At the northwest corner of Tongzhou City, Dorgon and a group of his subordinates were enjoying the wind and watching the sunset on the city wall. Several horses galloped towards them from a distance, waving small flags in their hands.
Dorgon chuckled, looked at the sunset and let out a long breath: "Let's take action. The poor Ming army came to die like this because of a stupid king. It's really not worth it!"
"Emperor Ming has been fatuous for more than a day or two. It can be said that one generation is worse than the next. At present, almost all the territory outside the Guan is lost, the country has no soldiers who can fight, plus various natural and man-made disasters, the Ming Dynasty is like this." Kong Youde said, raising his hand to the sunset: "
The old age is heavy, and the futile struggle will eventually lead to sinking."
Dorgon glanced at him: "I am actually very curious about how you guys feel when you see Ming Dynasty in such a state of decline."
"It's all your own fault. How can you still wear sackcloth and mourning for him?" Shang Kexi snorted coldly, and the other two also sneered. Dorgon touched his palms and was about to say something when he suddenly frowned and looked toward the southwest. Under the dusk,
In the wilderness a few miles away, there seemed to be people and horses fighting.
Everyone's eyes were attracted. They looked up and took a closer look. Hundreds of Qing troops were fighting fiercely with a Ming army. Unexpectedly, the Qing army was slightly outmatched. They were killed by the Ming army and retreated towards Tongzhou City.
retreat.
Dorgon's face immediately became solemn. Could it be that the Ming army that appeared out of nowhere was the Ming army's South Route troops that were detected at noon? But the Ming army, which was obviously a cover, had been resting in a forest twenty miles away.
If you don't move forward, why do you get to this point?
"Your Majesty, this is just a trick of the Ming army to confuse the enemy." Kong Youde looked at it for a while and saw that the Ming army only had more than a thousand people, so he thought: "The Ming army is the main force on the northern front, and the southern front is used to contain it.
We have no strength, but we don’t dare to go deep into the army, so we have to send a small group of troops to harass, because we are afraid that we will use the entire army to fight the main force of the Ming army on the northern front.”
As soon as the mystery was revealed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and laughed and scolded the Ming army for being childish and cowardly. However, the smiles on their faces soon faded away and their expressions became serious. It turned out that the Ming army outside the city was extremely brave, with more than a thousand cavalry like thunder.
The situation was such that the hundreds of Qing cavalrymen who claimed to have unparalleled combat power were invincible and even defeated!
"You are just taking advantage of others, you really think you are a toy." The Qing general Nikan scolded: "Your Majesty, I am humble enough to lead three hundred soldiers and horses to slaughter this bright dog!"
Dorgon nodded slightly: "Go, leave no one behind!"
Duduo turned around and went down to the city. Dorgon glanced at the generals around him and saw that they were all focused on the battle outside the city. He couldn't help curling his lips: "It's hard to enter the elegant hall with a small talk. Only when you hear about the tragic defeat on the northern front will you realize how ridiculous it is."
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All the generals smiled when they heard this. Dorgon was right. The Ming army outside the city seemed to be fighting fiercely and making the Qing army retreat. In fact, it was not that the Qing army was out of strength, but that it was caught off guard.
After all, the main force of the Qing army has left the city and is fighting with the main force of the Ming army on the northern front twenty miles northwest. The remaining troops are looting everywhere. There are only three thousand soldiers in Tongzhou City, and there are also many scouts and patrol teams outside the city. It happens that the Ming army is
It doesn't matter how many cavalrymen are targeted to defeat the few.
But then again, comparing the combat power of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, one to two, three to three or even five or six Qing armies are no problem. At this time, the Ming army outside the city only had more than a thousand people, and the Qing army also had two to three hundred people.
How could he be beaten to the point of being unable to fight back? This is unscientific and damages the reputation of the Qing cavalry.
However, Dorgon did not mention it, and everyone consciously ignored this embarrassment. Seeing the city gates wide open and Duduo leading more than a hundred cavalry out of the city, a sneer appeared on everyone's face.
A small village a few miles southwest of Tongzhou City has long been reduced to ruins without any chickens or dogs left. Just now, two groups of Ming and Qing troops fought fiercely here. In the end, the Qing army abandoned more than a dozen lives and fled into the city in embarrassment.
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Hao Yongzhong did not order the pursuit, and his officers were very puzzled and shouted: "Master Hao, why don't you catch up and kill all the Tatars?"
Master Hao, hey hey, Hao Yongzhong felt happy. In the past, everyone in the rebel army called him Hao Yaoqi, Liquor Jar, but even his subordinates only called him Leader Hao. Now, this is the first time he is called Master Hao.
The feeling of being an officer and soldier is indeed different, it is very exciting.
Since you are an adult, you must act like an adult. Hao Yongzhong snorted, wiped the blood on the long knife with his hand, and squinted at Tongzhou City in the distance: "Are you blind? You didn't see those Tatars panicking.
We hurriedly retreated into the city, but the Tatars far outside the city were still wandering around and were not nervous at all. What does this mean? It means that they just want to lure us there. Hey, no wonder they ask you to lay melon eggs. They are really tender.
Very, far behind me..."
When he said this, the faces of the soldiers under his command suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and they were very unconvinced.
Why is this? Because they are Teng Xiangwei and Jinwuwei.
Although the Guards were jokingly called “raw melon eggs” by the frontline field troops, these two guards were rewarded for their military exploits. Teng Xiangwei was a veteran fighter in the Guards, and they had made great achievements in the defense of Baoding Prefecture half a month ago.
, Jinwu Guards made great contributions in the Taiyuan defense battle a few months ago. In their eyes, they and the other personal guards are not the same at all!
But at this moment, in the eyes of this surrendered thief general, they are still no different from those raw eggs, which is annoying or not.
Of course, it was annoying. They felt angry from the moment they were transferred to obey his orders. The Guards, who had great military achievements, were actually obeying the orders of a notorious surrender leader. Many soldiers were very reluctant.
However, everyone knew that the little eunuch had a mountain of military orders, and he had no choice but to endure his anger and humiliation. However, what was even more annoying was yet to come.
Following Chang Yu's military order, Hao Yaoqi detached 500 cavalry from Jinwu Guard and Teng Xiangwei each to form a vanguard to harass the enemy in Tongzhou City.
Although Hao Yaoqi was addicted to alcohol and was careless and careless, he was not stupid after all. He could see that the more than a thousand soldiers under his command were very dissatisfied with him. To be precise, they were very disdainful and did not like him.
If it were other generals, they might show off their power, or they might be moved by their feelings. After all, only when everyone works together as a team can they be invincible. If the people are not united and the soldiers are not in harmony, it is like scattered sand that will collapse with a single blow.
But Hao Yaoqi didn't show any force or force, he just giggled, looked at his soldiers and said: "I know you are not convinced, but it is useless. I am a thief, but you are not even as good as a thief. I was still in the thief army."
He led thousands of people, and he is still leading thousands of people, and you are just a big-headed soldier. You know why not, because I have the ability. You know what I have the ability to do, is to kill people. Kill officers and soldiers when they are traitors.
Now when you become an officer and soldier, you will kill the Tatars. If any of you are dissatisfied, just compare and see if I am more capable than you..."
This guy ignited the fire in the hearts of more than a thousand soldiers under his command with his constant talk and slap in the face. I just don’t accept it...
So the unlucky ones were the Qing army's scouting horses and patrol teams outside Tongzhou.
Hao Yaoqi led the team in the afternoon after setting off from the Eucommia ulmoides forest where the army was resting, sometimes walking slowly, sometimes running quickly, sometimes going north and sometimes going south. When encountering Tatars probing horses, they hunted, and when encountering patrols, they fought hard. At dusk, they finally approached Tongzhou City.
, by this time, nearly a hundred enemies had been killed, and when they encountered a Qing army patrol with nearly a hundred people, they started to attack without saying a word.
Since it was near Tongzhou City, the sound of killing attracted the support of surrounding Qing army spies and other patrols. There were more than 300 people in total. According to the virtues of the Ming army in the past, they would never have the courage to fight to the end. If they were touched twice, they would hurry up.
run.
But who is Hao Yaoqi? He is just a mindless roughneck who does whatever he wants. He doesn't care how many people you have or how awesome you are, but it happens that all of his soldiers are provoked by him and want to do something for him.
Fighting with dignity, fighting for the honor of Teng Xiangwei and Jinwuwei is also a fight with blood and anger!
This time was incredible, the momentum was overwhelming, and the two guardsmen were veterans of the battlefield who had seen bloodshed and had rich experience in actual combat. Although their combat power was not as good as that of the Qing army, at this time they were able to conquer mountains and rivers with the strength of their numbers and their arrogance.
Such momentum actually caused these Qing troops to retreat in succession, and finally fled back to the city.