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After hesitating for a while, Niu Jizong finally gritted his teeth and said, "General Jia, if we send 20,000 troops out of the city, it will make too much noise and may be discovered by the Qing scouts."

"And if you are discovered by it, all your efforts will fail, and you may even be in danger."

"So, in my opinion, why not send out 10,000 troops to ambush them?"

After hearing this, Jia Cong just smiled slightly.

If 20,000 troops left the city, they might be discovered by Qing scouts.

Wouldn't it be possible that if an army of 10,000 soldiers left the city, they wouldn't be noticed by military scouts?

Although the target is a bit small, it is not that small, right?

However, Jia Cong said he could understand Niu Jizon's caution.

After all, my own insight has not been confirmed, right?
In fact, the number of 20,000 soldiers and horses that Jia Cong originally mentioned was already an exaggeration.

Ten thousand soldiers are enough for an ambush.

On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly.

Jia Cong couldn't guarantee that tomorrow's sniper attack would be successful.

There is no guarantee that the ambush of 10,000 Xia troops will be effective.

But Jia Cong dared to guarantee that at least there would be no danger.

Being able to do this is enough.

After the discussion was complete, Jia Cong left the general's tent.

After returning to the cavalry camp, Jia Cong called in another 3,000 cavalrymen and conducted another drill based on tomorrow's battle.

The group was disbanded early in the afternoon and everyone was ordered to go back and have a good rest.

Early the next morning, Jia Cong gathered three thousand cavalrymen and ordered the cooks to prepare food.

After dinner, Jia Cong ordered his personal guards to beat drums and gather three thousand soldiers.

Next, Jia Cong began to make pre-war mobilization.

"Brothers, next, this general will lead you to kill the Qing army and lead you brothers to promotion and wealth."

"Dong Daqian, are you afraid?"

"Reply, General, I'm not afraid!"

"Huang Sanpao, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

Jia Cong asked dozens of soldiers in succession, and they all answered that they were not afraid.

Such questions actually have no substantive significance.

But it can help soldiers relieve their inner tension.

After asking, Jia Cong said loudly: "You don't need to be afraid, because next, I will charge at the front, you just need to follow behind me and kill the enemy!"

"Once we are on the battlefield, this general has only one request for you, and that is to obey orders! All right, let's go!"

Jia Cong led three thousand cavalrymen out of the barracks and then went out of the east gate of Liangcheng.

Niu Jizong personally escorted Jia Cong's army out of the city. Standing on the city wall, he watched the backs of the 3,000 cavalry battalion going away with complicated feelings.

It’s hard to predict whether this trip will be good or bad!
It would be fine if I could return safely, but if I return in defeat, I am afraid my situation will become even more difficult in the future.

What Niu Jizong was more worried about was the 10,000 ambushed troops.

Niu Jizon secretly ordered these 10,000 ambush troops to climb down from the city wall in the middle of the night without even opening the city gates.

This was to avoid being noticed by the Qing army.

Now, with Jia Cong's 3,000 cavalry going into battle, Niu Jizong no longer sought merit, but only to avoid mistakes.

He suddenly felt that he had promised Jia Cong, that young man, to send out 10,000 soldiers for an ambush, but he was really blinded by greed and was possessed by evil!

……

As soon as Jia Cong left the city, he was detected by the Qing army's scouts.

They quickly reported the news to their leader Tu Hai.

When Tu Hai heard the news, he immediately became excited.

I have to say that the eldest princess's tactics are truly ingenious!
Under the eldest princess's tactics, they didn't need to capture cities or fight bloody battles.

Just keep plundering and forcing the Xia army to fight.

Then they used their mobility to easily kill the Xia army's troops leaving the city.

This is actually another form of siege and attack.

Moreover, it was an open conspiracy. Even though Da Xia knew what they were doing, it still had no choice but to fall for it.

It has to be said that this was the first time in Tu Hai’s many years of fighting that he had fought such an easy battle.

I believe that it won’t be long before the Daxia army collapses and will take the initiative to seek peace.

Then, they could ask Daxia to cede cities and pay annual tribute.

Once they have completely digested and absorbed these territories, they can invade again.

In ten years at most, Tu Hai is confident that he can occupy half of Jiangbei in Daxia!

As for the small group of cavalry sent out of the city by Daxia this time, they must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Next, Tu Hai ordered the scouts to continuously monitor the movements of the Daxia cavalry.

At the same time, he deployed troops and prepared to encircle and suppress this cavalry.

Of course, Tu Hai did not forget to pay attention to Liang Cheng's every move.

If Liangcheng dared to send troops to support this cavalry, Tu Hai would definitely send out a large army to give it a head-on blow.

Tu Hai believed that it wouldn't take long before he could swallow up the Daxia cavalry in one bite.

However, what he did not expect was that this Xia army went out of the east gate and headed not far to the east.

He actually changed direction and headed straight south.

Moreover, this Xia cavalry was constantly hunting down their scouts.

What's more, none of their scouts were able to escape.

In a very short period of time, the Qing Dynasty actually lost track of the movements of this cavalry.

This made Tu Hai feel both shocked and angry.

He never expected that the cavalry of Daxia would be so cunning.

While Tu Hai was guessing the movements of this cavalry, he decided to deploy troops and generals. He must destroy this cavalry in its entirety!
……

At this time, Jia Cong led three thousand cavalrymen and after marching south for more than ten miles, he turned west.

At this time, Jia Cong's insight ability has begun to show its power.

His ability to perceive is so powerful that he can tell where there are most likely to be scouts nearby.

How will these scouts retreat and where might the ambushes be.

Jia Cong was able to quickly determine the information based on the environment.

Therefore, under Jia Cong's command, any Qing scouts that appeared around them would not be able to escape at all.

Therefore, at present, the Qing Dynasty has become blind.

The area around Liangcheng is very empty.

For a while, the Qing army was unable to fully control their movements.

Even if they mobilized troops to try to besiege him, it would be impossible to do so in a short period of time.

However, Jia Cong's goal from the beginning to the end was not in the east, but in the west.

He initially headed south, which was also an act of confusing the Qing army and making them confused about where he was going.

The 3,000 cavalrymen led by Jia Cong were extremely nervous when they first left the city.

These three thousand cavalrymen are all veterans.

They had experienced war before.

However, they were defeated miserably in the previous battle with the Qing army.

Even their general was killed by stray arrows.

Now that they are about to go to war with the Qing army again, how can they not be anxious and worried?

Under the leadership of Jia Cong, they calmly and continuously killed the Qing army's scouts.

As long as they obey the general's orders, they will gain something every time they attack.

It also made it impossible for the Qing army scouts to hide or escape.

This General Jia is really a man of great shrewdness and has planned everything out!
Unconsciously, the three thousand cavalrymen gradually calmed down.

Jia Cong led three thousand cavalry and soon arrived at the western route.

At this time, the Manchu general Tu Hai had already sent out several troops and was searching for Jia Cong's cavalry in the east.

It’s a pity that we were going in the opposite direction and couldn’t find it for a while.

Jia Cong began to quietly move towards an ambush point on the western route of the Qing Dynasty.

Even Jia Cong had some admiration for the Qing commander.

I have to say that this commander does have some ability.

For example, this time, he had already calculated that Daxia would send cavalry to fight.

Therefore, he left a bait army on the east and west routes respectively.

And ambushes were set up on both the east and west routes.

As long as Daxia dares to send troops to attack any bait army, it will inevitably encounter an ambush.

The Qing commander was also monitoring the movements of the Xia army at any time.

He kept deploying troops and generals, trying to completely strangle the Xia army that was leaving the city.

It must be said that his arrangement was actually extremely effective.

It’s just that he met Jia Cong.

His ambush was completely exposed due to Jia Cong's insight.

This is equivalent to two people playing cards, and the Qing army's cards are completely exposed in front of Jia Cong.

How can we lose this?
Next, Jia Cong led 3,000 cavalrymen, continuously clearing out the Qing scouts while quickly approaching an ambush point of the Qing army.

In fact, Jia Cong's constant hunting and clearing of Qing army scouts would also expose their movements.

Because these Qing army scouts were like a spider web.

The fact that the scouts in that direction had not sent back any information was enough to prove that they had encountered the enemy in that direction.

However, the time left for the Qing army was too short. They could not react at all in such a short time.

By the time they react, the war here may have already ended.

Later, Jia Cong will naturally have a countermeasure for this.

It is said that Jia Cong led the cavalry and arrived at the first ambush point on the Qing army's western route.

For this ambush point, the Qing army commander chose a location above a slope.

If Jia Cong's three thousand cavalrymen had not noticed the location of this Qing ambush.

They will chase in the direction of the Qing army's bait troops.

In the face of deliberate and unintentional actions, the 3,000 cavalrymen of Daxia would undoubtedly be defeated.

Then, after reaching this gentle slope, the 3,000 ambush troops of the Qing Dynasty will give a head-on blow to the Daxia army at the top of the gentle slope.

With ambushes in front and pursuing troops behind, even if the Xia army is not completely wiped out, it will suffer heavy losses.

It has to be said that the Qing commander's deployment was extremely ingenious.

It’s a pity that Jia Cong did not follow their routine.

Jia Cong did not come from the front of this ambush army.

Instead, he quietly went around behind them.

Three miles away, Jia Cong ordered the soldiers to dismount their horses quietly.

Then a hundred men were left behind to look after the horses.

If the cavalry got any closer, they would definitely be noticed by the Qing ambush troops. After all, they were not dead.

But then they were on foot and could sneak up behind them.

The massacre began from a high position.

Before they launched the attack, the Qing Dynasty's ambush troops would have no chance of detecting their presence.

Next, Jia Cong took the lead and led the Xia army, quietly approaching.

It took them nearly half an hour to walk the three miles.

The reason was that they had to be extremely cautious to avoid being detected by the Qing army's ambushes.

Even the Qing army's ambushed troops had sentries stationed at the rear to observe the movements on high ground behind them.

However, they were not really on guard, and they did not expect that an enemy would actually come up from behind them.

Jia Cong had a lot of experience in archery and easily eliminated these sentinels.

Then he finally led three thousand soldiers, commanding a high position, and arrived right behind the ambush.

With a wave of Jia Cong's hand, three thousand cavalrymen began to adjust their formation.

Five hundred of them stayed at the top, and the other 2,500 quietly went around to the flank. Of course, in order to avoid being noticed by the Qing Dynasty's ambush troops, they did not dare to get too close.

They even had time to demarcate the area for the attack.

Right under their noses, more than a hundred meters below, three thousand Qing Dynasty troops were lurking.

They lay prone on the ground, facing the road below.

Of course, some were chatting in low voices, while others were simply sleeping soundly.

In short, they were quite relaxed and comfortable before they discovered Xia Jun.

Seeing their expressions, Jia Cong also smiled.

Jia Cong stood up and raised his longbow.

Whoosh!
Shoot the first arrow directly!

And this arrow was the signal for action as agreed in advance.

Next, five hundred Xia soldiers stood up, raised their bows and shot downwards.

They were high above the ground, and the longbows themselves were modified.

It can easily shoot over a hundred meters away.

Moreover, the Qing troops below were all lying on the ground, and they were very densely packed.

Basically you don't need to aim, just shoot and you will hit someone 50% to 60% of the time.

Even if I miss, at least I can scare them.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows began to fall from the sky.

Dozens or even hundreds of Qing soldiers below were hit by the sudden rain of arrows and immediately let out shrill screams.

For a moment, they were completely stunned by the shooting.

Those Qing troops who were not injured in the ambush hurriedly stood up from the ground.

There was no one to command them at this time, and the generals of the ambush army were also confused and found it difficult to issue effective orders.

They can only act on instinct.

Either they quickly look for a place to hide, or they run away.

It was just because there was no unified command that people fled in all directions in the panic.

There were even a few warriors who lost their minds and ran towards the arrows - naturally, they were soon shot and turned into hedgehogs.

The rest also fled in all directions.

Several Qing soldiers collided with each other, rolled on the ground, and were trampled by the chaotic army. This was a common sight.

In an instant, the three thousand ambush troops were thrown into chaos.

And the vast majority of people fled to the two wings.

Those who fled downwards were actually a minority.

After all, the escape route downwards is the longest and most crowded.

Before they could escape, countless Xia soldiers suddenly emerged from both wings.

Their bows were already strung, and they stood up and fired, instantly raining arrows all over the sky.

Whoosh!
Whoosh!Whoosh!
Under the rain of arrows, the fleeing Qing troops fell down in large numbers like a grass valley.

After several rounds of shooting, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

Jia Cong decisively drew the long sword from his waist and rushed forward first.

When fighting on horseback, the natural weapon is a spear.

But now it was a fight on foot and in close combat, so Jia Cong still chose to use a sword.

Jia Cong's Fengyun swordsmanship has also reached perfection.

This was the most chaotic moment for the Qing army. His sword swung out as fast as the wind, leaving no grass growing wherever he passed.

The other soldiers were also very brave at this time.

At this moment, they may still be unable to fight against the wind.

But when fighting with the wind in their favor, everyone is as brave as a dragon.

The Qing army was defeated and completely thrown into disarray, unable to organize an effective counterattack.

They were almost unilaterally slaughtered by the Xia army.

In this chaotic battle, the Qing army lost a large number of corpses and was able to escape in a desperate manner.

Of the three thousand ambush troops, less than a thousand eventually escaped.

The rest all died tragically on the spot.

And Jia Cong didn't even think about continuing to chase them.

If they go back and ride on their war horses, they will naturally be able to catch up with the Qing troops, and with some effort, they can also slaughter them all.

But there is not only one ambush army here, the Qing army also has three thousand bait troops.

This bait army is not far from here.

Jia Cong didn't have so much time to waste.

Once the 3,000 Qing troops arrive, they will inevitably engage in a fierce battle.

Jia Cong would definitely not take on this kind of battle head-on which would inevitably result in heavy casualties.

Next, Jia Cong began to order his soldiers to quickly treat the wounded and clean up the battlefield.

Soon, the specific battle damage figures were counted.

Among the 3,000 cavalry regiment, three were killed, eight were seriously injured, and seventeen were slightly injured.

As for the Qing army's ambush, 2,123 people were killed and no one was seriously or slightly injured.

Jia Cong refused to accept prisoners, so all the seriously injured Qing soldiers were hacked to death.

As for those with minor injuries, the lucky ones will run away, but the unlucky ones - those with minor injuries will eventually become corpses.

When Jia Cong heard that three people in their cavalry regiment had died and eight were seriously injured, his face looked a little grim.

He knew the name, hometown, and hobbies of each of these 3,000 cavalrymen.

He originally wrote these down just to win people's hearts.

But after these people really died on the battlefield.

Jia Cong still couldn't suppress his sadness.

These people were all brought up by him, and they all died for him!

But, kindness cannot command the army, and righteousness cannot command the wealth!

Jia Cong made up his mind and ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield quickly.

In less than half an hour, they cleared the battlefield.

The heads of more than 2,000 Qing soldiers were chopped off.

The Qing army's weapons and armor were also all gathered together.

After clearing the battlefield, Jia Cong led the soldiers and quickly retreated three miles to where they placed the war horses.

However, Jia Cong did not leave immediately.

Instead, he ordered the cook to light a fire and cook.

After the meal, he ordered the soldiers to rest.

This made the soldiers a little difficult to understand.

However, since it was the general's order, there must be a reason for the general's decision.

The three thousand soldiers did not question and all followed orders obediently.

But at this time, Jia Cong did not rest with the soldiers.

He stood on a high place, observing his surroundings vigilantly.

The Qing Dynasty was using bait troops to fish.

And isn't he the same?

Now that he was using his 3,000 cavalry battalion as bait, he didn't believe that the Qing army would not be fooled.

Of course, it cannot be done too obviously, so as to avoid being discovered by the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, he must grasp the other party's dynamics very well.

Give the enemy enough time to catch up.

At the same time, they also have to guard against the other side sending multiple troops to surround them.

If the situation turned out to be bad, Jia Cong would naturally retreat quickly.

Not long after, Jia Cong saw a flock of birds startled in the distance.

Jia Cong observed the situation carefully again, then stood up and decisively ordered three thousand soldiers to withdraw.

However, they did not evacuate quickly.

Jia Cong had been staying outside the team, constantly observing the movements around him.

What needs to be observed most carefully is naturally the movements behind.

The Qing army is chasing us from behind!

Judging from its size, it is probably their 3,000 bait troops.

In fact, the two bait armies sent by the Qing Dynasty were both orthodox Eight Banners cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong.

Now, when these three thousand bait troops learned that the Xia army had actually launched a surprise attack on their ambush troops.

And how could the Eight Banners Army swallow this humiliation when their number was only 3,000?

Naturally, they would chase after them desperately, and they must catch up with them and kill them all, only then would they be able to swallow their anger.

Jia Cong had already calculated their reactions, so he kept a distance from them that was neither too far nor too close.

We neither let them catch up immediately nor let them start fighting immediately.

But it won't pull them too far away so that they can no longer catch up.

Only in this way will they fall into Daxia's encirclement.

Now, the fish is hooked!

Jia Cong controlled the speed of the army's advance, and behind him, the Eight Banners cavalry was getting closer and closer.

Jia Cong pretended that he had just discovered the Eight Banners Cavalry and hurriedly ordered the army to speed up.

The two sides fought at high speed, neither side was willing to give up.

However, the physical strength of the Qing Dynasty's war horses was superior to that of the Great Xia's war horses.

The distance between the two sides is gradually narrowing.

The faces of the Eight Banners cavalrymen chasing behind gradually became ferocious.

They clenched the scimitars in their hands, with murderous looks on their faces.

What they couldn't see was that Jia Cong's expression also turned grim.

Ahead was the ambush site of the Xia army.

When we reach the ambush site, we’ll see whether you live or die!
Both sides chased and escaped.

At this time, the 3,000 soldiers of the Daxia Cavalry Battalion were really getting nervous.

Even though they had just won a battle, it was an unintentional victory due to a sneak attack from behind.

Besides, they are not the opponent's main force.

And now, they are facing the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

And now they are still fleeing, and they are behind them, about to catch up.

How could these soldiers not feel nervous?

Even in their hearts, they may not have blamed their general.

We had just cleaned up the battlefield and could have evacuated quickly.

What else can you do without wasting so much time?
If they were really chased down by the Qing cavalry, all of them would be in danger.

At this time, Jia Cong didn't care what his soldiers were thinking.

Because the ambush site is just ahead.

Jia Cong's insight skills have allowed him to realize that there is an ambush of about 10,000 people ahead.

Jia Cong even saw some traces of Xia’s army.

Soon, he led a battalion of 3,000 cavalry and rushed forward.

A mile behind him, three thousand Eight Banners cavalry also rushed over after a while.

Jia Cong in front was calculating the distance and was ready to slow down.

Soon, most of the 3,000 Eight Banners cavalry had rushed into the encirclement.

The vanguard in the front has already broken out of the encirclement!

At this time, their retreat routes had been completely blocked by Xia's army!

boom!
With a cannon shot, countless Xia troops suddenly appeared on both sides, and a rain of arrows fell on the Eight Banners Cavalry. (End of this chapter)