In any case, the course of this war must be reported to the emperor immediately.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting jointly wrote a chapter on the course of this war and sent it to Beijing in a hurry.

At the same time, Liu Yue, the general banner of Jinyiwei, completed the task of going out of Beijing this time, and he also had to return to Beijing immediately. Before leaving, he asked Qin Bing about his next plans.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting did not hide it from him, among which Hong Chengchou replied to him: "It is no longer possible to save these more than 200,000 people now." Only when this Tartar army escorted the people on the road to see if there was a chance to rescue them. ”

"The Governor is right!" Sun Chuanting also added, "The Tartars have a city wall here to rely on, even if our army is fast, the Tartars have enough manpower and time to push the people of the Ming Dynasty to the city and block them in front of them." ”

"As long as you pay close attention, you can find that those people are estimated to be hungry on weekdays, and they don't have the strength to escape, not to mention that they still have their hands tied, and they have no strength to resist at all. Moreover, those murderous Tartars were all vassal Han Chinese with the lowest combat effectiveness in the Jianyu army, which was their so-called Baoyi; These dog thieves may not be enough to look at my Qin soldiers, but if they want to kill people, they are very easy. ”

"Also, the real Tartars in the Jianyu army, as well as the Mongol Tartars, are all in full array. If our army forcibly attacks the city, tens of thousands of dog thieves will do it, and our army will not be able to kill those real Tartars and Mongolian Tartars in the first place like chopping vegetables, then the number of people they can kill Liwei is unimaginable. Once you can't hold the city, you can still set fire to the city, and then the people in the city will be full of people, and the people who are so hungry that they have no strength will probably not survive in the end. For them, these lives don't matter, but once the officials and soldiers of the court make a move, the future of the officials and the governor will not be mentioned, and from now on, there will be a mark in the history books, and the reputation of the Qin soldiers will also be stinky. “

He said this a little directly, which made Hong Chengchou glance at him, and he was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, so he immediately opened his mouth and said to Liu Yue: "Our army can simply win the first battle, and there are also reasons why the Tartars are careless. This official has to admit that Jianyu is well-equipped, and he is also brave in battle, and once he is trapped in a beast, he is still very powerful, which is one of them. “

"On the other hand, in my Ming Dynasty, there are always some people who are dissatisfied with the official and Governor Sun, as well as the court and the emperor. Once our army took the initiative to attack the city and caused so many casualties, they would ignore the murderous choice of the Jianjiao, and instead point fingers at the imperial court. The mouth of the world is leisurely, and it can't be blocked at all. People of later generations will understand one-sidedly from the articles they wrote, and they will definitely think that my Ming is ruthless, and even have an immeasurable misunderstanding of the current emperor, alas......"

Hearing this, Liu Yue understood.

That's not the case today!

If Jianyu really wanted to be defeated so easily, he would not sit big in Liaodong, and he entered the customs several times and wreaked havoc in the customs at will.

Governor Hong is talking about another problem, which seems to be even more serious.

In the past, the Donglin Party opened the academy, pointed fingers at the government and criticized the government, it seemed that it was for the country and the people, but in fact, as Jinyiwei, who didn't know what their real purpose was?

And now, it seems that there is a resumption of society, and there is also this trend. The pen of the literati, reversed black and white, is really more powerful than the sword and gun of the martial arts, not only killing people without blood, but also making people stink for thousands of years!

Thinking like this, Liu Yue also understood the distress of the two commanders. is worried about their future, and also for the emperor, this city is really impossible to fight.

Seeing his expression, Hong Chengchou knew that he understood, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said: "In Lu Shangshu's arrangement, there is also a set of backup strategies, since we can't fight this city at the moment, then our army will act according to the plan." Please also ask Liu Zongqi to return to the emperor, our army will live up to the emperor's trust, be loyal to the country, and die! ”

"The yin of Jianyu is ruthless, it is indeed rare to see in a hundred years, if you don't teach them well, you really have no one in my Han land!" Sun Chuanting nodded a little angrily and said, "For the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor, even if it is a tough battle, my Qin soldiers will also fight, and they will never back down!" ”

When Liu Yue saw it, he clasped his hands into fists and replied solemnly: "The last general will definitely tell the meaning of the two adults, and he will also play what the last general saw and heard truthfully." Please take care! ”

After finishing speaking, seeing the two adults nodding in response, he didn't delay any longer, and immediately led his subordinates to escort Gao Qingxue away and rush back to Jingshi.

Watching their backs go away, Hong Chengchou turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting, and said with a serious face: "Time is pressing, how do you think we divide the labor?" ”

It stands to reason that the governor of the three sides is greater than the governor of Shaanxi, but both of them are considered feudal officials, and they usually lead their own troops to fight. And when he was in Beijing before, the emperor praised Sun Chuanting a lot, so Hong Chengchou also respected Sun Chuanting a lot in his attitude, and he did not mean to use his official position to suppress him.

Not to mention how they discussed, let's talk about Yue Tuo, the leader of the Manchu Tartars, after being teased by Lu Xiangsheng several times, finally came back to his senses, and personally went out to the front of the battle, looking at the Ming army in the distance a little annoyed, and said hatefully: "Can Lu Xiangsheng go or not?" Isn't that fun? ”

Ning Wan was by his side, and when he heard his words, he also frowned and said: "My lord, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and Lu Xiangsheng must be strange when he does this!" ”

Yue Tuo's mood was not very good, and when he heard his nonsense, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and ask him, "What kind of demon law?" What's the trick? Aren't you Han people very cunning, let's listen to it! ”

Ning Wan's face turned red when he heard this, and after a little hesitation, he lowered his head and replied: "According to the villain's opinion, Lu Xiangsheng did this either to attract the attention of our army, otherwise he would definitely not go back and forth and waste money and food in vain." ”

Standing in place for defense certainly consumes less food than this kind of march.

Yue Tuo frowned when he heard this, as if he was about to get angry.

Ning Wan and I should also know that this answer will not be satisfactory, so I hurriedly analyzed: "Since it is to attract the attention of our army, then it is possible that we deliberately want our army to continue to pull out the camp with him, so that it can also consume our army's grain and grass materials, and it can also ...... It can also exhaust our army! “

Hearing this, Yue Tuo was still not satisfied, and shouted coldly: "Could it be that he, Lu Xiangsheng, tired our army and consumed my grain and grass materials, can defeat us and go south to rescue Jinan Mansion?" ”

This answer is obviously no, Ning Wan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in my mind, and I couldn't help but look up at Yue Tuo and said, "Lu Xiangsheng shouldn't be Xiang Zhuang Dancing Sword with the intention of Pei Gong, right?" ”

Speaking of this, he was even more affirmative, and hurriedly added: "Anping Baylor's side? ”

Anping Baylor, that is, Aixinjue Luo Dudu, has taken care of the people and materials that have been plundered since entering the customs this time.

As soon as he heard this, Yue Tuo was suddenly shocked, there was really such a possibility.

In the past, when Lu Xiangsheng led more than 10,000 elites, he showed several times that he wanted to attack Du Du's side, forcing the Qing army to concentrate on continuing to attack the city and plunder the land.

"Could it be that the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom have arrived?" When Yue Tuo came to this conclusion, he couldn't help but immediately become serious.

For the Qing Dynasty, one of the most important things to enter the customs this time was to plunder enough people and materials to return to Liaodong, so that Liaodong could grow up as quickly as possible.

Therefore, the population and materials that have been plundered by Dudu's side must not be lost.

Yue Tuo was about to send someone to inquire about the situation, but Du Du's messenger had already galloped in first.

"What, found out that there is a Ming army?" After listening to the announcement, Yue Tuo couldn't help but be surprised.

I also heard Ning Wan on the side, and I was a little excited immediately, and hurriedly said: "Look, the villain is not wrong, the villain has already guessed that Lu Xiangsheng must be deceitful in doing this!" ”

Yue Tuo listened, glanced at him, didn't have time to pay attention to him, and immediately asked about the specific situation.

At the end of the question, he frowned again, thought about it and said, "Just want me to wait here for an opportunity?" So, those Ming troops are not to be worried? ”

Thinking about it, it seems that in order to ensure the safety of Du Du's side, there are more than 1,000 white-armored soldiers alone! With this force, even if Lu Xiangsheng led his men to attack before, I believe it would be impossible to get to Du Du's side.

Thinking like this, Yue Tuo was a lot more relieved. raised his head and looked at Lu Xiangsheng's department in the distance again, and wondered a little in his heart: Could it be that Lu Xiangsheng is poor in donkey skills, and he really hasn't broken?

Ning Wan didn't know the specific deployment of Jianlu's troops, but he was a little worried, and reminded Yue Tuo: "Lord Baylor, according to the villain, why don't we go back to Anping Baylor's side." Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years! “

Yue Tuo listened, and did not answer immediately, but just looked at the Ming army in the distance, his eyes were full of unwillingness, and he was very annoyed in his heart.

Unexpectedly, in the past few days, Lu Xiangsheng has led the old and weak soldiers, and played the more than 10,000 Qing men and horses led by himself.

Thinking of this, Yue Tuo suddenly became a little ruthless, there is a price to pay for playing Lao Tzu!

Lu Xiangsheng is too cunning to eat in his mouth, so the Ming army on Du Du's side will never have time to retract, right? Turn around and destroy the Ming army, and then throw the head of the leading general to Lu Xiangsheng, so that you can relieve the hatred in your heart!

Thinking so, he turned his head to look at Ning Wan, and strengthened his thoughts, and was about to issue a military order, but found that another messenger from Du Du was galloping over.

This time, without waiting for the messenger to speak, Yue Tuo guessed that it was wrong. If Du Du is okay over there, he will definitely not send messengers over continuously.

Sure enough, this time the messenger announced, the situation is a little more specific, it is the arrival of the Qin soldiers of the Ming State, an army that can be fought in the Ming State. Du Du felt the pressure and finally asked for help.

However, even if the Qin soldiers were considered a strong army in the Ming Kingdom, they were nothing in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty. But Yue Tuo has just made up his mind, and besides, Ning Wan is not wrong what I said, compared to Du Du's side, the most important thing.

Therefore, Yue Tuo immediately ordered the whole army to move out and immediately go to the rescue of Anping Baylor.

In order to avoid the possible loss of food and grass for the population, and most importantly, in order to prevent the Ming army from running away when they saw that they could not take the city, Yue Tuo's military order was to require the whole army to reinforce as quickly as possible.

His army can be regarded as a strong army. At the sound of an order, the army quickly marched out. With billowing dust, it disappeared into the distance.

Lu Xiangsheng naturally noticed this situation. Looking at the direction in which Jian Yu had left, he frowned. I don't know if the Qin army defeated Jianyu and rescued those people? If not, then it is possible to implement a second strategy.

Thinking so, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole army to stop moving, and all the nights were not collected and immediately tracked down the Jianyu army. If possible, I might be able to help here.

Yue Tuo's army was not all cavalry, but half infantry and half cavalry. As the ears and ears of the army, the probe horses were scattered forward, and the cavalry covered the infantry and hurried away.

It was almost a day's journey, and it was estimated that it would not take more than a day to march in such a hurry, and it would be possible to arrive before dark.

After rushing for about an hour, a scout horse galloped back from the front and said to Yue Tuo: "Master, the first twenty miles found that the Ming army did not collect at night, and there were quite a few people, blocking the movement of Anping Baylor. ”

Upon hearing this, Yue Tuo was stunned. So, the war on Du Du's side is fierce?

Therefore, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered to explore the horse again, and then ordered his generals to divide half of the cavalry, break away from the main force, and go to reinforcements first.

This time, less than an hour later, another probe came to tell him that the Ming army had deployed troops to intercept the cavalry on the front road, and it was impossible to break through the Ming army's line with light cavalry in a short time.

Hearing this news, Ning Wan was like a frightened rabbit, and hurriedly reminded Yue Tuo: "My lord, it's not good, something must have happened to Anping Baylor." It was Lu Xiangsheng who lured our army again, and sent troops to prevent us from returning to help. They're going to eat Anping Baylor in one bite! ”

Yue Tuo was also a little panicked at this time, how many reinforcements did the Ming Kingdom have? How is the combat power? Will Du Du's side be able to resist it? He knew nothing about these things. And in a short period of time, I couldn't learn the specific military situation by exploring the horse, and I felt a little blind.

No matter what, Du Du's side must not lose!

The more the Ming army lured and intercepted its own army, the more afraid the Ming army was of reinforcing Du Du on its side!

Getting this conclusion, Yue Tuo couldn't care about it, and immediately issued a military order, and he personally led the rest of the cavalry to rush to the rescue first. On the side of the concession army, they must also rush to it as soon as possible.

The sound of hooves rumbled, Yue Tuo led the cavalry to go away, and on the official road, only the Manchu infantry army was left, eating the dust raised by the cavalry, and hurried away.

There are many plains in Hebei, but this does not mean that there are no mountains in Hebei, at least there are many small hills.

Lu Xiangsheng originally served as the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion for a few years, and led the army to recruit thieves, even if he fought with the Manchu army this time, it would take three months, so he can be said to be far more familiar with the terrain in this area than the Manchu army.

Therefore, he set a backup plan, which is to surround the point and send reinforcements.

After Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting withdrew from the army, they divided labor and cooperated and started this siege and reinforcement operation.