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Chapter 742 Visiting the thatched cottage three times and showing sincerity

Almost three hours had passed since the army assembled outside Songshan Castle, the sky was approaching noon, and the scorching sun hung high in the sky, scorching the earth and the Ming and Qing soldiers who were still marching and fighting hard.

The forehead of Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, was also covered with beads of sweat. There were several heavy arrows stuck in his armor, but only a little blood oozes from his left arm.

At this moment, there are only more than 300 family members left under his Chinese army's banner. From the blood stains on their armor and the marks of knives, axes, and arrows, it can be seen that they must have experienced a bloody battle just now.

And on a hill more than [-] paces away from the southeast of the mountain where Yang Guozhu was located, there also stood a large banner with a golden dragon banner, and under the banner was Dorgon, Prince He Shuorui of the Qing Dynasty, standing on horseback.

Dorgon said to Kong Youde, the obedient king who was standing in front of the horse, in a deep voice: "How? Yang Guozhu still refuses to surrender!"

Kong Youde hurriedly replied respectfully: "Master Hui Rui, Yang Guozhu is stubborn, he only knows foolish loyalty, and he refuses to give up secretly..."

He originally wanted to say "abandon the dark and turn to the bright", but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly changed his words: "I will not abandon the bright and turn to the clear."

Dorgon had an expression on his face, and stared at the distant mountains with his mouse eyes. His white flag of more than two thousand elite cavalry was tightly surrounding the mountains.

And the other infantry battalions under Yang Guozhu's command were also separated one by one. If it was like foreign aid, it would be difficult for them to get out of their hands.

As for foreign aid?
The more than [-] men and horses of Li Fuming, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi in the Ming Dynasty, were blocked on the mountain road by the Ba Yala warriors led by Ta Zhan, unable to advance an inch.

Dorgon thought to himself, based on his understanding of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, even if someone dared to rescue Yang Guozhu, he would still have the strength to repel them, and Yang Guozhu was already in an urn.

Now, Dorgon wants to recruit Yang Guozhu to attack the army of the Ming Dynasty to aid Jinzhou.

Since he joined the army, he has conquered the interior of the Ming Dynasty several times. He naturally knows that among the many generals of the Ming Dynasty that he is facing today, only Yang Guozhu is a general of the Ming Dynasty with a seal, and the border troops of the Xuanfu he brought exceeded [-] people.

If I can defeat the Ming army in the first battle, it will not only boost the morale of the Qing warriors, but also destroy the morale of the Ming army. If I can recruit Yang Guozhu to surrender, the effect will be even more obvious.

First, he said to Kong Youde: "I read "Three Kingdoms" before, Liu Bei asked Zhuge to come out of the mountain, and he had to pay three visits to the thatched cottage. Today, I must show my sincerity to Yang Guozhu!"

Kong Youde naturally knew the meaning of Dorgon's words, and respectfully continued: "Hey! I'm a humble worker, so let's go and persuade Yang Guozhu, and show him Prince Rui's love for talents and sincerity in recruiting."

Watching Kong Youde's leaving back, Er Keqin said: "Uncle Wang, this Yang man has less than three hundred horses left, and he can be captured overnight, why must he be persuaded to surrender?"

This Erke relative is the clan of the Qing Dynasty, the grandson of the old slave Nurhachi, and the nephew of the slave chieftain Huang Taiji. At this time, he inherited the title of his father, Aixinjueluo Tabai, the Fuguogong of the Qing Dynasty, as the Fuguogong.

Er Keqin is only in his early 30s at this time, and like other clansmen in the Qing Dynasty, he always urinates with his uncles and goes out to practice in the army. It can also rise rapidly due to military performance.

Prince Rui Dorgon turned his head and glanced at E Keqin, and said lightly: "Although Yang Guozhu is already in the chime, he can be captured at any time, but today Yang Guozhu was captured, and the governor of the Southern Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, was surrounded by Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji, Bai Guangen, etc. The rest are generals.

If we capture them one by one, or defeat them one by one, our Qing warriors will have to pay a heavy price.

Today's Yang Guozhu is like Dashou, the ancestor of Jincheng. If he can be persuaded to return to our Qing Dynasty, the blow to the morale of the Southern Dynasty army will be no less than a big victory, and it may even lead other Southern Dynasty generals to follow suit to our advantage Huge! "

Er Keqin looked thoughtful, and after a while, he said: "Uncle Wang has thought deeply, and Er Keqin deeply admires it."

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Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, also had bean-sized beads of sweat on his forehead, which kept rolling down, but his elegant expression remained unchanged, but the smile on his face disappeared.

Besides Zhang Ruoqi, governor of the army, Qiu Minyang, governor of Liaodong, and Ma Shaoyu, who joined the army, beside him were two more generals, Zhang Cheng and Liu Zhaoji.

"Hong Du, Yang Shuaixuanzhen's soldiers and horses fought fiercely with slaves for nearly half a day. They must be out of people and horses. Now they are divided and besieged by the Tartars. It must be difficult to last for a long time. If they don't send troops to rescue in time, Yang Shuai may be in danger. "

There were beads of sweat on Zhang Cheng's face and forehead, and his expression was obviously anxious.

After all, they are all soldiers of Xuanzhen, and he and Yang Guozhu have a friendship in the bloody battle of Julu, not to mention that veterans such as Guo Yingxian in Yang Guozhu's army also have deep friendships, and they also met He Zhenxiong, Tang Xiancheng and others as old friends.

Just now, there was a blast of artillery from the Shenji Camp. It was so powerful that the Qing army's position in Niangniangmiao was almost completely destroyed. However, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. How can a few or dozens of artillery pieces decide the outcome?

When Zhang Cheng, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi and others applauded Shenji Battalion, the Tartars launched a counterattack. First, a Han army approached the artillery formation of Shenji Battalion from the mountain on the right, trying to capture and seize the cannons of Shenji Battalion.

Looking at the color of the flag, which is pure green with yellow borders, everyone knows that it is not a Tartar soldier full of eight banners. Zhang Cheng has never seen this banner before, but fortunately Zhang Dou, the soldier, reminded everyone that this banner was a slave thief. Into the Han army.

Chen Jiugao's Shenji Battalion had nothing to say about the artillery, but they lacked morale in close combat, and their fighting spirit was not determined. Fan begs for help.

In order to stabilize the morale of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, Zhang Guodong's Chicheng Battalion of the Xuanbei Army was sent to support the artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion and counterattack the Han army Xianghuang Banner who came to attack the formation.

At this time, the battle reports from all sides on the front line were sent back from time to time. Not long after the battle on the West Shimen side, Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen who attacked the East Shimen also fought with the Tartars.

Wu Sangui and his troops were far more powerful than Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming's side, especially Wu Sangui had been in Liaodong for a long time and was more familiar with the tactics of the Tartars.

No matter how Abatai lures him, he has maintained a compact formation and slowly pushed towards the East Shimen. Even though Hauge came to the front line and commanded the Tatar cavalry to intersperse repeatedly, and separated Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen several times, they were so numerous that the Qing army always Can't take advantage of anything.

Hauge was also helpless about this, the battle outside the East Stone Gate entered a stalemate stage, the two sides charged and assaulted repeatedly, killing each other.

Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the ASEAN Association, was evenly matched with Shuotuo's Zhenghongqi in attacking Huangtuling, and had a slight advantage. Under the charge of the Qing soldiers, there were quite a lot of casualties, and the progress of the war was not smooth.

The same is true for Tangtong's side. He had only dug half of the trench before being disrupted by the Bajala warriors led by Irden. He resisted for a while and had to retreat.

To say that the easiest ones belong to the troops of Datong General Soldier Wang Pu and Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke. They are located on the west flank of the Chinese army, preventing the Tartars on Rufeng Mountain from flanking Yang Guozhu's troops.

There were only some small-scale conflicts. The Tartars on Rufeng Mountain were all caught up by Zu Dashou's tribe who came out of Jinzhou City, and they were temporarily unable to attack the Ming army under Yang Guozhu's troops who attacked Xishimen from the flank.

(End of this chapter)