readx; As soon as he heard that there was a Qing army, Li Dingguo immediately perked up, and asked Jin Tongwu with blazing eyes: "Tell me about the specific situation!" ”

Jin Tongwu immediately took out a military map and introduced it to Li Dingguo while instructing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info [Burning ^ Wen ^ Book Library] Ma Qianxue was also nervous and excited, and came up and listened carefully.

I only listened to Jin Tongwudao: "Ten miles north of our position, the scouts found a group of Tartar cavalry, numbering about three hundred, moving northwest along the official road, and the speed was not too fast. The flag is red on a red background and white on the border. ”

"It's the red flag of the Tartars." Li Dingguo groaned, "From there, less than ten miles to the northwest, there is Zhuolu Town." According to the deployment of the saints, the soldiers and civilians in this area should have been withdrawn to Xuanfu long ago. With just these few hundred people, it is impossible to attack Xuanfu, so where are they going to rush? ”

"Just them!" Jin Tongwu said eagerly, "We have 4,000 people, and the Tartars only have 300 people, even if they have strong horses and feet, and they can ride and shoot, but this is in the mountains, they can't use it, let's go back to the front and give him dumplings!" ”

"Good!" As soon as Jin Tongwu's voice fell, Ma Qianxue immediately got up and copied the white pole in his hand, "General Dingnan, you ordered me to play the striker, our white pole soldiers are the best at fighting in the mountains!" ”

Li Dingguo stared at the map for a long time, and finally spoke: "No." I have heard from the Holy Majesty that the Tartars are extremely cunning in their soldiers, and they are especially good at luring the enemy. We've only spotted this side of the enemy, and who knows if there are more Tartars nearby? If you show up too early and be surrounded by Tartars, you will not only be in danger yourself, but also ruin the whole plan of the Holy One. ”

"And watch the Tartar slip under our noses?" Ma Qianxue was unconvinced.

"Of course not." Li Dingguo smiled faintly and said, "Now that the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, if there is a chance to annihilate the enemy, of course we can't miss the opportunity." But the first thing to figure out at the moment is the intention of the Tartars, Jin Tongwu, you send more scouts to follow this enemy army from afar, and what is the situation to report quickly. Pass the order down and get ready for battle immediately! ”

Jin Tongwu hurriedly took the order and left, Li Dingguo habitually sorted out his armor, turned over and got on his horse, and the four thousand cavalrymen also swallowed the dry food that was only half eaten in three or two, and then got on the horse one after another.

The fierce battle was imminent, but Ma Qianxue was worried about Li Dingguo again. She grabbed the reins of Li Dingguo's horse and said, "You are not well yet, and your body is very weak." Besides, you are the commander of the whole army, and you have a heavy responsibility, so it is not appropriate to charge into battle in person. It's better to stay here and command, and let Jin Tongwu and I lead the troops to pursue. ”

"How's that going to work?" Li Dingguo smiled slightly, "The enemy situation is ever-changing, if I don't go to the front line in person, how can I deal with it on the spot." Miss Ma rest assured, I know what my body is like. However, Miss Ma should be careful, Tartar is not a rabble such as Extravagant Chongming, An Bangyan, etc., archery skills are particularly good, and the enemy should not be careless. ”

Ma Qianxue saw that Li Dingguo didn't appreciate it, and the two sentences she said later seemed to be ridiculing herself, and she said angrily: "You are like this, the dog bites Lu Dongbin, and you don't know the hearts of good people!" Since you want to be strong, I don't bother to care about you! ”

Li Dingguo saw that Ma Qianxue was angry, so he had to shake his head helplessly. The surrounding soldiers couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker when they saw it, and said in their hearts that our Dingnan general has always been extremely strict in governing the army, and he is young and old, which is just the opposite of Pingnan General Li Laiheng, and no one dares to joke with him when he is usually fine. Unexpectedly, this Miss Ma, who is from Sichuan Tusi and has a pungent personality and a straightforward heart, has cured our general to have no temper at all, which is really called "one thing drops one thing, brine and tofu"!

After a short time, Jin Tongwu hurried back again, and said with a nervous expression: "General, fortunately, we didn't act rashly, there is still a brigade of cavalry of Tartars to the north of that team, at least more than three thousand!" And according to the report of the scout at the front, the killing near Zhuolu Town shook the sky, and it seems that the Tartars are attacking there, and the number of troops is not known yet. ”

"What should I do?" Ma Qianxue was also taken aback, although she refused to admit it, she respected Li Dingguo even more in her heart, "When we were in Baoding Mansion, didn't you say that we would secretly march to Xuanfu first, and avoid fighting with the Tartars on the way?" It seems that the Tartars are going to surpass us in strength, do you want to avoid it? ”

Li Dingguo also thought nervously for a while, but said resolutely: "It stands to reason that it should be like this." But looking at the current situation, there must be officials and soldiers trapped in Zhuolu Town. According to the deployment of the saint, there should be no more officials and soldiers in that area, but now they are fighting, and I don't know what the reason is.

"But since we have encountered it, of course we can't die without help. Although the Tartars have a large number of troops, the morale of our army is high, and they are in the shadows, so they can take advantage of their unpreparedness to fight a sneak attack. As long as we can rescue the soldiers and civilians in Zhuolu Town, we will immediately retreat to the northwest. Xuanfu is more than 50 miles northwest of Zhuolu Town, and the Tartars may not dare to chase after them. Pass my order, immediately pass the book to the Holy Flying Pigeon, and then the whole army will be mobilized! ”

The order was like a mountain, and the 4,000 light cavalry immediately increased their speed and hurried hard, and Li Dingguo took the lead, completely unable to see that he was a patient suffering from malaria. Ma Qianxue followed closely behind Li Dingguo without saying a word, frowning and highly alert. She had already made a plan, once she encountered the enemy, she would fly to Li Dingguo, even if she sacrificed herself, she must protect his integrity.

Ten miles north, sure enough, there was a loud sound of killing in front of him. Li Dingguo hurriedly ordered the army to stop advancing, and he, Jin Tongwu and Ma Qianxue personally climbed a high mountain and looked out at the battlefield in the north.

But a few miles away he saw a small plain, and an earthen city was located here. But in terms of scale, this earthen city is far inferior to the city of Fu County, and it should be just a defense facility built by the town itself.

Now Tucheng has been surrounded by at least 5,000 Qing regiments, and the Qing cavalry is galloping around the city while constantly firing arrows into the city. The walls of the earth city are only one zhang high, not much higher than the courtyard walls of large households, how can they stop such a dense rain of arrows?

However, the Qing army did not dare to attack the city rashly, because the head of the city was also raining arrows, and a Ming army was stubbornly holding on here. From time to time, Qing cavalry were shot by sharp arrows or hit by birds, screaming and falling off their horses. Although the shouting and killing of the Qing army was terrifying, it could never overshadow the rumbling war drums at the head of the city, and several people were enthusiastic!

Li Dingguo observed for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that the strength of the official army is not even a thousand, and the defensive performance of this earthen city is too poor, and it will be captured by the Tartars after a long time." While the Tartars didn't know that our yellow finches were behind, they immediately lined up in formation, and we rushed to the Tartars' handsome banner! ”

Ma Qianxue was about to stop Li Dingguo from going into battle in person again, when she heard an earth-shattering shout erupt in Tucheng. Immediately after the city gate opened, a Ming cavalry actually came out of the city!

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