Guo Zhiyuan was happy and worried when he heard the news, and he was happy that he had traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong to copy the back road of the Houjin army, and finally received the effect, since Mang Gurtai would come to pursue him, it means that Houjin already knew that his back road was copied news, and Mang Gurtai also took away 10,000 Houjin Iron Cavalry, so the Ming army had the opportunity to launch a counterattack. (He didn't know that the opportunity he had painstakingly created for the Ming army to turn defeat into victory had been missed by Yang Hao)

The worry is that Mang Gurtai is menacing, but there are only 5,000 cavalry and less than 2,000 infantry of the New Army around him, whether he can resist the 10,000 Hou Jin Tie Cavalry is really unknown, you must know that this 10,000 Hou Jin Tie Cavalry is completely different from the Hou Jin Qi Ding in the previous attack on the fort by the New Army, it is the real Houjin elite, although he has confidence in the combat effectiveness of the New Army, but after all, the cavalry of the New Army has not been in the army for a long time, and it is really not at all for Guo Zhiyuan to fight with the Hou Jin Tie Cavalry who grew up on horseback since he was a child.

And Mang Gurtai is also different from those opponents that Guo Zhiyuan met before, don't look at this guy's short temper, but he is very brave and good at fighting, I have to say that Nurhachi's sons are really outstanding, almost all of them are military geniuses, and they are not ambiguous when they fight, and in terms of the ability to fight, Mang Gurtai is definitely one of the best among them, so despite his short temper, Nurhachi still treats him very seriously, and often lets him lead the troops to fight alone, When Mang Gurtai was a teenager, he followed Nurhachi to conquer the Ula Department of the Haixi Jurchens, and Mang Gurtai invited himself to be the striker, and he connected the six cities of Ula and laid a great reputation!

Especially this time Guo Zhiyuan's plan is to sneak attack the rear road of the Jin army, so heavy weapons like artillery are not carried, that is to say, the firearms advantage of the new army cannot be brought into play at all, and he can only attack the enemy's strength with his own shortcomings, and fight cavalry battles with Mang Gurtai, which is a bit fatal, as the saying goes, the Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible! There is almost no precedent in history that the Central Plains army is less numerically than the Jurchen cavalry and can defeat the Jurchen cavalry in cavalry battles!

But apart from fighting a tough battle with Mang Gurtai, Guo Zhiyuan had no choice, because if he continued to retreat, Mang Gurtai would pursue with the Houjin Iron Cavalry, and it would impact the infantry troops who were slow to move one step ahead because of the captured Houjin women and children and the wrapping clothes, and the situation would only get worse when the scene was chaotic, and the reason why Guo Zhiyuan wanted to plunder the population of Houjin was to destroy the foundation of Houjin's development and growth, and it was naturally impossible to leave behind the hard-won results and retreat without a fight with the New Army.

Guo Zhiyuan did not hide the news from the soldiers of the New Army that Mang Gurtai was chasing after 10,000 Houjin Iron Cavalry, and the soldiers of the New Army were also taken aback when they heard the news, if it was a naval battle with the Houjin Army or an infantry hand-to-hand combat, they were naturally not afraid at all, but they were a little lacking in confidence to fight against the Houjin Cavalry, especially after seeing the cavalry and archery kung fu of the Houjin people, they felt the gap, especially now that the number of Houjin cavalry chasing them exceeded them, It makes them feel that the chances of winning are very slim.

Feeling that the mood of the soldiers of the New Army was a little low, Guo Zhiyuan found a relatively favorable terrain, so he ordered to stop the retreat, gathered all the soldiers of the New Army, and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the New Army, you have fought a lot of battles with me over the years, we fought the rebels, pirates, and pirates together, and many of these battles seemed to have little chance of winning before the war, but in the end we all won!" Why? Because we know exactly what we're fighting for! We are fighting to protect our loved ones and to protect ordinary people like us from being bullied! We have never won the battle by our weapons or superiority in troops, but by our will and courage! When the two armies meet, the brave wins! Today we are going to compete with the Houjin Cavalry, who is the brave in the end! ……”

The morale of the new army, which was originally a little low, was instantly encouraged by Guo Zhiyuan, and he roared in unison: "When the two armies meet, the brave wins!" Since the new army, it will win! ……”

After the roar of the soldiers of the New Army subsided a little, Guo Zhiyuan took his own flag from the hands of his guards, planted it on the highest part of the hillside, and continued to shout: "There are still infantry brothers of our New Army in our rear, so we can't retreat!" I plant my flag here, and I promise you that no matter what happens, I will stand under this flag and watch everyone fight bravely and never take a step back! ……”

What could be more demoralizing than the commander's example, so the roar that had just subsided resounded through the sky again: "Fight to the death!" No refund! ”

Next, Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly arranged for the soldiers of the New Army to start digging trenches, cutting down wood and stones to build simple fortifications, in short, all the means that Guo Zhiyuan could think of to delay the power of the golden cavalry were used, and he was not so arrogant that he really went to fight with the 10,000 golden iron cavalry of Mang Gurtai, so naturally what tricks were good to use.

A few hours later, the reconnaissance cavalry sent out by Guo Zhiyuan galloped over, reporting to Guo Zhiyuan that Mang Gurtai's forward troops had arrived several miles away, in order to delay the speed of the Jin cavalry and buy time for the main force, the heroic scouts of the New Army took the initiative to show up and fight with the Houjin cavalry, trying to confuse them, but Mang Gurtai was very cunning, and did not pay attention to the scouts' fights, and ordered the forward to speed up, and only sent a few scout cavalry to pursue the heroic Scouts of the New ArmyNow most of the heroic Scouts of the New Army have died, and only a few have escaped.

A cold light flashed in Guo Zhiyuan's eyes, and he squeezed his fists hard and said coldly: "I will definitely help the brothers who sacrificed to avenge me!" They will not be sacrificed in vain! As he spoke, he patted the shoulders of the surviving scouts and told them to return to rest, and at the same time asked Li Guozhu to send an order for everyone to stop digging trenches and building improvised fortifications, so as to conserve their strength first and meet the upcoming battle!

It didn't take long for a thunderous roar to be heard on the mountain road in the distance, and the Houjin cavalry in full armor rushed out in a steady stream, entering the shallow valley in front of the New Army's position. In Guo Zhiyuan's telescope, the black crowd of people is flying with blue flags flying above their heads, which are constantly divided into teams, extending to both sides, the front is getting wider and wider, and the jumping heads are densely covered with the valley road ahead, which is slightly lower than the position of the defense line of the new army, and from the position where Guo Zhiyuan is standing, the crowd cannot be seen at a glance!