Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 32 Jia Zhuang
Although he ordered so, in his heart, he had lost hope!
Because in his opinion, the field battles between the Ming army and the Manchu Tartars basically required several times the strength of the Manchu Tartars.But even so, there are often more losses than victories, or simply put, basically there is no victory at all.

Now that Lu Xiangsheng has only a few thousand exhausted troops, since he is surrounded by several times the number of Manchu Tartars, can he still have hope of survival?That's a strange thing!
However, what Cao Huachun didn't know was that people are different, and the Ming army is also different from the Ming army.When he was worried, Lu Xiangsheng was no longer at Haoshui Bridge.

In the early morning when the sky was bright, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to break out from the west, and he was really hit by him.In this direction, there are indeed more Mongolian tribes troops.Unprepared, he led the army to burst out.However, when Dorgon heard the news, he immediately mobilized his soldiers to catch up.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's troops were exhausted from the continuous battle, and the consequences became apparent.Unable to shake off the pursuit of the Manchu Tartars, he finally hid in Julu Jiazhuang.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng got off his horse, clasped his fists to the people in front of him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for opening the village gate. Otherwise, my men would not have a chance to breathe, and I don't know how many casualties there would be!"

In troubled times, Zhuangzi everywhere built high walls to guard against bandits and officers and soldiers.Generally speaking, when encountering this kind of war, basically no Zhuangzi would open the door to let the officers and soldiers in.Therefore, it can be said that it is really rare for Jiazhuang to open the gate to welcome Lu Xiangsheng's remnant army.

Mr. Jia is about 50 years old, his beard is already gray, and he looks elegant, so he should be a scholar.Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, he hastily returned the salute: "Lord Lu loves the people like a son, and has a great reputation. The grassroots should open the door of this village!"

In fact, there was one thing he didn't say.The reason why he opened the door was because he knew that when the Manchu and Qing troops arrived nearby, it would be impossible to defend Zhuangzi with only the strength in Zhuangzi.This Manchu army had a bad reputation. They burned, killed and looted wherever they went. Since Zhuangzi couldn't defend it, it would be better to bring Lu Xiangsheng's army in to defend it together. Maybe there would be a chance to save Zhuangzi.

Of course, he was right.With Lu Xiangsheng's reputation outside, he was also assured that Lu Xiangsheng would enter the Zhuangzi. If it was another Ming army, it is very likely that he would not open the gate of this Zhuangzi.

After hearing his words, Lu Xiangsheng didn't show any complacency. He looked around and saw the exhausted looks of his subordinates after entering the village. The flag of the army is fluttering, and it is estimated that they will be approaching soon.

He once again looked around at the village people behind the wall who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy. After taking a rough look, he immediately turned around and said to Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu who were following him: "Immediately select five hundred soldiers who can still fight and help defend Jiazhuang. The rest of the soldiers should rest immediately, and after an hour, they will choose their duty!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu immediately clasped their fists and accepted the order.

Before the two of them turned around to make arrangements, Lu Xiangsheng immediately added another sentence: "Soldiers who are resting, please don't disturb the people, and those who violate it will be severely punished!"

Mr. Jia and several other squires followed Lu Xiangsheng. After hearing his words, they looked at each other and nodded slightly.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng turned to look at them again, and said with a little apology: "Mr. Jia, my officers and soldiers are hungry and tired from fighting with the Manchu Tatars yesterday. I still hope that the brave men of Jiazhuang Let's push it up first, so that my subordinates can breathe a sigh of relief!"

"Should be, should be!" Jia Lao and the others responded quickly when they heard this, "Soldiers will kill the enemy for the country and protect the country and the people. In such a cold day, you can't just find a place to sleep. Caomin will make arrangements , strive to give the soldiers a room where they can sleep well!"

At this time, he had already seen some soldiers dismounting and leaning against the wall, almost falling asleep.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was not polite, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll take care of you!"

Afterwards, he ordered his personal guards to say: "Decree, choose two hundred horses, kill them to satisfy hunger, and give half of them to the people in the village!"

His cavalry army was deprived of food and grass, and many of the horses were starving, and after repeated battles, they had long since died.Because of this, he couldn't get rid of the pursuers.It's not that Lu Xiangsheng is cruel, but that many war horses are basically hopeless.

There are still about [-] cavalry who fled into Zhuangzi. This Zhuangzi is not a city, so how can there be so many horse supplies, and the Manchu army surrounded here, and it is certainly impossible to withdraw immediately. What will happen to these horses? Basically doomed.Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng decisively killed the horse to satisfy his hunger.

But in the eyes of Mr. Jia and others, this was another manifestation of Lu Xiangsheng not wanting to disturb the people too much. They couldn't help admiring them even more, and they said that they would let people hurry to prepare food.

So, when Zhuangzi started to be busy, countless Manchu troops began to surround Jiazhuang.Groups of Manchu and Qing cavalry troops roared and demonstrated around the village. Farther away, the Manchu and Qing infantry troops could not be seen, approaching Jiazhuang with dust all over the sky.

Zhuang Ding on the fence looked very nervous as he watched the countless Tartars outside the village holding their knives and guns nervously.

To be honest, Jia Zhuang also had wars before, repelling the invasion of thieves.However, what they saw in front of them was the powerful Tartar, which made them feel at a loss, and it was reasonable to be nervous and afraid.

However, they had no way out. If the Manchu Tatars entered Zhuangzi, everyone in the family would suffer!In this case, there is only one fight!
At this time, the five hundred Ming Army soldiers selected played a very good role.Seeing that they were so nervous, he said something contemptuous to the Tatars, analyzed the differences between the Tatars outside the city to these strong men, and showed off how many enemies he had killed with Lu Shangshu.Needless to say, the nervousness of these strong men was immediately relieved.

Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng also knew that to defend Zhuangzi, one must first have morale, so he immediately told people to spread the word: "The imperial army has come to rescue, as long as we defend, the Tartars will never dare to stay for long!"

If there is no reinforcements from outside, let alone Zhuangzi, no matter how strong the city is, it will be breached.However, now that reinforcements are coming from outside, this gave Zhuang Ding even more hope, and his morale immediately rose.

Outside the village, shortly after the Manchu Tatar vanguard surrounded Zhuangzi, Dorgon appeared.He looked at Zhuangzi who was waiting in full formation, looked at Zhuangzi's terrain, and couldn't help but frown.

He didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng would see the weak point of the encirclement, break out at dawn, and escape into the village.In this way, it will take a lot of effort to kill Lu Xiangsheng again.I don't know if Lu Xiangsheng knows that there are reinforcements coming to rescue him. If he really wants to know, he should break out to the south!But fortunately, he didn't go up to break through, otherwise he would have run into the elite Qing Dynasty that he had arranged to intercept the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, and it would have been over long ago.

Thinking of this, he said to a Tatar general beside him: "I will give you 1 horses, break through Zhuangzi before dark, and bring Lu Xiangsheng's head to this king!"

(End of this chapter)