Li Yan said: "If you want to say that the Qing army is fierce and cunning, I believe this, but how can you say that it is too difficult to fight?" ”

Liu Zongmin spread his hands: "It means that you can't beat others at all." 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

Li Yan was stunned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Liu Zongmin said angrily: "Fighting with the Qing army, it is like fighting with the birds in the sky, this group of Tartars is good, when they attack, they are not divided into formations, they are all stragglers, roaring and screaming and rushing upward, wait until they are closer to you, they will release the arrows first, their bows are good, S is very far, often our archers have not been able to get people, and the Qing army has already come to a shower of arrows." After you have set up the horns of the formation, and set up the shield bearers, pikemen, and musket formation, these bunnies do not rush forward, but walk around you, and they often divide into two ways, outflanking your left and right flanks, or still far away from you, and release arrows vigorously. ”

He paused, and then said: "But to tell the truth, the archery skills of this group of Tartars are really fucking accurate, and they are one hundred and ten steps away, and the bow is falling." After you have protected the left and right flanks, the Qing army has copied behind you, and in the process, they have been firing arrows. You said that this battle is not a nest, it is not angry, and just being beaten will not be able to hit people at all. If you want to send a cavalry over, it will not be an opponent at all. The archery skills of the people are much better, and those who go up die as much as they want. ”

Bai Qi asked, "After fighting with the main force of the Qing army, didn't you fight in close combat?" ”

Liu Zongmin said: "Naturally, it was also close, at that time, His Majesty the King of my family saw that the situation was not good, so he pretended to retreat, but ambushed the elite soldiers in the formation, and waited for the Qing army to rush over, and the elite soldiers came out, entangled the Qing army, and fought closely." This idea was not bad, but I really waited for the melee with the Qing army, and then I found that the Qing army was not only good at archery, but also as fierce as ours. This group of people fought like mad dogs, and at that time, my Dashun army had no intention of fighting, because they were all worried about their wives and children in Beijing, as well as gold and silver treasures, so they were defeated. ”

Bai nodded: "The combat strength of the Qing army is mainly reflected in the field battle, I heard that a few years ago, Yuan Chonghuan had 10,000 horses, 50,000 Qing troops, and firmly held Ningyuan City, wounding the leader of the Qing army. However, last year, Hong Chengchou, with superior forces and Guanning iron cavalry, was defeated and lost tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Qing army in Songshan outside the pass, and even became a prisoner, which is enough to show that the Qing army is good at field battles and weak at attacking fortified positions. ”

Liu Zongmin said: "Exactly, but at the moment there is no strong city to defend in this place, even if there is, the Qing army will not come to attack the city, they are clearly going to fight with us in the field." ”

Bai Qi said: "Since they retreated to the Yellow River, they have planned it a long time ago. This is not surprising. ”

Lao Hui replied: "What is the general's plan? ”

Bai Qi looked at the sand table and smiled slightly: "Everyone is right, although we have a lot of cavalry, but in terms of elites, we are not as strong as the enemy." Therefore, we must not attack the enemy with the shortest of our own and the enemy's longest, and we must not fight a field battle with them. That's why I'm going to turn this fight from a field battle into a tough battle. ”

Ge Li said: "What kind of change?" ”

Bai Qi nodded a few points on the sand table: "Step by step, compress the distance between us and the Qing army, we will pull out the camp every few days to advance, further, then set up a camp, never go to battle, if the Qing army comes to fight, it can only attack our barrier, which weakens the strength of its field warfare." And we used the camp as a barrier, fought steadily, not in a hurry or in a hurry, and took defense as an attack, and moved the camp to the Qing army camp. ”

Liu Zongmin looked at the sand table and shook his head slightly: "Can this work?" Will we go in, won't they go back? If we go further, the Qing army will take a step back, there will still be a long distance in between, and our supply lines will be longer and longer. ”

Bai Qi said: "The Qing army will not retreat, because behind them, the terrain is complicated, there are deep valleys, hills, and dense trees, and the reason why the Qing army is camping in the current place is that they don't want to retreat into the complex terrain." Therefore if we advance, they will attack. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads in agreement.

Bai Qi said: "If everyone has no opinion, it's decided." ”

Lao Hui replied: "Speaking of pulling out the camp and advancing, it seems simple, but our coalition army has hundreds of thousands of horses, and when we pull out the camp, it will be busy. I'm afraid that a single charge can crush the whole army. ”

Bai Qi said: "I have also thought about the matter of pulling out the camp, we can pull out the camp one by one, and when we start pulling out tomorrow, my Qin army will be in front, get up first, march twenty miles, and then set up a camp, and then send someone to inform the coalition army behind, you will start to pull out the camp again, so that if the Qing army comes to attack, my Qin army has already erected a barrier and can block it." Do not make the Qing army assault. And the next time the camp is pulled, the Dashun army will start the village first, so that we all come in exchange, which is fair and reasonable. What do you think? ”

Everyone thought about it in their hearts, and felt that this idea was also very fair, saying that each battalion would take the lead once, and if the Qing army came to attack, whoever ran into it would be unlucky, and they could only resist it to the death.

Bai Qi smiled: "Don't worry, every time we advance, the farthest should not exceed twenty miles, and there will be a large coalition army behind, even if the Qing army comes to attack, it will not take a moment and a half for the reinforcements behind to arrive, and at that time, it will inevitably be wiped out." ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded together: "The general's plan is very good, we will do it." ”

So everyone drew lots to decide the order of the camp, and then they each went back to the camp to prepare.

Early the next morning, Bai Qi led all the Qin troops and began to pull out the camp and advance forward. After marching nearly 20 miles, scouts were sent out to find out that there were no Qing troops around, and then they set up camp.

After the entrenchment was completed, Bai Qi sent people back to inform the battalions of the coalition army and let them advance in turn.

So the battalions moved one after another, and the whole army moved forward twenty miles.

After resting for two days, the whole army once again pulled out the camp, this time it was the turn of the fifth battalion of Gezuo, Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan led the army, also like the Qin army, advanced for twenty miles, set up Dazhai, and then the whole army followed up again.

After pulling out the camp twice, of course, the Qing army was alarmed. The Tanma immediately flew to Dolgon. As soon as Dolgon received this report, Wu Sangui asked to see him outside the tent, and it turned out that Wu Sangui's men and horses were in front, and they were one step ahead of the movement of the coalition army.

Dolgon invited Wu Sangui into the account, and Hong Chengchou also arrived at this time, and he also heard about it, so he hurried over.

As soon as Wu Sangui sat down, he said to Dolgon: "Lord Wang, this gang of thieves* has come up, twice in a row, they have advanced twenty miles each time, and then set up a large camp, stay for two days, and pull out the camp again. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Yes, in the final analysis, they were afraid of a field battle with us on the vast ground, so they came up with this idea, which must be the meaning of Bai Qi." ”

Dolgon didn't quite understand this plan, so he sneered: "So what, when they move a little closer, this king will lead the whole army to rush over and sweep them to the ground." ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly shook his head: "This can't be done, Lord Wang, you can't act recklessly." I heard that they pulled out the camp this time, and it was very orderly, the first battalion in front moved, and after marching twenty miles, they set up a stable camp to prevent our army from attacking, and then they notified the men and horses behind to start. If we go forward to attack, the opponent will definitely resist to the death, and the brigade behind will kill the thieves again, and we can completely surround our army in front of the enemy camp, so that our men and horses will lose their ability to maneuver, and the cavalry will have no mobility, and it will be similar to the infantry. There are so many people on the other side that we will never win. ”

Dorgon was anxious: "What then?" Just watch them come up step by step? When the people move in front of us, won't the cavalry have no room to gallop? ”

Wu Sangui said: "Otherwise...... Otherwise, let's take a step back. They advance, we retreat, and in the end it is they who will suffer, because in this way, the battle line of the anti-thieves will be lengthened, and as soon as the supply line of grain and grass is long, it will be easy to attack. ”

Dolgon and Hong Chengchou said in unison: "No. ”

Dolgon said: "I am a Qing iron horseman, there is no retreat, this gang of thieves takes a step forward, we are so frightened that we retreat, how can this battle be fought?" The king could not explain to his children. They won't agree either. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "This is one of them, and the other is that there is no plain behind us, the terrain is complicated, and retreating into this kind of place is very unfavorable for us." Bai Qi had already guessed this when he came up with a trick to make a battalion step by step, he was going to push our army* into the ravine, so we must not be fooled. ”

Wu Sangui frowned: "It's not going in, it's not going back, so what should I do?" ”

He and Dolgon both looked at Hong Chengchou, who took a few steps in the tent and said to himself: "The enemy army is fighting steadily and steadily, avoiding field battles, and wants our army to attack the camp, which is turning field warfare into siege warfare." weaken the strengths of our army......"

Hong Chengchou suddenly stopped: "Lord Wang, the only way to plan now is to divide the troops to attack." ”

Dorgon said, "How can one divide the army to attack? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The enemy's step-by-step approach looks very powerful, but there is also a weakness, that is, it is easy to cause chaos. We should send elite soldiers to attack the enemy's front camp before they can react. ”

Wu Sangui shouted: "Sir, good strategy, in this way, you can completely contain the men and horses behind the enemy, concentrate your forces, and annihilate the anti-thieves who pulled out the camp first, and see who dares to fight this vanguard in the future." ”