"Can each unit send out a small number of cavalry to pursue?"
Upstream of the Ningyuan River, Wu Sangui frowned after receiving the news.
He asked the messenger, "Does the Governor have any other instructions?"
"No."
"Thank you!" Wu Sangui threw a cigarette to the messenger.
The messenger was grateful and left with the cigarette.
"General," Hu Xinshui stepped forward and asked, "If the Jiannu retreat, how many cavalry should we send to pursue them?"
Wu Sangui said nothing and looked at Xia Longshan and his adviser Fang Guangchen.
Xia Longshan thought for a moment and said, "I think we only need to send out a thousand cavalrymen to give a symbolic pursuit."
Wu Sangui still did not express his opinion and waited for Fang Guangchen to speak.
Although he no longer trusts Fang Guangchen as much as before, Fang Guangchen has a far-sighted vision, and it would never be wrong to listen to his opinions more.
Fang Guangchen closed his eyes and shook his head back and forth, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"Mr. Fang, the general asks you how many cavalry to send to pursue the Jiannu!" Hu Xinshui reminded unhappily.
"Oh?" Fang Guangchen slowly opened his eyes, glanced around, and then slowly answered: "Not a single soldier will be sent!"
"What?" Wu Sangui, Hu Xinshui, Xia Longshan and others were speechless at the same time.
Hu Xinshui asked very dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean, Mr. Fang? The Jiannu are retreating. If we send troops to pursue them now, we will surely gain something. Then we can not only gain the trust of the court, but also get military merit and reward money by killing the Jiannu."
"Why not send any soldiers?"
"Yeah, you'd better make your statement clear!" Xia Longshan followed with an accusation.
"Haha," Fang Guangchen laughed coldly, "Can you tell me the original words of Governor Wang's military order?"
"Of course!" Xia Longshan quickly repeated, "Governor Wang's original words were that each unit could send a small number of cavalry to pursue."
"The key lies in this sentence!" Fang Guangchen said word by word: "Governor Wang said that each unit can send a small number of cavalry to pursue! This is only the first half of the sentence. The second half tells us that we don't have to send cavalry to pursue."
Everyone looked at each other, shocked by Fang Guangchen's ideas.
Fang Guangchen continued, "Governor Wang did not force us to send troops to pursue! So if we are ambushed, the blame for the loss of troops and generals will be on us, not Governor Wang."
"Then..." Wu Sangui couldn't help asking, "If we don't send any troops as Brother Fang said, will Wang Yongji and the court hold the Guanning Army responsible for cowardice?"
"No, because we have other merits."
"What merit?"
"The credit for taking Ningyuan City! The primary mission of sending troops to Liaodong is to take Ningyuan, so we only need to focus on Ningyuan, and other people and things can be temporarily put aside!" Fang Guangchen replied.
"According to intelligence, there are still defenders in Ningyuan City! If they choose to defend to the death, our army may not be able to capture Ningyuan in a short period of time. After the army besieges the city, it is hard to say who will get the credit for being the first to capture the city!" Hu Xinshui said worriedly.
"Haha," Fang Guangchen smiled faintly, "Ningyuan City's defenders must be few! With a strong attack from all sides, they won't be able to hold out for long!"
Wu Sangui nodded and began to deploy his troops.
He did not follow Fang Guangchen's instructions, but stubbornly sent out 500 cavalrymen to pursue.
He wanted both the credit for the pursuit and the credit for being the first to reach the target.
Li Xingzhong in the lower reaches of Ningyuan River had the same idea.
He sent out a thousand cavalrymen in pursuit.
General Liu Zhaoji had completely different ideas from Wu Sangui and Li Xingzhong.
He's going to make a big one.
To this end, he sent out two thousand cavalry.
In the dark night, countless Eight Banners soldiers were marching quickly with the help of firelight.
Their destination was Tashan.
Once you pass Tashan, the terrain becomes clear.
The advantages of the Eight Banners Cavalry can be brought into play.
But before that, they first had to walk nearly thirty miles of mountain roads and then cross several rivers.
It takes more than thirty miles of hilly road to reach the destination.
At this time, Hauge's tens of thousands of troops had all set out on their return journey. Due to the baggage in front, the marching speed of the entire army was very slow.
In order to demonstrate the courage of an army commander, Hauge personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to cover the rear.
As they walked, they stamped out the bonfires on the roadside.
"Your Highness, we are about to enter the mountains!" the scout came to report.
"Rest here and set up an ambush!" Hauge ordered.
Five thousand cavalrymen immediately hid on both sides of the road, and the horses lay on the ground obediently and ate weeds.
The moon on July 16 was big and round, dyeing the fields snow-white.
I don’t know how long I waited, but a faint light appeared in the distance.
Then came the sound of impatient horse hooves.
As the distance got closer, Hauge saw the situation clearly.
I saw five or six war horses with lanterns hanging on them, running neither fast nor slow in the moonlight.
"These are spies from the Ming army. Let them pass."
As expected.
Not long after they let these riders go, hundreds of riders rushed from the same direction.
These hundreds of cavalrymen formed a long column and followed the few cavalrymen from a distance.
After these cavalrymen entered the encirclement, Hauge gave an order: "Kill!"
Countless dark shadows rushed out from behind trees, rocks, and earth slopes and surrounded these people.
The 500 cavalrymen who were surrounded were the Guanning Army sent by Wu Sangui.
They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some credit, but unexpectedly they fell into Hauge's ambush.
"Kill!" Five hundred Guanning cavalry raised their weapons and began to fight back.
However, their forces were too few and they were no match for the 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers.
They were soon overwhelmed by the Eight Banners Army.
Only a few dozen riders took the opportunity to escape.
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