Lingshanwei New Army Central Army Battalion.

In a remote tent in the camp, there were constant howls, not as miserable as human voices. Outside the camp tent, Shen Tuozheng, the general manager of the middle camp, was pacing back and forth with a solemn expression, as if he was waiting for some news.

After a long time, Xu Mingde, the flag commander who did not collect the flag at night, walked out of the tent, his hands were full of blood, and he could even see some minced meat hanging on his hands, but Xu Mingde's expression was a little excited.

"Your Excellency!"

Shen Tuo hurriedly stepped forward, not caring about the blood stains on Xu Mingde's hands, grabbed Xu Mingde's left hand, and asked, "Did you ask out?" ”

"Asked!"

Xu Mingde grinned and said: "At first, the white-armored soldier was still hard-mouthed, but it was not enough to see, and I used a blunt saw to saw off the two ears and eight fingers of the white-armored soldier, and when I was about to saw the ninth finger, the dog tartar said everything." ”

As he spoke, Xu Mingde took out a confession and handed it to Shen Tuo: "This is the information asked." ”

"Good!"

Shen Tuo hurriedly looked at it, and then said with a smile: "This time I will give you a big credit!" ”

Then Shen Tuo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you think this information is reliable?" ”

Xu Mingde nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, my lord, if that white-armored soldier can make up nonsense under my hands, then he will be a god." Adults can go in and take a look, that dog tartar and urine are all flowing, and he has already urinated, and he doesn't have the courage to do this at all! ”

"That's good!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yan looked at the information sent by Shen Tuo, his face was very solemn, and said: "The slave thief really looks up to me Liu Yan, and he actually used 20,000 troops with red flags from Manchu and Mongolia to set up ambushes. ”

Shen Tuo said a little anxiously: "My lord, since we already know that there is an ambush in front of the slave thief, and we also know the specific ambush range, are we going to take a detour?" The subordinates thought that before our army arrived in Jinan Fucheng, it was not appropriate to entangle with most of the slaves and thieves too much. ”

"Detour?"

Liu Yan sneered and shook his head, and said: "If we even have to hide from these 20,000 slave thieves, then when we arrive in Jinan Mansion City, 100,000 slave thieves are hugged, how can we fight?" ”

"What are you going to do?"

Liu Yan said: "Since I went north to Jinan Mansion City to kill the Tartars, I see that it is the same wherever I kill." Since Dolgon is willing to set up an ambush, the official will plan to hit the slave thief with the red flag first, and kill the arrogance of the slave thief! ”

The next day, Liu Yan ordered the officers and men of each battalion to be strictly vigilant, and the officers and men of each battalion continued to march north. At the same time, all battalions should be widely dispatched to search and advance in front of the army and on both flanks to prevent possible surprise attacks and harassment by the Qing army.

During the march, Miao Shao, the commander of the guard battalion, and Xu Ming, the commander of the cavalry battalion, accompanied Liu Yan, and the two were very worried about Liu Yan's practice of "throwing themselves into the net", thinking that since the slaves and thieves had an ambush, there was no need to fight hard.

"My lord, our army is bound to suffer if it continues to go north, but the thieves have set up an ambush in advance and occupied the opportunity! Why don't our troops stay where they are for the time being and wait for the situation to become clearer before making plans? ”

Xu Ming also said: "My lord, if that white-armored soldier lied, or the news was untrue, it would be too dangerous for us to go north this time." ”

Liu Yan said: "Although the slaves and thieves have taken the lead, our army can also win this battle, and you will know the specific tactics when the time comes." ”

"As for the issue of intelligence, I believe that we don't accept it at night, I know the flag commander named Xu Mingde, he has quite a lot of means, and he is very good at interrogation, and the news he asked is very credible."

Although Liu Yan insisted on continuing to go north, he also had a string in his heart, and continued to the two: "According to intelligence, the place where the red flag slave thieves are ambushed is the dense forest area at the foot of the northern foot of Lishan, where the terrain is flat and conducive to the operation of the slave thieves and cavalry. When our army arrived there, we first chose a favorable terrain at the foot of the mountain to deploy defenses, and then made calculations. ”

Miao Shao and Xu Ming glanced at each other, and then Miao Shao asked, "I don't know how the adults are going to fight this battle?" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "In this battle, I will teach you to be obedient and let you see what it means to be covered by artillery fire!" ”

"Huh?"

Xu Ming and Miao Shao were puzzled, covered by artillery fire? Isn't it just shelling enemy troops with artillery, is there something special?

The northern end of Alexandria.

This is the foot of the northern foot of Lishan, the surrounding terrain is flat, the trees are lush, although it is a flat river, but I think there are many trees to block, as far as the eye can see, it is a very good hidden place.

In the dense forest, the Manchurian Red Flag Banner Master Du Du and the Mongolian Red Flag Banner Master Buyandai sat together, surrounded by several two flags of Jiala Zhangjing, Niu Lu Zhangjing, more than a dozen red flag White Baya soldiers, and more than a dozen Mongolian Red Flag Red Flag soldiers guarding around.

"Anping Belle, we have been ambushing here for two days, and now that the weather is hot, and there is no trace of the Ming army, the warriors have already complained, how long will they stay in this ghost place? I think, are we going to divide some of our soldiers and horses and plunder around? ”

Du Du had already taken off his armor at this time, leaned shirtless under a tree to enjoy the coolness, glanced at Buyandai with a pair of small eyes, and said, "Since Prince Rui has an order, let's wait here with peace of mind." If Liu Yan wants to lead his troops north, this is the place where he must pass, and he can't be wrong. ”

"In addition, I warn you, put away your careful thoughts, and restrain your warriors from acting arbitrarily at this time. If someone exposes the whereabouts of our army and causes this ambush to fail, I will behead him first without Prince Rui's marching method! ”

Bu Yandai immediately confessed again and again, but then Bu Yandai looked at the steaming woods around him, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Then the Ming army led by Liu Yan has excellent firearms, this battle should let Shang Kexi lead his troops to come to ambush, it doesn't matter how many Han soldiers die, why did Prince Rui let us come over with the warriors in the banner to fight hard?" ”

In the battle of Julu, the Mongolian red flag of the Buyan Dynasty also suffered a lot of losses, and after returning home, it was barely restored after annexing some scattered Mongolian tribes to replenish Dingkou, but the combat power of the warriors in the banner decreased a lot.

Now that he is going to fight against Liu Yan's subordinates, Bu Yandai is very resistant in his heart, thinking that Shang Kexi should be allowed to take the Han army to the front to die, instead of letting the Manchu and Mongolian warriors take the lead.

Du Du glanced at Bu Yandai with some dissatisfaction, and said, "Since you are here, then wait with peace of mind and don't say something useless." When the firearms soldiers of Shang Kexi's department will go to war, Prince Rui has his own plans. ”

Although Buyandai is also the owner of a flag, the Mongolian inlaid red flag is subordinate to the Manchurian inlaid red flag, Du Du is also the master, and Buyan Dai is equivalent to Du Du's minion, so he doesn't dare to say anything at this time.

And although Du Du said so, he also had the same thoughts as Bu Yandai in his heart, and secretly cursed a few words, but he also couldn't understand the intention of Dolgon's arrangement, could it be that Dolgon really wanted to borrow a knife to kill people and use Liu Yan to consume the strength of the rest of the banners?

Du Du threw out a small pebble in his hand with all his might, and seemed to throw out the boredom in his heart, and then said to Bu Yandai: "Remember to send more scouts out, once you find out the movements of Liu Yan's department, or the rest of the Ming army, come and report it as soon as possible." ”

"Wow!"

Early the next morning, a group of red-flaged scouts hurried back, bringing back ten headless corpses, and Du Du and Buyandai hurried to check on them when they heard the news.

These ten corpses have been stripped naked, and they can't see anything at all, they can only be seen that they are all strong men, and looking at the calluses on the hands of the corpses, it can be concluded that these ten people are all veterans.

So Du Du asked, "Is there anything else you found at the scene?" ”

A scout horse armor said: "The minions also found a few left Ming crossbow arrows at the scene, as well as a waist plate with a white flag. ”

After speaking, the scout vest presented the waist card to Du Du, Du Du looked at it carefully, and said: "These ten people should be scouts with a white flag!" ”

Du Du looked at the corpse and said in a slightly excited tone: "It must be Liu Yan's department that went north!" The Ming army that could kill ten white flag scouts in one battle was the only one in Shandong that was under Liu Yan's department. You can't go wrong! ”

Buyandai hurriedly said: "Since Liu Yan is here, should we report to Prince Rui?" ”

"It's nature!"

Du Du thought for a moment and said: "Immediately send someone to report to Prince Rui, just say that Liu Yan will enter the ambush circle of our army within two days, please Prince Rui choose the opportunity to move!" ”

"Order the warriors of all departments to pay attention to concealment, and never let Liu Yan discover the whereabouts of our army in advance!"

Although Du Du was a little dissatisfied with his own leadership, when the war came, he still had a high fighting spirit. Especially after the Battle of Julu, according to intelligence, Liu Yan's department also lost more than 1,000 people, and its strength was greatly reduced.

After Liu Yan was promoted, he was just a mere integrity officer, how many soldiers and horses could he have? Even if some soldiers were added, it would be only two or three thousand at most.

Now there are 20,000 Manmeng elites here, and with more strikes and fewer strikes, with mental calculation or unintentionality, it is very likely that Liu Yan will be defeated in this battle, or even besieged and annihilated Liu Yan's troops.

"Haha, if you win this battle, it will be a great achievement, and you can at least reward a future."

Du Du said to Bu Yandai: "No matter how brave Liu Yanbu is, with an army of 20,000 to ambush two or three thousand people, there is no reason why he can't win, you and I will do our best in this battle!" ”

Buyandai was also encouraged by Du Du's words, and said loudly: "The slave must follow the master's teachings and must be brave to take the lead!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Du Du's heart suddenly moved, stared at the ten corpses on the ground for a long time, and then said to Buyandai suddenly: "Have these Zhengbai Flag scouts been killed?" Could anyone have been captured by Liu Yan's troops, and will Liu Yan already know that our army has set up an ambush here? ”

Buyandai's mouth suddenly opened wide in horror, and he looked at Du Du, his eyes full of fear.

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Some people died, but not completely......