764 Li Zixiao was tricked

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It was only on the 16th that Li Zixiao received the good news that Liu Chong had sent back from Jinzhou, when Li Zixiao was on his way to lead his army to pursue Dorgon.

"Haha, take a look at the battle report sent back by Liu Zhong and Zhou Dazhu."

At the boundary of Yucheng in the east of Jinan, after Li Zixiao received Liu Chong's battle report, he gathered his generals and prepared to tell the good news to the generals.

"Congratulations to the general, General Liu broke the Qing army in Liaodong this time, the Tartars should panic."

After Zhao Zilong finished reading the battle report, he stood up and congratulated Li Zixiao.

"Congratulations, sir."

The generals also stood up at the same time and congratulated in unison.

"Haha, sit down."

Li Zixiao was in a good mood at this time, smiling and waving his hand to the generals.

"Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu, this time they did a really good job. Benjue has already sent someone to send the letter of commendation first.

The specific reward, when Benjue finishes solving the war on our side, we will reward it together.

Ladies and gentlemen, shouldn't we also rush the Tartars back to the north in one go! ”

Li Zixiao looked at the generals with a smile, ready to stimulate them and stimulate their fighting spirit.

"It's okay, drive the Tartars back to the gates!"

"Fight!"

The generals of the White Dragon Army shouted excitedly one by one, Liu Chong's victory in Liaodong really stimulated them.

Looking at the screaming appearance of his generals one by one, Li Zixiao nodded with satisfaction, at this time, the morale of his subordinates was high, and the desire to fight was urgent, which was a good phenomenon.

"Okay, Han Tong." Li Zixiao stood up and shouted.

"The subordinates are here."

"Han Tong, you see, all the generals can't wait, and they want to drive Dolgon's Qing army back to their hometown outside the Guan.

Now, it's up to you scout camps to find them and drive them back out of the gates.

Scatter all the scouts in your hand, to the north, to the west, and look carefully for Benjue, and you must find out the traces of the Qing army under Dolgon for Benjue.

Not only to find Dolgon, but also the traces of the Qing army that was in Wuding Prefecture in the north before, and the Qing army in the north of the Daimyo's mansion, must be found.

Benjue didn't believe it, why couldn't these three Qing armies suddenly find tens of thousands of people! ”

Li Zixiao said, his face gradually calmed down, and he said coldly.

"Yes, the lowly will find the trace of the Tartar as soon as possible."

Since Li Zixiao led the White Dragon Army north to pursue Dolgon, at the beginning, his subordinates scouted and could still follow the traces left by the Qing cavalry to find them.

However, this morning, they suddenly lost the trace of Dolgon's Qing cavalry, and the scouts could not find it.

Not only that, from the side of Wuding Prefecture in the north, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, also sent someone to send news that the Qing army led by Jierharang on the side of Wuding Prefecture suddenly withdrew and its whereabouts are unknown.

For this, Li Zixiao, who was anxious to find the Qing army at this time, took advantage of the high morale of the generals on his side, the morale of the Qing army was low, and he was very depressed.

At this moment, near the county of Si to the east, the cavalry led by Dolgon was resting in a wood.

At this time, Dolgon was completely unaware of the Qing army's defeat in Liaodong and everything that happened in Shengjing City.

At this time, Dorgon was still planning his new plan, preparing to make a big move, and then quickly retreat to the outside of the gate.

And the first step of Dolgon's new plan is to get rid of the White Dragon Army behind them, and then confuse and induce Li Zixiao, so that Li Zixiao thinks that Dolgon is unwilling and is ready to seek Jinan.

"Duoduo, has Zilharan led his army south?"

Sitting on a rock, Dodor munched on a hard piece of bread, and asked Dodor next to him.

"Brother, the person sent to inform the clan uncle has returned, and the clan uncle has already led the army to leave Wuding Prefecture at night.

They will first go west, detour to Hebei, and join us in the south. ”

The next to Dordor replied.

Dolgon nodded: "Well, after dark, let's also set off, go to Qiu County and wait for Zilharang and the Han army to come with a red flag."

Li Zixiao would never have thought that this king would lead the army back again, and soon he should be attracted by the movement in Jinan.

This time, this king will definitely not lose again. ”

"Report, sir, we found traces of the Qing cavalry near Jiyang, north of Jinan."

In the early morning of the 17th, Li Zixiao suddenly received a return from Han Tong's scouts.

"Did Dolgon really go to Jinan? Is he really going to die? ”

After Li Zixiao heard the scout's return, he was also puzzled.

At this time, what does Li Zixiao think, if Dolgon goes to attack Jinan, it will be an act of looking for death, and he will follow behind.

"Probe!"

"Yes."

"Report! Sir, near the Shang River in the north, traces of the Qing army were found, which may be the Qing army from Wuding Prefecture. ”

On the afternoon of the 17th, there were scouts from the White Dragon Army who had returned from the north and reported to Li Zixiao.

"Ben Jue said, at this time, with only those men and horses under Dolgon, how could he dare to peep into Jinan, the feeling is that the reinforcements from the north have come to join him!

Dolgon is planning to make a desperate bet, otherwise he will suffer such a heavy loss this time, but he will not bring anything back, and it is estimated that the emperor will not be able to spare him at that time. ”

Li Zixiao, who got this information again, figured it out a little, and then ordered: "The whole army will return to Jinan overnight." ”

Li Zixiao also thought at this time that Dolgon was going to attack Jinan this time, and at this moment there were only 20,000 defenders in Jinan, including two or three thousand Bailong soldiers, and the rest were all Ming defenders.

With just such a few people, Li Zixiao estimated that after Dolgon and the Jilharang department in the north converged, Jinan would be able to be conquered within a day.

For Li Zixiao, Jinan can't be broken by the Tartars, Shandong is Li Zixiao's next expansion target, and the future of Jinan City is his, so he can't let the Tartars scourge anymore.

Li Zixiao didn't know that this time he was really deceived by Dolgon.

The traces of the Qing army detected by the White Dragon Army were all some of the men and horses sent out by Dolgon and Zilharang, pretending to be the main force.

After Li Zixiao led the army back to Jinan, he found that King De was no longer in Jinan City, and Zhang Dashan, the governor of Shandong, was fully responsible for the defense of Jinan City.

It turned out that after Zhao Zilong led the army to leave Jinan City, King De felt that Jinan City was too dangerous, so he quietly left Jinan with a group of guards and went east to Qingzhou Mansion.

Coincidentally, King De smuggled all his net worth and property to Qingzhou, and he didn't worry if he didn't go in person.

The news of King De's departure could not be concealed at all, and soon spread in Jinan City, making the people talk and even panic.

Let the people in Jinan City think that the Qing army is about to fight, otherwise why did the prince flee.

Fortunately, the news of Li Zixiao's defeat of the Qing army in Shouzhang reached Jinan, and the people's hearts were re-stabilized.

"Hmph, a good king of virtue, all of them are virtuous."

Li Zixiao was very disappointed that King De left Jinan.

Think about how many people's fat and ointment King De looted from the people of Jinan City, and before the Tartars came, he quietly transported them all to Qingzhou.

Now that the Tartar has not been killed, and he has not even seen the shadow, he immediately ran away, ignoring the people of Jinan City.

King De, the prince, is spineless compared to Chongzhen, the emperor.

"Send a message to Fugui and tell him that the 'transfer flowers and trees' plan can be carried out, and Benjue will take back the silver in your hand on behalf of the people of Jinan."

After arriving in Jinan City, Li Zixiao sent someone to give orders to Zhang Fugui, who was in Jinan City.

"Lord Li, you can be regarded as coming back, if you come back, Jinan will be saved."

Seeing Li Zixiao leading the army back to Jinan, Zhang Dashan, the governor of Shandong, personally greeted him and said excitedly.

"Lord Li, the spies sent out yesterday encountered a group of Tartar cavalry, suffered heavy losses, and only two escaped back.

They told the officer that they had encountered a large force of Tartar cavalry in the north of Jinan City, which should be the main force of Dolgon, and that most of them were coming to Jinan City. ”

Zhang Dashan said to Li Zixiao.

This is also the reason why Zhang Dashan panicked, the two Ming army spies who fled back said that they had a nose and an eye, saying that they encountered a large force of Tartar cavalry.

Nearly half of them were killed on the spot, and in the end, they were chased all the way, and only the two of them escaped back.

The information reported by Zhang Dashan once again misled Li Zixiao, making him really feel that Dolgon was fighting Jinan's idea, and he couldn't leave.

Indeed, Li Zixiao thought about it, at this time, in the east and west of the mountain and in the north, except for one Jinan, it seems that there is no better, richer city to choose from.

As everyone knows, the large cavalry of the Qing army mentioned by the two Ming army spies is actually just a team of 1,000 people.

Li Zixiao waited in Jinan for three days in a row, but he didn't see the Qing army appear, and when his scouts went out to investigate again, they never found any trace of the Qing army.

At this time, Li Zixiao suddenly felt that something was not quite right.

"It's not good, most of us have fallen for Dolgon's plan to attack the west, he is not going to fight Jinan, Dolgon has another goal."

At this time, Li Zixiao, who came to his senses, suddenly realized.

"Sir, if the Tartars didn't plan to attack Jinan, then where would they choose?"

"This, Benjue doesn't know, but at this time, Benjue can be sure that we have indeed fallen for the scheme, and Dolgon will definitely not come to Jinan.

But if he doesn't fight Jinan, where will he fight? There is no big city in the east and west and north of the mountain?

With Dorgon's appetite, he couldn't have made a small county, or at least he had to go to the state capital.

Someone, bring me a map. ”

Li Zixiao paced back and forth anxiously, forcing himself to calm down and think.

A moment later, a large silk map was spread out in front of Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao and the generals of the White Dragon Army gathered around to watch.

"Hejian, Zhending, Shunde, Quang Binh, Daimyo......"

Li Zixiao's gaze followed the map, left Shandong, and returned to Hebei again, mainly looking at several state capitals to the south.

"That's right, Benjue always thinks about the cities in Shandong, I'm really confused."

When Li Zixiao looked at the huge map of the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, his eyes swept over some other cities around Shandong, and he instantly understood.

He fell into a misunderstanding, thinking that Hebei was broken, and most of the targets of the Tartars' trip were in Shandong.

Li Zixiao's idea was indeed right at the beginning, and Dolgon also planned so.

However, after the first battle of Shouzhang and the crushing defeat of Dolgon, he knew that except for one Jinan in Shandong, which was worth fighting against, other big cities could not be reached.

However, Jinan is not easy to fight, and Li Zixiao followed behind his ass, so Dolgon decided not to fight Jinan and choose another target.

The target chosen by Dolgon this time is no longer in Shandong, but a prefecture at the southern end of Hebei, the capital city of Guangping Mansion, Yongnian City.

At this time, most areas of Hebei, after several raids by the Tatars, were indeed uninhabited for thousands of miles, and many large cities with high and deep cities in the north did not survive.

However, the number of times that several state capitals in the south of Hebei have been plagued by Tartars is not much.

In addition to this entry, the Tartars entered the customs several times before, and plundered Shunde Mansion as far south as possible, and they did not dare to go further south.

It was also this time that the Tartars saw that the Ming court was getting weaker and weaker, so they dared to go deep into Shandong, and even killed Yanzhou.

The two southernmost state capitals in Hebei are the Daimyo Mansion and the Guangping Mansion, the territory of the two state capitals is not very large, but it has never been plundered by the Tartars, and the oil and water are quite sufficient.

Therefore, this time Dorgon can only be elected from these two state capitals.

The Daimyo's Mansion was further south, and it would take longer to retreat, and Dolgon was also worried that Li Zixiao would cut off the retreat, so he chose Guangping Mansion.

On October 19, when Li Zixiao was in Jinan City, he ushered in the 'Flying Feather Battalion' led by Xu Qian, the son of Xu Wei, and the 'Flying Eagle Battalion' led by Luo Chao.

In the westernmost part of Shandong, adjacent to the territory of Qiu County, Guangping Prefecture, Hebei, three Qing armies of more than 50,000 men and horses converged here.

"The whole army is moving westward, target Guangyuan Mansion, kill!"

Dolgon roared, and led the army directly around Qiu County, and went straight to Yongnian City, the capital city of Guangping Prefecture, he was not interested in a county seat.

"Han Tong, send all your scouts to the west, this lord suspects that Dolgon should be heading west."

Although Li Zixiao has not received the request for help, he can't wait, he knows that when he receives the request for help, it will be over.

Li Zixiao believed in his judgment this time, and asked Han Tong to be the vanguard, and all the scouts went to Xisa to find out the whereabouts of Dolgon's army.

"Xu Qian and Luo Chao, you lead the 'Flying Feather' and 'Flying Eagle', and set off with Benjue first, let's go to Texas first.

Zilong and Tianba, you lead the army to follow, and also go to Texas.

If this time Dolgon is really as Ben Jue guessed, he is going to Shunde, Quang Binh or the three mansions of the Daimyo.

Then, when we receive a request for help, it's too late to go to support, so let's go straight to the back of the Tartars.

No matter where Dolgon plundered, he could only retreat north, and Ben Jue wanted Dolgon to stay in Daming forever. ”

Li Zixiao said viciously, he felt that he was being teased by Dorgon this time.

"The last general obeys!"

Luo Chao, Li Tianba, Zhao Zilong, Xu Qian and other generals responded in unison.

And with Xu Qian and Luo Chao leading the two cavalry battalions of the White Dragon Army to arrive respectively, Li Zixiao had more troops in his hands.

The arrival of the two cavalry battalions made up for the last shortcoming of the White Dragon Army, even if Li Zixiao faced the remaining 50,000 horses of the Qing army at this time.

Even if the White Dragon Army is still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, Li Zixiao is confident that if there is a decisive battle with the Qing army, they must win in the end.

(End of chapter)