The vanguard of more than 2,000 people, although the Han army is the mainstay, and the combat effectiveness can only be said to be average, but less than 200 people fled back, which shows that the opponent's combat effectiveness is not ordinary, and the number is also very large. After many expeditions, Duoduo was still calm, carefully inquired about the situation, and the answer he received surprised him even more, and the sergeant who fled back said that the other party was very powerful, and the overwhelming sergeants surrounded them, and the flintlock pistol was too powerful, so that they had almost no power to fight back, and the opponents were all cavalry, and they did not see the foot soldiers.

Receiving this news, Dodor began to think, and the army temporarily stopped moving forward.

There are two questions that Dordor needs to think about, one is a big problem and the other is a small one.

The big question is whether the vanguard is not the main force of the Jiangning battalion, is it Haizhou where the main force of the Jiangning battalion launched the attack, and Liaodong is not the direction of the main attack, if this is really the case, then there will be a problem with the judgment and deployment of Huang Taiji, and the soldiers of the Great Qing State may suffer heavy losses when they launch an attack from the direction of Fuzhou.

The small question is whether the vanguard troops have suffered heavy losses and have been almost completely annihilated, so whether they should report to Jierharang and then make corresponding adjustments to the previous deployment, that is, Gaizhou, Yaozhou, and Haizhou, change the previous deployment and focus on defense.

Unwilling, Duoduo again called the withdrawn sergeant and questioned him carefully.

In this inquiry, there was a problem, and several sergeants were found, and their answers were different, some said that the opponent did not know how many people and horses there were in the road, and it was overwhelming, some said that the opponent was at least more than 10,000 people, and some said that they did not know how many people the opponent had, and asked about such a situation. Annoyed, Dordor inquired again carefully, this time in a different way and carefully inquired about the course of the battle.

When he learned about the battle, his nose was crooked. It turned out that the vanguard did not carry out a minimum of vigilance at all, and after the army set off from Lijia Village, it went straight forward, without reconnaissance, and completely drilled into the other party's encirclement.

After asking about this situation clearly, Duoduo had his own judgment, the opponent must be the sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion, but it is difficult to say how many people there are. If it was really the overwhelming Jiangning battalion sergeants, who completely surrounded the vanguard troops, it was impossible for more than 100 people to escape from the 2,000 vanguard troops, and they would definitely be completely annihilated, and the other party was cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, and their pursuit ability was not weak. Just imagine, when the battle between Fuzhou and Xuanzhou was fought. The 20,000 soldiers of the Red Banner led by Dai Shan, after being surrounded by the Jiangning battalion, basically did not escape any soldiers, and now they are only facing the vanguard of the Han army.

From this aspect, Duoduo quickly had his own judgment, and there were not many sergeants of the Jiangning battalion who attacked the vanguard. This may be a sneak attack carried out by the sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion stationed in Fuzhou in order to cooperate with the attack in Liaodong, and the target of the sneak attack may be Gaizhou.

Consider along these lines. Duoduo felt that the number of soldiers of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Fuzhou was not large, and if he held the city to the death, it might be in great trouble, so it was better to launch a sneak attack, so that Zierharang and himself misunderstood, thinking that the main force of the Jiangning battalion was in the Fuzhou area, so that Fuzhou could be stable while launching an attack in Liaodong.

Duoduo still fully believes in and worships Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji has already made a judgment that the focus of the Ming army's attack is Liaodong, not Haizhou, and the soldiers of the Great Qing Kingdom must launch an attack on Fuzhou from the direction of Haizhou, and the deployment of the Ming army will be greatly disrupted.

As for whether it is to repay Ji'er Harang, after thinking about it for a while, Duoduo thinks that there is not much need, since the Jiangning camp has entered the territory of Gaizhou, then fight with them well, as long as they can achieve victory, I am afraid that taking the land of Fuzhou and Xuanzhou in the future is like taking something from a bag.

Dodor immediately sent his most elite scouts to find out the situation quickly, and although he said that he had made such a judgment, it still needed intelligence to back it up.

Two hours later, the scout returned to report it.

The place where the vanguard was attacked, there were a lot of corpses, obviously the opponent did not have time to clean up the battlefield, judging from the surrounding situation, it was obvious that there was no too fierce fighting, that is to say, the vanguard was completely caught off guard, defeated by the opponent, careful scouts, but also paid special attention to the horseshoe prints on the ground, because it rained two days ago, after the war horse galloped, there will be some horseshoe prints, there are still a lot of horseshoe prints, but it is by no means the said overwhelming sergeant.

The scouts also talked about a situation, when they went to investigate, they were very cautious, afraid that they would be attacked by the Jiangning battalion again, or discovered by the scouts of the Jiangning battalion, but the surroundings of the battlefield were very quiet, and no one could be seen at all, and even the villagers of Lijia Village did not know that such a big thing had happened in Ludao.

After hearing the scout's report, Duoduo was furious and asked the sergeant who had fled again, this time, one of the sergeants said that after being ambushed, he could only care about fleeing for his life, and there was no decent attack at all, and the opponent's flintlock pistol was too powerful, and many of the brothers fell after being shot.

It is precisely because of these factors that Duoduo made his own judgment, which is estimated to be the Jiangning battalion sergeant stationed in Fuzhou, specifically for the attack on Gaizhou, the number of Jiangning battalion sergeants will not be very large, because they encountered the vanguard, their whereabouts were exposed, and they were afraid of being attacked by a large group of men, so they retreated quickly, and they didn't even have time to completely clean up the battlefield.

That is to say, the arrangement of the Jiangning battalion is similar to the arrangement of Huang Taiji, thinking of relying on a small number of troops to attack Gaizhou, causing panic among the defenders, and then sticking to the city and giving up the plan to attack.

With this analysis, Duoduo made a decision to act according to the original plan, not to change the deployment, and to speed up the pace of the march, preferably to be able to directly catch up with the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion who came to sneak attack.

Before giving the order, Duoduo was a little hesitant, making this decision was not a simple matter, if there was a mistake, the consequences would be very serious, but a word from the staff around him made Duoduo completely determined.

When discussing these situations, a staff member said that since the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion came to attack Gaizhou, they would definitely send scouts to reconnoiter along the road, and it was precisely because of the effect of the reconnaissance that the vanguard troops were likely to encounter ambushes, and since the scouts of the Jiangning battalion carried out reconnaissance, would they find out the actions of the large troops behind, or they might have discovered the large troops, so the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion who came to attack chose to retreat quickly, and they may return to Yongning to strengthen their defenses.

Dordor thought this analysis made sense.

Huang Taiji's deployment is to defend in Liaodong and launch an offensive in the direction of Haizhou, and now this deployment is very likely to be exposed because of this encounter, if it is detected by the Jiangning battalion, quickly change the deployment, strengthen the defense of Yongning and Fuzhou, and mobilize the army from Dengzhou again, then the deployment of the campaign to attack Fuzhou will encounter a major setback.

Under such circumstances, Duoduo made up his mind and ordered the army to speed up the pace of the march, even if it was unable to catch up with the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who were unable to catch up with this sneak attack, they must rush to Yongning as quickly as possible and start a fight.

There were also staff members who suggested that they should report what happened here to coach Zilharang, but after hearing such a suggestion, Duoduo did not express his position, and the staff was also very interested and did not continue to mention it.

More than two hours had passed, and Dordor had finally given the order to speed up the march.

This time, Duoduo learned his lesson and once again formed the vanguard, which consisted of elite scouts and cavalry with white flags, the number was still two thousand, but the duty was extraordinary, responsible for reconnaissance along the road, the distance between the vanguard and the army was kept within the range of twenty miles, and the army could be rescued at any time if the vanguard encountered danger.

This arrangement also exposes the problem, that is, the vanguard cannot complete the task of reconnaissance very well, in this regard, Duoduo has some selfish intentions, the vanguard is the elite of the white flag, the most inlaid with the white flag, of course, Duoduo wants to do his best to protect the soldiers with the white flag, not to mention the elite soldiers.

When the army set out, Duoduo hesitated again, he thought of Dorgon's letter, no matter how big or small, it was to report to Zilharang, after all, Zilharang was the commander, if he really acted without authorization, there might be a contradiction, and the vanguard suffered a devastating blow, and such a thing would be exposed sooner or later.

But Duoduo knows better that according to the habit of Zilharang, the vanguard has suffered such a blow, and the attack will definitely stagnate, and Jilharang will even report to the emperor Taiji, in this case, the time is delayed, and the attack on Fuzhou Yongning has become an empty word, and his desire to make meritorious service cannot be realized, if the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion is ready, defend Yongning and Fuzhou cities, and want to capture the city, the possibility is not large, and it is possible to pay heavy casualties, after all, the artillery of the Jiangning battalion is too powerful.

After careful consideration, Dodor made a decision, he wrote a letter detailing what happened to the vanguard and the situation detected by the scouts, and also wrote down the decisions he had made, including why he would make such a decision, since he led the army to conquer, Dodor was able to make some decisions, as long as it did not involve major matters of principle.

Duoduo handed the letter to his own soldiers, telling them that one day after the army set off, he would quickly send the letter to Haizhou, and it would take at least three days to go back and forth, and even if he received the order from Zilharang, I am afraid that the attack would have begun long ago. (To be continued......)