This Tatar general is about forty years old. His name is Niugulu Turg. He is a man with a white banner and has rich war experience. He has been fighting on the battlefield since the wild boar skin period. However, when Chongzhen was guarding Luanzhou for three years, he was defeated and escaped from the pass together with Aisin Gioro Amin, and was dismissed.
However, there were only a few people in the Qing Dynasty, and he was regarded as a capable person, so he was reactivated and entered the customs many times to plunder. Currently, he is temporarily serving as the official post of Gushan Ezhen with a white flag, and he is also considered the most senior among the Tatars. One of the leaders.
Dorgon also knew him well and felt that he had rich war experience and qualifications, so he put him in charge.
Of course, if possible, Dorgon would like to remove Lu Xiangsheng's head with his own hands, just to feel relieved. However, Ming reinforcements were approaching, and their scale was beyond his expectation. He understood that this must be related to the Ming Emperor's gold medal.
For this reason, Dorgon decided to defeat the supporting army first, or at least repel it, and strangle the Ming army's fighting spirit in the cradle. Only in this way can it be easier for him to plunder and achieve the purpose of entering the pass.
He was still confident about this, because he had information and knew the commander-in-chief of the Ming reinforcements. The eunuch Gao Qiqian was also a member of the Ming peace faction. He was not a person who really knew the military at all. A qualified commander!
Thinking about it, it was also a embarrassment for the Ming emperor. The country was in chaos, and all the Ming troops who could fight were sent to exterminate the bandits. In this way, when the Qing army entered the pass, they encountered weak chickens, and it was very easy to defeat the Ming army.
After tormenting the Ming Dynasty several times, there were fewer and fewer Ming troops capable of fighting. Otherwise, if the Ming Dynasty was so concerned about face, it would not even think about negotiating peace with the Qing Dynasty.
While he was thinking about it, Turge had already sworn to accept the order and replied: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely capture this village before dark and dedicate Lu Xiangsheng's head to the master!"
He didn't believe that in a whole day, he would not be able to defeat a mere Zhuangzi from the Ming Dynasty. You know, he entered the pass many times and conquered countless Ming Dynasty cities. Not to mention the distance, just entering the pass this time, isn't it also about attacking the city and conquering the territory, and is invincible! What's more, Lu Xiangsheng's army has been fighting for so long on an empty stomach and is already exhausted. If they can't take down Zhuangzi in a whole day, their life will be in vain!
With this in mind, after he respectfully sent Dorgon off, he was ready to attack Zhuangzi.
However, before he gave the order, he noticed new movement in Zhuangzi in the distance, which made him sink.
I saw the bright people in Zhuangzi pouring hot water on and outside the wall. After the steaming hot water was poured out, the mist filled the air. In the blink of an eye, there were bright reflections on the wall and the ground outside, and it had obviously turned into ice! Not only that, judging from the mist coming out of the village, it seems that the village has been doing this all the time and has no intention of stopping. Obviously, Zhuangli tried to use ice to strengthen and thicken the defense.
Turge didn't even need to guess, he immediately knew that this must be Lu Xiangsheng's idea. Otherwise, this movement would not have occurred after Lu Xiang was promoted to Zhuangzi.
"Minggou Lu Xiangsheng, huh, just struggling to the death!" Turge snorted again and ordered the infantry to start preparing to attack Zhuangzi.
The first wave of soldiers was sent out by those Yu Ding who came with the army, that is, the baoyi from each household. All of them were young men who had been plundered outside the pass. Now, except for their thin clothes, they were no different from Tatars.
Turge rode in front of the formation, looked at them and shouted: "If you win the battle, you will be raised with the flag. Whoever offers Lu Xiangsheng's head will get the coat and the land if he goes back this time. If you are timid and don't fight, , I will kill you without mercy."
"Cha!" These wrappers responded in unison, with loud voices. I have to say that this reward is still very attractive to them.
In fact, the reason why the Ming army, which had been repeatedly defeated in battles, turned around to deal with the Ming Dynasty after surrendering to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was fierce and fierce, and the young men who had been taken away were easily digested by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This reward and punishment is very exciting to them.
Think about it, on the one hand, military pay cannot be paid out, and one has to sell his sons and daughters. Even if he achieves military merit, let alone whether there is a reward, even if there is, it will be deducted by the superiors. On the other hand, , but he could climb up from being a slave, become a slave owner, and be allocated fields. The gap in comparison is too big, so the performance will naturally be different. As for national justice and patriotism? Can it be eaten?
Turge's arrangement didn't stop there. He turned around and mobilized a group of elite Manchus to mix with the remaining soldiers, and then ordered an attack on Zhuangzi.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The three artillery pieces brought with the army suddenly sounded, and the iron bullets roared and hit the wall.
Obviously, Zhuangzi did not have enough weapons to fight the artillery, so these artillery fired just a stone's throw away. Although it is not a Hongyi cannon, it can cause enough damage to the wall. Except for one iron bullet that slipped due to the wrong angle due to freezing, the other two iron bullets made holes.
Suddenly, Zhuangzi was obviously panicked. After all, Zhuang Dingna had seen this kind of situation before. The wall is broken, and there are countless Manchu and Qing troops watching outside Zhuangzi. Can it be defended?
At this time when they were panicking, Gao Qiqian was also a little panicked.
At this time, it was already dark, and he led the main reinforcements to a place still twenty miles away from Julu. However, the Manchu and Qing Tatar troops had already come forward, and the momentum of the reinforcements' advance was immediately blocked.
In several contact battles on the front line, the Ming army suffered defeats. If Guan Ning's cavalry hadn't suppressed the formation, the Manchu and Qing troops would have taken the opportunity to sweep in and be completely defeated.
"Form up, everyone form up!" Gao Qiqian ordered in panic, "If anyone dares to run away, our family will not spare him, and the emperor will not spare him. In this battle, we can only fight to the death to rescue Lu Shangshu, otherwise We all must die!”
If normal operations were used, Gao Qiqian and the generals below would have run away long ago when they encountered this situation. But Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict and gold medal all showed his determination. Anyone who dared to run would definitely lose his head afterwards. Therefore, no one dared to run.
Gao Qiqian was ready to risk his life. He called all the eunuchs and supervisors in each army and reiterated: "You also know the emperor's determination. If we can't save Lu Shangshu, our family will inevitably die. Where are you?" The armies are fighting to the death, and I don’t know if those soldiers and gangsters are up to something, but you guys from the palace will definitely end up with the same fate as ours!"
At this point, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted sharply: "Follow those soldiers and don't leave even to eat or shit. If anyone wants to escape, we will capture them directly. Do you understand?"
