As Hauge moved his camp to the southwest of the city, Tianjin's food routes 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 stop it even if he wanted to, unless he could occupy Sanjiaodian. Military rations from the direction of Baoding were transported from Huitong River, and then transferred by boat to Sanjiaodian. On the bank was Fei Ruhe's camp.
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 was very narrow. Further to the west, there were Deshengdian, Huoshaodian, and shallow lakes one after another, which limited Fei Ruhe's camp.
Protect it...
"kill!"
The Eight Banners Army had just crossed the Grand Canal and set up camp when it was attacked by a night attack that night.
Fei Ruhe sent an army, which was not large in number, only 2,000. During the day, they entered Huitong River from Sanjiangdian, sneaked to Deshengdian and lurked, and then fought out from the dense reeds at night.
"The barbarian is disgusting!"
Although Hauge did not 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 Nanbarbarians have captured the Weining camp. I, Amma, cannot 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 the Southern Barbarians?"
Mandahai sighed and said: "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 are 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 long. The same trenches and earthen walls had to be captured by infantry.
Fei Ruhe is in Nausea, bordering the Triangle Lake to the north, the Grand Canal to the south, and digging trenches on the east and west sides.
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 ourselves through the gap between Sanjiangdian and Deshengdian. Li Zicheng and we attacked Yuanjiakou from the south and from the north, and lured Fei Ruhe out of the west of Tianjin! The grain farm was surrounded, and Fei Ruhe
I will never dare to stay in a turtle shell again."
"Just fight!" Haug agreed.
Li Zicheng also agreed that attacking the enemy must save him and lure the snake out of its hole.
As soon as the enemy troops moved, Fei Ruhe knew it immediately.
In other words, Hauge and Li Zicheng have 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 will surround your food storage location and ask you if you can get out.
Come out to fight. If you don't come out, I will burn your food and grass!
Regardless of whether it was Li Zicheng or Hauge, after confirming the battle plan, they moved with the entire army. They did not dare to divide their troops to burn food, because the troops of Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu were stationed there in a tense manner. Whoever dared to divide their troops would
will be attacked by them.
Dashun and the Manchus broke up 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 broke out in that poor place because the geographical location was so critical.
Li Zicheng and Hauge's offensive route was to bypass the Datong Army from north to south and launch a pincer-shaped offensive to attack Yuanjiakou. The pincers are strongest when they are closed and weakest when they are apart. On the day Zhang Tieniu led his troops out of the city, Fei Ruhe captured
Opportunity to pursue Li Zicheng.
Because there was a triangle blocking the way, Li Zicheng went further around and had more chances to pull out the pliers.
Wan Sitong's 16th Division, infantry and artillery stayed behind 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 at full speed
of troops.
Thousands of them took small boats across the Triangle Lake and took a shortcut to intercept Li Zicheng.
Looking at the thousands of Da Tong 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 the Feng River and the Hun River, as well as 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, 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 take advantage of the situation and attack the north to surprise the Datong Army, which has been defeated by both sides.
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 elite troops, 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 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 did not want to be beaten to 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 forces have never been able to win since ancient times because they were not of one mind at all. They had a good battle plan, but Li Zicheng fled 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.
Man Dahai was overjoyed: "Yuanjiakou has hoarded military supplies, so 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 capture 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, and his palms were covered in his own blood.
It's summer, the shallow lakes are covered with aquatic plants, and there are so many mosquitoes that they can carry people away, making people wonder whether they will bleed to death from mosquito bites.
Zhang Tai was a soldier of the Datong Navy. He made a living by 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 that his whereabouts would be exposed, so he chose to march quickly at night, leaving the civilians and baggage behind.
But they wanted to attack Fei Ruhe's turtle shell, but the passage was too narrow. To the west of the trench, there was still a narrow strip of land for several miles. As long as the sentries in the reeds were not blind, they would definitely be able to detect the Tatars' whereabouts in advance.
"It's changing of the guard, you lie down and have a rest." Ding Chengsi said.
Zhang Tai stretched out, yawned and was about to lie down. His open mouth suddenly kept its shape. Then he became alert, looked into the distance carefully, 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 islet in the Triangle Lake, and beacon fires can be lit in an emergency, but in the current situation there is no need. Because they are rowing a small boat and will definitely get back before 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 at this point immediately rowed back, but Zhang Tai and Ding Chengsi stayed behind, waiting to continue observing the enemy's situation.
Wan Sitong, who stayed behind at 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, saying that traces of the Tatars had also been found there.
Hauge personally led his troops to cross the river to attack from the south. Mandahai led his troops to attack from the trenches in the west.
Many Tatars were riding war horses, with their titles and feet bound, trying not to make any noise. When they got close, for fear of exposing their whereabouts, the whole army dismounted and approached them.
In the two-mile-wide trench position, 1,200 warriors were separated from Mandahai, trying to occupy the first trench in the dark. Once successful, it proved that the enemy was unprepared, and the follow-up troops immediately rushed out.
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 trenches to light the innermost tents, causing greater chaos to the Datong Army.
"Army attack!"
Man Dahai knew it was done when he saw the torches, and stopped to light the torches leisurely, proving that the Datong Army defending the trenches was collapsing.
Hauge, on the south side of the canal, was still two miles away from the river bank. When he heard the shouts of killing, he excitedly said: "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 Zhen Yi Zi for the reward. Sorry, there are not many updates.)