The sky was clear, cloudless, and the breeze blew, making this sultry summer day a little cooler.

Wu Sangui led 30,000 soldiers and horses, left 20,000 people in Naxinyang Prefecture, and the remaining 30,000 followed him to advance to Luoshan. Wu Sangui pacified Nashang Kexi and occupied his territory, and now seems to have controlled the entire south of the Yangtze River except for Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili.

This place is a narrow valley, and when it is narrow, it is compared to the mountains on both sides, and for people, even if it is narrow, it is incomparably wide. Wu Sangui took the lead in marching in front, and the scouts scattered in all directions to investigate the enemy's situation.

The peaks on both sides are not high, but they are thousands of feet, and the trees above them are dense, lush, and calm.

Seeing that Wu Sangui didn't care about the dangerous terrain at all, Ma Bao still walked forward, and his heart was anxious, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "King, King!" ”

Wu Sangui turned his head and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter with finding a lonely?" Ma Bao hurriedly shouted: "King, I am afraid that there is an ambush here, such a dangerous terrain, if the enemy hides soldiers and horses on both sides, what should I do?" Wu Sangui didn't care at all, and said indifferently: "General Ma has thought too much, the mountains on both sides are thousands of feet high, and there are cliffs on both sides, which is not suitable for the enemy to charge down at all." ”

Ma Bao saw that Wu Sangui didn't care at all, and said hurriedly: "Even if the cavalry and infantry can't, but what if it's an archer?" Wu Sangui laughed and said, "Alas! General Ma doesn't know anything! According to Lone's intelligence, there were no archers in the so-called Kuiwolf Legion, let alone ambushed archers. ”

It is true that the Kuiwolf Legion does not have archers, because all the archers have been adapted into musketeers, and this musketeer trains quickly, and at present, the range, aim, and speed of the musket are farther than that of the bow and arrow, and the aim is accurate and fast. But Wu Sangui didn't know about this.

Ma Bao was still worried, and said, "But what if the enemy army hides the archers?" Although there are not many people in the Nakui Wolf Legion, there are tens of thousands of horses, and it is impossible not to have archers! What's more, I heard that the enemy's entire army is equipped with muskets, and the muskets can also shoot from a distance, if they—"

Wu Sangui frowned when he heard this, waved his hand a little impatiently, and said, "Musket? Wu Sangui sneered and said, "Joke, how can Lone not know the musket?" When I was leading the troops to fight in the north, I was not less exposed to muskets, what kind of virtue was the musket, and I didn't know it? Although I don't know what kind of nerves this Liu Xia committed, he actually popularized the musket into the army. Even if the musket has been transformed by him, it no longer blows up at every turn, the range is only fifty paces away, and the attack power is still low, it is okay to scare and scare the enemy war horses, really talking about fighting, it is a scrap metal! ”

After a pause, Wu Sangui seemed to be puzzled, and continued: "You don't know, the so-called musketeers under Liu Xia are not only musketeers, each of them is an elite warrior, and the musket is just their sideline. In other words, the Nakui Wolf Legion is only an army of infantry and cavalry, and there are no archers. So let's not be afraid! ”

Regarding the flintlock pistol, because Liu Xia had never fought with a flintlock pistol, the other forces did not know the power of the flintlock pistol, nor did they know that Liu Xia had made the arquebus ** into a flintlock pistol.

Even though Ma Bao heard this, he was still worried, and said, "But-"

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Sangui interrupted impatiently and said, "Needless to say, this king knows what to do, you go back to your army and wait for a while to reach Luoshan and behead that Ma Peng under the horse!" ”

Wu Sangui said in his heart: "If you hadn't made great contributions before, Lone wouldn't talk nonsense with you, it's really uninteresting!" ”

Ma Bao sighed, and saw that Wu Sangui drove back to his army by himself, but the vigilance in his heart did not let go, and he saw that he had been staring at both sides of the cliff, afraid that a bunch of archers would appear, and then the bow and arrow flew over like locusts.

"Report! According to the surrounding people, Namapon hid in the county town of Luoshan and did not open the city gate for many days. Looks like they want to get out of the city! ”

A scout galloped to Wu Sangui's side, reporting the confidential information he had obtained.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately laughed out loud, and said happily: "This so-called commander of the Kui Wolf Legion is nothing more than that, too, that Shang Kexi such a powerful character Gu Du killed him, and he couldn't deal with an unknown young general?" ”

"I think when I attacked the city alone, this Ma Peng didn't know where to play at home!"

After Wu Sangui's words, the generals around him laughed heartily.

"What the king said is very true, I heard that Ma Peng was born as a small soldier, and it is said that he was the starting figure who followed Liu Xia when he was in Yangzhou, and it is estimated that Liu Xia thought that he was loyal, so he continued to promote him. But this kid also has some ability, a little force, not much is just a reckless man, even if General Ma Bao is not allowed to come out, the Mubai who died in battle can deal with it. ”

One person said it, and the others also said: "What General Zhang said is very true, that Ma Peng is from a humble background, and there is no general in his ancestors, if it is not for good luck, where will he be a general who leads tens of thousands of troops!" Even if a person like him has a force, he can only command 500 soldiers and horses, and 1,000 soldiers and horses is the limit. This Liu Xia actually handed over 20,000 soldiers and horses to him, and this is bound to be defeated! ”

Ma Peng is indeed not a one-man general, but he is also a little clever, but when it is his turn to deal with those resourceful generals, he can't overthink them at all, Liu Xia's subordinates, there are not many generals who can take charge alone, among which Zhang Yuan counts one, Liu Dazhuang counts one, and Niu Wei who died before counts one. Yu Mingjun is counted as one, and the new generation of Zhang Yang, Shouhu is counted as half, Zhang Liang has a strategy, but it is not enough to be in charge alone, and it is also considered half. As for Wang Shishi, Lei Ming, Li Gu, etc., they are all strong men with extraordinary strength on an empty stomach and their brains can't think.

"Hahaha, then Runing Mansion is going to be decided!"

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Liu Xia got the news from Meng Yu and learned about the grim form of Beijing, and couldn't help but applaud. smiled: "I'm afraid that Dolgon is annoyed at this time!" Hmph, the trouble that this king doesn't want to look for you is that he dares to unite with Wu Sangui to attack this king, and today this king designed to move that Huo Yande into it and attack Beijing, even if he can't capture the city of Beijing, it will definitely cause him a lot of trouble. At this time, it is a good time for Shanxi to recover. The king should also take this opportunity to send troops to entangle the hauge's soldiers and horses, and it would be better if he could defeat them. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he said: "Lord Wang, the news from the scout says that Na Duoduo led an army of 30,000 and hurriedly went north, which should be Dorgon's reinforcements, and at this time, there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the giant deer city. But if they don't get out of the city, we can't help them. ”

Liu Xia shook his head and smiled: "No, the Tartar weapons are backward, our soldiers and horses are strong, and the weapons are advanced." As long as you use it properly, it won't be difficult to win. Wasn't Duoduo in a hurry to go to Beijing to come back for help? Where has he gone now? ”

Shouhu said: "That Duoduo did not leave Julu City too far, because they set off in a hurry, and their preparation was slightly insufficient, and the food and grass had not yet been on the road. ”

Liu Xia laughed and said, "Okay! That Duoduo is afraid to drive the soldiers to Beijing as fast as possible, we can't catch up, but this back to Beijing takes two days, the baggage is slow, we can send soldiers and horses to intercept its baggage, that Duoduo can not have food and grass, even if he hurried back to Beijing, it is hungry on an empty stomach, morale is low, not to mention that Huo Yande just surrounded the Beijing city, he Duoduo wants to relieve the siege of Beijing, must need to fight with Huo Yandegang, at this time Huo Yande is strong and strong, but Duoduo soldiers are many, but morale is low, Hunger is unbearable, and it is not easy to win. ”

"Then the people in Beijing can't get out, Duoduo can't get in outside, it's unrealistic to want to transport grain and grass from the city, haha, this king wants to see if that Duoduo can still defeat Huo Yandegang!"

Zhang Yuan asked, "Lord Wang, then we-"