Outside Baoding City, Liu Liangzuo’s camp.

The latter was holding a letter in his hand, frowned, his face full of hesitation and swaying. The nephew Liu Zehong and son Liu Zehan beside him all pursed their lips tightly and looked at him.

This is the second letter of persuasion sent to him by his brother Liu Liangchen.

Earlier, Liu Liangchen was subordinate to Zu Dashou and served as guerrillas to defend Daling River. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the battle of Daling River was defeated but the guardian Chen Jie was not allowed to follow Zu Dashou and rebeled in the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. However, Zu Dashou fooled Huang Taiji and ran back to the Ming Dynasty alone.

In order to escape, he didn't even want his own son, let alone Liu Liangchen. The latter could only stay outside the pass and become a slave for the Tartars.

The two brothers had not been in contact for many years. It was not until the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and not long ago that he received the first letter from Liu Liangchen.

At that time, Cao Bianjiao and other troops had not yet been defeated, and the Northern Expedition Army was in a state of unstoppable momentum and the general trend was still bright. Liu Liangzuo was full of heroes in the revival, and he sneered at Liu Liangchen's letters.

But who would have thought that the situation would be completely different in just a few days?

The momentum turned into a defeat like a mountain.

Yesterday, Cao Bianjiao and others fled to Baoding in a panic. There were only more than a thousand cavalry left by the generals of the three routes. The 50,000 troops under his command either died or surrendered, or they either scattered birds and beasts and fled.

The Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was about to arrive again. At this time, Liu Liangzuo received the second letter of surrender from Liu Liangchen, which was naturally very different in meaning and weight.

But Liu Liangzuo still felt that it was inappropriate to surrender to the Qing Dynasty at this time.

"Although the Northern Expedition failed, the strength of the court is still there, and the thieves of Shanxi and Shaanxi are also there. At this time, surrender to the Qing Dynasty..."

Liu Liangzuo was undecided.

This is not a matter of whether to scold or not, nor is it a matter of how to praise or criticize in history. It is a matter of not keeping eggs in a basket, but it is better not to put them in a basket, whether the Jinling court will be destroyed.

Emperor Chongzhen was not Emperor Hongguang in history. As long as he was still alive, the Ming Dynasty gave people a different feeling. The Qing Dynasty could defeat the Ming army on the northern plains, but what about the water country in the south?

Liu Zehong and Liu Zehan looked at each other, and it was difficult for both of them to speak in this matter. It was not true that they agreed or that they were not true.

Otherwise, you will face the torture of "whether there is a father in your heart" and "whether there is a family affection in your heart".

Liu Zehong lowered his eyes, carefully prepared his words in his heart, and said, "Although this is the case, the current trend lies in the Qing Dynasty. Once its iron cavalry arrives, the soldiers and horses under Baoding City will all fall into danger. Even if my uncle is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he must also protect the soldiers and horses in his hands."

After many years of war in the late Ming Dynasty, these military generals had a hundred treasures for the soldiers in their hands.

Look at the glorious Zheng Zhilong and Zuo Menggeng who defeated the rooster, and think about Wu Sangui in the north and He Renlong who was cut off his head. These good or bad examples make them all be alert.

"Yes, father. Wang Tingchen is Hong Jingluo's confidant. Although he has few soldiers, he can always surpass his father. Huang Degong is also the general of the Imperial Camp, and is the master of Jian Zai's heart. If the situation is not good, this will be the dispatch of the army to cut off the rear..." Liu Zehan said with concern.

Liu Liangzuo's face twitched for a moment, and when he mentioned Wang Tingchen and Huang Degong's feet, his expression suddenly turned dissatisfied. Among the 30,000 Ming troops under Baoding City, there were obviously many troops from other troops, and Wang Tingchen had only 10,000, but it was Wang Tingchen who was the leader. Liu Liangzuo knew very well that there was no one to support him. "Then what you mean..."

"Thirty-six strategies are the best!"

"Yes. It's better to leave early, so you can save the wax in the future."

Liu Liangzuo didn't speak for a long time and punched the table with the last punch, "Okay, the best way to go. Let's withdraw now!"

Between self-protection and offending Wang Tingchen and even Hong Chengchou behind him, Liu Liangzuo chose the former without hesitation.

"Father doesn't need to worry. Xu Dingguo caused a big disaster, and the child saw that he was about to surrender to the Tartars. In this case, the Guide area will become a land of unlimited land. My father can completely station troops there. If Jinling really wants to cut off my father and son's life, then raise troops to serve the Qing Dynasty. If it is just a matter of being dismissed from office and dismissal, my father will protect the Ming Dynasty again."

Liu Zehong went down to do things, and only Liu Liangzuo and his son were left in the tent. Liu Zehan said so. Liu Liangzuo's eyes lit up, and he felt a sense of enlightenment. "Okay, okay, okay..."

This son has really made great progress. Although he is still not considering things thoroughly - the Ming and Qing Dynasties failed, how could the Ming and Qing Dynasties remain the same? Even if he didn't fight, Jinling didn't know how much land he would have to lose to make the Tartars angry.

Guide is most likely to be in it.

However, this idea can be learned from.

Liu Liangzuo felt even more at ease.

Tan Tai had already led his troops outside Baoding City, but the news he received made him feel a little confused.

Why didn’t Liu Liangzuo’s army start to get in trouble before he started?

Tan Tai was stunned by the sudden situation.

But then he realized that no matter why Liu Liangzuojun is noisy, it is a good thing, a great thing. It just so happened that he was going to attack Liu Liangzuojun. It was not the right time now?

Liu Ruquan shook his head. Why did he hear the sound of horse hooves? He stopped and listened carefully, but could not hear anything. The noise of Liu Jun in the camps behind him was too loud.

He simply leaned his ear to the ground, and the faint feeling made his heart jump suddenly. It was the sound of horse hooves, and there were quite a lot of them.

Cold sweat immediately broke out from Liu Ruquan's forehead.

They are too unlucky, right?

Liu Liangzuo just wanted to create chaos in the camp and find a reasonable excuse for withdrawing the troops. If they hit the Tartars' horse army at this time, they would really be a crime to survive.

"Preparing for war, preparing for war--"

As Liu Liangzuo's personal general, Liu Ruquan led his army behind him as a barrier to prevent people from running north in a daze. This is a security. His troops have 5,000 soldiers.

However, at this time, even the five thousand soldiers were playing and laughing, and there was no longer any shape. Many people had their armor untied just for ease. How could Liu Ruquan straighten them right away?

"Come on torches, rush..."

There were still five or six miles away from Liu Jun camp, and the Qing army no longer covered its tracks. The speed of the war horses slowly accelerated, and torches also lit up.

Liu Ruquan had already sent someone to inform Liu Liangzuo, and he was shouting loudly, trying his best to rectify the troops. But when he saw a torch rising from the flat ground in the north, his face still became terrible.

Judging from his years of fighting experience, the horse army opposite had at least three thousand cavalry. At this time, how could these soldiers like him resist?

"The Tartars are coming!"

"Come on the Tartar soldiers..."

Just as the iron fist that was pounded easily broke a ripe watermelon, Liu Jun's only resistance was shattered, and they all ran around like headless flies.

Moreover, the people's group nature made them run towards the place where their army gathered. After receiving the urgent report from Liu Ruquan, Liu Liangzuo didn't care about cursing, and immediately led his personal soldiers to organize a military force. As a result, he was defeated by his own defeated soldiers several times. In the end, even his personal soldiers were unstable.

Tan Tai and his men were chasing the backs of the defeated soldiers slowly, and he would not show mercy. Even if Liu Liangzuo had a secret engagement with the Qing Dynasty, Liu Liangzuo would not show mercy for a day.

This kind of horse riding and chopping game lasted for an hour. When the last Liu Jun soldier who dared to resist was also cut to death, only nearly 10,000 surrendered soldiers were left in front of Tan Tai.

Tan Tai laughed loudly. The battle was completely effortless.

Although Liu Liangzuo ran away with a group of people because Wang Tingchen sent troops to respond, Lao Wang was still very kind. Even if he did not dare to launch a counterattack against the Qing army, it was so dark that who knew how many people the Tartars had come? Although he knew whether the Qing army in Baoding City would make great progress?

But it is still a dare to cover up Liu Liangzuo's defeated troops and incorporate them into the camp.

Tan Tai was not dissatisfied with anything, but the current results were already very fruitful, which was beyond his expectations.

...

In the tent of Wang Tingchen, Liu Liangzuo, who lowered his head and bowed his eyebrows, sat decadently in the chair.

Twenty thousand troops, he originally had nearly 20,000 troops, but now he has no choice but to stop for three times, and he is really defeated. What makes him vomit blood is that he is doing this by himself. Thinking about the reasons inside, Liu Liangzuo wanted to slap himself a few times.

Of course, facing Wang Tingchen and the others, Liu Liangzuo insisted that he didn't know why the army was in chaos. Now he thought, it was the Tartars who secretly made bad things. Otherwise, why was it time for them to come?

It was indeed a coincidence that the Qing army came. Liu Liangzuo said this, which blocked Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao and the others' mouths.

But it is one thing to shut up, and the next battle is another.

The main force of the front army was defeated, Xu Dingguo ran away, Cao Bianjiao and his 50,000 troops were left with only a few servants and soldiers fled back. Hong Chengchou originally hoped that the 30,000 people under Baoding city could block the Tartars army.

Wang Tingchen, Liu Liangzuo and others also expected Huang Deyi to arrive earlier. The 30,000 imperial soldiers under his command were a powerful force. Now, not to mention that Huang Degong had not arrived yet, even Zuo Guangxian had not arrived yet, only half of their 30,000 people were left.

The Ming army had a greater disadvantage.

Gao Jie was not there in the big tent, and I don’t know what he was delayed by some incident. The other generals were there, and Liu Zhaoji was still hanging his arms.

There was a breath of extreme depression in the tent.

Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zhaoji, they had to face a cruel reality. Now that their 16,700-strong defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers, when the large cavalry of the Tatars arrived, can they really accept Huang Degong and Zuo Guangxian?

Huang Degong is now in Bazhou, which is in Zhuozhou, and is very far from Baoding. Even after Huang Chuangzi got the letter, he immediately retreated to Baoding, and he would definitely fall behind the Tatars' brigade of Ma Jun.

The same is true for Zuo Guangxian. Zhending Mansion is also a distance from Baoding.

The Tatars' cavalry rushed from Zhuozhou to Baoding, and the distance was not much closer than that of Huang Degong and Zuo Guangxian, but they were cavalry. Just talking about rushing, the cavalry was much faster than the infantry. Not to mention that the Tatars had no logistics burden yet.
Chapter completed!