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Hong Chengchou's expression was unusually grim, and the situation reported by Liu Tiehan surprised him, because when analyzing the intelligence, Su Tiancheng had specially reminded him that if he met the Houjin Tartar team outside the city of Gaizhou, and it was advancing in the direction of Fuzhou, this shows that Huang Taiji's deployment in the direction of Haizhou is biased towards attack, that is, to defend in the direction of Liaodong and launch an attack in the direction of Haizhou, so as to destroy all the deployments of the army.

After seeing the team of the Houjin Tartars, the deployment of the former army must be adjusted, and this cannot be hesitated, but how many people there are in the Houjin Tartars, whether they belong to the Manchu Eight Banners or the Han Eight Banners, these situations have not yet been completely clarified, but there is a clear purpose, that is, it is necessary to completely annihilate this group of Houjin Tartars.

While Hong Chengchou and Liu Tiehan were anxiously waiting for news, the scouts came to report.

The scouts estimated that there were about 2,000 people in the Houjin Tartar of Lijia Village, which belonged to the Zhenglan Banner team, and it was estimated that it belonged to the Zhenglan Banner among the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and had already left Lijia Village and was coming in the direction of the army's advance.

The two thousand Houjin Tartars are not difficult for the front army of the Jiangning Battalion, and they can be annihilated easily, but it must be clarified what this army is doing and what the combat tasks are, whether it is as Su Tiancheng expected, the Houjin Tartars are preparing to launch a counteroffensive against the Jiangning Battalion from the direction of Fuzhou.

While deploying to encircle and annihilate this Houjin Tartar, Hong Chengchou ordered Liu Tiehan to quickly report the situation to Su Tiancheng, and at the same time asked the scout battalion to send 500 soldiers to participate in the combat mission and capture the Houjin Tartar officers. Figure out why.

In order to ensure the annihilation of this group of Houjin Tartars, Hong Chengchou instructed He Renlong to command 10,000 soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion to completely surround this group of Houjin Tartars and adopt the tactics of encirclement and annihilation.

This was the first battle since the start of the campaign, and it was necessary to ensure absolute success, and there could be no defeat in the slightest.

Jiangning Battalion Central Army. The distance from the front army is only twenty miles, and the fast horse is a matter of half an hour.

After Liu Tiehan made a report, Su Tiancheng looked at the map and fell into deep thought, it is not a difficult thing to exterminate this group of Houjin Tartars, but for what will appear in Lijia Village, two thousand Houjin Tartars, this is a question that needs to be considered, Lijia Village is close to two hundred miles away from Gaizhou City. It belongs to one of the most remote villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Gaizhou, and Lijia Village is the only place to go to Fuzhou and Yongning.

Su Tiancheng looked at Qu Qingze beside him. He spoke.

"Lao Qu, Liu Tiehan. I have a thought, you see if it is appropriate, the two thousand people of Houjin Tartar, I'm afraid it is just the vanguard force, Lijia Village is nearly two hundred miles away from Gaizhou, and it is a necessary place to go to Fuzhou and Yongning. It is impossible for Zilharang and Duoduo to send 2,000 people alone, and to say that these 2,000 people are to attack Yongning and Fuzhou, it will not have much effect. There are more post-gold Tartars behind, and large troops. ”

After saying this, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"Liu Tiehan, Hong Chengchou ordered the scout battalion to participate in the task of exterminating this Houjin Tartar, and I also arranged a task for you to quickly expand the scope of the investigation, send scouts, and investigate the situation from Gaizhou to Lijia Village, tomorrow at this time, I need to get accurate information, you have to remember that this reconnaissance is not trivial, and it may cause us to change the deployment of the operation."

Of course, Liu Tiehan understands the weight, if the Houjin Tartars send a large army to prepare to attack Fuzhou and Yongning, then the collision between the Jiangning battalion army and the Houjin Tartars is about to begin, this time the focus is not on attacking Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, but in this encounter, whoever can prepare in advance will be able to win the final victory.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will personally lead people to investigate."

"Okay, stay safe."

The front and middle armies temporarily stopped the pace of marching.

He Renlong led 10,000 soldiers, ambushed in the place where the Houjin Tartars had to pass, this time the battle was dominated by cavalry, and the Houjin Tartars were also cavalry, 10,000 against 2,000 people, it was a bit of a fuss, but this was the first battle after the Jiangning battalion set out, and there could not be the slightest negligence, He Renlong naturally knew the weight of the Dao, this time, he decided to charge at the forefront.

Hong Chengchou was waiting for news in the Chinese military tent, and Su Tiancheng was also waiting for news.

A sudden encounter opened the prelude to the decisive battle in Liaodong.

At the end of the day, the battle began.

Houjin Tartar is best at creating a rain of arrows, dense arrow rain, can give the opponent the maximum damage, after the rain of arrows, the magnificent charge, will destroy the opponent's willpower, but unfortunately, Houjin Tartar met the Jiangning battalion, the flintlock pistol of the Jiangning battalion has become their dream, and the bow and arrow cannot be compared with the flintlock pistol.

When thousands of flintlock muskets began to fire, the Houjin Tartars, who were caught off guard, did not have time to shoot their bows and arrows, and they instinctively retreated, thinking of relying on the speed of their war horses to get out of battle, but their retreat path had long been blocked.

A battle with a huge disparity in strength began, and from the beginning of the battle, it was doomed to the defeat of the Houjin Tartars......

Two hours later, Su Tiancheng looked at Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze, He Renlong and others with a smile on his face.

"It seems that our prediction is accurate, Huang Taiji is really preparing to launch an attack on Fuzhou and Yongning, since the focus of our attack is on Liaodong, the defense of Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places is naturally weaker, it can be seen that Huang Taiji's mind is not small, so our operational deployment must make adjustments in response."

Hong Chengchou was in a hurry, although the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion did their best just now, there was still a situation that the Houjin Tartars escaped, and they got it from the captured Niu Lu Ezhen's mouth, this force belongs to the Zhenglan Banner in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and some of the Han troops are indeed the vanguard troops, and the focus is on exploring the road, but it is still in Gaizhou, which belongs to their territory, so there is some carelessness and negligence, and they will encounter an ambush.

"Dashuai, my subordinates are a little worried, I haven't been able to completely annihilate this Houjin Tartar just now."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou glared at He Renlong, as the commander-in-chief, he rushed to the front when the attack began, if every commander did this, what kind of system would it be.

He Renlong lowered his head and didn't say a word, although it was very pleasant to kill the enemy, but 10,000 people surrounded 2,000 people, and still let more than 100 Jin Tartars escape, this is indeed unreasonable, although it is a victory, but it is not perfect, and more than 2,000 people are not exactly the blue flag in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and there is also a part of the Han army.

"These Houjin Tartars, if they go back and report the news, will the Houjin Tartars who are preparing to attack go back?"

Su Tiancheng's face was still smiling, but the faces of the rest of the people changed, which was what everyone was most worried about.

"No, the foundation laid by Lao Qu in Liaodong, at this time, it should play a role, Huang Taiji made it clear that the focus of our army's attack is Liaodong, and the focus is on defense in Liaodong, and the offensive in the direction of Haizhou, such an operational deployment will not change easily, as long as there are no major problems, I believe that this time the Houjin Tartars have encountered an ambush, I am afraid that a larger scale attack will be launched, we must be prepared, the vicious war is coming soon."

Looking at everyone's even more confused expressions, Su Tiancheng spoke again, but this time, the smile on his face disappeared.

"The deployment of our army, Huang Taiji does not know the way, but the deployment of the Houjin Tartars, we are not completely mastered, the army set off from Dengzhou, the news has been kept secret, judging from today's encounters, the Houjin Tartars do not know the road at all, we are about to launch a large-scale attack on Gaizhou, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other side will win a hundred battles, and the Houjin Tartars have one of the biggest problems, that is, the problem of preserving strength, which has been reflected today."

"The vanguard is the most important, grasp the situation along the way, report in time, and facilitate the attack of the army, but Haizhou's Zierharang and Duoduo, such a simple reason, have not been able to understand, the more than 2,000 vanguard troops sent, there are actually the vast majority of the Han army, the combat effectiveness is so weak, I think they don't understand, but they don't want the elite troops to take risks, or more than 2,000 people, this is the bait, next, the Manchu Eight Banners are probably about to be dispatched."

"The vanguard has encountered an ambush, and it is in the territory of Gaizhou, Zilharang and Duoduo will definitely be surprised, Liu Tiehan has already led the scouts to reconnoitre, to see if there is a large army of Houjin Tartars behind, but I am sure that Zierharang and Duoduo will not give up the attack, this is not in line with their character, the Manbaqi has always been proud, how can they retreat when they see such a small problem, besides, in their thinking, the main force of my Jiangning battalion has arrived in Liaodong, Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places. There are not many people. ”

"In case the Golden Tartars really retreat, the impact on us will not be very great, and we will proceed according to the predetermined combat deployment."

After saying this, Su Tiancheng began to give orders.

"Within an hour, the front army and the Chinese army will make peace, and begin the overall deployment of the operation, Hong Chengchou is the vanguard commander, commanding 30,000 soldiers, Liu Tiehan, Ma Xianglin, He Renlong, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo is under Hong Chengchou's control, if it is a large army of Jin Tartar after seeing Lu, no matter how many people there are on the other side, it must be dragged to the death to avoid its retreat, Qu Qingze, find a way to inform Sun Chuanting, their combat deployment remains the same, it is still to surround Gaizhou City, it should be noted that, If we fight with the Houjin Tartars' army, Sun Chuanting must lead 30,000 soldiers, that is, the backup, on the one hand, they must avoid the reinforcements of the Houjin Tartars in Gaizhou City, and on the other hand, they must avoid the retreat of the Houjin Tartars who are fighting with our army, and tell Sun Chuanting that no matter how much difficulty they encounter and how much sacrifice they pay, they must resist to the death. (To be continued......)