Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 515 Zhao Wu's Guess

Liu Guoneng's guess was right. When they had a short and fierce battle with the 3000 people led by Daishan, the main force of the Ming army had traveled more than [-] miles and arrived at the city of Shengjing, which was still more than [-] miles away. The villages and villages where the army passed were empty.

Under Huang Taiji's instruction, all the members of the Eight Banners and Baoyi had been evacuated, and all members of the Eight Banners over the age of 14 and under 50 were gathered in or outside the city of Shengjing, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

In accordance with Zhu Youjian's will, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng have divided more than [-] riders into several roads and set off first to investigate and search for the movements of the Mongolian Eight Banners fleeing west and the Eight Banners moving north, looking for opportunities to intercept and attack them.

Among them, there were a total of [-] riders, led by Luo Shifang, who had been promoted to the post of deputy commander, and came all the way to Liaoyang, the purpose was to meet Liu Zhang's troops.

The [-] Qing troops headed south from the direction of Liaoyang and tried to encircle the rear of Liu and Zhangbu. After receiving the messenger from Daishan, they immediately turned to the southeast and met Daishan at around noon the next morning. confluence.

After seeing the arrival of strong reinforcements, the morale of Daishan's department, which had been somewhat sluggish, suddenly rose again.Because it is clear from the top and bottom of the two red flags that the troops of the two yellow flags are the most elite of the eight banners. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he spent several years recruiting elite soldiers from all the banners. With such a strong army, Don't worry about destroying the retreating Ming army on the opposite side.

Infected by the soaring morale of his subordinates, Daishan also swept away the frustration of yesterday, and his plan to consume the Ming army turned into an idea of ​​wanting to take down the opponent in one go.

However, what they didn't know was that the [-] cavalrymen of the Ming army had already hidden their tracks along the road and followed them after observing the traces left by the Qing army's march, waiting to find the right time to deal a fatal blow to the Qing army.

In the camp of the Ming army, Liu Guoneng looked at the Qing army camp a few miles away, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately ordered his soldiers to summon Ye Tianxian and several Qian Zong to come to discuss the matter.

"Old Liu, Jiannu's new reinforcements seem to be much stronger than the original group. The iron armor is so dazzling. Looking at this posture, is it possible that they will come to fight for a while after noon? I guess Jiannu will fight again. We won’t be gathering troops to fight, and we’re not allowed to divide our troops to attack in four directions! If our troops support us everywhere, we’ll be in trouble if one of our formations breaks down!”

Zhang Wenyao looked around at the lineup of the Qing army, and said worriedly.

Now the circular fortification they are in is two or three miles long. Among the 5000 men and horses, only spearmen and sword and shield players are distributed in the first trench, and gunners are assembled behind the trench. In this way, they can only concentrate on defending the west facing the Qing army. It is difficult to take care of the east and southeast sides.

That is to say, Daishan was too careless and confident, and only wanted to concentrate his forces to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, so he did not divide his troops to break through from other places. Otherwise, the fortifications dug by the Ming army would be easily broken in.

And once the Qing army rushed in, those thousands of young men became time bombs. As long as they disrupted the formation of the Ming army in chaos and the Qing army took the opportunity to fight hand-to-hand, the final result would be unpredictable.

"Old Zhang, why are you so smart? Hahaha! I think you are stronger than the leader of Jiannu opposite.

That guy must not have put us in his eyes, and wanted to eat us up, so he suffered a big loss. If he had divided his troops to fight, even if we won in the end, it would have suffered a lot.If the slave-building reinforcements arrive, we don't know if you and I can survive! "

Liu Guoneng laughed and teased Zhang Wenyao while observing the movements of the Qing army.

Without waiting for the two to continue chatting, Ye Tianxian, Zhao Wu, Li Sanpao, Zhou Lie and others rushed to the shed one after another. After a few people saluted and sat down, Liu Guoneng said, "Everyone has seen it, and Jiannu is here again." A group of reinforcements, the number should be around [-], plus the remaining Jiannu from yesterday, it would be more than [-]. I just told Lao Zhang that this fucking Jiannu is giving away his head again!
However, even though we won the battle yesterday, we can't underestimate Jianu too much. Let's discuss what method Jianu will use to beat us next, and how we should deal with it. Let's talk openly! "

"It doesn't matter how he came to fight, let's cut one when he comes over. Yesterday Zhao Wu was already doing meritorious service, and today it's my turn to be the general manager. This meritorious service must be balanced. The head of the slave is dead! The general said so, right?"

Before anyone else could speak, Mr. Qian Li Sanpao rushed to express his thoughts.

Yesterday, taking advantage of the fact that the Qing army was bewildered by the bombardment, Zhao Wu led his men to climb up the ditch and kill them. He killed the distraught Qing army in one go, and returned triumphantly before the Qing army cavalry arrived. After entering the camp, the eyes of the rest of Mr. Qian who hadn't participated in the battle turned red.

The corpses of the Qing army all over the place are all military achievements. If they can all return to Daming intact, Zhao Wu will not be able to escape the post of guerrilla general.

"Shut up for me! This is telling you to wait for the discussion, you tell me about promotion! Zhao Wu, tell me, what method will Jiannu use to attack?"

Liu Guoneng glared at Li Sanpao first, reprimanded him a few words, then turned his gaze to Zhao Wu and asked.

Li Sanpao was also the first old man to follow Liu Guoneng. Seeing his old boss get angry, he shrank his neck in fright, moved his body back and stopped making a sound.

"General Qi, I believe that after Jiannu suffered a big loss yesterday, he should not gather troops to attack in the daytime today!"

Zhao Wu got up and expressed his thoughts after cupping his fists and saluting. Immediately, everyone's eyes were on him.

"Oh? You mean that Jian slaves will attack at night? Well! This is indeed very possible! Tell me, why do you infer this?"

Zhao Wu's words made Liu Guoneng's eyes light up, and he hurriedly continued to ask.

"General, when I was watching the enemy just now, I noticed that Jiannu sentry cavalry went around the east rear of our army to investigate. This did not happen yesterday. The deployment of our army's rear was not many, and thousands of young and strong gathered Here, I deduce that if Jiannu comes to attack, it must be for the purpose of driving the young and strong into our army after rushing in from the east!"

Zhao Wu replied.

"Well, this general also thought about this matter. The east is indeed a weak point for our army's defense, so we need to send more troops! But, why do you think that Jiannu will use the night attack method?"

After Liu Guoneng nodded, he approved of Zhao Wu's judgment, but he was extremely curious about why Zhao Wu concluded the Qing army's night attack.

"General, our army's firearms are sharp. This is what Jiannu fears most! After yesterday's battle, the slave chieftain will definitely not use yesterday's method to attack again. And during the daytime, our army is ready to fight, no matter how it moves troops , are all under the prying eyes of our army.

I have noticed that for a few days, under the reflection of the moon at night, ordinary people's vision is only slightly worse than during the day.At night, we only need to use the strategy of suspicious soldiers to divide our troops around, and gather troops to attack in one place. It will be extremely difficult for our army to defend.Therefore, I judged that Jiannu would most likely adopt a night attack strategy and catch our army by surprise! "

Zhao Wu's analysis made everyone present deep in thought. After a while, Liu Guoneng stood up abruptly and ordered: "Zhao Wu's words are indeed reasonable! If Jiannu doesn't come to attack after noon, there are nine out of ten He will use the strategy of attacking at night! Then we will make him suffer another big loss!"

(End of this chapter)