Chapter 604 Battle of Songshan 10
When Dorgon heard Hong Chengchou's praise, he smiled faintly: "This is also a helpless move. If I am sufficiently strong, I will not let any Ming army in Songshan City escape. After all, although there are cavalry chasing me, it is impossible to intercept all the disintegrating Ming army. Can Mr. Hong tell me where you are going to evacuate?"
Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "I can't tell you this guy."
Dorgon waved his hand indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter if Mr. Hong doesn't want to say it. Now he has captured Mr. He. It doesn't matter whether the others escape or not. Mr. He has anything to ask, please continue."
Wang Tingchen took the initiative to protect him and bought some time for Hong Chengchou's escape. However, the Qing cavalry was fast and caught up in a short time, and once again defeated his own army. Some personal soldiers and domestic slaves tried their best to protect him and escape into the deep forest. Some people continued to fall to the ground along the way, and in the end, only two domestic slaves were left to protect him.
Looking at the Qing cavalry that was swarming in, Hong Chengchou wanted to commit suicide by swinging his sword, but he could not do anything. When he was hesitating, the Qing army rushed forward, knocked off the long sword in his hand, and captured him. He regretted it, and now he wanted to die became a luxury, and he could only let them tie him up to see Dorgon.
Hong Chengchou was determined to die and deliberately acted arrogantly, hoping that Dorgon would kill him. But Dorgon's performance was a little beyond his expectations. He was slightly stunned for a moment and continued to ask: "From Songshan City to the north, it takes less than twenty miles to reach the beach. Since you know in advance that our army's main force came out of the east and the north gates, how could you expect our army would not break north? After all, that is the closest distance."
Dorgon smiled and said, "I am not sure about this. It is possible to go out from the two gates, north and east. But when I was besieging Songshan, Zhou Xian used sea to transport a batch of supplies into the city, which is the main reason why the Ming army in the city can persist until now. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, I have asked people to build a lot of forts and forts north of Songshan. And after getting the news that you are about to break through, I have strengthened the local forces and ordered the defenders to strictly prevent them. Not only guard against the defenders in the city that may break through the north, but also guard against reinforcements that may come from the sea. It can be said that there is a wall of iron, and I hope you can break through there!"
Seeing Dorgon's proud look, Hong Chengchou smiled faintly and said, "There are soldiers who intercepted Cao Bianjiao in the west, there are a large number of guards in the north, and there are also large troops who block and pursue our main force in the east. You should have called a lot of troops!"
Dorgon did not deny it and said, "All cavalry were transferred from Jinzhou, and a unit of troops was also transferred from Xingshan to intercept Cao Bianjiao. I have called all the troops I can call."
Hong Chengchou smiled faintly, "Since this is the case, I'm afraid you won't be able to win anywhere."
After listening for a long time, Hong Chengchou kept saying that the Qing army would be defeated, but he kept talking about various things in circles. He was very angry, but seeing Dorgon frowning and contemplative, he couldn't speak, so he could only glar at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou seemed to be completely unwilling to this, and still looked relaxed and confident, which further increased Duoduo's inner anger.
Dorgon was silent for a while and said, "Mr. Hong is talking about the Ming army that is supporting Cao Bianjiao! I have been guessing where they will emerge. Now, I heard Mr. Hong say this, but it starts to worry me a little."
Hong Chengchou laughed and said, "You should indeed worry about this. Everyone has their own style of leading troops. Lu Jiandou was called King Lu Yan by the enemy, and many people in our army called him Lu Crazy. The fundamental reason is that he never cares about personal gains and losses, dares to fight and can fight. Since the retreat was planned by the two of us, he will naturally play an important role in this retreat, and it is far more than the cavalry you think that responding to Cao Bianjiao. If you don't call a large number of troops to come to Songshan, maybe there will be some restrictions on him, but at this moment..."
Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou in confusion and asked, "Although I have called for troops, I have only retrieved all the cavalry from Jinzhou. The soldiers on Xingshan and Tashan fronts have basically not called many. Even if Lu Xiangsheng has the ability to soar to the sky, how much role can he play? Can he still defeat Jiergalang? Besides, even if he took Xingshan, it will take a lot of time to get here, so how can he help you break through?"
Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "As long as a surprise army descends from the sky, disrupting the villages and forts around Songjin, to create momentum, he can restrain some of the Your army from coming to pursue our army. Of course, this is only the initial plan. Because the traitor betrayed, you made preparations in advance, resulting in this plan not working at all. But you called a large number of troops to come, wouldn't Lu Jiandou's actions elsewhere besides have no obstacles?"
Duoduo also understood at this moment. Lu Xiangsheng would lead a group of troops to the Songjin line in person and raid various places to lead Hong Chengchou to evacuate and restrain the Qing army's forces. He sneered: "From Tashan to Xingshan, and from Xingshan to Songshan, there are countless forts. Unless Lu Xiangsheng only brings a small number of troops, it is absolutely impossible to be discovered by our army. And if he only brings a small part of the troops, you really think he can cause a lot of riots."
Hong Chengchou glanced at Duoduo and said disdainfully: "He doesn't need to carry too many troops at all. Just a few hundred cavalry is enough to stir up the whole world. Cao Bianjiao broke through the west, but according to the original plan, after traveling for more than ten miles, he would march towards the Daughter River to lead the main force of the enemy north."
Duoduo asked in confusion: "Let's lead north, isn't that farther from the direction to escape? Then how can they escape next?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Xiangdong, you must have set up heavy troops to intercept. Although Xiangbei is far away from the direction of escape, you can temporarily protect your troops. As long as you evacuate at that time, they can safely return to Tashan."
Dorgon looked up and said, "After chasing Cao Bianjiao closely, how can our army evacuate? Unless Lu Xiangsheng can really cause a large riot in the Songjin area. But as you said, he can only lead a very small force to come. In this case, how can he do this? I am very curious."
Hong Chengchou smiled and was about to answer.
At this time, a rider suddenly slacked from the official road on the north side. From top to bottom, he was covered in blood and looked miserable.
Duoduo said with sharp eyes: "Fourth brother, that's Fulin."
"Fulin?" Dorgon was also surprised. He was one of the generals he left in Jinzhou.
Chapter completed!