The resentment in Jin Li's heart has long disappeared without a trace, because of the mistake of reconnaissance, the army has fallen into a heavy encirclement, such a responsibility, he can't bear it at all, and the Zhenglan Banner in the Eight Banners led by him has all been surrounded, if it is really annihilated, he, the banner owner, will lose the value of continuing to exist.

Such a major mistake, so that Jin Li frightened, even a little numb, for him, there are only two ways in front of him, one is to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, this road is not to think, was originally the general of the Ming Dynasty, took refuge in the Houjin for more than ten years, became the banner owner of the Han Eight Banners, in the eyes of the Ming court, he is a desperate Manchurian minion, and in many battles, because of his ruthlessness, he has become the most hated Houjin general of the Ming court. The second is to do our best to help the army get out of the predicament and do our best to preserve its strength, but to do this is like climbing to the sky.

Regret has no effect, the vanguard composed of two thousand elite soldiers was not able to discover the ambush circle of the Ming army, this is a great irony, and it is also an unavoidable fact, even if the army can be evacuated, after returning to Haizhou, Jin Li is also very clear, he himself must be finished, not to mention that he will continue to serve as the banner master of the Han Eight Banners, and he can save his life, even if it is a blessing.

Rather than suffer such humiliation, it is better to kill the enemy desperately and help the army get out of the predicament.

Jin Li quickly made up his mind and gave it a go.

Of the two thousand vanguard troops, there are only one hundred soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the rest are the elites of the Blue Banner, and they are also the most trusted soldiers of Jin Li, and the power that these people can burst out is also extraordinary.

The vanguard has not yet encountered an attack, and at this time, Jin Li can make a decision. The vanguard detoured back to Gaizhou, all of them were cavalry, and if they galloped on horseback, they could return to Gaizhou in a day at most, and the terrain of this generation. Jin Li is also familiar, after more than a day of reconnaissance, the surrounding roads, the soldiers below still figured it out, and the drawings of several roads are in Jin Li's arms.

Jin Li's eyes were red, he looked at everyone, and spoke word by word.

"The army was ambushed, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. Now, the only way to atone for our sins, brothers and I will fight back together to open a gap, we are doing our best, giving up our lives, but also to complete this difficult task, you are ready for everything. We're about to start fighting. ”

As soon as Jin Li finished speaking, an officer beside him spoke.

"General. The subordinates felt that it was not possible to rely on the strength of 2,000 people to tear through the ambush circle of the Jiangning battalion, so could they think of other ways......

Before the officer could finish speaking, Jin Li pulled out his steel knife. It's time to cut down the officer.

The officer dodged slightly, then spoke.

"Don't misunderstand, general, his subordinates are by no means afraid of death, nor are they thinking of escaping, the advice of his subordinates. Since the Jiangning battalion has set up an ambush circle, the preparation must be sufficient, and the brothers have not been able to detect it, which is already a major mistake, according to military law, they cannot live, the general gave the order, and the brothers are determined to die......"

Jin Li held the steel knife and roughly interrupted the officer's words.

"Do you have any suggestions, hurry up and say it, we don't have time to delay."

"The suggestion of the subordinates is to directly attack the place where the Jiangning battalion's artillery is located, since the Jiangning battalion has set up an ambush circle, all the elites are involved in the attack, it is unlikely that it will be possible to send heavy troops to protect the artillery, if we can destroy the artillery of the Jiangning battalion, we will be able to help the army."

Jin Li thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"But where the artillery of the Jiangning battalion is, we don't know what to do."

"General, my subordinates have just listened to it for a while, and they can roughly judge the location of the artillery, such a fierce artillery, it must need a lot of local deployment, as long as we follow the sound of the artillery, we will definitely be able to find it, the subordinates think that the focus of the Jiangning battalion is on the large army behind, and in a short period of time, they have not noticed the vanguard, this is the best opportunity, if they immediately attack the artillery of the Jiangning battalion, they can be taken by surprise."

Jin Li nodded heavily.

"Okay, just do as you say, let's attack the artillery of the Jiangning battalion."

Jin Li looked at everyone again.

"Brothers, I am going to attack with the determination to die, I hope you brothers also think the same, we can only use actions to wash away our sins, I won't say much about the rules, if anyone escapes from the battle, the surviving brothers, even if they chase to the ends of the earth, will take your life."

Jin Li's judgment is roughly accurate, that is, because the number of the vanguard is not large, the Jiangning battalion did not attack them temporarily, because the distance between the vanguard and the rear army is more than ten miles, if the vanguard is moved, it is very likely to disturb the rear army and alarm the rear army, and such losses will be large.

But to say that Hong Chengchou did not notice the vanguard, it is also impossible, the 500 soldiers of the scout battalion led by Liu Tiehan, including the 3,000 soldiers of the escort artillery battalion, are all ready, and they are directly dealing with the vanguard.

Liu Tiehan's task was originally to capture the commander of the Houjin Tartars, but Hong Chengchou knew that there were tens of thousands of people in the Houjin Tartars, and it was not possible for such a battle to end in a short period of time, that is to say, Liu Tiehan had no task for the time being, in the early days of the fight, the commander of the Houjin Tartars must have been closely protected, during this time period, Liu Tiehan had no chance to attack, Hong Chengchou once thought about letting Liu Tiehan lead the scout battalion soldiers and return to Su Tiancheng's side, but he also knew that Su Tiancheng gave an order, Liu Tiehan is unlikely to go back.

Based on such considerations, Hong Chengchou handed over the task of monitoring and exterminating the vanguard of the Later Jin Tartars to Liu Tiehan.

Liu Tiehan accepted the task, quickly repelled the wait, and monitored every move of the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars.

Liu Tiehan made a judgment, thinking that the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars may have two options, one is to make a detour back to Gaizhou, because this vanguard is familiar with the path and can avoid the ambush circle, if such a situation occurs, you can ignore it and let them go, anyway, this small force escaped, which does not affect the overall situation, and the second is to directly kill back and enter the ambush circle, in a vain attempt to tear open the gap and help the army withdraw, if the second situation occurs, you can ambush and completely annihilate the vanguard of this force.

Hong Chengchou agreed with Liu Tiehan's judgment and asked Liu Tiehan to command 3,500 soldiers alone, if this vanguard force withdrew, thinking of returning to Gaizhou, he could ignore it, if he wanted to enter the ambush circle and wanted to tear up the gap, then resolutely eliminate this group of vanguard troops, leaving no hidden dangers.

Liu Tiehan led 3,500 soldiers and made adequate preparations.

The soldiers of the five hundred scout battalion can be said to be the most elite troops of the Jiangning battalion, with one as a hundred, Liu Tiehan has full confidence, relying on the five hundred soldiers of the scout battalion, he can completely defeat the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars, but Hong Chengchou has made such an arrangement, which is more secure.

The scouts sent to reconnoiter quickly came back to report, and Liu Tiehan, who got the news, was very surprised that the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars actually came towards the location of the artillery battalion.

The deployment of encirclement and annihilation had already been made, and Liu Tiehan quickly went to report to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou looked at Liu Tiehan and quickly spoke.

"Liu Tiehan, the vanguard of this unit is not simple, I actually thought of attacking my artillery battalion, it seems that in the vanguard army, there are important people in the Houjin Tartars, you must pay close attention to it, you must do your best to annihilate this group of Houjin Tartars, and strive not to let go of a single person, this battle, you command alone, as the imperial envoy of the imperial court, the commander of the Jiangning battalion, and the guard commander of the scout battalion, you should be able to complete the task beautifully."

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely complete the task."

Liu Tiehan came back quickly, the corresponding arrangements were done, he carefully considered all the deployments, to see if there were still places that were not in place, whether there were still areas that needed to be improved, Hong Chengchou's reminder was very necessary, in the vanguard, there must be important people in the Houjin Tartars, otherwise he would not have considered such a plan, and he was actually ready to attack the artillery battalion.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Tiehan made a decision to completely annihilate this Houjin Tartar.

This time, the battle was dominated by flintlock attacks and face-to-face fighting, and it was impossible for the artillery battalion to turn its muzzles and bombard the vanguard of 2,000 people.

Face-to-face fighting, is the most in line with Liu Tiehan's mind, over the years, every battle, he undertook the task, is to catch the opponent's main figures, to do this, it is also necessary to fight face-to-face, and it is a tragic fight, the opponent's main figures, there are many people around to guard, and these guards, are not ordinary combat effectiveness, and it is precisely because of the many times involved in such a fight, the scout camp brothers, become extraordinarily strong.

Looking at the overall deployment again, all the three thousand soldiers were ambushed in place, and the remaining five hundred scouts followed Liu Tiehan's side, these people will be the main force after the attack begins, and after the fight lasts for a period of time, give the Houjin Tartars a fatal blow and completely destroy the Houjin Tartars.

From the eyes of many brothers, Liu Tiehan saw the expectation, saw the expectation of the desire to fight, and everyone had such a thought, which would be of great benefit to the subsequent fight. (To be continued......)