Several people continued to discuss the set-up.

"Oh? Let's continue to discuss the military situation overnight~"

The relationship between these generals is very good, and they only disagree during the day, and they will not form resentments and factions due to differences of opinion like civilian officials.

Tong Zhonghua looked at Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu and smiled: "You guys are here to say that you will not continue to defend along the river, right?"

"Yes, Jiannu will attack at night tonight or tomorrow night at the earliest!"

When everyone heard this, their pupils shrank.

Jiannu had just fought Shenyang during the day and suffered defeat by the Hunhe River, so would he launch a night attack so soon!?

"Fengji Fort is east of Shenyang, and yesterday the third watch was attacked before Shenyang. Li Bingcheng led his men to flee in a hurry, and after crossing the Hunhe River, he was not pursued, and continued to retreat to Liaoyang. Here's the news we confirmed. ”

"That's right." Several generals nodded.

"But from yesterday afternoon to tonight, there was no news from them, which means that either they withdrew quickly or could not send the news back."

"Are you saying that his 10,000 people, in the face of thousands of Jiannu, can't send back the news?" Tong Zhonghua didn't think that the friendly army was so weak.

"It is very likely, after all, the soldiers and horses have been defeated, and the situation is not optimistic."

This is just speculation, but Li Bingcheng also has many spies, if it is Huang Taiji, of course, he can eliminate their group of routs.

"Therefore, we think that we should immediately withdraw all the soldiers and horses along the river, retreat two miles, and deploy defense at the fortress of the Hunhe River." Zhou Dunji added his thoughts.

Tong Zhonghua has a lot of trust in Li Bingcheng's allies, but after such an analysis, he also feels that the situation may become dangerous in an instant.

Qin Bangping and Qin Minping also explained their intentions:

"Two general soldiers, we originally wanted to propose a night attack with General Ran Yuelong, but after listening to Wang's guerrilla analysis, we also felt that we should continue to hold on along the river, but we went back and thought about it, this arrangement is not conducive to night operations."

They are Qin Liangyu's elder brother and younger brother, and the white pole soldiers and Sichuan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers have strengthened their night combat training, and they are a light barrier for arranging torches and fires in a hundred steps outside the military formation.

When the enemy approached, it was illuminated, and the Ming army, which was at a certain distance through the light barrier, was in a similar effect to the darkness under the lamp, thus overcoming the tragedy of Juniper Salhu.

However, the Zhejiang soldiers used lines to defend along the river, and the enemy was still dark and clear at night, and Jiannu had a way to sneak across the river in the dark, and even took advantage of the night battle.

After they said their thoughts, Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua also understood this truth, and now they think about the formation of artillery along the river during the day, and the effect is very different from that at night.

"It's too late to give the order to retreat immediately!" Zhou Dunji said very resolutely.

That being said, it is dangerous to suddenly move troops back at night. In the event of confusion, or if the enemy spreads the rhetoric that "our army has been defeated," there is a risk of camp roaring.

How to retreat, in what order, and which troops and horses to cover the retreat, are all particular.

Chen Ce looked at Wang Hongyu in front of him, and saw that his expression was resolute and calm, and his speech speed was very fast, but he did not have the slightest sense of panic, so he asked:

"In the middle of the night, the whole army retreats, and I will personally stabilize the orderly march of all units, but when the retreat at night is also the weakest time for the whole army, if there is a night attack, how does Wang Guerrilla think to deal with it?"

Wang Hongyu replied confidently: "The last general has already thought about this matter, and he has just listened to everyone's thoughts, and now he has a more careful plan. Tonight, Jiannu is likely to launch a night attack, the time must be the second half of the night, and it may be a flanking attack from both directions! ”

"A flank attack from both directions!?"

The generals suddenly became nervous.

"One direction is to sneak across the river from the north, and the other direction...... It's either east or southeast! ”

"East or southeast? This is the direction of friendly forces? ”

"Yes, tonight we must guard against the direction of Li Bingcheng's retreat!"

Just then, the scout hurried in.

"Report! To the commander-in-chief and the generals! The fourth messenger who went to contact General Li still did not return. The scouts sent out in their direction didn't see anyone, but they came back with no one empty! ”

Chen Ce and the others have been on the battlefield for a long time and know that something really happened.

Wang Hongyu did not hesitate to make a suggestion: "Our 400 cavalry are all elite, and they can cover and retreat, and once they encounter an enemy attack, they can immediately make cover, so as to buy time for the infantry and artillery to re-array."

His prediction was correct, and the generals had recognized his deeds of training and playing the blue flag before, and now the prediction was correct, which deepened his trust.

"Good! Just follow your plan! ”

The three watches of the Ming army were assembled overnight, but fortunately, all the departments were elite veterans with high morale, and the assembly was completed in a stick of incense, except for the necessary clothes, weapons, armor and easy-to-carry food, the rest of the tents, quilts, private belongings, etc., should be discarded.

This time, the Zhejiang soldiers were the first to go south, then the Guangdong soldiers and the Tusi soldiers, and the Sichuan soldiers and white pole soldiers who were the best at close combat were still the queen of the palace.

Zhou Dunji personally led people to ambush and prepared to ambush the Jiannu soldiers and horses who secretly crossed the river.

Wang Hongyu led one sentry heavy cavalry and three sentry light cavalry to be vigilant in the east and southeast directions.

The Zhejiang soldiers were already approaching the Hunhe Fortress, and the 1,000 defenders who had been left here opened the door to respond, and everything seemed to be going well.

Watching the long dragon of infantry holding torches marching quickly towards the fortress of Hunhe, Wang Hong and the others felt a little relieved.

He and his cavalry did not carry torches, did not tie their horses, and kept covering quietly 200 paces from the infantry ranks.

At this time, the fourth watch has passed, and it is not long before dawn, and if you hold on for a while until daylight, you will not be afraid of Jiannu at all.

Wang Hongyu and the cavalry looked to the southeast outside, and the moonless night was indeed dark, and the enemy could not see the enemy, and the enemy could not see them.

At this time, the previous training of night combat and hearing played a key role.

In the dark night, you can hear the sound of the Ming army carrying heavy objects such as artillery, and the faint sound of some armor pieces rubbing against them.

Wrong!

Half of the Zhejiang soldiers not far away are wearing light armor and half are wearing mandarin duck battle robes, which is different from the friction sound of this kind of armor with fish scales and heavy armor!

Wang Hongyu struck a cavalryman next to him with a horsewhip, two light and one heavy, which was to find the enemy but not be discovered by the enemy.

The cavalry signaled in turn, and three light cavalry quietly stepped back to report the message.

After half the incense, the Zhejiang soldiers quietly changed the queue while marching.

Just now, it was a long snake formation rushing quickly, but now it has become a chariot outside, infantry and artillery inside. They lowered their voices and marched slowly, preparing their spears and muskets.

As the Ming army quieted down on the road, Wang Hongyu could hear more of the enemy's voices.

There was the slight grinding of armor pieces, the occasional panting of horses, and the faint whispers of incomprehensible voices.

Suddenly, all of these voices were gone!

The enemy found out that our troops were aware of them!