The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 662 "Slaying the Mace"

Dusk the next day.

The Lishui Dragon Guard Camp is in the temporary camp of the Son of Heaven, which is next to the big tent of the Chinese Army.

Zhu Linmei was reviewing the memorials just sent by Nanjing, when she heard someone outside the tent say: "Your Majesty, the military situation in Zhenjiang."

"It's Yuanzi." He put down the brocade cloth in his hand, raised his eyes and said, "Come in."

Zhang Jiayu entered the tent to salute, and continued: "Your Majesty, Li Ying and Liu Changbu who went to lure the enemy have sent back the news."

Last night, according to the previous plan, Zhu Linmei sent Li Ying and Liu Chang each to bring 800 people, pretending to be rebels to attack Duduo Camp, luring the enemy to pursue and tearing down the Qing army's defense line.He hurriedly asked: "How is the situation?"

Zhang Jiayu shook his head slightly, "Return to Your Majesty, the captives are very vigilant this time, I lure the enemy to attack, but the thieves only rely on the camp to fire back. When Li Ying and Liu Chang pretended to be defeated and retreated, the captives only chased for four li If there is room, turn around and turn back."

Zhu Linmi frowned. This Duoduo didn't have the arrogant attitude of the Qing army before. It seemed that he had learned the lesson from the defeat of Boluo and Luck Dehun, and made up his mind to make every step of the way, forming camps everywhere and slowly advancing.

He was not afraid of the sudden and violent attack of the Qing army, because as long as they dared to take the lead, with the maneuverability and reaction speed of the Dragon Guards and Poluying, they could easily deal with them by interspersing, dividing, ambush and copying their backs.

But if Jianlu keeps shrinking like a hedgehog, it will be a little troublesome.

With Duoduo's current posture, even if he got into the encirclement, he could persist for a long time by relying on the superiority of numbers and relying on fortifications.Under the strong attack of the Ming army, they will definitely pay a lot of casualties, and even if it is delayed for a long time, the enemy may find a gap to break through. Dorgon will also send troops to reinforce it.At that time, it will be a chaotic battle with many variables.Zhu Linmi absolutely didn't want to see this kind of situation where she couldn't eat.

Zhang Jiayu seemed to have the same idea, and said aside: "Your Majesty, if we can't disrupt the deployment of the bandit army, it will be very disadvantageous for our army to ambush and outflank."

Having said that, he glanced to the north, then raised his head and saluted, "The general is willing to lead a team to Zhenjiang to lure the enemy, and the captives will surely come after him!"

He has a lot of experience in ambush and luring the enemy. In the first battle of fame, he used this tactic to wipe out Jin Shenghuan's 6000 troops in Xuwan, Jiangxi. He is confident that Duoduo can be fooled by [-]%.

However, Zhu Linmei flatly refused, "No, it's too dangerous to lure the enemy, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the enemy's line. Yuanzi shoulders the important task of our army's staff, how can he go to danger so easily?"

"It's about expelling captives, what's the waste of the last general? I hope His Majesty will give you permission!"

Zhu Lin smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry, Yuan Zi, I have my own arrangements for this matter. Tomorrow, I will send another team to lure the enemy. If it still fails, I still have a trick to kill."

He couldn't help but sighed softly, "It's just that many people died of fear. But as the destiny of a small country, it has been like this since ancient times..."

On the side of Wuqi Mountain, more than [-] miles west of Dantu.

Next to a ditch nearly half deep, Cui Hemian sat on a newly dug mound of soil, stuffing food into their mouths desperately.

"What! There is such a big piece of meat!" He quickly took out a piece of fat from the bowl, and began to chew exaggeratedly, with tears in his eyes, "The kingdom of heaven is the kingdom of heaven..."

An officer on the left side of him was holding a steamed bun with thick noodles, and he ate the radish stewed meat and boiled cabbage. "General, how long do you think we will fight in the Celestial Dynasty? Eat this every day, and I really don't want to go back."

"Look at how promising you are!" Cui Hemian put down his chopsticks pretendingly, "I tell you, this is nothing more than the daily diet of the soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty."

"There is also something called 'canned food' in Tianchao," a voice next to it continued, "There are all kinds of fish, meat, and vegetables in it, and there are dozens of carts behind the army of Tianchao. Would you like to get some for you?" Come?"

Cui Hemian swallowed, then subconsciously nodded and said, "Yes! Of course I must... Ah, Lord Guardian!"

He hastily put down the bowl and chopsticks and went forward to salute.The person who came was Mr. Pu Taixin, the guardian of the Xianxing Prefecture of North Korea. Under the order of Li Ying, he led [-] Korean soldiers to Daming to help in the battle. However, for the time being, all his troops were under the command of Ma De, the commander of the Longwei Army Battalion.

Park Tae-shin gave him a stern look, and pointed hard at the crowd who were digging trenches two miles away, "I know how to eat all day long! Min Seung-hyo's men have already dug up to chest depth, look at your place again! What do you want me to do?" Tell Master Ma?!"

"Master Guardian," Cui He reluctantly said, "Min Chengxiao has [-] men under his command, and we only have [-] here. Naturally, we can't do it as fast as them..."

Pu Taixin snorted coldly, "Although our civilian population is small, our soldiers are one thousand more than those surnamed Min!" He gestured towards the ditch, "Order, all soldiers and generals will go down to dig for me, including yours. Nei! We must catch up with Min Seung Hyo's progress before dark!"

Cui Hemian complained endlessly in his heart, but he could only bow his hands and say, "This subordinate obeys the order."

After a while, all Park Tae-shin's subordinates, regardless of their official positions, began to dig ditches with their hands.

The officer who had just had dinner with Cui Hemian pretended to dig a few times, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the Korean Minzhuang in the black military uniform of the broken barracks, so he took a few steps towards Cui Hemian, leaning on the shovel and said: " General, why do you think that the Celestial Dynasty gave these untouchables such good clothes." He then looked down at the dark green military uniform of the same style on his body.

"The Celestial Dynasty is rich, so naturally it doesn't care about a few clothes. Why do you care so much?" The latter gave him a blank look, "Dig quickly, don't be lazy!"

"Yes." The officer waved his shovel lazily, and said in a low voice, "General, it's fine to build a fort and dig a ditch in Jurong a few days ago, but Wuqi Mountain is only more than 20 miles away from the Hulu. "He raised his eyes and looked around, "I haven't seen the army of the Celestial Dynasty deploying defenses nearby. In case the Hulu suddenly attacked, we can..."

Cui Hemian couldn't help shivering when he heard this.Nine years ago when he invaded North Korea, he had experienced it. The fierce cavalry and heavy armor rumbled over it, and the North Korean army collapsed immediately. Not to mention fighting back, they couldn't even hold on for a few days.

He shook his head vigorously, and said with a "confident" smile to his officer: "What are you afraid of? The Celestial Dynasty must have made arrangements, and maybe the army is nearby. When the trench is repaired, we will withdraw immediately..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the sound of horseshoes rushing from far to near, and the man on horseback shouted a series of Chinese.

Soon, the North Korean army and civilians who were busy shouted in panic, "Scouts from the Heavenly Army say that the Hulu are coming!"

"Tens of thousands of Hulu are less than five miles away from here..."

"Quick! Go and inform General Cui!"

Cui Hemian turned pale with fright, and when he was at a loss, there was another neat drum sound behind him.Several North Korean cavalrymen galloped past the ditch under the leadership of Ma De's herald, shouting in Korean along the way: "Reorganize the army, prepare for war! Minzhuang retreat to the west and gather together, don't run around!"

When Cui Hemian heard the word "prepare for war", his back was drenched in cold sweat—there are only Korean soldiers and horses nearby, but how can they fight against the Qing army? !

(End of this chapter)