Encirclement and reinforcements, this is the strategy formulated by Liu Xingzuo from the beginning.

After arriving at Phi Dao for a while, Liu Xingzuo saw how weak the fighting power of the Ming army on Phi Dao was. Not to mention that compared with the white armor soldiers and red armor soldiers of the Eight Banners, even the old and weak bannermen are inferior. Whether it is equipment, personal combat skills, or morale, the Dongjiang Army is too bad.

If you fight head-on, you are not the opponent of the Jiannu Eight Banners at all, even if the number is several times or even ten times that of the Eight Banners, there is no certainty of victory.

Therefore, if you want to achieve victory, if you want to get a record that is enough to make yourself the commander of the Dongjiang Army, you can only use strategy.

After investigation, Liu Xingzuo placed the target of the attack on Donggoutun, which had only a few dozen bannermen, surrounded Donggoutun with absolute troops, and then surrounded the points to send reinforcements, and won a victory.

The nearest Jiannu Castle to Donggoutun is Zhenjiang Fort, and the Jiannu Banner of Zhenjiang Fort is only a few hundred people, as long as it is properly arranged, it is still possible to eliminate its reinforcements. And if the Jiannu of Zhenjiang Fort does not come to the rescue, then they will break through Donggoutun, kill all the old and weak Jiannu, and they can also get more than 100 heads.

He has two thousand troops, and there are at most three or four hundred reinforcements from Zhenjiang Fort, even if he fights head-on, it is difficult to say who loses or who wins. Liu Xingzuo has been in the Jiannu camp for nearly 20 years, and has followed Nurhachi to fight in various places for a long time, so he is very familiar with the dispatch of Jiannu. Jiannu don't look uneducated, but in terms of combat skills and the mastery and use of the art of war, he is actually much stronger than the generals of the Ming army.

In the previous wars between Jiannu and the Ming army, each time the strength of the Ming army far exceeded that of Jiannu, but it was repeatedly defeated, the reason for this is not only that the Ming army is weak, but also that more Ming army commanders are not as good as the slave chiefs. Whether it is Nurhachi or Huang Taiji, they can be described as a generation of heroes, and they are all very good at using soldiers. Even the Jiannu generals and military officers who followed Nurhachi were not weak in their fighting skills.

After Liu Xingzuo's deduction, he thought that it would not be easy for the Jiannu of Zhenjiang Fort to defeat his 2,000 soldiers head-on, and he would pay a heavy price. Therefore, the Jiannu leaders who came to the aid of Zhenjiang Fort will definitely not choose a hard-hitting tactic, and should choose a sneak attack, so that they can easily win. And the best time to sneak attack is naturally to take advantage of the time to attack Donggou Fort, and the best way to sneak attack is to attack your own rear with cavalry.

So, Liu Xingzuo set a trap and secretly ordered his subordinates to dig thousands of small holes behind the camp, and then covered them with dry branches and floating soil, waiting for the Jiannu cavalry to attack. Moreover, Liu Xingzuo sent his younger brother Liu Xingji to the top of the mountain on the side of the road with more than 100 people, and made a boulder trap.

The detailed plan for the method of warfare of Jiannu led to the current victory.

Because of the sneak attack, the Jiannu cavalry fell into the trap all of a sudden, more than half of the horses and horses broke their legs, and the Jiannu bannermen fell into a rut, where was the opponent of the Dongjiang Army, and the more than 100 horsemen who escaped were smashed by the rolling stones, and the Jiannu who could escape was only forty or fifty people.

At the end of a battle, more than 250 Jiannu heads were beheaded, which can be described as a great victory!

In the war between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu for more than ten years, there are only a handful of battles that can win more than 200 heads at a time.

This victory alone is enough for Liu Xingzuo to become the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River!

It's just a little regrettable that seeing the defeat of the reinforcements, the bannermen of Donggoutun fled into the mountains and couldn't catch up.

However, Liu Xingzuo didn't care, but just ordered to sweep away the grain, livestock and other property in Donggou Tun, and after cleaning up the battlefield, he left by boat.

On the ship, everyone was beaming.

The wealth looted from Donggoutun was not much, but more than 200 Jiannu reinforcements were killed, and more than 250 heads were killed, which not only allowed Liu Xingzuo to become the chief soldier, but also made every soldier make a small fortune. Each Jiannu head was rewarded with twenty taels of silver, which was the price clearly marked by the imperial court.

The captured weapons, armor, and war horses made the big guy a windfall. Most of those war horses have broken legs and can no longer be ridden, but they can be killed and eaten meat, more than 200 horses, enough for big guys to eat for a long time, although horse meat is not delicious, but for the Phi Island soldiers who lack food and clothing, who cares?

Liu Xingzuo did not let him go back to Phi Island directly, but ordered to land on Zhangzi Island, which was four or five miles from the coast, and repaired here for a few days.

Zhangzi Island is located on the south side of the Yalu River estuary, and the Dongjiang Army used to have garrisons here, but a year ago, Jiannu raided Zhangzi Island and slaughtered the Ming army on the island, and since then, Mao Wenlong has not sent troops here.

However, the former camp still remains, so everyone can repair it here.

The horses were skinned and disemboweled, the horse meat was cut into large pieces, and thrown into the boiling cauldron to boil, and the soldiers sat around the cauldron, looking at the horse meat in the pot one by one, all beaming with joy.

"Hahaha, big brother, with this big victory, it won't be long before you are the chief soldier." Liu Xingzhi smiled with a smile.

"Chen Jisheng and those people are very arrogant on weekdays, but they are weak chickens against Shangjiannu, and they don't dare to fight such a battle to death, so what to fight with the eldest brother." Liu Xingji also smiled.

Liu Xingzuo smiled slightly, listened to the gossip of the brothers, and finally said: "You must not get carried away, we have been returning to the Ming for a while, and we should understand that although many Ming people are not good at fighting, they are better at fighting in the nest than one by one."

When it comes to fighting, our brothers are not afraid of anyone, but we are afraid that someone will stab us in the back. This Dongjiang general soldier is a piece of fragrant buns, everyone wants to take a bite, and no one wants to see our brothers on top. So from now on, the big guys are smarter, don't be yin. ”

"Big brother, leave this matter to me." Liu Xingzhi's eyes flickered.

Liu Xingzuo looked at Liu Xingzhi: "What are you going to do, old five?" ”

Liu Xingzhi said: "The top and bottom of Phi Island are all people who forget their righteousness, big brother, you give me some property, and I will buy the people around Chen Jisheng and Mao Chengzuo, so that if they have any intentions against us, they can't hide it from our eyes and ears." ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded: "Okay, Fifth Brother, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Liu Xingzhi said again: "Big brother, we have made great contributions, and we should send someone to Governor Ning Yuansun as soon as possible to ask for merit." After all, Chen Jisheng is nominally in charge of the Dongjiang River, if we go back to Phi Island directly, this guy will definitely share our credit. ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "Old Five, what you said is true. In this case, Xingji, you take a boat trip to Liaoxi, and tell Governor Sun about this battle. ”

"Yes, big brother!" Liu Xingji hugged his fists.

"Trim for three days, marinate the head with lime, and then return to Phi Island!" Liu Xingzuo ordered.

And when Liu Xingzuo returned to Phi Island with his troops, the results of the battle had already reached Shenyang, the nest of Jiannu.