Chapter 340: Dog Eats Dog
340 dog eats dog
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Chizawa.
"Kill!"
At this time, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and two iron horsemen of thousands of people were fighting in the wilderness, holding the banner of the Ming Dynasty on one side and the banner of the Qing Dynasty on the other.
And what is incredible is that this Ming cavalry is not much more numerous than the Tartar cavalry on the opposite side, but it can fight on par with the Tartar cavalry, but it is only slightly inferior.
"Damn, Tartar, is this crazy?"
Gao Qi looked at the two cavalry fighting fiercely outside, his eyes were afraid, his body even trembled a little, and he said in horror.
Until now, Gao Qiqian has not figured out why the Tartar suddenly went crazy and did not hesitate to start a war with his Guanning Iron Cavalry.
Before, the Tartars clearly knew the location of the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by him, but they were only wary of them, and they did not take the initiative to attack, why did the Tartars suddenly attack them?
Just an hour ago, Gao Qiqian had planned to withdraw with Guan Ning's iron cavalry to avoid the Tartars' army, and Gao Qiqian thought that Lu Xiangsheng had been killed by the Tartars at this time.
He must make some moves at this time, make some cover-up for his previous failure to save Lu Xiangsheng from death, and save some trouble afterwards.
However, what Gao Qiqian could not have imagined was that just as he was leading the army and preparing to withdraw, the nearly 30,000 Tartar army led by Dolgon forced them over.
The sudden arrival of Dolgon's army directly made it impossible for Gao Qiqian to withdraw with Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and he was blocked back to Jize.
Afterwards, Dorgon sent someone to call out to Gao Qiqian, telling him to find Dordor, or let him die here today.
Gao Qiqian is still instinctively afraid of Tartars, as long as the Tartars' requirements are not too excessive, most of Gao Qiqian's requests will agree.
But this time, Dorgon actually asked him to hand over Dodor, which blinded Gao Qiqian?
Gao Qiqian also knew who Duoduo was, that was Dorgon's own brother, Prince Yu of Tartar, prince of Tartar, and how noble his status was.
What made Gao Qiqian even more puzzled was why Dolgon would come to him and ask for someone. It's unbelievable.
In the face of Dolgon's request to release Duoduo back, Gao Qiqian looked confused, of course there was no one to let go, and sent people to explain to Dolgon politely.
But Dolgon thought that this was a deliberate lie by Gao Qi, after all, Duoduo was such an important Tartar prince, once he was sent to Chongzhen, this was a great merit.
Therefore, no matter how Gao Qiqian sent someone to explain, Dolgon didn't listen, and he was hidden by Gao Qiqian after identifying Duoduo.
In the end, even though Dolgon was very jealous of this Guanning Iron Cavalry, he still launched an attack on the Guanning Iron Cavalry, hoping to force Gao Qi to sneak and release people.
Guan Ning Tieqi is not a vegetarian, and at this time, even if Gao Qiqian doesn't want to fight with Tartar, he can't do it.
He can't watch the Tartars kill him, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry soldiers under him won't sit still.
The Tartars forced to this step, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry could no longer bear it, and opened several skirmishes with the Tartar cavalry who rushed up, and both sides paid a lot of casualties.
Dolgon's attack on the Guanning Iron Cavalry was only to put latent pressure on Gao and force him to comply, and he did not order his Tartar army to attack in an all-out way.
After all, the Guanning Iron Cavalry in front of him is not a soft persimmon, and Dolgon, with less than 30,000 Tartar soldiers under his command at this time, is not sure to eat this Guanning Iron Cavalry.
But Dolgon knew that if they really started a full-scale war with this Guanning Iron Cavalry, even if they ate this Guanning Iron Cavalry in the end, there were less than 30,000 men under his command, and it was estimated that there would not be much left.
At that time, whether they can safely withdraw outside the customs is really hanging, and at the same time, this is also contrary to the original intention of the Tartars to enter the customs.
They had come to plunder, not to fight, and Dorgon knew that he wanted to rescue Dordor but not to bury his team.
Dorgon's life is important, and the safety of the Tartar army is even more important.
Originally, Dorgon thought that he would just take the posture of fighting and then launch a few seemingly powerful attacks.
It was enough to scare Gao Qiqian into handing over Dordor, but this time Dorgon miscalculated, and he had already ordered three attacks.
The Tartars and the Guanning Iron Cavalry also fought three battles, and the casualties on both sides exceeded 1,000, but Dolgon could no longer see Gao Qiqian and release him back to Duoduo.
Now Gao Qiqian is a dumb person who eats Coptis chinensis, and he can't say what he is suffering from, while Dolgon is difficult to ride a tiger!
Until the next day, Gao Qiqian did not hesitate to let the Guanning Iron Cavalry protect him and forcibly retreat north, causing the Guanning Iron Cavalry to suffer a lot of losses.
At this time, Dolgon seemed to have some taste and brought Qi Wei to him again, and Qi Wei couldn't help laughing at this time.
At this time, Dolgon still doesn't understand, he was tricked by the bright general in front of him.
Duoduo should still be in the hands of that Li Zixiao at this time, and he was not there at all, everything before was a lie made up by Qi Wei.
Thinking about all this, Dolgon, who was furious, directly ordered someone to drag Qi Wei and Qi Lin down to split the corpses, and finally Abatai came forward and stopped Dolgon.
For a day before Duoduo was rescued, the Tartars did not dare to kill Qi Wei and Qi Lin.
"Come on, bring people to this king all the way to Jinan Mansion, and bloodied any village people you encounter along the way, not a single one will be left.
If the Ming army does not appear, this king will kill them until they appear, and kill this land with rivers of blood and bones, kill!
If the Ming army does not appear, when the king captures Jinan, he will also capture one of them alive, and then he will be able to exchange Duoduo back. ”
In the end, Dolgon gave an extremely crazy order in an attempt to force Li Zixiao out.
Moreover, Dolgon really couldn't stay here at this time, because the other Tartar team led by Yue Tuo had already conquered Texas at this time and headed straight for Jinan.
At this time, Dolgon could no longer continue to lead the army and stay in Hebei, he needed to lead the people east to Shandong and Yuetuo to converge, and then jointly gnaw Jinan.
After all, Jinan Mansion is the provincial capital of Shandong, the city is high and there are many people, and the garrison is very strong.
Jinan Mansion is the last stop of the Tartars' original plan to enter the customs and plunder, and the richness of Jinan Mansion has already been investigated by the Tartars.
Moreover, the city of Jinan is the fief of King De, and Dolgon originally did not put this Ming prince in his eyes, mainly focusing on the population and wealth of Jinan.
But now, Dolgon's goal is also to target King De of Jinan, he wants to increase the chips in his hand, and finally use it to exchange Duoduo with Li Zixiao.
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On the other side, Li Zixiao also sent Han Tong out with scouts to inquire about Qi Wei and Qi Lin.
"General." Soon, Han Tong brought people back.
"How?" Li Zixiao asked eagerly.
Whether it is Qi Wei or Qi Lin, they are all rare generals under Li Zixiao who have rich experience in leading troops at this time, and he doesn't want accidents.
"General, we found out, the two brothers, Qi Wei and Qi Lin, were not killed in battle, they were all captured by the Tartars." Han Tong reported to Li Zixiao.
"It's good if you're not dead, it's good if you're not dead."
After Li Zixiao heard this, his heart was relieved, as long as Qi Wei and Qi Lin did not die in battle, even if the two fell into the hands of Tartar at this time, Li Zixiao was not afraid.
Because he still has a Duoduo in his hand, the dignified Prince Yu of Tartar, and the owner of one of the Eight Banners of Tartar with a white flag, which can be described as a high authority.
As long as Duoduo is in hand, Qi Lin and Qi Wei can be easily rescued at that time.
"General, when we came back, we found something very strange." Han Tong continued.
"What's the matter?"
"At this time, Dolgon is leading the Tartars to attack the Guanning Iron Cavalry of Ji Ze's Gao Qiqian."
"What! The Tartars and the Guanning Iron Cavalry are fighting! Li Zixiao roared loudly, directly attracting Lu Xiangsheng as well.
"No, for some reason, Gao Qiqian seemed to have the intention of withdrawing, but he was blocked by the Tartars who rushed over, and then the Tartars took the initiative to launch several waves of small attacks on the Guanning Iron Cavalry.
The two sides were still relatively restrained, and there was no Armageddon, so we didn't dare to get too close, and we didn't understand why Dolgon would deal with the Guanning Iron Cavalry. ”
Han Tong's words made Li Zixiao and Lu Xiangsheng fall into deep thought, and the two of them didn't expect this to happen.
Because it stands to reason that Gao Qiqian will not let Guan Ning Tieqi and the main force of the Tartars fight to the death, and Dolgon will not force Chongning Tieqi.
If the two of them wanted to fight, they would have started a fight a long time ago, and it would not have dragged on until now.
"It seems that something must have happened in the middle, some things we don't know about, is it related to Dodor being captured by us?"
Li Zixiao boldly speculated.
"General Li's speculation may be justified." Lu Xiangsheng also chimed in.
"Forget it, they eat dog, it doesn't matter to us now, let's evacuate here according to our original plan.
We are right now under the noses of the Tartars, and if we don't pay attention, we will be discovered by the Tartars, and if we are entangled by the main force of the Tartars, we will fall short. ”
In the end, Li Zixiao, who couldn't figure out the reason, no longer bothered about this and continued according to his original plan.
Li Zixiao, who returned to the base camp in Linqingzhou, had also withdrawn from the camp south at this time, and Lu Xiangsheng originally planned to leave, but he stayed.
Because Li Zixiao told Lu Xiangsheng that Kong Youde would be handed over to him to take away.
As for Duoduo, Li Zixiao didn't say it, Lu Xiangsheng only felt it at this time, and Li Zixiao probably didn't plan to hand Duoduo over to the imperial court.
This made Lu Xiangsheng a little anxious, so he simply continued to retreat south with Li Zixiao, and found Li Zixiao and had a showdown with Li Zixiao.
In the past few days, Lu Xiangsheng has finally figured out the origin of Li Zixiao and the specific situation of the elite Ming army under him.
The truth of the matter was a bit difficult for Lu Xiangsheng to accept, he never thought that Li Zixiao and his subordinates were not controlled by the imperial court at all.
But the more this is the case, the more Lu Xiangsheng decided in his heart to pull Li Zixiao back to the court and let him serve the court.
"General Li, this is a memo I wrote to the Holy Lord, and the details of this battle are all in it, you might as well take a look."
On the way south, Lu Xiangsheng found Li Zixiao and handed him a copy of the recital he had just written.
"Can I watch it?"
"Of course you can, this official will hit the Tartars this time, annihilate the record of at least more than 4,000 Tartars, and rescue me and more than 1,600 soldiers under him, all of which are written in it."
When Lu Xiangsheng spoke, Li Zixiao had already begun to read the content of Lu Xiangsheng's recital.
Lu Xiangsheng reported to Chongzhen that he did truthfully report the battle between the White Dragon Army and the Tartars, and sued Gao Qiqian.
But it is very strange that Lu Xiangsheng did not mention the fact that they captured Duoduo and Kong Youde in the recital.
Li Zixiao looked at Lu Xiangsheng, handed him back the fold, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Lu has guessed it." ”
Hearing Li Zixiao say this, Lu Xiangsheng sighed in his heart, knowing that his guess was right, Li Zixiao really didn't plan to hand over Duoduo to the imperial court.
"Lord Li has hinted enough to Lu along the way, if the official can't guess it again, it will be in vain."
"Since Lord Lu wants to know, then today Li will be open and honest with the adult, Kong Youde's traitor, Lord Lu can take it away, it can be regarded as a gift from Li to the adult.
As for Duoduo, Li is still useful, and he can't be handed over to adults, my brothers are still in Dorgon's hands, and if you want to rescue them, you can only exchange Duoduo. ”
Li Zixiao said to Lu Xiangsheng.
"I'm afraid there is another reason, Lord Li didn't say it, Lord Li is afraid that he will send Duoduo to the imperial court, and soon he will return to the Tartars safe and sound!"
After Li Zixiao heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, he couldn't help but look at him, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from Lord Lu, that's right, Li does have this concern."
Does Lord Lu think that Li's concerns are wrong? Look at the current officials and masters in the court, all of them have some virtues, and the lower officials don't want to talk about it.
Rather than hand over Dordor to the imperial court, the lower officials should make a deal with Dolgon, and at the same time rescue our captured generals, and save many of the plundered civilians from the Tartars. ”
"It seems that Master Li has made up his mind, so this official will join you in the process of capturing Kong Youde in the subsequent twists and turns, as for Duoduo, it should be that he has never seen it."
Li Zixiao didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to agree with Li Zixiao's approach so easily, and even helped him hide it, which made Li Zixiao look at him strangely.
In fact, of course, Li Zixiao could feel Lu Xiangsheng's intention to woo him, and Li Zixiao also knew that Lu Xiangsheng had figured out the true origin of him and his subordinates at this time.
But Lu Xiangsheng did not alienate Li Zixiao because of this, but his intention to woo him became more obvious, which was also in line with Li Zixiao's original intention.
At this time, he didn't want to rebel again, it was his established policy to be attached to the court, and Lu Xiangsheng was also his favorite and backer in the court.
And Lu Xiangsheng is a smart person, Li Zixiao found that communicating with smart people is convenient.
Lu Xiangsheng also felt Li Zixiao's sincerity, and Li Zixiao's generous handing over Kong Youde to him is the best proof.
Lu Xiangsheng could see that Li Zixiao did not have a rebellious heart at this time, and he was still a rare talent, and he had a group of elite soldiers under him, so this would be fine.
As long as he does not rebel against the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng can not blame Li Zixiao for the rest of the past, this is Lu Xiangsheng's mind.