When Lu Xiangsheng saw it, his face suddenly became extremely heavy.
He did not expect that the Manchu and Qing Tatars would move overnight, and with their superior strength, they would be able to return reinforcements so quickly.
It seems that God really doesn’t give me hope! Lu Xiangsheng thought so and punched his left palm fiercely, feeling very unwilling to do so. Obviously, the plan to make a time difference failed!
"Sir, what should we do?" Hu Dawei also had a serious expression on his face. He accompanied Lu Xiangsheng and looked at the fire in the distance and asked in a heavy voice.
Hearing the sound, Lu Xiangsheng turned to look at him, frowned, turned around and ordered his guards: "Quickly send the message to General Yang Guozhu to discuss matters!"
In the distance, it was Dorgon's troops who rushed to Haoshui Bridge overnight. Yue Tuo was also very surprised when he heard this.
He was a little curious. The messenger he sent during the day had already stated that Lu Xiangsheng's troops only had 5,000 troops. Since he was already stuck with more than 10,000 troops, why did Dorgon rush back in such a hurry? You must know that Dorgon's headquarters is not the closest to Haoshui Bridge. If he could get there, he would have arrived early by the nearest route. Logically speaking, Dorgon had no need to march all night!
With doubts, he rushed over to see the commander-in-chief this time, Dorgon, who was named "the ordered general" by Huang Taiji.
In the central army tent, as soon as Yue Tuo entered, he directly asked his doubts: "Uncle, why are you rushing back in such a hurry? Our army now has 20,000 troops, which is more than enough to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's troops. ah!"
Although he is older than Dorgon, he is Dorgon's nephew. At this time, Dorgon had also been named Prince Heshuorui, so he called Dorgon "uncle".
Dorgon seemed a bit mature. After hearing Yue Tuo's question, he just smiled faintly and handed over a sign, which was passed to Yue Tuo by his personal guard.
"Eh!" Yue Tuo took it and took a look. He couldn't help but be a little surprised. After looking over and over, he looked up at Dorgon, raised the sign in his hand and asked, "Is this the gold medal of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"
After hearing this, Dorgon nodded with a smile and said: "It's the gold medal of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which was intercepted by my scouts. This is why I rushed back overnight!"
"Is there any latest situation?" Yue Tuo knew there was a new situation and asked quickly.
After hearing this, Dorgon said with a look of regret on his face: "The servants who came out of the palace were shot dead by Tan Ma, and only a few escorting guards were captured alive. Their confession should be that the Ming Emperor has been promoted again. Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and he regained control of all the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty to deal with us. The meaning of the gold medal seems to be that the eunuch should cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng and not control Lu Xiangsheng!"
"Hey, how could this happen?" Yue Tuo asked in confusion when he heard this, "Didn't there be news before that there would basically be no problems with the Ming Dynasty court and they were thinking of negotiating peace with our Qing Dynasty, so they resolutely Will Lu Xiangsheng, who is leading the battle, be killed with our sword?"
The trap of dividing the troops into ten groups was based on this situation to lure Lu Xiangsheng out and kill him.
After hearing this, Dorgon frowned slightly, smoothed the little mustache he had deliberately grown and said, "The gold medal is not fake, and the previous sources of information are also reliable. It should be that something happened to the Ming Dynasty court? "
At this point, his tone became a little more serious and he said: "Never mind this, the top priority is not to let Lu Xiangsheng take over the military power again. If all the Ming armies are under his command, although we are not afraid, it will be inconvenient after all!"
Yue Tuo was also a smart man. When he heard this, he understood. He continued Dorgon's topic and said: "This means that we must destroy Lu Xiangsheng's men as soon as possible. And this is also the reason why the uncle rushed back overnight. ?”
"Yes!" Dorgon nodded after hearing this and said solemnly, "Although we have an army of 100,000, we still have to be more cautious in the pass. From the news we have received, this Lu Xiangsheng is very good at fighting. is an anomaly in the Ming Dynasty. This can also be confirmed from the battles these days. Therefore, we cannot give him any chance. Now that we can kill this toothless tiger, we must We have to kill him as soon as possible! Otherwise, if he breaks out, there will be a lot of trouble in the future!"
After hearing this, Yue Tuo nodded with deep approval and said: "Yes, this Lu Xiangsheng is indeed an anomaly in the Ming Dynasty. In today's daytime battle, although the Ming army has run out of food, it only has 5,000 men and horses, but it can face tens of thousands of me." Although the army is large, it is still very brave. The bravery of this Ming army is probably not inferior to that of the two Ming armies in the Battle of Hunhe!"
The most difficult battle in the Qing Dynasty was not the Battle of Sarhu, but the bloody battle of Hunhe River. Everyone who participated in that battle, including Yue Tuo himself and Dorgon, were very impressed.
Hearing that Yue Tuo spoke so highly of Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates, Dorgon became even more determined, and said seriously to Yue Tuo: "I estimate that Gao Qiqian has received an order from there, and if there is a gold medal to urge him, tomorrow Lu Xiangsheng’s men will definitely be rescued. Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, it is better to eliminate Lu Xiangsheng’s men as soon as possible. Regardless of other matters, at least Lu Xiangsheng’s head must be obtained, and he must not escape from the encirclement!”
When Yue Tuo heard this and was about to say something, he suddenly saw one of Dorgon's personal guards hurriedly entering the tent. He waved his sleeves and called Qian to report: "Master, the besieged Ming army took advantage of the cover of night to surprise us while we were still encamped." army!"
Upon hearing this, Dorgon stood up and looked at each other with Yue Tuo, both of whom could see the other's surprise. So, without saying anything, he immediately went out to check.
In a corner in the distance, there were already flames shooting into the sky, and the shouts of killing were loud. Under the dark night, it seemed that there were thousands of troops fighting.
At this time, another Tatar general arrived and hurriedly reported the battle to Dorgon: "Master, Lu Xiangsheng's troops tied about two hundred war horses with firewood, blindfolded the horses and attacked our army. His cavalry Then they made a sudden advance, but the scouting horse failed to report, which caused a lot of casualties to our troops. But now that the battalions on the left and right are getting reinforcements, the battle situation has been stabilized!"
"It's really a fierce tiger of the Ming Dynasty!" Dorgon couldn't help but praise him when he heard it. Then, he looked at the situation in the distance for a while, then turned back and ordered, "Pass this military order to the king, and fight steadily. Don't give it to the Ming Dynasty." The army can take advantage of any opportunity. With our army's superior strength, as long as it waits until dawn, this Ming army will have no chance to fish in troubled waters and will be easily eaten by our Qing! Also, whoever gets Lu Xiang's head promotion will be rewarded heavily!"
"Cha!" After hearing this, the Tatar general took the order and left.
After Dorgon issued the order, he turned to look at Yue Tuo and said: "When I came to the other armies, I also gave them military orders, telling them to rush back overnight. Even if they kill the chicken with a sledgehammer, they can kill the Ming Kingdom. Lu Xiangsheng, who poses a great threat to our Qing Dynasty, is worth it!"
"Uncle Wang Yingming!" After hearing this, Yue Tuo flattered him heartily, and then looked at the shouts of killing that had dimmed in the distance, thinking in his heart: I guess that Lu Xiangsheng, unless he surrenders, he will only be seen. It’s just the rising sun tomorrow! It is even more likely that Lu Xiangsheng will not be able to see the sun tomorrow under the heavy reward!"
