Xiong Tingbi led a 33,000 army to advance to Ningyuan, but as soon as the army passed the vanguard, he ordered the army to set up camp and build fortifications. After only one-third of the journey, the army stopped leaving. The generals under him, including Wu Sangui of the vanguard, were confused. As the saying goes, rescue soldiers are like putting out fires. What does it mean to stop halfway?

The generals were not sure about the reason, and surrounded the upstart Wu Sangui in the army and came to Xiong Tingbi's central army commander's tent together, wanting to ask clearly.

Xiong Tingbi had several fights with Huang Taiji when he was in Liaodong. He knew Huang Taiji very well. Although he was not very eye-catching in front of Nurhaci, he had no doubt about Huang Taiji's ability to sit firmly in the four bells. Among the four, he was the youngest, the most ambitious, and cunning. The court sent reinforcements to Ningyuan. How could he not receive any news? He would definitely send troops to intercept them in the middle. If there was a Jin in Shanhaiguan.

During the gap, he informed him of the news that he took away 25,000 elite troops by Guanzhong. With Huang Taiji's adventurous personality, he would inevitably send an elite partial army to bypass him and go south to Shanhaiguan. Therefore, his army could not go too far, and he would be able to rush to support Shanhaiguan in the shortest time. He built solid fortifications to resist the powerful cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. This was an unpredictable battle. As long as tomorrow passed, if Huang Taiji's elite cavalry had not appeared, he would have to return to Shanhaiguan.

When Wu Sangui and other generals asked for a meeting, he naturally knew that these people did not understand their orders and ordered their personal soldiers to bring people in.

"Master, why did you stop here suddenly? Rescue is like putting out a fire? Now Ningyuan is in danger. Why doesn't the Master march quickly to get rid of Ningyuan's siege?" The side general You Shiwei was the first to stand up and ask anxiously. The general of Santun You Shilu was his brother and was trapped in Ningyuan City now. How could he not be anxious?

All the generals in the tent looked at Xiong Tingbi in an incomprehensible manner. Everyone had a desire to know the answer. Wu Sangui's face was even more tender and flushed. In front of Shanhaiguan, the Xiong Damao and Man Gui joined forces to clean up the disobedient mediocre generals in the four towns, and used the soldiers of Shanhaiguan to replace the soldiers of the four towns to aid Liao. This move has already made the young Wu Sangui admire him. He has already felt awe of Xiong Tingbi in his heart. He believes that the general must have his purpose in doing this.

"I know that you are anxious and want to lift the siege of Ningyuan as soon as possible, but you cannot rush over without any effort. At present, our troops plus the forces in Ningyuan City are basically the same as those of Huang Taiji. Our army is not good at field battles. Huang Taiji's soldiers are strong. He just passed by like this recklessly, and basically has no chance of winning. Huang Taiji originally wanted to lure Shanhaiguan to send troops to rescue Ningyuan, and then he would send a side army to easily take the mountain.

Customs, then attack us from the front and back to eat us." Xiong Tingbi's view coincided with Yuan Chonghuan. Huang Taiji received from the inside line that the soldiers and generals of Shanhaiguan were temporarily drawn from the mainland. The elite defenders came out of the pass to aid Ningyuan. He was immediately ecstatic and immediately ordered the deputy commander of the Zhenghuang Banner Tu Lai to lead another 10,000 elite troops to follow him. All the 20,000 elite cavalry were under unified command of Manguertai, and the goal was Shanhaiguan, the gateway to the Central Plains.

"Huang Taiji trapped Ningyuan and did not attack. The purpose was to trap Ningyuan to death. Yuan was short of food and clothing. He was hungry and naturally did not attack. Another purpose was to lure the defenders in Shanhaiguan to aid Ningyuan. Because of the huge changes in the court, even if there were not many troops to be drawn, the troops inside the pass were greatly weakened. He sent a side division to quietly bypass the reinforcements. When we arrived at Ningyuan, this side division would face the Shanhaiguan. At that time, Huang Taiji would definitely try his best to hold the reinforcements and prevent them from returning to the Shanhaiguan. Even if this side division could not attack Shanhaiguan, it would be easy to use the power of the cavalry to attack the reinforcements forward and backward. At that time, whether it was Ningyuan or outside the pass, it would be Huang Taiji's world." Wu Sangui's analysis of this movement made the generals in the tent suddenly feel a chill.

"The great general is wise, my subordinates are convinced!" These generals were not convinced by the airborne commander, but they were soldiers under Man Gui and Zu Dashou, with strict military discipline, so they could not help but not listen to Xiong Tingbi. Several of these generals had seen Xiong Tingbi and had worked hard under his command. However, Xiong Tingbi's appearance changed drastically, and he changed his previous generous personality and became a little taciturn. This change was also influenced by Zhu Yinglong. As a commander, he not only had extraordinary wisdom and strong military qualities, but more importantly, he had a calmness that was difficult to achieve than ordinary people. Therefore, his mind was clear and objective at every moment. Zhu Yinglong had not been able to do this due to various reasons, but Xiong Tingbi, who had decades of experience, could now do it completely.

Xiong Tingbi gave Wu Sangui a smile to express his appreciation for his analysis just now, thinking that this is a talent that can be created and should be well cultivated.

What was Huang Taiji's strategic intention? It was decided within the past two days. Xiong Tingbi waved his hand to leave the generals in the tent and left Wu Sangui alone because he had a very important task for him to complete.

"Erwazi, can I call you like your uncle?" Xiong Tingbi looked at Wu Sangui with a rare kind look. Although his children were very outstanding, he suddenly had the idea of ​​accepting a disciple at this moment, and he took a fancy to Wu Sangui.

"Of course, the handsome man treated Erwozi like his biological father these days." Wu Sangui knelt down to Xiong Tingbi on one knee.

"The reason why I value you so much is that you are the one that the emperor likes, and the other is that I appreciate your military talent very much." Xiong Tingbi said slowly, "The emperor is a peerless emperor who can achieve unprecedented success in his life. Remember that loyalty to the emperor is the only thing you need to remember in your life."

"Erwazi understands, thank Marshal Daxiu!" Wu Sangui said sincerely.

"Get up, I have an important thing for you to do. If you do it, you will be famous all over the world." Xiong Tingbi suddenly looked serious and said, "But this matter is very dangerous. You may never go back once you go. I asked you, would you rather go there?"

Wu Sangui suddenly had a complicated struggle in his heart, but he knew that if he said no, he might be hung on the flagpole of the gate tomorrow. He was cruel and asked for wealth and danger. He immediately knelt down and said, "Erwazi is willing to go through fire and water for the general, and die!"

"Wrong, you are not for me, but for the people of the world, for the country, and for the emperor!" Xiong Tingbi corrected his voice.

"It's the Grand Marshal, Erwazi understands it." Wu Sangui lowered his head and leaned over.

"Okay, Wu Sangui obeys the order!" Xiong Tingbi pulled out an arrow and shouted at Wu Sangui.

"I ordered you to lead the 3,000 vanguard battalion of our headquarters, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses transferred from Ji Town will be dispatched by you. We marched to Ningyuan and pulled away. We pulled all the flags that could be pulled away. We must make Huang Taiji's scout think that your 8,000 troops are the 33,000 troops of our headquarters. You may do it?"

"I will do my best!" Wu Sangui took the order and said. He had already understood that his eight thousand men were just a cover, a bait, to lure Huang Taiji into a trap, so that he could suddenly return to the army and appear under Shanhaiguan, attack Huang Taiji's side troops with Man Gui, and then turn around to support Ningyuan. In this way, Huang Taiji would lose the elite of this side troops and would inevitably retreat from Ningyuan, and his own army became cannon fodder, and life and death were left to fate.

Xiong Tingbi also knew that the young man kneeling below was very smart and had already understood his strategic intention. Since he wanted to accept Wu Sangui as his apprentice, he naturally didn't want him to die like this. His 3,000 vanguard battalion was all cavalry. If he could not survive with Wu Sangui's qualifications and abilities, he would not need to accept this apprentice. In fact, this is also a test, testing whether Wu Sangui can be his disciple of Xiong Tingbi, but he cannot tell Wu Sangui for the time being that he will die. What he wants to look at is his potential!

"Go!" Xiong Tingbi said calmly.

"Yes, the Grand Commander!" Wu Sangui walked out of the Central Army's General's tent with the command arrow.
Chapter completed!