In the afternoon, the camp of the Ming army in the forest of Eucommia began to be lively, and the soldiers who had rested all morning began to get up to eat, holding bowls and piling up to discuss last night's battle, and there were well-informed people who were gossiping rumors, and the people and horses of the East Factory came out of the camp one after another, and I heard that it was the little overseer who was trapped in the east......

The dust was flying in the distance, the sound of hooves was like thunder, Li Muxian, who was building a canopy under the shade of the tree, glanced up, hurriedly rushed forward, and galloped to the front without taking dozens of steps: "Factory ......"

Before he finished speaking, a cloud of black things went straight to his eyes, Li Muxian raised his hand to grab it, but it was Chang Yu's helmet, and then saw the little eunuch jump off the war horse and plunge into the woods without looking back.

Seeing that his face was solemn, Li Muxian knew that the little eunuch must have been tied in his hands, and looked sideways at the soldiers behind him, covered in blood and full of tragedy, which showed how fierce the fight was, and he was shocked in his heart.

"Bullnose, go and appease it." Huang Degong jumped off the horse and patted Li Muxian on the shoulder, Li Muxian dodged sideways, and said lightly: "How can the little overseer Tianzong Elite lose his soul because of this little ups and downs, and do you need to worry about us?" ”

Huang Degong was stunned, and then laughed: "What you said is also very reasonable, yes, Lao Tzu don't worry about that idleness to make up for sleep" said and waved his hand into the woods to find a shade to lie down and fall asleep, and the soldiers of the various battalions participating in the battle also dismounted and rested.

Li Muxian said it easily, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart, the little eunuch was only a teenager after all, and his sudden setback when he was young and ambitious was probably a great impact on his mind, but at this critical moment he couldn't make a mess, so he walked into the woods and thought about how to appease him, but saw Chang Yu taking off his armor by the river and washing, and the little Taoist Li Chunfeng was rubbing his back obediently.

"It is estimated that there will be a heavy rain later" Li Muxian pretended to be relaxed and said, Chang Yu looked back at him when he heard the words, and then looked at the sky: "The thunder is heavy and the rain is small, just like a tartar, it looks quite bluffing, but it is actually vulnerable."

"Haha, the metaphor of the factory governor is too appropriate" Li Muxian patted a sycophant, and the self-esteem of the little eunuch was too strong, looking at the tragic situation of his own soldiers, he knew that he had suffered before, but his mouth was very hard.

When Chang Yu heard him say this, he stared at Li Muxian with a smile: "In fact, just like Bendu, he looked at the momentum but didn't think about Dolgon's way, and was almost buried by his digging pit."

Forehead...... Li Muxian didn't expect the little eunuch to be so honest all of a sudden: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and if you go back and find the field, the factory supervisor must not be burdened by this."

Chang Yu laughed: "Are you unhappy because of this failure?" Fei Ye" said and shook his head slightly: "As you said, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it is also a good thing for the governor to be frustrated at this time, the reason why the governor is not angry is because I am too conceited and sacrificed the lives of many soldiers in vain, in fact, I feel guilty and difficult to be angry with myself, but this also makes the governor sober up, don't despise any opponent, even if the enemy is an ant, you must go all out."

"How can there be immortals in a war, it is natural for a soldier to kill the enemy's horse leather shroud, and this battle can make the factory governor realize and be worthwhile......" Li Muxian didn't expect that the little eunuch was mature and expected from afar.

At this time, he looked at a young man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was actually a battle-hardened adult, and this little setback only had a wake-up call for him, not a blow, let alone a psychological shadow.

The rain finally fell, but as Chang Yu said, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it was even just a drizzle, but even this made the camp boil, and the soldiers either panicked to build a canopy or rushed into the river to frolic without scruples, enjoying this rare coolness.

Under the shade of the tree, under the canopy built by Li Muxian, the little Taoist priest was fiddling with a frog and watching Chang Yu pick a rod to fish, while Li Muxian was holding a dead branch on the ground in Chang Yu's figure; "The Qing army is going south along the river, which means that it is going directly to Tianjin, and the future must pass through the Xiang River, according to its speed, it will arrive tomorrow night at the earliest, and it will be in front of General Li Yan" said a little to the north: "General Zhou should lead his troops to the south at this time, and his light and fast horses can be reached in one day, Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei have sent troops to go south side by side forty miles west of the Tartars, and the factory governor, we can live and die with the Tartars at the earliest, tomorrow night."

Chang Yu in the fishing shook his head: "Tongzhou is a hundred miles away from the Xianghe, the Tartars plundered and marched all the way, the fastest march in a day is only forty miles, and it takes two days to reach the Xianghe, that is, you expect to arrive tomorrow night, but if the Tartars send a soldier and horse first, I am afraid that they will start fighting in advance."

Li Muxian frowned and said, "There's no need for Tartars to be in such a hurry."

"It's hard to say" Chang Yu shook his head slightly: "The Tartars plundered the people all the way and fled when they heard the wind, if they only swept the village fort and got little, the Xianghe River was full of oil and water, it was difficult to ensure that the Tartars did not attack the idea of attacking the city, but if they walked slowly and leisurely, the people in Xianghe City fled when they heard the wind, leaving an empty city, what is the use of the Tartars?" ”

"In this case, it is very likely that the Tartars will really send a group of soldiers and horses first, and even if they don't attack the city, they can besiege the city......" Li Muxian frowned, "In this way, once General Li is exposed, he will start ......fighting in advance."

"Anyway, I'm going to show my face and do it, what the governor is worried about is not to start the fight in advance but to ......" Saying a sigh, Li Muxian turned his head and glanced at him: "Is the factory governor worried that General Li will not be defeated?" ”

"Perhaps" Chang Yu bit his lip: "If you are defeated, you can retreat, but the worry is that once you retreat, the door will be opened for the Tartars, and the situation of encirclement will become a single pursuit, and the mobility of the Tartars will not be limited...... The governor was still too big before, and he should not let the general army of Zhou go north, but go south to join forces with Li Yan to block the enemy side by side."

"If that's the case, it's tricky," Li Muxian frowned: "At this time, it's too late to send reinforcements."

"It's not too late, Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei may be in time, but when they get to the ground, they are already exhausted like chicken ribs, so why should this governor exhaust all the people and horses, and finally even have no strength to chase the enemy......"

"The factory governor doesn't have to worry too much, after all, these are our guesses, maybe the Tartars are not so smart, after all, after Dolgon has suffered a few times, he easily does not dare to disperse his troops and go alone, and even if he sends a group of troops and horses to besiege Xianghe, there will not be many troops, and General Li may be able to win the battle" Li Muxian pretended to be relaxed and reassured.

Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "I hope so!" But if it weren't for what we wanted, some would be busy."

Li Muxian nodded and looked around: "Pull out the camp tonight?" ”

Chang Yu glanced at him: "You think of beauty, if it doesn't rain much in the evening, immediately pull out the camp, and bite Dorgon's main force, so that he doesn't dare to divide the troops, and it can be regarded as reducing the burden on Li Yan."

Realizing that the strategy is flawed, Zhou Yuji, who is far away in Sanhe, also began to mumble in his psychology, the little eunuch has just taken a step to scrap chess, when the Qing army leaves the capital and enters Tongzhou in the east, he should not go north to avoid, but should go south as quickly as possible to join forces with Li Yan, because the Qing army is going south in the end, and now he is going north to avoid, and the Qing army has to turn the horse's head to chase after the Qing army when it goes south without accident, which is just a few blind tosses.

Of course, judging from the form at that time, Chang Yu let him ambush troops in Sanhe just to prevent the Qing army from advancing deep into the east and forcing him to go south to encircle, but then he did take a step to waste chess, so that Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses tossed in vain.

It is said that Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses were hidden in the northern mountain col of the Three Rivers, and only a small group of elite soldiers were dispatched to ambush a small group of Qing troops who stepped into the territory to plunder, killing more than 100 enemies, thinking that they would be counterattacked by a large number of soldiers and horses of the Qing army.

How do you know that when Zhou Yuji was about to show his sword and greet the Qing army, he found that there was no bird at all, yes, the scouts came to report that a large number of Qing troops were coming, and the Qing army in the territory began to retreat south!

, you got a stuffy stick and left without saying a word? This is not the style of the Qing army!

Zhou Yuji unexpectedly also guessed that the Qing army should have changed its strategy, and adopted a defensive attack to make a lot of money and plunder, so he ordered the army to rush after those Qing troops.

However, he chased fast, the Qing army went faster, and when his army arrived outside Sanhe County, he waited to report that the Qing army had moved more than 20 miles south into the territory of Xianghe.

All the generals under his command shouted to continue the chase, but were stopped by Zhou Yuji, but ordered the scouts to investigate the movements of the Qing army in Tongzhou, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to rest and stand by.

At noon, the scouts came to report that the Qing army had burned the army of Tongzhou City and moved south along the canal...... At the same time, the scouts who tracked down south also reported back the news, and the Qing army began to send a large force of troops and horses to intercept and kill the Ming scouts.

After chasing for a long time, there was no large-scale conflict between the two armies on the periphery of the horses, and at this time, the Qing army was unusual, so that Zhou Yuji smelled something unusual and discussed with the generals under his command, so he ordered the general Niu Yong to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses first, and then personally led the main force to move slowly.

Sure enough, the news came soon, the three thousand Ming troops chased after them quickly, and the Qing army immediately counterattacked, and the two armies fought for more than 20 miles south of the Sanhe River for a while and retreated!

The Qing army did not pursue!

Niu Yong pursued again, the Qing army returned to the horse and shot the two armies again, and then the Ming army withdrew, and the Qing army also Mingjin collected troops and waited for them several miles away.

This is the demarcation of the land as a boundary, Zhou Yuji and other battle-hardened veterans, instantly understood the intentions of the Qing army, you honestly follow me to plunder our well water and do not violate the river water, but if you step across the boundary...... Hey, hey, at your own risk.

Thinking about it is beautiful, Zhou Yuji sneered, at this time he had roughly figured out the battle of the Qing army, the main force of about 20,000 soldiers and horses along the west bank of the canal south, and the other was originally the eastern part of Tongzhou responsible for plundering tens of thousands of soldiers and horses directly south to the Xianghe, the two roads of soldiers and horses are separated by the canal, about twenty or thirty miles apart.

As for the Qing army's demarcation of the territory, Zhou Yuji, the strategic policy of not taking the initiative to attack, was also well understood.

What's next? Following the Qing army to move a little or directly eat the Tartars in the east, the generals launched a fierce debate, but Zhou Yuji was silent.

In fact, Zhou Yuji was also struggling in his heart, first of all, he was ordered to rush to Sanhe ambush half a month ago, and the food and grass carried by the ambush soldiers were insufficient, and now they began to lick the bottom of the tank, at most, they will be completely starved until tomorrow night, and it is rare that the Qing army is scattered at this time, and there are only less than 10,000 troops on the east side of the canal, and they have to escort the plundered materials, so he wants to fight.

However, whether he can do it past the Qing army Zhou Yuji is not sure of his psychology, not even half of the certainty, if he wins, it is fine, but if he loses, it will definitely affect the overall situation, and the chess path of the little eunuch will cause unpredictable serious consequences.

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