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After several days of confrontation, the military rations were greatly consumed. Li Zicheng decided to take the initiative to go out to fight. He also wanted to save the military rations and go south to fight Shandong.

"Report, the enemy army has left the customs!"

"Just come, the whole army retreats."

After hearing the news from afar, Huang Taiji was very happy, and took the initiative to retreat to Yong'an Fort, choosing to defend the city.

The defense of Shanhaiguan was turned into a siege of Yonganbao by Li Zicheng.

After half a month of fighting, with neither winner nor loser, Huang Taiji completely turned into a tortoise.The [-]-strong army was divided into two, one was to defend Yong'an Fort, and the other was to defend the nearby mountains, forming a corner to resist Li Zicheng's attack.

This guy was stalling for time. His two divisions had to detour across the Great Wall and go straight to Li Zicheng's rear.

The outcome of the war has already been decided long ago.

Li Zicheng didn't take the Man Qing to heart, and didn't even release the secret work, only sent sentry cavalry to spy on the enemy's intelligence.

And Huang Taiji has eyeliner everywhere, knows Beizhili well, and his military plan is very targeted.

At this time, Huang Taiji was still alive, and the Manchu Qing army was at its peak, not the Qing army who came to fight Shanhaiguan after the internal strife.

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cold direction.

Tang Tong, who had surrendered to Li Zicheng, was drinking and having fun in the city.

Daming is gone, everything is easy.

Tang Tong has already run out of rations, so he doesn't think about anything now.Just wait for Li Zicheng to win the battle and come back to pay himself, otherwise his soldiers will mutiny.

"General Town, it's not good, the Tartars are here!" The guards rushed in to report.

"Come on!"

Tang Tong was so frightened that he ran to the stable in a hurry.

While running, he suddenly came to his senses, how could Li Zicheng's group of rogues beat the elite soldiers of the Tartars?

Tang Tong defeated the bandits many times, and lost to the Manchus many times.

He has contempt for Li Zicheng and fear for Man Qing, and immediately feels that Man Qing will win at the critical moment.

What's more, the Manchu Qing army has already killed, and I must not be able to resist it.

Even if Li Zicheng wins the battle, if he loses his cold mouth, he will most likely be accused. It is better to surrender now.

Tang Tong rode on his horse and ordered the whole army: "Follow me to welcome the soldiers into the village!"

"The enemy has surrendered!"

"Haha, the Han people are still so courageous."

Hauge laughed out loud, which didn't surprise him.

Every time the Manchu Qing came to attack the Great Wall Pass, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty all fled after hearing the news.The only difference, before was to escape, this time it became a surrender.

After accepting the surrender, Hauge encouraged him, and said to Tang Tong: "Soldiers are precious, don't delay, take soldiers with me to fight Jizhou immediately!"

Tang Tong came up with an idea: "General, I think we can attack Qian'an first."

"Why do you want to fight Qian'an first?" Hauge asked.

Tang Tong explained: "The guard of Qian'an is Bai Guang'en. This man was originally a bandit, but he was recruited by the Ming Dynasty and became the general soldier. He is a thief himself, and he kills thieves ruthlessly. He has a big grudge against Li Chuang's lieutenant general. Moreover, this man was born as a bandit, although he is well appreciated by Hong Chengchou, he has many conflicts with the other generals in Ji Town. Now that he is forced to submit to Li Chuang, no matter whether it is Li Chuang's people or Hong Chengchou's people, they may find him to settle old scores."

Hauge smiled and said, "There are no people outside here."

"That's true," Tang Tong said with a smile, "Bai Guangen is anxious and afraid of being retaliated by all parties. As long as the general arrives, this person must surrender to my Qing Dynasty!"

Hauge said: "If Bai Guangen offers the city and surrenders, I will give you a great service!"

"Thank you, General, for your appreciation." Tang Tong was overjoyed.

The Manchu division and Tang Tong marched together, and as soon as they arrived at Qian'an City to persuade them to surrender, Bai Guangen ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.

Before a battle was fought, Hauge had [-] more soldiers under his command, and then sent his troops to attack Jizhou, where Hong Chengchou was in charge.

Hauge was lucky in this way, but Dorgon kicked the iron board.

Dorgon also attacked and captured Xifengkou by surprise, but was immediately counterattacked by Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao led his servants to attack at night and killed Dorgon's tent.Fortunately, they were all elites. Not only did the Qing army not collapse, but they were able to gather troops to encircle them.

Cao Bianjiao successfully broke through, led his troops to Jizhou, and joined forces with Hong Chengchou's pacesetters to defend the city.

Hong Chengchou was very embarrassed, he had soldiers but no food.

Chapter 365 [Siege]

Jizhou.

Hong Chengchou said to several generals: "There are still more than ten thousand soldiers in the city, but there is not much food left. At first, I wanted to rely on Li Chuang, and he could send some food as soon as possible, but now it is obviously useless. Let me tell you, How should this battle be fought?"

In the past two years, Hong Chengchou has been farming in Ji Town, but the drought has been severe for two consecutive years.

Moreover, rebels are everywhere around, and Hong Chengchou still has to suppress the mob, and it is not easy to collect some food and it will be consumed.

Jiang Zhu, the deputy general who escaped from Liaodong, said: "We can only break through the siege. After breaking through, we can go to Shanhaiguan and join forces with Li Chuang to attack Huangtaiji. At that time, Li Chuang will have to give the army rations. Or, after breaking through the siege, we can go south directly." , go to Shandong to join forces with Zuo Liangyu."

Jiang Zhu never thought of defecting to Zhao Han, because he was born as a general in Hunan.

His family's property was allotted to military households by Zhao Han.The whole male family was sent to mine, and the female family members were also forced to remarry.

It can be said that Jiang Zhu and Zhao Han have a sworn feud!

Wang Tingchen said: "I think we should stick to it. When the army rations are finished, we will eat... The longer we stay here, the greater the chance of winning for Li Chuang. Maybe we can kill the old thief (Huang Taiji)!"

Hong Chengchou actually tends to stick to it.

The Manchu Qing sent troops in a hurry, and there was no time to come out in full force.

Huang Taiji only had [-] soldiers in his hands, Hauge and Dorgon each had [-], and the remaining Eight Banners troops were still gathering in Liaodong.Although Hong Chengchou didn't know the exact number, judging from the speed at which the Manchus dispatched troops, he could guess that the opponent must have insufficient troops.

On the Jizhou side, there are more than 1 soldiers. If they work together, they can defend until the Qing army runs out of supplies.

Li Zicheng's [-] army is very likely to defeat Huang Taiji!

But Cao Bianjiao said: "If you defend for a long time, you will lose. Tang Tong and Bai Guang'en are waiting for the wind to surrender. There may be people in Jizhou City who want to surrender. You can defend for three or five days. After ten and a half months, what if someone secretly informs the Tartars?"

Although these words are ugly, they make sense.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have fought over the years, and many times they have the advantage. Some people flee for no reason, and some people surrender for no reason.

"It's because I didn't plan well, and I made a big mistake in employing people." Hong Chengchou had to admit his mistake, because all the generals had resentment in their hearts.

Tang Tong was brought by Hong Chengchou from Xuanhua. He believed that this person was trustworthy, so he arranged to defend the direction of Lengkou.Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou surrendered without firing an arrow. Hong Chengchou is responsible for knowing people and not knowing.

Cao Bianjiao stood up and pressed his saber: "The two armies of the Tartar bandits joined together, and their strength is only [-]. Including Tang Tong and Bai Guangen who surrendered, the strength is also less than [-]. Tang Tong and Bai Guangen are both incompetent people, but they are large in night attack When the time comes, take the opportunity to attack the Tartars. If the Tartars are in chaos, they will attack fiercely. If the Tartars are not in chaos, they will retreat to the city. Whether you are defending or leaving, first win a battle and then talk about it!"

"That's right, let's talk about winning one game first." Wang Tingchen nodded in agreement.

Hong Chengchou asked: "Who is willing to lead troops to attack at night?"

Cao Bianjiao said with a smile: "Since it was my idea, I should go to attack at night. You should be prepared. Once the Tartar camp becomes chaotic, the army in the city will come out to kill the thieves."

After discussing the details again, Hong Chengchou finalized the matter.

Cao Bianjiao immediately selected the best and strongest in the army, and after nightfall, he led more than 400 cavalry and more than 500 infantry out of the city to attack the camp.

After many battles, Cao Bianjiao's family cavalry, now there are more than 400 left.

The night raid went very well.

Although Tang Tong actively offered advice and meritorious service, the troops under his command had no fighting spirit, and felt that with the Qing soldiers in charge, the defenders would not dare to go out of the city to attack.

Unprepared, Cao Bianjiao rushed into the camp with his cavalry, and the infantry set fire to the enemy camp and killed them.

Tang Tong woke up in the middle of the night, and was so frightened that he rode his horse and ran away.

"Father, save me... ah!"

Tang Tong vaguely heard his son's screams, but he couldn't care less.His son can be reborn after death, but he has nothing when he dies. He frantically rode his horse towards the Qing army camp.

The camps of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen are serialized together, but the camps of the Qing army are separated by a long distance.

Bai Guangen's reaction was similar to Tang Tong's. He rode on his horse and fled in the direction of the Qing army's camp.

There were about 2000 defeated soldiers, all of whom fled to the Qing army camp.Disrupting the periphery of Dorgon's camp, Dorgon was terrified, and ran in the direction of Haoge in fright, while ordering the soldiers to blow the trumpet to assemble.

Dorgon is very powerful in political struggles, but as for civil affairs and military affairs, to be honest... it's terrible.

He was attacked by Cao Bianjiao at night at Xifengkou, and was almost hacked to death on the spot.Now that he has become a frightened bird, he will run away before he encounters an emergency, and dare not gather troops in place.

"Blow the horn, blow the horn!"

"Woooooo~~~~"

The camp of the Qing army was in chaos, and Cao Bianjiao blew the horn. According to the established plan, the army in the city should fight out together.

"Open the city gate and send troops!" Hong Chengchou was overjoyed.

But Jiang Zhu said: "Master Supervisor, the Tatar camp may not be in chaos yet, so you can wait a little longer."

It's really not that messy.

Dorgon's camp, chaotic but not broken, is being dispersed into multiple groups of troops.

Hauge has completed gathering troops and is heading towards Cao Bianjiao.

Of course, if the Jizhou defenders take the opportunity to fight out, there is a certain chance of winning.

But no one is willing to take the risk, Jiang Zhu is not.

Wang Tingchen was dispatching troops to fight, but the generals under his command were trembling.Wang Tingchen rushed out of the city gate with his servants, and his generals were still hesitant, so they just watched the main general rushing alone.

"Bastard!"

Wang Tingchen rode out for a while, suddenly felt something was wrong, turned his head to look, and was immediately blown away.

"Zhuzi is not enough to plan, go back to Beijing to pick up your family first!" Wang Tingchen took two hundred family members to the south, neither supporting Cao Bianjiao nor returning to the city to stand firm.

Cao Bianjiao charged and killed several Manchu nobles in a row. The elite infantry he brought out were all dead, and there were only three hundred family cavalry under his command.

So far in the fierce battle, the friendly army has not come to support, Cao Bianjiao already knows what's going on.

"Breakout to the south!"

The small group of Qing soldiers who had just gathered were quickly dispersed by Cao Bianjiao.Before Hauge and Dorgon led troops to encircle, Cao Bianjiao rushed out of the enemy camp in a thrilling manner, leaving only more than 160 cavalry around him.

When Wang Tingchen heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, he immediately ordered his servant to rein in his horse and stop.

"Woooooo!"

The horn sounded, and Cao Bianjiao came to join him in search of the sound.

"Why don't you come to support!" Cao Bianjiao asked angrily.

Wang Tingchen explained: "I'm out of the city, and all the generals refuse to follow. How can I support you?"

Cao Bianjiao said depressedly, "What's your plan next?"

Wang Tingchen said: "I want to go back to Beijing first, take my family away, and then go to the south together. It's good to go to anyone, anyway, you can't stay in the north. Once Jizhou falls, the Tartar bandits will plunder everywhere, and even attack Shanhaiguan from behind. , Li Zicheng will definitely lose this battle!"

"You can still go back to pick up your family, but I can't even go home!" Cao Bianjiao became more and more angry.

Wang Tingchen and his servants belong to the Three Thousand Battalions of the Ming Dynasty Jingbing.

During Zhu Di's period, this army was the strongest cavalry in the entire Ming Dynasty.Later, it rotted away. When Wang Tingchen first led the troops, he saw the enemy running away after hearing the news.

Wang Tingchen had no choice but to learn from the frontier generals, relying on embezzlement of military salaries, equipping his cavalry, and turning part of the three thousand battalions of the Ming Dynasty into his own private servants.

As a result, the fighting power has increased greatly.

Wang Tingchen himself, as well as the relatives of his servants, are all inside and outside Beijing at this moment.

They were so eager to return home that they didn't want to stay in Ji Town for a long time.

Hundreds of cavalry ran south for a while, and soon went west towards the capital.

Run to dawn, stop and rest.

Cao Bianjiao asked, "Who is going south to vote for?"

Wang Tingchen said: "We all have enmity with thieves, do you still dare to rely on Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Zuo Liangyu is not a candidate. If he is in danger, he may sell us at any time."