Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 543 The Northern Expedition: Setting Sun Fireworks

At this time, the scenery of Tianjin Wei is also unique. The land of Yanzhao under the sunset is full of tranquility, and the lake water in the Triangle Lake is shimmering, reflecting the heroic and heroic posture of the officers and soldiers of the Guards marching.

The reeds rippling in the breeze made a rustling sound, like a symphony that began to accompany the footsteps of the Guards, which made every Guards officer and soldier feel passionate and hopeful for victory at this moment.

At this time, the Qing army came out of the reeds, holding bows and crossbows in their hands, aiming at the officers and soldiers of the guards.

The Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards marched into Tianjin Wei in two ways.

Among them, the first column consisting of an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an infantry battalion walked along the bank of the Delta Lake, starting from the direction of Dacheng and pointing directly at Tianjin Wei.

Because according to Jin Yiwei's information, Liu Xiyao had already learned that the main focus of the Qing army's deployment was Jinghai and Dagukou.

Therefore, Liu Xiyao, the deputy commander of the corps, thought of dividing his troops from the direction of the big city to directly march into Tianjin Wei, and caught the Qing army by surprise.

But at this time, the actual commander of the Qing army, King Mingle of Duoluo County, also received Dorgon's personal biography, and also noticed that there was an official road far away from the Grand Canal outside Jinghai and Dagukou.

"Since the Ming army has a navy that can attack our Tianjin Wei from the direction of Dagukou, can it be that my navy in the Qing Dynasty can't be deployed? Ge Ze, you personally led [-] sailors to ambush in the reeds in Sanjiaodian Lake. As long as the Ming army enters In the Sanjiaodian area, we used the reed marshes as a cover to approach and shoot these Ming troops with bows and arrows, so that they never came back!"

Ming Le's meaning was very clear, that is, to use the reeds as a cover to catch the guards by surprise.

Therefore, when the cavalry battalion and some infantry of the first column of the Guards entered the reed marsh, the Qing army ambushing in Sanjiaodian began to approach through the reed marsh, and began to set up their bows and arrows, and the firearms soldiers also began to Loaded the ammunition, aimed at my Guards.

As the deputy commander of the corps, Liu Xiyao was looking at the map almost every day and night to ensure that the battle he commanded in front of His Majesty the Emperor would be a surefire victory, and sometimes he even personally swam across the Delta Lake to check the surrounding situation.

Therefore, Liu Xiyao also noticed that Sanjiaodian might be the only place where the Qing army could defeat his guards. He couldn't help saying to his subordinates:

"Although the Qing army has [-] troops, it is still impossible to fight against my guards. I think the Qing army should know this truth after suffering so many losses. We can only take advantage of the location to take the initiative to attack and defeat our guards by ambush, and the entire Jinmen area is flat, with no mountains and jungles to rely on, only the endless reeds to the north of the big city."

"Thus, the Qing army is likely to use the reeds to ambush us, and even fight us out of the reeds. Everyone knows that there is no difference between bows and firearms in melee. Even for skilled archers, bows and arrows in melee Still better than firearms, but we still have to walk this reeds!"

"Now the victory of the Northern Expedition is just around the corner. Liaodong and Liaoxi outside the pass have been recovered by the Second Army of the Guards. Shanxi has also been recovered by the Third and Fourth Armies of the Guards. The direction of Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion are two of our Guards. With the attack of a corps, Jianlu can only escape through the Gubeikou area. It is inevitable for Jianlu to evacuate, but we must kill his vital forces as much as possible before he completely withdraws, so as to prepare for future expeditions or reduce the number of northern troops. prepare for the threat."

"However, if we don't choose to go to the dense reed marshes in the direction of Dacheng, and only concentrate our forces to attack Jinghai, if I were Dorgon, I would quickly realize that there is no hope of defending Tianjin and transfer the main force back to Beijing, and then evacuate Gu North exit."

"But what we choose now is to take this reed slop, so that Dorgon and the king of Duo Luo County, who built a captive, mistakenly think that our guards are starting to be proud and underestimate the enemy, and they are starting to be blindly confident, even blindly confident enough to want to take a shortcut Attack Tianjin Wei directly from the direction of Dacheng, but what they don't know is that we are going to use our tricks!"

After Liu Xiyao finished speaking, he issued an order: "Let the order go down, all the kerosene and thunderbolts brought by the army will be taken by the cavalry battalion and infantry battalion of the first column to the reed marsh in the direction of Sanjiaodian, and each person will bring two dummies. It is estimated that the main force of the first column will enter the reed marsh in the evening, and the dummies can just give the Qing army the illusion that we are the main force of [-] to [-] going from here;
The ministries stepped up vigilance, and as long as the Qing army launched a surprise attack, they would immediately throw out the thunderbolt and the kerosene bottle, and burn this reed marsh!At the same time, the artillery was postponed for half an hour later, and the cavalry battalion directly under the Corps was guarding it. Once the sound of killing came from the direction of Sanjiadiandian, it would immediately fire the artillery, so that the Qing army would never return! "

Soon after Liu Xiyao gave the order, the army began to prepare for departure.

And just as Liu Xiyao expected, the Qing army at this time really did not expect that the Ming army would deliberately lure them, and Qing army deputy Du Tongge pushed aside the reeds and saw the Ming army marching densely on the official road surrounded by reeds under the dark sky. Jun Shi sneered:

"Sure enough, as the lord expected, these Ming dogs got into our trap, let me know, I will send out the signal flares, and they will all attack, and shoot me fiercely with firearms, bows and arrows! When these Ming troops are in chaos, they will rush out again. , the iron cavalry ambushing in the reeds should also be prepared."

"Don't worry, master, we are all ready, just wait for your order, so that these smart dogs know how powerful our Qing warriors are!"

When the people below said this, Ge Ze turned his eyes and pointed his bow and arrow at a guard.

There was a long sound.

The dummy in Chen Zhenhui's hand was suddenly hit by an arrow, and the arrow passed through the dummy and hit Chen Zhenhui's arm. Chen Zhenhui couldn't help shouting in pain: "There are tartars, everyone, pay attention!"

With that said, Chen Zhenhui put the dummy down on the ground.

Seeing this, Ge thought it was the guard who had been hit by an arrow and fell down, so he couldn't help but started to fire the signal flare: "Shoot me hard!"

But at this time, the guards also prepared the Zhentianlei and kerosene bottles in their hands.

"leave!"

Chen Zhenhui let out a loud shout.

Immediately, before the first wave of arrows and bullets from the Qing army could be fired in large quantities, a large number of thunderstorms had exploded in the reeds, and at the same time, a large amount of kerosene began to permeate the reeds. In an instant, the sky was full of fire.

The air in the north was dry, and it was evening, and the water vapor had already evaporated, so these reeds were more flammable than before. When the fire came together, the entire reed marsh burned rapidly, and the flames soared into the sky, and the fire became bigger and bigger.

The guards also hurriedly withdrew a hundred steps from the official road, using the official road as a separation zone, and began to prepare to ambush the Qing army who wanted to retreat ashore and escape.

(End of this chapter)