On the third day of February, in the camp of the Qing army.

"Lord Wang! It is estimated that the one who is chasing is the Ming army we met in Cheng'an County. Since they are out of the turtle shell, it is easy to clean up, and wait for the slaves to lead more than 10,000 sons to destroy them completely! Du Du said. Du Du thought that it was Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army that was chasing.

"Don't underestimate the enemy! There must be other Ming troops, otherwise, they wouldn't have such courage. Dolgon replied, "In just two days, more than fifty sons have not returned, is this like the Ming army in Cheng'an County?" It seems that before we leave, we still have to fight with the Ming army! ”

"That's not right! The minions are estimated to be the main force of the Ming army that suppressed the people and thieves. If they are killed, won't the thieves be able to make trouble again? Just did the emperor's wish. But the Ming army is like that, with tens of thousands of people, they already look up to them. Du Du smiled.

Dolgon also smiled, thinking that Du Du's words were correct, but he still said: "This king left you ten thousand people, and you still escorted the captives to the outside of the gate." I will bring the rest of the troops with me, and first destroy this nasty Ming army, and then we will go out together. ”

"Can you use it so hard? With the prince and you, and more than 20,000 national athletes, the Ming army is worth dying. Dudu quietly slapped Dolgon's ass.

"Haha! The same cannot be said of it! After entering the customs for so long, I finally met a Ming army that dared to fight. Dorgon waved his hand and smiled, but he couldn't hide the smugness in his heart.

"Let's go as a minion! Kill chickens with a cattle chopping knife. ”

"Let's go with this king! Or! The king's body will also be rusty. ”

"Hahaha-!"

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After encountering the spies of the Runing army, the Qing army immediately divided its troops into two routes, Du Du led 10,000 horses and horses to still escort the population, livestock and property, and Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army of 23,000 men and horses, and took the initiative to meet the Runing army. At this time, the distance between the two armies was about 250 miles.

But as soon as the Qing army was dispatched. Dolgon put away his contempt, for the strangulation between the spies of the two armies was so fierce that the losses of both sides exceeded fifty men a day, and the number of casualties per day tended to rise.

You must know that the spies sent by the Qing army are all skilled and experienced veterans, and many of them are born Jurchens who were born in fishing and hunting, but in this way, the strangulation battle between the Qing army and the Runing army was still a draw, and the losses on both sides were about the same.

What's even more terrifying. This Ming army was not afraid of casualties at all, and still maintained such a high intensity of strangulation, and the spy detachment sent out became larger and larger, from a dozen people to dozens of people. Zuihou even appeared in a detachment of 100 people, which was simply a desperate consumption.

Judging by the performance of this Ming army scout. Dorgon knew he had a formidable opponent. As a result, Dorgon began to intensify his efforts to send more spies. Let the strangulation war escalate without showing weakness. And at the same time, Dorgon issued a "kill order".

In the war at this time, the role of army spies is similar to that of radar and satellites in modern armies. Imagine that no matter how advanced the missiles and planes of the modern army are, if there is no radar and satellites, it will not be able to detect the enemy's targets. Then the role of missiles and aircraft is almost equal to one zero.

This is also weishenme? In battles between cavalry groups and infantry groups, where the cavalry groups have an advantage. As long as the cavalry group completely strangles the spies of the infantry group during the pre-war strangulation battle, then the infantry group will fight the cavalry group blindfolded. Obviously. The cavalry group knows where the infantry group is, but the infantry group does not know where the cavalry corps is. In other words: the cavalry group completely occupied the time and place.

Speaking of which, as an aside, many of the pig's feet mentioned in the time-traveling novels are about practicing the Spanish phalanx and making firearms, but they don't pay attention to the role of cavalry at all. The author admits that if the Spanish phalanx, well armed with firearms, is completely prepared, the probability of blocking the attack of the cavalry group is really half to half.

But many authors who write time-traveling novels don't understand how to fight the cavalry group when the spies of this army are completely strangled by the cavalry group? I can't find that cavalry group, how can I fight?

Moreover, the cavalry group is well aware of your every move, and they can choose to lead you to an open area suitable for cavalry charge; You can bypass your army and attack your lair, and then surround Wei to rescue Zhao and fight your ambush; They can even ignore you and attack areas you can't protect. Do you expect the cavalry group to foolishly charge at the Spanish phalanx?

Therefore, the war is not just a confrontation between the two armies, starting from the strangulation of the spies, in fact, the two armies began to fight wits and courage.

And the "lore order" issued by Dolgon was precisely to give the Qing army the upper hand in the strangulation battle with the Runing army.

In the area between the two armies, although the Qing army has been ravaging for months, there are still a large number of refugees and civilians who refuse to leave their homes. The Runing army and the Qing army were preparing for a big battle, and the spies on both sides were busy scouting and strangling each other, and they didn't care about these people, but with the "killing order" issued by Dolgon, these people were in a catastrophe.

The content of Dolgon's "lore order" is very simple, that is, as long as the spies of the Qing army see two legs, they will all be killed. Dolgon wanted to form a no-man's land in front of the Qing army, so as not to let the spies of the Runing army make up and approach, and also through such a clearance, it would be difficult for the spies of the Runing army to hide.

So the Runing army was in this strangulation battle, and it was immediately at a disadvantage. Because this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army spies can be said to have no psychological obstacles to killing the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the Runing army can't.

And then it happened. The Qing army spies continued to arrest the people, and after learning the movements of the Runing army spies through interrogation, they were all killed. And the spies of the Runing Army could not find the people and learned the movements of the spies of the Qing army.

As soon as it was bright and dark, the spies of the Runing Army suffered several losses. The area where the spies of the Runing Army were active was greatly restricted, and the Qing army took the lead as soon as the war began.

Wu Shigong knew that this was in trouble, unless his Runing army also learned from the Qing army and killed the people to clear the field, otherwise, it would be difficult for the Runing army to win the strangulation battle. The only thing to be thankful for is that the strangulation net laid by the Qing army in front of the army is not airtight after all, and through the large sacrifice of the spies, Wu Shigong finally learned that the Qing army against him will not exceed 25,000 people at most. Of course, the strength of the Runing army was also detected by the Qing army.

If the opportunity is lost, then the Runing army will not be able to be passive step by step, so Wu Shigong immediately ordered to shrink the scope of the strangulation battle, arrange the spies to a range of about fifty miles in front of the army, reduce unnecessary losses, and then began to change direction and maneuver at high speed.

Wu Shigong wanted to make the Qing army unable to grasp the exact position of the Runing army through high-speed change of direction maneuver, and let the Runing army occupy a favorable position before the battle, and also let himself occupy a favorable terrain before the battle. And the Qing army was also in the same situation, and began to change direction at a high speed. The two armies immediately turned on the "sea battle" mode.

It's funny, such an approach is really a lot like a sea battle. The two armies are like two main fleets on the vast sea, constantly changing directions and approaching, occupying a favorable combat position. And the spies are like reconnaissance planes sent by the fleet, constantly reconnoitering the position of the opposing fleet.

A series of complex movements followed, but the two armies continued to approach in a counterclockwise spiral, and it was not until the eighth day of February that the two armies were encamped forty miles apart.

At this time, the commanders of the two armies, Wu Shigong and Dolgon, both knew that the other party was not good, and the previous series of strangulation and army movements had already shown that the two armies were well-trained, and it could be seen from these small aspects that the enemy's combat effectiveness was definitely on par with his own.

The long march of changing direction also made the two armies tired. Coincidentally, after camping, both armies rested in their own camps for a whole day.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month, the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Yu Zilian walked out of the hall with a gloomy face, and suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Yu Shilang!" Please stay. Yu Zilian looked back and saw Wang Chengen hurriedly chasing after him.

Yu Zilian immediately saluted Wang Chengen and asked, "Princess! What are you looking for? ”

Wang Chengen also immediately smiled in return, and then leaned into Yu Zilian's ear and whispered: "Yu Shilang! Miscellaneous family said something heart-wrenching! Why do you want to rebel against the emperor's grandfather's thoughts? Let your Ruzhou army stay in the capital, why did you send cavalry to Jinan? There are only three or four thousand people, lost in the army of Tartars, and there is not a single flower in the waves. ”

Knowing the fall of Jinan, the cavalry association lent to Yu Zilian was already unstable, and when it was learned that Wu Shigong's request for help to the capital was vetoed by the imperial court, the cavalry association immediately exploded. They also ignored Yu Zilian's every means to keep him, and yesterday, the commander of the cavalry association led more than 3,000 horsemen to bid farewell without saying goodbye and galloped away to join the main force of the Runing army.

However, in the face of Emperor Chongzhen and the princes of the court, Yu Zilian could not openly claim that this cavalry association was lent to him by Wu Shigong, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, claiming that this cavalry was privately ordered by himself to rescue the Runing army.

In fact, Yu Zilian is still quite righteous, after all, the commander of the cavalry association and officers at all levels have the official position of military attache of the imperial court, and Yu Zilian's statement has actually put the responsibility of privately transferring troops on himself. But in this way, Yu Zilian offended Emperor Chongzhen and all the princes in the court at once. (To be continued......)

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