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The 217th chapter berm battle (1)

Ma Bao hurriedly led his troops to head towards Xishuanghepu.

"Hurry!" Along the way, Ma Bao kept urging. He understood that Duoduo was extremely cruel and he would not leave too much time for himself. If he couldn't do it well, he had already dug the embankment.

However, the flood he was worried about did not come, and it was quiet along the way.

"What's going on? Duoduo hasn't dug the dike yet? What are he waiting for? Are he waiting for Marishal Li to arrive? Or is Shuangli already arrived? It shouldn't be. Even if Shuangli arrives, it's very easy for him to dig the dike."

Under Ma Bao's urging, the troops trotted all the way, and within an hour, the team arrived at Xishuanghepu.

From afar, Ma Bao heard people shouting and neighing, and there were several gunshots coming from time to time.

"This is a double tribute, and we are fighting with the Qing soldiers!" Ma Bao immediately made a judgment when he heard the gunshots and immediately issued a combat order.

"Prepare for battle, the steel spearmen are in front, open a road, only forward, not backward, those who dare to retreat, behead immediately!" Ma Bao shouted loudly.

The Ming army rushed to the front of the Yellow River Dam in Xishuanghehe, but did not see the Ming army, but saw two Qing soldiers fighting.

"What's going on? Why did the Qing soldiers fight with the Qing soldiers?" Ma Bao thought to himself but couldn't figure out what was going on.

...

It turned out that after Lin Zhengping was beaten, he had a strange intention.

He returned to the military camp in anger and asked the Sui Jung to look at his nose. The doctor said that the bridge of his nose was broken and needed maintenance.

Lin Zhengping asked the doctor to apply medicine, and lay on the bed and thought about his worries.

"Emperor Yongli's rule of the country was 'people-oriented'. Since he ascended the throne, he has never heard of any harm to the people. This is great benevolence and righteousness; before the Qing Dynasty, there were 'Yangzhou ten days' and 'Jiading three slaughter', and now there are 'cutting cooks and ruined houses', which is full of beasts, which is cruel and unrighteous. Many historical facts have proved that a cruel army must not be able to defeat a benevolent and righteous army. Even if Duoduo succeeds this time, it cannot save the fate of the Qing Dynasty's failure."

"Digging the dike and releasing water is a matter of being infamous for thousands of years. I, Lin Zhengping, was born in a chivalrous family and must not follow the Tartars to do such things. What's more, most of my subordinates are from Henan and are very reluctant to act harming the people. Why don't I take this opportunity to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Zhengping got up and then thought: "If you disobey Duoduo today, you will suffer a sudden disaster in the future. For personal plans, the people's plans, and the brothers under his jurisdiction, you should surrender. As long as you keep the Yellow River embankment, Emperor Yongli will definitely treat you differently."

Thinking of this, Lin Zhengping made up his mind.

He summoned his confidant subordinates and everyone agreed with his decision.

After a major event was agreed, Lin Zhengping finally said: "This matter is kept confidential. We have 10,000 people. For the 40,000 people in Duoduo and Tunji, the victory is too small. We must wait until the Ming army is about to arrive, or when the Tatars dig the dike, and then launch it suddenly to achieve the best results."

Everyone agreed and went to prepare in secret.

...

The Yellow River is the mother river of the land of China, and has nurtured the lives and civilizations of the five provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. At the same time, it is like a long sword hanging high above Kaifeng City, which can break the disaster at any time and harm Kaifeng and the Central Plains.

At this time, during the flood season, the water level of the Yellow River was less than ten feet away from the top of the dam, and the yellow and turbid river water roared and collided with the embankment.

It is said that floods and beasts are not false at all. If it weren’t for the dam blocking, the Yellow River pouring down, which would be enough to swallow everything.

The Yellow River Dam has a Niu Shuozi bend in Xishuanghepu. The dam dikes on both sides run north and south, with the protruding point facing south, and are called Hougang Dam.

The water flows here the most rapid, and it is southward. The Hougang Dam is dug out and the turbulent river water flows downstream. In less than half an hour, Kaifeng will be flooded.

Duoduo chose the dike point here.

All the Qing soldiers and horses were on the dike because Feng Shuangli's troops had to come from the east. Duoduo arranged for the troops of Tunji and Lin Zhengping to be east of Hougang, while he and Wakda led the main force of the Qing soldiers to be west of Hougang, and a large number of ships were moored at Yanjinkou. Once the Ming army was flooded, the Qing soldiers could quickly board the ship to fight.

The soldiers of Tunji and Wakda were responsible for digging the dikes. Hundreds of soldiers were waiting for Duoduo's orders with shovels.

"Report! The Ming army's Ma Bao army's troops have entered Kaifeng and are helping the people!"

"Report! The main force of the Ming army, Li Dingguo, followed up and arrived at the Wei family and was heading north!"

The scout kept reporting news, but Duoduo was expressionless and just refused to order digging the dike.

"Uncle Fifteen, please give me an order. If Ma Bao's army arrives, it will be too late." Wakda said.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer! It all shows that the arms are powerful. I really want to see how powerful they are, and I want to see how embarrassed they are when they were washed away by Huangshui!" Duoduo said coldly with a gloomy light flashing in his eyes.

At this time, Lin Zhengping quietly sent an order to make everyone prepare. He just waited for the Qing soldiers to dig the dike, and then immediately launched an attack on the Qing soldiers who dig the dike.

"Report! Ma Bao led his troops out of Kaifeng and headed straight to the dam!"

"Report! Feng Shuangli's Ministry is still twenty miles away from the dam!"

"Report! Li Dingguo is still thirty miles away from Kaifeng!"

The scout reported the news again.

When Duoduo heard the news, he coldly ordered: "Prepare to face the enemy and dig the embankment!"

"Dig the dike!" Tun Ji waved his hand, and his sergeant raised his shovel and was about to dig.

Seeing this, Lin Zhengping raised his hand and was about to order an attack.

Hearing the sound of "Bang!", he saw Tun Ji, who was standing on the embankment, bursting with blood on his forehead and then he fell to the ground!

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Wakda had never seen the Ming army's steel guns, and when he saw Tunji fall to the ground, he asked hurriedly.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot, Wakda just took a step and was shot at the head!

"Gun, this is a steel gun! No, the Ming army is here, the Ming army is here!" A soldier who had suffered a loss in steel guns had already reacted and shouted in panic.

"Prince, lie down quickly!"

Duoduo's personal captain reacted quickly enough. Seeing that the gun was only hit by yellow belts, he hurried over and pushed Duoduo to the ground one by one.

"Bang!"

As soon as Duoduo was pushed down, another gunshot was heard, and the captain of the personal soldiers fell into a pool of blood.

Immediately afterwards, the gunshots were fired again, and the target of the shooting was the Qing soldiers holding shovels.

"Big and Bitch!"

The gunshots were not secret, but they shot one by one. Six or seven soldiers with shovels fell down in a short while.

The soldiers of digging dig reacted and hurriedly threw away the shovel in their hands, scattering in panic.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Duoduo escaped and was shocked. But after all, he had been through a long battle formation. This time he came out of the mountain, he was even more indifferent to life and death, so he quickly calmed down.

"Where did the Ming army come from? Oh, I understand. When the gunshots are sparse, it must be that a small number of Ming army have already sneaked into our army, with the purpose of shooting and killing generals and creating chaos."

Thinking of this, Duoduo shouted: "Don't panic, there are few dogs, not a large group of people, hurry up, shoot them!"
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