The Ming army harassed them all night long but did not launch an attack. At first, Dorgon did not know his intention and the entire army was on alert. However, when he found that the Ming army in Tianjin Guards to the north had no movement, he slowly realized that this was purely revenge.
Although they had seen through the Ming army's intentions, they did not dare to stay here for a long time. They broke camp and left regardless of a sleepless night. They just wanted to get away from Tianjin Guards as early as possible. This situation of being attacked from both front and back made the army panic and uneasy, so they left early and were relieved.
When the sky turned white, Dorgon hurriedly led his troops to break camp and leave. He did not forget to curse the little eunuch's insidiousness and shamelessness all the way. It is indeed the nature of a child to retaliate, and he is naive!
This is really an injustice to the little eunuch. Although the Qing army stayed up all night last night, Chang Yu slept so sweetly that he had no idea what happened last night.
But after all, paper could not cover the fire. After the morning exercise, just after washing up and preparing breakfast, the soldiers came to report, and the Tatars broke camp and left.
Chang Yu was confused, it was abnormal so early.
"Maybe it's better to take advantage of the coolness," the personal attendant Qiao Sanxiu said casually: "After all, the weather has been too hot these two days."
Chang Yu was doubtful, but Li Yan couldn't help but tell him about the matter at the dinner table. Huang Degong didn't hide it from him. He couldn't hide such a big news involving so many generals and soldiers.
Chang Yu didn't get angry after hearing this, but just smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Huang Chuangzi's temper really gets worse as he gets older, but this kind of thing will never happen again. General Li, you have to beat him."
Now it was Li Yan's turn to smile bitterly: "The Tatars are so shameless. The soldiers have endured it for too long. Mr. Huang has a bad temper and can't control it the most... But the factory supervisor always throws this hot and offending matter to a humble position.
Huang Chuangzi will not look good to someone in a humble position in the future."
Chang Yu laughed and sighed: "It's not like you don't know his temperament. I say he seems serious. Others say he doesn't listen. Only General Li is neither light nor heavy. He can listen, and he is too embarrassed to rush into you."
, if it had been anyone else, we would have started a fight." As he said this, he glanced at Li Muchian, who was feeding a Taoist boy.
"Sooner or later I will have a fight with that man!" Li Muxian snorted. It was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Huang Degong. The two of them might have been in conflict with each other, and it was well known in the army that they would fight each other when they saw each other.
"I'm afraid you can't beat him!" Chang Yu chuckled, and he was telling the truth. Although Li Muxian was superb in martial arts, he and Huang Degong were not the same weight class. The size difference was too big. Moreover, Huang Degong had been fighting for half his life, so his strength was not weak.
Li Muxian was also convinced: "He is no match for him in terms of bows, horses and poor people, and he may not win in a fight, but if it comes to life and death, Huang Chuangzi will have to give up even if he has nine lives."
Chang Yu and Li Yan both agree on this. In a fight, winning or losing can only be determined by points. But if life and death are determined, all means must be used, and the result is another matter.
"Why do you two have such a big grudge? You want to divide life and death. If you kill him, the governor will punish you. His subordinates can bypass you, but I'm afraid you will be chopped into pieces if you can't get out of the barracks." Chang Yu
joked.
"Pindao and Huang Chuangzi don't have any deep hatred. Let's just say that. I'm just annoyed by his mouth. I really hate it." Li Muxian said and touched the little Taoist boy's head: "Chunfeng, you have to eat well and practice martial arts to grow up.
I want to teach that man a lesson for my master."
The little Taoist boy raised his head and was very confused: "Master, when Chunfeng grows up, will Mr. Huang become an old man? I will not beat the old man."
Everyone was surprised, and then burst into laughter.
While they were eating, Zhou Yuji came over from outside with a bowl in his hand: "The Tatars have broken camp, when should we pursue them?"
Chang Yu did not rush to answer but instead teased him: "Mr. Huang stayed up last night to steal someone, but Mr. Zhou didn't go with him."
Hey, Zhou Yuji chuckled: "I go to bed early when I'm older, so I can't compare with young people." Everyone laughed.
"Don't rush after them. The Tatars will never release the hostages in Tianjin because of their urine. Instead, they have to go to Wuqing or near Xianghe to release the hostages in a place without a village or shop. It is even possible that they will
They will be released after being detained in the capital." Chang Yu put down his rice bowl and wiped his mouth: "The Tatars left camp early in the morning. They must have been frightened by General Huang and stayed up all night last night. There are tens of thousands of Tianjin garrison soldiers and we are following behind. No one can be left alone.
"Come on, as soon as he left, we started to chase him. He must be suspicious that he might do something extraordinary or even change his route to the north."
Li Yan and others nodded in agreement.
Chang Yu then ordered the army to rest until noon and break camp, so that the few who went out to steal people last night could get some more sleep.
There are many rivers in Tianjin's well-developed water system. Although many of them dried up and lacked water or even stopped flowing, the Qing army carried too much baggage and was slow to cross the river. Dorgon immediately ordered all the baggage except for people, livestock, food, grass, gold and silver to be thrown away. Of course, this was not the case.
They would put them in a pile and wait for the Ming army to pick them up later, but they would just throw them away or even throw them directly into the river. In terms of shamelessness, the Tatars are the boss.
The army was near the Haihe River, and the Tianjin Acropolis was faintly visible. The Qing army's detective horses came and went in waves, sending the latest information there to Dorgon.
The Ming army has discovered the Qing army
Ming troops arrayed outside the military camp
The Ming army set up artillery at the city head...
Dorgon's generals looked solemn and were pulling on the ground. To the east of the mouth of the canal, Ziya River, and Haihe River was the Tianjin Acropolis, and the Ming Army's camp was on the riverside outside the city...
"Stay away from the mouth of the Sancha River, go to the west and cross the river quickly to the north. If there is a war, just break through and go north without fighting." After some discussion, Dorgon ordered, and asked Nikan and Manhai to lead 10,000 troops to cover the army's crossing on the east side.
To prevent the Ming army from attacking.
At this moment, he had to be careful. If the Ming army launched an attack when he was crossing the river, he would really be overwhelmed. In terms of military strength, the Ming army's infantry and cavalry totaled at least 70,000 to 80,000. In terms of geographical location, this area of the South Canal and the North Canal,
Ziya River, Haihe River and some unknown dozen criss-crossing rivers are extremely unfavorable for cavalry operations.
When it was almost noon, the Qing troops arrived at the banks of the Great Henan Canal, the first boundary of Tianjin, and quickly crossed the river. Intelligence came from the scouting horses at the rear, and the Ming troops did not break camp.
This made Dorgon and others breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the dog eunuch kept his word. Not only did he not rush to create a sense of oppression, but he also showed a lot of goodwill. But how can he explain what happened last night? Humph,
Don't think that this will release goodwill and I will forgive you!
At noon, the leading troops of the Qing army had arrived at the Ziya River and were crossing the river quickly. Looking due east, the flags on the Tianjin Acropolis could be seen vaguely fluttering, and there were crowds of people at the three intersections. This made Dorgon and others secretly rejoice that they had negotiated peace with the little eunuch.
, if he had not gone north like this and been attacked from both sides by surprise, he would have suffered heavy losses! You must know that at that time, he did not know that the infantry of the Ming army were lying here.
It seemed that the little eunuch had already prepared a plan and had already laid an ambush here when he went south to pursue him. This man was really terrifying. Fortunately, everyone suddenly felt like they were sweating profusely. They didn't know whether it was because of fear or because of the heat.
As soon as the army crossed the Ziya River, the Ming army broke camp and marched northward. Dorgon secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the army to move quickly along the North Canal to Wuqing, dozens of miles away, for repairs.
On the Acropolis of Tianjin, when he saw the Qing army crossing several large rivers in a very short period of time and then heading north along the North Canal without looking back, Xiang Minxin put down the telescope in his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
I realized that my whole body was soaked.
"Sir, the Tatars are gone. It's all right. Are we going to evacuate?" Several confidants around him were relieved and finally smiled.
"Wait a moment, wait until the Tatars are farther away before retreating. Didn't you see that there are Tatar scout horses strolling over there?" Xiang Minxin looked at the Ming army camp under the city and let out a long breath.