Such a piercing and continuous siren sounded like a bomb thrown into his ears, and like a life-urging talisman from the god of death, making the city lord of Yaozhou City swallow Qika, with a splitting headache and a dazed state.

At this moment, Tun Qika suddenly felt that as if starting from his waist, a cold cold air rushed straight up, all the way to the top of his head, freezing his whole person.

What to do?

The Tang army is already about to land, and it is estimated that the whole army will attack Yaozhou City next, but now where should I go?

It was not easy for Tunzika to stabilize his mind, and then he gave orders again and again.

"Pass on the general's order, immediately go to the Wugou camp to spy on the area, see how many Tang soldiers and horses are there, and report back in time as soon as there is news."

"Hey, the minion obeys."

"Pass on the general's order, immediately go to see where Li led the Tai troops and horses, if they see it, ask them to hurry up and join our army as soon as possible."

"Huh! Minions understand. ”

"Order the whole army, immediately assemble in the city, prepare for battle, and strictly guard the entire Yaozhou City, be sure to hold Yaozhou City!"

"Huh!"

……

When Tunqika hurriedly issued an order, ordering the whole army to prepare and plan to meet Li Xiao's troops in this Yaozhou city, Li Xiao's ships had already docked and immediately began to lower their heavy gangways, and all the soldiers suddenly landed one after another like a flood that opened the gates.

Shields, spearmen, Xuanhu heavy cavalry, flying harrier light cavalry, rampant general, musketeers, heavy artillery teams, auxiliaries, horses, ordnance, food, tents...... and all kinds of Tang Army troops and materials, rushing down from the gangway, busy and orderly.

When he landed, this desolate Niuzhuang Wugou camp beach was immediately covered by nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Tang Army.

Li Xiao was still standing on the bow of the boat, with a faint smile on his face, but his eyes were sharper.

Well, the Qing army was really defenseless, and immediately abandoned the guard tower and fled for their lives, which shows that their expeditionary attack was very successful, and completely caught Dolgon off guard.

So, now that I am here, do I want to immediately start attacking Yaozhou City, the key place of the Qing army?

Li Xiao raised his head and looked at the sun that was gradually sinking in the west, but he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.

He knew that it was late in the weather, and he was not familiar with the Yingkou area at all, so it would be very inconvenient if he forcibly marched. What's more, all the soldiers were very tired after more than ten days of hard sailing, and there were many seasick soldiers, and if they were to force their march and fight without rest, it would indeed be difficult for them.

So, Li Xiao immediately ordered the whole army to camp on the seaside, and at the same time bury the pot to make food, and rest for one night. Except for the guards arranged, the rest of the people rested in the tents they had set up.

Li Xiao himself also got off the boat, settled down in a large cowhide tent that had been set up for him, and rested on the beach with the soldiers.

Just after the Tang army rested, the Qing army sentry cavalry, which was sent by Tunqika to investigate the situation from a distance, saw the continuous tents of the Tang army at the beach, which could not be seen at a glance, and turned pale with horror, and hurriedly returned to Yaozhou City to report.

"Master, master, it's not good! From the perspective of slaves, the soldiers and horses of the Tang army are only afraid of tens of thousands, and the tents temporarily set up on the seashore are evenly watched at a glance, boundless, and almost impossible to see the end, which shows the prosperity of the soldiers and horses of the Tang army, how spectacular. From the point of view of the minions, this Tang army is by no means a feint, and it should be determined to take my entire camp. The Qing army sentry rider kneeling on the ground reported to Tunqika with a panicked face.

Hearing this report, Tun Qika's expression also changed greatly, and the look of horror on his face was almost indescribable in words. He waved his hand weakly, motioning for the sentry to stand down.

Then, like a puppet, he sat in his chair in despair, and his mind was even more confused.

The most terrible thing has finally happened.

Originally, I was still thinking that maybe the Tang army came here to mobilize a small part of the troops to feint to attack Yaozhou, in order to respond to the Tang army's large army to attack southern Liaoning, but I didn't expect that their main attack direction was Yingkou, and they would take their own knife first.

If these tens of thousands of Tang troops came together to attack Yaozhou City, their more than 1,000 troops would not be able to hold it at all. Moreover, even if the 1,500 Han troops led by Li led the Tai Department arrived in time, the number of soldiers and horses in Yaozhou City was less than 3,000, which was a drop in the bucket compared with the tens of thousands of troops of the Tang army, and it would be useless at all.

It's hateful, these dogs entered the Tang Army, and now they have completely disrupted their wishful thinking. Tun Qika suddenly felt that his current self was like a fish caught on the chopping board by the hand of fate, and in a sudden moment, he became the object of slaughter.

What to do? What the hell is going to happen now?

Tunzika kept asking himself in his heart, but there was no answer in his heart.

However, now, like a drowning man who wants to grasp a straw, he pinned the last shred of hope in his heart on Li Shutai, hoping that after this Han man Melle really came, he could provide him with a feasible reference plan, and finally resist the attack of the Tang army.

Winter evenings always come quickly, the sun quickly disappears in the west, and the sky soon gets dark, and it is a very cold night.

On this night, there were no stars and no moon, and the sky and the earth were dark. Only the north wind howled like a knife, very strong, like a pack of wolves roaring between heaven and earth. The north wind was so strong that it blew over several tents that were not firmly rooted, and made these fellows freeze so that they had to carry torches and hurriedly reinforce them, so that they could avoid the terrible situation of sleeping outside the tents.

On such a cold night, even if the soldiers of the Tang Army were sleeping in this tent, everyone was wearing thick cotton clothes and burrowing in thick woolen sleeping bags, they were still shivering from the cold, but fortunately, everyone was sleeping next to each other, and they were very close to each other, so that they could use each other's body temperature to keep warm.

And Li Xiao, as the chief general of the whole army, did not rest so early.

At this time, in his large cowhide tent, there were blazing torches, which illuminated the inside of the tent. In the middle tent, there is a huge white cloud copper charcoal brazier, in which the charcoal is piled up like a tower, burning crackling, making the whole tent a lot warmer. On the wall of the tent, there is a huge topographic map of Liaodong, where Li Xiao and Tian Wei, the mayor of Xingzhong Town, and Liu Guoneng, the deputy mayor of Xingzhong Town, agree on tomorrow's battle plan.

"Early tomorrow morning, the whole army will be fed, Tian Wei will lead the soldiers and horses of the A battalion, bring all the artillery troops and musketeers, and besiege Yaozhou City, and you will lead the B battalion of soldiers and horses, and insert it into the north, and firmly intercept the main road from Haicheng to Yingkou to this king. Do you two understand the meaning of this king? Li Xiao pointed to the map and said to Er with burning eyes.

"Master Li, we understand." Tian Wei was the first to reply: "In short, what the adults mean is that they want to make the soldiers and horses in Yaozhou City have nowhere to escape, and at the same time try to block the Qing army's reinforcements to ensure that this Yaozhou City is successfully taken by our army, right?" ”

Li Xiao nodded, his face was full of solemnity, and he replied, "You're right, now that the weather has suddenly become so cold, it is estimated that heavy snow may come soon." In this case, if our army is trapped here, we must take this Yaozhou City as a foothold for our army. Only by relying on this place can we continue to attack Haicheng and Liaoyang. Therefore, this Yaozhou City, this king asks you to take it with one blow, thinking that our army is the foundation of its foothold. Moreover, this battle was the first battle after the landing of our army, and its significance was even more important, and there must be no mistakes in the slightest. ”

Liu Guoneng immediately replied: "Lord Li, don't worry, tomorrow we will definitely act according to the plan you set, and promise to completely cut off the passage from Haicheng to Yingkou, and we will definitely not let the enemy army come over, so as to ensure that Yaozhou City will fall into the hands of our army smoothly." ”

Tian Wei also bowed his hand and said: "Well, Lord Li, don't worry, tomorrow I will personally lead the army to attack Yaozhou City, and I will definitely take this city as soon as possible, and I will never let you down." ”

Li Xiao glanced at the two of them with satisfaction, nodded again, and said: "The two generals are very pleased with this statement, so now that the plan is set, the two generals will go back to rest first, and after dawn tomorrow, they will start acting immediately." ”

"Obey orders!" Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng responded loudly together.

Li Xiao and the others didn't know that just as they were discussing tomorrow's battle plan overnight, in the north of Yaozhou City, a long procession, with torches, endured the old north wind like a knife, and traveled all the way to the south to Yaozhou City.

This team, is Li Shuotai led the Han army is the blue banner of the troops, the total strength of more than 1,500 people, now they, is against the wind, endure the cold, step up to Yaozhou, the whole team is silent and neat, only the footsteps of the brush and the fast walking, in this quiet night, like a spring silkworm chewing mulberry leaves, continuous.

The night was dark, and even if there were torches to guide the way, the visibility was extremely poor, so no one noticed the dark expression on the dark face of the coach Li Shutai, who was at the end of the team.

It turned out that as early as an hour ago, Li Shutai, who was leading his troops to Yaozhou City unhurriedly, saw the soldiers sent by the Yaozhou City Lord, Tun Qika, and reported to him urgently, saying that now there were Tang soldiers and horses crossing the sea and landing at the Niuzhuang Wugou camp, and the Yaozhou City Lord Tun Qika asked him to lead his troops and horses to Yaozhou as soon as possible to urgently discuss how to resist the enemy next.

Hearing the news, Li Shutai's face changed dramatically at the moment, and the whole person felt bad.

This Li Shutai, who is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, is the son of the traitor Li Yongfang, the word Trillium, belongs to the Han Army Zhenglan Banner, and was born to his father to marry the daughter of Abatai. And he himself, when he was sixteen years old, married the daughter of the Qing court, and he was a relative of the Qing court.

This person is famous in the official history, and he made great contributions to the Qing court's southern and northern wars. However, his hands were stained with the blood and resentment of countless Han people, and the Han soldiers and civilians killed by him amounted to millions of people. And this person, in the end, was able to die a good death, and died in office at the age of 59, when he was the governor of the same governor and the head of the military department.

In order to commend him, the Qing court posthumously presented him with the post of secretary of the military department, and gave him the title of Zhongxiang to show his mourning honor.

At the beginning, after hearing that Huang Taiji was seriously injured and could not be a director, Li Shutai, who had a keen sense of political smell, immediately understood that there might be a bloody battle for power within the Qing Dynasty. And the focus of the contention is nothing more than the two Prince of Su Haoge and Prince Rui Dolgon, only these two are the most likely to seize the supreme power of the Qing court.

So, after some careful consideration, he finally decided to bet on Dolgon, after all, Dolgon's prestige and resourcefulness are far greater than Hauge, and his power and soldiers are much more than Hauge, and if you bet on him, you will naturally have the best chance of success. So, Li Shutai led his family and relatives, as well as the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, to leave Shengjing and go to Liaoyang, Dolgon's old nest, and took refuge in Dolgon.

Li Shutai's move to understand the current affairs was naturally quite appreciated by Dolgon, and he immediately ordered that this imperial relative of the Qing Dynasty be promoted from the original third-class Melerzhangjing to a first-order and become a second-class Merlerzhangjing, in order to show his favor.

Subsequently, some time ago, Li Shutai was ordered by Dolgon to lead the Han army with 1,500 soldiers and horses under the Blue Banner to enter the Yingkou to prevent the Tang army from feints.

To tell the truth, Li Shutai did not think so about Dolgon's order, he secretly thought that the Tang army attacked the Qing Dynasty twice, both of which landed from Jinzhou, and even if the Tang army attacked again this time, it should be the same as before, attacking Jinfu Erzhou first, Fang is the most likely.

Therefore, after he said goodbye to his family, he kept moving unhurriedly along the way, never thinking that the Tang Army would suddenly attack.

And now, after listening to the soldier's report, Li Shutai's heart suddenly felt like a heavy stone, which made him no longer relaxed.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the march, and be sure to rush to Yaozhou City before midnight tonight, and go to join forces with the Zhengbai Banner soldiers and horses of the Tunqi Kabu to jointly garrison Yaozhou City.

Li Shutai knew that Yaozhou was the most important place to garrison troops in Yingkou, and if this place was lost, then there would only be a few lonely small military forts left in Yingkou, such as Dongchang Fort, Boluo Fort, Taiping Fort, etc., which would not help at all, and this most important territory on the back of the Qing Dynasty was bound to be occupied by the Tang army.

This is a result that Li Shutai absolutely cannot accept.

He knew that the Qing Dynasty military discipline was strict, and if Yaozhou was lost and Yingkou was not guaranteed, then even if he was a relative of the emperor, Dolgon, a merciless guy, would not hesitate to take his own knife.

However, Li Shutai still thinks that the Tang army's arrival should only be a sneak attack by a partial division, but it is a response to the main force of the Tang army to attack southern Liaoning.

Therefore, Li Shuotai groaned a little, and immediately decided to send his cronies to return to Liaoyang urgently to report the news of the Tang army's attack to Dolgon. At the same time, he led the whole army all the way to Nanjia urgently, and finally arrived in Yaozhou City smoothly before Zi Shi.

After Tun Qika welcomed Li Shuotai's troops into the city, as soon as he saw Li Shuitai, his face was pale, and he immediately pulled Li Shuitai's wrist tightly, and asked in a trembling voice: "Brother Trillium, according to the report from the sentinel cavalry, the Tang army is here, and there are 50,000 soldiers and horses, but it is the momentum of swallowing all the camps!" Now that the situation is so critical, what should we do, I hope Brother Trillium will tell you quickly! ”