This night, Emperor Chongzhen slept happily. But Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, who is far away on the Korean Peninsula, is far from having such a good life, or he is self-inflicted.

In a bare mountain pass, Lu Xiangsheng hid here with 2,000 Ming troops, and relied on a temporary tent to avoid the cold. As soon as the day dawned, a North Korean general came to look for him under the leadership of the Ming army.

"Report to Lord Cheng in the country, the last general has dug the last road, and there is no turning back!" The general looked tired, but said with a little excitement.

Lu Xiangsheng's spirit is very good, and it seems that such a simple rest condition has not affected him. After listening to this, he nodded and praised: "Good job, the people of the villages along the way should be evacuated as far away as possible, don't let the Jianyu be caught!" ”

"The last general has already done what Lord Zhongcheng ordered, and he will never let Jianyu catch another citizen to build a road for them!" The North Korean general immediately replied.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he nodded again and said, "Okay, you go and rest, and wait for the official to inform." ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiangsheng walked to the military map and looked at it. This military map was also provided by the North Korean generals and verified by the Donggang Night Harvest.

Previously, Lu Xiangsheng finally decided that he did not lead his troops to attack Uiju, which had hoarded a large amount of grain, as the North Koreans wished. The reason why he did this was that he comprehended the sixteen-character mantra given to him by Emperor Chongzhen.

He was not naïve enough that the combat strength of the Dongjiang army would be able to increase to the extent of fighting Jianjiao head-on after just a few days of integration by him. In today's weak environment, it is absolutely impossible to work hard with Jianyu, which is exactly what Jianyu wants. What he wants to do is to fight under the condition that he can grasp the victory, accumulate small victories into big victories, and train the army in battle. Therefore, he set his sights on the grain transport team from Jianyu to Yiju.

There were several roads that could be taken from Tieshan to Uiju, and Lu Xiangsheng asked the Koreans to come forward and dug only one road left for Jianyu to transport grain. And after detecting the departure of the Jianyu grain transport team, he chose a good place and dug the road before and after the Jianyu overnight. All that remains is to find the right opportunity to annihilate these grain delivery teams in one fell swoop.

It was dark, and the Ming army did not accept it at night, and Liu Yuangen and ten of his comrades were ambushed on the side of the road. With them were more than 100 North Korean volunteers. In fact, these are all defeated soldiers, or composed of strong people, and they do not have much combat effectiveness.

On the road in front of them, not only did they dig a pit in the east and a pit in the west, but there were even roadblocks on the road, and even if the war horses passed by, they had to slow down and pass slowly.

They didn't have to wait long before they heard the faint sound of horses' hooves. When the North Korean general in the lead heard this, he couldn't help but be a little excited, turned his head to look at Liu Yuangen, and when he saw him nodding, he retracted into his team and began to wave.

Soon, ten Jurchen Jianlu came on horseback, and as soon as they saw the barricades, they began to be vigilant, and at the same time shouted angrily at the mountains and forests on both sides.

As they expected, a gong sounded, and about 50 Korean volunteers came out to attack these prisoners.

One of the Jianyu was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, but the remaining Jianyu were not afraid at all, but were even more fierce, after the leader of the Jianyu roared, they actually drew their blades and rushed towards those Korean volunteers, obviously looking down on the combat power of those Korean volunteers.

At this moment, more than 50 Korean volunteers also appeared on the road where Jianyu came, and attacked these Jianyu. But the Jianyu still did not panic, they gathered together and attacked forward.

Seeing that the road had been blocked, Liu Yuangen shouted softly to his comrades around him: "Do it!" ”

After speaking, he first patiently aimed at a Jianlu about twenty meters away and shot an arrow. The other Ming troops did not collect at night and also calmly shot arrows. There are North Korean volunteers in front of them, and they are not afraid of Jian Jian escaping.

Jianyu is fierce and well-equipped, but under the interference and siege of the Korean volunteers, it gave the Ming army the opportunity to attack calmly at night, especially these eleven Ming soldiers who did not accept at night were selected by Lu Xiangsheng from the whole army with good archery skills, and were specially used to snipe the messenger sent back by Jianyu to report the news.

The war ended without any suspense, and the purpose was achieved, and none of the Jianyu messengers slipped through the net. The Ming army did not collect at night and was not injured, that is, the Korean rebels, who were shot by those Jian, five or six, and only seven or eight people were injured.

Liu Yuangen turned over the corpses of those Jianyu, and found no letters or anything like that, so they should have sent a message.

Then it was time to divide the spoils, according to the prior agreement, the war horses belonged to the Ming army, and the weapons and armor were divided in half between the Ming army and the Korean volunteers.

Liu Yuangen watched those North Korean volunteers drag away the naked corpses of Jianlu, and he probably guessed what would happen to these corpses, but he didn't care, who let these Jianguo rob all the food.

At this time, he touched those war horses like a lover. It's pitiful to say, there are no war horses in a dignified town, even after Lord Zhongcheng came, there were only about a hundred horses in total. Now Lord Zhongcheng has given an order to capture the war horses as much as possible. The credit for capturing the war horse is greater than the credit for beheading the captive.

He was overjoyed, turned his head and saw the leader of the Korean volunteers coming, and ordered them to clean up the scene and continue the ambush until dark.

In the col where she was hiding, Wei Mulan was by Lu Xiangsheng's side, listening to the movements of the Ming army not collecting at night or the Koreans coming to tell Jianyu from time to time, although she looked calm on the surface, she was still a little nervous in her heart, this was the first time she was on the battlefield.

Half a year ago, she was just a laughing girl in Yihong Courtyard. Now that he is on the battlefield, Jin Ge Iron Horse has changed so much before and after, it is really unpredictable.

Wei Mulan thought in her heart, looked at Lu Xiangsheng with a calm face, and listened to him issue orders from time to time, calmly and unhurriedly, and couldn't help but secretly admire.

Regarding Lu Xiangsheng's performance in the Battle of Changli, she only heard about it, but did not see it with her own eyes. Sometimes, she really can't imagine that a dignified Jinshi master dares to go to the battlefield, and he is so powerful. Now that I see it with my own eyes, I really admire it. Thinking like this, she also slowly calmed down.

In the early afternoon, when Lu Xiangsheng received a report that the grain transport and Jianguo had already tried to build a road to advance after they could not catch the Korean people, he ordered the Korean volunteers to start gathering, and the Ming army also began to prepare.

There were about 1,000 prisoners who transported grain, including about 500 Jurchen Tatars. This level of quantity, if you rely on the Korean volunteers alone, no matter how many they are, it will be difficult to gnaw them down, and you must have the real combat strength to fight with Jianyu in the field, so that it is possible to eat, and this is also the reason why the Ming army needs to be dispatched.

An hour later, at the selected battlefield location, the battle began.