Eight Banners Army barracks, central army tents.

Duoduo had blood in his eyes, staring at Xi'an Prefecture in front of him, his face full of vicious expressions. Abatai, who was standing behind him, looked relatively calm, but he could also see anxiety.

Four days passed, and countless attacks on Xi'an Prefecture City, the Eight Banners Army was killed and wounded and nearly 5,000 soldiers were still unable to take over Xi'an Prefecture City, which Duoduo did not expect. Moreover, most of the soldiers who have lost now are sergeants from the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Prefecture City. One of the few Han soldiers needed to control the Red Barbarian Cannons, and it was impossible for them to charge into battle.

Duoduo regretted that in the Battle of Tongguan, he made the Han army soldiers charge into battle and would never allow retreat. He had no sympathy at all, resulting in almost all the losses of ten thousand Han army soldiers. Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming and others became commanders with bare feet. Now that he attacked Xi'an Prefecture City, he could only charge the soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Manchu Eight Banners.

Although he regretted it, Duoduo would not say it out loud, and he hid this annoyance in his heart.

Duoduo made major changes in the way of attack. Each charge must be the most violent bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons, equipped with tiger squat cannons and Fran aircraft. The attack formation is also divided into two levels. The first level sergeants are mainly responsible for firing bows and arrows to form arrows, giving major damage to the Dashun Army soldiers guarding the city. Only when the second level sergeants begin to set up cloud ladders to attack the city.

During the attack, the casualties were a little more severe, and Duoduo immediately called out the gold medal to withdraw his troops. Although the soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners were at the forefront, the losses in the Battle of Wuqiao were too heavy, and Duoduo had to worry about it and could not let the five thousand soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners be lost. At that time, even if they had won the battle, Duoduo who returned to the capital could not explain. After all, the position of the Mongolian Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty was extraordinary.

Duoduo's hesitation caused him to fail to do his best in every attack. Seeing that the Red Cannons had fewer shells and fewer bows and arrows were no longer numerous. If the shells were consumed, the attack would become more difficult and the casualties would be caused.

After spitting hard, Duoduo turned his head and looked at Abatai.

"Brother Seven, tomorrow you will be in charge of the central army's tent. I will command the army to attack the city. No matter how serious the casualties are, I will take down Xi'an Prefecture."

Abatai nodded, not opposing Duoduo's decision.

"Please rest assured, I will be in the central army tent tomorrow and wait for the great commander's good news."

Duoduo's eyes widened in an instant and looked at Abatai again.

"Brother Seven, what do you mean? Will the army will definitely be able to capture Xi'an Prefecture City tomorrow?"

Abatai nodded quite affirmatively and spoke confidently.

"Master, I have observed carefully. The combat effectiveness of the Dashun Army soldiers guarding the city wall is getting weaker and weaker. In the attack later today, our casualties were very small, and almost no soldiers from the Dashun Army on the city wall emerged. If it weren't for the tentative attacks these few times to avoid too much casualties from our army, I'm afraid the subsequent attacks would have been able to take down the city wall."

Duoduo thought for a moment and nodded vigorously.

"Brother Qi, what you said makes sense. You have been directing the battle directly in front of you these days. Thank you for your hard work."

Abatai looked at Duoduo and nodded slightly, with no expression on his face. He, the deputy commander who commanded the battle, was similar to the soundtrack. All decisions were made by Duoduo. The messengers went back and forth between the central tent and frontier positions, constantly conveying orders. Abatai kept repeating Duoduo's orders, and officers at all levels fought according to Duoduo's orders. At the beginning, Abatai was quite angry. If he had known this, it would be better to let Duoduo command directly. Later, he realized that he was the commander and the soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner were as if they were the heart-wrenching treasures. How could he have to make trouble?

Several times, I saw the Eight Banners soldiers climbing up the city wall. If I had to work harder, I might have taken down the city wall. Unfortunately, Duoduo's order came quickly, because it caused a lot of casualties, so I had to call the gold to withdraw the troops.

Abatai didn't want the Eight Banners Army to suffer too much casualties, but he knew very well that there must be casualties in combat. If he became hesitant in fear of casualties in every battle, the final casualties would be even greater, so great that it was unbearable.

This is the basic common sense of combat, and Duoduo should be clear about it, so Abatai will not remind him.

The sound of horse hooves came not far from the central army tent. Seeing that it was getting dark, Duoduo snorted and looked outside the central army tent.

The scout who had got off the horse hurried outside the central army tent. Before the soldiers waiting outside spoke, Duoduo's voice came out, allowing the scout to enter the central army tent immediately.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, Deputy Marshal, there are movements in Xi'an Prefecture City, and there are many soldiers deploying..."

Duoduo nodded and looked at the scout.

"Didn't we send some spies into Xi'an Prefecture City? Did they have any news?"

The scout shook his head and looked up at Duoduo.

"Master, we heard some movement outside the south gate and came to report immediately."

Duoduo snorted impatiently and spoke.

"Tomorrow our army will launch an attack on the South Gate. The Dashun Army dispatched soldiers to guard the South Gate. What's so strange about this? There was such a big noise to come and report. Okay, I know, continue to investigate and report any situation at all."

After the scout left, Abatai thought for a moment and spoke.

"The Dashun Army, there is nothing strange about the Dashun Army dispatching soldiers to the South Gate, but our army will launch a general attack on the South Gate tomorrow. If the Dashun Army has too many people, it will be a bit unfavorable to us."

Duoduo nodded and sighed slightly.

"Brother Qi, I understand what you mean, but we cannot continue to delay the time. We have not much food and grass, we have not many shells, we have not many bows and arrows. If we continue to delay, it is unlikely that we will withdraw to the capital until the food and grass is insufficient. Therefore, we must launch an attack on Xi'an Prefecture City tomorrow. We must take Xi'an Prefecture City and kill Li Zicheng."

Abatai nodded and clasped his fists at Duoduo.

"I understand, Grandmaster, I'll go to the camp to take a look."

There was silence in the central army's tent.

It gradually darkened, and Duoduo stayed in the central army tent. The personal soldiers guarding outside thought about stretching their heads to look inside the central army tent, but finally gave up. Duoduo had a bad temper during this period, and would get angry if he had a little little thing. The personal soldiers didn't want to cause trouble at this time.

Abatai came over not far away, and he had already patrolled the entire camp.

"Is the general still in the central army's tent? Haven't you come out for a walk?"

The personal soldiers guarding outside nodded carefully and whispered that Duoduo had been in the central army tent all the time.

Abatai sighed. He knew that Duoduo was under great pressure. At such a critical moment, any decision made by Duoduo was crucial. There could not be any mistakes. Otherwise, the entire army would be affected. Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner are the absolute main force of the Eight Banner Army. If there really is a problem, Duoduo cannot explain it, and Dorgon cannot explain it.

Abatai turned around and prepared to continue to go to the camp. At this time, he didn't want to disturb Duoduo.

The sound of horse hooves came from a distance, a little rapid.

Abatai frowned and looked in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came, which was the direction of Xi'an Prefecture City.

The war horse stopped in front of him, and the scout on the horse flew off the horse and bowed to Abatai.

Seeing the scout with a red face and a slightly breathing breath, Abatai narrowed his eyes. The scout had such an expression, which showed that it was important information and could not delay time.

"You follow me into the Central Army tent and report the information to the general immediately."

Abatai personally brought the scout into the central army tent.

Duoduo leaned against the table and looked at the map hanging on the wall motionless.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, important information came from Xi'an Prefecture City. Tomorrow, Li Zicheng led 50,000 Dashun Army soldiers to break through the Ximen, trying to go to Fengxiang Prefecture City. Li Guo and Chen Yongfu led 30,000 Dashun Army soldiers to take the initiative to attack our army from the South Gate to cover Li Zicheng's retreat to Fengxiang Prefecture City. The soldiers in Xi'an Prefecture City were commanded by Li Zhenhong..."

Duoduo suddenly stood up, turned around and looked at the scout, with an incredible expression on his face.

"What did you say? Li Zicheng is going to retreat to Fengxiang Prefecture City. How did you scout know about such a major decision? Could it be that the fake news released by Li Zicheng led us to the trap?"

The scout looked up at Duoduo.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, the news is reliable. It is the news that the secret spies placed in the Dashun Army by Tan Tai, the first-class Jiala Zhangjing, Zhenghuang Banner..."

Duoduo suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the scout in front of him.

"Who else knows this news?"

"Only I know, come and report to the commander as soon as possible."

"Okay, very good, go and rest, don't tell anyone about this news."

The scout withdrew from the central army tent, Duoduo thought for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Seven, I remember that after Tan Tai returned to the capital, he repeatedly told the court to pay attention to Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and Military Advisor Song Xiance of the Dashun court. Now I finally understand that the news the scout just brought was too shocking. If this news is true, we must fully adjust the combat deployment."

Speaking of this, Duoduo showed a hideous smile on his face.

"If the news is true, Li Zicheng's end will come. He wants to evacuate to Fengxiang Prefecture City and dream about him. If Li Zicheng leaves Xi'an Prefecture City, he will be the prey obtained by my Eight Banners Army."

Abatai nodded.

"Master, I think, no matter whether the news is true or false, we must adjust the combat deployment. The 30,000 Dashun Army soldiers who took the initiative to attack in the South Gate should not be spared. They must be completely wiped out. Otherwise, Li Zicheng will notice the abnormality and return to Xi'an Prefecture City to death. We will lose the best opportunity. I suggest that we send scouts to investigate immediately and find the place where the ambush is set up. Then, the most elite sergeants will be sent to set up an ambush, waiting for Li Zicheng to fall into the trap..."
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