Lu Xiangsheng led the remaining thousands of soldiers and horses, and marched to the Jiazhuang area in the north of Julu County with difficulty against the biting cold wind.

Along the way, they only walked out of more than 30 miles a day, but for this Ming army, it is not easy, they have been lacking enough supplies since they followed Lu Xiangsheng into the guard, and they also followed Lu Xiangsheng to fight with the Tartars repeatedly, losing a lot of people and horses, now their baggage is basically gone, even the mules and horses used to pull the cart have been killed for the generals to eat, this whole day they are almost hungry to follow Lu Xiangsheng on the march, can go out of the thirty miles, for them, It's already very rare, if it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng, an official who was very good to them, they would have dispersed in a hurry, but these remaining generals are precisely because they respect Lu Xiangsheng for being a good official, and Lu Xiangsheng also distributed all the silver taels that the emperor rewarded him personally to his subordinates, so even at this point, most of the soldiers still follow Lu Xiangsheng and refuse to escape.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the generals under his command one by one in low spirits, although he was anxious but there was no way, as a high-ranking official, but he couldn't let the soldiers have enough to eat, and he had to take them to march against the cold wind, tracking the soldiers and horses of the Tartars, seeking to fight them to the death, so at this point, Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to be harsh on these generals anymore.

And he has a sense of foreboding all day today, because more and more Tartar sentry horses have begun to appear around their soldiers and horses this day, far behind them or around, looking at them with cold eyes, although Lu Xiangsheng can't see their expressions, but he can also feel the coldness in their gaze from afar, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei have repeatedly sent out night guards to expel these Tartar sentry horses that fell around them like lone wolves, However, when these Tartar sentries saw that the Ming army did not retreat to them at night, they sneered and beat their horses away, and did not fight them at all, and as soon as they returned to the team, they appeared around the officers and soldiers again, and continued to stare at Lu Xiangsheng's troops and horses with cold eyes.

When he arrived here, there was still no news from Gao Qiqian's side, although Lu Xiangsheng knew that Gao Qiqian was not far from him at this time, and the distance between the two armies was only fifty miles at most, if Gao Qiqian was willing to join forces with him, he should have moved to Julu County to join him a long time ago, but he had not collected the night sent out so far, and he did not find that Gao Qiqian had sent people to meet them, let alone sent them a grain of food, so Lu Xiangsheng had already completely despaired of Gao Qiqian.

There was a kind of despair in the whole army, but only with the respect of the officers and soldiers for Lu Xiangsheng, this force had not dispersed, but continued to follow Lu Xiangsheng's side, slowly moving in the cold wind.

"The whole army is stationed! Let's set up camp here! Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to calm the expression on his face, and raised his right hand to stop the march of the soldiers and horses.

The exhausted officers and soldiers immediately stopped, endured hunger and began to camp, but although the terrain in this area is more conducive to camping, but because the officers and soldiers have not eaten a full meal for many days, they are unable to cut down enough wood to build a solid barracks, and it is now the cold winter and the moon, the ground is frozen hard, and the officers and soldiers have no strength to dig through the frozen ground and tie up the camp strongly, so they have been busy for a while before hastily setting up a camp. As much as possible, some of the general's vehicles were placed around the perimeter of the camp and used as camp fences.

As soon as the army stopped, a large number of officers and soldiers were sent out by the officers to collect some grassroots and wild vegetables around the camp, take them back and put them in the pot to cook and add a little bit of food to feed their stomachs, Lu Xiangsheng endured the hunger, patrolled the camp, constantly cheered up the officers and soldiers, and visited the officers and soldiers who were frostbitten in the army. When the cold wind blew, he couldn't help but want to shiver a little, and it was his approach that won the hearts of the officers and soldiers, who silently watched Lu Xiangsheng patrol the camp, and saluted him with a look of respect.

"My lord! The situation seems to be wrong, the whereabouts of the Tartar army have been found around us, and I feel that a large number of Tartar soldiers are gathering in this direction, and we are afraid that we are surrounded by the Tartars! Hu Dawei, as a veteran general, although he has been defeated in the hands of Xiao Tianjian many times, but this does not affect his judgment on the battlefield, when he saw Lu Xiangsheng return to the tent, he followed Lu Xiangsheng into the Chinese army tent, and said to Lu Xiangsheng with a fist.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly and said, "What you said is right, this official has already seen that the Tartars are coming towards us!" I'm afraid it will be launched as soon as tonight! ”

Hu Dawei hurriedly said: "In this case, why didn't the adults hurry up and march in the direction of Ji Ze, but stopped?" After all, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the tall eunuch are stationed in Jize, which is not far from here, so it will be safer for us to meet them! ”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's too late!" At the end of the day today, we have only walked more than 30 miles, and now the soldiers are all hungry, and the day has come to this time, this place is still nearly 50 miles away from the location of Gao Qidive, and we are too late to get to where they are! If we were still on the march after dark, we would not be able to fight back if the Tartars attacked us! So in this case, it is better to stop, let the soldiers recuperate some spirits, and fight to the death with the Tartars! As he spoke, Lu Xiangsheng's face once again showed a resolute expression.

Hu Dawei looked at Lu Xiangsheng's face, clenched his fists, and said with a sad and angry face: "What is this? The Lord led us to chase after Jiannu everywhere, but the high eunuch with the army always refused to join us, and refused to send us a little military rations, and now the Tartar has arrived here, but he still sits idly by, is it true that he will put us to death and ignore it? This...... This...... This...... Alas! Speaking of this, Hu Dawei was so angry that he didn't know what to say, so he turned around and slammed a punch on the pillar of the big tent, which shook the big tent of the Chinese army.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how to comfort Hu Dawei, although Hu Dawei's ability was not very strong, but he was also loyal to the imperial court, after this period of time under his command, the battle was also very brave, and the restraint of the soldiers was also very dedicated, but now Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang's approach has made their loyal ministers cold-hearted, and now they are in a desperate situation, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, Zhang Yan and their generals can stay and not run, which is already commendable, although his performance at this time is a bit inconsistent with his identity, But what can Lu Xiangsheng blame him?

Not long after, Yang Guozhu and General Zhang Yan, Yang Lukai, the head of the pastor, and other generals also gathered in Lu Xiangsheng's big tent, everyone with a sad and indignant expression, and many people began to show dishes on their faces, even their generals are hungry one by one at the moment, not to mention the officers and soldiers below, at the end of this day, basically everyone has not eaten decent things, and they are all relying on one breath to hold on.

After everyone discussed for a while, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to arrange a few colonels again, and after nightfall, he rode to the direction of Ji Ze, looking for Gao Qi Di, please raise the dive quickly and quickly raise troops, and converge towards them, once the Tartars are launched, they can join forces inside and outside, and hit the Tartars, maybe there is still hope of winning this battle, this time Lu Xiangsheng even asked the small colonel to tell Gao Qiqian directly, if he does not send troops to help, he will be impeached as the chief of the army, which can be regarded as the last effort.

After nightfall, several ordered colonels carried Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter, and galloped out of the camp towards Ji Ze, south of Julu County, and soon disappeared into the night.

Although the military tent in Lu Xiangsheng's army is still complete, and the soldiers can still avoid the cold in the tent at night, but this season is already dripping into ice, even if they hide in the tent, they are frozen to death, not to mention that the soldier's stomach is not eating, and it is even more cold and uncomfortable, and they can't sleep at all, although they don't know the current situation as well as the generals, but they also have an ominous premonition, and they can still feel the atmosphere before the war.

After Lu Xiangsheng set up camp, all types of artillery carried by the generals as much as possible were placed around the camp, and at the same time, the generals were assigned the directions they were responsible for, and even the gunners were arranged one by one, and they were as prepared as they could, but unfortunately because of the replenishment, during this period of continuous marching and fighting, not only was there a shortage of food in the army, but even gunpowder, cannons and bows and arrows were left, even if they were all taken out, the strength was very thin.

Although Lu Xiangsheng has been fighting everywhere over the years, he likes to fight with the enemy in the field the most, but at this time, he also knows that with the little strength he has on hand, he has no chance of winning in a field battle with the Tartar soldiers who surround him, and the soldiers and generals have not been able to eat enough because of lack of food, and their combat effectiveness has declined very much, and they are unable to engage in any head-on battle with the Tartar soldiers, so they can only take this defensive way to kill and injure the Tartars as much as possible.

If Lu Xiangsheng is also like other officials at this time, with a small number of elite soldiers to abandon a large number of infantry to leave here, there is still a great possibility, although Dolgon mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, but has not yet completed the final encirclement of them, he still has a good chance of escaping, but if he does this, he will not be Lu Xiangsheng.

As night fell, more and more Tartar soldiers began to appear around Lu Xiangsheng's camp, slowly gathered, dismounted from afar, lit bonfires around Lu Xiangsheng's camp, and looked at Lu Xiangsheng's camp surrounded in the center with extreme arrogance.

Dolgon and Yueto did not attack Lu Xiangsheng's camp that night, after all, it was very difficult and dangerous to organize a large-scale night assault in this era, so they finally chose the time of the attack in the early morning.

(Today, thanks to Dream Watch, Brave 123, New SpongeBob SquarePants, and Unhappy Coward, for their generous tips!) Thanks a lot! ）