After thinking for a moment, Dorgon came up with an idea.
He asked someone to bring paper and pen, and with his back to everyone, he quickly wrote a few secret letters, stamped them with the big seal he carried with him, and sent them out by express horse.
After doing all this, Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief, "Any tricks are futile in the face of true strength! My Qing cavalry has been on the battlefield for decades and has never been afraid of the Ming army."
"It is so now and it will be so in the future!"
"All the generals, listen to my orders!"
All the generals in the military tent raised their heads at the same time and looked at Dorgon with firm eyes.
"Three days later, troops will march to Juyong Pass to cut off the Ming army's food supply!"
After three days of strange waiting, the Jiannu army began to regroup.
With Dorgon's order, more than a thousand cavalrymen set out first.
These people are pioneers.
As the name suggests, it is both a vanguard and an engineering unit.
When encountering impassable terrain, they would build bridges or roads or survey the terrain and then change their route.
The trenches dug by the Ming army outside Miyun City were quickly filled by the Eight Banners soldiers, and the army quickly passed through.
Just as the Jiannu soldiers were filling the trench, a bonfire rose on the wall of Miyun City!
A bonfire soon lit on the top of a mountain several miles away.
In the darkness before dawn.
Dazzling bonfires were lit, illuminating the dawn.
"There's smoke in the southeast! There's smoke in the southeast!"
Outside Huailai Acropolis.
Huang Degong, who was gathering troops, was stunned at first when he heard the news, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
He had been waiting for this moment for six days!
He couldn't move until Dorgon took action.
In order to confuse the enemy, Huang Degong assembled his troops every day and made an appearance of a decisive battle.
Duoduo did not give Huang Degong any chance for a decisive battle. He either defended the camp and refused to fight, or sent only small forces to test each other.
finally.
He received the news that Dorgon had sent troops.
Seeing that it was already noon and Duoduo still refused to leave the camp, Huang Degong had no choice but to order the army to return to the camp.
Inside the central military tent.
Huang Degong held a wine glass in each hand, with a serious expression.
Captain Xu Wenpu stood in front of Huang Degong with his head held high and chest puffed out, his face full of determination.
"General Xu, do you know why I called you here?"
"I know. Jingnan Bo will return to the interior tonight to fight a decisive battle with Dorgon. I must find a way to stop Dorgon's tens of thousands of troops."
Huang Degong nodded: "That's right! I'm going to have a decisive battle with Dorgon. If we win this battle, we can at least buy two years of peace in the north; if we lose, the fate of the Ming Dynasty will be over."
"Tonight, please."
After that, Huang Degong handed the wine glass filled with wine in his right hand to Xu Wenpu and said, "Give my regards to your brothers!"
Xu Wenpu took the wine glass and drank it all.
"Don't worry, Lord Jingnan. I, Xu, will keep my word!"
Huang Degong didn't know what to say, so he could only reach out and pat Xu Wenpu on the shoulder and watch him leave.
Before nightfall, the baggage camp transferred supplies to Huailai City under the cover of flags.
After nightfall, the army withdrew in batches.
The infantry went ahead, with the cavalry covering behind.
at the same time.
Duoduo also got the news.
"Your Majesty the Tenth Prince, I risked my life to approach the Ming army camp and found that Huang Degong's troops were evacuating in an orderly manner." The Eight Banners scout, dressed in black, clasped his hands together and knelt on one knee.
"Are you sure?" Duoduo stood up.
"Yes! I crawled all the way here under the cover of darkness. I was very close to the Ming army camp, so I could see it clearly."
Duoduo waved his hand to let the scout leave, then looked at the other people in the military tent.
Hauge, Oboi, Tulai and others were on both sides.
"Everyone, I have just received a secret letter from Prince Rui. The letter said that he will send troops this morning to cut off Huang Degong's food supply route in the Juyongguan area." Duoduo said.
"The letter also said that if nothing unexpected happened, Huang Degong would retreat to Juyong Pass under the cover of night and fight a decisive battle with Prince Rui."
"Sure enough, Prince Rui guessed it all."
Haoge patted his chest and said: "If that's the case, what are we waiting for? Why not take advantage of the situation and attack and inflict heavy damage on the Ming army."
Duoduo shook his head: "No hurry."
"Not in a hurry?" Hauge took a step forward and continued, "If we wait any longer, the Ming army will disappear without a trace."
Duoduo looked at Haoge's anxious face and smiled faintly: "Huang Degong has less than 10,000 cavalrymen, and the rest are infantry. What's more, he is carrying baggage and can't run fast."
"Attacking now will make Huang Degong realize that he has been tricked. He will stop withdrawing his troops and defend the city. Prince Rui gave me two choices. One is to attack immediately and prevent Huang Degong's main force from retreating."
"Second, give Huang Degong two hours. Once his main force is far away from Huailaiwei, our army will immediately send cavalry to pursue him. Cavalry is the king of the field. Even if we cannot annihilate Huang Degong's troops, we can still inflict heavy damage on him."
"Would you like to choose one or two?"
Everyone immediately lowered their heads to discuss.
Soon, a consensus was reached.
"Okay!" Duoduo began to rub his hands, "If I'm not mistaken, the road outside Huailaiwei City has long been destroyed by the Ming army. If you want to pursue them, you must pass through Huailaiwei City."
"Bayan! You must immediately check the siege equipment and artillery, and lead the Han army of the Plain White Banner to attack Huailaiwei at midnight."
"Hauge, lead your troops to support Bayan."
"I will personally lead the army to guard the rear."
"Tulai, Aobai, after the siege begins, you two should have people prepare earth-filling tools in advance, and try to find a small path next to Huailaiwei. If you can't find a small path and the siege is not going well, you need to open up a road outside the city."
"Hmm!"
As everyone left, the Jiannu camp suddenly became lively.
It was not yet midnight, and dozens of Ming soldiers on guard outside the city rushed towards the city gate: "The Jiannu are attacking at night! The Jiannu are attacking at night!"
Xu Wenpu stood on the city wall, looking into the distance with a telescope in his hand.
In the distance, I saw a fire dragon made up of torches, moving rapidly towards Huailai Wei.
He shouted to the city wall: "Brothers, we are paid by the court and receive the grace of your majesty. Today we will die for our country!"
"You go ahead, I'll be there soon."
A Ming soldier under the city shouted, "Don't worry, Lord Xu, we will not fail in our mission."
Soon, the Jiannu siege troops rushed over.
In the front were shield carts and ladders, with torches for lighting on them.
Behind them followed teams of Eight Banners soldiers, wearing double armor, holding weapons, ready to go.
"Don't shoot, we're here to surrender!"
Bayan, who was hiding behind the shield cart, was about to give the order to attack the city when more than 200 Ming soldiers walked out from the darkness under the city wall.
They had weapons hanging on their bodies and ran out with their hands raised, shouting.
Seeing someone surrender, Xu Wenpu shouted hurriedly, "Those who surrender will be sentenced to death! Come back to me now."
However, no one paid attention to his dissuasion, and instead they all ran out faster.
"Bastard!" Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Xu Wenpu immediately raised the bird gun in his hand.
surrender?
Just when Bayan was confused, the Ming army on the city opened fire.
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