After listening to the messenger sent by Yu Zilian for help, Wu Shigong and Li Lu's faces became even more ugly. Li Lu opened his mouth and asked, "Brother-in-law! You see......! ”

Wu Shigong raised his hand to interrupt Li Lu's questioning, and then frowned and wandered back and forth in the big tent, and began to think deeply.

According to the information obtained so far, the Qing army completely wiped out two Ming armies with 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Shunde Prefecture, and surrounded more than 10,000 Ruzhou troops in Cheng'an County.

First of all, Wu Shigong, of course, had to estimate the strength of the Qing army. Through the interrogation of those defeated soldiers, the figure obtained is that the Qing army is about 50,000. This made Wu Shigong feel a little relieved, full of calculations, counting the partial division of the Qing army, at most 60,000 soldiers and horses!

You must know that in the past, the Runing Army received various news from the refugees, and the total number of Qing troops never fell below 100,000. If the current siege of the Ruzhou army is really the 100,000 army of the Qing army, Wu Shigong does not need to hesitate, and he will not go to the rescue of the Ruzhou army, turn around and run! Only when you are brainless will you use your 20,000 soldiers and horses to fight.

Of course, Wu Shigong didn't know that this estimate still had moisture, and the Qing army was only in their early 30,000s. Otherwise, he would have been a little more at ease.

And then the question is, is it worth saving? Wu Shigong thought about it for a while and felt that it was still worth it. It's not that Wu Shigong wants to turn enemies into friends with Yu Zilian, let alone out of any hometown friendship, the main reason is: Wu Shigong still needs the Ruzhou Army to be well preserved and stationed in Ruzhou to shelter the Runing Army from the wind and rain.

Besides, the Ruzhou Army was infiltrated too badly by the Shanchuan Division and the Military Intelligence Bureau, and if Wu Shigong ordered a rebellion, it was likely that their entire army would join the Runing Army, and Wu Shigong already regarded the Ruzhou Army as his own troops.

After that, is it too late? I learned from the messenger that it has been five or six days since the Ruzhou army was surrounded, and it will take five or six days to rush over by myself, so can the Ruzhou army withstand these ten days?

Wu Shigong calculated. It was found that there was a great possibility that the Ruzhou army would be able to support it. In the past, through the report of the secret agents who entered the Ruzhou Army, Wu Shigong learned that the Ruzhou Army was learning the Runing Army in an all-round way, and Wu Shigong also had absolute confidence in the local defense of the Runing Army. In addition, he learned from the messenger that the camp of the Ruzhou army had been built into an earthen city, so Wu Shigong still chose to believe in the Ruzhou army.

Zuihou is the most important question - can you beat the Qing army that surrounded the Ruzhou army?

There are four possibilities:

The first possibility is that when he arrived, the Ruzhou army had already beaten back the Qing army or the Qing army retreated on its own. This is the best, at least his own Runing army will not encounter any risks;

The second possibility is that when he arrived, the Qing army had spent a lot of money, and had just captured the Ruzhou army camp or the Ruzhou army was still fighting fiercely with the Qing army. This is probably the most haode. The Runing army could take the opportunity to fight the tired soldiers and try to eliminate a part of the Qing army.

The third possibility is: the Qing army besieged but did not attack. Encircle the point and send reinforcements to attack your own support army first. Then after the battle with the Qing army, the Runing army immediately camped on the spot to defend, and echoed with the Ruzhou army, turning this battle into a stalemate battle and containing the main force of the Qing army. Waiting for the arrival of the other Ming armies. However, because of this possibility, the Runing Army must be careful on the way to the rescue. You must not fall into the ambush of the Qing army. Otherwise, it will become a matter of saving others and harming oneself.

The fourth possibility is: the Qing army quickly solved the Ruzhou army, and then the whole army went all out to deal with its own support army, so after the same battle with the Qing army, he camped on the spot to defend, or became a turtle hedgehog stream! Although this is probably the most dangerous. However, Wu Shigong calculated that it would be no problem to support it for more than 20 days to a month.

After weighing it repeatedly, Wu Shigong found that he was not at great risk. After all, the Runing Army's expedition was only to consume a part of the Qing army, not to annihilate the Qing army. If it's just to go to the rescue. It can also achieve the purpose of this expedition.

So Wu Shigong immediately ended his contemplation, raised his head and ordered: "The whole army is ready immediately and heads for Cheng'an County." Note! Stay in battle condition on the march and be ready to fight at any time! Detectives should be sent to the front and left and right to prevent the Tartars from ambushing! ”

Li Lu on the side was immediately shocked: "Brother-in-law, are you really going to save Yu Yushi?" Do you really want to fight the Tartars? The 50,000 or 60,000 border troops have been defeated, and we only have 20,000! ”

"Fighting a war is not just about counting heads. I'm leading the Runing Army. Wu Shigong replied confidently and proudly.

Zhou Junwu, who was sitting behind the big case, had been observing Wu Shigong until he heard Wu Shigong's words, he immediately stood up and saluted Wu Shigong and said: "Brother Changjing, today I know why the teacher takes such a fancy to you, and the student is willing to lead the horse and kick ...... for you."

"Good, good!" Wu Shigong immediately raised his hand to stop Zhou Junwu's meaty words, "Want to fight with me?" I'm not going to stop you, so let's follow! Someone! Prepare a suit of armor and a horse for Mr. Zhou! ”

On December 21, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, in the camp of the Ruzhou Army in Cheng'an County.

"Aren't you so happy right now? We ate ashes for five or six days, and we came tired and tired, but here you are leisurely basking in the sun and watching us laugh? Wu Shigong scolded Yu Zilian.

Although the Runing Army was careful in every way, there was still no on the way to Cheng'an County, and even a spy from the Qing army did not show up, so he came to Cheng'an County safely.

After the Qing army retreated, Yu Zilian was also frightened, and he didn't dare to wander around anymore, so he kept shrinking in his camp, repairing fortifications every day until the arrival of the Runing army.

ran away for no reason, so as soon as he saw Yu Zilian, Wu Shigong couldn't help but explode. Although he also knew that it was not Yu Zilian who was teasing himself, Wu Shigong still vented his anger on Yu Zilian, anyway, he didn't scold for nothing.

Yu Zilian's face was blue and red, and he knew that he was at fault, but he couldn't say anything about his suffering. Zuo Yin on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Chief Wu Bing! Mr. Li! It's really not my family that lied about the military situation! A few days ago, the Tartars really besieged us, but then they all retreated, and we didn't have time to recover the people who asked for help. ”

"What about the Tartars? Did you give Yu Zilian to eat in your stomach? Wu Shigong is still angry.

Yu Zilian couldn't help it all of a sudden, and he replied: "Wu Shigong! Don't deceive people too much! Mr. Li sincerely thanked the official for his help, but I didn't ask you to come! ”

"Yo! Temper tantrum? If you don't see me, you don't know where to hide in the bed and cry. Wu Shigong said contemptuously.

"Phew! You ruffian is full of dung, I don't know as much as you! Because of the loss, Yu Zilian's words were quite weak.

"Say a word! Say a word! Li Lu hurriedly persuaded on the side, "But Master Yu! And where has the Tartar gone? ”

Yu Zilian's face couldn't help but blush, and he muttered a few times before Zuihou replied reluctantly: "I don't know where, I just know that they have been away for four or five days, and they are going north!" Because Yu Zilian was afraid of losing more cavalry, the Ruzhou army did not send spies to follow the retreating Qing army.

"You're a pig, huh?" Wu Shigong, who understood Yu Zilian's meaning, was angry again, "I don't know how to send a spy to investigate?" And further north? Are you blind? Can you tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest? ”

Wu Shigong's repeated scolding also angered Yu Zilian: "Why can't I tell the difference? Your barking mouth stinks, isn't it? Grew up eating? ”

Wu Shigong was even more annoyed by Yu Zilian's counter-scolding: "Do you dare to talk back? You still don't believe it, pig! Our Runing army came from the north, and we didn't encounter a single hair of the Tartars on the way. Where did the Tartar go? Maybe they can do stealth? ”

"It's really north. The whole army can bear witness to me! I can't tell you scumbag! ”

At this moment, Zhou Junwu, who had been listening to the quarrel between the two, suddenly spoke: "Whether the Tartars will go to the capital or not is a disagreement with Wu and Li, the two general soldiers. ”

Zhou Junwu's words immediately reminded everyone of this possibility, and everyone's faces suddenly changed.

Although it is all in the north, Hejian Province is in the northeast, and the road from Cheng'an to the capital is two roads. If the Qing army really went to attack the capital, it would really be a big deal. At least the Ruzhou Army and the Runing Army, which did not entangle the Qing Army, were all charged.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now is not the time to speak to each other, we still need to work together to eliminate the fire, let's arrange a strategy first! Zuo Yin hurriedly played a round field.

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After Wu Shigong's Runing army arrived in Cheng'an County, it still did not catch the whereabouts of the Qing army, but sensed that the Qing army might be heading for Beijing. So Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian immediately put aside their prejudices and urgently formulated a Jihua to rescue the capital.

Wu Shigong transferred a cavalry association to strengthen the Ruzhou army, and let the Ruzhou army rush to the capital day and night to rescue, and Wu Shigong's Runing army followed the rear of the Ruzhou army from a distance because he wanted to avoid suspicion.

In the event that the Ruzhou army encounters the Qing army, they will immediately defend on the spot, and wait for the Runing army to approach, and Zuihou will join forces to fight the Qing army.

As soon as Jihua was formulated, Yu Zilian led the Ruzhou army and cavalry to set off in a hurry.

However, after a few days of rapid marching, they still did not notice any whereabouts of the Qing army. Even the spies of the Qing army still did not appear. This made the two of them at a loss again: where did the Qing army go?

Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian didn't know that the Qing army led by Dolgon just made a false shot, he just rushed to the capital first, attracting all the Ming troops to the capital, and then he made a sharp turn and headed towards the southeast.

Of course, Dolgon didn't know that there were more Wu Shigong's Runing army on the battlefield, but his feints did deceive both the Runing army and the Ruzhou army. Dolgon's goal now is actually Jinan -- Jinan. (To be continued......)