The pressure of the Qing army made the people in Qingzhou City panic, but the reinforcements of the Ming army and the appearance of the little eunuch Shenlong seemed to reassure the people of the city: just desperately defend the city, and leave the outside to the little eunuch.

For a while, the morale of the people in the city was greatly boosted, but it was also clear that the soldiers and horses of the two sides were in place, and the war was about to break out!

As Li Muxian expected, the news of the killing of more than 30 Qing troops outside the west gate of Qingzhou City soon reached Dolgon's ears, and at this time, he had just arrived at the camp on the bank of the Nanyang River in the north of the city, and was discussing the military situation with the generals, and everyone was puzzled.

Although the spies repeatedly affirmed that it was the horse thief, these old fritters didn't believe it at all, what kind of horse thief had such a strong strength, killing nearly 30 Qing troops without losing a pawn, but I had never heard of a horse thief with such good archery skills and combat effectiveness.

Could it be that it was the Ming army, and it ambushed the soldiers in the mountains?

The possibility is extremely small, the Ming army was originally following behind their buttocks, and the day before yesterday they avoided Linzi without food and have been monitoring the strength of the army has not changed much, and if there is a mountain road from Linzi to Qingzhou City, why should the Ming army confront the Qing army in the Beiyang River, and sneak through the mountains into Qingzhou City, isn't it better!

Who could that be?

Either the local bandits, or the elite scouts of the Ming army hiding in the mountains, Dolgon and the others couldn't think of anything else, but they still sent people to the mountains to investigate, just in case.

At this time, Chang Yu had returned to the mountain col and called Yuan Wentian to explain something, and then found a remote place to rinse in the water, the stream was cool and comfortable, Chang Yu lay in the stream with his head resting on the rock, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, not far away came Duan Wuhu's excited voice, was spitting and talking about the two battles under the city of Qingzhou, the surrounding three layers and the outer three layers were surrounded by soldiers, and he couldn't help cheering when he heard the joy.

Chang Yu is brave and thirsty for killing, fighting bravely and ruthlessly, and all kinds of legends about him are circulated in the army, and it is also the gossip that soldiers talk about the most, which is also one of the main reasons why he became the soul of the army.

This kid will retire in the future, but he can change his career to storytelling, Chang Yu couldn't help but laugh secretly when he heard Duan Wuhu adding fuel and vinegar, and opened his eyes slightly to look at the clouds in the sky in a daze.

He didn't know that Dolgon was indeed as Li Muxian expected, he was suspicious at this time, and he didn't know where the monsters in the mountains were who killed his more than 30 soldiers, so he could only guess that it was an elite scout of the Ming army hiding in the mountains.

If there is a road in the mountains leading from Linzi to the outside of Qingzhou City, why did the Ming army not quietly enter the city to defend but confront the Qing army at the Beiyang River?

This was something that Dolgon and the others couldn't figure out, so they thought there was no way in the mountains.

But why didn't the little eunuch know that there was a way?

It can only be said that the strategic objectives of the two men are different.

Dolgon's purpose of entering the customs is very simple, grab, grab, grab everything!

And Chang Yu's purpose is not only to hold Qingzhou City, but also to expel the Qing army from the pass, if the army secretly Chen Cang enters Qingzhou City, he can defend Qingzhou City without fail, but he will also lock himself in the city, the Qing army will not attack, trap them inside and go around to plunder!

This was not what Chang Yu wanted, so he couldn't let the army enter the city.

The stream water is cool and not suitable for a long time, Chang Yu wiped it and came out of the water, and saw Li Muxian meditating in a remote place and pretending to provoke a group of soldiers worshipping in the distance, so he sneered: "Be careful, there is a snake behind you."

Li Muxian was startled, turned over and almost fell: "Where?" ”

"Ran away" Chang Yu shrugged, Li Muxian knew that the little eunuch was playing with him, his heart was still a baby after all, and the young man's heart did not change.

"Changgong, the two armies in the north are facing each other, the Tartars are cutting wood and building cars, we stirred up the muddy waters just now, it should be peaceful and war-free today, right?" Li Muxian asked: "If you have nothing to do and want to go to the mountains, you will be back tomorrow morning."

Chang Yu frowned slightly: "What is there to swim in this barren mountain range?" ”

Li Muxian smiled slightly: "Taoists like to travel in the mountains and rivers, but they don't distinguish between famous mountains and rivers, not to mention that I heard the mountain people say that there are many Taoist temples in the nearby mountains, and I want to go and see it."

Chang Yu sighed: "If that's the case, it's okay to go and have a look, it just so happens that our family has nothing to do to accompany you."

"That dare is good" Li Muxian was overjoyed, so he called the mountain guide to ask for directions.

"From here, the Taoist chief went east, crossed the valley under this ridge, and there was a temple called Longxing Temple......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Muxian: "Poor Dao goes to the monk's temple to do something."

The guide knew that he had lost his words and confessed again and again: "Then I went south, and climbed the valley to the top of the big black mountain, and there was a view, but it was a broken and uninhabited wilderness, and the Taoist chief wanted to go and see."

"Yeguan has the artistic conception of looking for the past and asking the present, so I will go and see" Li Muxian stroked his beard and smiled, Chang Yu nodded slightly, and a group of several people went south with the mountain people.

"Huzi, why did the factory supervisor and the cow nose go into the mountain?" Lu Xing watched Chang Yu and his party gradually disappear into the mountains and forests, and couldn't help but be curious in his heart, and pushed Duan Wuhu, who was still telling stories.

"There are no tartars in the mountains, it should be hunting game, hey, in fact, the factory governor is just a young man, it's very fun, and he doesn't do less when he catches birds in the trees and catches fish in the river......

The surrounding soldiers laughed and nodded in agreement, Chang Yu left them with the impression that he was a very extreme person, when he had nothing to do on weekdays, he was playful and active and simply like a harmless boy next door, but once he put on his armor and went to the battlefield, he was a murderer, known as a human slaughterer in the army!

"Then you're not curious where those bastards went?" Lu Xing asked again, Duan Wuhu, who was going to continue to tell the story, was stunned, tilted his head and said, "Yes, where did Erdanzi go?" ”

Previously, after Chang Yu returned to the col, he dragged Yuan Wentian aside and muttered for a long time, and then Yuan Wentian took his men out of the col, and at that time Duan Wuhu said that he was in a drunken mood and didn't care, at this time, he wanted to come and perform some tasks, but there were so many regular troops in front of him, so why let these horse thieves go.

"Let's go and take a look if we have nothing to do" Lu Xing was also curious, and encouraged Duan Wuhu hard.

In the end, Duan Wuhu couldn't hold back, so he went out of the mountain col with more than ten people from Lu Xing, wanting to see where Na Yuan Wentian was going, and what he was doing.

Of course, there were many people who wanted to go, but they were ordered by them not to wander around in the mountain pass.

Yuan Wentian was indeed ordered to carry out the task, and he did his old job, being a horse thief!

At this time, he was in the mountain pass, and more than 100 people around him were staggering loosely or sitting or chatting.

"Boss, are the Tartars really coming?" Luo Ertang held the ghost-headed big knife in his arms, stood on a rock in the mountain pass and looked at Qingzhou City, his brows furrowed.

"I don't know" Yuan Wentian shook his head: "But the big official said that it might come, let's just wait."

"What if there are a lot of them?" Luo Ertang was a little worried, but Yuan Wentian looked relaxed: "The big official said that the Tartars will not enter the mountain in a big way, at most more than ten people, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that more than ten Tartars can still scare our brothers."

Luo Ertang smiled reluctantly: "More than ten Tartars can't scare our brothers, but if there are too many......"

"If there are too many people, let's let them into the mountain, there are thousands of officers and soldiers in the mountain, and they can destroy as many as they want" He said and raised his hand and pointed to the north side of the hill: "There are dozens of mouths on the top of the hand, and they will help us if they really do it, not to mention that the big official said that there will not be so many."

"The eldest brother seems to believe in that big official very much" A thief asked curiously, Yuan Wentian turned his head to look at him and asked instead of answering: "Those officers and soldiers said that their big officials are very tight, and one person can pick dozens of us, do you believe it?" ”

The thief lowered his head and gritted his teeth and thought for a while: "I have also heard about it, it is not like a fake, although the big official is young, he is very strong, and his eyes are too murderous, I don't dare to look at him directly...... It should be pretty impressive! ”

Luo Ertang also said: "Just now they went into the mountain covered in blood, and I heard that they killed dozens of Tartars outside...... He's not a good guy anyway."

"Just know that he is a powerful character" Yuan Wentian didn't say anything more, but the thief didn't give up: "His officers and soldiers are also unusual, I heard that they are all the emperor's personal guards, and they are also very tight, why let us come here to block the Tartars, do you want us to be substitutes for the dead ghosts......"

No, Yuan Wentian shook his head: "He doesn't want the Tartars to know that there are officers and soldiers in the mountains."