Hong Chengchou analyzed: "The positions of the three Ming armies are very clever. Take Huang Degong as an example. He only needs one day... no, only half a day to reach the foot of Jifan Mountain. It also only takes one day to withdraw to Fushun Pass."
"The other two Ming armies are in a similar situation."
"Moreover, the three Ming armies are all located in the mountains and forests. No matter which one we attack, it will be difficult to win in a short period of time."
Listening to Hong Chengchou's analysis, Dorgon nodded helplessly.
There are mostly narrow mountain roads to the west of Sarhu, southwest of Yagu Pass and south of Abudaligang.
There is no room for cavalry to play.
There is not much room for infantry to play.
Because the mountain roads were narrow, the Ming army only needed to deploy a certain number of elite infantry in the front to resist the attack of several or even dozens of times the number of Eight Banners soldiers.
In addition, the Ming army stopped marching and adopted a defensive posture.
The method of setting up ambushes in the mountains and forests on both sides in advance also failed.
Dorgon frowned and asked, "So... we can only wait for the Ming army to attack?"
"That's right." Hong Chengchou replied.
"Waiting is not a problem!" The wrinkles on Dorgon's forehead deepened a little more. He asked, "It doesn't matter how long we wait, but the prerequisite is that we know the location of the main force of the Ming army!"
"This..." Hong Chengchou didn't dare to guess at all.
Dorgon continued, "The three Ming armies can reach the front line in one day. If we misjudge the position of the main force of the Ming army, the Ming army can take advantage of their superior numbers to occupy a favorable position before our main force returns."
"Once we lose the advantage of terrain, the next battle will be difficult to fight."
"So, please, Mr. Hong and everyone present, guess the location of the main force of the Ming army."
Hong Chengchou and the others looked at each other, without any idea.
Wu Sangui suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea."
"Oh?" Dorgon was a little surprised and said quickly, "Tell me about it."
"I think Your Majesty is overthinking the problem. In fact, it is very simple to deal with the Ming army."
"Really? Tell me quickly!" Dorgon was a little excited.
Wu Sangui cleared his throat and said, "I think we only need to set up obstacles on the roads that the three Ming armies must take, either by cutting down trees to block the roads or chiseling rocks to fill the roads. As long as we can prevent the Ming army from reaching the front line within a day, even if our army misjudges the position of the main force of the Ming army, we will have enough time to mobilize the main force back."
That makes sense!
Dorgon was overjoyed and asked everyone, "I think what the King of Pingxi said makes sense! What do you think?"
Although Hong Chengchou was a little unhappy in his heart, he answered honestly: "Your Majesty is wise, I think so too."
"I second the motion."
"I second this motion." The people present responded one after another.
Dorgon's eyebrows relaxed, and he said with a relaxed look: "In this case, I will follow the King of Pingxi's plan to send troops."
"Please give the order, Your Majesty."
"Suba."
"I will be here in the end."
"I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses. Go to Yagu Pass and block the road."
"I obey your command." Subai turned and left.
"Xihan."
"I will be here in the end."
"I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses. Go to Abudaligang and block the road."
"I will obey your orders."
After giving the verbal order, Dorgon wrote another military order and ordered someone to give it to Man Dahai, asking him to set up obstacles on the road that Huang Degong must take.
On the morning of the ninth day of May, two groups of Eight Banners soldiers left Hetuala at the same time and headed towards Yagu Pass and Abudaligang respectively.
Before evening of that day, two groups of Eight Banners soldiers arrived at the designated locations one after another.
The next morning.
Subai led his men out of Yagu Pass and rushed towards Liu Wenxiu's camp.
Xihan also led his men to leave Abudaligang and head towards Zeng Ying's camp.
As soon as Su Bai came out of the customs, he was discovered by Liu Wenxiu's scouts.
Subai immediately sent a small force to chase and kill them.
The Ming army scouts fought and retreated, and at the same time told Liu Wenxiu the news.
Liu Wenxiu was not panicked at all because he had made the corresponding preparations long ago.
After chasing for most of the day, Subai stopped ten miles away from Liu Wenxiu.
After a brief rest, Subai gave the order: "Cut down the trees blocking the road! Chisel the rocks to fill the road!"
The Eight Banners Army was divided into two.
Some of them were on guard, while the rest took various tools and started working.
"Report!" The scout came to Liu Wenxiu's side: "The Jiannu are cutting wood and chiseling stones ten miles ahead, blocking the road."
At this time, Liu Wenxiu was smoking.
He took a long puff of the cigarette in his hand and asked, "How many soldiers does the other side have?"
"The exact number is unknown, but it is at least over a thousand people!"
"Gather two thousand soldiers and horses, take your weapons, tools and animals, and follow me to clear the road."
"yes."
Soon, Liu Wenxiu's two thousand troops set out.
The news of the Ming army's dispatch soon alarmed Subai.
He immediately ordered the work to be accelerated, and at the same time asked the guards to take up weapons and form a formation to prepare to meet the enemy.
When Liu Wenxiu arrived at the scene, Subai had already built a roadblock of nearly 100 meters.
Liu Wenxiu waved his hand and led thousands of soldiers with muskets to charge forward.
Due to the roadblocks, the war horses could not pass.
The cavalry on both sides could only dismount and fight on foot.
The impact of the roadblocks is not over yet.
Because there were too many roadblocks, the soldiers could not form a formation and could only disperse and fire freely.
After a while of shooting at each other, the Ming army armed with bird guns quickly gained the upper hand.
The Ming army's bird guns had a long range and great power.
It could penetrate armor at a distance of about a hundred steps, causing fatal injuries to Jiannu soldiers.
Although the bows and arrows in the hands of the Jiannu were quite powerful, their lethality was limited beyond a hundred steps.
Even if they could hit the Ming army, it would be difficult to cause fatal damage to the Ming army wearing armor.
In order to break this unbalanced situation, Su Bai ordered: "Advance thirty steps and let the Ming army see the power of the Qing bow."
He gave this order with full confidence.
But not long after, he regretted this order.
The Eight Banners soldiers advanced thirty steps and began shooting at the Ming army seventy steps away.
At a distance of seventy steps, the power of the bows and arrows in their hands quickly became apparent.
Those archers armed with hard bows could not only shoot through the armor of the Ming army, but also cause fatal injuries to some Ming soldiers.
But at the same time.
The power of the bird guns in the hands of the Ming army also increased accordingly.
With a bang.
A Ming soldier pulled the trigger, and the bullet fired from the bird gun hit an Eight Banners soldier's body, causing him a penetrating wound.
Bang bang bang.
The sound of bird guns continued to ring out, and one after another, the Eight Banners soldiers fell down with screams.
Seeing that his own casualties were increasing, Subai became anxious.
He shouted, "Quick, retreat!"
Amid the sound of gongs, the Eight Banners soldiers retreated hastily.
Liu Wenxiu did not pursue, but instead accelerated the process of clearing obstacles and clearing the road.
The road was reopened in the evening.
Liu Wenxiu led his troops back to the camp and went to bed early.
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