"Your Majesty, the Eastern Captain has already set off the camp! Your Majesty is really wise and powerful, and he has no choice but to do it!"

This time, Gao Jie was not flattering, but really admired Zhu Cilang.

"Oh? Gao Qing might have seen that Donglu was heading in that direction?"

Zhu Cilang sat upright and nodded slightly.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Donglu went east!"

Gao Jie felt very excited and his breathing became a little rapid.

"It's exactly the same as what Your Majesty expected!"

interesting!

Zhu Cilang said in his heart.

In fact, he could not fully expect that Luke Dehun would march eastward.

All of this is speculation.

Zhu Cilang ordered Gao Jie to send elite cavalry to rush out of the Qing army camp in the dark and set fire to create chaos, thus taking the opportunity to burn the Qing army's food and grass.

Even in such a dilemma, Luke Dehun still has other choices.

The reason why Zhu Ciyang speculated that Luke Dehun would march towards Texas was to analyze it from a psychological perspective.

Luke Dehun was a Manchu nobleman with a strong roots.

The Qing Dynasty believed in the style of the strong as respected and earned military merits on horseback.

Although Luke Dehun is Baylor, he cannot fail to abide by this rule.

Under this situation, Luke Dehun would definitely not choose to withdraw his troops in a mess. In this way, even if he returns to Beijing, he will definitely be severely scolded by Dorgon and deprived of his military power, becoming a completely idle noble.

This is something Luke Dehun doesn't want to see anyway.

So he could not retreat, he could only make meritorious service.

But how to commit crimes and make meritorious service?

The food and grass stockpiled by the army led by Luke Dehun was burned all over. The food in Huotou Camp was probably only one or two days left, and even if they killed the horse, it would not last long. It would be meaningless to stay in Linqing.

However, the strongest Duoduo army among the three Qing troops was attacking Texas.

At this time, Luke Dehun would of course want to surrender to Duoduo.

Although his popularity will be completely overshadowed by Duoduo, it is better than being charged with a crime of losing in a hurry?

In other words, it is better to smell farts behind Duoduo's butt than to do it alone.

But this will lead to a problem.

The Qing army did not have much food, and even if they saved food, they would not last for a few days.

Luke Dehun will definitely order a marching rush at full speed.

There was no problem with this. The Eight Banners of Han and Eight Banners of Mongolia were basically one person, two horses or even three horses. If you change your bike, you can keep on rushing fast.

But the Green Camp soldiers are not good.

Most of them are infantry, and few have horses, and even if there are, they are still riding alone.

If you ride a mount for a long time, the horse may be exhausted.

Not to mention the ordinary infantry who chased the Eight Banners of Han and the Eight Banners of Mongolia with two legs.

Therefore, when Luke Dehun ordered a marching towards Dezhou, it meant that the Qing army would be disconnected. The Eight Banners of Han and Eight Banners of Mongolia would rush to the front, and behind them were the Green Camp Army that was dragged a little too far.

At this time, Luke Dehun had no energy to care about the life or death of the Green Camp soldiers.

If Zhu Cixuan can take the opportunity to swallow this part of the army, it will have a significant impact on the entire battle situation.

It seems that the Green Camp Army is not strong in combat, but they have the largest number of people.

The Green Camp soldiers were consumed by the Qing army most of the time. They only charged for the Green Camp soldiers, including the Eight Banners of Han, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of Manchu.

If the Green Camp Army is gone, the Eight Banners of the Qing army will have to go into battle in person, and there is no other choice.

Gao Jie destroyed a large part of the Green Camp Army during the Northern Expedition in Henan and Zhili.

The part of the green camp soldiers led by Luke Dehun are actually part of the ones brought back by Duoduo from Shanxi.

If the Ming army eliminated this part of the Green Camp troops, the only Green Camp troops in the Qing army ruling area would be left in Shaanxi.

Zhu Cixuan thought carefully and said loudly: "I sent an order to go out of the city to pursue the Donglu, behead the first-level reward of fifty taels of silver, and the same was true for the heads of the Green Camp soldiers. Another person was sent to inform the general of Dezhou Qin Gongming that Luke Dehun had marched towards Dezhou."

Gao Jie was overjoyed when he heard this.

The emperor is really willing to spend money.

The first level of beheading is rewarded with fifty taels of silver, which refers to the reward of beheading the true captain.

His Majesty now said that beheading the Green Camp soldiers is also regarded as beheading the true captives, which will definitely arouse the soldiers' desire to fight.

"I obey the order!"

Gao Jie held his fists and took the order seriously.

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"Master Beile, take a little water and rest before marching."

Shi Tingzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly.

"Well, order the entire army to rest on the spot."

Lukede said in a bland manner.

Since the camp marched towards Texas, Luke Dehun was like a panicked rabbit, thrusting his whip desperately to drive away his mount for fear that the Ming thief would suddenly appear.

Shi Tingzhu felt that this worry was unnecessary.

How dare the Ming thieves go out of the city to pursue them now?

Do they have any pounds and pounds?

Relying on the strong city, even if you can defend it, you will be killed when you go out of the city to fight.

But obviously Luke Dehun was scared to death and did not listen to Shi Tingzhu's dissuasion. He insisted on letting the Eight Banners of Han and the Eight Banners of Mongolia go first, and the Green Camp soldiers followed behind.

At the beginning, the Green Camp soldiers could barely follow, but the longer the distance, the bigger the distance.

There is no way to do this. One is infantry and the other is cavalry. If the cavalry does not wait, how can infantry keep up?

It is equivalent to the army led by Luke Dehun being artificially divided into two sections.

Forget it, since things have been like this, Shi Tingzhu doesn’t want to say anything more. Wait until the army and Prince Yu meet up before making a decision.

Lukedehun kicked off his horse, wiped his face with a sweat towel, took off the cowhide water bag from his waist and opened the plug, and poured it into his mouth.

He was so thirsty that he drank a whole bag of water before he stopped.

“How long will it take to be in Texas?”

Luked asked casually, rubbing the corner of his mouth.

"This is hard to say. If you are more anxious, you can get there in two days."

"Two days!"

Lukedhun frowned and said, "It's too slow. Is it the same if it's changing horses and riding on the marching?"

Shi Tingzhu was speechless. This was already the speed of riding a horse. If he didn't change horses, he would have to rest.

"Yes, this is the fastest speed."

"Forget it, it's two days in two days. I'll send an order to rest for half an hour before setting off!"

Luked waved his hand impatiently.

At this moment, he suddenly rode a horse from a distance.

"Master Beile, the Ming thief is chasing him!"

The rider rushed to Lukede's side and rolled off his horse and shouted.

"What!"

Lukehun subconsciously took a step back and said in surprise: "Are they crazy? They dare to go out of the city to pursue them."

The rider was obviously dressed in the Green Camp Army and cried, "We are all infantrymen but cannot escape the Ming thieves. Now the Ming thieves have surrounded us, and the slaves have fought to the death to fight to the death. Please ask Master Beile to lead his army back to aid!"

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Chapter completed!