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  Chapter 569 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 the younger brother of Concubine Dong E. 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!

  The night attack vanguard of 1,200 people rushed to the fourth ditch, 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 ditch 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 stopped quickly and shouted: "Take it away, take it away!"

  There is a hole in the center of the barbed wire, and it is strung together with ropes, which is convenient for 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.

  In the sixth ditch, firewood has been piled up, and Datong soldiers are pouring oil on the firewood.

  Fei Yanggu crossed the low earth wall and led his troops to rush over. 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 barbed wire and firewood may have been prepared a long time 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 Man Dahai, with a total of more than 3,000 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.

  The two groups of Eight Banners soldiers met in the third trench.

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

   "Boom boom boom!"

  The gunfire sounded suddenly, but it was shooting towards the other side of the river, where Hauge was trying to cross the river.

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

"woo woo woo woo!"

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

   At this time, in the northwest of Mandahai, hundreds of Datong sailors rowed small boats, carrying more than a thousand Datong troops, and lit torches in the reeds. Each person landed with four torches, and less than 2,000 people circled behind to attack, instantly creating a battle of nearly 10,000 people.

  They stuck their torches in the mud on the bank and shot at the main force of Mandahai from a distance. The distance is too far to hit at all, it is purely to scare people.

  Man Dahai was blowing the trumpet to withdraw his troops, when he suddenly came from behind, the Eight Banners soldiers were frightened out of their wits.

   "Go south and retreat along the Grand Canal!" Man Dahai was going to join forces with Haoge.

  Although he guessed that the Datong army was bluffing, Man Dahai didn't dare to bet at all. What if the main force of the Datong army didn't chase Li Zicheng, but came back quietly to ambush him?

  Mandahai's main force quickly withdrew southward, and the night attack force of more than 4,000 people was directly abandoned by the general. This is survival by cutting off the wrists. If you wait for the whole army to gather before leaving, the main force is likely to be dumped!

  A thousand Datong soldiers who circled back to build momentum slowly reloaded their bombs by the light of torches.

  They waited for the main force of the Mandahai to withdraw before heading towards the trench, blocking the retreat of the Manchu night attack troops.

"kill!"

  The Datong army in the camp stepped on the temporary planks, crossed the burning trench, and chased and killed the more than 4,000 enemy night attack troops.

  About two hundred Eight Banners soldiers were unlucky enough to step on a barbed wire. They couldn't run fast due to the pain, and were quickly overtaken by Datong soldiers, and they were stabbed to death without any resistance.

  Fei Yanggu finally led his troops out of the trench, but saw "thousands" of Datong troops approaching with torches in front of him, while the main force of his friendly forces had already withdrawn.

   Enemy from both sides!

How to do?

  Fei Yanggu drew his sword out of its sheath: "Manchu warriors, follow me!"

   "Bang bang bang!"

   There was a shot in the face, and Fei Yanggu, who was desperately trying to break through, suddenly fell down after running more than 20 meters.

  Some Eight Banners soldiers did not dare to go straight anymore, and turned to run south. Plop, plop, as if they were making dumplings, they jumped into the Grand Canal one by one.

  The Grand Canal is not wide, only about 20 meters, maybe you can step on the bottom of the river.

   Of course, more people drowned, and they couldn't float while wearing armor.

   There are still some brave people who are still rushing forward, but they have long been out of formation. A few in the east and a few in the west were divided and besieged by the Datong army with bayonets.

  A few miles to the south, on both sides of the Grand Canal.

  Hao Ge and Man Dahai successfully joined forces, and they both felt panic and fear.

  Haug asked: "How much is it damaged?"

  Man Dahai said: "1,200 people attacked the camp, and another 3,500 people were sent to help. I don't know how many escaped."

   You can't send too many troops to attack the camp. First, it is easy to be discovered, and second, even if you fail, you will not lose much.

   However, the Datong army was so dirty that they gave up the four trench positions directly, and only sprinkled barbed wire in the fifth trench. Man Dahai thought that the night attack went well, and sent more than 3,000 people to help, intending to completely take down the camp of the Datong Army.

  Haug hesitated to speak, and sat down on the shore.

   There are a total of 4,700 people, and they are all carefully selected warriors, all of whom are the elite of the Eight Banners Army. This battle has already been fought to the bone.

  That is to say, Wan Sitong has few soldiers. If there are many soldiers, he dares to let Hauge over and attack halfway!

  In history, there was also Wan Sitong, who edited "History of Ming Dynasty" as a commoner, and together with Zhang Dai and others were called "Four Historians of Eastern Zhejiang".

  Wan Sitong, the division commander of the Datong Army, was born and raised in Jiangxi. Although the qualifications are very deep, but the military merit is not enough. When he was promoted to division commander, many people said strange things. Tonight's battle finally proved himself.

  The next afternoon.

  The rear battalion and heavy troops of the Qing army circled around Deshengdian to meet up. Haug was afraid of accidents, so he sent a cavalry to meet him.

  At the same time, the reconnaissance unit brought news that Li Zicheng did not arrive at the joint attack site as scheduled.

Man Dahai pondered: "Is Li Zicheng stuck by the Nanmanzi, or did he lead his army away? If he is stuck, we can still rescue him and attack the main force of the Nanmanzi. If he runs away with his troops, we will You have to fight the barbarians alone."

   This is a big question, and Hauge is hesitant.

  Man Dahai asked directly: "Are you still fighting?"

  Haug said: "First send the cavalry to inquire about Li Zicheng."

  So, the Qing army once again withdrew to the east of Tianjin, where the whole army could flee at any time.

  The cavalry was sent to the north by Hauge, wanting to get information about Li Zicheng. But the cavalry of the Datong Army also came overwhelmingly, directly blocking the northern battlefield.

  The next two days will be a battle between the cavalry, vying for the control of a large area from Dingzigu to Yangcun.

  Two miles north of Dingzigu, the Chahar cavalry was releasing water. When they saw the Datong cavalry, they immediately hid far away.

  Zuo Xiaocheng was very depressed. That night, when the Datong army appeared behind him, he wanted the Chahar Department to take the opportunity to defect.

   Who knows, not only the Manchurian soldiers were frightened, but also the cavalry of the Chahar Department. They even forgot that they could turn against each other, and retreated with Man Dahai. Zuo Xiaocheng kept urging him, but Dai Qin felt that it was not good to rebel, and wouldn't it be bad luck if they were shot and killed by the Datong army?

   "The next time you have the opportunity, you must immediately defect!" Zuo Xiaocheng couldn't help but repeat this sentence every day.

  Dai Qin said impatiently: "I know, I know, next time."

  These two were discussing when to turn against each other, but Badali, the leader of Tuxietu of the Horqin tribe, led the troops all the way to the north.

   There were more than two thousand cavalry, and the Datong cavalry hurriedly whistled and gathered troops.

  Badali let the troops under his command wait, and rode a long way alone, and said to the Datong cavalry: "Tuchetu is willing to submit to the Celestial Dynasty, take me to see your commander!"

   This is a surprise, the leader of the Horqin Department!

  Fei Ruhe called Zhang Tieniu, Li Dingguo and others to receive Badali together, and the two sides met in Yangcun.

  Badali immediately got off his horse and knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Baadali of the Horqin Department, kowtow to the great general of the Celestial Dynasty!"

   "Friends please, hahaha!" Fei Ruhe was overjoyed.

  Fei Ruhe took Badali's hand, introduced several other generals, and asked casually, "Did your friend get bullied in the Qing dynasty?"

Badali stated: "When my father took refuge in the puppet Qing Dynasty, he was named Tuxietu Khan by Nurhachi. When I succeeded to the throne, he was named Tuxietu Jinong (Deputy Khan) by Huang Taiji. He only worked as Jinong for three years. , was demoted by Huang Taiji to Prince Tuxietu!"

  Fei Ruhe scolded immediately: "Huang Taiji is really nothing!"

  From Tuxietu Khan, to Tuxietu Jinong, and then to Prince Tuxietu, the anger in Badali's heart can be imagined!

  The Horqin Tribe originally joined the Chahar Tribe. Badali’s father and grandfather both participated in the war against Nurhachi. Later, through war, trade, marriage and diplomacy, Nurhachi won the Horqin tribe over, and fell out with the Chahar tribe ever since.

   Because of this, Badali's father, Oba, was named Tuxietu Khan by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and completely controlled the entire Horqin tribe.

  But after Auba's death, in the third year of Badali's succession to the throne, Huang Taiji forcibly split the Horqin Department into six banners. Badali's territory was divided into six, and several of his brothers and uncles came to power one after another.

   It's a bit of a twitter order, but it's gone too far, at least in Badalie's view.

  Ba Dali led his troops to fall to the Datong Army. The news spread back quickly, which surprised Hauge and Man Dahai.

   "Let's run too." Dai Qin said.

  Zuo Xiaocheng said: "Don't you turn around and make meritorious service before the battle?"

  Dai Qin said: "That's too dangerous, it's better to just throw it in."

  Ever since, the Chahar cavalry also gave up their luggage and drove away, following the example of Badalite, and went to Yangcun to join.

  (end of this chapter)