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Chapter 449 The Qing army re-enters the bandits (2)

Li Hong took his Tumote troops and followed the Qing army into the pass.

Although Yuetuo's Qing army was a partial army, it was unstoppable and conquered the city and conquered the land. Li Hong was the inner supporter of the Ming army. Although he became the Tumote Khan, he tried his best to restrain himself and let his subordinates commit as little as possible. As early as when the Qing army captured Miyun, Yuetuo originally planned to massacre the city, because the small Miyun caused a lot of losses to the Qing army, and also lost a cavalry captain. Li Hong told Yuetuo that our army attacked the Ming Dynasty to plunder more people, not kill people. Yuetuo obeyed his advice and gave up the massacre of the city. Although the Qing army gave up the massacre of the city, mainly plundering the population,

But when the Qing soldiers killed all the old men they thought were useless, Li Hong was powerless and could only watch the Qing soldiers kill people. All he could do was to send out the information as quickly as possible. Li Guodong had already secretly told Li Hong that Yue Tuo was dead this time, and Li Guodong had already dug a trap for Yue Tuo.

In fact, even if no one killed Yuetuo, Li Guodong knew that Yuetuo would not be alive for a long time. But he had to get the credit for killing Yuetuo as much as possible.

At this time, Li Guodong had already arrived at Yong'an City in Changping. Only Han Dashan, Zhang Wei and Tang Chong followed him to Changping. The 100 elite soldiers who came out were left to Zhang Shiwen, asking them to assist Gaoyang's military and civilians in defending the city.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard that Li Guodong had arrived, he personally went out of the city to greet him. Lu Xiangsheng would personally welcome every soldier who came to serve the king, encourage and comfort him, let alone Li Guodong, whom he always valued.

Soon, four people and twelve horses came from the south, and the four knights soon arrived at the city gate. Li Guodong saw Lu Xiangsheng from afar, slowed down his horse speed, and when he was about to reach Lu Xiangsheng, he turned over and dismounted, strode to Lu Xiangsheng, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and said loudly: "My general, Li Laoer, has seen the commander Lu, and Shu Mo has kept his armor on his body, so he can't be fully polite."

"General Li, why are you only four people coming? Where is your army?" Lu Xiangsheng felt strange when he saw that only four people came.

Li Guodong replied: "At the end of the day, the army will arrive later."

"Guodong, it's good that you are here! You are worth thousands of troops!" Lu Xiangsheng helped Li Guodong up with a smile, "Guodong has always been resourceful, and good strategies are emerging one after another. It is a blessing for my Ming Dynasty!"

Originally, Li Guodong thought that his army would take one day to arrive, but who knew that he arrived in Changping in the morning, and He Xing led 3,000 cavalry, 3,000 camels, firearms, and firearms. He did not take them away at one hundred nights, and 500 flying cavalry artillery and 500 god cavalry arrived.

"What an excellent army!" Wang Pu, who was standing on the city tower, was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out. An army of full cavalry was rare in the Ming Dynasty. Except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry, no Ming army could reach this level. Although half of them were camel soldiers, camels were rare in the Central Plains. Li Guodong was better, and there were actually thousands of camels! Looking at those artillery vehicles, each artillery carriage was pulled at least two good tall horses, and some heavy artillery even pulled with six horses! What's more amazing is that the speed of artillery soldiers was not slower than riding a horse!

Wang Pu didn't know that the mystery of Li Guodong's cannon trucks was. The wheels were covered with elastic objects, which was Eucommia ulmoides. In the absence of rubber, Li Guodong replaced Eucommia ulmoides. Although Eucommia ulmoides' lifespan is not as good as rubber, it can reduce the rolling resistance of the wheels and reduce bumps. In fact, in addition to the wheels covered with Eucommia ulmoides, these cannon trucks also have the latest developed rolling bearings. However, those rolling bearings are not round bead rolling bearings, but roller-type rolling bearings, and there are rolling cylinders inside the bearings. Well, that is actually called needle-rolling bearings.

All the generals standing on the city tower were amazed when they saw this strong army. Seeing the military lineup and discipline of this army was shocking. The generals on the city tower pointed at the army formation under the city. Even the generals of the Tianxiong Army envied the equipment and military appearance of Li Guodong.

"Seven thousand elite soldiers are worth at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops!" Chen An, the general of the Supervisor's Battalion, sighed.

"I'm afraid it's not stopping!" Lu Xiangsheng didn't know when he went up to the city tower. "All cavalry, even the firearms are also cavalry, and the artillery speed is also very fast. If you win, you can catch up with the Jiannu cavalry; even if you lose, the Jiannu cavalry will find it difficult to catch up with them. This is much more powerful than infantry!"

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng was very clear about the weaknesses of the Ming army's infantry. Infantry against cavalry is far inferior to that of cavalry. If the infantry wins, it is a small victory, and if it loses, it is a big defeat! However, Li Guodong's strong army does not have these weaknesses.

Camel firearm soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng, who knows military affairs, can tell at a glance that such soldiers can form formations when attacking and defending, and when retreating, they can fire projectiles on the camel's back and load ammunition. However, the cavalry riding horses cannot do this and cannot load ammunition on the horse's back.

Lu Xiangsheng introduced Li Guodong one by one: "This is Yang Guozhu, this is the power of the tiger."

Seeing Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei looking at Li Guodong, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "So you all know each other!"

"When I returned to the commander, the last general once and General Li defeated Jiannu in Tongzhou!" Yang Guozhu knelt on one knee, bowed his fists and bowed.

Hu Dawei also knelt on one knee, holding his fists and bowed: "When the general was in Xuanfu, he had many contacts with General Li, who was still outside the Great Wall at that time."

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng remembered that Li Guodong's army of kings did not bring out the baggage troops, so he asked: "General Li, as the saying goes, before the troops move, your seven thousand troops go to war, but they don't bring the baggage?"

"When I returned to the commander, the cavalry of the last general was like the Mongols. All the military rations were carried with me. Each soldier had a dry food bag with seven days of food. Camels could also carry food and grass. These seven thousand horses and animals could use half a month of food and grass. If the food and grass were exhausted, they could go to the refugee camp built in the last camp to be collected." Li Guodong replied.

"Refugee camp? Is it a village you built in Julu that takes refugees in?

"That is, the generals have stored enough food and grass in Julu Jiazhuang, and the logistics convoy has also gone there. If the army needs food and grass, they can be sent at any time."

But no one knew that Li Guodong had 10,000 new soldiers and 4,000 infantrymen who had not arrived. Because they were all infantry, when Li Guodong asked He Xing to set off, he did not bring any infantry out, but asked Wang Quan to bring 14,000 infantry to Julu. Li Guodong wanted to dig a pit for Dorgon in Julu to see how many Qing troops could be buried.

From Xiangling to Julu, it is much closer than from Xiangling to Changping. It is only more than 400 miles to Julu, but it is more than 1,200 miles to Changping.

At this time, Wang Quan had already arrived at Julu Jiazhuang with the 14,000 infantry and 10,000 baggage troops handed over to him by Li Guodong. After these soldiers arrived, they immediately organized refugees and began to dig tunnels.

This infantry has a lot of supplies, and many of them carry bundles of wire mesh on them. If you look closely at these vehicles, you can find that these vehicles are different from ordinary big trucks. The wheels are covered with elastic Eucommia glue, and they are all equipped with metal bearings. Although Li Guodong cannot be so luxurious that all big trucks are equipped with rolling bearings, it is still possible to install metal sliding bearings.

Even Wang Quan didn't know what the purpose of digging those tunnels were. He had always been the only one who had to dig tunnels in the city. He had never heard of digging tunnels in the city.

In fact, Li Guodong excavated the tunnel in order to place gunpowder in it. After Dorgon's army surrounded Lu Xiangsheng, Li Guodong asked someone to ignite gunpowder at night, and then he could blow Dorgon's camp into pieces.
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