On the first day of the second month, in the camp of the Runing Army.

"Our spies have already met Tartar outposts in six places, and four more spies who should have come back have not returned. According to the report, the place where they met the Tartars should be here, and this is ......" Li Sanhe took a charcoal pen and gestured on a map, introducing the reconnaissance situation to Wu Shigong and the officers in the tent.

Wu Shigong frowned tightly and stared at the map carefully. He knew that the spies who didn't come back would basically never come back. But now is not the time to be sad, Wu Shigong needs to make a decision immediately: whether to fight or retreat.

"Take the squad, no! With two squads as a unit, send out another scout cavalry to the east. And the distance of the exploration is ten miles deeper, first determine whether it has really encountered the main force of the Tartars. As soon as Li Sanhe finished speaking, Wu Shigong ordered first.

The purpose of the in-depth investigation is to test whether it will increase the chance of encountering Qing army spies. Generally, the probability of encountering in which direction is high, and the density of spies of the Qing army is large, then this direction is the direction of the main force of the Qing army.

In addition, if you have the opportunity to reconnoiter in two squads, you can also use the numerical advantage to capture prisoners in order to obtain more information. Moreover, the two squadrons of the Runing Army reconnoiter were placed in one squad each about ten miles before and after, and if they suddenly encountered the men and horses of the Qing army, the squad behind still had time to escape in time and report the reconnaissance situation to the army.

Li Sanhe glanced at his deputy and asked him to immediately go out and convey Wu Shigong's order. Then Li Sanhe said: "The villain has also widely spread outposts at the front of the army, and promised not to let the Tartar spies come close to the front line of our army within thirty miles. ”

"Brother-in-law! We're alone! Do you really want to fight the Tartars? We are only 17,000, and they have 50,000 or 60,000, which is my brother-in-law's soldiers, at most, it is one to one! In my opinion, it's better to avoid it first. The Tartars now carry so many people and livestock. No matter what, we won't come to catch up, let's be safe first, and then find a chance to fight with the small group of Tartars! Li Lu on the side persuaded.

"We can't retreat, do you think that the current Tartars are escorting people and livestock, and they will divide their troops? They wish we were safe with them. Wu Shigong suddenly debunked Li Lu's idea of wanting to avoid the war, "Besides, the Tartars can't draw so many people, and they have to escort hundreds of thousands of people, how can they contain one or twenty thousand, and the most who can fight with us are more than thirty thousand." The number of people is not so exaggerated either. ”

"But that's it, twice as many as we are! The odds are slim to none! Between the words, Li Lu was a little anxious.

Wu Shigong looked around the officers in the tent and saw that some people's eyes flickered a little, and he knew that there were many people who held Li Lu's thoughts. So he immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Mengtong has entered the school." The first line of words learned is: Our Runing Army is the best son. The one who guards is Huaxia Yiguan. Do you think this is really a deception to children? Even the people of Huaxia can't protect it, and they still guard their clothes? Fool the ghost! ”

"Yes! We are smaller in number than the Tartars, and there are all kinds of difficulties, but there is no difficulty in doing anything? Today we find a reason to back down once, and tomorrow we find another reason to back down again, to Zuihou. What if we can't go back? Do you want to retreat to the ends of the earth to jump into the sea? Think about Yashan! Tens of thousands of people jumping into the sea are very backbone, but I, Wu Shigong, am absolutely unwilling to be the person who is at the end of the road. At that time, our Runing Army may not even have the courage to fight! ”

"And are we really at a disadvantage? Many of the people here participated in King Qin ten years ago. How was our equipment at that time? It's crude. Even half of the soldiers were untrained military households. But what happened? There was a big win even though the number was not far behind. We've built so many artillery pieces and armor over the years. Every day is to train his son to the death, and the battle with the Shaanxi thieves has also been victorious. Does this experience scare you back? ”

"Even Yu Zilian, a fool, dared to fight with the Tartars, and he didn't suffer any losses, can't we? And I will tell you, that I have sent messengers everywhere. As long as we entangle the Tartars here, the Ruzhou army in the capital; The Qinwang army in Tongzhou and the Lu army in Dezhou will come back again, how will they give the Tartars a little color, and in terms of numbers, we still have a big advantage. Even if all of them don't come, as long as the cavalry in the capital cooperates, we will be 20,000 against 30,000, and with our firearms alone, the Tartars will not be able to get close to us, what else do you have to worry about? ”

"But I'm afraid we'll bear the brunt of it and consume our troops too much!" Li Lu explained.

"Since our Runing Army is the best, of course we should bear the brunt of it! That's the responsibility! This is Destiny! Wu Shigong replied immediately.

"Well said! This is the destiny of adults! Zhang Zhiheng immediately echoed loudly.

"That's right! Who have we been afraid of? ”

"What's so great about Tartars!"

……

Encouraged by Wu Shigong's words, the officers in the big tent were also highly motivated.

But these officers of the Runing Army were supposed to obey Wu Shigong's orders, so their opinions were not the most important. In the current big tent, Li Lu is also left to make a statement.

Seeing Wu Shigong's gaze on him, Li Lu also gritted his teeth: "The men who came out of the capital never coaxed, I will accompany my brother-in-law to go crazy!" ”

Seeing that all the people in the big tent were cheering each other on, Wu Shigong put away some smiles slightly. Only he himself understands that it has been more than ten days since the messenger he sent out, and until now, no letter has returned. As time went by, in fact, Wu Shigong's heart became more and more uneasy.

But Wu Shigong didn't dare to back down. Since there was such a high-intensity spies strangulation battle, the Qing army must have known that there was a strong army nearby. The Qing army will not put such hidden dangers around them when they leave the customs, so no matter what, they will take the initiative to find their own decisive battle. If he retreated rashly, he would put the Runing army in a very unfavorable situation.

Wu Shigong had already figured it out, so he fought a battle, and at most after the defeat, he learned from the Ruzhou army to be a turtle. This regular turtle stream is better than the cottage of the Ruzhou Army! At that time, I won't be able to suffer anything!

But what if it is defeated? That's just a lot of benefits! (To be continued......)