The urgent task was that Dorgon had no time to hold him accountable, so he had to summon troops and horses to fight. After a fight more than 20 miles northwest of Binzhou, the Ming army retreated. Dorgon withdrew his troops and refused to pursue them. He ordered his soldiers and horses to be recalled, stopped looting, and immediately crossed the Yellow River and headed south. Binzhou City was saved from disaster. According to later rumors from the people in the city, the prefects were preparing to dedicate the city at that time, because the Qing army was shouting outside the city to attack the city. It was so scary, but unexpectedly they suddenly withdrew their troops. Later I found out It was the Ming army coming from the northwest. After a big battle, the Qing army did not dare to stay longer and hurriedly crossed the Yellow River.
While Dorgon was crossing the river, he sent people to question Kong Youde about what was going on.
Kong Youde also looked confused. Although he was forced back dozens of miles by the Ming army, they were still more than ten miles away to the north. How could he fly there.
This was Li Yan's dangerous strategy: he left the main force to harass and attract Kong Youde's attention, but sent Tu Yuan with nearly 10,000 cavalry to detour back to the front from the west route. However, instead of flanking Kong Youde, he went straight to Dorgon's main force.
This move was really cruel, completely unexpected by Dorgon and even scared him. Fortunately, he discovered it early. If he had been rushed to him... he would have ended up like Azig.
After being frightened, Dorgon stopped thinking about looting and ordered his troops to cross the river and go straight to the big fat Qingzhou. When Kong Youde heard that there were soldiers behind him, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed. I was flanked... I was a little scared, so I retreated quickly, with Li Yan following closely.
Finally, on the night when Kangkal resisted the young eunuchs outside Qingzhou City from smuggling into Linzi, Li Yan led his troops to the bank of the Yellow River. Crossing the Yellow River and heading due south was Boxing County in Qingzhou Prefecture, and further down was Linzi County, and to the southwest. Then go down from Guangrao to Qingzhou City.
"The main force of the Qing army has crossed the Yellow River. At this time, I am afraid that Boxing County has been defeated, and even Guangrao is very likely to have been overthrown." Zhou Yuji looked up at the stars on the bank of the Yellow River, muttering in his mouth, while Li Yan looked at Looking at the other side of the river with a frown, Kong Youde, a treacherous guy, set up a formation on the other side, clearly intending to use the Yellow River as a barrier to stop his progress.
It’s time to fight a tough battle! Li Yan's pressure doubled, and Dorgon's main force was lagging behind because of too much baggage. At this time, he was only a hundred miles away from Qingzhou. Naturally, he tried to stop the Ming army on the other side of the Yellow River, so that he would have plenty of time to harm Prince Heng's Mansion. So it is obvious that Kong Youde will also receive the order to defend.
The Yellow River is not an ordinary river. It is often more than a hundred meters wide. Except for the relatively flat slope at the ferry, some places are almost as steep as a knife, even as high as more than ten meters. It will undoubtedly attack a big city.
This is a natural chasm!
The river was difficult to cross, but there was another thing that made Li Yan a little relieved. The food problem had improved. It was not that Cheng Ming borrowed food from Cangzhou, he was not that fast, but Binzhou on the bank of the Yellow River!
Binzhou was lucky enough to escape from the Tatars, thanks to Li Yan's soldiers who managed to scare Dorgon away. The grateful Binzhou people learned that the soldiers had no food and grass and actually offered to raise donations. This was absolutely rare in the Ming Dynasty at this time. rare!
Huang Degong originally planned to go into the city to recruit by force, but when he saw that he was so proactive, he was too embarrassed to use force.
But having said that, those who donate voluntarily and proactively are definitely not as much as Chang Yu's alarmist persuasion, and the income will be very little, but it is better than nothing, at least it can fill a gap in the teeth, and maybe Cheng Ming can come back with a pledge of food.
"If it really doesn't work, I'll ask the official for some food when I enter the city. If you don't believe it, he won't give it to you!" Huang Degong was upset when he saw that Binzhou had donated so little food. He was about to enter the city again when he was stopped by Li Yan: "The most urgent task now is to cross the river. Tatar If you stop us for one more day, Qingzhou and the little governor will be in even greater danger."
"Cross the river and fight!" Huang Degong spread his hands, and Li Yan almost lost his temper. Don't you talk nonsense? If you don't fight, will the Qing army carry you across? The question is how to fight?
"The loss of a hard attack is too great, let's use the old tricks" Zhou Yuji suggested. Huang Degong, Tu Yuan and others nodded. Li Yan smiled bitterly: "It's not going to work after a hundred tries!" Everyone laughed.
One move is dangerous, but the so-called old trick is to attract the Qing army from the other side with the main force, and then send two groups of troops to find the ferry from the east and west to outflank him. Of course, Li Yan also knows that in order to prevent him from this move, the Qing army from the other side will definitely move dozens of miles away. All crossings are closed.
So what, I can just run farther away. In recent years, there have been severe droughts in the eastern part of Shandong Province. The lower reaches of the Yellow River have been cut off in many places. It is not difficult to find a place to cross the river. Li Yan does not believe that Kong Youde can block all the cutoffs in the ferry in a short time. Even if There are not that many soldiers and horses, and it is not difficult to force a crossing with so many soldiers and horses that are severely scattered. As long as they cross the river and outflank the frontal attack, the Qing army may not be able to stop it.
After a long discussion, the troops were divided into three groups. Huang Degong served as the main attacking general and led more than 10,000 troops to wait for the order. Zhou Yu Jiji was on the east wing, and Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi were on the west wing. They split up under the cover of night to look for opportunities. Cross the river.
After all the generals left, the tent became quiet, and Li Yan lay down on his back and meditated silently: If the sky turns white soon, there will be a battle with the Qing army in the middle of the afternoon. This battle will be comparable to the Battle of Xianghe!
The Xianghe battle was the cruelest and most tragic battle he had fought since joining the army. He fought hard against the Ming Dynasty's men, but he also suffered heavy injuries and even himself was seriously injured.
At that time, the Qing army was about to cross the road. In a blink of an eye, the roles were reversed and he was about to cross the river and the Qing army was blocking the way. However, no matter how the role was changed, it was destined to be another bloody battle. The rolling Yellow River did not know how many soldiers were buried.
Cough cough cough, there were several coughs outside the tent and a weak voice said: "Is General Li asleep?"
It was Li Muxian. He had a febrile illness (fever) the night Chang Yu left. He felt weak and couldn't sleep. Fortunately, he had good medical skills and asked someone to find some herbs and drink them. He was able to get up at this time.
"Taoist Master, are you feeling better?" Li Yan couldn't help but frown when he wanted to get up and touch the wound. Li Muxian quickly reassured him not to move, "I'm a poor Taoist, he's feeling much better. He'll be back to strength as soon as tomorrow." He said, looking at the darkness outside the tent. The night sky: "I'm just a little uneasy. General Li, you said that just after the young governor left, the poor man fell ill with a febrile disease. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
Li Yan is different from Chang Yu. He believes in this stuff more. After all, Taoism is very popular these days. He quickly asked: "What has Taoist Master launched?"
"It has nothing to do with the war, maybe it has something to do with the young governor. Pindao has been accompanying the young governor since he met him in Zhending Mansion. He has been almost inseparable. During this period, he has established a mysterious and mysterious relationship. Let's put it this way, he can subtly sense the other person's state. …”
"Ah, then, the little governor is now..." Li Yan asked quickly.
"I can't tell. I must have encountered something, but there is no danger." Li Muchian stroked his beard and said. Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "Since the young governor is not in danger, the Taoist priest should come and advise me on this battle." .
"But the Tatars blocked the Yellow River ferry and prevented us from passing through?" Li Muchian asked. Li Yan admired him in his heart. The Taoist priest had been in a daze with fever all the way. At this time, he just woke up a little and hit the key point.
Li Yan nodded and blocked the Qing army at the ferry. He divided his troops into three groups to prepare for the crossing. Dorgon wanted to eat the fat meat of Qingzhou Prefecture. He was afraid that the Ming army behind him would be disappointed, so he ordered Kong Youde to stop him. However, the Ming army relied on Kong Youde was helpless because of his superior strength and always played dangerous tricks to approach step by step. At this time, he finally encountered the natural chasm of the Yellow River. He had to make good use of it to stop the Ming army on the north bank, so that Dorgon could ravage Qingzhou without any worries. .
Li Muxian was silent for a while: "This should be the best plan I can think of at the moment." Then he sighed and said: "This is a tough battle, but it doesn't have to be a hard fight."
Li Yan was startled: "What the Taoist Master means is..."
