Hu Xihai took a closer look on the hills, and saw that on the road two miles away from the hills, hundreds of people were walking. Vaguely I saw that there were more than a dozen carts in the team, as well as dozens of mules and horses.

In the depression under the hills, more than 300 newly recruited Guanning military households were hiding, and they all looked very nervous.

"Master Hu, do you want to kill it?" Hou Liuyi limped to the hill and asked, crouching beside Hu Xihai. Hou Liu was a veteran soldier of the Guanning Army, who served as the commander, and later retired from the army with a little lame after being wounded in the leg. Li Yanzhi re-recruited the Guanning military household, and Hou Liu, because of his rich combat experience, was appointed as the deputy of Hu Xihai, the commander of the Ming army who led the team.

Hu Xihai was just a small flag officer of the Ming Army before, but now he is called an "adult" by Hou Liu, who is in his forties, and he is very attached to it, and his attitude towards Hou Liu is much better.

"Don't worry, the road is full of people, and there are cavalry patrols from time to time. If you kill it now, it will be bad if it is embellished by the Qing cavalry. Hu Xihai said softly. Experience has taught him that now is not a good time to intercept.

"Your Excellency, you are wise, now there is no concealment, even if we kill these Manchurians, there is nowhere to hide, and we will definitely be caught up by the Eight Banners. Your Excellency, you have a lot of experience. Hou Liu said admiringly.

Hu Xihai was a little embarrassed by Hou Liu's praise, scratched his head and said: "It's not far from dark now, they must camp, I mean to attack while they are camping, what do you think, Lao Hou?" “

Hou Liu nodded heavily: "What the Lord said is that they have been away for a day, and when they camp, it is the most tiring time, and they are defenseless to attack them at this time." My lord, according to this, there is a fortress called Xiaotuanshan Fort in Wuli, and his subordinates judge that they will camp in Xiaotuanshan Fort. Why don't we take a detour to hide near the small group mountain fort first, and when they enter the fort, we will suddenly kill out, not to mention killing all these people, we can still seize the small group mountain fort as the foundation, what do you think, my lord? “

Hu Xihai was very happy, and slapped Hou Liu's shoulder heavily: "Or old Hou, you know the nearby terrain and can guess their campsite." That's it, let's go to the small group mountain fort and wait for them! “

Hou Liuxi said: "If it weren't for the fact that you wanted to come out and attack while they were camping, your subordinates wouldn't have thought of Xiaotuanshan Fort, or your lord, you are wise, my lord, I will order my brothers to go." “

"Go ahead." Hu Xihai waved his hand, and Hou Liule went down.

After observing for a while, Hu Xihai also walked down the hills, and Hou Liu had already gathered more than 300 Guanning military households in the depression.

Although these military families had been soldiers before, they had been separated from the team for several years, and they no longer had any combat effectiveness at all, which was why Hu Xihai was reluctant to take the initiative to attack the Manchurians. He feared that if the attack was unfavorable, the loss of his troops would ruin his future.

Although Hu Xihai had just joined the Ming army for more than a year, and his position was just a small banner, he had great ambitions and vowed to make great achievements in the army. General Wu Ping was just a family member back then, and now he is the chief soldier of a town, and the king of Qi was just a military household back then, and now he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Xihai takes Wu Ping and Chen Yue as idols, and vows to do a vigorous career!

According to the excitement, Hou Liu, who was familiar with the terrain, was ordered to be the guide in front, and Hu Xihai led more than 300 men along the rugged hills towards the direction of Xiaotuanshan Fort.

Although it is a little far away, the path is not as easy to walk as the main road full of people. However, Hu Xihai's subordinates are all young and strong, and they have no other burdens except for the weapons in their hands, and their speed is much faster than that of dragging their families and carrying a large amount of property.

Half an hour later, he finally arrived near Xiaotuanshan Fort and ordered his men to hide in a mountain forest, Hu Xihai took Hou Liu to sneak to the vicinity of Xiaotuanshan Fort, and when he looked up, he saw that there were people entering and exiting at the gate of Xiaotuanshan Fort.

Hundreds of thousands of Manchurian people migrate, and there must be a stopover on the way, and these fortresses in western Liaoning are natural resting places. On the way to attack Ningyuan with a large army through Liaoxi, Bolo also occupied all the nearby fortresses along the way, and each fortress sent a small number of troops to garrison for the Manchurian people to camp.

Hu Xihai looked carefully at the castle, and the Qing army that could be seen in his eyes was not very strong, thinking about it, the main forces of the Eight Banners were fighting against General Wu Ping in Ningyuan, where to take a large number of troops to guard each fortress. There are hundreds of fortresses, dunches, and beacons in the western Liaoning corridor! At that time, the Ming army relied on these fortress groups to resist the invasion of the Eight Banners, forcing the Eight Banners to enter the customs and loot five times, and they had to make a detour through Mongolia to break through the border wall from Jizhou. Later, if Wu Sangui hadn't opened the Shanhai Pass and surrendered, the Eight Banners would not have thought of crossing the Shanhaiguan.

Since there are not many Qing troops guarding the fortress, his more than 300 subordinates should be able to take the fortress. However, Hu Xihai needs to wait for a suitable time, and that is when the Manchu people arrive and enter the fort.

Seeing that the sky was getting dusk, the road in the distance was finally full of people. Seeing the people in the distance, a horse galloped out of the fortress and galloped towards the full people. At the same time, the gate of the fort was wide open, and dozens of Qing soldiers left the fort and organized the people to enter the fort in order.

Seeing that about a quarter of the people who entered the castle were full, Hu Xihai knew that the time had come to attack, and immediately ordered everyone to get ready.

"Give Lao Tzu a warning, don't make too much noise, approach quietly, and attack at full speed when the people are aware of it."

More than 300 Ming troops stood up and assembled, Hu Xihai gave a warning, and led them quietly out of the mountains and forests, along the edge of the hills towards the small group of mountain forts.

At the gate of the fort, the people were entering the fort, the gate of the fort was narrow, and the carriages full of goods were trying to enter the fort, but they were stopped by the Qing soldiers guarding the gate, and all vehicles were ordered to stop outside the fort and not allowed to enter.

The owner of the carriage was a certain Belle's Fujin, who was furious when he heard this, and scolded the soldiers guarding the door, and ordered the entourage to beat them, and the soldiers laughed but did not back down, and the fort gate was crowded. Even the Qing soldiers who looked out on the fortress wall were also attracted.

At this moment, Hu Xihai and his men touched the vicinity of the castle, and when they were still more than two hundred steps away from the fortress, they were finally discovered by the Qing soldiers on the fortress wall and sounded the horn of the alarm.

Hearing the clarion call of the Qing soldiers, Hou Liu's expression changed greatly, and he shouted at Hu Xihai: "My lord, I have been discovered!" ”

Hu Xihai shouted: "Kill the past, glory and wealth are in front of you!" ”

The distance between the two sides was already very close, and when they saw that most of the people outside the fortress were full of women and children, and there were few real soldiers, even the newly recruited Guanning army soldiers were also excited.