A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 287
Everyone in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, since the Battle of Julu, the invading banners all feared Xuan Da's army, especially Wang Dou's Shunxiang Army.From Tongzhou to Dingzhou to Julu, Wangdou's more than 3000 soldiers made all the banners suffer. The Eight Banners Manchurian Zhenghong Banner also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Even Baya La Ying Jia La Zhang Jing Tanbai Julu died in battle.

I thought that Wang Doujun suffered heavy casualties after the Great Deer War, and it was not enough, at least not in this invasion.Unexpectedly, Xuan Dajun came again, Wang Dou's army became stronger and stronger, 3000 people fought 6000 people, perhaps far more than that, this was really unexpected by everyone.

After a long time, Yue Tuo sighed: "After the Great Deer War, my Qing soldiers did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and wiped out Wang Dou and others. In the end, they were breeding tigers into trouble. I regret it!"

Everyone's faces were ugly, his eldest son Luo Luohong also had a pale face, and shouted at Buyantu: "Wang Dou really has 6000 people, Buyantu, you slave, can you see clearly?"

Luo Luohong is only 23 years old, but with full cheeks and beard, he looks older than Yue Tuo.He was stout and had a very violent temper. He whipped his subordinates at every turn. Even Bu Yantu had eaten his whip. Everyone in the banner feared him very much.

Seeing Luo Luohong's stare, Buyantu was terrified, and hurriedly said: "Returning to Master Bei, it is absolutely true, absolutely true, the servant sentry is very clear, Wang Dou's subordinates will not be less than 6000 people. If the military situation has If you make a mistake, I ask Master Bei to cut off the slave's head."

Luo Luohong's face became more and more ugly, seeing his son was about to get angry again, Yue Tuo waved his hand to tell Luo Luohong to shut up.When the enemy is at present, it is even more necessary to win over the subordinates so that they can fight the enemy together.After he coughed violently again, Wen Yan asked Buyantu to retreat and rest, and asked his servant to serve Buyantu a cup of hot tea to warm his body, which made Buyantu tearful of gratitude.

Although Luo Luohuan, Yuetuo's second son, is only two years younger than his elder brother Luo Luohong, he is quite calm and looks like a father.In Zhenghong Banner, he led 6000 armored soldiers and [-] unarmored bannermen.At this moment, he pondered for a moment, and said to Yue Tuo: "Ama, my lords, the military situation must be correct. There is only one explanation for the reason why Wang Dou has [-] troops, and that is that he concealed his strength."

"There has been a precedent. When Rao Yubeile with the white flag inlaid the white flag attacked Wangdoujun Fort in the first year of Chongde, he had 400 soldiers and horses in the fort. At that time, Wang Dou was only a small defense officer in the Ming Dynasty. As a rule, he could only Leading three to four hundred people, but privately drilled as many as ten times as many troops."

"After the first year of Chongde, Wang Dou was promoted to a guerrilla in the Ming Dynasty. According to his scheming, he must have trained more troops. When he led the troops to fight, he should have no less than 9000 or [-] troops. Three thousand soldiers follow him. For the battle, the rest of the troops must be deployed in Yizhou and other places. After the Battle of Julu, he was silent, and he appeared just when our Qing troops were dividing up. This man is too scheming, it is indeed our Qing Dynasty I'm in serious trouble."

There was something in his heart that he couldn't understand, that is, why did Wang Dou arrange his troops and horses to hide in Yizhou and other places, and why did he choose to send troops at this time?Could it be that he has the ability to foretell and predict that after the Qing soldiers plunder, they will hoard the population and wealth in Zhuozhou, and the main force will go to Shandong?

The more he couldn't figure it out, the more Luo Luohuan felt that Wang Dou was terrible, and he sighed long and loudly: "It's a pity that the good opportunity to destroy Wang Dou is not here, and now more than 1 people from the Xuan army have come. Even counting unarmored warriors, we will The Manchurian Zhenghong Banner has no more than [-] troops in Zhuozhou, and half of them are Wang Dou's subordinates against these Ming troops..."

With a worried look on his face, he said anxiously to Yue Tuo: "Ama, there is only one way out, which is to let the warriors in the banner who stayed in Tongzhou give up their camp, and the whole army come here, and then send someone to ask for help from the general in Shandong who was ordered to do so. If I stick to the camp, there may still be a way out."

A single stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone in the hall immediately had a lot of discussions, some agreed with Luo Luohuan's proposal, while others disagreed.

Luo Luohong squinted at his younger brother. He usually dislikes his second brother. As a banner man, he is good at Chinese etiquette, not at all the heroic spirit of a Manchurian warrior.Last year, he took over the title of Duo Luo Beizi, which was even the same title as his own, and Luo Luohong was even more dissatisfied.

Hearing Luo Luohuan's dejected words at this time, he shouted loudly: "Second brother, what you said is the prestige of the Changming army, destroying the aspirations of our warriors in the Qing Dynasty! Isn't it only more than 1 Ming troops? My Qing soldiers will serve one hundred Even if a thousand warriors face off against 1 Ming troops, they can still be defeated."

He said: "My soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are good at fighting in the field, but short at defending the city. They don't defeat those Ming troops in the field, but they are defending the camp and being beaten. How can I swallow this breath?"

A gloomy look flashed across Luo Luohuan's face, and when he heard that his eldest brother even used Ming idioms backwards, he secretly sneered, but his face was calm.

He said: "I don't know how my elder brother fought against the Ming army? During the battle between Tongzhou and Dingzhou, the Eight Banners Manchuria's Inlaid Red Banner and Inlaid White Banner fought against Wang Dou and others in the field, but the result was serious damage. Could it be that the eldest brother wants to take all the flags in our banner?" Can't all the warriors go all out? During the Battle of the Julu, the fighting strength of Wang Dou and others, the elder brother also experienced it."

The veins on Luo Luohong's neck popped up, and he shouted: "Of course I wouldn't be that stupid, but I use the leader of our cavalry army. In the Ming Dynasty dialect, it means inviting him to the road, cutting off his relationship, and attacking him." Don't worry, mess with their weapons, chase them away, play them to death."

He shouted: "My cavalry army is good at running and is good at melee combat. The Xuanda army has sharp firearms, but we don't need to take the initiative to attack their formation. We should use our strengths and avoid weaknesses. When they set up their formation, our army will be far away if we don't fight." Surveillance. When they marched, our army set up an attacking formation again, and they had to form an formation again. After doing this several times, they must be extremely exhausted. Our army took the opportunity to attack. Just in this tens of miles, we can beat them crumble."

Luo Luohuan's face became more gloomy, but his tone was still calm: "Don't worry about attacking him, messing with his weapons, chasing him away? King Ming's Doubu is good as an infantry, but don't forget, brother, the rest of Ming Dynasty's Xuan army It is full of cavalry, the number is as many as five or six thousand! Our camp in Zhuozhou needs to be guarded, how many warriors can you send to harass? Five hundred, one thousand or two thousand?"

"The remaining soldiers and horses of the Xuanda Army fought bloody battles with us in Julu. Their combat power should not be underestimated. Even if they send [-] cavalry, they can fight me as well. Once the cavalry fights in a melee, they will send some more people If you get caught up, those warriors will be wiped out!"

"...Invite him to the grain road, and cut off the bridge? Buyan Tujiala has already made a clear detection. This time, the Xuan army came, just like the battle of Julu and the battle of Dingzhou, with a large amount of food and grass with the army. Perhaps enough for their entire army to feed for a month, half a month, where to invite them to get food, and cut off the bridge? Even if they only bring half a month's food, if the warriors from Tongzhou don't come to meet up, the warriors in our banner will not insist on it. Less than half a month."

As soon as these words came out, the hall became even more quiet. Luo Luohuan's words made everyone realize the fact that it was not a question of how to defeat the Ming army, but a big question of their Zhenghongqi's life and death.

Although Luo Luohong's tone was heroic, which one of you present in Julu had never fought a bloody battle with Xuan Dajun, especially Wang Doujun?The fighting power of the Ming army had already made everyone tremble with fear. Luo Luohong's tactics were usually feasible, but the Xuan army was different. They had a large number of cavalry, and all their cavalry advantages were in vain in front of them.

Moreover, since the Battle of Julu, that kind of tragic battle has left everyone with lingering fears. Subconsciously, they don't want to fight Wang Doujun again, let alone let their subordinates be easily damaged.

The remaining Jialazhangjing and some Niuluzhangjings in the hall were all inclined to Luo Luohuan's opinion.Now that the Xuan Dajun is approaching aggressively, it's time to make a quick decision. This is the most important question. They all look to Yue Tuo, who is at the top.

At this time, Yue Tuo also shouted violently: "Enough!"

He was troubled seeing his two sons blushing and their necks were thick, and he was also inclined to the second son Luo Luohuan's opinion in his heart.The Xuan army had a large number of cavalry, and the usual tactics used by the Qing army would not work at all. They came suddenly, so they had to stick to the camp and wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

In fact, Yuetuo still has another choice, which is to give up all the captured people and money in Zhuozhou and quickly withdraw to Tongzhou.But everyone in the banner, who is willing to give up these hard-earned wealth?Moreover, Yue Tuo was not sure whether Wang Dou and others would catch up again after he led the army to retreat.At that time, he gave up the Tongzhou camp and fled to other places, and then Wang Dou and others caught up again?The only choice is to stick to the Zhuozhou camp.

After coughing violently for a while, he sat up straight and looked at the people in the hall majestically: "Send down the order, the whole army is on emergency alert, and urge those slaves, Ahha, to dig deep trenches and make all preparations for defense. The warriors of the Department also retreated to the camp to participate in the defense of the camp."

Everyone in the hall accepted the order with a bang, but Luo Luohong was stunned: "Ama, without the guards, will those looted Ming people take the opportunity to escape?"

Yue Tuo said: "During the great battle, the situation was unclear, so forgive them for not daring to escape. Even if they escape, they will not be able to escape far in this severe cold weather. If our army wins, we can return them afterwards. The most important thing right now is to Concentrate your troops on defense."

Luo Luohong did not give up: "If we drive more Ming people into the camp, we can also force them to guard the camp and resist the Ming army's bullets."

Yue Tuo shook his head: "It's useless for these people to defend the camp. Facing the Ming army's artillery and guns, they will only be defeated and flee, disturbing the hearts of our warriors. The Battle of Julu is a lesson from the past, and we must guard against it."

Luo Luohuan thought of something: "If the Xuan Da army seizes the wealth and population outside the camp, instead of launching an attack on our army, what should we do if we retreat with the livestock and wealth?"

Yue Tuo sneered: "If they are really like this, such an army greedy for money and good goods is nothing to worry about, and our Qing warriors will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

He shook his head: "Wang Dou and the others won't be so stupid, there will be fierce battles for several days."

He ordered Jialazhangjing Buyantu of the Bayala camp to lead people to Tongzhou for help urgently. You looked at Buyantu and said: "I have a letter, and you hand it over to Jiala Heshuote who is staying in the Tongzhou camp. , Let his whole army come to help, you tell Heshuote, within three days, he must lead the army to arrive, otherwise the general will behead his head."

The Zhenghong Banner Jialazhangjing and Shuote who stayed behind in the Tongzhou camp had [-] armored bannermen, [-] unarmored bannermen, and [-] miscellaneous servants.If all these people arrive, Yue Tuo has a certain chance of winning.After saying this, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Before leaving, you ask He Shuote to burn all the looted money, grain and rice, and don't leave a grain of food for the nearby Ming army."

Everyone in the hall was ashamed, this time they lost too much to the Qing army, and all the money, food and grass they worked so hard to capture were all in vain, all blamed on those damned Xuan Dajun, and even more damned Ming general Wang Dou.

Buyantu kowtowed heavily, with a solemn and solemn expression: "The servant must deliver the letter, and Lord Heshuote must lead the army to help."

Yue Tuo also ordered a Niulu Zhangjing leader from the Baya La camp to go to Shandong to ask the general Dorgon for emergency help.Finally, he ordered his eldest son, Luo Luohong, to lead 500 men from the Baya Battalion of the Zhenghong Banner, [-] armored soldiers, and [-] unarmored banner men, to form [-] cavalry, to go out into the wild to try to harass the approaching Xuanda army.

He carefully told his son: "After you lead the army out, don't fight with them. If there is no chance, come back quickly."

Everyone took orders one by one, Yue Tuo took a deep breath, and murmured: "I hope this arrangement can block the attack of Wang Dou and others."

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In the middle of the afternoon, Xuan Dajun arrived at a local place called Linjiatun, which was less than [-] miles away from the Qing army camp, and also less than [-] miles away from Zhuozhou City.

Na Zhuozhou is a famous place for storing grain in the north of the Ming Dynasty. The city is strong, and there are secret passages in the west of the city to Zijin Pass and Yizhou, and there are defenses.However, in late October of last year, when the Qing soldiers crossed the capital and moved from Liangxiang to Zhuozhou, the city of Zhuozhou fell, and all the wealth and wealth of the people inside were taken away.

When the Qing soldiers retreated and went south, the Ming court sent troops to occupy the defense, but the interior was already empty. Except for officers and soldiers, there were no ordinary people.At this time, there were thousands of defenders in Zhuozhou City, but they only dared to hide in the city, and did not dare to attack the Zhenghong Banner Qing army by the Liuli River.

Xuan Dajun also had no interest in the Ming army in Zhuozhou City, and did not send anyone to contact them.After crossing the Juma River, they never stopped, and the mighty army rushed straight to the Qing army camp by the Liuli River.

When we got here, there were more Zhenghongqi sentries spying around, and from time to time, Xuan Dajun rushed to chase them away at night, making it difficult for them to get close to Xuan Dajun's surrounding ten miles.In particular, the Yebushoumen of the Shunxiang Army, who have three horses and one man, are outstanding in terms of combat power and mobility. Even the Baya La soldiers who are Zhenghongqi can't get cheap in their hands.

But at this time, many Ye Bu Shou came back and said that a large number of red flag cavalry appeared ten miles ahead. Wang Dou and Yang Guozhu looked at each other: "Could it be that the Qing soldiers are going to fight our army here? Then repeat Dingzhou Let's fight!"

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