"Li Dingguo is good at deliberately retreating and ambushing pursuers. Please be careful and don't fall into this thief's trap." Hong Chengchou seriously reminded Dorgon.

"Thank you Mr. Hong for your reminder. I know what's going on!" Dorgon nodded towards Hong Chengchou to express his gratitude.

In order to deal with Li Dingguo.

Dorgon not only read a lot of information, but also found the generals and soldiers who were defeated by Li Dingguo to inquire about the battle process.

Combined with Hong Chengchou's summary, he thought he had a full understanding of Li Dingguo.

In his opinion, Li Dingguo's sudden retreat was obviously intentional.

The purpose was to lure him into pursuit, then ambush him and defeat him halfway, thus turning the tide of the battle.

Think of this.

Dorgon sneered: "Haha, Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, I have the help of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, but you are alone. Your plan has been seen through by me, and I will let you know how powerful I am next."

After the sneer, Dorgon began to deploy his troops.

He divided the 20,000 cavalry into two formations, front and rear.

The front army has 10,000 soldiers and the rear army also has 10,000 soldiers.

The front army is responsible for pursuit, and the rear army is responsible for support.

This is not the end yet.

He then divided the 10,000 cavalry responsible for the pursuit into two formations on the left and right, each with five echelons.

There were one thousand cavalrymen in each echelon.

Keep a certain distance between front and back when chasing.

When the first echelon encounters an ambush, it will immediately retreat, and the second echelon will be responsible for providing support.

If you can defeat the ambush.

Then the first and second echelons will join forces and continue the pursuit.

If you cannot defeat the ambush, then continue to retreat.

Join the third, fourth or even fifth echelon and counterattack when the opportunity arises.

After quickly explaining the plan, 10,000 Eight Banners soldiers set off first.

Among them, the 5,000 cavalry on the left wing was led by Lekedehun of the Zhenghong Banner.

The 5,000 cavalry on the right wing were led by Tan Tai of the Plain Yellow Banner.

Dorgon personally led the remaining 10,000 cavalrymen and followed closely behind, ready to provide support at any time.

Although the Ming army retreated very quickly, the infantry and artillery were still able to slow them down.

When they were ten miles away from Guangning City, the Jiannu cavalry discovered Li Dingguo and caught up with him.

How many soldiers and horses did Li Dingguo have?

Ten thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry.

Neither too much, nor too little.

After hearing that the Jiannu had sent troops south, he did send a cavalry unit to the south.

However, this cavalry only numbered a few hundred.

The mission is to find and report the location of the Stone Pillar and provide early warning information to nearby friendly forces.

That's all.

As for the problem of the food supply being cut off, he had already found a solution.

The solution is not to open up the food supply route, but to...fight tooth for tooth.

"Report!" The scout came to Li Dingguo and said, "The Jiannu pursuers have arrived. I hope you will be informed."

"Well," Li Dingguo looked into the distance and said to the messenger, "Inform all departments to proceed as planned."

"Yes," the herald waved the flag and conveyed the military order.

After receiving the order, the infantry and artillery quickened their pace and retreated to Guangning City as quickly as possible.

Eight thousand cavalrymen formed a battle formation on the spot to resist the enemy from the rear.

Lekedehun and Tan Tai's first echelon did not dare to engage in a head-on battle and stopped one after another.

Just when they thought the Ming army would take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, the Ming army stood still like a piece of wood.

The second echelon of the Jiannu army soon approached.

Next are the third and fourth echelons.

When Lekedehun and Tan Tai led the fifth echelon to arrive, the Ming army still did not move.

Lekedehun and Tan Tai gave orders almost at the same time: "Line up in a horizontal formation and prepare to charge."

They already knew Li Dingguo's background.

Li Dingguo had only 10,000 cavalrymen under his command, but their advantage was that their morale was high.

The two of them together have 10,000 cavalrymen, and their advantage is their strong individual combat power.

The forces of both sides seemed equal.

But behind them were Dorgon's 10,000 reinforcements.

No matter how you look at it, the advantage is with them.

Hula——

The command flag was waved and the military order was issued.

Ten thousand Jiannu cavalry launched a charge towards the Ming cavalry.

The Ming army did not dare to fight and could only retreat while fighting.

They could not retreat too quickly, lest they overtake the retreating infantry and artillery, exposing themselves to the Jiannu cavalry.

You can't retreat too slowly either.

If you retreat too slowly, you will be entangled by the Jiannu cavalry.

When Dorgon arrives with reinforcements, they will be surrounded by Jiannu cavalry.

When the Jiannu were far away, the Ming army shot them with bows and arrows.

When the distance is close, use grenades to harass the enemy.

Try not to engage in close combat with the opponent.

After suffering some casualties, the Ming army finally retreated outside the city of Guangning.

The infantry and artillery re-formed outside the city as quickly as possible.

The Ming cavalry came to the two wings of the infantry formation and began to rest.

At this time, Dorgon had also led his troops to the battlefield.

Tan Tai came to Dorgon and said, "Your Majesty, the Ming army has re-formed their battle array with their backs against the city wall. If we force an attack, I'm afraid our army will suffer casualties..."

"Don't attack forcefully," Dorgon snorted coldly, "Our mission is to contain Li Dingguo and put him in a dilemma."

"Then we will ask them to withdraw."

"No rush, continue the confrontation." Dorgon continued with a sneer.

As long as he could tie down Li Dingguo's main force, Shi Tingzhu would be able to cut off the food supply of the Ping Liao army without any pressure.

By that time, he will not be in a hurry, but Li Dingguo will be.

The standoff soon continued into the afternoon.

When Dorgon decided to withdraw his troops, the Ming army suddenly caught up with him and showed an attitude of ready for a decisive battle.

Dorgon was not afraid at all and immediately ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to fight.

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