The cunning of the Ming army is still beyond Tuhai's imagination after all!

Tuhai, who was ordered to lure the enemy, encountered a very unexpected situation as soon as he sent out his troops, and he didn't know where the enemy was? I don't know how many enemies there are? I don't know where the enemy wants to go? became a "three-ignorant general". The reason why he didn't know was not because Tuhai was stupid, but because the Ming army he encountered was an all-ranger army, a combination of the black spear and mule soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the light cavalry of the Mongolian Karaqin Mongol tribe.

The former's combat effectiveness is quite strong, and they are all veterans of the Daning Army, many of whom have more than ten years of experience in fighting in the army, have undergone very strict training, are well-equipped, and have flexible tactics. Not to mention the current Manchurian vests, even the white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers in the heyday of Manchuria had to be black-shot when they encountered them......

Although the latter's combat effectiveness is sparse, they cannot stand up to their familiarity with the terrain of the mountainous areas of western Liaoning and the Liaohe Hetao area, and they are the best candidates to lead the party.

As soon as the two were combined, they immediately turned the Yizhou Melle Zhangjing Tuhai on the Qing army's side into a "short-sighted eye". A little farther away from the city of Uiju, he can't see clearly.

It was not until September 13, the 15th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, that Tu Hai, the "short-sighted" figure, stood on the gate tower of Yizhou City and vaguely saw the enemy he was about to lure.

The enemy is erected three or four miles away is a three-army command flag - in the Ming army, only when the commander, the governor, the marshal and Zhu Cihong himself are in battle to supervise the army, will the three-army command flag be erected. It is impossible for Zhu Cihong to come, and it is impossible for Zhu Chunchen, the governor of the Ming Dynasty outside the Guan, to run to the city of Yizhou, so it should be the governor of a province, the commander of an army or the marshal of a town in the Ming Dynasty who supervises the army under the city of Yizhou.

The Ming Dynasty did not formally establish Liaoyang Province, and naturally there was no governor of Liaoyang Province, and the commander of a town that might appear on the battlefield in western Liaoning should be one of the three people, including Zhu Cijiong, Gao Jie and Huang Degong. The total strength of Gao Jie's Beiping Town and Huang Degong's Daning Town is more than 20,000 people, but it is impossible to dispatch them together, and at most 10,000 people will be pulled out.

As for the Admiral of the First Army, it will be terrible! As far as Tuhai knows, the "army" of the Ming army is not permanent, and only when two (including two) divisions or more field clusters are formed, a military headquarters will be established and a military commander will be appointed. That is to say, if the command flag of the three armies outside Yizhou City belonged to a military commander, then the number of Ming troops on this side of the Daling River was likely to exceed 30,000...... And even more!

That's a lot! Even if they are led deeper, the 80,000 troops at the hands of the regent Doni may not be able to win in a single battle!

As soon as he thought of the 34,000 or even 50,000 Ming troops advancing along the Daling River, Tu Hai couldn't help but move his gaze into the distance. On the northwest side of the flag of the three armies erected three miles outside the city of Yiju, there is still billowing smoke and dust rising into the sky. The smoke and dust were very large, which made Tu Hai, who wanted to calculate the number of Ming troops, a little frightened.

Judging the number of enemy troops by smoke and dust is not accurate, and the smoke and dust stepped on by infantry and cavalry is not an order of magnitude. If it is a cavalry with a few mules and horses, then the smoke and dust that comes out of the toss will be even greater.

Although Huang De's troops were only more than 13,000 people, because they were all-horse teams, and the ratio of men and horses (mules) reached more than 1 to 3, more than 13,000 people were equipped with more than 40,000 horses and mules. The 160,000 hooves stepped on the wilderness outside the city of Yiju, not only gray-yellow smoke and dust, but also a murderous aura that made Tu Hai feel terrified!

"If the enemy is a mixed infantry and cavalry force, there must be at least 50,000 people in this kind of smoke and dust!"

The one who spoke was the guard of Ngun Bang Zhangjing (General Soldier) of Yiju, who was more experienced than Tuhai, and had already estimated a number from a distance.

"Fifty thousand? So many? Tu Hai took a cool breath.

"It's almost ......," Kupilon nodded and said, "The Ming army should be a mix of infantry and horses, and the proportion of cavalry is not much, and the top of the sky is between one and two percent." With such a big amount of dust, there must be an army of 50,000! ”

"Could it be that the Ming army split the 200,000 army into four parts?" Cold sweat came out on Tu Hai's forehead.

If there are 50,000 Ming troops on this side of the Daling River, then there is no reason for the Ming troops outside Shanhaiguan and Montenegro to be less, and the number of people in Xiaolinghe will not be less than that of Jinzhou...... That's 200,000 troops going their separate ways!

Every way, it is not something that Dhoni's 80,000 Qing army can easily repulse!

"How's that okay?" Tu Hai asked.

He sighed and said, "What else?" Of course, it is to carry out the decree of the prince! Uiju is not a fortress, and the surrounding area is relatively open, so it is not difficult for them to get around. The two or three thousand people we have on hand are simply not enough for people to stuff their teeth...... What else can you do if you don't lure the enemy? ”

"But they have fifty thousand ......"

He sighed and said with a wry smile, "Fifty thousand is better than one hundred thousand...... The prince has 80,000 in hand, and he may not have the strength to fight!"

Tu Hai nodded, "That's right...... Then let's retreat, retreat to Dalinghe Fort, Dalinghe Fort is strong, let's stay there and wait for the prince's soldiers! ”

Dalinghe Fort is located in the lower reaches of the Daling River near the Bohai Bay, originally a fortress fort built by the Liaodong Ming army, Chongzhen broke out a battle of the Dalinghe River there in the fourth year, and the main force of the Liaodong Ming army pulled up by Yuan Chonghuan was almost folded.

After the Battle of the Daling River, the Daling River fortress was abandoned for a time. It was not until Duoduo operated outside the Guanguan that it was renovated and became part of the Qing army's Jinzhou defense system.

As long as the more than 2,000 people in the hands of Kupilon and Tuhai hide in Dalinghe Fort, they should be able to hold out for a while...... If the 50,000 Ming army didn't chase them all the way to Dalinghe Fort, they would have been able to hold out longer.

But how could the Ming army not attack Dalinghe Fort?

The Ming army marching from the Daling River must continue to advance along the Daling River to the Bohai Bay, completely cut off the communication between Liaodong and Liaoxi, and then join the Ming army that was killed in the direction of the Xiaoling River, and will attack Jinzhou Jiancheng...... Perhaps they will also besiege Jinzhou to attract the main force of the Qing army to come to the decisive battle, just like Huang Taiji back then.

But the Ming army is cunning after all!

"Marshal Yujie, the commander of the army, the Qing army has abandoned the city and fled, and walked south along the Daling River!"

On the top of the hill more than two miles away from the three armies' commanding flags, a herald came on a flying horse and loudly reported the latest changes in the battle situation to Huang Degong, the envoy of the Daning Army, and Tian Qingyi, the envoy of the Daning Army, who were immediately on the mountain.

Tian Qingyi is the envoy sent by the imperial court to the Daning Army, that is, the chief of staff.

Huang Degong is the marshal of the feudal town, not the marshal of the rebel town, so the imperial court can send a military envoy. However, Zhu Cihong didn't want to use civil officials or eunuchs to supervise the army, so he sent an envoy to Jiezhen to participate in the operations and training of Jiezhen.

At the same time, the envoy was also responsible for recruiting (purchasing) scouts for the imperial court in Jiezhen.

"Jie Shuai," Tian Qingyi turned his head to Huang Degong and said, "The Dongyu here is too useless, there will be no fraud, right?" ”

"Fraud?" Huang Degong thought for a moment, "Xu was frightened by our bluff...... Joining the army, where do you say we should fight next? ”

"Go to the Liao River!" Tian Qingyi said, "Dongyu has been in Tuntian on both sides of the Liao River for many years, and now it is the time of the autumn harvest, and the common people must have a lot of surplus grain at home. We're kings! Wang Shi went, of course they had to eat pot pulp to welcome him. Isn't there enough food for the Pingliao army to survive the winter? ”

Huang Degong was stunned for a moment, "Are the people of Liaodong so good at talking?" Are you really willing to contribute the hard-earned food to the imperial court? ”

Tian Qingyi arched his hand in the air, and said with a straight face: "Today, the Holy Son of Heaven is in the court, don't the people of Liaodong look forward to the king?" Now that the king they were looking forward to has finally arrived, why don't they hurry up and give up the food? Do you want to keep it for the rebels? ”

Huang Degong nodded: "That's what I said, the people of Liaodong must be well aware of righteousness, otherwise they are not the people, but the families of the rebellious thief army!" ”

Tian Qingyi lowered his tone: "If it is the family of the thief army, it will be exiled to the Gulf of America!" ”