Dorgon retreated.

The first source of this important information for the Dashun Army came from an ordinary soldier named Zhao Zilao.

Zhao Zilao was an old soldier under the command of Liu Fangliang, the general of the left army. After Li Laiheng decided to send the main field force of the Shun Army who stayed in Kaifeng to go north to aid Kaizhou, Zhao Zilao and other groups were originally deployed in Jinglongkou and Chenqiao.

The soldiers in the town area went north first.

At that time, the troops and horses of the Qing army besieging Kaizhou had already surrounded Kaizhou from both inside and outside. The scope of activities of the Qing army's rangers was also very wide, and the southernmost point had reached Yanjin, which was at least dozens of miles north of Chenqiao Town.

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In Zhao Zilao's expectation, as the vanguard of Dashun's reinforcements, they would inevitably engage in a very fierce fight with the Qing army's cavalry and exploratory cavalry troops on their way north.

However, to everyone's surprise, the vanguard of the Dashun Army arrived at Yanjin from Jinglongkou without any danger, and then from Yanjin to Ji County, Hu County and Lao'an Town, they did not encounter any Qing troops.

The main force of the army.

Ji County is an important stronghold held by the Dashun Army in Weihui Mansion. Li Polu, the commanding general of the Dian Right Army, is stationed here. After he received the news that reinforcements from the Dian Zuo Army were heading north one after another, he made preparations in Ji County

Join forces with Liu Fangliang and go to Kaizhou to relieve the siege.

After Zhao Zilao and other pioneers of the imperial left army arrived in Jixian, what they discovered was that the frequency of Qing army activities in Weihui Mansion had been greatly reduced.

Li Polu was a general who was good at military training and defense. The prefectures, counties, cities, and passes in Wei Hui's mansion that were still under the control of the Shun Army had been deployed with tight defense forces.

In view of this, Li Polu just believed that the Qing army had significantly reduced its activities, probably because the defense of Weihui Mansion was too tight, so Dorgon concentrated his main force on Kaizhou.

No one thought that the Qing army was already planning to "retreat" at this time.

After the vanguard soldiers of the Dianzuo Army joined Li Polu's troops in Ji County, they mixed with another cavalry force belonging to the Dianyou Army and moved eastward to search for military information and confirm the Qing army's siege.

The deployment of the outermost troops in the state.

Zhao Zilao was the leader of this small force. He found no Qing army activities in Qimen Town or the new towns in Daming Prefecture.

Until the exploratory cavalry rushed near Huaxian County, Zhao Zilao was still worried about whether he had gone too far alone. Once he was besieged and pursued by the superior force of the Qing army, would he still be able to return to Wei Hui Mansion?

But the actual situation is that Huaxian, which was originally captured by Dorgon, was abandoned by the Qing army and turned into an empty city.

When Zhao Zilao entered Huaxian County, which had been massacred by the Manchus, what he saw besides corpses on the ground was only a small ruined city that had been set on fire.

Zhangde Prefecture and Daming Prefecture were already on the verge of collapse under the Qing army's offensive. Except for the cities of Anyang and Kaizhou, most of the other prefectures and counties fell.

Therefore, grassroots generals like Zhao Zilao believed that once they entered the vicinity of Huaxian, they would inevitably encounter the main force of the Qing army. Now that he witnessed an empty city that was destroyed and then abandoned by the Qing army, he was surprised to find Dorgon.

The fact that we have withdrawn our troops!

Soon, Zhao Zilao ran into the reporting troops sent by Kaizhou City in the area of ​​Lao'an Town on the east side of Huaxian County.

When Liu Tichun, the commander who defended Kaicheng, first discovered that the Qing troops were withdrawing from the siege, it was only because the defenders discovered that the Qing troops were destroying some of the trenches and camps they had built themselves. At that time, Liu Tichun thought that this was because of the reinforcements from the King of Jin.

Because of the impending arrival, perhaps the Qing army wanted to withdraw from the siege and move south to choose a suitable battlefield for a decisive battle with Li Laiheng.

But Liu Tichun did not expect that the Qing army would withdraw most of its troops at once, and all tens of thousands of troops would leave Kaizhou City within a day or two.

At first, the defenders did not leave the city to fight back because they were worried about being deceived.

After the Qing army had almost retreated, Liu Tichun sent a few small troops out of the city to search with some hesitation. Only then did he realize that the Qing army's withdrawal was not to go south to seek a decisive battle, but to move eastward very suddenly.

"Move east!?"

Zhao Zilao was very surprised. He felt that it was extremely necessary to send this message back to Wei Hui Mansion and Kaifeng as soon as possible. Now the main field force of the Dashun Army led by King Jin was heading from Kaifeng to Hebei. The key

At this moment, Dorgon's main movements became a mystery again.

Moving east? Where is Dorgon going?

Isn’t it Dongchang Prefecture to the east of Kaizhou?

Dorgon once had a plan to attack Dongchang Mansion by surprise, but the result was that the Qing army ran into a wall at the gate of Liaocheng. Instead, Ma Bao succeeded in killing the famous king, and Ren Jirong, Dang Shousu and others who broke into the army were created.

The glorious record of the battalion veteran.

The war horse galloped and splashed a large cloud of white smoke on the snow in Hebei. Snowflakes danced in the sky, but Zhao Zilao's heart surged like a stormy sea.

All the soldiers of the Dianzuo Army stayed near Kaifeng for more than two months. Everyone was eager for a decisive battle to come, and all the old soldiers were gearing up for this battle that would determine the ownership of the Central Plains.

Some time ago, the King of Jin kept elite troops such as the Dianzuo Army behind Kaifeng. Although everyone knows that this is precisely because the King of Jin trusted the combat effectiveness of the Dianzuo Army and regarded the Dianzuo Army as the key to the final decision.

Troops, but while the friendly troops, Pao Ze, were fighting on the front line, the soldiers of Dianzuo Army could only sigh while looking at the river in Bianliang?

Many people have already been filled with resentment.

With great difficulty, the King of Jin made up his mind to decide on the decisive battle on the river, and the two Dashun ace troops, Dianzhong Army and Dianzuo Army, were all mobilized and headed north.

At this time, new variables unexpectedly appeared, and Dorgon's main movements disappeared from people's eyes again.

How can this be?

With an army of 100,000 people, it is impossible for it to hide its traces.

In a day or two, everyone will know immediately where Dorgon's main force has gone.

But what will happen in these two days?

Zhao Zilao shuddered. The main force of the Qing army suddenly transferred eastward... Maybe it was not sudden. Maybe during this period, the Qing army had been transferring its troops eastward one after another. It was just that the Qing army was proactive in Taiyuan, Daming and Cizhou.

The fierce offensive attracted the attention of the Shun army generals?

Reminiscent of the previous Battle of Liaocheng, this raid came so suddenly and seemed to have no obvious purpose. It seemed that it was just an offensive launched by Dorgon after he accidentally glimpsed an opportunity.

Is this really the case?

Isn't this a way for the Qing army to conceal their strategic intentions and cover up their secret mobilization of another force?

After all, the best way to hide the movement of one unit is to let the enemy discover that another unit is mobilizing.

What does Dorgon want to do?

Zhao Zilao was just a very ordinary low-level general in the Dashun Army. He did not dare to think about it further, but his heart was completely filled with worries.

King Jin, where is His Highness the King of Jin? Has he left Henan? Where in Hebei has he gone? Is what the Qing army is waiting for, is the movement of the main force of the King of Jin clear?

Zhao Zilao said goodbye to the group of imperial right army detective cavalry he met in Lao'an Town. He led his men and rushed westward back to Ji County. The setting sun was about to fall, shining on the snow-white plains of Hebei.

Above, the setting sun is like blood, and the red light covers the backs of the Shunjun cavalry.

Both the man and the war horse drifted away, leaving only a row of war hoof prints on the thick snow.

Dorgon retreated, but things became more complicated.
Chapter completed!