The fall of snowflakes makes Du Du more excited, fighting in the heavy snow, so that he has an unusually familiar taste, living in the north for a long time, Du Du still has some understanding of the climate, the north wind for several days, indicating that there is a heavy snowfall, don't look at the snowflakes falling in front of you still seem to be flying, full of poetic taste, and when the snow comes, the heaven and earth are plunged into a piece of white, and then the power of the snow is truly reflected.

Du Du is not very fond of the snowy climate, the north is too cold, to say that Huang Taiji in Shenyang after the capital, the situation is slightly better, when the soldiers of the Eight Banners are active in the upper reaches of the Liao River, it is really called the cold and the ground is freezing, the coldest time, the spit out, can become ice hockey in an instant.

Du Du remembers very clearly, when he was young, he remembered that his father Chu Ying once dealt with a sergeant, because he didn't know anything, but he saw with his own eyes that the strong sergeant, standing shirtless in the ice and snow for an hour, survived hard, did not freeze to death immediately, but in the end, because of the heat in the body, he was extremely sad, and he scratched the whole body and died, that situation was very tragic, Du Du will never forget it for the rest of his life.

Chu Ying followed Nurhachi's expedition all his life, and developed a brave and irascible character, which was accustomed to fighting, his character became brutal, and narrow-minded, these characters more or less affected the young Du Du, although he later suffered a major blow, but Du Du's impatient side still followed his father Chu Ying.

Because he has suffered too many white eyes, and because he has suffered a lot of unfair treatment, Du Du's character also has a distorted part, as long as he goes to the battlefield, he is like a bloodthirsty hungry wolf, he must tear his opponent to pieces, even swallow all the bones and skin, in Du Du's opinion, only by doing so can he show his bravery. Only then can we truly protect ourselves.

Therefore, Meler Zhangjing, who led the way at the front of the team, came to report that the snowflakes were falling, and the army could slow down the journey, as long as it could launch an attack on Baoding Mansion City tomorrow. But he was reprimanded mercilessly by Du Du, you must know that Meler Zhangjing's status in the Manchurian Eight Banners is unusual, and many times the flag owner will not directly reprimand.

Du Du did not hide his dissatisfaction with the leader of the team, Meler Zhangjing, and he personally rushed to the front of the team. led the army to move forward quickly, and the surrounding pro-soldiers were also busy following Du Du's side, if there was any problem with this Belle Ye, their pro-soldiers would only have the share of martyrdom.

Because of Du Du's leadership, and because Du Du mercilessly reprimanded the leader of the team, Mel Zhangjing, which made the army solemn, they reminded themselves to pay attention to the fact that they must keep up with the marching speed of the army, and if they fall behind, it is not just as simple as being reprimanded. It has become the capital of others to laugh and become a lifetime of shame.

In fact, Du Du's requirements were too high, and it is no wonder that Melerzhangjing, who led the team, asked to slow down the pace of the march.

When it was close to noon, the army marched nearly 100 miles, which is really rare.

It was not until noon that Du Du agreed to rest for half an hour, during which he had to eat, feed the horses, and make some adjustments to the sergeant. The high-intensity march requires very high requirements for the sergeant, and the physical exertion is also very large.

At the time of Shen, the army was only thirty miles away from the city of Baoding.

Du Du finally stopped. After all, he is the commander of the army, and he needs to make corresponding arrangements and deployments.

But Du Du was not prepared to stay for a long time, he knew very well that the damage to the army at this time was huge, and all the sergeants were holding their strength to march and insisting on it. Once the rest time is long and the spirit is relaxed, the army can only rest in place.

So Du Du gave an order, and all the sergeants were not allowed to dismount and stood by on the spot.

At this time, the snow is not very large, but the snowflakes are a little denser, Du Du briefly looked at the map, roughly calculated the time, he estimated that the army could arrive at Baoding Mansion City at the same time, and at the same time attack.

It seems that the decision to attack the next day is no longer necessary.

Du Du quickly exchanged opinions with the many Mel Zhangjing who surrounded him, and told them that the army would attack between Youshi and Xushi, when it was not completely dark, and if Baoding Fucheng could be taken during this time, all the soldiers would be able to rest in Fucheng.

Du Du's orders must be obeyed by everyone, even if they are dissatisfied in their hearts.

After a quarter of an hour, the army began to continue to advance, but the speed at this moment was a little slower, this is the rule of cavalry combat, before the battle comes, it takes a period of time to adjust the physical strength, not excessive overdraft, so as not to lose physical strength during the fight.

Of course, Du Du is not particularly anxious, these cities under the jurisdiction of Baoding Mansion can be easily taken down, when he led the army to attack Laishui City, the Ming army and officials who guarded all fled, and the army directly entered the city, although the sergeants of Yizhou also resisted, but in front of the rain of arrows full of eight banners, the so-called resistance was like a game, and it collapsed in an uproar, and the army almost did not pay any casualties, and entered the city.

Although Baoding is a capital city, but the guarding Ming army can not be strong, in front of the warriors of the Eight Banners, there is no strong Ming army, Du Du also believes that the army can be won in one go.

There are also things that Du Du is not satisfied with, that is, Kong Youde, who led the second road army, has passed a whole day, and there is no news, according to Du Du's requirements, Kong Youde has to report the battle situation every day.

Du Du thought that the appearance of this situation was a great disrespect, and he wondered why the fifty soldiers who were sent with the Eight Banners did not report any news, and it was possible that the Han army under the command of Kong Youde was marching too slowly and had not yet arrived in Gaoyang County, so there was nothing worth reporting, and such a situation was also possible.

Du Du will not have other ideas, although the combat effectiveness of the Han army can not be compared with the Manchu Eight Banners, but compared to the Ming army, it is much stronger, I believe that in all the cities of Baoding Prefecture, there is no Ming army can resist Kong Youde's attack.

It is only thirty miles away from the city of Baoding, of course, the scouts are going to be dispatched, and the rules of the battle Du Du still have to be obeyed, he sent two hundred scouts to reconnoiter along the road, and report all the information detected, and the scouts are not more than five miles away from the army, so as to report the situation at any time.

At two o'clock, the scout hurriedly came to Du Du's side.

"Report, on a market town called Qiliping ahead, a large number of Ming troops were found."

Du Du looked at the scout, with a smile on his face, as if he didn't believe the information reported by the scout, where did the large-scale Ming army in Baoding Mansion come from, did it fly down from the sky.

"Is the situation accurate?"

Du Du's words were cold, but the scout of the report still answered honestly.

"It is true that a large number of Ming troops were found in Qiliping, the specific number should be within 10,000 people, Qiliping is about five miles away from here, and the subordinates did not dare to approach to observe, so as not to expose their whereabouts, and the subordinates checked from afar, and found that the Ming army was armed with arquebuses, and was waiting for ......"

Du Du's eyes widened, staring at the scout, and he spoke word by word.

"You should know what the punishment will be for lying about the military."

It is no wonder that Du Du said such words, if the Ming army is armed with an arquebus, it is equivalent to looking for death, the arquebus cannot be fired in rain and snow, it is similar to burning a stick, the commander of the Ming army will not be so stupid as to deal with the army of the Eight Banners with an arquebus that cannot be fired.

The scout's body trembled slightly, but he still answered.

"The subordinates didn't dare to speak wildly in front of the marshal, the subordinates did find the Ming army in Qiliping, and the subordinates also felt strange."

Looking at the stubborn expression of the scout, Du Du nodded slightly, it seems that there will be no fake, but why did the Ming army appear, where did these Ming troops come from, could it be the Ming army that reinforced Baoding Mansion, why would these Ming troops use arquebuses in one place, and there will be dense snowflakes floating on the sky tomorrow.

After thinking for a while, Du Du showed a cruel smile on his face, maybe these Ming troops had been waiting in Qiliping for a long time, and they didn't know that it would suddenly snow, maybe these Ming troops were already preparing to evacuate to Baoding City, and when the scouts found them, it was when they were ready to evacuate.

No matter where these Ming troops came from, if so many Ming troops were allowed to enter Baoding Fucheng, the next battle to attack Fucheng would become much more difficult, and the army might pay a lot of casualties.

Soon, Du Du gave the order.

"The scouts went to investigate again, reported the situation at all times, and ordered the army to speed up the pace, we must completely annihilate this Ming army, and they cannot be allowed to enter Baoding Fucheng, Qiliping is seven miles away from Baoding Fucheng, and this place is only five miles away from Qiliping, even if this Ming army wants to evacuate to Baoding Fucheng, they have no chance."

The scout quickly turned away.

Du Du spoke to one of the Melerjangs beside him.

"You lead two thousand soldiers, with the fastest speed to Qiliping, you must entangle this Ming army, no matter where they flee, they must be annihilated, remember, must not let them flee to Baoding City, if such a situation occurs, military law is engaged, and the commander will lead the army to arrive later."

Du Du's eyes became cruel again, he couldn't imagine that he could meet a large number of Ming troops here, could it be that these Ming troops were specially guarding the city of Baoding, but why didn't they stay in the city, but they came to Qiliping.

Du Du didn't have time to think about it carefully, his arrogance and self-confidence were vividly displayed at this moment, and he actually just sent two Eight Banner sergeants to fight.

Just when the army was marching out, another group of scouts came to report that a large number of Ming troops had indeed been found in Qiliping, and they were indeed armed with arquebuses.

The intelligence was confirmed, and a smile appeared on Du Du's face. (To be continued.) )