Volume 1 Chapter 81: Striking the West (4)
The distance between the Tunqi army and Qian'an City was about the same as the distance between Shiying and Qian'an City, Zhao Kang and others rushed back to Shiying's army from Qian'an City, and immediately told Ling Jingyang and other generals the news of Qing army activities near Qian'an City.
Ling Jingyang didn't believe that there was a Qing army near Qian'an City, but he didn't deny it entirely, and the other generals in Shiying were also half-convinced, and a large Qing army suddenly appeared in the east of Qian'an City.
Ling Jingyang did not rush to conclusions, and let the troops continue to advance towards Qian'an City, until Li Rufeng rushed back on his horse and reported to him that there were a large number of Qing troops in the east of Qian'an City, and Ling Jingyang ordered to stop the advance.
Li Rufeng found a large army of the Qing army in the east of Qian'an City, and immediately withdrew, Wang Hong asked him why he didn't spy on the Qing army further, Li Rufeng knocked him out of the brain, and scolded Wang Hong for having no brains.
The cavalry battalion has the help of war horses, and can rush out from the encirclement of the Qing army, but most of the troops in the stone camp are foot soldiers, and there are more than 1,000 people.
So he hurriedly led the cavalry battalion back, after listening to his return, Ling Jingyang gasped, it was not wise to go to Qian'an City at this time, Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng, how far is the Qing army from Qian'an City?
Li Rufeng estimated that there was still half an hour, and Shiying was only half an hour away from Qian'an City, and he didn't dare to imagine that Shiying and the Qing army would break out in an encounter under Qian'an City, and Shiying, which had just recovered its strength, would be bloodied under the attack of the Qing army.
Wanliyun had a lot of ideas, and he and Ling Jingyang talked about the large number of people in Shiying and the inconvenience of moving, so it was better to throw away the baggage and retreat to the northwest with all his might, maybe he could get rid of the Qing army.
Ling Jingyang did not agree with Wan Liyun's suggestion, throwing away the baggage and some of the people who were slow, he may not be able to get rid of the Qing army, Zhang Luofu did not have much to show in the previous battle, but this time he stood up and asked Ling Jingyang for his life, willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, and take on the task of breaking off, please Ling Jingyang led the large army to break through to the northwest.
Zhang Luofu was enthusiastic, Dong Daqi, and the old steamed bun were not to be left behind, and the two also expressed their willingness to break off the rear and cover the retreat of the large army.
Ling Jingyang looked at the people with a large amount of supplies, and suddenly thought of what Zhao Dang said, and hurriedly called Zhao Dang.
Zhao Kang was brought to Ling Jingyang by the soldiers again, he thought that Ling Jingyang blamed him for lying about the military situation, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to look up at Ling Jingyang, Ling Jingyang asked him how many Qing soldiers he saw the night before?
Zhao Dang thought for a while, and replied to Ling Jingyang, there were at least more than 10,000 Qing troops, and Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng again, how many soldiers and horses did the cavalry battalion find in the vicinity of Qian'an City?
Li Rufeng and Wang Hong glanced at each other, and both said that there were only more than 4,000 Qing troops near Qian'an City, and there were no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses as Zhao Dare said.
Zhao Dang looked at Ling Jingyang's sad look, as if he remembered something, and mentioned to Ling Jingyang that the Qing army was numerous, but there were a large number of coats, helping to transport things, and there were many ox carts and carriages dragging artillery, so the speed was not fast, so they could rush back and send a message to Shiying.
Ling Jingyang suddenly opened his mouth, no wonder there are only more than 4,000 Qing troops near Qian'an City, so the other Qing troops are miscellaneous troops such as Baoyi, to transport military supplies such as grain, grass and artillery to the Qing army, he is thinking that there are thousands of Qing troops in Qian'an City, so why don't those Baoyi and military supplies come with them?
Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng, did you see the Qing army's baggage troops near Qian'an City?
Li Rufeng shook his head, he and Wang Hong only saw the Qing soldiers, no clothing, no baggage, all of them were holding sophisticated weapons, murderous towards Qian'an City.
Ling Jingyang felt that it was a little interesting, this Qing army's baggage troops did not participate in the battle, so they must have found a safe place to hide, so that the soldiers could do their best to give full play to their attack capabilities.
Not only Ling Jingyang, but the other generals of the Shiying camp also showed a knowing smile, there is only Lu Longcheng in this vicinity, which can hide the heavy troops of the Qing army.
Ling Jingyang decided to fight Lulongcheng again, destroy the Qing army's baggage troops, and then the whole army broke through to the northeast, broke through to the Great Wall Mountain, and once again advanced west along the mountain, you can reach Santun Camp.
The generals have been fighting behind enemy lines for so long, and they have long not preserved their strength and retreat habits, and the news of Ling Jingyang's re-attack on Lulongcheng soon spread throughout the stone camp, after Hu Sanshi heard the news, his mind turned faster than anyone else, and the Dashun army attacked Lulongcheng again, could it be that there was a Qing army in Lulongcheng?
He didn't want to travel a long way to Shanxi, so he decided to wait for the opportunity for Shiying to break away, and once again threw himself into the Qing army, and went to Qian'an City to report to the Qing army, telling the commander of the Qing army that the whole army of Dashun turned around and attacked Lulongcheng, and asked the Qing army to support Lulongcheng as soon as possible.
Hu Sanshi got rid of the character of the wall grass, he rode on a horse and pretended to be very serious with the people to escort the supplies, but his eyes were gurgling, trying to find a suitable time to rush out.
On his left side, there was always a pair of eyes staring at him, and when he was tired, he let others look at Hu Sanshi, the owner of these eyes was as cold as iron, he didn't believe that Hu Sanshi would really surrender to the Dashun army, and he dared to conclude that when he encountered a large army of the Qing army, Hu Sanshi had the opportunity to surrender to the Qing army again.
Not only did he feel that Hu Sanshi was disloyal, but there was also one person who felt that Hu Sanshi was not trustworthy.
This person is Zhu Youzhen, since being appointed as an internal affairs officer by Ling Jingyang, Zhu Youzhen's suspicious character has been exerted to the extreme, Shiying has laid down Lulong City, and more than 100 people have joined Shiying, he feels that there are opportunists among these people, and they are not trustworthy, the first to bear the brunt is Hu Sanshi, who opened the city gate and surrendered, this person went from Daming County, to Dashun officials, and then to Daqing County, and then to Dashun logistics officers.
Zhu Youzhen felt that Hu Sanshi was going to be blasted out of the stone camp, and there could be no such villain in the stone camp, he and Leng Rutie set off from Lulong City, and they kept looking at Hu Sanshi, Hu Sanshi didn't know that he had such a big face, the army turned around and went to Lulong City, there would be a moment of chaos, he decided to sneak out of the Shiying army in this gap, and rushed north to Qian'an City at full speed.
Hu Sanshi quietly touched the buttocks of the war horses and horses under his crotch, at this time, Leng Ru Tie changed from the rear army to the front army, and ran towards Lulongcheng, the logistics baggage camp brought a lot of things, and the ox carts, carriages, and wheelbarrows were slowly turning around and driving towards Lulongcheng.
The soldiers of the other divisions of the stone camp also turned their horses around under the leadership of their respective generals and advanced towards Lulong City, because the army changed direction, which plunged the entire stone camp into a moment of chaos.