Frowning and thinking quietly for a long time, Huang Taiji said with some worry: "Mr. Chen, what if we can't capture the Santun camp for a long time?" Moreover, the defense of the Santun camp is very strong, and the casualties are too great if it is attacked, if it is a feint, Qi Jin may not be fooled. ”

Smiling indifferently, Chen Liangyu said in a soft tone: "What Chen said just now is that the enemy must be saved, and now what Chen wants to say is the lesser of two evils." The Qi family army intercepted us in the front, and the terrain here was not suitable for the army to fight, so we could only use the same number of soldiers to compete with the Qi family army. Although my Dajin cavalry is elite, the Qi family army is also very elite, and they will definitely hold each other for a long time. Besides, the Qi family army is waiting for us here, there must be some ambush, and the casualties will definitely be very large. However, the current Santun camp is only guarded by two or three thousand people, and it will save a lot of effort to attack. When it comes time to make a choice, it is natural to choose the lesser of two evils. ”

Sighing softly, Huang Taiji felt that Chen Liangyu's talent was good at this time, but his character was too inferior, and such a person could not be reused. After thinking about it slightly, Huang Taiji felt that it was better to kill this person, it was dangerous to put such a person around, but obviously now was not the time.

Nodding slowly, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Then according to Mr. Chen's meaning, do we still have people here?" ”

"Lord Belle, let's just retreat and put some scouts here. As long as we take the Santun camp, things will be much easier. Even if they can't take the Santun camp, the Qi family army will definitely come back to the rescue. Chen Liangyuyun smiled lightly and said quite indifferently.

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Huang Taiji nodded vigorously, and said in a firm tone: "Okay! Since this is the case, it is so decided, and we will send troops to the Santun camp. ”

In the camp of the Qi family's army, Qi Jin was also discussing with people in the tent, and this person was Xifengkou General Man Gui.

The two of them sat in the tent, their expressions were quite serious, they glanced at each other, and Qi Jin said in a deep voice: "General Man, I have no choice but to find you this time, I hope you don't see it." ”

"What is the general talking about, Man Gui can have today thanks to the general's promotion, what does the general say, Man Gui naturally has no words. What's more, this time the incident is for Xifengkou, Man Gui is naturally not allowed to be a person, and Man Gui also has to thank General Gao Yi. Man Gui bowed to Qi Jin and said gratefully.

Nodding slowly, Qi Jin said in a deep voice: "I won't say anything kind at this time, there are 30,000 Jiannu soldiers and horses opposite us, and General Ben has already sent someone to find out." Of the 30,000 horses, 10,000 were Jiannu's Eight Banner cavalry, and the other 20,000 were Mongol Tatars. Although the composition is different, these 30,000 people are elite, and all we can do is stop them. ”

"General, I only brought two thousand men, all of them cavalry, and a large part of them were Mongols, and they were also very well equipped. But after all, the number of people is too small, and there are 30,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and these 2,000 people will not play a big role in a real fight! Man Gui frowned and looked at Qi Jin, with deep helplessness in his tone.

Man Gui believed that if he had 20,000 cavalry, he would definitely be able to defeat these people. If there are 15,000 cavalry, he dares to fight against these people, even if there are only 10,000 cavalry, he is not afraid at all. But now there are only 2,000 people, and I really have no confidence, and rushing forward is equivalent to sending him to death.

After a slight sigh, Qi Jin frowned slightly, and said in a rather helpless tone: "What I'm worried about now is not that we are here, I have already arranged everything, with the elite of the Qi family's army, it is not a problem to hold on here for half a month." However, I was worried about the Santun camp, and in order to defend here, I transferred all the soldiers and horses in the Santun camp, leaving only 1,000 elites and 2,000 old and weak. If Jiannu goes back to attack Santun Camp, I'm afraid the battle situation will be very unfavorable, and we may have to give up the arrangement here. ”

"The Santun camp has always been run by the general, and there are a lot of equipment to defend the city, so I believe that it will not be a problem to hold on for a few days. But when we really can't hold on, we still have to go to the rescue, after all, the Santun camp is the place where the general guards. If there is anything wrong with the Santun camp, the general will not be able to escape the blame! Man Gui also frowned, looked at Qi Jin, who was dripping with emotion on the side, and said with some hesitation.

Slowly shaking his head, Qi Jin said with a wry smile: "Everyone says that the Qi family army is elite, and they all say that the uncle is brave, but few people pay attention to the composition of the Qi family's army. When my uncle brought people to the Santun camp, Zhang Taishi supported my uncle with power, and all kinds of armor, weapons, artillery, and muskets were all the most sophisticated. At the beginning, there were 300 Huzun cannons alone, and the rest of the firearms were even more. If I had 300 Tiger Venerable cannons now, I would spread them out in a row and shoot them at Jiannu. The 30,000 Jiannu in front of us will be defeated after a few cannons, and then we will rush over, and this battle will be won. Now I don't have anything, just a dozen cannons on the walls, what can we do? ”

Listening to Qi Jin's rather helpless words, Man Gui was also quite stunned, he had heard of Qi Jiajun and Qi Jiguang on the grassland back then. Man Gui had heard of the prestige of the Qi family army for a long time, and after coming to the Ming Dynasty, Man Gui had also seen the Qi family army. After seeing such an army, Man Gui's heart was full of shock, although he had seen the most elite cavalry in Mongolia, but compared to such a well-trained team, the gap was too big.

Listening to Qi Jin's words now, Man Gui suddenly felt that it was full of heroic twilight. Looking at Qi Jin, whose face was full of determination, Man Gui suddenly felt that he could no longer see the vigor of the year on his face, and he could see that all the vicissitudes of life had been experienced.

Sighing softly, Qi Jin said helplessly: "It's come to this, it's too late for us to say anything." The only thing we can do now is to hope, I hope that the reinforcements from Zunhua City will come soon, if we can arrive within two days, we will all be worry-free! ”

Looking at the direction of Zunhua City, Man Gui said with a smile: "General, I think that within two days, the reinforcements from Zunhua City will definitely arrive!" ”

Looking at Man Gui hesitantly, Qi Jin said in surprise: "Why? How do you know that sure? ”

"General Qi, where do you think the reinforcements from Zunhua City came from?" Looking at Qi Jin with a smile, Man Gui said expectantly.

After a slight hesitation, Qi Jin frowned and thought about it, and said in a rather solemn voice: "Zunhua is connected to many places, and the reinforcements that can come from Zunhua have three directions, and troops can be sent over from Datong." The soldiers and horses of Liaodong can also go directly to Zunhua, and there is also the capital. However, in these directions, it is most likely that it is the reinforcements from the capital, that is, Jizhou. However, Jizhou itself does not have many soldiers and horses, that is, thirty or forty thousand, so it is obviously impossible to come here directly! ”

"General, Jizhou has only been in Zunhua for two days, if it is Jizhou's reinforcements, I'm afraid it will have already arrived. Datong's reinforcements are also impossible, although the general army of Datong has soldiers under him, but it does not belong to our Jiliao ground, and belongs to the jurisdiction of the trilateral governors. Unless the imperial court decrees, there will be no troops, and the only ones left are Liaodong soldiers and horses! Man Gui smiled lightly and said what he thought.

After a slight sigh, Qi Jin shook his head lightly, and said in a rather solemn tone: "Liaodong can indeed send people over, and the time makes sense, but I always feel that there is something wrong here." ”

Smiling indifferently, Man Gui said in a deep voice: "The general is strange that if it is the army of Liaodong, why hasn't it arrived yet?" I can tell the general about this! ”

"Really? But in terms of time, it should have arrived, do you know why? Looking at Man Gui playfully, Qi Jin asked with a smile.

"General, you're testing me! But I do. The newly appointed governor of Jiliao was Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Sun University, who was the governor of Liaodong before taking office, and commanded his men and horses to win a great victory in Shenyang. So even if the reinforcements from Liaodong come, they will definitely go to Jizhou first, and then rush to Zunhua from Jizhou. If so, then the time should be about the same! Man Gui smiled bitterly and shook his head, he naturally knew that Qi Jin had already guessed, but he still said what he thought.

Sighing softly, Qi Jin said helplessly: "I heard that this Lord Sun is also experienced, and at such an old age, he can guess the emperor's reuse, and I hope that a tragedy like my uncle will not happen." ”

Man Gui's expression was also a little solemn, looking at Qi Jin, and said in a low voice: "No, the emperor doesn't seem to be like that today!" However, Man Gui also knew that his words were a little weak, and he didn't dare to look up at Qi Jin.

Qi Jin didn't speak, just shook his head with a wry smile.

Outside the city of Santun Camp, Huang Taiji sat on his horse, looking at the city in front of him, and his brows furrowed slightly. He had been here a few days ago, and now he was back again, and although the time had not been long, his state of mind was very different.

Looking back at the athletes behind him, Huang Taiji sighed softly, hoping that everything would go well on Father Khan's side, otherwise his sacrifice this time would be too great. Slowly turning his head and looking at the bloodstains outside the Santun camp, Huang Taiji lowered his head indifferently. Those were left a few days ago, hundreds of Eight Banner athletes died here, and I don't know how many people will die today.

At the head of the city of Santun Camp, the Qi family army is actively preparing for war, and many Qi family soldiers are very old. Wang Quan, who was boiling porridge, was holding a knife in his hand, shouting at the soldiers, with a smile on his face, and he couldn't see the nervousness in front of the station at all. On the contrary, from his excited words and trembling hands, it can be seen that he is very excited, and his heart is very excited.

Suddenly a man walked up under the city, this person was wearing armor, but not the armor of the Ming army, and holding an iron rod in his hand. The stick is not thin, and you can see that the weight is very heavy, and the most eye-catching thing is that this is a woman.