The cunningness of the Ming army exceeded Tu Hai's imagination after all!

Tu Hai, who was ordered to lure the enemy, encountered a completely unexpected situation as soon as he sent out troops. He didn't know where the enemy was? He didn't know how many enemies there were. He didn't know where the enemy wanted to go. He became a "three-ignorant general". The reason for this

San didn't know, not because Tuhai was stupid, but because the Ming army he encountered was an all-horse troop, a combination of the Ming's black gun mule soldiers and the Mongolian Karaqin Mongol tribe's light cavalry.

The former's combat effectiveness is quite strong. They are all veterans of the Daning Army. Many of them have more than ten years of experience in fighting in the army. They have undergone very strict training, are well-equipped, and have flexible tactics. Not to mention the current Manchurian vest, Manchuria is at its peak.

The white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers of the era would have to be shot in the dark when they encountered them...

Although the latter's combat effectiveness is poor, they are familiar with the terrain of the western Liaoning mountains and the Liaohe Hetao area, and are the best candidates to lead the party.

As soon as the two were combined, the Qing army's Uiju Mailejun Gyeongtohai became "myopic". If it was further away from Yiju City, he would not be able to see clearly.

It was not until September 13th, the 15th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, that the "short-sighted" Tuhai stood on the gate tower of Yizhou City and vaguely saw the enemy he was about to lure.

The enemy is a three-army command flag erected three or four miles away. Among the Ming army, only the admiral, governor, commander-in-chief, and Zhu Cixiang himself would erect the three-army command flag when they were on the battlefield to supervise the army. Zhu Cihong was the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

It was impossible to come, and Zhu Chunchen, the governor of the Ming Dynasty who was outside the customs, could not come to Yizhou City. Therefore, the person supervising the army under Yizhou City should be a provincial admiral, an army admiral or a town commander in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not officially establish Liaoyang Province, and naturally there was no admiral of Liaoyang Province. The commander of a town who might appear on the battlefield in western Liaoning should be one of Zhu Cijiong, Gao Jie and Huang Degong. As for Gao Jie's Beiping Town

The total strength of Daning Town, where Hutchison and Whampoa was successful, was more than 20,000, but it was impossible to mobilize all together. At most, they could only pull out 10,000 people.

As for the admiral of the first army, that is terrible! According to Tu Hai, the "army" of the Ming army is not permanent. Only when a field group of two (including two) divisions or more is formed, a military headquarters will be established and the army will be appointed.

Admiral. In other words, if the three-army command flag outside Yizhou City belongs to an army admiral, then the number of Ming troops along the Daling River is likely to exceed 30,000...or even more!

This number is a bit too much! Even if we lead them deeper, the 80,000 troops at Regent Doni's disposal may not be able to win in a single battle!

When he thought of the 340,000 or even 50,000 Ming troops marching along the Daling River, Tu Hai couldn't help but move his eyes to the distance. The Three Armed Forces Division was erected three miles outside Yizhou City.

To the northwest of the Ming Banner, there were still billows of smoke rising into the sky. The smoke was so large that Tu Hai, who wanted to calculate the number of the Ming army, was a little frightened.

It is not accurate to judge the number of enemy troops based on smoke and dust. The smoke and dust produced by infantry and cavalry are not of the same order of magnitude. If one person is accompanied by several mules and horses, the smoke and dust produced will be even greater.

Although the troops led by Huang Degong only numbered more than 13,000 people, because they were an all-horse team and the man-horse (mule) ratio reached more than 1:3, the 13,000-strong troops were accompanied by 40,000 horses and mules.

The 160,000 hooves trampled on the wilderness outside Yiju City not only produced gray-yellow smoke, but also a murderous aura that made Tuhai feel frightened!

"If the enemy is a mixed force of infantry and cavalry, there must be at least 50,000 people in such smoke!"

The person who spoke was Yi Bilong, the commander of Ang Bang Zhangjing (General Soldier) of Yizhou. He was more experienced than Tuhai, and he had already estimated the number from a distance.

"Fifty thousand people? That many?" Tu Hai took a breath.

"Almost..." Ye Bilong nodded and said, "The Ming army should be a mixture of infantry and cavalry. The proportion of cavalry is not large, and the top of the sky is between 10% and 20%. Such a large amount of dust,

There must be an army of 50,000!"

"Could it be that the Ming army divided the 200,000-strong army into four parts?" Cold sweat broke out on Tuhai's forehead.

If there are 50,000 Ming troops on the Daling River side, there is no reason why there should be fewer Ming troops outside Shanhaiguan and Heishan Long Barrier. The Xiaoling River side is attacking Jinzhou, and the number will not be small... That is

Two hundred thousand troops split up and advanced!

Every step of the way, Dhoni's 80,000 Qing troops cannot be easily repelled!

"What should we do?" Tuhai asked.

Ye Bilong sighed and said: "What else can we do? Of course we must implement the prince's order! Yizhou is not a fortress, and the surrounding area is relatively open, so it will not be difficult for them to go around it. The two or three thousand people we have on hand are simply

It’s not enough to fill the gap between people’s teeth...what else can we do without luring the enemy?”

"But they have fifty thousand..."

Ye Bilong sighed and said with a wry smile: "Fifty thousand is always less than one hundred thousand... The prince has 80,000 on hand, so he may not have the strength to fight!"

Tu Hai nodded, "That's right... Then let's retreat to Daling River Fort. Daling River Fort is strong. Let's stay there and wait for the prince's soldiers!"

The Daling River Fort is located in the lower reaches of the Daling River near the Bohai Bay. It was originally a fortress built with great effort by the Liaodong Ming Army. In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Battle of Daling River broke out there, dragging Yuan Chonghuan into

The main force of the Liaodong Ming Army that had risen was almost destroyed.

After the Battle of Daling River, the Daling River Fortress was abandoned for a time. It was not renovated until Duduo operated outside the pass, and became part of the Jinzhou defense system of the Qing army.

As long as the more than 2,000 people in the hands of Yi Bilong and Tu Hai hide in the Daling River Fort, they should be able to hold on for a while... If the 50,000 Ming army doesn't chase them all the way to the Daling River,

If they build a fort, they can hold on longer.

But why didn't the Ming army attack Dalinghe Fort?

The Ming army advancing from the Daling River must continue to advance along the Daling River to the Bohai Bay, completely cutting off the communication between Liaodong and Western Liaoning. Then it will join the Ming army coming from the direction of Xiaoling River and attack Jinzhou Fort.

The city...maybe even besieged Jinzhou to attract the main force of the Qing army to come for a decisive battle, just like Huang Taiji in the past.

But the Ming army is cunning after all!

"Commander Jie, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, the Qing army has abandoned the city and fled southward along the Daling River!"

On the top of a hill more than two miles away from the Three Armed Forces Command Banner, a messenger came on a Pegasus and loudly reported to Huang Degong, the governor of the Daning Army, and Tian Qingyi, the military envoy of the Daning Army, who were standing on the top of the hill.

Following the latest changes in the war situation.

Tian Qingyi was the military envoy sent by the imperial court to the Daning Army, also known as the chief of staff.

Huang Degong was the commander-in-chief of the feudal town, not the commander-in-chief of the rebel town, so the court could send envoys to supervise the army. However, Zhu Cixiang did not want to use civil servants or eunuchs to supervise the army, so he sent military envoys to the town to participate in the battle and training of the town.

At the same time, the military envoy was also responsible for recruiting (purchasing) scouts for the imperial court in the towns.

"Jie Shuai," Tian Qingyi turned to Huang Degong and said, "The Donglu here is too useless, he can't be deceiving, right?"

"Is there a scam?" Huang Degong thought for a while, "Maybe he was frightened by our bluff... Envoy, where do you think we should fight next?"

"Go to the Liao River!" Tian Qing said meaningfully, "The Donglu have been farming on both sides of the Liao River for many years. Now it is the autumn harvest time. The people must have a lot of surplus food in their homes. We are Master Wang! Master Wang has gone, of course they will

We have to prepare pots of food to welcome them. Don’t we have enough food for the Ping-Liao army to survive the winter?”

Huang Degong was stunned, "Are the people of Liaodong so easy to talk to? Are they really willing to contribute the food they have worked so hard to grow to the imperial court?"

Tian Qingyi raised his hands in the air and said seriously: "Now that the Holy Emperor is in court, don't the people of Liaodong eagerly look forward to Master Wang? Now that Master Wang they are looking forward to has finally arrived, why don't they hurry up and donate the food?"

Do we want to stay and support the rebels?"

Huang Degong nodded: "That's right, the people of Liaodong must understand the righteousness, otherwise they would not be ordinary people, but the rebellious family members of the rebel army!"
Chapter completed!