Two miles outside Lanling County, there is a large camp of the Qing army.

Yan Yingyuan and others hid in the rainy night and weeds and quietly approached the Qing army camp.

The whole camp is densely packed with tents, and groups of Qing soldiers are patrolling back and forth in the rain, and there are lights in each military tent, as if everything is as usual.

"Big brother, the Qing soldiers on patrol seem to be at least tens of thousands, there are so many people patrolling the camp, and the military tents are all lit with lights, there should be nothing abnormal." After observing for a while, Feng Houdun said.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head, always feeling that something was wrong, but he hadn't remembered it for the time being.

What is it!

Suddenly, the corners of Yan Yingyuan's eyes jumped suddenly.

"That's not right! This large camp seems to have only a small number of neighing horses, nearly 140,000 cavalry of the Qing army, at least 140,000 war horses, the sound of neighing of war horses cannot be so small, and the cavalry of the Qing army is not in the camp at all! Yan Yingyuan thought of it for a moment, and was immediately shocked.

Hundreds of thousands of Qing army iron cavalry is likely to be as he thought, detour more than 300 miles to sneak attack Jining's retreat Xue Cheng, according to this view, Jining City is likely to have been broken, Ying Long Army's first army and other tens of thousands of troops are evacuating to Xuzhou, if Xue Cheng is not there at this time, the consequences are unimaginable.

Yan Yingyuan knew very well that the reason why the emperor excluded his Fourth Army and another 30,000 troops to defend Lanling County was to resist Duoduo's hundreds of thousands of Qing troops and keep Xue Cheng's retreat.

"Quick, I'll go back soon, and immediately gather the army to go to Xue City!" Yan Yingyuan and the others immediately turned back.

His body had been completely drenched, trampling on the rain, Yan Yingyuan's heart was slightly cold, he didn't dare to imagine that if the first army of Yinglong Army and the tens of thousands of troops that followed it were all wiped out, it would have an irreparable impact on the next decisive battle in Xuzhou, no matter what, the first army and the tens of thousands of troops must be rescued.

As soon as Yan Yingyuan returned to Lanling County, he didn't change the wet clothes on his body, and immediately gathered all the troops.

"What's going on, it's really hateful to disturb Lao Tzu's good dreams on a rainy night!" The chief military officer Chang Shun said in an unkind tone.

Being called out of bed on a rainy night is a person who will be angry in his heart, not to mention that Chang Shunhou already looked at Yan Yingyuan and the three of them unpleasantly.

Yan Yingyuan didn't care about Chang Shunhou's attitude, and quickly explained: "General Chang, things have changed, the Qing army's iron cavalry is likely to make a detour to attack Xuecheng, we must rush back to Xuecheng immediately to rescue, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

"This is impossible, the general army only went up to the city tower to see it before night, the Qing army is obviously in the camp, how can it be possible to make a detour to attack Xue Cheng? And where do you take a detour? How can you tell? I don't believe it! Chang Shunhou frowned and snorted coldly.

The most important thing is that it is raining now, and the rainy night is dark, if you rush to Xuecheng, wouldn't it mean that you will be drenched in the rain all night? The actual situation is still unclear, let him listen to Yan Yingyuan's words and go all the way to Xue Cheng in the rain, he will not do anything.

"Chang Zongbing" Yan Yingyuan didn't have time to finish speaking, and was immediately interrupted by Chang Shunhou.

"Needless to say, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it anyway, Lao Tzu is going back to sleep, if there is any definite news, tell Lao Tzu!" Chang Shun stopped his hand, too lazy to listen to Yan Yingyuan's persuasion.

Yan Yingyuan's face was ugly, Chang Shunhou, as the chief officer of the 30,000 army, his position was not lower than him at all, although he was restrained by him under the emperor's will, but he always knew that Chang Shunhou was dissatisfied in his heart, and he would definitely not intend to buy it.

"Hmph, I think you are a greedy person who is afraid of death, and in the face of the Tartars, you will only be so frightened that you pee your pants and hide in the city, with a general like you, the people under your command must be a group of incompetent waste." Feng Houdun scolded.

"What do you say! Boy, you dare to say it again! Chang Shunhou clenched his fists and glared at Feng Houdun angrily.

"Why don't you dare, Lao Tzu will say that you are one"

Seeing that the two seemed to be about to fight, Yan Yingyuan hurriedly pulled Feng Houdun's sleeve violently, interrupting his words later.

"Houdun! You shut up! Yan Yingyuan scolded with a blushing face.

Yan Yingyuan looked at Chang Shun, and said solemnly: "Chang Zongbing, the military situation is urgent, I won't talk nonsense with you, just now I have personally gone to the Qing army camp to check, I am ninety percent sure, Duoduo must have led more than 100,000 iron cavalry to make a detour to attack Xue Cheng, at this time Jining City may have been occupied by the Qing army, the first army of the Ying Long army and tens of thousands of troops must be retreating in the direction of Xuzhou, Xue Cheng is the main road, once lost, the first army of the Ying Long army and tens of thousands of troops will be surrounded by heavy siege, and the whole army will be wiped out overnight, Da Ming can not afford such a loss, If you have any doubts, you can stay in Lanling, and I will lead the Fourth Army of Yinglong Army to Xuecheng first! ”

After Yan Yingyuan finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun also turned around and followed.

"Yan Jun is long and slow!" Just as Yan Yingyuan and the others were about to step out of the door, Chang Shunhou suddenly stopped them.

When Yan Yingyuan and the others turned around, Chang Shun looked directly into Yan Yingyuan's eyes and said, "I'll go with Commander Yan, but if the Qing army doesn't attack Xue Cheng, I want you to kneel down and apologize to me!" ”

It's too much of a deception! As soon as Feng Houdun heard this, he immediately exploded, and he was furious, and immediately wanted to punch Chang Shunhou's face, but fortunately, he was stopped by Yan Yingyuan in time.

"Big brother, let me beat this girl to death, I see him farting all over his mouth and bullying big brother!" Feng Houdun said angrily.

"Nonsense! You're just on the go! As a member of the Ming Dynasty, we are deeply affected by the emperor's grace, and we think about everything for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. If I really misjudged, let alone ask me Yan Yingyuan to kneel down and apologize to Chang Zongbing, even if I kowtow, I am willing! Yan Yingyuan's expression was serious, he didn't feel insulted at all, and he looked extremely sincere.

"Big brother!" Feng Houdun's eyes widened and he was not convinced.

"Say no more!" Yan Yingyuan looked at Chang Shun and said with a resolute face: "Chang Zongbing, I, Yan Yingyuan, am willing to make an oath here, if it is a mistake in judgment, let Chang Zongbing work hard this time, and voluntarily kneel down to apologize to Chang Zongbing!" ”

Chang Shunhou stared at Yan Yingyuan, and saw that Yan Yingyuan's face was resolute, it was definitely not a joke, his heart suddenly shook a little, and he actually gave birth to a trace of admiration, Yan Yingyuan can do this step, which is enough to make him look at him differently.

"Good! Hahahaha! With the sincerity of Commander Yan, I often admire it! Chang Shunhou laughed, but in fact, he had gradually let go of his prejudice against Yan Yingyuan in his heart, even if Yan Yingyuan made a mistake in judgment afterwards, he didn't plan to really let Yan Yingyuan kneel down and apologize to him.

"Boy, there will be a chance for you to see if Lao Tzu's army is a waste or not!" Chang Shunhou stared at Feng Houdun and said.

"The military situation is urgent, General Chang and I can't delay, we must leave immediately!" Yan Yingyuan urged.

Chang Shun nodded, and went with Yan Yingyuan to gather his soldiers and horses, and then hurried to the direction of Xue Cheng.

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