At three o'clock in the afternoon, two thousand Ming cavalry carried bows and swords, and the murderous spirit came out of the north gate of Qingzhou City, turned around and went west, and sent to the direction of the Beiyang River.

Chang Yu took the lead in the front of the team, and the generals chatted side by side left and right, among which Hao Shaoqi was the most interested, and being able to fight side by side with the little eunuch made him feel extremely excited.

Since he surrendered, although he swore allegiance and no longer had two hearts, other generals were more or less prejudiced against him, but Chang Yu never was biased against him, and even reused him as the vanguard commander many times, Hao Shaoqi was very grateful.

Of course, more importantly, he always remembered the promise of the little eunuch, that is, to build a camp for him, which is the thing that Hao Shaoqi is most eager for at the moment.

Although Hao Shaoqi is less resourceful but extremely brave, in this era of wars is quite hot, when he was a thief army, he was a general who commanded nearly 10,000 people under the command of a general, which is not a small mountain, but after surrendering, every time he encounters a big war, he will also be a vanguard, but after the war, he is only a pawn, like an ordinary worker, which makes him extremely frustrated.

There is especially a strong contrast, Li Yan.

The same is the thief general, but the treatment is very different, Li Yan was received by Emperor Chongzhen for the supreme glory, was crowned by the righteous army, awarded his Mingwei general, in the military attache six and thirty ranks in the fourth rank and nineteenth rank, compared to Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji's prince and master, the prince Shaobao, the total rank is worse, but for the thief general who has just surrendered to Cheng, it is unprecedented.

In addition, his little eunuch is heavy, and he is his most important staff, relying on his military talent to sweep away the enemy army.

Who hasn't had a little self-esteem these days, and who hasn't had a little jealousy.

Hao Shaoqi vowed to mix up his personal appearance in the ranks of officers and soldiers, at least no worse than Li Yan, although he did not have Li Yan's intelligence, he could throw him 108,000 miles by force.

In battle, resourcefulness is really important, and a general who sweeps thousands of troops is even more important, especially when Daming is fragile and sluggish, it is too necessary to have a few raised arms and shout, and Lao Tzu will kill this kind of stupid leading brother.

Hao Shaoqi belongs to such a group.

"Lord Overseer, do you remember the promise of humiliation?" Hao Shaoqi grinned and finally interjected, and Chang Yu, who was speaking in Song Luoshu, was stunned at first, and then came to his senses: "This governor has never broken his word to anyone, in the past half a month, you have shown courage and fearlessness to kill the enemy, countless governors have seen it, and after driving the Tartars out of the customs, we will return to Beijing to report our work, and it is time for this governor to fulfill his promise."

Hao Shaoqi was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, and asked, does the lowly construction camp also belong to the direct jurisdiction of the East Factory?

"It depends on whether you want to or not" The corners of Chang Yu's mouth showed a hint of a smile, and Hao Shaoqi hurriedly said: "The lowly duty is willing, and the lowly one must follow the Overseer......"

"That relationship is good" Chang Yu nodded slightly, and then raised his eyebrows: "But all the subordinates who enter the East Factory must be eunuchs, you have to think about it."

Ah, Hao Shaoqi was shocked, and hurriedly looked sideways at Jia Waixiong next to him, and asked in a low voice, "Are you also clean?" ”

, Jia Waixiong snorted: "Lao Tzu can be used as a horsewhip when he takes it out, so you believe it or not!" Everyone burst into laughter, and Hao Shaoqi reacted that the little eunuch made fun of him, so he also grinned.

"Look at your bear-like appearance," Chang Yu scolded with a smile.

"Lord Xie Du gave the name" Hao Shaoqi put away his smile and said solemnly: "If he builds a camp in the future, it will be a black bear camp."

Everyone was stunned.

Lao Jiu shook his head with a wry smile: "This product is not stupid at all."

Jia Waixiong sighed: "How can there be any real fools these days, most of them pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, and they are all like monkeys......"

Even Chang Yu was slightly stunned by Hao Shaoqi's reaction, and then nodded with a smile: "Let's take you."

Hao Shaoqi hurriedly thanked him and said: "Lord Overseer, why are all the battalions under our Dongchang led by black characters?" ”。

Chang Yu wanted to tease him, but after thinking about it, he said solemnly: "Ben Du intends to make you and others fight against the enemy, and he is ...... in a black heart."

Everyone suddenly realized, but in fact, the little eunuch was just talking nonsense.

Qingzhou City to the west of the Beiyang River is only more than ten miles, if the horse gallops, you can arrive in a moment, but there is no emergency military situation at the moment, plus the weather is hot, the soldiers and horses wear armor, there is no need to rush to march and run, the sweaty people and horses are tired, not in a hurry and not slow while chatting is also comfortable.

It's just that it's still hot and sweaty, and there is no beautiful scenery to enjoy along the way, but from time to time I see corpses all over the wilderness on the side of the road, there are Qing troops and Ming troops, which should be left by the fighting when Li Yanbu sent reinforcements the day before yesterday.

In such a hot weather, the corpse will swell and worry for two days at most, Chang Yu of the Qing army doesn't care, but those Ming soldiers are all heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, how can they let their corpses be thrown into the wilderness, so they couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "Qian Lianghan, who doesn't eat food!" ”

He previously ordered Qian Lianghan and other officials to organize the people to clean up the battlefield and bury the corpses outside the city, that knowing that this thing only did the work under his nose, Chang Yu was furious, in fact, he couldn't blame Qian Lianghan, first, the task of cleaning up the city was heavy, and secondly, the war situation outside the city was unstable, and he didn't dare to let the people run so far to collect the corpses.

But Chang Yu still asked his soldiers to return to the city and ordered Qian Lianghan to organize people to clean up the bodies of these soldiers, and sent additional patrols to the surrounding areas to ensure their safety.

In less than half an hour, Chang Yu led his troops to the banks of the Beiyang River, and there were traces left by the battle the day before yesterday everywhere, and discarded weapons and corpses could be seen everywhere in the grass, and some tree trunks were full of arrowheads......

More than ten Ming army scouts came out of the riverside woods, and Chang Yu came to report the information.

The Qing army camp is heavily guarded, it is difficult for the Ming army to get close to the horses within five miles, there is no Tartar horse on the east bank of the Beiyang River, there are a few groups wandering a few miles away on the opposite bank, and they have fought with the Ming army scouts. There were also traces of it ten miles downstream to the north, and in short, the Qing army set up tight patrols around its camp.

This is also in Chang Yu's expectations, no matter where he stays under the new defeat, the Qing army will be ready to look forward to the door, and what he is most concerned about at the moment is whether there are soldiers and horses to go to Linzi.

For the time being, the scouts have not found a large-scale Qing army around Linzi, and most of them are the size of their horses, and more than ten units are scurrying around the territory.

Chang Yu was a little puzzled, the Qing army sent many forces to make such a disturbance around Linzi but did not send troops, was it just to cover people's eyes and ears, but actually attacked Xincheng County (now Huantai County)?

But this is impossible, Xincheng County is far away from Qingzhou, if the Tartars want to attack, the Ming army may not be able to know in a short time, and even if they know, they can't be rescued, so there is no need to put smoke bombs on Linzi's side.

Therefore, since it put smoke bombs here, it was to confuse the Ming army to attract its attention, and then the main force slipped away quietly...... Chang Yu, Li Yan and others had already seen through Dolgon's intentions, and they also sent scouts to keep an eye on the movements of his camp.

As for sending troops, it was completely a precaution in case the Qing army really made a move against Linzi, and Chang Yu also had a premonition that the Qing army would definitely make a move, because he knew that Dolgon also understood that just shouting and setting off smoke bombs could not attract much attention from the Ming army, and it was necessary to beat gongs and drums to really rehearse a scene.

It's just that in this scene, how the Qing army plans to sing Chang Yu hasn't figured it out yet, is it a scene to play, or is it a fake play?

"The Tartars have sent so many probe horses on the other side of the river to clash with you and others, will they have quietly sent soldiers and horses to Linzi without being discovered by you," Chang Yu's brows twisted into a twist, looking at the few scouts in front of him.

"Don't worry, if the Tartars send soldiers and horses, they won't be able to escape our eyes" The scout replied very affirmatively, which made Chang Yu very puzzled, although he knew that he had a specialization in art, and these scouts had the ability, but they were too sure.

"Governor, you see" the scout leader, raised his hand to the southwest Mingzu Mountain and pointed, Chang Yu looked at it and suddenly realized, vaguely saw a figure shaking halfway up the mountain, it was originally a lookout post there, the cloudless sky on a sunny day, the field of vision is more than 20 miles away, the north can see the Qing army camp, the east can see Qingzhou City, and the west can see Linzi.

"Brothers, hard work" Chang Yu touched his whole body, turned out a few taels of silver, and gave them to those scouts: "As soon as there is news, come and report it."

The scout turned over and hurried away, Chang Yu ordered the whole army to dismount and look for shade on the riverside, and he took off his armor and went to the river to wash his face. ”

Chang Yu glanced back at him: "Sharpen the knife and wait!" ”

Fu Ming Lu

Fu Ming Lu