In the riverside woods more than 20 miles south of Xianghe City, Li Yan frowned after listening to the scout's report, Tongzhou is more than 100 miles away from Xianghe, how could the Qing army be so fast!

"General, maybe it's just the Tartars' horse exploration team bluffing to besiege the city" Qin Songwang, the general, said softly, Li Yan nodded slightly: "It's also possible, but the Tartars are different from the past, this time the lone army dares to be so arrogant and not like the style of the horse exploration, maybe there are still a large number of soldiers and horses behind it."

"If that's the case, you have to guard against it" Qin Songwang said again: "It's just that Xianghe is in danger at this time, should we come to the rescue?" ”

Li Yan shook his head: "I'm just afraid that I will scare the snake and miss the overall situation" Everyone frowned and was silent, and Xianghe County could not escape.

As soon as the words fell, the scout reported: The Qing army was frightened and retreated.

Qin Songwang was furious: "Hu Yancheng is so bold and reckless, how can he make his own claim and expose his identity!" ”

Li Yan waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and took a long breath.

Does the general want to eat this Tartar before the main force arrives? Previously, the scouts had reported that there were two or three thousand Qing troops in the north of Xianghe City, so Qin Songwang had this question.

Li Yan didn't answer immediately, but swept his eyes at everyone: "Three thousand Tartar cavalry, are you gnawing down?" ”

The generals looked at each other, but no one spoke, the combat power of the Qing cavalry was not blown out, it was a golden signboard from countless bloody battles, Li Yan's subordinates had also seen it, but at that time they belonged to the auxiliary and leakage troops, and they did not face the battle head-on, even so they were shocked.

Li Yan saw that everyone was silent, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command at this time, and in the face of the three thousand Qing cavalry, he actually showed fear on his face, what does this mean?

First, the cavalry of the Qing army is indeed strong, and second, the morale is inflated! Phobia still exists, and it is difficult to heal when it penetrates deep into the bone marrow!

If you can't gnaw it, you have to gnaw, at most, you will waste this mouthful, and in the end, it was Li Yan's most trusted general, Qin Songwang, who stood up: "Two or three thousand don't dare to fight if you are not sure to fight, then what are we still pretending to be waiting for, it is better to slip away as soon as possible, otherwise when the main force of tens of thousands of Tartars arrives, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape if I want to!" ”

This self-deprecation really worked, and the generals began to echo: "Hit it, fight, I'm afraid that his mother will beg ......"

"When the little overseer was in Taiyuan, he single-handedly dared to fight with us outside the city, and led three battalions of soldiers outside the pass to dare to rush the tens of thousands of Tartar troops without more than 1,000 troops, and dragged them until Wu Sangui arrived...... Look at our hands and feet, the dignified seven-foot man is not the inner palace child, he is really ashamed, ashamed! ”

Li Yan's tone was light, but everyone heard how heartbroken he was!

"The general Hugh insults us" Li Yan's subordinates are mostly thieves and full of wildness, although they don't know how to write and ink, they can also hear that Li Yan is secretly scolding them for not even being as good as a eunuch!

"Isn't it just killing Tartars, Lao Tzu didn't even blink his eyes when he killed officers and soldiers, how could he be afraid of the Tartars that the dog said......"

Li Yan sneered and glanced at the generals: "It's you who humiliate yourself, what does it have to do with the general!" Saying that, he snorted coldly: "The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, at this time, you are already officers and soldiers, don't talk about the majesty of the past, and see if you will be soft when you really kill the Tartars!" ”

"Then the general will see if the knife I am waiting for can kill the Tartars!" The generals shouted, and Li Yan's expression was indifferent: "The general is here to watch, the main force of the Tartars will reach this place tomorrow, if you want to eat this Tartar, you only have a chance tonight, see if I will wait for the tail to slip away tomorrow or give the main force of the Tartars a dismount, it will depend on your means tonight."

Walking around the scenery and watching the scenery, killing people and robbing a fortune, Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army to walk and stop all the way south along the canal to the south, and the plundered was also rich, and the mood gradually improved, which is the correct way to open the customs.

Unconsciously, the sky was getting darker and the rain was a little heavier, and in a large village forty or fifty miles away from the Xianghe, Dolgon ordered to camp and rest, and all the men and horses were collected into the camp.

The large courtyard in the village was cleaned up, and Dolgon and the generals gathered around to discuss the military situation, and the small wooden stick in his hand kept scratching on the ground: "Let's go south along this canal, and the north-south river called Chaobai River more than ten miles away in the east also flows through Xianghe County, sandwiching its east and west into it, and divides into many tributaries, and the water system in its territory is mostly since the land is fertile, if the time is sufficient, you can stay for a long time to graze horses......"

"Report ......" At this moment, the soldiers from outside hurriedly came: "Lord Wang...... Thirty miles to the northwest, tens of thousands of Ming troops followed, and thirty miles to the northeast, although a large number of Ming troops had not yet been found, there were many Ming scouts who tried to force their way into the forbidden area......"

Dolgon's expression was indifferent, this information sounded indifferent to him, or that sentence to follow if he loved to follow, which time in previous years had not followed, although this time it was too close, but as long as he did not step into his bottom line and the official did not want to go to war, but if he kicked his nose in the face, he would not be polite, and he would definitely beat him violently.

"Got it, let's go down," Dorgon waved his hand, and the soldier turned and went out.

"Lord Wang, the Ming army is so abnormal, it seems that our trip is not as easy as in previous years" Shang Kexi was a little worried, and Dolgon sneered: "Do you want to say, look at this situation, there is little friction along the way, the Ming army may not wait for us to return before starting, there is a possibility of a war at any time, right?"

"That's what the slave means," Shang Kexi said quickly.

Dolgon laughed: "If he wants to fight, then fight, anytime, anywhere!" Could it be that we will be afraid? ”

Fear? The generals laughed.

What are you kidding, the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry is invincible in the world, if it is said that the siege and defense of the territory may not be as good as the Ming army, but if the field war is strong and ruthless, it is really special who does not look at anyone, even if it is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, even if you have tens of thousands of troops, what? Beat you whenever you want, and go wherever you want when you go.

"Report ......" When everyone's laughter was not gone, the soldiers arrived: "Lord, there is a Ming army ...... in Xianghe"

After hearing the report, everyone was shocked, and Dolgon frowned even more, and whispered in his mouth: "Where did the Ming army come from?" Tianjin's? It's impossible, not to mention the distance, the Ming army doesn't have any troops in Tianjin, and they don't have the courage to come over if they have that, besides, how can they be so well-informed......"

But apart from Tianjin, where else can there be a Ming army around here, Dolgon and the others really can't think of it, and he can still speculate that the Ming army that appeared in Sanhe is from Jizhen, but where did the Ming army come out of the village and the store in the projectile land of your mother's Xianghe?

"Are you sure it's the Ming army, how many soldiers and horses are there?" Dolgon asked his own soldiers to call the probe horse to interrogate carefully, but this thing is just a rumor, Zhiwu only said for a long time that it can be determined that it is the Ming army, but the strength is not clear, hundreds to more than a thousand are possible.

Call...... Dolgon breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't understand where the Ming army came from, but he heard that there were only hundreds to more than a thousand, which was not enough to stuff his teeth, so what was there to fear, and what if there was any!

However, Duoduo, who was as careful as a hair, didn't think so, how could such a little Ming army have the courage to go to relieve the siege of Xianghe City, why were they outside the city instead of stationed inside the city!

The first question, the spies gave an explanation, because there were only more than 100 Qing troops outside Xianghe City at that time, so those Ming troops dared to challenge, as for why they were not stationed in the city, it is unknown.

"Maybe I happened to come from somewhere else," Kong Youde said in a low voice, and everyone felt justified.

Hundreds of thousands of small units of Ming troops were naturally not worth paying attention to in the past, but after several variables, Dolgon and others still felt that they should deal with it carefully, so they ordered Azig to stay still, and they must find out the details of this Ming army, and then find out whether they are passing by or targeted.

How did he know that Dolgon, who had been asleep just after 11 o'clock in the evening, was woken up by his own soldiers, and the horse was in front of him to report urgently: The Ming army attacked the Azig department!

Dolgon was shocked, and repeatedly ordered the generals to gather for discussion, and the Ming army dared to sneak attack Azig's camp, which means that the strength of the army is by no means a few hundred, or two or three thousand!

The camp was attacked in the middle of the night, this is the nightmare of all the generals, Dolgon can't imagine what happened to Azig at this time, the two places are separated by more than fifty miles, and the spies may have fallen to the dust at the time when they sent the letter here, whether they killed the Ming army back, or ......

"Kong Youde, you immediately raise 5,000 troops and go to support!" Dolgon didn't have time to think about it, so he had to take measures quickly, although he was dissatisfied with Azig, but it was also his own brother and one of the important generals of the Qing Dynasty, and he was his political right and left hand, and he couldn't make mistakes.