Seeing that Qianqi was defeated, the generals of the Qing army did not consider any other options at all. They just wanted to continue fighting. The only thing that needed to be discussed now was what kind of tactics to adopt.
Tan Tai tilted his neck, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said slowly: "I won't fight now. I'll fight them when they leave."
Obai immediately understood what Tan Tai meant. The current Runing army has completely arranged the car formation, and the cavalry has no way to rush in. If a hard fight is necessary, the cavalry must dismount and become infantry, and directly attack the car formation.
However, this will also evolve into a "siege war", and the Qing army's chances of winning are not great.
When the Runing Army marches again, the Qing Army can attack the Runing Army's marching column. In this way, the chance of victory will be much greater, and the Qing Army's casualties will also be much smaller.
Although he knew what Tan Tai said was right, Obai still raised objections: "Even if we leave, Ming Gou's team will be lined with large cars on both sides, and it will not be easy to rush in."
Tan Tai still squinted his eyes, thought for a while, nodded to Obai and said, "It's very difficult! I'll take people up there myself later."
Now that Tan Tai had volunteered, Obai decided on his tactics. But at this moment, several Qing troops came galloping towards him. They galloped in front of Obai and loudly reported: "Lord Dutong! There is another attack on Songshan Mountain.
Tens of thousands of Minggu came out, and they also came towards this place."
"Ah——!" There were exclamations from everywhere.
"How far is it from here?" Obai asked quickly.
"I just left Songshan. It will take some time to arrive." the spy replied.
"Hey!" Ao Bai bared his teeth and rubbed his fists together, feeling embarrassed.
"Ignore the Ming army to the west. Let them pass." Tan Tai said decisively.
"Why?" A Qing army general next to him asked in surprise.
"This Ming army looks like the one Prince Rui encountered in the river. It is very difficult to defeat. It cannot be defeated in a short time. If the Ming army behind is allowed to come closer, we will not be able to stop it.
Maybe we let them all rush out in the end. We might as well let go of the front and leave the tail behind. Anyway, there is an ambush behind, and this Ming army can't move fast. After we finish cleaning up the tail, we can turn around and eat him.
." Tan Tai analyzed calmly.
"Old Tan is right!" Obai immediately nodded in agreement and said, "We don't have such a big appetite, so just concentrate on eating a table of food! Send the order. Send a thousand people to guard this Mingguo. If they ask
If they go out, don't worry about him. If they come back to meet you, report back to me quickly. Then stop them at all costs. The other troops will follow me to block the Ming Gou behind!"
"twitter!"
After repelling the first attack of the Qing army, what surprised the Runing army was that the Qing army did not attack again. At this time, they didn't care about anything else. Since you have time, let's speed up and cross the trench!
More and more troops crossed the trench, and the formations became more and more tight. Until the entire army crossed the trench, the Qing army still strangely did not appear. This made the generals of the Runing Army somewhat confused.
Mind.
Yu Ji asked Wu Shigong: "Sir! The villain is a little confused. The Tatars have three axes, and they have to attack twice more. But how come they didn't have the guts to retreat after they hit them like a breeze and drizzle?"
"
Of course Wu Shigong was also surprised, but he had always been very nervous. If he couldn't figure it out, then he shouldn't think about it! Anyway, it was in line with Runing's army. Who would expect to meet the Qing army under such circumstances?
So Wu Shigong smiled and joked: "The key is that your nickname is not good. Who told you to call you a hedgehog? The Tatars must have been stung by you."
Other officers didn't dare to call Yu Ji's nickname randomly, and only Wu Shigong could joke around casually. So when the officers heard this, they immediately laughed knowingly.
The next journey of the Runing Army was smooth. Although they were shocked every step of the way, they did not encounter any fighting at all. There were only a few small groups of Qing cavalry hanging far behind.
Of course, those pesky flies do not threaten the Runing Army, but it would take a lot of effort to drive them away. The Runing Army does not have so much time to deal with them, so they can only keep out of sight.
After marching for more than ten miles, Wu Shigong finally ordered to set up camp. Like the Qing army, the Runing army also fought all day during the day and marched at night. They fought until midnight to find a place to rest. After all,
We have to cover a distance of more than a hundred miles, and we will definitely not be able to do it in one day, so we might as well conserve our strength and prepare for tomorrow's march and possible battles.
The Runing Army first used carts to surround the perimeter, and then began to dig trenches and build earthen walls. The civil engineering work was completed meticulously. The only regret was that it was impossible to go out and cut down trees, so the Runing Army's camp was a simple one.
version.
But in such a short journey, nearly a hundred seriously wounded soldiers died. Of course, the Runing Army could not bring back the bodies of these other Ming soldiers, so they could only bury these people on the spot.
While inspecting the camp, Wu Shigong was attracted by the movement of buried corpses. When he took a closer look, he saw a priest, a monk and a Taoist priest making deathbed prayers for the deceased. Runing Army
It does not advocate proselytizing in the army, but it does not prohibit soldiers from believing in religions recognized as legal by the Runing Army. Therefore, every time the Runing Army goes out on an expedition, it will bring some religious figures with the army to do some things for the religious soldiers.
Things like dying prayers to give them comfort at the end of their lives.
As for why there are so many priests, monks and Taoists, it can only be said that competition is everywhere, even religion is no exception.
When the prayer was finished, Wu Shigong stepped forward and ordered: "The burial place must be marked. If conditions permit, the grave will be lifted up and returned to the customs. Everyone will cut off a section of hair, and those who have their address and name will be buried."
If they are delivered to their families without leaving their names, they can be thrown into the Yellow River when they return! It can be regarded as their souls returning to their hometown. Also, all the newly recruited people must be registered, and this must be done immediately."
"promise!"
Then, Wu Shigong went back to the camp for a tour, but when he just returned to his tent to rest, several soldiers suddenly came in supporting a general with an arrow stuck in his right shoulder.
As soon as the boss saw Wu Shigong, he struggled to kneel down, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Commander Wu! Go back quickly and save the supervisor! Go back quickly!"
Wu Shigong was so shocked by these words that he jumped up from his chair. He quickly stopped the general from kneeling down and asked eagerly: "What? Where is the Superintendent? How is he doing there?"
"The Commander-in-Chief is in Songshan City, and he has sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to the Commander-in-Chief."
To be honest, until now, Wu Shigong had always thought that his Runing army was the last Ming army to break through. In the dark night, it was impossible for Wu Shigong to send a large number of scouts everywhere, so he thought that all the Ming troops had collapsed.
They had all fled south long ago, and Hong Chengchou was also among the fleeing Ming troops.
Besides, it took a lot of time for the Runing Army to leave the camp and form a team; it also took a lot of time to collect supplies and break up the troops; it also took a lot of time to cross the three trenches. In addition, the Runing Army's marching speed was not very fast. Therefore,
Wu Shigong took it for granted that the other Ming troops had rushed ahead of him.
But Wu Shigong never expected that it turned out that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, had not left at all, and that he still had an army there. Therefore, Wu Shigong was eager to understand clearly and wanted to know everything about Hong Chengchou's situation.
After some questioning, Wu Shigong found out: It turned out that when the Ming army was defeated, Hong Chengchou was unable to effectively issue orders because of his mental disorder. Moreover, he was not willing to flee with the army at all because he did not dare to face the court.
of guilt.
Seeing this situation, Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, had no choice but to give the order. He ordered the remaining Ming army to withdraw into Songshan City. At this time, Hong Chengchou was left with only Yutian Commander Cao Bianjiao and former Tun Guard Commander Wang.
These two honest boys, the courtiers, together with the garrison in Songshan City, left Hong Chengchou with more than 30,000 troops.
But after going insane for a while, Hong Chengchou also came to his senses. Songshan City is a small city, and the city defenses are not strong, so there is no way for so many troops to be placed in the city. Moreover, the Qing army is currently encircling and killing the Ming army who fled first, and has not yet concentrated.
The army surrounded the city, so if we didn't leave now, we would never be able to leave again. So Hong Chengchou ordered Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen to lead 20,000 people to attack the enemy at night. He led more than 10,000 people to stay in Songshan City.
If Cao and Wang could successfully break through the enemy formation, Hong Chengchou would immediately lead his army to follow up, trying to bring the Ming army back to Ningyuan and retain an additional army for the Ming Dynasty. In order to increase the success rate of the attack, Hong Chengchou
A large number of messengers were sent out, hoping to get the Ming troops who had already rushed out to return to the rescue. Of course, Hong Chengchou also knew that the possibility of those Ming troops obeying the order was very small, but treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Hong Chengchou had to try no matter what.
Give it a try.
And the commander-in-chief was one of the few who broke through the Qing army's blockade. Fortunately, he came to Wu Shigong. Those who were willing to accept such a death-defying order must be Hong Chengchou's die-hard loyalists, so the commander-in-chief was there.
Wu Shigong kowtows and weeps blood in front of Wu Shigong, asking Wu Shigong to return immediately.
"That's it!" Wu Shigong couldn't sit still in his chair. He wandered back and forth in the tent, weighing the pros and cons. After a while, Wu Shigong finally made up his mind. He ordered Chi Ming: "The whole army has to rest for three hours.
, and then return immediately to meet the Superintendent out."
Then Wu Shigong said kindly to the commander: "The commander in the army is indeed too tired. Recuperate your energy before meeting up with the Superintendent. You should also go down early, rest in peace and recuperate, and go back with me tomorrow."
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"Thank you, Marshal Wu! Thank you, Marshal Wu!..." That boss knelt down again, kowtowing repeatedly. After a few times, his forehead started to bleed. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature for better and more updated novels.