774 Dorgon counterattacked

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"Report, general, the Qing army in the territory of Xianghe is coming westward."

In Tongzhou, Hong Chengchou, who was reorganizing the army and preparing to go on the expedition, suddenly received a return from the Ming army scouts.

"What? Li Zixiao and the Qing army didn't fight in Xianghe? Hong Chengchou asked suspiciously.

"Back to the general, the Qing army was blocked by Lord Li's men and horses in the Xianghe River for a day, and then the Qing army withdrew in the early morning of this day, and instead came to the west."

"The Tartars don't take the generals in their eyes at all, and now in the eyes of these Tartars, only Li Zixiao's people can threaten them!

This time, Ben is going to teach these arrogant Tartars a good lesson.

The whole army is ready to go! ”

After informing the city and getting a report from his spies, Hong Chengchou felt humiliated, and he immediately led the army out of the city.

As early as two days ago, Chongzhen received the news that Xianghe County ordered to send people to the capital, and knew that Li Zixiao was going to stop the Qing army in Xianghe.

At the same time, Chongzhen also learned that the Qing army had looted a large amount of money, grain and materials, and Li Zixiao was probably fighting the idea of this material.

Originally, Chongzhen planned to sit and watch the White Dragon Army and the Qing Army fight, anyway, weakening the Qing Army and weakening the White Dragon Army were what Chongzhen wanted to do at this time.

However, when Chongzhen learned that the Qing army had such a large amount of money, food and materials in their hands, Chongzhen thought carefully.

At this time, Chongzhen was poor, the Ming court was poor, in order to raise silver and food, Chongzhen could be said to be racking his brains, and the money, food and materials in the hands of the Qing army in front of him were attractive enough to Chongzhen.

If it had been the past, if the Qing army had returned to the customs with so much money, food and materials, Chongzhen and the Ming army would not have had an idea.

The first few times the Tartars entered the customs, they had already scared the Ming army, and the Qing army swaggered past the city, and the Ming army in the city did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle.

However, now the situation is different, there is an extra Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army, which can completely let Li Zixiao's men and horses rush to the front!

Chongzhen wanted Li Zixiao to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army first, and then he sent Hong Chengchou to lead the Ming army to pick up the leaks and get the Qing army's money, grain and materials.

So, Hong Chengchou, who received Chongzhen's order, immediately notified the 60,000 Ming troops in the city and prepared to rush to Xianghe.

As a result, before Hong Chengchou could lead the army to leave Tongzhou, he received information, and the Qing army did not fight hard with the White Dragon Army in Xianghe, but chose to take the initiative to retreat.

also came to the west of them, which is completely not taking the tens of thousands of Ming troops on the Tongzhou side in their eyes!

Hong Chengchou, who was holding his breath, was determined to teach Tartar a good lesson.

However, Hong Chengchou is not stupid, he knows that if he wants to rely on the 60,000 Ming troops under his command, he will never be the opponent of the Qing army in the field.

Therefore, in this battle, he also counted on the White Dragon Army to resist the Tartars, and he led the army to appear again to clean up the mess.

On the other side, after Li Zixiao ordered the White Dragon Army to pursue the Qing army, Li Zixiao was on the safe side, and directly asked Luo Chao, Han Tong and Xu Qian to lead the White Dragon Army cavalry to pursue the Qing army first.

At the same time, these White Dragon Army cavalry also took on the task of exploring the way for the infantry behind, so as not to be killed by the Qing army, and the ambush would be even worse.

As a result, Dorgon was also behind him, leaving a large number of cavalry to cover, and the two sides chased after each other, but the cavalry fought first.

Thundered!

In the land of Hebei in November, the weather was already very cold and desolate.

At this time, in this vast northern field, several large groups of cavalry were chasing and killing!

"Kill me!"

Luo Chao roared angrily, leading a team of 100 White Dragon Army cavalry, galloping at high speed, fighting with an oncoming Qing cavalry.

In other directions, more Qing cavalry and White Dragon cavalry, rushing in groups, entangled.

More than 2,000 cavalry of the 'Flying Eagle Battalion' led by Luo Chao encountered a large group of Qing cavalry and killed a horse pistol on the way to pursue the Qing army.

As soon as the two sides met, a big war broke out directly.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army was relatively large, with nearly 5,000 cavalry, the cavalry of the White Dragon Army on Luo Chao's side was not afraid and was difficult to solve.

Poof!

A Tartar cavalry was smashed off his horse by a White Dragon Army cavalryman with a horse plastic, but before the White Dragon Army cavalry could wave the horse plastic again.

Sou!

An arrow came and pierced him into the neck, and the blood shot out, and the strength was lost, and he clutched his neck and fell off his horse.

The cavalry of the Qing army relied on a large number of people, with 4,000 cavalry fighting with Luo Chao's more than 2,000 'flying eagle cavalry', while the other more than 1,000 Qing cavalry circled around the periphery.

They mainly used bows and arrows to shoot the cavalry on the side of the White Dragon Army, but Luo Chao had no way at all, he couldn't spare other horses to deal with the Tartar cavalry circling around the periphery.

"Pass the order, let the soldiers come in and fight the Tartar cavalry, and beware of the arrows of the cavalry on the periphery of the Qing army."

Luo Chao looked at the arrows flying by him, and shouted to a White Dragon Army standard-bearer behind him.

After hearing Luo Chao's order, the White Dragon Army standard-bearer blew a sharp whistle in his mouth, and then he raised two flags and quickly played the flags.

The cavalry officers of the White Dragon Army, who were fighting with the cavalry of the Qing army around them, could immediately receive Luo Chao's order and immediately change their fighting style.

"Li Zixiao's subordinates are not only musketeers, but these cavalry are not inferior to my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry!

Originally, this king always thought that the Guanning cavalry of Wu Sangui on the side of the Ming Court could still compete with my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry.

I really didn't expect that this Li Zixiao would have pulled out such a strong cavalry in just a few years, which is incredible.

Fortunately, the number of their cavalry is good at this time, otherwise our Qing Dynasty's advantage in cavalry will be equaled by them.

Sure enough, the emperor's worries are correct, this Li Zixiao has become my biggest confidant in the Qing Dynasty, and I must find a way to get rid of it. ”

On the side of the Qing army, the one who led the cavalry of the Qing army to leave behind was the Tartar Prince Zheng Jierharang.

At this time, Zilharang, under the protection of a team of Tartar white-armored soldiers, stood on a mountain bag, looked at the ongoing cavalry battle in the wasteland below, and said in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, where did this Li Zixiao get so many high-quality war horses? Our Qing Dynasty has always blocked the trade of war horses from the Ming Dynasty. ”

At this time, there was a famous Tartar general beside Zilharang, who said puzzledly.

"Well, this king is also a little confused about this. Looking at the war horses they ride, they are basically produced in our grassland.

It seems that our Qing Dynasty forbade the flow of war horses into the Ming Dynasty, and the people under him did not strictly implement it!

Although this king also knows that there are about two or three thousand war horses outside our customs every year, which flow into the Ming Dynasty, basically into the hands of Wu Sangui.

It was a secret deal between the people below and Wu Sangui, and the emperor acquiesced.

This Li Zixiao wants to get a war horse, and Wu Sangui's side may be a way.

There is another way, and that should be the Mongolian side.

Those Mongolian princes and ministers carried us behind our backs to do a lot of business with Ming merchants.

Previously, we could still turn a blind eye, but after this king goes back this time, we must thoroughly investigate the sale of war horses.

This king must not allow it anymore, in the future, there will be a good breed of war horse from outside our pass into the pass, and whoever dares to reach out to earn this money will cut off the heads of his whole family. ”

After a little thought, Zilharang could guess the general origin of these war horses under Li Zixiao, and there was basically no mistake, and then said murderously.

"Report, Lord Qiqi, there is another enemy cavalry coming from behind!"

At this time, a Tartar scout rode up to Zilharan and reported.

Immediately, Jilharang rode on the mountain bag where he was standing, stretched out his hand to the guard behind him, and the white-armored guard behind him immediately handed Jilharang a clairvoyant mirror.

It was a clairvoyant mirror that the Qing army took away from some generals of the White Dragon Army.

At this time, in the White Dragon Army, the clairvoyant mirror has been popularized to the level of flag generals, and the scouts of the White Dragon Army are equipped with a clairfront mirror for each squad.

In the first battle of Shouzhang, Li Zixiao led more than 4,000 White Dragon Army soldiers who defended the city, and they were basically exhausted, and there were several White Dragon Army generals who died in the hands of the Qing soldiers.

In the hands of these White Dragon Army generals, they all distributed a clairvoyant mirror, and after these White Dragon Army generals were killed by the Qing soldiers, the clairvoyant mirrors on their bodies were captured by the Qing soldiers.

At this time, the Qing army had already captured several clairvoyant mirrors of the White Dragon Army, anyway, Dolgon, Zilharang and Duoduo had one each.

At this time, Zilharang looked west with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw a white dragon army cavalry rushing towards them several miles away.

"I have to say that these 'kitsch and obscenity' of the Han people are very interesting, this kind of clairvoyant mirror can see so far.

Our generals of the Qing Dynasty, if we can have these clairvoyant mirrors, we can better control the battle situation on the battlefield! ”

Zilharang muttered as he watched with a clairvoyant mirror.

Soon, Zilharang put down the clairvoyant mirror and said to the guards behind him: "Blow the horn and let our soldiers retreat." ”

Woooooo

Immediately, the horn of the Tartars sounded above the mountain bag.

Not far away, the Tartar cavalry who were fighting with Luo Chao's 'Flying Eagle Battalion' withdrew one after another after hearing this horn sound.

"General Luo, Xu Qian is late."

When Xu Qian led more than 2,000 cavalry from the 'Flying Feather Battalion' and arrived here, the Tartar cavalry had completely withdrawn, and Luo Chao did not dare to order the pursuit, Xu Qian walked up to Luo Chao and said apologetically.

"These dogs, they don't let us follow at all, we can't chase too close.

This time, the Tartar cavalry only turned around and killed one of us, and not all the Tartar cavalry came over and surrounded us.

If the whole army of Tartar cavalry attacks, we encounter an ambush by the Qing cavalry, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.

You have to be careful. ”

Luo Chao was slightly injured, and at this time, a medical soldier was bandaging the wound on his left arm, he looked at Xu Qian, and said with a solemn face.

After hearing this, Xu Qian nodded slightly and said, "Yes, fortunately, this side of Shuntianfu is mostly plain terrain, and there are not many ambush locations that the Tartars can choose."

This is very beneficial to us, and we still have to chase what we should chase, and it is right to be cautious. ”

Subsequently, Luo Chao and Xu Qian continued to lead two battalions of cavalry and continued to chase after the Qing army.

After a fierce battle just now, Luo Chao's Flying Eagle Battalion lost more than 500 cavalry, so that Luo Chao's cavalry at this time was less than 2,000 people.

On this day, the cavalry of the White Dragon Army led by Luo Chao and Xu Qian continued to fight with the Tartar cavalry, and the battle was fierce.

Until noon on the 5th, Li Zixiao led the White Dragon Army foot soldiers to catch up, and the Qing army escorted those big carts, and the marching speed was certainly not as fast as the White Dragon Army foot soldiers.

"Kill!"

Just when the Qing army marched to a place called Shangdianyuan, the distance between the main armies of the two sides was less than three miles, and the White Dragon Army was about to catch up with the Qing army.

At this time, the direct battle between the Tartar cavalry and the cavalry of the White Dragon Army was carried out in the gap between the two armies and on the open field on the two wings of the two armies.

Suddenly, from the left and right flanks of the Qing army, two large groups of Tartar cavalry outflanked the White Dragon Army infantry behind, and the speed was very fast.

At the same time, the Qing soldiers who had been escorting nearly two hundred carts in front of them suddenly turned their heads and killed the main force of the White Dragon Army.

Dorgon began to fight back.

"Stop advancing, array, array, don't panic! The sword and shield soldiers come forward to block, and the musketeers line up quickly! ”

Just when the Tartar cavalry came back, killing from both wings of the White Dragon Army, trying to break through to the White Dragon Army's camp.

The White Dragon Army also found out for the first time, and Li Zixiao shouted loudly for the first time.

Because the Tartar cavalry who came back from the two wings was the fastest, they killed in front of the foot soldiers on the two wings of the White Dragon Army in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the formation of the White Dragon Army was basically scattered due to the march, and the Tartar cavalry was too fast, so they didn't give them time to reorganize the formation.

Since there is not enough time, it is up to the White Dragon Army to fight for it by itself.

At this time, the White Dragon Army's heavy responsibility of blocking the two-wing Tartar cavalry and buying time for the White Dragon Army's musketeers to line up fell on the swords and shields.

The sword and shield soldiers of the White Dragon Army are actually a combination of sword and shield soldiers and pikemen, they are all shield-wielding, and some of their weapons are knives and some are spear-wielding.

Peng!

As Li Zixiao gave the order, the thousands of white dragon saber and shield soldiers on the left and right flanks quickly rushed out of the ranks, and then formed a shield wall on both of their wings.

Behind the shield wall, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army in the first row will stretch out their war knives through the gaps between the shield walls in front of them, forming a sword forest.

The white dragon sergeants in the back two rows put the spears in their hands on their shields, pointing diagonally forward, and the end of the gun barrel was pressed against the ground, forming a gun forest.

More than 8,000 white dragon saber and shield soldiers quickly formed a shield wall on the left and right flanks, and they were also double-shielded, to block the Tartar cavalry from rushing into their formation.

On the front, the three thousand White Dragon Army cavalry led by Luo Chao and Xu Qian and Han Tong were fighting with the Tartar cavalry.

Behind the cavalry, there were also more sword and shield soldiers who quickly rushed out to assemble, forming a shield wall thicker than the two wings, protecting the White Dragon Army's less than 10,000 musketeers on three sides.

The musketeers also quickly lined up, quickly checking the muskets and loading the ammunition, all calmly and without panicking.

And with the sword and shield soldiers on both wings of the White Dragon Army, they quickly formed a shield wall, and the Tartar cavalry had already rushed over.

(End of chapter)