The battle on the Dagu fortress has become a suspenseless place.

It was not easy for the Jianyu guards to gather more than 200 people and launch a counterattack on the north side of the wall, but where can people see this?

By the time they rushed to the north side of the fortress, the 800 Ming troops had already formed a neat infantry line, and then two volleys passed, leaving only dozens of captives lying on the ground trembling and not daring to move.

……

On the Shao Wu, Yu Ping saluted Zheng Chenggong respectfully and said, "Yu Xuezhi of Jinyi Weibei Town has seen Lord Admiral. ”

Only then did Zheng Chenggong know from Liu Guoxuan that it was this Yu Xuezhi who secretly blocked the cannon on the north side of the fortress, and the Ming army was able to capture Dagu at a very small price.

He was about to praise Yu Xuezhi for a few words, but the latter took out a white cloth from his arms and presented it, "My lord, there are more than 3,000 people stationed in the Tianjin Zhigu camp of the thieves, and there are more than 3,000 people under the command of the puppet general Lou Guangxian, according to which it is only seventy miles. When the city was attacked, the thief army must have sent someone to ask for help from Zhigu, and the adults should prepare as soon as possible. ”

The corners of Zheng Chenggong's mouth hooked up a smile, and said: "If he doesn't come, I'll go to him too." Defeating these 3,000 captives can help our army to establish its might! ”

Shi Lang was surprised and said: "My lord, our trip is to make a feint to disturb the hinterland of Jiannu, why do we want to fight to the death with the enemy?" ”

"Feints, it is necessary to combine the virtual and the real." Zheng Chenggong said, "If I blindly wander away, the thieves will think that I dare not fight, and the effect of disturbing the enemy will be greatly reduced." ”

As he spoke, he bowed his hand to the south and said loudly: "According to the plan of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, this first battle after landing on the shore must be won at any cost, so as to win quickly and completely!" Strike the thief with the power of thunder and disrupt his deployment!

"In this way, if we attack Shenyang, Dengzhou and other places in the future, the captives will not dare to sit idly by, so as to have the effect of containing the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

He pointed to the map again, "As long as you break through Zhigu, less than 300 to the north is Beijing, and there will be no captives along the way." At that time, the city of Beijing will fall like the sky! ”

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Dorgon frowned and slammed the piece in his hand to the ground.

It's only been half a day's work, and the recital about the Battle of Dagu is piled up more than two feet high on his desk. Most of them impeached Ha Tongbao, the general of Dagu, and some impeached Lou Guangxian, the chief soldier of Tianjin, for slackness in defense, and even proposed to strengthen the defense of Gyeonggi.

"It's a bunch of rubbish!" Dorgon cursed angrily. It's just a thousand southerners, but they make it seem like a big deal.

That Ha Tongbao has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and he is still impeached?

The Ming army has landed in Tianjin, and it is necessary to rely on Lou Guang to lead the troops to resist the enemy, and to impeach him at this time, isn't it a pig's brain?

As for strengthening the defense of Gyeonggi, isn't this tantamount to announcing to the world that the Ming army is going to attack Beijing?!

He was losing his temper, when he heard the eunuch say, "Master, Master Fan Wencheng Fan asks to see you." ”

"Let him in."

When Fan Wencheng entered the Wuying Palace, he first glanced at the pieces thrown everywhere, and then stepped forward to salute, and said carefully: "Your Highness is bored with the matter of Dagu?" ”

Dolgon rubbed his eyebrows and said, "But more than a thousand Ming troops have just let these fools make trouble all over the city!" ”

"Your Highness, where did the Ming army come from?"

"Where?" Dolgon said angrily, "Dagu has just been captured, are you blind?" ”

Fan Wencheng said unhurriedly: "It's just because Ha Tongbao neglected his duties and was attacked by a group of Japanese robbers, what should it matter?" ”

"Wako?" Dolgon was stunned, and then slapped the table hard, "That's right! It's a wolf! Master Fan is really resourceful. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Highness only needs to issue an edict, and then there will be severe punishment for those who accuse the Japanese of the Ming army, and the court discussion will definitely be calmed." Just wait for Lou Guang to exterminate the southern army first, and the matter will naturally be revealed. ”

Dolgon was as good as a stream, and immediately arranged a matter according to Fan Wencheng's words, and sent his clan relative Baduhai to Zhigu to supervise the battle, urging Lou Guang to quickly destroy the incoming enemy.

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"General, the Ming army has reached the vicinity of Xiaoliuqiao, four miles away." Several Jianyu Xiao rode towards Lou Guangxian and said, "The number of people is not more than a thousand, and they are all foot soldiers." ”

It is difficult to carry too many horses on the warship, so almost all the horses of the naval infantry are used to drag cannons and baggage, even the officers have many horses without horses, and the cavalry is almost none.

Lou Guangxian smiled proudly when he heard this, and explained in his heart that the army must be using the river to cover his back, and he was ready to form a defense near Xiaoliu Bridge. There are 1,300 elite Han troops in his department with white flags, including more than 500 cavalry, which are those green battalion soldiers, who are also selected from all over the country, so that the combat power against more than 1,000 southern troops will definitely be captured.

He bowed his hand respectfully to Baduhai on the side and said, "Lord Belle, you just stay here to watch the battle, and your subordinates will be able to break through the Southern Barbarians in a moment." ”

"With General Lao, more than 100 of my personal guards can also be called by you."

Lou Guangxian hurriedly said, "Don't dare", this Baduhai is the son of Tabai, the sixth son of Nurhachi, his status is respected, and it is too late to send people to protect him, where can he use his guards.

Lou Guang first recruited his officers and was assigning various units to attack the enemy from where he suddenly heard a faint rustling sound in the distance, like extremely neat footsteps.

He was puzzled, when he saw a horse galloping towards him, and exclaimed, "Report! The Ming army was attacking directly from the east, and it was only less than two miles away from the front army. ”

"What?!" Lou Guangxian's mind didn't turn a corner for a while, a thousand Ming troops, all of them were foot soldiers, and they dared to take the initiative to attack their three thousand men!

He was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed and said, "Since these southerners have come to send them to death, we might as well give them a ride."

"The order was given that the front army met the enemy on the spot and must drag the southern army back.

"Li Xian, you led the cavalry to raid from the enemy's left flank, disrupted the enemy's formation, and then went around to the east to block the southerners' retreat."

"Subordinates obey!"

"Hu Anmao, you outflank the right wing of the southerners with the infantry armor of your department and four hundred foot soldiers!"

"Subordinates obey!"

Lou Guang's previous army was 1,400 green battalion soldiers, so he estimated that it should not be a problem to resist a thousand Ming troops. And the two flanks are the main force of his Han Eight Banners, as long as the middle road is delayed for a while, and when the two sides are encircled, none of these Ming troops will want to escape.

When he finished arranging, he suddenly heard the sound of artillery in front of the formation, and he couldn't help but be taken aback - it didn't mean that the army was all foot soldiers, and they were engaged with his front team so quickly!

Liu Guoxuan knew that his troops were twice as small as those of Jianyu, and there was no cavalry, although he would definitely have a higher chance of winning if he chose a suitable terrain to form a formation, but if the enemy army found that the battle situation was unfavorable and chose to retreat, it would be extremely difficult for him to pursue.

The Admiral demanded that the battle be won, so he decided to take the initiative.

It was the cannon that thundered first. This time, the Ming army came by boat and landed in a small boat, which could only carry a three-pounder cannon at the maximum.

These three three-pounder guns and ten new tiger squat guns were all of Liu Guoxuan's artillery power, but the range was much less than that of the Jianyu artillery on the opposite side.