Zhu Cijiong blinked and asked Li Dingguo curiously, "What is the refueling tactic?"

"Putting multiple small units into battle one by one is like adding oil to an oil lamp. If it's not enough, add a little, and if it's still not enough, keep adding. That's why it's also called the oil-adding tactic." Li Dingguo began to explain, "This tactic has too many drawbacks, so few generals use it!"

Zhu Cijiong seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand, and kept blinking while riding on his horse.

"For example," Li Dingguo explained in the simplest terms, "I have a thousand soldiers and Your Highness has three thousand! Now the two armies are facing each other. The normal tactic is for Your Highness to send all three thousand soldiers to the battlefield at once and win by numerical superiority."

"The refueling tactic is that Your Highness sends out a thousand soldiers to fight first. If you can't win, send another thousand. If you still can't win, send another thousand."

"I see," Zhu Cijiong nodded, "Since the tactic of adding fuel to the fire is a taboo in military strategy, why do you still use it?"

"Because we want to give Jiannu an illusion."

"What illusion?"

"They have the illusion that they can win!" Li Dingguo said with a smile.

"Will Jirgalang... be fooled?"

Li Dingguo had a far-sighted look in his eyes: "He may not be fooled, but he will get carried away!"

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On April 19, after a day's rest, Li Dingguo led his troops to the front line.

His position is very special.

To the right rear of Wu Sangui and to the right front of the central army.

There is an open area in front, and there is a tributary of the Liaohe River on the left, right and back.

The rivers on both sides are wide and the water is fast.

If you want to cross the river, you need to build a floating bridge.

The river channel behind is very narrow and the war horses can jump over it directly.

When the Jiannu attacked Hejin from a long distance, they passed through here.

This is an isolated and helpless position with no friendly forces in front or behind.

After personally observing the terrain, Li Dingguo chose this place as the main battlefield. He wanted to open up a second battlefield and fight a battle with Jirgalang using a refueling tactic.

Li Dingguo's troops were soon discovered by the Eight Banners scouts, who reported them to Bolo immediately.

Bolo came to Jirgalang and pointed to a point on the map and said, "Your Majesty, a cavalry appeared on the right side of the Ming army's right wing."

"The right side of the right wing?" Jirgalang looked at the place where Bolo pointed and was a little puzzled. "There are no Ming troops stationed here, so it can be said that he is isolated and helpless. What is he doing here? Whose troops are these? How many are there?"

"There are about 10,000 of them, and they are flying the General Li flag."

"The general's flag with the word Li on it?" Jirgalang began to speculate: "Could it be someone from the Liaodong Li family? Li Xianzhong?"

"Probably not," Bolo replied, "This cavalry is not equipped with a large number of three-barreled guns, and their swords are not magpie swords. They should be troops transferred from the interior of the country by the Ming court."

"The troops inside the Great Wall?" Jirgalang showed a sinister smile. "The troops inside the Great Wall are good! We need to find out their details. Besides, we need to fulfill our promise to Wu Sangui."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away." Bolo turned and left.

On the morning of April 20, the Ming army launched another offensive.

The Eight Banners soldiers were at the front to contain the enemy.

Bolo gave orders to a Mongolian force of less than two thousand men, ordering them to launch a surprise attack on Wu Sangui's flank and cooperate with the Eight Banners troops in the battle.

This is a return gift to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui had received the news long ago and set up an ambush based on the terrain.

Therefore, as soon as this Mongolian army arrived at the battlefield, it was surrounded by the Guanning Army, which was several times larger in number.

You can say Wu Sangui is bad, but you can't say he is incompetent.

This sentence can also be applied to the Guanning Army under his command.

As long as the Guanning Army exerts its full strength, not to mention the Mongols, even the elite Eight Banners will be no match for them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Qing Dynasty to doubt life during the Three Feudatories Rebellion in history.

"Run!" The surrounded Mongolian soldiers suddenly panicked and fled in all directions.

Wu Sangui did not give them any chance at all and personally led his elite troops to charge.

After a siege, nearly half of the Mongolian soldiers were killed.

Many people chose to surrender and became prisoners, while others escaped back during breaks in the battlefield.

"Sir, there are prisoners who want to see you." While cleaning the battlefield, a confidant came to Wu Sangui and whispered.

"Let him in," Wu Sangui ordered in the same low voice.

The person who asked to see him at this time was most likely sent by Jirgalang.

Sure enough, as soon as the prisoner met, he told the secret code he and Jirgalang had agreed upon.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Wu Sangui asked with a cold face.

"We have fulfilled our promise, and I hope Lord Wu will be aware of this."

"I already know about it. If you have nothing to do, get out of here immediately." Wu Sangui cursed.

"There is one more thing I need to ask you, sir." said the prisoner.

"Just say whatever you want to say. Don't be so fussy. This is my military camp, not your Jiannu territory."

"Sir, a cavalry group appeared behind you on the right, with a number of about 10,000. We want to know the details of this cavalry group," asked the prisoner.

"Haha," Wu Sangui laughed, "Who do you think Jirgalang thinks I am? I am a member of the Ming army. How could I tell you the details of my friendly army? It's a joke!"

The captive remained calm and said, "In addition to today's captives and war horses, we also brought you 20 kilograms of wild ginseng, all of which are several decades old. They are on my war horse."

Wu Sangui's personal soldiers immediately went out to search, and soon came back carrying a small package.

After opening it, I found that it was indeed full of old mountain ginseng.

At that time.

Many times, you can’t buy something as nutritious as old mountain ginseng even if you have money.

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