Dolgon deserved to be the proud son of the Manchu army, and in an instant, a new strategy for the march was determined, which made Zhu Ping'an's attrition tactics fail. The Manchu Left Wing Army, which had originally gathered together with great momentum but made slow progress, suddenly became four teams, rushing in different directions.

The defenders of the Ming Dynasty were trapped in the city, each fighting for itself, Lu Xiangsheng belonged to only 20,000 people, no matter which Qing army was faced in the field, the strength was too far apart, but the Qing army was mainly cavalry, mobile and flexible, on the Hebei Plain, it was easy to do the time and time to meet, time to gather and time to disperse, so that the combat space is undoubtedly much larger. The Ming army wanted to use small sneak attacks, sniping along the road and other means to consume the Qing army, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty. Because, the number of cavalry of the Ming army is too small. Besides, tens of thousands of Qing army iron cavalry scattered on the plain, and even the speed of movement has accelerated a lot, and it is undoubtedly a dead end for the Ming army to wait for the rabbit.

Within a few days, the towns of Hebei were in a hurry, and the Qing army did not fight to the death, plundering places, but did not participate in the siege war in any case, even if the city was breached, after the looting, they quickly left, completely treating the Hebei Plain as a grassland outside the pass.

And the Ming army, the most frightened is this method of warfare.

The Qing army's four-way army, while plundering places, was squeezing in the direction of Sanfu. The three mansions are in the shape of an inverted character, Shunde and Guangping are opposite to each other, but the Daimyo Mansion is in the south of the two mansions. Lu Xiangsheng retreated into the Three Mansions, which Dolgon did not expect. But Dolgon was sure that Lu Xiangsheng would never dare to withdraw from Hebei, not even Shandong. As the governor of Xuanda, it can be said that he can retreat, but if he retreats again and again, I am afraid that the spit of the Chinese official of the DPRK will drown him. What's more, there is also a suspicious and mean emperor who is watching the war in Hebei.

Gao Qiqian led more than 40,000 Guanning troops to be stationed in Jize, just between Shunde and Guangping, a clear posture, if the Qing army approached again, he could immediately retreat to Shandong or go south to the Daimyo, to let him this frightened bird participate in the battle, it is really more difficult than ascending to the sky.

At present, the Xuanda Army has a military strength of 20,000 people, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are still 15,000 soldiers who can fight. This is not counting Zhu Ping'an's 2,000 Zhongdu people. In the days when he retreated to Sanfu, Yao Dongzhao quickly recruited a total of 30,000 people's troops, but after Zhu Ping'an's screening, only 6,000 of them could really fight.

As for the rest of the people, Zhu Ping'an, after discussing with Yao Dongzhao, organized all of them into a civilian battalion, which was specially responsible for transporting grain, grass and armor equipment for the army. For a time, the land of Sanfu was full of people with red flags, pushing simple carts, transporting the food donated by the people, who were not much, to the Xuanda military camp bit by bit, just like a team of ants returning to the nest, gathering all the useful food and transporting it back to the nest.

"It's not the way to go on like this!" Lu Xiangsheng slammed his fist on the wooden table, "It coincides with the year of the Great Wilderness, the land of Sanfu is already barren, and it has been repeatedly looted by rogues and Tartars over the years, and the people are miserable, and it is not easy to send the food in their hands to the army, but our 30,000 horses eat horses and feed them, and it is a big burden to pile them together, and in the long run, the people will not be able to hold on!" ”

Zhu Ping'an counted the days, it is now the middle of December, the Tartars are menacing, this division of troops, the land of Hebei has been turned upside down, this has not received news from the Beijing division for five consecutive days, and I don't know what the plan of the DPRK and China is. The previous preparations were so that the imperial court could send troops to rescue the Xuanda Army, but whether history would change, even if Zhu Ping'an had made so many preparations, no one was sure about it now!

Yang Sichang is now covering the sky with one hand, and he is deeply favored by the saints, and he will never be defeated by relying on the pressure of some public opinion alone. Therefore, Zhu Ping'an tried his best to find Zhou Yanru, and the bet he made was just the burning lust for power in the heart of the former cabinet elder, but whether he could take the advantage and reverse the resolution of the imperial court is still unknown.

As Lu Xiangsheng said, retreating to Sanfu is only an expedient measure, and in the end, it will have to face the frontal attack of the Qing army. Fan's strongholds in Hebei were uprooted one by one, and Dolgon's source of information was temporarily lost, so he used this clumsy but extremely practical method to build up the living space of the Ming army little by little, forcing the Ming army to fight a final decisive battle with it. Zhu Ping'an had to admit that Dolgon was very clever in this point. Lu Xiangsheng was trapped in his status and could not leave Hebei.

One thing must be clear, if the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time at the time of the decisive battle, then Lu Xiangsheng will still not be able to escape the fate of history, even if it is Zhu Ping'an, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the doom.

No, we must not sit idly by, no matter what, we must let Gao Qiqian's Guan Ning army move.

"The commander is right, the Qing army looted everywhere, one for food and grass, and the other for oppression of our army, and strive to fight a decisive battle with me! It's not a long-term solution for us to stay in Xingtai......! ”

Yang Tinglin was also full of sadness, and when he heard Zhu Ping'an's words, he suddenly burst on, "Method!" Way! What we need now is a solution, these news have been said countless times in the past few days, and it is useless to say more! ”

Recently, Hu Dawei's headquarters moved to the Julu area to raise military rations, and they were closed in Jinzhou and Ren County one after another. The local officials only knew how to defend the city, refused to provide grain and grass to the Xuanda army, and did not even open the city gate, but just hung down a thousand taels of silver with a basket, and directly sent the Hu Dawei Department who came to the door. As a result, in the area of Renxian County, he met with the Haoge Department that went south after attacking Longyao, and there was a fierce battle, and the losses were not small, and even Hu Dawei was hit by an arrow in his arm, which was wrapped in a white cloth and hung on his chest for the past few days.

Angrily drank the hot water in front of him, and Hu Dawei also slapped the table, "Damn, when is this a head, Governor, it's better to catch up with the Tartar face to face, and save yourself half dead here!" ”

Yang Guozhu was old and serious, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Zhu Ping'an didn't argue with Yang Tinglin either, but waited for a few people to finish speaking, and then slowly stood up, "Commander, without further ado, it's time to add fire to the situation in Jingshi!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement with difficulty. "This officer has been in the army for more than ten years, and he can't imagine that he will finally use such means to exchange for life, it's really ......!"

Zhu Ping'an slowly came to Yang Tinglin, "Mr. Boxiang, for the life and death of the 30,000 soldiers of Xuanda, it's time for you to go to Beijing and his party!" ”

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Li Rujing has been extremely upset these days, and this mood has never been there. Since he was a child, he started with his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong, and he was also regarded as fighting in the south and the north, although he was not very old, he was already a veteran who had experienced dozens of battles. Think about the years in the rebel army, drinking in big bowls, eating meat, and sharing gold in big scales, it was really carefree.

However, when he arrived at the auxiliary barracks of the high wall guard, listening to the words of the officers every day, and Zhu Ping'an's subtlety, Li Rujing suddenly learned to think, although the life of the righteous army was happy, it seemed that something was missing.

Just like the current life in the barracks, although it is hard, but there is a strange satisfaction in the heart, is this what Zhu Ping'an said about "responsibility"? And the pride and honor of "soldiers" and "national wars"?

Lying on the meadow in the tent, Li Rujing couldn't sleep over and over, and several brothers next to him, including the blind man, were already snoring like thunder. Closing his eyes, what always comes to mind is Zhang Xianzhong's kindness and love for him, he has been out for a few months, and he doesn't know what happened to his father-in-law and his old man at this time.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Li Rujing's mind. Zhang Xianzhong originally wanted to join the army for a gust of wind King Jin Yong, and entered Jianghuai in the east, but was destroyed by Zhu Ping'an.

Li Rujing tried hard to recall the defeat he suffered in front of Zhu Ping'an at that time, as well as the tragic situation of his eldest brother Li Kewang after being injured by Zhu Ping'an, hoping to arouse hatred for Zhu Ping'an little by little, but it was brewing for a long time, but it had no effect at all.

Li Rujing couldn't help but feel a little depressed, what's wrong with herself, how can she not arouse a little hatred for the enemy?

Li Rujing slammed his head fiercely, secretly scolded himself for not being angry, gritted his teeth, and copied the saber and bow and arrow in his hand. In any case, today I have to try to assassinate Zhu Ping'an, otherwise I am sorry for my father-in-law who raised me as an adult. It's really not good, it's Zhu Ping'an's life over there! Just leave on your own!

As soon as he had this thought, Li Rujing no longer hesitated, tried his best to stop thinking nonsense, and secretly dressed neatly. The two men were still in other camps, and it would inevitably alarm the others to go to them again, so it was better to try it yourself.

Zhu Ping'an always has the habit of patrolling the camp every night, no matter how windy or rainy, this will never change. After that, he will return to his big tent under the escort of his own soldiers, and this is also the time when the defense around him is the most lax.

Li Rujing covered his face with a black scarf, sneaked out of the auxiliary barracks, and approached Zhu Ping'an's Chinese military camp.

When he arrived near the Chinese military camp, Li Rujing did not dare to enter rashly. After being in the high wall guard for so long, Li Rujing knew that Zhu Ping'an's Chinese military camp was extremely well guarded, and the password was changed at any time, and if it didn't match, he would be killed on the spot.

But after a few days of observation, Li Rujing found a loophole. Behind Zhu Ping'an's big tent of the Chinese army, there is a mountain bag that is not too big, and the mountain bag is densely wooded, because next to the mountain bag is Lu Xiangsheng's supervision camp, so the defense here is not very tight, as long as you occupy the highest point of the tree, you will have the opportunity to assassinate with hidden arrows.

Li Rujing climbed an ancient tree smoothly, using the lush branches and leaves as a cover, and secretly observed the situation of Zhu Ping'an's big tent.

The big tent was still brightly lit, but Zhu Ping'an still didn't sleep, and the tent curtain came out of it, apparently planning to move his body, and several personal soldiers were scattered around, but no one found the situation on the mountain bag.

A god-given opportunity, Li Rujing slowly put on a heavy arrow and slowly pulled the bowstring, but found that his trembling hands and palms were full of sweat.

Li Rujing on the mountain and Zhu Ping'an on the mountain began a long-term stalemate.

The arrow firmly locked on Zhu Ping'an, Li Rujing was confident, at such a distance, he could shoot a hundred shots and hit Zhu Ping'an's vital point with one arrow. But several times he wanted to pull the bowstring, but Li Rujing was deflated again.

In this way, half an hour passed, until Zhu Ping'an finished loosening his muscles and bones and returned to the big tent, Li Rujing still did not make a move.

The lights in the big tent went out, and the surroundings fell silent, and Li Rujing put down the bow and arrow in his hand in a depressed manner.

At this time, Li Rujing suddenly stretched out a hand behind him and patted him lightly on the shoulder. R1152