Li Zhi left Lu Xiangsheng's army and rushed to Fanjiazhuang day and night. Julu was six hundred miles away from Tianjin. Li Zhi led the army in a hurry and arrived at Fanjiazhuang in only eight days.
Outside Fanjiazhuang, the Qing army has been besieging the city for three days. Thirty thousand people surrounded the city three levels inside and three outside, as if it were an iron barrel. Against the cannons on the city wall, the auxiliary soldiers of the Qing army pushed chariots to fill the land.
Trench trap, little by little closer to the city wall, until they saw Li Zhi's returning reinforcements.
Li Zhi's reinforcements surprised the Qing army. The Qing army hurriedly withdrew their siege equipment, retreated two miles, picked up their swords and lined up in the north of the city, confronting Li Zhi's troops.
Then he led his troops to the foot of the northern wall of the city and joined the two thousand soldiers on the city.
In the central tent of the Qing army, the Manchu and Mongolian nobles were very surprised by Li Zhi's return of reinforcements, and started arguing over whether to fight or retreat.
Yue Tuo's face was livid, and he looked at the Mongolian nobles who were trying to retreat without saying a word.
Engetu, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhenghong Banner, said: "General Yangwu, we were originally here to attack Li Zhi's rear. Now that Li Zhi is back, our trip has lost its meaning. It's time to retreat!"
Yibai, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, said: "General Yangwu, that Li Zhi has strong soldiers and horses, plus there are more than 10,000 strong soldiers on the two thousand soldiers and horses on the city wall, the general must not talk about a decisive battle and destroy the soldiers in our banner in vain.
Sacrifice here in Fanjiazhuang!"
Engetu said: "In the beginning, Yangguli relied on many troops to fight, but Zhenghuang Banner was defeated. Now Li Zhi's troops and horses have been tripled. We must not underestimate the enemy!"
Yue Tuo snorted coldly and spat: "Then as soon as Li Zhi comes, you will run away with your tail between your legs?"
Engetu said loudly: "General Yangwu! The general Dorgon who was ordered didn't want to fight to the death with Li Zhi, so he came up with this strategy to steal his retreat. Now that Li Zhi has returned to help, the strategy failed, we should go back
How can we go to Jinan and change our minds midway and have a decisive battle with Li Zhi?"
Yibai also said: "If General Yangwu wants to start a war, it will violate the original intention of the general who was ordered to do so!"
Yue Tuo glanced coldly at several Mongolian nobles and then looked at his lieutenant, Beile Dudu.
Du Du thought for a while and said: "General Yangwu, that Li Zhi is also a human being, not a monster with three heads and six arms. You don't need to be so afraid of him. We have thirty thousand people, I think we can fight! If there are so many troops, we will not dare to fight.
, we won’t be able to enter the fortress and plunder from now on.”
Yue Tuo nodded and said: "This is what I, the Qing warrior, should say!"
He stood up and said loudly: "Tomorrow we will have a decisive battle with Li Zhi outside the city. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!"
Several Mongolian nobles looked at each other and turned pale.
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Li Xing led two thousand soldiers out of Shangwu Gate, the north gate of Fanjiazhuang, and joined Li Zhi's troops.
Li Xing found Li Zhi in the Chinese army and said loudly: "Brother, the messenger who asked for help from you has only been out for three days. I thought it would take at least half a month for you to arrive. I was worried that the Tatars would capture the city this time.
Woolen cloth!"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "By some mistake, the ministers in the court helped me. As soon as the Qing army moved, someone notified me to come back for reinforcements. That's why they came back so quickly!"
Li Zhi looked at the potholes and traps outside the city that had been filled for a quarter. He could not be so careless about the hidden passage in the future. If only two thousand people were left to defend the city, it would be easy for the Tatars to break through the city. At least some should be left in the future.
Only with five thousand men defending the city and forty six-pound cannons left behind would there be no risk.
However, if 5,000 men were left to defend the city, he would only be able to bring out 7,000 troops, which would not be able to withstand the combined attack of tens of thousands of Tatars. After much deliberation, the number of troops was still insufficient, so we still needed to expand the army.
Li Xing looked at the Qing army ranks in the distance and asked: "Brother, I have carefully observed these Tatars with a telescope. There are 10,000 Manchu Tatars, 15,000 Mongolian Tatars, and there are also some Koreans and Han people."
.If they don’t leave, will we have to fight these Tatars?”
Li Zhi looked at the Qing army in the distance and said: "I don't know what these 30,000 Tatars are thinking. If they retreat, I will not pursue them. If they dare to come up to challenge, I will fight them once!"
After Li Zhi said this, he asked two hundred soldiers to go to the south of the city and drove away hundreds of Tatars in the pig farm. These days, the Tatars felt that the soldiers were invincible, and they thought they could slowly eat away at the pig farms.
of pigs, but did not damage the pig farm. There was a large amount of pig food piled up in the pig farm warehouse, and the Tatars left hundreds of auxiliary soldiers in the pig farm to feed and kill the pigs.
Thirty thousand Tatars occupied the pig farm, ate meat with open stomachs, and killed a thousand pigs in three days. As soon as Li Zhi's two hundred musketeers arrived, the auxiliary soldiers who occupied the pig farm dispersed.
After Li Zhi finished dealing with the pig farm, he walked into the city.
Cui He was waiting anxiously in front of the official hall. As soon as he saw Li Zhi, Cui He threw himself into Li Zhi's arms and cried non-stop.
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On December 8, only 10,000 Lu Xiangsheng's army remained in Julu.
It was a particularly cold morning this morning, and thick clouds covered the sun, making everything dark.
Last night, the scouts reported that there were Qing army cavalry all around, and it was obvious that most of the Qing army was about to come and kill them.
Lu Xiangsheng stayed up all night. As he tossed and turned in the middle of the night, he saw countless iron horses and glaciers in his mind, and also saw all the past in his life: he saw himself reading at night and reciting the saint's words since he was a child;
He got up early every day to practice archery and horse training; he saw his deceased father, and saw his father dancing with joy when he was awarded the gold medal in high school and took him back to his hometown to worship his ancestors; he saw himself working in the fields of Xuanda,
He was so proud when he accumulated two hundred thousand dan of millet and was rewarded by the emperor; he saw himself forming the Tianxiong Army in Daming Prefecture, and saw himself chasing down bandits in the mountains of Yunyang, covered in blood.
The past events were like a picture scroll, appearing in his mind one by one. He couldn't sleep no matter what, and got up before dawn.
As soon as he got up, he faintly heard the sound of galloping military horses and the shouts of slave riders outside the military camp.
"Chen An! What's going on outside?"
Chen An ran over in a panic, knelt down and shouted: "Junmen, we are surrounded by Qing troops on all sides!"
Lu Xiangsheng closed his eyes, then opened them after a while and asked: "How many people are there in Dongnu?"
Chen An said loudly: "There are more than 30,000 Qing troops!"
There were 30,000 Qing troops. How could he stop the remaining 10,000 troops? Lu Xiangsheng retreated to the Chinese army tent and sat on a chair to think about countermeasures.
Slowly, the sergeants all woke up. They all knew that their own army had been surrounded by the Qing army. They all gathered around the Chinese army's tent and looked anxiously at the tent, hoping that the governor could come up with countermeasures.
Lu Xiangsheng sighed when he saw more and more people gathered outside.
He walked out of the tent and looked at the 10,000 bewildered young soldiers, and couldn't help but shed two tears on his face. These were strong soldiers who had followed him all the way and dared to kill slaves. They were the essence and blood of the country. However, today they actually wanted to
Lost in Julu. Now the enemy is rushing to the west, the reinforcements are separated from the east, and the big boss is obstructing everything. Today, this is the place where the bones are buried.
With a flick of the front of his filial piety, Lu Xiangsheng knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes. He knelt down to the soldiers around him and said, "I and your officers and men share the kindness of the court. If you are worried about death, don't worry about being born."
Ten thousand people stared blankly at the governor who was kneeling in front of the tent, and were silent. For a long time, the soldiers gradually began to cry. In the end, no one dared to look up at Lu Xiangsheng, and all ten thousand people gritted their teeth and said:
"Fight with Dong Nu!"
"Kill slaves to serve the country!"
"We will die here with the governor!"
Lu Xiangsheng shouted loudly: "Guan Yu is beheaded and Ma Yuan is wrapped in leather now!"
"Bring out the stronghold and fight to the death with Dong Nu!"
