Lu Xiangsheng's general Zhou Siyong hurried to Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Captain Lu, Commander Pang sent someone to report that thousands of Tatars were found in front of us and were driving towards our army. They seemed to be blocking our army's path."
"What did General Pang say?"
Lu Xiangsheng is not worried about this situation. There are only thousands of Qing troops. He believes that Pang Gang has the ability to deal with it.
Zhou Siyong said solemnly: "General Pang has ordered the forwards to prepare to contact the enemy, but he also said that he does not have a sufficient number of cavalry on hand and asked the governor to send cavalry to assist."
"Okay, then let's send our cavalry over." Lu Xiangsheng had a cavalry team of more than 3,000 people, which he had worked hard to pull together. It had always been a worry for him, but now he didn't care.
He sent out hesitantly, which shows that he attaches great importance to Pang Gang.
Just when Lu Xiangsheng was about to send his cavalry to support Pang Gang, the gunshots and shouts of killing in front gradually stopped. Lu Xiangsheng was about to send someone to ask what was going on, but someone from the front came to report: "Qi Qi
Reporting to Governor Lu, the Tatars immediately evacuated after a slight contact with our army. Judging from the situation, it seems that they do not want to confront our army head-on."
"What's going on?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but was stunned on the spot. In the past, if the Qing soldiers encountered the Ming army, they would usually give the Ming army a barrage of arrows and then make a decision based on the situation. If they saw that the Ming army was strong, they would slowly
Retreat, if the Ming army is alone
o swallowed it in one gulp, and heard Ye Bubu say that this Qing army consisted of thousands, and they should be able to fight the vanguard, but why did they retreat on their own initiative? This is not the Tatar style.
"It's like this." Seeing the confused look of his governor, Ye Bushuang came to report and quickly explained: "Just now, General Pang fired a volley of muskets, killing the Qing soldiers and wounding hundreds of them.
, the Tatars withdrew their troops in fear."
"What? Killed and wounded hundreds of people in one fell swoop? Are you serious?" Lu Xiangsheng was shocked. A single volley could kill and wound hundreds of Qing soldiers. How sharp a firearm must be to do this?
ah.
However, then Lu Xiangsheng thought about it again. Pang Gang was purely a firearms unit. The last time King Qin had some spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, it was better now. Almost all of them were armed with guns. It seemed that he was right
He really has a special liking for firearms. It seems that just now he probably used thousands of infantry to launch a volley.
Thinking of this, the surprise in Lu Xiangsheng's heart gradually dissipated. He waved his hand and signaled Ye Bu to retreat, and said, "Since the thieves chief has retreated, order the troops to continue moving forward."
What Lu Xiangsheng didn't know was that the battle just now might not be a big deal to Pang Gang, but it was frightening to the Qing general who was ordered to come to harass him.
The Qing soldiers who fought Pang Gang just now are an elite cavalry under the command of Yue Tuo, the Manchu general Yang Wu. The leader of this cavalry is a Gushan Ezhen named Harry Chao, who is under Yue Tuo.
A confidant.
Originally, Harry Chao's mission was to stop the advance of this Ming army and test its strength. However, when Harry Chao just tried to launch an attack, he realized that this was not the cowardly Ming army in the past. This was simply
It's a monster! I originally wanted to take advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness during the march and send out three hundred cavalry to launch an attack and take advantage of it. Unexpectedly, the opponent fired a volley at me, and immediately put that wave of
The attacking troops were beaten to the point of being knocked upside down.
The three hundred attacking cavalrymen were beaten to a pulp before they could get within a hundred steps of the opponent, and only less than a hundred of them came back.
Harry Chao, who was so frightened that he dared to charge again, quickly ordered his men to blow the retreat horn, and thousands of people retreated eastwards.
That night, more than a hundred miles away from the Ming army in the east, in a brightly lit camp, Yue Tuo, Duo Erzhong and other generals who had rushed to join him a few days ago were discussing the military situation.
In front of them, Harry Chao, who was frightened and ran away after being fired by Pang Gang today, was standing in front of the two of them with his head lowered.
"Harry Chao, are you sure you read it correctly? All the soldiers and horses you encountered today were armed with extremely sharp firearms?" Yue Tuo stared at Harry Chao with his piercing eyes.
"I'm reporting to Mr. Beile, this slave is indeed right. As soon as the villain came into contact with them today, the other party's firearm crackled and hit them. One of my slaves was knocked out in half at once. The loss was too great. As soon as the slave
I don’t think it’s good, so I ordered the troops to withdraw and came to report to you.”
Yue Tuo and Dorgon looked at each other and asked at the same time: "Did the other party fly a Pang flag?"
"Exactly!" Harry Chao said quickly: "The opponent's flag was exactly Pang, and it also had the characters Shandong Qingzhou!"
"Pang Gang, why is it Pang Gang again!" Yue Tuo slapped his head with his hand in some pain.
Now, everyone in the Qing Dynasty knows about Pang Gang. After the story of the massacre in Liaodong, he is no different from a man-eating demon in the hearts of the Manchu people. Although Huang Taiji was
After seeing through Pang Gang's strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, he did not return to Liaodong to aid, but the loss of more than 20,000 and nearly 30,000 soldiers and civilians was a real and huge loss.
The news spread to all the armies, and almost all the banner leaders and generals were excited. They wondered why the Qing Dynasty had suffered such a natural disaster. They were rushed into their lair, burned, killed, looted and then left calmly. However, they themselves
But there was nothing he could do. If Huang Taiji's prestige wasn't so high, he might have been unable to suppress him long ago.
Now this demonic army appeared in front of them again, and Yue Tuo and his generals were all shocked...
Yue Tuo's mental quality was indeed good. After being shocked for a moment, he immediately said to Dorgon: "Prince Rui, now that Pang Gang has appeared in front of us, what do you think we should do?"
Dorgon said without hesitation: "What else can be done? One word, beat! If Pang Gang is not eliminated, our Qing Dynasty will never have peace!"
"Yes, fight!"
"Avenge the deaths of our tribesmen!"
All the generals in the tent were excited, and they all clamored to avenge the people of Liaodong.
Yue Tuo silently analyzed it in his mind and then said to Dorgon: "Prince Rui, if we want to fight, we have to make a careful calculation. According to the spies' reports, our two armies now have more than 70,000 troops after joining together.
The Ming army only had more than 20,000 and less than 30,000 people, so I thought that I could completely surround them with superior force and then annihilate them in one fell swoop."
But Dorgon asked calmly: "Oh, I dare to ask the general, where is the best place for us to encircle and annihilate the Ming army?"
Yue Tuo walked to the map with a look, pointed at a ground and said: "This is it, the giant deer!" (To be continued)