Under the instruction of Li Dingguo, Dou Mingwang, deputy general of Dadingying, led hundreds of Ming cavalry to the battlefield.
They wore Jiannu armor and carried Jiannu flags. After making a detour to the southwest of the battlefield, they rushed towards Dorgon's army.
"Report!" The scout ran to Dorgon and said, "A cavalry of several hundred people rushed out from the rear of the Ming army and is heading towards our army. They are wearing armor and holding the flag of the White Banner."
"Hmm?" Dorgon was stunned for a moment: "Is Shi Tingzhu back?"
Dorgon still didn't know that Shi Tingzhu had been killed, let alone that Lekedehun had taken over Shi Tingzhu's position.
"Your Highness, be careful. The enemy may not be Shi Tingzhu!" Fan Wencheng said, "Li Dingguo is good at disguise. These people are most likely sent by him to confuse our army. If we fall for his trick, our army's good situation will be ruined."
"This is what I am worried about!" Dorgon nodded.
Bo Erhui volunteered, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead a troop to verify the other party's identity."
"Do you know the code to verify your identity?" Dorgon asked.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I will never forget the secret code even if I die." Bolhui replied.
Dorgon calmed down a little and said to Bolhui, "Go quickly and come back soon."
"Your Highness, wait a minute!" Hong Chengchou suddenly said.
"What's wrong, Mr. Hong?" Dorgon asked, "Shouldn't we verify the other party's identity?"
Hong Chengchou smiled and said calmly and skillfully: "I think we can verify the other party's specific identity without sending anyone to inquire."
"How can you verify the other party's identity without sending someone to inquire?" Dorgon was puzzled: "How to verify it?"
Hong Chengchou pointed at the battlefield and said, "Your Highness, you only need to observe whether the Ming army on the battlefield attacks the Eight Banners soldiers! If the Ming army attacks, then the probability that they are the real Eight Banners will be very high. If the Ming army does not attack them, then these people are most likely fake Eight Banners."
"It's too troublesome!" Bolhui said disdainfully while riding on his horse: "If the enemy is a friendly force, I will bring them back. If the enemy is the Ming army, I will annihilate them in one fell swoop. There is no need to make things so complicated and troublesome!"
Hong Chengchou smiled and asked Bolhui: "How do you plan to verify the other party's identity on the battlefield? The battlefield is so chaotic that you won't have much time to talk."
"Of course it's based on the code words we agreed upon in advance." Bolhui replied.
"How many code words are there?"
"Several sentences!" Bolhui didn't trust Hong Chengchou and didn't say any secret codes.
"Aren't you afraid that the Ming army will learn the secret code and turn around to confuse Shi Tingzhu?"
"There are several code words. The Ming army can only get one, and the rest are still unknown." Bolhui said.
Hong Chengchou said with a serious expression: "What if the Ming army comes a few more times? Will your so-called code words be no longer secret?"
"This..." Bolhui was speechless.
"This is just the first possibility!" Hong Chengchou continued, "We don't know what happened to Shi Tingzhu now! The second possibility is that Shi Tingzhu has been surrounded by the Ming army, and his soldiers have either died in battle or surrendered."
"If the Ming army sends out a group of soldiers to impersonate Shi Tingzhu after learning the secret code, the situation will be completely messed up."
"This..." Bolhui still didn't know what to say and could only repeat the word "this".
"Mr. Hong is right," Dorgon said. "There is no need to take the initiative to verify. We can know the details of the other side based on the attitude of the Ming army."
While talking.
The hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers had already galloped past the left side of the Ming army's formation and rushed to the front of Dorgon's army.
From beginning to end.
The Ming army neither sent troops to pursue nor shot arrows to attack.
"There is indeed a problem!" Dorgon sighed.
At this time, the cavalry was less than a hundred steps away from Dorgon's army.
Shuosai of the Red Banner led his troops to meet them.
After a brief negotiation, Shuosai saw through the details of this cavalry.
"Kill!" He led the attack.
Dou Mingwang, who was disguised as a Jiannu, immediately retreated upon seeing this, and only returned the same way after losing some soldiers.
Dou Mingwang came to Li Dingguo dejectedly and said, "Sir, the Jiannu used a codeword to verify the identity, and I didn't know it, so they saw through it."
"It's okay. I expected this." Li Dingguo consoled him, "The Jiannu have suffered enough from this before. They must be prepared."
"Then what will happen..."
"Wait, wait for the enemy to arrive from the southwest."
Five miles southwest of the battlefield, Lekedehun was forced to divide his troops again.
Shi Tingzhu's time to delay was limited, and Liu Zhaoji was chasing him closely, so he was soon caught up.
In order to protect himself, he had to divide his troops to hold back Liu Zhaoji.
"Luoshi, you lead our troops to cover the rear." Lekedehun shouted at Luoshi of the Zhengbai Banner.
"But..."
"No buts!" Lekedehun said sternly, "You have to think clearly. Prince Rui is waiting for us not far away."
"I obey your command." Luo Shi was forced to stop and stop Liu Zhaoji who was following closely behind him.
Taking advantage of this respite, Lekedehun led the remaining troops and rushed forward at an accelerated pace.
"There are more and more Ming army scouts ahead!" reported the soldier in front.
"Don't pay attention to it, maintain the formation and keep moving forward!" Lekedehun said gritting his teeth.
The more places the Ming army is present in, the more Eight Banners soldiers there are.
It is definitely right to charge towards the Ming army.
Under his leadership, thousands of Jiannu cavalry rushed forward desperately.
As the distance got closer, he finally saw the situation on the battlefield clearly.
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