Dolgon was immediately shocked, the distance between Yangzhou and Xuzhou was already thousands of miles away, how could the Ming army appear in Mengcheng?!

He asked the cavalry who were warning him to stop and asked urgently: "How many southern troops are there in Xuzhou?" ”

"Hui, Hui Regent, the small one is the headquarters of Lord Han, the guard of Yongcheng, and I don't know the details of Mengcheng."

"Rubbish!"

Dorgon kicked him over, and before he could consult with his men, he saw a horse coming quickly, but it was a warning from the city.

Not long after, news came that Lincheng had been lost, and this time I finally saw the number of Ming troops - more than 1,000 people.

"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!"

Dolgon was furious, although there were only two or three hundred people guarding these cities in Xuzhou, they would not all be lost in a moment, right? Even if the Ming army just ran around the horses, this time was only a little surplus.

In fact, because of his "strong wall and clear the field" tactic, the Qing troops in the Xuzhou area went to Sizhou, Lingbi and other places in the west to find food, and there were few soldiers left in the city. In addition, the guards didn't expect the Ming army to suddenly appear, and even the gates of these cities were wide open, and Li Dingguo really almost took it by running a horse.

Dolgon pointed and bowed, "Order you to lead 2,000 men and horses to Xuzhou to intercept this southern army." ”

"Huh!"

Ao Bai was about to turn around, but he heard Bai Yin Tu and said, "Wait." His Royal Highness the Regent, the southerners are extremely cunning, and the last general will think about it, if there are only more than 1,000 people, it will be difficult to capture most of Xuzhou so quickly. ”

"You mean?"

"These more than 1,000 Southern troops may be just bait, and there is another main force behind them. If our army goes lightly, it will be ambushed! ”

Dolgon couldn't help but nod, it was indeed quite strange to explain that the army had only sent a thousand men to raid Xuzhou. If there were really thousands of people in ambush behind, wouldn't it be a sheep to worship these two thousand?

However, it can't be ignored, from Xuzhou to the north is Jining Mansion, and the garrison here has been transferred by Duoduo before. If the Ming army is allowed to continue to the north, Jining is likely to be lost, and even the grain and grass transportation on the front line of Muyang will be affected.

His face changed a few times, and finally he said to Ao Bao helplessly: "In addition to your department, bring Dou Chengwu's Shaanxi army and two thousand Lu troops, a total of 10,000 horses and horses to Xuzhou, be sure to fight quickly!" ”

"Huh!"

That night, Dolgon checked the defense line along the river, and was about to fall asleep, when he heard the voice of the voice outside the tent, "Spread quickly, Shanxi urgently!" ”

Without waiting for the guards to speak, he hurriedly shouted, "Let him in!" ”

Bai Yintu entered the tent, forgot to salute, and said in a trembling voice: "His Royal Highness the Regent, Taiyuan Mansion just sent an urgent report, Jiang Ji is reversed!" The soldiers are pointing directly at Beijing! ”

Dolgon immediately felt dizzy, Jiang Pai was the general soldier of Xuanhua and Datong, and he had great influence in Shanxi. What's even worse is that after the previous continuous deployment of troops, there are no more usable defenders in Shanxi!

Datong is close to Gyeonggi, and the rebels will be able to march all the way to the east, at most in a month, and they will be able to attack the city of Beijing.

He is well aware of the significance of Beijing to Nanming. Don't say that if you lose Beijing, that is, Beijing will be besieged by the Ming army, and the appeal of the Qing Dynasty to the Han people will be drastically reduced, and then the people's hearts will be lost, and the world will be opposed.

He opened his mouth and struggled to spit out a few words, "How many rebels are there?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, according to the Taiyuan Mansion report, more than 3,000 people, including Jiang Ping's generals and patrol battalions, rebelled." Bai Yintu glanced at Dolgon and said cautiously, "But the rebels are coerced all the way, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of ...... before they reach Gyeonggi."

He waited for a long time, but he didn't see the regent's instructions, so he had to ask again: "Your Highness, look at this ......?"

Dolgon looked up at the beam of the house and sighed, "Hey, I have ordered that He Luo will be the general of counterinsurgency, and lead a total of 15,000 men and horses from the headquarters and Wakda to the north immediately to suppress the rebellious army." ”

"Huh."

That night, Dorgon couldn't sleep all night. I thought that with the 40,000 troops under Haoge's department, it would be foolproof to stick to the Huai River defense line, but before I saw the main force of the Ming army, I scattered more than 35,000 people first.

However, there was smoke everywhere, and he could only move troops urgently.

At this time, he only had 25,000 soldiers and horses left in his hands, while the Ming army on the other side had more than 30,000. Although there is a natural danger of the Huai River, judging from the combat power shown by the Ming army before, he really has no confidence that he can distance himself from the enemy on the south bank.

He stared out the window, only to feel that the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty were like this dark night, which was impossible to see.

Until the sky was about to dawn, he finally closed his tired eyes and sighed secretly, "It seems that this is the only way...... I just hope that this Qing Dynasty will not be lost in my hands......"

After he summoned the Manchu and Han officers to make some detailed arrangements, he wrote a letter to the Great Khan of the three Khalkha tribes in Mobei and the emperor of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

The contents of several letters are very similar, all of them want to form an alliance with them and ask them to help the Qing Dynasty. As for the conditions, they agreed to almost everything that these forces had mentioned before.

North of Sanyang City.

Zhu Linmiao looked at the fort being built near the ferry port on the south bank, and couldn't help but secretly bow her head.

With the help of a large number of people, coupled with the help of the people rescued in Shanyang and other places, the construction progress of these forts was extremely fast, and the height of these forts could be increased by more than seven or eight feet every day, and they could be put into use in two or three days.

He turned his head and asked Zhang Jiayu, "Yuanzi, where is the heavy artillery now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I have crossed the Baijing River yesterday, and there are still more than 30 miles away from here."

"How is the boat preparing for the forced crossing?"

"There are 90 sand boats and more than 700 other boats, which can carry 6,000 people at a time."

"Where's the rubber ring?"

"Two thousand were shipped yesterday, and another 1,000 will arrive in two days."

This hollow rubber ring is a very rough swimming ring, but in this day and age, it can be regarded as high-tech technology.

"Okay." Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "Then it will be a general attack in three days." ”

Zhang Jiayu immediately saluted: "Yes!" ”

Deng Shan, who was observing the enemy formation with a telescope not far away, suddenly said to himself: "This doesn't seem right......"

Zhu Linmiao smiled and asked, "What did General Deng find out about it?" ”

Deng Shan hurriedly put away the binoculars and walked over, "Back to Your Majesty, the last general will find that there are fewer and fewer captives wearing armor on the earthen wall opposite. A few days ago, more than forty percent of them were armed with firearms, but at this time, most of them were holding knives and spears, and it was rare for dozens of people to see a guns. ”

Zhu Linwei also looked through binoculars when he heard this, and saw that the Qing sergeants had changed into ordinary clothes, only a few officers wore cotton armor, and most of the spears in their hands were held.

He suddenly thought of something, quickly boarded the fort that had not yet been built, carefully observed a few cannons that were close to the Jianjiao, couldn't help frowning, handed the telescope to Zhang Jiayu and said, "Yuanzi, what is so strange about those cannons when you look carefully?" ”