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Chapter 22 Whoever dares to rebel, fight directly!(2/3)

Kong Youde was also a little unhappy when he heard that he wanted to cut off the rear by himself.

No matter what, it is better to trick Kong Youde into being a scapegoat first: "Your troops are all artillery soldiers, and they are inconvenient to move. If you attack feint, you can attract the attention of the Ming army. After I break through, you can detour the periphery and attack forward and back to help you break through!"

"Slave, follow the order!" Duoduo said this, and Kong Youde could only obey orders.

Immediately, Kong Youde led his three thousand artillery soldiers, plus nearly 10,000 cavalry and infantry, to attack westward.

The guards to the west were Liu Zeqing, the general of Shandong, and his 50,000 troops from Shandong.

He was also envious of the artillery fire in the south.

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No wonder Jia Lian was able to win consecutive battles. He could win even if he had so many artillery for him.

This Liu Zeqing is of the same virtue as Wang Pu, the former general of the Western Jin Dynasty who was killed by Jia Lian, and Zuo Liangyu, the general general of the thief.

When you see that there are benefits, you will be faster than anyone else, and the situation is not good, and no one can match your speed of running away.

When Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were encircled in May, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Liu Zeqing to lead his troops into the adjacent Henan. As a result, this guy made various excuses to shirk it. It took a month to leave the territory of eastern Shandong.

When the news of Zhu Xianzhen's defeat came, he stopped and was ready to run away at any time.

When he learned that Jia Lian killed Luo Rucai outside Kaifeng City, he thought the news was fake. As a result, after a few days of confirmation, it was really a great victory. In order to make some military achievements, he rushed to Kaifeng in a hurry.

As a result, as soon as he entered Henan, Jia Lian had completely wiped out Li Zicheng. He didn't even drink the soup and made a waste of time.

This time, Jia Lian led his army north to fight Duoduo, and he didn't want to come.

Even if Jia Lian and Jinxi Town are there, the Tartars have an army of 100,000. What if the Tartars can't defeat Jia Lian and turn around and beat him Liu Zeqing?

Jia Lian used the authority of the Grand Marshal to force him to come and made it clear that his task was to defend the camps on the west side of the Tartars, and he didn't have to worry about the rest. So he bit the bullet and took his troops and horses to follow the army?

What Kong Youde didn't expect was that Liu Zeqing's troops were defending the west, so it was really a matter of enemies not gathering.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde raised an army to rebel in Wuqiao because of a chicken. The court mobilized more than 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress it, and there were Liu Zeqing's troops inside.

However, Liu Zeqing was just a deputy general at that time, and he still had a good boss.

I was timid when fighting the Tartars. I attacked the rebels of Kong Youde, who were also the Ming army, and I attacked hard.

At that time, Kong Youde suffered a lot at the hands of Liu Zeqing, but now he didn't expect to meet him again.

When the enemy meets, they are extremely jealous.

Without saying a word, start fighting.

More than 100 artillery pieces under Kong Youde began to fire violently at Liu Zeqing's team.

Liu Zeqing was also panicked when he discovered that the Tartars were trying to break out from the west, especially the more than a hundred Flang cannons, which were extremely powerful when firing together.

There were about 30 Folang machine cannons in Liu Zeqing's army, but they were less than 20% of Kong Youde's.

Just like Kong Youde was suppressed and beaten by the artillery in Jinxi Town before, now the feng shui has finally changed, Kong Youde suppressed Liu Zeqing's artillery inflicted.

Looking at the violent sound of artillery fire on the west side of the Tatar camp, Cao Huachun couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Master Jia, shouldn't this Tartar break through the west side?"

"Don't worry, the Tartars are just trying to attack the east, their breakout direction is in the east!"

"To the east? But there are not many soldiers and horses arranged on the east!"

You think so, and Duoduo must think so too, so do you think this handsome guy will let Duoduo run away?

Although Jia Lian did not say it clearly, Cao Huachun knew that he was despised and was too lazy to take on Jia Lian's words again, so as not to make things boring.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, there were dense gunshots and some explosions coming from the east side of the Tatar camp.

Although there were not many soldiers and horses on the east side, they were all elite troops in Jinxi Town, deliberately creating an illusion for Duoduo that it was easier to break through the east side.

This Duoduo was really fooled.

Among the 20,000 soldiers, there were four thousand mini spearmen, four thousand soldiers holding Yanhuang rifles, six thousand heavy infantry responsible for escorting, and six thousand cavalry cruising outside.

In addition, five hundred landmines were placed in front of the defense line.

When the Tartars attacked within the range of the range, eight thousand guns fired one after another. The dense firepower caused the Tartars who were rushing in the front row to fall down instantly.

Moreover, these musketeers were arranged in dislocation, forming a certain cross-fire force. The method of the Tartars using their lives to advance was not easy at all.

When the distance was closer to 150 meters, landmines were detonated one after another, and the Tartars, who were charging in a dense manner, suffered three or four thousand casualties in an instant.

The 6,000 Minnie guns with extremely fast firing speeds and Lee Enfield rifles form an insurmountable firepower net.

No matter how many people of the Tartars rushed up, they could not avoid the end of destruction.

Seeing that he could not break through the east, Duoduo had to choose to detour north and try to break through to the north.

However, in addition to the 20,000 troops of the Dengzhou army, the remaining 20,000 troops were also the soldiers and horses of Jinxi Town. Although the most powerful firepower was only 2,000 Minni guns, there were 10,000 bird gun soldiers.

Although the firepower was not as good as the east, the Tartars had suffered major casualties, and their morale fell to the valley and could not break through the blockade in the north.

Gradually, some Tartars chose to put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

They were completely scared. First, the Jingguans they encountered during the day had already put a lot of pressure on them, and the terrifying scenes were lingering in their minds.

After rushing for a day, I was forced to get up and fight before I could sleep for a while.

As a result, 20,000 cavalrymen went out, and within a short while, the entire army was wiped out, leaving a thousand people to escape back. The strength of the enemy can be imagined.

The continuous shelling put them on the verge of death at all times.

Now I can't break through the siege. Apart from the constant deaths, I can't see any hope of escaping.

So, in order to prevent their heads from appearing in the next Jingguan, these desperate Tartar soldiers had to choose to surrender.

With the first one, there is the second one. After a while, it was like an avalanche, and the Tartars chose to surrender in groups.

For an army, morale is the most important. When morale falls into the valley, when everyone loses confidence in victory, a very small number of people will choose to attack frantically until the moment they die, but most people will give up fighting...

"No surrender is allowed, get up and continue fighting!"

"Attack, attack me!"

Duoduo kept roaring in his mouth, and the whip in his hand kept whipping the Tartars who were kneeling down and surrendering, but it was useless in the end.

"Get up for me..."

After kicking over a surrendered Tartar soldier, Duoduo finally used up his last bit of strength and sat on the ground, wearing thick clothes.

"Duoduo, don't you really want to kill me? Come on, I'm here. If you have the ability, come here!"

At this moment, a sarcastic voice came from not far away. Duoduo looked up and saw Jia Lian wearing armor and holding a square painting halberd, standing tall at two hundred steps.

The shining torch shone on the bright smile on his face.

"Jia Lian, I want to kill you, the dog thief!" After struggling for a long time, Duoduo could not stand up.

Jia Lian mocked, "Don't struggle, I'm in a good mood today and won't kill you for the time being. As Dorgon's legitimate brother, how much do you think I should ask him for?"

"Jia Lian, if you have the ability, kill me. The Fourteenth Brother will never spare you. I, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, will definitely kill all of you Ming dogs!" Duoduo's eyes were full of tears and he shouted with all his strength.

"It doesn't matter. I will kill you as many Han people as you Tartars kill. As far as I know, the population of your entire clan is only one million, and the number of males is only three to four hundred thousand. I want to see if I will kill all you Tartars first, or will you kill all our Ming people first!"

"Jia Lian..."

This time, he was defeated by Jia Lian, and almost wiped out the entire army. Hearing Jia Lian's threat, Duoduo fainted in anger.

Jia Lian's words suddenly hit Duoduo's pain point.

Although the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the problem of sparse population always existed.

The population of the entire tribe is less than one million. If women, the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled are removed, and half-aged children aged thirteen or fourteen, and those who can barely take swords and guns at the age of sixty, are only more than 300,000.

As Duoduo fainted, the Tartars around him who were planning to continue to resist had no choice but to put down their weapons and surrender to Jia Lian.

At this point, the battle situation was basically over, with more than 30,000 people killed and injured by the Tartars, and the remaining nearly 50,000 were captured.

These remnants of Tartar soldiers were controlled in batches by the soldiers of Jinxizhen and Dengzhou Army, and were taken back to Quancheng after dawn.

As for the west, the Tartars sent more than 10,000 people to attack Liu Zeqing with an army of 50,000, so there should be no problem.

However, just as Jia Lian was thinking this, a messenger rushed over: "Marson, something is wrong. General Liu failed to stop Kong Youde's troops who were feinting attack from the west and asked them to run away!"

When Jia Lian learned that the big traitor Kong Youde had actually escaped, he cursed: "Liu Zeqing is a useless person, 50,000 people cannot stop more than 10,000 people, and he even broke through the defense line and ran away."

Jia Lian immediately ordered: "Li Tai, with 20,000 cavalry, be sure to capture Kong Youde back, and don't let them all run away!"

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

Afterwards, Li Tai led an army of 20,000 to chase Kong Youde.

At this time, another team of cavalry rushed from the south, shouting constantly: "Marcenary, Marshal, have important information!"

Jia Lian had a bad premonition: "What important information?"

"I don't know what it is. Lord Zhou, the governor of Eastern Lu, sent his subordinates to him, saying it was important information, so that his subordinates could send it to him overnight!" As he said that, he submitted a letter of information.

After reading it, Jia Lian said angrily: "These guys are really not afraid of death, and they dare to reach out!"

Cao Huachun, who was standing aside, was also a little confused. Jia Lian handed him the information. Cao Huachun also exclaimed: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is still here, how dare they do this?"

Then he was furious and said, "Rebellion, they are rebelling! They are so brave that they dare to support King Fu!"

Seeing Cao Huachun cursing with anger, Zhu Ciniang said in a little puzzled, "Cao Daban, what happened?"
To be continued...
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