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Chapter 860 The Great Ming Expeditionary Army Infantry (Part [-])
Dorgon fell ill in Ningyuan City and handed over the command of the war to Hong Chengchou.While serving Dorgon in front of the bed, Lord Hong had to step up his defense of Ningyuan City, because they knew that the Ming army would come soon, so they set up secret sentries along the way.

This time Dorgon went out of Beijing to mobilize a total of 26 troops. Shanhaiguan lost the first battle, and the plan to go out went bankrupt. This battle lost 10 horses. The next 16 people were handed over to Hong Chengchou, plus Ningyuan's 18 defenders, the Qing army still had [-] people, and its strength was still quite strong.

Now both Yue Le and Sony are dead, and Dorgon, who is injured and sick, feels helpless. The only one who can command the war is Hong Chengchou, the surrendered minister of the Ming Dynasty. As a Mongolian general, he can kill on the battlefield, and he can only rely on this Hanchen for the curtain of planning. Dorgon thought about going back to Beijing to recuperate, but he is really worried here. The expeditionary army of Ming Dynasty is too terrible. However, he really didn't know whether this minister of Ming Dynasty could defend Ningyuan City for him.

Therefore, he recuperated in Ningyuan, hoping to recover as soon as possible, continue to command thousands of troops, defeat the Ming army, and fulfill his dream of entering the pass and going south.

Dorgon wrote a letter to the emperor and the queen mother with tears in his sick bed, explaining the battle of Shanhaiguan and his injuries in detail, and sent his confidantes to the capital of the Qing Dynasty on horseback.

Then they heard the news that the Ming army was going north to attack Ningyuan City. Dorgon summoned Hong Chengchou from his sickbed, "Lord Hong, the Ming army invaded Ningyuan City on a large scale. I want to hear your advice on how to defend the city. "

Hong Chengchou knew in his heart that Dorgon was worried about him. Although the military power was handed over to him to command, he did not leave Ningyuan, and he was surrounded by Dorgon's confidant generals. These were Dorgon's distrust of him. To put it bluntly, I am a Han Chinese, not their race. If I dare to have a little heart for the Ming, I will be smashed to pieces.

Hong Chengchou was like a bright mirror in his heart, on the surface he pretended not to know anything, and quickly saluted: "My lord, the Ming army dispatched 10 horses this time to attack our Ningyuan. He brought these 10 horses, all of them infantry, and he thought that our Qing cavalry was brave, and if we used cavalry against his infantry, we would definitely win if we still set the battlefield outside the city. Please judge me.”

Dorgon nodded in satisfaction. Up to now, he and Hong Chengchou are still unwilling to admit that their Qing army is not as powerful as the Ming Expeditionary Army. There is a reason for the defeat at Shanhaiguan. The Tianhe Artillery Battalion rushed to bombard Shanhaiguan. According to Dorgon's strategy, the expeditionary force will undoubtedly be defeated, and they will definitely be able to enter the customs again.

Now the Ming army has only dispatched [-] infantry, and has opened up a battle line of more than [-] miles. It is obvious that they are coming to attack the city. This is too disrespectful to their cavalry of the Qing army!

"Lord Hong deserves to be talented, but this Zhang Xianzhong is not easy to deal with. He is no different from Li Zicheng. You must be careful." Dorgon warned.

Hong Chengchou is no stranger to Zhang Xianzhong, this is an old enemy, so Cheng Zhu said in his chest: "Thank you for the reminder, my lord, Zhang Xianzhong is greedy for merit, and he ran nearly two hundred miles a day, leaving the cannon barracks and other supplies far away. Later, now they are already a tired army, and they have reached the Yantai River area, forty miles away from here, I can drive there in half an hour with Qing cavalry, and I plan to fight them there."

Dorgon was overjoyed, "This king is here to prepare a celebration banquet for your lord."

"Thank you sir."

Hong Chengchou bid farewell to Dorgon, returned to the commander-in-chief's mansion, and immediately ordered troops to send generals, so that the Mongolian generals Tie Ermu and Tie Li led [-] Banner elites to advance lightly, and drove to Yantai River within half an hour to attack the Ming army. Attack fiercely, before dark, we must wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's people on the south bank of the Yantai River.Because Hong Chengchou calculated that after dark, the Ming army's artillery team would arrive, so this battle would be difficult to fight.

"Your life!" The two Mongol Tartars were tall and burly, and they were born like a black tower. After saluting, they gathered [-] troops and left the south gate of Ningyuan to attack.

At this time, the sun had only risen to a height of a tree, and the [-] Tartar cavalry were flying across the green grassy wilderness with their backs facing the rising sun.Tens of thousands of horses are galloping, like opening a floodgate to release floods, and the iron stream is rolling with momentum.

"Good time, ready to line up to meet the enemy!"

Zhang Xianzhong got the report when the Tartars were more than ten miles away from them.It turned out that last night, Zhang Xianzhong made a plan. This battle must be a field battle. According to the characteristics of the Tartars coming and going like the wind, they will definitely not let his troops camp outside the city easily, and then wait for the artillery team to attack. city.If, as Li Guo said, they rushed out of the city in the middle of the night, the Qing army would definitely take advantage of their exhaustion and camp and go out to loot them. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong stopped going forward on the second watch and ordered people to camp forty miles away from the city. On the south bank of the Yantai River, take a good night's rest, and fight them again the next day.

The next morning, he did receive the news that the Tartar cavalry was attacking, Zhang Xianzhong immediately gathered his troops, and one hundred thousand infantry Chen Bing waited for the Tartars on the south bank of the Yanhe River.There are no bows and arrows, no muskets, and no cannons. Today he will have a myth of the Ming infantry defeating the Eight Banners cavalry.

A few miles south of the river, Zhang Xianzhong arranged 10 horses in an arc formation, and asked Li Guo to lead 2 horses to the front left, Yuan Zongdi to lead 2 horses to the front in the middle, Gao Yigong to lead two horses to the front right, Zhang Xianzhong The remaining [-] troops under the pro-rule were the main force of the Chinese army, and they were listed in the middle of the rear of the three troops.

Just when Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were deployed, a row of black spots like ants appeared in the distance of the sky.The black spot is getting bigger and bigger, and it gradually looks like a horse. Thousands of horses are galloping, rushing towards them like overwhelming mountains and seas.

Zhang Xianzhong's [-] troops stood there motionless, just watching the tens of thousands of Tatars rushing towards them, as if they were watching a big show. The Ming army did not build any fortifications, and only had cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords and halberds in their hands. From our point of view, these [-] Ming troops are undoubtedly waiting to die.

The Yantai River is located in today's Xingcheng County, which is the west of Ningyuan City at that time. It was named after Yantai was set up in the Ming Dynasty. Its source is the Nangu spring of Laoling Mountain. It is less than a hundred miles long and flows into the Bohai Sea. The widest part is no more than one mile, and the width of the river is 30 meters. Now that spring is not yet the flood season, the river is even narrower, and you can ride a horse to ford across the river.

4 people rushed into the river bed like a horse, and the waves splashed. In the blink of an eye, the forward troops of the Tartars rushed across the river, and rushed towards the Ming army on the bank while shooting arrows...

(End of this chapter)