Li Shishi is a person who demands perfection and is very strict with the details of marching and fighting.

How many miles to march in a day, where to camp, how to suppress when you have an advantage, and how to resist when you are disadvantaged and seek a turnaround have their own unique understanding.

From Yangzhou to Changzhou Qingyungang is the only way.

Li Shishi knew in advance that the terrain of Qingyungang was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was easiest to set up an ambush, so he chose to send sentries to reconnoiter as soon as possible.

Before figuring out the situation ahead, Li Shishi chose not to move.

If you don't rush forward, you won't make mistakes, and the Ming army is the side with great advantages, so there is no need to make such a stupid mistake and capsize in the gutter.

Li Shishi learned that there would also be an army attacking Changzhou from the flank, probably from Yingtianfu.

Although there was a secret contest, Li Shishi didn't want to panic for this reason.

If it's really because of this reason and rushes forward regardless of it, it's not beautiful if something really goes wrong.

The most important thing is to win Changzhou safely, and under this premise, the higher the credit he gets, the better.

The sky is getting dark, and the place where the Ming army camped was at the foot of Qingyungang Mountain, and the river was the most suitable place to camp.

In this way, even if the enemy chooses to attack the Ming army with fire, it is fearless and can be easily defused.

Not to mention the other night raid strategies.

pressed these and didn't mention them, but said that Li Shishi was just about to have dinner and his own soldiers came to report that the scouts who had dispersed had returned.

Li Shida was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered someone to call the general manager of the scout team in.

The general name of the scout team is He Batian, and he is a young man that Li Shishi admires very much.

Speaking of which, the most promising of the first army, in addition to the personal soldiers, is the scouts.

Scouts are often able to pick up important information, making it easy to be promoted. But the benefits and risks are also proportional, and being a scout is often very dangerous. Because of the close contact with the enemy army, there is a great risk of being captured by the enemy army.

Once they fall into the hands of the enemy, not to mention torture, most of them will not survive.

This He Batian is burly but flexible, so he can complete the tasks assigned to him by Li Shishi every time.

Li Shishi admires He Batian very much, if he has selfish intentions, he can transfer He Batian to his side and listen to the barracks.

But in this way, the scout team has one less outstanding leader, and Li Shiyu is ashamed.

Soon He Batian was taken to the camp tent, and he clasped his hands into fists and said, "Humble Li to meet the general." ”

Li Shishi's face was full of smiles, and he said in a harmonious voice: "He has worked hard, this time you can hear the information of the Tartars?" ”

He Batian nodded and said, "General Li's blessing, the last general sneaked into the valley and found the camp of the Tartars. ”

Li Shishi was overjoyed when he heard this.

It seems that he really expected it right, and the Tartars really wanted to set up an ambush at Qingyungang to ambush them.

Fortunately, he sent out scouts early to investigate, so that the Tartars' tricks did not succeed.

"How many people are in ambush with the Tartars?"

"There are at least tens of thousands of people watching the camp, and maybe more than that."

He Batian carefully recalled the details and said slowly: "Moreover, the Tartars have captured a lot of people as auxiliaries, and they are worried that if they really fight, these people will be used as dead soldiers by the Tartars as cannon fodder." ”

He Batian's words made Li Shishi's face sink, the Tartars have always been cruel, and they never took the lives of the people to heart, they really did this kind of thing.

And the Ming army has always been a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, which is equivalent to being held seven inches and ten uncomfortable.

After being silent for a long time, Li Shishi sighed and said: "What can it be, this battle still has to be fought after all, avoid the people as much as possible." ”

In fact, Li Shishi also knew that it was impossible to do this.

But if the Ming army becomes timid for this, it will allow the Qing army's treacherous plan to succeed.

"General Li, there is still one sentence that the last general doesn't know whether to say or not."

He Batian seemed very hesitant, and after a long pause, he asked in a deep voice.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Li Shishi bowed slightly.

"I found that the Tartars had hung a few heads on the watchtower outside the camp, which should have belonged to the people nearby."

"What!"

Li Shishi seemed very excited, and what he hated most was the people who killed the people.

The methods of the Tartars are so brutal that they actually kill ordinary people!

How is this different from animals?

Oh no, it's even more ferocious than a beast!

"It seems that Changzhou will be recovered earlier, otherwise I don't know what these Tartars will do to destroy humanity."

Speaking of this, Li Shishi felt a little choked.

After the recovery of Changzhou, there is Su Song, and after the recovery of Guangzhou, there are two Guangxi and Fujian.

Even after pacifying the south, there is still a huge Central Plains waiting for them.

Before the Northern Expedition, the people of the entire Central Plains should have lived under the coercion of the Tartars, right?

Just like pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, they are driven and scolded at will, and they dare not fight back or even dare to fight back. Otherwise, they will be beaten and scolded even more severely.

Li Shishi suddenly felt that they still had a lot to do, and they had a long way to go.

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and if you want to recover the world, you must first start from recovering Changzhou.

Li Shishi is not a person who is ambitious, and in his opinion, it is also very important to do a good job in the present.

Let's think about how to take down the Qing army in Qingyungang.

Li Shi thought about it carefully, the number of Qing troops in Changzhou would not be large.

Being able to gather more than 10,000 people should be the limit of the Qing army in Changzhou. In other words, the Qing troops in the city of Changzhou have all been transferred, and the troops in the city are empty and vulnerable.

In this case, as long as Li Shishi exterminated the Qing army ambushed in Qingyungang, he could easily take the capital city of Changzhou.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Shishi became excited.

"The Tartars are ambushing in the path that the army must pass, so we will do the opposite, and take them by surprise and kill them."

Soldiers are fast.

The march is all about efficiency, and under normal circumstances, no one will take a small path and take a shortcut.

The Qing army probably thought the same way.

Therefore, Li Shishi planned to take a gamble.

As long as they suddenly kill, the possibility of killing the Qing army by surprise and winning a big victory will be greatly increased.

As the commander of the First Army, Li Shishi is now thinking about not only winning, but also winning at a small cost as much as possible.

Earning war damage is a must, and if you exchange a life for a life, wouldn't it be too cheap for a tartar.

"General, I know that there is a path that can bypass the Tartars' eyes and kill from the back of the camp. However, this road is very narrow, and it is usually walked by woodcutters and hunters, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to march on a large scale. ”

He Batian immediately reported the information to Li Shishi.

"Oh?"

Li Shishi pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe we can divide the troops, the main force marches according to the original plan to feint to attract the attention of the Tartars, and then send a partial division of more than 1,000 people to break the stalemate from behind in one fell swoop." ”

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