"Woo~Woo~Woo!"

Outside the city of Jinan, the sound of horns resounded in the sky.

Liu Yan led the seven battalions of the Lingshan Weixin Army, and more than 7,000 soldiers assembled in the northwest direction of the city, with more than 5,000 soldiers of the Supervisory Battalion led by General Lu Huaiying on the left flank, and more than 16,000 soldiers on the right flank of the Jimo Battalion, Wendeng Battalion, and Dengzhou Battalion.

Nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Ming Army formed several huge phalanxes, waiting under the scorching sun, and the general red military uniforms and armor were like a red ocean, which was magnificent from afar.

A few miles in front of the Ming army's array, Dolgon led 70,000 or 80,000 Qing troops to retreat northward, and the soldiers and horses of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners were marching in a neat and orderly manner, and the banners covered each other, and many phalanxes moved northward like a wave, giving the Ming army no chance to take advantage of it. Even the remnants of Shang Kexi's troops were able to move quickly with the main army at this time, which made Liu Yan a little surprised.

Liu Yan frowned, it is undeniable that the Qing army at this time is indeed one of the most powerful armies in this era, fierce and well-trained, when it has suffered defeats in a row, the casualties of the soldiers have reached two percent, and the morale of the whole army is low, it is really commendable that the formation can not be chaotic when retreating.

"My lord, why don't we fight, even if we can't keep the army of slaves and thieves, we can still take a bite!"

Miao Shao said hatefully, and Xu Ming on the side was the same, he also wanted to lead his troops to attack for a while.

In the hearts of the soldiers of the Lingshan Wei New Army, the Qing army is no longer a flood beast, just a relatively tenacious enemy army, up to the thousands of generals, down to the soldiers, they have enough confidence to defeat the Qing army, even if the Qing army's strength is superior!

However, Liu Yan still maintained his sanity, and now the strength of the Ming army is still at a disadvantage, and at least half of the soldiers and horses are miscellaneous soldiers with worrying combat strength.

"Order the officers and men of all departments to stand by in place, not to act rashly, and wait for orders!"

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency?"

Liu Yan glared at the two of them, and shouted: "Listen to the order!" ”

At this moment, Liu Yan noticed that in the rear of the army, a horse team of hundreds of people came in the direction of Jinan City, and the banners were Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu.

So Liu Yan pointed to the horse team in the distance and said, "The two of you will each go back to your own camp to stand by, and I will go to meet Lu Duchen and Yan Futai." ”

After a short time, Liu Yan took Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu back to the Chinese army, and the three of them came to the lookout and continued to watch the Qing army retreating north in the distance.

Among the three, Yan Jizu was the most excited, and said with a smile: "Haha, it's really unexpected, in a short period of time, 100,000 Qing troops fell into the sand under the city of Jinan, and were beaten north by Commander Liu. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face was also filled with joy, he stroked his beard with his hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, the battle situation is changeable, and Commander Liu has made great contributions. ”

Liu Yan hugged his fists and said a few words humbly, and he was also proud in his heart.

Then Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Commander Liu, now the Dubiao Battalion, Jimo Battalion, Wendeng Battalion, Dengzhou Battalion and Lingshan Weixin Army are all gathered here, and the Fubiao Battalion and the rest of the soldiers and horses are stationed in Jinan Fucheng, and the army has no worries. Isn't it an attack, so that the slave thief can't calmly withdraw. ”

At this time, all units of the Ming army were in order, and they looked very uplifted, Lu Xiangsheng naturally would not sit back and watch the Qing army calmly withdraw, thinking of taking advantage of the great victory to hit the Qing army again.

Liu Yan was unmoved, and said with his fists clenched: "Governor Mingjian, although our army lineup is strong at the moment, only the new army under his subordinates and the governor's standard battalion can really fight. As for the Jimo battalion, Wendeng battalion, and Dengzhou battalion, they can only fight with the wind, and once the slaves and thieves counterattack on a large scale, most of the three battalions will collapse, and even affect friendly troops. ”m.

Liu Yan's meaning couldn't be clearer, except for the Lingshan Wei New Army, most of the rest of the Ming army can only fight with the wind, if the main attack is the offensive, the main force is still their own soldiers, even if they can win, the losses are their own, but the credit is everyone's, and they will not do such a loss-making transaction.

"In addition, the governor should also know that although the slave and thief departments have been repeatedly frustrated, the main force of each banner is still there, and most of them are cavalry, and the combat strength of our army is generally not high, there are few cavalry and more infantry, and it is easy to be turned over by slaves and thieves when pursuing, so the main purpose of our army this time is to follow."

"If the thieves show their flaws, our army will naturally fight a dozen, but if it is as invulnerable as it is now, the subordinates think that our army should not force the attack, so as not to bury the good situation."

Lu Xiangsheng was noncommittal when he heard this, but just looked at the Qing army formation that was getting farther and farther away. Yan Jizu looked at Lu Xiangsheng, then at Liu Yan, and said, "Then let's lead our troops to follow here, can we only watch?" ”

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and did not speak.

After a while, Lu Xiangsheng firmly raised his horsewhip, pointed to the Qing army formation that had gone away, and said: "As a Ming courtier, I can't kill the enemy for the country, but I can only send the enemy here, which is really a shame!" ”

Then Lu Xiangsheng said to Liu Yan: "The governor has made up his mind: to lead the governor's battalion to pursue the army of slaves and thieves, at least to make some gains, and let all the slave chiefs know that my Daming is by no means a place where Hu Lu can come and leave when he wants!" ”

Liu Yan looked at the impassioned Lu Xiangsheng, although he was also moved in his heart, but he said rationally: "Think twice, Dorgon, Duoduo and other slave chieftains are old foxes who have been in battle for a long time, they will definitely deploy heavy troops behind the palace, and the pursuit is too dangerous at this time." ”

When Yan Jizu saw Liu Yan say this, he also changed his mind, and then said: "Governor, since Commander Liu said so, then forget it this time." Our army has already beheaded tens of thousands of people, which is already a great merit, so why bother? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "There are still many captive people in the slave army, our army will stop the army, can we let the people of the Ming Dynasty be taken away by the slaves!" ”

When Liu Yan heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and between the lightning and flint, he made up his mind again: "The governor is high-minded, and his subordinates are ashamed!" ”

Then Liu Yan said loudly: "Since this is the case, then the subordinates will take the initiative to ask for help." Please give the order of the governor, and his subordinates will lead his troops to pursue the army of slaves and thieves! However, the subordinate new army lacked iron cavalry, and asked the governor to order the superintendent battalion to accompany him. ”

"Good!"

Lu Xiangsheng said with relief: "This governor asked General Lu Huaiying to lead his troops to go with you. Although Lu Huaiying, as a staff general, has a higher official position than you, but this governor has a special order, this time to pursue, you Liu Yan is the main general, and let the staff general Lu Huaiying be your deputy general! ”

Liu Yanzheng couldn't ask for it, and smiled and said to Lu Huaiying, who was standing behind Lu Xiangsheng, "Then there will be General Lao Lu this time." ”

Seeing this, Yan Jizu on the side also thought carefully, and said with a smile: "Since the governor and Commander Liu killed the enemy for the country, Benfu can't lag behind." ”

"In this way, let Xu Tonghui, the staff general of the Fubiao battalion, also go with him, serve Commander Liu as a deputy general, and bring the two thousand iron cavalry of my Fubiao battalion with him, so as to make a strong presence for Commander Liu!"

"This old fox, isn't he just worried that he won't be able to share the profits with the credit?"

Liu Yan despised Yan Jizu in his heart, but if he could have more strength, Liu Yan naturally would not refuse, so he hugged his fists and thanked him.

The three of them discussed, and Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu returned to Jinan Mansion together. General Xu Tonghui also went back together, mobilized the cavalry of the Fubiao battalion, and would come to meet within two hours.

Subsequently, Liu Yan sent people to contact Zhang Youxun, Han Xu, and Lu Tingyan, and asked the three to return to Jinan Mansion with great fanfare, giving the Qing army the illusion that the Ming army had given up the pursuit, so as to confuse the Tartars.

At the same time, Liu Yan and Lu Huaiying led more than 5,000 soldiers of the Lingshan Weixin Army and the Supervisory Battalion to the south, turned east a few miles away, and finally quickly pursued the Qing army north.

At night, the Lingshan Weixin Army, the Dubiao Battalion, and the Fubiao Battalion of 2,000 iron horsemen who came to converge set up camp in a wilderness, and thirty miles to the north is the Daqing River. After the Daqing River, it is Jiyang, Linyi, Deping, and then north out of the Shandong boundary.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the night of each battalion has been scattered, and Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Xun Jingyun gathered here.

Chen Xun said: "My lord, we have made such a big circle to the south, can we still catch up with the army of slaves and thieves?" ”

Liu Yan said: "There are a large number of people in the slave army, and there is also the money and grain that have been plundered, and they can't be fast, unless those Tartars give up the population and money and food." Don't worry, we'll catch up. ”

Wang Yue still had a flattering smile on his face, and said, "My lord, our pursuit is too thin in terms of troops." ”

Liu Yan said: "Pursuit, pursuit, the focus is on chasing, not hitting, understand? So don't think about how many decapitations, but think about how to get the most out of the pursuit. ”

Chen Xun, Wang Yue and the others looked at each other, and suddenly Zhang Yi said with a smile: "It turns out that the adults are eyeing the people and money and food taken away by the slaves!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

Liu Yan looked at Zhang Yi approvingly, and then said to everyone: "Therefore, the target of this battle must remember that after catching up with the army of slaves and thieves, you can fight if you can, don't fight hard." ”

"Order!"

At this time, Chen Xun whispered: "My lord, the people from the Supervising Battalion and the Fubiao Battalion are also following, if the population and money and food are seized, we will not be able to hide it." ”

Liu Yan waved his hand and said: "There's no need to hide it, it's okay to give them some money and grain, it's mainly the population, let's help Lu Duchen and Yan Futai settle the captive people, the two of them should be very happy." ”

Early the next morning, Lu Huaiying, the general of the Supervisory Battalion, and Xu Tonghui, the general of the Fubiao Battalion, came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw that Liu Yan was ready to go, and greeted them one after another.

"Commander Liu, let's set off now?"

"Are we going to continue our pursuit north today?"

Liu Yan looked at the anxious two and said with a smile: "The two generals are not impatient, I have already ordered the army to set off in half an hour, and ask the two generals to guard the two wings of the army for me." ”

"Hehe, that's easy to say."

Liu Yan said to Xu Tonghui again: "General Xu, rest assured, before dawn, the battalions have already set off without collecting at night, and the army will first pursue to the north, and then make adjustments after the night does not receive the letters one after another." ”

"Well, that's good."

Half an hour later, the cavalry of the Lingshan Weixin Army, the Dubiao Battalion and the Fubiao Battalion set out in a reorganized manner, and more than 10,000 soldiers chased north, all the way to the Daqing River in the north.

Just before noon, a team from the front camp returned at night without collecting their horses and reported to Liu Yanyu: "Lord Qiyu, a slave thief escorting supplies and people was found on the south bank of the Daqing River ahead, waiting for the boat to cross the river!" ”

Liu Yan was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect to catch up with a part of the Qing army.

Liu Yan understood that the Qing army must have divided the plundered population, money and grain, and whichever banner was captured and plundered, it would be anyone's.

So Liu Yan asked: "Which banner of thieves are stranded on the south bank of the Daqing River?" ”

"Manchuria, with red flags, is about 200 people."

Liu Yan nodded and said with a smile: "It's the slave chief Dudu's people, more than two hundred, and the number is just right." Then hit! ”

"Order: The whole army is advancing quickly and rushing straight to the south bank of the Daqing River!"

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