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Chapter 124

On November [-]th, at Si time, the sun was high in the sky, but the light was dim and the wind was biting cold.

Teams of sergeants are busy at Beiguan of Dingzhou City. They are clearing up the broken walls of Beiguan. The entire Beiguan and the areas on the left and right sides are used as Lu Xiangsheng’s camp for the Chinese army. Soldiers are repairing houses and setting up tents.

About two miles away from Beiguan, there are three other camps that are being erected. The three camps are separated by about one mile.

In the distance, teams of Ming army knights rode horses and galloped back and forth. The entire Dingzhou city outside the northern pass was full of Xuanda army horses led by Lu Xiangsheng.

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It turned out that yesterday, Abatai discovered that the army of nearly 2 horses that came from between Qingdu and Boye along the official road to Dingzhou was exactly Lu Xiangsheng, who fought against Haoge in Gaoyang before. After the army.

He arranged the deployment overnight, and the army had pulled out of the camp at Maoshi today. The Dingkou, money, food, and goods looted along the way had been packed earlier than yesterday, and the army set out from the camp before dawn.

In front of the slave chief Huang Taiji, Abatai has never been favored, and he is punished for minor offenses. The brothers of the same generation have all been crowned kings and always hold the banner. He is the only one who is still a Doro Raoyu Baylor That's all.

This series of reasons created his cautious style.

Some time ago, after Hauge was defeated at the foot of Gaoyang City, he sent a sentry to send a message to Dorgon on a fast horse, informing the Ming army that Lu Xiangsheng's troops were quite strong, and suggested that all the Qing troops should be informed. , Waiting for an opportunity to gather troops to annihilate them.

After Dorgon received the report, he also thought carefully. In fact, before they invaded the capital of Daming, they also made a detailed analysis of the situation of the Ming army. Three towns, Shaanxi Sanbian, etc. are just a few roadside towns and soldiers.

Liaodong Town and the others have dealt with each other all year round, so they already know it very well. The advantage is that they are good at defending the city.

So this time when they entered the bandits, they didn't take the soldiers of Liaodong Town too seriously, and they really only dared to follow and didn't dare to fight.

Then there is the frontier army in the three towns of Xuanda. This is not the first time Dorgon has come into contact with him. He has entered Xuanda a few years ago, and he has never seen such a strong army that dared to go out of the city to fight in the field.

But Dorgon, after all, is Dorgon, he is thoughtful, although he looks down on Hauge, it is because his father's name is Huang Taiji.

However, he knew that Hauge was also a veteran who had fought for many years, and he didn't rub the sand in his eyes. Since he said that he should pay special attention to Lu Xiangsheng, Dorgon naturally took it to heart.

He immediately sent an order to all the Qing troops, saying: Lu Xiang was promoted to the Ministry of the Ming Dynasty, and he has considerable combat power. The troops of the various ministries are weak.

Because of this, when Abatai heard that Lu Xiangsheng's troops had nearly [-] Xuanda Jingqi riding along the official road along the Tang River to Dingzhou City, he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered all the troops to prepare overnight. On the second day, at Maoshi, he broke out of the camp and left.

However, he was an old soldier after all, so he left like this. After all, he was a little unwilling, so he arranged for nearly two hundred captives to ride on the Dingzhou Bridge to lure the enemy, and ambush two soldiers, wanting to teach the Ming army a lesson before leaving .

It's a pity that he met Hu Dawei, who was also an old soldier, and strictly carried out Lu Xiangsheng's military orders, and was not lured by the Qing soldiers to make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Abatai rode his horse on a mound, watching every move of the Xuan Da army, silently leading the Qing army's cavalry who were about to attack Hu Dawei's troops, and rode their horses around the city to the south of Dingzhou without saying a word. Baoding go.

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Huang Tingzhi, the magistrate of Dingzhou, led Jin Shitong, commander of Teng Xiangwei, and a group of gentry and village elders in Dingzhou city. They went out of the north gate of Dingzhou with drums and gongs, and went directly to Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army camp in Beiguan. The big tent of the Chinese army came.

Lu Xiangsheng's Supervision Battalion was set up in Beiguan, Zhang Cheng's Xuanzhen Right Wing Battalion was on the right, Shanxi Town General Jiang Mingwu's Department was on the left, forming the Chinese Army Camp.

To the north of the big camp, there are three camps standing in a forest. The general soldiers of the three towns each lead the soldiers and horses of the main battalion, and camp in the north of the central army.

Dingzhou Beiguan, like Nanguan, has always been a place where Dingzhou's business is flourishing. Some vendors are reluctant to enter the city, so that they can sell their goods to merchants here, so there are many shops and many warehouses, but there are few residents.

Lu Xiangsheng found a grain store as the main tent of the Chinese army. This grain store has a small facade, but there is a universe inside. Behind the facade is a huge yard, and behind it is the granary.

The reason why he chose this place is that Lu Xiangsheng thought that this granary was quite complete, so he used it as a large tent for the Chinese army.

The generals of the three towns of Xuanda were discussing matters in Lu Xiangsheng's large tent of the Chinese army, when they heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the north, and hurriedly led the generals out of the tent to check.

Just when the soldiers came to report, it was the commanding envoy of Teng Xiangwei, the leader of Dingzhou Zhizhou, and the gentry and villagers in the city who came to condolences to General Xuan.

Although Huang Tingzhi, the magistrate of Dingzhou, repeatedly invited him, Lu Xiangsheng still refused. However, the [-] shi grains and dozens of pigs and sheep that were used as condolences to the laborers were accepted without hesitation.

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On November [-], after breaking Quyang, the slave bandits plundered Fuping County, and then divided their troops to harass Longquan Pass and Daoma Pass.

On November [-], the Qing army of Dorgon, the slave chieftain, looted Xingtang and Lingshou counties successively, surrounded Zhendingfu City, and advanced to Jingjing Pass.

On November 21, the Abatai tribe of the slave chieftain went to Xinle from Dingzhou, broke through Xinle County, plundered for two days, and then sent troops to attack Wuji County.

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In the 11th year of Chongzhen, on November 21st, the sun was hidden behind the clouds, and white snowflakes fell with the wind. On the gilded red tiles, red and white alternated, which was really beautiful.

Beijing, the Forbidden City, inside the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was reading a Tang newspaper delivered from Shanxi. Are Shanxi and Taiyuan in danger?"

He casually threw the pond newspaper on the imperial case, and paced back and forth in the Nuan Pavilion with his hands behind his back. The cabinet minister Yang Sichang stood respectfully at the bottom, but his eyes moved from time to time following the figure of Emperor Chongzhen.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have made up his mind, and said to Yang Sichang: "Yunzhen is an important place, and there must be no loss. I intend to order Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Xuanda Jingqi to rush to the rescue. What does Yang Aiqing think?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang bent down and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, now that most of the slaves and thieves have gone south, the situation of the soldiers is even more urgent. Lu Shangshu knows that the soldiers are brave, but at this critical moment, it is inappropriate to leave the wing. .”

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