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"General!"

Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng walked side by side, looked at his soldiers, and separated the corpse of a Tartar from the corpse of the White Dragon sergeant.

"Monk, send a signal to Xu Wei and them to inform them that they can withdraw." Li Zixiao looked at Jia Niuling in the east and said to the monk behind him.

"Yes, General."

The monk then found a place on a high position, lit a fire, and a sharp sound rose into the sky, and then exploded, and a stream of green powder dispersed.

"It's ......"

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he guessed that this should be Li Zixiao's notice that the artillery team on Jianiu Ridge in the east was an order to retreat.

The kind of signal flare in the monk's hand made Lu Xiangsheng's eyes light up suddenly, and Lu Xiangsheng, who had led the troops for many years, could naturally judge the value of this kind of signal flare immediately.

And at this time, Lu Xiangsheng had too many doubts and wanted to ask Li Zixiao, whether it was his official status or why he had so many people under him.

and the artillery unit on Jianiu Ridge in the east, what is the situation, why his artillery can fight so far, and how he is here, etc.

It's a pity that at this time, Li Zixiao was busy everywhere, urging his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, and straighten out the soldiers and horses, so that Lu Xiangsheng couldn't find a chance to talk to Li Zixiao at all.

Li Zixiao was very anxious, because he knew that around Jiazhuang at this time, it was distributed in nearly 10,000 Tartars.

At this time, they just dispersed, and at the same time they were hit by the artillery on Xu Wei's side, which scattered many Tartar teams.

This allowed him to take advantage of the loophole and attack Dodor's side, if Dorgon had time to put the Tartar forces around Jiazhuang in order and slaughter them, they would not be able to leave if they wanted to.

Moreover, what is even more terrifying is that more than ten miles away from Jiazhuang, there are more than 15,000 Tartar cavalry led by Haoge, which are real Tartar elites, all Tartar elite cavalry!

More than ten miles away, they could kill and run over in two sticks of incense, and at that time in the field, it was impossible for them, the foot soldiers without war horses, to get rid of the pursuit of the Tartar cavalry.

In the end, they will only have one fate, that is, they will be chased by tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry, and then they will be able to trample them into meat sauce with the hooves of their horses.

Therefore, the time that Li Zixiao gave Zhou Dazhu, Li Tianba and Liu Chong to clean up the battlefield was only half a pillar of incense.

In this half-pillar of incense, they wanted to completely separate the corpses of the fallen Tartars from the corpses of their own soldiers.

Then it is absolutely impossible to cremate the corpses of the fallen soldiers of the White Dragon Army, and finally clean up the battlefield, collect weapons and armor, and cut off the heads of Tartars.

Even, even if he gave Li Zixiao time to two sticks of incense, he couldn't finish these post-war clean-up work.

Therefore, the way the White Dragon Sergeant cleaned up the battlefield this time was much simpler, and the White Dragon Sergeant found the corpses of his comrades from the corpses all over the battlefield.

Then, from the inside of the armor jackets they were wearing, a strip of cloth was torn, and there was no time for them to take off their armor and be cremated on the spot.

Lu Xiangsheng happened to see this scene, walked over curiously, and asked a white dragon sergeant, "Little brother, what is this strip of cloth you tore off?" ”

The white dragon sergeant glanced up at Lu Xiangsheng, handed Lu Xiangsheng a blood-stained strip of cloth, and said, "Here, see for yourself, I'm still busy!" ”

"Hey, what's your attitude."

Hao Jian, who was behind Lu Xiangsheng, was a little angry when he saw the attitude of this white dragon sergeant who ignored them.

"Hao Jian, step aside."

Lu Xiangsheng scolded Hao Jian and didn't let him be presumptuous.

Lu Xiangsheng took the white dragon sergeant and handed him the blood-stained cloth strip, which read: 'Ding Erniu, male, twenty-one years old, 'trapped camp' sword and shield soldier. Hometown: Lao Weizhuang, Yongcheng County. ’

The information on it is clear at a glance, as long as anyone who is literate can understand it, Lu Xiangsheng also understands it, it turns out that this is the 'ID card' of Li Zixiao's corporaries!

But what is the use of Li Zixiao tearing off these strips of cloth?

"Little brother, why are you tearing this off?" Lu Xiangsheng felt that he was very interested in Li Zixiao now and asked.

The white dragon sergeant looked at Lu Xiangsheng again, and saw that Lu Xiangsheng had a kind attitude, and he seemed to be a senior official of the Ming army.

As the saying goes, 'raise your hand and don't hit the smiling man', and the white dragon sergeant said to him: "It is very useful, these strips of cloth are the proof of the courage and fearlessness of the fallen brothers, who killed the enemy bravely on the battlefield."

We bring it back and enshrine it in the 'Martyrs' Shrine so that they can enjoy the incense for generations to come.

Moreover, after the war, the general would also send people to find the family of each fallen soldier according to these strips of cloth and give them a pension. ”

After the white dragon sergeant finished speaking, he took back the blood-stained cloth from Lu Xiangsheng's hand and left, leaving Lu Xiangsheng with a thoughtful face.

"What a Li Zixiao, what a Li Zixiao, good means, admire, admire!"

Lu Xiangsheng stood in place and said with a sigh.

Now Lu Xiangsheng somewhat understands why these soldiers under Li Zixiao are so brave, fighting to the death, and not afraid of death when they are facing the Tartars.

Soon, Li Zixiao's subordinates cleaned up the wounded soldiers, and at the same time, they also tore off all the 'ID cards' of the fallen soldiers.

"General, the scout who just sent out reports that the traces of the Tartar army have been found in the west again." Luo Chao rode a horse and came to report.

"It's time to go, give the order to go down, let all the wounded soldiers get on the cart, and retreat immediately."

Li Zixiao gave the order to retreat, and at the same time walked up to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Lord Lu, the traces of the Tartar army have been found in the west, we can't stay here for a long time, we have to withdraw, will you go with us?" ”

"Well, it's time to withdraw, now I have this little remnant of the army left, so I can only follow General Li."

"Okay, let's go together."

The surviving soldiers of the White Dragon Army, together with the remaining 1,400 or so people under Lu Xiangsheng, quickly left this battlefield and headed north according to the retreat route that Li Zixiao had planned a long time ago.

Li Zixiao rode on his horse, looking at the corpses of the white dragon soldiers who were still piled up with the corpses of the Tartars on the battlefield, his eyes flashed with tears.

This time, he really didn't have time to care about the corpses of these fallen soldiers, so that they were so violent in the wilderness.

"I'm sorry, brothers, but I would have to go back and erect a grave for you."

In this battle, the White Dragon Army ate the entire 3,000 soldiers under Duoduo in one go, including more than 1,600 Kong Youde Zhenghongqi Han Army.

and the real Tartar soldiers with a white flag under Dord, and at the same time Abatai rushed to the rescue, and also retreated after leaving nearly a thousand men.

In this battle, the White Dragon Army suffered a total of more than 1,700 casualties, of which more than 1,400 were killed, and the remaining 300 wounded soldiers were finally transported away in carts.

And Lu Xiangsheng was rescued from Jiazhuang, which can be regarded as the completion of Li Zixiao's original intention, with more than 5,000 soldiers under his command, and only about 1,400 people left with Lu Xiangsheng in the end.

Originally, Hao Jian saw Li Zixiao use his cart to transport away the 300 wounded soldiers of the White Dragon Army, which made him think that there were more than 700 of their wounded soldiers in Jiazhuang.

proposed to Li Zixiao that they take the seven hundred wounded soldiers with him, and Li Zixiao directly responded to him with a roll of his eyes.

He walked with three hundred wounded soldiers, which was already the limit, and this would already delay their marching speed somewhat.

If they had taken their 700 wounded soldiers, they wouldn't have to leave, they might as well sit here and wait for the Tartars to catch up with them.

After Hao Jian finished speaking, he also felt that his request seemed to be excessive, and he glanced at Lu Xiangsheng, and saw that Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and sighed, so he didn't say anything anymore.

"It's almost over, since going north, our army has won three battles and three victories, eaten seven or eight thousand Tartars, and suffered heavy losses myself, this time I rescued Lu Xiangsheng, and I should also lead the army back to my hometown."

Li Zixiao was riding on a horse, but he was thinking in his heart.

From the Northern Expedition to the present, he and his soldiers have almost reached the limit, and the Tartar soldiers who have fallen in their hands have fallen much more than the Tartars who have fallen under the Ming army since they entered the customs.

At the same time, the White Dragon Army suffered heavy losses, and the people were sleepy and lacking horses, and the ammunition of his men was almost exhausted, which had already made Li Zixiao have the heart to leave.

After a stick of incense, Abatai returned here with the tartar again, and there was no trace of Li Zixiao, only corpses all over the ground.

"Ahhh

Abatai was about to go crazy, looking at the corpses left on the ground, he didn't expect that Li Zixiao wouldn't even sort out the corpses of his own soldiers.

He was still gathering another group of Tartar soldiers, and immediately rushed over, but he was still a step too late.

In fact, when Li Zixiao was fighting Tartar in the north of Jiazhuang, a fierce battle also broke out in Jianiuling, east of Jiazhuang.

The two sides of the battle were nearly 3,000 Tartar cavalry led by Dolgon, as well as 2,000 white dragon soldiers and artillery under Xu Wei, Qi Lin, and Tian Renming.

Of course, it was impossible for Dolgon to look at the artillery of the White Dragon Army on Jianiu Ridge in the east, bombarding them so unscrupulously, so he personally pounced with his three thousand personal guards.

It was also the only cavalry in Dolgon's hands at this time, but when Dolgon led his troops to the foot of Jianiuling, he found that his cavalry could not rush to Jianiuling at all.

He could only let his cavalry dismount and use it as foot soldiers, preparing to rush to Jianiuling and wipe out the damned Ming army.

However, Xu Wei and Qi Lin led their subordinates to the 'Iron Blood Battalion' soldiers, and they had already set up three lines of defense at the foot of Jianiuling Mountain, to the top of the mountain, and they dug five or six trenches alone.

Xu Wei and Qi Lin paid a lot of price, but they never let Dolgon rush up as they wished.

In addition, Tian Renming mobilized artillery to help them, and they also carried a lot of grenades, so that Dolgon planted a big heel under Jia Niu Ling.

It wasn't until Xu Wei and the others saw the green signal flare that Li Zixiao asked the monk to shoot and knew that they could retreat, so they retreated from behind Jia Niuling.

They rolled the artillery directly down the mountain, it was all iron lumps anyway, and it couldn't be broken, loaded the cart that had been arranged in advance, and immediately retreated to the southwest while the Tartars didn't notice it.

In the southwest direction, not far from Linqingzhou, the base camp of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao was in the north of Wei County, northeast of Linqingzhou, and had long been waiting for a response team, led by the young general Zhao Zilong.

There were not many men and horses, less than three hundred, but they were all elite horsemen, which were separated from Li Zixiao's guard camp.

Li Zixiao's retreat was very smooth, they did not encounter the pursuit of the Tartars, they first marched north for more than ten miles, and then turned to the east again, hiding traces, not entering the city, and not stopping the village.

Li Zixiao was cautious at this time, for fear that the Tartars would find their traces and be caught up by the Tartars' cavalry, and he would definitely die.

In order to find a safe retreat route, Li Zixiao planned for a long time in advance, and sent Han Tong's scouts to inspect several times before deciding to settle down.

Li Zixiao's retreat route was from Julu, heading towards Jizhou in the northeast, and then leaving traces in Jizhou, fooling the Tartars and making them think that they were going north.

Then take a look at the eastward march, and then go south back to Linqingzhou, along the way, except for Jizhou, the route Li Zixiao chose was all deserted areas.

There is not even a road, it is particularly difficult to walk, but it is safe, at this time, Li Zixiao did not dare to relax at all, don't think that the retreat after killing the Tartars is considered a victory.

The tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry behind will soon be like mad dogs, chasing them everywhere, and once the Tartars find a trace, the Tartars behind will swarm them.

Killing the Tartars is not a victory, only a safe withdrawal is considered a victory.

Although Li Zixiao's retreat was smoother, Xu Wei's retreat was not so smooth.

Dolgon deserved to be an excellent general, when Xu Wei had just repelled another attack by Dolgon, and Jia Niuling had just been quiet for a long time.

Dolgon immediately sensed that something was wrong, and soon the Tartars who rushed up the mountain found that the mountain was empty, and Dolgon immediately led his troops around Jianiu Ridge and pursued them to the west.

It didn't take long for them to catch up with Xu Wei and them, and although Xu Wei and they had a large cart carrying artillery, the speed was still too slow.

Fortunately, Dolgon didn't bring too many Tartars, and along the way, Dolgon also divided several strands of Tartars and chased them in other directions, with less than 500 Tartars around him.

But Xu Wei knew that these five hundred Tartars were enough to entangle them, and when the other Tartars arrived again, they would be finished.

But Xu Wei didn't dare to leave these cannons under his command to the Tartars, so that they could easily retreat, but in that case, the biggest secret of the White Dragon Army would be exposed.

This is also the first time that Dolgon has seen the artillery used by the White Dragon Army at close range, and Dolgon originally thought that the artillery that can shoot at such a long distance must be the kind of bulky artillery weighing hundreds of kilograms.

However, when he saw the artillery of the White Dragon Army, he found that it was far less bulky than he had imagined, and that it could be pulled by a cart, which made Dorgon's eyes light up.

Dolgon, who had led his troops for many years, certainly knew what it meant to be a light and long-range artillery.

At this moment, Dolgon made up his mind to keep Xu Wei and them.

The two sides launched a fierce fight and refused to give in to each other.

Seeing that the time was dragging on for more and more, Xu Wei and Qi Lin were very anxious, they were still some way away from Zhao Zilong's pick-up location.