Miyun City.
Huang Degong looked at his generals, deep in thought.
"General, the Jiannu army has only 20,000 troops, while my army has 37,000. What is there to be afraid of? Tomorrow morning, I will lead 10,000 troops to break into the Jiannu camp and defeat them!" said the deputy general Ma Dai with a proud look on his face.
Deputy General Qiu Yue laughed and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk... It seems that Deputy General Ma's troops are even more elite than Wu Sangui's Guanning Army. They can actually defeat 20,000 with 10,000! I admire you!"
"What I mean is that ten thousand people should be the vanguard, and the people behind have to keep up!" Ma Dai looked displeased.
"How can we fight infantry against cavalry? There is a plain of twenty or thirty miles to the north of the county town, which is a godsend for the Jiannu. If we win, they can't catch up with us, and if we lose, we can't escape." Lieutenant General Huang Fei muttered.
Although what he said was true, he was still despised by everyone in the room.
Facing a powerful enemy, such remarks are taboo.
"General, Huang Fei is just talking nonsense!" The other generals accused him one after another.
It seems to be an accusation, but it is actually protection.
After all, Huang Degong relied on his bravery to fight, and he hated such remarks very much.
To everyone's surprise, Huang Degong touched the wine pot on the table and said leisurely: "Huang Fei is right. We can charge recklessly against bandits, but not against the Jiannu!"
"Our army only has 2,000 cavalrymen. We have no advantage against the Jiannu. If we want to defend Miyun, we really need to use our brains."
Under everyone's surprised gaze, Huang Fei continued to speak with a proud look on his face: "So I think we can't take the initiative to attack. We should line up outside the city and defend the camp."
"If the Jiannu come to attack, we will defend to the death. With the support of the artillery on the city wall, the Jiannu will never set foot in the Central Plains."
Huang Degong looked at Huang Fei's complacent look and sighed: "You really have no brains!"
"Huh?" Huang Fei was a little confused after being scolded.
"The Jiannu had no idea that there were 40,000 troops in Miyun City. If that was the case, the first step would definitely be to cheat!"
......
Miyun North
Dorgon sat in the central military tent, drinking and eating meat with Fan Wencheng and several generals.
In addition to Ebilun of the Bordered Yellow Banner and Ajige of the Bordered White Banner, there were also Shi Tingzhu, the leader of the Plain White Banner of the Eight Han Banners, and Bayan, the leader of the Bordered White Banner.
Logically, Ajige should have gone to Xuanfu with Dodo, the leader of the Bordered White Banner, but Dorgon was afraid that Ajige would get into trouble, so he brought him to his side and took the opportunity to give him some of the credit.
"Mr. Fan, do you have any good ideas for attacking the city tomorrow?" Dorgon raised his glass and toasted Fan Wencheng at the table next to him.
Fan Wencheng smiled faintly: "It is better to take it slow rather than rush when entering the pass this time. Has Prince Rui forgotten?"
"But..." Dorgon hesitated to speak.
More than 7,000 people in the Zhengbai Banner depended on him as the leader of the banner for their livelihood, so he didn't want to return empty-handed. Miyun City was right in front of him, and he wanted to grab as much as he could.
"I know Prince Rui is anxious, but don't worry!" Fan Wencheng put down the glass after finishing the wine in the glass. He looked around and said, "Everyone, we have two tasks this time. We will contain the main force of the Ming army, or harass various cities to disrupt the deployment of the Ming army, and wait for an opportunity to attack Juyongguan."
"But the premise is stability!"
"It is best to be cautious in everything! We don't know whether Miyun City is heavily guarded, so don't rush to attack the city tomorrow. How about waiting for Prince Rui's soldiers to come back before making a decision?"
Everyone looked at Dorgon in confusion, and Dorgon also had a bewildered look on his face.
After setting up camp today, Fan Wencheng borrowed 20 personal soldiers from Dorgon, saying that he had something to arrange. The other party didn't say anything, so he didn't ask more, so he borrowed it.
"Fourteenth brother, when will your personal soldiers come back?" Ajige asked.
Ajige was the twelfth son of Nurhaci, and Dorgon was the fourteenth son of Nurhaci. They called each other brothers.
"I don't know, you have to ask Mr. Fan!"
As they were talking, a personal soldier walked in: "Prince Rui, we have completed Mr. Fan's military order and are here to report."
After saying this, he bowed to Fan Wencheng and the others.
"Tell me, where have you been?" Dorgon asked curiously.
"Hehe!" The soldier laughed first, then said, "Mr. Fan ordered us to go to Miyun to capture the people. But there are few villages near Miyun. Even if we find a village, the people inside are nowhere to be found."
"Fortunately, Mr. Fan asked us to search in the nearby mountains. Finally, we lived up to everyone's expectations and captured three people."
"Oh?" Dorgon immediately understood what Fan Wencheng meant: "What do these people say?"
"These people are hunters from the nearby mountains. Some time ago, they took the wild animals they hunted to Miyun City to sell. According to them, there are at least tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city, and the leader of the troops is surnamed Huang, and his name is Huang Degong!"
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Dorgon was stunned at first, and then felt a little scared.
Fortunately, Fan Wencheng is here, otherwise, given the personalities of the others, they would definitely find ways to attack the city tomorrow.
When two armies confront each other, they are not afraid of the enemy's large numbers or strong combat power. What they are most afraid of is unclear military situation.
Dorgon picked up the wine glass again and said to Fan Wencheng: "Mr. Fan, I toast you!"
"Your Highness, you are too polite. I'll drink it!" Fan Wencheng drank the wine in the glass with a smile.
After learning about the Ming army's deployment, Dorgon was no longer in a hurry.
He thought while drinking.
After three rounds of drinking, he stood up and said, "Little Huang Degong is nothing to be afraid of. It was sheer luck that he survived Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. My Qing cavalry is invincible!"
"Who's willing to fight tomorrow?"
"Me!" Without waiting for Ajige to stand up, Ebilun stood up first.
"Okay!" Dorgon walked happily to Ebilun and patted his shoulders hard.
......
Early morning, north of Miyun City.
Ebilun led a thousand cavalrymen and galloped towards Miyun County. When they were out of the range of the artillery, he pulled the reins.
Then he picked up the clairvoyance and looked towards Miyun County.
As expected, the city was quiet and the gates were wide open.
Ebilun looked around and found a big tree to sit down.
Seeing this, others followed suit and sat under the tree to enjoy the cool air.
Time passes slowly as the sun rises...
No one came out of the city, and they had no intention of entering the city.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Ebilun ordered: "Come here, light the pot and cook!"
Looking at the curling smoke from the cooking fires, Huang Degong's beard in Miyun City was so angry that it was crooked.
Obviously.
His plan of feigning surrender failed.
Not only did he fail, but he was also insulted by the Jiannu.
"Come here!" Huang Degong roared, "Send one thousand cavalry and five hundred infantry to fight!"
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