Wu Sangui is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, but he has been promoted to the position of chief military officer, which is very rare in the Ming court, the reason why Wu Sangui will be promoted so quickly, the main reason is that he is from a family of Liaodong generals, his father Wu Xiang has long been a heavy general outside the Guan, since he was a child, he has learned a good martial arts with his father, and he was admitted to the martial arts at a young age, plus his uncle is Zu Dashou, and he is also a person with heavy soldiers in Liaodong. What's more, he climbed the high dive in his early years, and under the maintenance of the high dive, he was pulled up like a rocket, and now don't look at his young age, he has already sat in the position of the chief soldier, and he is in charge of the tens of thousands of Liaodong troops under the command of the Wu family, and now he is an absolute red man in the court.

This time Wu Sangui was ordered to go south, in fact, he didn't want to come, one is because this time he went south, he had to deal with the fierce Xingtian Army, you must know that the Xingtian Army is also a terrible soldier and horse like Jiannu, and even Jiannu is not necessarily their opponent, last year's Xingtian Army went north to fight against Jiannu, which has long been publicized by the Xingtian Army, and everyone outside the customs also knows that this time Jiannu entered the Kou, in the area of Funan, encountered the Xingtian Army, and fell on his heels, If it weren't for the imperial court sending Zuo Liangyu to raid Nanyang Mansion controlled by the Xingtian Army, and slaughtering Nanyang, provoking the Xingtian Army to return south, the Jiannu Army may not easily break into Shandong again, and conquer Jinan Mansion after a big plunder, and capture a large number of slaves, property, and livestock to retreat outside the Guanwai, so among the Liaodong armies, there is now a fear of the Xingtian Army, so Wu Sangui thinks that this time the south is a dangerous thing.

In addition, the foundation of their Wu family is outside the pass, after he led his troops south, it is likely that the interests outside the pass belong to them, and it is likely to be divided by others, so it is a thankless thing to go south to punish the heavenly army, but although reluctantly, but after all, he is still the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of the imperial court personally ordered him to enter the customs to suppress bandits, so if he does not enter the customs, it is disrespectful to the decree, this is the crime of destroying the door, and the things that his Wu family has now are all given to them by the Ming Dynasty. If the emperor is annoyed, now the emperor is still capable of taking back everything they have, and those generals outside the gate are happy to divide up their Wu family's property.

Therefore, at the moment, Wu Sangui had to be ordered to lead his troops south, but this mood was very bad, and this Sun Chuanting didn't look very easy to provoke, and now they were going to Jining Prefecture to deal with the army of the Xingtian Army, which couldn't help but make Wu Sangui a little uneasy.

Wu Sangui is actually a personality with two sides of his character, at some point, he shows wit and bravery, which is why he will be promoted so quickly, over the years he has been outside the Guan, large and small, he has also fought with Jiannu many times, and has made some military exploits, which is the manifestation of wit and courage in his character.

But on the other hand, Wu Sangui has a greedy and speculative character, and he has escaped from the battle in previous battles with Jiannu, so the two-sided nature of his character also determines that he is not destined to be a loyal minister.

After leaving Shunde Mansion, Wu Sangui had a feeling of unease, he didn't know much about the Xingtian Army, and he had never fought with the Xingtian Army, more of a listening to rumors, how much he knew about the Xingtian Army, from various rumors, he could draw a conclusion, the Xingtian Army's tactics were very extraordinary, there were a lot of firearms, and there were basically not many bows and crossbows, which was not easy to deal with, so when he went south this time, Wu Sangui pulled six Hongyi cannons as much as possible, thinking that if he did this, It will have an advantage in firepower, and it will be more confident to deal with the Xingtian Army.

After leaving Shunde Mansion, Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui were very careful, and they continued to send out night guards along the way to explore the way ahead, and they walked cautiously along the way, for fear of being ambushed by the Xingtian Army.

Until they arrived in Shen County, they did not find a large number of men and horses of the Xingtian Army, and they only sent back the news that they had encountered a few rangers of the Xingtian Army on the road, and these rangers of the Xingtian Army were probing the movements of their army.

And until here, Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui were somewhat relieved, the front is Yanggu County, after passing Yanggu, it is basically close to Jining Prefecture, if there is no main force of the Xingtian Army here, then it means that the Xingtian Army is indeed north of the Yellow River, so it is a suspicious plan, and the thief army can be sure that it is gathering troops to attack Jining Prefecture.

But their mood was only relaxed for a day, just when Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's army began to enter the territory of Yanggu County in early March, Ye Bushu began to send back not very good news, that is, there was still a right flank in front of them, and they began to find that the number of sentry cavalry of the Xingtian Army had increased, and these sentry cavalry also began to have a head-on confrontation with the official army's Ye Bushu, and tried to prevent the official army from continuing to explore farther away.

After Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui learned the news, they immediately became vigilant, after all, Sun Chuanting was a battle-hardened person, and he had repeatedly fought with the Xingtian Army during this time, so he had already learned some of the Xingtian Army's military habits.

He had already discovered that the Xingtian Army attached great importance to the use of scouts, and was accustomed to controlling the battlefield in their hands, rarely fighting unprepared battles, plus the common people were also willing to help them and help them pass on the news, so that the officers and troops suffered repeatedly in this regard.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that the Sentinels of the Xingtian Army had suddenly increased in front of him, he immediately realized that the situation might not be right, so he immediately ordered to stop the advance, and urgently ordered all the troops to camp on the spot and build a camp fence.

And Wu Sangui went south this time, he was also more careful, he did not follow the contemptuous attitude of the Xingtian Army like several other colleagues who went south, but followed the admonition of his father Wu Xiang, let him be careful, not to fall into the full set of the Xingtian Army, so after learning that the sentinels of the Xingtian Army around him had increased, he also immediately became vigilant, and quickly stopped according to Sun Chuanting's order, immediately shrank the soldiers and horses, formed several large formations, and began to camp on the spot.

Sun and Wu both have an idea, that is, the Xingtian Army is scheming, and it is better to be slow than make a big mistake, Sun Chuanting is because he has suffered too much in front of the Xingtian Army during this period of time, and has absorbed lessons and lessons, while Wu Sangui is simply a soldier at all, and does not want to fight with the Xingtian Army, originally he had a lot of complaints about this time Sun Chuanting ordered him to go to Jining Prefecture with him, he originally wanted to get Bai Guangen's errand and stay in Shunde Mansion and Guangping Mansion, but Sun Chuanting saw that he led the strongest troops in the south this time, There were 20,000 soldiers and horses, so he left him by his side, which made Wu Sangui feel quite frustrated.

And in the area of Yanggu County, the people here heard in advance that they were going to pass the army, so they ran away long ago, and those who couldn't run also hid, Yanggu County declared martial law early, closed the city gate, no matter who it was, Yanggu County was ready to fight, and there was no intention to let the officers and soldiers enter the city, in the fields in spring, in addition to seeing the wildflowers blooming everywhere, it was the sprouted wheat seedlings in the fields showing a green color, and basically no one was seen. What can be seen is roughly only the night non-collection squad of the official army around the army, and from time to time there will be some scout teams belonging to the Xingtian Army who will encounter them, and the two sides immediately began to fight, you chase me to fight, and then after leaving one or two corpses, they quickly broke away.

The scouts on both sides are trying their best to break through each other's warning curtain and search as far away as possible, but both sides have sent a large number of sentry horses, and the result is that they will inevitably meet in such a narrow area.

As a border army, these officers and soldiers are indeed much stronger than the officers and troops in the mainland, especially those who do not collect at night, and they are the essence of the border army, basically they are all old soldiers, all of them are skilled in archers and horses, otherwise, they are fighting with Jiannu outside the customs all the year round, if they don't have any ability, they can't survive at all, and there are some very fierce people, so after being ordered to go out to search, this gang of people under the command of Wu Sangui performed quite well.

It's a pity that the opponent they met this time was not weaker than the Xingtian Army of the Jiannu Army outside the Guan, and the scouts of the Xingtian Army were also composed of elites in the army, not to mention that Xiao Tianjian has always attached great importance to the role of scouts, in this era of reconnaissance that can only be carried out with eyes, if you want to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, you can't ignore the role of scouts, so the Xingtian Army has suffered losses, so for every victory in the war, the Xingtian Army will send a large number of scout teams to the battlefield to investigate, and the number of scouts of the Xingtian Army proportion, I'm afraid it's also the tallest of all armies in this era, and if it is assembled, the scout brigade can basically be regarded as an oversized cavalry battalion.

What's more, the scouts of the Xingtian Army also have a great advantage, that is, Xiao Tianjian spared no expense to build a monocular, the scouts of the Xingtian Army often see farther than the enemy's sentinels during the day, and can find the enemy in advance, and even without risking too close to the enemy, you can basically find out the enemy's situation, which is also an advantage that other armies cannot compare with for the time being.

So although Wu Sangui's night is very strong, but when he encounters the scout team of the Xingtian Army, he can't ask for a little cheap, the scout team of the Xingtian Army can often find them in advance, and immediately gather two or three scout teams nearby to fight the officers and soldiers who are not collected by the team, and the scouts of the Xingtian Army, in the past two years, have also specially created a large number of short guns for them, cavalry and officers, and this kind of handcuffs is also a flintlock device. It makes it much easier to use when using, the gun tube is often filled in advance, and the gun mouth is plugged with a plug, and the plug of the gun mouth is pulled out when used, and the head can be fired when it is used, compared to the three-eyed gun that the Guanning Army is equipped with in large quantities, it is too much better, and when shooting at close range, the power is also very great, and it is a loose piece, and when dealing with the enemy sentry cavalry that is also not wearing heavy armor, it can often be surprisingly victorious.

It is precisely because of this that although the officials and soldiers did their best to not collect the night, they were suffocated in the Yanggu County area, and they were suppressed by the scout team of the Xingtian Army and were never able to tear open the other party's warning curtain, so that they could not detect the situation further away, so that they became blind and could not know the situation in the area beyond the surrounding line of sight.

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