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Chapter 451 Cheng Guogong and Jingying

The Qing army was plundering in Tongzhou dozens of miles away, and the whistle cavalry kept sending back military information every day, but the well-equipped Beijing camp did not say that it would fight. Even the capital was in panic all day long, and a large number of battalions fled every day.

Li Guodong knew that the well-equipped Jing camp was just a silver-shaped gun head, with a glossy appearance, but in fact it was already rotten to the bottom. From officers to soldiers in the Jing camp, they were all hereditary soldiers who had been hereditary from generation to generation since the Ming Dynasty Chengzu period. Many of them were children of nobles. Those children of nobles only knew to go shopping with bird cages and browsing the brothels, and let them go to the battlefield to fight, and ran faster than anyone else. The chief general and officers were all rotten, let alone those soldiers who had been hereditary for more than two hundred years.

Later, Li Zicheng attacked the capital, but because the army of kings did not come, neither Wu Sangui nor Liu Zeqing came to serve the kings. However, the majestic walls of the capital were not able to be broken by bandits. However, the troops in the capital were extremely rotten and were defeated without fighting, and he heard the sound of cannons, which led to Li Zicheng entering the capital, and Chongzhen went to find the crooked tree.

Seeing Li Guodong's seven thousand horses and camels arrive, the Beijing army seemed to have seen the backbone and asked Li Guodong to go ahead to disperse the Qing army.

At this moment, a majestic young general in white robe came over in front of him, riding a pure white war horse, full of white helmets and white armor, phoenix winged helmets, and the tassels on the top of the helmet were also white. He was holding a white wax pole and white tassel spear in his hand, which seemed to look like Zhao Zilong of Changshan.

"Bold! I won't kneel down when I see Duke Cheng!" Several servants who were leading the way yelled at Li Guodong.

Li Guodong knelt on one knee and bowed with his fists: "My general, Li Laoer, has seen Duke Cheng Guo! Shu Mo, with armor on his body, can't be fully polite."

Duke Cheng, Zhu Chunchen, was the last Duke Cheng. Later, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng entered the capital, Chongzhen issued an edict to command Zhu Chunchen to lead the army and assist the crown prince Zhu Cilang. Who knew that Zhu Chunchen, who had high hopes, opened the Qihua Gate in a blink of an eye and welcomed Li Zicheng's royal army into the capital, and killed Emperor Chongzhen. Later, he sent an invitation to Chen Yan to persuade Li Zicheng to ascend the throne and become emperor, wanting to seek glory and wealth in the new dynasty. Who knew that Li Zicheng hated the traitor and wanted to torture the nobles' money, so Zhu Chunchen was confiscated and killed by Li Zicheng.

Of course, Li Guodong knew that this Duke Cheng was definitely a silver-shaped gun head, and his appearance was imitating Zhao Zilong, but in fact he was a fool.

"This general has a reward for the whistle cavalry. The Tartars robbed Gaozhuang. I hope the general can go to Gaozhuang to expel the Tartars." Zhu Chunchen stepped forward and said.

"Returning to the Duke of China, expel Jiannu, and serving the country is the responsibility of our Ming soldiers!" Li Guodong arched his hand and said loudly.

Zhu Chunchen was a little envious when he saw that Li Guodong was strong and had a large number of livestock: "General Li is a good soldier!"

"The soldiers of the last general are all killed in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and they are naturally elite!"

"Then I'll have to work hard for the general. Go to Gaozhuang and expel Jiannu!"

"I will say goodbye at the end!" Li Guodong rode his horse and turned around and arched his hand.

Li Guodong's 7,000 men arrived in Gaozhuang. This area was full of plains, with many rivers and canals and fertile land. It was originally a place where villages and towns were densely populated near the capital. However, now, the surrounding villages are either burning fires or ruins with light smoke. The surviving people just fled into the capital with the elderly and young people, while looking back at their homes and crying.

"The officers and soldiers are here, run away!"

"These dog officers and soldiers are incompetent in killing the Tartars, and they are very good at harming the people!"

"Shh! Speak quietly! Be careful to be captured by the officers and soldiers, and beheaded and pretend to be the Tartars to seek credit!"

A group of frightened people saw a group of officers and soldiers coming from afar and did not dare to approach them. They all deliberately fled to the capital by taking a long distance.

Some soldiers under his command were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to ride a horse to catch up and argue with the people, but were stopped by Li Guodong: "We are here to kill Jiannu, not to be scheming with the people! Keep some strength!"

When Li Guodong's army entered the village, he saw more than a dozen Ming soldiers squatting on the ground, with more than a dozen heads on the ground. Someone was holding a knife in his hand, shaved the hair on the head, and shaved the scalp in front, and tied a little hair left on the back of his head into a braid. Li Guodong knew at a glance that those were the heads of ordinary people, and these Ming soldiers were taking good care of their good deeds! He was furious and pointed at the Ming soldiers with a horse whip: "Take it!"

More than a dozen cavalrymen rushed forward and took their swords. The Ming army that harmed the people were all killed in a blink of an eye.

"Kill the good and take credit! These are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" Han Dashan said angrily.

"No wonder we were scolded by the people when we passed by. These officers and soldiers were incompetent in beating Jiannu, but they were good at killing Liang and taking the initiative!"

"Let's go! Hurry up to Tongzhou as soon as possible to rescue the people!" Li Guodong raised his hand.

The sky gradually became dark, and Li Guodong did not dare to let the soldiers march at night, which was not conducive to his firearms and soldiers' performance after entering the night. The visibility at night was not high, which affected the firearms and soldiers' shooting. Moreover, the firearms' fuses would expose themselves in the dark. So he had to find a place to spend the night.

Not far from Gaozhuang, there is an abandoned military fortress. This military fortress is quite solid and large in size, but it is already empty. It is estimated that the Ming army inside fled before the Qing army arrived. Now Li Guodong has occupied the military fort, allowing all 7,000 people to enter the fort to rest.

The wall of the military fort is more than ten feet high. If the Qing army attacked, Li Guodong believed that with his 7,000 elite troops, even if Dorgon's 70,000 troops were pressed up, he could hold on for a few days. As long as he put away his banner, Dorgon would definitely not be so stupid as to be unable to get along with a small military fort.

After the army entered the military fort, Li Guodong asked Han Dashan to take a hundred elite soldiers out for a walk at night. It was said that the Qing army that harmed Yizhuang had not yet gone far, and the number of Qing soldiers was not large, and it seemed that it was a Korqin Mongolian cavalry with more than 100 people.

In Li Guodong's eyes, the Korqin Meng Eight Banners Cavalry is a soft persimmon. If you don't pinch this kind of soft persimmon, can you fight head-on with the Manchu Eight Banners heavy cavalry and the Han Eight Banners firearms?

Han Dashan's night-time horses were all elite cavalry with three horses. All of the best Wuzhumuqin horses were "sent" to Li Guodong by the Qing army. Although Han Dashan and Yewubucheng were all wearing heavy armor, the Wuzhumuqin horse with good endurance and fast speed ran very fast. When the horsepower was about to be insufficient, Han Dashan and Yewubucheng would not get off the horse, and they changed horses on the back and jumped from this horse to another horse. This was originally the unique skill of Mongolian cavalry, but now everyone can do this if Li Guodong's elite.

Not long after, Han Dashan caught up with the Korchin Mongolian Light Cavalry in front of him.

More than 100 Korqin Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were driving more than 1,000 people who were plundered, and driving more than 100 large trucks full of food and property, walking towards Tongzhou.

Han Dashan naturally would not be polite to these "soft persimmons". He led more than a hundred Ye Busuo horses and galloped away and rushed towards the Eight Banners of Mongolian cavalry.

A Qing army's Eight Banners cavalry heard the movement behind him and turned around. When he saw a team of cavalry coming, he screamed in shock: "No! There are Minggou Barbarian Cavalry behind!"

Before he finished speaking, a long arrow roared over, and the back of the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry was shot through the neck, and the bloody arrowhead pierced out from the front, and the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry turned over and fell off the horse.

The Mongolians turned their heads one after another, took a bow and arrow, and shot a row of light arrows at Ye Bushu, who was killing behind him.
Chapter completed!
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