For several days, the Qing army did not attack, but sent small groups of troops to patrol the surrounding areas every day to maintain a stalemate with the Ming army.
"Sir, each camp did not accept the returns one after another at night, and the slaves and thieves began to plunder everywhere. The surrounding area of Jinan Fucheng suffered disaster, and many villages were massacred by the slaves and thieves!"
Miao Shao said with anger on his face. In the Chinese army's tent, Xu Ming, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, and Xun Jingyun were all furious. Shen Tuo and Chen Xun were even more direct. He proposed to lead his troops to attack the Qing army's camp and force the looting Qing troops to withdraw.
Liu Yan frowned and asked Xun Jingyun, "What did Lu Duchen and Yan Futai say?"
Xun Jingyun goes to the city almost every day to keep in touch with Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu.
"Both Lu Duchen and Yan Futai also got the news from Ye Bushou and knew the movements of the Qing army. However, they seemed to have no good solution. Lu Duchen believed that the purpose of the slave thieves' move was to force Our army took the initiative to abandon the city and defense lines and lure our army into the wild in order to take advantage of the slave cavalry."
Liu Yan also thought this way. In the wild, even if he could defeat the Qing army again, his own losses would be very heavy. Moreover, the Qing army had a strong military force, and the new army officers and soldiers in Liu Yan's hands were all precious and could not withstand the consumption.
So Liu Yan thought for a moment and said to Xu Ming: "Tonight, take the elite cavalry battalion with you and bring me prisoners back without taking them back!"
"What do you mean, sir?"
Liu Yan sneered and said: "The slave thieves killed my people and robbed my population, so I captured the slave thieves' soldiers, and then cut them all to pieces in front of them!"
Xun Jingyun frowned slightly and said, "My lord, this move is intended to demoralize the slave thieves, but doing so seems to harm Tianhe."
"Tianhe?"
Liu Yan said categorically: "Killing the Tatars is to safeguard the way of heaven. How can it harm the harmony of heaven!"
That night, Xu Ming selected Ye Bu Shu, personal guards and capable soldiers from the cavalry camp, a total of one hundred and fifty people. They set out from the New Army camp under the cover of darkness and soon disappeared into the night.
Ever since Dorgon ordered the banners to plunder places, the Qing army has always had small groups of troops wandering outside the camps, either escorting the plundered people, transporting various trophies, or going out to search for targets that could be plundered. .
Xu Ming led his troops and soon discovered a small group of soldiers and horses with the Manzhou Zhenghong Banner. After the first few people stayed up all night to inquire, they found that there were more than 30 Qing soldiers, and they were all gathered more than 30 miles west of Jinan Fucheng. in a forest. This group of Tatar soldiers not only robbed hundreds of people, but also a lot of gold, silver, soft goods and food. m.
It was already dawn. Xu Ming and one hundred and fifty soldiers quietly blocked the east and north sides of the woods. Then everyone dismounted, leaving ten soldiers to guard the horses, and the remaining one hundred and forty soldiers followed. Behind Xu Ming, he slowly entered the woods.
Soon, Xu Ming heard a burst of screaming, and also heard many people crying and begging for mercy, including the voices of men, women, and children.
In addition, there were many Tatar soldiers who spoke ugly Manchu and roared loudly. Xu Ming was crawling in the grass and saw several bonfires in front of him. Under the light of the fire, more than thirty Tatar soldiers with red flags were seen. Distributed throughout the camp, more than a dozen were deployed on the periphery, serving as guard posts, but most of these Tatar soldiers were already asleep.
Most of the remaining Tatar soldiers were asleep, and only a few energetic Tatar soldiers were still having fun, searching for young women among the captured people, causing the crowd to scream in shock.
Xu Ming frowned and whispered to the two flag commanders beside him: "In a moment, you will each bring thirty people and surround them from both wings. First deal with the enemies on the periphery, and then protect the people and evacuate outside the woods."
"The rest of the brothers are following me..."
Xu Ming pointed to the center of the camp, where a burly Bashiku was sleeping soundly: "Be sure to annihilate the other slave thieves, and kill that Bashiku!"
Everyone's plan was decided, and one hundred and fifty soldiers began to mobilize.
In the camp, four Tatar soldiers each grabbed a young woman. One of the beautiful women was already disheveled and she was in a trance. She was dragged by one arm by a Tatar soldier and dragged on the ground.
The people around them looked at the four women in despair, but they did not dare to stop them. The person who had stopped the Tatar soldiers before was not far away, and his head was missing.
At this moment, several crossbow arrows passed through the woods. The four Tatar soldiers who were about to vent their animal desires were hit by arrows and fell to the ground in disbelief.
The three conscious women were stunned for a moment, then screamed and hurriedly dragged the unconscious woman back and ran back. When the other captured people saw this, hope was ignited in their hearts: Is this the official army coming?
“Kill the Tartars!”
Xu Ming roared and led ninety soldiers from the cavalry battalion to charge forward. The other two flag commanders also led thirty men each to outflank them from both wings.
The sixty people on both sides were either holding crossbows or holding blunderbuss. At this time, they opened fire one after another, killing more than a dozen Tatar soldiers outside with just one encounter. Xu Ming had already led his troops into the camp and started a melee with the twenty Tatar soldiers who had reacted.
"kill!"
The sword in Xu Ming's waist was so powerful that he killed a vest with one blow, and then faced the Boshiku. Bashiku used a tomahawk, which was also powerful and heavy. The two fought against each other more than ten times in a row. Finally, the waist knife in Xu Ming's hand was broken. The tomahawk in Boshiku's hand was also curled, but it was still facing him. Xu Ming came over with a chop.
At this moment, two soldiers from the cavalry battalion next to him stabbed at him with their spears. Bashiku was shocked and changed his tactics in a hurry. He held his battle ax horizontally to block one shot, and the other spear pierced directly into Boshiku's lower abdomen, causing blood to flow out. DC.
Xu Ming took the opportunity to step forward, knocked Bashiku down with an elbow, and then ordered someone to tie him up.
By this time the fierce fighting was over, and about twenty Tatar soldiers were annihilated on the spot by ninety elite cavalry battalions, beheading 11 people and capturing nine, plus Nabo Shiku had exactly ten prisoners. The cavalry battalion soldiers who made the surprise attack suffered no casualties and the battle was completely won.
Xu Ming hurriedly ordered a cleanup and took away all the captured things, and then went to visit the captured people.
When everyone saw the officers and soldiers coming like magic soldiers descending from heaven, killing more than thirty Tatar soldiers in the blink of an eye, they burst into tears of joy and knelt down to kowtow to Xu Ming.
Xu Ming comforted everyone and took them back to Jinan Fucheng. However, in the blink of an eye, he saw a woman with dull eyes standing up, then suddenly burst into laughter and slammed into an old tree nearby. Immediately blood splattered everywhere, and Bai Huahua’s brain was bleeding all over the floor!
The common people covered their faces and wept. During this war, these common people had relatives who were poisoned by the Qing army. When they saw the woman committing suicide, they immediately felt sad.
Xu Ming clenched his hands and was almost mad with hatred. Then he strode up to the prisoner and smashed it with his scabbard, causing a prisoner's head to bleed immediately.
"Tie them all up and take them back to me!"
When the first ray of morning light shone on the earth, Xu Ming led one hundred and fifty soldiers, together with a group of civilians and prisoners, back to the Lingshan Guard New Army Camp.
Liu Yan then asked what happened and was deeply saddened to learn about the woman who committed suicide.
"My subordinates buried the woman and a dozen murdered people in the woods."
Liu Yan sighed, then glared ahead and said: "The cavalry camp, front camp, and rear camp will assemble immediately and form an array south of the main camp. I will kill the prisoners alive in front of the array!"
"Got the order!"
Soon, as the sound of horns and war drums came from the camp of the New Army of Lingshan Guards, a large number of soldiers of the New Army marched out of the camp and began to form formations outside the camp, immediately alarming the Qing troops several miles away.
Dorgon immediately summoned the banner leaders and led tens of thousands of Qing troops in formation, stopping three miles away from Liu Yan's headquarters.
The formations of the two armies were very strict. In the middle of summer, it was very hot even in the morning. However, the soldiers of the New Army and the Qing Army remained motionless, quietly waiting for orders from their respective superiors.
Liu Yan rode his horse in front of the formation and looked at the large banners in the distance. He knew that Dorgon, Duduo, Yue Tuo, Du Du and other slave chiefs were in the distance, so he ordered the captives Bashiku and ten others to be taken into custody. Arrive before the formation.
After a while, ten prisoners were brought up. All of them had been stripped of their clothes and were nailed to a wooden frame in the shape of a cross. They were placed on a four-wheeled cart underneath.
These ten naked prisoners were lined up in front of the formations of the two armies. Thousands of soldiers from the three battalions of the New Lingshan Guard Army suddenly burst into cheers. All the soldiers raised their arms and shouted. The sound alarmed the Dubiao Camp and Fubiao in Jinan Fucheng. Battalion soldiers.
After hearing the news, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu hurried to the city to watch. Seeing this scene, their faces suddenly became ugly. What did Liu Yan want to do? Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu already understood. If they just do this, how will the Qing army react?
At this time, Dorgon, Duduo, Yuetuo, and Dudu were extremely angry, while Yibai, Buyendai, and Engetu looked fearful. Liu Yan's ruthlessness made these Mongolian Tatars already Starting to get scared.
Of course, what was more frightening was Shang Kexi. A firearms exchange had already caused this traitor to lose the courage to face off against the new Lingshan Guard army on the battlefield.
"Prince Rui, that is my warrior who is holding the red flag!"
Yue Tuo shouted loudly, and saw several New Army soldiers beside the ten prisoners waving the captured Qing army flag. It was a red war flag with a white border, which was the flag of the Manzhou Zhenghong Banner.
When Duduo saw that ten new army officers with steel swords were already in position, he immediately shouted: "General! Let me lead the army to attack and rescue those warriors, otherwise the morale of our army will be ruined!"
Yue Tuo and Du Du also asked for a fight, but Dorgon pointed to the New Army formation waiting in the distance and said, "Which of you can break through Liu Yan's formation?"
When everyone looked around, they saw that Chen Xun and Wang Yue had deployed the front and rear camps. Thousands of gunners had formed a large horizontal array. The spearmen and sword and shield men were all in place. The artillery commander's accompanying tiger gunners were also in position. He stood up in front of the formation and waited for the Qing army to rush over.
The cavalry battalion led by Xu Ming is on standby in the rear, and the flags in the main camp are also waving. The remaining new military battalions can form formations at any time to respond to the battle.
Seeing this, Du Du and Duo Duo fell silent. Only Yue Tuo roared loudly and in vain at the formation of the new Lingshan Guard army in the distance. He no longer had the composure of the past.
Then, under the gaze of tens of thousands of Qing troops, Nabo Shiku and nine companions were chopped to pieces alive in front of the two army formations. In the end, only ten bloody skeletons were left, still hanging on the wooden frame. .
This cruel and bloody scene made the Qing army robbers who had done all kinds of bad things shudder. The morale of the army fell to the bottom in an instant. Dorgon sighed and ordered the entire army to return to the camp. Yue Tuo turned back unwillingly. Looking around, I saw the new Lingshan Guard Army outside the city, and the soldiers from the Dubiao Camp and Fubiao Camp inside the city were all cheering.
Yue Tuo suddenly realized something: "With Liu Yan's presence, the Ming army, which was originally weak and easy to bully, seems to have become more bloody, making people a little afraid!"
On the top of the city, Lu Xiangsheng was also shocked by this scene, and Yan Jizu next to him started retching.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the new troops of the Lingshan Guards who were retreating back to the camp, and sighed in his heart: "Liu Yan, Liu Yan, is it a blessing or a curse for the Ming Dynasty to have you?"
Some people died, but not completely...
