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Nurhachi finally understood that the development level of Liaoyang was too high, and there were too many Han people in Liaoyang, which could not be digested for a while.So the capital was set in Shenyang, and I was ready to go back to my hometown at any time.

The peasant man pointed to the person next to him and said, "This is Mr. Li sent by Emperor Zhao of Nanjing. Let Mr. Li say a few words to everyone."

Mr. Li's name is Li Maode, with a northeast accent. He has been lurking in Liaodong for three years, and has developed offline in eight villages.

Li Maode didn't talk about national righteousness, but told stories to the farmers: "As you can know, the teacher of Emperor Zhao in Nanjing is named Pang, and he is a Han Chinese in Liaodong. Mr. Pang is the emperor's teacher, and now he is the prime minister. But Mr. Pang There was also a catastrophe back then, when the Tartars came and Mr. Pang’s family died tragically. Mr. Pang rolled down the cliff, his eyes were half blind, and his hair was gray overnight. A 30-year-old man looks as old as 50 years old..."

"Mr. Pang is determined to take revenge, not only to avenge his family, but also to avenge the Han people in Liaodong, so that the Han people in Liaodong can live a better life. Mr. Pang took in a student and taught them how to read and fight. This student rebelled against Ming Dynasty. , I became the emperor myself, that is, Emperor Zhao in Nanjing. Emperor Zhao is a student of our Liaodong Han people, so can you not turn to our Liaodong Han people?"

"Let me tell you how Emperor Zhao became an emperor. When he saw the peasants living in hardship, he treated them well and led them to kill the landlords and divide the land..."

These Han peasants were fascinated by the stories.Every time it was mentioned that Emperor Zhao helped the poor, the peasants clapped their hands and applauded, thinking that the emperor was really one of his own.

Li Maode finally said: "The Tartars were defeated in Yaozhou, and the Datong Army has already occupied Anshan, not far from our place. Folks, don't wait any longer. Let's follow the example of Emperor Zhao and kill the landlord to divide the land. !"

The crowd clapped.

Holding hoes and sticks, they rushed into the Chen family's mansion, killed the landlord to open a warehouse to release grain, and quickly gathered hundreds of uprising troops.

Then, he went up the mountain to kill Zuyue Temple and killed more than ten monks including the abbot.Continuing to open warehouses to release grain, many low-level monks joined the group, and immediately went out to find other landlords and Manchu farms.

In more than half a month, the peasant uprising team grew to more than [-] people and swept across the southern and western villages of Liaoyang.

Chapter 565 [You sell me, I sell you]

Tianjin battlefield.

As Hauge moved the camp to the southwest of the city, the food road in Tianjin City was cut off, and the Grand Canal was strangled by the Eight Banners Army.

However, Fei Ruhe's army in the west of the city still has smooth access to food.

Hauge can't break it if he wants to, unless he can occupy the Triangle Lake.The military rations in the direction of Baoding were transported from the Huitong River, and then transferred by small boats to the Sanjiao Lake. The shore was Fei Ruhe's camp.

Hauge made an appointment with Li Zicheng to attack, but he had to occupy a suitable terrain first.

The Eight Banners Army crossed the Grand Canal westward, and that area was the only place where they didn't have to cross the river to fight.But the terrain is very narrow, further west there are Desheng Lake, Huoshao Lake, shallow lakes one after another, protecting Fei Ruhe's camp. . .

"kill!"

The Eight Banners Army had just crossed the Grand Canal and set up camp when they were attacked that night.

Fei Ruhe sent an army, but the number was not many, only 2000 people.During the day, enter the Huitong River from Sanjiaodian Lake, quietly touch Deshengdian Lake to lurk, and then come out from the dense reeds at night.

"The savage is hateful!"

Although Hauge didn't suffer much, he was in a bad mood, feeling like he would be stabbed at any time.

Man Dahai said: "The regent has been urging him to return to the division. The Nanmanzi have already taken down the Weining camp. I, Ama, can't sit still. I have led my troops back from Liaoyang to help. The situation of the regent in Yaozhou is very dangerous. We should go back. Yes, the decisive battle across the river is too risky."

"I can't withdraw. If we withdraw now, we won't be able to enter the customs again," Hauge said. "Without Li Zicheng's cooperation, how can we fight the Nanmanzi?"

Man Dahai sighed: "I went to see it myself this morning. The narrowest part of Sanjiaodian Lake and the Grand Canal is only two miles away. The two miles of land were separated by several trenches dug by Nanmanzi. Each trench dug The excavated soil was built into a low earth wall. Our cavalry and chariots can't get through, and the artillery is useless, so we have to use infantry to attack one by one."

The direction of Li Zicheng faces the same problem.

Of course, Li Zicheng's combat area is slightly wider, because the narrowest point is three miles.The same ditches and earthen walls must be captured by infantry.

Fei Ruhe is in disgusting people, with Sanjiaodian in the north, the Grand Canal in the south, and ditches on the east and west sides.

In the direction of Tianjin, Fei Ruhe didn't care at all, and didn't even bother to send troops to scout.

But the direction of Bazhou and Baoding was completely controlled by Fei Ruhe, because there were lakes and rivers everywhere.

In this kind of defensive battle, Li Zicheng and Hauge attacked across the Grand Canal, but it was the easiest way-even though Fei Ruhe had built many forts and temporary fortifications along the Grand Canal.

Man Dahai said: "The Nanman camp must not be attacked by force. Even if it can be broken, more than half of the warriors of the Eight Banners will die. The only way is to fight Yuanjiakou. Li Zicheng said that the Nanman army rations are there. Contact Li Zicheng. He went around from the north, and we went through the gap between Sanjiaodian Lake and Deshengdian Lake. We and Li Zicheng, one south and one north, pinched Yuanjiakou, and lured Fei Ruhe out of the west of Tianjin! Never dare to stay in a turtle shell again."

"That's it!" Hauge agreed.

Li Zicheng also agreed, the attacking enemy must be saved, and the clever trick of leading the snake out of the hole.

Fei Ruhe immediately knew of the enemy's movement.

In other words, Hauge and Li Zicheng did not intend to conceal their combat intentions.This is a conspiracy. If you are hiding in a tortoise shell, we will definitely not be able to break into it.Then I will go to surround your grain storage place and ask you if you are still out to fight.It's just right if you don't come out, I'll burn your food and grass!

Whether it is Li Zicheng or Hauge, after the battle plan is determined, they will move with the whole army.They didn't dare to divide their troops to burn food, because Fei Ruhe's and Zhang Tieniu's troops stood guard there, and anyone who dared to divide their troops would be attacked by them.

Dashun and Manqing left the battalion, and the city of Tianjin came alive immediately.

Zhang Tieniu came out with his army, leaving only a few thousand farmers and soldiers to guard the city, and the main force went to the west of the city a few miles away to join forces with Fei Ruhe.

The battlefield shifted from Tianjin to Yuanjiakou at once.Countless wars broke out in that broken place, because the geographical location is too critical.

Li Zicheng and Haoge's offensive route was to bypass the Datong Army from the north to the south, and attack Yuanjiakou in a pincer-shaped offensive.The pincers are the strongest when they are closed, and the weakest when they are separated. On the day Zhang Tieniu led his troops out of the city, Fei Ruhe seized the opportunity to chase Li Zicheng.

Because Sanjiaodian was blocking him, Li Zicheng detoured farther, and the pliers had more chances to pull out.

Wan Sitong's No.16 Division, infantry and artillery remained, and continued to defend the turtle shell position.Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Huang Shun, and Li Dingguo, with four divisions and cavalry from No. 16 Division, pursued Li Zicheng's troops at full speed.

Thousands of them still took a small boat across Sanjiaodian Lake and took a shortcut to intercept Li Zicheng.

Looking at the thousands of Datong soldiers on the other side of the Fenghe River, Li Zicheng frowned.He had to cross two big rivers, Fenghe River and Hunhe River, as well as several small rivers to join forces with Manqing to attack Yuanjiakou.

Now, the best crossing point of the Fenghe River is blocked. Although Li Zicheng can make a detour, the more he detours to the north, the easier it is for the Datong Army to overtake him.

At that time, the Dashun Army will fight the Datong Army, and the Manqing will take advantage of Yuanjiakou.After obtaining the food from the Datong Army, they can also take advantage of the trend to attack northward and surprise the Datong Army, which has been beaten to the brink of defeat.

All the benefits have been taken by the Tartars!

Li You galloped over quickly, looked at the enemy on the other side of the river, and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, the battle cannot be fought like this. The intention of the puppet army is obvious. We must first destroy us and then go to kill the Tartars. No matter whether we win or lose, we will all fight." It's the Tartars who benefit, how can there be such a thing in the world? Tens of thousands of elite enemy troops, we can't eat one bite. Even if we win miserably, we will not be able to share the benefits with the Tartars. At that time, we will not be able to expand the country, but instead It was the Tartars who attacked the city all the way."

Dang Shousu also came on horseback: "Your Majesty, it's better to retreat to Tongzhou. The puppet army dare not chase so far. At that time, the puppet army will fight with the Tartars first, and we will look for opportunities to go south to clean up the mess."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Nai also ran over, "Guanzhong is not stable, Hedong is being ravaged by puppet comrades, and there are several Henan generals who defected to the enemy. We must not lose here, otherwise Shanxi will be lost, and we really have to let the Tartars fight hard first! "

"His Majesty……"

"His Majesty……"

The generals of all the ministries asked one after another, and Li Zicheng was also persuaded. He really didn't want to beat his life to death, and then let the Tartars come out to take advantage of it.

After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng finally ordered: "Retreat to Tongzhou!"

The coalition forces have never been able to win since ancient times, because they are not of one mind at all.A good battle plan, but Li Zicheng slipped away halfway, wanting to finally come out to pick the fruits of victory.

As for the Tartars, they also did not follow the plan.

The Manchu Qing cavalry, who had been patrolling on the south bank of the canal, noticed that the main force of the Datong Army was chasing Li Zicheng, and immediately rushed to report to Hauge.

Man Dahai was overjoyed: "Yuanjiakou is hoarding military rations, and the Nanmanzi must be well-defended. It is impossible to take down in a day or two. The Nanmanzi went to chase Li Zicheng. His tortoise shell camp is empty, and it is the limit to keep thousands of people for defense. Let's take the opportunity to fight back and seize the camp of the southern barbarians! It is best to attack at night, and kill those barbarians by surprise!"

"Good idea, it's called East and West, the Han people's 36 tricks." Hauge actually knows 36 tricks.

Ever since, when Li Zicheng sold Hauge, Hauge also sold Li Zicheng, and both sides had their own ideas.

……

"Snapped!"

Among the reeds, Zhang Tai slapped a mosquito to death, his palm was already covered with his own blood.

It's already summer, shallow lakes, aquatic plants are everywhere, and there are so many mosquitoes that they can carry people away, making people wonder if they will die from blood loss due to mosquito bites.

Zhang Tai was a soldier of the Datong Navy. He made a living fishing in the Yangtze River since he was a child.

Now he is squatting in the reeds and watching sentries. There are more than ten sentries like him on the south bank of Sanjiaodian Lake.

Hauge was afraid of revealing his whereabouts, so he chose to march in a hurry at night, leaving the peasants and luggage behind.

But they want to attack Fei Ruhe's tortoise shell, this passage is too narrow.To the west of the ditch, there is still a few miles of narrow strip. As long as the sentries in the reeds are not blind, they will definitely be able to spot the whereabouts of the Tartars in advance.

"The guard has changed, you lie down and rest." Ding Chengsi said.

Zhang Tai stretched his waist, yawned and was about to lie down, his open mouth suddenly kept its shape.Immediately he woke up, looked carefully into the distance, and said in a low voice, "The tartars are back and attacked at night!"

"Go back and report!" Ding Chengsi dared not neglect.

There are small continents in the Delta Lake, and beacons can be lit in an emergency, but it is not necessary in the current situation.Because they rowed the boat, they must rush back before the enemy.

The boat galloped through the reeds, Zhang Tai and Ding Chengsi came and went freely in the labyrinth of reeds.

Arriving at the next checkpoint, Zhang Tai said to his comrades, "The Tartars are here to attack at night."

The sentinel rowed back immediately, but Zhang Tai and Ding Chengsi stayed behind, waiting to continue to observe the enemy's situation.

Wan Sitong, who stayed behind in the camp, received the news that the Manchu night attack troops were still more than two miles away from the trenches outside the camp.

"Don't start a fire, wake up the whole army, half go to the trench to ambush, and half to defend the canal side." Wan Sitong was very cautious, fearing that the Tartars would sneak around to the south to cross the river.

This decision was correct, and the sentinel in the canal to the south also rowed back soon, saying that they also found traces of the Tartars there.

Hauge personally led the troops to attack from the south across the river.Man Dahai led the troops and came from the ditch in the west.

Many Tartars rode war horses, with their heads tied and their feet bound, so as not to make any noise.When they got close, they were afraid of revealing their whereabouts, so the whole army got off their horses and touched them.

In the two-mile-wide trench position, Mandahai sent [-] warriors to try to occupy the first trench in the dark.Once it succeeds, it proves that the enemy army is unprepared, and the follow-up troops will immediately rush out.

Man Dahai led the main force to wait patiently, and was soon overjoyed that they succeeded in the surprise attack.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The Datong army in the first trench ran to the camp in panic, and then the second trench also shouted loudly.

Some Eight Banners warriors lit torches, trying to rush through several trenches to light the innermost tent, causing even greater chaos to the Datong Army.

"Army attack!"

Man Dahai knew it was done when he saw the torch, so he stopped to light the torch to prove that the Datong army defending the trench was collapsing.

Haoge on the south side of the canal is still two miles away from the river bank. Hearing the shouts of killing, he also excitedly said: "Accelerate the march, cross the river and kill!"

A surprise attack at night, attacking from both sides, will definitely knock the turtle shell off!

Chapter 566 [Broken Arm Survival and Centrifugal Virtue]

"Rush over and light the tents everywhere!" Fei Yanggu shouted holding a torch.

There are many Jurchens with the same name, and Fei Yanggu in front of him is not Concubine Dong E's younger brother.He is the son of Haana, the founder of the second leader of the inlaid red flag and the fourth leader of the leader. His father is Nurhachi's favorite general, and his mother is Nurhachi's niece.

Breaking through three trenches in a row and climbing over three low walls, the Eight Banners soldiers encountered only sporadic resistance, and the Datong Army all fled in panic and fired a single shot.

Fei Yanggu's blood was already boiling, and the feeling of fighting the Ming army finally came back at this moment!

Some of the 200 night attack vanguards rushed to the fourth trench, and some stopped to light torches with fire knives.The fourth ditch was also easily breached, and the Eight Banners soldiers at the forefront had rushed to the fifth ditch.

"what!"

"My feet!"

The Eight Banners soldiers who rushed into the fifth trench suddenly screamed again and again.But the ditches and narrow passages are actually sprinkled with barbed caltrops, which can be pierced through with boots. . .

Fei Yanggu hurriedly stopped and shouted: "Take it away, take it away!"

There is a hole in the center of the caltrops, which are strung together with ropes for easy arrangement and removal.

The charge momentum of the Eight Banners soldiers came to an abrupt end, and the follow-up soldiers caught up with torches, illuminating the trenches and clearing away the barbed wire.One collection is a bunch, concentrated codes are placed in several places, and wounded soldiers are left to guard each place, reminding the friendly troops behind not to step on it.

The sixth ditch was already full of firewood, and Datong soldiers were pouring oil on the firewood.

Fei Yanggu crossed the low earthen wall and led his troops to charge there. The Datong army hurriedly threw torches into the pile of firewood.The firewood in the trench was ignited immediately, but the fire was relatively small, and the Eight Banners soldiers fled into the trench, stepping on the flames and continuing to rush forward.

"Bang bang bang!"

There is no ditch in front, but there is still an earthen wall. Datong soldiers lie behind the earthen wall and shoot freely.

"There is an ambush, retreat quickly!" Fei Yanggu was shocked.

The previous barbed wire and firewood may have been prepared long ago, and they were thrown into the trench temporarily in the event of a night attack.But the firecrackers behind the earthen wall were obviously ready to fight, and they definitely didn't look like they were attacked at night.

At this moment, the follow-up troops sent by Mandahai, with a total of more than 3000 people, are already close to the first trench.They couldn't figure out what was going on, they only heard the sound of scattered firecrackers in front of them, thinking that the Datong Army was resisting in a corner, so they accelerated their speed and rushed in.

These two groups of Eight Banners soldiers met in the third ditch.

Fei Yanggu shouted: "Quickly retreat, there is an ambush ahead!"

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a sudden sound of gunfire, but it was fired towards the other side of the river, where Hauge was trying to cross the river.

Whether it was Mandahai attacking from the west or Haoge attacking from the south, they all reacted to the sound of gunfire, and the positions of the Datong Army must have been prepared long ago.

"woo woo woo woo!"

The trumpet sounded, and the two Tartar princes ordered to retreat at the same time.