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Tianjin battlefield.

As Hauge moved his camp to the southwest of the city, Tianjin's grain roads were cut off, and the Grand Canal was choked by the Eight Banners Army.

But Fei Ruhe's army in the west of the city still had smooth food routes.

Hauge couldn't do it even if he wanted to, unless he could occupy the Triangle Lake. Military rations from the direction of Baoding were transported from the Huitong River, and then transferred by boat to Sanjiangdian. Fei Ruhe's camp was on the bank.

Hauge and Li Zicheng made an appointment to attack, but they had to occupy suitable terrain first.

The Eight Banners Army crossed the Grand Canal to the west. That area was the only place where there was no need to fight across the river. However, the terrain is very narrow, and there are Desheng Lake and Huo Shao Lake to the west, one after another, shallow lakes, which protect Fei Ruhe's camp.

"kill!"

The Eight Banners Army had just crossed the Grand Canal and set up camp when they were attacked at night that night.

Fei Ruhe sent an army, which was not large in number, only two thousand people. During the day, you enter Huitong River from Sanjiang Lake, sneak into Desheng Lake and lurk, and then emerge from the dense reeds at night.

"The barbarian is disgusting!"

Although Hauge didn't suffer much loss, he was in a bad mood, feeling like he would be stabbed at any time.

Man Dahai said: "The regent has been urging us to return, and the Nanmanzi have captured the Weining camp. I, Amma, can't sit still and have led my troops to Liaoyang to return for reinforcements. The regent's situation in Yaozhou is very dangerous. We should go back Yes, the decisive battle across the river is too dangerous."

"We can't withdraw. If we withdraw now, we won't be able to enter the border again in the future," Hauge said. "Without Li Zicheng's cooperation, how can we fight against the Southern Barbarians?"

Mandahai sighed: "I went to see it myself this morning. The narrowest part of the Triangle Lake and the Grand Canal is only two miles. Those two miles were separated by several trenches dug by the Nanmanzi. Each trench was dug. The excavated earth was then built into a low earthen wall. Our cavalry could not pass, nor could our carriages, and artillery was of no use. We had to use infantry to attack it one by one."

Li Zicheng's direction faces the same problem.

Of course, Li Zicheng's combat area was slightly wider, because the narrowest point was three miles. The same trenches and earthen walls must be captured by infantry.

Fei Ruhe is just disgusting, with the Triangle Lake to the north, the Grand Canal to the south, and trenches dug to the east and west.

Fei Ruhe didn't care about the direction of Tianjin at all, and didn't even bother to send troops to conduct reconnaissance.

But the direction of Bazhou and Baoding is completely controlled by Fei Ruhe, because there are lakes and rivers everywhere.

This kind of defensive battle was the easiest way for Li Zicheng and Hauge to attack across the Grand Canal - even along the Grand Canal, Fei Ruhe had already built many forts and many temporary defenses.

Man Dahai said: "The Nanman camp must not be attacked by force. Even if it can be broken through, more than half of the Eight Banners warriors will die. The only way is to attack Yuanjiakou. Li Zicheng said that the Nanman military supplies are stored there. Contact Li Zicheng. He went around from the north, and we inserted through the gap between Sanjiangdian and Deshengdian. We and Li Zicheng, from the south and the north, attacked Yuanjiakou and lured Fei Ruhe out of the west of Tianjin! The grain farm was surrounded, and Fei Ruhe I definitely don’t dare to stay in a turtle shell anymore.”

"Just fight!" Haug agreed.

Li Zicheng also agreed that attacking the enemy must save him and lure the snake out of its hole.

Fei Ruhe knew immediately when the enemy troops moved.

In other words, Hauge and Li Zicheng had no intention of concealing their combat intentions. This is a conspiracy. If you are hiding in a turtle shell, we will definitely not be able to attack you. Then I'll go and surround your grain harvesting place and ask you if you want to come out to fight. If you don't come out, I will burn your food and grass!

Whether it was Li Zicheng or Hauge, after confirming the battle plan, they moved together with the entire army. They did not dare to divide their troops to burn food, because the armies of Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu were guarding there in a tense manner, and anyone who dared to divide their troops would be attacked by them.

Dashun and Manqing broke camp and left, and the city of Tianjin suddenly came to life.

Zhang Tieniu led the army out, leaving only a few thousand peasant soldiers to defend the city. The main force went to join Fei Ruhe a few miles west of the city.

The battlefield suddenly moved from Tianjin to Yuanjiakou. Countless wars have broken out in that poor place because the geographical location is so critical.

The offensive route of Li Zicheng and Hauge was to bypass the Datong Army from the north to the south and launch a pincer-shaped offensive to attack Yuanjiakou. The pliers are strongest when they are clamped together and weakest when they are apart. On the day Zhang Tieniu led his troops out of the city, Fei Ruhe seized the opportunity to chase Li Zicheng.

Because there was a triangle in the way, Li Zicheng went further around and had more chances to pull out the pliers.

Wan Si Tong's 16th Division, infantry and artillery remained to continue to defend the turtle shell position. Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Huang Shun, and Li Dingguo, with the strength of four divisions, plus the cavalry of the 16th Division, pursued Li Zicheng's troops at full speed.

Thousands of them still took boats across the Triangle Lake and took a shortcut to intercept Li Zicheng.

Looking at the thousands of Datong soldiers on the other side of the Feng River, Li Zicheng suddenly frowned. On his way to attack Yuanjiakou with the Manchus, he had to cross two large rivers, the Feng River and the Hun River, and several small rivers.

Nowadays, the best crossing point of Fenghe River is blocked. Although Li Zicheng can go around it, the further north he goes around, the easier it will be for the Datong Army to catch up.

At that time, the Dashun Army will fight a tough battle with the Datong Army, and the Manchu Qing will take advantage of Yuanjiakou. After obtaining the food of the Datong Army, they can also take advantage of the trend to fight north and surprise the Datong Army, which was defeated and defeated.

Every advantage has been taken by the Tatars!

Li You ran over quickly, looked at the enemy on the other side of the river, and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, the battle cannot be fought like this. The intention of the puppet comrades is obvious. They want to destroy us first and then kill the Tatars. No matter whether we win or lose, we will win. It is the Tatars who benefit, how can there be such a thing in the world? Tens of thousands of enemy elites, we can't take a bite. Even if we win miserably, we will not be able to share the benefits with the Tatars. By then, we will not be able to expand our territory, but It was the Tatars who attacked the city and captured the territory.”

Dang Shousu also came on horseback: "Your Majesty, it is better to retreat to Tongzhou. The puppet comrades do not dare to pursue that far. When the time comes, the puppet comrades will fight the Tatars first, and we will look for opportunities to go south to clean up the mess."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Nai also ran over, "Guanzhong is unstable, Hedong is being ravaged by puppet traitors, and several Henan generals have surrendered to the enemy. We cannot afford to lose here, otherwise we will lose everything. We really have to let the Tatars fight hard first!" "

"His Majesty……"

"His Majesty……"

The generals of various ministries made requests one after another, and Li Zicheng was also persuaded. He really didn't want to fight life and death, and then let the Tatars come out to take advantage.

After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng finally ordered: "Retreat to Tongzhou!"

The coalition has been unable to win since ancient times because it is not of one mind at all. A good battle plan, but Li Zicheng escaped halfway and wanted to come out at the end to harvest the fruits of victory.

The Tatars also did not follow the plan.

The Manchu and Qing cavalry, which had been patrolling the south bank of the canal, noticed that the main force of the Datong Army was chasing Li Zicheng, and immediately rushed to Hauge to report.

Mandahai was overjoyed: "Yuanjiakou has hoarded military supplies. The Nanmanzi must be tightly defended. They can't defeat him in a day or two. The Nanmanzi went to chase Li Zicheng. His turtle shell camp was empty. He could only leave a few thousand people for defense. It was the limit. Let’s take the opportunity to fight back and seize the southern barbarians’ camp! It’s best to attack at night and kill those barbarians by surprise!”

"What a great idea. This is the Han people's Thirty-six Strategies." Hauge actually knew the Thirty-Six Strategies.

Ever since, when Li Zicheng sold Hauge, Hauge also sold Li Zicheng, and both parties had their own agenda.

…

"Snapped!"

Among the reeds, Zhang Tai swatted a mosquito to death, his palms already stained with his own blood.

It was already summer, and the shallow lakes were covered with aquatic plants. There were so many mosquitoes that they could carry people away, making people wonder if they would bleed to death from mosquito bites.

Zhang Tai is a soldier of the Datong Navy. He has made a living fishing in the Yangtze River since he was a child.

Now he is squatting in the reeds and keeping sentry. There are more than ten sentries like him on the south bank of Triangle Lake.

Hauge was afraid of exposing his whereabouts, so he chose to march quickly at night, leaving the civilians and baggage behind.

But they wanted to attack Fei Ruhe's turtle shell, and the passage was too narrow. There are still several miles of narrow strips to the west of the trench. As long as the sentries in the reeds are not blind, they will definitely be able to detect the whereabouts of the Tatars in advance.

"It's changing of the guard, you lie down and have a rest." Ding Chengsi said.

Zhang Tai stretched, yawned and was about to lie down, when his open mouth suddenly maintained its shape. Then he became alert, looked carefully in the distance, and whispered: "The Tatars are back and attacking at night!"

"Go back quickly and report the news!" Ding Chengsi did not dare to neglect.

There is a small island in the triangle lake, and beacons can be lit in an emergency, but it is not necessary in the current situation. Because they were rowing small boats, they would definitely get back ahead of the enemy.

The boat was speeding through the maze of reeds, but Zhang Tai and Ding Chengsi came and went freely.

Arriving at the next sentry point, Zhang Tai said to his colleagues: "The Tatars are attacking at night."

The sentry immediately rowed back, but Zhang Tai and Ding Chengsi stayed behind, waiting to continue observing the enemy's situation.

Wan Sitong, who stayed behind in the main camp, received the news that the Manchu and Qing night attack troops were still more than two miles away from the trenches outside the camp.

"Don't light a fire, wake up the whole army, half of them will ambush in the trenches, and half of them will defend the canal." Wan Sitong was very cautious, fearing that the Tatars would sneak around to the south to cross the river.

This decision was correct. The sentry in the southern canal soon returned with his boat and said that traces of the Tatars were also found there.

Hauge personally led his troops and crossed the river to attack from the south. Mandahai led his troops to attack from the trench in the west.

Many Tatars were riding war horses, with their heads in the mouth and their horses' feet bound, trying not to make any noise. They were getting close, and for fear of exposing their whereabouts, the whole army dismounted and touched it.

In the trench position two miles wide, 1,200 warriors were separated from Mandahai, trying to occupy the first trench in the dark. Once successful, it proves that the enemy is unprepared, and the follow-up troops will immediately attack.

Man Dahai led the main force to wait patiently, but soon he was overjoyed. They actually succeeded in the sneak attack.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The Datong troops in the first trench ran towards the camp in panic, and then the second trench also shouted loudly.

Some Eight Banners warriors lit torches and tried to rush through several ditches to light the innermost tents, causing greater chaos to the Datong Army.

"Army attack!"

Man Dahai knew it was done when he saw the torch, and stopped to light the torch when he had the time to prove that the Datong army defending the trenches was collapsing.

Hauge on the south side of the canal, still two miles away from the river bank, heard the shouts of killing and said excitedly: "Speed ​​up the march, cross the river and kill!"

A surprise attack at night, a flanking attack, will definitely knock the turtle's shell off!

(Thanks to the leader of the alliance, Mr. Zhen Yizi, for the reward. Sorry, there aren’t many updates.)