoduo, and it may not be successful to change it to Zilharang's cowardice. ”

After Zhou Yuji led the army to Xinzhuang, he learned of Zhu Cihong's strategic deployment, and he said excitedly: "Your Highness, although rest assured, after the Qing prisoner comes in, the last general will definitely kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

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After the Qing army arrived at Tongkou, it was already dark, Duoduo ordered to set up camp on the spot, and sent a large number of elite sentinels with white flags to spy on the deployment of the Tianwu army in Xinzhuang.

Ten miles away from Xinzhuang, from time to time, there were Tianwu army Long Xiang roaring past at night, driving and shooting the Qing army sentries, making it difficult for them to get close to the ten miles around Xinzhuang and shield the battlefield.

In the face of one man and three horses equipped with muskets, Long Xiang did not accept it at night, no matter in terms of mobility and range, the Qing army was not their opponent.

The Qing army scouted the horses and harassed them all night in the dark night, but they did not get a bargain, let alone enter Xinzhuang to reconnoiter the terrain and the deployment of the Tianwu army.

The next morning, Duoduo personally inspected the front of the battle, and after hearing that the position of the Tianwu Army was surrounded by lakes on three sides, he couldn't help laughing: "I want to learn from Han Xin to fight against the water, but the white flag of this king is not Chen Yu's Zhao army!" ”

Duoduo suddenly saw that the Tianwu Army's position was lined with banners, all of which were red woven gold dragons, and three huge Nine Dragon Crank Yellow Covers appeared on the high ground opposite.

"It's the prince of the Ming Kingdom!" Dodor said excitedly.

The etiquette system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty almost copied the Ming Dynasty, as the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, Duoduo saw the identity of the person opposite at a glance, this Nine Dragons Yellow Cover is only available to the royal family, the emperor is four Nine Dragon crank umbrellas, the crown prince is three, and the prince is two red crank umbrellas, the size is slightly smaller.

Haninga proposed, "My lord, we only need to surround the gap, or we can trap them inside in a few days." ”

Adali disagreed, saying, "Besieging them is too time-consuming, and maybe the other Ming troops will copy our way from behind." ”

Duo Duo took a few steps forward, carefully looked at the Ming army's position again, and thought about the decision in his heart.

At this moment, a horse ran out of the Tianwu army array, and he shouted in Manchu: "The order of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xuan's grandson Ji'er Harang will be visited, and the emperor's grandson Duoduo can also be seen!" ”

Calling yourself like a grandson? Duoduo's temper was a little bit, and he shouted: "Order the whole army, attack in formation, capture the prince of Ming alive, this king wants him to kneel in front of me and shout Amma!" ”

After these few days of marching, Duoduo has long stopped taking any Ming army in his eyes, if the Tianwu army retreats to Anzhou, it will not be easy to break through, but now the Tianwu army actually dares to line up in the field and compete with himself, which is completely abandoning the long and using the short.

Duoduo was confident that he had a hundred ways to defeat the Tianwu army and commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake.

In the whole army of the Qing army, only Zilharang and Haninga have fought with the Tianwu Army, and they know the horror of this man, and now Jierharang has been transferred to the logistics to repair the bridge, Haninga didn't dare to say more, so he had to say nothing.

Haninga felt that even if he lost this battle, there would be no danger, although there were no red-coat artillery in the army, there were dozens of shield vehicles, which could block the attack of artillery, and no matter how powerful the firearms were, as long as they were close, they would be useless.