Outside the city of Ruzhou, several Qing army sentinels rode in front, driving the Wei army scouts southward.

Along the way, many battles broke out between the two sides, with the Wei scouts killed and wounded more than a dozen people, while the Qing army suffered only four or five casualties.

Although the losses of the Wei army's scouts were greater than those of the Qing army, the Wei army, which dared to peep closer, also made the Qing army feel that this opponent had a trace of fierceness.

In fact, whether it is the Eight Banners, the Chuang Army, the Ming Army, or the Wei Army, they are all composed of people, and the difference in individual ability is not large, and the disparity between combat strength mainly comes from three aspects, one is training and combat experience, the second is whether military law and military orders can be implemented, and the third is morale and the confidence of soldiers in their own ability.

The Wei army has been in the army for three years, has training and combat experience, and the military law is also very strict, but the morale is a little worse, not as confident as the Eight Banners, and has not yet had the courage to despise the world.

From this point of view, in fact, Wei Jun is not bad and can be the opponent of the Eight Banners.

Gao Yihuan has a large infantry army, and there are many people in the ranks, and the retreat speed of the army is relatively slow, and Duoduo is too close to Ruzhou, and the cavalry can reach it in one day, so the Wei army scouts and non-stop attacks, causing pressure on the Qing army, delaying the speed of Duoduo, and buying time for the army to camp in Huoshan.

Huoshan is located in the south of Ruzhou, controlling the road to Jiaxian and Baofeng, after a large number of Wei troops arrived in Huoshan, groups of soldiers and people were busy, like ants all over the hills, cutting down trees, building camps.

The terrain of Ruzhou was complicated, and although Duoduo was very angry in his heart, he was also afraid of being ambushed, so he sent sentry cavalry out in all directions, and the entanglement of Wei scouts and Qing army sentry cavalry made the Qing army have to slow down the speed of marching.

At this time, behind the outpost of the Qing army, the Qing soldiers and horses of the brigade advanced along the avenue.

On the road, the Eight Banners wearing various colors of armor sat on horses, their bodies undulating with the horses, and behind the cavalry, they were the infantry of the brigade, seeing the green flags flying, the helmets were moving, and the military appearance was huge and murderous.

In the afternoon, the main force of the Qing army arrived at the city of Ruzhou, and Duoduo, dressed in white armor, was led to the southern city by the soldiers, looking at the three huge gaps in the city wall, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Lord Wang, the slave found Liu Zhong's body, but he didn't find Xu Shungong." A cavalryman turned over and dismounted, and saluted.

After a short time, Duoduo was led to a big tree, and saw Liu Zhong tied to the trunk of the tree, and his body was full of arrows, but they were not too deadly, only the last arrow pierced the throat, pierced the neck, and nailed to the tree, which killed Liu Zhong.

Judging by the situation, Liu Zhong must have been tortured before he died.

Tang Tong glanced around, first saw Liu Zhong, who was shot into a hedgehog, and couldn't help but secretly speak, and then before seeing the corpse, there were more than 20 men, women and children lying down, estimated to be Liu Zhong's family, and said in his heart: "What is the origin of this Gao Yihuan, so ruthless?" ”

At this time, after glancing at it, he was about to turn around, when he suddenly saw a few big characters written in blood on a big stone next to him, and his face was suddenly full of shock.

Tang Tong took a closer look, those blackened fonts were crooked, but they could still be recognized, and he was stunned by the four shocking characters of "death to those who surrendered".

These words made Tang Tong feel like he had been stung by a bee, his face suddenly became angry, and he saluted and said to Duoduo: "Lord Wang, you must kill Gao Yihuan, this guy is too arrogant, and he doesn't take me seriously at all." ”

To be honest, Duoduo didn't want Liu Zhong to die, after all, he took the initiative to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and now the Qing Dynasty's battle against the invading army is not very smooth, so a living Liu Zhong will undoubtedly play a good role in demonstrating that more people can join the Qing Dynasty.

Now that Liu Zhong is dead, he is still killed in this way, and no matter what he says on his face, there is no brilliance.

Dordor was itching with hatred, and at that moment another soldier came to report that thousands of slain corpses had been found in a camp.

When Tang Tong heard this, his face couldn't help but twitch, and Duoduo gritted his teeth and said, "Where did the Gao Manzi retreat, did you find out clearly?" ”

"Returning to the prince, the thieves are in Huoshan Mountain, sixty miles south of Ruzhou!" A full general said.

Duoduo looked at Tang Tong with a gloomy face, "Aren't you trying to kill Gao Manzi?" You're the pioneer! ”

"Huh?" When Tang Tong heard this, his face immediately turned into pork liver.

Huo Shan, Gao Yihuan and the generals stood on a half-slope, looked down at the soldiers in the camp to set up tents, erected the wall, and looked at the soldiers and people digging trenches, busy like ants.

Gao Yihuan saw that the camp had begun to take shape, and his heart was a little settled.

Three or four thousand Tartars, Gao Yihuan relied on his troops and dared to fight a dozen, but when he met the main force of Duoduo, he could only be a turtle with a shrunken head and wait for the Qing army to attack.

At this moment, outside the camp, a group of more than ten Tartar cavalry broke through the barrier of the Wei army scouts, galloped to two miles away from the camp, and peeped at the Wei army building a camp.

Nearly 100 cavalry in the camp immediately rushed out of the camp gate, and when the Qing army sentry saw this, the cavalry led by him shouted, then pulled the reins of his horse and left in a hurry.

The two teams of Wei scouts tried to stop them, but they were rushed out of the gap by this Qing cavalry.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, and suddenly asked Bai Wenxuan beside him: "Wenxuan, how are your people resting?"

"Marshal, our men and horses have rested for nearly half a day, and the soldiers have recovered their spirits." Bai Wenxuan bowed and clenched his fists.

"Good!" Gao Yihuan bowed slightly: "The Tartar scout has arrived, and the distance between Duoduo should not be far, so your department must be prepared."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Although we have won for a while, we can't underestimate the enemy's arrogance. Liu Zhong's generation is still a long way from Duoduo. ”

As he was talking, more Qing scouts appeared in the distance, and groups of Qing cavalry squeezed and drove the Wei scouts in the direction of the camp.

The sentry cavalry on both sides had a fierce cavalry battle, but among the cavalry of the Qing army, the Mongolian horse army relied on the horsemanship to shoot well, and soon drove the Wei sentry cavalry to within three miles of the camp, lined up for the main force of the Qing army, and occupied a large space.

The Wei scouts could not bargain for a bargain, and did not dare to continue the battle with the Qing scouts, so they retreated to the camp from various passages.

At this time, the fortifications of the camp were almost completed, and the soldiers in the camp sat in the black press.

Gao Yihuan knew that Duoduo was coming, so he immediately descended halfway down the slope, returned to the camp, and he walked past the soldier with the hilt of his sword in one hand, and then climbed to a lookout platform in the camp.

The Wei soldiers in the battalion, under the command of the generals, rushed to the fence one after another and lined up.

At this time, Gao Yihuan had just gone up to the watchtower, and he saw several Qing soldiers on a high slope in the distance, followed by countless cavalry rushing up the high slope, and then surging down like a mountain torrent.

The land a few miles away seemed to be covered with a carpet, and the eyes were full of people and horses, but it was not chaotic.

The Tartars of each banner formed a single unit, and the infantry marched in formation, and the overwhelming Tartars rolled in, which looked particularly shocking.

At this time, the Qing army scouts occupied a large space outside the camp, and the Mongolian cavalry of the outer domain pressed the two wings, while the Qing army stopped three miles away from the camp and calmly lined up.

Gao Yihuan grabbed the wooden railing of the watchtower with one hand, looked at a big flag in the distance, moved to the front of the formation, knew that it was Duoduo, couldn't help sneering on his face, and turned around and ordered: "Take the generous gift prepared by Ben Shuai, quit~"

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