At Shenshi (three o'clock in the afternoon), two thousand Ming army cavalry, carrying bows and swords on their backs, filed out of the north gate of Qingzhou City in a murderous manner, turned around and headed west towards Beiyang River.
Chang Yu took the lead and was at the front of the team. The generals walked side by side and chatted all the way. Among them, Hao Yaoqi was the most interested. He felt extremely excited to be able to fight side by side with the young eunuch.
Since his surrender, although he has sworn loyalty and has no second thoughts, other generals have been somewhat biased against him. Chang Yu has never been biased against him, and has even reused him as a vanguard general many times. Hao Yaoqi is heartbroken
So grateful.
Of course, more importantly, he was always thinking about the young eunuch's promise to build a camp for him. This was what Hao Yaoqi wanted most at the moment.
Although Hao Yaoqi had few plans, he was extremely brave. He was quite popular in this war-torn era. When he was a bandit army, he was a general who commanded nearly ten thousand people. It was a big mountain.
He must be a vanguard, but after the war, he was only a small soldier, just like an ordinary wage earner, which made him extremely depressed.
There is a strong contrast in particular, Li Yan.
They were both surrendered thief generals, but their treatment was very different. It was a great honor for Li Yan to be received by Emperor Chongzhen. He was awarded the title of Righteous Army, and was awarded the title of General Mingwei. He was ranked at the 19th rank of the 6th rank of Military Attache.
, Compared with Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji's Prince Taishi and Prince Shaobao, their overall military rank is a bit lower, but for the newly surrendered thief general, it is unprecedented and beyond the reach of others.
In addition, he also has a young eunuch who regards him as his most important staff and relies on his military talent to sweep away the enemy forces.
Who doesn't have a little self-esteem and a little jealousy these days?
Hao Yaoqi vowed to be a good person among the officers and soldiers, at least no worse than Li Yan. Although he did not have Li Yan's intelligence, he could surpass him by a thousand miles in terms of force.
In war, resourcefulness is indeed important, and a general who can defeat thousands of troops is even more important. Especially when the Ming Dynasty is fragile and sluggish, it is very necessary to have a few leaders who cheer up and fight with me to kill this kind of stupid leader.
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Hao Yaoqi falls into this category.
"Master Governor, do you still remember that you agreed to the humble position?" Hao Yaoqi grinned and finally interjected. Chang Yu, who happened to be talking to Song Luoshu, was startled at first and then realized: "I have never kept my word.
Who has broken his promise? In the past half month, you have shown bravery and fearlessness and killed countless enemies. The governor has seen it. After the Tatars are driven out of the customs, we will return to Beijing to report our merits. It is time for the governor to fulfill his promise."
Hao Yaoqi was overjoyed. He cupped his hands and thanked him profusely. He also asked, does the Jianying camp for the humble occupation also fall under the direct jurisdiction of Dongchang?
"It depends on whether you want to do it or not." Chang Yu raised his lips with a hint of a smile, and Hao Yaoqi said quickly: "I am willing to do this in my humble position, but I will follow the Lord Governor even though I am so stupid in my humble position..."
"That's a good relationship." Chang Yu nodded slightly, and then raised his eyebrows: "But when you join Dongchang, all your subordinates will be eunuchs, so you have to think about it."
Ah, Hao Yaoqi was shocked. He quickly turned his head to look at Jia Waixiong next to him, and asked in a low voice: "Have you also purified yourself?"
Fuck, Jia Waixiong took a sip: "I can take it out and use it as a riding crop, believe it or not!" Everyone burst out laughing, and only then did Hao Yaoqi realize that the little eunuch was making fun of him, so he also grinned stupidly.
"Look at your bearish look," Chang Yu scolded with a smile.
"Thank you, Governor, for the name." Hao Yaoqi put away his smile and said solemnly, "If I build a camp in the future, it will be Black Bear Camp."
Everyone was stunned.
Lao Jiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This guy is not stupid at all."
Jia Waixiong sighed: "There are no real fools these days. Most of them pretend to be pigs and eat tigers. They are all like monkeys..."
Even Chang Yu was slightly startled by Hao Yaoqi's reaction, and then laughed and nodded in agreement: "That's up to you."
Hao Yaoqi hurriedly thanked him and said, "Master Governor, why are all the battalions under our Dongchang command headed by black characters?"
Chang Yu originally wanted to tease him, but then he thought again and said solemnly: "I want to make you fight against the enemy, and I have evil intentions..."
Everyone suddenly realized that the young eunuch was just telling nonsense.
The distance from Qingzhou City to the Beiyang River in the west is only more than ten miles. If you gallop your horse, you can reach it in a moment. However, there is no urgent military situation at the moment. In addition, the weather is hot and there is no need for soldiers and horses to march in a hurry. They are sweating profusely and exhausted.
It’s also pleasant to walk and chat while taking your time.
But I was still sweating from the heat, and there was no beautiful scenery to enjoy along the way. Instead, from time to time I saw corpses scattered in the wilderness beside the road. There were soldiers from the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. They should have been left behind by Li Yan's troops fighting for reinforcements the day before yesterday.
In such hot weather, the corpses would become swollen and worried in at most two days. Chang Yu of the Qing army didn't care, but those Ming soldiers were all heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country. How could they be allowed to leave their bodies in the wilderness, so he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
Said: "Qian Lianghan doesn't eat food!"
He had previously ordered Qian Lianghan and a group of officials to organize people to clean up the battlefield and bury the corpses outside the city. Knowing that this guy was only doing the work under his nose, Chang Yu was furious. In fact, Qian Lianghan couldn't be blamed, as soon as he came to the city
The clean-up task was heavy, and since the war situation outside the city was unstable, he did not dare to let the people risk their lives and go so far to collect the corpses. A dozen Tatars who came over to explore the horses would kill them in rivers of blood.
But Chang Yu still sent his soldiers back to the city to order Qian Lianghan to organize manpower to clean up the remains of the soldiers, and sent additional scouts and horses to patrol the surrounding area to ensure their safety.
Less than half an hour later, Chang Yu led his troops to the Beiyang River. Traces of the previous day's battle were everywhere. Discarded weapons and corpses could be seen everywhere in the grass. Some tree trunks were covered with arrows...
More than ten Ming troops came out of the woods by the river, and Chang Yu came to report the information.
The Qing army's camp was heavily guarded, and it was difficult for the Ming army's scouting horses to approach within five miles. There were no Tatar scouting horses on the east bank of the Beiyang River. There were a few wandering on the opposite bank a few miles away, and they had fought with the Ming army's scouts. To the north
There are also traces of it ten miles downstream. In short, the Qing army has set up strict patrols around its camp.
This was also expected by Chang Yu. No matter whether he stayed or left under the new defeat, the Qing army would be prepared to guard the gate. What he was most concerned about at the moment was whether there were troops going to Linzi.
The scouts have not found large-scale Qing troops around Linzi yet. Most of them have more than ten units the size of probing horses running around in the territory.
Chang Yu was a little confused. Could it be that the Qing army sent many groups of scouts to make a scene around Linzi and attracted so much attention but did not send troops. Is it just to deceive others and actually attack Xincheng County (today's Huantai County)?
But this is impossible. Xincheng County is far away from Qingzhou. If the Tatars want to attack, they will attack. The Ming army may not know it in a short time, and even if it knows, it will not be able to rescue them, so there is no need to put smoke bombs here in Linzi.
So since he set off smoke bombs here, it was just to confuse the Ming army and attract their attention, and then the main force sneaked away... Chang Yu, Li Yan and others had already seen through Dorgon's intentions, and also sent additional scouts to keep an eye on the movements of his camp.
As for sending troops, it was completely prepared in case the Qing army really took action against Linzi, and Chang Yu also had a hunch that the Qing army would definitely take action, because he knew that Dorgon also understood that just shouting and setting off smoke bombs would not attract the Ming army's attention. It takes beating gongs and drums to really stage a scene.
It's just that in this scene, I haven't figured out how the Qing army plans to sing Chang Yu. Is it just a show, or is it a fake show?
"The Tatars have sent so many scouts and horses to conflict with you on the other side. Could it be that they have secretly sent their troops to Linzi without being discovered by you?" Chang Yu frowned and looked at the few scouts in front of him.
"Don't worry, Lord Governor, if the Tatars send troops and horses, they won't be able to escape from our eyes." The scout replied firmly, which made Chang Yu very confused. Although he knew that there were specialties in martial arts, these scouts were certainly capable, but they were too That's for sure.
"Lord, look," the scout leader raised his hand and pointed toward Mingzu Mountain in the southwest. Chang Yu looked intently and suddenly realized, he vaguely saw a figure moving halfway up the mountain. It turned out that a lookout post had been set up there. It was a clear sky with no clouds. The field of vision is as wide as twenty miles away, with the Qing army camp in the north, Qingzhou City in the east, and Linzi in the west.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work." Chang Yu felt all over his body and found out a few taels of silver and gave them to the scouts: "I'll report as soon as I have any news."
The scout got on his horse and hurried off. Chang Yu ordered the whole army to dismount and seek the shade of a tree by the river. He then took off his armor and went to the river to wash his face. Jiawai Xiong looked at the other side with a worried look on his eyebrows: "Mr. Factory, are you going to do it?" Will this trip be in vain?”
Chang Yu looked back at him and said, "Sharpen the knife and wait!"