Dorgon's caution not only slowed down the withdrawal process of his troops, but also made Yang Zhen become suspicious again.

Yang Zhen led the firearms posts involved in the ambush and hid in the Guanma Mountain area on the south bank of the Fudu River. They endured the near-zero cold of the early spring night and spent the night in extremely crude trenches and foxholes.

We finally made it to daybreak, when the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and the sun came out. However, we waited and waited, but could not wait for the arrival of the second wave of Tatar withdrawal troops.

While hiding in place, you are not allowed to speak loudly, light a fire to keep warm, or move around casually. You must be careful not to make loud noises even when sleeping.

Everyone ate and drank the dew, and there was no hot food. Although they just stayed still and seemed to be doing nothing, everyone was exhausted and their patience was exhausted.

Fortunately, these people followed Yang Zhen and suffered such torture and tests in the past, but this time the time was extra long.

He waited from early morning until sunrise, and then from sunrise until sunset. Just when Yang Zhen himself was feeling impatient and about to lose his composure, Li Shouzhong, who had been sent by Yang Zhen to the top of Guanma Mountain, did not know when

Touched it again.

"Captain, Governor—"

Li Shouzhong emerged from a sparse bush, poked his head out from the edge of a ditch, and called Yang Zhen in a low voice.

Yang Zhen turned around and saw him. He was immediately overjoyed and asked, "What, the Manchu Tatar brigade is here?"

Unexpectedly, Li Shouzhong replied to him: "No, it's not——"

"No?! You're just running around blindly! Isn't there someone guarding Xu Guanqiao?! If you expose the ambush I set, be careful!"

The reason why Yang Zhen and the others were so cautious, and why they lurked so uncomfortably, was because shortly after the Manchu Tatar Prince Azig withdrew across the Fudu River, he actually sent a small team of troops to guard Xuguan Bridge on the north bank of the Fudu River.

Qiaotou.

Although the small group of men and horses with white flags did not try very hard and did not go to Guanma Mountain a few miles away on the south bank of Fudu River or Miaoling Mountain not far opposite Guanma Mountain to inquire, they stayed at the bridgehead and did not leave.

Yang Zhen and the others felt like a ray of light on their backs and were very uncomfortable.

Even if I want to do something, such as adjusting the deployment, preparing more fortifications, etc., I can't do it.

Because any big move might attract the attention of the Tatars guarding the bridge.

Once attention is drawn, all the work has been wasted.

"It's not that the Manchu Tatars are coming, but that General Yuan Jin and General Yuan are here, and Deputy General Li Lu and Li are here!"

When Yang Zhen scolded Li Shouzhong in a low voice, Li Shouzhong had already slipped down the edge of the ditch like a monkey, and as soon as he slipped down, he quickly told the news he wanted to report.

"Oh?! Yuan Jin and Li Lu are here?! - Where are they? How did they get here?!"

After Yang Zhen asked these words in a low voice, he suddenly felt that it was unnecessary for him to ask.

Since Yuan Jin and Li Lu came together, they must have taken a boat on the sea.

And based on the current situation, if they want to get ahead of the Mantatars and reach Guanma Mountain, they can only come by sea.

"They are now taking a boat to cross the sea at the mouth of the river, and they have just met with Lieutenant General Qiu. Lieutenant General Qiu sent Qiu Bi to land first, and only then did he get the news from our back mountain. I am afraid that he will not understand our rules and disturb the Tartars in Xu Guanqiao.

I didn’t dare to let him come up!”

When Li Shouzhong saw Yang Zhen asking about it, he quickly explained the situation clearly.

When Yang Zhen heard what he said, he suddenly came to his senses. Then he thought that they might not know the situation of Xu Guanqiao, and worried that they would go straight upstream from the Fudu River mouth, so he quickly said to Li Shouzhong:

"Okay, okay, you did a good job. Immediately ask Qiu Bi to go back first and tell him to tell Yuan Jin, Qiu Zhenhai and Li Lu, that there are Tatars on Xuguan Bridge. They can only go up the river after hearing the sound of cannons from our side.

, be sure not to act rashly and alert the enemy!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

After Li Shouzhong climbed out of the trench and disappeared into a bush, Zhang Chen, who was squatting in the same trench as Yang Zhen, said to Yang Zhen:

"Since Mr. Yuan and the others are here, it means that Dorgon's army has withdrawn from the foot of Xiping Mountain, and it is likely that they withdrew early in the morning. Otherwise, Mr. Yuan and the others would not be able to get here at this time.

!”

When Yang Zhen heard this, he thought it was right, and then he pondered and said: "That means -"

"That means that the governor's previous judgment was correct, and the Tatar army under Dorgon's command should not be too far away from here! Maybe they will arrive here soon!"

"That's good, finally the wait was not in vain!"

Zhang Chen's answer was actually exactly what Yang Zhen was thinking.

The success of this ambush is actually secondary. The most important thing is that as long as Dorgon really withdraws his troops, Yang Zhen will win this battle.

Yang Zhen said that Zhang Chen's cat kept talking for a while in the trench, but he saw another person slipping out of the edge of the trench and tumbled in. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was Li Shouzhong again.

Before Yang Zhen had time to ask him what happened, he saw Li Shouzhong saying hastily with unconcealable excitement and smile on his face:

"Captain, Governor, here we come, here we come, the Tatars are coming!"

Sure enough.

When Yang Zhen and Zhang Chen heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, becoming more certain about their previous judgment.

"Who are these people coming? What kind of clothes and armor are they wearing, and what color are they wearing?"

"There are blue flags and white flags. The men and horses of the blue flag brigade are galloping in front, and the men and horses of the white flag brigade are following behind at a distance, but -"

"However, the Zhenglan flag and the Zhengbai flag are not far apart from each other. The flags are like a forest, and the people and horses are like a long queue. You can't see the end at a glance! I am worried that we will be outnumbered——"

"That's enough. According to your estimate, how many people are there in the Manchu Tatars?!"

"I'm afraid there will be more than 20,000 people!"

"Twenty thousand people?!"

"That's right. What Li Shouzhong said is right. Commander, take a look for yourself. Look at this situation, there are indeed no less than 20,000 people!"

While Yang Zhen was talking to Li Shouzhong, Zhang Chen had already stood up from the ditch with a telescope, lying on the edge of the ditch, and saw through the bushes the mighty men and horses approaching quickly.

As Zhang Chen spoke, he handed the telescope in his hand to Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen took it and looked at the team that was galloping on the post road far down the mountain. He looked at it for a while and sighed involuntarily.

"What, Governor?"

"Li Shouzhong is right. We are a bit outnumbered when we ambush them with just a few people!"

"Then, what to do next?"

"What to do? No way. Let them pass!"

The number of people who followed Yang Zhen to set up an ambush was only five sentries, or more than 1,500 people.

Even if after the fighting breaks out, Yuan Jin, Li Lu, Qiu Zhenhai and their troops enter Fudu River by boat and come for reinforcements, they will only add five to six more troops to the sentry, which will only be more than 3,000 people at best.

With more than 3,000 men, it is sheer fantasy to encircle and annihilate Jierhalang and Dorgon's more than 20,000 elite horsemen.

Even if Yang Zhen had been prepared for a long time, even if Yang Zhen's subordinates were equipped with all kinds of firearms, if he wanted to rely on this small hilltop, and if he wanted to rely on these trenches that were mainly used for hiding in front of him, he would be defeated.

With an enemy of this size and armored cavalry in front of us, it was an impossible task.

Although Yang Zhen is a time traveler, he is the most useless time traveler. Apart from generally knowing the historical trends, he does not have any so-called golden fingers.

He has neither amazing intelligence nor amazing force based on his own, and he also does not understand the manufacturing of high-end weapons and equipment that will only be available in a few hundred years.

Everything he did was based on the existing technical conditions of the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period, and he made some improvements to the weapons and equipment within his ability.

Yang Zhen was very self-aware and knew that with such an improvement, it would never be possible for a bomb capable of killing hundreds of people against ten thousand enemies.

Including the flying general, a wooden long-handled grenade he developed in advance on the basis of Zhentian Lei, its power is much inferior to that of later generations, and it is also impossible to be the same.

Under such circumstances, he would only do that if he took the risk to fight against the enemy who had an absolute superiority in numbers.

"Get the order! Continue to take cover and let these enemies pass! If I don't shoot, no one is allowed to fire. If I don't make a sound, no one is allowed to make a noise!"

While he was talking, the cavalrymen from the front group carrying the blue flag had already arrived at the foot of Guanma Mountain. The rumble of horse hooves came and resounded throughout the world.

At one time, thousands of war horses galloped past, tens of thousands of horse hooves trampled on the dry ground, and the dust on the post road was flying, even covering the wild swamps on both sides.

The sentries under Yang Zhen who participated in setting up the ambush were obviously shocked by the scene in front of them, and they carried out Yang Zhen's orders extremely well.

Everyone was hiding in trenches and foxholes, with their bodies lowered. Not to mention that they couldn't help but miss their guns, and few even dared to raise their heads to take a look.

Of course, Yang Zhen is an exception. If there is anyone else, it is Zhang Chen next to Yang Zhen.

The two people were lying on the edge of the trench, looking through the bushes in front of them at the large group of people with blue flags galloping past on the post road down the mountain.

Then, about a quarter of an hour later, they once again watched helplessly as the Zhengbai Banner brigade, which was almost the same size or even larger, galloped past the post road at the foot of the mountain.

"Zhengbaiqi, Dorgon, sooner or later, I will kill you!"

When the leading troops of the Zhengbai Banner Brigade passed the Xuguan Bridge and crossed the Fudu River, Yang Zhen turned around, slid to the ground in the trench with his back against the edge of the trench, and then said this angrily.

"There is no need for the Governor to be like this. According to what Li Shutai said, the Dorgon brothers and the Manchu Tatar pseudo-emperor Huang Taiji never dealt with him. Now Huang Taiji has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed. His mouth is crooked and his eyes are slanted. He no longer looks like a gentleman before.

I'm afraid Ergon has had different intentions. This time, if the governor really kills Dorgon like he did Duduo, it may not be a good thing."

Faced with Yang Zhen's angrily words, Zhang Chen on the other side consoled him very calmly.

Yang Zhen was stunned by what Zhang Chen said, but after just a moment, he understood the connection.

At that moment, Yang Zhen clapped his hands and said: "Well, that's it. In this way, we have no choice but to let them go, which is actually a good thing! Okay, let him, Dorgon, bring the Zhengbai flag over, and let him fight Huang Taiji
Chapter completed!