Although Zhu Chunchen had no formal experience in leading troops to fight, he also knew that if there was a shortage of food, he could reduce the supply and kill horses to satisfy hunger, so how could he persist for a while.

But when there is a shortage of water, then the problem is big.

This is not surprising that Jiannu used corpses to pollute water sources, because as early as the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were powerless to stop the Han army's attack, and the Huns threw animal carcasses into the lake water on the steppe for this purpose. Let the animal carcasses pollute the water source and poison the Han army that might come to drink water to stop the Han army from penetrating.

The Mongols would also use trebuchets to throw rotting and stinking corpses into attacking cities, which was an early form of biological weaponry, and it was not too difficult to deal with it.

There is a clear and detailed record in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", although Zhu Chunchen has little experience in fighting, almost nothing, but as a generation of generals, he has this way to fished out the corpse and burn it in a centralized manner, and then let the soldiers bury the beans in the sand one by one, and then dig them out overnight to see, if the beans swell, it means that there is water in the ground, and if it does not expand, it means that there is no water underground.

The Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty adopted Zhu Chunchen's method, and quickly solved the problem of Jiannu arrangement, and after finding a water source, digging dozens of wells, and solving the problem of drinking water, the soldiers of the Ming army were greatly invigorated.

On the fourth day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, in the early morning, Jiannu began to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, but the Northern Expeditionary Army waited for work at ease, and the guns and cannons were fired, and the Jiannu attack was frustrated, leaving one or two thousand corpses and retreating.

At this time, Wu Sangui asked Zhu Chunchen to fight: "Godfather, the child is chasing and killing Jiannu!" ”

Zhu Chunchen frowned and said: "The strength of the Jiannu army has not been damaged, and the retreat is quite methodical, but I am afraid that it will lure the enemy deeper!" ”

"Save the child!"

Wu Sangui said: "The child's move is obviously a pursuit, but in fact, it is to explore the reality of Jiannu, and he will definitely not take the enemy lightly!" ”

Zhu Chunchen was overjoyed and said: "This plan is very good, let's fight like this!" ”

As Wu Sangui led the Guanning Army and the Wu family's 3,000 cavalry in pursuit, Jiannu retreated even faster, and Wu Sangui chased faster and faster, unconsciously approaching Erin Dabu Sannaoer.

Although Huang Taiji renamed Eren Da Bu Sannao Er as Shengjing, but in fact, this is a very small city, relatively concentrated, Eren Da Bu Sannao City does not have a city wall, only a soil fence, because Eren Da Bu Sannao is a city close to the salt lake, due to the heavy rain in summer, the salt lake will shrink in winter, and every year will leave a salt shell on the lakeside, which is equivalent to nature's gift here.

This is how the city of Eren Dabu Sannao was formed, because the city is too small, and it is quite southern, slightly low-lying, Wu Sangui looked at the people and officers of Eren Dabu Sannaoer who were fleeing in a panic, Wu Sangui waved his hand: "Catch Huang Taiji, the official will be promoted to the third level, and the reward will be ten thousand taels of silver!" ”

The soldiers of the Wu family were like beating chicken blood, screaming and killing Erin Dabu Sannaoer, who knows, just when Wu Sangui was still a stone's throw away from Eren Dabu Sannaoer City, there was actually a thick smoke rising in the city.

The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, which was located in the rear, naturally saw these thick smokes, and the generals at all levels of the Northern Expeditionary Army sent out sentry posts, and they found out that it was Jiannu who ran away.

And Wu Sangui and the cavalry of the Wu family had already taken Erin Dabu Sannaoer, and the other Ming army generals heard this information, and even did not wait for Zhu Chunchen's order, and directly ordered their respective soldiers and horses to kill Eren Dabu Sannaoer City directly.

Soon they found that in the northwest of the city, from time to time, there were blades, sets of armor, as well as food, gold, silver, soft and other materials.

To say that Huang Taiji actually really understands the art of war, the set of throwing away the armor is very smooth, the Ming Army Northern Expeditionary Army is in chaos here, some cavalry want to pursue, some want to pick up cheap, and some happily cut off the heads of Mongolian or Jiannu soldiers with knives, hanging on the neck of the horse, in order to compete for the head, the generals quarreled without suspense, you push me, there is a big meaning of fighting after Jiannu's own people.

When Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Chunchen, the Chinese army of the Northern Expedition, arrived at Erindabu Sannaoer, Emperor Chongzhen saw chaos.

With the arrival of the Chinese army, as the young master soldiers of the capital, the Beijing camp also joined the ranks of looting, and the generals of the various armies also quarreled.

"My lord, they're going to rob us of our heads!"

"My lord, they wicked people sue first! These dozens of heads were obviously captured by us, and two of them were killed by you with a horse spear, and they want to rob them! ”

"Nonsense! Apparently we killed it! You open your eyes wide and look at your chest, there are bloody holes punched out by the three eyes! ”

"Gan Niang, this is what you make up for after the death of a person! Look at this throat, it's clear that our generals stabbed it with spears! ”

"You stabbed it with your sword!"

The generals quarreled so much that Emperor Chongzhen was also as big as a fight.

"What's going on?"

No one answered Emperor Chongzhen's words, and he asked again: "Can someone catch Huang Taiji?" ”

"The last general is willing to continue to pursue Huang Taiji!"

If Wu Sangui jumped out like this at the beginning, no one would follow, but the problem is that since he came out of the customs, Jiannu has behaved very cowardly, and he didn't dare to engage in the battle at all, so he simply fell in despair.

Seeing that Huang Taiji Liansheng Kyoto is, the soldiers of the Ming army are no longer afraid of Jiannu, at least from the Wanli period to the present, the prestige of Jiannu has no longer existed in the hearts of the Ming army, and almost all the soldiers of the Ming army feel that Jiannu is a little harder than Tartar.

The generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army have asked for war to chase Zhou Huang Taiji, and if Emperor Chongzhen is at this time, he will accept it when he sees it, in fact, it is not too late, because this has not waited for the time when Huang Taiji wants.

However, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Chunchen have now been led by the nose by Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji only used a small part of the troops, as well as the old and weak women and children of Mobei Mongolia, and left a few from time to time to let the generals of the Ming army pick up a leak.

"Great victory, the minister Wu Sangui captured the puppet queen of the thief slave emperor Taiji, the second daughter of the Borzigit clan Zhezhe and the Louvre Emperor Taiji, and the princess of Lungu Makata."

Of course, Wu Sangui's capture was not the real Borzigit Zhezhe, but a Mongolian woman beside Zhezhe, who was the same age as her.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very happy.

I don't know if it's the pseudo-queen Emperor Chongzhen, but when I saw the so-called Zhezhe, the experienced eunuch explained to Emperor Chongzhen that it was fake. Because the so-called Zhezhe, although he is not a virgin, has never given birth to children, and as we all know, the pseudo-queen of Huang Taiji gave birth to two daughters to Huang Taiji!

However, this also made Emperor Chongzhen very happy.

Between chasing and fleeing, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty has gone further and further north, which also means that they have entered the place of death.

As the most capable general of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng has now been reduced to a grain transport officer in charge of heavy supplies, Lu Xiangsheng frowned and looked at all this, looking up at the front from time to time, revealing a little melancholy.

Since the exit of the customs, until Sunit, has not encountered the strong resistance of the Qing army, the Ming army can be described as overwhelming, the whole army is greatly excited, thinking that the defeat of Jiannu is just around the corner.

However, Lu Xiangsheng doesn't see it this way, he will fight with Jiannu, he knows how dangerous this opponent is, the Ming army just built a city in the Daling River and attracted Jiannu to attack the whole country, and now the Ming army has hit their heartland, the Qing army can't have no reaction at all, behind the defeat of the Qing army, there must be a terrible conspiracy!

No matter how Zhu Chunchen says it, he is also from a Jiangmen family, even if he has never led soldiers to fight, how can he not even see this? Well, even if that Zhu Chunchen, a gentleman, can't see it, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang are both generals, and they have been dealing with Houjin for most of their lives, can't they see it?

What the hell is going on!

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about it, the sound of horses' hooves sounded.

Lei Shisheng led the elite of the three thousand heavenly heroes to come, and Lu Xiangsheng looked at the whole army's armor and the energetic Lei Shibu, a little puzzled.

"The last general will meet Master Hou!"

"These pieces of equipment are ......"

"Hai Guogong sent it, I didn't ask for money!"

Lei Shisheng smiled and said, "The Duke of Haiguo also sent good things to the Hou Ye!" ”

"What's good?"

A huge package was handed over from the hands of the soldier next to him, and when he opened the package, he saw that this was a brand-new elite armor, although the style was the standard of the Ning Navy, but it was different from the standard of the Ning Navy armor, which was engraved with a striped road, and was also decorated with various embellished gems.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at this silver armor and said with a smile: "Haiguo Gong thought that Lu died not fast enough, so he specially sent a set of armor to Lu and let the enemy chase Lu Mou!" ”

Lei Shisheng smiled and said, "This armor is better than the one on Hou Ye's body!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's favorite is a pair of two Mo knives sent by Cheng Shijie, Lu Xiangsheng's weapon is a simple knife, which is the appearance of Qinglong Yanyue, and the difference between Mo knives and this kind of knife is that the blade is longer.

The blade of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife is only one foot long, while the blade of the Mo Knife is three feet long and the handle is four feet long, with a total length of about seven feet and a weight of about twenty-five catties.

Although the power of the Mo knife is quite powerful, it is easy to break through the steel, and the Mo knife is also a blade that is easy to damage, Cheng Shijie can be regarded as equipping Lu Xiangsheng with a spare knife.

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Why haven't those cannons been sent over yet?" ”

Lei Shisheng smiled bitterly: "It's too bulky, when the last general comes, Cheng Shuai will send two hundred fire dragons out of the water, 1,600 rocket launchers, and twenty-eight artillery pieces, but it's still behind!" ”

"Hurry up!"

"I've been urged, and I'll deliver it tomorrow."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Let them speed up!" What a battle without artillery! ”

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng's heart became uneasy.

It happened that a grain truck drove past Lu Xiangsheng, there was a small hole on the road, and the heavy grain truck fell into it, and the grain truck was crooked, only to see the grain falling to the ground.

The two men hurriedly stepped forward to lift the grain, but just as the bags of grain were lifted from the ground, Lu Xiangsheng saw some sand on the grass on the side of the road.

As if he had thought of something, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly said, "Stop!" ”

"Adult ......"

"Untie the grain bag!"

"Yes!"

The man trembled and untied the grain bag, and found that it was not food at all, but soil, Lu Xiangsheng's face became extremely pale: "Open another bag!" ”

As bags of grain were opened, they were filled with dirt instead of grain.

Now Lu Xiangsheng understands what the real problem is.

"Damn it, how dare they!"

Lei Shisheng's face also turned pale, how to fight this battle, they themselves have already had a problem, this grain road does not need to be broken by Huang Taiji at all, they will break it themselves.

"Master Hou, what now?"

Before Lu Xiangsheng could speak, he saw that the sand on the ground was beating slightly, and he immediately became vigilant: "Thunder, prepare for war, there is a situation!" ”

"Yes!"

Just when Lei Shisheng was preparing for battle, Lu Xiangsheng had already taken out his binoculars to look around, and said with a look like iron: "In our east!" ”

In the grasslands east of Sunit, sand and dust were flying, tumbling like walls, rumbling like rolling thunder, rapidly approaching. In the telescope, you can clearly see that a large flag is fluttering in the sand, and tens of thousands of cavalry are flooding the wilderness!

Farther away, columns of smoke rose from the air, mixed with the sound of explosions, apparently the product of the arson of heavy ammunition.

The Ming army couldn't help but be shocked, stunned for a long time, and let out a wild scream: "Jiannu is here!" ”

Boom, the Ming army and the people on the road were in chaos, and everyone looked at the Qing army's iron cavalry coming from the wilderness, and their hearts and galls were broken. Damn, isn't the Qing army already frightened and fleeing in the direction of Mobei, how did they come behind them!

The folks didn't think too much about it, they turned pale with fright, and shouted, "Run! ”

Throw down the things in your hand and cry and run, as for where to run? I don't know, if you don't run, you'll die!

Lu Xiangsheng's heart sank straight down.

What he was most worried about still happened, the Qing army retreated, not afraid at all, but deliberately lengthened the supply line of the Ming army, and then went around to the rear of the Ming army with a powerful cavalry group to cut off the grain route of the Ming army! This trick is just too poisonous.

What's even more vicious is that they threw this black pot to Lu Xiangsheng, and sand appeared on the grain truck, which shows that there is a serious shortage of grain and grass, and they have to take this way to fill the number indiscriminately, but the problem is that Jiannu is here now, no matter whether Lu Xiangsheng can repel Jiannu or not, when the time comes, Lu Xiangsheng can't tell if his mouth is full of mouth.

Once the grain route is cut off, the Qing army does not have to fight, as long as the route of the Ming army's withdrawal to the pass is blocked, the Ming army will soon collapse in hunger, and finally it will either be swallowed by the wind and sand, or completely drowned by the rolling Manchurian iron cavalry!

Huang Taiji, you are so poisonous!

When he saw the cavalry of the Qing army pressing over from the rear of the Ming army like an avalanche, Lu Xiangsheng knew that the outcome of this battle had not lost suspense, and the only suspense was that the Ming army could survive in the end!

What worries him even more is that such a huge cavalry group of the Qing army can easily avoid the main force of the Ming army, hide the sentinel cavalry of the Ming army, rush for hundreds of miles and go straight to the rear of the Ming army, and cut off the lifeline of the Ming army with one move.

Lu Xiangsheng was furious, and he just wanted to know who was so mad, and what kind of selfish interests could induce him or them to bury 100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of people, or even the entire empire!

"Master Hou, what should I do?"

Lei Shi looked at the Qing cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and shouted loudly. Now there is chaos within a radius of dozens of miles, tens of thousands of people are running wildly, and the Tianxiong army responsible for protecting the people is only more than 1,000 infantry and more than 3,000 cavalry, even if they are covered in iron, where can they withstand the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry!

Tens of thousands of cavalry of the Qing army, but the cavalry in the vicinity, out of sight, I am afraid that there are countless cavalry, swarming here.

Lu Xiangsheng came back to his senses and shouted: "Form a phalanx and fight!" ”

At the critical juncture, Lu Xiangsheng didn't care about the demeanor of a Confucian general, raised his horsewhip and whipped it on those miscellaneous generals who had no masters, and shouted: "What are you panicking about?" Isn't it just tens of thousands of Jiannu who are rushing to be reincarnated? What is there to be afraid of! Draw your troops at once, with crossbowmen in front and spearmen behind, in formation with grain carts, and stop them! You, you, you, and you! Bring dozens of family members to maintain order! Those who dare to run around and scream, cut it immediately! Don't be stunned, hurry up, or we'll all die! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's hand was not light, and there was a blood mark when he went down with a whip, which made those generals grin, but it also woke them up, and they quickly took action. The matter is obvious, we must stabilize our position and block the serpents, otherwise tens of thousands of them will die here!

Under their roar, the Ming army, which had been in a mess, gathered in a chaotic manner and formed a phalanx, and the officers responsible for maintaining order were even more unceremonious, seeing a knife slashing over one that was running and screaming, and cutting hundreds of people in a row, the people shuddered, and finally quieted down under the threat of death, watching the Qing cavalry come in fear.

Lei Shisheng had already led the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army to rush towards the cavalry of the Manchurian army, there was no way, he had to give Lu Xiangsheng time to win the whole army, otherwise I am afraid that none of these people would survive.

As the so-called house leak happened to rain continuously, the bad luck was a terrible omen, and the fire was rising in the distance, thick smoke was billowing into the sky, the explosion was earth-shattering, and the convoy transporting gunpowder and artillery was detonated.

Lu Xiangsheng's heart continued to sink. He said secretly: "It's over! ”

Finally, he remembered what Cheng Shijie meant when he was in Pingdingzhou: "Pig teammates can't take it!" (End of chapter)