736 rushed to the aid of Shouzhang

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"Dog minion, take your men and horses, and continue to look for your master, if you don't find it by tomorrow morning. and return with your army. ”

Dolgon glanced at Guye, his face was cold, and said.

"Yes, the minions obey."

Dolgon still hasn't killed Guye, and the reason why he asked Guye to look for him until tomorrow morning is back.

It was because Dolgon guessed that if the thousands of soldiers with white flags under the command of Gu Ye searched a radius of thirty miles, but still did not find Duoduo.

Then, there is probably only one possibility, that is, Duoduo was killed, or captured by Li Zixiao.

By the time the sky darkened, the Qing army camp three miles east of Shouzhang City had basically been built.

"Tuso, arrange tonight's sentry so that the soldiers can rest for a good night."

Li Zixiao commanded one of his henchmen Tartar generals.

"Yes, lord."

As it gets dark, most of the people in Shouzhang City are resting, only a few blacksmith shops in the city are still brightly lit at this time, and many people are busy working.

Li Zixiao recruited more than 12,000 militiamen, but there were still more than a third of them, not to mention armor, and they couldn't even distinguish a knife and gun.

The other militia who were assigned armor were also all Tartar armor.

Li Zixiao directly distributed the Tartar armor they had captured to these militiamen, and he didn't even have time to cut and reform.

Faced with so many weapons shortages, Li Zixiao had to select a group of blacksmiths from the people in the city, and let them use the blacksmith shops in the city to build weapons day and night.

"Sir, should we launch a night attack tonight, we can't let the Tartars rest peacefully."

Peng Hao suggested to Li Zixiao.

"What do you think?"

Li Zixiao looked at the other White Dragon Army generals around him and asked out loud.

"Sir, my subordinates are worried that Dolgon's cunning will not lay an ambush.

If the Tartars really laid an ambush and caused great casualties to our army, Shouzhang City would not be able to hold it.

In the opinion of his subordinates, even if the night attack is over, it is better to be cautious, but you can make some movement, harass the Tartars, and prevent them from sleeping peacefully. ”

Du Tengfei stood up and said, he was more cautious.

"Well, Benjue is also more cautious.

It's true, there are too few soldiers in our city to afford to lose!

If there is a mistake in the night attack, our soldiers will lose too much, and we will not be able to hold the city tomorrow by relying on those militias alone.

So, the night raid is still forgotten.

It's okay to make some noise, harass the Tartars, and prevent them from sleeping peacefully. ”

Li Zixiao is also more inclined to Du Tengfei's opinion.

"Sir, leave the harassment to your subordinates." Du Tengfei took the initiative to ask.

"Okay, be careful."

"Yes, sir."

After nightfall, the Qing army camp east of Shouzhang City also became quiet at this time, only the light of the fire in the brazier illuminated a small area.

At this time, in more than a dozen tents outside the Qing army camp, there were no Qing army soldiers sleeping inside.

On the contrary, there stood the Qing soldiers in armor, armed with guns, ready to rush out at any time.

Dolgon did lay an ambush, and he was also worried that the White Dragon Army in Shouzhang City would launch a night attack on them tonight, so he prepared in advance.

In the tent in the camp of the Qing army, more than 20,000 soldiers of the Qing army were sleeping soundly.

Dolgon had plenty of troops at his disposal, and only used less than 10,000 soldiers to ambush, while the rest of the Qing soldiers were resting.

In this way, even if the White Dragon Army does not come to attack them tonight, the 30,000 Qing soldiers will not be able to rest.

Whoever let Dolgon have a daytime already knows that the White Dragon Army hiding in Shouzhang City at this time only has four or five thousand people, and the number is not much.

In this way, Dolgon has enough troops in his hands to prepare for both.

After midnight and noon, from the east gate of Shouzhang City, a group of White Dragon Army cavalry rushed out and quickly rushed to the Tartar camp.

"Everybody ready."

Du Tengfei led six hundred cavalry of the White Dragon Army, and it took a very short time to rush to the outside of the Tartar camp.

The Tartars in charge of standing guard had already spotted them and set them on fire to warn the Qing troops in ambush in the camp.

"My lord, the Ming Dog Cavalry has come to attack us."

In the camp of the Qing army, in addition to the Qing soldiers who were ambushed in the camp tent, there were also groups of Tartar cavalry waiting.

"Don't worry, wait until they rush in and say yes."

Tusuo said with a white armor, riding on a war horse, the hazy moonlight shining on his fierce face, his eyes showing a fierce light, and said.

As long as the cavalry of the White Dragon Army rushed into the camp of the Qing army, and the 10,000 Qing troops who were in ambush suddenly came out, Tusuo believed that it would be enough to leave all the White Dragon Army cavalry that attacked them at night.

At this time, you need to be patient, wait for the prey to enter the set, and you can't startle the snake in advance.

It's a pity that this time the Tartar was wrong, and Du Tengfei didn't come to attack at night.

When the six hundred White Dragon Army cavalry led by Du Tengfei rushed out of the city gate, each of them carried two iron-shelled mines in their hands.

Halfway through, Du Tengfei will ignite these iron-clad mines, which have long leads and will burn for a long time.

"Everybody ready, throw!"

When Du Tengfei led the 600 White Dragon Army cavalry and rushed to a distance of about 10 meters outside the Qing army's camp, he gave an order, and at the same time the 600 cavalry team began to turn.

At this time, I could only see the six hundred White Dragon Army cavalry led by Du Tengfei lined up in a long line.

More than ten meters away from the Qing army camp, he suddenly made a sharp turn, drew an arc, and moved away from the Qing army camp again.

And just as these White Dragon Army cavalry turned, they also threw the two ignited iron-shelled mines each of them into the Qing army camp.

After 1,200 iron-clad mines were thrown into the camp camp of the Qing army, some rolled into the camp tent, and exploded a moment later.

Boom Boom!

A loud explosion was very clear under the silent night sky at this time.

"Report, the Ming dog cavalry did not rush into the camp."

Soon, Tuso received a report that the White Dragon Army cavalry had not stormed the camp.

"Hmph, these Ming dog cavalry, count their fate."

Tuso snorted coldly and said.

He was very dissatisfied, and waited for a night, and 10,000 soldiers did not rest, but he was teased by the other party, and of course he was not happy.

The loud explosion also woke up the other sleeping Qing soldiers in the Qing army camp, and they rushed out of the camp tent one by one.

"It's okay, go back to sleep."

Soon, there were Tartar generals shouting everywhere, telling these Tartar soldiers who rushed out to go back to sleep.

Dolgon was also awakened, and soon got a report from Tuso in front of him, knowing that the White Dragoon cavalry in the city just came to harass him and threw a lot of iron-clad mines.

There was no night attack, and only more than thirty casualties were inflicted on them, which undoubtedly disappointed Dorgon.

"Let Tusuo disband the soldiers who are in ambush, Li Zixiao will not dare to attack us tonight."

Dorgon then gave the order, and then lay down to sleep again.

After Du Tengfei harassed and returned, Li Zixiao stood on the city wall, looking at the Qing army camp outside the city.

"There was an ambush in the Tartars, but fortunately there was no sneak attack." Li Zixiao said happily.

After Li Zixiao saw Du Tengfei throwing an iron-shelled mine into the Qing army camp, the Qing army camp in the eastern half of the country quickly lit up with fire in a short period of time, and saw a crowd of people.

On the contrary, the Qing army camp in the western half was still pitch black, and there was not much firelight.

Li Zixiao, who saw this scene, immediately knew that the Qing army had set up an ambush.

"It's a pity that Dolgon has been prepared for a long time, and this harassment is basically ineffective, inform Peng Hao that the second wave of harassment will be canceled."

The light of the torch shone on Li Zixiao's face, and the light and darkness were uncertain, and he couldn't see his face at this time, but it was guaranteed not to look good.

"Go back, let the soldiers have a good rest, there is a big battle to fight today."

Seeing that the night harassment did not have much effect, Li Zixiao gave up and asked the soldiers to go back and rest well.

And on this night, Li Tianba, who was in Gaotang Prefecture at this time, also saw the herald sent by Li Zixiao.

Several teams of heralds sent by Li Zixiao rushed to Gaotang Prefecture, Jinan and Kaifeng to give orders.

"General Li, the lord orders you to rush to Shouzhang quickly."

A herald of the White Dragon Army rushed to Gaotang Prefecture in the middle of the night, met Li Tianba, and handed Li Zixiao's handwritten letter to Li Tianba.

"What? The lord is trapped in Shouzhang City? How can you be so careless.

The order went down, and the whole army marched overnight, and the destination was Shouzhang. ”

After Li Tianba saw Li Zixiao's letter, he was anxious on the spot.

"General Li, don't worry, the lord said, let you act according to the plan on the letter, don't be reckless."

The herald said patiently.

Immediately, Li Tianba was patient again, and after reading the second half of Li Zixiao's letter, he immediately laughed and said: "I'll just say, how could the lord be so careless."

Feelings are a set set by the lord for the tartars, but the lord uses himself as bait like this, which is too dangerous.

Rest assured, I will act according to the plan, give the order to the whole army, and send troops at dawn. ”

"Damn, the lord actually won such a big battle, and even Shou Zhangcheng was taken down, poor dog Tartar prince Duoduo, you will be unlucky when you meet the lord!"

Li Tianba smiled and said.

The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, people are not as good as heaven, and Li Zixiao originally sent Li Tianba to Gaotang Prefecture to prepare to block the retreat of the Tartars.

However, as a result, as Li Zixiao attacked Duoduo once, and accidentally defeated Shouzhang City, he was blocked in the city by Dolgon, who led a large army, and the battlefield situation changed rapidly.

At this time, Li Zixiao had to change the order to Li Tianba again, and asked him to lead the army to Shouzhang to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army.

At the same time, Zhao Zilong, who was in Jinan, also received an order from Li Zixiao.

"General Zhao, your injuries have not healed yet, so it is not appropriate to personally lead the troops to the battle!"

The military doctor persuaded Zhao Zilong.

But at this time, after receiving Li Zixiao's order, he learned that Li Zixiao defeated Duoduo, captured Shouzhangcheng, and Li Zixiao was preparing for a decisive battle with the Qing army in Shouzhangcheng, so he was excited, how could he miss this battle.

"Ben Jiang's injuries have basically healed, and this battle must be done. Command the whole army to prepare for the march. ”

At the same time, Wei Hong, who was in Kaifeng, also received Li Zixiao's order the next day.

"Someone, send someone south to Luzhou, give General Luo an order, and let him lead the army north.

Ordered General Xu to send the 'Flying Feather Battalion' to the north. ”

While Wei Hong sent people to Xu Wei in Luoyang and Luo Chao in Luzhou, he did not forget to summon the White Dragon Army in Kaifeng.

After daybreak, Dolgon's Qing army besieged Shouzhang City, but did not immediately attack the city.

On the one hand, it was because Dolgon was still unsure whether Duoduo had fallen into Li Zixiao's hands, and he needed to confirm it today.

On the other hand, Dorgon had just arrived in Shouzhang, and he had not yet built much siege equipment.

Today, he detached part of the Qing army, drove the craftsmen and young strong, and continued to cut down trees and build siege equipment.

It's just that after dawn, Li Zixiao still put on a posture outside Shouzhang City, 30,000 Qing soldiers surrounded Shouzhang City, and artillery pieces were lined up outside the city.

"First use artillery for this king, and greet this Earl Li of the Ming Dynasty, we are also old rivals."

Dolgon sat on his horse and said to his men beside him.

Boom Boom!

Immediately, more than 50 Hongyi cannons bombarded Shouzhangcheng, which was also Dolgon's first demonstration to Li Zixiao.

"Squat, squat, don't be afraid."

As the Tartar artillery outside the city opened fire, the generals of the White Dragon Army on the city wall of Shouzhang shouted at the militia around them.

These militiamen were also very frightened in the face of the artillery bombardment of the Tartars, and they were so frightened that they panicked, in stark contrast to the calm and calm soldiers of the White Dragon Army next to them.

Fortunately, with the continuous shouting and kicking of those officers of the White Dragon Army, let those militiamen hide behind the city wall, and finally did not let the situation become too chaotic.

"Can we really count on these guys to fight alongside us?

If they see the Tartars, they must not be frightened to death! ”

Looking at the panicked militiamen, a veteran of the White Dragon Army showed disdain in his eyes and said to his companions next to him.

"Yes, the lord has taken too much risk this time. If these militias can be trained for ten days and half a month, maybe it will be better.

It's too much time now, let them face the Tartars, hey......"

The companion next to him, in the end, simply sighed and didn't say any more.

"Okay, you two are worried, you are not much better than them when you first went to the battlefield.

The first time they were shelled, panic is certain, you should set an example for them.

After a few fights with the Tartars, after adding blood, these people are all veterans, and the battlefield is the most experienced people. ”

A White Dragon Army captain walked over, glared at the two veterans, and said.

"Yes, yes, Captain Wu, you're right, we're talking too much." The two veterans of the White Dragon Army accompanied the smiling faces and said.

After three rounds of shelling, the shelling of the Tartars ended.

After all, the Tartars didn't carry many shells, and they fought deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty without logistical supplies.

When they finished firing the shells they brought, their artillery would become a pile of scrap metal.

So, after three rounds of shelling, he ordered to stop firing.

"Sir, why do the Tartars only shell but not attack the city? What is the use of such shelling? ”

Peng Hao stood behind Li Zixiao, looked at the Qing soldiers and horses outside the city who still hadn't moved at this time, and asked puzzledly.

"Interesting, it looks like most of the Tartars haven't found Duoduo yet!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Zixiao's mouth, and he said thoughtfully.