767 Harassment Operations

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Thundered!

In the wilderness northeast of Zhending Mansion, two large groups of cavalry are chasing, there are tens of thousands of flags, and it is magnificent in the desolate and cold northern wilderness at this time.

"General, the Tartar cavalry has been lured by us."

A galloping White Dragon Army cavalry approached Luo Chao and shouted loudly.

"Haha, okay, let's take away these cavalrymen of the Tartars, and it will be easier for the lord and Xu Qian.

Let's take these Tartars to the south valley floor, where we can play with them. ”

"Drive!"

More than 3,000 cavalry of the 'Flying Eagle' battalion led by Luo Chao formed a long line, drew a circle on the ground, and quickly rushed towards the south.

Behind Luo Chao's 'Flying Eagle Battalion', more than 7,000 Tartar cavalry pursued.

Last night, Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army, bypassed Zhending City, and camped more than ten miles to the north to rest, but they did not realize that Li Zixiao had led the army to Zhending.

But Li Zixiao didn't dare to attack at night, Dolgon learned a lesson, camped at night, and arranged the sentry very carefully, plus Li Zixiao had limited men and horses, and he didn't care about the sneak attack.

It wasn't until after dawn that Li Zixiao asked Luo Chao to suddenly kill from Zhending City when the Qing army was about to continue to retreat north, taking advantage of the Qing army's camp and preparing to continue to retreat north.

This frightened Dolgon and Zilharang and other Tartars, and directly sent 7,000 cavalry, led by Zilharang himself, to pursue them.

"Report, sir, General Luo led away a group of Tartar cavalry, and now the Tartar cavalry guarding the convoy is less than half."

To the north of Zhending City, behind a hillside, a White Dragon Army cavalry rushed over and reported to Li Zixiao.

Behind Li Zixiao, there were more than 3,000 cavalry of the 'Flying Feather Battalion' commanded by Xu Qian, neatly arranged, immediately carrying a horse chopping knife, erecting horse sculptures, ready to attack at any time.

"Xu Qian, let's go!" Li Zixiao said to Xu Qian behind him.

Then, Li Zixiao put on his helmet and took the lead in riding a horse and rushed out, followed by Quartz with a team of guards.

"Yes, sir."

"The whole battalion is ready to attack!"

Then, with a wave of his hand, Xu Qian led more than 3,000 cavalry of the 'Flying Feather Battalion' to form a conical formation and rushed towards the long line of the Qing army not far away.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

As Li Zixiao personally led three thousand White Dragon Army cavalry to gallop towards the Tartar ranks, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves quickly attracted the attention of the Qing soldiers.

At this time, there were more than 10,000 Tartar cavalry under Dolgon and Duoduo, who had to escort the Qing convoy that spread for several miles, and also sent cavalry to guard the front and rear of the team.

In the face of the cavalry of the 'Flying Feather Battalion' that suddenly came out, Dolgon could not immediately lead the Tartar cavalry to rush over and stop Li Zixiao.

The 3,000 soldiers of the 'Flying Feather Battalion', like a long black cone, rushed from the west of the official road, and then cut off the mile-long Qing army.

Poof! Poof!

The cavalry of the 'Flying Feather Battalion' formed a dense charging formation, and when they rushed through, all the Qing soldiers who stood in front of them were undoubtedly all dead souls under the sword.

Bang bang bang!

The horse sculpture in the hands of the cavalry of the White Dragon Army smashed into the Qing soldiers one by one, just like a sandbag that was thrown away, directly breaking the vertebrae, and bleeding in the air.

In this way, Li Zixiao personally led 3,000 soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion to rush across from the west, cutting off the convoy escorted by 30,000 Tartar foot soldiers, and killed it in an instant.

Then, the cavalry of the Flying Feather Battalion continued to gallop on the northern heath, without slowing down, and after making a half-arc to the east, they turned back again.

By this time, Dolgon's side had already reacted, and the Qing army's foot soldiers had taken refuge behind the cart and used the cart to resist the charge of the White Dragon Army cavalry.

This was also arranged by Dolgon in advance, and Dolgon had already thought of the countermeasures for the attack of the White Dragon Army cavalry of the other side in advance.

At the same time, Dolgon and Duoduo, who were in the front and back of the team, also quickly gathered a large force of Tartar cavalry and attacked the Flying Feather Battalion from the north and south.

"Keep rushing and don't look back."

Li Zixiao and Xu Qian led three thousand cavalry of the 'Flying Feather Battalion', turned around, and killed them again, after cutting off the Qing army's infantry team again.

Li Zixiao saw that the Qing cavalry that was coming from the north and south directions, and decisively asked Xu Qian not to lead the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion to turn back, but to continue to rush forward.

This time, Li Zixiao led the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion to suddenly attack the Qing army, and he didn't expect to cause much damage to the Qing army.

Li Zixiao just wanted to use this attack to slow down the march of the Qing army, delay Dolgon's pace, and buy more time for Li Tianba and Zhao Zilong to lead the army to catch up.

"Li Zixiao!"

Dolgon looked at Li Zixiao, who was heading west, and shouted in a low voice.

"Chase!"

Dolgon, with the Tartar cavalry, chased him out.

But after chasing for a long time, Dolgon failed to catch up with Li Zixiao, and then he ordered to stop the pursuit, he was worried that if he chased down, he would be ambushed by Li Zixiao.

"Duoduo, stop chasing and bring someone back."

Duoduo, who was closely behind Dolgon, also led a large group of Tartar cavalry with white flags to pursue Li Zixiao, and at this time he wanted to immediately catch up with Li Zixiao and kill him.

If Dorgon hadn't stopped him, he would have continued to chase.

Immediately afterwards, Dorgon returned with the Tartar cavalry, scattered the Tartar cavalry on both flanks of the ranks, and let the foot soldiers escort the convoy and continue along the official road to the north.

"Sir, the Tartar cavalry has returned."

After Xu Qian saw the Tatar cavalry returning behind, he opened his mouth and said to Li Zixiao.

"Well, I saw it."

Li Zixiao looked back, nodded, and continued: "Let the soldiers stop, rest for a while, and then we will catch up." ”

"Damn Li Zixiao, when did his men come to the cavalry, they came so fast."

When Dorgon returned with his army, his face darkened, and he whispered to himself.

He didn't expect that Li Zixiao would lead the army to appear in the area of Zhending, which was a huge difference from what he expected.

He had thought that they would not be too slow to march along this flat official road, even with carts full of money and food.

When they went all the way north, before leaving the customs, Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army from Jinan was estimated to be difficult to catch up with them.

After all, in the battle of Shouzhang, Dolgon already knew that Li Zixiao only had foot soldiers and musketeers, and no cavalry.

However, now Dolgon knew that his judgment had been wronged, and Li Zixiao had taken down the cavalry.

At this time, Dolgon didn't have to think about it to know that most of the White Dragon Army cavalry led by Li Zixiao were probably transferred from other places by him.

"Fortunately, the number of cavalry led by Li Zixiao does not seem to be much.

Their cavalry had cut us off at the waist, and it was supposed to be the best time for the foot soldiers to charge, and it would be enough to divide us into two sections, and we could not see each other.

However, there were no foot soldiers of the White Snake Army, indicating that Li Zixiao's foot soldiers did not rush here.

That's right, calculate the time, even if it is Li Zixiao's soldiers, they are all beaten with iron, without eating or drinking, it is absolutely impossible to rush here from Jinan at this time. ”

When Dorgon returned with his army, he thought quickly and quickly figured it out.

"The purpose of Li Zixiao's attack today should be to slow down our march, so that the reinforcements that will come behind them will catch up with us.

That's right, that's it. Dorgon quickly figured out why.

In fact, Li Zixiao's intentions are not easy to see at all.

Thundered!

At this time, the 7,000 Tartar cavalry led by Zilharang also quickly caught up from the south.

Zilharang is an old fox, and after pursuing Luo Chao for more than ten miles, Zilharang ordered to stop the pursuit and immediately led his troops back.

The old fox's Zilharang, like Dolgon at this time, had already guessed Li Zixiao's intention to attack them this time.

"Prince Zheng, you lead the cavalry with white flags under your command and are responsible for the defense of the left flank of the team, Duoduo, you lead the cavalry under your command with the white flag, responsible for the defense of the right flank.

This king is responsible for opening the way, and you must scatter the cavalry three miles away from the two wings of the convoy to ensure that the cavalry of the White Snake Army is found as soon as possible.

The number of cavalry brought by Li Zixiao doesn't seem to be very large, so we can't give them a chance to break them one by one.

At the same time, we must no longer allow them to harass our infantry convoys, and the march must be accelerated. ”

Dorgon said as he looked at Zilharang, who had just returned with his army, and Dodor, who had a gloomy face on the side.

"Sir, the Tatar cavalry is divided into three groups of men and horses, guarding around the Qing army's foot soldiers, they are on guard, we can't easily get close to the past."

Led the army back again, and at this time, Xu Qian, who was standing on a hillside on horseback, said to Li Zixiao next to him.

"Well, if Dolgon is so cautious, it is indeed a bit troublesome to attack the Qing army again. However, no matter how troublesome it is, it has to be done, and the solution is something that people come up with. ”

Li Zixiao said resolutely.

"Drive, sir."

At this time, the cavalry of the 'Flying Eagle Battalion' led by Luo Chao also returned.

"Luo Chao, how is it?" Li Zixiao looked at Luo Chao and asked.

"Sir, the old dog of Zilharang was too cautious, and after chasing for a while, he took the people back.

There were too many cavalry, and they didn't dare to bite it. ”

Luo Chao said very dissatisfied.

"Well, to be expected."

Li Zixiao doesn't care, there are also masters on the Tartar side, if the war goes too well, Li Zixiao has to wonder if there is a conspiracy on the Tartar side.

"Sir, what should we do next? The Tartar cavalry was too numerous, and if we failed to harass and were bitten by the Tartar cavalry, we were in danger of being surrounded. ”

Luo Chao also looked at the Qing army on the official road in the distance, which was marching rapidly, and said solemnly.

Li Zixiao's harassment operation this time sounds very easy, but it is actually very dangerous.

After all, there are more than 50,000 horses on the Tartar side, including more than 20,000 Tartar cavalry, like a lone wolf trying to attack an elephant.

As long as a lone wolf is careless and is stepped on by an elephant, it is a mortal situation.

"Don't worry, there is still a long way to go from Shuntianfu, let's slowly look for an opportunity, go, and go around to the front of the Qing army."

Li Zixiao said calmly, and then led two cavalry battalions to make a detour to the front of the Qing army.

(End of chapter)