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After Nurhaci and his troops had traveled for another two or three hours, they finally found a new river. After letting a few slaves and some horses try it, they confirmed that the river water and the surrounding water plants were not poisonous. Nurhaci then ordered the entire army to rest. At this time, Nurhaci called his men and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did we lose before? Have you counted them?"

"Your Majesty, nearly 500 of our horses were poisoned to death. There are 326 soldiers poisoned to death, and more than 400 soldiers are less poisoned and should be able to survive."

After listening to the numbers reported by his men, Nurhaci punched his leg angrily: "Humph! It's really hateful! Eyidu, Daishan, who do you think did this?"

"Khan, in my opinion, this should still be the work of Lu Cheng."

Daishan He also nodded: "Father Khan, that Lu Cheng has always acted in a despicable way and used any means. This should be what he did."

Nurhaci snorted coldly: "I guess it was this Lu Cheng. If this person is not eliminated, he will definitely be a big trouble for my Jurchens! After this war is over, you will do everything you can to eliminate this Lu Cheng. Assassination, poisoning, as long as you can use it, use it all. In addition, post a reward, anyone who can kill Lu Cheng will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver!"

"Yes, Khan."

At this moment, Lu Cheng did not know that Nurhaci had already put a price on his life.

After seeing the Later Jin army stop to rest, Lu Cheng did not stop to rest, but continued to move forward to find a suitable place.

After experiencing the previous poisoning incident, the Later Jin army also realized that Lu Cheng must be hiding in the dark, and obviously became more vigilant. They sent a large number of cavalry to search in front and look for traces of Lu Cheng and others.

Therefore, Lu Cheng and others kept moving forward from another road, trying to distance themselves from the Later Jin army as much as possible and looking for places that the Later Jin scouts could not detect.

That night, the Later Jin army camped in a wilderness and deployed a large number of sentries on the periphery.

Seeing that there was no suitable opportunity, Lu Cheng did not choose to take action, but continued to hide in the dark and wait for the opportunity, which also made the Later Jin army relax their vigilance.

On the second day, the Later Jin army continued to rush on the road. When they stopped to rest on the way, they would use slaves and horses to test nearby water sources and aquatic plants to prevent poisoning again.

Fortunately, there was no more poisoning, and Nurhaci also relaxed his vigilance slightly.

It was not until the afternoon that the Later Jin army came to a valley. Nurhaci ordered to stop marching and sent a large number of scouts to check back and forth in the valley and on the hillsides on both sides. Confirming that there was no one hiding in the entire valley and the hillsides on both sides, he ordered the army to march into the valley.

This valley is four or five miles long, and can accommodate seven or eight horses walking side by side in the middle, which is relatively spacious.

After confirming that there is no problem, Nurhaci ordered the entire army to pass quickly.

Although he had asked the scouts to conduct a detailed search, Nurhaci was still a little uneasy in his heart, and he just urged the army to pass through the valley as soon as possible.

Nurhaci finally breathed a sigh of relief until the vanguard of the army left the valley.

However, at this moment, some flexible and agile figures suddenly jumped down from some trees on the hillsides on both sides.

These figures, everyone was wearing clothes dyed in grass green, some of them were wearing hats woven with wild grass on their heads, and some wild grass on their bodies. As long as they lay down in the grass or hid directly in the trees, it would be difficult for others to find them.

After these figures jumped out, they immediately ran to the edge of the cliff, took out the fire starter, lit the explosive packs one by one, and threw them into the valley below.

Some explosive packs were thrown directly into the cavalry, and some were deliberately thrown on the hillsides on both sides, in places full of rubble.

In an instant, a series of explosions sounded in the valley, with rocks flying, people and horses falling, and screams.

Nurhaci, who was about to reach the exit of the valley, hurriedly ordered to speed up the march.

The cavalry who had already rushed out of the valley hurriedly moved to the hillsides on both sides, trying to find Lu Cheng and his soldiers.

However, at this time, Lu Cheng and his special forces immediately turned around and retreated after throwing a wave of explosive packs, giving the enemy no chance to find them.

After all the Later Jin troops rushed out of the valley, Nurhaci looked at the many embarrassed Later Jin soldiers and spoke

He asked: "How many soldiers and horses did we lose this time?"

"More than 300 people were seriously injured or killed, and nearly 1,000 people were injured to varying degrees. Thousands of horses were lost. The scene was chaotic, and many horses were frightened and collided and trampled on each other..."

After listening to the whole process, Nurhaci's anger reached its peak: "Lu Cheng! I will never forgive you!"

However, Lu Cheng had already walked away at this time, and could not hear Nurhaci's incompetence and rage at all.

After Lu Cheng led his men out of the valley, the special forces were still a little excited: "Sir, this should be considered a real special operation, right?"

"Just barely. Poisoning, camouflage and concealment, blasting, are only a small part of special operations. You still have a lot to learn. In the future, you may need to perform various tasks, assassinate enemy leaders, poison the wells in the enemy city, spread rumors in the enemy's occupied areas, sneak attack and blast the city gates, burn the enemy's food and grass, etc. Special operations are to use any means to achieve the goal."

"Sir, are we going to continue chasing?"

"No, we should go back. The Later Jin Tartars must be more vigilant now, and it will not be easy to find a suitable opportunity again. Moreover, our Haizhou City has just experienced a great war and needs to be reorganized. There are still many things to do. As for those Tartars, let's keep them for now. There will be plenty of opportunities to kill them in the future. "

"Yes, sir."

"Return immediately."

Two or three days later, when Lu Cheng rushed back to Haizhou City, Qianhu Ma Bojun immediately came up to him: "General, you are finally back. The general has sent someone to invite you over."

Lu Cheng nodded: "I will go to see the general now. The defense of Haicheng will be handed over to you first."

The two original Qianhu of Haizhou Guard were promoted from the bottom. They had no problem with their abilities and were qualified for the position of Qianhu. Their character was also good. After more than half a year of getting along, they had completely recognized Lu Cheng as a general.

Moreover, the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in Haizhou City had all been reorganized by Lu Cheng. The appointment and removal of the middle and lower-level officers such as the general flag and the centurion were basically agreed by Lu Cheng, and their loyalty was also no problem.

Coupled with the long-term ideological construction and interest connection, even if Lu Cheng led these soldiers to rebel, these soldiers would basically be willing to follow him.

Of course, at this moment, Lu Cheng was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty on the surface.

After rushing all the way to Liaoyang, Lu Cheng immediately went to see Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi was also very happy to see Lu Cheng. This time the Later Jin army came in a big way. Xiong Tingbi was originally very worried and even prepared for a decisive battle with the Later Jin army.

But Lu Cheng defended the entire Haizhou City with only a few thousand soldiers and horses, causing Nurhaci to suffer a lot and eventually had to flee.

It can be expected that Nurhaci will not easily invade Liaodong again in the next period of time. Liaodong also won more time for development.

"Lu Cheng, you fought beautifully in this battle to defend the city."

"Thank you for your praise, it is also inseparable from your great help and command."

"I didn't command you to do anything, I just provided you with some supplies. By the way, can you teach other generals your methods of making bombs and explosive packs?"

"Of course, no problem, but these methods are strictly confidential with me, and all the craftsmen involved in the production are strictly controlled by me to prevent them from leaking the methods. I am worried that if these methods are taught to other generals, if they don't keep it secret and are learned by Jian Nu, it may be the opposite. It will cause trouble for us. ”

Xiong Tingbi was silent for a moment: "What you said makes sense. Let me think about it again and come up with a comprehensive solution. By the way, what did you do after winning the battle instead of staying in the city?"

"Nothing, just to cause some trouble for Nurhaci and kill some of his soldiers."

Xiong Tingbi immediately became interested: "Oh? Tell me in detail."

Lu Cheng did not hide anything and roughly told the story of poisoning and ambush. Xiong Tingbi was overjoyed: "Okay! I will immediately send people to check along the way. If what you said is true, I will also report this credit to you. "