As the saying goes, if there is a cause, there will be a result. Whatever the cause is, the result will be.

First of all, the troops heading south led by Shi Tingzhu were the Han troops with the white flag under his Duduo banner. They wanted to save them, so it was fitting that he should come to save them.

Secondly, although Duduo was young, his temper was extremely arrogant and he could not be easily provoked. Moreover, he was always arrogant and regarded the Ming army and generals as nothing.

Therefore, when Shi Tingzhu's messenger for help arrived at Ningyuan City and reported the news that they were ambushed by a large Ming army in Woniugou near Gelizi Mountain, Prince Su of Manta Tarzi, Hauge, quickly dispatched the troops led by Shi Tingzhu.

On the grounds that it was the troops under Xiangbai's banner, Duduo was asked to lead his troops to rescue.

Duduo did not bargain and quickly agreed.

He had just defeated the Ming army in the city who dared to fight at Beishangang outside Ningyuan City, and his morale was high. No matter how many Ming troops there were, he would not look down upon them.

Of course, even if he bargained, it would be useless.

From a patriarchal perspective, Hauge is Duduo's nephew, but this Hauge is several years older than Duduo.

Hauge is not only older than Duduo, but his current status is also higher than Duduo. Hauge holds the title of Prince Heshuosu, but Duduo has now been demoted to Prince Duoluoyu.

The most important thing is that brothers Dorgon Duoduo and Huang Taiji have always had a lot of quarrels, and they have never been able to urinate in the same pot. This has also directly affected the relationship between Hauge and brothers Dorgon Duoduo.

Moreover, when he was ordered to go on an expedition this time, Hauge commanded five more Niulu troops than Duduo. He brought fifteen Manchu and Meng Niulu troops under Xianghuang's banner, totaling 4,500 people.

At the same time, the Xianghuang Banner Han Army affiliated to the Manchurian Xianghuang Banner, known as the Han Army Xianghuang Banner in later generations, was accompanied by 20 Niulu, a total of 6,000 people, led by Ma Guangyuan, the great traitor of Gushan Ezhen.

Hauge is older than Dodo, has a higher title than Dodo, and even has more men and horses than Dodo. This leads to the fact that after their uncle and nephew join forces, the nephew does not act like a nephew.

My uncle doesn't look like an uncle either.

Huang Taiji asked them to discuss the situation and paired Hauge with a wily traitor Gushan'e Zhenma Guangyuan, and paired Duduo with a cunning Han army soldier Gushan'e Zhenshi Tingzhu, in order to slightly neutralize the situation.

The two warlike princes have a competitive temperament.

However, after Hauge and Duoduo arrived outside Jinzhou City, they could not restrain their bellicose temper. After discussion, the two made the decision to go south to attack Ningyuan City.

Hauge left Ma Guangyuan in the camp outside Jinzhou City and asked Ma Guangyuan to lead the Han army with yellow flags and half of the Han troops with white flags, a total of more than 10,000 people, leaving behind the Ming army to contain the cities on the front line of Songjin.

Hauge himself, together with Duoduo, took their respective main forces and more than a dozen heavy artillery teams of Wu Zhenchao Haniulu under the Han Army Shi Tingzhu with the White Banner, and went south to attack Ningyuan.

If they and their Manmeng Niulu were willing to serve as guards for Shi Tingzhu's Wu Zhen Chao Ha Niulu, then there would be no need to mention anything. Even if Yang Zhen wanted to ambush them, he could not find a chance.

However, Hauge, who always believed himself to be brave and invincible, and Duduo, who always liked to rush and fight fiercely, were not willing to lead their elite troops to serve as guards for Shitingzhu, nor were they even willing to march slowly with a large number of vehicles and artillery equipment.

Therefore, as soon as they carefully passed through the dangerous zone between pine and brocade, they immediately felt relieved and let go.

Duduo led the 3,000-strong Manchu and Mengniu troops accompanying him under the banner of Xiangbai. Together with the Manchu Tatars and Prince Haoge of Shuosu, he brought 4,500 people from the 15 Manchu and Mengniu troops under the banner of Xianghuang. They rode fast all the way.

, went straight to Ningyuan City.

At the same time, a large number of carriages and horses, including artillery, equipment, food and other supplies, were all handed over to the care of the Han army with a white flag led by Shi Tingzhu.

In Duduo's eyes, the Ming army generals and soldiers in the cities in western Liaoning were all as timid as mice, and no one dared to go out of the city to intercept Shi Tingzhu and the others.

What's more, Shi Tingzhu and the dozen Niu Lu of the Han army who were affiliated with the Xiangbai Banner were not vegetarians. How could the ordinary Ming army and Ming generals be their opponents?

Having suffered losses from Yang Zhen, the only thing he was worried about was that that bullshit Songshan Commander-in-Chief Yang Zhen would try his old trick again and use the sea route to harass their rear.

However, Shi Tingzhu told him clearly that he should not worry about Yang Zhen's troops in Songshan City. Yang Zhen would stay put this time like Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City.

Even so, in order to ensure the safety of the people behind him, Duduo still took some preventive measures, such as asking Shi Tingzhu to detour to the west and go south, and never take the post road closer to the coast. This was his order.

However, what he never expected was that even though he had made arrangements in advance, his rear group's vehicles, artillery and baggage still could not avoid the Ming army's ambush halfway.

What puzzled him the most was that that road was obviously the road they had just walked on around noon yesterday!

After receiving the urgent report that Shi Tingzhu was ambushed, Duduo was puzzled and furious at the same time. On one hand, he felt offended that someone dared to go out of the city to attack the rear troops with white flags. On the other hand, he was very angry with Shi Tingzhu and felt that

This Shitingzhu does not live up to its name and is simply a piece of trash.

But no matter how furious he was, if Hauge didn't go, he would have to go. Shi Tingzhu's Han army with a white flag was under his banner.

Of course Hauge didn't care, but he couldn't just watch the entire army belonging to Shi Tingzhu with the white flag being annihilated.

Because this Shi Tingzhu was still his son and daughter, and Shi Huashan, the third son of Shi Tingzhu who came to ask for help, was the son-in-law designated by Huang Taiji for his daughter.

Therefore, after meeting Shi Huashan, the messenger sent urgently by Shi Tingzhu, Hauge and Duduo quickly finalized the matter as soon as they met.

That is, Hauge led the soldiers and horses with yellow flags and continued to attack Ningyuan City, while Duoduo led his troops, which were less than 3,000 men, back to rescue Shi Tingzhu, and then brought the heavy artillery carried by Shi Tingzhu to Ningyuan as soon as possible.

In this way, Duduo, the Tenth Prince of the Manta Tartars, quickly led the soldiers and horses with white flags who had just fought at the foot of Ningyuan City, followed Shi Huashan, and rushed to Woniugou near Gelizi Mountain.

Already.

What he never expected was that this would lead to a road of no return.

Until he was ambushed in Dongguangou, Duduo could not believe that what he saw was real.

——Obviously, I just walked this road yesterday. Obviously, the Ming troops in Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, Tashan, and Lianshan are still guarding the city obediently. How could I be in such a barren place?

Dan's place was ambushed by the Ming army!

No matter how hard it was for Duduo to believe what was happening in front of him, the constant explosions, the explosives thrown from unknown directions, and the projectiles fired by unknown people were constantly harvesting his subordinates.

The fate of those armored soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles.

When he first discovered that he was in ambush, Duduo was not afraid or fearful. His heart was filled only with violent anger.

He held a horse whip in his hand and whipped anyone he saw, as long as they stood in front of or beside him, regardless of whether the person was one of his own.

Of course, Duduo is Duduo, and he has his own strengths, such as his keen battlefield insight.

When the men and horses he led fell into an ambush, and there was chaos in front, left, and right, he quickly became acutely aware of the weakness of the Ming army's ambush circle.

Due to limited time, the musketeers and grenadiers led by Yang Zhen only had time to dig a trench on the hillside opposite the road at the bottom of Dongguangou ditch.

The musketeers and grenadiers share a trench. The advantage is that the trench is close to the road at the bottom of the ditch. Enemies passing by this road are within the range of the musketeers and are also within the attack range of the grenadiers.

But the disadvantage is that their position and their line of fire are a little too thin.

As long as the enemy breaks through this trench and rushes up the relatively gentle hillside on the opposite side, they will have broken through their ambush circle.

If the enemy is willing, you can even turn around and launch a counter-encirclement for them.

And Duduo was the first to discover this in the chaos.

Let us say that after Yang Zhen fired the first shot and launched the Dongguangou ambush operation, the entire ditch bottom, which was more than a mile long in the hinterland of Dongguangou, soon began to fire with gunfire and fell into chaos.

Yang Zhen's side had a small number of people, but overall it took advantage of the geographical location and pre-emptive strike. The muskets, grenades, and explosive shells fired from the cannons were able to defeat only the soldiers and horses with white flags crowded on the road at the bottom of the ditch.

With the power of parry, there is no power to fight back.

Yang Zhen himself was in the middle of the entire Dongguangou ambush area. On his left and right sides, there were about half of the teams lined up.

After he fired the first shot, he half-crouched under the cover of ditches and bushes to reload his ammunition. At this time, a large group of heavily armored Tatar knights crowded around in circles.

Surrounded by a young and thin figure, whipping his mount as hard as he could, he rushed toward the low and gentle hillside where Yang Zhen was.

It seemed that they wanted to rush into the ruins on the hillside in one go, so that they could find a solid cover for themselves while breaking through the siege.

The person rushing in front kept screaming and fell to the ground, but the others were still rushing forward one after another.

They shouted and rushed forward, while drawing their bows and shooting arrows in the direction of Yang Zhen.

The sharp rain of arrows came in waves, shooting some musketeers and grenadiers near Yang Zhen who had completely forgotten their concealment during the battle, and directly shot them to death in the trench.

"Grenadiers! Grenadier! Grenadier..."

Seeing this, Yang Zhen shouted loudly for the grenadiers to drop bombs, while he hurriedly loaded the muskets.

However, the more panicked, the worse the filling was. Either the purge rod could not be inserted, or the ignition powder was not in the correct position of the ignition powder slot.

The ditch on the hillside was only a few dozen steps away from the dirt road in the valley. Knights full of Tatars with white flags rushed over to protect the young man, risking their own lives and injuries, and they were close in the blink of an eye.

The furious and ferocious faces were clearly visible.

Yang Zhen raised the hastily loaded musket and fired another shot at the crowd of Manchu Tatars who were getting closer and closer.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden and earth-shaking violent explosion in the middle of the road at the bottom of Dongguangou ditch. The ground under Yang Zhen's feet trembled, and for a moment it seemed like an earthquake.

Yang Zhen could not stand firmly and was knocked over in the ditch on the spot.

He fell to the ground and couldn't hear any sound for a while, but he could clearly see many strange things flying in the sky.

Those things flying all over the sky landed on his head and body with a thick layer.

They look like they have earth and stone, flesh and blood, hair, clothes and armor, just about everything.

What surprised him the most was that the young big man who had been surrounded by many people and rushed toward him with a white Tatar flag was now lying motionless not far from him.
Chapter completed!