Chapter 257: The Mystery Revealed

The Commander-in-Chief. A leader stood up and said: "Now that Li Xiong is still here, will this person be for the sake of his life, will he ambush and reveal it?" If the Ming army had taken precautions, this time the plan would probably have failed. ”

Kohado shook his head and said with a smile: "His family is in our hands, I'm not afraid that he won't give in, no matter what, as soon as the Ming army arrives, we will do it immediately, and we can't make any mistakes." ”

Several generals nodded one after another, there are only 40,000 in the Hunan Green Battalion, if it is a real knife and a real gun, they have no chance of winning at all, and now Emperor Kangxi has already issued a will, without a fight, they will not dare to retreat, rather than so, it is better to fight, this battle is indispensable for the credit.

At this time, the spies who had gone out to investigate came back and were waiting at the tent gate, and Kohado let him in and asked, "In which direction is the Chinese army of the Ming army, and how long will it take to reach the Flying Tiger Stream?" ”

The spy hit a thousand words: "My lord, since the vanguard of the Ming army passed, no one has passed, and the humble position is also strange, so he ventured along the mountain road to Guizhou and walked more than a dozen ways, still did not see any Ming army, but there were a few scouts of the Ming army who were inquiring, fortunately, the humble position is a woodcutter dress, the scouts of the Ming army are not suspicious, and the humble estimate that the Chinese army of the Ming army should be camped thirty miles away. ”

"Thirty miles away? Still camping? Kohado had a sudden shock in his heart, could it be that the Ming army was prepared and saw through the ambush? Impossible, he comforted himself in his heart, such an ingenious plan, how could the Ming army see through it, Li Xiong would not say, he has three sons and a daughter, these are his lifeblood, it must be because the commander of the Ming army felt something.

Several generals' faces turned pale, their greatest hope for victory was a surprise attack, once detected by the Ming army, then they only faced two fates, or defeated and killed, or fled and exterminated, there was no room for maneuver.

Kohado clenched the saber at his waist and said loudly, "You don't need to panic, we will act according to the plan.

The generals nodded, and the confidence on their faces decreased a lot, and in their place, their faces turned pale. …………………………………………………………………………………………

The 10,000 pioneers led by Li Xiao in front have passed the Flying Tiger Stream, Li Dingguo's Chinese army has 70,000 people still camping and recuperating, and Mu Jianming on the other side led 20,000 people to cross the mountains and mountains to choose the road to echo on one side, and the sky was slightly bright on the second day, and the Chinese soldiers who were full of food and sleep were awakened by the sound of shouts, and began to bury the bonfire, packed up the camp tent and continued to move forward, Li Dingguo's heart was a lot more stable, on the contrary, Li Xiong's eyebrows were deeply worried, he originally thought that everything was under his control, who knew that the generals of the Ming army were more cunning than the other, Knowing that there were people in Changsha City in front of him to surrender, there could be no ambush soldiers on the side here, still cautious, Li Xiong's biggest mistake was mainly in time, he said that he agreed that the guard of Changsha City, Ke Hado, would surrender within half a month, mainly because according to the usual marching speed, if you want to rush from Guizhou to Changsha if you want to march in a hurry, it will be exactly half a month, that is to say, unless Li Dingguo wants to delay time, he can only urge the three armies to move quickly, so that it is impossible to divide the troops and horses into three parts so slowly.

Another factor was the self-confidence of the Ming army. According to common sense, there are 40,000 green camps in Changsha City. If Li Dingguo wanted to surrender to these Kaecheng deceptions, the Qing army had to gather troops and arrive at the city of Changsha. But Li Dingguo is full of confidence. Let the 10,000 vanguard army dare to go first.

Confidant but can't know the other. Li Xiong's intestines are about to repent. How did he know that all the soldiers had been trained for long-distance running. The daily march was not only much faster than the green battalions. The stamina is also amazing. On a normal foot, a day's march is no more than fifty miles. But the Ming army can go over the mountains and mountains for sixty or seventy miles. And that's not all. The commander of the Ming army can be described as a master of art and bold. 10,000 people dared to go to Changsha City, and 40,000 green battalions attacked the city for a long time. He Li Xiong couldn't have imagined it.

Although Li Xiong was uneasy in his heart. But in front of Li Dingguo, he didn't dare to show the slightest hint. The land in which he hopes. Just hope for luck.

Li Dingguo asked Li Xiong to accompany him. After a night's rest. Li Dingguodi's spirit has been refreshed a lot. Riding a fast horse, he took Li Xiong and dozens of pro-soldiers and ran a short distance. Leave behind the meandering army. From time to time, I would talk to Li Xiong about the estimation of the battle situation. Li Xiong listened with a smile. But I always felt that Li Dingguo's words were a little harsh. Be that as it may. He could only keep nodding his head. Strong face said wonderful. This feeling. It's really uncomfortable.

The Scouts of the Ground Ahead have returned. Li Dingguo asked about the path. The scout said, "Twenty miles ahead is the Flying Tiger Stream." There are cliffs on both sides. The Middle Ground Trail can only be passed by one person. In some places, even horses can't get by. The terrain is extremely precarious. The villain asked a few natives from the mountains. They said that the Flying Tiger Stream would arrive at Loudi City. There weren't many soldiers stationed there. General Li bypassed the city. The interior of the city is clear

Dare to pursue. ”

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Okay, after the Flying Tiger Stream, we will occupy Loudi and use Loudi as a base to collect food and wages." Li Dingguo laughed, and suddenly frowned: "There are mountains all around here, and I don't see any villages along the road, how can there be natives?" Are they Han Chinese? ”

The scout said: "Looking at the costume, it should be a woodcutter of the Han people, and the Chinese language is also very smooth, there is no doubt that it should be a Han person." ”

Li Dingguo's brows furrowed a little deeper: "It's even more strange if it's a Han people, how can ordinary Han people's cottages survive here, since they are woodcutters who came out to collect firewood, why do they go deep into the mountains to collect firewood?" Isn't that more than worth the cost? What did they say? ”

The scout was also suspicious, and felt more and more that what Li Dingguo said was reasonable, and hurriedly recalled: "The villain remembered, they didn't have a little fear and surprise on their faces when they saw the villain, as if they had expected us to come back here, if it was an ordinary woodcutter, seeing their outfits, they were either afraid, or they were surprised, after all, the little ones were holding weapons, and they were soldiers, they were woodcutters under the jurisdiction of the Qing people, and it would be strange if they were not afraid to see our clothes."

"And." The scout added: "Those woodcutters don't speak the local dialect, in the south of the Yangtze River, the dialects of various places are different, and even the local dialects of each county are slightly different, but those woodcutters speak official dialect, if it is an ordinary woodcutter, how can they understand the official language?" The villain was in a hurry to come back to report, and he didn't feel anything wrong for a while, but now that the prince said this, the villain remembered. ”

Li Dingguo pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where are those woodcutters haunting?" ”

"It's about ten miles from the Flying Tiger Stream." Scout said.

At this time, Li Xiong on the side was already pale, and he was still a little lucky, but he never expected that he would miss a few Qing soldiers who pretended to be woodcutters.

Li Dingguo was already suspicious, his eyes glanced at Li Xiong, and saw that although his face was calm and calm, his eyes were erratic, and he seemed to be afraid of something. Li Dingguo first said to the scout: "Pass the order, let all the generals go to the mountain col in front to discuss matters, the army will temporarily stop advancing, send more scouts into the mountains to investigate, if you can still meet such woodcutters, catch a few back." ”

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he turned to Li Xiong indifferently, glanced at Li Xiong and said, "This king understands, Mr. Li is very clever." ”

A few woodcutters made it clear that they were scouts of the Qing army, and although this operation was not very secret, it was also considered a haste out, where did the scouts of the Qing soldiers come from? Why did they appear near the Flying Tiger Stream, these were obviously not scouts sent by the defenders in Loudi City, because what they said was not official words, in addition, Li Xiao's troops had just bypassed Loudi City, and it was too late for the Futai Yatai Pegasus in Loudi City to send people to Changsha to report the news, where could they send scouts here, there was only one answer, that is, the Qing soldiers had long known the Ming army's dispatch time and marching route, set up an ambush near the Flying Tiger Stream, and sent scouts to wait for the arrival of the Ming army's Chinese army. And he struck out of the mountains of the two streams. So who leaked all this information? There will definitely be no more than a few people who know this information, and Li Xiong is the most suspicious, he clearly said that the Qing army is all in Changsha City, waiting for the city to fake surrender, so where did the Qing soldiers here come from? From the beginning to the present, Li Dingguo has been kept in the dark by Li Xiong, and now that the mystery is revealed, I feel that this matter is terrible, this plan is too perfect, interlocking, can not be thought of by common sense, even Li Dingguo has been deceived by Li Xiong, and he is almost about to pull the army into the ambush circle of the Qing army to be slaughtered.

However, who would have thought that the final flaw of this perfect plan was a few fake woodcutters, not only Li Dingguo did not expect it, Li Xiong was even more remorseful, at this time Li Xiong calmed down, the corners of his mouth still had a smile, and said: "The prince is as careful as this, Li admires it so much, Li has accompanied the prince all the way in the past few days, and he admires the prince even more, but you and I are the masters, Li is also a last resort, please do it, Li is killed." ”

Li Xiong closed his eyes and stopped talking, no matter how much he said, it was useless.

Li Dingguo sighed, raised his hand, and several personal soldiers went over to cut Li Xiong's hands back, and then looked at Li Dingguo, waiting for his fall.

"After all, this king is looking at the wrong person, I originally thought that you were a Han Chinese, at least you would not be a slave to the Manchurians, but I didn't think about it...;|, muttered a sentence: "Qing Ben Beauty, why be a thief?" ”

Li Xiong's mouth squirmed, as if he wanted to argue something, but after all, he bit his lip, swallowed the words back into his stomach, and let a few personal soldiers find ropes, tie him up like a meat dumpling, and push him away. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in *m, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading!) )