The Zhonghou Suo is backed by mountains to the west, Liugu River to the north, and the sea to the east. Between it and the sea is a vast wilderness. Yi Chen's troops arrayed themselves in formation, and Li Yan and others speculated that the Qing army would attack the city from the east.
However, both the east and west gates of the middle and rear buildings were destroyed and sealed with bricks and stones. Therefore, the Qing army could attack the city from the south. As for the north gate, it was too close to the Liugu River and it was difficult to deploy troops.
If the Red Lady can lead her troops to arrive in time, her strength will be comparable to that of the Qing army. She can resist with force if she cooperates internally and externally. Who will win? I don’t know who will win. Li Yan stood at the top of the city and looked at the night sky due south, thinking, but the night was as dark as paint.
, finally let out a low sigh, if it comes, it is an unexpected joy, if it does not come, it is fate, as for now, do your best and obey the destiny!
Turning around and looking north, the night sky was exactly the same, but there was a looming murderous intent gradually approaching.
This battle is my surrender, Li Yan. I will make a name for myself in my first battle after surrendering.
Li Yan was racking his brains to think about how to fight his first battle after becoming a civil servant. It was not a headache to lead two battalions of cavalry soldiers to chase Duduo's young eunuch hundreds of miles away in the dark.
If you chase too close, the Qing army's rear troops will surely discover it. Even if the surprise attack succeeds, what will happen next?
If you can't hurt his muscles and bones, not only lose the meaning of the surprise attack, but also expose your whereabouts, you can't just stab the chrysanthemum and quickly escape back to the mountains, or rush directly into the Zhonghousuo City?
Let’s not talk about whether the five hundred cavalry can rush through the pass of Doduo’s three thousand cavalry and reach the central rear post. Even if they rush through and are blocked inside, wouldn’t the originally planned strategy of attacking inside and outside in Ningyuan be useless?
It's ruined.
So now that they have come out, they have to carry out a ruthless attack to cripple this team and then float away and hide in the mountains. This is the best plan.
It’s just that many things are beautiful to think about, but extremely difficult to do.
The best plan planned by Chang Yu in advance was to follow and attack from behind when the Qing army attacked the city. When Li Yan saw this on the city, he would definitely go out of the city to respond. With such a pincer attack, the Qing army would be defeated!
But if you are exposed on the way and use 500 troops to kill more than 10,000 people, even if there is no cavalry from Duduo to suppress the formation, with such a huge disparity in strength and no reinforcements, you will undoubtedly end up seeking death!
So he ordered everyone to be silent during the march. There was snow on the ground and the horses trampled almost silently. As the five hundred cavalry marched, they occasionally heard the sneezing of the horses, like ghosts in the dark night, sneaking quietly.
However, the Qing army was pressing down on the border. There were no soldiers within more than a hundred miles of Ningyuan City, and there were spies and scouts from both sides. How could we really have a safe journey? After leaving the mountain, we took the official road and headed south. We could not go more than five miles to reach three groups of Qing spies.
Most of these Qing army scouts were very flamboyant and went on the road openly, unlike the Ming army scouts who almost always acted in secret. Maybe they thought that the Ming army would not leave the city at night anyway.
It's ironic, in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army's spies showed off their power without concealment, but their own people had to investigate secretly.
It was because of their "thinking" that they never expected that the people and horses they encountered would be the Ming army. Although they were a little confused when they saw that they did not hold the lights, they thought that they had just passed a large army, so it was impossible for them to be sent by the Ming army.
Hundreds of people came to hunt him down, hahaha, they couldn't help but feel funny thinking about it.
Then... they were killed unexpectedly and in a sudden shock.
Chang Yu led his troops out of the mountain this time. In addition to Hu Ling and Wu Weiying, he was accompanied by all the powerful generals around him, Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong, Li Tiezhu, Fan Jiaqian, Kuang Ren, and personal guards Chen Wangting, Jiang Fa...
"What should I do if I am accidentally discovered?" Jia Waixiong asked in a low voice next to Chang Yu in the dark night.
"If that's the case, we have no choice but to charge and leave for a while, and we can't stop fighting." Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and looked around: "I estimate that they will be able to arrive outside the Zhonghousuo City by noon tomorrow at the latest, but we have to
Avoid before daybreak".
Several people discussed in low voices how to avoid it. Jia Waixiong suggested turning east and taking the wilderness path instead of relying on the coastline to avoid taking the same road as the Qing army.
However, it was rejected by everyone. The wilderness to the east was flat and unobstructed, and the Qing troops were easily discovered by their probing horses.
Hiding in the mountains and marching at night? Fan Jiaqian suggested.
The young eunuch shook his head again. Dorgon's attack on Ningyuan is imminent. It is impossible to divide his troops in the small garrison city of Zhonghousuo for too long. He will capture Zhonghousuo as quickly as possible, so it is very likely that he will attack from tomorrow to tomorrow night.
If he hid in the mountains for a day while marching, by the time he reached the central post, the city would have been lost.
If you don't lurk in the mountains, then go to the mountains. A veteran from Ningyuan among the army suggested that this was one of the dozen flag bearers that Chang Yu specifically asked Wu Sangui to come when they entered the mountains. This time, he also followed Chang Yu as a local general and pointed out
There is still a wild road in the mountains.
The official road that Chang Yu is taking now is actually the Beijing-Harbin Line in later generations, but there is a parallel trail in the mountains a few miles to the west, which is the Beijing-Harbin Expressway in later generations. Of course, at this time it is just a road in the mountains.
It's just a village road for the common people.
After killing several groups of Qing army spies, several groups of personal guards sent by Chang Yu to go ahead reported that they were more than ten miles away from the Qing army's rear team and should not get too close, so they ordered to move slowly.
Then there was another unexpected surprise. The guards actually contacted the scouts of the Ming army. To be precise, the scouts lurking in the dark discovered the abnormality of this group of troops. After witnessing them killing the Qing army spies, they took the initiative to get close to them, only to find that Nima.
One of our own!
When they heard that the young governor personally defeated the 500 cavalrymen and tried to surprise the Qing army, these Ming army scouts were extremely shocked. The young eunuch must be sick! He is so abnormal.
Chang Yu was overjoyed and immediately brought the scout to the front. After confirming that there was no doubt, he asked several times and learned that the Qing cavalry had passed here long ago. A rough estimate was that the distance between them and the infantry was at least thirty miles.
He's so big, he has such a big heart, and he's so courageous!
But if I think about it from another perspective, if it were me, I'm afraid I would be so careless.
Since it is so wide open, can the infantry be eaten in one fell swoop? I laughed after thinking about it, my stomach would burst due to my huge appetite.
But what if you go to eat those three thousand cavalry? But how can you fly over with your own wings? Even if you fly over, with five hundred against three thousand Qing troops who are good at field combat, your belly will still be broken!
It seems that I still have to follow the old plan, follow behind, wait for the Qing army to attack the city, and rush in unexpectedly. The Qing army is in chaos, and Li Yan comes out of the city to attack...
No! Chang Yu always felt that he had missed something, or that there should be a better strategy... The little eunuch rubbed his head hard and fell into hard thinking.
"Supervisor" Wuzhong came over and muttered, "Do you think this will work?" He muttered in Chang Yu's ear for a while.
Chang Yu's eyes lit up, he took a few deep breaths, clenched his fists hard and looked at Wuzhong.
"No, no, okay, doesn't it work?" Wu Zhong felt a little panicked when he saw the little eunuch's expression.
"Very good, Wuzhong, those two hundred servants will be yours from now on!" Chang Yu patted Master Wu's shoulder hard, but he was so happy that he wanted to scream loudly to vent his joy, but he
I know in my heart that if I dare to shout randomly at this time, I will be punched to death!
Chang Yu didn't care about his nouveau riche appearance. He waved and all his generals gathered around and listened to him whispering for a while. Everyone was shocked that Wuzhong could actually come up with this idea in such a short time.
This is such a simple, direct, brutal and extremely enjoyable way of playing, but it's so hidden.
However, no matter how good the tactics are, they still require the cooperation of Li Yan, and the timing must be just right. After discussing with a few people, Chang Yu immediately summoned the Ming army scouts, rewarded them heavily, and asked them to do everything possible.
He quickly rushed to the Central Post Office to report the news to Li Yan, and acted according to the plan he mentioned.
The scout hid in the dark night, and the little eunuch looked up at the night sky. There were stars, and it was very cold, but his heart was very hot, even surging.
Whenever he wants to kill someone or have a big fight, he usually feels this way. (To be continued)