In the original history, Dorgon soon showed his ambition to usurp the throne after Huang Taiji's sudden death.

It was only when Shi Shan was alive and Hauge was alive and very powerful that Dorgon dared not put it into practice.

Now in this life, Daishan is dead, Hauge is also dead, and Huang Taiji is suffering from severe sequelae of a stroke. Will Dorgon keep his peace?

Although Huang Taiji was also aware of Dorgon's threat, he had already made adjustments to Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner, such as letting Azig leave Zhengbai Banner, asking Azig to take his own Niulu to reorganize Xiangbai Banner, and

He deliberately promoted and won over a group of Manchu clan disciples who had been neglected in the past.

However, will Dorgon cease his activities and surrender willingly because of this?

Judging from Dorgon's behavior in history, this is impossible.

As a time traveler, Yang Zhen knows this better than anyone else.

As the saying goes, a wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit. Asking Dorgon to give up his ambition and greed for beautiful women is like asking a wolf king to eat shit instead of meat. It is impossible.

With this thought, Yang Zhen felt much calmer, and he was no longer so depressed when he saw the Zhengbai Banner army galloping past after the Xilan Banner.

But seeing the sun turning to the west, and it was already time to submit the application, Yang Zhen couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his heart. He frequently picked up the telescope and looked southward silently.

Of course Yang Zhen was anxious. If the target of his ambush did not appear again, then the battle would have to wait until tomorrow.

However, once tomorrow comes, the situation may undergo new and unpredictable changes.

Not to mention the morale of the outposts who followed Yang Zhen lurking in the Guanma Mountain area when the time comes, let's just say that Dorgon learned that Gaizhou City was safe and that the Jinhai Town Navy had captured Lianyun Island.

After retreating, once the withdrawal is temporarily terminated, it will be troublesome.

For example, once Dorgon suddenly felt that the crisis in the rear had been resolved and stationed himself near Xuguan Fort, or stationed a considerable number of Zhengbai Banner troops near Xuguan Fort, it would be enough for Yang Zhen to drink a pot.

Yes.

Under such circumstances, even if the target that Yang Zhen deliberately wanted to ambush appeared the next day, it was hard to say whether he could continue to fight, or even if he fought, whether he could achieve the expected results.

Therefore, although he didn't say anything on the surface, as time passed, he became more and more anxious in his heart.

Fortunately, Dorgon was more anxious than him.

Prince Rui Dorgon, who had just crossed Xuguan Bridge on horseback, learned that Prince Azig of England had reserved troops to guard the bridge at the head of Xuguan Bridge on the north bank of the Fudu River, so he immediately called the leader of the team, an Azig.

Asked by Bajala Zhuangda who was next to him.

"When did the Prince of England order you to guard here?"

"Replying to my master, Prince Ying passed this bridge around midnight last night. He was worried that someone would damage the bridge and delay the passage of the army behind him. He then ordered his servants to lead people to guard here. They cannot leave for a moment or even an inch."

"Around midnight last night?"

Dorgon was riding on a horse, standing on a high ground on the north bank of the Fudu River, looking south thoughtfully, at the rolling hills in the distance where Guanma Mountain is located, and then at the other side where Miaoling Mountain is.

After thinking about it for a while, he said:

"Since last night to this time, has anything unusual happened here or nearby?"

"What's unusual?"

The short and stocky Bajala Zhuangda with a big face and bandy legs was a little confused for a moment after hearing the question from Prince Rui Dorgon. He thought about it for a while, and after thinking about it, he couldn't think of anything unusual.

So he said.

"As far as I can tell you, Master, there are no Confederate troops present here, and there are no other abnormalities."

Dorgon saw that Ba Ya La Zhuangda with the white flag seemed to be a little out of mind and not very smart. He frowned and looked at the low and barren mountains under the setting sun, and finally shook his head and said:

"In this case, you continue to stay here until all the troops of Prince Rao Yu cross the bridge before evacuating this place!"

"Slave obeys!"

"In addition, you will send people across the river to the south soon to pass on my king's order and ask King Rao Yu to escort the rear team to cross this bridge before sunset and camp in Xu Guanbao. Don't be too hard and don't be too complicated. It will be done.

Build the fort well."

"Slave obeys!"

The man with the white flag, Baya Lazhuangda, was not very happy when he saw Dorgon, and seemed to be dissatisfied with himself. He didn't know what was wrong, and he was panicked, so he agreed immediately.

After Dorgon said this, he saw that all the Zhengba Banner cavalry led by him had passed Xuguan Bridge, so he said nothing more, pulled the reins of the horse, clamped the horse's belly, turned around and galloped north.

As expected, the man with the white flag, Baya Lazhuangda, was very obedient. As soon as Dorgon's men and horses left, he personally rode across the bridge south to deliver the order.

Yang Zhen saw this situation with a telescope from his hiding place in Guanma Mountain. He was completely confused and thought something was wrong. He could only send another order to the lurking sentries not to move at all.

Finally, nearly an hour passed. The originally dazzling sun gradually dimmed and was about to fall into the mountains farther west. Yang Zhen's anxious heart gradually sank and became colder.

However, at this moment, Li Shouzhong, who was in charge of the lookout on the top of the mountain, once again appeared in the trench where Yang Zhen was, with a face full of excitement and rolling around.

"Captain, Governor, here comes another troop full of Tatars! This time it's an artillery carriage, all of them artillery carriages, some carrying red flags and some carrying blue flags!"

"And the Zhenglan flag?!"

Facing Li Shouzhong's report, Yang Zhen's originally sinking heart immediately jumped up, but the Zhenglan Banner troops mentioned by Li Shouzhong suddenly made him a little surprised and worried despite his joy.

Unable to wait for Li Shouzhong's answer, Yang Zhen quickly raised his telescope and looked on the way to the south, and sure enough he saw a long dragon-like procession on the post road.

As expected, it was the heavy artillery team of the obedient King Kong Youde who had lost his home in Zhenghongqi!

Looking back along Kong Youde's heavy artillery team, it turned out to be more than twenty artillery carriages from Zhenglan Banner.

However, what frightened Yang Zhen the most was that a large number of Zhenglan Banner cavalry followed on both sides and behind the Zhenglan Banner's artillery carriage.

"Those must be the troops of Abatai, King of Raoyu County, Manchu Tatars!"

Yang Zhen was watching and thinking when he heard Zhang Chen saying next to him: "Captain, we have been here for so long. From last night to now, we have seen people with white flags, blue flags and white flags.

"The only ones left are the Zhenghong Banner Han Army Heavy Artillery Niulu led by Kong Youde, and Abatai's Zhenglan Banner Manmeng Niulu and Han Army Niulu!"

"Yes, Governor, we can't let these people pass no matter what!"

After reporting the news about the enemy, Li Shouzhong did not leave again, but followed Zhang Chen. After hearing what Zhang Chen said, he immediately gave Yang Zhen the same advice.

"Of course I can't let it go anymore! - Go and pass on my order, ask the musketeers to check the loading of ammunition immediately, ask the grenadiers to light the prepared matches immediately, and ask Yang Shen's artillery team to hear my gunfire and fire immediately.

The rear cavalry is full of Tatars!”

Xu Tingxuan, one of the adjutants who had been in the same trench with Yang Zhen, listened to Yang Zhen's order, immediately climbed up from where he was squatting on the ground, crouched down and quickly conveyed the order.

It didn't take long for Yang Zhen's order to be spread throughout the ambush areas around Guanma Mountain. The soldiers on the sentries, who had been waiting impatiently until their bones were rusty, immediately obeyed the order.

At this time, the heavy artillery team under the command of the obedient Wang Kong Youde had also arrived at the foot of Guanma Mountain and entered the ambush area first.

Yang Zhen and the others were hiding in the ditch on the hillside, and they could already hear the creaking sound of the iron-clad wheels under the heavy artillery cart rolling over the road.

There are about two or three miles from the place where Yang Zhen ambushed to the Fudu River in the north, and the post road of these two or three miles is the cemetery that Yang Zhen had selected in advance for Dorgon's carriage and artillery team.

Seeing that the prey had already taken a step towards the trap, Yang Zhen resisted the urge to fire and waited and waited.

Until the men and horses wearing Zhenghong Banner uniforms transported artillery carts passed under his nose, and the artillery carts wearing Zhenglan Banner Han Army Niulu entered the ambush circle. At this time, something suddenly happened on the post road.

"Get out of here! Get out of here! Get away! Let Bagala camp protect the master and cross the river first to set up camp and rest!"

This team of men wore knee-length silver-gray chainmail armor on top of their blue-colored cotton armor, and their attire looked very extraordinary.

And their performance was even more extraordinary. They all held riding whips and whipped and scolded them all the way.

The Zhenglan Banner Han Army and Niu Lu, the Zhenghong Banner Han Army in front, who were beaten and scolded, had no choice but to dodge in a hurry and did not dare to resist at all.

Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen and others could not understand what those special Tatar knights were shouting, but after a brief panic, they immediately understood that this was because the people in the rear team thought that the front team was too slow and wanted to advance.

Crossed the bridge.

"Captain, the one who wears chain mail outside the cotton armor is what the Tatars call Bagara. Whenever Bagara appears, there must be a royal prince in the team! Abatai must be the first to cross the river.

!”

Zhang Chen was in high spirits and looked at Yang Zhen with bright eyes. Although he did not directly say that it was time to fire, the meaning was very obvious.

Yang Zhen looked at the team at the bottom of the mountain and saw that the large number of Zhenglan Banner cavalry who were originally at the back had driven a large number of slow-moving artillery convoys to the side of the road, preparing to cross the river first. He immediately gritted his teeth and picked up the gun in his hand.

The flintlock musket was fired at the crowd surging at the foot of the mountain.

"Bang!"

A clear and penetrating gunshot sounded.

I don’t know where the bullet hit, but the sudden sound of gunfire immediately triggered a chain reaction.

The crowds of people crowded on the post road, either scrambling to move forward or staying aside, were stunned for a moment almost at the same time, and they all raised their heads and looked towards the place where the gunfire rang out.
Chapter completed!