The sun sets west, and the warm sunshine gradually fades away, and the weather becomes even colder. The little north wind rushes into people's clothes like a knife. A Ming army with more than a thousand men, carrying more than a thousand men, escorting three or five hundred grain trucks, dragging a long line, moving forward little by little.

General Zhao Bin shook his body and looked up at the sky. He thought that in another hour, the sky would be dark.

"Go away quickly, go away quickly..."

Before dark, they had to arrive in Anshan Town. Although the house was empty, it was a place to shelter from the wind and cold. Otherwise, they would all have to drink the northwest wind. And if they missed the time to deliver food tomorrow, Zhao Bin himself would have to be whipped by General Bai Guangen.

Even though he was Bai Guangen's old subordinate, even if he was a great general now, Bai Guangen was very fierce. In his early years, he became a thief, but was defeated by Hong Chengchou and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and was awarded the title of Dusi. At first, he followed Cao Wenzhao to suppress the bandits and made many military achievements. Now he is already a general, but he still does not change his vulgarity.

Of course, Zhao Bin has long been used to it.

Abatai set out from Liaocheng to the south. The Qing army carried a large number of money, grain and materials plundered from Northern Zhili, Dongchang and other places, and many arrested Ding Zhuang were very slow. Hong Chengchou gathered to discuss matters and was unwilling to miss this great opportunity to harass the Tartars. He ruled that Cao Bianjiao was the main general and Bai Guangen was the deputy general, leading the troops to pursue him.

In fact, it was just asking the two to lead the troops to stick to Abatai and not to let the Qing army go south too easily.

This order is not difficult, and it is not that they were asked to die. Cao Bianjiao and Bai Guangen were all ordered, and then the army marched south, and Zhao Bin was the one who escorted the army food and grass.

In this kind of ghost weather that freezes people, it is not easy to "chasing" the Qing army. Not to mention how dangerous it is, the march on the road alone can freeze people. It is easier to escort food and grass, although it is quite hard to travel.

Zhao Bin took off the pouch of the saddle, raised his head and took a bite. He immediately drank a fire line, and his body became hot. He looked up at the location of the sun, and measured the distance of Anshan Town in his heart. He should be able to arrive before dark. Thank God.

In this ghost weather, it is the biggest beauty to have a small town to support and stay for a night.

Zhao Bin, who was full of his mind, had no idea how to rest after arriving in Anshan Town, had already fallen into the eyes of those who were interested.

Alami held a thousand-mile mirror in his hand. The camera skipped the Ming army not far away and continued to look north.

Seeing his actions, one of his subordinates knew what it meant. He curled his lips slightly and said disdainfully: "Niulu Zhangjing, then Minggou would never have thought we would hide in Anshan Lake. Their army was still in Dongpingzhou." This man didn't think that the Ming army could predict the situation before they could use the current grain transport team as bait.

Since they followed Abatai into the Central Plains, except for fighting a tough battle in Jixian, the remaining battle was simply effortless. Although they all knew that the Turge's troops were in trouble in Yanzhou, they still looked down on the Ming army in their hearts.

No matter what his subordinates said, Alami stopped in place until it was dark and there was no trace of Ming army following up. Then he rushed to the hiding place of Qing army by horse.

He would not be careless at all, as this was related to the fate and future of their brothers.

His brother Junta was Gushan Ezhen of Zhengbai Banner, and Yelan was a high-powered general. However, in recent years, he was not good. First, during the Songjin Battle, he sent troops home and stayed far away from the city, and was punished. Later, when Gushan Ezhen Yechen of the Enanghong Banner, he surrounded the Zu Dashou of Jinzhou, because the Bayala troops avoided the battle, he was punished again. Until this time, he joined the army and attacked Mengjiatai with Zhenghong Banner, and was mis-proper. He was also recorded as a serious demerit...

The bad luck of the quartet has gone through the journey, and it may be a big deal. After returning to Shengjing, all the titles and positions will be wiped out.

Therefore, they must not make any mistakes in their actions this time. If they make any mistakes, it would be fine. Junta really has no room for a turnaround. - Junta, as a general under Dorgon, Huang Taiji looked at him very much.

That's why the quasi-tao asked for his order to attack this time, and took the risk of ambushing Anshan Lake. It would not fireworks for a few days, and chew dry food that could knock off all its teeth, climb ice and snow, just to attack the Ming army without any preparation.

As a small army, they only had 500 people in full battle.

The purpose of Abatai sending them here is very simple, which is to cut off the Ming army's food route and force the Ming army to stay in Dongpingzhou.

That night, a Qing army of 100 or 200 people attacked Anshan Town.

As a general under Bai Guangen, Zhao Bin was not given in vain. Suddenly, he was attacked and killed by the Qing army, so he wanted to escape first. In the battle of Ji County, Bai Guangen and Bai Tengjiao joined forces, but were crushed by the Qing army. Bai Tengjiao died in the formation on the spot. Zhao Bin has not forgotten the sharpness of the Tartar soldiers until today.

But as an old man who was used to fighting wars, Zhao Bin quickly identified the number of Qing troops. Hearing the sound of horse hooves, there were not many people.

Zhao Bin's army was all veterans in Bai Guangen's army. They could not be called real elite soldiers, but they were not terrified. When they saw their chief general suddenly rise, they jumped up and shouted, shouting and killing. Many people really cheered up. In addition, the town was filled with houses, which was not a place where the horse army galloped. The rise of the Ming army really made Alami, who led his army into the army, feel the pressure.

"Retreat—" The latter did not hesitate and immediately led his troops back. However, he stopped outside the town and wandered.

Zhao Bin not only did not worry about his eyes, but instead shone with golden light. He grabbed his personal soldiers and "Go to report to the general quickly." This was a great opportunity to take the Tartars head.

No matter how they looked at the Tartars outside, they only had one or two hundred people. I don’t know how they escaped the search of the army. But after they failed to get a shot, they still couldn’t go there. This was a long time ago. As long as Bai Guangen could send elite cavalry in the army to come, would it be difficult to eat this Tartar?

Although they suffered a lot of losses in the battle in Jixian County, they could have asked Bai Tengjiao to die in battle. The remaining part of the latter was swallowed by Bai Guangen in one bite. It was a rare dose of Ten-Perfect Tonic Soup. Not only did they recover Bai Guangen's strength on paper, they actually had many benefits. Just talk about the cavalry in the army, and then they could gather thousands of troops!

In Dongping Prefecture, Bai Guangen was sitting in the city gate in military uniform. Just when the night battle broke out in Anshan Town, he had already realized something was wrong.

The reason is very simple. In order to ensure smooth communication between each other, Zhao Bin will send a fast riding to Bai Guangen to ensure safety every two hours. But now it is time, but Bai Guangen has not seen anyone.

If he could rest safely in this way, then Bai Guangen was not Bai Guangen, but was just an idiot.

Bai Guangen had already achieved the worst result in his heart, but when the fast rider sent by Zhao Bin arrived, he found that he had won the grand prize.

"The Tartars only have one or two hundred cavalry? They still can't linger?" He couldn't believe it.

"How dare you deceive the general in this regard? Although these Tartars do not know where to hide from the army, they are actually just a few people. If there were more people, after the previous battle, the food and supplies would be taken away by the Tartars." This is the most important evidence.

Bai Guangen laughed loudly.

One or two hundred Tartars, this was really a fat meat delivered to the door. At that time, no one could greet Cao Bianjiao, and Bai Liangzhu, the son of the sect, led the spirit to the city without hesitation, and then Bai Liangzhu plunged his head into the steel plate.

His head was covered in blood.

"Retreat, retreat quickly..." Bai Liangzhu, who had lost his helmet even at once in the chaos, shouted loudly, leading the defeated general to take the horse away.

The Qing army and horses behind them were chasing each other and shouting for killing them. Any Ming army who escaped slowly was caught by the Eight Banners soldiers, and their sabers were either swung their heads or a long hole was born behind them, with blood splattering and falling to the ground.

Seeing that the timid Ming army could not escape, they knelt down and surrendered. The Eight Banners soldiers showed no mercy and chased them all the way and killed them at full speed.

In fact, the number of Qing army soldiers outside Anshan Town was not large, with a total of only three or four hundred cavalry, and there was also a Qing army watching their deputy horse.

But such troops are no longer something that Bai Guangen could defeat. When Junta led dozens of Bayala soldiers and led more than one hundred Qing horse soldiers to rush out from behind, the Ming army was already defeated.

A feeling of falling into the trap of the Qing army was called Bai Liangzhu and everyone below was full of souls.

Zhao Bin hid in Anshan Town and shivered, as if soaking in an ice cave. "What should I do?" he asked himself.

He didn't know that he almost killed Bai Guangen's precious nephew Bai Liangzhu, but he knew that the cavalry outside were all Bai Guangen's heart and suffered such a huge loss now. Then, can he still get better when he returns to Bai Guangen's command in the future? He doesn't want to die.

If you don’t want to die, you can only seek a way to survive. There seems to be only one way to survive in front of you...

Bai Guangen saw his nephew fleeing back to Dongpingzhou in a panic with one or two hundred defeated generals, and hell was sitting on a lift between heaven and hell. His horse army suffered heavy losses, but fortunately his nephew's head was still there.

"Bai Guangen stopped? Where is Cao Bianjiao?"

Abatai said in surprise that the army went south all the way, dragging it for a long distance. The Ming army behind it was like a dog skin plaster, which could not even be torn off, which made the Qing army feel inconvenient to go south. Thus, the trick of a small group of soldiers cutting off the Ming army's rations was forced to stop. This was his plan. But now, he got what he wanted.

"Bai Guangen stopped in Dongping, how dare Cao Bianjiao come to chase him alone?" Zhenghongqi Gushan Ezhen Ye Keshu laughed.

"Okay. Quasi-Tower, Alami has made contributions." The Ming army stopped at such a small price. How unhappy was Abatai?

He turned around in the tent, his face turned right, "Ye Keshu."

"The slave is here."

"You can lead the army to Ziyang quickly and instruct Turge to gather all his strength to kill Zheng Zhilong for me."

In the battle situation in Yanzhou, Zheng Zhilong's presence seemed not very strong, at least he was weaker than Yuan Shizhong's little Yuan camp. But in Abatai's eyes, Zheng Zhilong was the biggest enemy of the Qing Dynasty.

"Xiao Yuan camp is very good. Zheng Zhilong is the strong enemy of our Qing Dynasty." Ye Keshu took the order and left, and Abatai said to his third son Boluo.

"Ama, of course I know that Zheng Zhilong is my strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty. However, the Zheng army's guns and cannons are sharp and we will suffer a lot of losses if we force our army to take over." Boluo said instructed. The implication was that Abatai would measure the gains and losses inside.

Just like Turge's consideration for Zou County and Ziyang, the southern army was not Abatai. Once the losses were too great, not only would Huang Taiji have to cause trouble, but he would also hate the nobles of the flags.

Although both of these father and son value Zheng Zhilong very much, Boluo even valued him more than his father.

Not just because of anything else, but because of Zheng Zhilong's performance outside the pass - he was not only bold but dared to take the initiative to attack the Qing Dynasty, but his troops under him were also really good at fighting power.

Not to mention the battle in Niuzhuang, the battle in Songshan is a great example.

Actively attacking the Qing Dynasty was the biggest difference between Zheng Zhilong and Yuan Shizhong, and it was also the difference between Zheng Zhilong and many Ming generals at present.

The Qing Dynasty had not encountered such an active Ming army general in many years.

Abatai's gray beard moved, "This is a great opportunity. It's really possible to kill Zheng Zhilong."

Such a bold and powerful general was a big stumbling block in the future of the Qing army. If he didn't take advantage of his opportunity to be killed early, would he still keep Zheng Zhilong for the New Year?

Although it would pay a considerable price, Yanzhou Prefecture was not Niuzhuang, and it did not have its back against the sea. Zheng Zhilong was outside Ziyang City. Once he was defeated, he would not be able to pat his butt and go into the sea like he did in Niuzhuang.

This is a rare opportunity!

Abatai really wanted to kill Zheng Zhilong, who poses too great a threat to the Qing Dynasty. With only one money and food, Zheng Zhilong could easily explode many sharp infantry soldiers with guns and cannons.

During the Battle of Niuzhuang, Zheng Zhilong still had limited strength in the army. But now, the main force of the Zheng army was clearly left on Juehua Island, but in just one or two months when Zheng Zhilong returned to Qilu, he had already raised an army of nearly 10,000 people. Such speed was so fast that the Qing Dynasty really couldn't stand it.

"This person is my strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty. If you don't try it, I will not be willing to accept you. Besides, killing Zheng Zhilong is also for the sake of the Southern Expedition."

"You, Ama, have put honor and disgrace aside." Abatai said that he had already put the King of Lu behind his mind. "The reason why I really miss Ziyang is not to overwhelm Dorgon, but to start from the interests of my Qing Dynasty."

"The army went south to enter the border to get money, grain, people and animals. But the northern Zhili plundered the Qing Dynasty many times, but there was no much money, and the same was true for Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. However, Yanzhou Prefecture is a major transportation route in all directions, and the canal passes through it. It is known as the "bridge of nine provinces and the throat of Qilu". Since ancient times, it has been a place where military strategists must compete for and a port where merchants gather. Ziyang is also the essence of Yanzhou. To capture this Yanzhou prefecture means a large amount of materials and goods."

"You, Ama, don't compete with Prince Rui, but you must pay attention to money and food." This is the foundation of the Qing army's entry into the border.

"However, the city of Ziyang is high and deep, and it is very difficult to tell whether it can be taken down. I have to be careful. I can only risk my troops to go south. On this road, Zheng Zhilong's threat is even better than Hong Chengchou? What's more, Turge in Ziyang and Zou County cannot be defeated, so it's easy to attack Zheng Zhilong." The latter took advantage of the cold and cold weather to strengthen the camp. Daijiaji is just a town, can he still compare to a serious city? Abatai thought so.

Abatai doesn't believe that Dai Jiaji can compare with the previous Niuzhuang.

"I'm also killing the chicken to scare the monkey. Ahma used to kill Bai Guangen as a chicken, which scared Minggou in the north. At least he earned some time for the army to go south. He just took the opportunity to kill Zheng Zhilong and shock the Ming army on the south.

Boluo had to admit that what he said was right. He asked Turge to solve Zheng Zhilong first, whether he really killed someone or crippled him, and solved this variable, can the remaining Ming army, whether it is the defenders of Ziyang, Zouxian, or the Xiao Yuanying in Qufu, take the initiative to attack the Qing army?

This is impossible. The Ming generals in the pass are not the second most likely to choose any of them, not to mention that Yuan Shizhong Ben is still a thief.

It is one thing to let him hold on to the city, and it is another thing to ask him to take the initiative.

Boluo is also a little thirty person. With so many years of experience in the army, he has followed the army several times to fight, but he is not Xiaobai. Just say that this time he followed Abatai into the subway, he has seen many such teams.

But Zheng Zhilong is different. He looks a little like Lu Xiangsheng, and he seems not afraid of the Eight Banners soldiers at all. If he can, he will really have to remove the thorns in the Ming army.

The Qing army entered the frontier repeatedly and the army galloped across the board, not to say that they had taken down all the cities passing by, as long as they could ensure that they did not have the courage to take the initiative.

Just like before, after the war in Jixian, although the Ming army gathered in large numbers, they only dared to follow and not fight? How happy was the army's advance at that time?

As a result, a Hong Chengchou broke out from the north, and the command of a small group of Ming troops frequently went out. If you come, I will go, if you go, I will go, and if you go, I will go, as sticky as candy, the Qing army will no longer be at peace. Abatai had no choice but to divide his troops into two groups.
To be continued...