As the sun sets, the tired birds return to the forest. The Qing troops who went out to plunder return with full loads. Kong Youde at the rear also leads his troops back to the camp. The ten-mile camp suddenly becomes noisy, with the sounds of soldiers laughing and playing, women wailing, and some people who are being tortured. The screams of the people who were being flogged came and went.
Dorgon ignored all this in his tent under the tree. In his eyes, these people of the Ming Dynasty were not as useful as an animal. What happened to the soldiers taking it out on them for fun?
Kong Youde, who was slightly nervous, explained in detail how the Ming army broke through the Yellow River defense line with lightning speed. Dorgon and others listened carefully, but no one criticized him. After all, the Ming army could not guard against anyone they let go. !
It's artillery again! The Ming army was really annoying wherever they went. The Qing generals in the tents all hated it. The Qing army's cavalry was invincible in the world, and it was even more invincible in the wilderness and plains. However, the Ming army had these mountain cannons and became their biggest obstacle. , in the battle of the Camel Camp, Duduo was stunned and disoriented, and Kong Youde was beaten to the extreme at the Yellow River ferry.
However, artillery is only an auxiliary after all. In the end, the winner depends on the strength of real swords and guns. Dorgon and others speculated that the Ming army used artillery twice on a large scale and there was not much gunpowder and shells left.
The terrain map around Qingzhou sent by Kangkal was in front of them, which made Dorgon and others feel chilly. To the west of Qingzhou City were deep mountains... The shadow of the Ningyuan battle suddenly came to mind. If they were to ambush their troops in the mountains again, …
impossible! Dorgon snorted heavily. The little eunuch had made all preparations to wait for the first battle in Ningyuan, but Qingzhou City was different. The little eunuch's army had been too busy running around at the back and had no time to make arrangements. Qingzhou Mansion alone did not have that many troops. In addition, Qingzhou City is too close to the mountain. Once the Ming army enters the mountain, it will be easily blocked and unable to get out!
Since there was no ambush in the mountains, Qingzhou only defended the city with brave villagers with no actual combat experience. Under the fierce attack of tens of thousands of troops, there was no way to fight back.
So he is determined to take Qingzhou City! Unless... the Ming army outside the city takes action!
Dorgon knew that the little eunuch had worked so hard to catch up here, and naturally he would not let him destroy Qingzhou City easily.
"So when the city is broken, the dog eunuch will definitely come to help!" Dorgon said decisively, sweeping away all the generals in the tent: "Let's talk about it, should we attack the city first, or should we defeat the dog eunuch!"
"Drinking without missing food" Duduo glanced at the map: "The Ming dog behind stopped chasing and went straight south. He was exhausted and ran out of ammunition and food and was looking for a place to rest. Of course he didn't It is ruled out that they are recharging their strength and waiting to intercept us when we attack the city." He pointed to the location of Linzi City: "Boxing is in ruins and cannot be left here. The new city is far away and it is inconvenient to send reinforcements, but Linzi!"
Dorgon raised his eyebrows: "Linzi is no more than a small city at the foot of the mountain. It can't house tens of thousands of troops and horses, let alone support so many people... However, it is indeed close to Qingzhou... But what do you think, Old Fifteen? What does it mean to drink without eating vegetables?"
"Brother Fourteen, please listen to what I have to say." Duduo smiled slightly and continued: "How the Ming army prepares military rations to support their families is their business. That dog eunuch has his own way. We all see that Linzi is the best It's a good place to rest and recuperate. If you go in, you can rush to help Qingzhou, and if you retreat, you can go into the mountains to defend it. You can tell that the little eunuch is a cunning old fox."
After a while, he sneered and said: "But so what, we should fight Qingzhou City anyway!"
"What does Prince Yu mean? We attack the city and at the same time send troops to Linzi to fight the eunuch reinforcements? I'm afraid the troops will be divided into two groups..." Before Shang Kexi could finish his words, Duduo shook his head and interrupted: "It's not to go to Linzi to fight, but to fight in Linzi. stop……"
"Beiyang River!" Dorgon blurted out. Dodo smiled and nodded.
Qingzhou and Linzi are separated by the Beiyang River. The Qing army can send troops to attack the city while building a defense line on the banks of the Beiyang River to block the little eunuch's army from rushing to help!
It is extremely difficult for the Ming army to break through the river defense line when there is no advantage in military strength or combat power. Let’s not talk about whether they can break through this line of defense. I am afraid that Qingzhou City will have been captured after the breakthrough. .
wonderful! Everyone clapped their hands and praised Duoduo for being both resourceful and resourceful.
During the battle with Ningyuan, the little eunuch dug a trap to hack himself. This time he was going to lay a mine outside Qingzhou City and blow off the little eunuch's legs!
It was already dark, but the military camp was still noisy. This was a carnival night for the Qing army. They had wine, meat, and men to play with. This was a standard daily routine for the invaders.
Tan Ma came to report: The Ming army passed through Xincheng County but did not enter, and went straight south. Dorgon and the others looked at each other and smiled. As expected, they really went to Linzi.
However, another piece of news made everyone frown. A total of 26 people from the vanguard Kangkal's scouting horse and the main force's scouting horse were killed outside Linzi City. The killing scene was later found ten miles north of the city. Why? It was said that there were traces of a fight rather than a fight, because the scene was stained with blood and horse hoofprints were chaotic, and twenty-six headless corpses were left lying in the wilderness. It was just an extremely fierce fight!
The Qing army's combat power was already formidable, and Tan Ma was one of the best warriors in the world. He had been licking blood at the edge of the knife all year round. He had extremely rich actual combat experience. It was no exaggeration to brutalize a hundred or even two hundred Ming soldiers with the strength of nearly thirty men. But at this time, no one survived. , which had to frighten Dorgon and others.
Who did it?
In the afternoon when the incident occurred, Li Yan's soldiers and horses were still in Boxing County. It could not have been their fault. The officers and soldiers in Linzi City? Dorgon didn't believe that there could be a few guards in this small city. There couldn't be more than a hundred people. Even if there were them, they wouldn't have the guts, let alone the strength, to kill twenty-six Qing spies in one fell swoop!
It seems that the water here is still relatively deep, and there are still many things that I haven’t figured out yet! Dorgon had a vague feeling that this matter might be related to the little eunuch.
But he always thought that the little eunuch was chasing after him. Even if he was in danger and crossed the border a few days ago, he should be in Qingzhou City at this time, and there was no way he could go to such a peaceful place.
Be cautious, be cautious and be cautious!
Dorgon was sounding the alarm for himself again in his heart. He must not get carried away or be careless. The little eunuch is extremely cunning and hard to guard against. He has already suffered enough secret losses!
I think we have to make a further calculation! The news that Tan Ma was killed actually made Dorgon calm down. He didn't want to make any more mistakes, and he couldn't make any more mistakes because the cost was too high!
Chang Yu was having dinner at Zou Fengji's residence in Linzi County. Compared with the delicacies of Prince Heng's residence, Zou Zhixian's reception was extremely simple. It was just the simplest homely meal. This was the nature of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. Officials in the Ming Dynasty did not care how poor they were. People who pretend to be poor love to pretend to be poor, no matter how they are in private, as long as they are in public, they must be as shabby as possible, not to mention that Chang Yu's identity is the eunuch of Dongchang, and he must perform well.
Chang Yu has never been very particular about food and drink. Although delicacies from the mountains and seas are good, he also enjoys simple meals. He ate with a bowl while chatting with Li Shiyuan, Zou Fengji and Zhu Cian.
He had a relatively leisurely afternoon, and even took a nap in the county government office. Chen Suole, who was on duty in the city, sent someone to tell him that another Qing army was coming, so he hurried to the city and saw a group of more than ten Qing troops. Looking at the horses, I saw them circling around the headless corpses and then leaving in a hurry, not even daring to approach Linzi City.
Chang Yu laughed and left, and went back to the county office to play chess with Zhu Cian. Zou Fengji, He Wentang, and Zhao An were very busy, but they had to praise them for their ability to do things. In just one day, after dark, The county government granary was filled to the brim.
Although three thousand stones is not enough, it is still more than half, and there are still forty thousand taels of silver! Zou Fengji still feels good about himself. Obviously, even he himself did not expect that the small Linzi City has such great potential.
Chang Yu was also very satisfied. The lion in front of him asked for three thousand stones, but in fact he thought it would be good if he could get one thousand. As for the silver, thirty or fifty thousand would be fine.
However, he was satisfied in his heart, but his mouth was still burning: "You can't get a mere three thousand dan. This governor can't bear it anymore. Even the silver is only 40,000 taels." Chang Yu sneered: "It seems that the people of Laizi City really want it." Money is more important than food than life!"
