Li Zhi left Lu Xiangsheng's army and rushed to Fanjiazhuang day and night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Julu is six hundred miles away from Tianjin, Li Zhi led the army in a hurry, and it took only eight days to reach Fanjiazhuang.

Outside Fanjiazhuang, the Qing army had besieged the city for three days. 30,000 men surrounded the city three layers inside and three layers outside, as if it were an iron barrel. Against the cannons on the city wall, the Qing army's auxiliaries pushed the chariot to fill the trench traps, and approached the city wall little by little, until they saw Li Zhi's returning soldiers and horses.

Li Zhi's return of reinforcements surprised the Qing army. The Qing army hurriedly withdrew the siege equipment, retreated two miles, picked up swords and lined up in the north of the city, and confronted Li Zhi's soldiers and horses. Li Zhi led his troops to the foot of the city wall in the north of the city and joined the 2,000 soldiers in the city.

In the big tent of the Chinese army of the Qing army, the Manchurian and Mongolian nobles were very surprised by Li Zhi's return, and they argued about whether to fight or retreat.

Yue Tuotie blushed, looked at the Mongolian nobles who were desperately trying to retreat, and said nothing.

Engetu, the owner of the Eight Banners Mongolian Red Banner, said: "General Yangwu, we originally came to attack Li Zhi's rear. Now that Li Zhi is back, our trip has lost its meaning, and it's time to retreat! ”

Yibai, the owner of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, said: "General Yangwu, that Li Zhi's soldiers are strong and strong, plus the two thousand soldiers and horses on the city wall have more than 10,000 strong soldiers, the general must not speak lightly of a decisive battle, and sacrifice the soldiers in my banner in this Fanjiazhuang in vain!" ”

Ngetu said: "At the beginning, Yanguli relied on many waves of battles, but as a result, the yellow flag was disabled. Now that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are three times as large as they were then, we must not underestimate the enemy! ”

Yue Tuo snorted coldly and said, "Then as soon as Li Zhi came, you escaped with your tail between your legs?" ”

Engetu said loudly: "General Yangwu! The general Dolgon, who was ordered to fight Li Zhi to the death, did not want to fight Li Zhi to the death, so he came up with this plan to copy his back road. Now that Li Zhi has come back to help, the plan has failed, we should go back to Jinan, how can we change our hexagram halfway and fight a decisive battle with Li Zhi? ”

Ibai also said: "If General Yangwu wants to go to war, it will go against the original intention of the general who was ordered!" ”

Yue Tuo glanced coldly at several Mongolian nobles and looked at his lieutenant Beledudu.

Du Du thought for a while and said: "General Yangwu, that Li Zhi is also a human, not a three-headed and six-armed monster, so you don't need to be so afraid of him." We have 30,000 people, and I think we can fight! If there are so many troops that we don't dare to fight, we won't be able to enter the fortress and plunder in the future. ”

Yue Tuo nodded and said, "This is what my Great Qing warrior should say!" ”

He stood up and said loudly: "Tomorrow and Li Zhi will have a decisive battle outside the city, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!" ”

Several Mongolian nobles looked at each other, their faces pale.

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Li Xing led 2,000 soldiers out of the Shangwu Gate at the north gate of Fanjiazhuang and joined Li Zhi's soldiers and horses.

Li Xing found Li Zhi in the Chinese army and said loudly: "Big brother, it has only been three days since the messenger for help from you was sent, and I thought it would take you at least half a month to get here, and I was worried that the city would be broken by the Tartars this time!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "By mistake, this time the ministers of the court helped, and as soon as the Qing army moved, someone notified me to come back for help, so I came back so quickly!" ”

Li Zhi looked at the traps outside the city that had been filled with a quarter of the potholes, and he couldn't be so careless in the future. If only 2,000 men were left to defend the city, it would be easy for the Tartars to break through the city. In the future, at least 5,000 men must be left to defend the city, and 40 six-pounder cannons must be left behind, so as to be foolproof.

However, if you leave 5,000 people to defend the city, you can only bring out 7,000 soldiers and horses, and you can't withstand the combined attack of tens of thousands of Tartars. After thinking about it, the troops are still insufficient, and it is still necessary to expand the army.

Li Xing looked at the Qing army in the distance and asked, "Big brother, I have carefully observed these Tartars with a telescope, there are 10,000 Manchurian Tartars, 15,000 Mongolian Tartars, and some Koreans and Han Chinese. If they don't go, will we fight these Tartars? ”

Li Zhi looked at the Qing army in the distance and said, "I don't know what these 30,000 Tartars think, if they retreat, I won't chase them." If they dare to come up and challenge, I will fight them once! ”

After Li Zhi said this, he sent two hundred soldiers to the south of the city and drove away the hundreds of Tartars from the pig farm. These days, the Tartars feel that the soldiers are invincible, thinking that they can slowly eat the pigs in the pig farm, but they do not destroy the pig farm. A large amount of pig food was piled up in the warehouse of the pig farm, and the Tartars left hundreds of auxiliaries in the pig farm to feed the pigs and kill the pigs.

30,000 Tartars occupied the pig farm, ate meat with open bellies, and killed a thousand pigs in three days. As soon as Li Zhi's two hundred musketeers arrived, the auxiliaries who occupied the pig farm were scattered.

After Li Zhi finished dealing with the pig farm, he walked into the city.

Cui He waited anxiously in front of the official hall, and as soon as he saw Li Zhi, Cui He threw himself into Li Zhi's arms and cried non-stop.

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On December 8, Lu Xiangsheng's army, which remained in Julu, was only 10,000 men.

The morning was particularly cold, and the sun was overshadowed by thick clouds.

Last night, the scouts reported that there were Qing army rangers all around, and it was obvious that most of the Qing army was about to be killed.

Lu Xiangsheng stayed awake all night, and when he tossed and turned in the middle of the night, he saw countless iron horses and glaciers in his mind, and saw the past of his life: he saw that he had been reading at night since he was a child, reciting the words of the sage; I saw how I got up early every day to practice arching horses when I was a child; He saw his deceased father, and when he saw his father dancing happily when he was a high school jinshi on the gold list, he took him back to his hometown to worship his ancestors; He saw his self-satisfied appearance when he was in Xuanda Tuntian, accumulating 200,000 stones, and being rewarded by the Son of Heaven; He saw himself forming the Tianxiong Army in the Daimyo's Mansion, and saw himself chasing and killing thieves in the mountains of Yunyang, covered in blood.

The past is like a picture scroll, one by one in his mind. He couldn't sleep, and he got up before dawn.

As soon as he got up, he faintly heard the galloping of military horses and the shouting of slaves outside the barracks.

"Chen An! What's going on out there? ”

Chen An ran over with a panicked face, knelt down and shouted: "Junmen, we have been surrounded by Qing troops on all sides!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng closed his eyes, and only after a while did he open his eyes and ask, "How many people are there in Dongnu?" ”

Chen An said loudly: "There are more than 30,000 Qing troops!" ”

30,000 Qing troops, how can they stop their 10,000 remnants? Lu Xiangsheng returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and sat on a chair to think about countermeasures.

Slowly, the sergeants woke up. Knowing that their army had been surrounded by the Qing army, they all gathered around the big tent of the Chinese army, looking anxiously at the big tent, hoping that the governor would come up with a countermeasure.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed when he saw that there were more and more people around outside.

He walked out of the big tent and looked at the 10,000 young soldiers who were dazed, and two tears couldn't help but flow from his face. These are all strong soldiers who follow themselves all the way and dare to kill slaves, and they are all the blood of the country, but today they are going to die in the giant deer. Now the enemy is rushing west, the reinforcements are separated from the east, the big guys are obstructing, everything is contained, and today this is the place where the bones are buried...

With a flick of the front of his filial piety clothes, Lu Xiangsheng knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, and bowed to the soldiers on all sides and said: "I and the soldiers will receive the favor of the court, and you will not die, and you will not be able to live." ”

Ten thousand people stared blankly at the governor kneeling in front of the big tent, silent. After a long time, the soldiers gradually cried. In the end, no one dared to look up at Lu Xiangsheng, and 10,000 people gritted their teeth and said:

"Fight with Dongnu!"

"Kill slaves to repay the country!"

"I'll die here with the governor!"

Lu Xiangsheng shouted loudly: "Guan Yu has a broken head, and the horse is wrapped in leather, at this time!" ”

"Bazhai, fight to the death with Dongnu!" (To be continued.) )