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Tartar woke up, opened his eyes, and looked at Fan Wencheng in front of him. At this time, Fan Wencheng looked at Tartar seriously, and asked urgently, "Who ambushed you?"

Fan Wencheng went straight to the topic without exchanging pleasantries or nonsense, and asked about the things he was most concerned about.

He didn't dare to wait, he was afraid that this tartar's body would not be able to hold on, and he would not be able to say a few words. Now this tartar is too important, the life and death of the Jianzhou army is unknown, and the whereabouts of Oboi, a nobleman of the Qing Dynasty, is also missing. It's too big, so big that Fan Wencheng dare not be sloppy in the slightest, this is related to the future of the Qing Dynasty.

"Answer me, who ambushed you?"

"Han, Han army."

"Han people?"

"That's right, the Han people, the Han people in Guihua City, they have countless cannons and muskets. Lord Oboi led us to charge, but we couldn't rush into the Han army. In the end, the army suffered heavy casualties. Lord Oboi fired In order to escape and order arrows, we fled, but we didn’t expect that there were people ambushing them outside. We were ambushed by them as soon as we rushed out, causing heavy casualties. I found a marmot hole when the Han army was chasing me, and I went in. Just survived."

Tartar narrated what he had experienced in one breath, Fan Wencheng's face turned dark when he heard this, he looked at Tartar and said, "Then where is Lord Oboi now?"

"I don't know, but Lord Oboi was already under heavy siege at that time. If there is no accident, Lord Oboi should have already, already."

Tartar didn't say what he said next, but the meaning was already obvious. After hearing this, Fan Wencheng swayed and almost fainted. He was as smart as him, and he knew right away that if the army of Oboi was wiped out, then he would hide The supply station in the Duhuai River Basin can't have a good end either.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng looked at Tartar and said, "You should have a good rest."

This tartar is worthless, so his life and death are completely unimportant, Fan Wencheng thought, feeling a little unsteady, turned around and left the room.

Immediately after, he looked at the scorching sun, and lamented: "God will not bless my Qing Dynasty."

After saying this, he immediately said to the guards on the side: "Send scouts to inform the frontline army that the back road has been robbed, and the base of the logistics department may be lost. Let the army proceed cautiously and wait for my follow-up news."

After saying this, Fan Wencheng supported the colonnade and said: "In addition, send scouts to our logistics department base from multiple routes. I need to know what is going on with the logistics department base. In addition, I will notify the whole army and guard the entrance of Xifeng. We must not let the Han people cut off our retreat from the outside."

"Yes."

When the guard heard the order, he immediately went to do things. The guard went very quickly, and the news was also passed on quickly.

Following the scouts in the city, they went out of the city overnight to verify the news.

Outside Xifeng's mouth, Li Dingguo, Wang Guixiang, and Li Chaohu joined forces.

Beside a bonfire, a fat Mongolian sheep was put on the grill. Li Chaohu, Wang Guixiang, and Li Dingguo sat around the fire. He was bragging with Li Chaohu's brothers, talking about the mountains.

Ma Shouying had a good relationship with Li Dingguo's officers, and had a lot of dealings with them over the years. The main reason was that Li Chaomeng had a good relationship with these people. Ma Shouying had been Li Chaomeng's deputy for many years, so they had a good relationship. …

"You don't know, brother, I led the cavalry to charge, and broke up the shield formation of the Tartars. Then I led the brothers to kill this group of Tartars, like chopping vegetables and cutting melons. Seven in and seven out, so cruel."

Listening to Ma Shouying's bragging, some officers around him laughed kindly. At this time, Ma Shouying saw that the arm of the first brigade commander was wrapped with bandages, and couldn't help laughing: "I said, Lao Li, how did you fix the bandages?" ?”

Hearing this, the brigade commander said: "We fought with Oboi, the number one warrior in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but we never beat anyone, and were hacked."

"Hey, let me tell you, Old Li, what kind of bayonet fight do you, a brigade commander, fight with others? You won't show your face if you win, and you'll be more embarrassing if you lose. If you don't make trouble, you will be punished."

Hearing this, the brigade commander said with a dark face: "I've already recited it, didn't you see it, the brigade commander let people go down, and became the acting brigade commander."

"Yes, hahaha..."

Ma Shouying laughed when he heard this, the first brigade commander heard Ma Shouying's laughter, and angrily threw the water bag in his hand at Ma Shouying, but he was not really angry with Ma Shouying. It's still very deep. If you don't have friendship, you don't dare to talk nonsense, it will offend people.

Everyone chatted here, while Li Chaohu on the other side looked at Li Dingguo and said with a smile: "Dingguo, I heard the county lord mention you a long time ago. The county lord said that among the rebels, you are the only one with a little bit of ability, Li Dingguo."

"Wherever it is, it's all loved by the county magistrate."

Li Dingguo said very politely, Li Chaohu was also a little surprised to see that Li Dingguo's humility was different from the unruly and rebellious that the intelligence said, but soon Li Chaohu adjusted his state and said: "Okay, let's win the first battle, and then everyone If you have any ideas, please tell me, my idea is that we can retreat, our strategic goal has been achieved this time, destroying the Tartar’s logistics base, if the logistics cannot keep up, the Tartars must retreat.”

Hearing this, Wang Guixiang said: "That's fine, our army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and we just went back to recover our vitality. You don't know, in this battle, two hundred Lantian Haoerlangs were killed by me, and my heart hurts so much. "

Hearing this, Li Chaohu sighed and said: "Hey, the encounter of the grassland cavalry is a real head-to-head encounter. Casualties are inevitable. Don't be too sad, Lao Wang. The sons who died in the battle are our heroes in Lantian. They will Treated like a hero."

Wang Guixiang nodded after hearing this and said: "I have to admit that although we can despise the Tartars strategically, we must pay attention to the Tartars tactically. The Tartars' firearms are not good, but their cavalry combat capabilities are definitely superior to ours. Yes, they may have learned to ride horses since they were born, but our cavalry has been trained in the past few years, and it is still a little bit worse."

"Moreover, their food is mainly meat, and they are stronger than us Han people. Fortunately, our Lantian is rich, and the common people can eat meat at ordinary times. Otherwise, just like those malnourished cavalrymen in Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that only three or five cavalrymen can fight. He is a cavalryman."

"In this grassland encounter, we had superior weapons and troops. In the end, nearly 2000 people died. This is worth noting."

After Wang Guixiang finished speaking, both Li Dingguo and Li Chaohu fell silent. Wang Guixiang was right, the Tartars were actually very strong, especially the cavalry, who were brave and fearless. When they charged, they were indeed very lethal. …

Of course, it is not so strong that it is desperate. As long as the Han people are nourished and their equipment keeps up, they can be wiped out. For example, in the head-to-head battle of the prairie cavalry in Lantian, more than 3000 enemy cavalry were wiped out, and Lantian’s side was just dead. Nearly 2000 people, and more of them are Mongolian cavalry.

The three of them had a deep understanding of the strength of the Tartars as they talked. Li Chaohu heard this and said, "Old Wang is right. Our strategic goal of dispatching troops this time has been achieved. It is also right to retreat back to Huacheng for a rest." , after all we have so many people on the grassland, supply is also a problem."

As the division commander, Li Chaohu has a far-sighted view. The three-person army adds up, and 1 people are placed on this grassland.

Li Chaohu looked at Li Dingguo and said, "What does Dingguo think?"

Although Li Dingguo is only the head of the regiment, he is indeed someone Li Chaosheng values. Li Chaohu also knows that he has military talents, so he respects Li Dingguo very much.

Li Dingguo looked at Li Chaohu at this time and said: "Mr. Li, you have talked a lot. The army is tired and needs to rest, and military supplies need to be considered, but I think we will retreat like this. It is too cheap for the Tartars. The logistics were destroyed by us, and the Tartars encountered Lu Xiangsheng's fierce resistance in Shandong, so this time the invasion is over, they must retreat, otherwise the logistics will not be able to keep up, and the battle line will be too long. Yang Sichang's brain is cramped, and if he makes a sudden move, they will be in danger, so if I were Dorgon, I should retreat."

"But now there are only two ways to retreat, one is from the capital to Miyun, and the second is Xifengkou."

The capital was frightened by Yue Tuo and Du Du's army last time. At this time, many of King Qin's troops were staying near the capital, so it was unrealistic for Miyun to retreat, and Fan Wencheng was left to guard at Xifengkou, obviously planning to leave a line for himself. The back road, so the Tartars are preparing to retreat from Xifengkou this time. "

"And we are now at the mouth of Xifeng. If we bite the Tartars when they are retreating, it will definitely be enough for them to drink a pot."

Li Dingguo said with a smile. After hearing this, Li Chaohu and Wang Guixiang looked at each other. Wang Guixiang took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Dingguo's analysis is good. If this is the case, let's gather troops and horses to attack Xifengkou. Xifengkou is currently stationed. There are only four or five thousand troops, we attack Xifengkou, and after taking Xifengkou, we can completely cut off the Tartars' retreat, so why not come and catch turtles in an urn!"

After hearing Wang Guixiang's words, Li Dingguo and Li Chaohu shook their heads together: "No."

Wang Guixiang looked at the two puzzled, and Li Chaohu looked at Li Dingguo, meaning Li Dingguo, you go first, Li Dingguo said: "Brigade Commander Wang, there are three points in total. First, our soldiers in Lantian are good at defensive warfare, not offensive warfare. It is this kind of siege battle. I have learned about the history of our Lantian Army. So far, we seem to have never fought a siege battle except for the time when the dove occupied the magpie's nest in Guihua City, so the siege is not a A very good choice, if a strong attack is likely to cause a large number of casualties, this is something that everyone in the Lantian Army does not want to see.”…

As soon as Li Dingguo finished speaking, Li Chaohu said: "That's right, brothers are fighting with us, we must be worthy of them, and we cannot waste their lives here at Xifengkou, their wives, mothers, and children are still waiting for them to go home Woolen cloth."

Wang Guixiang fell silent after hearing this, and at this moment Li Dingguo said: "That's right, the number of casualties is one, and the other is, even if we take down Xifengkou, the next thing we have to face is that we want to withdraw." Dorgon's army went there, and Dorgon's army was tens of thousands of people. Our 1 people guarded the entrance of Xifeng, facing tens of thousands of Tartars who wanted to retreat and had to fight you desperately. Do you think we can stand up? If we can stand it, even if we can stand it, we have to face the Ming court after killing the Tartars, what is the attitude of the Ming court towards us?"

"If we are weak and the Ming court comes to suppress the rebellion and wipe us all at the mouth of Xifeng, who are we going to reason with? Don't think that the Ming court can't do it. They have long regarded our Lantian as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. If there is a chance to uproot us, they will never miss this opportunity."

"At that time, in order to eliminate the Tartars, we lost our brothers' lives in Guihua City, and if we don't get Da Ming's gratitude, we will really die in vain and become sinners in Lantian."

When Li Dingguo heard this, Wang Guixiang frowned slightly and said, "This Daming is really fucked up, he can't tell who is right, can't he?"

Li Chaohu nodded and said: "What Dingguo said makes sense. Our relationship with the imperial court is very delicate now. Don't reveal your cards easily, otherwise you will cause trouble for the county magistrate."

"The last and most important point is that all military operations must serve politics, that is to say, our military operations are to bring benefits to our Lantian. The attack on the Tartars this time is firstly for the sake of national righteousness, and secondly It is also to reduce the strength of the Tartars, but it cannot be weakened too much. After all, the Tartars can be well controlled. The soldiers and horses of Liaodong will not let the warlords of Liaodong have other ideas, so we can't rob Xifeng mouth, otherwise we will be passive, if we block it, we will be attacked by the Tartars or even Daming, and if we snatch it, we don’t want to fight desperately with the Tartars.”

"We will become traitors and traitors in the mouth of the Ming court. At that time, through the propaganda of those scholars and officials, our reputation in Lantian will be linked to traitors. This is too bad for us in Lantian."

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, Li Chaohu's eyes flashed with admiration. This Li Dingguo really has two brushes. If he analyzes it purely from the military point of view, it's not a big deal, but he even thought of the political point of view. This is not an ordinary military. The cadre can do it, this son is handsome.

This is Li Chaohu's evaluation. After listening to Li Dingguo's analysis, Wang Guixiang said: "Then what do you mean?"

"Leave 2000 people and give them all the supplies and rations of other soldiers. These 2000 people are hidden near Xifengkou. When the Tartars retreat, take the opportunity to vote for them and let them know how powerful we are. By the way, hehe ...Li Dingguo laughed and said, the Tatars have been looting a lot of property in the Central Plains this time, these are all our Han people's things, and they would be hot if they took them, so why not grab some and use them as military expenses."

After hearing this, Li Chaohu and Wang Guixiang looked at each other and said: "It makes sense, but this matter still needs the approval of the county lord of Dianlian."