The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Guo Ying looked at the three people in front of him, his face sank like water, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, it is a matter of life and death, Benhou, as the chief military officer, will strictly enforce military law, if there is any disobedience, he will be beheaded immediately, everyone, understand?" ”

Chen Heng and Wu Jie immediately stood up, knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "Follow your lord's orders." ”

Li Jinglong didn't react for a while, thought about it, stood up and arched his hand: "Follow your lord's orders." ”

Guo Ying looked at Li Jinglong and said: "Duke Cao Guo, although your title is above this marquis, but this marquis is the chief military officer appointed by the emperor, in the eyes of this marquis, there is no discrimination, only generals, no dukes, do you know?" ”

Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and said astringently: "The last general knows." ”

"Okay, in that case, let's discuss what to do next, first of all, I will talk about the situation, if there is something wrong, please add."

"In this expedition, we fell into the trap set by the Warats, and the camp by the river should be the Warats, and the general thought that the original purpose of the Warat should be to lure our army across the river, so there must be an ambush on the other side of the river, which is expected to be between 50,000 and 100,000."

"It's been more than five hours since we chased us here yesterday, and those cavalry are likely to have reached the opposite bank, and it's not dawn yet, so it's unlikely that they can cross the river in the dark."

"But it will only be two hours before dawn, and the Haraha River is shallow enough to swim across, and only thirty to fifty zhang wide, so that after a maximum of three hours, these armies will cross the river and surround our army."

"Behind us is the rear army led by Governor Liu Zhendu, and the reinforcements led by the Marquis of Dingyuan, and the strength is expected to be between 40,000 and 50,000."

"Behind them, there are three Uliangha, which is expected to be around 30,000."

"Behind the three Wuliangha divisions is an army of 30,000 led by Ying Guogong."

"In terms of strength, our army has a slight advantage, but the weapons and equipment are superior, not inferior to the Mongols, but the Mongols have been planning for a long time, on this side of the Haraha River, our army is at an absolute disadvantage, as long as the morning dawns, the Mongol army crosses the river, we are basically dead."

"Now that His Royal Highness King Ning is five miles away, it should be safe for the time being, let's talk about it, where should our army go?"

Listening to Guo Ying's cold and calm voice, the three of them couldn't help but shudder, how many battles had to be fought and how many times they had died to be so calm in the face of death. And as Guo Ying's analysis deepened step by step, the faces of the three of them became more and more pale, and Li Jinglong even trembled.

After being silent for a while, Chen Heng said, "Lord Commander, what do you mean?" ”

Guo Ying stood up, paced in the big tent, and said: "The old man's son Guo Yue is the companion of His Royal Highness the Taisun, and he once told the old man about weapon deduction, this time we can try this method." ”

"At present, we have three choices, one is that after dawn, all the people will die, and it will be delayed for five hours; One was an hour later, the prince had already fled, and we scattered to flee, and one of them played the prince's guard of honor to attract the enemy's pursuit; One is that we immediately attack the camp on the shore, then fledgle a shot and flee. ”

"Do you think there's another choice?"

The three of them looked at each other and said, "No." ”

"Well, let's talk about the choice of the enemy on the other side, if we wait here to die, the enemy will definitely attack in the morning, and then find out that he has been deceived, and will continue to pursue; What if it's scattered and running away? What will the enemy do? ”

Wu Jie said with a smile: "I also know a little bit about weapon deduction, for me, the enemy has three choices, one is to chase and kill us, one is to attack Dingyuanhou, and the other is to take both." ”

"Personally, I think they will choose the third one, because they have a large number of troops, some of them will pursue, and some of them will attack Dingyuanhou, so we can not play a big role in diversion."

"In this case, we can buy the prince two hours to escape."

"Well, there is nothing wrong with An Luhou's analysis, but what about the third one?" Guo Yingdao.

This time, it was Li Jinglong who said first, and he said loudly: "Lord Commander, the second type is actually no different from the second type, and it is just a matter of fighting for two hours. ”

Guo Ying thought for a while and said, "It seems that even if we die in battle, we can only fight for three hours, which plan do you think we should take?" ”

The three of them looked at Guo Ying with blank eyes, and they all hoped to adopt the second or third plan, but no one dared to take the initiative to say it, because this matter can be big or small, at worst it is in vain to care about the safety of the prince, and at worst it is nothing, two hours is enough for King Ning to run away. So this matter needs Guo Ying to make the decision, and Li Jinglong at this time can't help but be glad that he is not the coach, otherwise no matter how he chooses, it will not be very good.

At this moment, the guard at the gate ran in and said, "General, there is a blue distress signal from our army ten miles to the south. ”

What the? Guo Ying jumped up and ran out of the door, and saw a blue rocket appear in the sky to the south, which was the highest level of distress signal in the Ming Dynasty. "Damn, it's really fucking better than the sky."

Guo Ying quickly calmed down: "Is Mi Yunwei on duty tonight?" ”

"Yes."

"Okay, Li Jinglong and Chen Heng listen to the order, you immediately lead Mi Yunwei to the south ten miles to rescue King Ning, if there is a problem, the rocket will be the number."

"Yes, my lord."

After Li Jinglong and Chen Heng received the order, they rushed directly to the periphery of the camp, and in a burst of people shouting and neighing horses, the two took 5,000 cavalry out of the south gate, and the soldiers galloped away with torches and the place where the rocket was launched.

After instructing Li Jinglong and Chen Heng, Guo Ying turned his head and said, "Old man, it's troublesome, King Ning is in danger, we must go to the rescue, the camp on the opposite side, the army on the opposite bank will be dispatched immediately, we can only count on Ying Guogong." ”

"Quickly order the soldiers to get up and dress themselves up, and set off at once within half an hour, and let the fallen soldiers come with them."

As he spoke, Guo Ying climbed up to the observation deck to observe the movement on the opposite side.

Sure enough, as soon as this side moved, there was movement on the other side, Guo Ying calculated, I am afraid that he could only lead by half an hour at most, looking at the busy camp at his feet, Guo Ying silently counted the time in his heart, and after half an hour, only half of the soldiers were neatly clothed, and Guo Ying led these soldiers to rush towards the camp by the river.

Ugqi and Wang Xing were both awakened, but they couldn't see anything in the night, they could only see some figures in shadows, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to get up and defend.

After only a stick of incense, the sound of the horses' hooves of the Ming army outside slowly faded away. Wuhaqi and Wang Xing looked at each other: "It's not good, the Ming army wants to run." Immediately ordered the army to open the camp gates and rushed out.

But soon he heard the falling horses and the screams of the soldiers, and when Ugqi arrived at the gate of the camp, he realized that when the enemy attacked just now, he sprinkled thistle at the door, and Ugqi angrily scolded: "It's so fucking despicable, come here, light torches, clear the road." ”

By the time the road was cleared, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance was no longer audible, but the cavalry in the distance had raised torches to make their figures visible. Inspired by this, Ugqi immediately sent cavalry to charge into the camp of the Ming army, set fire to it, and the river immediately became like daylight. The firelight was like a big hand, pulling away the night on the opposite bank, and under the light of the fire, black cavalry appeared on the opposite bank, and these cavalry rushed into the water and advanced towards the place where the fire was shining. For a time, the Haraha River was blocked, and the river was full of Mongolian cavalry swimming across the river, and people shouted and neighed, which was very spectacular.

Guo Ying, who was running in the distance, turned around and saw this scene, and secretly thanked the person who put King Ning in danger, he saved the lives of more than 10,000 cavalrymen.