In the direction of more than 20 miles northwest of the camp of the Qing Dynasty where the main battlefield of the two sides is located, Wu Jie of the Hongtang headquarters is still thinking about Shang Kexi, and he is hurrying up

Unless they find a valley to hide in advance like Zhu Dazhuang and them, or have efficient mobility like An Xianguo's cavalry division, it is not easy for more than 20,000 troops to hide their whereabouts; Second, the Qing troops outside Liaoyang that were defeated before, although they failed to stop Shang Kexi's offensive, and were even more embarrassed by Shang Kexi's betrayal, but they were still able to send messengers to report to the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, for the arrival of Shang Kexi's team, Prince Rui Dolgon had been mentally prepared two days ago, and the sudden intensification of the Qing army's offensive since yesterday was also Dolgon's worry that Shang Kexi's first group would arrive, and he wanted to try to see if he could complete the possibility of defeating Hongtang one yesterday at the cost of damage.

However, with yesterday's last efforts in vain, the battle on May 12 was very different from the previous day's battle, and the Qing army once again returned to the original situation of using the Han army to fill the situation.

Wu Jie was surprised, but they didn't think much about it, after all, this was already the most common method used by the Qing people, and for the sparsely populated Qing Dynasty, the lives of the Han people were not comparable with the lives of their Jurchens.

I am afraid that the losses of the Jurchen soldiers of the Great Qing Dynasty yesterday are not much different from the total number of the remaining days in the past week or so. After sacrificing so many warriors of their own and Mongolian tribes, it seems that it is understandable to restrain a little more today.

Of course, Wu Jie and the others still wish that the other party would arrange it like this, although they seem to be at a disadvantage now, but when the tens of thousands of troops arrive, in terms of the strength around Phoenix City, it is their Hongtang army that has begun to gain the upper hand.

At that time, it will be Wu Jie's turn to counterattack, these days Hongtang soldiers and other sacrifices and persistence, Wu Jie will let the Qing people return all the fifteen and ten places.

It's just that these days, Wu Jie and the high-level commanders of the first cadre headquarters, as well as the members of the Aircraft Department, have been thinking hard about dealing with the offensive of the Qing people, and they have been a little dull in their minds. But they didn't realize that the Qing offensive on the battlefield today was not only much weaker, but even the faces of the soldiers full of the Eight Banners were innumerable.

"Report !!"

A scout hurried to Wu Jie in front of the command camp of their Chinese army, and after an irregular military salute, he explained the reason for his hurry: "Division Commander Shang Kexi, they are already more than 20 miles away in the northwest, and they are expected to join our army tomorrow!" ”

"Good, good!!"

Wu Jie laughed, and the hair that had turned silver white due to excessive anxiety also became flying under his somewhat exaggerated smile: "Tell Master Shang that tomorrow is the time for all of us to fight!" ”

"Yes!!"

The scout captain, who had just returned, and had not yet breathed his breath, turned around again and returned in the direction he had before.

"Order the whole army, after the battle is over tonight, all departments will quickly rectify their morale and reorganize their ranks, and at the same time seize the opportunity to repair one or two, and tomorrow we will avenge our comrades who died in battle!!"

"Yes!!"

Zhu Dazhuang, An Xianguo and other middle and high-level generals in Hongtang who were with Wu Jie took orders one after another.

The battle of that day was pale and weak, and the battle between the two sides was still damaged, but the Hongtang soldiers did not feel the oppression of yesterday today, but seemed to be a little at ease.

After nightfall, all units followed the Hongtang battle system, and the battalions and platoons that had lost more than half of the daytime were integrated one after another, another command system was established, non-commissioned officers were promoted, and so on.

But they didn't know that on this night, the main force of the Great Qing Dynasty with white flags and white flags, totaling 10,000 people, as well as 15,000 people from the Mengba Banner and 10,000 Han troops, had quietly withdrawn from the forward positions under the cover of night, and turned their heads and plunged into the dark wilderness.

"It's not !! good"

Just when Wu Jie and the others were still elated, looking forward to Shang Kexi's imminent convergence with him, a patch of red clouds suddenly appeared in the northwest sky, which was so conspicuous against the backdrop of the night.

There was such a big commotion, Wu Jie, the veterans and the full-time planners of the Aircraft Department, had a turn of thought in their minds, and soon came up with a guess that made their faces full of cold sweat.

didn't even have time to verify whether his guess was correct, Wu Jie's thick voice with a bit of anger resounded throughout the entire camp: "Blow the rallying horn, the whole army assembles!" ”

"Summoning An Xianguo's first department, you can set off, and hurry to the location of Shang Kexi's first division."

"Ordered Geng Zhongming and Zhu Dazhuang to quickly reorganize their subordinates, set off overnight, follow behind Commander An Xianguo, and join Shang Kexi."

"Ordered Niu Qiangwei to quickly mobilize 10,000 troops for Lao Tzu to attack the Chinese army camp opposite, Lao Tzu must know how many Qing soldiers there are in the camp opposite!"

After a few orders were issued, Wu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, the source of the movement in the northwest direction, the most likely thing is naturally that there is an enemy on the side of the division commander Shang Kexi, otherwise there would not be such a movement. Combined with today's daytime Daqing military camp's heavy talk about Wu Jie, they did not notice the changes under their laxity, which can be known without asking.

It's just that I'm worried that even if An Xianguo's cavalry division is the most mobile, it will take at least half a day and four hours to rush to Shang Kexi's first place, which is the first twenty miles away, after all, this is night, the vision is not good, and it is difficult for the odd soldiers to exert too high speed.

In addition, An Xianguo and they still have to guard against the traps laid by the Kenne River of the Qing Dynasty, etc., if they really want to join Shang Kexi, I am afraid it will be five or six hours later. And Geng Zhongming, Zhu Dazhuang and other departments, who were even slower, had to rush to the location of Shang Kexi's department, and at that time, I was afraid that the sky was already bright.

However, Wu Jie has some confidence in Shang Kexi, the friendship between the two of them is not too deep, but as a talent that Li Tianyang has dug from Daming with great painstaking efforts, and as soon as he arrives in Hongtang, he is in a high position, and the power in his hands is not small, Wu Jie and their old heat will naturally pay attention to it in secret and compete with it.

In the end, Shang Kexi won the recognition of a group of high-level Hongtang, including Wu Jie, with his real materials, and in the following years, he integrated Hongtang and other military programs in Hongtang, and his leading strength reached a higher level, so Wu Jie They believed that the other party's soldiers and generals would not be vulnerable fools.

(End of chapter)