"Sir, what you said is easy, how easy? How do you pull out the nails behind you? How do you mobilize Li Chengdong?" Nikan asked.

"You can be moved if you don't move."

"Don't move?"

"Yes. If I don't move, the enemy will move. Don't forget that the general is only a hundred miles away from us. It takes two days for infantry and the cavalry to arrive in one day. Li Chengdong can't afford to drag him. He will definitely find a way to find an opportunity to fight with me or escape before the general arrives. It's easy for him to escape. If he wants to make me think about his army without food, then we will use the trick and stick to him. As long as the general's cavalry arrives, Li Chengdong will have to run if he doesn't run." Ajige said.

"What the commander saw is very much. I will go down and arrange people and keep a close eye on Li Chengdong's movements. 600 people died today, and the unowned war horses can be slaughtered as military rations." Nikan said.

"Be careful, one night is the key to this day. As long as you get through it, Li Chengdong will have to withdraw his troops tomorrow." Ajige reminded him.

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"Master, the Tartar cavalry went to rescue."

"Master, the Tartars team is gathering..."

The news from the scouts kept reporting made Li Chengdong very excited: "Okay, this time it's enough for Ajige to have a pot of food. Wenjie, ready to cross the river and pursue him immediately."

"Abide by the order!" Meng Wenjie agreed to make arrangements.

The Ming army had already prepared ferries, wooden boards, simple floating bridges, and many soldiers who could understand the water. The deeper ones were, and the water surface was more than ten feet high, but it was difficult for the Yongli Ming army, who grew up by the water.

"Master, the Tartars stop pulling out the camp..."

"Master, the Tartar cavalry returned to the camp."

Li Chengdong was not excited for long, and the scout reported a new situation.

"Go and see."

When Li Chengdong heard that the situation had changed, he was shocked and hurriedly left the handsome tent and walked towards the stream. Tong Yangjia and Yuan Pengnian followed closely.

"Ajige actually held back the robbery of the food road? This is not easy to deal with." Li Chengdong observed the movements of the Qingying for a while and said solemnly.

"Master, Boluo is only a hundred miles away, and it can be reached every night. If Ajige does not move, the Boluo cavalry will arrive tomorrow. We can retreat calmly, but General Du is blocked from the enemy's backbone, and the situation will be dangerous." Yuan Pengnian said.

"Let's go, go back to the account." Li Chengdong observed for a while, looked back and said to everyone.

Back in the tent, Li Chengdong stood with his hands behind his back, stood in front of the map without saying a word, frowned. After a long time, he turned around and said to Tong Yangjia, Yuan Pengnian and Meng Wenjie: "We will not retreat. The emperor once said that the enemy advances and we will retreat, the enemy stands and disturbs me, the enemy is tired, and I will fight, and the enemy retreats and chases me. These sixteen words are the main combat strategy for the current enemy. Now we have finally waited for such a fighter, and we cannot just let it go in vain. After Boluo and Ajige meet, it will be difficult to find such an opportunity. So, I want to seize the opportunity of this night today and find a way to fight his family."

"The subordinates agree with the general's intention. Our army has 30,000 people, while the Tartars only have 5,000. It is true that the Tartars are good at fighting, but since the battle of Xianxia Pass, the soldiers' fear of the Tartars has been slightly reduced and their morale is very high. Besides, today is the ninth day of the third lunar month. There is a moon in the first half of the night. We can bluff and clamor in the first half of the night to cause the Qing army to be mentally exhausted and relaxed, and launch an attack in the second half of the night. We cannot see things in the dark, and no matter how exquisite the Qing army's shooting skills are, it is useless." Yuan Pengnian, as the counselor of the army, thoughts are more delicate than others, and added according to Li Chengdong's meaning.

"This is exactly what I want, Deputy General Tong, what do you think?" Li Chengdong solicited Tong Yangjia's opinion.

"It depends entirely on the command of the general." Tong Yangjia said.

In fact, he was not optimistic about the Ming army's active attack. Although the Qing soldiers were not good at night fighting, even if the terrifying combat power was reduced, the Ming army was not an opponent. What happened to the large number of people? There were many people sometimes a burden. Once they were dispersed by the Qing soldiers and trampled on each other, they would impulse themselves to the original formation, which would be even worse.

However, he also knew that his words would not work, and Li Chengdong and Yuan Pengnian did not trust him, so it would be better to have less than more things. If the Qing army won, he might be able to escape while in the chaos.

"Okay. I ordered General Meng to take 5,000 people to cross the stream from Huangxikou, ambush on the east side of the Qing army camp, pay attention to quitting the flag and drums, do not move open flames, and immediately launch an attack when our central army cannons are fired. Lord Yuan, please select swimming players immediately, prepare wooden boards and ships, and wait for our central army cannons to launch an attack head-on. Deputy General Tong, please bring 2,000 people to harass the Qing army, feint attacks, fire guns, shoot arrows, beat drums, and yell loudly. Anyway, you cannot give the Qing army a moment of peace."

"Abide by the order!" the three of them answered in unison.

...

The food and grass were robbed, and the meals of the Qing soldiers suddenly became a problem.

Without grain and rice, you can slaughter horses. The Qing soldiers were all born in bitter and cold places in the north. They often ate beef and mutton, but they don’t eat horse meat. As soon as the war horses are treasures, who dares to slaughter horses? Besides, horse meat tastes sour and shredded meat is thick, and it is not delicious. However, in this case, filling your stomach is the first priority, and you can’t even care if you don’t taste good.

However, if there is meat but no salt, horse meat is sour. If there is no salt, even the Qing soldiers who are used to eating meat will be difficult to swallow. Besides, there is no stove, so their soldiers can't take the blame and fight, right?

Helplessly, Nikan arranged for people to slaughter horses, and sent people to the nearby village to find pots and salt.

There are no one in the surrounding villages. The people in the entire western Fujian corridor have already asked Wang Fuzhi to mobilize and move away. The grain and salt can naturally be hidden, and the ones that can be brought will never be left to the Qing soldiers. But there are still pots, and every household has them.

The Qing soldiers found dozens of pots, both big and small, and they could cook meat anyway.

In addition, the forage of war horses must be solved. Fortunately, there is no shortage of grass and green plants around, and it is everywhere. Nikan ordered the cavalry to lead the war horses and find grass to eat on the spot.

"Bah! Ah..., haha, this meat is so sour! How to eat it?" A Qing soldier spat and spitted the horse meat swallowed into his mouth on the ground, retching twice, and cursing.

"She is so stupid! I don't want to eat it while staying there! Is it good to eat horse meat? Is it so picky?" an officer cursed.

The Qing soldier was scolded by the officials and dared not speak anymore, so he had to frown and stare at the bowl of horse meat in a daze.

"Damn it, this battle is really awkward! Minggou is worthy of being Minggou, and he will do this sneak attack. He has the ability to beat him in front of him and beat him on the other side. Let's see if I don't beat you up!"

The officer scolded his soldiers, and he felt that the horse meat was really hard to swallow. He was anxious and scolded him.
Chapter completed!