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Tongzhou south of the color stone army camp.

After nearly half a month of construction and improvement, the defense system of the Caishi Army camp has begun to take shape.

Centered along the Grand Canal, from the inside to the outside, the moats and earthen walls are endless, complementing each other, firmly controlling the lifeline of passing ships.

On the east side, is Wang Pu's Datong army camp, under the influence of Liu Ruyi, Wang Pu also attaches great importance to the fortifications, and does not dare to carry half a thread, although its position is not as perfect as the defense system of the Caishi army camp, but it also complements each other, making it difficult to find flaws.

On the south side, there is the camp of the Qin army's Gaojie Division, which is also heavily defended and heavily defended.

To the north and northwest, there are Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, He Renlong and other positions, which are also heavily defended.

The Ming army is like a majestic hedgehog, firmly guarding Tongzhou City in the middle, making it difficult to find flaws.

In fact, this is also Liu Ruyi's war experience summed up from actual combat after many battles with the Qing army!

The Qing army is skillful in archers and horses, brave and good at fighting, and extremely mobile, especially its attack power concentrated at a certain point, which is extremely sharp, and almost no one in the world can stop it.

It's like a tiger roaring in the mountains.

In his heyday, it would be unwise to be tough with him!

And Liu Ruyi's strict defense and stubborn defense method made the combat power of the Ming army together, even if the Qing army was a tiger, it was not easy to speak.

If Huang Taiji really wants to come hard, then it is exactly what Liu Ruyi wants!

When it comes to defensive counterattacks, the Colored Stone Army is not afraid of any opponent in the world!

But it is obvious that Huang Taiji has suffered so much in many battles with Liu Ruyi, so he naturally refuses to make the same mistake again, and he will definitely not choose to face Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army head-on.

In this way, both sides deliberately avoided its edge, and the overall situation was safe, but it suffered from the surrounding neighboring cities.

But for Liu Ruyi, there is no way out.

If you want to get, you have to pay first!

The high walls of Jingshi City are thick, and the Qing army can not easily break through, and the Tongzhou camp is like a steel fortress, and the Qing army also has no chance.

However, the small towns and towns around Beijing became the target of the Qing army.

Fortunately, when the news of the entrance of the Qing army was heard, the people in these places had already fled inland in large numbers, and although the Qing army was angry, it could not cause much harm.

War is a very cruel thing.

Liu Ruyi has experienced a hundred battles, and naturally understands that only those who can laugh to the bottom of the game are qualified to fulfill their demands!

Otherwise, even if it has the power to reach the sky, it is 'dying before leaving the school', which is still equivalent to a 'zero'!

For the sake of today's plan, whether it is against the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, neither side has the ability to eat each other in one go!

That stalemate is the best choice.

When one side really can't hold on, that's when the decisive battle comes!

It's just that, after all, this is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Ruyi and the Ming army have always occupied the home advantage, whether it is military posture, food, or manpower, they have far more advantages than the Qing army.

This time, as long as the current situation is maintained, it is equivalent to grasping the bargaining chip of victory!

In such a situation, it is difficult for a large-scale battle to break out, but the 'small actions' of the two sides in private cannot be avoided......

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At night, the night breeze is cool and the stars are shining.

The gate on the west side of the Caishi Army camp suddenly opened, and an elite army of about 3,000 people, like a ghost, quietly ran out of the camp and galloped all the way to the south.

The leader is Liu Ruyi's two junior generals of the Chinese army, Zhang Mu and Chen De.

"Quick, keep up, keep up! Don't be left behind, boys! Move a little smarter! ”

Their horses' hooves were covered with cotton cloth, and although they were loud, they did not make much noise.

Zhang Mu looked solemn, kept looking into the distance, and whispered as his sons and daughters quickly assembled.

The Qing army sentry agents are almost pervasive, they are extremely fast, experienced, can be described as 'come without a trace, go without a trace', Zhang Mu does not dare to be careless about them.

Chen De also cheered up the spirit, beckoned more than 100 super strong archers around him, stared closely at the Quartet, the feather arrows in his hands, all of them had already drawn the bow and strings, if once the Qing army scouts were found, they would definitely be given a thunderous blow!

These archers are all from the Central Plains Army in Luoyang, and in fact, they are also the most elite family members under Chen Yongfu!

After Chen De was promoted by Liu Ruyi to the guerrilla general of the Chinese Army of the Caishi Army, Chen Yongfu handed over this elite force to his son, hoping that this elite force could make miraculous contributions to his son at a critical moment.

In a short time, 3,000 elite cavalry had already rushed out, but they did not find the movement of the Qing scouts.

Zhang Mu glanced at Chen De, a little strange in his heart, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter with these dog tartars?" Have they changed their minds? We are so loud, they don't react? ”

Chen De was also a little puzzled in his heart, but thinking of the general's explanation before leaving, he didn't have time to think about it, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, we are making such a big move, the Qing army is not blind, it is impossible that they will not find us!" However, if you see it, you see it, and they can't do anything with us! Let's complete the general's battle order as soon as possible! ”

Zhang Mu also understood what Chen De meant.

Since the general ordered the two to fight tonight, he must have already considered the occurrence of this situation in front of him, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, and waved his hand vigorously, "Sons, go!" ”

In a moment, the three thousand iron horsemen were like a tide, quickly moving towards the darkness of the south!

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Not far away, in the camp of the Caishi Army, watching this black shadow disappear into the darkness, Liu Ruyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

Zhang Mu and Chen De, these two are both dragons and phoenixes among people, brave and invincible!

Put these two together, what kind of surprise will they give themselves tonight?

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At this time, Zhang Mu and Chen De had already rushed out of the south of Tongzhou for dozens of miles, and their goal was clear, that is, Wuqing City not far from the southeast.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night, the moon stars were scarce, although the torches were not lit, but the brightness of the moonlight was enough to support the pedestrian to move forward.

Three thousand iron horsemen swept across the ground like the wind, although there were many people, but no one spoke, like a whirlwind in the night, coming and going fast!

Approaching dawn, they had already rushed to a continuous valley in the north of Wuqing County, but what was surprising was that there was already a military force stationed in this valley.

"Brother Li, don't come to harm?" Zhang Mu took the lead and smiled and hugged his fists at the tall general in front of him.

The man glanced at Zhang Mu lightly, and also smiled slightly, "Brother Zhang is a good method!" This one hundred and fifty miles of travel, you actually took less than three hours, worthy of the general's right-hand man! Li admires! ”

This person is actually Li Dingguo, the confidant of the thief.

On the same day, on the Yangtze River outside Xiangyang City, Zhang Mu had a big battle with Li Dingguo, although Zhang Mu won at that time, but he also knew in his heart that it was stained with the light of the general trend of the colored stone army.

Brother Li laughed! Our grievances will be counted until the Manchu Tartars are destroyed! However, for the sake of today's plan, we still have to complete the general's explanation first! Zhang Mu arched his hand and smiled.

Li Dingguo's face also became solemn, he waved his hand to order his soldiers to put down the map, put the torches on the map, and said to Zhang Mu and Chen De: "Both, after my investigation for all these days!" Most of the grain, grass, and materials of the Qing army are concentrated in Pinggu City! And the station of Huang Taiji is also located in Pinggu City, we want to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, Pinggu City, is undoubtedly the best choice! ”

Zhang Mu couldn't help frowning slightly, although he was a bold man, he didn't expect that Li Dingguo was even more bold than him, and he wanted to directly attack Huang Taiji's station!

"Brother Li, this doesn't seem appropriate! Since Pinggu City is the residence of the Emperor Taiji King's Tent, the defense must be extremely tight! Don't say if we can get close to Pinggu City, even if we really get close! With our manpower at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to make too many waves, right? ”

Li Dingguo smiled slightly, "What Brother Zhang said is right!" However, Brother Zhang, since the general has given us this opportunity, if we don't make a big vote, wouldn't it be a waste of this opportunity? ”

Zhang Mu and Chen De glanced at each other, and at the same time bowed their hands to Li Dingguo: "I am willing to listen to Brother Li's plan!" ”

Li Dingguo also had the intention to leave a heavier weight in Liu Ruyi's heart, and he didn't keep it at the moment, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, Brother Chen, Huang Taiji refused to defend the city, it seems to be unbreakable, but don't forget, Pinggu and Xianghe, the people have already been displaced, these two cities are basically the military cities of the Qing army now!" Some time ago, when Dorgon and the Duoduo attacked, I saw an opportunity! It's a pity that the general's side didn't give an order, so I didn't take the initiative! However, at this time, since the general has already issued a military order, this is our chance! ”

Li Dingguo's big hand drew a straight line between Pinggu City and Xianghe City on the map, "Although the Manchu magnates are stationed in these two cities, most of their military strength is stationed outside the city!" This means that we don't need to attack the city, we just need to ......"

Li Dingguo smiled mysteriously, but Zhang Mu and Chen De both understood what he meant, "Brother Li, you mean, we have to look for opportunities to create chaos for them!" ”

"Not bad!"

Li Dingguo nodded, "The Qing army has to take into account the Pinggu and Xianghe routes, and the troops will inevitably be scattered!" The two brothers had 3,000 cavalry at this time, and now I have 600 cavalry! Then we will make up 3,600 cavalry! At this time, it is spring, the weather is dry, we can gallop day and night, all the way to the wind and ignite the fire, to attract the attention of the Qing army! If we can get close to Pinggu City, it's best, even if we can't get to Pinggu City, we can go all the way to the northeast! When the time comes, we will kill as many follow-ups as they have! ”

Zhang Mu and Chen De also understood what Li Dingguo meant!

This guy deserves to be from the Wandering Army! This wandering temperament is really deep in the bone marrow!

No wonder the general said that in this operation, he also listened carefully to Li Dingguo's meaning, it turned out that the general had already expected this!

Zhang Mu and Chen De glanced at each other and couldn't help nodding slightly at the same time.

In this sortie, the military order given by the general is actually very simple, that is, to create chaos for the Qing army as much as possible.

Li Dingguo's plan is right in the middle!

"Brother Li's plan is very clever! I have no opinion! Zhang Mudao.

"I also agree with what Brother Li said, but when we act, we still have to be more careful!" Chen De added.

Li Dingguo didn't expect the two of them to be so simple, so he agreed with his opinion, and he was also very happy in his heart, "So good!" The two brothers are reasonable people, and our plans can be accomplished! The day is about to dawn, today, the sons and daughters are here for the time being, and stay until tonight, which is the time for us to do it! ”

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