Ni Yuanlu ordered 30,000 horses, and after taking Gao Di out of Shanhaiguan, he galloped quickly to the west.

He was the only minister who knew all of Chongzhen's plans, which made him proud.

He clearly knew that this ambush mission was related to success or failure, and even more to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not dare to slack off, and kept urging the army to move quickly along the way.

On the first road of high school, in addition to thinking about how to protect themselves, he was more observing the 30,000 people they brought out.

These soldiers were all brought back by Wu Sangui from Ningyuan City. I hardly know him, and if Ni Yuanlu wasn't present, he might not be able to command anyone at all.

The generals don't know the soldiers, the soldiers don't know the generals, he really doesn't know why Chongzhen wants to order himself to fight. This is counterintuitive.

The 30,000 army didn't know what task to perform, but these days they were deeply influenced by Emperor Chongzhen and the teaching group, and gradually gained some awareness of national righteousness and meritorious service.

I also learned what it means to prohibit orders.

So the emperor ordered to go on an expedition, and then it was enough to go, and no one asked much.

The army marched for about two hours, and Ni Yuanlu ordered to stop and rest. He rode up to Gaudi and said:

"General Gao, this place is the ambush site personally chosen by the Holy Lord, but you are solely responsible for the specific military deployment." After Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted to rest.

Gao Di got the order, looked around, and took a few people to climb a hillside on the north side of the mountain, and looked out.

Xin said: "This is a good ambush location, but the valley I just passed through is in a better location, why did you choose this place?" ”

But since Ni Yuanlu said that Chongzhen chose it, he couldn't help it. In order to survive, I had to do my best to arrange soldiers and horses.

Half an hour later, the army was hidden, and the commanders of the thousands also received military orders and returned to the garrison to wait.

Gao Di led the horse and walked to the dense forest in the distance and replied to Ni Yuanlu.

"Lord Ni, this place is quite far from a rock, if the enemy army comes from there, I am afraid that by the time they reach this place, they will already form a serpentine line several miles long."

"Well, this saint has already predicted." Ni Yuanlu said.

"I mean, even if the enemy is in the middle of the game, we will eat at most three or five thousand of his men. As soon as the follow-up enemy army arrives, they will attack with all their might, and this ambush battle will become an encounter, and then we will be in a dilemma! ”

If Gao Di wants to protect himself, his first priority is to preserve his strength. Once the two armies fought in the valley, a large number of casualties were inevitable, which he did not want to see.

"When the enemy's large army arrives, our army will collect its troops and will not be entangled."

"That's what the Holy One said?"

"Exactly, the Holy Lord has already expected this, explain to me, as soon as the enemy's army arrives, our army will quickly retreat 10 miles and enter the valley that we just passed through for a decisive battle!" Ni Yuanlu said.

Gao Di was shocked, isn't this playing the piano indiscriminately, so the army must be wiped out. He muttered, "What's the explanation?" ”

Ni Yuanlu saw his panicked look and said, "General Gao, don't be afraid, just wait to encircle and annihilate the enemy army with me!" ”

Gao Di was even more frightened, and was about to say it again, when the detective came to report.

"There is an intruder of the army, holding a big banner with the character Li, it may be a tiger Li Guo."

When Gao Di heard about the achievements of a tiger, he did not dare to underestimate it, and hurriedly climbed to the selected lookout point and prepared to command the battle.

Ni Yuanlu nodded secretly when he saw it.

Gao Di saw a red-robed general leading the army from a distance, but he couldn't see the face clearly.

It turned out that Li Guo was eager to make meritorious contributions, and personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses to be a pioneer, galloping all the way.

He saw the valley in front of him, although a trace of doubt flashed in his mind, but he saw that this place was not Shang Jia's ambush location, and it was very easy to be broken through, so he didn't think much about it, and rushed in without stopping.

When half of Li Guojun's men and horses entered the valley, three explosions suddenly sounded not far ahead, and then tens of thousands of horses on both sides of the valley rushed towards him.

"There is really an ambush, Li Yan is so far-sighted!" Li Guo admired in his heart, and shouted at the same time, "Don't panic, the whole army is concentrated and rush out together!" ”

The soldiers brought by Li Guo were all veterans of the camp, with rich combat experience, and although they were surrounded at the moment, they were not panicked at all.

Listening to Li Guo's order, he slowly gathered while resisting.

Although there was a huge disparity in numbers, and some people were quickly killed and wounded, they were successfully gathered.

Under the leadership of Li Guo, the remaining more than 2,000 cavalry rushed left and right, desperately breaking through.

Standing on the top of a hill, Gao Di kept letting the flag commander wave the flag and try his best to block it, in order to eat the 3,000 strikers before the enemy arrived.

But what he didn't expect was that these 3,000 cavalry were so brave and flexible, and the 30,000 people couldn't get much benefit from the encirclement.

The thieves are constantly falling off their horses, and their own people are also constantly falling off their horses.

If it's 3,000 versus 3,000, it's not necessarily who wins or loses.

He really saw it on the top of the mountain, which gave him a new understanding of the army.

couldn't help but be secretly surprised, "The general trend of thieves has become a success, no wonder they can capture Jingshi all the way from Xi'an." If we let this forward cavalry go privately, can we drop the thieves? ”

Just when Gao Di wanted to get into trouble, Tian Wenxiu already knew that Li Guozhong was surrounded by ambush, and ordered the army to go to the rescue at full speed.

After Li Guo attacked left and right dozens of times, the sergeant's physical strength was greatly insufficient, and more than 1,000 people and horses who were still alive were all wounded.

But he didn't panic, calculated the time, and was even calmer in his heart, ordering everyone to break through the way they came, in order to attack Tian Wenxiu inside and outside.

At this time, Ni Yuanlu also came to the top of the mountain, and saw that the enemy reinforcements were gradually approaching, so Gao Di ordered the whole army to abandon the encirclement and retreat to the east of the valley.

Gao Di was thinking about what excuse he used to release the enemy privately, and when he heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly conveyed the order.

"When I surrender in Japan, I can express my heart with this order." Gao Di seemed to expect that Chongzhen would be defeated, and almost made up his mind to surrender Li Zicheng.

The Ming army encircled in the valley received the military order and reacted quickly, and when Tian Wenxiu was about to collide, they scattered to both sides, and then quickly retreated eastward.

Li Guo was stabbed in the right arm, but he was still fighting desperately, and suddenly found that the enemy was retreating like a tide, and he didn't know why.

Tian Wenxiu's army also happened to arrive and surrounded the remnants and protected them.

The two armies converged, and Li Guo immediately ordered the newly arrived soldiers, and was about to pursue them to avenge the ambush, but was stopped by Tian Wenxiu.

"The strangeness of the enemy's retreat, beware of deceit."

After hearing this, Li Guo reined in the reins of his horse, looked angrily at the Ming army on the east side, and ordered the army to repair and prepare for battle.

Gao Di's side also gathered a large army and put on a posture, as if he wanted to block the way of the army.

The two armies confronted each other across the valley.

After about a cup of tea, Li Guo saw that the Ming army did not make any movements, and always stood neatly on the other side of the valley, and he was anxious.

If you miss the time of the attack, the king will be guilty.

Someone was sent to call for battle, and at the same time to see the reality of the Ming army.

The few soldiers who could call the battle replied that the Ming army had all retreated, leaving only 300 scarecrows to block the valley.

Each scarecrow has it written on it

"The thief will die".

Li Guo was furious when he learned that he had been tricked, and chased after the whole army.