Soto was eager to rescue Yichang. After arranging Dangyang's affairs, he rushed to Yichang. Along the way, he encountered several Qing troops who claimed to have broken through the encirclement and sent letters to Soto. Soto could no longer care about it and came day and night not far outside Xita Gorge.

Soto walked twice from Xita Gorge and knew that Xita Gorge road was narrow and a dangerous place. But Soto knew that Yichang City was extremely critical, and the consequences were very serious. Driven by such thoughts, Soto ordered the troops to continue to advance after the Kamchat. Four thousand Qing troops entered Xita Gorge and advanced slowly.

Tian Jianxiu, the people who followed him to Dangyang and the people who came one after another were all gathered, and there were eight people in total, one of them was Li Yan. After asking privately, he found out that it was Emperor Hongguang who arranged the post to increase the credibility of the letters.

Li Shiling passed by Tian Jianxiu, "There will be ambushed when Xita Gorge is about to come out of Xita Gorge. The emperor asked us to go back and wait for an opportunity to escape, so as not to harm the fish in the pond." Li Shiling's voice was very low.

The release of Tian Jianxiu was afraid that this ambush would be enough for him. He heard Li's words and nodded to express his understanding, "Didn't the emperor say that the first cannon sound is the horn! It's not too late for us to retreat at that time. It's better to find a cover to hide it first, so as not to miss the trap."

In the evening of the release, when the Qing army was about to pass through Xita Gorge, there was only a sound of cannons, and gunfire sounds were heard on the wall of the gorge, and arrows were like rain. The Qing army originally thought that it was about to leave Xita Gorge, and there was absolutely no ambush. Unexpectedly, they would be ambushed at this time. In horror, people and horses would inevitably trample on each other, and no less than 300 people were killed or injured in panic.

Soto sighed in his heart. It was not that he had thought that the Ming army would set up an ambush at the next time, but he knew it was a trap and he could not stop hiding. Besides, he was very careful and there was a trace of luck in his heart. Looking at the attacks from all directions, Soto ordered a hidden way to fight out. However, this terrain was extremely unfavorable to the Qing army. There were ambushes in front and the retreat behind was blocked. He could not advance or retreat, and the defeat had already been reported.

Just when Soto felt that the Ming army's offensive had weakened, he found that the people who went to Dangyang to deliver letters to him were actually killing his own troops. Soto immediately understood what was going on. Maybe it was afraid that Yichang had been taken down by the Ming army. He saw that a man was very brave and had killed more than ten his troops in his hand. Soto shouted angrily, not caring about the feather arrows and lead bullets that still flew from time to time to fight with that person. When Soto saw that he was a Qing army whom he had met on the road, he was even more angry and wanted to kill the other party into two pieces.

The person who was very brave in Soto's eyes was Li Yan. When he saw the Ming army's offensive weakened, he knew that the Ming army was about to trap the Qing army. Taking advantage of the reduction of feather arrow bullets, he killed more than a dozen Qing army in a row, and his target was Soto, the leader of the Qing army.

I was confident in this ambush. Standing at a high place and looking down at Xita Gorge, the Qing army was firmly trapped in the canyon. Even if we don’t fight now, we can still harvest the fruits of victory tomorrow morning. When I ordered the attack to be weakened so as not to hurt Tian Jianxiu and others, I found a figure struggling among the Qing army, killing more than a dozen enemies in a row. Because the sky was already dim and it was not very real, but after a short while, the Qing Dynasty in the canyon raised a white flag. Then, the army broke into the canyon and captured the Qing people and horses as prisoners.

Huang Degong was released to be responsible for this specific ambush battle, which was close to the battlefield. He was very happy to see Li Jian go deep into the enemy formation alone to capture the Qing general alive, especially when he saw that the person was Li Jian, he said in his heart that the emperor had not read the wrong person. This Li Jian really had a few tricks. After making such a great contribution, the emperor must have a great reward.

After I heard Huang Degong's report, I learned that Li Yan was the one who captured the Qing Dynasty's commander alive, and immediately called Li Yan Yan, "I did a good job. I will return to the foreword. I will promote you to a thousand households and reward 500 silver. I hope Shishan will continue to work hard. I didn't expect Shishan to have such skill, which is really good." Although Li Yan's skill cannot be compared with the mysterious and magical martial arts masters, he does have a foundation. It is estimated that thirty or fifty people are not his opponents. It seems that I have brought a treasure!

Li Yan's humble thanks, "The emperor has given him too much, this is the responsibility of the villain. Killing the Tatars is the responsibility of everyone in the Ming Dynasty." Li Yan immediately reported that the Tartars' lord had been taken outside.

I ordered someone to bring Soto up, looking at Soto with anger, probably still angry about being captured by Li?! "Search his body and see if there is any useful thing." After searching, I found out that Soto's seal was with me! All I want is it, "No need to ask, pull it out and behead it." I need a letter written in Manchu, but the Master of the Qing Dynasty would definitely not agree to help. As soon as he looked, he knew that he was a person who was not afraid of death.

I found a person who was willing to write in the prisoner's Qing army. I asked him to write two letters, one to Hong Shiqin. The previous document was suspected of being faked, and I added another Manchu letter. I guess Hong Shiqin must have been deceived. In order to avoid the person who wrote the letter, I asked twenty people to write two letters separately. After knowing that there was no mistake, I sent the letter to Hong Shiqin away.

The next one is to make money from Dangyang. The next set is still in Xita Gorge. Even the Japanese will not be fooled. I found Tian Jianxiu and ordered three thousand troops to change into the Qing army's uniforms. He led him back to Dangyang. I believe that Dangyang horse will be defeated. After taking Dangyang, I have to make a big pie to welcome Hong Shiqin.

The Yin Shixun gave the information he had just obtained with a serious expression. "Emperor, I didn't expect that Li Lutai was using a plan to destroy the family. Once we waited for a few more days to besiege Yichang, our army would be in danger of being destroyed!"

I took it and saw it. After reading it, I was shocked and sweated. I felt that Li Lutai could not be indifferent in Yichang. Even a good defensive place like Xita Gorge gave up. It turned out that it was just to numb me and wait for me to attack Yichang!

Li Lutai was indeed confident. After receiving the appointment and learning that Wuchang was lost, he began to think about how to fight with the Ming army. The Ming army sieges the cities and terrain was unstoppable. Li Lutai also saw that head-on battles could not get a advantage, and could only be out of wit. Before he let Hong Shiqin leave, he thought about fighting a protracted war with the Ming army, but before withdrawing from Yichang, he had to give the Ming army a heavy blow to reverse the disadvantage after Wuchang's fall.

Li Rutai ordered people to accumulate embankments downstream of Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges 80 miles away from Yichang. Of course, he could not intercept the water of the Yangtze River at all. What he wanted to intercept were various larger streams, especially the water of the Huangbai River. After receiving the urgent report from Nanjin Pass, Li Rutai ignored it. The first place he attacked was Nanjin Pass. He was unhappy that Nanjin Pass was captured by the Ming army. The defense of Nanjin Pass was only 2,000. The loss had little impact on the overall situation. He could not expose the entire plan for Nanjin Pass. You must know that he had been preparing for nearly a month and a half!

I really have to thank the intelligence system of the Tiandihui. If there was no such information, I would have reported to the King of Hell without understanding Li Lutai's calculations. Li Lutai was also cruel enough to use the people of a hundred miles of Yichang City as the funeral objects for victory. He was really an unscrupulous person.

The reason why the Tiandihui was lucky to discover this information was because Li Lutai did a good job of keeping confidentiality, and he could not collect more valuable information. All he had obtained was a one-sided sporadic piece of information. Finally, it was summarized in front of Yin Shixun. After Yin Shixun analyzed it again, he found that Li Lutai wanted to flood the radius of hundreds of miles around Yichang.

First, people from the Tiandihui in Yichang City found that strange noises often came from Li Rutai's yamen, and they did not stop day and night. Finally, they judged that the yamen might be building ships because they saw the Qing army transporting long wooden wood into the yamen, and long wooden wood was necessary for shipbuilding; then they found that the water level was falling. In order not to let the Ming army discover his strategy, Li Rutai started to cast dams and stockpile water in early times. Therefore, when the Ming army saw the water level in the river, they could not see that there was a sudden possibility of water storage in the upstream, but the continuous decline of the water level exposed the problem. Although it is a dry season, it cannot be lowered to this level!

When I released Yin Shixun, I was not sure when I got this information. He asked someone to secretly check the upstream of the river and did not get any information for several days. It was not until today that I learned that nearly a hundred miles away, the Qing army had hoarded several large dams. The water was like sharp blades hanging on the head of the Ming army. Just waiting for the Ming army to siege Yichang, Li Rutai and Yichang were flooded, and he could leave on a ship built secretly in advance.

I have to admit that Li Lutai is a real soldier, a soldier with the purpose of victory, and his plan is perfect. You must know that there are nearly 20,000 Qing troops in Yichang City! In addition, there are more than 100,000 people around Yichang, and he can get all his 20,000 people. He is really brave enough. I can't even suspect that he doesn't even want his 20,000 people.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to withdraw the troops immediately! The Tatar dam has been built, and we can't fight again in Yichang. Fortunately, the terrain of our army is relatively high, otherwise Li Lutai might have ordered the dam to be broken." It was the first time that Yin Shixun encountered a ruthless character like Li Lutai, but he sincerely admired Li Lutai's strategy. Although it was a hostile stance, Yin Shixun had to say that Li Lutai was a character.

I shaking my head, "It's better to use the trick. Since Li Lutai can bear to give up the 20,000 troops in his hands, we will let him play with himself. He ordered Huang Shiren to immediately give up Nanjin Pass, divide the 10,000 troops into three routes, and break all the embankments built by the Qing army."

Yin Shixun said, "Emperor, do you really want to flood Yichang? Then the people will suffer." Yin Shixun felt that it would be better to retreat to Dangyang. If Emperor Hongguang could really make up his mind to flood Yichang, Jingzhou would have been taken down long ago.

"My dear, once we withdraw, Li Lutai will definitely know that the plan is exposed, which is very unfavorable to us. All the subsequent plans have been invalidated. In order to take Jingxiang as soon as possible, flooding Yichang is also a last resort. This is Li Lutai's idea, and we just borrow it." I am willing to flood Yichang, but I don't do this. All the plans that have been carried out later have been scrapped. After weighing the pros and cons, I can only make such a choice.

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