On the seventh day of the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year of Chongzhen, he settled in Zhenjing Fort.
After the grain route was reopened, Dorgon's mood could no longer be described as good.
He first asked the quartermaster about the army's food reserves, and then gathered troops and marched south.
When they passed through Guangning area, their whereabouts were discovered by scouts of the Ming army.
Liu Wenxiu immediately sent people south to tell Li Dingguo the news.
"Your Excellency the General, Dorgon has led his troops south!" The post soldier rushed into the central military tent and said to Li Dingguo.
"Okay!" Li Dingguo stood up and said, "Order all the troops to pack up and prepare to set off immediately."
Just as the main force was assembled, a scout came to report: "The Jiannu in Pingyangqiao Fort suddenly broke camp and marched towards our position."
"Huh?" Li Dingguo was stunned.
He discovered Shi Tingzhu's whereabouts two days ago, and Shi Tingzhu also discovered his whereabouts.
During these two days, Shi Tingzhu remained motionless.
He didn’t dare to move before, but now he dares to move. Who gave Shi Tingzhu the courage?
Li Dingguo soon found out the answer.
"Report!" A scout ran in: "A large number of Jiannu cavalry were spotted in the direction of Panshanyi. They seem to be Dorgon's main force!"
"So that's it!" Li Dingguo suddenly realized.
It was Dorgon who gave Shi Tingzhu the courage.
"Sir, where shall we retreat to?" asked Dou Mingwang, deputy general of the Daying Camp.
(In history, Li Dingguo had three elite troops under his command, namely the Zuoying led by Jin Tongwu, the Tianweiying led by Gao Wengui, and the Dadingying led by Dou Mingwang. These three people had been with Li Dingguo since he was a bandit, and they were both capable and loyal.)
"No retreat!" Li Dingguo sneered.
Dou Mingwang was a little surprised: "The previous plan was that as soon as Dorgon went south, we would immediately take a detour and retreat to Guangning. Why did you say you don't want to retreat now?"
"There is no reason, I just want to beat Shi Tingzhu up!" Li Dingguo replied.
"I also want to beat him!" Dou Mingwang followed.
If you can’t defeat Dorgon, who has a large number of troops and generals and is coming at you with all your might, then you can’t defeat Shi Tingzhu either?
joke!
After making up his mind, Li Dingguo began to deploy his troops.
Shi Tingzhu had 12,000 cavalrymen under his command, 4,000 more than Li Dingguo.
It is difficult to defeat Shi Tingzhu, but it is still possible to win a small victory over him.
Especially when the opponent is chasing you.
After formulating the battle plan, Li Dingguo divided his troops into two routes.
They left Dujiatun and pretended to retreat towards Dalinghhebao.
Another ambush was set up.
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Shi Tingzhu, who had just arrived at Xiping Fort, received the latest news from the scouts: the Ming army suddenly broke camp and retreated towards Dalingh Fort!
"It's bad," Lekedehun slapped his thigh, "Li Dingguo is trying to run away!"
"Not necessarily!" Shi Tingzhu said cautiously.
Li Dingguo had not moved before, but he mustered up the courage to chase after him.
Now that Li Dingguo suddenly moved, he didn't dare to continue chasing.
"Why not?" Leked asked.
Shi Tingzhu replied: "Li Dingguo never uses his troops according to common sense. On the surface, he seems to be retreating, but he is most likely lying in ambush, waiting for us to take the bait!"
"You are too timid!" Lekede rolled his eyes at him. "Prince Rui's main force has already arrived at Zhenning Fort, less than sixty miles away from us. If they march quickly, they can meet us in half a day. With Prince Rui in charge, what do you have to be afraid of?"
"This..." Shi Tingzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Prince Rui once said that before his main force moves south, he cannot go to war with Li Dingguo unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Wrong! Absolutely wrong!" Lekedehun corrected him, "Your Highness said that we cannot fight a decisive battle with Li Dingguo. There is only one word difference between a decisive battle and starting a war, but the meanings are worlds apart."
"And the prince's idea is to attack Li Dingguo from both the north and the south. Now that Li Dingguo has suddenly retreated, we should immediately chase him and contain him, and then annihilate him in one fell swoop after the prince's main force arrives! Instead of staying here, motionless like a turtle."
"You..." Shi Tingzhu hesitated to speak.
Lekedehun called him a cuckold, and Shi Tingzhu became very angry.
He wanted to curse back, but due to the other party's identity, he had to keep silent.
The leader of the Han army of the Plain White Banner may seem high and mighty, but he is nothing compared to royal family members like Lekedehun.
"Are you going to chase him or not?" Lekedehun asked in an interrogative tone.
"I have sent a large number of scouts to track Li Dingguo. Before the scouts come back, I will not rashly send troops to pursue him." Shi Tingzhu replied.
"Okay," Lekedehun sneered, "If you don't chase me, I will!"
After saying this, he walked out of the tent and galloped away with his troops.
Shi Tingzhu was unable to stop him and could only watch Lekedehun leave.
Lekedehun slowed down immediately after leaving the main force.
Those words just now were just spoken in anger.
He would not pursue rashly before receiving information from the scouts.
Lekedehun soon arrived at the bank of the Daliao River.
The lower reaches of the Liaohe River plain has a characteristic: rivers crisscross and the river channels are very dense.
Waited for a while.
Suddenly, dust flew up on the other side of the river, and then two cavalrymen ran towards the shore one after the other.
As the distance was too far and he couldn't see clearly, Lekedehun hurriedly took out his clairvoyance from his arms to check.
In field of vision.
There were about twenty or thirty cavalrymen in front.
They were wearing white armor and waving the white flag as they fled in a hurry.
There were about several hundred cavalrymen behind.
They were wearing blue and red armor and waving the Ming national flag as they chased after them.
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