754 wants to withdraw at this time, it's too late

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"Give the whole order to Tuso, before dawn, if he can't attack again, he won't come back to see this king."

Dorgon said coldly.

The Tartar general Tusuo in front, after receiving such a strict order from Dolgon, also directly picked up his sword and personally led the Qing troops to attack.

"It's all for the general, if you can't kill you before dawn, you can't go into the city, and the prince can't spare anyone.

Now everyone, rush with Ben, kill! ”

Tuso was desperate, and all the Qing soldiers were also desperate, and the offensive of the Qing soldiers became more intense.

"Are these clear dogs crazy, it's completely a life-fighting style!"

A general of the White Dragon Army, who was in charge of commanding the battle in front, looked at the Qing soldiers who were attacking frantically in front of him and completely lost their lives, his face changed in shock, and he said.

"It's about to dawn, and the Tartars are desperate, which means that the reinforcements of the two generals, Li Tianba and Zhao Zilong, should be coming soon."

Peng Hao stood behind and whispered, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"Soldiers, it's about to dawn, and Qinggou is attacking so desperately, which means that our reinforcements outside the city should have arrived.

Victory is about to belong to us, for the sake of the lord, for the sake of victory, for the sake of honor, war, war! ”

Peng Hao stood up in time and shouted loudly to boost morale.

"Tremble, tremble!"

Sure enough, after hearing Peng Hao's shout, the morale of the White Dragon soldiers and militiamen was inspired, and they all had high fighting spirits, roaring and fighting with the Qing soldiers who rushed up.

Poof!

A Qing soldier and a white dragon sergeant rushed together, and the two hugged each other directly, and the long knife in their hands stabbed each other frantically.

The soldiers on both sides started to fight without their lives, and they were not afraid of death, only thinking about killing the enemy, and did not care about their own lives.

And at this moment, Li Tianba, who was marching more than ten miles north of Shouzhang City, could already see the fire on Shouzhangcheng's side from such a distance.

"Soldiers, we are about to rush to Shouzhang, the lord and the brothers of the Flying Dragon Battalion are there, they are really holding on, and they are still waiting for us to arrive to support.

Everyone, give Ben a little faster, rescue the lord, kill all the Tartars, hurry up! ”

Li Tianba rode on a horse, ran on the side of the road, and shouted loudly to the white dragon army foot soldiers on the march.

"Report, General, I found a large group of Tartars riding horses in front of us, and they are coming towards us."

Suddenly, a White Dragon Army scout rushed to Li Tianba on horseback and shouted loudly.

"What? The Tartar cavalry is coming, damn it. ”

After Li Tianba heard this, his face changed suddenly, he scolded secretly, and immediately shouted: "The whole army stops advancing, and the sword and shield hands immediately take the shield and form a defensive array."

The musketeers are ready to fight, connect the carts, block the outside, don't let the Tartar cavalry break up the formation, hurry! ”

As Li Tianba's order was issued, the White Dragon soldiers who were marching immediately stopped marching and took their own actions.

This is the sorrow of their foot soldiers, when the cavalry attacks, they can only immediately passively defend and form a tight formation.

Otherwise, when the enemy cavalry rushes in, if they are still scattered in formation, the opposing cavalry will rush and kill, which will be enough to break up and divide their army.

Even the White Dragon Army foot soldiers, who are now equipped with flintlock pistols, cannot escape this fate, and still have to line up before the Tartar cavalry team rushes in.

In this way, Li Tianba and the others will not be able to continue the march, and they will be delayed to rush to the outside of Shouzhang City, which is also a matter of no choice.

At least, for now, it seems that Dolgon sent 5,000 Tartar cavalry over, and it did temporarily block the advance of Li Tianba's troops.

Soon, 10,000 White Dragon Army foot soldiers lined up in formation, and they placed large carts on the outermost periphery, and further inside were sword and shield bearers holding shields.

They surrounded the six thousand White Dragon Army musketeers in the middle, and the musketeers were arranged in four large formations, distributed in four directions, south, east, west, and north.

If the Qing cavalry wanted to attack their formation, they had to first cross the carts on the periphery and break through the shield wall of the sword and shield soldiers, and then they could kill and injure the core musketeers.

And in the process of the Tartar cavalry charge, they had to endure continuous fire from thousands of musketeers from the center of the White Dragon Army array at every moment.

In the field, the Tartar cavalry storming one of these White Dragon Army arrays is basically no different from sending them to their deaths.

"Whoa!"

Soon, five thousand Tartar cavalry rushed in, and they were divided into three teams, mighty and majestic, circling around the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who were shrunk into a group.

The three teams of Tartar cavalry just kept circling around the White Dragon Army array, and the distance was nearly two hundred paces, but they refused to approach.

Because they didn't dare, the Tartars had already seen the power of the flintlock pistols in the White Dragon Army, and they would not make the same mistake twice.

In the same way, they did not carry out mounted shooting, because at such a distance, the flintlock pistols of the White Dragon Army could not hit, let alone the bows and arrows of the Tartars.

"These damn Tartar cavalrymen are deliberately stalling for time."

Li Tianba's face was gloomy, and he looked vaguely at the galloping Tartar cavalry in the distance, and said.

"Order, let some of the sword and shield men push the cart and move slowly, and the sword and shield men and musketeers will follow."

Li Tianba was unwilling to be dragged here by the Tartar cavalry like this, and ordered his soldiers.

"General, no."

But immediately, the generals of the White Dragon Army stood up to object: "General, it is not yet dawn and the field of vision is limited, so it is not appropriate for our army to move rashly."

Although it is important to save the lord, we must first ensure that our own strength is intact before we are qualified to rescue the lord.

If we are caught by the Tartar cavalry and break up the formation, when the time comes, our team will suffer serious losses and will not be able to rescue the lord.

Now there is only half an hour left before dawn, and there is no need to rush at this time.

Judging from the fact that the Tartars came to stop us, Shou Zhangcheng was still in the hands of the lord at this time, and the Tartars did not fall, and we still had time. ”

Of course, Li Tianba also knew that at this time, when the sky was gray, it was very dangerous for them to move forward while maintaining a dense array.

If one is not careful, and the Tartar cavalry catches the opportunity, they may lose the battle, and this general of the White Dragon Army is not wrong to oppose it.

"Hey, then we'll wait another half an hour, he. . . Damn! ”

Li Tianba cursed unwillingly, then looked at Shouzhangcheng in the south, and prayed in his heart: "Sir, you have to hold on!" ”

Just when Li Tianba was dragged by 5,000 Tartar cavalry more than ten miles north of Shouzhang, for the soldiers of the White Dragon Army in Shouzhang City at this moment, it was simply like a year.

The Qing soldiers launched a deadly attack from all directions, and at this time of the battle, Peng Hao, Du Tengfei, and other senior generals of the White Dragon Army were all thrown into the battle.

Finally, after almost half an hour had passed, although the sun still hadn't come out, the sky was already bright, and the situation could be seen clearly at least a few hundred meters away.

"Order, the whole army marches in formation."

At this time, Li Tianba couldn't wait any longer, and decisively ordered the whole army to march forward in formation.

The so-called formation advance is to keep the formation of the musketeers undispersed, and the formation of the sword and shield soldiers remains unchanged, and a small number of foot soldiers push the peripheral carts forward.

Suddenly, the queue of sword and shield soldiers and musketeers in the cart maintained a dense formation and moved collectively.

But unfortunately, their movement is too slow, and the march is completely different from the march.

They didn't dare to move too fast, otherwise they would never be able to keep the formation in the process of advancing quickly, and once the formation was out of order, it would give the Tartar cavalry a chance.

When the soldiers of the White Dragon Army marched forward in formation, there was a group of Tartar cavalry, wanting to rush up and test it, not wanting to let them advance.

Bang bang bang!

As a result, when this group of Tartar cavalry rushed over, the moving White Dragon soldiers immediately stopped, and then the musketeers fired.

After a burst of gunfire, dozens of Tartar cavalry fell from their horses, allowing the Tartar generals to decisively order a retreat.

"Keep going."

Then, the 10,000 White Dragon Army foot soldiers continued to move forward slowly.

And the five thousand Tartar cavalry that surrounded them never attacked them again, but still surrounded them, waiting for an opportunity.

"No, that's too slow."

In this way, after Li Tianba's department walked for about a stick of incense, Li Tianba finally couldn't help but speak.

He really couldn't stand it anymore, the speed at which they advanced in such a formation was too slow, and a stick of incense walked less than two miles.

If they follow their speed, I am afraid that they will be able to reach Shouzhang at noon, which Li Tianba cannot accept at this time.

"Let the soldiers speed up faster, try not to scatter the formation, this is the time to take risks, I'm worried that the lord won't last long in the city."

Li Tianba also made a decision at this time and gave an order.

Immediately, Li Tianba's 10,000 White Dragon Army foot soldiers advanced in formation at a faster speed, making the surrounding Tartar cavalry ready to move.

Just when Li Tianba was vigilant, always on guard against the Tartar cavalry surrounding them, and rushed over, suddenly the Tartar cavalry withdrew one after another.

"What's going on? How did the Tartar cavalry withdraw? Is it ......?"

The faces of some of the White Dragon Army soldiers changed, and they thought of a bad result.

"Don't think nonsense, no matter why the dog Tartar cavalry withdrew, we must rush to Shouzhang City as quickly as possible now.

The whole army listened to the order, advanced at full speed, the target was Shouzhangcheng, and it must arrive in half an hour, and set off! ”

With Li Tianba's order, 10,000 White Dragon Army foot soldiers began to march rapidly, rushing to Shouzhang as fast as possible.

At this moment, in Shouzhang City, groups of Qing soldiers were also rapidly withdrawing, leaving behind corpses in one place, and the blood had already stained the entire Shouzhang City.

"The Tartars have retreated, the Tartars have retreated, we have won, long live the lord, long live!"

When they saw that the Qing soldiers had withdrawn from all of them, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who were guarding the last line of defense in the city, as well as the more numerous militiamen, all shouted excitedly.

When they had finished shouting, they all sat down on the ground one by one, on the corpses of the enemy, and they were all exhausted.

"Quick, send someone to report the good news to the lord, we won."

Peng Hao was not lightly injured, and he was too tired at this time, so he was supported by a soldier and gave an order.

Until dawn, the Qing soldiers still failed to completely defeat the defenders in the city, attacked the city, and killed Li Zixiao.

Instead, after daybreak, the Tartar scouts hurriedly reported to Dolgon, outside the city, that they had once again found a White Dragon army less than ten miles northeast of Shouzhang Castle.

Moreover, the number of this White Dragon Army is even larger, with more than 20,000 people.

At this moment, Dolgon was really panicked, and hurriedly ordered the Qing troops in the city to withdraw, preparing for the withdrawal of the whole army.

More than 30,000 reinforcements from the White Dragon Army arrived, and for the Tartars who had experienced several days of hard fighting at this moment, they were in danger of being surrounded and eaten by others.

However, by this time it was too late for Dorgon to evacuate, and they had already missed the best time to evacuate.

For the seven or eight thousand Tartar cavalry who had been wandering outside the city at this time, it was not difficult for them to withdraw at this time.

After all, they were cavalry, but for the Qing soldiers who had fallen into the city, the Han army with a white flag, and the Mongols, it would take a lot of time for them to withdraw.

"Brother Fourteen, what's wrong? Why withdraw the army, give me another half an hour, and I will be able to kill Li Zixiao and capture the thief alive. ”

When Dorgon led his army to Dorgon, he shouted unwillingly.

"It's too late, the two White Snake armies in the north, with more than 30,000 people, are only six or seven miles away from us.

If you don't leave, do you want us to be surrounded here by Li Zixiao's reinforcements? ”

Dolgon's face was gloomy, and he didn't have a good attitude towards Duoduo this time, and said coldly.

"So what do we do now? There are still many soldiers who have not been evacuated from the city. ”

After listening to Dolgon's words, Duoduo suddenly panicked and said eagerly.

At this time, a ruthless color flashed in Dorgon's eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "It's too late, when the other soldiers in the city withdraw, Li Zixiao's reinforcements are estimated to arrive."

We must withdraw immediately, or we will really be surrounded by the White Snake Army.

Fortunately, the soldiers of our Zhengbai and white flags in the city, this king sent someone to inform them in advance, and now they have almost all been withdrawn.

Those who haven't withdrawn yet, most of them are the men and horses of the Han Army under Zhang Kang's White Banner, so leave them to drag the reinforcements of the White Snake Army for us! ”

"This ......"

When Dorgon heard this, Dorgon was even more frightened.

Duoduo understood that Dolgon also gave up the entire Han army's white flag in exchange for letting them withdraw smoothly with the white and white flags.

You must know that the Han army under Zhang Kang is under a white flag, and there are more than 20,000 foot soldiers, even if the tragic siege battles in the past few days have lost seven or eight thousand people.

But Zhang Kang's Han army was under a white flag, and when they gathered at this time, they could still have more than 10,000 horses.

As a result, now that Dorgon said that he was ready to abandon, such ruthlessness, decisiveness and courage that Dorgon thought he could not do.

Moreover, Duoduo also had a trace of fear in his heart, he was worried that if they lost all the white flags of the Han army of more than 20,000 people under Zhang Kang.

When they returned to the gate, Huang Taiji would definitely not be able to spare him and Dorgon.

"Fourteenth Brother ......"

Dodor was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Dorgon.

"Fifteenth brother, I know what you have to say, but the current situation has no choice for us.

Only the strong man can break his wrist, otherwise our whole army will not be able to withdraw, and it is better to sacrifice the white flag of the Han army under Zhang Kang than to let all of our flags with white and white flags be lost.

As for going back to the emperor's punishment, there is no need to worry about this, even if we are defeated this time, the emperor will not punish us. ”

Dolgon's last words were meaningful.

(End of chapter)