On the first day of February, in the Runing Army camp.
"Our spies have met Tatar sentries at six places, and four spies who were supposed to come back have not returned. According to reports, the place where they met the Tatars should be here, here..." Li Sanhe held a stick
Charcoal drew on a map and introduced the reconnaissance situation to Wu Shigong and the officers in the tent.
Wu Shigong frowned and stared at the map carefully. He knew that those spies who had not come back would basically never come back. But now was not the time to be sad. Wu Shigong needed to make a decision immediately: fight or retreat.
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"Squad, no! Take two squads as a unit, and send reconnaissance cavalry eastward. And the exploration distance will be ten miles deeper, first determine whether we have really encountered the main force of the Tatars." As soon as Li Sanhe finished speaking, Wu Shigong took the lead.
commanded.
The purpose of in-depth exploration is to test whether it will increase the probability of encountering Qing spies. Generally speaking, in which direction the probability of encountering is higher, and the density of Qing spies is high, then this direction is the direction of the main force of the Qing army.
Moreover, when conducting reconnaissance with two teams as a unit, if there is an opportunity, we can also use the advantage of numbers to capture prisoners to obtain more information. Moreover, the two reconnaissance teams of the Runing Army placed a team about ten miles in front and back. If there is a sudden encounter,
The Qing army's brigade and the small team behind still have time to escape in time and report the reconnaissance situation to our army.
Li Sanhe winked at his deputy and asked him to go out of the tent immediately to convey Wu Shigong's order. Then Li Sanhe reported: "The villain has also spread out sentries in front of the army to ensure that the Tatar spies will not get close.
Our army’s frontline is thirty miles away.”
"Brother-in-law! We are alone! Do you really want to fight the Tatars? We only have 17,000. They have 50,000 or 60,000. My brother-in-law has better soldiers. At most, it is one to one! In my opinion,
It's better to move backward first. The Tatars are now bringing so many people and livestock, and they won't come to catch up. Let's live in peace for now, and then look for opportunities to fight with the small group of Tatars!" Li said on the side.
Lu persuaded.
"We can't retreat. Do you think the Tatars will divide their troops now that they are escorting people and livestock? They hope that we will live in peace with them." Wu Shigong suddenly exposed Li Lu's idea of avoiding the war, "
Besides, the Tatars can't spare so many people. They have to escort hundreds of thousands of people. However, they have restrained 10,000 or 20,000 of them. The most who can fight us is just over 30,000. The number is not that exaggerated."
"But that's it, there are twice as many people as us! The chances of winning are slim!" As he spoke, Li Lu became a little anxious.
Wu Shigong looked around at the officers in the tent. He saw some people's eyes flickering, and knew that there were many people who held Li Lu's ideas, so he immediately raised his voice and shouted: "Meng Tong enters the school and learns the first
One line is: We, the Runing Army, are all the best sons and daughters, and we are protecting the clothes and crowns of China. Do you think this is really just a lie to children? We can't even protect the people of China. We still protect the clothes and crowns? Are you lying?
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"Yes! Our number is smaller than that of the Tatars, and there are other difficulties, but what can we do without difficulty? Today we will find a reason to give in, and tomorrow we will find a reason to give in again. In the end, we will have no reason to give in.
But what should we do if we retreat? Should we retreat to the ends of the earth and jump into the sea? Think about Yashan! Tens of thousands of people jumping into the sea are very courageous, but I, Wu Shigong, will never be willing to be one of those people who are at the end of their rope. When that time comes, we, you, will
Ning Jun may not even have the courage to fight!"
"And are we really at a disadvantage? Many of the people here have participated in King Qin ten years ago. How was our equipment at that time? It was crude. Even half of the soldiers were military households who had not been trained at all.
.But what happened to the result? We won a big victory even though the number of people was not even close. Over the years, we have built so many artillery and armors, and we have been training to death every day, and we have fought against the Shaanxi thieves.
There have been great victories in battles. Did such experiences scare away your courage?"
"Even a fool like Yu Zilian dared to fight the Tatars and suffered no losses. Is it not possible for us? I also want to tell you: I have sent messengers everywhere. As long as we entangle the Tatars here,
If the Ruzhou Army in the capital, King Qin's Army in Tongzhou, and the Lu Army in Dezhou come to support us, we will be able to give the Tatars some color, and in terms of numbers, we still have a big advantage. Even if they don't all
Come, as long as the cavalry in the capital comes here, we will be 20,000 to 30,000. With our firearms alone, the Tatars will not be able to get close to us, so what do you have to worry about?"
"But I'm afraid that we will bear the brunt and consume too much of our troops!" Li Lu explained.
"Since our Runing Army is the best, of course we should bear the brunt! This is responsibility! This is destiny!" Wu Shigong immediately replied.
"Well said! This is your destiny!" Zhang Zhiheng immediately echoed loudly.
"Yes! Who have we, the Runing Army, been afraid of?"
"What's so great about the Tatars!"
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Encouraged by Wu Shigong's words, the officers in the big tent also had high morale.
But these officers of the Runing Army were supposed to obey Wu Shigong's orders, so their opinions were not the most important. Now in the big tent, Li Lu was left to express his opinion.
Seeing Wu Shigong's eyes turned towards him, Li Lu also gritted his teeth: "Men from the capital are never timid, so I will accompany my brother-in-law to go crazy!"
Seeing that everyone in the big tent was encouraging each other, Wu Shigong put away his smile slightly. Only he understood that it had been more than ten days since the messenger he sent out, and until now, no accurate message had come back.
As time went by, Wu Shigong actually became more and more uneasy.
But Wu Shigong didn't dare to back down. Since such a high-intensity spy strangulation battle took place, the Qing army must have known that a strong army was coming nearby. The Qing army would not have such a hidden danger around them when they left the customs.
Yes, so no matter what, they will take the initiative to find a decisive battle with them. If they retreat rashly, they will put the Runing Army in a very unfavorable situation.
Wu Shigong has already figured it out, just fight in one battle, and at most he will learn from the Ruzhou Army to be a tortoise after defeat. His regular tortoise style is better than the copycat of the Ruzhou Army! At that time, he will not be able to suffer any losses.
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